Today's Fori Warm, Rain Ukt cast: VOL. 57. No. 140 Long Traffic Count egin on Campus Week Will B The campus | when students aj computing' traffic Twenty-eigtr traffic count will begin at 7:30 a.m. Monday jid automatic tabulating machines will begin Lc totals at 25 locations on campus. it of the automatic machines ions, were installed yesterday by a repre sentative from the State Depart ment Of Highways. The representative will remain ;on campus during the week to supervise and maintain the ma chines. count at 14 stat: Hart Seeks Blank Check For IFCPA Three of the automatic counters are placed on peripheral streets; the rest are located on campus. The machines are set to record traffic volume every half-hour during the day. ' Students Will Count Students from engineering classes, sophomore Class Advisory Board and volunteers, together wth seven employes of the De partment of Physical Plant will [Supplement the machines at other stations throughout the day. I In addition to the - all-day [counts, peak period ..counts will [be held at 34 stations. These sta tions will be in operation from 7:30 to 9:30 a.m., from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. and from 4 to 5:30 p.m. A pedestrian count will be tak en Friday. Six counts will be taken that day during 15-minute periods. Both the volume and direction of pedestrian traffic will be noted. Students Paid by Hour Students working on the sur vey will be paid $1.50 an hour. Practice counts made during the past week will be counted as part of the pay period. The survey report, to. be sub mitted September. 1, will make recommendations of a physical! nature to the University adminis tration, according to Calvin G.] Reen, professor of civil engineer ing and director of the survey, j These recommendations may include such things as specifica tions for walks and . driveways, but will not contain limitations on student cars or anything of the sort, he said. Frosh Customs Board Tribunal Blanks Due Janies Hart, Interfrate/nity Council president, will ask IFC to write a “blank check” for the Interfraternity Council Purchas ing Association at the IFC meet ing- Monday. He will ask IFC to approve a loan to IFCPA of an undetermined amount to' cover expenses the association may incur while get ting the organization started, and for all preliminary operations. IFCPA to Be Outlined Leslie Phillabaum, president of IFCPA board “of directors, will outline the proposed operations of IFCPA at the meeting. Phillabaum said he hopes to gain interest and support of the program from individual fraterni ties. Hart will appoint the chairman of the IFC Board of Control and five members to the board. In addition, Hart will appoint the chairman of the public relations committee and chairman of the IFC workshops committee. Hail lo Name Athletes Hart wjll also submit the names of athletes which the College of Physical Education has said are at the University under scholar ships and would he eligible to live in fraternities. Frank J. Simes, dean of men, will speak to the Council on the future of fraternities and the problems facing them. Applications Available Applications for the Freshman Customs Board are available at the Hetzel Union desk. > Freshmen with a minimum 2 All-University average may ap ply. Applicants, will be .notified by mail of their interview ap pointment with the Cabinet Per sonnel Interviewing Committee. Dictatorship Overthrown In Columbian Revolution BOGOTA, Columbia, May 10 (JP) —The four-year dicta torship of Gen. Gustavo Rojas Pinilla collapsed today on the rocks of his greed for new power. New bloodshed accompanied his downfall. Soldiers ad vancing behind tanks and wielding rifle butts stampeded a crowd of joyous demonstrators before the Capitol. Thirty died in the panic. The newspaper Intermedio said police fired on a crowd celebrat ing Rojas’ fall at the city of Me dellin, killing nine persons. Police insisted a curfew there still was in effect. Rojas turned his presidential powers over to a\fiv.e-man mili tary junta headed by Maj. Gen. Gabriel. Paris. Remains in Palace There were reports’ Rojas had gone to Caracas, Venezuela, but an official radio announcement said he still was in-the presiden tial palace. Christanto Cardinal Luque, whose opposition helped oust Ro jas, appealed to the beopTe over a nationwide radio hookup to support the' junta in _ the name of patriotism. (toll STATE COLLEGE. PA.. SATURDAY MORNING. MAY 11. 1957 which will Today is the deadline for filing Tribunal applications. Application blanks are avail able at the dean of men’s office. They must be returned by noon. WRA Concert Tickets Sold Out No tickets are available for the last performance of the Women’s Recreation Association modern dance concert at 8 tonight in White Hall. The church warned that Com munists were interested in cre ating new disturbances. Paris, as president of the junta, promised on his honor as an offi cer that popular elections will be held next year. Week of Demonstrations Rojas’ surrender capped a week of demonstrations and vio lence in which more than 100 per sons, lost their lives. He went down under pressure from opposition of the Roman Catholic Church, the business community, the political parties of the Country—and the people as . a whole Rojas,- a 56-year-old army man who commanded Colombia’s troops in Korea, seized power in June 1953 as a bloodless coup. FOR A BETTER PENN STATE Nearing to Reign As May Queen The 35th annual May Day spectacle, to be held at 3:30 p.m, today in front of Old Main, will take on a new look this year as 14 gymnasts take part in the pomp and ma jesty of the ceremonies. The crowning of Sheila Nearing, senior in secondary education from