Pt Batty VOL. 54, No. 90 STATE COLLEGE, PA., TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH 2, 1954 Cheney Named To Compete in By ANN LEH Alyce Cheney has been named Penn State's campus queen and will represent the University in the Pittsburgh Press c a rnp u s queen contest April 11. Miss Cheney received 169. out of a total of 676 votes cast in stu dent balloting which ended at 5 p.m. yesterday. She is a second semester edu cation major from Philadelphia and wa§ sponsored by Beta 'Theta Pi. A special picture of Miss Chen ey will be taken by the Depart ment of Public Information for the Press tri-state competition. Her picture will appear in the ROTO section of the April 11 edi tion of the Press, along with pho tographs of campus queens from 29 other colleges and universities in the Pennsylvania-West Virgin ia-Ohio area. A picture of the final intercol legiate campus queen will appear Puerto Ricans Attack House, Five Congressmeri Are Shot SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, March 1 (IP)—Gov. Luis Munoz Marin and political leaders to night vigorously condemned the shooting of U.S. congressmen by Puerto.-Rican-extremists as an act of savagery. Gov. Munoz in a statement said: "The whole people of Puerto Rico are deeply indignant because of this savage and unbelievable lunacy which does not express in} the re motest way the peaceful and decent nature of the people of Puerto Rico." WASHINGTON, March I.(JP)—At least two men and a woman, spectators in the House ,galley, today suddenly shouted, "Free Puerto Rico!" waved a Puerto Rican flag, and cut loose with wild, indiscriminate pistol fire that wounded five congressmen. Two congressmen were hurt seriously. The other three had - 1 The gunmen and their woman companion, Puerto Ricans f: Whitmore Lab Furniture Bids Due March 10 Laboratories in Whitmore. Lab will be furnished after bids for furniture are accepted, George S. Haller, dean of the Chemistry and Physics college, said yesterday. Bids will be received by March 10. Freshman laboratories will probably be furnished, Haller said. The laboratories have not been used since the building was opened in October because they were not furnished. Funds for the furnishings will be supplied by the University. The laboratory was built by the General State Authority and turned over to the University in October. Lab May Be Furnished If enough funds are available, Haller said, the radio-chemistry laboratory will also be furnished. The laboratory will be used in conjunction with research con ducted in the nuclear reactor to be built on campus. Construction of the laboratory started in 1949 and was complet ed in October, 1953. Graduate laboratories will not be furnished at the same time, Haller said. Bids are out only for laboratory benches for fresh man labs. Facilities for 3600 Planned When completed, the building will house facilities for 3600 un (Continued on page eight) •- - ii- si4 ; zr•d e,i : ':. z it i ,..„? , 1 pa , t0 . ...v. , • '' gt . . 1 8 15 1" ,:dill15 . FOR A BETTER PENN STATE in full-color on the front page of the PHOTO section sometime in May. Students will be given an op portunity to vote for the final winner through ballots which will be printed in the Press. Other finalists in the local con test were M aur een Flannery, fourth semester, home economics major, sponsored by Alpha Gam ma Delta; Louise Justin, sixth se mester premedical major, spon sored by Tau Kappa Epsilon; Mary Pera, fourth semester edu cation major, also sponsored by Beta Theta Pi; Carlene 'Samuels, fourth semester Pre-medical' ma jor, sponsored by Zeta Tau Al pha; and Marjorie Schenck, sec ond semester journalism major, sponsored by the Used Bo o k Agency. A total of 99 coeds competed in the contest. The finalists were chosen by a panel 'of six judges on the basis of photographic ap pearance only. powered and captured immedi ately. House Speaker Martin (R-Mass) said they were part of a busload of Puerto. Ricans • who l - kad come to the capital to da y. He said around 20 of them have been taken into • custody. The wounded congressmen: Alvin M. Bentley (R-Mich), struck in the left side' below the heart. Ben F. Jensen (R-Iowa), hit in the left shoulder. • Clifford Davis (D-Tenn), shot through the calf of a leg. • Kenneth A. Roberts (D-Ala), wounded in the lower part of his leg. George H. Fallon'(D-14d), shot in the