PAGE T#p Experimentees To Eat Limas If you think dormitory food lacks variety, there is a sure cure for your complaining. Sign up for the home economics nutrition experiment. Begin ning Monday, coeds will eat frozen lima beans or drink orange juice every day until Nov. 14. Why eat lima beans? The purpose of the experiment is to prove that we can get and use ascorbic acid (vitamin C) found in ordin ary foods. Results from the first part of this study so far indicate that vitamin C in green beans and tomato juice is readily avail able to the human body. Dept, of Agriculture The College is cooperating with the bureau of human nutrition and home economics of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Two other colleges are partici pating, the . University of Ala bama and .Purdue University. Each will test nine foods. The College tested, green beans and tomato juice this summer. Although a diet including beans every day sounds pretty monotonous, six girls who were guinea pigs this summer found that the experiment was interest ing and a lot of fun. The girls (Continued on page eight) WSGA, WRA Schedule Primaries Fall elections will begin with Women’s Student Government Association and Women’s Recrea tion Association primaries next Tuesday. Final elections are set for Thursday. Open offices are for WSGA freshman senator, WSGA treas urer, two WRA freshman repre sentatives, and WRA sophomore representatives. Candidates for WSGA fresh man senator are Joanna Binkley, Elizabeth Cole, Ann Cunningham, Louise Glud, Olla Horton, Marie Wagner, Carolyn Werts, Janet Werts, Jocelyn Wilson, and Carol Young. WSGA treasurer candidates are 'Lorraine Gladus, Linda Jacobs, Carolyn Pelczar, Mary Petitgout, Patricia Prichard, Joan Marie Sparta, and Barbara Werts. . Barbara Estep. Marcia Furgu son, Pat Gilbert, Ellie Gwynn, Teresa Sheehan, Dorothy Wil liams, Barbara Weyand, and Al berta Wooden are candidates for WRA freshman representative. Candidates for WRA sopho more representative are Patricia Colgan, Helen Davis, Frances Crawford, Virginia Hinner, Marie- Louise Kean, Nancy Malloy, Bev erly Morgan and Margaret Trout man. IFC Checkers Must Carry Identification Interfratemity Council presi dent, Stanley Wengert, has an nounced that IFC checking will how go into full effect. All official checkers will be recognizable by the identification cards they are to carry. The cards will be valid only if they contain the picture of the checker and Wengert’s signature. Wengert also said that no man should be ad mitted as an official representa tive of the IFC unless he is able to produce this card. Edward Shihadeh, Donald Carl son, John Vasilakis, James Phil lips, Wesley Menzel, Thomas Han na, Wallace Kreiger, and Fred Rodgers have been named as checkers along with the members of the executive committee. Student Total Drops by 5.9% Total enrollment at the College, including both on and off campus students, has dropped 5.9 per cent from that of last year, according to figures released by Dr. C. O. Williams, dean of admissions yes terday. A total of 12,501 students are enrolled at the College and'in-the centers. this year. The total last year was 13,284. Enrollment at the centers totals 1038. This includes 692 freshmari men, 127 freshman . women, 154 sophomore men, 33 sophomore women, 4 junior men, 2 junior women, 21 special men students, and 5 special women students. The total at the centers includes 871 men and 167 women. Only six centers are being used this year as compared to ten last year. The centers are at Altoona, Dußois, Behrend at Erie, Hazle ton, Ogontz, and Pottsville. Students who registered at the centers for spring semester, 1951, numbered 1460. By PAT NUTTER 29 Windows Assigned to 3 AIM Councils Twenty-nine store windows in town have been assigned to the three AIM Councils which will set up displays for the week be ginning Monday. The displays will be judged Tuesday and a cash prize will be awarded for, the best display. The councils will meet Tuesday night to decide what the prize will be. The window displays will be set up as follows: Originality will count 50 per cent; artistic arrangement, 30 percent; and the Pennsylvania Week theme, 20 percent. Nittany Dormitories: 22, Danks; 26, 28, 36, College Sportswear; 35, Woodrings; 