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VOL. 54, No. 145
lass Night P
Robert Euwema
Va/edictorian
Euwema, Richards
Get Class Honors
Robert Euwema, eighth semester physics major, has been named
valedictorian and Martha Richards, eighth semester education ma
jor, has been named salutatorian for the class of 1954, Richard Craf
ton, senior class president, announced yesterday.
They will take part in the Class Night program to be held at
7:30 p.m. June 6 in Recreation
Hall.
Kulynych Cited
For Eng Award
George Kulynych, president of
the Engineering Student Coun
cil, has been named.to receive the
annual Penn State Engineer
award.
The $5O award is presented each
year to an outstanding junior en
gineering student on the basis of
scholarship, participation in cam
pus activities, and the need of the
student. ,
Kulynych, a sixth semester me
chanical engineering major, is
president of Tau Beta Pi, national
engineering honorary "society. He
is a member of Phi Eta Sigma,
freshman men's honorary society;
Pi Tau Sigma, mechapical engi
neering honorary society; and
Phi Kappa Phi, general scholar
ship honorary society.
He has a seat on All-University
Cabinet, and on the Honor Society
Council. His All-University av
erage is 2.66.
Wiener Announces
New Traffic Penalty
Students scheduled to appear at
Traffic Court tonight, who fail
to appear will forfeit the right of
appeal, and will have to pay fines
at the Dean of Men's office with
in 24 hours of notification, Mark
Wiener, Traffic Court chairman,
has announced.
Students who have already re
ceived notices must report to the
Dean of Men's office by Friday,
or their cases will be decided
without the right of appeal, Wien
er said.
Retired Professor Dies
Joseph F. Knapper, retired as
sociate professor of chemistry in
extension at the University, died
May 4 in the Reading hospital. He
was 66 years of age and had been
appointed to the faculty in 1942.
He retired July 1, 1952.
Students May Buy
Timetables in August
Complete timetables may be
obtained in August by students
'who send 25 cents to 't h e
Scheduling office, 4 Willard.
Timetables will also be on
sale in September for 20 cents.
Students may see timetables
with courses, sections, an d
hours in the Pattee Library, in
structors' offices, counselors'
.and—hostesses' rooms, and in
the basement of Willard Hall.
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Martha Richards
Salutatorian
Euwema completed seven se
mesters with a 2.93 All-University
average. He is also the recipient
of the John W. White medal, to
be presented at commencement
exercises, June 7.
Also on the Class Night pro
gram is the presentation of :the
Ralph Dorn Hetzel Memorial
award. The winner of this award
will be selected this week by a
committee composed of Mildred
A. Lucey, chairman of the Sen
ate committee on scholarships
and awards; Frank J. Simes, dean
of men; Pearl 0. Weston, dean of
women; George 'L. Donovan, man
ager of associated student activi
ties;• and Wilmer E. Kenworthy,
director of student affairs.
The Hetzel award is presented
each year to, an outstanding sen
ior in scholarship and activities.
Also, the Paul Smith memorial
award will be presented to- Theo
dore Mortensen, eighth semester
physical education major. , The
award is presented each year to
an outstanding male senior in
physical 'education, as selected by
the physical education student
council.
Eleven seniors will also receive
class honors. The awards are pre
sented each year to honor out
standing seniors. Awards to be
given to outstanding men include
spoon man, cane man, pipe ora
tor, and class donor. Awards for
outstanding women include bow
girl, slipper girl, fan girl, mirror
girl, class donor, and class poet.
Thirty-eight senior, 19 men
I'Continued on, page eight)
Supreme Court Backs Negro Appeals
WASHINGTON, May 24 (1?)
Negroes won new victories before
the Supreme Court today_ on ap
peals involving racial segregation
in colleges, public housing, mu
nicipal golf courses and a - city
owned theater.
In none of the cases did the
high court actually rule out seg
regation, as it did in last week's
historic decision which held un
constitutional any system of Sep
arate public grade and high
schools for whites and Negroes.
