Committee Cancels
Community Forum
For Coming Year
The Community Forum will suspend operations for next
year, Mary Jane Wyland, president, announced yesterday.
The action was taken at the spring meeting of the Forum
committee, following a report of the subcommittee on recom
mendations.
In its report, the subcommittee cited five reasons for its
Moorhead
Is Elected
To Head AA
Douglas Moorhead, sixth semes
ter horticulture major, was elect
ed president of the Athletic As
sociation yesterday by a scant
four vote margin over Robert
Hoffman, sixth semester journal
ism major.
Hoffman automatically becomes
AA vice president. lan Springer,
fifth semester physical education
major, was the only nominee for
secretary.
Only 425 men cast ballots in
the revote. The totals were: Moor
head, 149; Hoffman, 145; and Wil
liam Straub ? sixth semester agri
culture engineering major, 131.
The revote was called beeause
women reportedly voted in the
first election, held last month.
According to the AA constitution,
pnly men may vote for AA of
fices.
Results of the first election
showed .only 30 votes separating
the first two presidential condi
dat e s. Ronald Weidenhammer,
outgoing AA president ? also • re
ported the third candidate was
not far behind. Complete results
of the first election were not re
leased, however: '
The reason some women voted
in the first election was because
the equipment necessary to' jam
the voting machines to restrict
the voting was not available, ac
cording to Ernest Famous, All-
University Elections Committee
chairman.
Printed ballots were used in
the revote.
In a statement last night, Moor
head said, "I would like to thank
all the students who voted for
me, in so doing, showing their
confidence in my abilities. I only
hope I can do as good a job as
Ron Weidenhammer did this year.
I congratulate Bob Hoffman on
beihg elected vice president, and
Also Bill Straub on running, for
be too could have done a good
job."
Bus Ad Council to Elect
Next Year's Officers
The Business Administration
Student Council will elect offi
cers at 8 p.m. tomorrow in 203
Hetzel Union.
Self-nominations for next year's
Council will be held from Wed
nesday noon to Saturday noon.
Business administration students
with a 1.2 All-University average
may obtain nomination blanks to
morrow through Saturday in 106
Sparks. There are openings for
five seniors, eight juniors, and
six sophomores.
Spring Week Parade
r The route of the Spring Week
parade, organizations approved
for the parade, and general pa
rade information were announced
by the Spring Week committee
Sunday night.
The parade will be at 6 p.m.
May 9 and will form on Nittany
and Fairmount avenues where
they intersect at S. Allen street.
From there the parade will go
TODAY'S
WEATHER:
CLOUDY
AND
WARM
recommendation:
1. Despite a financially success
ful 1953-54 season, there has been
a general decline in ticket sales
over the past several years.
2. Insufficient funds are avail
able to undertake such a program
for next year.
3. Entertainment numbers such
as Charles Laughton seem to be
most popular and such programs
were not the original purpose of
the -.Forum
4. Other programs compete for
the support of the same limited
segment of the community.
5. A poll conducted a year ago
by Dr. Lester Guest, professor of
psychology, showed that while
Forum is widely known, it does
not have wide support of the com
munity.
Unofficial figures for this year
show that Forum lost approxi
mately $l5OO. Sales from series
and single tickets netted $2186,
while expenses totaled approxi
mately $3700. The deficit will be
paid from a $2164 reserve fund.
Last year, the Forum showed an
$BOO profit.
The subcommittee also offered
two suggestions for the improve
ment of the Forum series:
1. An expansion of Forum by
including music and drama as
well as the traditional lecture
series.
Such a program, the committee
felt, would involve a combined
program with the Community
Concert series.
2. Undertaking the forum pro
gram as part of a joint student
faculty program. Such a proposal
was advanced at the 1954 Student
Encampment. It recommended
that an assessment for Commun
ity Forum be included in the stu
dent fee. The proposal was de
feated by All-University Cabinet.
Miss Wylan said there were no
immediate plans for reviving the
Forum series.
