FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1952 Most Specialized Publications The majority of schools in the College sponsor publications of their own which offer an activity to students with special interests. So that their activities may be covered and interpreted more thoroughly than Daily Collegian space allows, fraternity and inde pendent students publish regular newsletters. Staff\ positions are open to qualified students, with freshmen, especially encouraged to try out for the staffs. The Penn State Engineer, one of the highest-rated collegiate en gineering magazines in the coun try, is the official publication of the School of Engineering. It con tains semi-technical articles of in terest not only to students in that school but. in other curriculums as well. Sold at Corner Room ' The Engineer features photo graphs of campus life, local news, latest developments in science, and comments by the faculty. Anyone enrolled in the schools of engineering, mineral industries, or chemistry and physics is eligi ble to become a candidate. Meet ings are held at 7 p.m. Mondays in 313 Mechanical Engineering. ‘ The Engineer is sold at the Cor ner Room and at the Student Union.desk in Old Main the third week of each month, October through May. Describes Ag Advances The Penn State Farmer, For ester, and Scientist is unique in that it has a larger circulation outside the College than among the student body. The magazine describes ad vances in agriculture not only at the College but all over Pennsyl vania. Its staff is open to any stu dent enrolled in the Agriculture school. It appears three times a semester and is distributed free to ag students at any of the ag buildings. The School of Agriculture also sponsors the Ag Hill Breeze, a newspaper which deals exclusive ly with the activities of the Ag school and its students. The staff positions are open only to agricul ture students. Independents Eligible The Independent is the spokes man for the Association of Inde pendent Men and Leonides, in dependent women’s organization. Last spring the bi-weekly paper •won the national first prize for independent newspapers. Through interpretive and feature stories it attempts to give fuller coverage to independent affairs than is pos sible in the Daily Collegian. A regular feature is a story about an outstanding independent student. Any independent student is eli gible for the staff. Full accounts of affairs of in terest to fraternity men and sor ority women are carried in the IFC-Panhel Newsletter. Reporters are representatives of the frater nities. Sororities are represented by the Panhel page, written and edited by a sorority woman. Honors Outstanding Students News and Views, first published in magazine format last year, is the official organ of the School of Home Economics. The School of Chemistry and Physics puts out the Chem-Phys Newsletter, and .LA Angles is the publication of the Liberal Arts school. These publications are open to students in the respective schools. Who’s in the News at Penn State is published jointly by Sig ma Delta Chi,' national profession al journalistic fraternity, and Theta Sigma Phi, national wom en’s journalism fraternity. It is composed of the biogra phies of students who, in the opinion of the selections commit tee, deserve recogniiton for their qualities of leadership, activities, *and service to the College. Stu dents to be honored are notified by letter. The booklet is mailed to col leges and universities throughout Pennsylvania and the lead i n g newspapers of the state. The edi tor is always a member of Sigma Delta Chi. ; Collegian Business Staff Calls for Candidates Freshmen and sophomore can didates for the business staff of the'. Daily Collegian will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday in 3 Carnegie, Betty Agnew, personnel manager, has announced. The promotion, circulation, ad vertising. and classified depart ments of the Daily Collegian will be discussed at this meeting. Schools Sponsor Advanced Study Offered Yearly By Grad School Each year the College Gradu ate School offers courses of ad vanced study for more than 1000 professional men and women from the United States and foreign countries. Many of them come to earn credits for advanced de grees, while others come from abroad to study improved .meth ods of education to take back to their own countries. The Graduate School was founded in 1922 but students have been , taking graduate work at the College since 1861. In the first year of operation, 177 were enrolled and the College em ployed 105 faculty members to teach the 144 courses offered. Since then the Graduate School has grown to an enrollment of approximately 1400 and the fac ulty has increased to almost 500. Harold K. Schilling is present dean and chairman of the execu tive committee which regulates the functions of the Graduate School. Last semester 212 advanced de grees were awarded by the Grad uate School. Three types of 'de grees are conferred: master’s, doctor’s, and technical. Master of Arts, Education. Forestry, and Science degrees are awarded. Doctor’s degrees are given in Philosophy and ‘ Education. Technical degrees awarded are architectural engineer, aeronauti cal engineer, ceramic engineer, chemical civil engineer, electrical engineer, engineer of mines, fuels engineer, industrial engineer, mechanical e n g i neer, metallurgical engineer, petroleum engineer, and sanitary