' PAGE TWO THE DAILY COLLEGIAN "For A Better Penn State" established 1940. Successor to thte Penn State Collegian. established 1904. and the Free Lance. established 1887. Published daily except Sunday and Monday during th, regular College year by the students of The Pennsylvania Slate College. Entered as second-class matter July .5, 1434 nt the Post-office at State College, Pa., under the act of March 8. 1879. Editor, Bus. and Adv. Mgr. Gordon Coy '43 're.'l'- r '" Leonard E. Bach '43 Editorial and Busineie Office Downtown Office Carnegie Hall 119-121 South Frazier St. Phone 711 Phone 4372 Editorial Staff—Women's Editor—Louise M. FIIOB3 . '43; Managing Editor—Herbert J. Zukauskas '43; Sports Editor— Donald W. Davis '43; Assistant Managing Editor—Dominick L. Golab '43; Feature Editor—David Samuels '43; News Edi tor—James D. Olkein '43; Assistant News Editor—Robert E. Schooley '4B; Assistant Sports Editor—Richard S. Stebbins '4B; Assistant Women's Editor—Kathryn M. Popp :43; Assistant Women's Editor—Edith L. Smith 0 413 Women's Feature Editor—Emily L. Funk '43. Managing Editor This Issue Richard 0. smyset News Editor This Issue ___ Milton Dolinget Woolen's Editor This Issue _._- _-____.-Mary Janet Winter .4snistant Managing Editor This - Issue --- Walt Fischman Assistant News Editor _ _ Nick Evagovich Advertising Manager George J. Cohen .A. , ,sistant Advertising Manager , John D. Neel Graduate Counselor -_ Thursday, July 2, 1942 Rating The Aggies WHEN THE Ag School started its faculty rating poll at the beginning of this semester, there was considerable question as to the advisability of un dertaking such a project. Many Administrative officers, as well as professors, expressed beliefs that the poll could be used as a dangerous weapon :if not handled wisely. But after learning the details of the proposed p)an, the faculty on. Ag Hill were willing to co operate with the Agriculture School Council, which was sponsoring the.poll. Realizing that the success of the poll would hinge on the type of questions asked, the School Council approached the College department of psychology which as sisted in drawing up suitable questions that would command the serious attention and respect of .every person answering the questionnaire. Preparing the poll was only the initial step, ?however. The real machinery went into opera tion at the Summer semester registration when every Ag student was asked to fill out the ques tionnaire and to submit it along with the regular :registration credentials. The job of sorting the questionnaires was en trusted to three students who were told to main tain the secrecy of the information and to turn the :results over to the Dean of the School, who was authorized to use the information as he deemed By taking this poll, the Ag Student Council did :oot intend to rate the faculty in any simple one, two, three order. ' Instead the poll was taken to analyze the teaching methods used by various pro. :lessors, and to see where improvements could be made in different course presentations. After checking the results of the poll, the Dean considered it advisable to "talk things over" with ' five faculty members who had been subject to the strongest criticism in the. survey. Other instruc tors were offered mild suggestions pertaining to teaching methods, while on the other side of the fence, a number of professors were commended .for their work. Already, students are beginning to notice the :remedies that a number of instructors have inject ed into their courses. There is now little doubt surrounding the 'tremendous success of the rating poll, and there is also little doubt that the survey should be extended to other Schools. The Aggies have thrown out a warning that such a survey will entail plenty of work if the project is undertaken by other School Councils. It may be' a warning, but to us, it appears as a challenge, which several Schools might wet ac cept. Home-Front Battles EVERY ONE has heard the. story which tells why Penn State doesn't know there is a war be ing fought at present. They tell us that we're a bunch of idealists sitting up here in our mountain Utopia, and that down in the eastern shipyards ;and the western steel towns, everyone is "all out" for doing his share to win the war. But did you ever hear the other side of the story. It's insignificant of course, but just the there are hundreds of Penn State students •enlisted in Army and Navy Reserves; there are 'hundreds of students taking defense courses, hum. Jreds of engineers preparing to take over vital posts in American industry, and hundreds of pro are teaching third semester courses follow ing, a slice in salary. .•\ fter all, we can't target th.at the third semes- Penn State's greatest contribution to Amer ica':, war effort. _ ____ Ff.. Bell THE DAILY COLLEGIAN re a , ^ Jr; Lion ' , i .grq • Tales Bigger And Better With Prexy Hetzers accelerated program et al, froshmen have passed through one of the least haze-perfect semesters in history. Advocating big ger and better pajama parades (one was hatched up Tuesday night but died en. route to Locust Lane) we salute the forthcoming. march of the semi-nudes. Rumor has it that BMOCs will stage a freshman exhibit which the mighty Rose will envy after this rag has called it a day. Sorry, Joyce I hope that I shall never be . A teacher like the ones I see A gal whose hungry heart is set On a masters that she wants to get A teacher who never gives a care About the clothes she's going to wear A femme who's fool .enough to pay To hear those profs talk on all day Critter Chatter Carol Kane, ChiO, recently took unto herself Ted Green's Phi Kappa pin. Jane Jones, Alpha ChiO claims a double triumph -in the annexation of Travis MacDonald's Sigma Pi pin and ring. Polly Keller, AOPi, came out of the blackout with Goodwin's DU pin, Let it be known to all that Rich Jones, ATO is recognized by the Thetas at •Purdue. Final proof is seen in the Theta recognition pin he wears. High school music students camped at the AGR house continue to arouse Locust Lane and vicin ity fraternities with their 7 