1.0 Baiiitio ::.-Iland.s Nseer .-Formos. TAIPEI - I, Formosa, Jan. 10 _M—At least 100 Chinese Red planes todaY pounded the Tachen Islands from dawn until la.te afternoon in the greatest air- raid of the civil war, the Defene Ministry announced. Nationalist defenders on the vital outpost islands 200 miles north of Formosa threw up fierce anti-aircraft fire. They — 7 claimed two attackers were - de stroyed and two damaged. There was no indication whether Na-' tionalist planes were engaged. It was too early to say whether the air blows presaged an invasion which the Nationalists believe is bound to come. Russian • Make Planes State, Lion Parties OK Revisions Clique- chairmen of both Lion and State parties have - said that revisions in the clique constitu tions were approved at meetings of .the parties' respective execu tive bodies Sunday afternoon. In a statement yesterday, Gor don Pogal, Lion party clique chairman said: "The constitution has been re vised and accepted by the steer ing committee. It is ready to be presented. to the Senate. subcom mittee oh organization control Thursday. We have incorporated all the recommendations asked by the subcommittee and I am confi dent the constitution will be ac cented." Rae DelleDonne, State party clique chairman, said the student representative council unanimous ly accepted• the revisions in the State party constitution. She said all the revisions asked by the gubcommittee are included in the new constitution. • The clique chairmen will appear before the subcommittee at 4 p.m. Thursday in the board room; rear of the Old Main lounge, to present the -revised constitutions. If the constitutions are found acceptable at that time, the sub committee will report to the Sen ate Committee on Student Affairs which must charter the parties. The move to have the parties chartered.. by Senate came last month after All-University Cabi net decided it did not have 'the power to do so. The_ chartering of political par. ; ties was asked' in the permanent elections code, adopted by Cabinet early this fall. 'Engineer'. Sales . To Begin Today At Corner Room The ‘ Penn will State Engineer go on sale today. .eii•ticles included in this montii's issue are: "Why_ Aluminum" by John Ker nachan, graduate student in in.- dustrial engineering; "High ' Fi delity" by Chang Bin Oh, seventh semester: chemical engineering major; "TurborProps" by William Noyes, eighth semester industrial engineering major; "The Leaning Tower of Pisa—ls It Safe?" by Jdyce Cox, third semester archi tecture major; arid a story on e as sistant dean of the College of En gineering and Architecture, Earl B. Stavely, by Niels Nielson, fourth semester industrial engi neering major. The "Girl of the Month" is Car ole Fitzsimons, first"semester edu cation major.. Students may obtain the "Engi neer" at.•: the Corner Room the first part of the week, and at the Student Union desk in Old Main for a week after publication. TODAY'S WEATHER: RAIN TURNING TO SNOW Red .'Pkiries The Communists threw into the attack propeller - driven light b omber s and' fighter bombers, which were escorted by at least 28 swift MIG jet fighters, a com munique said. All three types are made by Russia. The Ministry reported more than 300 bombs were dropped but asserted most of them splashed in to the sea. It conceded, however, that there were "considerable" civilian casualties and said more than 10 houses were destroyed. Emergency relief measures were ordered. The Ministry said only that mil itary losses were being investi gated. The estimated 20,000 de fenders of the Tachens, northern anchor of Nationalist offshore is lands, are well dug in. The raiders in seven waves came from the big network of Red base, in the Shankhai-Hangchow-lcing po triangle from 100 to 200 miles north of the Tachens. The Tachen attack is bound to be a subject of close consultation between the United States and Nationalist China. It was possible the Nationalists might think the situation called for their air force to raid the Red air bases on the mainland. Unofficial quarters w ere con vinced the Red attacks were in tended as a pointed challenge to the United States, whose 7th fleet guards Formosa and the nearby Pescadores from Red invasion. The United States naturally has a distinct interest in what happens to the offshore islands. Open °House Chairmen To Meet with ICCB Chairmen of college open house committees will meet with the Inter College Council Board at 7 p.m. tomorrow in the student government room, 204 Old Main, to plan for the combined open house program proposed for April. The Cabinet PersOnnel Inter viewing Committee will interview applicants