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VOL. 58. No. 108
STATE COLLEGE. PA.. TUESDAY MORNING. MARCH 18. 1958 FIVE CENTS
3 Students Fined $64.50
For Thefts at Buckneli
Three University students paid a total of $64.50 in fines and costs Sunday for dis-,
orderly conduct on charges of stealing trophies from Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity house at]
Buckneli University, Lewisburg. j
Justice of Peace A. G. Benson Sr. fined Charles Baumbach, freshman in arts and let
ters from Erie; David McKee, senior in industrial engineering from Meadville; and John'
Carr, freshman in architecture from Alexandria, Va., $21.50 each, including costs.
The students admitted steal
ing the trophies from the SAE
house and damaging locks' and
doors in the fraternity house,
Benson said. Some of the tro
phies were broken but could be
repaired, be said.
The SAE fraternity was given
$ll2 to pay for the damages by
an unidentified State College res
ident who went to Lewisburg
Sunday to bail the students out
of jail.
Robert Burnett, SAE house
president, said the fraternity
would not press further charges;
and Buckneli Dean of Men
Charles A. Meyn said that the
university was not officially in
volved. ~
The three students were ar
raigned Sunday and were to
have a hearing last night in
Lewisburg. They forfeited the
money posted for the fines and
costs when they failed to ap
pear.
The students were arrested by
Lewisburg Chief of Police Gordon
A. Hufnagle early Sunday morn
ing and detained overnight. A
car owned by Paul E. Kauffman,
■a January graduate in business
administration from Greensburg,
was impounded by the police
when they found the missing tro
phies inside the car. -
Two other University students,
Robert Stanley, junior in geophy
sics and geochemistry from
Glenside, and Henry Hopkins,
junior in business administration
from Lancaster, were, interviewed
by the Justice of the Peace but
were not held on any formal
charges..
' ’ The trio were fined SlO and
costs were $11.50 each.
Associate Dean of Men Harold
W. Perkins said Lewisburg police
pieced together • the - following
story concerning the thefts:
Kauffmgn and .McKee went to
Buckneli sometime Saturday and
were joined there by the- other
three students.
Sometime Saturday night Mc-
Kee borrowed Kauffman’s car
without his knowledge and met
Carr and Baumbach. They went
to the SAE house and took the
trophies, but in the process were
seen by a SAE member who con
tacted the police.
Coed Injured on Turnpike
To Undergo Operation
Marie Seller, senior in education from Cheltenham who
suffered a fractured skull in a 1-car accident Friday evening
on the Pennsylvania Turnpike, is scheduled to be operated on
in Montgomery Hospital, Norristown, today or tomorrow.
Although she is on the critical list, her condition is listed
as “good” by her private nurse. ; ;
The driver of the car, George
Borosque, graduate student in
business administration from
Philadelphia, and a sister, Jeanne
, Seiler, freshman in arts and let
ters from Cheltenham, were not
' seriously injured. The students
were on their way home for the
weekend.
The accident occurred at
8:58p.m. Friday eight miles
west of the Valley Forge inter
change in Chester county. Stale
Police from the Plymouth Meet
ing Barracks investigated. the
crash.
Miss Seiler suffered bad bruises
of. the right arm and shoulder,
and cuts of the scalp in addition
to the fractured skull.
She is being treated at the
hospital by Dr. Joseph Brady.
-The hospital’s chief surgeon is
FOR A BETTER PENN STATE
Hintz Beats Friday
For IFC Presidency
Edward Hintz, of Phi Delta I
Theta, last night was elected!
president of the Interfraterni-j
ty Council over Daniel'Friday,
of Sigma Alpha Epsilon. j
The election marked the:
first time in over 10 years that,
ionly two men were running for;
leach office. • - j
Hintz won' by a 33-19 margin.!
He wUI ' succeed James Hart, of
Acacia bn April 21. i
Each office was decided on a'
first ballot.
James Hammerle. of Alpha
Gamma Rho. was elected ad
ministrative vice president by
a 31-21 margin over Robert Ju
bolirer, of Bela Sigma Rho.'
David'Morrow, of Sigma Chi,
defeated John Nagy, of Phi Gam
ma Delta, for executive vice pres
ident. Morrow won by .a 31-21
vote. - I
Richard Christian, of-Pi Kappa
Alpha, received the highest num
ber of votes. He was elected sec
retary-treasurer over Theta Chi’s
David West, 45 to 7.
Hintz is now serving as gen
eral co-chairman of Greek
Week, to be held April 12 to 22. i
He is also head fooibaU man- I
ager and vice president of Blue
■Key Hat Society.
He is a member of Alpha Phi,
Omega, men’s service .fraternity,]
and last semester served as alum
ni and public relations chairman
for the IFC. Workshop.
Prof Acts As Consultant
For School Program.
Dr. Arthur L. Harnett, profes
sor of physical education, served
last week as a consultant in Arm
strong county for the in-service
education program for secondary]
school teachers. i
His topic was “What Are the
Latest Techniques in the Instruc
tion of Health?”
expected to operate on her.
Miss Mae Patterson,, one' of
Miss Seiler’s three private nurses,
said that the patient was “in good
spirits” and greatly improved
yesterday. She was conscious
yesterday and her' parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Paul Seiler, have been
visiting her since the 'accident
Friday night, she said.
11 Another University student'
was involved in a collision at
11:45p.m. Saturday*'on the
Pleasant Gap side of the Cen
tre Hall mountain.
State Police said a car driven
fay George Berotti, freshman in
geology and mineralogy from
New, Hope, skidded into ' a car
driven by Helen M. Bilger, Centre
Hall RD, as he was driving down
the mountain. Damages totaled
about $4OO. .
Edward Hiniz
New IFC President
Snow Flurries
Expected Today
"Good grief," muttered the
Nittany Lion when informed that
the campus was due for more
snow flurries today.
I He continued, “I mean, after
'all, spring is due Thursday and
!ldok at the wea
ither we’re ha
ling. Tm just itcl
[ing for a case <
[spring fever
'go along wii
imy measles, bi
[how can I get
I in this weather".
The Lion h;
been away f<
some time in pro
test of the wea
ther. “I do not
[know why the political parties
[didn’t take up my idea of abolish
ing compulsory winter," he said.
The Lion called for a high of
33 to 37 degrees today. - -
•OTCf CTPwrve _ , _ _ —Daily Ccl’«rian photo fry Gurx< Hirrlscn
Hist. STEVENS, mezzo-soprano of the Metropolitan Opera Company, is shown as she sang in Rec
reation Hall Sunday evening before the largest audience ever to attend an Artists’ Series event At
the conclusion of the program, Miss Stevens received a large ovation which she acknowledged with
three encores. James Shomate accompanied. Miss Stevens. (Related story on page 4.)
Vanguard Project
Comes Through;
Launches Satellite
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (,P>—The Navy's Vanguard, a
finely tuned space rocket, fired the free world’s second satel
lite into orbit around the earth vesterday.
I Clicking like a fine watch in its arrow-true climb into
jthe blue sky, the Vanguard hurled its tiny, radio-equipped
■aluminum “moon” into an egg-,
shaped orbit so ideal that it may) ft ■ A I
travel through space 5 to 10 years.! If TV
It weighed only 3’l pounds and £
was only 6.4 inches in diameter, m ■
but it was equipped to gather. flfAmfinr
much of the information needed; IYCiIJIUvd I IC*B 11
before manned vehicles could s
venture into space. ,ft I • *
Minutes after the world’s small-; ft f) I - V HPf
est but highest-flying satellite be-i * w
igan its globe-circling journey, the- j ohn D'Angelo, University par
high-pitched whine of its radio 1 ,,, . • ' . - „. ’ . ..
signals was picked u? by tracking *- v chairman. ,ast night said his
stations. party has a p:an to "completely
IJs voice joined that of Ex- revamp student government" by
plorer I, the first U.S. satellite replacing Cabinet with a larger,
| launched here Jan. 31 by the more representative body elected
| Army's Jupiter-C missile. directly by the students.
! The third man-made moon now - If our candidates are elected,
orbiting in space, the Soviet un- they will try to accomplish this,’*
jions oog-canying Sputnik 11. is :D - Angelo sa;d . He said, "The pre
silenU The 11-0-pound Red satel-, sent Cabinet system is not a de
lite is losing altitude and Amert-! mocrac y— d - s totalitarian.”
can scientists expect it to .plunge- 44/ * _ .
tto a fiery death in the world’s! Catenet members vote on is
dense atmosphere about April M-!*V - VlSheS
Sputnik I, first of the Soviet! j^_ t '? e t r , Col jv’ lltuents - T1 J I ® ls *' Vl *
moons, disintegrated Jan. 4. idenced by the record of the pre
r-u r> « , , sent Cabinet Our plank which
, ® r ‘- - Hagen, director of jcalls for a referendum vote will
the Vanguard project, said the ; nsure that at least some of the
new American satellite is trav- 'Cabinet members will vote ac
n?„ a , a 111 * 1 e b - etler lh “ cording to students’ views."
18,000 miles an hour in an orbit i . .. ~ ~, . ,
that will swinq it as far as 2500 ‘^ °. s , ai< the roac \
miles out in space and bring it i” ng * ?i an f *«. r eva m p student
as close to the earth as 4QO \f££*£S* at . n * nv £! v S s ~t he ve ! y
m ij es# j principles for which University
Explorer I reaches a maximum
distance of 1,575 miles from the!.„J^f ;i Ps^. s executive eo " uni . t *
earth. Sputnik II loped out 1200 ! H~r. p,m ’ m
miles and Sputnik I only ,t o ,t ^us sT pan ‘
m jj es David West, former Lion party
Today's beautiful perform- i cl J q “ < ; chairman, has been named
ance of the Vanguard overcame w,w Il ch ® ,r !F an ° f V” 1 ’
the Soviet numerical superiority !^ ersi *y Party. He had served as
in space, and helped heal the 1 v *ce chairman, replac
heartaches of its builders. (Buck) Welsh, who
Twice before. Vanguard launch- t 0 run for sen,or c;ass
,ing attempts ended in fiery fail- : p . _ , . , . .
jure. The first blew up last Dec.,-, 0 Angelo last week blasted
!6 after rising only four feet off;£ am ,P- u j P,, a^? rm *°f P e *
its launching pad. The i,™! ini C ' We have planks
broke apart Feb. 5 after climbing!*? know * e can accomplish, he
*2O 000 feet. saia.
I The Vanguard, its makers said.
'had been rushed into action be- c * lqu ? chairman, replied to the
fore it was ready. criticism at Sundays steering
But now the slender gray-green *l® saici '
rocket has made up for all past' "JP 1 ?. 1 ? ° ma! j es 3 at f*
disappointments. l™. en l ‘ jk ®. this ’ '} ? nI F reflects
Its smooth, trouble-free journey i* 1 , I *.® 11 ? b,s party s ignorance of
into the skies after the blastoff S° vei ’ nmen *- A poh.icaj
at 7:16 a.m. brought wild cheers « a " ? nl >; recommend and
from personnel of the Navy andlP.r P .P ®®. e . University—the
jthe Martin Co., the rocket’s build-: fmal , de ,? ls ‘ on rpsts w,th the Lm '
! er .versity.
New Play to Be Given Judicial Forms Available
Five O'clock Theatre will pre-j Applications for the WSGA Ju
sent “Tomorrow Is Only Tuesday”'.dicial Board and the Freshman
by Bonnie Walters at 5 p.m. today,Regulations Board are available
'in the Little Theatre in Old Main. lin the Dean of Women’s office.
"Tomorrow Is Only Tuesday” is! Freshman and sophomore wo
a new 1-act play. Admission ismen with a 2.5 average and no
free. 'major judicial record may apply.