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VOL. 52, No. 133
Voting Ends Today
For School Councils
Five schools will complete their student council elections today.
Voting in the
,School of Engineering ended yesterday with approxi
mately 40 per cent of the school voting.
In the School of Chemistry and Physics, 33.8 per cent of the
students voted yesterday and Monday. The School of Education
reported a 26 per cent vote; Liberal Arts, 26 per cent; and Min
eral Industries, 29.3 per cent.
When contacted last night, Ed
ward Shanken, president of the
Inter-Student Council Board, said
I he was pleased with the large
number of nominations and the
amount of enthusiasm and inter
est shown in these elections.
Calling for everyone to "get
out and vote" today, Shanken
said, "I strongly urge all students
to vote, because 'for ' a council to,
be truly representative of the
students, everyone should vote
for members of his council."
He said, "The student council)
is the grass roots means of stu
dent representation because it
deals with the particular faculty
and courses of the student. It tries
for perfection in the . student's
curriculum." Shanken explained
that student councils are better
able to cope with individual situ
ations and problems of the stu
dents.
The president of each council,
Shanken said, has a seat on All-
College Cabinet and can voice the
viewpoint of the members of his
school.
Voting is being held in the
buildings of the respective schools.
Elections for Agriculture an d
Physical Education councils are
not being held at this time.
Officers
To Assume
I FC Duties
Newly-elected officers of the
Interfraternity Council will as
sume their duties immediately
after the official installation cere
monies at the Nittany Lion Inn
tonight.
, Retiring president Stanley Wen
gert will preside at the installation
of Arthur Rosf el d, Phi Delta
Theta, president; William Hirsch,
Tau Kappa Epsilon, vice presi
dent; and Thomas Fleming, Pi
Kappa Alpha, secretary treasurer.
Banquet chairman John Flana
gan will act as toastmaster during
the annual IFC banquet at 6 p.m.
preceding the ceremonies.
Fraternities will be represented
at the banquet by their IFC rep
sentatives, house president, and
advisers.
H. K. Wilson, dean of men, will
be the guest speaker. Guests of
honor will include Harold W.
Perkins and Daniel A. DeMarino,
assistant deans of men, and Luth
er H. Harshbarger, College chap
lain.
Retiring with Wengert will be
the current vice president and
secretary treasurer, James Whar
ton • and John Allison.
Phonograph Theft
Reported by Mark
Capt. Philip A. Mark, of the
Campus Patrol yesterday reported
a record player was recently
stolen from a console set in an
Irvin Hall lounge.
Mark said the incident is simi
lar to one last year when another
record player was stolen from a
Hamilton Hall lounge. He said he
heard from a "very r eliable
source" that the player stolen last
year was "drifting about" fra
ternities.
If the two record players are
returned to the Student Union
desk in Old Main, no questions
will be asked, Mark said.
felts, KD Lead Spring Week
Deadlines Extended
Entrants;
Delta Tau Delta and Kappa
Delta are leading the groups en
tered in the Spring Week compe
tition with
_the largest number
of points, James Geffert, chair
man of the Sprihg Week com
mittee, announced yesterday
afternooh.
Geffert also announced that the
deadline for filing entries for-car
nival booths and the All-College
He-Man contest has ;been extend
ed to Saturday noon.
Delta Tau Delta and Kappa
Delta have 570 points. Theta Kap-
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Hat Societies
Will Accept
Applications
Applications for membership
in Skull and Bones, senior men's
hat Society, and Blue Key, jun
ior men's hat society, may now
be f iled at the Student Union
desk in Old Main.
Applications for membership in
Blue Key must be filed before
5 p.m. Friday. Fourth semester
men having a 1.00 average - may
apply by turning in a list of their
campus activities, President Ar
thur Rosfeld announced.
Clair George, president of Skull
and Bones, stated that sixth, sev
enth, and eighth semester men
are eligible for the society. The
deadline for applications, which
George requested be left in his
name at the Student Union desk,
is next Tuesday,
pa Phi and Zeta Tau Alpha are
second with 530 points.