for the Junior Class Executive Committee of which. John Thalimer will be chairman at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow. Direction Signs Painted Physical plant employes have given a new coat of paint to the direction signs posted at all. cam pus entrances. The signs are in white lettering on a blue back ground. The work was completed over Christmas vacation. P rex y to President Milton S. Eisenhower will accent the dedication of the Pennsylvania Farm Show to the University tonight in Harrisburg. Willard S. Hagar, secretary of ag riculture, will make the presen tation. The official dedication of the Farm Show to the University, for its: 100 years of service to agri culture and the Comonwealth, was made last night by Governor John S. Fine. More than 130,000 visitors attended the opening of the show yesterday. "Song of a Century," the tenth annual talent pageant-festival, will be held tonight in the 10,000 seat arena located in the 13-acre Farm Show building. Written by William R. Gordon, professor of rural sociology extension, the fes tival will include students and faculty ,members ,and a cast of more than 800 people. Well Dug In Might Mean Retaliation Oltro Bang VOL. 55, No. 69 STATE COLLEGE, PA., TUESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 11, 1955 FIVE CENTS .Pignitaries't* View Swedish. .ExhiAtion The Swedish Minister to the United States, Count Carl Douglas, will head a host of dignitaries on hand for. Saturday night's colorful Recreation Hall gymnastic exhibition by Sweden's touring men and women national teams, and Penn State's two-year NCAA col legiate titlists. Also attending will be James E. Van Zandt, U.S. Congressional representative froM the 20th District, and Henry Allard, member of the Swedish parliament. Allard is also di rector of the Swedish men's team, a position he held when the Swedes made their American tour a year ago. Others attending will be Alan Kastrup, director of the Ameri can-Swedish News Exchange la. cated in Rockefeller Center, Nev York; Gerry T. Rooth, publishes of the Swedish North Star, lead ing U.S.-Sweden exchange paper; State Senator Joseph Hays; form er Senator A. H. Letzler; and Rep resentative Harry W. Price. Letz ler is a native of Sweden. Also accepting invitations are three members of the University Board of Trustees including Mrs. Carvel Sparks, Mr. and Mrs. Ro ger Rowland, and Mr. and Mrs. B. C. Jones. IFC to Levy $25 Fine On Houses Pledges on Fraternities will .henceforth be required to place pledges on "door duty" during social functions or be subject to a $25 fine, Interfraternity Council Board of Control Chairman Ellsworth Smith, announced last night. Smith said the ruling will apply only to "wet" houses and is designed to protect fraternities from having outsiders leave their houses when intoxicated. He said it was necessary to levy the line because fraternities have not cooperated voluntarily with the "door duty" plan and some freshmen have come back to dormitories in an intoxicated state. Concert Group Will Present Carol Smith Carol Smith, contralto, will pre sent the second program of the Community Concert series at 8:30 t .orrow in Schwab Auditorium. Miss Smith, in her late twen ties, stepped into the national spotlight with her New York de but recital in Town Hall in 1951. Her current season opened with a solo performance with the Cleveland Summer Orchestra and orchestras of Minneapolis an d Cincinnati.• She appeared 'again in, Town Hall in New York Sunday. She was presented in Chicago with the New York City Opera Company as Amneris in "Aida", followed by appearances with the Racine -a n d Indianapolis Sym phonies. She was featured in a concert performance of "Tristan" with the Rochester Philharmonic under Eric Leinsdorf. During the first five months of 1951 Miss Smith won six major awards. The ...irst two were the Boguslawski Memorial Award and the Morgan Park Gleeman Award. • (Continued on page eight) Rider to Direct Scene In Little , Theater Today Jeannie Risler, graduate stu dent in dramatics, will direct a scene from "The Affairs of Ana tol," by Arthur. Schneitzler, at 5 p.r... today in the Little Theater, basement of Old Main. The scene is part of the "Scenes from Great Plays" series which is being presented every Tuesday. Accept "Mr. Rowe State" and his Penn sylvania !F arm family, are the main /characters in the festival. They tell the story of the school that was first known as the Farmers \ High School and which later became The Pennsylvania State College and finally the Pennsylvania State University.. The story begins with Great Grandfather Jason State describ ing the settling