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VOL. 65, No. 26
—Collegian Photo by Bob Heiges
SISTERS of lota Alpha Pi sorority make son and Barbara Labovitz. The sorority
candy apples for sale - today and tomorrow. will sell the apples on the Mall at S. Allen
From left are Marilyn Glassman, Janet St., Keeler's and McLanahan's on S. Gar-
Silberman, Sandie Miichneck, Judi Knut- ner St.
:'...:ew HU; Set
To .''.:.pen in '66
The planned Hetzel Union Building addition is scheduled to open Sept. 1, 1966,
Walter H. Wiegand, director of physical plant and construction announced yester
day.
Wiegand said that bids for the new wing will be opened Feb. 15, while
deadline for the receipt of the bids is Ma:ch 16, 1965.
Contracts will be awarded to the lowest bidders by March 30. Actual constr
tion will begin on May 1, 1965.
The addition will be construct
ed at the southeast corner of
the present structure where the
outdoor terraces are now
located
The major -. problem with the'
construction will he the dis-,
ruption of food services in both
the Lion's Den and Terrace
Room. Otto E. Mueller, director
of housing and food services,
said that although construction
will already be in progress,
continuation of food service will
not begin until June 12, the last
day of the spring term.
Arrangements have been made
to provide temporary food ser
vice to students. During the
summer term 1965, service will
be available at the West Halls
dining hall. Beginning with the
fall term, food service will be
shifted to the newly constructed
dining hall at East Halls.
The main floor of the HUB
addition will be a large room
similar to the existing ballroom.
It will double the capacity of
the ballroom from 650 to 1.300
people for banquets and from
700 to 1,400 couples for dancing.
New Lion's Den
On the ground floor level,
facilities will provide a new
Lion's Den which will be triple
in size and serve approximately
300 people.
The Lion's Den and Terrace
Room now in operation will be
altered to make one new and
large dining area to accommo
date 800 people.
Necessary improvements to
the kitchen facilities will also be
made to meet'anticipated needs.
Wiegand stressed that al
though construction will he in
progress for approximately 16
months, the student body will
not he deprived of HUB services.
"The only thing that will be
taken away from the students
is the food service," he said.
He also pointed out that every
effort will be made to enable
HUB activities to continue as
usual.
Stanley H. Campbell, vice
president for business, explained
that present facilities are con
siderably inadequate for the
present enrollment of nearly
19,000 students on campus.
Hine! To Host
Philosopher
Walter Kaufmann, professor of
philosophy at Princeton Univer
sity and noted philosopher and
author, will speak at 8 p.m. Sun
day at the B'nai B'rith Hillel
Foundation.
Kaufmann's topic will be
"Crisis in Morality," and his
lecture is free and open to the
public.
He is the author of "Critique of
Philosophy and Religion,"
"Nietzsche," "F ro m Shake
speare to Existentialism," "The
Faith of a Heretic" and "Cain
and Other Poems."
In addition, Kaufmann is a co
author of "Ethics and Business,"
and has translated the words of
Nietzsche, Baeck and Goethe.
He is also the editor of "Ex
istentialism from Dostoevsky to
Sartre," two volumes of "Philo
sophic Classics" and "Religion
from Tolstoy to Campus." He has
contributed many articles to
various encyclopedias, books and
periodicals.
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By ALLAN FRIEDMAN
Community Affairs
USG Rejects Move
For TIM Housing
By TIM SHAFFER
James Brubaker, chairman of
Undergraduate Student Govern
ment Community Affairs Com
mission told a joint meeting of
all USG commissioners Tuesday
night that the Town Independent
Men's Council is conducting all
business involving alleged unsafe
and unsanitary conditions in
State College.
Ronald Faucher, USG vice
president, who directs the entire
USG commission system,
chaired the meeting.
Brubaker said the community
affairs committee would there
fore not take a direct hand in the
matter.
He said action taken by his
USG committee at this time
would only result in a needless
duplication of functions.
