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VOL. 44—No. 55
College Graduates
Over 300 Students
On February 1
'Graduation exercises for 320
seniors will be• held at Schwab
Auditorium at 2:30 p. m. on Feb
ruary 1. There will be an aca
demic procession with the stu
dents forming at Carnegie Hall
and the faculty meeting on the
second floor of Old Main.
After the invocation by James
Smith, acting chaplain, Ralph
Dorn Hetzel, president, will give
a brief message to the senior
class. Pfdf. C. E. Ballinger will be
graduation marshal.
The School of Liberal. Arts will
graduate the most. students this
time with 120 students receiving
diplomas. The School of Educa
tion is next with 62 graduates,
while the School of Agriculture is
third with 52 departing seniors..
Forty-seven students will grad
uate with Engineering diplomas,
while 22 will leave the School of
Chemistry and Physics. Mineral
Industries School. graduates 10
and the School (±,f Physical Edu
cation and Athletics tails with
only seven graduates.
games Sheehan is president of
the class which will be the first
one to graduate since the College
returned to • its pre-war two_
semester schedule.
Nittany Entries
Place at Show
, _Dr. William . L. I:Tanning's Aber r
deen-Angus cattle" from Dlittiany
Farms won numerous ribbons and
awards in competition at the
Pemisylvana State Farm Show
last week.
Nittany Pride VI carried off the
Grand ChanVionship female pen
nant, after previously winning the
junior championship and taking
first place in the junior heifer
class. •
Badenoch Eiblinette V took the
blue riblbon in the junior yearling
'heifer class :and won • Reserve
Championship honors in the fe
male division.
Dr. Henning's "entry for the
"get-of-sire" class of four ani
mals- carried ciflf the first. prize.,
award. In the "pair-of-calves"
class, the same herd carried two
awards—the blue ribbon and a
fifth place. In a class for three
bulls of any age, Nittany Farms
won. the_ third prize.
Other ribbons from the College
included first place in the aged
bull class and the blue ribbons
won by the champions in the indi
vidual classes. The Grand .Cham
pionship female, as well as the
animals in the e ther 'classes, were
all ideally bred and sired by the
Nittany Farms bull.
Clinic Gives Exam Formula
To Save Jittery Students
Are you flirting with a nerv
•ous Ibreakdolin worrying about
final exams? Did you buy out
the supply of "Insomnia"
pills for last minute cramming?
You didn't? Then you most he
one of those lucky students tak
ing Ed 105; a non-credit course
teaching how to read and study.
This course is designed' primar
ily to help in reading and study
hug those Who need such aid'.
Since it is non-accredited, role is
not taken and there is no final.
The ..course is being given next
semester Tuesday and Thursday
at 10, 11, and 1. Registration. is
open now in 6, Burrower. En
rollment is limited.
Suggestions For Study
Dr. A. E. Monroe, of the Read
ing' Clinic, in discussing this
course, gave same general sug
gestions for studying fo9 final ex-
tetti.. -. :Bititg.''''-'3::.(tott
THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 23, 1947-STATE COLLEGE, PA
Final Week Blues Fade;
Flashy Cravats Rule
At 'Tie Trot'
Tie Trot will break up, final
week study by providing Pat Pat
terson and his orchestra for the
dancing in White Hall from 9 to
12 Saturday night. Tickets will go
on sale tomorrow ,and Saturday
at the Student Union desk in Old
Main at $l.BO per couple includ
ing tax.
Prizes will be awarded for the
most outstanding bow "tie and
long tie at the' dance. The awards
were not given for publication
since they are to surprise the win
ner, said Shirley Radibord, IWA
president.
The Independent Women's As
sociation is sponsoring the infor.:
mal dance with Esther Gershman
as chairman. Puiblicity chairman,
Shirley Rsdbord, and ticket chair
man, Harriet Kirshner are assist
ing. -
Previous arrangements to have
the dan'ce in Rec Hall were
changed because of the wrestling
Matches which are scheduled to
last until 10 p. m. Saturday.
WRA Valentine Dance
Features Campus Owls
A Valentine theme will be used
for WRA's traditional Sweetheart
Dance in White Hall, February
15, decoration chairman Suzanne
Potter said today. The Campus
Owls will furnish the music' for
the dance, the first semi-formal
of the Spring semester.
Tickets for the, dance will go
On sale at Student-Union Mon
day, February 10, at W,f) a couple
tax included. As in previous
years, the dance is a "girl-ask_
!boy" affair, Miss -Potter said.
Students__On Vacation
To Rep* Poor Homes
Students living in and around
Philadelphia are invited to• spend
an unusual weekend painting and
repairing poor folks' homes while
enjoying the - company of other
students during between-semes
ters recess. .
The Society of American
Friends is sponsoring this help
program, providing students who
find things rather dull bet Ween
Jan. 31 and Feb. 3 with an op
portunity for fun and work.
Part of the expenses will be
paid by the PSQA. Anyone .in
terested is asked to contact ,Jim
Smith or Betty Farrow in 304 Old
Main. .
