4 Days Finals VOL. 44"1-No. ROTC Revives June Parade For the first time in four years, the annual June parade by the ROTC unit will be held on Carnegie Hall Field •at 4:30 o'cicick this afternoon. Highlight of the ceremony will be the presentation of a silver star . "for gallantry in action" to Ist Lt. Edward H. Blacklburn„ Jr., adjutant of the unit and a grad uate of the College. He was awarded the decoration for, ac tion in the Hurtgen Forest, Bel gium, while he was serving as a platoon leader with the 16th Reg iment of the Ist Infantry 'Divi sion. - • To Receive Hoonrs Ilst Lt. Hollis B. Farnum, who joined the department of military science and tactics here in March, 1945, and Ist Lt. Frank H. Lister, Who . came here in April, 4944, will receive commendation rib bons for their services here. Both will' be separated from the serv ice during the summer months. :Ivor R. Tones, •cadet captain - in the advanced course, will receive a medal .for initiative and out 'standing leadership. - -A veteran of World War 11, Tones. served as a Technician sth Grade and scout and patrol leader with the 2d Ranger Battalion and was in the (Continued 'on page four) Players Name New Members The Penn State Players initi ated 9 active menibers and 22, as sociate memlbers in tihele Theater Sunday morning. The in itiation was foßowed by a picnic ait IWnipple's Dam. New active members are Eliza beth Adlama, Parma Brown, Harry Dickey, Joan Harrington, Lars HartsWiek, Helen Jo Peoples, Phyllis Reit : tie, Walter St. Clair and Robert Wickus. 'Associate menibers are Robert Adaninon, Janet Adler, James Burnham, .Hentietta Bait ana Cooper, Elizabeth Dunkle, Joseph Kelly, Gloria Koblenz, Harty Kohn, Thladdens Kombrow ski; Martha Koons, Gertrude 14bow, and Mary Lau Markley. - Mean:4* Miller, Samuel Neely, Ruth Rosenbaum, Janet Schmidt, Charles Seaton, Karl Van DNElden, Leroy •Weidner, Carolyn Wlbler and Fflorence Zalicovitz. LA School Reorganization Follows Progressive Id e a The postwar planning committee's report on the reorga nization of the Liberal Arts school, which was pasged by All- College Cabinet at its last meeting, follows the pattern that the majority of progressive American colleges and universi ties have practiced for the past two decades. Since shortly after the en cators have been advancing a plan to liberalize liberal arts. During the twenties such schools as Co!umbia College, Uni versity of Chicago, ;Michigan State College, Talladega College, Uni versity of Wisconsin, and Univer sity of Minnesota have adopted a curriculum iii art's and letters de signed to provide students with a better background for living in a modern •democratic society. Bar- yard..recently. adoptede a similar version 'of this plan which" has beetZ highly publicized as • the • "Harvard Plan." Similar to Columbia Columbia College, ' the Liberal Arts division of Columbia Univer sity, is, operated .under a system. quite similar to that suggested by the postwar planning committee. The college is divided. into an Up per and Lower College, similar to thet upper and lower division, of 01 Tottrgiatt TUIRSDAY IVIORINING, JTUNE 18, 1946—STATE COLLEGE, FIMIsTA Trustee Dies VANCE C. McCORMICK McCormick, Trustee, Dies Vance C. McCormick, member of the College Board of Trustees since 11908, publisher of tomo Har risburg newspapers, an industri alist and former climb:man of the Democratic national comMilttee, died Sunday. He would have been 74 years old Wednesday. The following statement. was issued this morning by Dr. Ralph D.. Hetzel, president of the Col lege: "In the death of Mr. VanCe C. McCormick,' - The" Pentisylv - ania. State College has suffered a great loss.. Mr. McCormick was a. mem ber of its Board of Trustees for 38 years and for 34 years of this period he was a member of the Executive Committee. In 1938 he was made vice-president of the College Corporation. For many years he was Chairman of the Committee on Architecture of the Board. In this capacity he had large influence in shaping the extensive building prog ra m which has - been carried out dur ing recent years. "Mr. McCormick was a wise counsellor and gave n3.ost gen erously of his time and genius. He was a business man ,of broad experience. He had served for many years as a member of the Yale Corporation and in addition he had an unusual 'experience in and understanding of public serv ice. At no time did he ever per mit any private interest to qual ify his loyalty Or duty as a Trus tee." . d of the first World War, edu- the School of Liberal Arts. The object of the Lower College is to prov f ide each student witlia sub stantial foundation in the chief fields of knowledge, thus giving him some basis for determining his choice of a major field. The Upper Col:ege program consists mainly of electives in a specific field,- or, if the student prefers, covering divergent. interests.