WPSPAT, Ai I• go, Mt AM! PAR If . i - -'l7 "As I told the wife, that's the best feature of the new community property law on income tax—she has t o give me half of what I make!" New Division Established; Handles Student Problems Problems of student maladjustment will be handled by a new Division of Intermediate Registration, James Milhoßand, acting president of the College, said today.. The new division will offer assistance to students who find themselves contused as to educational Objective after a period of attendance at the °allege. Students who have to discontinue a par- ticular curriculum because ig low-grade scholastic performan ces would also be aided. According t o the plan proposed by the Council of Administration, the director of the Division will be responsible to the assistant to the president in charge of resi dent instruction. He will cooper ate with the College administra tion, Deans of the Schools, the Deans of Men and Women, Dean of Admissions and Registrar, the Faculty Counselor of Veterans, and the Psychological, Reading, and Speech and Hearing Clinics. Prove Qualifications Students must give evidence of being good candidates for reme dial treatment before being ad mitted to the Division. Tw in semesters will be the max imum time that students may stay in the Division. After that they must become candidates for de grees in some curriculum or he will be dropped from the College. Students in the Division will take regular credit courses for the most part. They will count to wards a degree only if they meet the requirements of the curricu- Final Priestley Lecture Shows Theory Evolution Experiments, mathematics, and theorizing in the early part of the twentieth century, leading to the presently accepted theory of elec trolytic solutions, were traced in the final lecture of the 1948 Priestly Series by Dr. Raymond M. Fuoss, Friday night. Expert mathematician Milner was able to calculate forces be tween ions where Bjerrum had failed. However, it remained for Debye, "a mathematician who backslid into physics, and degen erated into chemist" to evolve the mathematical theory which ade quately explains the behavior of electrolytes at low concentrations. Printed and paper-bound copies of the five lecture series are fur sale at $2 by Phi Lambda Upsilon, men's honorary chemical society, by contacting Walter G. Braun, in the petroleum refining laboratory. Cord to Line Sidewalks Unsightly barbed wire lining the sidewalks in front of Carnegie Hail will be replaced by white cord, through the efforts of All- College keep-off the grass dom mittee, headed by Alan Pottasch. Pottasch convinced Walter W. Tim DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA lum in which the student later enrolls. Graduation Takes Longer It may require a lohger time than usual for graduation in some cases, the president explained. Registration in the new Divi sion should be regarded as an opportunity rather than as a pen alty. Students - enrolled in the di vision will be allovtred the same privilege s in College activities as o ther students unless the Director imposes limitations. Accrediting Committee To Rate Journ Departmen Five representatives of leading publishing, editorial and teach ing groups of America will be on campus tomorrow and Thursday to rate The Pennsylvania State College department of journal ism. This group of five makes up the National Accrediting Committee of the American Council of Edu cation for Journalism. For the past 14 years Penn State has held a grade A rating among the nation's schools of journalism. There are 34 other accredited schools at present. Secretary for the group will be Dr. Earl English of the Univer sity of Missouri. The committee also includes Professor John E. Stempel, director of th e depart ment of journalism, Indiana Uni versity, and Stephen C. Noland. editor of the Indianapolis News. MI Exhibits Native Art The Gimbel exhibit—q collec tion of 116 works of art on Penn sylvania subjects—will be hung in the Mineral Industries Art Gallery for viewing by the public. starting April 25 and continuing through May 8. Invitations have been issued for a private opening of the ex hibit at 3 p.m. April 24. Of the 14 artists represented in the exhibit, five are Pennsylva nians—George Bid dl e, Albert Gold. Hobson Pittman. Franklin Watkins. and Andrew Wyeth. Trainer, superintendent of land scape maintenance, that students would not walk on the grass if the wire were removed. Signs bear ing jinglets and slogans will be posted in the vicinity of the most traveled short cuts. Ily Uail/ News Briefs Newman Club Elections will be held by New man Club in 405 Old Main at 7:30 o'clock tonight. Frank Tidona, president, urges all Catholic stu dents to attend the elections and the business meeting preceding. Campus Center Club Members of the Campus Center Club who plan to attend the cabin party Friday should register at Student Union before Thursday. Those who will drive cars to Watts Lodge should indicate it on the list. Club '5O All sophomores are invited to attend the Club "50" meeting in Old Main at 7:30 o'clock tonight. An informal discussion af the structure of the PSCA will be presented. Belles Lettres The Belles Lettres meeting scheduled for tonight has been postponed until April 29. At that time The Tale of Two Cities will be shown in 119 New Physics at 7 o'clock. The works of Fred Lewis Pat tee, author of the Alma Mater, and Professor Emeritus of Amer loan Literature at the College are on display in the Central Li brary. Ed Student Council Nominations for the Education Student Council may be sub mitted until Wednesday. Blanks are available in 102 Burroughs, 102 Home Ec, or 216 Carnegie Hall. Sophomores and juniors are eligible to vote. Professional Psychology Dr. Robert G. Bernreuter. pro fessor of psychology and director of the Psychological Clinic at the College. has been named a diplo mat in clinical psychology by Do YOU know the president of the Men's Athletic Association? lie's rep resenting you on All-College Cabinet. So is the chairman of the board of Dramatics and Forensics. Do YOU know the president of your fraternity or dorm? Under the STATE party's plan for bicameral legislation he would be your representative in the lower house, the Penn State Congress. Under the present Cabinet system of student government. you are represented by the follow ing voting members: The STATE party would replace this one not-too-representative group with a three-branch government similar to that of the United States. Un der this plan there would be executive, legislative, and judicial depart ments. This democratic form of government is one of the major planks of the STATE Party's platform. Every effort will be made to make this democra tic form of government a reality at Penn State. If you wish to support this plan for a democratic and representative form of government, support the STATE Party. All-College President, Vice President, and Secretary-Treasures Presidents of the Senior, Junior, and Sophomore classes. Presidents of the school councils (LA. Eng. etc.) Presidents of Men's Athletic and Women's Recreational Association. President of Women's student Government Association. Chairman of the Boards of Publication, and Dramatics and Forensics. Presidents of IFC and Pan-I4el. ISC Representatives of Indepenednt Men and Women. The executive—would consist of the All-College President, Vice President, and Secre tary-Treasurer. The president would be the administrator and would have a veto power over any acts of the legislature. The judicial—would be essentially the same organization as the present Tribunal az Judi cial and would have the task of interpreing the constitution. The legislature—would be composed of two houses. The upper house (Senate) would be essentially the same group as the present cabinet, including class officers, school offi cers and organization officers, but excluding the all-college officers. The senior cless president would preside over this group. The lower house (Congress) would be ma de up of representatives of the various living groups on and off campus, in proportion t o the number of residents in each living unit. All legislation would originate in this truly representative group, the lower house. Pre siding over this organisation would be the All-College Vice President, though he would still retain his full executive powers when not acting in the position of Speaker. the American Board of Examiners in Professional Psychology. Washington • Trip All students interested in mak ing the annual trip to Washing ton, D. C., under the auspices of the PSCA are requested to regis ter in 304 Old Main before next Saturday. The party of 33 will leave on May 2 and return May 4. The total cost of the trip will be aPproxixnately $l6-$2O. Hey there, Mate, We advocate A "Keep off" slate For dear Old State PAGE SEVEN Dr. Ferguson Resigns To Accepl Hew York Pod Dr. John H. Ferguson. Po *tied Science department head. hes re signed his position at the Collea* to accept the post of Dean of the School of Politics at the ?few School for Social Rebeatch at New York City. Dr. Ferguson will remain at the College for the remainder of the current semester and will start his new post September of Ibis
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