Pre-Med Student Seriously In 2-Car John W. Miller, sixth semester pre-medical major, was seriously injured early Sunday morning as a car he was riding in was struck in the side by another student's car at the intersection of E. Fairniount avenue and Locust lane. Miller was thrown clear of the car before it was stopped by a tree, after hitting a stop sign post and sideswiping an other tree. He was taken to the Centre County Hospital in the Alpha Fire Company ambulance. Hospital authorities reported last night that Miller, who suf fered possible head injuries, was still unconscious but occasionally woke long enough to recognize his parents before slipping back into a coma. 275 Pledge Blood As Drive Starts Two-hundred and seventy-five pledge forms have been turneil in for the blood drive today and 'tomorrow in the Hetzel Union Building. The goal for the drive is 300 pints. The .bloodmobile will be at the HUB from 10 a.m. to .5 p.m. dur ing the drive. Walk-ins will be accepted at any time. Donors will be given a physical examination before donating blood. Blood pressure and a blood count will be taken at that time, and those who are found deficient will be turned away. Anyone who has had jaundice in the past or an injection or anti-biotic for a re cent illness will also be ineligible. By "recent" illness is meant an illness within two weeks of the drive, according to Mrs. Naomi Holtz, local chairman of 'the vol unteer nurses' committee. Mrs. Holtz also stated that don ors under 110 pounds may only donate a half pint of blood. Donors should not eat any fats for at least four hours before the time of their appointment, Mrs. Holtz said, but it is advisable for them to eat something since many people have unfavorable reactions from not eating. It was advised that donors eat light food, such as orange juice, toast, tea, clear coffee, and skim milk, before their donation. Alpha Phi Omega, men's na tional service fraternity, will set up equipment for the blood mobile. Hostesses will be on hand from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. today and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. tomorrow to aid in serving refreshments and tak ing care of records. The blood drive is sponsored by the Red Cross campus unit. Weather Cancels Centennial Lecture The'third in a series of Centen nial lectures was canceled last night because Dr. Abba Hillel Sil ver, the speaker, was unable to get transportation out of Cleve land, Ohio. All flights out of Cleveland were canceled for the day, due to inclement weather. A lecture date for Dr. Silver will be negotiated for next fall, the Rev. Luther H. Harshbarger, University chaplain, said. Atom-Powered Ship to NEW YORK (IP) president Dwight D. Eisenhower today un veiled plans to send a new atomic powered merchant ship around the globe in a dramatic demon stration of America's determina tion to win "a just and lasting peace." The new vessel, the President TODAY'S WEATHER: CLOUDY AND WARMER Injured Accident Miller in Back Seat Miller was riding in the left rear seat of a car driven by John Lawrence, sixth semester journ alism major, along with Lawrence Bartlett, sixth semester business administration major, and an un identified student from another college. Lawrence's car was struck in the right side by one driven by William Jairett, second semester aeronautical major, who was driv ing north along Locust Lane about 1:25 a.m. Sunday. Lawrence Bruised Aside from Miller and Law rence, who was bruised in falling half-out of his car when it was hit, the remaining students were uninjured. Miller, according to the Hospi tal, also received small lalcera tions of the chin and the back of his head, and brush burns of his face, head, back, chest and hips. According to eyewitness re ports received by police, Law rence was driving east along Fair mount avenue without his lights on. He didn't stop at the stop sign located at the intersection of the avenue and Locust lane, and, in crossing, was hit by Jairett who had just turned onto Locust lane from the Theta Xi driveway. Lawrence was reported by po lice to be driving faster than speed limits allowed. When the two cars collided, the right side doors of Lawrence's car flew open, -causing Miller to fall out. Lawrence managed to hold on to the steering wheel with one hand as he half-fell out of the car. He was able to pull himself in before it hit the stop sign post. Car Careens 150 Feet After sideswiping one tree on the car's left side, it careened for another 150 feet before it ran head-on into another tree. Police said Lawrence had parked half on the sidewalk across from Beta Sigma Rho, planning to go to the house with his friends. However, reports said, a hail from someone who saw him park ing on the sidewalk caused him to drive quickly down the half a block to the intersection. Lawrence's statement said that he couldn't see the car as he went through the stop sign because an other car was parked too near the corner, blocking his view of the oncoming car. Damage 'to the cars was esti mated at $l7OO. said, will travel thousands of miles without refueling and "will demonstrate to people everywhere this peace-time use of atomic en ergy, harnessed for the ' improve ment of human living." Eisenhower disclosed his inten tion to ask Congress for funds to build- the new ship in a speech prepared fo • delivery at the an nual luncheon meeting of the As sociated Press at the Waldorf- Astoria Hotel. About 1300 of the nation's publishers and editors were on hand for the start of Newspaper Week in New York. The President coupled his sur prise announcement of plans for the atomic-powered ship with a new plea for congressional enact ment of the administration pro gram to cut tariffs 15 per cent over the next three years. Eisenhower made no direct men tion of Red China's weekend of- O'lle Battg VOL. 55 No. 125 STATE COLLEGE, PA.. TUESDAY MORNING, APRIL 26, 1955 FIVE CENTS 4 to Be Suspended For WD Incident Four freshman men will be suspended from the University at the end of this semester for taking active part in a West Dorm demonstration Tuesday night, Dean of Men Frank J. Simes announced yesterday. The Senate Committee on Student Affairs subcommittee on discipline took the ao tion yesterday morning. Two other students, questioned about the incident, were found innocent of taking part in the disturbance which threatened to become a panty raid, Simes said. The suspensions will go into effect at the end of this semester, but the students may apply for readmission in February. From now to June the students will be on disciplinary Councils Set Elections for Tomorrow Elections of representatives to the student councils of eight of the nine colleges will be