PAGE TWO t's Conference.. reside PRESIDENTS of Pennsylvania's four major colleges talking over mutual administrative problems at breakfast Sunday morning. Left to right are Harold E. Stassen, president of the University of Pennsylvania: Rufus T. Fitzgerald, chancellor of the University of Pittsburgh; Robert Johnson, presidepi of Temple University; and Milton S. Eisenhower. U.S. Colleges Face in Enrollment Drop American colleges and universities have opened another aca demic year faced with serious financial problems and the loss of an estimated 250,000 students, according-to an article appearing in yesterday’s New York Times. Although some 2,500,000 students will be on the campuses of the nation, this figure represents a 10 percent drop from last year’s enrollment figure. It is also the second consecutive year that ithe institutions of higher learning have experienced a drop in en rollment. , 1 In spite of decreased enroll ments in the nations 1850 schools, administrators face a much brighter.picture than they antici pated six months ago in >, the spring. At that time, college spokesmen feared they would lose up to 50 percent of their male enrollment. More students have been deferred from the draft than had been expected.,. Operate At Loss ■ However, the colleges are not out of the woods yet. Most of the independent schools of the nation report they are operating at a lose and are in worse financial condition" than they were a year ago. These findings are based on a survey made by the New York Times of 100 representative schools throughout the nation. The big, name colleges do not have any trouble filling their quota of students.. It is the small er, less wellknown colle g e s which are facing the crisis now. Some of these smaller schools had enrollments drop as much as 30 percent, although the average was a more modest ten percent. The bright spot in the picture, is that freshman enrollment, the key to future years, has held up remafkably well, sometimes showing only a five or six percent decline. On the downward side, however, is the veteran enroll ment, which is at its lowest ebb since the end of the war. Many educators are now calling for a bill which would provide edu cational opportunities for veter ans of the Korea campaign; A bill Former Students Receive Assignments A former Penn State student recently received advancement in the U.S. Army and another has been assigned to a training sta tion. Lieutenant James Noel, -Phi Gamma,. Delta alumnus,. was made aide-de-camp to Maj. Gen. Bruce C. Clark. He will serve as, personal assistant to the general at Port Hood, Tex. Pvt.''David Heinen has just completed processing at Fort Meade, Md., and is assigned to Fort Lee, Va., for Army basic training. Dr. T. Walter Wallbank, pro fessor of history at the University of Southern California, is one of the Fulbright scholars “who will spend a year at the University of Cairo. THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE, 'PENNSYLVANIA of this type would aid the col leges greatly. 10 Percent Decrease To the public, a ten percent decrease might seem like a minor thing. But to a school operating on a close budget, the Times went on to explain, a drop of this size could be disastrous. Most of the public or state-supported schools win be able to get. by without “too much difficulty.” Many of the private colleges are the ones in dire need of more money. Some are eating into their endowments. Others warned that unless they got some aid, they would be forc ed to lower their standards to keep going. In the face of the decreased enrollments, faculties have been cut. Replacements are not made for vacancies .and the much-needed younger blood is not being given a chance. The colleges reported that tuit ion and other student costs are now at an all-time high. They are appealing to the public in fund raising campaigns, but they still' do not have enough money. Many of the leading educators of the nation, like Dr. Earl J. McGrath, United States' commis sioner of education, propose some sort of federal scholarships to en able the “poor but able boy” to go to college. One thing that is definite—all responsible educators are con vinced that higher education has a large role to play in the present national emergency. StrikinglyDifferentU /:' , . " ' , / •: ■ ' ' J A Fraternity or Sorority Composite Made at the v Lion Studio 10 O'Clocks for Fresh Freshman women attending the tea' to be given by Delta Alpha Delta, women’s speech society, will receive 10 .o’clock permissions.. t .. The tea will be at 0:30 p.m. Thu r s d a y in the' southeast lounge of Atherton. ' 3950 Join Army, Air, Navy ROTC Approximately 3950 students, the largest number in the Col lege’s history,, have enrolled in the Army, Air Force, and Naval ROTC programs on campus this faU. ' A total of 328 seniors will' be pommissioned in the three ROTC units on campus after graduation in June. Of the senior cadets there are 55 Navy students, 140 Air Force students, and 133 Army students. The figures were released yes terday by