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VOL. 53, No. 107
Earthquake Marks
Intense Atom Blast
ATOM BOMB SITE, Nev., March IT (IP) —Soldiers were shak
en by a man-made atomic earthquake today but came climbing
out , of their sheltering foxholes and marched forward along the
very fringes of: the test' shot.
. Of 1000 troops and 500 other
Coeds Pick
Fall Rooms
Tonight
Women students who have
drawn priority numbers: for
choosing rooms for next semester
will begin selecting those rooms
today in the Dean of Women’s of
fice, 105 Old Main.
Fifth and sixth semester coeds
who drew numbers will choose
rooms between 6:30 and 7 tonight.
Fourth semester women .who
drew numbers from one; to 225
will pick rooms from 7 to 7:30 to
night; Fourth semester coeds
holding numbers 226 to 575 will
choose rooms from 7:30 to 8 to
night.
Second and third semester co
eds will select their rooms at a
later date.
Coeds who wish to room to
gether must appear together to
select their room, Mrs. Cordelia
L. Hibbs, assistant to the dean of
women in charge of housing,' said
yesterday. If a coed- desires'-to
room with a woman of a lower
semester, she must choose- the
room at the time the lower se
mester . student is scheduled to
pick hers.
Women of the same semester
will choose their room together
at the time the lower number is
scheduled to appear.
Students must take their num
bers with them when they select
rooms. Women who did not draw
numbers will hot choose their
rooms at- this time.
Nominations
For IFC Close
At 5 Tomorrow
. The: nomination of John Flan
agan of Sigma Chi for Interfrater
nity , : Counc il. vice president
brought the total,to nine candi
dates for IFC officers, Arthur
Rosfeld,. president, said' yesterday.
Candidates may nominate
themselves until 5 p.m. tomorrow
by ietter addressed to Rosfeld and
left at the Student Union desk in
Old Main. Each candidate must
nominate himself. .
Candidates will be introduced
and will speak before the meeting
of IFC 7:30 p.m. tomorrow in 217
Electrical Engineering.:
Election of officers will take
place. next Wednesday.
Candidates for IFC president
are Thomas Schott, Phi Gamma
Delta, and Richard Gibbs, Chi
Phi.
Vice presidential nominees are
Bruce Nichols, Delta Tau Delta;
Edwin Kohn, Sigma Alpha Ep
silon; and Flanagan.
. Richard Altman, Beta Sigma
Rho; Alan McChesney, Phi Kap
pa Sigma; Merice Nelles;- Alpha
Tau Omega; and George Rich
ards, Sigma Nu,' are candidates
for the position of secretary
treasurer..
TODAY'S
WEATHER
CLOUDY
WITH
SHOWERS
STATE COLLEGE, PA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, MARCH 18, 1953
military and press observers, not
one was scratched or burned or
suffered ill effects from radiation.
■ .Army : . officers were pleased
with what they found.
They think now that troops, in
stead of crouching in foxholes at
today’s, distance of two miles from
theblast, . could - remain above
ground at - that distance, protect
ing themselves only by stretching
prone.; ■■ •-
■ But this public demonstration
of atomic explosion showed that
houses fared worse; than fighting
men.
• A test house 3500 feet from the
explosion, which was set off atop
300-foot. steel' tower, was smash
ed into a matchstick pile, except
for. a ragged stub of the first
story. ; . -
A second house at 7500 feet was
not so badly damaged structural
ly but flying-glass from shatter
ed' windows would have killed or
badly injured tenants. . -
Samples of family automobiles
—big, expensive ones, cheaper
models were destroyed, dam
aged, just dented or untouched
depending on their proximity to
the bomb. Curiously, cars at a
distance of a mile or two which
had their windows closed- suffer
ed pushed-in roofs. But those with
windows open escaped that dam
age. Equalization of the pressure
(Continued on pg. S, col. 1)
Quartet Finalists
To Vie Tonight
The Barbershop Quartet con-:
lest, sponsored by the soph
omore class, will be held at
7:30 tonight in Schwab Audi
torium.
