Belief Stalin LONDON, Thursday, March 5 (JP) There was growing specu lation today that Joseph Stalin already may be dead. The rising belief that tlie man in the Kremlin has died came from these indications: . , Mosco-,/ radio has ma d e no mention of its stricken leader in its home .programs since 3 p.m. Moscow time (7 a.m. EST) .yester day. Since then it has broadcast only serious and sombre music. Some Western medical men, af ter studying the ' Soviet medical bulletin on Stalin,'have wondered whether the aging and ruthless Communist leader could have sur vived this long after his brain hemorrhage Sunday night. World Uninformed There was a two-day lag in Moscow’s first announcement that Stalin was gravely ill. The outside world and the Russian people didn’t know for 48 hours that Stalin. was lying unconscious from his stroke. Many- Westerners believed there would be a' similar time-lag be tween Stalin’s death and its an nouncement. ' The London press already is questioning Moscow’s ' silence on condition. Is Stalin Dead? The London Daily Express headlined: “Stalin: Is he dead?” The Daily Mirror and the Daily Mail carried identical headlines asking: “Is Stalin dead?” The Communist London Daily Work er significantly headlined::.“Sov iet leaders call for unity and sol idarity.” 4 The news that the 73-year-old IFG Recommends Dating Code Change ' Interfratemity Council last night voted unanimously to submit a change in the IFC unchaperoned dating code to the College Senate allowing women in fraternity houses - without a chaperone until the time required for women to return to the dormitories. Under the present conditions, women must be out of fraternity houses by 8 p.m. Sundays through Thursdays and .1 a.m. Fridays and Saturdays. The recommendation, which , will go -to the Senate through; the Seri ate committee on student affairs, amends section 3-b of the dating code to. read: All women guests must be out of fraternity houses at the time stipulated for women students to return to the dormitories. Any women staying in the fraterni ty houses after hours must be ac companied by College-approved chaperones.” Two other proposals were in cluded in the recommendation. One suggests removal of chaper one requirements at fraternity and sorority affairs. It amends section Z-2-e of, the Regulations for Undergraduate Students to read: “Sorority and fraternity enter tainments need not be provided with chaperones , but must be re ported one week in advance to the dean of men, the dean of wo men, and the IFC Board of Con trol chairman. (The latter when functions are held in fraternity houses.)” . The other requests that provi sion be made for better represen tation for fraternities on the Sen ate committee and sub-committee (Continued on , page eight) Measle Cases Total 13 Thirteen cases of German measles, six men and seven wom en, were confined in the Infirm ary yesterday, [according to Dr. Herbert R. Glenn, director of the College Health Service. Persons confined there totaled 20 late yes terday afternoon. • TODAY'S WEATHER WINDY COLDER E voiced Is Dead Joseph Stalin Near Death world Communist chief lay- para lyzed and speechless sent waves of speculation through the West ern world. It also sent Red bosses from the satellites scurrying to Moscow for an emergency conference. Successor Unknown. But no one in the non-Commu nist world can say what Stalin’s successor—whoever he is - will do. Will a headstrong new Rus sian leader step up the cold war? Will a struggle in the top echelons for Stalin’s ~ mantle - touch off a fuse that could' explode ■ World War 111. (Continued page 3, col. 3) Gown Deposits Due Only three more days re main in which June graduates who expect to be student teach ing the last eight weeks of the semester may sign up for their caps and gowns at the Atheltic Store. The deadline is Satur day, and the deposit for caps and gowns is $5. Invitations and announcements, costing 10 cents each, may be ordered at the Student Union desk in Old Main before noon Saturday. Kashmir Vital, Ikramullah Says By CHIZ MATHIAS Settlement of the dispute in Kashmir-will determine the suc cess, or failure of the United Na tions, Begum Shaista Ikramullah told- the final Community Forum audience last nights in Schwab Auditorium. “It is not a question of pleasing Pakistan or pleasing ' India, but. if the UN is impartial enough to give a fair decision to a- small nation and risk offending a larger country,” she said; 90% Moslem Population The stateswoman from Pakis tan said her nation is trying to be a self-sustaining free state but cannot succeed as long as her strength is being sapped by trouble with India over the ac quisition of Kashmir... “When Pakistan was parti 'tioned Aug. 14, 1947, it was agreed that the outlying provinces would be acquired by the free state or India depending on the geograph ical location of the province” the begum said, “but the right, of Kashmir to align herself. with Pakistan has been denied by In dia.” : Kashmir -is a nation of ninety per cent Moslem population with a Hindu: ruler.. For years they have been in open revolt against the ..despotic; Hindu prince. In dian:; troops _are..stationed..in~ the (Tltp Hath) VOL. 53, No. 98 STATE COLLEGE, PA., THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 1953 Senate to Calendar A proposed College calendar policy will be considered at today’s meeting of the College Senate at 4:10 p.m. in 121 Sparks. . A suggestion concerning excuses for students confined to their beds in the dormitor ies is expected to be presented by the Senate committee on student affairs. This commit tee will also present the result of a student poll on the proposed calendar. In addition, the senators will consider proposed changes in courses and in under- graduate regulations and the sug gested establishment of two new engineering degrees. No Semester Vacation The calendar plan, devised and presented by the Senate commit tee on calendar, sets up a policy from which the calendar for any year may be determined. The committee’s report suggests that a person appointed by the College Presidgnt formulate the calendar, in future years, from the policy determined by the commitee. The calendar would need the approv al of the Council of Administra tion. ’ The calendar, as outlined in the committee’s report, will pro vide a one day vacation at Thanksgiving, eliminate the be tweeii-semester vacation, and will end spring examinations on the last Tuesday or Wednesday in May or the first Wednesday in June. Christoff