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.
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