Teday's Weather— Cloudy and Warne VOL. 55, No. 121 22% Budget Hike Asked Mass Demonstration Scorned 1500 Take Part In Near-Riot In WD Area By. MIKE FEINSILBER Daily Collegian City Editor A warning that "any overt act by any student which in cites or contributes to mass demonstrations will result in "immediate suspension or ex pulsion of that student from the 'University" was issued last night in the wake of a threatened panty raid. James W. Dean, assistant to the dean of then in charge of inde pendent affairs, .who released the statement which had been drawn up by the Senate Committee on 11 Student Affairs subcommittee on 1 discipline, estimated that 1500 students participated in the de monstration. Dean also announced that resi dent counselors and dormitory hostesses have been authorized to take the names of students parti cipating in mass demonstrations. Names will be turned over to the Senate subcommittee for possible disciplinary action. Dean also confirmed a report that telephone calls in and. out of all University dormitories was not allowed last night. He said the restriction was• to have been lifted by midnight last night. Emergency calls could be made froni the dormitories by calling the operator. The three paragraph statement —which had been previously pre pared by the subcommittee but was not released until last night —will be posted today in all men's dormitories, Dean said. f These actions came on the heels of a demonstration in the West Dorm quadrangle which I drew an estimated 1500 men stu dents out, in a burst of spring fever. There were shouts calling for a panty raid, and several unsuccess ful attempts to start one. Most of the crowd stood by, satisfied to watch. At least one cherry bomb and a few fire crack ers exploded. The demonstration started about 6:15p.m. and the crowd was diminishing by 7 p.m. A brief rainfall about 8 p.m. put a final damper on any attempts to start a raid. The demonstration was the first outbreak of spring fever of the year. Such demonstrations are an an (Continued on page eight) 'lndies' The University's delegation of independent students' took top honors in the annual National Independent Student Association convention in Fort Collins, Colo. during the Easter holidays. William Johnson, Nittany Coun cil president, lost the election for president of NISA by only four votes. About 30 colleges and uni versities were represented at the convention. Repbri Wins The University's NISA Week report won first place over the one submitted by the University of Tennessee. The delegation from Tennessee sponsored the NISA Week contest and awarded a tro phy to the winner. • The report was prepared and written by James Kennedy, pres ident of the West Halls Area council and chairman of the Uni. , , .1 1 i r v iK . 0- r B at i g ,i,._:),.„1.;,..10:reatt MEN STUDENTS MASS in the West Dorm quadrangle area in an outbreak of spirit last night. The demonstration resulted in a warn ing from the Dean of Men's office that students participating in such mass demonstrations would be subject to expulsion or sus pension. Some 1500 students were said to have participated in the demonstration. Most of them just kept their hands in their pockets, content to watch. Text of Statement This is the text of the state ment issued last night by Dean of Men Frank J. Sitnes for the Senate Committee on Student Af fairs subcommitte on discipline: "On previous occasions, mass demonstrations have resulted in violating University regulations, rules of decency and, in some in stances, the laws of the state. In addition, personal and property damage has taken place. "For these reasons, the Univer sity has found it necessary to state that any overt act by any student which incites, or contrib utes to such a situation, will re Shirt-Sleeve Weather Will Continue Today Shirt-sleeve temperatures are forecast by the University wea ther station to continue today. The mercury soared yesterday to a high of 80 degrees, the high est reading recorded this year. Yesterday's low was 45. Today's temperatures are expected to be about the same. Partly cloudy skies are also forecast for, today, but spring showers are not foreseen. Take versity's NISA Week committee . . This year's celebration of the week marked the University's In dependent students first attempt to participate in a campus-wide series of planned activities. National Project Wins The University was also,award ed first place in the competition for a national project. Haas Simm, AIM projects chairman, prepared the winning entry. It was the in vestigation of the possibility of revising; the NISA dues collecting schedule. Simm said the collection of national dues is now based on undergraduate enrollment. In his report he recommended that dues be based on the paid member ship of the individual independent organizations. This, he said, would be more closely related to the ability of the individual schools to pay. The theme of the convention, "Looking at, the Local" was in FOR A BETTER PENN STATE STATE COLLEGE, PA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, APRIL 20. 