PAGE TWO ore Air Power Ne ded Kenney Gen. George C. Kenney, president of the Air Force Association and commanding gen eral of the Far East Air Forces during World War 11, urged that the United States strength en its air power against possible attack, in a speech before the association banquet Satur day at the Autoport. "A large black cloud is gathering at a frightening pace," the general said," and that cloud is Russia, whose primary target is the United States." "Russia has the largest air force in the world," he said, "and it is well equipped by any standard. This is the greatest threat to con front mankind," he said. In spite of this menace, he warned, this nation must not take a •defeatist attitude as history has shown there is no chance for sur vival of a nation which becomes "defeatist or stupid." The general , had three sugges tions which he felt the nations should follow immediately. "First," he said, "we need to modernize our strategic bombing force. Second, we need to develop a better air defensive force so we will have the depth in our defense to enable our fighters to hit at tackers while they are still three or four thousand miles away. Third, we need to speed up our training — of pilots and mechanics. "This is an expensive program, but not as expensive as the loss of one American city," General Kenney said. "With an adequate air defense we cannot lose; with out it, we cannot win." Prior to the General's - speech, awards were presented to State College residents and to officers of 'the organization throughout the state. Harold R. Gilbert, assistant di rector of athletics, was presented a certificate of award for the help he gave the association in making men from the Altoona Veteran's Hospital as comfortable as pos sible while they viewed Univer sity football games. Barbara Woodward, president of Kappa Delta, accepted an award for her sorority for their service of providing the veterans with•re freshments between halves of the games. - Mr. and Mrs. Charles Schlow were given a award for their en tertainment of arm e d forces trainees stationed at the Univer sity during World War IL Townspeople elected to office were Leonard A. Work, comman der of the Pennsylvania Wing, and Josephine Grossbeck, secre tary. The honored guests introduced by David Mackey, State College Burgess, were President Milton S. Eisenhower: Col. Jack W. Diet erle, commander of the Air Force Reserve Officers Training Corns; Eugene M. Fulmer, secretary of the Area Chamber of Commerce; and George Black, fifth semester music major, who was chosen as the outstanding cadet in Air ROTC. Banner Gets SDX Plaque Franklin C. Banner, professor and head of the Department of Journalism, wa s presented a plaque in recognition of his serv ice as adviser to Sigma Delta Chi, men's professional journalism fra ternity, at a luncheon yesterday. The presentation was made to Banner, adviser to the fraternity for 21 years, by Harry Carroll, outgoing treasurer of the frater nity. "This is the nicest award that has been given me, because this is my . work," Banner said in accept ing the plaque. He received an award for meritorious services to Pennsylvania newspapers at the dinner of the Pennsylvania Press conference Friday. Members of fraternity and fac ulty members of the Journalism department attended the lunch eon. Senior Invitations Ready Invitations and announcements for graduation are available at the Student Union desk in Old Main. Receipts must be present ed in order to, obtain them. No extra , 1-, , ittl.tions and announce avz:'.i'able for seniors whc have not ordered them. MMEBEE By CAROLE GIBSON —Photo by Walker GEORGE BLACK, fifth semester music major, who was chosen as the most outstanding student in Air Force Reserve Officers Training Corps and Gen. George C. Kenriedy, national president of the Air Force association, exchange amusing experiences after the Air Power Banquet Saturday night. Kenney Comments On Indochina War General George C. Kenney seemed to be a man of both careful thought and decisive action as he answered the questions asked of him after he reviewed Wing I of the Air Force Reserve Officers Training Corps Saturday. "As to whether or not we'll go into Indochina I can't say," the five star general began, "It would take someone with a crystal ball to make that prediction. If you want my personal thoughts on the subject personally I'd say we shouldn't go in there," he. con tinued. Anxious to explain the reason behind his belief and the course which he wishes the United States would follow the intent blue eyed general drew an analogy. He compared the placement of troops in Indochina, Korea, and other communist threatened coun tries to men stationed around a swamp hitting malaria-carrying mosquitos with fly swatters. He feels that the best course of ac tion would be to drain the swamp, or concentrate our st r e,n gt h against the Kremlin. When asked about our air de fenses an d whether we'd be warned in sufficient time and have strength enough to defend ourselves he answered with an emphatic "no" on both counts. "We shoula have a stronger de fensive and we'd better get one in a hurry," he said. "In our pres ent condition enough enemy planes could get through our de fenses to knock the country out completely," he declared. Questions about his military career amused the general, es pecially when he was asked why he happened to chose the Air Force as his branch of military service. "Frankly, I joined the Air Force because I didn't like to walk," he said. "It seemed to me that pilots had a good deal," he went on, "and besides not liking to walk I like it 'less with a pack on my back." "The medal which I value most is the distinguished service cross that I received in World War I," he sai d. General Kenney ex-, plained ttiat he felt he'd really earned this medal •because en gines were poor in those days, and the pilots who lived were the ones who planned for a land- THE DAILY COLLEGIAN STATE COLLEGE PENNSYLVANIA By CAROLE GIBSON ing spot for every minute in the air. "Besides that, air contact was rougher and closer. Reduced speed made chances of survival far less than they are today," he de clared. "The medal had senti mental value too, he said, because Billy Mitchell pinned it on me," His favorite Air Force post from the time he began his air career in 1916, was the period when he was a lieutenant in the Air Force during World War