History Roundtable Meeting
The History Roundtable which
was schedulEd to Thieet in the Het
zel Union Building tonight, will
meet at 7:45 p.m. in the recreation
lounge of McKee Hall.
Prexy to Take
Florida Vacation
President Milton S. Eisen
hower, who has been recuper
ating from an attack of virus
pneumonia since March 31, was
expected to leave by plane this
morning for a 10-day vacation
in Florida.
He will be accompanied by
Wilmer E. Henworthy, director
of student affairs.
President Eisenhower was
stricken in Washington, D.C.,
while making a speaking tour
on behalf of the University's
Centennial. Alumni Fund drive.
down S. Allen street, turning
right and proceeding up College
avenue. It will continue up Col
lege avenue turning left on Short
lidge road. At Pollock road the
parade will turn left and go across
campus to the intersection of
Pollock road and Burrowes street.
After going right on Burrowes
street and parade will disband
near Recreation Hall.
The committee set up the fol
lowing standards to be followed
by each organization entering the
parade. Those which do not com
ply will be expelled from the
parade, Harry. Mcßurney, pub
licity chairman, said.
1. Each unit will be expected
to meet generally accepted stand
ards of good taste in theme and
attire by adhering to the plans
approved on the initial applica
tion blank.
2. A car, jeep, station wagon,
Tilt 'EMIR
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Indoor Graduation
Is Alternate Plan
-- -
An alternate, indoor - commencement plan in the event of "extreme" weather con
ditions, was announced yesterday by Wilmer E. 4enworthy, director of student affairs.
Original commencement plans released April 4 did not provide for an indoor ceremony
in the event of "extreme" weather conditions, but for a broadcast of the basic graduation
program from a closed location.
However, it remains the intention of the University, Kenworthy emphasized, to have
the ceremony on Beaver Field
with .each graduate receiving six
tickets.
Only "extreme" and not "incle
ment" weather conditions will be
cause for switching the ceremon
ies to Recreation Hall, Kenworthy
said. If necessary, he said, the
outdoor ceremony will be post
poned from hour to hour in order
to have suitable conditions.
A decision to switch to the in
door site would be made by the
Commencement committee and
probably the secret service at
taches to President Dwight D.
Eisenhower, Kenworthy said.
The alternate plan was made
possible. Kentworthy said, by mak
ing several adjustments in the
normal physical setup, but with
no changes in the customary
Commencement program.
Under the indoor plan, he said,
the entire class would attend, and
would have two guest tickets each.
If any graduate did not wish to
leave his guests or to choose two
of them for the indoor ceremony,
he would be excused and could
listen by radio with his guests.
Donald Balthaser, senior class
president, indicated that on the
basis of further consideration, an
indoor ceremony seemed more
satisfactory and that he had ad
vised Kenworthy he felt such a
plan should be used.
The main changes that have
made an indoor ceremony pos
sible, if needed, Kenworthy said,
are the rental of 1000 chairs from
a Philadelphia concern, minimum
spacing of chairs, maximum use
of bleachers, less desirable but
adequate provisions for press,
radio, cameramen, and television,
University to the outdoor cere
mony only, and the conviction
restriction of special guests of the
that most members of the class
would be willing to attend an in
door ceremony and would choose
their parents, or husbands and
wives to be their guests.
Grange Parking Lot
Will Be Expanded
Editorial on page four
Construction to expand Grange parking lot to hold 77 more cars
will begin this spring, Walter H. Wiegand, director of Physical Plant,
said yesterday.
Another row of parking spaces will be added to the lot in front
of Grange dormitory and a row by the Temporary classroom build
ing. The parking lot now accommodates approximately 200 cars
Wiegand said this plan will
help take care of the traffic jam
on Shortlidge road Friday and
Saturday nights. He also said
that making Shortlidge road one
way would not help solve the
problem, but merely add more
problems to the traffic situation.
All-University Cabinet passed
a recommendation suggesting that
Shortlidge road be made one-way
from midnight to 1:30 a.m. Friday
and Saturday nights.
