Letters To-Editor Page 3 eIA) VOL. 42—No. ,A Memester Plan May Begin in 1946 Committee Suggests New Term Schedule , Operation of the College as soon as possible on the basis of two Semesters per year has been re commended by the faculty com mittee on postwar problems and mat. be into effect after June 30, 1946, President Ralph D. IHetzel lannounced ;this week. • The committee recommended three plans pertaining to term arrangement: continuance of the present plan for the duration of the emergency, an arrangement similar to the prewar two-sem ester sohedule for the •postwar years, and a section pertaining to faculty contrasts and salaries. The president concurred with the first two suggestions and stated that the last would be carried out to the extent that the College's financial resources would permit. Recommendation 1, pertaining to the continuance of the, present program, gave three reasons for following the three-semester pro gram until conditions change. They were: the' influence of the special military programs which are operated on a year-yound basis, the possibility that veterans may desire to expedite their pro grams by continuous attendance, and: uncertainty as to the effect of, other, presenter future cir— cumstances, such as universal military -training. The second recommendation favored the semester plan of oper- • - " • ation as oppcised to the _quarter i n ...;sz stem. - This plan:los, f.yor by, ""Fitt;- '•-'• - ' ihntigh'the Vole: , wti r t i , 'nat;:iin i • - . mows, .the committee: reports:' The .-- • faculty was ,virtually, unanimous •:, in . favoring the' .two-semester i , rather than the three-semester "!*" • liiaii• - • 1 , - • Cdnsideration of the quarter •,• system versus the semester system was made according to advantages • education, pi, d finance, plant utill •,.- zatipn, clerical routines, and labor of change-over. The two• plans ap peared . equally effective_ in the first three cases, while the semes ter" system appeared to have slight .•'' ' . advantages here according to the -,..,. • , _last two considerations. '• • (Continued on page seven) ,'•, Fire Damages Poultry Plan, '::Fire of undetermined origin caused damage to the,: College poultry plant, located on the east campus about 1:15 a.m . ,. Wednes .day. Believed to have: started in the • floor of the second store - under the storage soace, the fire was a very difficult one to fight because the source could not be located • immediately, George ' W. Ebert, superintendent of grounds and buildings at the College, ,said this "'morning. • , • The fire was discovered by a Campus patrolman who .went into the building . on his regular tour of duty. He smelled smoke and immediately put in a call for the State College Alpha - Fire • Com pany. Firemen_ used all their equip ment in fighting the fire but •had great difficulty because of the • dense smoke which filled the two-story building. ;Not until the flames burst through the roof could the fire be brought under control. Stored in the storage places, on second floor were feed and litter, which is used on the -bottom of • the pens. Several thousand chick ens were in the rooms on the first floor but since the fire was con fined to the second floor, were un harmed except from the thick ~smoke. . ... . , -,,,- Considerable damage, was' done t, O the building.-itselfibut the ;total , anOunt - la undetermined; • - Mr. , - Vbert said. • ' , . ' 'f , alim Tatirgiatt FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST 10, 1945-STATE COLLEGE, PENNA Healy Sets Date FOr Freshman Bluebook The freshman bluebook has been scheduled for 7 p.m. Wed nesday, Tribunal Chairman Judd Healy said today. The place of examination will be announced early in the week. Tribunal created a clean-up squad composed of the two con victed offenders appearing for not wearing customs • last week. Ralph Fritts and George West, the guilty frosh, will sweep the walk in front of Old aVlain and scrub the plaques on campus at 9 a. m. Sunday. RipFlamminio was acquitted at Wednesday night's trial. Carry ing out last week's punishments, Alan Baskin read the theme on "Ghost Walk" assigned to him. and Bernie Klein reported that James Inca Ormsby was a brown and white on campus. . Davenport Substitutes For President Lynch, Eight semester president Jack Davenport presided over Cabinet this week during the absence of President Michael Lynch. Gordon IVliller, chairman of the Penn• State Spirit-Committee, re ported the following suggestions to the members present: 1. That the showing of Penn State football movies be re vived.' 2. That Cabinet sponsor 'pep rallies and bonfires before the' coming football games. 3. That• freshman men have, a _sing , .similar, to ..t4at. of , the • 4. ThaV:Tribtinal-tle,deee a' tug .