Today** Wodthor-* Partly Cloudy ana MMd VCX. 55. No. 92 Senior Class President To Be Fraternity Man, Committee, Heads Decide The new senior class president will be a fraternity mem ber, but whether or not the senior class vice president will be fraternity or independent has. not been decided. The All-University Elections Committee, meeting with the three clique chairmen, last night decided that the senior class president would definitely be a fraternity man. The question on the vice pres ident will be settled by the com mittee tomorrow night. Previously the three clique chairmen had decided that both the senior class president and vice president would be fraternity men. lieske Asks Independents To Seek Posts Bruce Lieske, a member of the All-University Elections Commit tee, last night urged that sixth semester independent men inter ested in running for office in the senior class make their interest known to party leaders before to morrow night. Otherwise, Lieske said in a prepared statement, “the inde pendents will forfeit their right to a senior class office.” He made the statement after the elections committee decided that the senior class president will be a fraternity man.. The committee did so at the request of the clique chairmen of the three political parties. Lieske expressed fear that the University’s rotation system will come to ah end unless independ ents actively seek office this spring. The parties requested that an earlier agreement which speci fied that the >senior class presi dent be an independent be waived because of a lack of qualified in dependent men as candidates. “There are approximately 5800 independent men on this campus,” Lieske said, "including many ca pable men. “Fraternities and independents have always Shared the responsi bilities of student government be fore,” he said. Cloudy, Colder Weather Forecast/ for Today Partly cloudy and colder weath er is forecast for today by the University weather station. Yesterday the high thermome ter reading was 58 degrees, the same high reading that was re corded Monday. The low‘for last night was forecast for around freezing. Today’s temperatures are to range between 35 and 45 degrees. Rioting Arabs Stone UN Headquarters GAZA, Egypt-held Palestine, March 1 (JP) —Enraged Palestine Arab refugees stoned UN Truce Commission headquarters here, smashed windows, and tore down a UN flag today in four hours of rioting touched off by a bloody border clash between Egyptian and Israeli troops. The rioters also burned a UN jeep and automobile before Gaza police dispersed them and restored order. Last night’s clash left 38 Egyp tians dead and 33 wounded. Israeli headquarters in Jerusalem re ported a “number of casualties’’ but did not give details. The clash brought Egyptian-Is raeli relations to their most tense point since the end of the fight ing in the Palestine War in '1948. 'A high Egyptian official said any future "encroachments” by Israel would bring severe retaliation. ' Both sides accused the other of firing the first shot. UN truce headquarters in Jeru salem said its observers reported the Israeli troops had “violently attacked” the Egyptians. _An Egyptian spokesman in Cairo said his government had cabled a protest to the UN over Israel’s “most grave violation” of the Palestine armistice, signed in February, 1949. in Jerusalem, Is- latly® (Eflll By NANCY SHOWALTER However, after a discussion, the clique chairmen and the commit tee decided that it would be fairer to have the vice president inde pendent, and it would also make campus politics in general better. All-University Office* The senior class secretary-treas urer will be a woman—either an independent or a sorority mem ber. The All-University president will still be a fraternity man, the yice president, independent, and the secretary-treasurer a frater nity member. The committee decided that any student who has attended one or more clique meetings may attend any clique meeting from 6:45 to 7:30 p.m. Sunday. Those who wish to enter will have to present matriculation cards ..which ,ftre either stamped or punched to prove that they have attended one clique ineet ing. Ernest Famous, committee chairman, stressed the fact that the doors will be closed at 7:30 p.m. Ballots will be passed out at 7:30 p.m. Voting in HUB It was also decided that the voting for the elections will take place in the Hetzel Union Build ing with no decentralized voting. The committe is still working on the possibility of obtaining two voting machines for the elections. The three cliques must submit a complete membership list to tiie committee by March 11. Cwens Scholarship Available Students interested in applying for the scholarship sponsored by Owens, sophomore women’s hat society, may obtain application blanks in the dean of women’s office, 105 Old Main. rael made a formal complaint over the incident to the Israeli- Egyptian mixed armistice com mission and called for an emer gency meeting of that body to deal with it. An Egyptian spokesman said anger over last night’s clash sparked the riotipg in front of the UN commission headquarters. UN and Egyptian officials said 250,000 Arabs living in the sandy little Gaza strip in southwestern Palestine already were bitter over being driven from their homes in what now is Israel. WDFM Candidates Campus radio station WDFM will hold a meeting for continuUy staff candidates at 7:30 tonight in 306 Sparks. No experience is needed. FOR A BETTER PENN STATE STATE COLLEGE. PA.. WEDNESDAY MORNING. MARCH 2. 