The daily collegian. (University Park, Pa.) 1940-current, May 19, 1953, Image 1
. .. . . . . Weather: - 4 4: . , / 0 4/44,e, 4, Mild and 4 1 r 7 at f'.:!.,f 4 3 II r tall Is Discrimination Always Wrong? Cloady -.--t,,s, See Page 4 A BETTER PENN STATE _ VOL. 53, No, 146 Alumni Group Opens Membership Drive The annual -Alumni Association membership drive opens today and 'will continue until June 4, Commencement Day, Ross Lehman, assistant executive secretary, has announced. For the duration of the drive, graduating seniors are being offered a special membership rate of $2 for one year instead of the regular $3 rate. Fee Collection Will Precede Fall Registration Payment of fees for' the 1953 fall semester will be collected be fore the time of registration, Harry A. Sperber, assistant Col lege scheduling officer, recently announced. ' Admission to Recreation Hall for registration will be according to the alphabetical schedule on the cover of the fall semester time table. Students must have a re ceipted bill for payment of fees from the bursar and matriculation card' in order to register, Sper ber said. Strict alphabetical schedule will be followed, and every resident student must com plete -his own registration. Forms used for collection of fees will be distributed to stu dents befOre they report to ad visers in the fall. Payment • will be accepted by the bursar at any time following distribution of the forms. Further information regarding payment of fees will be enclosed in spring semester transcripts mailed to each student. Registra tion material and instructions for the fall semester will be distrib uted Sept. 1. Arts Festival Will Continue The Combined Arts Festival, sponsored by the departments of fine arts curriculums will continue until Sunday. Included in the fes tival are exhibits of fine arts students, Players' productions, and concerts. This week's festival presenta tions include a Players' thesis production, "Thirteen Clocks," which will be given at 8:00 p.m. today and tomorrow in the Little Theater, basement of Old Main. Chapel Choir will present a concert tomorrow and Thursday in Schwab Auditorium. The Penn State Concert Blue Band will perforni at 3 p.m. Sunday on the Mall in front of the Pattee Li brary. The concert will be the' final presentation for the Com bined Arts Festival. 2 Students to Conduct Blue Bond in Concert Donald Reutschler, graduate student in music education, and Samuel Moldovan, eighth semes ter music education major, will conduct the Penn State Concert Blue Band in two numbers at a concert at 3 p.m. Sunday on the steps of the Pattee Library. Student directors were selected from six seniors and graduate students, according to James W. Dunlop, associate professor of music education and conductor of Blue Band. Computer on Display ' The IDA Computer, an Integro- Differential Analyzer, will be demonstrated all day today in 6 Electrical Engineering by Burlin eame Associates. An exhibition of a transitor test device will be con ducted at 2 p.m. at the same place. Time Tables Ready Time tables for the 1953 fall semester are now available at the Scheduling office, base ment of Willard Hall, accord ing to Ray V. Watkins, College scheduling. officer. STATE COLLEGE, PA., TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 19, 1953 The Alumni Association serves as the - liaison organ between the College and its alumni, providing services to both. Among the benefits of Alumni Association membership are pri ority on reserved football tickets and subscriptions to the Penn State Alumni News, a magazine Published seven times a year; the Penn Stater, a quarterly news paper; and the Football Letter, issued weekly during football seat son. The Association provides films and speakers for the 68 active Penn State alumni district clubs located in most of the counties of the state, in large cities through out the country and in Puerto Rico. Newest Project Class reunion and Alumni In stitute, the weekend following graduation, and Homecoming -in the fall are conducted by the as sociation. The Alumni office main tains the most complete biograph ical and occupational records of the 50,000 alumni, and the only College alumni mailing list. The Penn State Alumni Fund, begun this year, is the newest association project. It was organ ized to conduct annual solicita tions among the alumni to con tribute- to critically-needed Col lege projects which cannot be financed by federal or state grants. Among these are furnish ings for the 'new Student Union Luilding, student scholarships, and library collections. Material Sent Over $lOO,OOO in cash or pledges has already been raised through "Onward State" meetings in State College, New York, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, and individual alumni contributions. Graduating seniors will not be solicited for the fund this year. Explanatory letters and mem bership applications have been sent to all" graduating seniors. Completed forms along with $2 should be mailed to the Alumni Association or taken to the office in 104 Old Main. Students May Sign For UN Institute Students from all parts of the United States will attend the In tercollegiate Institute on the United Nations June 14 to 20 at Finch Junior College, New York City. UN delegates , Secretariat mem bers, and international relations experts will lead informal discus sions on UN issues. Application blanks and addi tional information may be obtain ed from the Collegiate Council for the UN, 45 E. 65th street, New -York 21, N.Y. Registration fee, room, and board total 4542.50. Sabre Jets SEOUL, Tuesday, May 19 (IP)— The Communist Air Force hurled an unprecedented 850 to 900 MIG fighters at U.S. Sabre jets along the Korean border in six days of stepped-up aerial wa r through -Monday . and were knocked back with shattering losses. Dogfights blazing over North west Korea Monday cost the reel ing Red Air Force 12 MIGs shot down and_ one probably destroyed. Fifth Air Force authorities who gave these figures said that on the first three days of running battle, no U.S. Sabres were lost in com bat. If there were any U.S. losses in the last three days they will be announced in a weekly summary Saturday. Reds Lose 'Big Shoe The fighting Monday produced the world's first jet triple ace, 22- year-old Capt. Joseph McConnell groci'-Chi, W S S "STRAINS OF "Hawaiian Sunset" and "Song of the Islands" drift out to Spring Carnival goers from the Sigma Chi-Delta Gamma carnival booth.. This