Trustees Reconsider Student Co-op Plan ”ST 1 laxly ® (Mlwjimt VOL. 47—No. 1 Spring Registration Begins Trustee Groups Consider Co-op, New President Campus co-operative store pro ponents were encouraged by a re consideration of their plans by the executive committee of the Board of Trustees. A special committee has been selected to study the project, but according to Mr. Wilmer E. Ken worthy. executive secretary to the President, all the acceptances have not been received. Student need and desires for the co-operative store, and plans for its operation, management and policies will be explained to the Trustees by the All-College Cab inet co-op committee, headed by Emory Brown. Efforts of the committee were instrumental in persuading the executive committee of the Board to reverse' its earlier decision. Brown said that the naming of a committee to study the matter ap pears to be a minor accomplish ment, but actually is the most that could be expected at this time. He added that final approval of a co-op is unlikely before June, when the next regular meeting of the full Board is scheduled, un (Continued on page three) Students To Claim Fire Loss ot Skis Skiers who lost their skis and equipment in the Are which razed the College Ski Lodge on Tussey Mountain January 25, may be re imbursed if they or their parents carry household fire insurance. In addition to submitting a claim to the insurance company, persons who lost skis should con tact Ray Conger, who is in charge of recreAion. in 213 Recreation Hall. Ten percent of the policy value is the usual limit which may be recovered. Cause of the fire has still not been determined, said Mr. Con ger. When the blaze was discov ered by Mr. and Mrs. Lyman Tor rey, the caretakers, only an hour after they had carefully checked and closed the lodge, it was al ready out of control. Completed in the Fall of 194), the two-story log cabin, valued at $lO,OOO. was a gift of the class of 1939. The cabin loss was cov ered by the College’s blanket fire insurance policy, according to George W. Ebert, superintendent of grounds and buildings. Yale Professor Speaks at Chapel Dr. Liston Pope, professor of Social Ethics at the Divinity School of Yale University, will speak on “The Truth That Makes Men Free” at the opening Chapel service of the semester in Schwab Auditorium at 11 a.m. Sunday. Doctor Pope is the editor of So cial Action magazine. He is chair man of the Industrial division of the Federal Council of Churches and author of “Milibands and Preachers.” Ordained in 1935, the speaker was pastor of churches in High Point. N. C.. and New Haven, Conn. He is a graduate of Duke University and received his Ph.D. in 1940 from Yale. FRIDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 6, 1948—STATE COLLEGE, PENNA. PEARL O. WESTON The members of the staff of the Dean of Women join me in wel coming you to the campus. We are glad that you have come to The Pennsylvania State College and believe that you will be happy here. We want to know you and to help you feel at home. We are eager that you join us in carrying on the traditions of Penn Stale and ask that you up hold the ideals, traditions, and standards of women students. Remember always that we stand ready lo help, to encourage, and lo rejoice in your success. —Pearl O. Weston. Dean of Women. An important meeting of ihe Junior and Sophomore editorial boards of the Daily Collegian will be held in 8 Carnegie Hall. 2 o'clock, tomorrow afternoon, Allan W. Ostar. editor, stated. Saturday Issues To Return Collegian to Five-Day Week With the addition of a Saturday morning issue this semester, the Daily Collegian will return to a five-day publication week for the first time since 1942, according to Allan W. Ostar, editor. The first Satur day issue will be published next week. This move is the result of over two years of planning to bring the Baker Supervises College Food Staff Mildred Raker, director of foods service at the University of Ari zona, Tucson, has been named supervisor of dining halls and foods buyer at the College and will assume her new duties within the next two weeks, James Mil holland, acting president of the College, said today. The creation oi the new position and her appointment, Harold W. Inman, purchasing agent and director of dormitories and dining commons at the College, explain ed, is another step in the program, under consideration for more than 10 years, to centralize the buying and storing of foods and the pro cessing of meats and baked goods for all campus dining halls. Heads Food Staff Miss Baker will supervise the operation of the proposed Foods Building when it is complete and make all foods purchases through the College purchasing agent. She will head a staff consisting of a supervisor of women’s dining halls, a supervisor of men’s dining halls, and a resident dietitian for each of the dining rooms on the campus. With the completion of the (Continued on page sixj ARTHUR R. WARNOCK Those of us in ihe Dean of Men's office are glad to welcome the new men students now com ing lo the camous. Though they will not receive the benefit of a formal orienta tion program, I hope that, with the help of Student Government agencies and various College of fices, they may soon learn what it means lo be good, loyal Penn State students. I hope they will learn that an enduring affection lor their chosen alma mater will result from their giving as well as getting. The Penn Stale that they see and will enjoy has been made possible bv the tangible and intangible con tributions of their thousands of predecessors, who. in turn, re member their college years with satisfaction because of what they were able "to do for Penn Slate." —A. R. Warnock, Dean of Men. campus paper back to its pre-war status. The Daily Collegian was launched in September. 