Today's Weather: Rain With Snow VOL. 56, No. 76 Soph Perishes in Vermont Fire Fraternity Prank Ends on Sour Note; Four Students Fined What started out as an inter-fraternity prank turned into $61.50 in fines for each of four students who were found guilty of disorderly conduct and fined by Squire Guy G. Mills at a hearing last Wednesday afternoon. One of the students, Hugh Browne, senior in business administration from Nutley, New Jersey, cut his hand when Board Names New Building Opposite HUB The classroom building now un der construction opposite the Het zel Union Building will be named "Hall of the “Americas.’* The name was approved recent ly by the Board of Trustees upon the recommendation of acommit tee appoihted to plan the Nation ality Rooms ih the building.' A plan'to develop the Nation ality rooms to reflect the culture and history, of the nations of the Western Hemisphere was earlier approved by the board. 1 " Twenty-two will be decorated- as Nationality Rooms. Private funds are to be used for this purpose. This, project is being under taken - to symbolize friendship, goodwill, arid..solidarity among the nations of the Western Hemi sphere; to afford countries of the two Americas' an opportunity to develop cultural' displays ,in .an educational setting; ana to pro mote among University students and faculty. members a broader knowledge of the peoples and cul tures of North and South America. In addition to the 6$ classrooms, the building will house two lec ture halls and'office facilities for 110 faculty members. Contracts for its construction were let on Aug. 30 by the Gen eral State Authority, and work on foundations for the building is underway. LaVie Junior Board The junior board of LaVie ac tivities. staff will meet at 7 to night and tomorrow night in 412 Old Main. Mob Attacks Negro Coed In Alabama Race Riot Editorial on Page Four f | TUSCALOOSA, Ala., Feb. 6 (fIP) —Her clothes spattered with eggs, the University of Alabama’s first Negro cbed was spirited to safety past a cursing out-of-control mob roaming the. campus today. Autherine Lucy, 26, Birming ham secretary, attended morning classes but. telephoned her attor ney that school authorities had advised her not to go to afternopn classes. Return in Doubt The attorney, Arthur D. Shores, said that whether Miss Lucy re turned to the university tomor row depended on “whether "the sit uation is under control. There is no point ip her going if they can’t control the situation and give her protection.” Students and outsiders making up' a crowd estimated at 3,000 or more at its peak jeered and cursed university authorities accompany ing Miss Lucy and pelted them alt?? latUf @ (toll STATE COLLEGE. PA.. TUESDAY MORNING. FEBRUARY 7. 1956 he slipped on an icy pavement and fell on top of a pottle he was carrying. Browne was treated at the Uni versity Hospital for a cut palm and was taken to Bellefonte hos pital where he was treated for two cut tendons in his finger. State College police said a com plaint was registered at 2 a.m. Wednesday that someone was stealing furniture from Phi Kap pa Tau fraternity. Upon arriving at the fraternity, the police were told by house members that four persons had stolen a large chair and a rug. When the four came back to fake ,an .eight-day clock, they- were spotted and started -to run: Police were told that'one of the group had slipped on the ice and cut himself on a glass bottle he was carrying. Policesaid they 'followed a trail Ofrblood to'Pi.Kappa -Phi ■ frater nity house ( opposite Phi Kappa Tau where the missing furniture was found. Police found Browne at the Uni versity Hospital, and the remain ing three students at the Pi Kappa Phi house. . - The. group affirmed most of the story hut denied there was any trail of blood. They said a tourniquet .had been applied to Browne's hand as soon as he fell and his hand was stuffed into one of the men's shirts. ' There was little or no trail of blood, the group said, either on the pavement or in the house. . It was nothing, more than a friendly prank, one of the mem-, bers of the group said. He added that both: Pi Kappa Phi and Phi Kappa Tau were on very good terms. The students were given a hear ing Wednesday afternoon and found guilty’ of disorderly con duct. Mills fined each student $5O plus $11.50 costs. He named the students as Browne; John Cone, senior in labor management from Pitts burgh; Adrian Eschailier. senior (Continued on page seven) with , eggs, rocks and mudballs. No one was reported injured. Dur ing that incident, the school offi cials Were called. “nigger loving . Hit by Eggs The woman escaped the first showers but later told Shores she was hit by eggs and her clothing was “all splattered.” Dr., O. C; Carmichael, univer sity president, and other school officials appealed vainly for. the students to end the bitter demon stration against the first break in segregation barrier? at the 126- year-old Deep South school. A reliable source who would not be quoted by name said the Na tional Guard > might he .called: out if the disturbance continued. 