TIM intends to take pictures
of many of the violations of the
Halloween
Candlelight
Dinner Set
Tonight the Great Pumpkin
will take time from his busy
schedule to visit each resi
dence hall area. It's candle
light dinner time again with
Halloween as the theme, so
each student living in a resi
dence hall should be prepared
for an evening meal by soft
candlelight and a complete
program of social functions
afterwards.
Men's Residence Council andi
the Association of Women Stu
dents will jointly sponsor a
program of candlelight din
ners and after-dinner socials,
throughout the academic year.
West will be entertained by
a rendition of the Jazz Club.l
While the residents of West
are listening to be-bop, North
residents will be singing their
hearts out at a student hoote
nanny. Pollock and Nittany
will try to scare all the witches
and goblins out of the resi
dence halls by dancing to re
corded music in each living
unit.
East Halls will hold resi
dence hall area dances.
Everyone is invited to the
after-dinner social functions
except witches and goblins, so
there is no cause to be afraid
while dancing or singing in
the dark corners unless the
person you're with happens to
be one of those fiendish char
acters who came in out of the
night.
MRC and AWS also will co
sponsor the second candlelight
dinner of the term on Nov. 26
for' Thanksgiving.
housing code for a forthcoming
comprehensive report, Brubaker
told the group.
He noted instances of insect
infested establishments, an d
rooms provided with only seven
and one-half watt light bulbs.
Approximately 75 percent of
all downtown establishments do
not have adequate fire exits, he
said.
Sall' Hamner, this year's En- Freedom singe• Bernice Rea
campment chairman reported gon„a leading exponent of the
that her committee spent be. music of the "New South."
tween 5450 and 5475 less than had will appear at the University
been alloted. Nov. 13 in a program spon-
USG Gave 51000 ,cored by the Student Council
USG had approximately $l,OOO of Christian Concern of the
U
for the three day event and University Christian Associa
tion.
the University gave SBOO.
The surplus will be tin The concert will be held at
kept.
USG's general fund, mi ss H am _ 8 p.m. in 121 Sparks, and there
ner said. is no admission charge.
The chairman of the high' Mrs. Reagon first came to
school speakers program, Nancy national attention in Septem-
Messersmith, said over 30 ap- ber 1962 when she appeared
olications have been received at Carnegie Hall in the annual
from students interested in "Sing Out Hootenanny" pro
taking part. gram.
Under this program University Her performance was the
students visit their home high surprise hit of the evening and
schools during Christmas vaca- among the responses was this
lion, which begins at least a l comment by Robert Shelton of
week before that of most high The New York Times: "She
schools. These students explain has a superb contralto voice,
the various aspects of Penn Slate large, resonant and powerful
life and college life in general. . . One is immediately re
to prospective applicants. minded of Odetta's singing."
Miss Messersmith said she After her public debut, Mrs.
hoped to expand the program Reagon joined the original
to include all vacation periods. "Freedom Singers" in a coast-
At present it's conducted only on to-coast tour. She has also ap-
Christmas vacation. peared at various folk festi-
Carol Ritch, who heads USG's, vals and can be heard on sev
(Continued on page th ree) I eral recordings.
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—Collegian Photo by Ken Franklin
THE GREAT PUMPKIN has come. John Sutton, a mem
ber of the HUB Special Events Committee, puts the
finishing touches on a pumpkin-dressed weather balloon.
UNIVERSITY PARK, PA., THURSDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 29, 1964
otning Fire Damages
: - :: 1 ' . ..ollock: 'esidence Hall
Bird Cage
Magazine
Sale Set
If things keep going the'
way they have been, the
next issue of "The Bottom.
of the Birdcage" should be.
on the newsstands in the
next two weeks.
After about every possible set
back imaginable, the magazine's
s taff has announced that Bird
cage will be ready for sale
one week alter the elections.
The magazine first tried des
, perately to come up with a cover
Ipage that would be relevent to
the forthcoming elections. When
this was accomplished, it tackled
the printing problem.
