= ™ | <Jlt£ latlg H| (CitUrgtmt | •‘\ - - VOL. 51 No. 74 Two Students Quizzed In Final Exam Leak A, two-day investigation by the Daily Collegian into leaks in the final examination system yesterday resulted in apprehension of a graduate student and an undergraduate. Dean Ben Euwema of the Liberal Arts school yesterday that Harry D. Duckett, stipend scholar dent, will be informed that unless he shows good reason for not being dismissed, his dismissal will be recommended by the Lib eral- Arts office. Alfonso J. Passeri, seventh-se mester chemical engineering stu dent who was apprehended Wed nesday when he attempted to sell part of the. Spanish 2 examina tion, told the dean of men yes terday that Duckett had sold the examination to him for $25 Graduate Student Duckett is not;a regular mem ber of the faculty. He is listed by the College as a graduate student, without faculty rank. He holds the title of stipend scholar and teaches one Spanish 2 class. The investigation also revealed that six examinations in the Eco nomics and Commerce depart ment had been obtained by stu dents. New examinations have been made up, according to Dr. William N. Leonard, department head. Duckett and Passeri were not known to be connected in any way with the leak in these exams. Board To Act A four-man board Dean of Men H. K. Wilson; G. L. Haller, dean of the School of Chemistry and Physics; Wilmer E. Kenwor thy, director of student affairs; and Neil See, chairman of Tri bunal—will decide what action will be taken on Passeri. Passeri implicated Duckett yes terday. morning in an interview with Dean Wilson and Seth W. Russell, assistant dean of the Liberal Arts school. Taken into custody Wednesday evening, Pas seri first denied through an hour and. one-half of questioning that he knew the person from whom he said he bought the exam for $lO. Dr. R. J. Clements, head of the Romance Languages department, issued the following statement yesterday: “The department is saddened to hear these charges against a graduate student, teach ing his first class, and with a hith erto excellent' record. We hope that at even this late date these charges may prove unfounded. In any cage, we are grateful for the Collegian’s conscientious efforts in ascertaining that part of an ex amination was divulged to stu dents. Needless to say, the entire examination is being rewritten.” During the questioning, Passeri, a student in the Spanish 2 sec tion taught by Duckett, said he had more than a passing rela tionship with his instructor. He said he had coffee earlier in the day with Duckett at the TUB before Duckett, who is to leave for the National Guard in a few days, drove to'his home in Clear field. In selling his test on the “open market,” Passeri told prospective t" Continued on page two) Childs Chosen By Fellowship Djr. Wylie J. Childs, associate professor of metallurgy at Lafay ette college, has accepted an in vitation to represent' the Penn State Bible Fellowship during Religion-in-Life week, Feb. 19-22. Dr. Childs was graduated from Renssalaer Polytechnic institute in 1943 in the metallurgical en gineering course. In 1948 he re ceived a Ph.D. degree, then went to ' Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he did re search in physical metallurgy. He has been an associate pro fessor at Lafayette since 1949. Dr. Childs is a member of the Ameri can Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers, the Am erican Society for Metals, the American Foundryman’s society, and Sigma Xi and Tau Beta Pi societies. 1 STATE COLLEGE, PA., FRIDAY MORNING, JANUARY 19, 1951 told the Collegian and graduate stu- First Inkling issue Delayed The first issue of Inkling, a photo-lit magazine, will be de layed until further efforts are made to have the magazine sub sidized by the College, Samuel Vaughan, editor, said yesterday. Vaughan quoted a letter, dated Jan. 13, from Ben Euwema,-dean of the School of Liberal Arts,'who said that unexpected changes in the College’s financial conditions would not enable him to under write the publication of Inkling. Dean Euweiria had been con tacted early during the fall semes ter about the subsidy, Vaughan said. Because of the nature of the magazine,. Vaughan said, it may not be a commercial and financial success at the outset. Therefore, he added, a subsidy would. carry the magazin@"over a critical per iod. The student end of the work is finished, Vaughan continued. A staff, format, printer, and sources for material are set, he said. Vaughan said Wilmer E. Ken worthy, director of student af fairs, who had also been con tacted about the subsidy, was still very interested. Trustees