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VOL. 57. No. 122
Competition Will Begin
Among 'Uglies' Today
A week of competition among. 37 fraternities and one independent group to see
which one has the ugliest man on campus will begin today with the opening of the an
nual Ugly Man contest.
The contest will begin today with penny voting on the Mall in front of the Armory
from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and a parade of the candidates at 6:30 tonight. Voting today will be
entirely by picture, - as none-of the
entrants will be unveiled until
tonight
The ugly men and their retinue:
must be assembled by the skatinf
rink at 5:45 tonight. The paradt
will move west along Pollock Rd
to Burrowes Rd. It will then turr |
south past- Recreation Hall anc
disband behind the library. Thf
location of the judges’ stand if
being kept secret so the contes
tants will not know when thej
are being judged.
If the parade is to be cancellec
because of bad weather, an an
nouncement will be made betweei
4 and 5 p.m. today over Statior
WMAJ. r
No motor vehicles will be al
lowed in the parade. Any group '
using one will be automatically
disqualified. The committee has
placed no limit on the number
of people who may perforin in
the parade. The use of floats is
optional. All floats must be re
moved from campus by 10 to
night.
The judges will pick three tor
entrants tonight. Each group wil
be awarded 1000 points, or thf
equivalent of $lO in penny voting
Judging will be on the basis a
group participation, originality
continuity of theme and planninj
shown.
Penny voting will continue
tomorrow and Thursday until 5
p.m. The entrants may sponsor
demonstrations on campus to
encourage voting from noon to
1 p.m. and from 5 to 5:30 p.m.
today, tomorrow and Thursday.
Each penny vote will count as
one point.
The seven fraternities with the!
highest number of points .at 5 p.m.
Thursday will be eligible for the
skits composing the contest finals]
Friday night. The skits will be
held at 6:30 p.m. in the Hetzelj
Union ballroom. Any number of]
men or women may participate.
The winning group will be de
cided solely on the basis of the
skit.'
Proceeds of the contest will be
divided between dn All-Univers
ity scholarship and service proj
ects of Alpha Phi Omega, national
men’s service fraternity and spon
sor of the contest.
Poor Weather
To Continue
The Nittany Lion was optimistic
this morning, despite the prospect
of more poor weather for the area.
The Lion, in a press release
which accom
panied today’s
weather bulletin,
reports some stir*
rings of support
for his “Don’t-
Cross-the-L ion,
He’ll-S o o n-B e-
On-Top” cam
paign.
He claims that
this is only the
beginning, and
predicted that
within a few days a wave of Lion
sentiment will sweep the campus,
“snowballing in intensity.”
Today’s forecast calls for a drop
in temperatures, wind, and 'snow
flurries. High should be between
35 and 40. .
British Attache to Speak
To Plant Science Club «.
Owen G. Williams, assistant ag
ricultural and food attache of the
British Embassy, Washington,
D.C., will address the Plant Sci
ence Club at.7:30 tonight in 111
Plant Industries.
. Williams will speak on the
“duties of an-Agricultural Attache
and some of the problems as
sociated with the work.”
FOR A BETTER PENN STATE
STATE COLLEGE. PA., TUES
By MARIAN BEATTY
and Don Barbour, give forth with their "uninhibited sound" at
Sunday's Jazx Concert at Rec Hall. The Freshmen shared the spot
light with Buddy Morrow and his band. Such tunes as "Stormy
Weather." "Mr. B's Blues," "Graduation Day” and "Night Train"
were heard by the largest audience to attend a concert this year.
400 Walk-in Donors Neede
To Meet Red Cross Goal
Approximately 400 walk-in|
donors will be needed today and
tomorrow in the Red Cross blood
drive to meet the 600-pint goal;
Two hundred persons have
pledged to give blood between
10 a.m. to 4 p.m. today or tomor
row! in the Hetzel Union card
room, according to David Myer
son, Alpha Zeta blood drive chair
man.
A goal 'of 500 pints in last 1
spring’s drive was topped when
541. pints were collected in t{ie
two-day period.
