The daily collegian. (University Park, Pa.) 1940-current, March 02, 1957, Image 1

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    Today's Forecast
Cloudy
and Cold
VOL. 57. No. 95
Spring
'Disney!
Spring Week wi I
the campus.
The Spring Wee
from Walt Disney to
of his characters or s
The three categor
Kadis Fu
Hits Fin
Total of $
The final day of coil- dons for I
the "Dick Kadis Fund" brought
the final total to $726.90. Dona
tions yesterday came to $71.40 and
pushed the fund over the $7OO
mark with something to spare.
- Eight donations were received
yesterday with Beta Theta Pi top
ping them all with a check for
$13.75. Sigma Chi was the leading
fraternity, money-wise, giving $3O.
_
A check for the total amount
will be sent to the Kadis Family
in the next few days.
In yesterday's listings of dona
tors it was erroneously printed
that Delta Sigma Phi had given
$l5. Delta Sigma Pi, business fra
ternity, was the donator of the
money.
Varsity "S" Club President Paul
Roberts said yesterday that he
was entirely pleased with the
turnout and wished to thank Dean
Earnest McCoy of the Physical
Education College and•other Uni
versity officials "for making the
drive a success . with their co
operation.".
Kadis is still listed in "poor"
condition at a Cleveland hospital
and is still in a coma. He was in
jured last Sept.. 29 while playing
- football for Geneva College. His
medical bill totals over $13,000.
Yesterday's donor's:
Alpha Gamma Delta _--$ 9.00
Gamma Alpha Beta 6.40
Sigma Sigma Sigma
Sigma Alpha Mu
Theta Phi Alpha 20.00
Delta Gamma 9.00
Beta Theta Pi
Anonymous 5.35
Partly Cloudy,
Milder Today
Since the freezing rain and
snow have, momentarily at least,
left the campus scene, the Nittany
Lion and a few of his friends have
decided to get in one more ice
hockey game at the University
skating rink before the season
ends.
,
During
. a brief - a
interval in" t h e - , r
game, when the ...,/ais
w i:
. Lion was seated •
. 4 .
in- the penalty 11
'box, a beaver
friend asked how •
;he felt about the ii s
' campus weather
• and he replied
' that since March -: gra:
. had come in like - •
a lion it would
go out like a lamb. The beaver
hoped the lion was correct.
Today will be partly cloudy
with a high temperature of 30-35
degrees.
Bloodmobile Drive
To Begin in Ap ii
The district Red Cross unit has
announced that the R•d Cross
Bloodmobile will be on campus
April 9 and 10.
The Bloodmobile will ie in the
card room of the Hetz• 1 Union
Building from 10 a.m. to • p.m. for
the two-day drive.
Students between the ages of
18 and 21 are considered minors
and therefore must have a release
from their parents to give blood.
Cards will be distributed to stu
dents to send home for the re
leases. -
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arnival to Use
nd' Characters
bring a miniature "Disneyland" to
Committee has received permission
use the theme "Disneyland" and any
conies.
les of the carnival, which will ,be held
at the Golf Course again this
year, will be Fantasyland, Tomor
rowland and Frontierland.
Spring Week 'First
A Spring Week "first" will be
added to this year's events with
the addition of a coed event in
correlation with the He-Man con
test.
In order to qualify a group for
this contest, a coed must he one
of 10 winners in a 50 yard dash.
Two girls will then work as a
team in a "suitcase race."
One coed will open a suitcase
full of peculiar clothes, put them
on, run to her teammate 30 yards
away and take them off. The
teammate will then put the
clothes on, run back to the start
ing point and repack the-suitcase.
Preliminary Judging Events
The events for the preliminary
judging of the He-Man contest
will be the. 100-yard-dash and
the shotput. Ten finalists will
then compete in the 100-yard
dash, the shotput, the steeple
chase and a weight lifting event,
the bench press.
The Mad Hatter's Contest,
which will be ' held at Beaver
Field, will adhere to the same
themes as the carnival. Each
group entered will carry a unit
hat "worn" by no more than six
students. Other members of the
group will wear individual hats
fo complement the unit hat and
tell a story in accordance with the
category.
Winner for Each Event
A winner will be selected for
each of the three categories in
the carnival and one for each
category in the Mad Hatter's Con
test.
And what could be more appro
priate than using a motif of Cin
derella for the coronation of Miss
Penn State. Five finalists will be
selected for the Coronation and
they will be judged on poise,
speech, grooming, attractiveness
and carriage.
Letters explaining the choosing
of themes and Spring Week rules
will be sent to all campus groups
Tuesday.
Faculty to Hear Speidel
Charles M. Speidel, wrestling
coach, will discuss the Eastern
Intercollegiates before the Facul
ty Luncheon Club at noon Mon
day in the Hetzel Union Building.
Area to Reach Status Quo
UN Prepares to Move Troops
As Israelis Leave Gaza Strip
UNITED NATIONS, N.Y.
March 1 (W)—The United
Nations moved tonight to
post- its police forces in the
Gaza Strip and along the
Gulf of Aqaba as Israeli
forces leaye under the agree
ment announced today.
The Israeli decision, forecast
last night by its UN delegation,
was put before the UN General
Assembly by Foreign Minister
Golda Meir.
The effect is to return Israeli
soldiers to the positions they
occupied before last. October's
invasion of Egypt—behind the
1949 armistice lines..
By withdrawing, Israel meets
the demands of both the UN
and President Eisenhower --
FOR A BETTER PENN STATE
STATE COLLEGE. PA.. SATURDAY MORNING, MARCH 2. 1957
CliqueßattlesOpen
On Political Front
Collegian Photo by Bob Thompson
MARCH CAME in like a lion yesterday when a steady snowfall
blanketed the area. Physical plant employes were kept busy
clearing the campus. Above, two employes shovel the early morn
ing snow from the steps of the Fred Lewis Pattee library.