a. m. root-tooting. Just to please Mr. Robert Schooley; Esquire, it should be noted that the doll on the front page of a recent Life magazine cover is wearing a PiKA pin tucked on her collar. Si Siebert, will visit the Murfitt homestead come Saturday when this place will become a ghost town. The elder Murfitt re joices his son's pinning of the comely lass and said so in the words . .. glad to hear your pin is com ing home on a strong foundation. ' Sights To See And Hear Cenci in his dubonnet shirt trotting quickly up the Mall to preserve the hue from the elements . : . Carolyn Erb, Kappa, without Jack Morgan: Gehoe won against terrific odds. Bill Lundelius on Shalemar perfume . . . "It should be called . . Knock 'Em Down and Drag 'Em Out." fever And tl f • c *O‘ w o.l* In Values KEELERS All College Supplies Ed School Plans Confab School of Education will con duct a Conference on Instruction next Tuesday and Wednesday nights, July 7 and 8, according to !Marion R. Trabue, dean. A panel discussion will be held in Room 10 Sparks Building at 3:15 p. m. Wednesday on the sub ject, "What Should the Activity Concept of Learning Mean to Classroom Teachers?" Partici pating in this forum will be Dean Trabue; Charles► B. Mendenhall, professor of education, Ohio State University. • . Margaret A. Neuber, Teacher Trainer, East Stroudsburg State Teachers College; Phyllis A. Pea cock, teacher of English, State College High School and in structor in education and psy chology, Penn State; and Carl E. Whipple, principal, Keith Jun ior High School, Altoona. The conference is intended for all persons interested in instruc tion. All who wish to attend are invited.. Ag Hill At War— School Grows. Rubber America's critical rubber short- were stepped up to double time age may be licked by a dande- with the approach of war., continuing theiy tra di tiona Penn State's Agricultural School, working under the sup- search for methods pf increasing ervision of the United States De- farm, production, began concen partment of Agriculture, is at- Crating on. the most pressing• war tempting to grow Russian dande- needs. Overcoming gasoline and l lion as a new_ source of rubber lire shortages, the : extension to help meet America's war workers reached . even more of needs Russian dandelion, close kin of letins, mass demonstrations, . and the common American weed, has lectures on modern farm meth . . roots whose sap is almost pure vuti , rubber, according to Charles F. Adjustment to this wartime Noll, head of the department of role began when still an "ernergencY the war //was -." The change, agronomy, who is supervising the according to Stephenson W. Ag School's present experiment• Fletcher, dean of the Ag School, Seeds being used in the test . crop of dandelion were flown di- was accomplished quickly and rectly from Russia, where over quietly, .Without thought Of pub -2,000,000 acres of the • rubber- licity or .acclaim. expe • producing plant - is reportedly be-! The School's present rll- ing cultivated. ments with Russian dandelion are not yet far enough advanced Although exact facts are veiled to/ be conclusive, but excellent by the blanket of offiaial censor- progress has been made with the ship, it has been estimated that first planting. the Reds. derive over -150,000 tons Whether experimental Success of rubber from the "weed" each can be transferred to -rubber pro year. duction on. a commercial basis is A distinct, athlantage of the' highly problematical, according plant as a source of rubber, ac- to Noll. cording to Noll, is that it bebornes Early experiment results indi productive within a year, rather .cate that conditions in the East than in five years as in the case should be favorable to the Red of rubber trees. If a crop pro- , weed's cultivation., The vast ducing over a hundred pounds. farms of the mid-West, while per acre could be harvested in lacking. somewhat .in rainfall, America, certain Department of have a climate that seems ideally Agriculture officials feel the suited to ..the dandelion's growth. United States rubber 'shortage ;Irrigation might' be necessary in. might be oil "the way .out" in some cases, Noll admitted, but short order. " with the rubber shortage so acute Search foi a new source of •itS adoption is entirely possible. rubber is but one ph'aSe of. a "itesults of present experi vast program of cooperation in ments," the agronomy depart the war effort being''condUcted by anent head added, "will go a long the School of Agriculture. way toward giving us the facts." The School's services in in- America's critical rubber short struction, research, and exten- age may be licked by a dande sion, seeking always to increase lion—and an Ag School that farm production and efficiency, went quietly to war. SUMMER TIME SCHEDULE Lv. State College 11:10 A.M. 4:35 P.M. 7:00 P.M. Ar. Lewistown 12:20 P.M. 5:45 P.M. 8:10 P.M. Lv. Lewistown 12:30 P.M. 7:2.8 P.M. 8:50 P.M. hr. Slate College 1:35 P.M. 8:30 P.M. 10:00 P.M. • Make Reservations FoUr Hours In Ad vance For Travel On The "Fourth" BOALSIIIIIIG AUTO BUS LINES State College Hotel Dial 733 • THURSDAY, JULY 2, 1942 CAMPUS CALENDAR , TODAY PSCA-Hillel Bible Study group meets, Hillel Foundation, 7 p.. m. Hillel Coffee Round-Table dis cussion, Hillel Foundation, 4:15 p. m. Student-Faculty Relation com mittee meets, Hugh Beaver Room, 7:30 p. m. • '46 Independents will meet in. 405 Old Main, 7 p. m. Herbert . C. Lanks, noted auth or, lecturer, and traveler, will present an illustrated lecture, "Our Neighbors Down the Road," Schwab Auditorium, :30 p. m. The lecturer will include a color sound film on his recent trip by motor car from the Caribbean Sea to the Straits of Magellan. A question forum will follow. A meeting of Summer session students interested in horseback riding will be held at the Stock Judging Pavilion, 7 p. m. MISCELLANEOUS Seniors should get their La- Vie proofs as soon as possible at the Photo • Shop. Seniors who have proofs should turn them in. immediately. Ag School research Pennsylvania's farmers with bul- workers,
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