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VOL. 55. No. 139
Spring Week Winners Named
T rustees
School of
The University will raise its department of journalism to
the status of a school of journalism headed by a director, the
executive committee of the Board of Trustees decided at its
weekend meeting last night.
The new director will be George Palmer, a 1937 graduate
of the University, former war correspondent for the United
(Press and Associated Press, and
I now an editor on the telegraph
desk of the New York Daily News.
Palmer will succeed Franklin
C. Banner, professor of journalism
and head of the, department,
which he organized. Banner will
stay on to teach for one year as
professor of journalism.
Effective July 1, Palmer will as
sume the directorship of the new
school which will be made up of
two departments; news and edi
torial, with Dr. James W. Mark
ham as head; and advertising,
headed by Donald W. Davis. Both
are professors of journalism in
the present department.
Undergraduate Work
Patrol Ends
Shortlidge
Congestion
The plan of putting a policeman
on duty at Shortlidge road from
10 to 1 on Friday and Saturday
nights has alleviated all traffic
problems in that area, Captain
Phillip A. Mark, Campus Patrol,
said yesterday.
Congestion Cdmpaints
Complaints about traffic con
gestion on weekends had been
brought before All-University
Cabinet. The complaints listed
double parking as the prime cause
of congestion.
Cabinet suggested a plan to
make Shortlidge road a one-way
street from 10 to 1 on weekend
nights to ease the flow of traf
fic. However, Mark and Walter
H. Wiegand, director of Physical
Plant, said the plan would be un
feasible. Wiegand said it would
only serve to make the situation
worse.
Alternate Plan
Mark suggested an alternate
plan, which has been in operation
for three weeks. A Campus Patrol
officer is stationed at Shortlidge
road to direct traffic. Thus, traf
fic congestion, caused by double
parking, is held to a minimum.
Mark said the plan has been
“very successful.” Only three traf
fic tickets have been given out
during the three weeks the plan
has been in operation.
IFC Will Vote
On Senior Gift
Interfraternity Council will meet
at 7:30 p.m. Monday in the as
sembly hall of the Hetzel Union
Building to hold a preliminary
vote on the senior class gift, Wil
liam Moyer, IFC secretary-treas
urer, said yesterday.
Preliminary voting for the sen
ior class gift is being held through
IFC, Panhellenic Council, Leon
ides, and the Association of Inde
pendent Men because there were
not enough students at the sen
ior class mixer, held May 1, to
vote.
The senior class gift committee
will use the results of this voting
to help them make their five final
selections. Final voting will be
held when LaVies are distributed
in late May or early June.
Appointments will also be made
at the IFC meeting Monday.
Students May Apply
For Committee Posts
Students interested in serv
ing on the All-University Elec
tion Committee, Foods Com
mittee, or the Cabinet secre
tarial staff may apply until
noon today at the Hetzel Union
desk.
Applicants will be interview
ed by Cabinet Personnel Inter
viewing Committee May 18.
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Establish
Journalism
Palmer did his undergraduate
work in journalism at the Univer
sity and his graduate study at
Columbia University, receiving a
Master of Arts degree in 1952.
He began his newspaper career
on the Montrose Independent and
joined the United Press after a
few months, starting as a radio
news writer in New York and
working his way up to war cor
respondent in 1942.
Assignment to Fleet
He was assigned to the British
Mediterranean Fleet and also cov
ered stories in Palestine, Libya,
Tunisia, Malta, Algeria, Morocco,
and other North African coastal
countries. In 1944, he served a
stint also in China, India, and
Burma.
In the same year, he became a
foreign desk editor for the Asso
ciated Press in New York and,
after two years, returned td war
correspondency, this time in Italy,
Greece, Sicily, Egypt, Ethiopia,
Iran, Iraq, and other nearby coun
tries.
Foreign Correspondent
In 1946; for the A.P., he covered
Egypt, Palestine, Italy, Portugal,
and other European countries. He
was made a foreign desk editor
in 1947, covered the United Na
tions from 1947 to 1949, and spent
the next two years in Italy for
A.P. He joined the Daily News
staff in 1953.
His master’s degree resulted
from a one-year fellowship of the
Council of Foreign Relations, for
which he made a study of Near
East affairs. |
Palmer is married to the former
Helen Camp, a University grad
uate whom he met abroad when
she was an A.P. correspondent.
They have three daughters.
Big 4 to Discuss East-West Status
VIENNA, Austria, May 13 (JP)—
Austrians celebrated their immi
nent independence tonight but
Big Four foreign ministers gath
ering here to discuss East-West
relations almost stole the show.
U.S. Secretary of State John
I oster Dulles arrived from Paris
just before noon. He has invited
Russia’s V. M. Molotov, due to
morrow, to a dinner with French
and British colleagues tomorrow
night.
Bulganin's Ideas Expected
Molotov is expected to bring
with him Soviet Premier Nikolai
Bulganin’s ideas on a meeting of
the Big Four heads of state in
July. llie Soviet Union has not
yet answered the Western invita
tion to such a meeting with Presi
dent Eisenhower, British Prime
FOR A BETTER PENN STATE
STATE COLLEGE. PA.. SATURDAY MORNING, MAY 14, 1955
—Photo by Ernest
JAMES LONGO (second from right) who was graduated from the
University in 1953 is a member of the Neil Hefti Orchestra which
played for the annual Senior Ball last night in Recreation Hall.
Campus Chest Drive
Totals Over $4OOO
The 1954-55 Campus Chest receipts total $4160.60 with
the addition of money collected in the Ugly Man contest,
Ellsworth Smith, retiring chairman, announced yesterday.
This is less than half the sum of last year’s proceeds,
which amounted to $10,394.52.
