Today's Weather: Cloudy and Warmer VOL. 56. No. 140 Trustees Name Cole Journalism Director Ira W. Cole, assistant to the director of the School of Journalism and Communications at the University of Illinois, has been named professor of journalism and director of the school of journalism at the University, effective July 1. The appoint ent was announced last night by President Milton S. Eisenhower after approval by the Executive Com- Promotions Approved For 2 Profs Heads of two departments of the College of the Liberal Arts were approved lasl night by the Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees. Dr. Joseph G. Rayback, profes sor of American history, was ap pointed head of the history de partment and Dr( Elton Atwater, science, was named head of the political science department. Both appointments are for three year terms and become effective July 1. A rotation system for heads is in effect in both depart ments. Rayback Succeads 'Klein Dr. Rayback succeeds Dr. Phil ip S. Klein, professor of Ameri can history, who will complete his three-year term. Dr. Atwater has been acting head of the po litical science department since Dr. Harold F. Alderfer resigned in February. Dr. Raybeck recived his BA, MA, and Ph.D. degrees at West ern Reserve University. He came to the University from Butler University. Studies in Switzerland Dr. Atwater received his BA de gree at the University of Roches ter and his MA and Ph.D. degrees at American University. He has also studied at the Institute Uni versitaire de Hautes Etudes Inter nationales, in Geneva, Switzer land. Prior to his" appointment to the University faculty in 1950, Dr. Atwater was associate professor of international relations at American University. In 1949, he served as a consultant to the State Department. He is also the author of several books. Interviews Scheduled For Encampment Interviews for students wish ing to go to Encampment next fall will begin at 6:30 p.m. Mon day on the second floor of the Hetzel Union, and will continue until the end of the semester. Freshmen and sophomores are es peciall' urged to interview, ac cording to Donald Reidenbaugh, encampment chairman., Cards are due at the HUB from those who will be attending En campment by position. Guests Permitted In Dorms Today Open houses will be held in all dormitories this weekend to permit parents and guests to visit with students in their I=l Women's dormitories will be open from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. to day except in Simmons Hall which will be open tomorrow at the same time. Teas in wom en's dormitories will be held from 2 to 3 p.m. today. Open houses in men's dorMi fories will be held from 2 to 5 p.m. today and refreshments will be served in the lounges of Hamilton. McKee, and Irvin Halls. ~„_.5i...... i l ,E tt it g i.,4„..,., , ,,_,_ ~,s STATE COLLEGE. PA., SATURDAY MORNING. MAY 12, 1956 mittee of the Board of Trustees First Director of School Cole will become the first di rector of the school, which was established last July to replace the department of journalism, headed by Franklin C. Banner. Banner retired as head of the de partment last year, but has re mained on as a professor of journ alism. He will retire June 30 with the rank of emeritus. Cole is a graduate of the Uni versity of Illinois, and received a B.S. degree with honors in jour nalism. He also received his M.A. in journalism at the University of Illinois. Named to Illinois Faculty In 1948, Cole was named to the journalism faculty of the Univer sity of Illinois and has continued there, except for a military leave of absence, until the present time. In addition to teaching and serving as assistant director of the 'school, he has been employed on a half-time basis as executive secretary of the accrediting com mittee of the American Council on Education for JoLrnalism. Cole has also served as a staff reporter for the Champaign (111.) News-Gazette. During World War 11, he was public relations officer with Headquarters, Army Forces in the Middle Pacific. PI Specialist for Army _ Recalled to active duty in 1951, Cole served as public relations of ficer with Headquarters, Fifth Army Chicago, 111., and as a pub lic information specialist with Headquarters, United Nations Command, Tokyo. ' Cole, who is 32 years old, is married and the father of two children. The school is divided into two departments news and editing and advertising. The news and editing department is headed by Dr. James W. Markham