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&tth Collegian
Successor to THE. FREE LANCE. est. 1887
Published Tuesday through Saturday mornings in.
elusive during the College year by the staff of The Daily
Collegian of The Pennsylvania State College.
Entered as second-class matter July 5, 1934, at the State
College, Pa.. Post Office under the act of March 3. 1879.
Collegian editorials represent the viewpoints of the writers
■et necessarily the policy of the newspaper. Unsigned edl
lariats are by :he editor.
Dean Gladfelter
Editor
STAFF THIS ISSUE
Night editor: Lee Stern; copy editors: Carolyn
Barrett, Paul Beighley; assistants: Tom Saylor,
Virginia Opoczenski, Lavier Procopjo, Nancy
Luetzel.
Advertising: Nancy Trembley, Barbara Potts,
Bob Koons.
Hershey Proposes
Sound Draft Plan
Draft Director Lewis B. Hershey has officially
proposed one of the best possible draft defer
ment plans for college students. The Hershey
backing of the Trytten report would seem a
good omen for its final enactment. Certainly,
the desire of the highest military man connected
with the draft will carry much weight with
Mobilization Director Charles E. Wilson and his
manpower director, Dr. Arthur Fleming. These
are the two men who must finally set up a
collegiate deferment system.
BASICALLY, THE TRYTTEN REPORT
(officially titled the Report of the Six' Scientific
Advisory Committees to the Director of the
Selective Service System) is an across-the-board
deferment of top students in all curricula. The
important feature here is the expression "all
curricula."
The Trytten proposal is diametrically op
posed to the other major deferment plan sug
gested—the exemption of students in certain
"essential" courses only. The Trytten report
objected to this system on the grounds that we
cannot now determine who may be essential
in the future, and that a non-exempt group
might later prove vital to the country's
welfare.
Hershey did make one concession to the
special category plan—graduate and profession
al students in several fields of medicine would
be deferred without taking the tests that other
students would have to undergo.
BRIEFLY, THE HERSHEY PLAN would ad
minister a test to graduating high' school stu
dents; those receiving above a 70 would be de
ferred for college. In addition, the top half of
the freshman class, two thirds of the sophomore
class, and three-quarters of the junior class
would be deferred.
One of the key points to be decided is
whether the draft boards would be forced to
abide by the final deferment plan. Hershey
says yes. The college student viewing the
chaos of a draft system where each board acts
on its own under broad "suggestions" from
the director, must agree ' with the general.
Fine On Cutbacks
Collegian prints below, without editorial
comment, several pertinent paragraphs of a
news story released by the Associated Press
earlier this month:
HERSHEY, PA., March 9—(W)—Gov. John S.
Fine cautioned tonight against colleges cutting
down their teaching staffs in the present war
emergency.
Talk of reduced staffs because of reduced en
rollments, he said, demands "alertness to the
possibility of ruination and courage in the
efforts we must make to avoid it."
"I trust that our educational institutions in
Pennsylvania will most carefully scrutinize all
seeming needs for lessening their facilities to
the student bodies before acting," added the
governor.
The governor pledged state assistance "within
the limits of a constricted tax structure" to
colleges hit by curtailed enrollments because
of manpower demands by the armed forces.
"We must see to it that education continuously
looks forward," said Fine.
Farm Systems
Sn the current issue of the Penn State Farmer,
Dr. Lyman Jackson, dean of the School of Agri
culture, notes differences between the Ameri
can farm system of individual enterprise and the
Russian system of collective farming. He com
ments on the importance of efficient farming
methods in maintaining high farm production,
and points out that Russian farmers have fallen
behind government production quotas.
Dean Jackson emphasizes the importance of
farm production in maintaining a nation's
strength and that "whether in peace or in war,
the future of the United States, of Russia and
other countries may be greatly influenced by
the relative merits of the systems of farming."
Agriculture is an important factor in present
day international problems which many tend
to ignore. Dr. Jackson's article, "Two Ways of
Farming," presents a viewpoint which readers
will find of value.
Owen E. Landon
Business Mgr.
—Ron Bonn
,Tolua Ashbrook
TrI2S DitTLAY CC/73
Senator Off Base
On 'Hired' Athletes
Now that the New York basketball scandal
has grown into a full-fledged circus, Arkansas
Sen. William Fulbright has come prancing into
the arena with charges of "hired" athletes and
accusations that the nation's colleges follow a
policy of "win at any cost."
IT SEEMS RATHER RIDICULOUS for the
politicians to be calling "wolf" at the colleges
after the exposures of the Kefauver committee.
