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VOL. 54, No. 103
Honors Day Event
To Be Discontinued
Honors Day, as held in the past, will be discontinued this year
and the parts of the program will be handled separdtely, Wilmer E.
Kenworthy, director of student affairs, has announced.
The program has been held to recognize outstanding scholastic
and professional achievements of students and alumni.
'Code' Talk
Discussion
Is Postponed
Thomas Schott, Interfraternity
Council president, asked last night
that discussion with IFC of his
talks with President Milton S. Eis
enhower on the newly-approved
University social policy be tem
porarily postponed.
. Schott told IFC he expected to
meet again with President Eisen
hower before Senate gives final
consideration to the policy April
1. Schott said he believes he "can
iron out differences at that meet
ing." He described Tuesday's
meeting as a "preliminary feeling
out of what to expect in the fu
ture."
Seven students, in self-nomina
tion speeches for 1954-55 offices,
advocated compromise in the new
University social policy.
Bruce Coble, Alpha Tau Omega,
IFC rushing Chairman, and John
Carpenter, Sigma Alpha Epsilon,
Greek Week chairmen, were nom
inated for - president.
Nominated for vice president
were Edward Fleming, Pi Kappa
Alpha; Robert Kitchell, Pi Kappa
Phi; John Bruce, Alpha Sigma
Phi; Carl Nurick, Beta. Sigma
Rho; William Brill, Sigma Nu;
Richard Gordon, Phi Sigma Delta;
Ellsworth Smith, Kappa Delta
Rho and Robert Piper, Phi Delta
Theta.
Secretary-treasurer n o m i flees
were William Reid, Theta Chi;
Allan Schnierov, Phi Epsilon Pi;
and Alec Beliasov, Phi Kappa Psi.
Election of officers is scheduled
for March 31. Schott said he would
"appreciate 100 per cent atten
dance" by fraternities at the meet
ing. Each house will have one
vote, he said.
Three to Enter
Oratory Finals
Three Pennsylvania high school
seniors will compete tomorrow at
the University in the state finals
of the American Legion oratorical
contest. Chairman for the finals
will be President Milton S. Eisen
hower.
A four-year scholarship will be
awarded to the winning contest
ant, who will be eligible to com
pete for the national champion
ship.
The subject for the contest this
year is some phase of the Consti
tution of the United States.
Parties to Submit
Platforms Tonight
Lion and State party platforms
will be submitted and positions
of the parties on the ballot will be
determined at the All-University
elections committee meeting at 7
tonight in 204 Old Main.
Clique chairmen will submit the
lists of candidates, the number of
votes cast at Sunday night's meet
' ings for the nominees, and the
candidates' transcripts.
The parties' positions on the
ballot will be determined by a coin
toss.
Weather Will Vary .
From Fair to Cloudy
Weather today will be fair in
the morning, clouding up later
this afternoon. Some rain is
expected tomorrow, according
to Charles Weintraub, research
assistant in metorology.
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Kenworthy said the program
will be discontinued because of a
lack of interest. Approximately
400 students attended the program
last April.
Richard Craftop, chairman of
the Honors Day committee, will
make the recommendation to All-
University Cabinet tonight that
the prograhl be• discontinued.
Alumni, Student Awards
The program in the past has in
cluded awards to approximately
20 students, five Distinguished
Alumnus awards, and the inaugu
ration of the All-University offi
cers.
This year scholastic awards for
seniors will be included in the
commencement program June 7.
These include the John W. White
medal, the John W. White Fellow
ship for graduate study, and the
Even Pugh awards presented by
the Horror Society Council.
The Hetzel Memorial award for
scholarship and leadership will
be presented at Class Night June
±FC, Panhel Awards
Awards presented by individual
organizations will be made by
these organizations when it is
suitable to them. These awards in
clude the Interfraternity Council
scholarship achievement cup and
the Panhellenic Council award to
the sorority with. the highest av
erage.
The Distinguished Alumnus
awards will be made at the Alum
ni Institute held shortly after
graduation.
The inauguration of All-Univer
sity officers will be held at a ban
quet for the old and new cabinets
April 12.
WSGA Grants
Permissions
Women students will be per
mitted to attend the 9:15 per
formance of Duke Ellington to
night if they return directly to
the dormitories after the show
and present ticket stubs to their
hostesses, Cordelia L. Hibbs, as
sistant to the dean of women,
said yesterday. The permission
was granted by Women's Student
Government Association.