1955 Korean Minister Says Truce Should Be Ended V«C*# - - - - members of the Liberal Arts International Relations Committee, Paul Zrocka, president, left, and Joe Hodorowis, Tice president. Beard. Registration To Start Tomorrow Registration for the beard contest will begin tomorrow -and con tinue for one week at the Student Union Desk in Old Main, the University Student Centennial Committee announced last night. Registration is open to all matriculated male students. A 50 cent fee will be charged. Although registration will last for only one week, the contest will run until Spring Week. A qualified panel—possibly bar bers—will judge the contestants at a program which will be open to the public. Entrants may enter one of the following classes for the judging program- 1. The ROTC Special, that is, the mustache class; 2. the goatee; 3. the half-beard; 4. the mutton chop; 5. the full beard; and, 6. the most unusual class. Those students who have start ed a beard will not be required to shave and start anew. Trophies will be awarded to the first place winners of each class. Robert Allison, third seemster arts and letters major, and Ro bert Heck, third semester arts and letters major, are in charge of the beard contest. They have urged all eligible males to comr pete in the contest in order to help advance Centennial spirit on campus. Diehl McKalip, chairman of the committee, said he hoped response to the - Centennial song contest would be great. He pointed out that a $5O prize is being offered for the winning manuscript. The type of composition), as defined by the committee, should be a dignified choral composi tion with lyrics significant of the Centennial. A composer and a lyricist may collaborate. If in the opinion of the judges no entry is considered to have enough merit to be used as an official Centennial song, no win ner-. will be chosen. Contest rules appeared in Sat urday’s Daily Collegian. The com mittee will place posters on the principal bulletin boards with rules for the song contest. Senior Fellowships Seniors intending to pursue graduate work may obtain appli cation forms for John W. White Fellowships in 110 Old Main. Ap plications must be filed by Tues day. ?gmtt TIM Will Discuss New AIM Constitution A discussion of the new con stitution for the Association of Independent Men will be heard at the Town Independent Men meeting at 7:30 tonight in 103 Willard. Robert Dennis, AIM president, will discuss the con stitution. The group will also hear a report on its annual Spring Picnic and . Dance. West Bans Line-jumping in Waring Dining Halls was out-lawed by .West Dorm Council Monday night. Action was taken on the measure because of the many reported cases of line jumping in the past month. The motion, which passed almost unanimously, states that re ported cases will be sent to the Association of Independent Men Judiciary Board for action. It also states that any student may report an infraction of the rule. Stanley Juras, sixth semester engineering science major and former president of the council, explained the new method of se lecting upperclassmen for West Dorm residence this fall. According to Juras, persons de siring residence in West Dorms may submit an application at the room assignment office in Nit tany 20 between March 8 and March 18. 240 to be Admitted The 240 upperclassmen to be admitted this fall semester will be chosen by lottery. This, Juras claims, will eliminate the prac tice of students standing in line for hours in order to be one of the first to apply. In the past selection was made by priority. Juras then asked the council to Han Gills Pact 'Defeat' At LA Panel By DON SHOEMAKER Pyo Wook Han, minister of the Korean embassy, said last night the truce agreement in Korea should be done away with. Speaking at a panel spon sponsored by tthe liberal arts international relations committee and the International Relations Club, Han called the truce “a de feat to the Korean people.” “We never felt the war should stop until the enemy was punished and the job was done,” he said. Han said that although no peo ple “want peace more desparately than the Koreans,” his people felt the only way to unite Korea is to drive' out the Communists by force. Han said the truce has been a failure because the Communists have failed to abide by the agree ment. Han contended that the Com munists are continuing to build military strength in North Korea, despite the armistice, which pro hibits either party from bringing in equipment except for replace ment purposes. He said the Communists have brought more than 500 jets and jet bombers within 10 to 15 min utes flying distance of South Ko rea since the truce was signed in 1953. He cited the ineffectiveness of the Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission, set up by the United Nations to supervise the truce, as the reason the Communists are able to violate the truce. This commission is composed of members from four countries: Switzerland, Sweden, Poland, and Czechoslovakia. Han said that while the Swiss and the Swedes could be classified as true neu trals, the Poles and Czechs could not. Han explained that while the team was allowed to inspect ports of entry in South Korea, the Com munists prevented inspection in North Korea. He also said the Czech and Pole (Continued on page eight) Dorm Council Line-Jumping set up a committee to discover whether the upperclassmen who intend to apply would like to be segregated from the freshmen. Also, he asked that the commit tee find out whether the students had a preference as to what sec tion of Hamilton Hall they wish to reside. Juras was appointed a com mittee-of-one. Mixed Dinner to be Held It was announced that a mixed dinner would be held March 18 and a dance March 12 in Waring Lounge. Plans were made to have a musical group for the dance. A series of dances are in the planning stage, as well as a spring picnic, it was announced. A special meeting has been called by President James Ken nedy, eighth semester chemistry major, for 6:45 p.m, Monday in McKee Lounge. Final reading of the ATM constitution will take place at the meeting. Wommml Sm Pag* 4 FIVE CENTS
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