The daily collegian. (University Park, Pa.) 1940-current, January 15, 1953, Image 2

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    PACE TWO
15 Credits Set
For Deferment
Male students must carry at least 15 credits in order to be
accredited as a full time student at the College and be eligible for
a form 109 draft deferment certification, A. W. Stewart, assistant
registrar, announced yesterday. Korean War veterans must carry
14 credits to receive benefits under the G.I. Bill of Rights, he added.
Creditless courses, such as English composition 0, will not be
Chem-Phys
Open House
To Be May 2
The Chemistry-Physics Student
Council last night voted to hold
its annual open' house program
May 2, pending faculty approval.
An open house program on this
date would be in conjunction with
several other schools of the Col
lege,which have already scheduled
their programs on that time.
Charles Ferguson, chairman of
the council's open house commit
tee, suggested the open house pro
gram be made a two-day rather
that/ a one-day affair. Action on
this proposal was postponed pend
ing the committee's meeting with
faculty members.
Perry Yocum reported that ef
forts are being made to install
a softdrink vending machine in
the thid floor landing of Pond
Laboratory.
William Deppe, editor of the
Chem-Phys Newsletter, said the
newsletter will be available about
the first week of the spring se
mester.
The next meeting of the coun
cil will be for Feb. 11.
$37,500 Check
Ends Ag Dr ive
For New Lab
A drive to raise funds for con
struction of a new Animal Dis
ease Research Center was ended
when a $37,500 check was pre
sented to Dr. Lyman E. Jackson,
dean of the School of Agriculture,
Tuesday night at the State Farm
Show, Harrisburg.
The contribution was made by
the Pennsylvania Poultry Feder
ation, matching a similar fund of
the 1951 General Assembly. The
legislature appropriated $lOO,OOO
for the new building and agreed
to give the additional $37,500 if
the farming industry could match
this amount to outfit and equip
the center.
The one-story, concrete block
building is to be located at the
rear of Orchard No. 3 on the Col
lege Farms, midway between the
fruit storage and the old soil con
servation experiment station.
If plans are completed, bids
may be opened in March, and
construction may begin in the
spring, John Miller, chief drafts
man, has announced.
Women Debate
Tryouts Set
Undergraduate women inter
ested in trying out for the varsi
ty debate squad will meet at 7
p.m. Feb. 2 in 2 Sparks to receive
instructions.
According to Marian Ungar,
debate manager, no previous ex
perience in debating is necessary,
and all undergraduate women
are eligible for the team.
Clayton H. Sch u g, associate
professor of public speaking and
debate coach, will explain the na
tional intercollegiate topic, Re
solved: That the Congress of the
United States should enact a
compulsory fair employ ment
practices law.
Interested women unable to at
tend the meeting may contact
Miss Ungar in 124 Simmons.
'Old Mania' Notices
Notices of pinnings, engage
ments, and marriages for the
February Froth's "Old Mania"
may be submitted to the Stu
dent Union desk in Old Main
until noon Saturday.
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
accepted as filling the require
ment, he said .
If students do not carry the
necessary 15 credits, their draft
board will be notified and the
student will be liable for the
draft, Stewart said. • Anytime
during the semester a student
drops below the 15 credit level,
the draft board will be notified.
All students must have their
draft number, their board num
ber, and the address of the board
on their 109 form application
which they filled out during fall
semester registration so the Col
lege can send in the form at the
end of the spring semester, Stew
art said. If no form 109 is re
ceived, a student will be liable
for the draft. Students should re
port to the assistant registrar's
office, 4 Willard Hall, to supply
the necessary information, he
said.
Under College rules, only 12
credits are needed to be a full
time student. Students in the, up
per half of the freshman Class,
upper two-thirds of the sopho
more cla s s, and upper three
quarters of the junior class are
eligible for scholastic deferments
upon approval of form 109 by the
draft board.
Student Thieves
Nabbed by Police
Two students responsible for
the theft of two cylinder heads
from an automobile belonging to
a Nittany Dorm resident have
been apprehended an d turned
over to the Dean• of Men's office
by. the Campus Patrol.
No action has yet been taken
on the students, one in his second
semester and the other in his
third. Names of the students were
withheld by the Dean of Men's
office.
The cylinder heads were stolen
Tuesday morning, resulting in
damage estimated by Walter Bie
ber, owner of the vehicle, at be
tween $3O and $4O. The cylinder
heads were valued, at $5O.
Although widely grown in the
Western hemisphere, coffee is a
native of the Old World.
FiviA Is Incorporated
As Constitution Passes
The Fraternity Marketing Association became a legal corpor
ation last night when the current members voted unanimously in
favor of a constitution and by-laws.
The action put out of existence the program developed under the
auspices of the AFC-IFC joint buying committee and put the new
Fraternity Marketing 'Association
in full command of the joint buy
ing program. The plan, which is
aitached to IFC, is open to any
chartered fraternal group at the
College.
The group also set up a nomin
ating committee to prepare a list
of suggested names to fill the of
fices and the 12 seats on the board
of trustees established by the new
constitution. The board of trus
tees will be selected from these
nominees at the next meeting.
Those named to the nominating
committee were Willard Dye,
Thomas Gardner, • Robert Grace,
George Greer, William Hafley,
Arthur Rosf el d, and Richard
Shively.
R. K. Murray, AFC co-chairman
of the old buying group, informed
the members that the work of
the plan was already beginning
to show in more competition for
contracts and lower prices. He
said two jobbers will supply the
fraternities during spring semes
ter instead of one to obtain the
best prices.
