Weathor-- Cloudy and Cool VOL .54.; 3:WitiriOs'•-.:ll4med In Cciiiii*ol:Tarade Chi Phi and Sigma Sigma Sigma, Theta Kappa Phi and Theta Phi Alpha, and Alpha Gamma Rho and belta Delta Delta - took first place in'the three classifications of the - Spring. Week parade last night, Wil liam Brill, parade director, :announced. The, three groups were chosen as winners of the artistic, colle- 3000 ~.Men': Will March In Parade . . Flights of F-84 Thunderjets and F-51 planes will provide an air guard for the more than 3000 peo ple who will march in the Armed Forces Day Parade at 7 tonight. The squadron of jets from Ma- Guire Air Force Base will be fly? ing , at approximately 1000 foet, Major J. F. McHugh, Assistant Professor of Air Science and Tac tics announced. ' The parade, one of the high lights of the day's events, will form on campus and march from the intersection of Shortlidge Road and E. College avenue to the intersection of Burrowes road and W. College avenue. The reviewing stand will be located at the Main Campus entrance at Al len street. Films .depicting the activities of the Army, Navy, and Air Force will be shown in Schwab Auditorium tonight, beginning at 7 p.m..and continuing until 10 p.m. The Pennsylvania Air National Guard unit has arranged for a display on W. College avenue of a fuselage section of a Republic F-84 Thunderjet. A van contain ing Uniforms of a jet pilot, and of an airman, and an air traffic direction jacket will also be on display. The van will also include an F-51 aircraft engine, pare chtite, emergency raft with radar reflector, and other Air Force equipment. Included in the exhibit in the Armory are naval armament, and displays depicting serial defense, serial navigatipn; and weather. Th eArrhy, Reserve Officers Train ing Corps will display and oper ate exhibits of communication equipment, teletype equipment, and engineer equipment. At the Air National Guard Ainiory, on the University farms, visitors will see a radar set in orieration, directing the flights of the planes that will fly - above the parade. A radio-equipped jeep, a radio transmitter _used to maintain con tact with other Air National Guard headquarters; an d other electronic, radar, and 'communica tion equipment will be on hand. Communists GENEVA, May 10 (W) The Communists , laid their • own ar mistice plan for Indochina before the Geneva conference today and, after two sessions, the conference appeared deadlocked. Pharr' Van Dong, vice. premir of the Vietminh .regime, rejected outright the armistice plan pro posed by French .Foreign Minister George Bidault cin . Saturday: Dong said- it • could not "serve as a serious'basie for bringing peace to Indochina; The French, in -turn, rejected theeight-point . Vietminh prop posal. A French .spokesman said it• appeared designed not to stop the war but to' Set the stage for Vietminh to swallow 'all ot-Indo china." France a n.d Vietminh agreed only on evacuating Dien Bien Phu's wounded. An. American spokesman said tonight Britain and the United States had accepted the French proposal as, a basis for discussion. 1 - 14• 4, A. • ,YE. Picture on Page Two giate, and comic categories from 41 entrants in the parade. "Arabian .Fantasy," the theme of the float by CM Phi and Sigma Sigma Sigma, took first place in the artistic class. Runners-up were Gamma Phi Beta and Delta Sigma Phi whose float represented the theme "Showboat." Judges of the artistic classifica tion were Robert D. Reifsneider, associate professor of dramatics; Patricia J. Thompson, assistant to the dean of women; and her moth er, Mrs. Thompson, who replaced Ethel Meserve, borough merchant, as a judge of the parade. Wins Collegiate Division In the collegiate category, Theta Kappa Phi and Theta Phi Alpha won top honors with gold figures holding a world under the theme, "Higher Education." Alpha Tau Omega and Thompson were run ners-up with their representation of "Recreation Hall." Mary E. Brewer, assistant to the dean of women, George L. Donovan, director of associated student activities, and 0. Edward Pollock, assistant to the dean of men in charge of fraternity af fairs, judged the entrants in the collegiate class. "Indians" Win Comic Class Alpha Gamma Rho and Delta Delta Delta took first place in the comic, classification of the parade with heir float of "Indians." Al pha Sigma Phi and Delta Tau Delta were runners-up under the title "Bad." Entrants in the comic category were, judged by Harold R. Gilbert, graduate manager of athletics, James W. Dean, assistant to the dean of .merrin. charge of indepen dent affairs, and Jack Harper, lo cal merchant. School Band Winnei The Potter Mills High School band from Centre Hall took first place - among the three bands in the parade. Second place was awarded to the Bellefonte Ameri can Legion junior band. The bands were judged by Maj. Robert A. Joyce, assistant profes sor of air science and tactics, Rex Roakwell, instructor in music, and Howard B. Sprague, professor of agronomy, who replaced Hummel Fishburn as judge. Each of the three first place winners in the float categories will receive an engraved trophy. Trophies will also be given to the two bands which took first and second place in the parade. Present Armistice Plan The spokesman said the Vietminh armistice plan would, - if adopted, mean "unconditional surrender in Indochina." The lines thus were clearly drawn between East and West. Soviet. Foreign Minister V. M. Molotov, chairman for today's ses sionfdid not even call a meeting for tomorrow in adjourning to day's session, and .the procedure for the immediate future of the nine-party confab was uncertain. U.S. Under Secretary of State Walter Bedell! Smith called on Molotov, an old adversary, to night. While: it was described as a • courtesy call, informed sources said the American did some "very straight talking." It. is believed the under secre tary told the Russian'foreign min ister -with what gravity the Uni ted - States views Communist ag gression anywhere and especially in Southeast Asia. STATE COLLEGE, PA., TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 11, 1954 "Arabian