FRIDAY, JANUARY 13, 1950
NewßOTCHead
Is No Stranger
To College Life
Col. Arthur R. Walk, the new
head of the Army ROTC at the
College, is no stranger to academ
ic life. He has been to four civil
ian schoold, the Army War Col
lege and a host of other schools.
Col. Arthur R. Walk
The Colonel officially took over
his duties as profesor of mili
tary science and tactics on Jan.
1. He is in charge of the Army
training
.program of approxi
mately 1100 cadets, replacing re
tiring Col. Ben-H. Chastaine, who
had been the Army ROTC head
since 1946.
A soft-spoken man with a ready
smile, Col. Walk heartily agreed
that he was happy about • being
chosen for his new post. "I have
always liked this part of the
country," he said, "partly because
I was originally a Pennsylvanian."
Born in Chambersburg
' Asked his first impression of
State College, the Colonel replied,
"I find the grounds here, of
course, very beautiful." He add
ed that he was impressed with the
friendliness of his new acquaint
ances on campus and in town. ,
Col. Walk's service record in
cludes action at the fighting
fronts in both World Wars. Being
graduated from Lafayette College
during the First World War, he
was sent to France in time to
participate in the now-famous
battles at the Marne, -Meuse-Ar
gonne and St. Mihiele.
Between the wars he attended
a number of colleges, including
0 x.f or d, Stanford, Minnesota,
Princeton and the Army War
College. He holds a Phß degree
Irom . Lafayette and an MA degree
from Minnesota.
Upon his arrival at Guadalcanal
in 1943, Col. Welk was Chief of
Staff of the 37th Infantry Divi
sion, a National Guard unit from
Ohio. Later he took . part in the
assaults on the Solomon and Phil
lipine Islands. The most severe
action, he said, was in taking
Following the war, he was with
the Sixth Infantry Div., which
occupied Korea. Col, Walk had
been with this unit while it was
preparing for the final , assault on
Japan, which never materialized.
Returning to the United States,
fie became Chief of Staff and later
Commanding Officer of the Fifth
Armored Division at Camp Chaf
fee, Arkansas, from which he was
ordered to the College.
With the Colonel on campus
are his wife and daughter. His
three children are equally well
acqu:,:rited with colleges. His
daughter is a graduate of Mt.
Holyoke; one son, a graduate of
Princeton, is a teaching fellow at
Harvard; the other son, a grad
uate of West Point, is serving•as
a lieutenant in Germany.
Talent Recruiting
Closes Tomorrow
Tomorrow noon is the dead
line for entries in the Penn State
Club Talent ShoW. Magicians,
dancers, singers, comedians, im
pe r son a t ers, instrumentalists,
combos, and others are asked to
sign up at the Student Union
desk in Old Main as soon as pos
sible.
Cash 'awards will be given to
the winners of the annual show
which will bepresented at
Schwab ,Auditorium Fridkty
night. Feb. 17.
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA
Ch.urch Calendar
St.. Andrews 'Episcopal
Regular services at 7:45 and
10:45 a.m. and 7 p.m. Sunday.
A supper will be given at 5:15
p.m. Sunday followed by the
Canterbury Club program.
The annual dinner for all Epis
copal students will be held at
5:30 p.m. Tuesday. Those who
plan to attend should call 3455
at once fog a reservation. There
will be entertainment and elec
tion of officers. No charge for the
dinner.
United Brethren
The student fellowship will
hold a box Social at St. Johns
Evangelical church at 7:30 to
night. All members of the fellow
ship and other students are in
vited.
University Baptist
The Roger Williams Fellowship
will have' a square dance • with
the Young Friends in the base
ment of the Baptist church at
8 o'clock tonight, In the event of
a heavy snow, a sledding party
will be held.
At 9:20 a.m. Sunday the Coffee
and Doughnut Club will mee prior
to the college student Sunday
school class at 9:40 a.m. Regular
worship service will be held at
1040 a.re. From 5 to 7:30 p.m.
Sunday the Fellowship will hold
a supper meeting.
Hillel Foundation
Dr. Henry A. Finch, visiting
professor, of philosophy from the
University of Chicago, will be
guest speaker at Sabbath Eve ser
vices tonight. Dr. Finch's address
will be "Wisdom of the Heart: In
Praise of Judah Halevi." Members
of ' Zeta 'Beta Tau fraternity will
serve as hosts and participate in
the services. '
News Briefs
Orchestra Rehearsal
There will be a full orchestra
rehearsal in Schwab Auditorium
at 4 o'clock tomorrow afternoon
and at 1:30 p.m. Sunday.
BX Refunds
The BX is issuing 20 per cent
refunds on school supplies until
Jan. 17. Stubs dated until Jan. 6,
will' be honored. .
Phi Delta Kappa
Phi Delta kappa, education
honorary, will hold its annual
ladies night affair at the Centre
Hills Country Club at 7:30 to
night.
Committee of Seventy
Harry K. Butcher, executive
secretary of the Committee of
Seventy, will speak on Philadel
phia Politics" at a meeting spon
sored by the political science de
partment in 316 Sparks 'at . 7:30
tonight. Interested students are
invited to attend.