Col. Lucien E. Bolduc, professor of military science and tactics, Col. Jack W. Dieterle, professor of air science and tac tics, and'Lt. Cmdr. R. N. Billings, executive officer of the naval science. The Air Force is the largest individual group at the College with 2110 cadets. This is a 75 per cent increase over last year’s to tal. The breakdown by classes is: 1200 freshman, 570 sophomores, 200 juniors, and. 140 seniors. The Army is second with a total of 1549. There are 334 Army cadets at three of the' College centers. The centers are .Mont Alto with 115, Ogontz, 167, and Fottsville, 52. Freshmen dominate the Army enrollment: with 709 cadets; they are followed by 590 sophomores, 117 juniors, and 133 seniors. Two hundred and ninety-five contract and regular students make up the largest Navy ROTC enrollment. Freshmen lpad with 115. There are 74 sophomores, 51 juniors and 55 seniors. Klisanin Urges Mail Protest Hoping to start a mail barrage on. Harrisburg, William Klisanin, state chairman of the National Student Association, yesterday urged all students to write to their legislators asking them to vote against the Pechan loyalty bill. The bill, approved by a state House committee last week, is now on the docket for considera tion by the entire body. A similar bill was approved by the Senate last spring. ' ’ • * Klisanin, who.has already urged all state chapters of the NSA to oppose the bill, said he hoped that “a heavy downpour of mail on Harrisburg will let the mem bers of the legislature know how the students of Pennsylvania feel about the Pechan bill.” Workshop Will Begin Tonight The newly-organized Penn State Players’ Workshop, designed to enable interested students to learn more:-about'the technical arid business side of theatrical productions, will get underway at 7 to night ‘with meetiri'gs of the. workshops, advertising,, apd costume classes. . , The advertising group will meet torium; with William Raymond, senior - advertising manager," in charge. "The costumes class, un der the"'direction of Ruth Hard ing, senior 'costume manager, will meet in ,tfte basement of Schwab auditorium. . Lighting, Sound, and Makeup , The classes,' open to all inter ested students, faculty members, and townspeople, is designed .'to help. train .more : efficient crews for Players’- productions. Atten dance is required 'of all members of crews "of every Players’ pro duction, in addition to their regu lar hours working on their par ticular show 1 . Appointment to crews, in forthcoming plays will depend largely ppon knowledge acquired and interest shown - at the present sessions. ‘ , Classes in lighting are under the direction of Harry Culbert son, in sound, under the direction of Weston Pfirman, and in make up, with Katherine Scheetz teach ing, will be held , at 7 ,p.m. to morrow. The lighting class will meet in the light cage in the basement of Schwab auditorium; the class in sound will meet in the sound room of the. Little Theatre, 11 Old Main; and the make-up group will gather in the basement of Schwab audi torium. Technical Work . Instructions in . use of stage props will' be given at 7 p.m. Thursday: in the prop cage in the basement of Schwab Auditorium: Laryn.Sax will be in {charge. The class in technical work (including painting, construction, etc.) will meet in the loft. of Schwab auditorium at, 7 p.n). Thursday. Frances Stridinger will direct the class. Meetings are planned to teach specific instruction in. the duties of the crews, maintenance and repair of equipment, and the in terrelationship of one crew with all the "others and the production as a whole. The total amount of cotton con sumed in Egypt throughout this season was 123,353,000 lbs., in the same period last year 103,717,600 lbs. 'was consumed. A Common 'Expression >- in town and on campus • s - l' . ' ; \ You Gan Get It At Metzgers BOOKS.. NOW IN STOCK BOOKS WANTEDI! Econ 1&14 Samuelson Highest Prices Paid Com 3° Tanner , OI books fc/good con - Art 74—Art in West. World . 3 . Psych 2 Psychology in dltlon * ■ “ Stop by today and Heall “ FaCtS we wfll take those Old Eng Lit 25 Mod. 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Mineral Industries and Physical Education-Student council are planning meetings fo'ir the future, but ,no definite arrangements have been made as yet. Greeks Name 4 Counselors Four men were elected recently to the Association ( of Fraternity Counselors by fraternity'. voting.. They are Maurice. Sirkin, Al pha Epsilon Pi; Walter Ross, Al pha . Tau Omega; 'Carroll Hess, Delta Theta Sigma; and. Ralph Wherry, Sigma. Phi Sigjria. The i association attempts to fur ther the “best interests of fra ternities by counseling and guid ing the chapters.” Members. are taken froih business or. from the faculty. . ■ ~ -The officers of AFC, .who were installed last spring, are Harold Zipser, Pi Lambda Phi, presi dent; W. S. Dye, 111, Acacia,' vic.e president; Clarence Noll, Alpha Chi Sigma, secretary-treasurer; and Nicholas Brentinj- Phi Kappa, niember-at-large.
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