Veterans' Committee
To Meet on Sunday
. The committee to give the ex
amination to applicants for the
position of 'Director of Veterans
Affailr g will meet at the Ameri
can Legion home in State College
Sunday afternoon.
According to present arrange
ments the examination will be
given March 1. The• place and
time will be announced later.
ams. "Frame questions which you
think might be asked. in /he ex
auniniation. Make a list of these.
Study and review in terms of
these questions. Practice reciting
or writing the answers to these
questions. Work out a concise
master outline of esch course,
listing principle divisions, topics,
principles, etc. Use group study
when it may prove helpful. Do
the ;best you can and don't let
yaursell' get too highly excited
by the approaching exams."
Plan Time in Exams
Dr. Monroe also suggested that
during the exam students should
plan time carefully. They should
not get panicky at seeing a long
list of. seemingly unanswerable
questions. Allot thrie and organ
ize the answer to each question
before writing anything. He also
suggedted reading . the exam after
finishing.
News Briefs
Ski Club
Penns Valley Ski Club will meet
in 110 Electrical Engineering at
7:30 o'clock, at which time the
movie "Pico Powder," showing sid
ing at Pico Peak, Vt., will be
shown and plans discussed for a
trip to the Pittsburgh ski area
this weekend.
Cap, 'Gown Committee
The Senior Cap and .Gown Com
mittee will meet on the second
floor lounge of Old Main at 6:30
p. m. - Sunday, according toCharles
E. Hurd, chairman.
Transportation for Meet
Students desiring transporta
tion to attend the meeting of the
Centre County Association for
Health, Physical Education and
Recreation in the Bellefonte High
School
. Library at 8 o'clock to
night shall contsct Miss Marie
Haidt, 101 White Hall, or Charles
Stoddart, Jr., 301 Recreation Hall,
before 3 o'clock today.
Interrupt Training Forms
Graduating• seniors who have
not filled out :interrupted train
ing forms should do so immedi
ately, at the Veterans Affairs Of..
flee, first floor of Old Main.
Ath News Review
The weekly news review in the
Southwest -.lounge of Atherton
Hall. at 6:15 o'clock will have Dr.
John H. Ferguson, head IA the
political science department, as
guest speaker. The -news review
is sponsored by Common Sense,
PSCIA, and WSGA, and is open
to the pulblic.
Late AP News
Courtesy. Radfo ,Station WMAJ
ATLANTA Herman Talmage
. has lost the first big crisis in his
fight for the governorship of
Georgia. The Talmadge legislative;
bloc split wide open yesterday
over it q main plank, The White
Primary. And Talmadge forces
failed to push the measure
through in yesterday's session. Ac
tion was delayed until Monday.
In the meantime, the anti-Tal
madge forces are pressing for a
speedy court 'decision an whether
Talmadge or Lieutenant Governor
M. E. Thompson is running the
state of Georgia.
LOS ANGELES—Baseball man
ager Leo "Lippy" Durocher and
his actres s bride Laraine Day did
some fast talking yesterday - before
an irate Los Angeles judge. But
it wasn't fast enough.
Superior Judge George A. Dock
weiler ordered the screen star to
show cause why her divorce de
cree against airport executive
Ray Hendricks should not be set
aside. The decree, granted Mon
day, forbids remarriage under
California law for one year.
The Judge told newsmen that
during the conference in his
chambers, the actress protested:
"Don't you want me to be happy?"
He reminded her that this wasn't
exactly the issue, and added:
"Everyone has a cross to bear."'
WASHINGTON—The govern
ment may have to pay part of
those portal pay claims should
the courts uphold the labor suits.
Treasury Secretary Jahn Sny
der says the Treasury has ruled
thait employers may charge off
any such payments against their
taxes for the years involved.
Assistant Secretary of the Navy
W. John Kenney diseloses that
the Navy might have to foot a
bill for as much as nine-hundred
million dollars of the claims.
Kenney told a Senate Judiciary
Sub-Committee that the Navy is
liable for that amount under the
back pay suits.
The Senate group is consider
ing legislation to outlaw or re
strict the suits to more than four
billion dollars.
This is the final issue of the
Daily Collegian for this semes
ter. The next issue will appear
on the first registration day,
Feb. 7.
•
• In This Issue
glatt Tie Trot
Sports
Mural
Joe College Has No
'Peter Pan-like
Symptoms
Joe College is:growing up.
A study of the ages of students
enrolled at the College this se
mester reveals that the ages of
the average male student today is
22.3 years as compared to 19.9 in
the Fall of 1941.
But while Joe College is more
than two years older today than
he was five years ago, Betty Coed
is 20.1 years of age as compared
to 19.4 in 1941. The average stu
dent at Penn State is 21.8, while
in 1941 the average student was
only 19.7 years Of age.
Ages in 1931 in Al cases were
higher than the average ages of
1941. The average male student
was 20 and the average coed was
19.6 in 1931, according to figures
compiled by Registrar William S.
Hoffman.
Students at Penn State this
year range in age from 16 to 47.
More than 5000 veterans are
among the 6486 men currently
enrolled at the College.