Trophies, now on display in
the Waring Lounge, will be
awarded to the fraternity and
sorority having the highest per
centage of members giving
blood.
The Association of Independent
Scientist To Speak at Commencement
Dr. Detlev W. Bronk, presi
dent of the Rockefeller Insti
tute for Medical Research
since 1953 and president of the
National Academy of Scien
ces since 1950, will deliver the
Commencement address Saturday,
June 8.
President Eric A. Walker will
confer degrees on more than 2000
students at the exercises planned
for 10:30 a.m. In case of inclement
weather, the ceremonies will be
divided into two sections, one at
10:30 a.m., and one at 2 p.m. and
will be held in Recreation HalL
Graduated from Swarfhmore
Dr. Bronk, a graduate of Swarth
more College, studied at the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania and re
ceived* his master of science and
doctor of philosophy degrees from
the University of Michigan. He
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lAY MORNING. APRIL 9. 1957 FIVE CENTS
[Men will give 100 free moviel
: tickets to the first 100 indepen-'
dent men and women to give,
blood. AIM will also award $lO l
to the dormitory unit having the
greatest percentage of residents
giving blood. i
Students under 21 must have
minor's release forms signed by
their parents in order to give
blood. Students under 18 may
not give blood.
All those wishing to give blood
will'be examined beforehand for
any signs, of blood infection.
The examination, drawing of
blood and rest period afterwards
is expected to take about an hour.
The blood collected in the arive
will be used by the Johnstown
region of the Red Cross for civil
ian purposes.
has been conferred honorary de
grees by. more than 20 colleges
and universities.
Dr. Bronk served on the faculty
at Pennsylvania, Michigan, and
Swarthmore before he was named
in 1929* as Johnson professor of
biophysics and director of the
Eldridge Reeves Johnson Founda
tion-for Medical Physics at- the
University of Pennsylvania, a
position he held for 20 years.
During this time, he also held
positions as director of the Insti
tute of Neurology and as profes
sor physiology of Cornell Medical
College.
Elected President
In 1948 Dr. Bronk was elected
president of The Johns Hopkins
Universityand he served in that
capacity until accepting his, pres
ent position with the Rockefeller
Institute for Medical Research in
1953. From 1942 to 1946 he was co
ordinator of research in the Air
Chances Improve
For Extra Funds
The chances for the University receiving that additional
$6 million President Eric A. Walker would “like to settle for”
appeared brighter today.
Chairman Norman Wood (R.-Lancaster) of the House Ap
propriations Committee yesterday introduced a bill in the
House allocating $33,849,000 to the University for the 1957-59
biennium.
The bill represents a $6,135,600
increase over the $27,713,400 rec
ommended in Gov. George M.
Leader’s budget. The University
had asked Leader to include the
$33-million figure in his budget.
Wood said the increased appro
priation was fixed “to help Pennj
State keep in line with other state
colleges as far as salaries and pro-!
rams were concerned.” Woodj
id he and Rep. H. G. Andrews
'.-Cambria) would co-sponsor
te bill.
Explaining the proposed in
■ease appropriation, Wood told
ie Associated Press:
'Pittsburgh and Pennsylvania
diversities each got between 40
td 60 per cent increases in the
it budget while Penn State’s
ime to about 21 per cent. It is
ith this in mind that we’re pro
ving a bill to keep Penn State
line with other schools.”
Dr. Walker appeared before a
lint House and Senate Appropri
:ions Committee last week and
■quested the §6 million increase.
At that time, Dr. Walker said
le University needs the money
keep faculty salaries in line
ith other schools. He termed this
ie University’s “most obvious
■ed.”
Dr. Walker told the legislators
tat the University was not only'
jsing faculty members to indus
try but also to other colleges.
He said that “if the University
to keep a faculty equal to other
md-grant colleges—and I think
•e're committed to do that—
•e’ve got to do something about
ilaries.”