Printer number one accepted
the job, then called and can-
Iceled. Printer number two re
!fused to even consider it. Printer
!number three readily accepted
the order.
However, before he could print
a single page, his presses col-
lapsed. At long last, printer
number tour agreed to publish
it.
But by this time, it was too
late to come out before the elec
tions and about one-third of the
:magazine had to be scrapped.
Members of the staff explained
there would only be one issue
of the magazine this term, due to
the difficulty with the printers.
They added, however, that the
magazine would resume normal
publishing next term with the
customary two issues per term.
These will be' published under
a new editor. John Wolfe (4th
journalism-New York City). Don
Dc Maio, present editor, is grad
uating in December.
Wolfe promises that "barring
a nuclear blast" two issues will
be printed per term starting Jan
,uary 1965.
UCA To Host
Folk Concert
FOR A BETTER PENN STATE
STUDENTS SALVAGE belongings from the fourth floor
of Pollock 3 residence hall after a fire broke out in a
storage closet early yesterday morning. Damage to Uni
versity property was not heavy, but students' loss has
not yet been determined. Students are presently living
in lounges until the floor is repaired and cleaned.
Real Fire Routs
Unbelieving Coeds
Clang. clang, clang 11:45
p.m. Oct. 27—the fire alarms an
nounced the beginning of the
scheduled mock fire drill for
Pollock 3.
Clang, clang, clang-3:00 a.m.
Oct. 28—the gongs sounded the
.alarm again.
There is something totally
eerie about the clamor that a
lire alarm can raise at this hour.
Somehow, it is utterly incon
gruous with a quiet of a slumber
ing dormitory.
With it comes the sickening
feeling that this is not just fun
and games.
' When the alarm sounded, I
was dozing off to sleep in my
room on the third floor. I re
luctantly got up, then hurriedly
shut the windows, opened the
drapes, grabbed a coat and towel
(a new innovation in drill pro
cedures) slipped on a pair of
shoes and ran for the door.
I didn't see anyone in the hall,
didn't have the time to think
about it because I heard some
one screaming "Fire, fire!" I
also noticed a smell reminiscent
of hundreds of exploded flash
bulbs.
As I went through the exit
doors, I encountered a mass of
bewildered, but calm, girls
rushing down the steps. I also
heard an ominous smashing of
glass and grabbed the coat of
the girl next to me as we shakily
stumbled out.
_
We passed the checker and
ran to our assigned places where
we had been just three hours
before.
Moment of Panic
There was one moment of
panic when we discovered one
girl, partially deaf, was still in
the dorm. But the smoke ,had
awakened her and she came out
several moments later.
After that,. we stood around
and watched the smoke billow
from the fourth floor windows.
Talking to girls on the fourth
floor, we ascertained that the
fire had started in the luggage
storage room. Many of the girls
thought it was caused by a short
circuit which sparked the paper
and cellophane bags lying
around, with the luggage.
When the fire engines came,
we drew closer to the building
to watch. But they were having
troubles of their own putting the
fire out and sent us away.
Then we were directed into
Pollock 4 where we spread out
in the lounges and sorority
suites. Ironically, some of the
girls had managed to grab their
cigarettes and now proceeded to
light up. "How can you smoke
now?" so m e one laughingly
,
asked.
Now that we were all together,
the girls who had to go down the
most dangerous exit told their
Mild Conditions
Should Remain
Mostly cloudy skies and mild
weather is expected again today
with a high of 66. There may be
a shower this afternoon or eve
ning.
Tonight should be partly
cloudy and cool and the low will
be about , 42 degrees.
Tomorrow should be partly
cloudy, and not quite as mild.
The high will be near 62.
by JANE
BEITSCHER
Elayne Kessler (10th-arts and'
letters, Bethpage, LI.) saw
flames from the luggage room as
:she opened her door. This was
the only light as the fuses were
blown. She had to grope her
way clown the steps with the
towel held to her face because
of the dense smoke.
"If we hadn't had the towels,
I don't know how we would have
made it," she said.