These entries are both joint
entries of a fraternity and a sor
ority.
Applications for Spring Week
carnival booths should be turned
into the Student Union desk in
Old Main before noon Saturday.
A $2O deposit must accompany
the application, which is to in
clude the name of the organiza
tion, the name of the booth, and
a description and diagram with
dimensions of the booth.
The carnival will be held on
the west parking lot, directly be
hind Sigma Chi and Sigma Nu
from 1 to .11 p.m. May 15. This
area, will easily accommodate 100
booths, Geffert said.
Under Spring Week rules, ex
penditures for booth construction
and booth prizes up to $2O may
be deducted from gross booth
profits, if desired. All - these ex
penditures must be shown on an
itemized tally sheet accompanied
by the receipts. The net amount
turned in to the Spring Week
committee will determine the
prize winners. -
Geffert stressed that independ
FOR A BETTER PENN STATE
Critics' Demands
Impossible Bell
Draft Test
To Be Held
On May 22
An adidtional Selective Service
College Qualification Test will be
held May 22 at 1000 testing centers
for those students prevented from
taking the test on Dec. 13, 1951,
or last week, because of illnesss,
emergency or other valid reasons,
Major Gen. Lewis B. Hershey,
director of Selective Service, an
nounced yesterday.
Officers at the national head
quarters said that students who
have an
. admission ticket which
they failed to use on either of the
assigned dates must submit a new
application if they wish to take
the May 22 test. They must apply
for and receive a new admission
ticket, Hershey pointed out.
Applications postmarked later
than midnight May 10 will not be
accepted. Students do not need
to return home to the board which
has jurisdiction over them; appli
cation blanks may be obtained
from the nearest local board, ac
cording to the announcement.
To be eligible an applicant must
be a selective service registrant
who intends to request deferment
as a student; must be satisfactorily
pursuing a full-time undergrad
uate or graduate college course
leading to a degree; and must not
have previously taken the test.
. The criteria for consideration
for deferment as a student at the
present time is either a score of
70 or better on the Selective Ser
vice College Qualification Test or
class standing among the upper
half of the male members of the
freshman class, upper two-thirds
of the sophomore class, or upper
I three-fourths of the junior Class,
Hershey said.
Seniors accepted for admission
to a graduate school satisfy the
criteria if they are among the
upper half of the male members
of their senior class, or make a
score of 75 or better. Students al
ready enrolled in graduate schools
may be considered for deferment
so long as they remain in good
standing.
ent organizations may also enter
Spring Week activities. He said
that in the past there , has not
been much participation from the
independents, but- that he is
hoping for a numbei• of applica
tions from these groups. Inde
pendent groups will compete on
the same basis as fraternities and
sororities.
All profits from Spring Week
activities, after expenses are de
ducted, will be turned over to the
Student Loan Fund set up laSt
year by All-Cpllege Cabinet.. At
that time $1054.79 was placed in
the fund from Spring Week ac
tivities.
He-Man entries are also due
Saturday noon. Entries for this
contest are to include the name,
address, height, weight, age, and
phone number of the contestant
plus the name of the sponsoring
organization.
The He-Man contest will be
designed as a burlesque on the
Scottish carnival field events and
the jousts of ..feudal days.
The He-Man will reign with
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By MIMI UNGAR
Although many critics claim that the school and the
teacher should mold the student into a morally, culturally,
and socially outstanding individual, this is impossible under
our present system of education, Canon Bernard Iddings
Bell, final Community Forum speaker and well-known edu
cator, contended last night in Schwab Auditorium.
Last Forum Speaker
DR. BERNARD BELL ad
dressed the f in al Community
Forum lecture series in Schwab
Auditorium lest night. He dis
cussed the progressive theor
ist's attitude on education.
200 Volunteers
To Give Blood
At TUB Today
The Red Cross Bloodmobile will
be at the TUB from 10 a.m. to
4 p.m. today to process the 200
volunteers who ' signed pledges
last week.