If the policy of the colleges is makina '' a "mock
ery" of amateur athletics, what are the politi
cians doing to our theories about democracy?
The colleges, says the senator, are cor
rupting their "hired" athletes and student
bodies with a "cynical, immoral doctrine . . ."
To provide athletes with scholarships that
help them get through school, to provide !'-em
with their meals, and books, to give them
a share of the vast profits of modern college
athletics is to the senator "immoral."
- Big-time college athletics have paid for scien
tific research, built classrooms, provided enter
tainment, and financed intramural programs.
There is no denying that some colleges have
made a travesty out of our "amateur" theories.
And there is no doubt that overemphasis is
undoubtedly responsible for the corruptions in
New York city.
AT THE SAME TIME there is no doubt that
the vast majority of college athletes and col
lege contests are honest. Yet, publicity seekers,
know-nothings, and Arkansas senators would
erase everything.
With Penn State reasonably big-time in its
athletic policy, it would seem that this would
be a wonderful place to look for the "corrup
tion" Senator Fulbright says is sweeping the
campuses. We're still looking for signs of the
corruption the senator h4s deplored.
We're rather happy to report we haven't found
any.
Gazette ...
Saturday, March 31
NITTANY BOWMEN, 'field shoot, Forestry
parking lot, 1:30 p.m.
PURIM CARNIVAL, Hillel, 8 to 12 p.m.
Sunday, April 1
HILLEL HOUR DRAMATIC SHOW, casting,
open to all, Hillel, 7:15 p.m.
NITTANY BOWMEN, field shoot, Forestry
parking lot, 1:30 p.m.
Monday.. April 2
ACCOUNTING club, 312 Sparks, 7 p.m.
ICG, 107 Willard hall, 7 p.m.
COLLEGE PLACEMENT
Further information concerning interviews and job place
ments can
,he obtained in 112 Old Main.
Ralston Purina company will interview June graduates
in .M.E., 1.E., C&F, Ag., or A&L with a background in
Ag. Thursday, April 5.
Westinghouse Air Brake will interview June graduates
in M.E. Monday, April 9.
• Hazeltine Electric will interview June graduates in E.E.
Monday, April 9.
Aetna Life Insurance company will interview June grad
uates interested in group insurance Tuesday, April 3.
Allegheny Ludlum Steel corp. will interview June grad
uates in M.E., RE., Metal., C.E., and Chem. Friday.
April 6.
North American Aviation will interview June graduates
in ME., Aero. Eng., E.E., Chem. Eng., and Phys. Monday,
April 9.
Arabian American Oil company will interview June grad
uates in M.E.. E.E., C.E., Chem. Eng., P.N.G., Geol., and
Bus. Ad. Thursday, April 5.
Hamilton Standard division will interview June graduates
at B.S. level in M.E., E.E., Aero. Eng. Thursday, April 5.
United Aircraft corp. will interview June graduates in
M.E. Friday. April 6.
YMCA representative •will be on campus to interview
graduating seniors and juniors interested in professiunal,
"Y" work. Those interested are invited to dinner at the
Allencrest at 6 p.m., April 3. Individual interviews will be
conducted after dinner.
Line Material company will interview June graduates in
E E. and M.E. Tuesday, April 10.
Carter Oil company will interview June graduates in
Geol. Tuesday, April 10
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American Car & Foundry company will interview June
graduates in C.E., E.E., 1.E., and M.E. Tuesday, April 10.
American Viscose will interview June graduates in Chem.
Eng., Chem., ME., and I.E. Tuesday. April 10.
Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock company would
like to have preliminary application blanks from June
graduates in C.E., E.E., and M.E. Blanks may be obtained
in 112 Old Main before April 13.
Foster Wheeler corp. will interview June graduates in
M.E., Chem. Eng., C.E.. and E.E. Wednesday, April 11.
EePPers company will interview June graduates in. Chem.
Eng., M.E., E.E., and Bus. Ad. Wednesday, April 11.
Harrison Construction company, Inc., will interview
June graduates in C.E. Wednesday, April 11.
Philco corp. will interview June graduates in Phys., E.E.,
and M.E. Thursday, April 12.
Durex Plastics will interview June graduates in Chem.
Thursday, April 12.
International Latex will interview June graduates in
C&F, Chem.,. Chem. Eng., RE.. 1.E., and M.E. Thursday,
April 12.
Sylvania Electric will interview June graduates in EE.,
M.E.. Cer., Bus. Ad.. H.A., Chem., and Chem. Eng,
Thursday, April 12.