.Kind Lady'
Tickets tor the next-to-last
weekend production. of "Kind
Lady" at Centre Stage are on
sale at the Student Union desk
in Old Main. Prices are 90 cents
for Friday and $1.25 for Saturday
Refreshments are served on Sat
urdays.
Radio Lecture
night on the subject, "Scientific
speak on' WMAJ at 9 o'clock to-
Dr. Richard C. Raymond will
Programs and Problems in the
20th Century." His speech is the
11th in a series on "Man and the
20th Century."
PSCA Work Camp
Painting of the Earleysville
school interior will be continued
as part of the Penn State Chris
tian Association Work Camp to
morrow. Those who plan to take
part should sign at the CA office
in Old Main by 5 o'clock today.
Newman Club
Two hundred new members
were initiated by the Newman
Club on Sunday. An informal
- ! , .lremony followed by a mixer
were held at Wneo—.
Outstanding Seniors
(This is the eighth in a series of articles concerning prominent
Senior men and women who have proven themselves outstanding
in one or more fields of activity at the College.)
By MYRNA TEX
Many people find it hard to believe that anyone rates Pennsyl
vania over California, but Mary Cohen does and is seemingly quite
proud of her home state.
She and her family took a trip to the coast two years ago to
visit her brother in California. "Perhaps it was the adverse condi
tions that existed at the time which really prevented me from liking
it there", Mary remarked. "A
polio epidemic was in full force
during that summer and it was
good to get back home again."
It's good to have Mary home
again, too. Although she lives in
State College, she is spending this
semester. in Simmons so that she
can live with her sorority sisters,
the Alpha Xi Delta's, for a while.
Mary is treasurer of the group.
She is secretary of Mortar
Board, a member of the Hat So
cieties Council, and senior advisor
to Alpha Lambda Delta, fresh
men women's honorary.
Other activities of hers include
the Rod and Coccus club, lota Sig
ma Pi, women's chemistry honor
ary, Cwens and the Religion-In-
Life Week committee. She served
on the Agriculture Student Coun
cil during her sophomore and
junior years.
Mary' expects to graduate in
June with a. major in medical
technology. She., claims, however,
that she isn't too sure of gradua
tion now because that Ag-Bio-
Chem lab she has on Tuesday and
Saturday mornings is "- really
rough.
Work With Cwens
"I enjoyed working with Cwens
very much," Mary remarked,
"mostly because of the service
projects connected with th e
group and the feeling of respon
sibility it gave me. I also enjoy
group work and this, of course,
afforded me the opportunity to do
just that.
"In connection with Cwens,
think it' is very important for
sophomores to get out and • par
ticipate in activities. They miss
so much if they don't. One of the
most advantageous results they
can gain from activities is the
ability to meet and talk with
people.
"One thing 1 — particularly feel
the College needs is a new audi
torium. Present conditions are not
adequate for dramatics students.
They do - good work, but they don't
have enough facilities and work
ing space."
March of Dimes
To Begin Drive
The March of Dimes drive on
campus this year will begin Mon- ,
day and end January 31. The
drive will he sponsored by the
Physical Education School and
Phi Epsilon Kappa, men's 'physi
cal education honorary frater
nity.
Dr. Arthur L. Harnett, faculty
director and general chairman of
the campus drive, urges all to
contribute to the fund which is
used to fight the crippling dis
ease of Infantile Paralysis and to
aid sufferers from the disease.
The committee "incharge of the
drive includes; Anthony Shum
skas; chairman; Homer Barr,
Ann Burlingame. John Dixy,
Sally Dunfee, Barbara Jones,
Robert McDougel, Charlotte Mc-
Intire, Robert Mackey, Dick
Mays, Margaret Meyers, Jack
•Miller. Don Watkins, and Ber
nice Yerkes.
Collegian Carries
College Cartoonist
The Daily Collegian this week
became one of the first college
newspapers in the East to run
cartoons of Richard Bibler, only
syndicated college cartoonist in.
the country.
A junior at the University of
Kansas, Bibler has achieved out
standing acclaim in colleges
throughout the Middle and South
West through his cartoons on
various facets of college life.
Featuring most of his work is a
squat, buck-toothed college char
^cter called "Worthal."
Bibler has been acclaimed •in
••••11eliate journals as "probably
the best college cartoonist in the
Mary Cohen
Beaver Field --
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visitors' 30-yard line, sopho•
mores. are now in the end zone.
"Necessary Evil"
"So, it is generally main
tained that the sections allotted
to the three classes this year are
worse than thoSe seats the re
spective classes occupied last
year. As far as choice of seats
is concerned, the present seating
arrangement makes the student
body appear—in words of one
studen leader—more or less as 'a
necessary evil tolerated, by the
College, rather than the primary
part of the College that it is.'
"Prompted by student inter
ests, the committee believes the
students should be seated on the
home side rather than the visi
tors' side, and should be seated
in a solid block. This would keep
the student body intact for the
most effective cheering and for
maintaining the best student
spirit, because the close proxi
mity in 1948 of seniors to the
team • bench would be resumed.
The committee feels that when a
student becomes a senior he
should be seated directly behind
his football team on the home
side.