M i Lf o r d, as Queen of the May will be the highlight of the ceremonies. In the event of rain, "the May Day ceremonies will be - -yi P*v ige ha. drop for today's May Day celebration in front of Old Main. The men axe Kenneth 'Slower, John Sianbaugh and Gerald- Gar brick. ' Orphan' Lion Foresees Rain The Nittany Lion today issued a prediction for probable rain and continued high temperatures. The Lion has been more than, a little depressed recently by the, campus preparations for Mother’s! pay. The Lion, it mother. Or, rath er, the identit; of the Lion’: mother is- noi known. This is ; very distressin, position, eve for a Lion. However, he. doing as well a: he can unde; the circumstanc es. Today a sign appeared abow the door of his dc«— __ Mother, Whoever You Are." Today’s forecast calls for cloudi ness and probable rain. The high should he between 75 and 80. Lion Party to Hold Clique Nominations Lion party will hold a clique! meeting at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow, 1 in 121 Sparks for preliminary nominations for clique officers. Party cards will not be neces sary for admittance to the meet ing, according to John Godayte, clique chairman, who said he will' not seek re-election. I The steering committee will; meet at 6:30 p.m. in 121 Sparks.l Final nominations and elections! of officers will be held May 19. j Final Conflict Schedule The Daily Collegian will publish the final examination conflict schedule on Tuesday. Students taking the conflicts will be notified by their in structors. Only students whose names appear on the instruc tor's list will be permitted to take the. conflict. egmtt By PAULA MILLER Walker to Attend Pitt Ceremonies President Eric A. Walker is scheduled to leave for Pittsburgh this morning to attend the in auguration of the University of Pittsburgh's new chancellor. Dr. Edward Litchfield. A meeting of the Executive .Committee of the Board of Trus tees last night prevented Walker from participating in the entire weekend of events at Pittsburgh. Educators from all over the nation are in Pittsburgh for the inauguration and a symposium on higher education. Many Events For Mothers' A variety of events will take place today and tomorrow to greet and entertain the hundreds of visiting parents for the annual Mother’s Day weekend. The weekend will be highlighted by the May Day cere mony at 3:30 p.m. today in front of Old Main. i Parents will be entertained dar ling the weekend at fraternity dinners, open houses, and dances. A special Mother’s Day dinner will be presented from 11:30 a.m. to l.Tsp.in. tomorrow in the Het- Izel Union Terrace Room, j Women's residence halls will jhold teas and open houses from 2 to 3 p.m. today and from 2 to 14 p.m. tomorrow with the excep ition of Thompson Hall which will ■entertain only on Saturday. ] A “Welcome Mothers” program is being held in the men’s West Halls area. The residence halls will be open from 1 to 5 p.m. tomor !row. Refreshments will be served | from 2 to 5 p.m. tomorrow in the I lounges of Hamilton, McKee and llrvin Halls. ‘ The Nittany and Pollock Circle area .residence halls also will be [open for parents from 2 to Span. Cabinet and Alaska See Page 4 held in Recreation Hall. The event will begin with a blare of herold’s trumpets from_ the Old Main tower and then a narrative greeting to all the guests by Mary Ann Gemmill, sophomore in education from New Cumberland. Two rollicking court jesters, Sara McCoy and Shirley Pittman, will help to make the court set ting more realistic. The procession will be headed by the traditional Hemlock Chain composed of 40 senior women. The women were chosen for their service to the University. Next in the procession will be the Honor Arch, made up of 20 senoir women chosen for their scholarship and outstanding ser vice to the University. 8 Class Attendants to Follow In line next will be the eight class attendants who make up the queen’s court. The freshman attendants are Suzanne Keener and Mary Ann Light; sopho imores, Mary Ann Beveridge and Penny Robey; juniors, Ann Lutz and Nancy Seaman; and seniors, Claire Gamin and Dolores Jones. Following the court will be Daisy Zimmerman, past president of Women's Student Government Association, who will crown the queen; Ann Forester, past Wo- Recreation Association president, who will present the “world” to the queen; and Mar garet Leuschner, representative of the University Christian Asso ciation, who will give the scep ter to the queen. To Precede Queen Preceding the queen will be two flower girls, a crown bearer and Marjorie Miller, maid of honor. Two trainbearers will fol low the queen. ' Miss Nearing .a member of Kappa Alpha Theta sorority, will then appear wearing a gown of nylon net -and rayon faille with a petal effect at the neckline. When the queen is seated, the corona tion program will begin. First on the program will be the winding of the May Pole by (Continued on page eight) Scheduled Weekend By LYNN WARD today and tomorrow. The Modern Dance Group will present a program at 8 tonight in White Hall. 'Tnterlandia Night,” featuring a dance tour of. 25 countries, will be given at 7:30 tonight in the Hetzel Union ball room by the Interlandia Folk Dance club. The Penn State Players will present “Teahouse of the August Moon" at 8 tonight in Schwab Auditorium and “Jim Dandy” at 8 at Center Stage. The program for tomorrow in cludes Chapel Service at 10:35 p.m. in Schwab Auditorium. The Army, Navy and Air Force drill teams will compete for the President’s , cup at 2 p.m. tomor row in front of Old Main. The men’s Glee Club will pre sent a concert at 3 p.m. tomorrow in Schwab Auditorium. FIVE CENTS
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