However, in three of the six
cases ruled on today, the tribunal
ordered the lower courts to re
consider their decisions "in the
light of" last Monday's ruling and
"conditions that now prevail."
These three cases involved the
admission of Negroes to the Uni
versity. of -Florida • and Louisiana
FOR A. BETTER PENN STATE
STATE COLLEGE, PA., TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 25. 1954
Fraternities Look
For Housemothers
Approximately three-fourths of the University fraternities have applied for or ex
pressed a desire to employ full or part-time housemothers for the fall semester, 0; Edward
Pollock, assistant to the dean of men for fraternity, affairs, said yesterday.
Pollock said there is an abundance of applications for jobs for full or part-time house
mothers. There have been approximately three to six applications per day. The majority of
Anderson
To Address
Graduates
Harrison Roy Anderson, pastor
of the Fourth Presbyterian
Church, Chicago, will deliver the
baccalaureate sermon to graduat
ing seniors.
Services will be held 11 a.m.
June 6 in Recreation Hall. The
services will be open to the. pub
lic, as well as to graduating sen
iors and their families.
Anderson was born in Manhat
ten, Kansas, and was graduated
from Kansas State College as a
sanitary engineer at the age of
18. He worked as an engineer on
the Los Angeles Aqueduct, and
when the project was completed,
entered McCormick Seminary.
In 1917, he was ordained by the
Presbytery of Topeka, Kan., and
accepted the ministry of the First
Presbyterian Church of Ellsworth,
Kan.
His ministry there was inter
rupted by World War I. He en
tered the service as a chaplain and
served in France with the 103 Di
vision. After the war, he served
with the First Church of- Wichita,
Kan., and in 1928 went to Chicago,
where, he was associated with
John T. Stone at the Fourth Pres
byterian Church. He succeeded
Stone on his retirement in 1930,
and has served as pastor since
then.
In 1951, Anderson was elected
for a one-year term as moderator
of the 163d"General Assembly of
the Presbyterian Church in the
U.S.A., -the highest honorary of
fice in the church.
'5 O'Clock° to Give
'Time and the Sea'
"'time and the Sea" by Walter
Vail, will be presented by the
Five O'Clock Theater today in
the Little Theater in the base
in the Little Theater in the, base
ment of Old Main. There is no ad
mission charge.
William Wohlhieter will direct
the play. The cast includes Carl
Held, Ruth Fitz, John Krug, and
John Thomas. .
State University, and to a city
owned Louisville, Ky., amphi
theater.
In the other three segregation
cases acted on today the court,
by denying hearings, in effect let
stand lower court decisions which:
' 1. Banned segregation in low
rent housing projects in San Fran
cisco City and County.
2. Banned segregation at Hard
in Junior College of Wichita Falls,
Tex. This decision was based on
the "separate but equal" doctrine
which last week's decision knock
ed out. The U.S. Circuit Court in
New Orleans said six Negroes
who sought to enroll in the all
white school should be admitted
"because it would be more costly
and less convenient for them to
attend distant Negro schools.
3. Ordered the city of Houston,
ggian
the applicants desire full-time
positions, he said, but there are
more applicants for each type of
job than was expected.
- The majority of the fraternities
have takn action to employ
housemothers by referring to the
applications in the Dean of Men's
office, he stated. Several have
interviewed eligible women for
the jobs on their own, he said.
Few to Use Chaperone System
Pollock said that several fra
ternities that want to employ full
or part-time housemothers as yet
have taken no •action to do so.
He advises them to secure one
before the end of the semester
to avoid confusion when the rule
goes into effect next semester.
He also revealed that very few
houses have elected to use the
chaperone system.
Under the new dating code that
goes into effect Sept. 1, fraterni
ties must have housemothers or
chaperones in the house anytime
coeds are present.
Fraternities, with the exception
of those employing full-time
housemothers must register one
week in advance for chaperoned
Friday and Saturday night dating.