fleshy, upper thigh, the bullet passing all the way through. At police headquarters, the Pu erto Ricans were identified as members of the Nationalist party in Puerto Rico. Two other mem bers of this party tried to assassi nate President Truman in 1950. The Puerto Ricans • were seated in the gallery above and to the left of the speaker's rostrum, so that they were facing the unsus pecting congressnien. Quickly came the shout, the shots, the flag waving, so quick ly many congressmen didn't even realize it was anything more than a prank. But there was Bentley, on the floor. Jensen, unconscious, lay 'in a pool of blood. Davis was down, holding his ankle. Fallon and Rob erts were holding their wounds. So great was the confusion that no one knows exactly ; what the Puerto Ricans shouted. Several caught it: "My country is not free. Free Puerto Rico!" But there were others who thought the shout was: "Viva la Mexico!" Republican James E. Van Zandt of Altoona, with bullets zinging past him, dashed to the gallery when he determined that's where the shots origi nated.. He estimated there were 20 to 25 shots fired altogether, most of the• bullets spraying across the house floor to the left of House Speaker-Martin. Totirjian Campus Queen; 'Press' Finals eg injuries. rom New York City, were .over- Czekal Terms Rec Hall Action 'Fa irly Good® Student cooperation at Satur day's double event sports program in Recreation Hall was labeled "fairly good" yesterday by Ed ward M. Czekaj, assistant business manager of atheltics. "Without the cooperation of the students we would never have been able to handle the large crowd as well as we did," Czekaj said. An overflow crowd of 6267 Was present. Czekaj said reports from ushers indicated students were willing to cooperate when asked to sit as Steering Committee Proposal Passed at Lion Party Meeting Judith Hance, second semester education major, was e l e c t e d freshman clique treasurer and an amendment to the party consti tution was -passed at the Lion party meeting Sunday night in 121 Sparks. The meeting, attend ed by 86 people, was the first party meeting before the spring elections April 7-8 . The amendment allows t h e Lion party steering committee to elect the party clique-chairman, vice-clique chairman, and clique secretary. These officers w e r e formerly elected by the party clique. Also included in the amend ment was the provision limiting the term of clique officers to two semesters. Officers wishing to serve a longer period must be re elected by the steering commit tee. The amendment was passed by a vote of 40 to 18. Miss Hance was elected to the iresbanan. -clique post over Nor FIVE CENTS Alyce Cheney Campus Queen (Continued on page eight) WD SeparaCon Plan Must Win Trustee Approval The proposal to separate West Dorm freshmen under in creased counsel or supervision must be passed either by Dr. Milton S. Eisenhower or the Board of Trustees before room reservations for next semester are assigned, a spokesman for the Dean, of Men's office said yesterday. No date for reserva tions has been set. The proposal is being studied now by James W. Dean, assistant to the dean of men in charge of independent affairs and sponsor of the proposal, by Frank J. Simes, dean of men, and by Otto E. Muel ler, director of housing. No agree ment has been made. . The West Dorm Council, which voted last week to approve the plan in the form of a letter to Simes, approved last night a res olution to consider the plan fur ther. Mueller pointed out that if the plan is adopted, it will mean an increased number of upperclass men will be permitted into the West Dorm area. Either the board of trustees or Dr. Milton S. Eisenhower are the last word in that matter, Wilmer E. Kenworthy, director of student affairs, said. because keeping all freshmen separate from upper classmen in the area is a policy decision. Dr. Milton S. Eisenhower will also have to be consulted, Ken worthy said. Simes made the statement that he thinks the plan is "worth con sidering and might have some merit." The West Dorm council reversed itself last night in its support of the proposal. Last week it voted to send a letter to Simes approving the proposal. • Council said that in view of 'the importance and far reaching ef fects of the proposal, it deserved further consideration before any decision is made. Dean introduced the proposal to • the