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NSA Delegates Leave Today
For Student Problem Parley
The College NSA delegation
leaves today for the third As
sembly of the Pennsylvania re
gion of the National Student As
sociation. The three-day confer
ence, ending Sunday, will con
vene tonight at Albright College
n Reading.
Representatives are Lee Burns,
lorenCe Drummond, Jane Four
cre, Charles Jones, Lynn Lapp,
lonald Little, Bud Ott, Betsy
’’rutzman, Dorothy Roseman,
'anie Schwing, Jack Senior and
'qry Soprano.
Brown to Preside
ilarold Brown, regional presi
ent, will preside at plenary ses
ions and Miss Fouracre will act
is parliamentarian. Burns and
.Vliss Schwing are members of the
teering committee for the assem
bly.
One of the most important as
pects of the meeting will be the
.student government panel. Par
ticipants will discuss such basic
principles of student government
as the degree of student responsi
bility and definition of the areas
y SCA Promotes Ho/i
'or Students of Fore
Faculty, staff members, and
townspeople can bestow the feel
ing of Christmas upon any for
eign students at the College.
Many of these students will be
unable to traverse the long dis
tance to their own homes, so the
Penn State Christian Association
has completed arrangements
whereby any foreign students can
rnjoy a healthy Christmas feast
n State College.
Members of the committee in
harge of promoting the holiday
spirit axe Dr. William H. Gray,
professor of Latin American his
tory, and Charles A. Oerkvitz, co
29 Faculty Members to Attend
Language Association Meeting
Twenty-nine College faculty Mediaeval Literature section,
members will attend the 63rd Visiting Professor
annual meeting of the Modem Rojas Garciduenas Jose, visit-
Language Association of Amer- i n g professor of romance lan
ica in New York City, Dec. 28 to guages, will lead a group discus
-10, it was announced today. sion on “La vocacion religiosa de
Dr. Robert J. Clements, profes
;or of romance languages, will
act as chairman of the French
'literature of the XVlth Century
ection, and secretary of the
Mediaeval and Renaissance Ital
an section.
A report on a “Study of Rhyth
aic Patterns in Old Spanish
’oetry” will be given by Dr. Har
ison H. Arnold, professor of ro
aance languages, at the meeting
? the Spanish Language and
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in which student government
should function, the nature of stu
dent-administration relations and
the problems of representation.
Most of this workship will be de
voted to discussions of specific
problems peculiar to NSA schools.
A workshop on educational
practices and human relations,
headed by Miss Fouracre, will
discuss inter-racial relations and
the regional survey of discrimin
atory practices in addition to
studying the most effective meth
ods employed to eliminate these
practices.
Cultural Workshop
A third workshop will plan
cultural activities and the. region
al Culturale to be held in Phil
adelphia this spring. Plans in
clude an art exhibition and lec
ture tours.
A catch-all workshop on stu
dent economic welfare will col
lect survey information on schol
arship opportunities in the region.
Other topics on the agenda in
clude student employment, vo
cational guidance, placement op-
day Spirit
ign Lands
chairmen; Dr. Frank D. Kern,
dean of the Graduate School, Dr.
Anna O. Stephens of the College
Health Service, and students John
Kochalka and William Schmin
key.
Invitations may be extended
by calling any of the committee
members or by. getting in touch
with Mrs. Margery Yougel, ex
tension 194.
Two holiday celebrations may
be enjoyed at the same time, un
der the idea set forth by PSCA.
A Christmas dinner for an Ameri
can, and one for a citizen of an
other land.
Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz” be
fore the Latin American Lan
guages and Literatures section.
Others attending the conven-
tion from the department of ro
mance languages are Dr. Cort
land Eyer, Nicholas M. Brentin,
Oscar A. Haac, Erich Auerbach,
Richard N. Krogh and Lois M.
Hyslop.
German Department
Representatives of the depart
ment of German are Dr. Philip
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portunities, co-ops and student
unions, student loan funds, activi
ties fees systems and campus re
lief drives.
Consideration of the purchase
card plan, recently instituted in
the eastern sub-region, will study
the organization, functions and
progress of PSC in this and other
regions.
The international a: airs work
shop will compile information of
the DP student program, the
M.I.T. foreign student plan, the
“Work, Study and Travel Abroad”
plan, the feasibility of interna
tional houses and foreign corres
pondence and current legislation
affecting student travel.
