MONDAY, SEPTEMBER" 19: 1951 Dean of Women it is Indeed a priyilege to, add ray word of greeting to the many that yen , are' receiving. •May . you find 'here on the campus of the PennsYlvania State ,tollege t h'e fulfillment of your fond e'st dreaths. • You are rift . entering . a new phase of -yotit life, Here you will be called upon to make choices and deOlsions daily. May you al ways 'clibose 'Wisely after weigh ing the values .caieftilly, for by so doing You Will find • satisfaction and happineaa. Many . offices oh the campus stand willing 'and eager to help you. It iS largely-up to you to seek them .and tb make use of these Opportimities and in this way carry the responsibilities for your own develophient. - ',the Office .of the Dean of Wo men is a personnel 'center for all women students. It assists in meeting many of their needs and' frequently, directs them to per sons prepared to give special sets= ice. Come to 105 Old Main; tar we are eager - to beconrie acquainted with YOU, personally. Pearl O. Weston. dean of women Home Economics • . The faeulty and "Old" students in the School of Home Economics welcome-you as-neivcomers.- Your ,constructive efforts are needed in making this an even better in stitution, for without yotir ef forts the continual improvement needed in any distinguished uni versity can hardly _ occur effec tively. The communities of this and other states are ,asking for increasingly large- numbers of yoti whb- during your four years pro*ed able to ,do well work that needs -to be -- done. - , •-• While: YOU- are - here 4 you 'Will be preparing for one of the: sev eral professions that will help produce a good home and family life in; the communities of - the Commonwealth. We hope you will consult faculty advisers and alumni and will tise all othet services on the campus aril else where for facts with which to make, a -wise choke .bf - `-`major" profession. The fad.* years slibtild include the develbpment of your many personal,abilities and ,the . dis covery o 'important basic prin ciples that can guide your decis ions in all kinds of unknown fu ture circUmstatices. This can • oc cur if you Aetermine to make it so and persistently work to that end. The School. of-Home Economics exists not only to help you pre -pare to assuine a • place of re sponsible leadership in the home and family life of the country, but to aid -you and many other students and citizens in working out plans for your :own homes. A research' program is • designed for this ,'purpose and many hun dreds of persons elect to study specific 'matters as housing, fain ily finance, nutrition, child guid ance, family relationships, home art, and the like. You will be• electing such courses, too. The best wishes of the faculty are with you. —Grace M. Henderson, dean Walks Home A former student at the Col lege, Herbert Axfo t d i manager of the 1951 wrestling - Learn, 'Vowed he'd walk to his home in Scran ton when he had gkadudted from the College. Turning down scores of rides, A.x - ford made good his nrohilse— arriving- home 97 holt% 144 miles later. • . ' \l llP 7 * r ri , COLONIAL HOTEL 123 W. NITTANY AVE. STATE COLLEGE, PA. • Comfortable 'ROOTIS e•A11 with Wittek 21st Year of Service to Students and Fasulty' i• ' at 'Penn State' . gritzer Qent - „ Gieo.:l:ei;G,..tades . 'Yes . ,We,: Hcv . tto'.;. Em • Penn State may be a wonderful place, but it hn - s one fact-ii com mon with other Colleges that tends to bring the,student back to real ity. That one ineitorabie factor, is grades,. At Penn abate, like at Other colleges, grades ate evert' out so that the student Will &Lire some idea of the calibre of work .be is doing. • • • 'The grades' are recorded by'the folleWing scale: 3, 90-100; • 2, 80-89; 1, 70-79; 0, 80-69r-1, 45-59; belpw 45. A grade of or -4 is considered a failure.. A • subject so graded riauSt be repeated if re quired for gradUation.. . The only exception. to this rule is if - a student, drops a subject within; the list six weeks of''. a semester While he. hias a behAr passing oracle. The grade, will be recorded as Wl3; which.does no require that the course bireitak en, but it does not permit the . Stu dent to enroll in any dependen• subject. ilemotal df Bak 4 Citado To remove a grade Of a practicum course the student Mutt make arrangernentS•with the head of. the departnient concerned within two weeks. of the opening of the• semester following, that in which the deficiency was incur red. If the deficiency is not it- Molted by the time the subject next becomes current in the stu dent's curriculum, the subject must be repeated in clays. A "student having g in any prerequisite course may scontinUe on probation - in a dependent sub jectbut may be required by the head of the department lit Which that subject is taught to drop the subject if he does not maintain a passing grade. Ntratrilit Notice .SOrit At the end of the eighth week of instruction of each semester, the twine arid staridirig of each student Whose class grade IS be low passing nuist lie reported by the instructor to the student's dean. A Warning notice will be sent to the stUdeht arid his par entS. A student's grade point atterage is used in dbmptiting his Stariditig in the class. The average i§ can puted or, all subjectS ' taken, whether required or not. Grade points tare determined by multi-1 plying the grade earned by the number of credits received for the subject. A semester average IS found by dividing .the number of grade points earned by the total number of credits scheduled. A semester average of 2.5 or better plades the student on the dean's list• of his school. In order to' graduate with honors, a student must haVe an Al-College average of Their 65th Year Purdue and -Penn State, ..foot ball opponents •in 1951, both