Wetrther— Scattered Showers VbL. 54. No. 147 AIM New The Board of Governors of the Asspciation of Independent Men last night approved eight members for the AIM Judicial Board of Review.. New-members of the board are Thomas Binford, Pollock area; James Dix, town area; Reed Dunn, Nittany; Lloyd Matter, town; Robert Matz, West Dorms; John McCabe, .West Dorms; Robert Centennial Art Exhibit Is Planned An exhibition of paintings done by Pennsylvania artists from ear liest times to-the present will be shown at the University late next year in conjunction with the Uni versity’s Centennial celebration, Harold E. Dickson, professor of fine arts, said yesterday. The paintings will be borrowed from museums and private col lections. Dickson was recently granted a leave of absence for the fall semester to select the paint ings to be shown. Dickson said the exhibition will be limited to about 50 paintings, selected as the most representa tive of Pennsylvania art.'' Dickson pointed out this will be the first time such an exhibi tion of Pennsylvania art has been displayed. He said, however, the exhibit will be similar to one shown at the, University in 1942 of paintings done by Centre Coun tians. Detailed plans for the exhibit are incomplete, but Dickson said it is hoped that an illustrated cat alogue . can be published on the exhibit, which will be a history of paintings done by Pennsyl vanians. Dickson said a colloqium on the arts of Pennsylvania may also be held. Two Speeders Caught in Trap Two persons were caught in a speed trap, by State College police yesterday. The trap was set up on S. Ath erton street, in a three-block sec tion south, of W. Beaver avenue, between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. Police clocked 67 cars passing through the trap, but found only two exceeding the 25-mile-ah hour borough speed limit. One car was traveling 30 miles per hour, and the other 43 miles an hour. Other traps were also set up in the area. In one trap, as many as 300 motorists were arrested. Burgess David R. Mackey said results of the tests were “most heartening. We certainly hope this is a sign that motorists are really slowing down,” he said. Aircraft Carrier Explodes; 89 Dead QUONSET POINT, RJ., May 26 (/P) —The aircraft carrier Ben nington was rocked by violent explosion and fire about 75 miles at sea early today bringing death and injury to scores among the 2800 aboard. Some 12 hours after the blast, the Navy announced a toll of 89 known dead aind 201 injured. The announcement said the death to tal “may rise.” It was one of the worst peace time disasters in U.S. Naval-his tory, being exceeded only by the collision of the destroyer-mine sweeper Hobson, and the carrier Wasp in 1952 in mid-Atlantic. The toll then was 178 missing or dead. The 32,000-ton Bennington was northbound' in calm seas when the big ship wa? shaken by a loud explosion. “We had just' completed our first successful launching -of the. (Elj? ®atly |H dull Governors OK's Judicial Board Sturdevant, town; and David Sul livan, town. In other actions last night, the Board of Governors decided to send Robert Dennis, AIM presi dent, as delegate to the Nation Student Association convention this summer, approved six ap pointments, and approved a $3500 budget. The Board of Governors decided to hire a stenographer to take notes during sessions of the judi cial board. The purpose of this action is to keep records of de cisions made by the judicial board for future reference. This will en able the group to know what prec edents have been set. It will also make it possible for a code of penalties for violations. The new system used to get members of the board—asking for and interviewing applicants—was praised by the judicial board com mittee in its report. Students without previous stu dent government positions will serve on the new board. The com mittee felt this was a method of eliminating apathy about student government. In other actions, the Board of Governors voted to send $5O to Cal Sifferd, National Independent Student Association sponsor, whose home was destroyed by fire. The Board of Governors also approved the formation of a bud get committee to be headed by AIM treasurer Bruce Lieske, and to be composed of' the four area council treasurers. _ Committeemen approved last night are Leonard Richards, elec tions; Stanley Juras, orientation week; James McDowell, standing social; Anthony Whalen, projects; William Johnson, NISA; and Bruce Lieske, budgets. Farmers to Honor Prexy With Degree The degree of Keystone Farmer will be conferred on President Milton S. Eisenhower during the annual Activities Week of the Fu ture Farmers of America June 8 to 10. President