Weather— Warm with Showers ,c VOL. 54, No. 149 University Drops Boxing Alumni Fund Now Totals *10,345.99 Contributions to the second Alumni Fund now total $10,345.99 with 6317 alumni participating, Bernard P. Taylor, executive di rector of the fund, has announced. The present fund drive ends on June 30. A. check for the money already collected will be presented to President Milton S. Eisenhower at the Alumni Institute luncheon Juiie 12. Ray S. Tannehiil, general chairman, will present the check. Taylor said the Penn State Foundation, which handles the fund; expects to collect less mon ey from more contributors this year. The ; first fund collected $187,000 from about 8000 contrib utors. The goal of this year’s fund is to increase its contributors. Solicitations are conducted through 3000 class agents. Con tributions can be designated for a particular project. The rest of the money is allocated by the ex ecutive committee of the founda tion. . Last year money was apportion ed mainly among Student Union Building, All-Faith Chapel, schol arships, and Penn State Christian Association. The same projects will benefit from the fund this year. Although a new religious group, University Christian Association, will be organized in the fall, PS CA will receive the same- and probably larger, amount from the fund; Taylor said. A new arrange ment may be worked out for the third, he said. PSCA received al most $3OOO last year. Dorm Quiet Hours To Be Enforced James 'W.' Deam, assistant to the dean of men, said yesterday dorm itory quiet hours will be observed from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. until June 7. The program is identical with •the one instituted for the fall se mester, Dean said. Serious viola tions will be reported by resident advisers to the Dean of Men’s of fice and disciplinary action will be taken, Dean said.. Hours Announced For Finals Week End-of-the-semester hours have been announced by University departments and services. Classes end at 11:50 a.m. today, and final examinations will begin at 1:20 p.m. Finals will, continue until 5 p.m. June 7. During final exam week, dining hall hours will be changed. In women’s units, lunch .will be served from 12:15 to 12:45 pan., and dinner at 5:45 p.m. In men’s units, lunch will be served from 11:15 a.m. to 12:45 p.m., and din ner will be served at the regular time. There has been,'no change in breakfast time for either men or women. Dinner will be the last meal served on June 7. Dormitory contracts require stu dents to vacate their rooms with in 24 hours of their last final exam. Graduating seniors may re main in dormitories until 5 p.m. June 7, Commencement Day. Women may return to dormi tories after noon on Sept. 14. /Library hours during exam week also have been announced. The Pattee library will be open from-9 a.m. to 5 p.m. today, from 2 to 10 : p.m. tomorrow, from 7:50 aja. to lfl p.m. Monday, through El)? (Eollrgiatt Seniors Will End University Careers Approximately 1600 seniors will end their college careers with commencement activities scheduled for next' week. Baccalaureate services will be held at 11 a.m. June 6 in Recreation Hall; class night will be held at 7:30 p.m., also in Rec Hall; and commencement exer cises will be held at 10:30 a.m. June 7 on Beaver Field. Harrison Roy Anderson, pastor of the Fou r t h Presbyterian Church, Chicago, will deliver the baccalaureate sermon. The pro gram is open to graduating sen iors and their families as well as the public. Murray to Get Heizel Medal Alice Murray, eighth semester education major, will be awarded the Hetzel' Memorial' Award at Class Night, Sunday. The Hetzel award is given each year to a sen ior whose scholastic achievement and other .activities in college life are outstanding. Miss Murray completed seven semesters with an All-University average of 2.46, and will be grad uated with honors. She has also participated in several activities. The Hetzel award is given in honor of Ralph Dorn Hetzel, pres ident of -the University ’ from 1926 to 1947. It is . the only honor given at the University that is awarded bn both the basis of - scholastic achievement and activities. - .... .f ' ...Euwema to Speak Robert Euwema, eighth semes ter physics major, who was named valedictorian, and Martha Rich ards, eighth semester education major, who is salutatorian, will also speak on the program. Theodore Mortisen, eighth se mester physical education major, will receive the Paul Smith me morial award, as the Outstanding male senior in physical education. The award is given each year by the physical .education student .council, . The recipients of class honors will also be honored. Men to be honored are Richard Lemyre, class donor; Gerald Maurey, pipe ora tor; David Arnold, barrel man; Thomas Schott, cane man; and Ro bert Carruthers. spoon man. Women's Honors Women who will be given awards are Nancy White, class donor; Marilyn Buzby, class poet; Peggy Crooks, mirror girl; Jane (Continued on page eight) Friday, and from 7:50 a.m. to 5 p.m. next Saturday. ■ University offices will be closed Monday in observance of Mem orial Day. . The Bursar’s office will be open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. next Satur day and from 8 a.m.. to 12 p.m. June 6 to refund $lO room and key deposits. Summer sessions will begin June 8 with registration for inter session. Registration for the main session will be June 28, and Aug ust 9 for post-session. The new alphabetical registra tion plan for the fall semester will begin Sept. 15 and will con tinue until ■ Sept. 18. Students must pay fees in advance of regis tration. Payment of fees may be made during the summer through the .mail or prior to registration in September. Students are required (Continued on page eight) FOR A BETTER PENN STATE STATE COLLEGE. PA.. SATURDAY MORNING, MAY 29, 1954 By DON SHOEMAKER Blue Band Will Play Tomorrow The annual outdoor concert of the Concert Blue Band, tradition ally held the last Sunday in May, will be given at 3 p.m. tomorrow on the steps of Pattee Library. James W. Dunlop, associate professor of music education, will conduct the band. The band will open the program with “The National Anthem,” followed by “Barnum and Bailey’s Favorite” (King) and “Italian in Algiers Overture” (Rossini). A special arrangement of “In Thee Is Joy” (Bach), arranged for the band. by George E. Ceiga, University organist, will be played. 