Weather- Fair and Cooler VOL.: 55, : No. 5 Town 2 Women s Dorris Entered by Prowler Reports that prowlers entered two woman’s dormitories this past weekend were confirmed . yesterday afternoon by Dean of Women Pearl O. Weston. " v A man entered Thompson Hall about 2:30 a.m. and Atherton Hall shortly after 10 p.m. Sunday/ Miss Weston said. It is not known if the same man entered both dorm Ray Probe To Continue Says Sheriff Deputy Sheriff Abner Dear, of McAlester, Okla., said yesterday he intends to continue his investi gation into the confession of Jack Ray who admitted' he killed Ra chel Taylor, University coed, 14% years ago.' Ray signed a confession to the murder and later admitted "it was all a hoax. Dear said he believes.. Ray, who is serving -a life sentence, at Okla homa State Penitentary, knows more about the case than he could have read in a detective maga zine. . ' “I’m convinced that if this guy didn’t kill that girl, he was there or knows who did it,” Dear said. Dear said he bad hoped to have an interview with Ray and' his mother over the weekend.. How ever, Mrs. Ray did - not come to visit her son on Sunday as was expected. Dear indicated that when he talks to Ray. and his mother, he hopes to learn the whereabouts of the gun Ray said he used to beat Miss Taylor. “I’ni . sure I’ll get something constructive when I. talk with both of them,”', he said. Ray said he killed Miss Taylor when she came into possession of a letter involving him in a cam pus dope ring. He later retracted ; the confes sion saying he had made it up after reading about the case in a detective magazine. He said he hoped authorities • would find it plausable' enough to give.; him • a lie 'detector /test. If such' a test could , prove him. innocent in the Taylor case, he hoped it would al so is innocent of the mur der for. which he is now serving. time. State • police have called off their special concentration on' the case, althoughrthey are still, main taining the case in the active file. Ag Hill Newspaper Will Be Distributed ‘ .Ag Hill -Breeze, the ..weekly newsletter sponsored by the Agri culture Student Council, will be distributed today, at buildings on Ag Hill. Harrington Ml Case, seventh se mester animal husbandry major, was recently elected editor of the Breeze.. ' "• HEe Tea Room, Cafeteria to Open - The Home Economics-cafe teria and tea room, redecorated during the summer months, will open for the fall semester at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday. ... Thereafter, cafeteria service will be . available Monday through Friday from 11:50 a.mi to 12:30 p.m. and 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Tea room service fOr din-' ner is' available Tuesday through Thursday from 5:30 to 6:30 pun. As a part of the remodeling program - new furniture and . have been added to ; the cafeteria and tea room. ©lj? ©nil STATE COLLEGE, PA.. WEDNESDAY MORNING,'SEPTEMBER 22. 1954 Name Change Proposed Mt. Nittany Suggested by Committee litories. The prowler entered Thompson Hh'H through'" the doorway adja cent to Jordan Hall. Atherton Hall was entered through the door on the courtyard facing Simmons Hall. Mrs. Maybelle Spenser, head hostess of Atherton Hall, said she believed the door was not-prop erly locked when' the man en tered. She • said the door was locked by the night hostess prior to the dormitory closing hour af 10 p.m. However, Mrs. Spenser, went on, a coed leaving the dorm itory _ before 10 p.m. may have opened the door. In that case, she said, the door may not have auto matically. relocked. - • The dormitory door locks have been checked and are in good condition, Miss Weston said. The prowler got no higher than the ground floor in Atherton, Mrs: Spenser said. Despite rumors to the contrary, she. said, he entered, only one or two rooms . and then went no farther than the door way. . Much the same was reported by Mrs. ‘Gladys Gummerson,, head hostess of Thompson Hall. In Thompson, she said, a man knocked on a room door near the Jordan entrance and said, “Hi.” • The occupants screamed and rushed to the door, she said, but when'they opened it he had dis appeared. In both instances campus pa trolmen making 'rounds near the dormitories were summoned. They arrived almost immediately but were unable to find any traces of the prowler. Town Council to Hold Nominations on Tuesday Nominations for Town Council have been postponed until next Tuesday night, Donald Weidner, president of Town 'Council, an nounced at a meeting held at 7 last night in 107 Willard.. % Nine prospective , members ap peared for last night’s meeting. Each student introduced himself, rafter which Weidner explained the .division of wards arid their representation. Thespians' Tryotits Students who tried out for Thespians Sunday or Monday are requested to-, see the bulletin board in Schwab auditorium, Frank Cressman, tryout director, Has announced. The .