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VOL. 53, No. 143
111pectipn
For',Town
Town rooms rented to students will .be• inspected under a vol
untary program, the Dean of Men's office has announced. An ap
proved list of rooms will be available to students desiring downtown
living accommodations as a result /of the inspectiOn.
•A list of minimum standards to be maintained by householders
renting rooms to students was distributed• by:the office early thii
week. The first letter was mailed early in February to owners now
renting rooms to students..
Inspectors from .the Dean of
Men's office will be sent out to
each house participating in the
program.
3. Newsmen,
To Discuss 4
Soviet Trip
Three small-town Penn s y 1-
vania newspaper editors, recently
returned from a tour through
Russia and ten other countries,
will participate in a forum-dis
cussion at 3 p.m. tomorrow in 10
Sparks.
Editors Rebecca Gross of the
Lock Haven Daily Express, Mrs.
Jane Mcllvaine, of the Downing
town Archive, and Eugene Simon
of the Tarentum Valley News
were among the eight American
newspaper people who received
permission to go to Moscow a
fevi months ago. The editors spent
much time on carefully conducted
tours of Soviet showplaces, but
they were able to depart from
the tours to see the Russian
people, their homes, and amuse
ments.
Reports of the tour stirred up
a' hornet's nest of controversy in
American newspapers. The New
York Post accused the editors of
acting like "the Rover Boys in
Moscow," and. Time said the edi
tors "wrote about Moscow as if
they had never seen a. big city."
Time added: "Manhattan's' Com
munist Daily Worker thought the
stories fitted the.: party line so
well it ran them without distort
ing a sentence."
The forum is . being sponsored
by the Political Science . depart
ment, -in :cooperation with the
Intercollegiate Conference on
Government, International Rela
tions Club and Political Science
Club.
Choir to Sing
Haydn's 'Mass'
Chapel Choir will present
Haydn's "St. Cecilia Mass" in its
sixth annual spring concert at
8 p.m. Wednesday in Schwab
Auditorium.
The choir's presentation of the
composition will be the second
given in the United States. Be
cause published scores of the
workers are not available, the
choir will sing from unpublished
scores used a year ago in the
first American performance by
the. Chorus Prd - Musica in Boston.
The 110-voice group will be ac
companied by the College Sym
phony Orchestra and George E.
Ceiga, Chapel organist.
.Soloists • will be Barbara. Trox
ell,soprano; Mary Alyce Bennett,
contralto; Robert Simpson, tenor;
and Herbert Beattie, assistant pro
fessor of music, bass.
During intermission an offer
ing will be taken to defray ex
penses.
381 Pints Given
In Blood Drive
One hundred thirty-six pints
of blood were contributed by
students yesterday, last day of
the campus drive. This brought
th e total contributed during
the three-day drive to 381 pints.
Original goal of • the cam
paign was 600 pints, but only
332 pledges wer e received.
Walk-in contributors added to
the total of pints collected.
This was the second blood
drive on campus this -year. In
other years, a single campaign
had been held.
Plan Set
Housing
An approved 1 i s't of recom
mended dwellings should be
available to the student body this
summer, sometime in July or Au
gust, Dean of Men Frank J. Siines
said. The College hopes to have
it in time for students enrolling
in September, he added. •
There has long existed a two
fold need for such a program at
the College, Simes said. Students
and parents wish to ~ know where
desirable rooms are to be found,
and many persons who have
rooms to rent wish to find suit
able tenants.
' The College is not interested
in preventing landlords from
renting rooms to whomever they
wish, he said. 'However, he feels
that such a list will benefit all
concerned.
Housing standards to be checked
include size of the ' room, furn
ishings, bathroom facilities, heat
and ventilation, safety precau
tions, room lighting and window
area. -
Also, telephone service for lo
cal: calls, general house-keeping,
and the general room and house
environment will be checked.
Phi Beta Kappa
Elects 36 Students
Thirty-six students have been
elected to the College chapter of
Phi Beta Kappa, national schol
astic honorary fraternity.
They are Nancy Allebach, Jac
quelin Becker, Paul Bourdeau,
Louise Bregman; Barbara Charles,
Donald Cutler, Genevieve Castro
dale, Frank Coladonato, Ronald
Cohen, Barbara Cole, Leon David
heiser, Bernadine Fulton, Forrest
Fryer, Thomas Gorrell, Marcia
Garbrick.
Susan Holtzinger, Anna Red
ding, Marlene Heyman, Willard
Hunter, Elizabeth Johnson, John
Laubach, Samuel Lemon Jr., Peter
Lansbury, Nevin Moul, Otillie
Milliken, Robert Motley, Rocco
Narcisi, Virginia Opoczenski, Wil
liam Slepin, Louise Staples, Stan
ley Sporkin, Jack Shearer, Marion
Venzlayskas, Audrey Weber, Vir
ginia Wertman and Marcia Yoffe.