Wiegand said that it is too con
fusing to 'make a road one-way
part of the time and two-way
other times. He also felt that stu
dents would not obey the one
way regulations because they
now pa r k where there are n 9
parking signs.
"The fastest way to move traf
fic is two-ways," Wiegand said,
"and by making the road one
way would just allow students to
park on both sides of the road.
"Parking on both sides would
allow about 20 to 30 more stu
dents to be able to park in front
of the dormitories. But there are
plenty of parking spaces avail
able," he said.
Wiegand said that 100 spaces
were available behind Simmons
and McElwain, and over 200 by
the Jordan Fertility plots.
"Students who now park in
front of the no parking signs by
Atherton dormitory and 'double
park will not pay attention to one
way signs," Wiegand said.
Wiegand said that the Physical
Plant had tried making Short
lidge road one-way about two
years ago, but that it had not
been successful. He explained the
only way that such a plan could
be made to work was to have
patrolmen on duty.
"When we tried this," Wiegand
said, "the patrolmen nearly got
killed."
Plans Set
or horses may be used to pull a
float.
3. No more than $2O may be
spent by any unit participating
in the parade.
4. Units must enter one of the
four categories to which they
were assigned.
5. If a float is not at its as
signed station at the appropriate
time 25 points will be deducted
from entrance points.
6. Any hindrances or detrac
tions to other floats is prohibited.
7. Each unit must be preceded
by a banner at least three feet
by three feet telling what organ
izations are in the unit to aid the
judges.
Twenty-seven groups were ap
proved by the committee Sunday
night for entrance in the parade.
.
Those approved in the Farmer's • aligh
School division are Alpha Zeta, Phi Sig
ma Kappa and Independent Women, Delta
(Continued on page three)
FOR A BETTER PENN STATE
Blood Drive Set
For April 26, 27;
Quota Is 300 Pints
A goal of 300 pints has been
set for the spring semester blood
drive program sponsored by the'
Red Cross campus unit. The drive
will be held April 26 and 27 in
the Hetzel Union Building.
Pledge forms have been dis
tributed to sororities and frater
nities, and representatives must
turn these in today to either Jean
Yemm or James Culbertson, co
chairmen of the drive. A five
donor minimum has been asked
from each fraternity and at least
three donors have been asked
from each sorority.
Pledge forms can also be ob
tained at the Student Union desks
in the HUB and in Waring Hall.
Containers will be placed in the
women's dormitories and in all
West Dormitories for the return
of these forms.
Walk-in donors will also be
permitted.
Students who have given blood
at the University have free blood
accessible to them whenever
needed at any hospital in the
country which supports a Red
Cross blood program.
Coeds interested in being host
esses for the second day of the
drive, April 27, may contact Miss
Yemm at 263 McElwain.
Einstein, 76,
After 4-Day
PRINCETON, N.J., April 18 (IP)—Dr. Albert Einstein, the gentle,
wispy -haired physicist whose studies lifted him to the summit of
the scientific world, died early today at the age of 76.
The author of the theory of relativity and leader in the fields of
nuclear fission an d electronics
died at .1:15 a.m. (EST) in Prince
ti • It "ital.
Albert Einstein
Dies at 76
greatest scientists was due to a
rupture of the aorta, the main
artery of the body, and harden
ing of the arteries.
Tottrgiatt
Dies
Illness
Einstein, who had been in poor
health for the past year, became
ill Wednesday, but oppocad sur
gery as his condition worsened.
He was hospitalized Friday.
Muttering in German, Einstein
"quietly gave two deep breaths
and expired," his physician said.
The messages poured in to the
gray, clapboard house, in which
the little, unpretentious mathe
matical genius loved to think of as
hi - . haven from the outside world.
The family declined to reveal
funeral arrangements, k,e e p i n g
both the time and place secret.
One of Einstein's last contribu
tions to science came in 1950 when
he published the unified field the
ory, a monumental mathematical
treatise that stirred thinkers as
few works before it have done.
It was described as daring and
provocative because it sought to
describe under one cover all the
forces of the universe in a set of
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