Religion Week Begins Sunday— See Page 4 .VOL. 53, No. 84 LA Faculty Discusses Exam Leaks A short discussion of final ex amination leaks and means of pre venting them was included in the regular meeting of the Liberal Arts school faculty yesterday. No specific conclusions were reached. Dr. Ben Euwema, dean of the LA school, said after the meeting that the school “would go ahead as vigorously as possible” in its approach to the exam problem. Barber this semester Euwema described the school’s approach to the problem as: “To find out the truth and prose cute the guilty, and to set up a system of making repetition of the situation impossible and un profitable.” Included in the discussions yes terday were plans to study means of de-emphasizing final examin ations, Euwema said. Another matter discussed was that of de partmentalized finals, that is, fi nals which are standardized in an entire department. Such depart mentalization creates a larger market for exams since a single exam may he taken by hundreds of persons. Euwema had earlier stated .that the exam leaks this year were the largest in the several years he has been at the ■ College. The faculty meeting was not called especially to consider the exam problem, but was routine and announced before the exam leaks. Ag Dean Has No Comment On Vet School Dean of the School of Agricul ture Lyman E. Jackson yesterday had no additional information or pertinent comments on a resolu tion introduced into the state General ' Assembly Monday re questing -the College Board of Trustees to authorize the estab lishment of a school of veterinary medicine. _ The resolution, introduced by five Senate Democrats, asks the trustees to prepare specific, infor mation on the nature and cost of buildings needed by the proposed school. It requests that the infor mation be presented to the 1955 General Assembly. The resolution was referred to the Senate agri culture committee. In his budget message to the General Assembly, Gov. John S. Fine asked that $300,000 be set aside to increase research facili ties at the College for veterinary medicine. Jackson. has just re turned from Harisburg where he presented facts concerning pre sent research at the College and answered- questions on proposed additions. He added however, that no commitments were made. He said he had heard of the resolution, but had no informa tion available that had not been already released. Talent Show Tickets Go On Sale Monday „ Tickets for the Penn State Club’s AlLCollege - Talent Show, Feb. 20 will go on sale Monday at the Student Union desk in Old Main, ..David Hyman, business manager for the talent show, said. All tickets will be general admis sion tickets and will cost 85 cents. : ©ljf Saily 0 (Mlegian Health Service Expansion d by Cabinet —Photo by Hamby ALL-COLLEGE PRESIDENT John Laubach reads a list of ques tions >on possible expansion of College health facilities to All-Col lege Cabinet at its meeting last night. The list will be submitted to the Senate sub-committee on health and recreation for answers. It was unanimously passed by the group. / //ness Drop Infirmary Situation The crowded condition in the College Infirmary eased somewhat yesterday, according to Director of the College Health Service Dr. Herbert R. Glenn, who announced that the empty bed capacity is “better.” Glenn said this is because seven cases less were admitted yesterday than on previous days. The Infirmary has been operat ing this week with at least ten extra beds moved in from nearby women’s dormitories to handle the. large number of students ill with grippe, Glenn explained. All but: twoof the present patients in the Infirmary are eases of the grippe, he added. There were 37 in the Infirmary late yesterday afternoon. ' Glenn said he had been making his rounds in the mornings to speed up the turnover in the hos pital. He said health officials are trying to use the best judgment possible in releasing students. He added that although it is too early to be positive, the seriousness and prevelanee of cases of the grippe is easing up. He said Wednesday that a probable peak had been reached then. Visiting hours at the Infirmary have been suspended until further notice, and the suspension will probably: continue for several weeks, Glenn said. The suspension was caused by the many cases of upper respiratory diseases, the grippe, now in the hospital. No ailing students who would normally be put to bed have been turned away, Glenn said. How ever, some of these have been advised to remain in their rooms to prevent spread of the disease. A. study. by College officials of the possibility of obtaining ex cuses for such absences is cur rently underway. Marbuf Assumes Vacated Position Frederick B. Marbut, professor of journalism, will teach Journal ism 21 for the remainder of the semester, filling the position left vacant by the death Monday of Prof. Stuart A. Mahuran. Robert O. Shipman, instructor of journalism, will teach Journal ism 480. Journalism 85 will be dropped for the remainder of the semester. STATE COLLEGE; PA., FRIDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 13, 1953 Deßordenave to Address RILW Kick-off Dinner The Rev. E. A. deßordenave, rector of Christ’s Church in Phila delphia, will introduce the topic “Your Place in the World’s-Jigsaw” at the Religion-in-Life Week kick-off dinner at 6 p.m. tomorrow at the Westminster Foundation. The dinner is designed to acquaint student leaders, local minis ters, and guest speakers with the week’s program. RILW is sponsored jointly this year by Inter-Religious Council, the Penn State Christian Associa tion, and All-College Cabinet. In previous years the program was sponsored by I n t e r - Religious Council alone, in conjunction with National Brotherhood Week. This year’s theme is “The Student and the University, The World Strug gle, and the Church.” President Milton S. Eisenhower is honorary chairman of the week. : Student chairman is • William Griffith. Edgar' Fehnel, Philip Kline, ; and. Martha Heckman are serving as vice