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College Enrollment Drops 693 Since
Last Semester; Now Totals 12,591
Total enrollment at the . College for this semester has reached
12,591, a drop of 693 from last semester's 13,284.
On a percentage basis, the drop is' only 5.2 percent in compari
son with an estimated 10 percent drop in college enrollments
throughout the country.
On-campus enrollment numbers 11,553, of which 8570 are men
and .2983 are women. The male
female ratio 4 has slightly decreas
ed to 2.9 from last spring's 3.2.
Last semester there were 7918
men and 2424 women on cam
pus, making a total of 10,342.
Freshman Class Largest
Off-campus enrollment totals
1038, with 919 students at Penn
State centers and 119 freshmen
at the Mont Alto forestry school.
This is a considerable decrease
from last semester and accounts
for the increase in campus enroll
ment even though total enroll
ment has dropped.
There are 11,017 undergrad
uate, 1351 gr a duat e, and 223
special students enrolled.
The freshman class is the larg
est with 3609 students. The soph
omores are next with 2597, fol=
lowed by the senior class of 2434
students. The junior class num
bers 2377.
Breaking it down into semes
ter standings, the figures are:
first semester, 2460 men and 896
women; second semester, 203
men and 50 women; third semes
ter, 1660 men and 663 women;
fourth semester, 205 men and 69
women.
CPA Approved
By Cabinet; .
Given $5O Fund
Central Promotion Agency was
approved by All-College Cabinet
Thursday night as a standing
committee and given a 'floating
fund of $5O which will be used
for production materials. .
Walter Sachs, head of the com
mittee investigating CPA, report
ed that 15 of the 20 positions
on CPA had been filled to the
effect that he had cont acted
these students and they express
ed a desire to work with the new
group: He said, however, that
students will be more willing to
work when CPA has become a
reality rather than a plan.
He also said that Russell Clark,
director of housing, told hi in
there is "definitely room" for a
CPA office. The proposed site of
the organization is Pollock Dorm
7.
James Worth, All-College presi
dent, named members of two
mittees. They were the Forensic
Committee and the Preferential
Seating Committee.
Members of the seating com
mittee are James Wharton, Thom
as Hanna, Howard Wright, Mari
lyn Williams, and Donald Maurey.
Members of the Forensic Com
mittee 'are David Lewis, Robert
Alderdice, Robert Matasick, Mark
Unger, William Klisanin, Shirley
Gallagher, Greta Weaver, Lois
Pulver, and Clair George.
Kearns to Give
Chapel Address
Dr. Raymond V. Kearns Jr.,
director of the board of Chris
tian education, Presbyterian
Church of the United States, will
speak in Chapel at 11 a.m. to
morrow on "The Need for. Un
purchaseable Christianity."
The Chapel Choir, under the
direction of Mrs. Willa C. Taylor,
will sing "Psalm 121" (Schutz),
"0 Thou Eternal One" (Delamar
ter), and "Open Thou My Lips"
(Rachmaninoff).
George Ceiga at the organ will
play "Chorale Prelude, Herzlich
Tut Mich Verlanger"- (Brahms)
as pr elude and "Fugue •in G
Minor" (Brahms) as postlude.
Flowers in Chapel will be given
by Alpha Sigma Phi which will
atteud Chapel en masse.
Traffic One Way
After Grid Contest
Plans for traffic at today's foot
ball game will be the same as
those that were used for last
week's game.
Traffic leaving the game will
move west on College avenue and
east on Beaver avenue between
Pugh and Atherton streets, while
northbound traffic will be pro
hibited. Left turns will be per
mitted at Allen street from the
College.
Parking areas on campus will
be available to visiting fans.
The hurdy-gurdy was a string
ed musical instrument used by
European peasants during th e
Middle Ages. •
Miss Junior Class
Noon today is the deadline
for entries in the Miss Junior.
Class contest, Michael Hanek,,
class president, said yesterday.
He said all pictures must be
turned in at the Student Un
ion desk in Old Main and must
have the entry's name, address
and sponsor on the reverse side
of the picture. Th e sponsor
may be a group or an indi
vidual.
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE. Ct:"..IEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
Fifth Semester
Fifth semester, 1492 men and
583 women; sixth semester, 255
men and 47 women; seventh se
mester, 1575 men and 432 wom
en; and eighth semester 339 men
and 88 women.
The Liberal Arts, school is the
largest of the eight schools with
2980 students, and the Physical
Education school is the- smallest
with 325 students.
The Engineering school ranks,
second' in size with 1821 students,
followed closely by the Agricul
ture and Education schools with
1798 and 1780 respectively. The
enrollments of th e remaining
schools are Chemistry and Phy
sics, 1012; Home Economics, 817;
and Mineral Industries, 642.
The Division of Intermediate
Registration has 378 students. It
was organized in July, 1949, to
counsel students who are un
certain about their educational
objectives and those whose low
scholastic grades prevent them
from continuing in a particular
curriculum.
Of the 59 curricula offered; Arts
and Letters has the largest num
ber of students with 1545. Other
curricula with over 1000 students
are Education with 1274 and Com
merce and Finance with 1039.
IFC Newsletter
To Be Distributed
Copies of the IFC Newsletter
will be distributed to each of the
49 fraternity houses and all the
woman?s dormitories on Tuesday
afternoon.
The entire issue will be devoted
to the IFC Workshdp, which will
hOld a series of meetings, discus
sion groups, and dinners to iron
out the problems of the indivi
dual fraternity houses. Members
of the faculty will serve as after
dinner speakers at the dinners
which will start Oct. 31.