in augurated the sport on' an inter= collegiate bOsis in 1887. • _ 'Headquarters for Useable Student Supplies Bind Correspondence Needs *peen state Stationery *Notebook Paper *Composition ,Bmiekt •Neitebeeks _ 9 1,14 *Pens and, Pencils - *lndex Cards *Chit chat Nate Papa. ®typing Paper *Linen Finished !Envelopes end Paper G.. C. CO., phone 440$ S. Men Street- THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE • COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA Politics (Coistinued . frOnt page 'find.) office and three All-College of fices Sri 1950. this defeat caused a miner reVolt in the ranks of . the State . party; and brought a call'for neW blood within the• party lait . the revived , State party cap hired four. Of the six offices in the, fall- electiohS, sweeping the freshinan offices in addition • to sophomore class Secretary-trees- 'in the spring elections last year the LiOn party suffered' a• crush ing defeat as all three All-College posts and the sic junior and . sen ior class offices all fell to State candidates. ' • • • Congruities Deteriiiine Policy 13eth patties have Policy mak ing.' groups known as steering committees inkde up of clique offidersi candidates, and repre sentatives of the more poWerftil factions within the - patties. Decisions made by - these cote initteeS are lir es en t e d tb the dliqtle" meetings for approval. Only, „clique theinbers, that is stUdentS holding, clique catds, ar,e eligible i . o'iihtefor clique officers, but the entire hmieigraduate stu dent body' is eligible to, vote for All-College .officers and respec tive class officers. . Chaifmari of the Lion party is Milton Bernstein, Phi Sigma Del ta. Murray Goldman ; Beta Sigma Rho, is• ehairm.an of the State party. Prebhina.ti arid sophomores interested in polities have been requested to tofittlet them. 8 New Freshmen Get Scholarships Eight Members of the new freshrrian class haVe been award ed scholarships to the College's School of Horne EcoimMicS. D e an. Grace Henderson said the ,winizeit, all women, were chosen on• the basis of scholar ship, school and community ac tivities, personality, f i na zi c need and Special interest in home ecoribrnics. The• , scholarships, for $lOO, Were awarded by Seats=Roebuck to Janet Hiles, Doris Yerg,,Judith Brown, e Holm, , Barbara Hood, Edna Patterson ; Carolyn Wertz,_ and Barbara _ IVtetzger. College Office Makes Student Jabs Available • The'studeni employment office located in 105 Old Main helps atu dents to ' part-time work while attending classes. i3egun- in ,Ig4l as, a Permanent organization maintained by the Colleg:e, •it provides employers and stiidents with a central office in which to make ,known avail ability..of all types 'of jobs. Stu dents can register with this office at any time ,during the year by conifileting an application blank on which is: recorded the various jobs they are Willing to do. • Jobs Vary- Jobs vary - from • odd-lot posi tions as c a kp.e ti te r S, window washers,- ;houSeclearierS, moving men, and painters, to work in local stores as clerks, office clean- OS, and advertising display' per sonnel. The office also takes care of pla.cenient as waiters ih Cbllege dining commons, boarding houses, aiid fraternities, And arranges fbr Students to work in private homes iri exchange for room and board. Sonie job opportunities are also available in the student-managed news, magazine, floral, dry clean ing, and service agencies. The floral agency started last year sells and delivers corsages before all major dances; the service or ganization, also i a recent innova tion; provides information, bell hop, transportation; errand, and room service to all convention groups visiting the College. Register All interested students are ad vised to register with this office as soon as their schedules are completed, according: to Allan M. Reece,. director of the student em ployment office.; Periodic. cheeks on current openings are also itri portant, since new jobs are phon ed in daily. The office will make every effort' to place students in the nuinero . us job' opportunities available. "- Student einploythent also han dles summer jobs in camps, re sorts, and farms. WELCOME STUDENT WOODRING FLORAL GARDENS WELCOME STUDENTS . ' - For A Reel Musical Treat - VISIT OUR SHOP ®Educational Materials Sheet filiiin--Classical and Pop* ®Record Players and Radios '®Ukeleles and Rohner Narmonicas MlCSical Accessories Tremendous Selectiiin of Records to Satisfy - All Needs • • Populax—Classical Shows—Folk Mikan' Dixieland—Jae MUSIC STUDENTS: Music and books fix your courses now in stock. GET YOMS TODATI ~,,Opect Evenings 7coo p. m.-9M p.. m. ' Daily-9M a. m.- 7 -5410 p. ns. The Harmony 'Shop 135 S. Frazier rest—Staie Colings MORE 24036 Penn State Represented On USNSA Penn State, through a perrnan erit 'committee of A 1 l - College Cabinet, is a •member of the Uni ted States National Student As sociation, an organization repre senting college students through their student governments. NSA operates on three leveli: local, regional, and national. Wil liam • Klisanin, who heads the committee at th e College; is president of the Pennsylvania re gion. There are 24 geographical reg;ons in the country. Local Action The local group - organized the C,ampiis Chest with its"coinbined charities plan, circulated a:peti tion to legalize absentee voting in Pennsylvania, secured 13etter transportation to and from, the. College at vacation time, and,,re; duced train rates for students: Et also promoted faculty grid course, (Continued oil page nitteteea)„ Zottioe-. Zaintert • • HAIRDRESSER . . • Pifirrie 2012 • •.• ' • ' .. • .. Above the AA Site 117 E. College Aisoenise 'EsiertjthiThg lokkeers' PAGE SEVENTEEN
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