Religion Week
Begins Sunday—
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.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.
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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
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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
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