ents, Townspeop VOL. 57. No. 132 'Hatters' Will Open Beaver Field Show Mad-Hatters, He-Men and Queens of Hearts will fill Beaver Field tonight with Disneyland hat creations, tests of strength and fair maidens racing in men’s clothing. This combination of events will attract people to Beaver Field beginning at 5:45 p.m. with the start of the Mad-Hatters’ jparade. Fraternities have been asked to schedule early meals Spring Weather Will Continue It. seems the dizzy rouAd of rides, booths and. shows were too much for the Lion and he col lapsed, exhausted shortly 'after the tjTg carnival shut down. otJHAi Then, too, lie decided to rest up’ for his write- f in bid for. the J /* He - M a n cham- I pionship tonighti u/VJ Although'the Li- /••'•JTTI on was not a- J fe yv..y j mong the official \\ \.( U winners of -the rrA/.k v prelimiriaries (mainly because he did . not enter them), he plans to demonstrate his unquestionable superiority..at the finals tonight. - The Lion-also decided that to day’s -,72-to 76-degree weather represented just the right temp eratures for a light preparatory workout. , . Hussein Says Jordan Crisis Ended ■ AMM•" " ■ * ' ' (£>)— Kij today ended.” The j2l-year-old - monarch, apparently feeling himself in firm control after three weeks of touch-and-go tension which threatened the peace of the whole Middle East, rejected a Soviet complaint that the United States was interfering in Jordan affairs. He told a crowded news con ference Jordan is not interested in .the Eisenhower Doctrine which aims to defend the Middle East from Communist aggression. V UST, Jordan, April 30 tg Hussein announced 'he crisis in Jordan is ®ljc STATE COLLEGE. PA.. WEDNESDAY MORNING. MAY 1. 1957 so they may have their groups in place by 5:45 p.m. All groups in the Mad-Hatters’ contest'will enter Beaver Field by the gate facing Horticulture woods. Lanes for’the three cate gories, Tomorrowland, Frontier land and Fantasyland, will be marked where the units will line up on the practice field below the score board. j Parade al'Beaver Field The groups, in the order listed above, will parade around Beaver Field counter-clockwise and stop at the far end of the field. Mad- Hatters’ committee members will direct’ two groups at a time to proceed in .front of the judges’ Stand. ■ After each category has been reviewed before the judges’ stand, the finalists in each category will be announced. Seven unit and 30 individual .hats will be chosen from each category to return for the finals. I Two- groups working as a unit will be allowed to enter only, one large hat for the combined group, j Eight Mad-Hatters’ points will bej awarded for each unit hat entered. (Continued on page eight) “But if it is a matter of com bating communism.. this we are doing,” he said. “The spread of communism is a threat to our na tional and spiritual well-being.” The danger was not over, de spite the surface calm. Military law remained in- effect in this nervous kingdom, target for heavy propaganda attacks from Egypt, Syria and the Soviet Union. Poli tical parties remained banned. The King said he declined a visit from President Dwight D. Eisenhower’sspecial envoy, James P. Richards, because this' country had no interest in the Eisenhower Doctrine. This, plus Hussein’s in sistence on his continued devotion to Pan-Arab nationalism, under scored the temper of the country. e Romp at Carniva FOR A BETTER PENN STATE 11,000 Attracted By 'Disneyland' Barkers in striped jackets, girls with green-colored skin and tribesmen from 2057 A.D. (After Disney) were a few of the ingredients in last night’s 1957 Spring Carnival, which attracted a crowd of approximately 11,000 students and townspeople. The southeast corner of the golf course- was crowded with tents, booths, concession stands and milling throngs of onlookers. As of 10 p.m. an estimated 45,000 tickets had been sold, according to Donald Reiden- Voting Ends Today or Dairy Queen Today is the last day to vote for five finalists for the title of Dairy Queen. Anyone in the Department of Dairy Science may vote in 109 Dairy. The queen will be interviewed and chosen by members of the Dairy Science Club which will meet at,7p.m. tomorrow in 117 Dairy, not tonight as was erron eously reported in yesterday’s Collegian. Ivan E. Parkin, professor of dairy science extension, will show slides about his trip to Co ilombia at the meeting. AIM Meeting Cancelled The Association of Independent | Men Board of Governors v’ill not j/neet - tonight a i : was regularlj I scheduled. Hussein’s new government is ready to accept a U.S. offer of $lO million in economic aid, pro vided the aid does not commit this country to the Eisenhower Doctrine. The State Department in Wash ington indicated Jordan asked the aid last weekend, and said it would not come from the $2OO million fund authorized under the Eisenhower Doctrine to help com bat Middle East communism. Hussein and his new govern ment of moderat political lead ers have made long strides in the past few days in beating down communist- and allied elements, but the government still is in no position to risk association with the Eisenhower plan. Collegian By LYNN WARD Carnival Sidelights on Page Five baugh, Spring Week business manager. This would amount to $4500 in proceeds to be donated to the Penn State Scholarship ' Fund. ' Last year’s ticket sales amount ed to 42,544. Last night’s estimate did not include the tickets col lected at the rides. Approximate ly 1500 tickets were sold in ad vance yesterday in the Hetzel Union_ Building. One Warning Given. One show on the golf course “midway” was given first warn ing by the Spring Week Com mittee and the All-University checkers for not “being in good taste with the standards set up by the committee. The title of the show was “To morrowland” sponsored by Alpha Chi Sigma and McElwain Hall. When the show was checked a second time, however, it was re ported to have been revised and met with carnival standards. The judges and checkers had special tickets which admitted them to the booths. Judges for the carnival were Mr. and Mrs. Kaufman of the Juniata Fairs; Edward Clark, president of the State Fair Association; Mr. and Mrs. Maynard Mordan, of the Lewisburg Fair Association; and Richard Eichelberger, president of the Bedford Fair Association. Winners to Be Named Spring Week Carnival winners will be announced tomorrow night at the All-Service Revue in Recreation Hall. Booths were divided into three categories Fantasyland, Tomor rowland and Frontierland. Shows included crooning Indians, mov ies of “Alice in Nittanyjand,” Pi nocchio at Penn State and many take-offs on space men and wo men. The Spring Week committee (Continued on page five) aygroun Fruits of Awareness Sea Page 4 Advisory Group Will Replace Faculty Council President Eric A. Walker will appoint a 5-man President’s Ad visory Committee from among the members of the University Senate, he said yesterday. He said the primary function of the new group, which will suc ceed the 6-year-old Faculty Ad visory Council, will be “the de velopment and strengthening of inf our ma 1 communications be tween the office of the president and the faculty.” Will Begin Functioning it will be formed and begin functioning as soon as the Senate has reorganized for the new year. Dr. Walker expressed his ap oreciation for the services of the Faculty Advisory Council in a letter to Harold J. Read, presi dent of the outgoing group. Dr. Walker wrote that “through out its existence it had capably and distinctively fulfilled it 3 basic mission.” Council Closes Business The Faculty Advisory Council brought its business to a perma nent close last Friday. In the six years it existed —it was organ ized in March 1951—it met more than 100 times. The new group, unlike the old non-Senate body, will perform under the aegis of the Senate. Senior Board Applications Application blanks for next year’s Senior Class Advisory Board are available to juniors at the Hetzel Union desk. FIVE CENTS
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