Weather Forec Sunny, Pleasantly 'Mi VOL. 60. No. 146 —Photo Courtesy of Joe Lippincott THIS IS THE SMALL SEDAN IN WHICH two students, William R. Poyak, graduate student in poli tical science from Lancaster and Robert L. Dockerty, senior in business administration from Nar beth, were killed. The accident occurred at 6.25 p.m. Saturday near Boalsburg. IFC Changes Rushing Date To Early in Fall Semester Fraternity rushing for first-semester freshmen will start six weeks after the beginning of the fall semester instead of during the second semester, the Inter-Fraternity Council decided last night. The change, as approved by a 34-14 vote, includes the fol No first-semester freshmen will be permitted to be on fraternity] premisies during the first six] weeks of classes of the fall semes- I 'ter unless designated by IFC,I such as approved open houses. First-semester freshmen will not be permitted inside or out- 1 side the fraternity premises un til the end of the six-week pe riod. Fraternity men will be permit ted in men's residence halls only between the hours of 7 a.m. and 8 p.m. during the six-week period. The pledging date would be set for three weeks after the begin ning of the spring semester. No first-semester freshmen will be permitted to stay at a fraternity house after 1 a.m. ex cept on big weekends when they may remain until 2 a.m. These hours would be in effect until the beginning of the pledging period. Residents Complain Of ZBT Party Zeta Beta Tau fraternity has been charged with disor derly conduct for holding a "rowdy and wild beer party" Saturday night, it was report ed by the State College police. The group will have a hearing before Justice of the Peace Wil liam P. Bell at 7 p.m. tomorrow. The party, which began early Saturday night and continued until about 3:30 a.m. Sunday, was brought to the attention of the police by complaints of local res idents. When the group failed to cooperate after repeated warn ings from the police, Le Roy Aus tin, associate dean of men, was summoned to the house premises. Austin termed the group's be havior as "irresponsible and child ish." He said that the dean of men's office will press charges against the house and the case will be referred to the Senate Sub-committee on Group Disci pline. Jr. Injured in Fall From 20-it. Tree Kenneth Coles, junior in horti cultural from Furlong, received two broken vertebrae when he fell out of a 20-foot tree near Whipple's Dam Friday night. According to hospital sources, Coles landed on a rock. Following the accident, Coles was first taken to the Ritenour Health Center and from there he was taken to the Geysinger Mem orial Hospital in Danville where he is listed as resting in very good condition today. .. ~ .---,,, ; ..,,7, . J p 4 al ..d.:. 11 rgi Students Die In Crash By KAY MILLS An amendment to delete the' last section of the proposal was defeated by a 30-19 roll call vote. The original proposal, presented) at the May 10 IFC meeting by Tilman Segal, former president' of Beta Sigma Rho, allowed rush-I ing to start four weeks after the beginning of the fall semester. This date was changed last night to permit Greek Week to kick off the rushing program, Ben Bronstein, secretary - treasurer, said. ' ' Members of the 1960-61 IFC Board of Control were an nounced. They are Gary Robin son, chairman; Ed Kohler, Jon Lang, Gary Kaplan, John Craft. Ephe 011iver and Richard Men. Howard Mears, IFC encamp ment chairman, reported that the encampment will be held Sept. 13 at the Hetzel Union building. The eight workshop chairmen will be Bob McLean, IFC Purchasing Agency; Herbert Goldstein, rush ing; Howard Mears Jr:, IFC; Ben Bronstein, special areas; Richard Moyer, public relations; Gary Robinson, IFC rules and policies; Chester Lucido, IFC activities; and Jerry Logue, scholarship. FOR A BETTER PENN STATE STATE COLLEGE. PA.. TUESDAY MORNING. MAY 24. 1960 ~ , 'iv~ . , y. e _ t y .. a owing points: Investigations Fail to Find Rocket Men Investigation of the four-foot, homemade rocket found in the Nittany area Friday night has dis closed no evidence as to the rock et's owner or the method by which it was launched, Jerry Whalen, Nittany coordinator, said last night. Whalen displayed the missile before the last meeting of the se mester of the counselors from Nittany, West and North Halls. He asked them to be on the alert for any scrap pieces of metal in their respective units which may be used in the construction of such rockets. All that is presently known about the rocket is that it was probably fired from the area of the cow barns, Whalen said. Three Auto Accidents Hostess Hurt in Wreck Two accidents at the corner of Shortlidge Road and College Avenue and an accident in volving a University residence hall hostess were among the automobile mishaps concern ing the University over the weekend. Mrs. Long, the hostess in Ste phens Hall, was returning to the' University Sunday night when' her auto was demolished in an ] accident on Cresson Mountain. Mrs. Long was driving alone up the mountain when she noticed a car coming toward her without a driver. The driverless car hit Two Others Injured In Three-car Collision Two