Statistics Say 50 Per Cent
Of Students Fail to Finish_
Most students have heard an instructor say at one time
or another—" Look at the fellow on your left, and the one on
your right, because only one of you will graduate."
Perhaps that instructor isn't
talking through his hat, because,
according to statistics, only three
students out of four return after
their freshman year and less than
half of the freshman class actually
graduate.
Analysis Last Fall
The statistics were the result of!
an analysis made last fall of they
status of all bachelor's degree
freshman on and off campus.
Of 3688 students admitted int
the fall of 1954, 76.2 per cent re
turned after one year and 54.8.
per cent returned after two years.'
In the fall of 1955, 3576 students i
were admitted and 73.1 per cent
of these returned after one year.
The student mortality rate has
been almost precisely consistent
and escapes the possibility of
the punitive sanctions proposed
by Arab neighbors in the UN.
Mrs. Meir warned ,that Israel
will fight back if violence
flares up against Israel ship
ping or Israeli territory=and
appealed to the Arabs to work
with Israel for. development of
the Middle. East. She enumer
ated steps that Israel under
stood would take place with
the withdrawal, but did not
class these as conditions.
Turning Point Hailed
U.S. Chief Delegate Henry
Cabot Lodge hailed the Israeli
action as a turning point in
affairs of the Middle East. He
said the United States under
stands_ it to mean immediate
withdrawal without conditions.
Secretary Gen. Dag Hammar
skjoid issued orders for Maj.
Gen. E. L. M. Burns,•Canadian
olltsgiatt
rvoi"..NoMmoi
during the past five years. Of the
class of 1954, 70 per cent returned
after one year; 51.6 per cent re
turned after two years; 46.5 per
cent returned after three years;
7.2 returned after four years; and
1.6 returned after five years.
3. 4. 5 Year Graduations
When this class graduated, 1.4
per cent of the students graduated
after three years; 40.8 per cent
graduated after four years; and
47.2 per cent graduated after five
years.
The men-women ratio in the;
past five years has jiggled about
and finally hit an all 5-year high
,in 1955. In 1951 it was 3 to 1; 1952,
131/2 to 1; 1953, 3 to 1; 1954. 3 to 1;
land 1955, 4 to 1.
commanding the UN Emergen
cy Force in Egypt, to meet Is
raeli army leaders tomorrow to
arrange for taking over the
disputed areas.
Fawzi Comments
In the only Arab comment
of today's session, Egyptian
Foreign Minister Mahmond
Fawzi said he assumed the As
sembly is unanimous in accept
ing full and honest implemen
tation of its resolutions calling
for immediate and uncondi
tional withdrawal of Israel. Re
observed that nothing said in
the Assembly or elsewhere
could affect the lawfulness of
Egypt's rights and those of the
Arab peoples of the Gaza Strip.
The Israeli action had been
virtually an open secret for two
days after many conferences
here, in Washington and in
Jerusalem.
Kadis
Drive
See Page 4
Parties Begin
Candidate Bids
At 7 Tomorrow
The political scene will be
come hotter at 7 p.m. tomor
row when both parties hold
their second round of clique
meetings for the preliminary
nominations of candidates for the
(spring elections.
Lion party will meet in 121
Sparks and Campus party in 10
Sparks. Campus party will also
elect junior and senior class clique
'officers.
The All-University Elections
Committee will meet at d p.m. to
morrow in 121 Sparks to review
party planks which were not ap
proved Wednesday night.
Planks Not Approved
The two Lion party planks
which were not approved dealt
with air conditioning in down
town motion picture theaters and
the proposed downtown student
discount service.
The Campus party plank which
!was not approved advocated that
the various alumni associations
in conjunction with present stu
dents of the University would
sponsor social gatherings during
the summer months for all new
students.
The unapproved planks were
refused passage because they
were not "within the scope of po
litical parties." John Bott, Cam
pus party clique chairman; and
John Godayte, Lion party clique
chairman; will present reworded
versions of the • planks to the
Elections Committee.
Students Must Register
Tomorrow night is the last op
portunity students will have to
register with the Elections Com
mittee for party membership. Stu
dents must register and receive
clique cards in order to be eligi
ble to vote in the final candidate
elections. If students registered
last Sunday they will not be re
quired to register again. Approxi
mately 400 were signed up last
Sunday.'
In addition to the clique meet
ings, the steering committees of
both parties will meet at 2p.m.
tomorrow to plan party policy
and organization. Lion party will
meet in 217 Hetzel Union and
Campus party in 212 Hetzel
Union.
Car Overturns ,
4 Escape Injury
Four students escaped injury at
about 9 p.m. yesterday when their
car overturned on Rt. 45 three
miles west of the Old Fort Inter
section.
Jerome Squillaro, sophomore in
elertrical engineering from Ban
gor, was driving home with three
passengers when the car skidded
on the slushy road and. made a
complete roll, landing on the
wheels.
Not even minor injuries were
reported.
The names of the three pas
sengers are not yet known.
Squillaro called the state police
who fined him $lO for the acci
dent, according to his roommate,
Frank Rizzo, senior in business
administration from Pittsburgh,
[ Spring Cabin Party
The Outing Club will hold a
spring cabin party at the Forestry
Cabin today.
Folk and square dancing are
planned tonight and hiking and
volleyball for tomorrow.
Transportation will be provided
in back of Old Main at 8 tonight.
The cost is $1.50 per person.
FIVE CENTS