FRIDAY, AUGUST 11, 1944
Psi (hi Initiates Twenty;
IDr. Gilmore Discusses
Modem Psychiatric Clinic
Psi Chi, national honorary so
ciety in- psychology, held its for
mal initiation this semester in the
southwest Atherton lounge, Au
gust 2, it was announced by Til
Bronstein, presideht. Dr. John V.
Gilmore, of the . Judge Drake Cli
nic in Boston, who was guest
speaker, discussed the working of
a modern psychiatric clihic.
Graduate students and profess
ional workers initiated include:
Mildred Rose, Florence Johnson,
Sarah Minnich, Lucil Williams,
Naomi Jaffe, Leo Miller, Oliver
Harris, S. E. Muhsoh, Miriam Wilt,
Irma Jeah Ross, Winona Morgan,
Anna O’Toole, Anne Puglisi,
June Smith, and Harold Hailey.
New undergraduate members
are: Gertrude Cohen, Regina Lo
bel, Gertrude Rosen, Cecile Hens
chel, and Elaine Freed. Undergra
duates elected had a 2.00 all-col
lege average, a 2.00 average in
psychology, and at least 12 cred
its completed or scheduled in psy
chology courses.
Short Course Director
Announce Agricultural
Conference, Programs
Agricultural short , courses and
Conferences for the next . ten
months have been announced by
A. L. Ream, director of short
Courses at the College.
Short courses include poultry
husbandry, October 2 to 27; gen
eral agriculture, January 3 to 31,
1945; animal husbandry, January
31 to February 28; dairy farm
ing, , January 31 to February 28;
fruit growing,’February 5 to 10;
ice cream making, February 12
to 24; market milk, February 26
to March 10; and dairy herdsmen,
March 5-to 10. . = ”"'
Spe.cial. training courses for
dairy herd improvement associa
tion testers will be given' August
23 to September 6; October 11 to
25; January 3 to 17, 1945; Febsj
rUary 28 to .March 14, arid May
2. to 16.
‘"'’.Among the conferences sched
uled ate the poultry convention,
October 23 to 27; milk and cream
testing, February 8 and 9, 1945,
and again on March 12 and 13;
and toWri 'and country pastors,
June 18 to 22.
.Several other conferences,.dates
riot yet selected, Will be an
nounced later, Beam -said.
Army Announces Death
Of Former IF( President
Harry E. Wagner, '4l, was re
ported killed in action iri France,
June 28,. according to a War De
partment telegram received by
bis parents, August 3.
A member, of Phi Delta Theta
fraternity, Wagner served as IFC
president while at College. He
was also a member of Phi Beta
Kappa, scholastic honorary.
Wagner entered the Army as a
private in the summer of ’4l,
after he was graduated from the
College. In March 1942 he re
ceived his commission after com
• pleting training at Officers’ Can
didate School, Fort Behning, Ga.
He was promoted to first lieu
tenant in August of that year.
Wagner was sent overseas in De
cember, 1943, and landed in Nor
mandy on', June 6. At the:time of
« bis death, he was serving as a
first lieutenant in the 507th. Par
achute Infantry Regiment.
Qwens Give Fresh Picnic
Sixty-five freshmen women arid
transfer students attended a pic
nic in Hort Woods, Sunday, given
by the Cweris, sophomore wom
en’s. activities honorary.
. Mary Margaret Dunlap, head of
the program committee lead group
singing and cheering. Joan Huber,
Betty Steele and Patricia Turk
Wfira in charge of arrangements
Professor To Travel Abroad Following
War To Observe Educational Changes
As soon as the last Nazi legion
has surrendered, Dr. Carroll D.
Champlin of the department of
education and psychology will sail,
to Europe for the fourth time to.
study- the influence of this sec-,
orfd -World upheavel on European
instruction.
. “During the entire period of-
Reconstruction, I Will travel,
across Europe, .visiting elemen-.
tary schools artd finding out what
scraps of culture have been sal
vaged from the advanced educa
tional practices of the past three,
decades, after Hitler and his to
talitarian regime have upset the
advance of civilization” Professor
Champlin explained in ah inter
view.
“How much has European cul
ture suffered from Hitler’s riith-.
less measures, and how ’ has’
America benefited by the exiles’
of German and Italian scholars?
My research will attempt to an-:
sWer these questions. I will bon--
tfast present conditions from the.
teaching methods I observed dur
ing my previous trips abroad.’’
By the early 30s Europe .had
outstripped the United States in'
most educational reforms, the-
Fenn State professor emphasized.:
The school system of pre-Hitler
days did not stuff just any sort
of knowledge down the students’
throats, but sifted mathematics,
science, languages and the fine'
arts from the wealth of genera!
information and taught these,
studies as the true components of
culture, the educator pointed out.
When French or British chil
dren reached elementary school
age, they were allowed to enroll
in the local schools, Professor-’
Champlin related. Students who
could not benefit by their studies
after several years and who had.
not. been reared in wealthy sur
roundings Were discouraged from
entering the secondary schools,’
continued the instructor of psy
chology. Unqualified boys were;
apprenticed in the work shops and.
factories, he continued, arid un
academic girls were employed ris
personal maids at large 'estates.
■lnstructors never scolded or
punished the studious youngsters
who continued their education'
productively, Dr. Champlin told;
the interviewer,- for these intel
ligent students needed no' persua
sion to labor at their studies. To
tally different from his Ameri
can counterpart, the German and
Italian student in the secondary
grades never watched the clock,
testified the professor.
Beginning the schoolday early
'in the morning, the pupil left the
class room when his parents
called for him, occasionally after
dark, said tlig educator. Since the
European spent more ' time at
classes than an American, the
English' or . Austrian pupil ad
vanced to' a superior quality of
scholarship than is the case with
THE COLLEGIAN
the American at' the same age,
Dr. Champlin asserted.