I. When asked why he had ,ac cepted the position of President of the National Arthritis and of Foundation in ad: dition to his job as president of the Air Force Association, the General replied, "Someone tried to sell me on the job after r re- Aired, and at first I wasn't in terested." "I said that I. didn't have ar thritis and neither did any one in my family, but I became in terested in the research of the field and spent 'about a month watching the work done in New - York hospitals," he continued. "Besides," he said, "I' do a lot of traveling along the way and get to see many of the old crowd that served 'under me in the Pacific." Home Ec , MI Ed LaVies Available Seniors in home economics, mineral industries, and education may pick up copies of LaVie to day and tomorrow at the ' Student Union desk in Old Main. Copies of the yearbook will be available Thursday for seniors in chemis try and physics and physical ed ucation. Approximately 1100 seniors have voted on the five suggestions for senior class gift while picking up their LaVies. Students may obtain copies of the yearbook at the SU desk for $l4, Herm Gclomb, editor of La- Vie, announced yesterday. Sixth Spring Week Is Bigger, Better With Spring Week a thing of the , past, for this year, at least, students can once more turn their attention to classes and finals. Professors again can give quizzes light-heartedly, and the adminis tration can breathe a sigh of relief. For the 1954 Spring Week is over. The sixth annual celebration, which topped all previous profit records in the past, was termed a huge success. Most find it hard to believe what started to be a promotion stunt six years ago has snowballed into the gigantic affair students participated in this spring, IFC Voted. for Plan On November 19, 1948, the In terfraternity Council voted unan imously in favor of Froth's pro posal to institute a nationally publicized weekend in conjunc tion with the Panhellenic-IFC Ball scheduled for April - Ist. A com mittee was set up to investigate the idea of a weekend resembling Cornell's Junior Week or Dart mouth's Winter Carnival. After the IFC *committee polled 284 students and found 95 per cent in favor of a big week, All-College Cabinet approved the proposal for a celebration which would last from March 31 to April 2. The first Penn State Spring Week was well on its way. Faculty Show " Held And it was a success. The Week's events opened with a fac ulty talent show on Tuesday ev ening, and intramural wrestling finals Wednesday evening. On Ap ril Ist, students wore imaginative outfits to classes competing in the Walter Mitty contest. The prize they strived for was a guest appearance on a WMAJ show Sat urday morning, "Breakfast in Bedlam." Radio Was Prize The main event of the first Spring Week, just as it was in the past sixth celebration, was the Carnival. Because of the inevi table rain, it was postponed until May 12, when from 2 to 10 p.m. students put on shows in an at tempt to win the first prize, a Magnavox radio console. And - State College traffic detoured the Carnival' grounds—from College to Beaver avenues on South Allen street. Approximately 22,000 tickets were sold at 12 for $l, and profits were given to the World Student Service Fund. 'Miss State' Crowned Students refused to give up the popular festival, and as a result a bigger and better Spring Week was scheduled for the next year. A parade advertising Carnival booths was inaugurated, which took ,place Wednesday evening beforethe coronation of Miss Penn State. A Mad Hatter's Day parade proceeded the Senior Ball Friday night. Coeds were given 12 o'clock per missions to participate in the "Town and Gown" Carnival, but the event was once again post poned by rain until May 26, when it was held from 2 to 11 p.m. on the 1949 site. To insure a sunny day, a sun god dance was held By BEV DICKINSON in front of Old Main on May 25. The students' wish was granted, and the . 57 entertainment booths, mostly sponsored by individual organizations, collected a total of $BOO profit which was givens to the Campus 'Chest. Float Parade Added 'Another day was added , to Spring, Week in 1951, when •the float parade preceeding corona tion took place Tuesday evening. From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday students competed in the Mad Hatter's parade, and that evening a starlight dance was held after a plea to the sun gods. This .didn't produce the desired results, for the next day Carnival booths were rained on for the third con secutive year. But booths con tinued operating, and the Carni val, at which the first Ugly Man contest was sponsored by the 'Al pha Phi Omega's, 'grossed $2670. Parade Postponed Monday was the opening day of the 1952 Carnival, although the parade that was scheduled to pro ceed the coronation ceremonies at Schwab - Auditorium was post poned because of—yes, the ever present rain. Two thousand stu dents went through with it the next evening, before the He-Man contest. On Wednesday evening, finalists competed in - the Mad Hatter's' finals before going to a dungaree dance. The Carnival opened at 1 p.m. and for the first time a Spring Week trophy was awarded on the newly established system of allocation of points. Coronation Site Moved Last year's Spring Week com prised six days of activity begin ning at 5 p.m. Mohday with the He Man contest and later in the evening the coronation of Miss Penn State. The increasing size of the audience caused the ceremon ies to be held for the first time in Recreation Hall. Nearly five thou sand people attended the two night Carnival, which was greet ed by good weather- although-rain put' a damper on the festival 'the second evening. This year's Spring Week was a reproduction of all the others put together, with new ideas and plans and projects adding to 'the result- 2 - 4 -an all-around record fes tival. Gross profits' totaled ap proximately $7500, most of which will go to the All-University Stu dent Scholarship Fund. And thus, a promotion stunt six years ago has developed into a whopping activity. And there doesn't seem to be much doubt that it will continue to be pro moted in the future, just as it was in the past. "CARNIVAL STORY" Anne Baxter Walt Disney's "THE LIVING DESERT' 5 Shows Doors Open Daily 3 TUESDAY, MAY 25. 1954 1954 Broke Records Cochcnn J. Arthur Rank presents "GENEVOE" in Technicolor
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