Holds Groups Responsible
The code prohibits possession or
use of alcoholic beverages on Uni
versity property, and holds stu
dent organizations responsible for
good conduct and observance: of
the law under all University
related off-campus situations. Or
ganizations must obey all local,
state, and federal laws governing
alcoholic beverages.
Chaperoned dating may take
place in fraternity houses until
8 p.m. Monday through Thurs
day, and until one Friday and
Saturday nights. On Sundays,
chaperoned dating is permitted
until 10 p.m. without registering
the event with the dean of men
and dean of women.
Must be Approved .
Housemothers and chaperones
must be approved by the dean of
men's office. According to the
code, approved classifications for
chaperones include chapter alum
ni of at least ten year's standing,
members of the University faculty
or staff, fraternity advisers, par
ents of chapter members, and an
"Approved Dean's List" to cover
people not included in the other
categories.
Two approved chaperones are
required for each event. When
two couples are chaperones, one
of the couples must be from an
approved classification and may
invite a second couple who does
not necessarily meet the qualifi
cations.
Tex.,. to permit Negroes to use
municipal golf courses on a seg
regated basis. This appeal by the
city has been before the high
court since June, 1952.
The justices made no comment
or. any of the three cases. -
The question of just how far the
school decision extended into oth
er fields of racial segregation was
not made clear by Chief Justice
Warren's opinion last week. -To
day's action on the cases involv
ing Louisiana State University,
the University of Florida and Lou
isville amphitheater put the prob
lem in the laps of the lower courts
at least for the present.
The decisions, on top of last
Monday's opinion, gave a clear in
dication that the high court be
lieves the unconstitutionality of
segregation extends beyond the
school issue.
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Encampment
Invitations
Invitations to the 1954 Student
Encampment have been sent to
90 students, approximately 30 fac
ulty members, and two towns
people, Allan Schnierov, encamp
ment chairman, said yesterday.
The encampment will be held
from noon Sept. 8 to noon Sept. 11
at the Foresty School at Mont
Alto.
Chairmen of the eight encamp
' ment committees are John Speer,
making student government ef
fective; Robert Homan, nominat
ing and election' systems; Thomas
Kidd, campus community govern
ment; Joyce Shusman, academic
honesty and Judicial; Patricia El
lis, academic policy; Ellsworth
Smith, Campus Chest and World
University Service; Kirk Garber,
social and cultural aspects; and
Diehl McKaiip, centennial.
Schnierov said students invited
to encampment were selected af
ter he consulted with various stu
dent leaders. He said a list of
about 130 names was drawn up
from their suggestions and the list
was then cut down to the required
number by himself and Jesse Ar
nelle, All-University president.
"There was no set criteria or
point system used," he said. "We
did our best to chose those who
were most worthy and would con
tribute the most.
Blue Band Elects
Black New Head
George Black, fifth semester
music education major, has been
elected president of the Penn
State Blue Band for 1954-55.
Black, a former Blue Band
drum major, also served as a drum
major and enlisted band leader
in the U.S. Army.
Other, officers are Neil Andre,
manager; Alexander Zerban, as
sistant manager; Roger Staub, sec
retary-treasurer• Robert done s,
librarian; and Stanley Michalski,
assistant librarian.
Rathskeller Inspected
By State Liquor Board
Officers of the Liquor 'Control
Board inspected the Rathskeller
on Pugh street Friday, it was re
ported by Patrolman W. W. Lucas.
The officers were said to have
been checking for law infractions
such as serving drinks to minors.
The liquor control officers, how
ever, reported that no law viola
tions were found.
Town Blood. Drive
To Begin Today
Walk-in blood donations will
be accepted from 1 to 4 p.m. to
day in the town blood drive
which begins today at 10 a.m.
at the American Legion Home,
S. Pugh street.
One hundred and forty-five
pledges have been received by
the local chapter of the Amer
ican Red Cross. This number
includes town residents and
students.
The Johnstown Red Cross
bloodmobile unit will assist in
the drive.
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