STUDENT EMPLOYMENT
For information concerning the following jobs applicants
should stop in lit Old Main.
Husky man with car for paper-baling job on campus;
:ash remuneration.
Male student with car who will be here during summer
session to live and work outside State College; full
tenance.
Couple as guide and housekeeper for commercial cave this
summer; full maintenance plus monthly salary.
Truck (driver optional) wanted for Student News agency
deliveries Sunday morning S t 11:30. April 1; remunera
tion $3.
Fifteen men for women's dining halls, fall of 1951;
full time; undergo one week of training this spring; re
muneration in meals.
Fraternity waiter and kitchen help wanted; remuner
ation in meals.
COLLEGE HOSPITAL •
Leonard Abrams, Dorothy Balfour, Albert
Derek, Harold Elicker, Stanford Feigelman,
Charles Hamilton, Thomas Hanna, Helen Hissey,
Marilyn Levitt, Louise Penfield, Benjamin
Throop, Charlotte Zislin
, arna-Lr COLLEGE; PENNSYLVANIA
—Marvin Krasnansky
Little Man On Campus
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"Isn't this a wonlerful floor—almost like dancing on a carpet."
Safety Valve . .
Campus Patrol Office Newspapers
TO THE EDITOR: In regards to the letter Name Withheld
issued in Thursday's copy of Collegian. We wish to state the writer
evidentally did not take into consideration that the Campus patrol
of fi c e receives complimentary
copies of Collegian each day and
also employs about 30 student
patrolmen wh o have access to
Collegians and bring them to the
office daily.
Possibly this was prompted by
a parking ticket which the writer
had received.
Hoping this. will clarify the
Bluebook Punchy?
Buttons Ease Strain
Ten years from now a Penn State student may walk into a
classroom, take an exam by punching buttons, find his score on an
electric board, and then walk out.
This electrical way of testing students is not just an inventor's
dream. The College has, the only classroom communicator in
the -world. '
The classroom communicator, which was begun in 1947, was
built by Instructional Film Re-'
search program engineers,, in, co
operation with the physics shop.
Tom John and Jack Cannon,
I.F.R.P. engineers, and Dr. C. R.
Carpenter, psychology professor,
were largely responsible for the
project
Five Buttons
When a student enters a test
ing room, he sits down at a_ desk.
Attached to its armrest is a black
metal box. Inside the box are
five buttons. As a true-false or
multiple choice question is flash
ed on a screen, the student press
es the button corresponding to
the answer he believes correct.
If he wishes to change his an
swer, he can do so. After each
question the correct answer is
flashed on a screen.
The instructor stands behind
an electric panel at the front of
the room. The panel is set up
with glass squares corresponding
to the seats in the room. As stu
dents respond to a question, the
instructor can tell at a glance
how many answered correctly.
The panel tabulates the per cent
of corr e c t and incorrect . re
sponses.
Comparison Possible
If the professor wishes to com
pare groups, he can do so with
out
telling the students. There
are two sets of indicating dials
on the panel. He can compare the
total per cent of correct answers
for men and women, students
who are passing with ones who
are flunking, or any other divis
ion he wishes. He can eliminate
any student that he does, not wish
to test by. pressing a button.
Faculty who have seen the
SATURDAY, MARCH 31, 1951
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idea in the writer's mind of per
sons reading the Collegian.
Name Withheld
Ed. Note According to Bus
ness Manager Owen Landon,
complimentary copies of Col
legian are not authorized for the
Campus patrol office.
By PAT NUTTER
classroom communicator in oper
ation, and students who have
taken part in experimental tests
agree that the communicator
would eliminate a lot of head
aches. Not only would students
know their grades 'right after
an exam, but also professors
would not have to cope with
grading test papers in free time,
Penn State Fails
In Bid For Army
Quartermaster Lab
The $11,000,000 quartermaster
laboratory for which the College
was once eligible has been as
signed to Matick, Mass., Harry P.
Hammond, dean of the. School of
Engineering, said yesterday.
The College had first been
mentioned as possible location
for the project last April 28 when
Rep. James Van Zandt announc
ed that the College was a front
runner among the sites under
consideration.
He said that the location of the
College away from the large cen
ters of population, made it a de
sirable place for the laboratory
in case of atomic danger. Both
Philadelphia and Boston had
been trying to get the laberatory
for several years.
In a statement made to the
Collegian on Jan. 5 Dean Ham
mond said that the Defense de
partment's research and develop
ment board had narrowed the
field down to three tentative
sites and that the College was
not one of them,
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