Eisenhower* will also address the group on June 8. This is the first time such an award, has been given during the summer meeting. Keystone Farm er degrees are usually conferred during the meetings of the Farm Show in January. Approximately 1600 members are expected to attend the two day conclave. first of our. air groups,” said the Bennington’s new skipper, Capt. W. F. Raborn Jr. of Oklahoma City, “when suddenly an explo sion shook. the forward part of the ship down on the second or third deck. “Realizing a catastrophe had oc curred we launched the rest of the air group to free the decks for casualty control.” Secretary of the Navy Charles Thomas ordered an investigation of the tragedy. He expressed sympathy for the men of the Bennington and their families, as. did President. Eisen hower in a White House an nouncement. ' • Adm. John .Hoskins directed the helicopter rescue operations. He said many lives were saved by prompt evacuation by air. He said the exact location of the explosion was hot known but ihat-it probably was.in the gen FOR A BETTER PENN STATE STATE COLLEGE. PA.. THURSDAY MORNING. MAY 27. 1954 'Clean-up Politics' Meeting Defended In reply to yesterday’s charges by John Lyon that Lion’s Paw sought “in every con ceivable manner” to beat the winning candidate in this spring’s All-University elections, Charles Gibbs has released a statement “to clear up any misunderstanding created by Ly on’s misrepresentation of facts, half truths, and suggestions of false conclusions.” Gibbs was referred to by Lyon as one of the “stooges” helping to organize a “clean-up campus politics” meeting. The reference was made in a letter to the Daily Collegian. IFG Passes Wage Scale Maximums The Interfraternity Council last night voted unanimously to set maximums on the wages paid to housemothers next fall with the top wage being $125 a month. ' Acting on recommendation from President John Carpenter, the group agreed to pay $lOO a month to full-time housemothers who act just as chaperons and up to $125 to women who serve in other ca pacities stich as caterer. "Part-time housemothers are to get up to $62.50 or half as much as the top wage for a full-time housemother. Carpenter said the move was made to. avoid “cut-throat” com petition among fraternities in ob taining housemothers. Robert Kitchel, IFC vice presi dent, reported the borough will not press the issue of on-the-street parking in the fraternity sections a c long as. the houses seem to be taking positive steps to improve the situation. Earlier, borough of ficials had announced plans to eliminate all on-the-street park ing by next fall. The positive steps the borough wants, Kitchel said, are evidences that fraternities are trying to cor rect the congestion on the streets. He recommended that several houses go together, find a vacant lot, and make a parking area. '. Safety chairman Walter Low man elaborated on plans to safe guard fraternities against thefts this summer. He said houses that will be closed have been asked to lock their houses securely and leave a key with their adviser’s name with the police who will check the area nightly. The police will take anyone to jail they find in the house, Low man said, so men visiting the house during the summer should report their presence to the police. Fraternities are not compelled to participate, he said. Appointments made were: Board of Control, Charles Brader, Theta Delta Chi, and Carl Nurick, Beta Sigma Rho; IFC Workshop chairman, Alexander Zerban, Tau Kappa Epsilon; and public rela tions chairman, Carl Saperstein, Sigma Alpha Mu. eral vicinity of the ward room (the officers’ room). If this proved true casualties among the officers might be high. Hoskins said the tragedy was one of the worst in peacetime he could recall. He added that he didn’t believe there was any pos sibility of sabotage but that such an angle will be investigated along with every others. Secretary Thomas said a naval Board of Inquiry will meet tomor row. He said search for bodies in the Bennington was continuing. - He said he believed all the bodies had been removed; that the fire was relatively minor, and that the damage was caused by the explosions. Some survivors said they heard at least three explosions. , • The skipper of the Bennington said the explosion was near living quarters and that is why so many lives were lost. fgiatt In yesterday’s letter, Lyon charged' that after Lion’s Paw’s “groomed” candidate, Robert Smoot, sixth semester chemical engineering major, and member of Lion’s Paw, did not get the Lion Party nomination, Gibbs, James Dunlap, eighth semester arts and letters major, and Donald Herbein, eighth semester arts and letters major, arranged