Weather Forecasts Mostly Cloudy, Colder. VOL. !fl I 0, No. 115 Alleg Flood PITTSBURGH (/P)—The flooding Allegheny and Monongahela rivers poured water into low-lying section's of Pittsburgh last night and continued rising. At Meadville about 800 to 900 homes were surrounded by the flood waters of French Creek. The Allegheny was reported about stationary in its northern reaches early last night. Rain i`unty ►care Snow, Give Flood ' By JOEL MYERS Melting snow and rather heavy rain have created the danger of flooding in all sec tions of Pennsylvania includ ing Centre County. Flash flood conditions on Shaver Creek in Huntingdon County prompted University officials to close the gate on the Stone Val ley dam yesterday morning. This was done on the recommendation of Rex Metlon, associate profes sor of forestry and resident di rector of the University Experi mental Forest at Stone Valley. Meanwhile showers, some hea vy, combined with rapidly melt ing snow to swell streams and rivers in other sections of the state. The Susquehanna River has risen to dangerous heights and residents along its path have been warned to follow the latest advises on its progress. Flood warnings were issued for the Pittsburgh area yester day. The Ohio River is expected to crest at 30 feet today, some five feet above flood stage. The Allegheny River reached flood stage at Warren yesterday. The warm weather has melted a good portion of the deep snow that accumulated during the last six weeks of the winter from an unprecedented barrage of winter snow storms. However, many of the higher mountain areas in'Cen tral Pennsylvania still have near ly two feet of snow on the ground. The soil is saturated with mois ture due to the melting snow and recent rain. Any further rain could lead to a major flood dis aster and since a snow storm is moving this way, residents of low-lying areas appear to have more trouble ahead. IFC.Panhel Ball Tickets Tickets for the WC-Panhel lenic Ball go on sale today at the HUB desk. Tickets are $5 per couple. The ball will be held tonight in Recreation Hall and will feature Richard Maltby and his orchestra. Tickets will also be on sale at the door tonight. Review IThespiane 'Kate' Called By BOBBY LEVINE Copy Editor "Slightly great" was the word floating around after the first performance of the Thes pians' "Kiss Me Kate" in Sch wab Auditorium last night. But that was a gross understate ment. Led by Peggy Peters, Ed Rolf and Robert McLean, the rollick ing cast of this "show within a show" supplied two and one-half of the most entertaining hours we've had this year. The show, a well-balanced mix ture of modern comedy and slap stick Shakespeare,, is bright and fast-moving from start to finish. 0 4 . ~ ...-- -- - i - . T , : 11l Monongahela Rivers Parts of Pittsburgh eny, Low And in southwestern Pennsyl vania, the Monogahela and its tributaries were reported station ary or falling at many spots. A state of emergency was de clared by the. police department in Wilkes-Barre due to a flood I threat. The emergency was de creed after the Susqhenna Riv er rose above flood level. The river is expected to crest Friday at 26 to 27 feet. Families along Hurlock's Creek and Ply mouth Flat's area were warned of high waters. Route 14 from Montoursville to Muncy and parts of it from Wat sontown to Northumberland were reported under water by State I Police. It was a similar situation I on parts of Route 11 from Shamo kin Dam to Northumberland. All civil defense units in those areas were alerted. At, Towanda the Susquehanna River was expected to crest at 22 feet around midnight yesterday. Flood level is 19 feet but no se rious conditions result unless the river goes to 25 feet, Low areas were flooded up to three feet. Charles H. Lange of the U.S. Weather Bureau's river fore casting service in Pittsburgh predicted that the Ohio River would crest at about 29 or 30 feet early today at its point of origin in Pittsburgh. Flood stage is 25 feet. River water covered several streets, wharfs and ramps in low lying spots in downtown Pitts burgh. The rivers begart rising several days ago as a spring thaw melted snow. Rain Wednesday and Wednesday night added to the rivers' loads. Only light rain was reported in western Pennsylvania ' yes terday. French Creek rose more than three feet above flood lev el at Meadville. The high water. closed the Erie Railroad's freight repair shop and the plant of Frontier Homes, a trailer manufacturing company. Elsewhere in the Meadville area, French Creek and other streams flooded roads. , Fraternity Men to Get Room Deposit Refunds Men who have paid their $lO room deposit for the residence halls and who have since pledged a fraternity and plan to move into the fraternity house next Septem-1 ber will be able to get their de posit refunded. James Kline, head of the assign ment division of the Department of Housing, said that_ only new fraternity pledges are eligible to cancel housing contracts. They must notify the department be fore April 25. There were no sticky spots ap parent anywhere. The playwrights and Cole Porter supply the ingredients: a pair of self-centered actors trying to put on a performance of "The Taming of the Shrew" and carrying their hilarious per sonal problems on stage. -The Thespians supply the fuel, and the result is a great fun night. H The play owes - its success for the most part to the tremendous songs and dance numbers. Rolf and Mrs. Peters come across with 'rich, strong voices and good de ! livery—a feature too often absent lin Thespian productions. • - I There are 19 songs 'and dances lin the show, each of them worth the price of a ticket. Four really FOR A BETTER PENN STATE STATE COLLEGE. PA.. FRIDAY MORNING. APRIL L 1960 LaGolleria Relinquishes Liquor Right The LaGalleria Restaurant on E. Beaver Ave. has surren dered its liquor license to the State Liquor Control Board pending an investigation by the board. It was reported that three stu dents had taken over the opera ; tion of the restaurant from Peter Nastican and that the liquor li cense had not yet been trans fered to the new owners. These repor t s apparently prompted the March 18 raid by the boards in which 36 minors, most of them University students, were apprehended. Twenty-six of these students were fined $25 and costs of $9 in a mass hearing held at the Muni cipal Building on Monday eve ning. The students pleaded guilty to the borough ordinance which prohibits minors from drinking or being in a place licensed to sell alcoholic beverages after 7 Din. unless accompanied by an adult. Hollobush, supervisor of en forcement for this district, corn-1 rnented from his Altoona office that