Performances will be presented
at 3:45, 7, and 9:15 p.m. at the
State Theater.
Tickets will be available at
1:15 p.m. today at the State Thea
ter box office, according to Ed
ward Shanken, campus publicity
director for the show.
Ellington's appearance is spon
sored by the Junior Chamber of
Conimerce to raise funds for a
borough youth center.
H- om b
Mightiest
WASHINGTON, March 17 (/?)
—Shattering power hundreds of
times greater than any previous
man-made explogion was unleash
ed when the United States set off
its H-bomb No. 2.
That detonation in the mid-Pa
cific proving grounds two weeks
ago " also:
1. Left scientific measuring in
struments unable to record the
full effects of the unpredicted
force.
2. Apparently pushed radioac
tive debris and moisture out be
yond the safety zone boundary of
the test area.
3. Jarred an island 176 miles
distant.
This information came today
from a. variety of sources in-
FOR A BETTER PENN STATE
Sophs Pick
5 Finalists
For Queen
Five coeds have been selected
as finalists for queen of the Soph
omere Spring Prom to be held
from 9 to 12 p.m. Saturday in
Recretation Hall.
The five finalists and their
sponsors are Sandra Booth, Theta
Phi Alpha; Lorraine Chabati, Kap
pa Delta; Elizabeth Kraabel, Kap
pa Alpha Theta; Sara McKnight,
Cwens; and Susan Schrenzel, Phi
Epsilon Pi.
Fifty coeds were entered in the
sophomore class queen contest, ac
cording to Michael Rosenfeld,
queen committe co-chairman. The
queen, selected on the basis 'of
beauty, will be crowned at the
dance and awarded a loving cup
from, the class.
Dance Is Semi-Formal
The final selection committee is
composed of Ray Fortunato, gen
eral director of Thespians; Moy
lan Mills, director of "Bloomer
Girl;" Frank Morris, assistant
comptroller; George Donovan, di
rector of the Student Union; and
Frank Koser, assistant registrar.
Scott Hommer and his Dream
land Serenaders will provide
music for the semi-formal dance.
The Spring Prom will be open
to all students at the University,
Robert Harding, dance chairman,
announced yesterday. In the past
the annual sophomore dance has
been open only to freshmen and
sophomores.
Spring Will Be Theme
Students may pick up free tick
ets for the prom at the Student
Union desk in Old Main, Harding
said.
Countless comic rabbits will
carry out the spring theme, ac
cording to Nancy Shafer, decora
tions chairman. Pink, white, and
dark blue crepe paper decorations
will complete the spring theme.
Sophomdre class president Hugh
Cline has announced the appoint
ment of Rudolph Lutler, fourth
semester arts and letters major, as
advisor to the class executive com
mittee. The committee has been
active in planning the dance.
Homer Crowned Queen
At Eng Council Mixer
Gillian Hamer, second se
mester pre-med major, wa s
crowned Miss Penn State En
gineer of the Year at the En
gineering Student Council stu
dent-faculty mixer last night,
in the Temporary Union Build
ing.
Miss Hamer was chosen from
the five Penn State Engineer
ing "Girls of the Month." She
was crowned by Shirley Mix,
fourth semester physical edu
cation major, last year's Miss
Engineer.
Explosion Is Canes
Blast Ever Recorded
eluding direct statements by con
gressional committee members
and comments by other well
qualified sources who could not
be named.
Of high significance was the
fact that all described the March
1 explosion as that of an actual
weapon, capable of being drop
ped on an enemy.
Rep. Carl T. Durham (D-NC),
ranking Democrat on the joint
congressional atomic energy com
mittee, told reporters, conserva
tively, that the explosion was
many times greater than the oth
er thermonuclear blast detonated
at the Pacific proving grounds in
November, 1952.
Another e qu a 11 y informed
source said it was three or four
times mightier than :the atomic
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Dunlap to Ask
Cabinet A ction
On New Fines
All-University Cabinet will be asked to recommend the establish
ment of new campus parking areas and to authorize an increase of
fines by Traffic Court chairman James Dunlap tonight.
A recommendation that all students be required to register their
cars with the Campus Patrol at registration next fall will be in- - -
eluded in Dunlap's proposals.