At 4:30 a.m. the firemen al
lowed us to go back to our
rooms. As we wearily tramped,
in, we were met by electricians
who wished us a cherry, although'
embarrassed, good morning.
Today, the fourth floor, with
its blackened walls, burnt lug-'
gage and spoiled clothing, was
blocked off as security men
combed the building to deter
mine the cause of the fire and,
also, to estimate the damage.
I doubt if any of the girls in
Pollock 3 will be nonchalant
about a fire drill again even,
when we know it's only a prac-,
tice run.
the world: oct. 29
Va. Loses in High Court
Virginia lost in the Supreme Court yes
terday in an effort to stay a lower court's
reapportionment order that would cut the
terms of incumbent senators from four to
two years. Chief Justice Earl Warren turn
ed down without comment a petition by
State Atty. Gen. Robert Y. Button for a
stay so the question could be considered by
the full Supreme Court on a later appeal.
This lets stand an order by a three judge
federal court in Alexandria, Va., which on
Sept. 19 ordered Virginia to reapportion
both its house of Delegates and Senate by
Dec. 15. The tribunal directed that both
Senate and House seats be put up for elec
tion by January 1966.
Saigon Rewards Cambodia
Cambodia won ammunition yesterday
from Saigon for its propaganda campaign
against U. S. and South Vietnamese armed
forces trying to root out Communist Viet
Cong bases along the Cambodian-Vietna
mese frontier. A U. S. embassy spokesman
announced the unarmed U. S. Air Force
C 123 transport felled by gunfire from Cam
bodia Saturday inadvertently had strayed
over Cambodian territory in foggy weather.
He said the U.S. regrets the intrusion. The
crash killed eight Americans who were
aboard the transport on a supply dropping
mission. Guerillas were found to have loot
ed the bodies of personal effects when a
ground-air recovery party arrived at the
wreckage Sunday, about 250 yards inside
the fiontier.
GOP Disputes 'Equal Time'
The Supreme Court refused yesterday
to hear arguments on Republican presiden
tial nominee Barry Goldwater's demand for
free equal radio-television time to answer
President Johnson's Oct. 18 address on
world- affairs. Indications were that the
decision was 6 to 2 but this was not an
nounced. The Court only said that Justices
Hugo L. Black and Arthur J. Goldberg dis
sented and Justice Byron R. White took no
part. There was no comment from the ma
jority. Goldwater's backers had filed a'
petition at 4 p.m. EST which said that the
Federal Communications Commission's
denying Goldwater equal time was "erron
eous and without foundation or basis in
law."
Occurs Three Hours
After Practice Drill
By MARLENE GULAK
A fire which originated in a storage closet on the
fourth floor of Pollock 3 early yesterday caused limited
damage to University property. Value of the loss of stu
dent property or the origin of the fire have not yet been
determined.
Three and one half hours before the fire, the women
residents participated in a fire drill.
At 3:30 a.m. Wednesday the fire bells rang for the
second time in one night. This time there was flames
and smoke. Ruth Roseff (sth-I
speech pathology-Maplewood, l
N.J.), a coed living on theW DFM
fourth floor of Pollock 3, who'
reported the fire, said she "saw;
v
smoke under the door" of the IT o Co er
shower room and when she' ;
opened the door saw that "the!
halls were black."
Miss Roseff had been in the Elections
shower room for about five!
minutes. When she entered thel
room the fire had not started I
but as she was leaving, she i
explained. "All I saw was a'
wall of black smoke and I,
couldn't see anything else."
She ran to a few rooms on
her floor in an effort to awak
en the other girls, screaming,
"Fire! Fire!" The coed went
to the fire extinguisher on her
floor, but when she could not
read the instructions through
the thick smoke, ran to the
third floor and set off the
alarm.
Miss Roseff went downstairs
to report the fire to the resi
dence hall staff. While in the
hostess' office the fire com
pany phoned to verify the
alarm since the coed, in her
excitement, forgot to call an
emergency number to report
the fire, in addition to ringing
the alarm.
