/Korea Must Succeed'
•
GEN. JAMES A. VanFLEET, former eighth army commander,
told the Community Forum audience in Schwab Auditorium last
night that the Korean democracy must succeed and has every
right to succeed. Approximately 800 attended the lecture.
Van Fleet Advocates
Outside Korean Aid
Gen. James A. Van Fleet, former commander of the eighth army
in Korea, last night outlined South Korea's immediate need for aid
if it is to survive as the only democratic nation on the Asian main
land.
South Korea, devasted by war, with 160,000 orphans, 15,000 crip
pled children, 300,000 war wi
dows, and 20,000 amputees needs
—'and deserves —ar immediate
flow of personal American assis
tance, Van Fleet told, a Commun
ity Forum audience in Schwab
Auditorium.
"There is no replacing the kind
ness, 'love, and affection from one
people to another."
Van Fleet,• who replaced Presi
dent Milton S. Eisenhower as
chairman of the American Ko
rea.n Foundation, recently re
' turned•to this country after mak
ing a tour of India, England, and
Korea. -
"The best way to combat Com
munism" is to bring Korean col
lege students to colleges in this
country • and Hawaii and send
back "the finest ambassadors we
could have," the 61-year-old re
tired °general declared.
•, Van Fleet defended Syngman
Rhee, president of the Republic
of Korea, against criticism that
he is dictatorial. •"I am' 'a great
admirer of Rhee," he said. "He
is a • great scholar, patriot, and
statesman. I feel he has been un
justly criticized, mostly through
ignorance of the person making
the criticism."
"The 21 million citizens of South
Korea are solidly behind him,"
Van Fleet reported. "Rhee is mor
ally right." -
Warning against the tactics of
Communists, the general declared,
"As they infiltrate each new coun
try, they get their stooges in
power, take over the police and
the country." Then, he pointed
out, the Communists "use con
quered people to conquer others."
They have done this in North
Korea, Van Flee said. "Those, who
have seen communism as I have
in Greece and in , Korea know
t° there is no compromise with it."
The valiant struggle of the Ko
reans, who were "slaves to the
Japanese during 40 years of od
cupation" was praised by Van
Fleet. With . homes devastated,
with schools and hospitals flat
tened, with homeless children,
with separated families, and with
industry wiped out, the Korean
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TODAY'S
WEATHER:
CLOUDY
WARM
By MIKE FEINSILBER
Equipment Lag
Delays WDFM
Opening Date
David R. Mackpy, general man
ager of campus radio station.
WDFM, has reported that opening
of the station may be delayed
longer than expected because of
a lack of necessary, equipment.
He had hoped to have the sta
tion transmitting by the middle
of the semester but now, he •re
ports, the. opening will be delayed
considerably.
Still on order, but being held
up by defense orders with prefer
ence, are the translaters, a new
antennae, and electronic eqUip
ment for the control board, he
said. The translaters are needed
to convert the FM signals of . the
station for the AM receivers
owned by most people.
Mackey reported the first test
signal of the station three weeks
ago proved the transmitting
equipment is in working order
and will not disturb area tele
vision receivers. Since then, he
said, his staff has been improv
ing the transmitter and taking
minor "bugs out of it."
Cabinet to Consider Holiday
The recommendation for a half
holiday during the football season
will be reconsidered by All-Col
lege Cabinet tonight. The reborn
mendation was. tabled last week
because cabinet believed grant
ing such a holiday at that time
would be inconsistent with " the
group's disapproval of student
conduct in Philadelphia the week
end of the Penn game.
The half-holiday would eliin-
Mate Saturday classes the day of
a designated football game. The
Council of Administration must
approve cabinet's recommenda
tion for the holiday to be official.
George Richards, Spring Week
chairman, will ask. Cabinet for ap
proval of a one-day Spring carni
val, a faculty adviser who would
be Harold W. Perkins, assistant
dean of men, and a seven-member
screening committee composed of
three All-College officers and the Council, Panhellenic Council and
presidents of the Association of Leonides. -
Independent Men, Interfraternity The Senate - committee -on stu-
—Photo by Wielicki
Tfw Elatig
VOL. 54, No. 21 STATE COLLEGE, PA., THURSDAY MORNING, OCT. 15, 1953 FIVE CENTS
Senate :-CO:ripilittee
Approves Carnival
290 Pints of
Given
Two hundred ninety pints of pared to take 56 more students
blood were donated by students than are registered to donate.
Other openings are at 1:45, 2:15,
yesterday and Tuesday in the 2:30, 2:45, 3:15, 3:30, and 3:45 p.m.,
campus blood drive, according to when approximately 60 more don
reports from the Johnstown Red ors can be accepted.
Cross unit.
The Johnstown Red Cr oss
The daily goal of 150 pints Bloodmobile is stationed at Tem
was 'exceeded on Tuesday, when porary Union Building. Hours to
students contributed 156 pints of day will be from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
blood. Yesterday's donations Donating blood takes approxi
reached a total of 134 pints. The mately one hour. A physical ex
quota for the blood drive has amination is given preceeding the
been set at 500 pints. donation, and refreshments are
.3 Numerous openings for walk- served following the operation.
ins are available today according Blood donated by the students
to Jack. Huber, liaison represen- will go to Korea, to civilian hos
tative of the State College Red pitals and to laboratories - to be
Cross unit. From 10:15 a.m. to made into plasma for the armed
noon the Red Cross unit is pre- forces.
Froth Features
Personal Letter
From Fine
Froth honors Pennsylvania
Week in its second issue which
will, be sold today on campus and
in front of the Corner Room.