EE Seminar Today.
- D. Houck, of the Radio Cor
poration of America, will speak
on "Televising Film'? at an electri
cal engineering seminar at '4:10
p.m. today in 110 Electrical En
gineering.
Reds Turn
MUNSAN, Korea, Thursday,
May 14 (IP)—An immediate Com
munist slap at a new United Na
tions Command plap for prisoner
exchange chilled any '
lingering
hopes today for an, early armistice
in Korea.
Peiping radio- quoted a Com
munist correspondent at Panmun
jom as saying the Red truce dele
gation "rejected" the plan. The
Colnmunist communique avoided
such flat language. The Allied
communique said the Red dele
gation "indicated" it was "not in
accord" with the proposal.
Plan Recep#orl,
The Allies' proposal, Unfolded
at Panmunjom Wednesday; would
release any North Korean prison
er unwilling to go back to the
Reds. ,- It also spurned• the Corn.'
munist formula for letting Rus-
FOR" A BETTER PENN STATE
STATE COLLEGE, PA., THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 14, 1953
415000.'AttenclFifith
Carnival Opening
Spring Carnival opening last night was favored by
, good weather for the second time
in the five year history of - the event. According to Franklin Kelly, Spring Week business
manager, 5000 people attended the carnival and a larger crowd is expected tonight.
Board OK's
Appointment
Of Director
The retirement of J. Orvis Kel
ler, director of General Extension;
was approved at the May meet
ing of the Executive Committee
of the College Board of Trustees.
Edward L. Keller, assistant direc
tor, was named his successor as
of July 1.
The trustee committee also
named Dr. William L. Henning,
professor of animal - husbandry,
new head of the Animal Hus
bandry department. He will suc
ceed Franklin L. Bentley, who will
retire June 30 _with emeritus rank
after 37 years on the faculty.
J. 0.• Keller, who will retire
with emeritus rank, graduated
from the College with a B.S. de
gree in industrial engineering in
1914 and five years later • re
,ceived his M.S. degree. Begin
ning in 1916 he served in the
Industrial and Mechanical Engin
eering departments at the College
and, after nine wears as head of
the Department of Engineering
Extension; was put in charge of
General Extension in 1934.
E. L. Keller graduated from the
College in 1925 with a degree in
industrial engineering and be
came an instructor a year later.
He had charge of the College's
war program* which trained 155,-
000 men and women for industry
and was named assistant director
of General. Extension in- 1951.
Dr: Henning, a 1921 graduate of
Ohid State University, joined the
College staff •in 1922 while doing
post-graduate work. He has won
national recognition as an author
ity on sheep and as coach of the
College liVestock judging team.
Debate Group Elects
Porter. As Preside,nt
Recently elected officers of Del
ta Sigma Rho; debating honorary,
are Agnes Porter, president, and
Lois Lehman, secretary-treasurer.
Seven persons were • initiated
into the society Sunday at the in
itiation banquet in the State Col
lege ' Hotel. / They are Charles
Basch, Susan Holtzinger, Lois Leh
man;.-Sally Lowry, Agnes Porter,
Marian Ungar, and Guyla Wood
ward.•
Down UN's POW Plan
siarrsatellites Poland and Czecho
slovakia:bring in troops to guard
such prisoners and refused to let
the prisoners' fate be settled by
a post-armistice conference.
The plan, carefully worked out
and 'co-ordinated in• Washington,
got' a cool reception from the
Cominunist side of the table. The
Reds said the Allied attitude
"threatens the prospects of the
whole armistice negotiations."
There was no outright Commu
nist rejection. Instead the Red
delegation requested - a not h e•r
meeting. .
Lt. Gen. William K. Harrison,
senior Allied delegate, presented
the - plan, which was a counter
proposal to one made by the Reds
last week. It incorporated, part of
the Communist plan; such as
agreeing to a five-ppwer neutral
repatriation commission.- But - it
carefully -'screened'Amt. any. Red
The carnival will continue from 6 to 11 tonight on the parking lot behind Sigma Chi.
Occasional showers tonight, followed by lower temperatures, are forecasted by the
Forced Return Ousted
College Weather Station.
Winners in yesterday's Ma d
Hatters' finals were announced by
Charles Gibbs, contest chairman.
Charles Turner, Beta Theta Pi,
received the funniest hat award
for his Cisco Kid creation. Second
place honors went to Morris Sar
achek, Beta Sigma Rho, for his
Tea Time hat.
Crouse Places First
Most original hats were worn
by Martha Colaianni, Delta Delta
Delta, and Leo Johnson, Theta
Kappa Phi.