-list, of those who haye been selected for the show and crew work has been posted. Segregatfan Closes Delaware Schools By The Associated Press Telephoned threats of violence led to the. closing of two public schools again Tuesday at Milford, Del., possible court action loomed at Hillsboro, Ohio,. and a strike of white- students continued * at Madison, W. Va. . Elsewhere in the South the seg regation situation continued calm, with no incidents reported. At Milford, Dr. Raymond C. Cobbs, school superintendent, or dered, the schools closed after re porting telephoned threats of vio lence fi Negroes were allowed to attend classes' in the previously allrwhite high school. Delaware Gov. J. Caleb Boggs declined comment. A scheduled parade featuring the Milford high schooLband-was-.cancelecL. FOR A BETTER PENN STATE ... Prexy Expresses Views On Borough Name Change Following are excerpts of a letter from President Milton S. Eisen hower to Mr. Herbert R. Imbt of the State College Area Chamber of Commerce explaining the attitude of University officers on the ques tion of changing the name of the Borough. "Perhaps I should have made our point of view known earlier, but I have felt that the initiative of such a matter should not come from the University ... “First let me say that the name of our institution was, by unani mous: vote of the Trustees, ' and with the approval of all relevant official agencies, changed from the Pennsylvania State College, to the Pennsylvania State University for very cogent reasons ... A university is an institution offering both undergraduate and graduate work, and with a well-developed research program. “Obviously, then, Penn State has been a “university” in fact, if not in name, for many years. 'Unfortunately, however, even as Penn State gained recognition for the excellence of its educational pro gram, peopie generally had come to think that the name “college” accurately described its status" .T. "So the change in name was made in older to have Penn Stale recognized locally, nationally, and internationally ... “I’m sure that throughout the’ 99-year history of the University, its trustees, officers, faculty, and staff, have been proud that the citizens of the local community have thought so much of the institu tion that they wished the Borough name to be, in fact, a description Rally Will Give Football Squad Illinois Send-off An All-University pep rally sponsored by the Hat Society Council will provide a/send-off for the football squad at 7:30 to night in front of Recreation Hall, regardless of the weather. Hatmen and htawomen will -en ter the dorms • to round up fresh men and upperclassmen but there, will be no pre-rally parade, Rob ert Smoot, council president, an nounced. The only pep rally par ade this year will be before the Homecoming game with West Vir ginia, he said. • The Marching Blue Band un der the direction of James Dun lop will be on hand for the rally. Bruce Coble, head cheerleader, will lead his'ls-member squad in cheers and songs in honor of the Nittany Lions, who leave Thurs day for Champaign, 111. and the University of Illinois game on Sat urday. Co-captains Donald Balthaser and James Garrity will be inter viewed by. Alec Beliasov, seventh semester agriculture economics major. Coach Rip Engle may also be present, Smoot said. LA Lantern Staffs . Students interested in work ing on the editorial and busi ness staffs of the Liberal Arts Lanterri will meet at 8:10 to night in 104 Willard. School doors were" shut yester day after the school board learned of a protest march planned by anti-integrationists. Plans to re open them were abandoned short ly after 8 a.m, today. ■ • Dr. Cobbs said in a statement: “Members -of -the Board of Ed ucation since- making an earlier announcement have received nu merous calls threatening violence in case any negro children atterid school. In the interest of the safe!' ty of all the children the board hereby^serves notice that the schools are' closed until further notice.” ' Five, policemen . guarded the school"" arid! tension was reported mounting in the southeastern Del aware community. Harry E. - Mayhew, one of the, (Continued on: page eight) First Froth Issue Is on Sale Today The first issue of Froth, the University