3 Fire Engines
The Alpha Fire Co. of State
College sent three fire engines
to the scene. The flames were
prevented from spreading out
side of the storage room but
smoke rose to the upper four
floors.
Limited damage was done
to the fourth flow Walls, fur
niture and windows were
covered with the black smoke
and University personnel spent
yesterday cleaning the walls.
An elevator button melted to
one-half its normal size.
Fourth floor residents' prop
erty was damaged in the flames
and smoke; suitcases were
burned and smoke-covered.
The women's other personal be
longings were covered with
the black smoke and plastic
hangers melted over clothes.
Fourth floor residents have
been moved temporarily into
residence halls' study lounges
until the fourth floor can be
cleaned and all damaged prop
erty repaired.
from the associated press
UAW Threatens Ford Strike
The United Auto Workers Union threat
ened yesterday to strike Nov. 6 at all Ford
Motor Co. plants lacking local level agree
ments. But Ford and the Union couldn't
even agree on the number of agreements
needed, with the UAW listing 18 and Ford
23. Ford and the UAW reached agreement
Sept. 18 on a national contract, but several
local units lack the agreements which sup
plement the whole pact. Ford has 90 bar
gaining units. Nine of the plants left un
settled are assembly plants and three are
key stamping plants. Presumably, a strike
at these plants would cripple production.
The Ford strike threat came as the General
Motors Corp. is still struggling to return to
full production.
Council Imposes Secrecy
The Vatican Ecumenical Council im
posed full secrecy yesterday in its discus
sion of the more delicate problems of the
modern world obviously meaning birth
control. The cardinal-moderator of the day's
session in St. Peter's Basilica told 2,077
prelates present that no oral deliberation
would be allowed on certain specified points
in the schema—document—on the Church
in the modern world, "because this could
lead to erroneous interpretations, abuses,
and conclusion making outside the Council
by the public. The cardinal said the prelates
could go into full detail only by submitting
their observations on such points in writing
for consideration by the committee in
charge of the schema.
'Proper Ground' Resignation
WARSAW, Poland (AP) Back from
a meeting with the new Kremlin leaders,
Wladslaw Gomulka declared yesterday the
Soviet party leadership accepted Nikita
Khrushchev's resignation, "having proper
grounds to do so."
The Polish party leader then expressed
a hope that the rift in world communism
could be healed by the Soviet Union and
Red China taking steps to settle their
ideological differences.
He described the Kremlin shakeup as
in accordance, with "Leninist principles of
interparty unity" and said Polish-Soviet
cooperation will be strengthened.
Playing With Fire
--See Page 2
SIX CENTS
By ELAINE RUGIENIUS
WDFM, the University's stu
dent operated radio station,
will join the Ivy Network on
Tuesday, Nov. 3 to provide six
hours of election results cover
age.
Beginning at 7 p.m., the pro
gramming will originate in
Radio City Music Hall in New
York.
The first 20 minutes of each
hour will provide direct elec
tions coverage, followed by ten
minutes of commentary and
discussion by both Ivy Net
,work announcers and the staff
id the United Press Interna
tional wire service.
On the half hour, twenty
more minutes of direct elec
tions results will continue,
followed by ten minutes of
discussion and commentary as
before.
The programming will fol
low the same schedule through
out the evening. The discus
sion periods at times might be
eliminated for Pennsylvania
elections coverage or news
from UPI or the wire service
in Bellefonte, according to Ken
Hershberger, general manager
of WDFM.
The Ivy Network is a radio
system of the eight Ivy League
Colleges originating at Yale.
The personnel participating in
Tuesday evening's broadcast
are graduate and undergrad
uate students fr o m Yale,
Princeton, Harvard and Dart
mouth.
Other Pennsylvania schools
participating in the Ivy elec
tions broadcast are the Uni
versity of Pittsburgh and Buck
nell University.
''We have joined the Ivy Net
work in an effort to increase
the national prestige of WDFM
along with serving the campus
and community WDFM listen
ers with up to the minute
national elections coverage,"
Hershberger said last night.