the ‘clean up’ meeting, “to nominate a groomed candidate (Smoot) and Wilmer E. Kenworthy, direc tor of student affairs, said yes terday that Lion's Paw has "no working arrangement with the administration." He added the organization has no more com mitments to the administration than does any other student group. smear the Lion Party’s choice (Jesse Arnelle, All-University President) while he and others were out of town.” Gibbs Defends Meeting In a statement to the Collegian yesterday, Gibbs presented Iris side of the “clean-up” meeting and sought to clear up some of the misunderstandings students had about Lion’s Paw. “It seems unfortunate to me,” he said, “that so many students, especially campus leaders, have come to dislike Lion’s Paw. They don’t dislike the members because many of them have been elected president of various organizations. Revealing Names Hit “Making the names of members known to the students leaves the members of Lion’s Paw only more subject to pressure from various student cliques,” he stated. “The ones who have tried to smear Lion’s Paw are those who in the past three years have tried the hardest to push themselves to the top of student govern ment,” he said. “Now they will be seniors and have not yet reached the top, so they say, ‘lf I can’t make it, then I will make those selected for Lion’s Paw un (Continued on page eight) Dunlap Supports Campus Patrol Editorial on page four James Dunlap, former Traffic Court chairman, yesterday came to the support of the Campus Patrol, the subject of a critical letter to the editor published in Wednesday’s Daily Collegian. ' The letter, written by Stuart Horn,' fourth semester chemical en gineering major, accused the patrol of “gross incompetence and ac tual ignorance.” Horn asserted that the patrol “caused more traffic jams than they helped al leviate.” “Anyone who has attended a big dance at Rec Hall will re member with a shudder the hand Campus Patrolmen yesterday summoned Stuart Horn to the Dean of Men's office for a con ference. Horn attacked the pa trol in a letter published in Wednesday's Daily Collegian. No disciplinary action will be taken against Horn. Dean of Men Frank J. Simes reported. ling of traffic before and after the dance,” Horn said in the let ter. In defending the patrol, Dun lap replied that in, his capacity as Traffic Court chairman he could not help but notice that the patrol is doing “an excellent job Examinations See Page 4 No Saturday Class Rise Anticipated No noticeable increase in Sat urday classes for the fall semes ter is anticipated, Ray V. Watkins, University scheduling officer, said yesterday. Watkins said the number of Saturday classes may vary one or two per cent either way, but there has been no policy of scheduling more Saturday classes. Schedules for classes are made out by the Scheduling office, but the departments were able, to re quest hours for classes with the stipulation that one-third of the sequences should include Saturr day classes. ' ■ Having Saturday classes is ne cessary, Watkins explained, with the sequences of classes now in effect. There are 12 sequences: eight on Monday, Wednesday,, and Friday, and four on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday morn ings. Tuesday and Thursday af ternoons are arranged to take care of two-credit courses. Watkins also said because Re serve Officers Training Corps units have their common hours at 4p.m. on Tuesday, Thursday,-.and Friday, courses which could nor mally be scheduled for this time must be arranged* so they do not conflict. Intramural sports which begin at 4 p.m. are also consid ered. Collegian Promotions Recently promoted to the junior board of the Daily Collegian busi ness staff were Joan Clark. Eileen Marcolina, Grace McCloskey, Jo anne McGrath, Dorothea Koldys, Sally Rhodes, Betty Shapinas, Joan Smith, June Strauss, arid Yvonne Vandeuren. with what is at best a difficult situation.” “There . are 3900 automobiles now being parked on campus, which is 36 per cent over capa city,” Dunlap said in his state ment. Dunlap added that bottlenecks and confusion are a “normal sit uation for today’s over-stuffed highways and streets.” Horn, in his letter on the patrol, remarked that the patrol is paid by student funds and that the students are “getting a very poor return for their money.” Dunlap, however, said the pa trol is paid largely by state funds and “doing its best.” Dunlap said “If each student and faculty member conformed with University rules and regula tions the patrol would be un necessary; however, they don’t. Therefore, we have to have the patrol to do the dirty work.” Final FIVE CENTS
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