and the advertising department is headed by Donald W. Davis. . Journ Programs Are Re-Accredited The editorial and advertising programs of the school of journ alism at the University have been reaccredited by the American Council on Education for Journ alism as the result of evaluation conducted during the past year. Edward Lindsay, Decatur, 111., president of the Council, said that 12 schools and departments of journalism were reaccredited by the Council and one new school was accredited. Air Force, Navy Argue on Sea Power WASHINGTON, May 11 (,1P) The new flare-up of inter- The long struggle between the service rivalry came to a head in a hearing before i . Senate air generals and air admirals Appro priationsrnintrat ministration's subcommittee 1- lourst into the open again de dayto- as the Air Force declared fen t se budget. Witnesses were sec alcruaorlfesthaew4kir e F n orf at e Ilo n naV , the Navy's big carriers could sec retary deliver only a "small" strategic Twining, Air Force chief of staff. punch against a foe. Sen. A. Willis Robertson (D- This caused some raised eye brows inasmuch as President Dwight D. Eisenhower and Secre tary of Defense Charles E. Wilson have recently been stressing the might of the Navy's aerial arm. They have done so in reply to critics who ha:•e accused the ad ministralion of dragging its feet in the development of long-range, land-based aerial striking power. FOR A BETTER PENN STATE May Day To Reign Pomp and majesty will be displayed in front of Old Main at 3:30 p m. today when May Day ceremonies, highlighted by the crowning of a May Queen, will be held. Marilyn Fischer, senior in home economics from Media, will be crowned queen by Caro yn Cunningham, former Women's Student Government Association president, at the estivities. In the event of rain, - the May Day ceremonies will Dancers to Present May Day Program The May Pole and Interlandia Folk Dancers will seek to make the changing customs of May Day traditional at 3:30 p.m. today on Front Campus. Dances for the first May Day in 1914 were planned by Ethel Sparks. The women wore Grecian costumes of pastel cheesecloth which they had made themselves. Seven buttercups and 10 rose buds, aided by daisies, formed a major attraction in the 1925 pag eant. They wore fringed tops and layers of petals to their knees, which were covered with long Iblack stockings. The rosebuds' petal-covered heads were adorned with bright stems. The songs, costumes, and dances were or iginal creations. Returned in 1946 Although May Day was discon tinued during the war, the May Day dancers returned in 1946 with new ideas. The traditional May Pole dance was supplement ed by a modern dance solo as well as a number by a group of modern dancers. May- Day dancing was not re-1 stricted to dancing on the lawn in the afternoon. In 1950, a Corona tion Ball, an informal dance in Recreation Hall, was held as a family affair. Tickets sold for $1.50 a couple, but parents were ad mitted free. Card tables were provided for bridge or canasta. The idea of the Coronation Ball had begun two years before when, sponsored. by WSGA, it was held in White Hall on the Wednesday night before May Day. The May Queen's court was kept secret un til it was announced at the dance intermission. The Ball was held again in 1949, but on Friday night. The dance was discontinued in 1951. Location Changed Many Times The location of May Day Cere monies has been changed as many; times as the type of dance. Thee first May Day Pageant in 1914 and the second in 1921 were held) on the lawn of Woman's Building! with McAllister Hall .dining room I • (Continued on page eight) Va.) recalled that Secretary of the Navy Charles S. Thothas had in dicated that mobile aircraft car riers, with powerful bombers and fighters, might be able to hit an enemy harder than bombers from fixed land bases. Land-based Bombers Necessary Twining replied that in case of war with Russia, carrier-based planes would be helpful, particu larly in searching out the enemy, but that the nuclear knockout of rgiatt By BARB BUDNICK By KIP NEWLIN Johnson to Get Judicial Board Chairmanship William Johnson, junior in pre medical from Arnold, will be ap pointed chairman of the Associa tion of Independent Men Judicial Board of Review at an AIM meet ing Monday, according to Lash Howes, AIM president. Interviews for AIM judicial board wilt be held tomorrow af ternoon. Candidates passing the interview will be appointed at the meeting. Robert