rodayis Woothdort 'Cloudy with Showers VOL. 55, No. 148., Harshboger Hits Drive • Participation Luther H. Harshbarger,. Universay Chaplain, yesterday criticized student participation in this year's Campus Chest drive. "I think it is shocking" Harshbarger said, "that a campus of 11,500 contributed only $4OOO to organizations of interest outside themselves." University Announces Final Hours By DODI JONES Final semester hours haye been announced by University offices and services. Classes will evid at noon 'to morrow, with final examinations beginning at 1:20 p.m. and con tinuing through June 8. Undergraduate students are •re quired to vacate dormitories 24 hours after their last examination. Those students who are gradutit'r ing or remaining to participate in conimencement exercises will make housing arrangements with their counselors or hostesses. Dormitories will be open for freshman, new students and stu dents aiding with the orientation week program at 8 a.m. Septem ber 11. The last meal to be served in the dormitories to undergraduates will be luncheon on June 8. The meal schedule change will' go in to effect at dinner on Friday. Men will observe the following schedule: breakfast, 7 to 8:15 a.m.; luncheon, 11:30 .a.m. to 12:45 p.m.; dinner, 5 to 6:15 p.m. Women's meal schedule: breakfast, 7:20 to 7:50 a.in.; luncheon, 12:15 to 12:45 p.m.; dinner 5:40 p.m. Nittany and Waring Hall will be open for meals until June 11 for those remaining at the Uni versity. No central dormitory has been named for women students at present. . will radio station WDFM will broadcast three hours of con tinuous music from 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. from Saturday through June 8. The 'three-hour program • will be divided into one hour of popu lar inxisiO, one hour of semi-classi cal; and one hour of classical' music. Pattee Library will be open Saturday from 7:50 a.m. to 5 p.m. The library will remain open from 7:50 to 10 p.m. on Monday and will continue with regular library hours through June n will close at 5 p.m. on June 8 and will observe hours from 9 a.m. to' 5 p.m. on June 9 and 10. The building will be closed on Com mencement Day, June 11. Offices 'and the Lion's Den in (Continued on page eight) The World 5 Firms Take VacCine Rules WASHINGTON, May 26 (W)— Five of theh six drug companies licensed to make Salk polio vac cine fell in line today with the government's new rules for manu facturing and testing it. • Their acceptance of the revised standards improved prospects for resumption of the nationwide campaign to immunize millions of school children against infan tile paralysis. However, the time of the resumption' is uncertain. The only holdout was the Pit man-Moore Co. of \Zionsville, Ind., whose president, Kenneth F. Val entine, contended the new tests will mean considerably more work without assuring a safer•yaccine., Th e li tt it g , c (toil "Students," he added, "ought to begiving- that much alone to World University Service." Campus Chest this year col leeted only . $4160.60, less than half- of last year's total which iimounted to $10,394.52. Harshbarger•also termed as un founded an imputation by John Riggs, organization chairman for Campus Chest, that contributions had declined-because students ob jected •• to .' giving to religious groups other than their own. On : Tuesday,k Riggs said that three campus religious organiza tions—Hillel Foundation, the Un iversity Christian Association, and Newman. Club—may be dropped from next year's Chest drive. Two Withdraw Harahbarger said the three gr9ups were not barred from the drive,' but Withdrew of their own .actord. - ralswOrth Smith, last year's Campus Chest chairman, recom- Mended before All-University Cabinet on May 19 that the reli gious ozianizations be dropped. Harshoarger said:UCA allowed itself to be included - in the drive reluctantly, but did so to cooper ate. lieith student government. , Had Own Drive Re said the group conducted its own , drive before Campus Chest was instituted ,and was able to collect more money on its own then they ever received through Campus Chest. . In 1949, the University Chris tian Association, -then the Penn State Christian Association, raised $6178. During the first year of the Campus Chest, $5410.35 was given to UCA. In the school year 1951- 52, which was the best year for the Chest, UCA received $6032.32. But the amounts have been 'de clining steadily and this year UCA's share of the proceeds amounted to approximately only $1029. Two 'years ago UCA was going to withdraw from Campus Chest but decided to remain on.he pro vision that it could conduct its own fa ;fifty drive. It collected $2850.85, which .is more than the