West Dorm group at its meeting last Monday night. He said he felt the plan of separat ing freshmen and upperclassmen and providing more counselors would decrease the amount of vandalism and failing grades in the area, which has —he said greatly concerned the administra tion. Dean blamed most of the trou ble on the freshmen, who under the old plan of counselors, haven't been getting enough supervision, Dean claims. If the plan is approved, more upperclassmen will be permitted into the area, Mueller has pointed out. The all-upperclassmen-dorm, McKee under the proposal, can accommodate 275 men. Only 240 upperclassmen are permitted into the area at present. The present system of permit ting upperclassmen into the area is done according to grades. Soph omores must have a 2. All-Uni versity average, juniors a 1.5, and seniors a 1. Fifty spaces are set aside at present for certified medi cal and physically disabled stu dents. man Smith, second semester busi ness administration major, and Richard Schriger, second semes ter arts and letters major. The office of senior vice-clique chairman for women will remain vacant until the party's meeting Sunday night. There were no nominations made for this office at Sunday's meeting. Lewis Hazelwood, fourth se mes business administration ma jor, was_ appointed clique treasur er at the State party meeting also held Sunday night. Fifty-three persons attended th e meeting held' in 110 Electrical Engineer ing. The following committees were announced by John Fink, clique chairman: Publicity, John Al brecht, Mary Braun, _John Zieg ler; ward, Janet McKee, and Dav id Hamrick; distribution, Horace Mitchell and Doris Weinstein; publicity, Arnold Hoffman and Arthur Brewster.; public rela- Wind Gusts, Heavy Rain Hit Campus Winds, rain, and snow flurries lashed Penn State yesterday, but aside from soaking students and staff members, the w eat her caused little damage. More than 1.64 inches of rain drenched the campus, Charles L. Hosier, University meterologist, said last night. This is not a rec ord, he said. Up to 65 mile-an-hour wind gusts whipped in March. Temper atures dropped 20 degrees within five hours, from 57 at 7 a.m. to 37 at noon. Today's weather will be cloudy and colder—but no rain. This was Hosler's prediction. Light snow flurries an d freezing tempera tures are forecasted. At least one, person on campus was happy about yesterday's downpour. He was Walter W. Trainer, supervisor of landscape construction •a n d maintenance. The rain, Trainer explained, was "very desirable" for c ampus lawns and greens-It was, he said, the "first real soaking" for new plants put in° last fall. Campus parking lots were filled to capacity, but the situation "was not nearly as bad as we ex pected," Captain Philip A. Mark of the Campus Patrol, comment ed. He said, though, that it was impossible for patrolmen to is sue parking tickets for violations —the rain just washed them off windshields. Leaks showed up in campus buildings—but they were all mi nor. There were a few leaks in Pond Laboratory and some in Old Main near the bell tower. Little damage was reported. Kieiar Play Set For 'Five ®'Clock' "Senior Quartet," a one-act play by Evelyn Kielar, eighth semester journalism major, will be pre sented at 5 p.m. today in the Little Theater, basement of Old Main. This is the fourth presentation in the current series of 5 O'Clock Theater productions which are given ever y Tuesday free of charge by the experimental divis ion of the Dramatics department. John Aniston is director of the play. tions, Norman Sumner and Ann Lofquist; membership, Inez Se gal and Betty Brown. Clique chairman of both par ties have reminded students that attendance at two party meetings is necessary for clique member ship in either party. A student must be a clique member to vote for All-University and class nom inees. Both parties will vote on their final nominations March 14. In the fall semester election, Nov. 13, the Lion and State par ties split six offices. Lion party candidates won the vice-presi dency of the sophomore class, and the presidency and vice,presiden cy of the freshman class. State party candidates won the presi dency of the sophomore class, and the secretary-treasurer's of fice of both the freshman and sophomore classes. Voting in the spring election will be for junior and senior class 9 All-University offices. •