NSA Meet Acclaimed `Successful' By - JUDY HARKISON The National Student As sociation Pennsylvania-West Virginia regional assembly on campus last weekend was termed "extremely successful" by the 115 student leaders who attended. ' The students, representing 28 colleges and universities, col laborated in the Hetzel Union building Friday, Saturday, and Sunday in workshop discussions and caususes and heard speeches of NSA officials. "The interest, cooperation, and enthusiasm shown by student leaders was an indication of the success of the assembly," Bar bara Bendel, assembly coordina tor, said. • "This meet, as well as many other phases of NSA, has pro vided student leaders with • prac tical knowledge and skill which they can use to improve their colleges and to make their own student governments more effec tive an d respected," she con tinued. Schools Not, 'Affiliated Eleven of the schools repre sented were not affiliated with NSA but participated in the as sembly in order to see the group in action. These schools showed great in terest and enthusiasm. Miss Hen del said and most of them are planning to join NSA. Stephen H. Fuller, assistant pro fessor of business administration, Harvard University, gave the key note address Saturday morning. , Speaking on communication among students, he said that de cision must rest on knowledge of the facts by students and ad ministration, not just opinion. McCracken Speaks - Richard Murphy, NSA presi dent in 1952-53, spoke at the ban quet Saturday night in the Het zel Union dining room. His topic was "The History of NSA, and the Purpose of NSA." Charles McCracken, dean of men of Allegheny College, was (Continued on page twelve) Fantasies in Store At Carnival Tonight Greeks and Indies, turning stranger than fiction, will dance, parade, and sing tonight in the fantasies of the Spring Week carnival. The carnival, consisting of 39 show booths, ticket booths, concessions and rides will open at 6:30 p m. The booths will be held at the south-east corner of the golf course. The •theme for this year's car nival, Show and Song Titles, will be carried through by the 39 show booths in three divisions: true presentation (close adher ence to original show or song), parody, and original. All booth areas will be marked off in line and signs will indi cate to which group the area be longs. . Food Stands There will be food stands with soft drinks and food to be sold by Home Delivery Pizzeria, Sally's Sandwich Shop, Nittany Dell and the Pepsi Cola Company. A merry-go-round, flying sauc er, and two ferris wheels will be the rides provided. All show booths will be subject (Continued on page twelve) Late Hours Granted To Coeds for Carnival Women students will receive late permissions for the carni val tonight. Coeds must be back in the dOrms by 11:15. according .to Daisy Zimmerman, president of Women's Student Govern ment Association. Each carnival group may submit , a list 'of six 'women who will receive midnight.per missions so they may help in dismantling carnival booths._ VOL. 56. No. 131 Ziegler Crowned Miss Penn State By BARB BUDNICK Joan Ziegler was crowned Miss Penn State last night by President Milton S. Eisen hower before an estimated crowd of 2500. President Eisenhower was assisted by Pamala Ulrich, Miss Pennsylvania, who was one of the eight judges for the ceremonies. Miss Ziegler is a senior in secondary education from Pit Alpha Rho Chi. She is a member of Kappa Kappa Gamrr Thespians. Her hobbies are swim ming, music and golf. The four other finalists in the Miss Penn State contest were Anne Cain, junior in applied arts from Unionville, sponsored by Kappa Alpha Theta and Chi Phi; Charlotte Fink, senior in secon-, dary education from Philadelphia. sponsored by Delta Gamma and Sigma Alpha Epsilon. Ruth Kronenwetter, senior in physical education from Empor-' ium, sponsored by Delta Chi; and Jean McMahon, junior in physical l education fr o m Williamsport, sponsored by Kappa Kappa Gam ma and Alpha Sigma Phi. Escorted to Stage - - Ike Advises Aid Changes Will Hurt Policy WASHINGTON, April 30 UP) President Dwight D. Eisenhower advised Congress today that tam pering with his foreign aid pro gram would "gravely endanger" national security and upset for eign policy. Eisenhower's views were relay ed to the Senate Foreign Rela tions Committee by Secretary of State John Foster Dulles, along with Dulles' own recommenda tions to keep the program rolling as part of "a national insurance policy" against "a serious and evi dent threat from the Soviet Com munists." The doubleheader appeal im mediately ran into needling from Sen. J. William Fulbright (D- Ark) and a threat of a sizable cut. Fulbright told Dulles he can't vote for a 40 per cent hike in the foreign aid authorization in the face of what he said is constant propaganda from the Republicans about "peace and prosperity." "If we have peace," Fulbright said, "then there is no excuse for increasing this program by 40 per cent. If we don't have peace, then (Continued on page three) CONSTRUCTION begins