humor magazine, will be on sale today in front of Car negie and in front of the Corner Room. The> issue, called the “Potpourri Issue,” will include such features as “Engineers Live Too,” by Jack Joyce, a parody on Punch, the British humor gazette, and jokes and cartoons. This particular issue has three Froth Girls of the Month. They are the. McCloskey Triplets,-Julie, Joyce and Jean, -who enrolled at the University this fall. Men's Debate Squad Will Meet Tonight Returning members of the men’s debate squad will meet at. 7 to night in 316 Sparks to discuss fall activities. Tryouts for the squad will be held Sept. 29 and Oct. 6; accord ing to Benjamin Sinclair,- team manager. Candidates will be re quired to give a five-minute speech on either side of this year’s intercollegiate. debate question, “Resolved: That the United States should extend diplomatic recog nition to the Communist govern ment of China.” Home Ec Mixer Delayed The Home Economics Student- Faculty Board mixer, originally set for tonight, has been post poned because of tonight’s pep rally for the Illinois football game. The new date will be announced later. ' • four members of the school board, resigned, but did not discuss the reasons for his action. There was no immediate decision as to whether 11 Negro pupils would be allowed to take up their high school studies. School board president Dean Kimmell said that in addition to the telephone calls, a delegation of citizens opposed to integration came to his home, about midnight Monday night and told him that some of their number had “gotten out of hand and there might be violence.” Kimmell said the school board members were not threatened at -any time, but that the delegation indicated violence might take place if Negro pupils tried to enter toe school. egtatt Contpus Parking See Page 4 State College residents wiH decide Nov. 2 whether to change the name of the bor ough to Mount Nittany, pro posed and backed by the Chamber of Commerce to erase present confusion fol lowing the University’s name change last November. , The question was placed cm the ballot this summer after 760 sig natures—2lo more than necessary —were placed on petitions asking the change. The issue is one of the most controversial to face State Col lege residents in recent years, with-many “old timers” maintain ing that the traditional name should be retained. Letter Appears Portions of a letter by Presi dent Milton S. Eisenhower, ex plaining the attitude of the Uni versity on the issue, appear in the adjoining columns. The petition stated that the signers constituted more than the ten per cent of registered electors of State College .Borough. A min imum of 520 signers were needed in order to ..place -the proposal on the ballot.- The present registra tion shows a total of 5099. Mount Nittany,' however, was not the only name suggested for the borough. Supporters of the names Keystone and Centre Hills also circulated petitions. These petitions were never filed because those who were opposed to chang ing the present name and adopt ing the proposed Mount Nittany could better accomplish their ends by having just one petition filed.. Choice Made The choice was made after sev eral dozen other nominations were screened since Penn State became a university in Novem ber, 1953. This is when town resi dents began thinking of changing the town’s name. A “committee of 50” which fi nally selected the name, Mount Nittany, felt it best fitted the (Continued on page eight) Bullet Indicates Simeisko, 69, Was Murdered The bullet which caused the death of Michael J. Simcisko, 69- year-old Moshannon - man, was found during an autopsy perform ed Tuesday. The bullet penetrated his lung and lodged in his spine. Centre County District Attor ney John R. Miller said there is no question that Simcisko had ben murdered. It is believed that robbery may be the -motive for the killing. Sim cisko’s pockets had been rifled and were inside out when the body was found. Neighbors of the dead man told police he carried a large sum of money on his person. According to reports the amount was over $lOOO. However, police found fold ing money in excess of $2OOO hid den in a wallet in the victim’s mattress. County Coroner John Weber said' an inquest will be held as soon as reports are received on the bullet and other material sent to Harrisburg. • Simcisko; who lived alone in a shack near Moshannon, 20 miles from Bellefonte, was found Sun day after neighbors failed to no tice him around and became sus picious. HVE CENTS
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers