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VOL. 59, No.
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m Phys Revives
untary ROTC issue
The eas:
Chemistry-•
'The cou
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against compulsory ROTC has been brought up again—this time by the
ysics Student Council.-
icil last night authorized President Donald Zepp to bring a resolution - to All
abinet asking. for a voluntary ROTC recommendation from the top governing
body.
All-Univ -rsity Cabinet co
That resolutio , introduced by the
Liberal Arts Student Council,
was finally v i ted down by Cab
inet after hea ed controversy.
The Chem- ' hys Council mem
bers are in f or of doing away
with compuls a ROTC.
Although substitute Civil
Defense cour a was discussed,
the council hought voluntary
ROTC the be ter idea. A volun
tary program w ould save mon
ey and at ih Itsame time the
course could be made better
because all those taking it
would be truly interested, more
students would possibly be can
didates for advanced ROTC. the
council members agreed.
The ROTC program was de
scribed by one council member
as a "farce" and just another
course "to get through." One
council member said his classes
in ROTC were the "dullest class
es" he had ever attended.
The Navy ROTC program was
cited by a council member as
superior to the compulsory pro
gram. It is a voluntary course
which offers three credits. The
Navy also offers a ROTC scholar
ship.
Walton Davis, council secre
tary-treasurer, said the Univer
sity did not have to have a com
pulsory ROTC program as the
land-grant act says only that
provision be made for military
training.
Although All-University Cab
inet voted against last year's pro
posal, the case against compul
sory ROTC can be brought up
again if the students petition for
a referendum, the council felt. If
the majority of students vote for
the referendum, Cabinet will
again have to consider compul
sory ROTC.
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Town Independent Men
To Hold Autumn Dance
Town Independent Men will
sponsor an Autumn Leaves Dance
Saturday in the Hetzel Union
ballroom,
The Phi vlu Alpha band will
play for dancing from 9 p.m. to
midnight. Admission is free.
Chris
Gree
, Madman or God?
Asks, Answers
-- By PAT VARGO
t a madman or was He God?
'the question presented to a capacity audience
d -faculty by the Rev. Canon Bryan Green in
I: "Basic Christianity" last night in, Schwab
Was Chri
This was
'of students a
his lecture •
Auditorium.
-en, arguing that Christ was God, said, "You
at Christ was God!
ethods. You can
facts and decide
above hypptheses l
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he said, can bel
nv Testament.
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ament," he said,l
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the errors in the
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cannot prove t
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Lament the main
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FOR A BETTER PENN STATE
sidered a resolution against compulsory ROTC last• year
Krushchev'
Threatens
By JOHN M. HIGHTOWER
WASHlNGTONM—Amer
ican'officials yesterday agreed
that Soviet Premier Nikita
Krushchev's effort to force
the Western powers out of
Berlin carries grave dangers of
an all-out war between the So
viet and 'Western blocs.
The showdown this effect will
produce may be slow in coming,
perhaps one to three year s.
[Khrushchev announced Monday
that the Soviets intend to turn
over the administration of East
Berlin to the Communist authori
ties of East Germany.
IChruchchev's announcement
over the future of divided Ber-
Council Attacks Spring Week
New Spring Week Schedule
To Be Aired Before Cabinet
A new schedule for Spring
Week will be brought up for the
approval of All-University Cabi
net tomorrow night.
According to proposed plans
there would be a float parade on
Friday night, a carnival on Sat
urday, possibly starting in the
afternoon, and He Man and Queen
of Hearts preliminaries Sunday
afternoon. •
Monday would be held open as
an alternate datelfor the carnival
in case of rain Saturday.
Finals for the He Man and
Queen of Hearts contests are set
for Tuesday evening. Awards will
be presented and Miss Penn State
picture of Christ as a powerful
personality stands out.
"Christ gave man a personal
revelation of himself, and there
can be no surd, way of knowing
God than by 'personal revelation,"
he said.
Green quoted Christ as saying,
"I am the real and living way.
No man cometh unto the Father
but by Me." Therefore, he said,
"Christ must have all of you."
Canon Green said Christ left
six powerful impacts of his per
sonality on all those who knew
Him. These impacts are the bases
for acceptance of the hypothesis
that He was God,
Tottrgiatt
s Edict on Berlin
Soviet-Western War
lin wa s taken seriously by
American officials.