1 FOR A BETTER PENN STATE —Dave Bavar photo STUDENT GETS registration difficulty cleared by faculty member a! one of the tables In Rec Hall during Thursday's registration./Officials termed it "one of the smoothest operations in Rec Hall yet.” Registration Termed 'Smoothest Ever' Registration for 11,580 students for the Spring semester at Recreation Hall last week has been termed “one of the smoothest we’ve ever had,” by scheduling officer Ray V. Watkins. Watkins said an important contributing factor to the smooth regisration was the cooperation of the deans and department representatives on the floor of Rec Hall. “Their coopera tion made this regisration one of the most efficient we’ve had,” Watkins said. Assistant Scheduling Officer Harry A. Sperber said that the individual departments did a much better job of planning for this semester. “This was obvious from the smaller number of closed sections,” he said. 13,808 Students Register A total of 13,808 students have been registered by the University for the Spring semester. C. O. Williams, dean ofadmis sions, reported that by noon Sat urday 11,580 students had regis tered on the campus and 2,228 had registered at centers throughout the state. The enrollment figures are not final. Pour hundred sixty-five new students have been admitted for the Spring Semester. In addition, 132 have come from centers to the campus along with 108 new freshmen and 109 transfer stu dents from other colleges. 600 New Students Report Compared with a year ago, the figure for the current semester showed a gain of nearly 600 stu dents. Last Spring, 11,189 were en rolled on the campus, 2,028 at centers, and the total was 13,217 at the close of the scheduled reg istration period. A sidelight on the current reg istration figures is that enrollment in Russian at, the University had set an all-time record by the close of registration Saturday noon. The total of 132 students reg istered for courses in Russian lan guage and literature „ was 30 per cent higher than the figure last fall, which itself was higher than any Russian enrollment figure at the University since 1948. Teaching Method Influential At least three factors are be lieved to h?ve influenced the risr mg enrollment, in R.ussian courses on the campus. Qne is a radically 1 (Contintied on page six) ematt Snow Flurries, Rain Predicted for Today Rain this morning, with colder weather and snow flurries tonight is forecast for today by students in the department of meteorology. The high temperature is ex pected to reach 46 degrees, with a low of approximately 27. Yes terday’s maximum was 32 de grees. The low was 25. Construction To Start; Contracts for the construction of women’s residence halls with accommodations for 1,064 students have been let by the University and construction is expected to start soon. The University also released the names of the nine wo men for whom the dormitory units will be named. The general construction contract has been awarded to John McShain, Inc. Other con tracts went to: The Hughes Corp n plumbing; Lehigh Enginering Co., heating; and Rigg-Distler and Co., electrical. The central dining hall will be named for Anna E. Redifer. Miss Redifer was appointed to the faculty in 1890. In 1914, she was appointed emeritus associate professor of art and design and was the first woman on the faculty to receive emeritus rank. Residence hall units will be named as follows: Building 1, Unit A: For Barbara S. Haller, of State College, who served as adviser to Mortar Board and Chi Omega sorority and was honorary member of both groups. Building 1, Unit B: For Dr. Han :iiah M. Lyons, of Lincoln Univer sity, Pa., who served from 1931 [to 1939 on the Board'of Trustees Race Problem See Page 4 Four Escape As Flames Gut Cabin Charles Kiethline, Jr., 19, sophomore in electrical engi neering from Shickshinny, was fatally injured yesterday morning in a log cabin fire near Lake Groton, Vt. Four other students escaped the blaze. Kiethline, a pledge at Delta Chi, was sleeping on the second floor of a log cabin owned by the family of Eric Proudfoot, sophomore in applied arts from Oil City, when the fire broke out at about 3:30 a.m. Attempts to reach Kiethline failed because of the flames. Joseph Duraney, sophomore in electrical engineering from Brownfield, Walter Majka, sopho more in civil engineering from Binghamton, N.Y., Theodore Mil ler, sophomore. in agricultural education from Washington, Pa., and Proudfoot, escaped the blaze. All of the students were mem bers of Delta Chi except Proud foot, who is a member of Pi Kappa Phi. The five sophomores were spending the weekend at the cabin after attending the Dartmouth College Winter Carnival in Han over, N.H., about 50 miles away. Duraney reported to Vermont authorities that he was awakened at about 3:30 a.m. and realized that the cabin was ablaze. He got to the others but could not reach Kiethline. Proudfoot was helped out of the cabin. He was burned on the face and hands and was later taken to St. Johnsbury Hospital, about 25 miles away. - Duraney, who helped get Proud foot out, attempted to use the stu dent’s automobile to get help. The car stalled and he ran four miles before reaching the home of Ray mond Ricker at Ricker’s Mills, Vt. State police were notified but the cabin was completely de stroyed when the party arrived. Searchers believed that the fire started near the wood burning kitchen stove. Miller and Duraney were re ported in good condition. Majka suffered frostbite. All had escaped (Continued on page two) Dorms Units Named as an appointee of the governor. Building 2, Unit C: For Cordelia L. Hibbs, assistant to the dean of women in charge of housing from 1947 until her death in 1955. Building 2, Unit D: For Anna O. Stephens, member of staff of University Health Service from 1941 to 1945 and from 1947 until her death in 1953. Building 3, Unit E: For Rebecca Ewing, admitted in 1871 as one of first two women students at the University. Building 3, Unit F: For Ellen Cross, admitted in 1871 as one of first two women students. Building 4, Unit G: For Anna M. Cooper, first woman principal, serving from 1878 to 1883. Building 4, Unit H: For Jane W. Hoyt, preceptress who was first person in charge of women students. FIVE CENTS
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