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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
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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
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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. •