The Campus Chest solid
$4,059.59. the bulk of the total
receipts. The Ugly Man contest,
sponsored as a Spring Week event
by Alpha Phi Omega, national
service fraternity, brought ap
proximately $920.
The Kickoff Rally dance in the
fall collected $561.03, and the Max
Kaminsky jazz concert brought
$695.
Smith will give his official re
port on the program, including
the. break-down allotments and
recommendations for next year,
at the next Cabinet meeting.
The probable reason for the
low percentage of donations,
Smith said, is that students ob
ject to giving toward a religious
organization other than their
own. One of his recommendations
will be to discontinue giving a
share of the receipts to Hillel
Foundation, Newman Club, and
the University Christian Associa
tion.
Smith will also suggest (2)
the drive be conducted either in
Minister Anthony Eden and
French Premier Edgar Faure.
Dulles’ intention to get down to
immediate business was indicated
by his dinner list of 24 persons,
including -five advisers for each
minister.
If Molotov reports the Soviet
Union is agreeable to a Big Four
conference at the top level, the
ministers are expected to- select
the place and date of the meet
ing. Geneva, Stockholm and Vien
na are among the neutral cities
mentioned for the site.
Dulles’ arrival was a gratifying
moment for the U.S. Secretary of
State. He recalled, in an airport
statement, that for 10 post-war
years Austrian freedom nad been
a goal of American policy, and
added:
Official Report
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tations drive last fall nettec
early fall or early spring, (3) omit
the American Red Cross from the
organizations receiving money,
(4) return to the designation sys
tem, where the donor may name
his choice of charity, (5) sponsor
more special events, and (6) Cam
pus Chest should work in con
junction with the World Univer
sity Service, which would ad
vance the publicity of both
groups.
Expenses for the Chest drive
amounted to $1310.02. For the first
time, all publicity was handled
by the Central Promotion Agency.
Distributions
Campus Chest money was dis
tributed among 15 charity groups
on a percentage basis. The break
down in percentages is:
World University Service, 20
per cent; Penn State Student
Scholarship Fund, eight per cent;
National Student Service Fund
for Negro Students, seven per
cent; Cerebral Palsy Drive, three
(Continued on page eight)
“I have traveled to many capi
tals on many missions. Never have
I felt more satisfaction than I
now feel in coming to Vienna to
sign the treaty which at long last
will make Austria free and inde
pendent.”
Austria’s seven million people,
to be free of foreign occupation
after 17 years under the Nazis
and the four occupying powers,
were in high spirits.
Stock Market Rises
The Vienna stock market bound
ed up, some shares as much as
20 points on the news that Rus
sia at last had given way and
agreed to an annex citing the eco
nomic concessions she has prom
ised Austria. The agreement com
pleted the treaty the Allies have
been trying to write ever since
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Delta Sig,
Tri Delt
Win Trophy
By NANCY SHOW ALTER
Delta Sigma Phi and Delta
Delta Delta Delta were named
the 1955 Spring Week winners
at the intermission of the Sen
ior Ball last night for receiv
ing the largest number at
points in Spring Week events.
Pi Kappa Phi was closed down
the second night of carnival be
cause intoxicating beverages were
found in their booth by carnival
checkers.
The dean of men’s office will
discuss the matter with the Spring
Week committee and the assistant
deans of men before deciding whe
ther to take any or further action.
1710 Points
The winning booth gathered
1710 points throughout Spring
Week to top the other 37 groups
that participated in “Week” ac
tivities.
Not far behind was Sigma Pi
and Gamma Phi Beta with 1621
points. In third place was Sigma
Chi and Zeta Tau Alpha with
1548 points.
Delta Sigma Phi and Delta Del
ta Delta received 65 points in the
Ugly Man parade, 600 points in
the Spring Week parade, 10
points in the Miss Penn State
contest, 10 points in the He-Man
contest, and 272 points in the Mad
Hatter’s parade.
The first and second place win
ners received trophies which were
distributed to them yesterday, Jo
seph Barnett, Spring Week com
mittee general chairman, said
yesterday.
Approximate Figure
An approximate $BOOO was col
lected during the two-night carni
val; however, the exact figure will
not be available until later, Rich
ard Favro, Spring Week commit
tee business manager, said. Last
year $7,418.87 was taken in from
carnival ticket sales to set an all
time record.
Scholarship Fund
Money remaining after Spring
Week expenses are paid will go
to the All-University Scholarship
Fund, Favro said.
Other groups that received
more than 1000 points in the carn
ival were Pi Kappa Alpha and
Sigma Sigma Sigma, 1488; Chi
Phi and Pi Beta Phi, 1332; Delta
Tau Delta and Alpha Sigma Phi,
1325; Phi Kappa Psi and Alpha
Omicron Pi, 1206; Delta Chi and
Kappa Delta. 1171; Theta Chi and
Phi Mu, 1140; Kappa Delta Rho
and Alpha Gamma Delta, 1100;
Phi Kappa Tau and Thompson
(Continued on page eight)
Freshman Class
To Hold Mixer
The freshman class will hold a
farewell mixer from 2 to 5 p.m.
next Saturday in the ballroom of
the Hetzel Union Building. Chuck
Torrence and his orchestra will
play.
The planning committee for the
mixer consists of Arthur Schrave
sande, president of the class, John
Spangler, Barbara Kinnier, and
Robert Nurock.
According Schravesande, this
will be the last regularly sched
uled event of the freshman clast
and a large crowd is expected.
Students from any class may at
tend.
West Halls Dance Tonight
A record dance, sponsored by
West Halls Council, will be held
from 9 to 12 tonight in Waring
Lounge.
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