Richards to Seek
Review of Decision
On Carnival Hours
The Senate committee on student affairs will be asked to recon
sider its refusal to grant 12 o’clock permissions to women for Spring
Carnival, May 12 and 13, according to George Richards, Spring Week
chairman. , . «
Henry S. Brunner, chairman of the committee, said previously
that the group believed the peti
tion of Women’s Student Govern
ment Association askingf special
Fraternity
Loses $536
To Thieves
Three men were committed to
Centre County jail yesterday af
ter pleading not guilty or no plea
to a charge of stealing $536 worth
of clothing and personal posses
sions from.:.Delta Sigma Phi on
Saturday night.
James Williams, 20, Saxton;
Rodger Garner, 18, Shippensburg;
and Garry Willison, 17, Saxton,
are being held. Williams is a for
mer students at the University.
The theft was discovered by
members of the fraternity early
Sunday morning, following a par
ty at the fraternity house.
Party in Progress
Police reported the three men
were invited to the party and car
ried out two loads of personal be
longings while the party was in
progress. They stashed the pos
sessions in a car parked behind
the house, police said. The pos
sessions were taken from the
third- floor. The theft took place
between 12:30 and 3:30 a.m. Sun
day.
The items stolen included a $2O
collection of records, $l9 in cash,
an electric razor, sweaters, frat
ernity pins, ties, cuff links, tie
clasps, and lighters.
Police picked up Williams on
Sunday and Garner and Willison
yesterday. Garner is reportedly a
student at Shippensburg State
Teachers College and Willison is
a pupil at Saxton Senior High
School.
Bail Not Set
Williams pleaded not guilty to a
charge of burglary and larcency
yesterday afternoon before Guy
G. Mills, State College iustice of
the peace. Entering no plea is in
effect the same as pleading not
guilty. Mills explained. Mills said
he had no authority to set bail
and the three were sent to Centre
County jail.
Their attorney, William W. Lit
ke, is trying to have bail set by
Judge Ivan Walker of Centre
County Court.
. Walker said last night he had
not been contacted on the case.
He said the case will probably
come up at the May session of
court, since the February grand
jury is no longer in session.
Assistant Chief of Police M. A.
Seckinger said last night police
are investigating to see if there
is any connection between this
theft and two during Christmas
vacation. Thieves took $572' in
cash and personal possessions from
Kappa Sigma and Theta Chi over
the holiday.
Fink Selected
Clique Head
John Fink, sixth semester elec
trical engineering major, was
elected State Party clique chair
man Sunday. Fink replaced Ken
neth White, who announced his
resignation last week.
Fink was former All-College
clique treasurer of State Party.
He took over his new duties im
mediately.
White said he resigned because
of a heavy scholastic schedule.
Plans for spring elections were
discussed in a business meeting
following Fink’s election.
TODAY'S
WEATHER
MILD
WITH
POSSIBLE
SHOWERS
permissions was “not in order”
for consideration at the Jan. 27
meeting of the committee. Spring
Week plans had been approved in
November, Brunner said, with no
mention of a request for late per
missions.
Richards said.he will recom
mend that a committee be set up
to investigate Spring Week’s al
leged interference with the aca
demic program. Until the effects
of the week-long program upon
classes arid studying is estab
lished, Richards said, full support
should be given the 'event for
which plans have been approved.
Fraternities, sororities, and other
groups have been saving money
and planning for the carnival,
Richards said, and chances for the
overall success of the event will
be lessened if women are required
to to the dormitories at
10 p.m.
Nancy D. White, WSGA presi
dent, said she plans to write a
letter to the committee. She did
not disclose the nature of the let
ter.
Brunner said that the commit
tee will “take no initiative” in re
versing its decision, but that fur
ther petitions would be received.
Brunner said he did not know
whether they would be considered
by the committee.
Late Permission
Recommended
By Bus Council
The Business Administration
College Student council last night
recommended the extension of
Spring Week hours for women to
midnight. The council made the
recommendation in an attempt to
reopen the discussion of the hours
by the Senate Committee on Stu
dent Affairs.
Seating of the Graduate School
Student Council on the All-Col
lege Cabinet received the ap
proval of the Business Administra
tion council at the meeting. The
cbuncil voted against popular
election college cbuncil presidents.
If approved, this move would
have put the election of the coun
cil president in the hands of the
students of the college. In the
opinion of the council, they feel
they, themselves, have a closer
view of a member’s capabilities as
an officer.