Dr. Walker said the additional
oney is also needed to permit
raising secretarial and other em
ployes’ salaries, most of which he
said are below those paid state
workers in the same categories.
“We're aiming to meet the
wages paid by the other colleges.
Of course they aren’t going toj
stand still. But at the present]
i time, we’re only talking about
meeting them,” he said.
{Students Receive
2801 Polio Shots
j University students have re
ceived 2801 Salk polio vaccine
! shots to date, according to Dr.
[Herbert R. Glenn, director of the
Health Service.
The vaccine program, initiated
jin January, is operating at near
capacity.
A letter of parental permission,
mailed from the student’s home
town, and $1 will enable any stu
dent in good health to receive
the shots.
Officers' Names Due
The names of all new officers
of clubs, fraternities, sororities,
honorary societies and other or
ganizations should be turned in
at the Hetzel Union desk by April
26. These names will be included
in the Hetzel Union Directory.
Surgeon’s Office.
Dr. Bronk served as chairman
of the National Research Council
from 1946 to 1950; was president
in 1952 of the American Academy
of Sciences; served from 1947 to
1951 on the executive committee
of the Society of the Sigma Xi;
and is a member of Phi Beta Kap
pa as well as other professional
and scholastic societies.
Served as Journalist
He has served on the editorial
boards of several professional and
scientific journals.
For the commencement program
graduating students will be al
lowed an unlimited number of
guests, and no tickets will be nec
essary if the ceremonies are held
in Beaver Field.
If the ceremonies are held in
doors a probable limit of two tick-]
ets for each student will be made l
because of limited seating capac
ity". ... . . i
Dulles Asks
$750 Million
Special Aid
WASHINGTON. April 8 (/F)
Secretary of State Dulles urged a
“new approach” to foreign aid
today, including a special fund to
loan up to 750 million dollars a
year to friendly nations on easy
terms.
He emphasized it would be a
long-term proposition under
which military aid would be trans
ferred to the Defense Department
and administered separately from
economic assistance.
S 4 ’/a Billion Needed
Under questioning before a spe
cial Senate committee studying
the foreign aid problem, Dulles
said-the new approach would not
require any more money than the
4 Vz billion dollars now m the for
eign aid budget for the fiscal year
starting July 1, and might even
call for "a little less.”
But he made it clear he thinks
the United States must continue
to help other countries both mili
tarily and economically in the
years ahead, although perhaps at
a diminishing rate.
Grants Limited
He recommended that outright
grants of aid be limited to direct
military assistance, economic help
to meet “contingencies and im
perative needs,” and to about 150
million dollars a year in technical
assistance.
Under current programs, about
80 per cent of economic develop
ment funds are earmarked for
loans.
Three Convicts
Still at Large
Three escapees from the Rock
view Penitentiary who made
their getaway during a movie at
7 p.m. Sunday were still at large
last night.
BULLETIN
The three escapees’ from the
Rockview Penitentiary were
apprehended last night in
Monroe County near Strouds
burg, according to police
authorities.
Both prison and state police
are searching for the three, who
made their escape over the north
fence of the prison 'after climb
ing out of unbarred corridor win
dows.
The three are William Richter,
35, Philadelphia, burglar and re
ceiver of stolen goods; John Wel
ty, 27, Easton,* burglar; and Earl
Fehr, 25, Philadelphia, rapist.
Richter was serving an 8 to 20
year sentence; Welty, a 6 to 12
year sentence, and Fehr, 5 to 10
year.
All three were wearing the reg
ular prison uniform—khaki shirts
and trousers.
Eng Senior Orders Due
For Caps and-Gowns
Seniors enrolled in the College
of Engineering and Architecture
must order their caps and gowns
today and tomorrow at the Ath
letic Store.
Students must leave a $5 de
posit and give their hat sizes
when ordering. Invitations and
announcements are available at
the Hetzel Union desk.
Freshman Test Results
I The division of counseling will
interpret freshman orientation test
results at 7 p.m. tomorrow in 18
land 19- Sparks. ■ . - .