“European instructors of the
pre-Nazi period did riot rely sole
ly oh : textbooks. Before an in
structor was commissioned, he
was supposed to have traveled
extensively and pursue advanced
studies, and had to pass stringent
professorial examinations. The
teacher with his vast fund of ex
perience Could impart his learn
ing, to the students without, de
pendence. on any textbook. In
fact, I. still -find the United States
is the one outstanding advocate
of textbook methods.”
Dean Ray Asks Complete
Names From Students
Seeking Recommendation
Someone in the, administration
is‘always glad to recommend a
student to her prospective em
ployer, according to Charlotte E.
Ray, dean of Women.
“At one point, however, there
is sometimes. a delay in sending a
transcript of a record because a
woman -who has • acquired a new
name through marriage forgets
that the College records were in
her maiden name, If she Wishes a
prompt report to her prospective
employer, it is most'ess'ential that
she- mention iri any communica
tions with this College the name
by which she was known in her
student days,” emphasized Dean
Ray.
Dean Ray also "reminds coeds
that in all ‘‘legal transactions a
woman's signature must be her
own full name as: Abigail Smith
■Adams and not-Mrs; John Adams;
As .an example of the seriousness
of such error, Dean Ray cites the
following’ story.
“A girl who had given such a
name as Mrs. John Paul Jones
found that the College had no
record of such’a, student. By the
■time, the- College had; sifted
through the records, another girl
had received, the. job.”,. ' -
Gin Makes Heddlihes
News In Early 1800's
Hard liquor made front page
neWs about .1806, to judge from
a : broads|de of that period loaned
to the College library by Mr. Has
sel Hurwitz.
The broadside, ■ a large single
news sheet, has no title and is
thought .to have been published
in Philadelphia. Its columns are
filled with' scientific ratings of
various drinks, ranging from milk
to intoxicating beverages; the
physical results of imbibing; and
the punishments involved.
This ancestor of. the modern
newspaper may be seen in the
office of the Librarian, Willard
P. Lewis.
Instead of spending weekends
at places- of amusement, the stu
dents of high school age attended
concerts, art exhibits, lectures,
stated the professor. As topics of
conversation, religion, philosophy
and other intellectual subjects in
trigued young European boys and
girls more than scandal or sex,
related Dr. Champlin. This deep
love for knowledge was seldom
abandoned after leaving school,
he continued, for many legislators
and government officials fre
quently distinguished themselves
in art, music and letters besides
conducting affairs of politics.
Traveling to - Europe in 1934-
35-37 to inspect educational in
stitutions and practises, Profes
sor Champlin observed that the
superior standards of education
in Germany were tarnishing. Lib
eral-minded instructors who op
posed Hitler’s philosophy were
discharged and replaced by Nazi
sympathizers. Youths were draft
ed into certain vocational and
military schools to strengthen, 'the
ranks of the Elite Guard and oth
er youth organizations. These
boys were drilled in the goose
step and battle, tactics. Function
ing as Der Fuehrer’s eyes and
ears, they ransacked the homes
of supposedly .disloyal'' Germans
and many Jews, and sometimes
discouraged tourists fi'om sight
seeing in the large industrial
cities.
“If the Allies lend-lease edu
cational equipment and materials
to Germany after the war, I
wholeheartedly helieve that in -20
or 25 years the defeated nation
will have a better chance to
change to a democratic form of
government. The peasants and
factory workers have suffered
famine, disease, and death too
long. . / .
“Hitler was welcomed after the
last war because he promised
bread and shelter, promised to
erase the disgrace of submission
■by the Allies. This time the Unit
ed Nations must not pack up arid
leavfe until Germany’s wounds
are healed, until the people are
re-educated.” ' - .
Dr. Champlin’s interest in the
effects of war on education dates
back to the last international
struggle. Ife earned his Master’s
degree in' 1915 from Haverford
with his treatise on “Some Psy
chological Roots of the Great Eu
ropean War,” a study of the edu
cational systems then current in
the Old World. The College has
appropriated a grant of money
toward the professor’s carrying
out of his latest research prob
lem.
PART TIME WORKERS
WANTED
- We are urgently in need of men (between the ages
of .17 and 60) to help unload war materials. No re-'
lease or ’statement of availability is necessary for'
this part-time work.
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PAGE THREE ’
Church Canteen i
Proves Success i
Over 300 students and service
men were present at the first rec
reation, night of the Church Door
Canteen in the parish house of
St. Andrews Episcopal churteh
Wednesday night.
The canteen, which plans to bo
open to students "from 7:30 to
10:30 p. m. every Wednesday, was
conceived by Rev. John N. Pea
body, who came to State College
only four months ago.
The Navy-Marine band pro
vided the music for the recrea
tional night, and Pete Johnson,
served as blaster of ceremonies
for the entertainment which- was
headed by Jinx Falkenburg, ac
cordionist, and Bob Houser, Jr.,
V-12 tap dancer.
In the future the entertainers
will be chosen from a talent pool
of students and servicemen, with
Pete Johnson serving as talent
scout. Next week’s program’ will
include a return engagement for
Falkenberg, and Johnny Setar,
hot pianist. ’
The committee emphasizes that
civilian students are invited to
the canteen along with the serv
icemen. Since coeds will be the
hostesses from week to week, no
dates are needed.
Col.. Mills Refetes Hanoi*
To refute the prevalent rumor
that the ASTP units are to leave
campus, Lt. Col Guy G. Mills an
nounced today that there is abso
lutely no foundation for it.
Col. Mills has been informed
that-students majoring in Mech
anical Engineering are to be sent
to the College next semester.-Thi:;
means that ASTP. units will bo
on campus for at least one more
semester.
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