The timing of his declaration
may have been determined by in
terest in fostering Soviet ties with
Communist Poland. Soviet at
tempts to settle German issues
could be construed in Poland as
being designed to pave the way
for peaceful settlements and a
demilitarized zone along the cold
war front of Europe.
But the best informed auth
orities here said they had no
doubt that in the long run
Khrushchev will undertake the
serious attempt to force the
Western powers out of Berlin
and build up the prestige of
the Soviet-dominated regime
there by. making the East Ger
man government supreme.
The United States, Britain and
crowned Wednesday.
According to Gerald Carlson,
business manager of Spring Week,
the_ new schedule was planned to
give students more time between
events, more time for study and
less incentive to cut classes.
By having the carnival on a
Saturday, he said, students will
not have any classes and will be
free to spend their time at the
carnival site.
Even if the carnival begins in
the afternoon there will
, be fewer
classes cut, since many students
do not have Saturday morning
classes, Carlson said:
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UNIVERSITY PARTY candidates Donald Clag- , CAMPUS PARTY'S Keith Carlson, sophomore
ett, running for sophomore class president, and class presidential candidate, and Benjamin Free-
George Bentrem, sophomore class vice presi- man, sophomore class vice presidential candi
dential hopeful, - campaigned in the rooms of date, did much of last night's campaigning in
Hamilton Hall last night. the ,Nittany
Three Students
Held by Police
As Theft Suspects
Three University freshmen last night were charged with
burglary in State College and on the campus and held for
court.
The three students—William Verity, Barry Benson and
Edgar Boyd Moyer Jr., all freshmen—pleaded guilty to the
charge of burglarizing the Alvo Electric Co.
Verity and Benson pleaded guilty to three thefts in
Waring Hall and one in Recreation Building.
France have occupied the city
jointly with the Soviet Union
since the end of World War 11.
U.S. and British spokesman
turned down Khrushchev's de
mand for an end to the occupa
tion. The State Department reas
serted the U.S. policy_ of fighting
if necessary to preserve Western
interests in the city which is en
tirely surrounded by East German
territory.
Khrushchev's latest maneu
ver had been foreshadowed by
East German propaganda at
tacks on the Western position
in Berlin.
In the view of many top author
ities here the cold war front in
Germany has always been the
most dangerous area of East-West
conflict because of the stakes in
volved.
The Liberal -Arts Student
Council last night cut loose on
Spring Week, initiating action
to- attempt to trim it down or
cut it out altogether.
The attack on the traditional
week-long festival was launched
after the council heard the sched
ule suggested for the 1959 Spring
Week.
Council President Louis Phil
lips will take to All-University
Cabinet tomorrow night a mo
tion asking for an evaluation of
the annual event.
"No one ever seems to question
Spring Week," a council member
complained.
"We just have it every year,"
(Continued on page two)
•-•
They were charged with:
*Taking $9B from the Waring
Hall, snack bar.
*Taking $5O in student and
University money from the War
ing Hall Information Desk.
*Taking about $5O from two
cigarette vending machines.
The thefts admitted to in the
Alvo burglary by the trio were
enough to stock any audiophile's
living room.
Included in the information
which will accompany the trio
to court are several pieces of
quality hi-fidelity equipment
turntables, speakers, an amplifier
and other necessary complements.
The , students were appre
hended by State College and
state police in Hamilton 45, the
room shared by Verity and
Moyer, and the cache of goods
taken as evidence.
Benson lives in Thompson 343.
Verity is a freshman in electri
cal engineering from Drexel Hill;
Benson, a freshman in aeronauti
cal engineering from Broomall;
and Moyer, a freshman in engi
neering from East Orange, N.J.
Justices of the Peace Guy G.
Mills. v.rh,) conducted the hear
ing, bound the three over to the
Cent'" Criunty Court.
The court doesn't convene
for at least a week, so the three
students will have to remain in
jail until the court fudge grants
or fails to grant bail.
The arrest was made possible,
State College officer Donald E.
Benner said, by a tip-off to the
students' recent spending habits,
late hours and clothing.
State troopers making the ar
rests were - Leonard Koper and
Michael Mulch. _
Almost all items were recov
ered.
Collegian to Publish
Crossword Puzzle
. The belly Collegian will
publish a weekly crossword
puzzle, beginning tomorrow.
The puzzle, which is designed
to be both entertaining and
educational. will be run regu-
larly ,on Thursday mornings.
Answers to the puzzles will be
run on Fridays.