Men Raid 7 Women's D “ ; = : : ! iaily @ (EnUpgiatt Fife YOL. 52, No. 123 Rosfeld To IFC Arthur Rosfeld of Phi Delta Theta, was elected president of the Interfraternity Council last night. The other officers elected were William Hirsch, of Tau Kappa Epsilon, vice president, and Thomas Fleming, of Pi,Kappa Alpha, secretary treasurer. Installation of officers 'will be held- at the IFC spring Ijanquet 'Wednesday, April 30. Commenting on next year’s IFC Rosfeld said, “we are going to see that every fraternity takes an active part in IFC and we’ll do our best to see that the fraternities work together for the benefit of all Greeks on campus and Penn State.” Stanley Wengert,.incumbent IFC president, said he was glad to' see three good men assuming the responsibilities of IFC and he hoped they realized fully the re sponsibility they were accepting. IFC made a motion last night to accept three Greek Week rec ommendations made by Jerome Gibson, co-chairman of the 1 week. The recommendations as stated by Gibson were: 1. Greek Week be made an annual event; 2. The IFC-Panhel ball determine the date of Greek Week; and 3. The IFC and Panhel co-chairmen for the week be appointed before the end of this school year. I In a report on the week Gibson said he received “many praises from the townspeople and ad ministration about the success of the week. The oyer, all criticism,” he said, “was that the week gol under way too late!” Upton Close Sees Return To Isolation By RON BONN Predicting a wave of nationa lism that will sweep the world, submerging the American-sup ported internationalism move ment, Upton Close last night foresaw an enforced return to isolation in this country. Speaking on “Are We Ready for World Government?” Close told one of the smallest Commu nity Forum audiences of the sea son that the United States can either retrench and let this nationalistic movement run its course, or the U.S. can attempt to force unity on the world as did Caesar and Napoleon. “There is no way of combining these Close said. 'Bribery' Close made only one veiled ref erence to the charges of anti- Semitism which have, made him a figure of hot controversy- here and elsewhere. He said that as the investigations close in on com munist sympathizers in govern ment, “organizations that claim to stand for” tolerance, anti-defam ation, .and' anti-persecution” be come more “ferocious” toward those they fear will expose them. (The Anti-Defamation League of B’nai B’rith is one of Close’s most bitter critics.) In outlining his theory of rising world nationalism which is yet to run its course, Close charged that the American people had been “deluded” into believing inter nationalism was possible, and called the Marshall Plan “the most grandiose incident of bribery in history.” Attacks Latlimore He gave as a second reason for the failure of American attempts at world government, the fact movement was built out of a '“weird combination” of so cialism and super-capitalism. He cited the cooperation of Ameri can philanthropists and socialists to establish international founda tions devoted to bringing about U.S.—dominated world economic ' unity. Commenting on resurgent Far Eastern nationalism, Close at tacked Pearl Buck, Owen Latti more, and Henry Luce as among those who had played into Rus sian hands in the exclusion of the United States from Asia by setting up the Institute of Pacific- Relations which “left the door wide open to Russian ideas.” He charged that IPR became a tool for a plot laid by communist agent Michael Borodin and a number of Americans in 1924, to give all Asia to Russia. STATE COLLEGE, PA., TUESDAY MORNING, APRIL 8, 1952 Is Elected Presidency Kelly Named Business Staff Head Franklin Kelly, a sixth semes ter arts and letter major, has been named business manager of the Daily Collegian .for next year. The announcement was made yes terday by Edward Shanken, re tiring business manager. Others promoted are Richard Smith, assistant' business mana ger; Phyllis Kalson, local adver tising manager; Alison Morley, national advertising manager; Marion Morgan and Theresa Mos lak. co-promotion managers; Ken neth Wolfe and Gretchen Henry, co- circulation managers; Eliza beth Agnew, personnel manager; Eleanor Mazis, classified adver tising manager; Mary Ann Wert man, office manager; and Patricia Shaffer, secretary.' Shanken announced Nancy Marcinek, Ruth Pierce, Barbara Potts, Betty and Eli zabeth Woodman were also named to senior board positions. - Men Debaters Win Eastern Tourney The Cdllege'men’s debate team received a championship- trophy for first place honors at the East ern Intercollegiate Debating Tour nament held, by the Eastern For ensic Association last Thursday, Friday, and Saturday at Prince ton University. _ ' The Penn State men’s team won ten and lost two debates to score a first place among the 30 col leges and universities from Maine to Virginia which took part in the debates. The College team, debating the topic, Resolved: That the federal government should adopt a per manent program, of wage and price controls, scored, a rating of 37.5, five-tenths of a.point higher than the runner-up, Bates Col lege. Members-of-the-men’s teams FOR A BETTER PENN STATE 'Sprin m r mi H? ms m-% m m'-i. Mg ''/■ , mri m ■? SN m * W- S' ; m ||. ; PART OF the crowd of between 2000 and 3000 men who raided seven women's dormitories late last night enter one of the doors to McElwain Hall. The men raided all the women's dormitories in a three-hour demonstration. Noon today is the deadline for submitting entries in the Miss Penn State contest. The pictures submitted will be sent to Holly wood tomorow where Don Tay lor, motion picture star and alum nus of the College, will choose the five* finalists. Winner of the contest will be crowned Miss Penn State of 1952 on May 12 and will reign over the Spring Week activities, along with the winner of the He-Man contest who will be crowned king of Spring Week May 13. Deadline for entering contestants in the He-Man contest is noon, April 26. Each group entering a contes tant in the Miss Penn State con test will receive 15 points toward its grand total of points for the Spring Week prizes. Groups en tering men in the He-Man contest will receive 75 points. Bus Ticket Deadline Ten tonight is the deadline for the purchase of- special express bus tickets to