4 - r - • • . “Triolet” (Leonard) will be a comet trio with Roger Staub, Charles Springman, and Kenneth Lesight. This will be followed by “D eath and Transfiguration” (Strauss), “To Look Sharp” (Her rick) from the theme song of the Gillette Cavalcade of Sports, and “Sequoia” (La Gassey)., . Richard Gramley and John Red mond will perform - in a snare drum duet of “Drums Along the Front” (Lake). The band will play the tra ditional songs of the Army, - Air Force, Marines, and Navy as a Memorial Pay salute to the Armed Forces. . The final numbers on the pro gram will be “Hora Staccato” (Dinicu-Heifets), and “On the Trail” from “Grand Canyon Suite” (Grofe). • The band will close the concert with “The Stars and Stripes For ever” (Sousa);' v : . In case of rain, the concert will be held in Schwab Auditorium. No Action Yet On Theft Case No disciplinary action has been taken as yet in the case of two students who removed mattresses from their rooms in Watts Hall Tuesday night and then led pol ice on a chase through down town State College, Harold W. Perkins, assistant to the dean of men, said yesterday. The matter should be cleared up before the end of the semester, Perkins said. The students, Lloyd Arms and Lawrence Gershman, fourth se mester business administration majors, removed the mattresses from their rooms late Tuesday night, and were spotted by cam pus patrolmen on the west side of State College, with the mattness es strapped to the top of their car. The chase then led through stop signs and traffic ligiits, accord ing to the patrol report. Borough police said charges would be filed for the traffic violations. x La Vie Copies Available Sororities, fraternities, and oth er groups and individuals wishing to purchase copies of LaVie may do so at the Student Union desk in Old Main. Cost of the yearbook is $l4. Board Study Shows Enthusiasm Declined After 36 years of continuous existence, boxing has-beea dropped from the University’s athletic program. The an nouncement of the move was made yesterday by Athletic Director Ernest B. McCoy, following a recommendation by the Athletic Advisory Board. McCoy said the board unanimously recommended the ac tion after a year-long study that indicated there was no long er any great enthusiasm among students, faculty, and alumni for the sport. Scheduling difficulties and the continued non-acceptance of the sport as an educational activity also contributed to the board’s de cision. 1 The steady decline of the sport, particularly among eastern col leges, McCoy explained, has in creased scheduling problems to a point where the University has had to go far afield and find op ponents. Only four eastern col leges of comparable size and tra dition will retain the sport. 'Considerable Forethought' “No institution ever takes a step like this without considerable forethought,” McCoy said. “This would be partic ularly true of this University because of our long and distin- eco r d as a supporter of intercollegiate boxing.” McCoy an nounced that boxing coach Ed die S u 1 k o w ski will remain at Eddie Srtkowriu the University as an instructor of physical education and an as sistant to the athletic trainer, posts he has filled since 1949. No Reflection on Coach The athletic chief emphasized that the decision to drop the sport was no reflection on Sulkowski, or on the teams he has produced during his five years as coach. “Eddie Sulkowski is a fine coach, one of the finest. in the country,” he said, “and everybody at Penn State was eminently sat isfied with his work. The action to bar boxing is, by no stretch of (Continued on page seven) PSGA to Become The Penn State Christian Association will become officially the University Christian Association as of July 1, Dean Russell B. Dickerson, president of the Board of Directors, announced last night. According to Wilmer E. Kenworthy, director of Student Affairs, the U.C.A. will be recognized by the University as-the official Protestant organization. At the outset, the UCA will include the YMCA, YWCA, Greek Catholic . Orthodox Society, the Protestant Episcopal Church, Uni ted Lutheran Church, Presby terian Church, U.S.A., Evangeli cal arid Reformed Church, Con gregational Christian Churches, Evangelical United Brethren Church, University Baptist Church, and the Methodist Church. Negotiations are still continu ing with a number of bodies, but the above are the organizations that have already indicated their desire to become member agen cies of the N.C.A., according to Dickerson. Until a new constitution and by-laws are adopted by the new organization the PSA will con tinue as the corporate body. UCA will be related through its mem- Fall Orientation Counseling Plan Is Announced The schedule for men’s hat'so ciety members who will be coun seling next fall, during Orienta tion Week has been announced by Joseph Cutler, Orientation Week co-chairman. A co-ed dinner will be held at 5 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 12 in the Nit tany Lion Inn. The dinner will be fnr members of men’s and wo men’s hat societies. Hatmen will take freshman .menlon adour-of campus at '-7 -p.-m Monday, Sept. 13. The. tour will stress the buildings connected with the students’ curriculum. Meetings will be held for fresh man men at 7 p.m. Tuesday,. Sept. 14. Hatmen will emphasize aca demic living, dishonesty prob lems, and campus matters. The meetings will be question and an swer discussions. The Student Handbook or “Freshman bible” will be distrib uted to freshman men at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 15. Hatmen will point out social activities at the University. The annual Starlight Dance will be held after Wednesday night’s meeting in the front of Old Main. Chapel Choir Members Chapel Choir members have been requested to report at . 10:30 a.m. on Sunday in Schwab Audi torium for Chapel Service. ber agencies to the appropriate local, regional, and national bodies. In addition it will be re lated to the United Student Chris tian Council, the World Student Christian Federation and the Mid dle Atlantic Region of the Stu dent Christian Movement. Dickerson stated as the purpose of the re-organization, “to pro vide a representative channel of Protestantism on the Penn State campus.” Under the new program, the Student Cabinet will be respon sible for program planning and execution in relation to the Board and staff. The Board of Directors will be the policy making body of the UCA. Its membership will consist of 10 faculty and staff members, nine alumni, and two representatives from each of the denominations represented in tbs UCA. FIVE CENTS
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