1955 suit in the Immediate suspension or expulsion of that student from the University. Resident counse lors, student leaders and others will be called upon to identify such individuals. "Students are asked to use good judgment in refraining from mob action, whether begun in a spirit of fun or not, to the end that the University and its student body will not be the object of ridicule. " This statement will be posted in men's dormitories, James W. Dean, assistant to the dean of men in charge of independent affairs, said last night. Tr?phy Nominations Extended Until Friday The deadline for nominations for the Paul 'Smith Memorial Tro phy has been extended to Friday. Nomination blanks are avail able in the main office, Recrea tion Hall. Self nominations are re quired. The trophy is awarded each year to the outstanding male sen ior in the College of Physical Education on the basis of leader ship and scholarship. Honors keeping with the organized in dependents attempt to bring in dependent students all over the country closer together, working through the local groups. James W. Dean, assistant to the dean of men and member of the NISA executive committee, said the University's two independent organizations, AIM and Leonides, were the outstanding groups in the East and were topped in the nation only by the University of Illinois. Dean said that the University should be proud that it was so prominent in the national organ ization. He said that he believed with the type of leadership that AIM and Leonides would have in the coming year they should be even stronger at next year's con vention at the University of Texas. Loretta Hunter and Judith Pen dleton represented Leonides at the convention. rgian 25 Million Appropriation Requested for University A $25,194,000 budget for the University for 195541 was recommended to the General Assembly by Gov. George M. Leader yesterday afternoon, the Associated Press reported. The budget request represents a $4,694,000, or a 22 pee cent, increase over the 1953-55 appropriation. Gov. Leader's request, which was included in his $620,067,000 budget for running the Common wealth for the next two years, must be approved by both houses of the General Assembly before becoming the official amount the University receives from the leg islature. Gov. Leader's request is the exact amount the University had asked for the next two years. University Officials Pleased University officials in Old Main were "pleased" with the request, a spokesman said. One unofficial source termed it "pretty won derful." President Milton S. Eisenhow er is vacationing in Florida and no comment from him was re ceived yesterday. General reaction to the request was that only the first step had been passed; that the budget must still be approved by the General Assembly and that this is as dif ficult a move. Follows Trend The amount requested, foßow ing the general trend of recent years, was by far the largest amount ever asked for the Uni versity in its 100 year history. Recent budgets are: 1947.49 99.895,000 1949-51 $11.001,600 1951.53 $17,637,500 1953-55 $21,500,000 The request represents a 244.5 per cent increase over the first post-war budget, that of 1947-49. University officials declined to reveal what the increase of more than $4.5 million will be ear marked for if it meets with the legislature's approval. Have Conferred President Eisenhower and his aides have conferred with the governor and legislative leaders to justify the University's request with funds. In the budget the University (Continued on page eight) U.S. Formosa Poky Wit By Chou at Bandung BANERRiG, Indo&sia, April 19 Rl—Premier Choi En-lad o Red China told Asian and African leaders today the danger at vise is increasing in both East and West. He accused the I7nittxl Stales at continuing "to create tension in the Taiwan-Formosa time and tiro ing to overthrow the Peiping regime. Chou addressed the Asian- • were rising in a growing split along East-West lines. He assert ed an "extremely few" people are preparing for war, while Asians and Africans want only peace and national independence. He insisted the "peaceful co existence of countries with dif ferent social systems can be real ized." He declared Red China is not interested in subversive ac tivities, but is being "subverted by the United States of America." While specifically mentioning Formosa, Chou said he was not making a proposal to the confer ence regarding that trouble spot. He added that if Peiping had I wanted to bring up such matters, it "could raise the question of the liberation of Taiwan and the neighboring islands. We could have made criticism of the unfair treatment of China in the United Nations, but we are not going to do that." Chou's weak wise as Ceedose SPANS • Ana= Soo Pogo 4 Independent Nominations To Be Held Nominations for next year's of ficers of the Association of In dependent Men wit' be made at 7:30 tonight in 203 Hebei Union. Further nominations may be made April 27 just before the election, Robert D en-n president, said. Any male student who is of junior standing and who has at least a 1.0 AR-University aver. age is eligible to ran. It is not necessary that he be a member of the Board of Governors to qualify for nomination►. James Kennedy, Wert Mak president and chairmen of the National Independent Student As. sociation Week committee, will read his amunitteels report on NISA. Week. Has Simm, proiects comrnittee chairman, will present reports at all the projects that his commit. tee has worked on since Septent• ber. Simm, who also worked on NISA project was awarded first prize in competition with other member schools at a NISA con. vention. His NISA project was to investigate the possibility of re• vising the dues collecting ached• ule. Simm's committee recom. mended that dues be collected ao. cording to the membership of the individual independent organize. tion rather than according to the undergraduate enrollment of the institution. Premier Sir John Noleiawsis worked to minimize Est-West tensions at the parley. Ketela. wala, who leads the governmenil of one of the five countries sPon sortng the conference, has cane(' a meeting of key leaders kr to• morrow. Those who have agreed to al. tend include Chou, Iraq's Foreign Minister rad hi i Jame*, wh • touched off the inotra-conference dispute yesterday with a denunci ation of "Communist colonialism,* and the other four premiers spoil• soring the conference, Prime Mir* ister Nehru of India, Prime Mine ister Mohammed Ali of Pakis tan, Premier U Nu of Burma, and Premier Ali Sastroamidjojo Indonesia. Chou sought to identify colonial. ism solely with the older Western brand, which various contemned, delegates have conceded is on Ike way out. FIVE CEPOS
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