PAGE TWO West Dorm Council Approves Changes The West Dorm Council approved the second reading of five proposed constitutional amendments Monday night and referred them to the election districts for action. . Any of the five amendments receiving majority approval from the districts will go into effect next year. 'The amendments would: 1. Include council officers in th e voting membership of the council. 2. Allow council officers to re tain their district offices. 3. Allow executive committee members and student government advisers remaining in the area to take charge of the new council until election of officers. 4. Not require the council sec retary to keep minutes of execu tive committee meetings. / 5. Have the council president notify the resident adviser in a district having an office vacancy and instruct him to conduct a new election. Honorary Members Charles Brewer and John Mounts, editor of the WD Inter preter, council publication, were made honorary council members and will be allowed to receive council keys. The selections were made by the executive committee with council approval. The acquisition of laundry case service for the West Dorm post office has been referred to the Association of Independent Men for action, James Dunlap, wel fare committee chairman, said. He said work was also being con tinued on guest meal tickets, al though Miss Mildred Baker, food service director, was quoted as saying they were "impractical." Thank Administration The council instructed the sec retary to send several letters to vatious members of the College administration thanking them for cooperation during the past year. A banquet for council members will be held next Thursday at 6:30 p.m. in the West Dorm din ing hall, Weston Tomlinson, so cial chairman, announced. The use of the small Hamilton Hall lounge was granted to the Department of Political Science for a faculty meeting next Tues day. It was the last regular meeting of the council for the school year. Tau Beta Pi Hears Jeffrey Talk On Iran Tau Beta Pi, national engineer ing honorary, held its Spring din ner dance Friday evening at the Autoport. The featured speaker was Bill Jeffrey, who spoke about the soccer team's trip to Iran. Terry Khammash, the new president of Tau Beta Pi, pre sented the Women's Badges to Shirley Vernon and Christine,' Leuschner, juniors in Architec ture, and service keys to the re tiring officers. The other new officers are John Harrison, vice president; William Valego, recording secre tary; Gifford Albright, corres ponding secretary; Francis Pra muk, Cataloger; Marlin Risten batt, student council representa tive. New members were initiated on Thursday night. They are Gifford Albright, Donald Beck, Richard Bock, J. Rodney Blauser, Enos Brubaker, Gordon Bywaters, Donald Cupsenski, David Feter man Jr., H. Donald Gardner, Louis Haeffner, Jr., Charles Houseman, Edward Howey, Rob ert Johnston, John Kane, Thomas Larson, Neal Lehman, Michael Martinez, Milton Poulos, Francis Pramuk, Charles Slater, John Stenstrom, Jesse Tarleton, Sig mund Pfeiffer, Marlin Ristenbatt, John Wurst, Bernard Whitehill, Allan Woolford. REPRESENTS SOCIETY Dr. A. W. Gauger, director of the Mineral Industries Experi ment Station, is representing the American Chemical Society at the fifth annual South American Congress on Chemistry in Lima, Peru. THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLE'GE,,PENNSYLVANIA Dr. , Benezet With Speak At Initiation Dr. Louis T. Benezet will speak on "The Quick Look and the Long Look" following the Phi Beta Kappa initiation tomorrow at 6:30 p.m. in the Nittany Lion Inn. Dr. Benezet was only 35 years old at the time he was elected president of Allegheny College in 1948 and was the youngest president of a class A college in the United States. Dr. Benezet is a graduate of Dartmouth College where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. He later received his doctor of phil osophy degree at Columbia Uni versity Teachers College. Prior to his appointment at Allegheny College, he was as sistant professor 9f education and administrative assistant to the Chancellor of Syracuse Univer sity. He has also been with the Hill School, Potstown; Reed Col lege, Portland, Ore.; and Knox College, Galesburg, 111. Dr. Benezet is the author of the book, "General Education in the Progressive College" and is vice-president of the Pennsylvan ia Association of Colleges and Universities. AIM Aniends Constitution The Association of Independ ent Men amended the promotion of its constitution " concerning grants and loans last week. The new amendment, read for the third time and accepted at the meeting, grants 60 per cent of AIM income to the board of governors for its expenditures and 40 per cent to the ~individual