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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