combination massed the greatest number of points at the carnival to win the Spring Week trophy. The groups got 6783 tickets. Theta Kappa Phi and, Zeta Tau Alpha won the cups last year., • Operation Date Set For Campus Station Opening of the campus radio station has been set for_ shortly after the beginning of the fall semester provided needed equipment has arrived and necessary tests run, David R. Mackey, assistant pro fessor of speech, has announced. • Mackey was recently named by the College Board of Trustees to the post of general manager of the, station Meeting for Students The station is in f"fairly good shape," he said, and added now that the Trustees have given their official approval to the project, orders for major transmission and studio equipment have been placed; Due to priority defense order, however, these may not be delivered for six weeks to three months, he said. Mackey also said there would be a meeting for students inter ested in joining the station staff at 4 p.m. Friday in 312 Sparks. He requested students interested in any phase of the operation of a radio station to report during that time. Positions are open .to all regardless of school or cur riculum, he said. Departments will include news, announcing, sports, traffic, pro motion, music, engineering, and production. Heads of these de partments or the staffs will not be named until during the sum mer, Mackey said. They will be Hurl Back MIG Attacks of Apple Valley, Calif., whose ra dar-directed machine guns - blast ed down three MIGs for his 14th, 15th and 16th victories. The air battles also may have cost the Communists a "big shot" pilot. A MIG with a dragon in signia on the fuselage was shot down in flames despite fevered efforts of Red pilots to aid it. There was no ready explanation from Air Force headquarters for .the recent outpouring of Red planes from their jet bases at An tung, across the Yalu River border in Manchuria. However, the heavy jet actions have coincided with tightening of the truce deadlock at Panmunjom. Sabres Near Record The Red flow of MIGs sighted last Wednesday by Allied pilots was estimated . between 800 and 900 by. Col. Edward Szaniawski, deputy commander of a fighter asked to report during Orienta tion Week in September for in structions and practice. Community Effort Mackey said he hopes to call a meeting this week of schools, departments, clubs, and organi zations interested in presenting programs next fall. It has not been decided how to allot time to these groups, he said. The only expected programs are sporting events, reports from cabinet and the President's office, and shows by various religious, cultural and academic groups. In regard to the, station, Mackey said, "This 'is a community ef fort, being supported by students, faculty, and administration with each group contributing money, time and energy, and moral sup ,port." He said the station will not be able to please all students all the time but will "try to do the best 'possible, consistent with policy set up by trustees." interceptor wing of the Fifth Air Forcd. "How they (MIGs) can stand the punishment I don't know," Szaniawski said. "I know - we couldn't stand it." The tally of MIGs destroyed this month was reaching record proportions. In September, 1952, Allied pilots set a new war rec ord. In the first 18 days of May the Sabres are 22 shy of this mark. 'Do It Again' McConnell's grand slam per formance of three MIGs downed in a single day came on his 106th mission. He has been authorized to fly 19 more before returning home. The slender 140-pound pilot re turned to his fighter interceptor wing base flushed with victory and declared "I'd like to do this again tomorrow.' DG Get ek Cup 6783 Points Are Totaled By Winners By T IE BLOOM Sigma g. M and Delta Gam ma are winners of the 1953 Spring Week trophy, Joan Lee, Spring Week chairman., has announced. The two or ganizations compiled a total of 6783 points. Forty-nine groups participated in Spring Week ac tivities. Tau Kappa Epsilon and Gamma Phi Beta won second place hon ors with 5060 points. Lambda Chi Alpha was third with 4746 points and Alpha Gamma Rho and Zeta Tau Alpha were fourth with 3696 points. The winners received 710 points in the Mad Hatter's contest, 150 in the carnival parade, 25 in the He-Man contest, 25 in the Ugly Man contest, and 5873 carnival points. The Hawaiian carnival booth theme was used for the parade float, which was judged most original. The Teke's and Gamma Phi's were awarded 620 points for Mad Hatter's events. 50 parade points, 50 in the He-Man contest, 50 for Ugly Man entries, and 4280 for the carnival booth, "The Mys terious Traveler" or "Sex as Seen from a Loose Caboose." Lambda Chi won 4036 points for tickets taken at the carnival booth, "The Christine Story." The fraternity also received 510 Mad Hatter's points, 150 parade points for their "most collegiate" float, 25 He-Man points, and 25 Ugly Man points. AGR and Zeta's won 2956 points with their carnival booth, "It's in the Book." They had 490 Mad Hatter's points, 150 for the "most comic" parade float, 50 points each in the He-Man and Ugly Man contests. Theta Kappa Phi and Zeta Tau Alpha were winners in the 1952 Spring Week activities. A total of 59,000 10-cent tickets were sold at the Spring Carnival for booths, rides and refreshment stands. Remainder of the $5900 after expenses are paid will be given to the All-College scholar ship fund. Miss Lee said organizations are asked to leave mailing addresses at the Student Union desk in Old (Continued on page eight) Students Hurt In Car Collision Two cars driven by College students collided at 1:45 a.m. Sat urday on Route 45 near the Little League baseball field west of State College. Although no one was seriously injured, several of the occupants required stitches to have their wounds closed. Gary Hawk, sec ond semester student and driver of one of the cars, is in the in firmary after suffering back bruises. The other driver was James Nicholas, second semester student. There were two couples in Hawk's car and three in Nicholas'. Raymond McDowell, sec ond semester student, who was in Hawk's car, received se veza 1 stitches for a l cut on his chin. According to local police, Hawk's car skidded into the other car, forcing it into the guard rail and over the embankment. The damage to Hawk's car was estimated at $3OO, while Nicholas' car was damaged to the extent of about $l5O. 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