FACIE TITI, Sprain Your Brain Sample Draft Tests Ready This Month WASHINGTON Students eligible to take the aptitude tests on which draft deferments for college students will be based will be able to obtain sample questions and answers through local draft boards later this month. The aptitude tests will be of three hours duration with multiple choice answers to four basic types of questions. Sullivan Explains Test Richard Sullivan, executive vice-president of the service, said the four basic types of questions would be designed to test: 1. Ability to read and compre hend .materials collegians must study. One of several choices of the meaning of passages will have to be selected. 2. Ability to deal with words. Multiple choices on similarity, op posites and verbal relationships. 3. Interpretation of data in charts, graphs, tables, and dia grams with multiple choice on conclusions. 4. .Arithmetical reasoning re quiring no advanced mathemati cal knowledge. A sample would be: "Suppose four per cent of the products of a factory were re jected for imperfection. How many items would have to be produced to get 720 acceptable items?" The correct answer would be given in one of the multiple choices. Test Has Boon Tried Sullivan said the questions would cover natural and social sciences and the humanities. Here are some sample questions prepared by the Educational Test ing service. Directions: Select the num bered word which has a meaning most nearly the same as the meaning conveyed by the capital ized word. 1. SOOTHE: I—subjugate; 2 machinate; 3 compensate; 4 immolate; s—mollify. Answer: 5. Directions: Select the num bered word which has a meaning most nearly opposite the mean ing conveyed by the capitalized word. 2. COMPATIBLE: I—change less; 2—definite; 3—cruel; 4—ir reconcible; s—entire. Answer: 4. 3. TERRESTIAL: I—thorough; 2—celestial; 3—obscure; 4—resid ual; s—esoteric. Answer: 2. Directions: Select the numbered pair of words which are related to each other in the same way as the original pair of words are related to each other. 4. Hammer: tool. I—A nger: Insensibility; 2 Emotion: Insensibility; 3—Plane: Shavings; 4—Chisel: Plane; 5 Anger: Emotion. Answer: 5. 5. If 3 pencils cost 10 cents, how many pencils can be bought for 30 cents? (A) 9, (B) 10, (C) 30, (D) 90, (E) 100. Answer: 9. Hallowell To Lecture To Engineering Class H. Thomas Hallowell, president of the Standard Pressed. Steel company, will speak on "Your Responsibilities, Mr. Graduate, to your Job," at a lecture for Engi neering 2 and 3 students, at 4:10 p.m. today. For Best Results Use Collegian Classifieds BEAL'S CLEANERS (25 years cleaning experience) "If It's Unbecoming To You, It Should Be Coming To Us" Dresses .79 Suits .79 Evening Clothes Hand Finished Across the street from Atherton Hall PSCA Board, Nominations Are Announced The slate of nominees for mem bers of next year's board of di rectors of the Penn State Chris tian association was released yes terday by Luther H. Harshbarger, executive director of the PSCA. Nominees for memhers of the board for the term expiring in 1954 are Dr. James Moyer, Dr. Harriet Harry, Dr. William Smith, Prof. Margaret Neuber, MacDon ald Heebner, Mrs. W. C. Ferne lius, Mrs. A. K., Anderson, and Prof. Norman Thielke. Five from this group will be elected. Alumni Representatives Nominees for alumni represen tatives on the board for the term expiring in 1954 are Dr. Gerald Stein, A. T. Currier, Miles Horst, and A. E. Diem; for the term ex piring in 1953, J. K. Stern, Ed mund Tomb, and the Rev. Wil liam Parsons; for the term expir ing in 1952, John Wood, Phyllis Crabtree, and Herbert Rader. Seven from this group will be elected. Lay church representatives to serve for one year are Mrs. Don ald Davis, Betty Delavan, Dr. Mary Willard, Dr. James Shigley, Dr. Henry Yeagley, T. C. Allen, and Wayland Dunaway. Four (continued on page eight) Music Dept. Sponsors Free Blue Band Concert The 92-piece Concert Blue band, conducted by 'James Dunlop, will feature the second of the annual complimentary concerts spon sored tomorrow by the Department of Music. The program, for which admission is free, will be held Sunday afternoon at 3 p.m. in Schwab auditorium. The doors will open at 2:30 o'clock. The band has given concerts at Bedford, Williamsport, and Em , porium this year and is sched uled to appear at Greensburg on April 18. In addition, the group has tenatively scheduled other concerts in eastern Pennsyl vania. Anthem Opens Program Sunday's program will begin with the "National Anthem." Following it will be "March of the Steel Men" by Belsterling, "Oberon Overture" by Von Web er, and "Triplets of the Finest" by Henneberg. A trumpet trio of Eugene Golla, Eugene Magill, and John Leister will serve as soloists for the last named num ber. The concert will continue with "Semper Fidelis" by Sousa, "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring" by Bach, "Symphony in B flat, Finale" by Fauchet, "Tap Roots" by Skinner, and 'American Salute" by Gould. Band Follows Intermission Following the intermission the 310 W. College Ave. TEE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA Trousers .44 Skirts .44 Honored Prof. John Nicholas, research Worker in agricultural engi neering at the College, who has been elected a fellow by the American Society of Agricul tural Engineers. 