23, 40, Clearfield; 43, Murphy’s; 29, Behrer Hard ware; 34, Sears and Roebuck; 37, 41, Music Room; 31, Young Men’s Shop; 25, Centre Hardware; 21, West Penn Power Company. Pollock dormitories: 13, Henry Burman; 1, 12, College Sportsr wear; 4, Jack Harper; 3, Mc- Lanahans; 9, Bottorf; 14, Mur Jewelry; 6, Bell Telephone; and 8, Children’s Shop. Town Council will set up a display in Jack Harper’s, and the Barons will fill a window at Col lege Sportswear. Each dorm participating will pay an entry fee of $2. The $2 will be refunded if the display is removed by midnight Oct. 22. Each dorm committee met Thursday with the managers of its assigned store to discuss the display. The displays will be judged by Harold E. Dickson, professor of fine arts; Arthur R. Warnock, emeritus dean of men, and Ken neth Heibrick, former professor of architecture. Physics Teachers Hear Film Director . Dr. C. R. Carpenter, director of the Instructional Film Research Project at the College spoke at a dinner last night given for the physics teachers who are attend ing the-Pennsylvania Conference of College Physics Teachers. The dinner was at the State College Hotel. ' Dr. Carpenter’s subject was the “Factors That Make for the Effec tiveness of Instructional Films.” Dr. Carpenter will lead a panel discussion on instructional films this morning. Others on the panel will be Dr. M. W. Zomansky, of the City College of New York, and president of the American Association of Physics Teachfers, and Dr. J. J. Heileman of Ursmus College: _ / , . . _. The session is_ open to faculty members and win take place ih 117 Osmond. ' THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE; COLLEGE: PENNSYLVANIA NSA National Group to Meet Here Today The national interim commit tee of the National Student Asso ciation will meet to check policy of the group today and tomorrow at the College. William Klisanin, chairman of the NSA at the College and pres ident of the Pennsylvania re gion of the United States NSA, is a member of the six man com mittee which meets every .six weeks to check NSA policy.- Richard Murphy, committee chairman, is beginning a three year term as student representa tive to the United Nations Edu cational, Social, and Cultural Or ganization. Murphy attends the University pf North Carolina. Other committee members are William Dewey, chairman of the New York State Region from St. Johns University; Robert Fergu son, president of the Ohio Region from Muskingum College, and James .Murphy, president of the New York Metropolitan Region from Manhattan College. Leonard Wilcox, president of the student government at the University of Michigan, president •of the Michigan Region, and chair man of the national executive committee of NSA, and William Dentzer,, national president of NSA from .Rochester, Pa., and graduate from Muskingum Col lege who expects to attend Wood-/ row Wilson College - at Princeton University, also are on the com mittee. Noncommittee members attend ing the conference ,are Avera Ingrahm, international vice presi dent of USNSA from Harvard University; Sylvia Bacon, student affairs vice president from Vassar College, and Marie Minnick, stu dent affoirs vice president of PRUSNSA. Former College Get Military Assignments Five former students of the College are currently attending the Armed Forces Information School at Fort Slocum, N.Y.iFour other men have completed processing at the 2053 Reception Center at Fort Meade, Md., and have been assigned for basic training. The Fort Slocum group includes Capt. George R. Dowdell, USAF, who majored in journalism and received his B.A. from the College. He is now permanently assigned to the Public Information Office at Olmsted Air Force Base, Mid dletown, Pa. Paul M. Merkel} Ist Lieutenant, received his masters degree in education at the College and has completed one year of study to ward his Ph.D. He is a member of Kappa Phi Kappa. Sgt. Elbert E. Barth, USAF, was a forestry major and received his B.S. degree in 1936. He is a mem ber of Alpha Chi Sigma. Cpl. Paul J. Hogan, USA, was a foreign service student, and completed two arid one-half years before entering the service in September last year. He is perma nently stationed at Fort Campbell,' Ky. ■ , Pfc. Frederick W. Price, USAF, was a business