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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-
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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