A personal letter to Froth from
Gov. John S. Fine sets- the key
note of the issue.
Other features are a historical
map of the state by William Pete;
a democratic history of Pennsyl
vania by Peter Reist and Carl
McGrew and "How It All Began"
on the Whiskey Rebellion, by By
ron Fielding.
Frothscope, candid shots" of
campus political parties, joins the
list of regular Froth features.
• Louanne Gallaher, fifth serrces ,
ter liberal arts major, is Froth
Girl of the .Month.
Cap and Gown
Orders Begin
Seniors who will be graduated
in January and who ,will be stu
dent teaching the second eight
weeks of this semester may ()rider
caps and gowns today and tomor
row at the Athletic Store.-
. A $5 deposit is required. Sen
iors should give their hat size
when ordering.
Invitations and announcements
may, be ordered at the Student
Union desk in Old Main for 10
cents each.
AGENDA
Roll call
Minutes of the previous meeting
Reports of officers
Adoption of agenda
Reports of committees:
1. Encampment recommenda
tion on student-town re
lations
2. Encampment recommenda
tion, on student publica
tion on academic hon
e Sty
b. NSA
4. Spring Week proposal
5. Encampment recommenda
tion of student . publica-
Lions
G. CPC reorganization
Old business
New business
Appointments
Adjournment
FOR A BETTER PENN-STATE
in Two
Mark Reports
Campus Parking
Under Control
The campus parking problem is
safely in hand this semester, but
the boundary line in the borough
which divides commuters and
non-commuters will not be al
tered, Capt. Philip A. Mark, head
of the Campus. Patrol, has an
nounced.
According to figures released
by the Campus Patrol, there are
2998 parking spaces within 43
yeas on • the campus. Over 3500
registered automobiles have been
assigned spaces this semester, or
an overassignment of 19 per cent.
Included in the asigned places
are 2259 student-operated cars
and 1314 faculty-operated cars.
There are also over 900 cars reg
istered off-campus that have not
been assigned campus parking
spaces.
The 19 per cent overassignment
figure is 10. per 'cent above last
year's total, Mark said. The prob
lem is mounting each semester,
he said, and if automobiles on
campus continue to increase,cer
tain steps must be taken.
The major step to curtail the
problem will , be a strict limiting
of the number of automobiles
permitted on campus.
dent affairs approved the propos
als yesterday.
Richards will also seek approval
of a one-day holiday for the car
nival.. Final consent must come
from the Council of Administra
tion.
A Cabinet Projects Council
recommendation, to. be presented
by Edward Haag, provides for the
revised organization of the cab
inet secretariat. Definite duties of
members would be specified and
functions of the group defined,
according to Richard Lemyre, All-
College president.
Appointments to the Student
Traffic Court will be made.
Other reports by committee
chairmen will include the en
campment recommendation on
student-owned relationships by
John Flanagan, the encampment
recommendation on academic
honesty by Robert Carruthers, a
National Student Association re
port by Robert Smoot, and the
encampment recommendation on
student publications by David
Jones.
Tottrgiatt
Blood
Days
No Classes
Requested
For Antics
The Senate committee on stu
dent affairs yesterday approved
a one-day carnival during Spring
Week but referred to the Council
of Administration a request that
carnival day be free from classes
in exchange for one less day_ of
Easter vacation.
The proPosal was one of three
submitted to the committee by
George Richards, chairman of
Spring Week, Wilmer E. Ken
worthy, director of student af
fairs and secretary of the com
mittee said. They will be pre
sented to All-College Cabinet to
night.
The others set up a student
screening committee of seven
members and made provisions
for a faculty advisor for the af
fair. The advisor, named by the
student affairs committee, was
Harold W. Perkins, assistant dean
of men.
Screening Powers
Members of the screening com
mittee include the All-College of
ficers president, vice president,
and, secretary-treasurer—and the
presidents of the Interfraternity
Council, Association of Indepen
dent Men, Leonides, and Panhel
lenic Council.
For Spring Week, the commit
tee will review in advance all
entries in the carnival and par
ade. It will be empowered to give
one official warning to any group
it feels is not conducting itself
properly and then close or pre
vent participation of the entry if
the warning fails to produce sat
isfactory changes.
The
. student affairs committee,
Kenworthy said, does not have
the power to change the calendar
eliminating classes on carnival
day in exchange for a day-shorter
Easter vacation. Richard Lemyre,
All-College president and student
representative On the committee,
said the Council of Administra
tion will probably act on the re
quest next week.
No Action on Weekend
The proposals came as the re
sult of criticism last spring that
the 'week took too much study
and class time and that some of
the participants in the carnival
and the parade did not conduct
themselves in a manner becom
ing to the College. Because of
this, the student affairs commit
tee asked for plans of the week
and of a means to control it be
fore Spring Week was approved.
Spring Week, Richards said, is
planned for May 10 to 14; and
the carnival would fall on Wed
nesday.
A request that this week's
Belle Hop ball_ be made a big
weekend was not submitted to
the committee as was planned.
Thomas Schott, IFC president,
said the executive committee,
which was making the move, de
cided it was too late; and the
situation made it impractical.
The committee approved a re
quest from Richard Gibbs, chair
man of the Campus Chest, for
permission to hold a wind-up
dance from 7:30 to 10 p.m. Thurs
day, Oct. 29, in the TUB. Ken
worthy said the committee must
okay all dances not set for Friday
or Saturday evenings.
Blue Key to Meet
Blue Key, junior men's hat so
ciety, will meet at 10 tonight at
Phi Gamma Delta to plan the
year's tapping program and the
Junior Week pep rally Nov. .5.