Fantasy" FOR A BETTER PENN STA Van Miss Nancy Van Tries, .sixth semester journalism major, was crowned Miss Penn State by Mary Pickford, star of stage and screen, at coronation ceremonies last night in Recreation Hall. Sponsored by Alpha Sigma Phi and Delta Tau Delta, Miss Van Tries was selected from five finalists who included Phoebe Erickson, Ruth Grigoletti, Nancy Hagy, and Jane Yahres. Miss Van Tries, a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma, was former Junion Prom queen finalist and Froth Girl of the Month. She is active on the advertising staff of Froth and in the Campus Chest. "Miss America" Judge The finalists were judged by Miss Pickford, Evelyn Ay, "Miss America of 1954," and Mr. and Mrs. B. Carl Wharton. Mr. Whar ton is a general agent for the Fi delity Mutual Life Insurance Company. The coronation ceremonies be gan with the introduction of • the judges, each of whom spoke a few words to the full hall. Miss Pick ford was acknowledged by deaf ening applause when she told the audience that "I would love to see my daughter come to Penn State." Chorus Sings NANCY VAN TRIES is officially crowned Miss Penn State of 1954 by,Mary Pickford, stage and screen star, before a large crowd of cheering students at coronation ceremonies last night in Recreation Hall. Miss Van Tries was later presented a gold loving cup by , the Spring Week coronation committee, Now Hear WDFM Studetit Ingenuity Solves AM Problem Behind the student operated radio station WDFM's recent suc cess in reaching AM radio sets is a story of outstanding student in genuity - and energy. - It's a story of two ,electrica how • they drew the plans and di He-Man Finals Tonight Sixteen finalists will compete for the title of He-Man at 7:30 tonight at Beaver Field. Final ists must wear costumes which will be considered in the judg ing, Barbara Wallace, contest co-chairman, has announced. While the two armistice con ceptions were miles apart, France and her Vietminh enemies reached agreement on evacuation of wounded from Dien Bien Phu. Al though the Communists earlier had demanded that any truce for evacuation of the wounded be discussed here, Dong today agreed to' a meeting of opposing com manderS in Indochina to make the necessary arrangements. The Vietminh armistice propos al called for withdrawal of all foreign troops and the holding of "free general elections" in the Soviet style, with no outside su pervision. It included the recog nition of the sovereignty and in dependence of all three states by France. In turn, the three govern ments, after their establishment presumably under Communist control, would "examine the ques tion of entry" into the French', Union. Tries Wins 'State' Title By BEV DICKINSON By BILL SNYDER I 'engineering undergraduates and d the experimenting that made it possible for practically every AM 1 r radio set on campus to receive WDFM next semester. They did it without professional help and without University equipment, working only during their spare hours. It all began last spring when the Gable Broadcasting System in Altoona gave the University an FM transmitter, thus making a student operated radio station a reality. The problem of finding a way to direct the FM signals from the transmitter into AM radio sets fell to the chief engineer of the station, Phillips Scott, and his Phillips Scott, chief engineer of the student operated radio station WDFM. expressed satis faction yesterday with AM re ception of the station in the West Dorm area. young assistant David Richardson, both undergraduates in electrical engineering. The problem was a major one, since most, radio sets are on an AM frequency. Work New System Snatching free• hours whenever they could from a demanding curriculum, Scott and Richardson worked out a, new method for switching FM signals to AM. It worked something like this: The main FM transmitter lo cated in the basement of Sparks, would send out WDFM programs in FM signals. An AM transpond er, which Would be built and located for experimental purposes (Continued on page eight) rgiatt Sorority Quadrangles See Page 4 Each of the five finalists were introduced by Sy Lazarus, master of ceremonies, and the Inter-Frat ernity chorus sang two selections while the judges made their final decision. All entrants in the Miss Penn State contest formed a double line while Miss Van Tries, preceded by the four finalist attendants, walked down the aisle to . her throne. Wearing a red velvet robe over a white dress, she was offi cially made Miss Penn State when Miss Pickford presented her with the crown. Miss Van Tries was awarded a gold loving cup by the coronation committee and will receive 150 points for her sponsoring group towards the Spring Week trophy. Each of the five finalists was awarded 100 points. Campuseers Provide Music Lynn Christy and the Camp useers provided music for the cer emonies, which were attended by President and Mrs. Milton S. Eis enhower. Twenty-one borough merchants have donated gifts to the queen. They include straw collar, Mary Leitzinger; cake, Glenn's Bakery; candy, Candy Cane; gloves, Egolfs; bracelet and necklace, Clearfields; queen's bouquet, Mc- Mullen Florists; stationery, Griggs Pharmacy. Straw purse, Schlow's Quality Shop; stockings, Bottorf's Shoe Store; cuff links and flower' set, Kalin's Dress Shop; jewelry box, The Blair Shop; hand mirror, The Charles Shop; stockings, Glicks Shoe Store; stuffed animal, Metz- gers; evening box, Simon and Co. Flower hair clip, Danks and Co.; gloves, The Smart Shop; stockings, Mercivale Shop; dry cleaning tick et, Fromm's Cleaners and Dyers; compact, Crabtrees; record, Music Room. Business Staff to Meet The Daily Collegian business staff will meet gat 7 p.m. in the Collegian business office, Carneg ie Hall. 'Week Schedule Schedule of Spring Week activities: Tuesday Noon—Mad Hatter finals Booth setup • 7:30 p.m.—He-Man finals • Wednesday 6 to 11 p.m.—Carnival Thursday 6 to 11 p.m.—Carnival Friday 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.—Senior Ball Saturday Houseparties FIVE CENTS
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