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
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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.
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Little Man on Campus
recognizes the housing shortage."
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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.