„ . Admission Baied on Ability • AdmiSsion to The Columbia Col-' lege: is, based on the' candidate's• ability to complete 'the course in liberal arts, and not specifically on high school grades and units of study. This 'ability is determined by. examinations on 'achievement and aptitudes and by personal in terview with a member of , fhe fac ulty. The course of studies for the Lower Co',lege includes courses in (Contirtuad oft page four) ii1 . 2 . U 2 1 .. 1z , Li1 ,1,4 Uk i 11a JIU . AuL : j ji .... d .. 1 , L1 1. UuU361 M• Cabinet Accepts - All-College Cabinet passed the revised Constitution and approved the report from the Liberal Arts Student Planning Committee at their meeting Thursday night. Women's Sttident Government Association lost its fight to have Judicial removed from Cabinet, as the Constitution was passed unanimously. Last-minute revisions to the Consti tution included the addition of a representative from Windcrest as an ex-officio member, and the qualification that a stt.. Book Exchange Plans Reopening The Student Book Exchange will function again this semester Charles Hill, chairman, reported. Students may turn in their books at 6 Library starting Fri day until June 27. They will be sold to summer session students from July 1 to 4. Unsold books turned in last se mester will have priority and those books not sold during the summer will beheld over for. Fall semester students. As before, the seller , and the buyer will be charged 10 cents each for hand ling costs. Gloria Ness will serve as see -retary for the group and Paul Harrison, publicity chairman. Others on the committee are 'James Brewer, Thomas Hill, 'Mary • Kane; • Jane Weigle and Frances terS: - - Bunny Rosenthal is represent ing Common Sense on the Cab inet committee. Last semester the book exchange handled 2,000 books and $1,400 worth of busi ness. Brown Dance Nets $3ll Gain An estimated profit of $311.71 is reported by Chairman Robert Foote for the "Moonlight Magic" dance featuring Les Brown on May 24. There were 11'16 couples .at the All-College affair. • . Foote released the following financial statement: RECEIPTS: Admissions, 1115 at $3.33 3,712.95 Tax on admissions, 1115 at .67 (40 comps) .... 773.85 Checking, 816 at .25 $204.00 Add: adjustment—,.ss 204.55 Totals $4,691.35 EXPENDITURES: Orchestra $2,500.00 Decorations 425.00 Tax on admissions 773.85 Programs 186.86 College Labor (estimated) 100.00 Advertising (estimated) Collegian $60.00 Froth 60.00 Signs, Cite. .. . . 24.05 144.05 Telephone and Telegraph (estimated) 21.38 Rental of Piano 10.00 Tuning of Piano. ..-.. 8.00 Catering ( estimated) ... 36.00 (Continued on page four) Hopkins Wins Speech Prize T.hornas Hopkins wog. first .place in the .final speech contest of IVlents Varsity Debate Squad re-. centiy, and Harris . Gilbert won second • Place. Gold -watch ahem 'travels were awarded the two winners,• who ddbated in the. finals with four other members of the squad. The subject for the diiscussion was the national college debat ing topic: Should the foreign pol icy of the United. States be direct ed toward the establish'ment of free trade among the nations of the world? Adopts Constitution; Liberal Arts Plan dent with mach elor of Science or Arts Degree can not hold the office of All-College president. The report from the Liberal Arts committee was passed with little discussion, and at the same time tha committee was approved as the School Council from the Liberal Arts School, to serve until a regular:y elected School Council can be set up in the Fall. The approval came from the Elections Board, headed by Jack Branigan, which controls the right to approve all School Councils. The committee. was also ap- Collegian . . . announces that Friday's issue will be the last issue this semester. All announcements for the issue should be in by tomorrow night. Phi Kappa Phi Initiates 28 Phi Kappa Phi, generall honor society of the College, will ini tiate 26 new members, Dr. Julia M. Blaber, announced today. These members, with several holdovers from previous elections, will be . ilifitiaAed at, - .a • dinner Meeting In the State College Preslbyterian O'nuroh at 6 p.m. Thursday. Martin To Speak Dr. Asa E. Martin, retiring head of the history department, will be the speaker. He will use the sub ject, "In The Name of God, Amen," a discussion of the wills of presi dents of the United States. . All mernlbers of the society on campus and in the borough are invited to attend. Wives and hus bands of members are also in vited. Tickets may be obtained -from a conaniglitee headed by War ren G. C. Thompson, aswociate professor of mechanical engineer ing. New Faculty Members New faculty members are Prof. John H. Frizzell, retiring College chaplain and head of the speech department, and Dr. Harold_ K. Schilhing, as.seciate professor of (Continned on page four) Journ Society Gives Awards Four journalism students at the College are among the one hun dred and three men and women who have received the scholar ship award certificates given an nually by Sigma Delta Chi, pro fessional journalistic fraternity. They are Robert Paul Adamson Jr., Jerome Paul Facher, Clar ence J. Reid Jr., and Fay E. Young. Twenty-one men and eighty two women qualified by having scholastic ratings in the upper ten per cent of their graduating classes. All college work for four years is taken •into consideration. Thirty schools and departMents, where Sigma Delta Chi has chap ters, are represented. The scholarship award pro-. gram was established in 1927 to recognize superior, SChOlarStiip in .Is,eeping with the -fratprilitW'.64ll.7 icy to - encourage . -aration , for =entry into -the- '--Pro fessional fields of journalism. ' Mortar Board . . . elected Mary Eldred An-; derson president for .next , semes ter. Other officers selected were Joan Harrington, vice-president; Barbara Struck,. secretary; Jean Nelson, treasurer; and Jean Bar inotts editor. 4 Days !rig= Finals , PRICE FIVE CENTS Ipropriated $35 from Cabinet funds to have enough copies of the re port printed for all students. Considers Disposal of Funds Joseph Steil, chairman of the ft - Inds committee, presented three suggestions for the disposal of the $6OOO now in Cabinet's treasury— P 650 for the completion. of the Henry Vernum Poor mural in. Old Main, and the remainder of the money ilor technical books for the library, movie equipment for the Audio-Visual Aids department, or as a part of the $3OOO needed for the .addition of three wings to the Ski Lodge. Additional suggestions from Cabinet were $lOOO. for the Famine Drive, or an appropria tion to the Student Union build ing. A representative from the Chess - . Clulb asked that, Cabinet allow - the Clieb the' reniainder - of the appropriated $4OO which was not used' in the matches with the Universities of Pittsburgh and. Pennsylvania, and also suggeoted a recreatiorial fund which could. be used next year by the Chess club, as well as other similar organizations. No action on the disposal of the money Will be taken until Thurs . - day's meeting. Approves Budget Neil Fleming, Athletic Assad.- (Continued on page four) Board Accepts Naval ROTC Among the actions approved by the Board of Trustees at their annual June meeting was authorization for the establish ment of a department of Naval. Science and Tactics similar to the existing . Department of Military Science and Tactics. • Other... actions by the Board were: •Approved the discontinuance of the curricula in Landscape Arch itecture and in Nature Educa tion. Approved the addition of new curricula in American Civiliza tion and Latin American Civiliza tion. Authorized a change in name— from the Department of Agricul tural Economics to the Depart ment of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology. Approved the appointment or M. E. John, professor of rural sociology, to be head of the new department; effective July 1, 1946. Approved the appointment of H. K. Wilson, head of the Depart ment •of• Agronomy, as Vice-Dean and Director of Resident Instruc tion, for .the School of Agricul ture,' effeCtive July 1, 1946. Approved , lhe appointment of Ellburt F. Osbifirn, professor of geocheinistry,. as-head of the de partment of Earth Sciences, ef fective August 1, 1946. Accepted the rezignation of G. W. Hedlund, 'professor of agri cultural economics find head of the department, effective June 15, 1946, 'to accept a position at Cornell University; and of Rich ard B. Dow, associate professor (Continued on page four)
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