University students were killed and two others in jured in an automobile accident near Boalsburg Saturday night. Robert Dockety, senior in business administration, and the son of Mr. and Mrs. Rober one of those killed. Dockety, a member of Delta Tau Delta fra ternity, would have .graduated from the University in two weeks. Also killed was William Poyck,l a graduate student in political science and the son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Poyck of Lancaster. Poyck was a 1959 graduate of Franklin and Marshall College. Frederick Meyer, a junior in dairy science from Elkins Park. is listed in fair condition in the Centre County Hospital. Meyer is believed to be suffering from a possible fractured skull and inter nal injuries. Gilbert Bair, senior in business administration from Manheim, suffered contusions of - the back and chest. He is reported in fair condition in the Centre County Hospital. Slate police who investigated the accident, said. Poyck, who was driving, was traveling to ward State College when he at tempted to pass a car driven by Mrs. Ruth Young of Boalsburg. ..He apparently tried to pull in front of th.. Young car when he saw another vehicle approach ing in the opposite lane, but failed to make it and was hit broad side, they said. The other car was driven by Ronald Zadrozny, 19, a sophomore in horticulture from Coraopl is, Zadrozny and a companion Miss Darlene Coligure of Oakdale es caped without injury. A third car, driven by Law. rence Arch, of Irwin, which car ried University students, plow ed into the Zadrozny auto. Wil liam Wonders, a junior in elec trical engineering from Leech burg, and George Reele, a jun ior in electrical engineering from Merrittstown, escaped un injured. Poyck lived at Tussey Farms, {Centre Hall RD, and apparently was driving from there to State College when the accident oc curred near the entrance of the drive-in theatre at Brookside. The injured were taken to the hospital in the Alpha Fire Co. ambulance. Dr. James Reichard of Morris dale, a passing motorist, adminis tered emergency treatment at the scene of the accident. Poyck's engagement to Daphine Wolcott Parker, senior in secon dary education from Sewickley. was to have been announced yes terday. Mrs. Long's auto head-on. P rio• according to police. The auto evidently had been' The older Caprio had loaned parked along the berm and drift, the car to Ronald J. Askey, a cou sin,: Askey had allowed young l ed down the mountain, Mrs. Long I ,Caprio to sit behind the wheel said. 'and told him to move the car if Mrs. Long was treated by a:it was necessary since it was physician in Cresson for a broken parked in an illegal parking zone, blood vessel in her leg and an In-0e police report said. lured knee cap. She also has' Young Caprio was, "driving stitches in her mouth where her;around the block," as he expressed teeth went through her jaw. lit, when the accident occurred, the In another accident, an auto report stated. driven by Charles Caprio, 15, of In another accident, yesterday Bellefonte, turned left onto afternoon, at the same location, Shortlidge Road from College IsBo damage 'was incurred when Avenue Sunday afternoon and I a auto operated by Lee Roy Tur struck the curb, deflecting into ner of Louisville, Ky , proceed two other cars, one of which led in the wrong lane and hit the struck a fourth car. Young Ca- right rear of a ear operated by prio was operating a car owned .G. Stroba of Philadelphia. There by his brother. Frank D. Ca- were no injuries, police said. Students lye Tuition Increases By JO ANNE MARK t E. Dockety of Narberth was Earthquake's Tidal Waves Hit Hawaii HONOLULU (JP) Four tidal waves, spawned in the vast Pacific by Chile's de structive earthquakes, shat tered downtown Hilo yester day. Twenty-six persons were re ported killed and police ' said dozens were missing in Hawaii's second largest city. Damage in the wrecked water front business sections was ex pected to exceed $25 million in the port city on the Island of 'Hawaii. Hospitals reported 51 injured. All the island state's popula tion was alerted by siren warn ings more than three hours be fore the first wave hit at 5:25 a.m. EST. The warning system, installed after a disastrous 1946 seismic wave killed 159 persons In Hilo and other Hawaii areas, warned thousands to move out of low ly ing areas. These included hundreds of guests in Waikiki Beach hotels in Honolulu. Water surged through the main floors of the plush Wai kiki hotels and briefly flooded Kalakaua avenue, the Honolulu resort district's main street. The Coast Guard rescued six persons from a cabin cruiser that !broke up on the rocky coast of Kauai Island, northernmost in the island chain. The massive wave force. gen erated by continuing earth quake shocks in Chile which killed an officially counted 252 in that South American country. ranged across the world's larg est ocean from New Zealand to the California coast. William F. Quinn, Hawaii's gov ernor, declared a state of emer gency and flew from Honolulu to Hilo to take personal charge in the disaster area. See Page 4 FIVE CENTS
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