-:of-war to deter fine 'when ' • the freshman - customs should be removed. De,venpOrt revealed in, Naval Relations Committee ,report that, Commander Trusdell 'Wisner was very much in favor of the Naval . ROTC, students• participating in College activities. The Navy head said that as long as he' was in command "the boys will be al lowed to participate in ireqUired 'fraternal ' obligationS, all=College elections, and College activities." Adcording .to Davenport, the Commander had pointed out sev eral problems that would follow if the Navy were•granted permis skin to vote in College 2 elections. One•of these would be the• collec tion of the 715 cents paid by regu lar studenti in their fees for stu dent government. Wisner stated that under no condition• Would the NaVy be willing to •pay this fee to the College. June First, heading the Swing Inn Committee, announced that plans were underway for the re opening cf Swing Inn within the next few weeks. Miss First listed the following committees to as sist her in organizing Swing Inn: Publicity Committee:• Stanley Ziff, chairman; Jean Edelman, Mary Haines, Kay Rider, Virginia Sykes, Paulette Stevenson, and Eleanor Zins. r Entertainment Committee: Wil liam Morton, chairman; Virginia Dignan, Amy Kaline, Ann Pater son, William 'Reutti, Joseph Vispi, and Eleanor Zins. Decorations. Committee: Joseph Vispi, chairman; Sally Bernstein, Larry Foster, Vicky ,Grossman, Portman Padgett, and Doris Smart. Business Committee: Dick Shultz and Paulette Stevenson. co-chairmen; Lee Edelstein and Frank Schneider. Music Committee: Frank Schneider, Stanley Chadwin was appoint ed to head a committee 'to investi gate the amounts of compensation allotted to members of Cabinet and heads of standing committees. Other. members of the committee are Judd Healy, William Maginn, and Jack Seavy. Campus Cops Needed Captain Philip A. Mark, of the .Campus Patrol,. has announced the .n#ed for students who would like' to. serve on the patrol. All men interested should report -to the Patrol office in Old Main. Published Weekly By The Daily Collegian Staff Nittany Captures Both Freshman Offices; McKeand, Davis Win by Broad Margins •Janies McKeand and Dorothy Davis, who were elected presi dent and secretary-treasurer of the first semester freshman class at elections held Wednesday. Both were Nittany party candidates. Petroleum Prof Aids Bomb Research • Pr. WI. R. Fenske, director of The Petroleum Refining Laboratory at the College, has been • actively engaged in the atomic energy program for the War Department, it' was offi cially 'disclosed_,today... Dr:-Fr-ier-wiiittiicir*ropali Of the School of Chemistry and Physics, said the years of ex perience aNuired :in the Col lege laboratory on special methods of handling and sep arating materials had proved invaluable in Dr.. Fenske's work. Degrees Awarded lo 61 Al Sessions Graduation Advanced degrees were award ed to 40 men and-, , women last night as a class of 61',was gradu ated ftom the College at its an nual Summer Sessions,commence ment. Two of the f4O claimed doctorates. Joan Nancy Huber and Janet V. Shaffer won honors in' the under graduate group .by compiling grades of 2.4 or better,_ as the ma jority of. advanced' degrees went to Pennsylvania schdol teachers. President Ralph parn Hetzel awarded the degrees in a simple ceremony in Schwab Auditorium. X-G-I's Set Dance Date Taking the fore in satisfying the desires of the student body for, an All-College hifOrmal dance, X-G-I Club will present it First Anniversary Dance at Recreation (Hall from 9 to 12 p. m. Saturday, August 18. A full evening's entertainment is being planned. Dick Berge and his orchestra, featuring Bill Lan= dy as vocalist, will provide the music. Demonstrating magic in the modern tempo as well as offering a review of magic feats centur ies old, Dr. Stuart Mahuratf, pro fessor of journalism ,and a mem ber of the Society of American Magicians, will provide the enter tainment during inte'rmiStion. Tickets for the t dance, which will be 151.50, tax included, will be on sale .at a booth at the Cor ner Room this afternoon and to morrow. Tickets may. also be pur chased from membep of X-G-I Club. X-G-I Club wilt have its reg ular meeting in 405 Old. Main at 7:30 :p.m. Tuesday. This . meeting 4411 be devoted to;_further ar nnangement for: "the dance. Engineers to Conduct A Blind Dale Bureau For All-College Dance A blind date bureau will aid students in pairing off for the all- College semi-formal "Log-Rhy thm" being — sponsored by the Penn.4t4te Engi4ier _in .Recrea tion 'froth - 9 - p.m. to Midnight August 2.5. This announcement was made today by Dorothea Fisher and John Zoszak, co-chair men for the affair. In charge of the date 'bureau for freshmen- coeds are Joan Mooney and Helen Young, 425 McAllister Hall. Upperclass women, service men, and civilian