Book Exchange
Opens in Old Main
During Finals
Book Exchange will open in 410'1
Old Main Monday, January '27,
through Jamlary 31, and 'February
7 through February 14.
Veterans' book cards will be
acceptable at the exchange which
will be open from 9 a.m. to 4:30
Only .text s for courses - offered
during the next semester will be
accepted and they will be sold
at the prices named !by the sellers
The exchange not only helps
to alleviate the current book
shortage, 'but offer students
many of the books they are un
able ,to obtain in the local book
stores.
As an outlet or used books,
the mart . makeq available nota
tions and underlinings as aids in
covering the courses.
Through the elimination of the
middleman, the opportunity is of
fered to the buyer to obtain books
minus the middleman's profit.
Conversely, the elimination of
the middleman: makes it possible
for the - sellers to obtain higher
prices for their books at a charge
of five cents per book sold.
Panhel Revives
$5O Scholarship
Panhellenic Council has voted
to revive its prewar custom of
granting a $5O scholarship 4ach
Spring to some woman student of
the College, Virginia MoCluskey,
acting Panhel president, said to
day.
A Scholarship committee will be
appointed by the Panhel presi
dent to select, together with the
Dean of Women's Office, a "worthy
coed with at least .a 1..5 all college
average" to receive the award
next semester.
•Aldebaron, local Greek group,
has been granted council approval
to become affiliated with Alpha
Gamma Delta, national sorority,
on May 24.
Panhel president Florence
Ratchford, who has been student
teaching the past eight weeks,
will return to her ayott next se
mester. •
Gagarin Asks Meeting
Before Scheduling Riding
All students who anticipate
registering for riding next semes
ter , are requested to consult with
Captain Gregory A. Gagarin in
Recreation Hall on February 7
or 8 before taking their schedules
to their advisors for final ap
proval.
Because of limited facilities,
the number of students who can
schedule riding is restricted, Miss
Marie Haidt, herd Of women's
physical education, said today.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Eberf Releases
Permanent Sites
Of New Buildings
Ground Testing Begins
On Six Chosen Areas
Locations for six perinan•mt
buildings, or additions to exist
ing structures, previously approv
ed fo r construction on e
campus, were . revealed today by
George W. Ebert. superintendent
of grounds and buildings.
Drilling has begun to determine
the sub-soil structure on the
building sites. The building• are
a general classroom and labora
tory building, mineral indutries,
military and naval science. me
chanical engineering laboratory
tvings, Recreation Hall wing,
and plant industries. -
Red Brick, Limestone Trim
The new units will 'be of red
brick construction, trimmed with
limestone. In addition to the new
'buildings, equipment will be in
stalled in the College power
plant. The present structure will
accommodate this • without en
largement, it was explained.
The .g eneral• classroom and
laboratory building will face Pol
lock road, 75 feet east of the pres
ent Mineral Industries building.
Its ground floor will be a 13'0'-
foot square, topped' 'by three ad
ditional U-shaped .stories. It is
the first unit of a structure that
eventually !Will line the west
side of the Mall south from Pol
lock road.
Rec Hall .Wing
The, first of the two wings
originally , planned for Recreation
Hall will join it g south side. It
will be 94 feet wide . along Burz
rowes road and extend 2415 feet
toward Atherton road. It will not
be as tall as the present build
ing. :but will be constructed , of
matching material.
• The •new • mineral ilodustries
building . will lie 75 feet west Of,
the present Mint.N.ral linduttqw;
also fronting on Pollock road.
consists of a ground floor and.
three upper stories each 1176 by 50,
feet. A two-story wing will be
built behind the east end of the
building.
According to the master plan
fOr the campus developmuent,
this unit will be the , north wing
of .a. structure that will face Bur
rowes road and extend south
from Pollock road.
Facing Pollock road, west of
Phi Delta Theta house and north
of the Service Building, 'will be
a new two-story armory.
Wiligs. will be built north and
south of the present Mechanical
Engineering Laboratory, the same
height as the original structure.
They will measure 3,0 by 80 feet
and will project beyond the front
and real of the central unit.
The plant industries :building
'will be south of the Dairy Barn,
facing Shorttidge road. It will be
204 by 51 feet, and has a ground
and - three upper floors.
Penn Stale Swimmers
To 'Meet 'Cornell
With five of their star per
formers missing (because of final
examinations, the Nittany swim
mers will meet a strong Cornell
team at Ithaca, 2 p. m. Saturday.
The Big Red tankmen whipped
Rochester 66-9 in their initial
meet and dropped .a close decision
of a powerful Navy squad, 3 , 6_33,
last week.
!Coach Lenny Diehl, in an effort
to balance his lineup because of
his losses, will change the former
lineup to include Leigh Woehling,
Clyde Bell, and Bob Musselman
in the 300-yard medley; Dick
Wesner and Bob Tscherfinger in .
the 220-yard event; Bill Christy
and Woehling in the 50-yard free
style; Bob Meyer and Woehling
in the 150-yard backstroke; Bill
Walker and Wesner in the 440_
yard event; and use Icucel in the
400-yard relay.
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