councils, to be divided on a pro portional population basis. Revisions in the proposed AIM dating code will have to be made due to Navy activities in the PUB, William Raymond, commit tee chairman, said. • A committee was appointed to investigate the proposed laundry box service from the West Dorm post office. Committee members are Thomis Durek, chairman; Leonard Tomazin, and John Lau bach, president-elect of the AIM Board of Governors. Snyder Is Elected Psychology Officer Dr. William Snyder, associate professor of psychology at the College was elected secretary of the Pennsylvania Psychological Association at the annual meet ing in Harrisburg on Saturday. Other members of the College department on the association's executive board are Dr. Lester Guest and Dr. Bruce Moore, for mer president, who will serve as chairman of the nominating com mittee for next year. Dr. Robert Bernreuter was ap pointed chairman of the' legisla tive committee for next year. Dr. Clifford Adams, Albert Kurt; Dr. Ila Gehman, W. Scott Gehman, Pearl Guest and Barbara Snyder also attended the meeting. Rotz Elected Engineer Chairman Vaughan Rotz was elected chairman of the student branch of the American Society of Me chanical Engineers at its meeting Thursday night. Other officers elected were Paul Stine, vice-chairman; Wil liam Richards, secretary; an d William Jackson, student council tabus. Penn State Riding Club Wins Show Penn State's Riding Club placed first, in the horse show held last week-end at Penn Hall in Cham bersburg. The colleges competing in the modified Olympics com petition were Penn Hall and Penn State. . Penn State, trained and super vised by Captain Gregory A. Ga garin, earned 55 points out of/ a possible 60. Penn Hall received 50 points. Edna Grabiak on Gret chen, Margaret Warner on White Star, William Brodnax on Pixie, and John Morgan on Houdini rode for Penn State. Ruth Rand ac companied the team as a substi tute rider. Margaret Warner tied with Pa tricia Seaman of Penn Hall for the highest number of individual points. Captain- Gagarin and the team were the guests at two banquets over the weekend. One was held on Friday night by the Penn State Alumni Club. The other was held on Saturday night by the parents of the Penn Hall riding clubbers. The trophy won at the annual horse show and the tray won at Penn Hall are on display in Rec reation Hall. The • tray must be won three years in succession by any one team to be permanently owned by that team. Ag Society Initiates 77 Members Gamma Sigma Delta, agricul ture honor society, initiated 77 members at its , annual banquet last week. Dr. Alex Black, professor of animal nutrition and president of the chapter, presided at the in itiation. • Agricultural leaders inducted into the society were Warren D. Johnson '34, past president of the National Turkey Federation, and Henry F. Nixon '35, president of the Pennsylvania Crop Improve ment association. Graduate s t u d en t s initiated were Herbert G. Allbritten, John H. Baker, Alexander W. Bouchal, Theodore R. Flanagan, R. Gordon Hanson, James. E. Harrod, Jerry T. Hutton, Charles R. Kirk, Ste phen A. Liscinsky, Forrest B. Nel son, Stephen Orach, Bernard L. Pollock, William Sacks, John F. Shoulders, John P. Stanford, Lin lie N. Wright. Undergraduates, all seniors, in itiated were William B. Banks, Joseph H. Bedell, Edward D. Bel ris, James Bochy, Howard L. Bos sart, Herbert H. Bosselman, Carl M. Campbell, Harold T. Campbell, Sarah F. Chinn. Elmer P. Cook, Robert M. Coy, Max E. Curry, Thomas K. Dick son, Jay L. Dixon, Lawrence W. Drabick, Lorraine E. Dreisbach, Michael E. Dufala, Donald R. Egolf, Donald S. Frear, Millard M. Groben. John L. Hall, Glenn P. Haney, James A. Haughwout Jr., Richard A. Howe, Herbert P. Kean, Roy C. Kindig, William R. Kin g, James A. Learner Jr., Edward J. Lesnefsky, Kenneth R. Maxwell. Lewis Mayhe, Edward L. Mer ek, John M. Mest, Lawrence P. Moore Jr., Richard J. Mummert, Robert C. Neff, Finley 8.-Negley, Meredith K. Orr, Dominic Pal ombo, George E. Phillips. Thomas Phillips, Daniel 0. Pierce, Robert A. Reese, Elwood C. Richter, Anthony P. Stember ger, Charles M. Stine, Ward M. Stover, J. Paul Strock, Harold W. Swartley, Joseph A. Tarr Jr., Doyle L. Thomas. Lena B. Thomas, Paul F. Wait kus, Homer W. Walker, Dwight E. Younkin, James F. Zeigler, Charles E. Zellner, John I. Zerbe. Newly elected officers of the chapter are Dr. Russell E. Lar son, professor of plant breeding; president; John Gauss, associate professor of agricultural econom ics extension, vice president; Ronald A. Bartoo, instructor in forestry, historian; and Dr. Ar thur J. G. Maw, professor of poul try husbandry, secretary-treas urer. 