Pittsburgh, Read ing, Scranton, and Philadelphia, Fred Sawczyn, chairman of the student transportation committee, has announced. • The busses will leave at 1 p.m. tomorrow from, the. parking lot in back of Recreation Hall. Five O'clock Theater The Five oO’clock Theater ser ies will resume today with the script-in-hand presentation of “A Love Affair,” a one-act play by John Pakkanen, senior in journ alism. were Clair George and Robert Al derdice, negative, and Eugene Kolber and David Lewis, affirma tive. The affirmative teami had a perfect record of six wins, no losses. The team defeated debaters from University of Pennsylvania, Dartmouth College, Howard Uni versity, Vermont University, George Washington University, and Johns Hopkins University. ■ The negative team defeated Bos ton University, West Virginia University, St. Johns College, and Bates College, but lost to debaters from St. Peters and Houghton Colleges. Lewis placed second out of 30 in the extemporaneous speaking contest and Alderdice won a simi lar distinction in the discussion contest. The Penn-State women’s team g Fever... Miss Penn State Contest Ctoses At Noon Today PSCA Ends Elections At 5 P.M. Today is the last day for mem bers of the Penn State Christian Association to vote for the new PSCA cabinet and board of direc tors. Voting will take place be tween 9 a.m. anti 5 p.m. today in 304 Old Main, the PSCA head quarters. Although the elections began last Friday a,t 9 a.m., fewer than seven per cent of the 400 PSCA members eligible to vote have ■done so. Approximately 250 members of the board of directors of the PSCA, and faculty members who contributed to the Campus Chest are eligible to vote only for mem bers . of the bogrd of directors. About 30 per cent of these have cast ballots. Jane Ifft and Allen Marshall are the candidates for the PSCA presidency. Robert James and Robert Keener are running for vice president; Patricia Jones, Elizabeth Bortz, and Joyce Gard iner, secretary; and Charles Deuds, Richard Smith, and War ren Hommas, treasurer. Nominations for committee chairmen include Lavonne Alt house and Shirley Pritchard, pro gram; Davis Howell and Merritt Dinnage, finance; Kirk Garber and Ruth Freed, membership; Nancy Barth, Laverne Applegate, and David Bain, new students; and Elizabeth Byrem and Doro thy Osterhout, public relations. won six debates and lost six to tie for fifth place in the tournament. The women’s negative team, made up of Susan Holtzinger and Greta Weaver won four and. lost two, defeating Lehigh University, Na val Academy, University of Pitts burgh, and Trinity College, and losing to Barnard and Utica Col leges. Miss Weaver also took part in the extemporaneous speaking con test, placing about half-way among the 30 entrants. The women’s affirmative team, Nancy Nelsen and Peggy Crooks,, beat Williams College and Kings Point Academy, but lost to four teams, Georgetown University, University of Connecticut, Wilkes College, and Loyola University. Of the 27 teams competing, only two, Penri State and Barnard, were women’s teams. Windows FIVE CENTS By MARV KRASNANSKY About 100 men stormed Mc- Allister Hall, throwing coeds’ underclothes from windows and the rooftop to culminate a “spring fever” riot which lasted for more than two hours last night. Between 2000 and 3000 men participated in the riot which started in the West Dorm courtyard and spread to other parts of the campus. The successful storming of Mc- Allister came after an attempted raid on Thompson Hall, the only West Dorm housing unit for wo men, was, turned back by repre sentatives of the Dean of Men’s office and resident counselors. Panties, brassieres, slips, and stockings flew from the windows of McAllister during the 20-min ute raid. The men poured into the dormitory through the open front doors and up the fire es capes. They met no resistance from the coeds. Several hundred men also broke into Simmons and McEl wain Halls, strewing women’s ap parel out the windows of thp east campus housing units. The women in McElwain fought back, pour ing water out the windows. An unknown number of men broke into Atherton. As quickly as the hostesses could close and lock windows, coeds opened the windows to allow the men in: Late reports indicated that men had broken into all seven women's dormitories' on cam pus. Doors were reported brok en from their hinges in Women's Building, and men succeeded at breaking into Thompson after a first attempt had failed. Dean of Men H. K. Wilson and Dean of Women Pearl O. Weston were both out of town and not available for comment. No dam age was' reported. Thwart Rush at Thompson Resident counselors from the men’s dorms formed a line at the courtyard into Thompson, but were not advanced upon during most of the demonstration. One student, unable to get into the closed ground floor windows, was - boosted into a second floor window. He went into an empty room and dropped a brassiere and panties into the crowd. Three quarters of an hour after the riot started, representatives of the Dean of Men’s office and coun selors thwarted one rush at the entrance of Thompson. Turned back at this point, part of the crowd swarmed down out of the courtyard, down Pollock road to MacAUister Hall. With the shrill tunes of bugles and the crackle of cherry bombs and fire crackers breaking the evening silence, the men poured out into the courtyard at about 10:30. The explosion of a huge cherry bomb apparently set off the demonstration. Chanting “Go, go, go, go,” the men advanced on Thompson Hall. The coeds, freshman, gathered at the windows to watch, while flood lights and flash lights played on Thompson from the adjoining buildings. At one point the coeds chanted back, “Go, gp, go, go,” at the men as they advanced on the dorm. When the men came close to the building, however, the wo men poured water from the win dows. Later some of the men chanted ‘We want the women.” Campus Patrol officers, appar ently wary of provoking a full scale riot, didn’t try to stop the x surging crowds by force. 'Repre sentatives of the Dean of Men’s (Continued on page eight) Last Collegian Today This will be the last issue of the Daily Collegian until after the Easter vacation. Publica tion will be resumed on April 17. orms gerie s From 20-Minuie Raid BULLETIN 'We Want Women'
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