Six groups, three in the
men's and three in the women's
division, will compete in. the
final contest. They are the Col
legians, the Alpha Tau Omega
quartet, the Mellow Aires, the
Rollo quartet, the Keydeltes,
and . the Alpha Gamma Delta
quartet. The winners will be
judged on < entrance, appear
ance, poise, and voice quality,
and will be awarded loving
cups.
Free tickets to. the contest
are available' at the- Student
Union desk in Old Main.
Famous Autographs
S old for a Song'
By LIX NEWELL
“Don’t sell Miss Sloop down the river.” “Two dollars for Norman
Rockwell.” “Do I hear 85?”
These were some of the comments heard and said by Dr. George
E. Murphy, associate professor of education, as he acted as auctioneer
at last night’s famous-person autograph auction
The auction was sponsored by
Pi Lambda Theta, national wo
men’s-education honorary society;
to raise money for a scholarship
fund to be used at Crossnore, a
North Carolina school for under
privileged children;
In urging a higher bid for Ced
ric Adams, columnist for the Min
neapolis-Star Journal, Dr.'Murphy
said the hand-writing was beau
tiful, “untarnished by Palmer or
Patterson.” Nevertheless, Adams
only pulled $1.50 from. the aud
ience
Murphy admonished the Eng
lish, ed majors when the auto
graph and of Brook's
Atkinson sold only for $1.30;
Murphy called for music ed ma
jors: to do their best for Eugene
Ormandy’S' short but to-the'-pdint
comments and they came through
with one of the highest bids of
the evening—s4.o2.
"In reply to a request that he
New School May
Discard Languages
Foreign language, art, and music requirements may be eliminated as required courses
in the hew School of Business.
The new set-up for the College’s tenth school has pas:
courses of study and is awaiting final approval by the College
Dean Simes
Will Rebut
At Banquet
Dean of Men Frank J. Simes
will defend-the administration in
a rebuttal speech duri n g the
Gridiron\ Banquet at 7 p.m. Tues
day at the Nittany Lion Inn. ,
Persons -who received invita
tions to the lampoon dinner,
sponsored annually by Sigma
Delta Chi, men’s national profes
sional journalism -fraternity, may
pick, up reserved tickets until 5
p.m. Friday. Andrew McNeillie,
president, said because of space
restrictions only a limited num
ber of tickets are available. Tick
ets are $3.
This year’s invitations are m
the form of a newspaper story,
McNeillie said. Invitations to the
banquet are printed ih a differ
ent format each year.
The banquet is patterned after
the Washington Gridiron Banquet
sponsored' by the National Press
Club. The club includes the top
newspapermen ■- in -Washington,
D.C. The . banquet lampoons na
tional • personalities and events
and is attended by prominent na
tional figures, including the Pres
ident of the United States..
The campus version features
skits written ana acted by mem
bers of Sigma Delta Chi. Frater
nity members parody s tu d e n t,
faculty, administration, and town
events and personalities. The
theme for this year’s banquet is
WSDX-TV. President Milton S.
Eisenhower and Dean Simes will
be guests of honor.
State College to Adopt
Daylight Saving Time
. Daylight Saving Time will be
adopted in State College again
this year, the Borough Council
decided Monday.
At 2 a.m. Sunday, April 26 the
time will be advanced one hour.
read the cards before the bidding
began, Dr. Murphy quipped,
“Knowing what he said comes
when you shell out.”
Lamenting her loss in the bid
ding for Harry. S. Truman’s card,
one disappointed person said she
should have won it because she
would have kept it while the
Republicans only wanted to burn
it.
The approximately 130 auto
graphs • and comments sold last
night were in reply to a letter
sent to famous persons- asking
their reaction to the - question
“What c an Pi Lambda Theta,
teachers, and professional people
in education. do for children?”
..One of the most pertinent com
ments was that of Robert G. Bem
reuter, professor of psychology,
who said “We can enjoy our chil
dren.” .
' We never did find out what the
director of Western - Penitentiary
said in answering this question!
Frank J. Simes
'To give rebuttal speech
Frosh Vote
For Informal
Class Dance
The freshman class voted 118 to
2 last night in favor of an infor
mal dance rather than the pro
posed Sock and Sweater Swing
'for their class dance to be held
May 1. . , , .