• George Crouse, Phi Kappa Sig
ma, placed first in the group
judged most appropriate to the
theme, "Your favorite comic
strip character." He represented
Joe Btspfx. Second place award
went to Robert Vuncanon, Phi
Kappa Sigma, as Pogo.
First place winners received $5
prizes and 100 Spring Week points
for their sponsors. Second ' place
hatters were awarded $3 prizes.
47 Booths in Operation
Forty-seven booths, in addition
to the ferris wheel and refresh
ment .stand, were , in operation.
Most groups had not completed
booths by 6 p.m. yesterday. Nev
ertheless, the carnival was under
way by 8 p.m.
Admission to booths is by 10-
cent tickets sold at ticket booths
on the carnival grounds. 0n e
Spririg Week point will be award
ed for each ticket taken in at
booths.
Hot dogs, soft drinks and' cot
ton candy are available at the re
freshment stand. Some groups
offer entertainment in the way of
dancing girls, while others pre
sent the opportunity to throw pies
or take a trip through space.
Theta Kappa Phi and Zeta Tau
Alpha took in the largest number
of tickets at last year's carnival
and won Spring Week trophies.
Class Gift Result
To Be Announced
Results of senior class gift vot
ing will be announced as soon as
ballots are tabulated, according to
John Hoerr, gift chairman.
. In the past, gift results were
not announced until graduation
when most students had left for
summer vacation. •
Gift choices this year include
the "Lineman" statue being ex
hibited in Old Main, a record li
brary, stage and projection room
for the new Student Union Build
ing, an arena theater, and chimes
and/or an organ for the proposed
meditation chapel.
proviSions which might permit
forced repatriation.
Harrison's major proposal that
about 4000 North Korean prisOn
ers opposed to communism be re
leased immediately after an ar
mistice is signed won immediate
South,Korean support.
The remaining 14,50& among the
non-Communist prisoners now in',
Allied camps,. all Chinese, would
be held under supervision of a I
neutral commission made up of
In di a; Poland, Czechoslovakia;
Switzerland and Sweden.
The. Communists would be al
lowed to send representatives
among them to try, to talk them
into returning to Red China.
Threats' would be forbidden, and
if the Chinese prisoners still re
fused to go back, they would also
be released as civilians.
Harrison said the proposal
"went as, far as we thought prac
ticable."
Mrs. Roosevelt
Scheduled to Be
Forum Speaker
Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, former
U.S. delegate to United Nations;
Charles Laughton, English-born
actor; and Erwin Canham, editor
of the Christian Science Monitor,
have been contracted to appear
during the 1953-54 Community
Forum series.
Mrs. Roosevelt, who is sched
uled to speak sometime in No
vember, is one of the country's
outstanding women in public af
fairs, a - lecturer, and columnist for
the Ladies' Home Journal.
Laughton, currently touring the
country presenting dramatic read
ings from the Bible and English
classics, is husband of comedi
enne Elsa Lanchester, who per
formed in Schwab Auditorium
last December. The actor of stage,
screen, and radio is tentatively
scheduled to appear in October.
Canham, who has a long and out
standing career in journalism,
will appear in February.
Among those being considered
for the fourth speaker are Sen.
Wayne Morse, Oregon senator,
and Dr. Robert Hutchins, former
chancellor of the University of
Chicago.
Reserved seat season tickets
will go on sale in September.
Forum committee memb e r s
hope to enlist more student sup
port with next year's schedule, ac
cording to Kent Forster, program
committee chairman.
A new Community Forum con
stitution, which would provide for
more student participation at a
ratio of three students to every
four faculty members and towns
people, has recently been written.
It must be approved by a major
ity of the forum's 18 member or
ganizations, before going into ef
fect, James Dunlap, vice _chair
man, said. •
Grad Student Involved
In Auto Crash Tuesday
Charles Bertsch, graduate stu
dent in chemistry, was involved
in an automobile collision which
resulted in $350 damage, accord
ing to a report from the Centre
Daily Times.
The accident occurred when
cars operated by Bertsch and Lee
W. Dobson, Spring Mills, collided
at Calder alley and McAllister
street at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday. No
injuries were reported, the Times
said.
July Draft Call
Lowered by 3000
WASHINGTON, May 13 (LP)
The Army today issued a draft
call for 23,000 men in July, the
lowest selective service quota
set since last June.
The July call compared with
20,000 for June, 1953 and in
creased the total number of
men drafted or earmarked for
induction since selective serv
ice was resumed in September
1950 to 1,469,430.
The Defense department said
the lowered call for July was
in line with the reduced mili
tary budget announced by the
administration for the fiscal
year starting July 1.
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