5 Former Students Finish Processing Five former students at the College have completed their Army processing at the 2053rd Reception center, Fort Meade, Md. Pvt. William Cohen, class of 1950 in arts and letters, has been assigned to the 43rd Infantry di vision, Camp Pickett, Va. Pvt. Bert States, class of 1950 in arts and letters, has been as signed to the Signal Replacement Training center, Camp Gordon, Ga. Pvt. Louis Manino, a senior in pre-med, also wa s assigned to Camp Gordon. Pvt. Royden Swift, a junior in commerce and finance, has been assigned to the 101st Airborne division, Camp Breckinridge, Ky. Pvt. Ned , Wagner, third sem ester DIR, was assigned to the 9400th Technical Service unit, Fort Monmouth, N. J. band will continue with "March for Americans" by Grofe, "Irish Tune from County Derby" by Grainger, and "An American Week-end" by Morrissey. The last number is divided into four parts: "Picnic-Outing" "Evening Stroll" "Concert in the Park" and "Stepping Out." The concert will conclude with "Dry Bones" (arranged by Yo der), "Brass Pageantry" by ling, "South Pacific" arrange,. Leidzen, and "The Stars al . —. Stripes Forever" by Sousa. Six members of this year's Concert Blue band will be un able to appear in the program because of their entrance into the armed forces. They are Rich ard Boerlin, William Boyle s, John Flynn, Huber t Haugh, George Phipps, and Paul Smo ley. STARLITE DRIVE-IN ' ON BELLEFONTE ROAD Shows 7 and 9 p.m FRIDAY and SATURDAY "Iroquois Trail" George Montgomery Brenda Marshall " Also Seeded Short Subjects 2 Men In District Elimination Debate Two members of the College men's debate team will take part in the 'West Point District VII Elimination Debate tournament to be held at Penn State for the first time today and tomorrow. Marlin Brenner and David Lewis will debate both the affirma tive and the negative as will 25 other two-man teams from New Jersey, Virginia, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and the District of Columbia. Four Will Be Selected Four teams will be• selected after six, rounds of debate to rep resent District VII at the Na tional Invitational Debate tour nament ?to be held at West Point April 19-21. Fifty teams from alt over the country will participate in that tournament after winning regional contests. The four winning teams at the College tournament will also be declared District VII champions. They will be presented with cer tificates. The first four rounds of debate are scheduled to begin this after.... noon at 2 o'clock and will con tinue at 4 o'clock this afternoon and at 7 and 8:30 o'clock tonight.) Two rounds will be held tomorrow morning at 9 and 10:30 o'clock. Tournament headquarters will ; be 10 Sparks. All information per taining to the tournament may be obtained there after 1 o'clock this( afternoon. O'Brien Will Head Tourney J. F. O'Brien, men's debate- coach, will head the tournament as chairman of the District VII committee. He will be assisted by , faculty members from o ther schools. Brenner, also debate manager, said this tournament is the big gest and most representative gathering ever held in District , . VII. He said the debates are open to the public. Topic for the debates will be the national intercollegiate debate question, "Resolved: That the non- Communist nations should form a new international organization." Both Brenner and Lewis were members of the laurel-laden Col lege team which competed suc cessfully in the grand national debate tournament at Mary Wash- , ington college, Va., during ,spring vacation. They were also members of the College team which won ~ the state debate championship for Penn State. Among the colleges represented at the tournament will be Prince ton, Rutgers, Temple, Pittsburgh, Georgetown, Navy, Johns Hop- *ins, Howard, Carnegie Tech. Pennsylvania, and Virginia. Nominations Delayed By Soccer Trip The absence of the soccer team has caused a delay in the nomin ation procedure of the Athletic association. The nomination committee of the association met yesterday and nominated five candidates for president and three for secretary, according to Homer Barr, presi dent. There was, however, reason to believe that the soccer team planned to enter a nomination for the presidency, Barr said. Limited To' Five Should the soccer team enter a nomination for the presidency, another meeting of the nominat ing committee would be neces sary. Under Athletic association rules, no more than five candi dates may run for an office. A soccer nominee for the presidency would bring the total to • six. " Should the soccer team enter a candidate for the presidency, the committee would meet again this afternoon in Recreation hall to decide what five nominees would run. Nominations can be made by the coaches, captains, and head managers of the 16 varsity ath letic teams. All three soccer rep resentatives were absent from yesterday's meeting because of the team's thr e e-week trip to Iran. The 17-man contingent arrived in New York city yesterday ' morning and was expected in State College late last night. Chem Engineers Meet In Boston • Seyeral members of the De partment of Chemical Engineer ing are participating in a sym posium on "The Use of Automatic Computers in Chemical Engineer ing Calculations" at the Ameri can Chemical society meetings in Boston. The symposium ends today. Yesterday at t e r n o on Dr. R. Curt is Johnson, instructor in chemical engineering, presented th e symposium paper on 'Batch Distillation Calculations," which was written by him and T. J. Williams, of the College staff. Dr. Arthur Rose, associate pro fqsor of chemical engineering, Presided at the session. Dr. Rose opened the sympo sium, sponsored by the Division of Industrial and Engineering - ;hemistry, with introductory re 'arks Tuesday afternoon. Dr. Rose also presented the paper on "Selective Adsorption Computations," of which R. J. Lombardo and T. J. Williams, from the College, are co-authors. 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