Franklin, freshman in journalism-from Glenside, will be appointed editor of next year's AIM Student Handbook. Howes reported. Howes mid an objection made to the appointment at the last meeting would be dropped. AIM will make final Town In dependent Men, Nittany, Pollock and West Halls Councils appro priations for the semester. James Tipton, TIM president, will pre sent a financial report for TIM. Others presenting financial re ports 'will be Melvin Weaver, president, Nittany Council; Jo seph Tomei. president, Pollock Council: and Daniel Thalimer, president, West Halls Council. Cloudy and Warmer Partly cloudy and warmer weather is predicted for today, with clearing skies toward late afternoon. The high today will be 70 and the low will be in the low 50's. Yesterday's high was 54 and the low was 49. enemy air bases must be accom plished with land-based, long range bombers. He said that carrier-based air craft have relatively short ranges and that carriers could not al ways be in strategic spots for bombing attacks. Must Be Realistic Although both Quarles and Twining emphasized that naval aviation is important, Twining said• "But we must be realistic about such factors as the probable loca tion of the carriers, as well as the amount of striking power they could contribute—to the strategic offensive—which is small." A strategic offensive is one aimed at knocking out an enemy's vital bases and, in general, de stroying the foundations of his war effort. Separate the Men From the Boys Queen T • day e held in Recreation Hall. The event will begin with a blare of herald's trumpets and the cavorting of two rollicking jesters portrayed by Jean Mc- Mahon and Charlotte -Klippel. Heralds are Mariana Moldovan and Beverly Rodgers. The procession will be headed by the Hemlock Chain com posed of 36 senior women. They will be followed by 20 senior members of the honor arch. Next in procession will be the eight class attendants dressed in pastel gowns. Senior attendants are Edith Kriebel and Mary Ann Spangler; junior attendants, Flor ence Wooley and Suzanne Loux; sophomore attendants. Ann Lutz and Karen Bixler; and fresh man attendants, Janet Ours and Nancy Kepler. Following the attendants will be Daisy Zimmerman, president of WSGA. Patricia Farrell, past president of Women's Recreation Association, and Jarmila Weisl, representative of the University Christian Association. Preceding the queen will be Harriet Kracher and Janet Pal mer. flower girls, and Dorothy Lentz, maid of honor. Train Bearers will be Eugene Bruss and Larry B. Kerstetter, and the crown bearer. Marsh Mc- Bride. The May Queen will wear a white eyelet organdy gown with simple lines. The bodice is close fitting with a white bow and narrow shoulder straps. A match. ing jacket will complete the en. semble. Ceremonies will continue with the presentation of the crown by Carolyn Cunningham. and a rep lica of the world by Patricia Far rell. The scepter will be present ed by Jarmila Weisl. Immediately afterward. Kap pa Alpha Theta and Tau Kappa Epsilon, 1956 winners of the Interfraternity Sing, will sing "The Halls of Ivy". Also TKE will sing "Honey.' Members of the Interlandia Folk Dance group will perform several Czechoslovakian f olk dances. After the folk dances. Leonides and the-Association of Independ ent Men Choir will sing "God Painted zs. Picture" and "Ain't That Good News." Climaxing We festivities will be the winding of the may poles. Twenty freshman women and new members of Cwens, sophomore women's hat society. will take part in the dance. The ceremony will close with the traditional recessional. Music for the entire ceremony will be provided by the Prep Band. Preceeding the May Day pro gram, open house for parents and friends will be held in the women's dormitories from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. Also, a Mother's (Continued on page eight) Prexy Will Attend Gridiron Banquet President Milton S. Eisenhower will fly to Washington, D.C., to day to attend the annual Gridiron Banquet tonight at the Hotel Statler. The banquet is sponsored by the National Press Club and attracts national celebrities who are lam pooned by the newsmen. President Eisenhower will re turn to State College tomorrow in time to attend the Mother's Day Drill Competition to be held at 2 p.m. on the front lawn of Old Main. President Eisenhower will present the trophy to the winning military group. See Page 4 FIVE CENTS
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