Confesses Robberies . Jean Christoff admitted Tues day taking $llOO worth of articles in Blair County after he learned that his cache of stolen goods had been found at his home near Fru gality in northern Cambria Coun ty. He was scheduled to undergo a lie detector test yesterday in the office of District Attorney Fred J. Fees of Cambria County. State police were planning to question Robert Oberly, the ex fiance of the dead girl, although they emphasized that he is not a suspect. Oberly is an eighth se mester industrial arts major. Christoff, bfother of 21-year old strangulation victim June Christoff, a former coed, was sought' in the mysterious death of his sister last month. He dis appeared shortly before the dis covery of the girl’s body. The 28-year-old combat vet eran was -• found Monday in an abandoned coal mine near his home. Christoff was sought- for ten days. After police question ing, he denied knowing anything of his sister’s death. According , to Cambria County police, Christoff said, “I don’t know why I took these.” Police say the robberies were usually committed after, dark on Satur days during September and Oc tober. Christoff took a TV set and booster valued, at $.400 from one home. After the serial number was rembved, the set was put in use in the Christoff home. Christoff also admitted steal ing four bicycles and two power saws. One bike was given away, two, had been dismantled and hidden under the chicken coop, and another found in the garage. Begum Ikramullah - Speaks -at Forum country to squeloh such revolts, the stateswoman said. In 1947 a United Nations, commission was set up to study the problem but no decision has been made yet, she said. “Pakistan is beginning to feel that the UN is no better than the old. Holy. Alliance formed for un- &5R A BETTER PENN STATE Under the suggestions. Bacca laureate Day may be the last Sunday in May or the first Sun day in June. The first calendar that may be made under the sug gested policy is the 1954-’55 cal endar. Laubach Conducts Poll All-College cabinet has recom mended that instructors be .re quested not to schedule tests on Thanksgiving Friday and Satur day,- that there be scheduled a week’s vacation between fall se mester examinations and regis tration for the spring semester, that an athletic event be sched uled for Thanksgiving day, and that each year’s calendar be sub ject to review in order to check for conditions that may make va cations more advantageous to students. These suggestions were made after considering the pro posed policy: The poll to be used in making the report of the student affairs committee is being conducted by All-College President John Lau bach. The student affairs committee will also bring up discussion of the situation of ill students being told by the College Health Serv (Continued on page eight) holy purposes,” the begum said. Numerous solutions have been proposed by the commission, but India has rejected all of them, she said. India wants a plebiscite set up with Indian occupation troops in charge. Pakistan is agreeable to the plebiscite but asks the intercession of a third, neutral nation. When' Pakistan’s boundaries were set in 1947 all the large cities and the heart of her cul ture were lost to India,” Begum Ikramullah said. ‘.‘The people want something besides desert and swamps. To India Kashmir is only a trophy. To Pakistan it is an economic necessity.” Economic Differences Two of India’s five rivers or iginate- in Pakistan, the' begum said. India is now building canals to divert the course of these riv ers and rob Pakistan of her waterways. Pakistan’s ports have been blocked: Cargo- must be im ported and exported by boat which is very slow and expen sive, she said. Travel between the provinces must be done chiefly by air. The begum . gave vast differ ences in economic cultures and not religions as the motivation behind partitioning of the two countries. She traced the migra iContinued on page eight) Collegia it Examine Proposal Poll Shows Cutting May Be High Cutting would be excessive on the Friday after Thanksgiving day if the Thanksgiving recess were Thanksgiving day only, ac cording to a poll conducted by All-College President John Lau bach for the Senate committee on student affairs. The poll also indicated that students find limiting the Thanks giving recess to one day more objectionable than not having a recess between fall semester ex aminations "and spring semester registration! Results of the poll will he re ported to the committee by Lau bach. From these results and sub sequent discussion at today 5 s meeting, the committee will form a plan to be reported to the meet ing of the College Senate at 4:10 p.m. today. The questions asked and the returned answers are: 1. Which of the following re sults of the calendar plan is more' objectionable to you?' (1) Thanks giving vacation being restricted to the day? (2) No break between, fall semester finals and spring semester registration? Seventy-six students checked the first of the choices and 27 the second, indicating that the major ity felt the one day Thanksgiving vacation to be more objectionable. 2. If some special event, such as a football game, were regular ly scheduled on Thanksgiving (Continued on page eight) Guild Resumes Shows Tonight Radio Guild will resume pro gramming over WMAJ at 9:30 to night when Albert Dame inter views George I*. Donovan, man ager of Associated Student Activ ities, on “Spotlight on State.” Allen Klein will direct. Others are Jay Murphy, announcer, and Ralph Schorr, engineer. Richard Andersen will read “University Days” by James Thurber and “What College Did to Me” by Robert Benchley at 9:45 on tonight “Call Card.” The cast includes Sally Lowry, direc tor; Luella Martin, sound; John McCormick, announcer; Robert Murrer, voice; and Johanne Llew elyn, librarian. . Frosh Cager .injured In Practice Session Robert Hoffman, star quarterback on Coach Earl Bruce's freshman football team and a member of the freshman basketball squad, was injured last night when he collided with Edward Haag, a member of the varsity basketball squad, during a practice session in Recreation Hall. According to Head Coach El mer Gross, Hoffman collided with Haag during a scramble for the ball. Hoffman was knocked backward and struck his head on the floor, Grpss said. Hoffman suffered, lacer ations of the head and-a cut oyer the left eye. Infirmary officials refused to issue any comment on his condition. FIVE CENTS
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