Meet In Harrisburg The- board of trustees will hold its regular January meeting in Harrisburg tomorrow. The board’s executive committee will meet there tonight., ' ; On the agenda for the session will be the proposed increase in the Daily Collegian’s student as sessment from 75 cents to $l.lO per semester, given final approval by All-College cabinet last night. The board will elect officers for the coming year and a new executive committee. The new- governor, John S. Fine, will attend his first trustees meeting. He is a member of the board by virtue of his office. Standing committees of the board will meet this morning and tomorrow morning. Cabinet Approves Increase 2nd Time By MOYLAN MILLS and BUD FENTON All-College cabinet last night approved for the second time a 35-cent increase in the Daily Collegian’s student assessment by a 19-4 vote. i The recommendation will be presented to the board of trustees, meeting in Harrisburg today and tomorrow. Other major business transacted at the meeting included the inauguration and seating of the new freshman and sophomore class presidents, report of the Orientation week committee, and the appointment of Owen Landon as chairman of a committee to investigate the handling of the student handbook by cabinet. The assessment increase had previously been approved by cab inet last week.- It had to be ap proved by a two-thirds vote at two successive meetings of cabi net in order to be presented to the trustees. Voting against the measure were Raymond Miller, Engineer ing student council president; Robert Sharetts, Chemistry and Physics student council president; Huber Stevens, Home Economics student council president; and Harold Leinbach, Interfraternity council president. A LI - College President Of Bucknell To Address Graduates 112th Sq. Not Yet Called Up Col. George L. Haller of the 153rd Air group told the Daily Collegian last night that the 112th Aircraft Control and Warning squadron has not .been ordered into federal service. Colonel Haller, who is dean of the School of Chemistry and Physics at the College, made the statement after the Air Force an nounced yesterday afternoon that it will tall up more reserve and National Guard units. The 112th is the State College unit of the Air National Guard’s 153rd group, which Col. Haller commands. The colonel said that no one knows whether the unit will be mobilized in the future. “For the present, however, the 112th has not been called,” he said. The colonel said he believes all units to be called up now have already been notified although he is not certain of the fact. ; The present Air Force call will affect about 150,000 men. It is part of a planned buildup to a total strength of 971,000. Ten Na tional Guard wings have already 1 been federalized. Who's In News Release Slated ' ■ Who’s ' In' The News, 1950 -51 edition, will be available to those students whose biographies ap pear in the booklet beginning the first week of the spring semester, Art Benning, editor, said yester day. Distribution will be handled by Student Union in Old Main. Cop ies of the booklet will be mailed to seniors who will be graduated this month. The booklet will also be distrib uted to fraternities'and sororities, administrative offices, v publica tions, leading newspapers in -the state, and colleges and universi ties throughout the nation, Ben ning added. AIM Post-Game Dance Tickets are now on sale at the Student Union desk in Old Main for the dance to be sponsored by AIM in Recreation hall following the basketball game with Gettys burg tomorrow night. , President Robert Davis did not vote. Millard Reyburg, reporting for David Ludwig, chairman of the Orientation week committee, an nounced the orientation period for new students next semester would begin Jan. 31. President Milton S. Eisenhower will open the program that day with an ad dress in Recreation hall at 8 a.m. Gerald Maurey, freshman class president, and William Bair, soph omore class president, were in augurated. Richard Mills, Merlin Miller, and John Moyer were ap pointed to the male activities card committee. William Klisanin was appointed representative to the Penn State in-China committee to replace Joseph Arnold, who has left school for the service. Dr. Horace A. Hildreth, president of Bucknell university and. former governor of Maine, will address the mid-year graduating class at commencement in Recreation hall, 10:30 a.m., Jan. 27. About 600 students will receive undergraduate and grad uate degrees at the ceremony. President Milton S. Eisen- Dr. Horace A. Hildreth DP System Formulated William Klisanin, chairman of the local