“The number of students voting
in the Business Administration
College elections is not a large
enough representation of the col
lege to eliminate the influence
of certain factions,” said Gerald
Young, council president. He add
ed that, “A better choice will be
made if the vote is retained by
the council members.”
'Who's in the News'
Available at Sll Desk
Copies of Who’s in the News at
Penn State are still available at
the Student Union desk in Old
Main for students whose names
appear in the booklet.
French Repei Red Attack Ist Laos
SAIGON, Indochina, Feb. 15 (/P)
—French forces beat off a fierce
two-pronged Vietminh attack
eight miles north of imperiled Lu
ang Prabang today. Military ob
servers said the Red invasion force
appeared to be moving in for an
assault on the royal Laotian capi
tal.
The Union command said troops
were rushed north from the Luang
Prabang garrison to block a Viet
minh battalion which slipped
across the Mekong River and
stabbed at the French defenses.
The communique said the Reds
were thrown back . after fierce
(Hire Satlg
VOL. 54. No. 80 STATE COLLEGE, PA., TUESDAY MORNING. FEB. 16, 1954 FIVE CENTS
A 1 Michaels
Coach Resigns
Grid Coach
Michaels
Quits Post
Albert Michaels, Penn State
backfield football coach since
1935, resigned his position yester
day to become backfield coach
under Earle Edwards at North
Carolina State College.
Charles ‘Rip’ Engle, Nittany
Lion grid coach, said he had chos
en a successor but no announce
ment would be forthcoming until
the trustees had approved the
selection.
Edwards, who served with
Michaels at Penn State from 1936
to 1949, reported yesterday from
his office in Raleigh, N.C., that
he had delayed the selection of
his staff while awaiting Michaels’
decision. Michaels will join .Ed
wards, who was named head
coach two weeks ago, for spring
drills.
“Ever since our Penn State
days,” Edwards commented, “I
have admired Mike as a football
coach. He’s a student of the game
and unquestionably is one of the
best teachers I have ever known.
I wanted very much to add Mike
to my staff, and I am delighted
he has agreed to come to North
Carolina.”
Coach Engle, who expressed re
gret at Michael s’ departure,
praised his, aide for his “wonder
ful loyalty” and “exceptional tal
ents.” Under Engle Michaels en
hanced his reputation by winning
widespread attention as a scout.
At Penn State, where Michaels
played under Robert Higgins be
fore joining the coaching staff,
the Penn State aide worked on
both' offense and defense until the
one-platoon converted him into
a defensive specialist. Michaels
was Penn State’s top-ranking
quarterback for three years, took
care of the punting assignment,
and served as captain in his senior
year.
Nittany Lion teams- under
Michaels were traditionally strong
on pass defense. Penn State in
1938 set four pass defense marks
which still stand as National Col
legiate records. In 1947 when the
unbeaten Lions went to the Cot
ton Bowl, Penn State rated among
the nation’s best in pass defense.
fighting marked by losses ,on both
sides.
Northeast of the capital a sec
ond Red force swept down through
the Suong River Valley below
Paksuong and tried to pierce Lu
ang Prabang’s outer defenses. The
French finally forced them back.
While ground forces fought ;off
attacks on the capital’s outskirts,
Union warplanes were sent to the
aid of Red-encircled Muong Sai,
last French stronghold above the
royal city, raked for .the second
day by rebel mortar fire. A French
paratroop battalion was dropped
yesterday to reinforce the belea
guered. jungle- fortress- some. 60 n
FOR A BETTER PENN STATE
WDFM Tests
Are Successful
In WD Area
Tests of the first transponder, installed in the West Dormitory
area Saturday afternoon by Station WDFM, were termed successful
yesterday by John Price, assistant station manager.
The transponder, which converts the FM signal sent by the sta
tion to the AM band, so that it can be picked up on a standard set,
is located in the transformer vault
in the basement of Hamilton Hall.
Price said that although the
transponders worked successfully,
the station engineers were not
quite satisfied with the results.
Price said the transponder did
not receive the FM signal from
the, radio. station quite as well as
it could. This is due to the fact
that the transponder is buried so
far underground, he added.
Students living in the area were
satisfied with the tests run Satur
day and Sunday, Price said, but
tests will continue intermittently
throughout the week to find a me
thod of improving the reception of
the signal from the station.