1940. suc ceeding a semi-weekly Collegian, and ceased publication in May, 1943, with the departure of a large portion of the student body to the armed forces. The Collegian, which was pub lished weekly, recorded camipus news from 1943, and later began a bi-weekly publication in 1945. The fall of 1946 saw the shift back to the Daily Collegian which pub lished four times weekly—the only daily of its type. “With the complete return to daily publication, it is hoped that the Daily Collegian can better serve the student body and the College as a whole,” Editor Ostar said. Deadline for the new Saturday issue will be 3 p.m. Friday, and all news items should be in the Carnegie Hall office by that time. Dormitory Construction Huns Behind Schedule Although slightly behind sched ule, construction progress on the new' women’s dormitory can be considered satisfactory, said Mr. George W. Ebert, superintendent of grounds and buildings. Steel framework erection is completed and the brickwork is laid up to the second floor win dow sills of the south unit. All the underfloor plumbing has been installed and some of the flooring has been poured. ; '^'9§&»Sw§h§ : ' ;^Bnra <>jm 700 New Students Enter; VA Enrolls Vets in Carnegie Registration begins this morning for over 700 new students as well as the more than 7200 who have completed first phase regis tration. All veterans must report to the basement of Carnegie Hall when they have completed registration in Rec Hall. New veterans should bring their letters of eligibility or supplemental letters. New veterans and those who have new positions paying more than $2OO a month must fill out statements of earnings in Car. negie Hall. Any veteran who has moved must fill out a change of address form in order to get checfes on time. Sophomores Plan Orientation Hour As an aid in acquainting all new students with the many phases of the College community, the sophomore class, under the sponsorship of All-College Cabi net, will present an orientation program at Schwab Auditorium at 7:30 p.m. Monday, said Ted Allen, class president. All students who were not on the campus during the past se me st e r should " v ' '' v ' attend. All said. The pi gram , wh i < will cover su< topics as studei government, fra. temity and dependent 01 ganizations, a, campus- acti ties, will If only one hou including en- tertainment, according to Allen. James Ambandos, Thespian and Players luminary, will be mas ter of ceremonies for the event, land additional entertainment will be provided by the Honey Boys, popular campus male quartet. After a message of welcome by a representative of the Pres ident, Tom Lannen, All-College President, will speak on student government at Penn State. Wil lard Agn e w , Interfratemity Council president, will discuss campus fraternal organizations; and Frank Tidona, Independent Student Council president, will speak on campus independent or ganizations. Campus organiza tions will be explained by Nancy Cray, sophomore vice-president, and Allen will welcome incoming sophomores into the class. Book Exchange Opens in Irvin The All-College book exchange will receive and sell books in the basement of Irvin Hall this af ternoon, tomorrow morning, and all day next Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, according to Jane Weigle, chairman of the book exchange committee. Operating hours will be from 9 a.m. to noon and from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. Plans to house the ex change in the temporary Union building were discarded because of the delay in its opening. Books on all subjects are avail able. Miss Weigle said. Students selling texts set their own price, customarily 60 per cent of the original cost. A five cent fee is charged each buyer and seller to defray operating and publicity expense. Other committee members are Joanne Hobbs, Mary Alice Hodg son, Eleanor Kelly, Joseph Kelly, Frank Rugh, and John Zora. Collegian Business Staff Collegian Senior Business board will have a compulsory meeting in the Collegian office at 8 p.m. Sunday- ___ WEATHER Probable snow, Rising Tempera - FIVE CENTS Figures released by Ray V. Watkins, College scheduling offi cer, show that fifty students will register in the third semester. Some of these are former students who are re-entering, while others are from class credit centers. Students may register in ad vance of the time set for their semester, said Mr. Watkins. Stu dents who register after that time, however, will be assessed a $5 late registration fee. Special, new, two year Ag., and sophomore students must register by I'2 o’clock noon today. Juniors must register by 5 o’clock today. Seventh and eighth semester reg istrants must complete filing of forms by noon tomorrow. Before going to Rec Hall to complete their registration, stu dents should pick up their signed schedule cards from their advi sors. If there is no change in the schedule that was processed dur ing first phase registration, the (Continued on page three) Chimes Sponsor All-College Mixer The first get-acquainted dance of the semester is being sched uled for Recreation Hall directly after the Syracuse-State basket ball game tomorrow night. Tickets for the dance, spon sored by Chimes, national junior women’s honorary, are 25c for men. Women are admitted free. Tickets cah be purchased at Recreation Hall, Student Union, and the Corner, or from any Chimes member. Tickets will also be sold before the dance. Bell forms, the symbol of Chimes, will be used for the tickets, with white ones for the women and yellow for the men. This pre-semester mixer, fea turing Samuel Neely as emcee, will provide an opportunity for new students to get acquainted as well as being a get-together for the entire student body, ac cording to Lois Rosier and Wil ma Brehm, co-chairmen of the dance. Music for dancing will be furnished by records. Ping pong, bridge and other games will be available. The informal dance will mark the first social event sponsored by the newly organized Chimes group. The chief responsibility of Chimes is the orientation of transfer women, and the pro ceeds of this dance will be used for that work, said the co chairmen. Part-Time Jobs Students registering for part time work during the Spring te mester should bring their sched ules, said Mr. Allan Reece, m charge of student part-time place ment. He expects a great increase of i. b opportunities for students o-n- 1 ——
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