major and entered the service in July of this year. He recently completed the Air Force basic indoctrination course at Sampson Air Force Base. Fifth Division .Having completed processing at the Fort Meade reception cen ter, Pvt.. Fred Vlasek has been as signed to the MRTC at Fort Meade for army basic training. He re ceived a B.S. degree at the Col lege. Pvt. Donald G. Levitt has been assigned to the Fifth Infantry Division, Indiantown Gap Mili ary Reservation, Pa. He - majored in pre-med and chemistry while at the College.' Pvt. Elmer W. Learn has been assigned to the - Tenth Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kans., for Army basic training. He received an M.S. degree in agriculture at Penn State. Pvt. Frank A. Conte has been The first College Health Ser vice'was a temporary isolation hospital established in the woods by Beaver Field Its building was prompted by an outbreak of scar-, let fever in the.session of 1912-13. Histories Campus Chest Goal Reduced by Cabinet All-College Cabinet Thursday night accepted a recommendation by William Klisanin, chairman of the Campus Chest drive, that the goal for this year’s drive be reduced from $l4OO to $l2OO. Klisanin wanted the reduction because of last year’s cam paign with a $l4OO goal fell short of the mark. With the reduction, Klisanin hopes to reach the goal. He also .reported that the total profits from the Kickoff Dance have not been computed. He es timated that the dance drew.'be tween $5OO and $7OO. - . ' David Olmstead, chairman of the Dean of Men’s coffee hour committee, reported that All-Col lege Cabinet officers attended' the first one. The committee decided that'26 coffee hours will be held during the year with approximately 500 students, expected to attend.. In a change from last year, the coffee hours will be held from 4 to 5 p.m. Wednesdays. Michael Hanek, junior class president, reported that his class was working on plans for the first “all-out” Junior Class Week end\to be held the weekend of Nov. 9. The class is choosing a queen who will be crowned at the Juhior Prom The class has also gone on rec ord as favoring the adoption of “Hail! Oh Hail!” Jewish Harvest Holiday Succos, Jewish harvest festival, will be observed Sunday, Mon day, and Tuesday. Evening services and the Kid dush will be held in the succah at the Zeta. Beta Tau fraternity house, 227 E. Nittany avenue. , Services will be held 10 a.m. Monday and Tuesday at the Hillel Foundation. An esrog and lulav will be at Hillel all week for stu dents to make the special bless ing. Students assigned to the Third Armored Division, Fort Knox, Ky. He grad uated'from the College, receiving a B.S. degree in industrial psy chology. - SATURDAY, GGT-OBEB 13, 1951 Financiers * - . r Meet Today, At Conclave Representatives from all over the state are at the College to day, attending the 16th annual meeting of municipal and local finance' officers of Pennsylvania. The meeting is being conducted by the Institute of Local Gov ernment and the general exten sion services of the. College. " Representatives are attending the conference to promote dis cussion of current municipal and local finance problems,' in hopes of gaining useful knowledge for their own localities. E. Earl Mearkle, city, controller of Johnstown, Pa., termed the conference as “one of the things municipal officials can look for ward to 'each year for great bene fit in solving their local prob lems.” The meeting helps, crystallize ideas and helps representatives gain a better understanding of common problems, according to J. W. Baker, borough manager of - Beaver. He said the confer ence helps solve problems, that are intereasing in number and im portance. Several representatives were attending the .meeting to hear discussion on health and assess ment laws. Severino Stefanon, of the State Chamber .of Commerce, said he hoped to discover the feeling of representatives toward those problems for his group.J Roy N. Hawbaker, of Waynes boro Borough, said he hopes to gain from opinions offered by others and to carry some ideas back to his borough. , Following a general meeting at 9:30 a.m. today in 110 Electrical Engineering, the conference,, which began yesterday morning, will close..
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