LA LaVie Pictures
Liberal Arts students with
last names beginning with A
to M will have their pictures
taken - for the 1952 LaVie from
today until Friday at the Penn
State Photo Shop.
31 to Leave
Tomorrow
For Capitol
Thirty-one persons will leave
from the 'ear of Old Main at
8 a.m. tomorrow bound for Wash
ington to participate in the "See
Your Government in Action"
seminars sponsored by the Penn
State Christian .Association, the
Political Science department, and
the School of Education.
Dr. Wallace Brewster will act
as leader on the trip. The group
expects to arrive in Washington
in time to spend part of the after
noon sightseeing In the city.
Tonight an d tomorrow night
the men in the group will stay at
the Washington YMCA and the
women will stay at a hotel near
by.
Monday morning the group will
have a three and one-half hour
Interview at the State Depart
' ment and on Monday afternoon
it will visit the British embassy.
Tuesday the 31 participants
will break down into interest
groups and visit the Church
lobby group, the Federal Trade
Commission, the Supreme Court
and Congress, the Federal Sebur
ity Council, the Greek En;tbassy,
the Kore an Embassy, United
Press, the 'American Council on
Education,' and UNESCO.
The group will return to the
College late Tuesday night. Later
next week the members will
meet to evaluate the seminars.
Hillel to Present
International Film
The cultural committee of the
Hillel Foundation will present
another in its series of interna
tional f ilm classics on Sunday
evening when "The Stone Flow
er" will be shown. The showing
will take place at 7:15 p.m. in
the Hillel Auditorium, 133 West
Beaver Avenue. It will be open to
the public.
"The Stone' Flower" is •a - full
length color film based on a Rus
sian folk legend about a young
artist whose artistic sense urges
him to create a perfect flower
in stone. The story of his travels
from the real world 'of folk fes
tivals, fairs, and weddings to the
world of fantasy and artistic
ideals is done in unusual varia
tions Of color and the melodious
musical score. The film was
awarded the first prize for color
at ,the Cannes International Film
Festival.
A . dromedary camel is a rid
ing breed with one hump.
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Westminster
Group to Hold
Cabin Party
Among the programs for stu
dents sponsored by local Protes
tant churches this weekend is a
cabin party to be held by the
Westminster Foundation tonight.
Dr. Raymond V. Kearns Jr. will
talk to the party group at the
C. A. Cabin. Sunday night Dean
Arthur H. Warnock will speak
on "Building Character in Col
lege" at the foundation.
Kyung Ho Lee, Korean student
at Penn State, will preach the
sermon at . the St. Andrew's Epis
copal Church at 10:45 a.m. Sun
day morning.
Dr. Robert E. Dengler will speak
at 6:30 Sunday evening on• ."The
Bible and the Faith"' to the Can
terbury Club for college students.
The Roger Williams Fellowship
will sponsor a program based
upon experiences at Green Lake
in Wisconsin. Participants in the
program will include Edna Peter
son, Carl Beck,, and Jean Ben
nett. A supper meeting will be
held at 5 p.m. Sunday. The regu
lar Sunday meeting will follow
at 6:45 p.m.
WSGA to Poll Coeds
On Election Question
Representatives of the Women's
Student Government Association
will take a poll of all women stu
dents before next 'Wednesday on
the question of releasing election
returns.
Representatives were instruct
ed at the Thursday night meet
ing of the House of Representa
tives, to hold house meetings be
fore Wednesday. - At these meet
ings women will be requested to
make a decision on the question
of releasing election returns.
As a 'result of a straw vote
taken last year, returns have been
kept confidential, unless re
quested by a candidate.
s.4TURZAY , crWIM . 2 7; 1951
Adviser
By JIM GROMILLER
. A State department intell
gence adviser on the Near. East
gave special- praise this weep to
the Penn State soccer team for
the good will created on its tour
of, Iran last spring.
Edwin M. ' Wright, wh o ad
dressed, the 15th annual Techni
cal Conference on Petroleum Pro
duction at the Nittany Lion Inn
Thursday, said
,that the games
with the Americans were some
of the biggest ever held in Iran.
A former American-delegate to
the United Nations General As
sembly, Wright explained that
Iranians everywhere were im
pressed with -the clean play of
the Penn State team.
College Team Beaten '
A professor of history at Woos
ter College in Ohio, Wright join
ed the Office of Strategic Service
for the Army in World War II
because of his dong experience
with the people -of the Middle
East.
Wright explained the factor of
particular importance was that
the Penn State team was beaten
twice.
Hoist Team to Shoulders
The peoples' of the Middle East
suffer from an inferiority com
plex, Wright said, and licking a
team , representing 'the might of
the United States, visibly impres
sed them.
After one game, he said, the
Iranians took the Penn State
team on their shoulders and car
ried it off the. field.
Wright Who was born- in Iran
and later taught t her e, com
mented on the soccer team's per-
Sormance after addressing the
petroleum conference on th e
background to the present Iran
ian crisis.
Hillel Rgdio Program
Tryouts on Sunday
The Hillel Hour radii) program
directors will hold tryouts 7 p.m.
Sunday at the Hillel Foundation.
Radio Co-Chairmen Lillian Cas
saver and Sheldon Vilensky have
announced that a dramatic script
entitled "A Town of Little
People" will be presented on this
week's program.
Tryouts are open to anyone
Who is interested in radio drama
tics.'
The Hillel Hour begins its
seventeenth season of weekly
dramatic and cultural programs,
at 7:30 p.m. Nov 2. The programs
are broadcast over' Radio Station
WMAJ.
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