*Ted Allen, campus Red Cross
representative, reminded those
who have signed pledges that they
are expected to fulfill the pledge.
He also said that no arrangements
have been made for a return visit
similar to that made last Decem
ber.
After a slow start the drive ran
over the quota of 200 last Wed
nesday, and ended two days earl
ier than scheduled. Allen said he
was sorry to turn down the extra
volunteers. The Bloodmobile can
only handle from 185 to 200 don
ors per day.
The drive was aided, Allen said,
by two students and a faculty
member. Ronald Zimmerman,
second semester commerce and fi
nance, campaigned from his car
which was parke I at the Mall,
I while Donald Ludwig, sixth sem
ester electrical engineering stu
dent, recruited volunteers in the
dormitories. Ray Conger, associ
ate professor of physical educa
tion, spoke to his classes about
the drive.
5 Traffic Violators
Fined by Tribunal
Five students were fined before
Tribunal last night for violating
campus traffic and parking regu
lations. One $3 fine, a $2 fine and
three suspended $1 fines were
levied.
A fourth semester sophomore
was charged with six violations,
making him liable to a $32 fine
under the Tribunal code. Because
the records were incomplete he
was sentenced to a $3 minimum.
David Mutchler, Tribunal chair
man, warned that any further
violation would result in suspen
sion of the driver's privileges on
campus.
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FIVE CENTS
The consultant on education to
the Bishop of Chicago pointed out
that, in the education of America's
youth, formal schooling plays only
a minor part. He asserted that
manners and morals cannot be
adequately taught in the class
room, but rather they must be
taught in the home, in community
activities and thr ou g h other
sources.
"Social reformation does not
begin in the schoolroom," the wit
ty lecturer contended. The round
faced priest pointed to the chief
weakness of the country's schools
today as the attempt to combine
everything into the life of the
schoolroom instead of developing
ability and creativeness.
Five Major Contentions
Because progressive theorists
are expounding on the lack of
everything in the schoolroom and
are throwing too much into the
responsibilty of the teachers, none
of the teachers' jobs is being ful
filled competently, he said.
In citing t h e views of many
critics, Dr. Bell pointed to the
five major contensions of most
critics. The first criticism made
is the neglect today of proper
drill in use of words, numbers,
and forms. Secondly, good man
ners are not being taught in
schools. The third criticism is that
there is too little insistence upon
achievement as the price for pro
motion.
Fourthly. by permitting stu
dents to ignore religion; schools
are producing students who look
at religion as a passing fancy, he
said. Finally, critics claim that
the schools are holding back boys
and girls with better than average
intelligence who have a desire
to learn and achieve. They claim
that the mediocrity set in educa
tion is making Americans a set
of dull d'ogs, he said.
Infinite Improvements
Dr. Bell, in referring to over
3000 letters he has received from
people throughout the country,
said that out of the 800 letters he
has received from teachers, four
fifths agreed that the critics are
entirely justified. However, two
thirds insist that the blame is not
to be placed only on. the schools
and the teachers. They contend
that the teacher can only do with
the children what the parents
and. the community want him to
do.
A school program which would
satisfy the progressive theorists'
demands would require an infinite
number of improvements, the lec
turer said. Primarily, it would re
quire no less than triple per cap
ita in funds.
The writer on education insists
that schools can be saved, "but
only popular insistence on com
mon sense will bring safety.
Gift Committee
To Accept Ideas
Suggestions for this year's sen
ior class gift may be submitted
to Bryson Craine, chairman of
the class gift committee, it was
announced yesterday.
Seniors may vote on the class
gift when they pick up their copies
of LaVie the second week in May,
Craine said.
He said that the gift choices
will not be named by the com
mittee, but that student organiza
tions and individuals could make
suggestions by contacting him at
4937. He said that points both for
and against the suggestions should
be submitted.
- Seniors will also chobse five
honor men when they cast their
ballots and pick up their LaVie%
Crairie said •