Member fraternities were also
asked by Murray to fill out new
and more detailed inventory lists
[or the coming semester. Present'
, - )11.:.'s did not meet the jobbers'
requirements, he said.
Chest Fund
Climbs to
$10,607
The Campus Chest total has
climbed to $10,607.75, according
to Joseph Haines, acting chair
man. However, figures released
yesterday did not include results
of the last -phase of the chest cam
paign in the town area. •
Student contributions this year
total $6100.35 while faculty and
administration contri buti o n s
amount to $1812.61. The overall
total released also includes $l3OO
from the Kickoff dance Sept. 19,
$435.57, from the working fund
carried over from last year, and
$595.23 returned from March of
Dimes. The March of Dimes mon
ey was collected during the last
two chest drives and was return
ed because the charter for the
March of Dimes forbids accept
ance of funds collected in a drive
for several organizations.
The goal for the drive this year
is $12,000.
Haines said 11,000 Internation
al Business Machine cards have
been distributed. There vvere 11,-
500 cards provided for the drive.
Campus Chest solicitors should
return cards to 304 Old Main to
morrow whether or not the stu
dents have been reached, he said.
Students who have not ye t
been reached by solicitors and
who wish to contribute or pledge
cash should call State College
7753, according to Haines.
Sperber to Be
Radio Guest
Harry A. Sperber, assistant
scheduling officer, will be the
guest'on the Radio Guild's "Spot
light on State" at 9:30 tonight
over WMAJ.
Jay Murphy will interview
Sperber-. Director is James Blox
ham. Others working on the pro
gram are Paul Brownstone, an
nouncer, and Frank Hutchinson,
engineer.
John Price will read "The Am
bitious Guest," a short story by
Nathaniel Hawthorne, on Radio
Guild's "Call Card" at 9:45 to
night on WMAJ.
Sally Lowry will direct. The
cast includes Jay Murphy, an
nouncer; Emily Snyder, sound;
Frank Hutchinson, engineer ;
Madeleine Sharp, librarian; and
Robert Zimmerman, voice.
The next meeting was sched
uled for 7:30 p.m. Feb. 4 at Phi
Kappa Sigma fraternity.
•
It's A Fuer
that on Feb. 22, 1855, Penn Sta.Lc received its charter
as the Farmers' High School of Pennsylvania. On
this date in 1955—exactly. 100 years later—a large
program is being planned to stress the ways the
College' can be of service in adjusting people to
their future environments.
"Your_ future is being decided this next week
too—so drop in at VIC'S during that 11:00 o'clock
break to get a sandwich or milkshake. Relieve that
tension that builds up during a night of Study.
Meet. the other students when they congregate—
VIC'S.
if • I
145 S. ALLEN ST. S
her Act
JOE AND DICK LEMYRE, brother wrestling team for the Lions,
show one of the holds they demonstrated last night at the TUB.
The Lemyre twins were part of a program on "Know Your Wrest
ling" sponsored by Blue Key, junior men's hat society. Other
members of the team demonstrated basic wrestling holds and
scoring techniques. Movies of last year's 'Eastern Intercollegiate
championships were also shown.
43,500
Lettered
Five hundred diplomas, beautifully inscribed in Old English,
will be given out Jan. 27, boosting to 43,500 the total of sheepskins
hand-lettered by William S. Hoffman.
Hoffman, former registrar of the College, has hand-lettered
diplomas for Penn State's graduates since 1922. And he has high
hopes of reaching a 50,000 goal
before he retires from this profit
able hobby.
Starts After Registration
When Hoffman took on the as
signment as a sideline 31 years
ago, the June graduating. 'classes
numbered approximately 500. To
day, with 2000 diplomas to letter
each June,. Hoffman just has to
get started earlier. ,
"Time was when I could• do all
lettering a month or two before
graduation," he said. "Nov I start
as soon as mid-year registration
ends "
Instead of working on each
diploma individually, Hoffman
makes the layouts for 20 or 30
sheepskins at once. "On my diplo
mas there are no ruled lines or
penciled marks," Hoffman said
proudly. "I put the name right on
in ink."
Lettering Is 'Relaxation'
Hoffman estimated that the di
plomas he has inscribed, laid end
to end, would stretch 12 miles.
Stacked on top of each other, they
would make a pile 27 feet high.
"I like to work on diplomas the
way some men like to play golf,"
he explained. "It's a relaxation
for me. I do it at night while I'm
listening to symphonies or mys
tery programs on the radio."
The fact that the traditional
sheepskin is no longer used for
diplomas pleases Hoffman, if no
one else. He said he believes the
lightweight, cream-colored paper
used now is much easier to work
with.
THURSDAY, JANUARY 15, 1953
Sheepskins
by Hand
By HELEN LUYBEN
Group May Get
Sewage Plan
The buildings and grounds
committee of the Board of
Trustees may receive a joint
sewage plan for the College
and the borough on Jan..' 23,
according to Samuel K. Hos
tetter, comptroller.
If a plan is presented, the
committee will not act on the
plan but will make recom
mendations to the Board• of
Trustees, which will meet Jan.
- 24 in Harrisburg. Hostetter de
clined to release details of the
plan.
Prexy's Guests Discuss
Problems of College
Problems of College operation
were discussed at a dinner Presi
dent Milton S. Eisenhower held
lvst night for school deans and
department heads.
The President inaugurated the
principle of holding such ' a din
ner once a semester when he
?'me to the campus in 1950.