The workshop plan, as outlined,
is designed to allow delegate the
freest possible expression of their
ideas, opinions and viewpoints.
A maximum of “red tape” is thus
eliminated. Discussion is direct
ed by a workshop leader who is
qualified in that particular
field.
Eight Initiated
By Xi Sigma Pi
At a formal ceremony Tuesday
night, Eta Chapter of Xi Sigma
Pi, National Forestry honorary
fraternity, initiated the follow
ing: Orvel A. Schmidt, Instructor
in Forestry; Boyd M. Witherow,
Instructor in Forestry; Russell
J. Hutnick, Robert H. Weisenfluh,
Robert R. Lindahl, John W. Mc-
Nair, David Shapiro, and Stanley
S. Stankevicz.
A banquet honoring the new
members and graduating seniors
will be held at the Eutaw House
in Potters Mills on January 11.
Arrangements for the banquet
are being made by John N. Graff,
Samuel W, Anthony, Calvan
Glattfelder, and John R. Long
well, members of the committee.
A. Shelley, Dr. Albert F. Buffing
ton, Dr. Herbert Steiner; Dr.
Helen Adolf, Dr. Dagobert de
Levie, Dr. Werner F. Striedieck
and Nora E. Wittman.
Those attending from the de
partment of English composition
include Merritt M. Harris, Dr.
John S. Bowman and Dr. Louis
F. Peck.
Members of the English litera
ture faculty attending include Dr.
Douglass S. Mead, Dana K. Mer
rill, William L. Werner, Dr.
Mason Long, Chauncey O. Ride
nour, Dr. Bruce A. Sutherland,
Robert V. Bauer, Gerhard G.
Riedrich, Marshall Waingrow and
Arthur O. Lewis, Jr.
D P Talks Planned
Save For A
Rainy Day
With
THE FIRST
NATIONAL BANK
OF STATE COLLEGE
Member of
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
“Thi* is your 'nightie/ Elsie—you'
Unknown Senior
Mystifies College
With Gown Order
Who is David Zaslow? Appar
ently he is a graduating senior,
for he has ordered his cap and
gown for graduation on January
31. But there is a catch. There
is no record of him in the re
corders office, the bursar’s office
or the registrar’s office. His name
isn’t in the student directory.
Student Union would like to
have information about him. If
anyone knows anything about
this mysterious person’s where
abouts, please report to the Stu
dent Union as soon as possible.
Equisse Club Holds
Christmas Party
The Equisse Club, architectural
club, held' a Christmas party in
the architectural department,
Main Engineering, this week.
A scavenger hunt, exchange of
humorous gifts, group singing and
refreshments were on the pro
gram.
Richard Miller and Arthur Lu
kens were in charge of decora
tions; Robert Huling and Baird
Kricker in charge of the pro
gram; and William Shank and
Joseph Michalski handled the re
freshments.
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1948
’ve got my street dress on again."
Potato Growers
Honor Dr. Burke
Dr. Ollie B. Burke, extension
plant pathologist at the College,
is the new president of the Potato
Association of America. He was
elected at the annual meeting in
Pittsburgh December 6 to 8. Doc
tor Burke was vice-president dur
ing the past year.
Doctor Burke has been a mem
ber of the Pennsylvania extension
plant pathology staff since Novem
ber 1935. He came from Cornell
University where he received the
Ph.D. degree that year. He did his
undergraduate work at the Uni
versity of Arkansas, earning the
bachelor of science degree in 1936.
At the Pittsburgh convention
Doctor Burke collaborated with
Dr. W. R. Mills, assistant profes
sor of plant pathology at the Col
lege, in presenting a report on
“Results of Two-year Tests with
Potato Varieties.”
Junior Merchants
Plan Carol Sing
Students unable to get home
this Christmas wil lhave a chance
to join in, a “hometown” carol
sing arranged by the State Col
lege Junior Chamber of Com
merce.
Scheduled for December 23 at
10 p.m., the sing will start at
the comumnity tree, and from
there the group will parade
through the streets of the boro,
singing carols.
Dr. William MacFarland, chair
man of the Junior Chamber of
Commerce Christmas Committee,
expresed his hope that all stu
dents in trailer camps and those
who are remaining in State Col
lege for the vacation will attend
the sing.
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