he is conducting an inves tigation of the LaGalleria, but re fused to say what implications it might have on the operators of the establishment. He refused to verify the report that students were running the restaurant until his investigation is completed. A spokesman for the Liquor Control Board in Harrisburg said that he did not know what action, if any, would be taken against the operators. "It's up to the board," he said. Rains Predicted For This Weekend Heavy rain will begin tonight and should continue tomorrow with possibly an inch or more falling by tomorrow afternoon. Today will be cloudy and cold er with a chance of light showers or a brief snow flurry. The high temperature will be near 46 de grees. Cold and rainy weather is ex pected tonight with a predicted low of 38 degrees. Winds will in crease tonight. # ureat Showo stand out. The songs, "Wunder bar" and "So in Love" are done beautifully, "Too Darn Hot," a novelty number with a_ fascinating beat, displays the fine singing and dancing talents of McLean, Jer ome Dukes and Terri Hood; and "Brush Up Your Shakes peare," done by Hubert Gent man and Paul Krow, is just plain hilarious. Gerstman also turns in a fine performance as a Damon Runyon type hood with important 'mone tary mission." A playof - this type could easily have become a "Comedy of Er rors" instead of a good rendition of both Shakespearean and mod ern wit. Fortunately, it was han dled just right. Niatt Decision on SPE Upheld by Board The Interfraternity Board of Control last night upheld its decision to recommend that. Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity lose its social privileges until April 24. The Board had also recom mended that the fraternity be placed on social probation for the remainder of the semester The Board reheard the cast for rehearing to Robert Parsky, chairman of the board. The peti tion had been signed by 51 per cent of the fraternities and was presented to Parsky before the Senate Subcommittee on Group Discipline, which must approve all board recommendations, met The Board made its recom mendations on March 22 after a Delta Upsilon pledge was ar rested in town. The pledge was reportedly intoxicated after hav ing attended a party at SPE. The Board said that the frater nity had violated an IFC rule which states that a frater nity is responsible for the conduct of members and guests if such conduct is a result of a fraternity function. The Board said that SPE had not carried out its responsibilities, concerning the DU pledge. SPE was recommended for loss of social privileges and the penalty went into effect mid night March 22. Howard Mears, president of SPE, said that the I fraternity felt that the penalty was too harsh under the circum stances and they _consequently petitioned for a rehearing. According to Benjamin Bron stein, secretary of the Board, the Board- still maintained last night that the members of SPE who left the pledge in his car on the park ing lot of his - fraternity had been negligent. "They should have ei ther taken him inside the frater nity house or notified the frater nity members of his condition," Bronstein said. Earlier on the night of the incident, the pledge had been at two other fraternities but the Board felt that they had suffi cient proof that his condition and the responsibility for his condi tion and conduct rested solely with SPE. Program Discusses Local Discrimination Discriminatory practices in fraternities are "unwritten, untalked of and highly enforced," Stephen Blum said last night in a panel discussion broadcast over WDFM's "This Is the Subject." To illustrate Blum's comment, Robert Grantham said a group of Negro students, primarily girls, had attempted to enter an open jam session at one of the fraternities several weeks ago and were told "the house was full." During the program, Nolvert Scott quoted part of a report made by Robert H. Davage, former as sociate professor of psychology, which said that 46.9 per cent of ,Negro students found discrimina tion in downtown housing. The Davage report titled Racial Discrimination in the State Col lege[ Community was written in 11958. When the discussion turned to picketing of Bunn's Barber shop, Blum explained. "the non violent demonstration was done to bring to light several facts the community is not apparent ly aware of." Racial - discrimination "has a more subtle tone here than in oth er areas," Blum said. Rev. James Lawson, who was expelled from the Vanderbilt Di vinity School for his part in the sit-in demonstrations in Nashville, By KAREN HYNECHEAL after SPE presented a petition Block 'S' Club Seeks Section For Flashcards The Block "S" Club will place a referendum on the junior class ballot to seek ap proval of its plan to occupy the first 22 rows of the new football stadium, between the 35 and 20-yard lines, to establish a flash card section. According to Lanny Dey, pres ident of the crab, the plan will not deprive any student of a seat. The University has allotted 4000 seats to senior and graduate stu dents in accordance with an en ticipated enrollment of 4000 for these two classes next fall. The section requested by the club will consist of approximately 700 seats in this area. Dey said that since there has never been 100 per cent atten dance of any one class at football games in the past, no senior or graduate student will• be losing a seat under this arrangement. Dey also said that since the club is open to senior membership, the number of seats needed in the area set aside for the graduate and senior students would be re duced. Ernest B. McCoy, dean of the College of Physical Education, has requested a vote of approval from the junior class before giv ing his final consent to the plan. compared the State College situa tioi to the one in Nashville prior to the demonstrations. "We pre tend we have good race relations," he said. In discussing pressure on local demonstrators, Blum said that Bunn had been approached by a group of town people and students who asked, "If he would mind if a few things got busted up so they could get this mess cleaned up." Blum added, "We would like to pub licly thank Mr. Bunn for re fusing the offer." When the question was raised as to why Lawson felt the legal decisions on integration were only a step and had little bearing on the situation, Blum illustrated the answer by referring to the 15th amendment. He pointed out that the amend ment was 90 years old on Tues day and the legislative branch of the government had just now taken action on voting rights of the Negro in the South. Platforms improved See Page 4 FIVE CENTS
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