Chest has received from the fac ulty for any purpose. In the initial years of the Cam pus Chest, Harshbarger pointed out,, a good deal of the leadership came from the religious'organi zations, especially the Hillel Foun dation and, the UCA. - The Campus Chest has become suspected more .and more a Vart of the political machine, he said, and - there• isa corolation between this and the failure of the Campus Chest. At 0 Glance Tornadoes Take Toll in 4 States UDALL, Kan., May 26 (IP) Deadly tornadoes swirled today in mid-America. Their four-state toll in less than 24 hours 'stood at 99 killed, more than 700 in jured, millions of dollars in prop erty damage. A widening storm fiont carried a threat of more to come. The Kansas City Weather Bu reau warned this afternoon severe thunderstorms with tornadoes likely "are forecast along and 50 miles either side of a line extend ing from McAlester, Okla., to West Plains: Mo., and 100 'miles east of a line extending from Anthony. Kan., to Grand island, k teb .A t irtoady, tornadoes had killed nt Av. Kansas. 20 in Olclahorha, 14 1 IW-Texar .and 1' is - Missouri. • FOR A BETTER PENN STATE STATE COLLEGE, PA.. FRIDAY MORNING, MAY 27. 1955 Cabinet Approves Spring Week Plan Five recommendations to next year's Spring Week Committee, asking the discon. tinuance of the Mad-Hatters, He-Man, and Ugly Man contests from the Spring Week program, were approved last night by All-University Cabinet. The report included only recommendations to next year's Spring Week committee. The,. new committee need not adopt the suggestions. 2000 to Get Degrees At Commencement Approximately 2000 students will receive degrees at the University's centennial commencement activities scheduled for June 11. Baccalaureate services will be at 2 p.m. June 10 in Schwab Auditorium; Class Night will be at 7:30 p.m. June and commencement exercises Beaver Field. 10 also in Schwab Auditorium will be at 10:30 a.m. June 11 o For the first time in its history, the University will confer asso ciate degrees at commencement this year. Nearly 200 ,students will receive associate degrees, signifying completition of two years work in engineering or sec retarial training. Approximately 300 advanced degrees will also be given. President Dwight D. Eisenhower will deliver the commencement address to be broadcast on radio and possibly television. Follow ing the commencement he will lay the cornerstone for the Helen Eakin Eisenhower Chapel. Proxy to Deliver Speech Dr. Milton S. Eisenhower will deliver the baccalaureate speech. Music will be supplied by the Chapel Choir. The service is open to the public. Carl McGrew, senior in phy.. sics from State Colleke, .will re ceive the John White Medal at commencement services. The John White Fellowship awards will be presented at ' the same time to Alex Simkovich, senior in metal , lurgy from Jacobs Creek, and s Sidney Goldblatt, senior in pre medicine from Beverdale. Evan Pugh Awards Evan Ptigh awards will be given to Aurelia Arre, senior in arts and letters from Easton; John S. Boyd, senior in educa tion from Hatboro; Carter Brooks; senior in pre-medicine from Greenville; William Luyben, sen ior in chemical engineering from Emporium; and Bruce Schwalm, senior in agricultural engineering from Valley View. Commencement will begin with the traditional academic proces sion. Prexy will preside over the program. Order' for Conferring Degrees Order for the conferring of all degrees is as ' follows: advanced degrees, commissions in armed (Continued on page eight) Social Events Are Announced By Donovan • The .. campuS social Calendar for the 1955-56 school year has been announced by George L. Donovan, director of associated student ac tivities. It was approved by the Student Union Board May 17. Dink Debut ' Sept. 17 HUB , Fun Night Sept. 17 Rec Hall ' Kick-Off Rally, Dance Sept. 23 Rec Hall Church Itecp. Night Sept. 24 Churches Cwens Dungaree Drag Oct. 8 HUB Alumni Homecoming Oct. 14, 15 HUB AIM Autumn Ball Oct. 15 HUB Junior Prom Nov. 4 Roc Hall Mardi Gras Nov. 11 Rec Hall Mardi Ball Nov. 12 HUB Military Ball Dec. 0 Roc Hall Grad Student Dance Dec. 10 HUB WRA Dance Feb. 17 HUB Frosh Class Dance Feb. 25 HUB Forestry Ball Mar. 2 HUB Soph Class Dance Mar. 10 HUB WC-Palate' Ball Mar. 23 Rec Hall Spring Week Apr. 80-May 5 Coronation of Miss Penn State. Apr. 80 Rea Hall Senior Ball May 4 Rea Hall May Day . , May 12 Old Main Grad Btddant, Dance May 19 HUB eglatt Cabinet Gives Final Approval To New Series All-University Cabinet last night gave final approval to the new music-cultural series, the Penn State Series, to be instituted next fall. The legislation provided that $12,000 be allocated in a lump sum to the Associated