'Old Soldiers" . _ . .. s %. pp as Miss Penn State 1951 last night. This car, satirizing the "old soldiers never die" theme, was one of over 30 vehicles participating * in the campus tour. Outstanding Seniors This is the fifth in a new series of articles concerning prom inent senior men and women , who have distinguished themselves in one or more fields of endeavor at the College. Some people collect stamps, match books, and old coins; Ruth Schechter collects—scholarships. Yes, Ruth has managed to earn no less than seven scholarships during her college career. These include three Senatorial, three Louise Carnegie, and a Rotary International Fellowship. It is the latter which haS Ruth, her professors, and the State College residents in a purple glow right now. For, the Rotary Fellow ship is taking her to England in August to study documentary ! film work at the University of London Institute of Education. Outlines Aim Ruth feels that films, as a me dium of communication, have great promise. But, she thinks that up to this time their tech nological improvement has far surpassed their development along the lines of understanding and artful presentation. Thus, she designates as the aim of her study, "to present the material in films more effectively in order to promote international under standing and to facilitate school instruction " The Rotary Club of State Col lege sponsored Ruth, and she is the first student at the College to receive such a grant. Rotary International, world-wide service club organization, is giving 90 outstanding students from 33 countries an opportunity to do'ad vanced study overseas, with the hope of augmenting international understanding. Makes Speeches To help accomplish this pur pose, Ruth will travel through out England and the continent, addressing local Rotary groups. She will be no newcomer to the task, haying spoken before Ro tarians at three Pennsylvania meetings. In addition to deliver ing speeches, Ruth plans to take in the International Film Festi val in Edinborough this summer. She chose the University of Lon don because the British Film In stitute is situated there; conse quently,—it, is one of the world centers for educational and docu mentary film-making. The fellowship is really tailor made for Ruth. Previously, she did film production work in New Chi Epsilon Elects Four New Officers Chi Epsilon, civil engineering fraternity, initiated eight new members and installed new offi cers during ceremonies, last week. The new officers are president, Thomas Larson; vice-president, Charles Gerdes; secretary-treas urer, Harold Light; and associate Transit editor, William McMillin Jr. Those initiated, were John Kep linger, Alan Newman, Wayne Nickola, David Richards, William Rorabaugh, Luther SprowLs, John Tice, and George Watson. WEDNESDAY, MAY 19, 1951 Ruth Schechter By JANET ROSEN York and was employed as a stu dent research assistant in the in structional film research program at the College. She also brings with her an interest in photo graphy, art, and music, a major in history, and a minor in psy chology. A State College resident; Ruth is one of the few present seniors to have. spent her freshman year on campus, or at least nearby. In order_ to do this with a fresh man-less campus, she was obliged to take the majority of her cours es at the high school Penn State Center. It was during her sophomore year that Ruth became • affiliated with Philotes, independent wom en's social organization. The fol lowing year she was elected president. Her major in history led her to the presidency of 'an other group, the History Round Table, which is composed of stu dents- interested in hearing lec tures on historical subjects. As a member of the Liberal Arts Student Council during her junior and senior years, she work ed on a program that had as its object: to do away with blue books in the evening and exams not in the regular examination periods. She is affiliated with Pi Gain ma Mu, social science honorary, and Psi Chi, psychology honorary. Along with her seven scholar ships, Ruth has been named to the dean's list six out Of seven semesters and has maintained better than a 2.5 all-College av erage. Petty Thievery Shows Increase "An increasingly large number of personal belongings have been stolen the, past few weeks, ac cording to reports turned into the Campus Patrol Office," Capt. Philip Mark said yesterday. There has always been a mark ed increase of petty, stealing around vacation time in previous years, said Mark. This year's in crease is following a.rather def inite pattern. As a precaution to th i e students, Mark warns' them to take espe cial care around the class rooms and dormitories. Necessary steps will be taken to discourage thiev ery among the study body, Mark warned. Leads Philotes
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