Behind The Team
."The College saw fit a number
of years ago to begin placing the
student body—or part of--it—di
rectly behind the team. This was
done toward better team support.
The committee feels that the ap
parent lack of effective cheering
and team support this year on
the part of the seniors can be
laid by-and-large to their being
seated on the visitors' or east
side, away from the team.
"Going further, we believe
that—although it may be the
alumni's team in certain ways—
it is the students' team primarily,
since the team is made up of
their number. The students are
the immediate persons interest
ed; they live at the College and
maintain a day-to-day interest in
the team, in contrast .to the
alumni and general public, who
are in many ways not as .close
to the team. Therefore, the com
mittee believes that, since the
west stands are the home side of
the field, the students should be
seated there in a solid block, be
hind the team. The west stands
seem .to us to be the one logical
spot for :the students at home
football games.
Financial Situation
"However, any change we sug
gest should take into considera
tion the financial situation. We
should be cognizant of the fact
hat selling the most possible
seats / at the top price, $3.60, will
best help the College pay .for the
new stadium addition and more
important, make possible paying
the huge guarantees to opposing
teams guarantees which are
necessary if we want to have de
sirable schedules. The purse
strings must - not be disrupted.
"In view of what the commit
tee thinks the students are en
titled to, and keeping in mind
that all present alumni sections
on the west side- were not com
pletely full this year even on
Homecoming, the committee
would like to toss into the hopper
for consideration of the Athletic
Advisory Board this , plan. The
comrhittee feels that it takes into
consideration fully the weight of
the all-important finances:
"Move the student body from
the east side of the field to the
west or home side. As the stu
dents now begin at about the 50-
yard line on the east side, place
them correspondingly on the 50
on the north end of the home
side stands and allow them td
stretch in one compact block
around' the U-curve in a clock
wise direction.,
Alumni Sections
...A. ►rrauwenuent •would al
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Commencement
Instructions
Announced
Mimeographed instruction's to
students receiving degrees at the
Feb. 7 commencement services
will be distributed to the deans
of the various schools today.
Students have been asked by
Prof. David H. McKinley, col
lege marshal, 'to pick up copies
at the offices of their deans.
Further copies may be procured -
at the counter of the recorder's
office in Willard Hall.
The instructions outline con
duct of students receiving de
grees during the ceremonies.
About 825 degrees will be award
ed, with 689 going to graduating
seniors and the remainder to
graduate students.
There will be sufficient seats
for 1500 spectators on the bleach
ers in the Recreation Building,
where the ceremonies will be
held at 2:30 p.m., and for an
other 2400 in the balcony, said
Prof. McKinley. This will allow
4.7 guests per student, and will
make unnecessary distribution of
tickets.
Marshals will receive degrees
for the students in each school,
since having each student go to
the platform for his degree would
consume too much time.
Student marshals will be:
Graduate School, Robert L. Folk;
School of Agriculture, Russell J.
Hutnik; School of Chemistry and
Physics, Ralph 0. Fleming;
School of Education, Glenn A.
Marburger (BA) and Walter F.
Steinman (BS); School of En
gineering, Charles H. Schellhase;
School of Home Economics, Da
vid A. Hassler; School of ,Liber
al Arts, Jack W. Wyker; School
of Mineral Industries, Patrick W.
Huber, and School of Physical
Education, Carl N. Henry.
Student marshals are selected
on the base of academic scholar
ship and period of residence.
Official diplomas will be dis
tributed immediately following
commencement until '5 p.m, at
the counter in the recorder's of
fice. Matriculation cards are kto
be persented for identification.
Students are required to wear
academic costume for the cere
monies. No recessional or pro
cessional will be held for grad
uates.
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A special seating arrangement
by schools has been worked out
and is printed in the instructions.
Students may sit anywhere in
their sections.
Ex-College Prof
Lost On Hike
Dr. Robert Josiah Conklin, one
time faculty member of the En
glish department at the College,
was today believed to be one of
a pair of American professors
missing in the mountains of north
ern Luzon in the Philippines.
An Associated Press dispatch
indicated that Dr. Conklin and
Marvin Pittman of Chicago had
not been heard from since they
left on a hike into the mountains
Dec. 21. Foot patrols yesterday re
ported no trace of them after
searchers crossed a section the
hikers should have traversed.
College officials said that Dr.
Conklin taught English on the
campus from Sept 1., 1922 to
September, 1924, and held degrees
from Springfield College and
Clark University.
The wire service reported that
he was a YMCA secretary during
World War I, served with the
USO in World War IL and was in
the Philippines as an exchange
Professor from Springfield College
in Massachusetts.
low for alumni sections in both
the east stands and west stands—
in the east from the 50-yard line
north, and in the west from the
50 south
"The student body would be
kept intact on the home side,
maintaining unity of team and
students. Still being met would
be our committments of 50-yard
line seats to alumni, and still
being maintained would be our
financial obligations to bond
holders to pay off the debt for
additional stands, and still being
realized would be the revenue to
guarantee topnotch schedules.
'—Respectfully submitted by
the All-College Cabinet Commit•
tee on Seating Arrangement.