of Pennsylvania. Some of the scenes that will be dramatized are: The action of the State Assem-• bly establishing the Farmer's High School; a torchlight candidates parade; the building of Old Main; Lincoln signing the Lard Grant College Act for "A more perfect Union"; a group of agriculture men discussing a new plan for the Pennsylvania State. College; the achievements made by the Uni- FOR A BETTER PENN STATE Not Placing 'Door Duty' By MIKE MILLER 'Door Duty' Hours Smith advised the representa tives to place a' pledge at their door from the time a party starts until at least 1:30 a.m. Smith said houses found in vio lation of the rule will-automatical ly be fined $25 and no appeal will be heard. Fraternities will be checked each weekend at random by Board of Control members, he said, IFC's Authority Questioned Following Smith's announce ment one of the IFC representa tives questioned the authority of rIFC in this matter and requested a copy of the IFC constitution so that he might study the legality of the ruling. The IFC also unanimously ad mitted Beaver House to member ship, thus recognizing it as a so cial fraternity. In presenting Beaver House's petition for membership to IFC, the :fraternity president, Curtis Hare, explained that the group has operated along fraternity lines for 20 years. Answering a question as to why Beaver House had not asked for membership in IFC before, Hare said that the group was formed after a split with its mother fra ternity and thus an anti-fraternal spirit prevailed at first. He said, however, ,that over the years there had always been a faction in the house which de sired affiliation with IFC. Alumni sentiment for this move has been particularly strong, he said. Dedication versity and its graduates; and fin ally the marriage of "Pen" State to "Joe U." During an interlude the Per shing Rifles drill team will exe cute a 12 minute routine. The most - difficult , movement per formed by the group will be the Queen Anne's salute. In this routine, the rifle is thrown forward and up off the right shoulder and allowed to spin in space momentarily. As the spin Continues, it is regrasped with the right hand' and a kneeling salute follows. A minor error in this rou tine could result in serious injury. Foreign students majoring in home economics and agriculture have been invited by the Master Farmers Association to attend the Farm Show today. They will be -the guests of the Association at its luncheon ,-------- ( ...____y z4s, /- , 4 i• .....' 1‘.:"5.1, .:. C. 4 :7A: i i c vl - . s. 4.. 'Y -__— - •Aasfs Deans to Attend Deans of the colleges of the University will round out the list of notables, all of whom will be received along with the Swedish teams following the exhibition at White Hall. The reception is under the sup ervision of Marie Haidt, director of the women's physical education program. A dance, to be attended by in vitation only, will follow the re ception. The Swedes will make five stops in the East before arriving . on campuS Friday afternoon. During their two days at Penn State they will stay at the Nittany Lion Inn, before departing for Pittsburgh Sunday evening. Entertainment Provided Beta Theta Pi and Phi Gamma Delta will entertain the male visi tors Friday and Saturday and two sororities will hold teas for the visiting women. The 21 gymnasts will be given a guided tour of the campus Sat urday afternoon. President Milton S. Eisenhower will hold a dinner for the group Sunday afternoon at the Nittany Lion Inn. The two-hour exhibition will get underway at 7 p.m. Saturday. Music, provided by George E. Ce iga, University organist, and the Penn State Blue Band, will begin at 6:30 p.m. The Swedes presented their first American performance of the current tour Friday in the Patter son, N.J., Armory. Saturday they appeared in New York's Madison Square Garden and Sunday at the United States Military Academy, West Point. Thus far their exhibitions have (Continued on page eight) P. O. Opening Date Proposed The new University post office will be opened in May if the proposed location in the basement of the Hetzel Union Building is approved by offi cials from the postmaster gen eral's office in Washington, D.C., Louis H. Bell, director of public information, said yester day. Official approval from Wash ington will probably take a month after officials inspect the HUB location Jan.' 28, Bell said.' He said installation of equipment would take tw o months before the post office is ready for use. The name for the campus post office will be decided by the Trustees at their meeting Jan. 21 in Harrisburg.
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