In addition, a $12,300 budget
for 1954-55 will be presented for 23 students
cabinet's approval. David Arnold, .
secretary-treasurer, will submit
the budget, which provides for a •
$6OO decrease in appropriations ined by
for college councils. Last year's
appropriations for councils was f•
$l5OO. The budget calls for a $9OO T
appropriation for next year. rafric Court
Honors Day Report
A suggestion to eliminate the
Honors Day program, and sugges
tions for revising the Student
Government Day program will al
so be presented.
AGENDA
Roll call
Minutes of previous meeting
Reports of officers
Adoption of agenda
Reports of committees:
1. Honors Day
2. Student Government Day
Old Business:
1. Tr a f f i c committee recom
mendations
2. Re-evaluation of Orientation
Week
3. Encampment committee on
Student Union
4. Encampment committee on
resident counselors
New Business:
1. Student Government budget
1954-55
Appointments
Adjournment
If cabinet approves Dunlap's
proposals, a formal request for
more parking areas on campus
will be submitted to University
officials.
Walter Wiegand, director of the
physical plant, said yesterday that
possible new locations for park
ing are as "are in the thinking
stage."
More Severe Fines
Dunlap said he will propose
that fines for violators be made
more severe, particularly for re
peat offenders. Cabinet will be
asked to approve mo r e specific
penalties than those presently in
use.
A progress report on the func
tioning of the court will also be
presented. If cabinet approves
Dunlap's suggestions, they will go
into effect in the fall.
Richard Crafton, chairman of
the Honors Day, committee, re
ported yesterday the entire pro
gram will be dropped. He said the
committee considered student in
terest in the annual event insuf
ficient to warrant its continuation.
Awards which were in past years
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weaponeers conducting the test
had expected; at least 600 times
more powerful than the wartime
nuclear fission bomb dropped on
Hiroshima—which released ener
gy equivalent to 20,000 tons of
tnt.
Some estimates, still to be eval
uated on the basis of whatever
scientific recordings could be
made, ran the power of the March
1 shot to a thousand times or
more than that of the 1952 test
of a hydrogen gadget.
Out of the welter of preliminary
estimates and guesses, there
emerged one certain fact:
President Eisenhower made an
understatement when he said last
Feb. 17 that the thermonuclear
weapon "dwarfs in destructive
power all atomic weapons."
Dating
Policy—if
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Traffic Court Tuesday night
charged 23 persons a total of $59
in fines and collected $l4. The re
maining fines will be paid to the
Dean of Men's office.
Six students received general
recommendations to see Frank J.
Simes, dean of men. They will
probably be placed on Traffic
Court probation, James Dunlap,
court chairman, said.
Traffic Court recommended that
one student's car be sent home.
Two students of the 25 scheduled
to appear did not arrive. One was
excused by the court. Six cases
were dismissed.
Most of the violations consid
ered by Traffic Court concerned
illegal driving on Pollock road.
Although the number of viola
tions has decreased, Capt. Philip
A. Mark, head of the Campus Pa
trol, will continue to enforce the
rule, Dunlap said. , . -
Any student who receives a traf
fic ticket is required to report to
the Campus Patrol office, 319 Old
Main, within 24 hours. Students
who fail to report on time will be
referred to the Dean of Men's
office, Dunlap Warned.
The new Traffic Court system,
which went into effect this se
mester, has collected $475 in fines
to date. Six cars have been sent
home and 11 students have been
placed on Traffic Court probation
this semester.
t us Ad Group
Votes to Have
2d Coffee Hour
The Business Administration
Student Council, which met re
cently, voted to have a second
coffee hour at 3 p.m. next Thurs
day in Thompson Hall recreation
lounge.
The council chose 3 p.m. to al
low Business School students in
ROTC .groups to attend this cof
fee hour. Approximately 20 pro
fessors will be present. This will
give students a chance to become
informally acquainted with their
professors.
The council announced the pos
sibility of a student-faculty mixer
in the spring, depending upon the
success of the coffee hour, and a
possible combining of the Open
Houses of the Business and Lib
eral Arts Colleges.
The next meeting of the Coun
cil will be April 5. On April 12,
council members will elect offi
cers. Nominations and elections
will be from the floor.
Fraternity Cancels
Kansas City Flight
Members of Alpha Sigma Phi
fraternity have called off a
proposed trip to Kansas City
because an insufficient num
ber of students signed up for
the trip.
The fraternity had intended
to leave tonight by plane to see
the Penn State-LaSalle basket
ball game.
FIVE CENTS