When the unit is performing sat
isfactorily it will be removed from
Hamilton to be tested in other
dormitory areas. When all tests
have been made, final specifica
tions for the transponder will be
drawn up and submitted to a com
mercial.manufacturer for produc
tion;
Present plans call for nine trans
ponders to be manufactured; one
for each dormitory area and one
spare. Price said it is hoped trans
ponders will be installed in the
West Dormitory area, the Nittany-
Pollock area, Simmons, McElwain,
Grange, Ma'cAllister, Woman’s
Building, and Atherton.
The transponders are actually a
combination FM receiver and AM
transmitter. The FM receiver
picks up the station signal, con
verts it to AM and sends it out
over power lines in the dorms.
The signal radiates some two or
three feet from the power lines.
When all transponders are fin
ally installed, students will re
ceive WDFM at a different point
on the dial in each dormitory.
This is to eliminate interference
between two dorms in picking up
the station’s signal.
Sophs to Hold
Class Meeting
The sophomore class will meet
at 7 p.m. tomorrow in 121 Sparks,
Hugh Cline, class president, has
announced.
A the m e for the sophomore
class dance March 20 will be dis
cussed and an orchestra will be
chosen.
Robert Harding, class vice pres
ident and general chairman for
the dance, will announce the
names of committee chairmen for
the dance.
Persons intereste'd in working
on dance committees may sign up
at the close of the meeting.
Demolay Club to Meet
The Demolay Club will meet
at 6:30 tonight in 104 Willard.
Election of officers will be held.
miles northwest of Luang Pra
bang.
Observers speculated whether
the rebels were setting themselves
for an attack on Luang Prabaiig.
A French spokesman said some
1500 Vietminh regional units
which have been skirting the royal
city’s defense perimeter for the
past week, have' been suddenly
bolstered by an undetermined
number of regulars.
It is believed these reinforce
ments were drawn from the crack
309th Vietminh Division which
was pulled out of the siege of
Dien Bien Phu last week for the
thrust into northern Laos appar- 1
ently. aimed at Luang Prabang. I
(Eolbgtait
6 to Select
Press Queen
Finalists
Six judges were named yester
day to select Penn State’s six fin
alists in the Daily Collegian Pitts
burgh Press Campus Queen Con
test.
The judges are Edward Leos,
photographer for central -exten
sion; Robert Breon, of the Penn
State Photo Shop; Robert S.
Beese, assistant in agricultural
photography; William Coleman,
photographer for the Lion Studio;
Lou Bell, director of Public In
formation; and David Jones, edi
tor of the Daily Collegian. .
Penn State’s final entry in the
contest will be selected by stu
dent vote. Voting will be held
from Feb. 25 to March 2.
Any campus organization may
sponsor an undergraduate coed,
with no limit on the number of
entries each group may make.
Need Photographs
Photographs, 5 by 7 inches or
larger, with the candidate’s name
and address and sponsoring or
ganization’s name on the back,
may be submitted at the Student
Union desk in Old Main until
5 p.m. Feb. 22.
' The pictures of winning candi
dates from each competing
school will appear in the ROTO
section of the Press April 11.
Readers will select the winning
coed through ballots which will
be printed in the Press.
All entries in the local contest
and the intercollegiate contest
will be chosen on the basis of the
photograph. No personal inter
views will be held.
Commercial Photographer
Leos, who started working in
architectural photography while
in college, did commercial photo
graphy in New York City before
entering the Army as a camera
man and photographic instructor.
He came to Penn State in 1946
after working as a fashion photo
grapher for a New York Depart
ment store.
Breon was graduated from
Winona-Advanced school of pho
tography in 1939 and in 1940 came
to Penn State as photographer
for the Agriculture College.
Beese, who has been at Penn
State for the past 12 years, was
graduated from The Clarence H.
White School of Photography in
New York City.
University Graduate
Coleman, who graduated from
the University in 1949 with a de
gree in English Literature, studied
photography at Rochester Insti
tute of Technology in Rochester,
New York.
Bell, a former Collegian editor,
is a. graduate of the University.
He is director of Public Informa
tion at the University.
Jones, editor of the Collegian,
is an eighth semester journalism
major.
Collegian Candidates
To Meet Tomorrow
Students interested in be
coming candidates on the Daily
Collegian editorial staff will
meet at 7 p.m. tomorrow in 1
Carnegie. Present candidates
on the staff will also attend the
meeting.