held tomorrow and Thursday. Nominations for seven of these colleges have been closed. Nom inations for the Mineral Industries council are open until 5 p.m. to day. All students except those in ag riculture will be able to vote in the two-day elections for n ex t year's councils. The voting places for each of the colleges are as follows: Physi cal Education, in the physical ed ucation classes; Liberal Arts, on the walk between Sparks and Carnegie .Jr in case of bad weath er they will be held in the lobby of Sparks; Home Economics, in the lobby of the Home Econom ics building; Mineral Industries, inside the main entrance to the Mineral Industries building; En gineering, in front of Main Engi neering or in case of inclement weather inside the main entrance to Main Engineering; Business administration, in 106 Sparks or in the lobby of Sparks; Chemistry and Physics, in the lobby of Os mond; Education, in front ofl Schwab or in the case of bad weather in the lobby of Burrowes. Tribunal Applications Are Available at HUB Applications for Tribunal, men's student judicial body, are available at the Hetzel Un ion desk. The applications are due at 5 p.m. next Tuesday. Appli cants should be third or fourth semester . sophomores. Inter-, views will be held May 9. All-University Cabinet must approve appointments to Tri bunal. Circle Globe fer to negotiate with the United States to relax tension in the For mosa area. But in an obvious reference to Communist China and Russia, the President said "certain dictatorships have en engaged in k deliberately' con ceived drive which periodically creates alarms and fears of war." Eisenhower also spoke of the "unprecedented crises of these days—packed with danger," and linked the idea of freer world trade to the battle against" God less Communism." "Either we foster flourishing trade between the free nations or we weaken the Free World and our own economy," Eisen hower said. The administration's bill to ex tend the Reciprocal Trade Act three years has passed the House but still faces rough going in the Senate. FOR A BETTER PENN STATE probation, which goes on their transcripts and bars them from participating in extra-curricular activities. Two of the students, a second semester engineering architecture major and a second semester ag riculture major, were seen throw ing a cherry bomb in the West Dorm quadrangle by dormitory counselors, Simes said. Another, a second semester en gineering major, was seen wav ing a Nazi flag from a first-floor window, he reported. The fourth, a second semester liberal arts major, was seen par ticipating in the demonstration during the evening and trying to start another demonstration around midnight, Simes said. He was observed shouting out side of McKee Hall in an attempt to revive the demonstration, Simes said. One of the students questioned but found not guilty is a resident of a room from which obscene language had been shouted. But it was impossible to determine whether he or someone who had entered the room was guilty of the obscene language, Simes ex plained. The other student was an oc cupant of the room from which the Nazi flag had been unfurled, but was not a participator in the incident, Simes said: If other students had been identified as participators in the demonstration they too would face disciplinary action, Simes said. The students given the penalty were "more than passive obser vers," Simes said. "They were do ing more than standing around." He said all men students had been given sufficient warnings prior to the demonstration. Such incidents, he said, are potentially dangerous to University property and to students and bring harm (Continued on page eight) Transponder Still Progressing Transponders are at present working efficiently in the West Dorms, and tests are still being conducted in Atherton, Simmons, and McElwain Halls, David R. Mackey, assistant professor of speech, said yesterday. Mackey is advisor to WDFM, campus radio station. He explained that if tests, which will be con ducted this weekend, in Ather ton Hall are successful it will give some indication of the success of similar tests in Simmons and Mc• Elwain Halls James Raleigh, engineering di rector of WDFM, said he was hopeful, but that many times he !has been disappointed, in the transponder tests. Transponders Unstable Raleigh said that on a recent trip to Pittsburgh, he spoke with several executives of engineering companies who had dealt with transponders. Those who had con ducted tests similar to the ones WDFM is using for its transpond ers, found the tests very unsuc cessful and relatively unstable. Raleigh explained that he does not like to publicize his work because there is always something Cargian Riot Action Explained By Simes Dean of Men Frank J. Simes ex plained to West Halls Council members last night the action tak en by a Senate cbmmittee yester day against students participating in last Tuesday's panty raid scare. He said a committee composed of three students and three faculty members voted to suspend four students, effective at the end of the semester. Also, West Halls Council went on record as disapproving of the action of the area residents in the riot. The vote was unanimous. 'Simes told council that the af fair could have been prevented if the students would have exercised "a little judgment" and that the committee "did not try to make examples of them (the suspended students)." Simes pointed out that panty raids not only bring property destruction, but also bad publicity to the University. He added that the press would have "jumped on the story" since this is the Uni versity's Centennial year. He also said that telephone service to and from the area was canceled by the dean of men's of fice to keep the riot from spread ing. He added that full service was not resumed after the storms end ed the mass demonstration be cause of a blown fuse on the area switchboard. He said that emer gency calls were allowed to go through. By SUE CONKLIN that might go wrong. Also when tests are made, he wants to find out why the mistakes occurred so that he may prevent it from happening again. This is very time-consuming, an d publicity' would put extra pressure on the work, Raleigh said. Change Station Signate These transponders change the station's FM signals to AM sig nals which can be received on ordinary radio sets. Students will not be able to receive WDFM constantly until transponders are perfected and installed with the purpos, of enabling students lo listen to the station. Several problems face the en gineers, one of which is making the converted AM waves con stant over the whole dormitory. (Continued on page eight, Tests
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