chairmen. Catholic mass, local church ser FOR A BETTER PENN STATE * * * Eases Town Room List Proceeding Well The drive to obtain an ap proved list of town rooming es tablishments for reference in the Dean of Men's office is pro ceeding favorably, according to Harold W. Perkins, assistant dean of men. About 25 per cent of the forms, which were sent out less than a week ago, have been returned, he said, and more are. coming in every day. The object of the program is lo compile and maintain in the Dean of Men's office a list of inspected room to. satisfy the many requests for good quar ters in town made by many students and their parents. Senate Group to Provide Answers to 10 Questions By CHUCK OBERTANCE All-College Cabinet approved a list of ten questions last night regarding possible future expansion of the College Health Service. The questions will be handed over to the Senate sub-committee on health and recreation for answers. Three of the questions were added to a list of seven originally presented to cabinet by All-College President John Laubach. Some of the questions ask what * * • specific requests have been made ■ f • by the College for funds to ex- |nflKm/1| < |l pand the health service, what are Hill II II ivll y possible sources for these funds, * when would they be available, I * • and what improvements would I the funds provide. Other questions Ww a a IBJ' I K. H w'a I pertaining to what the group " called the present campus situ- j-l ■ n -. r-ni ation, are how much emergency | GIbCJ lil Cj bed space could be made available " j in case of epidemics and why can’t students get official excuses when directed to go to bed in their own quarters by health of ficials. Will Send List Soon. Could it be possible to have registered doctors and nurses come to students who are con fined to rooms by health officials is another question. Two of the three questions added later were why is there no ambulance avail able on campus for emergency use for students and can anything be done during normal times to in crease infirmary visiting hours. The list will be presented as soon as possible, Laubach said, to the sub-committee headed by Di rector of College Health Service Dr. Herbert R. Glenn. Funds Given for Scholarship . A proposal to postpone compil ation of the list was defeated after the group heard an explanation that it was necessary to get the answers as soon as possible be cause of the present situation on campus. After a report from the student scholarship committee by chair man Edgar Fehnel, a motion was passed stating that income from Spring Carnival be added to the principle of the scholarship fund. He said application forms for scholarships will be available from Feb. 26 through March 6 at the Student Union desk in Old Main. RILW Group Gets $2OO Fehnel explained that prefer ence is given to needy students who must work part time and who have made some contribution to campus student activities. He added that the committee hoped to receive -enough additional funds to raise the present working fund of $124 to $l5O. Three $5O (Continued on page eight) vices, and the Chapel service will officially open the week to the public Sunday morning. The Rev. deßordenave will speak on “The Student in the University” tea sponsored by. the dean of women and-dean of men in Simmons Hall lounge in the afternoon. A panel discussion Sunday night in Sparks Building will be the first of three public discus sions and lectures to be held dur ing the week. Four Hamilton Hall lounge discussion periods have also been scheduled. Leading the public lectures and (Cmtwmed on page eight) Plans for the completion of the College Infirmary are pending be. fore the General State Authority, Wilmer E. Kenworthy, director of student affairs, revealed yester day. Plans for this construction, awaiting GSA action, are far ad vanced in comparison with other College building proposals, he said. Two other building requests pending before the GSA are a classroom and office building and an army, air, and naval science building. In addition to requests for GSA construction, the College has asked for 11 buildings or addi tions to buildings as part of its legislative request for the bien nium 1953-55. Included in this request are a general engineering building, a physical education building for Mont Alto, a general extension building, and a new Home Eco nomics building. Completion of Burrowes build ing and Main Engineering, and an addition to Frear Laboratory are also included in the request to the legislature. Burrowes build ing was planned with two wings, similar to Sparks building. The College requested the fol lowing buildings for agriculture: a turkey brooder and laying house facilities, facilities for the swine herd, a meat laboratory, and al-. terations to agricultural build ings. The GSA, which is considering' completion of the Infirmary and construction of a classroom and office building and a military sci ence building, is a corporation that issues bonds to pay for con struction of buildings needed hf the state. Tractor Upsets, Employee Hurt Otie Spicer, a College farm em ployee, was injured yesterday afternoon when the tractor he was operating toppled over and threw him eight feet into a pit at the new dairy bam. Spicer was taken to the Centre County Hospital, Bellefonte, where he was reported resting comfortably last night. He is suf fering from a possible broken rib and is badly bruised, hospital au thorities said. According to J. Kieth Thornton, superintendent of farm operations and service, Spicer drove the trac tor over the manure loading pit. The tractor did not fall to the bottom of the pit. Spicer probably stepped on •flra gas rather than the clutch, Thom* ton said, because he was accus tomed to driving another type at tractor. The clutch pedal was placed on the _ opposite side at the tractor Spicer was driving!. The tractor caught fire after* falling into the pit, but Spicer was not burned. The —-jg FIVE CENTS
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