on the golf course ZIGMUND BOGUCKI and Donald Dolecki for one of the many booths which will corn- perform their accordion duet during lasi prise ihie annual Spring Carnival tonight. The night's first Faculty-Student Variety Show at carnival will get under way at 6:30 pari. Con- Recreation Hall in the Spring Week kickoff 31ruclion: began at 1 pin.. yesterday. - - event. -4 r Batig STATE COLLEGE. PA.. TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 1, 1956 Miss Ziegler was escorted to the stage to be crowned by Louis Fry man, master of ceremonies. She wore a white chiffon, waltz length gown under a blue velvet and white fur wrap. The 33 entrants in the Miss Penn State contest formed an honor arch through which Miss Ziegler went UD to the stage. Judging the finalists, besides Miss Pennsylvania, were Dr. Grace M. Henderson, dean of the, College of Home Economics; Dr. Ben Euwema, dean of the College of the Liberal Arts; Dr. Lyman' E. Jackson, dean of the College of Agriculture; Dr. Ossian R. Mac- Kenzie, dean of the College of Business Administration; Dr. El burt F. Osborn, dean of the Col lege of Mineral Industries; Er nest B. McCoy, dean of the Col lege of Physical Education and Athletics; and Dr. Clarence I. Noll. assistant dean of the College of Chemistry and Physics. Miss Penn State will receive a trophy for her title in addition to 15 Spring Week points toward her overall trophy. Finalists will re ceive eight Spring Week points. Merchants to Offer Gifts The 1956 Miss Penn State will receive gifts from 38 borough merchants which include a brace let from Mur Jewelry, stockings from Glick Shoe Co., handker chiefs from Kalin's Dress Shop; (Continued on - twelv,-` FOR A BETTER PENN STATE sburgh and was sponsored by a, the woman's chorus, and itL';`, .‘., . .......5....'1 I Pam Ulrich and Joan Ziegler a pair of queens Setective Service Test To Be Given May 17 A Selective Service College Qualification Test will be given from 8 a.m. to noon May 17. Students who wish to take the test must obtain applications from Mrs. Sara Case, dean of men's office, or from their local draft board before May 7. Ist Student-Faculty Show Headed by Variety Acts Variety acts ranging from phonetic punctuation to a fac ulty dixieland band highlighted the first Faculty-Student Variety Show at Recreation Hall last night. The show preceded the coronation of Miss Penn State. The show stopper by audience acclamation was a pho. netic pronuciation by Rita Brown, The act, popularized by comedian Victor Borge, had the audience in stitches. Miss Brown. after a scholarly entrance on the stage, proceded to read a piece of writing by "J oh n Sebastian Shakespeare," using vocal sounds for the customary punctuation marks. • The show opened with accor dionists Zigmund Bogucki and - fonald Dolecki playing -Dark .own Strutters Ball," "Pent Rouse ;erenade," and "Five Foot Two." Water Suspended in Air _ Toltrgian Expensive Expansion Plans Set By JUDY HARICISON President Milton S. Eisen hower said yesterday that ap proximately $lOO million will be invested in the University within the next 14 years in ord e r to accommodate the :great predicted increase of stu dents. _ Speaking before the Faculty Luncheon Club, he explained that "in 14 years we are planning to, expand the graduate enrollment by 100 per cent and the under graduate enrollment by 50 per cent." Dr. Eisenhower said he has found that alumni have "a degree of nostalgia" and want the Uni versity to remain unchanged. They question the necessity and wisdom of growth, the said. Must Provide Education The University, however, has no choice but to provide educa tion for a vast number at low cost, he continued, and added that "we ara a servant of the people, not ourselves." "It is incumbent to all connect ed with the University that it ex pands to_meet the demand as far as resources permit," he ex plained. The quality of education must first be maintained, he warned, and the University should reserve the jurisdiction to place limita tions on the growth. Present Plan Maximum Dr. Eisenhower said that the present expansion plan is the maximum that can be done with the available resources. The University wilt receive over (Continued on page two) William Shield*, billed as the "Wizard of KDR,' then proceeded to suspend water in air. Shields filled a glass with water, turned it upside down, and presto! No water fell out. While on the liquid binge, Shields pulled a student from the audience, puntured his elbow with an ice pick, and pumped water from the student's arm. The show had its share of vo calists with Joan McKenzie, Jo seph Bohart, and James Shea rep resenting the students and Virgil (Contnitied on page twelve) Cloudy, Cool Weather Predicted for Today Partly cloudy and cooler weather with no rain is predicted for today, according to students of the department of meteorology. The high mercury reading is expected to be in the middle 401. The high yesterday was 52 dew grees and the low was 47. FIVE CENTS
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