Student Fund, to come from any source. It did not specify whether the students should be assessed a fee to sup port the Series. Cabinet also set up a committee, the members of which are to be appointed by Earl Seely, All- University President, to investi gate the women's housing situ ation on campus. Mildred Mc- Gowan, former president of Wom en's Recreation Association, re commended that Cabinet request action from the Board of Trustees for increasing housing for women. In her report, Miss McGowan said although construction of new women's dormitories has been planned, future removal of Wom an's Building and changing of Thompson Hall into a men's dorm (Continued on page eight) Luyben is Named Class Valedictorian William Luyben, senior in chemical engineering,, will be vale dictorian, and Bruce Schwalm, senior in agricultuial engineering. will be salutatorian for the class night exercises, Alexander Zerban, class night chairman, announced yesterday. • Luyben and Schwalm were first reported to have a tie in schol astic averages. However, further research revealed that Luyben has a 2.94776 All-University average and Schwalm has a 2.940 average. Members of the committee in • charge of nominating the vale dictorian and salutatorian are Dr. Ordean G. Ness, assistant profes sor of speech; Donna Aikens, sen ior in education from Midland; and Zerban Donald Balthaser, senior class president, will present the class gift, and Adrian 0. Morse, Uni versity Provost, will accept the gift for the University. Introduction to the ceremonies will be made by the master of ceremonies. Following this will be the salutatory by Schwalm and the presentation of the men's and women's honors. Presentation of the class gift is next on the agenda followed by the presentation of the Paul Smith Memorial Award. Don Bell, senior in physical ed ucation from Rochester, N.Y., will be the recipient of the Paul Smith award this year. The tro phy is awarded to the outstanding senior in physical education on a basis pf scholarship, character, and extra curricular activities. Senior Gift Soo Page 4 Cabinet also approved a recom mendation by A 11- University President Earl Seely that several delegates be sent to the Eighth National Student Congress, Aug. 21-31, at the University of Min nesota. Seely requested this move be cause he said he .felt the dele gates could see whether the .Na tional Student Association would work if the University were - to reinstate it on campus. A few months ago . cabinet voted to drop the University from NSA mem bership, although the act isn't yet official because 'dues have been paid through September 30, Seely said. Five Recommendations The five Spring Week recom mendations were part of a report on the success of this year's Spring Week submitted •to Cab inet by Joseph Barnett, Spring Week chairman. Barnett requested next year's. Spring Week committee to elimi nate • the Mad Hatters, He-lan and' Ugly Man contests because students bear too much work, load during the week. This would ease the work so their time and energy could be utilized toward the par ade and carnival. Other Recommendations Other recommendations were to have the Miss Penn State coro nation and the parade on Monday of the week and the carnival. on Wednesday and Thursday, allow ing students to rest on Tuesday; to either make up a new route for the parade or limit the height of the floats because trees over hanging streets, are too low. Barnett, recommended that the parade chairman prevent onlook ers from gathering in front of the judges. platform. Spring Week Committee • felt this year's Spring Week was "very successful," Barnett said, because the enthusiasm and com petitive spirit shown by groups entering the e v ents was "very high." He suggested the addition of (Continued on page eight) Bell is the ninth winner of the award. Dean. Mullen, president of Physical Education Student Coun cil, headed the committee to se lect the recipient of the award. Paul Smith was an outstand ing boxer at the University and died while he was a student. The next feature of the class night activities is the presenta tion of the Hetzel Memorial Award. Wilmer E. Kenworthy, di rector of student affairs, will pre sent the award to Robert Dennis, senior in arts and letters from Shenandoah. Following this will be the vale dictory by Luyben and the Alma Mater Music for class night will be supplied by The Statesmen quartet. Members of the class night committee are Zerba• - z, chairman: Miss Aikens, secretary; Kaye Vin son, senior in arts and letters from State College; and Judith Kocnio. senior in home economics from Washington, D.C. FIVE CENTS
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