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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.
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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
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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
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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