National Student asso ciation, yesterday announced plans for the formulation of a committee to bring displaced per sons to State College for study under a new job assurance plan. Under this plan a DP must be assured a job for one year in the community before being allowed to enter school, after which he may matriculate if he'is finan cially able. The Committee will be com posed of the sponsoring organiza tions of the World Student Ser vice fund on the campus, includ ing NSA, PSCA, the Newman club, and Hillel foundation. All- College cabinet and the Chamber of Commerce will also be asked to participate. Luthur Harshbarger, PSCA ex ecutive secretary, and Klisanin, expressed hopes of bringing 25 DP’s here. Last Collegian Today's issue of the Daily Col legian is the final one for this semester. Regular publication will be resumed Feb. 6. Members of ASCE Eligible For Contest Junior and senior members of the American Society of Chemi cal Engineers are eligible to en ter a technical report contest, Wilbur Hankey, president of the society’s student chapter, an nounced yesterday. The papers, limited to approxi mately two thousand words, should be based on the writer’s own experiences in an engineer ing project which he has investi gated, constructed, or inspected. Deadline for the completed re port is Feb. 3. Additional infor mation can be,obtained from the engineering bulletin boards. Prizes of $l5, $lO and $5 will be awarded. International Relations Club Elects Officers Leonard Kolasinski was elected president of the International Relations club for the spring se mester last Monday night. Other officers elected at the meeting were Ralph Pekkala, vice-president; Miriam Kugel man, secretary; and Max Einen kel, treasurer. Frank Flannelly is retiring president PRICE FIVE CENTS hower will preside. Commencement will open with an organ prelude played by George Ceiga, assistant professor of music. The academic proces sion will then enter. College Chaplain James ,T. Smith will deliver the invocation, after which Dr. Hildreth will speak, Degrees and military com missions will then be conferred. Eisenhower To Speak President Eisenhower will de liver the charge to the graduates, and the entire group will sing the alma mater. The benediction will follow, with the recessional con cluding the ceremonies. Dr. Hildreth, principal speak er at the commencement, was born in Maine, 1902. He was ed ucated at Bowdoin college, where he received an A.B. degree in 1925, and at Harvard law school, which gave him an LL.B. degree in 1928. In 1945 Bowdoin .con ferred an LL.B. degree on him, as did the University of Maine in 1946. Elected Governor He entered law practice in 1928, and was elected to the Maine house of representatives in 1940. In 1941 he was elected to the Maine senate, and became presi dent of that body in 1943. In 1945 he was elected governor. He held the post until 1949, when he be came president of Bucknell. Graduating seniors receiving Army commissions will be Wal lace Maurer, Charles Mebus • 11. Henry Schoenfeld, Donald Sloughfy, and Anthony Stabile. Navy commissions will go to Richard Pulling, Thomas Reese, and Richard Willse. Air Force commissions have been awarded Joseph Bedell. Gor don DeGroat, Robert Hartley, Dean Henderson, Alvin Olson, Or ville Schwanger, Wilbur Stauffer, and Gerald Stewart. Honor Students Honor students in the School of Agriculture are Carl Camp bell, Paul Cosgrove Jr., Michael Dufala, Richard Mummert, Mere dith Orr. and Charles Stine. Education honor students are Lois Burrell, Norma Fehr, David McNelis, John Offner, Alvin Ol sen, Malvin Wance, and Charles Wilt. Engineering honor -students are Harold Bowditch, Terence (Continued on page two) New Alumni Rates Good Until Jan. 27 The Alumni association’s offer to graduating seniors of a reduced membership rate, $2 .for a year, will be in effect until Jan. 27.' Speaking of the advantages of membership, Ross Lehman, assis tant executive secretary of the association, said, “The Alumni as sociation with its membership of 11,000; is a link between the al umni and the college. “The College needs the alumni influence to aid its program not only on campus but in community life. On the other hand, alumni need the well-regarded name of the College and the benefits of its good education in a profession,” Lehman said. 'Life 1 Completes Run “Time of Your Life” ends a five week run at Center stage this weekend. Tickets, priced at 90 cents for tonight’s performance and $1.25 for tomorrow night’s, may be purchased at the Student Union desk. Curtain time is 8 p.m.
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