engineer. Student Guild Gives Radio Experience The Penn State Radio Guild was organized in the spring of 1951 to fill the' need for practical experience in radio work. It offers students the opportunity to. participate in actual on microphone performances, many of the programs being aired over WMAJ, the local radio station. The guild has use of the studios and facilities of the Department of Speech. These include micro phones, turntables, sound effects, and a Lang-Worth transcription library. The guild is divided into five departments: announcing, produc tion,' script writing, drama, and engineering Each department operates its own workshop where students, in cluding those with no experience, may practice under radio station conditions. Students may be mem bers of more than one depart ment. The guild grew out of conver sations among Dr. Harold Nelson and David R. Mackey, of the Speech department, arid members of the dramatic and journalism faculties. A call was issued and about 50 persons turned out for the organi zational meeting in April, 1951. The group was recognized by the Nvi>r#>a3' A-I SfM v S Wi Kill *• THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA DRY DEPENDABLE 240 E. College at McAllister St. 4 Societies Recog n ize Scholarship Exceptional scholarship is rec ognized at Penn State through election to any of the four Greek lettor honor societies with chap ters on this campus. Second - semester freshmen in all curriculums( are eligible for Phi Eta Sigma and Alpha Lambda Delta, national freshman schol astic honoraries. Both groups are members of The Honor Society Council, which admits to mem bership. only those societies exer cising specified, rigid standards. Penn State’s requireme it for membership in Phi Eta Cigma, men’s group, is an All-College av erage of 2.5 and at least one semester on campus. The group has no regular meeting time and usually meets in a fraternity house. The local chapter, one of 78, was founded in 1928. Alpha Lambda Delta, fresh man women’s society, also re quires a 2.5 All-College average. The pin worn by the members is a gold candle symbolizing the light of wisdom. The society meets once a month. Phi Beta Kappa and Phi Kappa Phi, two of the nation’s leading scholastic honor societies for up perclassmen, have chapters at the College. Phi Beta Kappa was founded Dec. 5, 1776 at the College of William & Mary and is the oldest Greek-letter society in the United States. The local chapter was founded in December, 1937. Membership is conferred by vote of the society’s faculty mem bers upon senior and junior stu dents who- have attended the College two years and who have at least a 2.5 All-College average in liberal or general courses. Sometimes graduates who have won intellectual distinction after leaving college are elected to the society. Th ■ characters are initials of the Greek words which mean “Love of Wisdom the Helmsman of Life.” The badge worn by members is a gold key. • Phi Kappa Phi membership is onen to undergraduates who rank in the top eighth of their class in all curriculums of the colleges which have chapters. The basis for admission is outstanding scholarship and good character. College Senate last fall. There are now approximately 70 guild members, drawn from all schools of the College. A candi date for membership must suc cessfully complete a ten-w ee k training and tryout period. Another function of the Radio Guild is Radio Day, which took place twice during the 1951-52 school term. In cooperation with the departments of journalism and dramatics, the guild operated a mock radio station for one day. Students thereby get their bap tism under fire in radio. Mackey is faculty adviser of the guild. He also conducts the an nouncers’ work shop. Officers of the Radio Guild this semester are Patricia Hathaway, president; Frank Hutchinson, vice president; Ann Jeanette Jones, secretary; and Jay Murphy, treas urer. r*?r Gra.uA CLEANING EFFICIENT Little Man on Campus recognizes the housing shortage." Spices - (Continued jrom page six) for five or more to pile into the cab and share the cost. Two of us decided to take a bus trip to Cuernavaca one weekend and asked instructions for finding the bus station. Apparently they weren’t too clear, and as we near ed the supposed location of the station, a gentleman came up to us and said “this way to a bus to Cuernavaca.” We naively followed and boarded a bus that looked a little older than we and contained a group of passengers dressed as though they had just left the mines. We were beginning to sus pect we had gotten on the wrong bus when a crawly sensation strangely akin to a pulga (Mexi can for flea) made itself felt on our arm. We descended and boarded a first-class bus farther down the street. PAGE SEVEN By Bibier First Independent Is Out Tomorrow The first fall semester issue ol the Independent, newspaper for independent student.,, will 'be dis tributed tomorrow, Richard Rau, editor, has announced. This issue will contain a fea ture story on the presidents of Leonides and the Association of Independent Men. Orientation stories on general phases of inde pendent activities also will be in cluded. Walker Gets 2 Posts Dr. Eric A. Walker, dean of the School of Engineering, has been named chairman of the Engineer ing College Research Council and vice president of the' American Society for Engineering Educa tion.
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