students desir ing •dates for the dance should apply at the Engineer office, 3 Armory, from 2 to 5 p.m. between Monday and Friday. Another feature of the affair will be• the selection of "Mr. Ac celerated Program" All males, servicemen and civilians on cam pus, are eligible to compete for this title. Contestants names must be submitted to the Penn State Engineer office by August 18. From the names entered in the contest, the women of the Engi.: . neer staff will select three to five finalists. Coed editors of campus publications will choose the win ner at the dance. This final selec tion will be determined by the amount of applause each finalist will receive. To reward the winner of this contest, a full page spread in some future issue of the Engineer will be devoted 'to "A Day with Mr. Accelerated Program." According to Zoszak this article will depict the activities in which the win ner participates from the time he awakens in the morning, until he retires at night, during a typical day. August Engineer Goes On Sale Wednesday The August issue of the Penn State Engineer will be on sale at Student Union and outside of the Corner Room Wednesday, accord ing to an announcement made to day by Dorothea Fischer, editor. Included in this issue will be the articles: "Centralized Power," by Pierce Robinson; "Organic Architecture," by Hartley Finkle; "Turbine Drives Take to the Sea,'' by Barbara Pfahler; "Freeze It," by Fay Young; and "Science—The Endless Frontier," by Harry P. Hammond, dean of the School of Engineering. As an• added attraction, Miss Fischer today disclosed that the August Engineer would contain a .special feature article discussing the new atomic bomb. Playrs Review Page 3 PRICE FIVE CENTS Candidates Successful 'Despite Two Penalties Winning by a wide margin, Nit tany party captured both offices in freshman elections Wednesday. James MoKeand, Nittany, was elected .first semester ,president over Richard Russell, Key. His running mate, Dorothy Davis, won the office of secretary-treasurer over her opponent, Marjorie Rohr baugh, Key. More than 71 per cent of the freshmen turned out to vote. Nittany party was docked two votes (one per candidate) for cam paigning in Old Main Wednes day, a violation of the freshman. elections code. This penalty was imposed •by the elections commit tee, headed by 'Richard Griffiths. Clique chairmen were Robert Yurkanin, Nittany, and William Morton, Key. Following the counting of the votes, the new freshman officers made these statements: Mr. aVldKeand: "I'm sure that Dottie and I will try to the best of our ability to carry out the platform which we stated in our campaign." sMiss Davis, secretary-treasur er: "Jim and I will do our best to do everything we can for the freshman class.' The election statistics: President Richard Russell James MeKeand Secretary-T; . easurer Madge. ~tohrbc[`,Gg'it Dottie ;Davis .. Group Discusses Education Trends "Trends in Vocational Educa tion" will be discussed at a panel discussion in 1 109 Agriculture at 9:30 a.m. today. Serving las chair man will :be Dr. (Lindey H. Dennis, executive secretary of the Amer ican Vocational Association. The discussion, open to the pub lic, will •be of special interest to all vocational education, industrial education, agricultural education, and home economics students. Panel members are: J. C. Wright, assistant United States commis sioner of education in charge of vocational education; M. D. Mob ley, president of the (American Vocational Association; Paul L. Cressman, president of the Na tional (Association of State Direc tors of Vocational Education; Ed ward Berman, president of the Na tional Council of Local Admini strators of Vocational Education. Emma M. Watts, president of the Pennsylvania Vocational Associa tion; Arthur K. Getman, Nevi/ York supervisor of vocational edu cation in agriculture; Major Ralph C. Wenrich, in charge of the train ing program at Camp Carson, Col orado; John A. McCarthy, New Jersey director of vocational edu cation; Charles W. Sylvester, Bal timore, Md., director of vocation al education; Ira W. Kiibby, chief of the California Bureau of Bus iness Education. Anna K. Banks, California su pervisor of Home Economics edu cation; Julian A. McPhee, Cali fornia director of vocational edu cation; (George H. Fern, director of civilian training; W. F. Stewart, professor of agricultural educa tion, Ohio State University; Claud M. Andrews, Florida supervisor of vocational rehabilitation; and Frank C. Moore, director of in dustrial arts in Cleveland, Ohio. Session Registration Registration for Post-Session, to be given August 13 through 31, will take place in 105, 108, and 109 Burrowes from .8 a.m. to 10 a.m. tMonday. Classes .will begin at 1:30 p. 'n. Monday.
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