The social committee, headed
by Philip Lang, will meet later
this week to decide on a theme
for the affair. Lang asked mem
bers of the class to attend and
submit suggestions to the commit
tee.
Since the theme for the dance
has not yet been chosen, the
dance committees made no def
inite reports. Committee chair
men are Forrest Miller, tickets;
Ann Lederman and Joseph Gold
stein, decorations; Sanford Lich
tenstein, publicity; Earl Seely,
band; Michael Rosenfeld, inter
mission entertainment; Arthur
Edwards, college arrangements.
Albert Jordan, reporting for the
revue committee, said that due
to the failure of freshman musi
cal acts" to sign up for the revue
tryouts, the future of this project
is uncertain. He.urged the mem
bers of the class to publicize the
revue, which is scheduled fo r
May 1. Sign-ups will continue this
week at the Student Union desk
in Old Main. All singers, dancers,
and novelty acts are requested to
register immediately, Jordan said.
The revue, if it becomes a reali
ty, • will" be written and directed
by freshmen, according to James
Bowers, class president.
Radio Permit
Awaits OK
The Federal Communications
Commission, Washington, D.C., is
processing the College’s applica
tion for a construction permit for
the planned campus radio station.
This permit must be granted
before construction may begin.
No estimate is available as to
when the permit will be issued,
but persons interested in the ra
dio station expect to have the sta
tion built and tests run before the
end of the semester.
The radio station will be in the
educational FM class. The FM sig
nal will be converted to an AM
signal by units to be located in
various living areas.
20th Campus
Sorority-
See Page 4
ised the Senate committee on-
Senate at its meeting April 9,
Clarence E. Bullinger, chairman
of the committee, disclosed yes
terday. The school will Open July
1.
The plans, formulated by a com
mittee of the Department of Eco
nomics and Commerce, require
139 credits for graduation in the
new school instead of the 132 now
required uhder the School of Lib
eral Arts. ’ . .
Courses on business statistics,
speech, and business law would
be required of students in their
first two years in the Business
school.
Present plans call for dropping
31 courses in commerce and eco
nomics .now taught. by the De
partment of Economics and Com
merce. Seven of these are gradu
ate courses.
3 Departments Planned
The report to the Senate will
recommend the addition of 10 new
undergraduate and five graduate
courses. Some courses, would
teach material presently included
in courses to be dropped. The
courses to be added are in busi
ness statistics and commerce.
The new school would have
three departments: Accounting
and Statistics, Commerce, and
Economics. Courses would be of
fered in the following majors:
accounting, business management*
economics, finance, insurance and
real estate, secretarial science,
trade and transportation, and mar
keting.
C. S. Wyand, assistant to the
President and chairman of a com
mittee to consider a dean of the
new school has issued no report
on his committee’s work.
Accredited Requirements
This revamping of the courses
offered by the new school may
lead to its being accredited by the
American Association of Colle
giate Schools of Business, a
spokesman said. The program-in
the Department of Economics and
Commerce of the School of Liberal
Arts could not be approved by the
AACSB.
The proposed curricula in the
School of Business will meet the
(Continued on page eight)
Council Hears
TUB May Get
Television Soon
Television for the TUB is a near
reality, Edward Thieme, Town
Council president, told the council
last night. The only remaining ob
stacles are approval of technical
aspects and .acceptance by an
architect, who must approve any
alternations in the building,
Thieme said.
Thieme will meet tomorrow with
George Donovan, director of Stu
dent Union,, and Walter Wiegand,
physical plant director, to reach a
final decision.
A free get together picnic for
all independent men was .sched
uled for May 9 or 10. Although
plans were not complete, the
council agreed that those wish
ing to attend should be asked to
sign up .at the Student Union desk
before the end of April.
No definite site for the picnic
was set. Tickets, which will admit
one man and a guest, will be
given to all independents Who
sign up.
Chester Cherwinski was ap
pointed to see Ernest B. McCoy,
dean of the School of Physical
Education, about the possibility
of obtaining a softball field for
independent games this spring.
Robert Schoner of the softball
committee said there was a desire
to play but no fields are available.
Another difficulty, the committee
said, would be the time of games.
It was hoped there would be
time to play two games a night.
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