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VOL. 53, No. 96
Laubach Takes Poll
On Calendar Plan
A.poll of student opinion--khout'the''proposed College calendar
plan is being conducted by All-College President John' Laubach.
S Questionnaires about the calendar plan, to go before the College
Senate Thursday, have been'mailed to 188 students selected from the
student directory, one from each page.
Dean Admits
Final Exams
Were Stolen
Dean Ben Euwema last night
told the Liberal Arts Student
Council, there ; is definite evidence
that final exams were in the
hands of students before the tests
were given and that in some cases
these exams were sold at tremen
dous profits.
Commenting on the mass cheat
ing, Euwema' revealed there, was
evidence that. an attempt was
made to break into the Mathe
matics department office in
Sparks during the final exam per
iod. Students even , rummaged
through the mimeograph rejects
in the mimeographing room in an
effort to obtain, copies of finals,
he said.
“This cannot be allowed to
continue,” Euwema stated. “If
this practice continues the degree
which you work so hard to get
won’t be worth anything;” he
said.
Euwema revealed the liberal
arts faculty had made several
suggestions to prevent a reoccur
rence of this situation. These in
cluded a deemphasization of the
finals, and an increase in the se
curity measures at Sparks build
ing.
Euwema said that in the future
all finals will be stored overnight
in a safe in his office or will be
taken home by the individual
professors. ' < \
An. increase in the number of
proctors during finals and the
numbering of each final are ad
ditional measures which will be
taken, he said.
As a final suggestion to find a
solution to the problem, Euwema
suggested _ that the council pre
pare a. list of recommendations
which he in turn would present
to the Liberal Arts, school’faculty.
Douglas Schoerke, council pres
ident, appointed Robert Sherman,
Bruce Wagner, Betty Koster, and
Donald Siegle to draw up the
list. ,
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Christoff Found
Asleep in Mind
JOHNSTOWN, Pa., March 2 (51—
Jean Christoff, 24, sought for ques
tioning in the strangulation death
of his sister and for burglary, was
found asleep today in an abandon
ed coal mine.
Christoff disappeared Feb. 17, the
day. his 21-year-old sister, June,
was found strangled with a dress
belt in their, modest mountain home
at nearby Frugality.
Young' Christoff told his father
and two uncles he knows nothing
about his sister’s death. The elder
Christoff feels his daughter com
mitted suicide, He said she-return
ed home from Penn State-’College
over a month ago in a highly nerv
ous condition.
TODAY'S
WEATHER
RAIN
MILDER
STATE COLLEGE, PA., TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH 3, 1953
The four-point questionnaire
asks:
1. Which is more unfavorable
to you: the one day Thanksgiving
vacation or not having free time
between semesters?
2. Would you stay at the Col
lege on Thanksgiving Day if a
football game or other important
event were scheduled?.
; 3. Do you think that' cutting
would be, excessive from classes
scheduled on the Friday and Sat
urday after Thanksgiving if a
sports event were to be scheduled
for Thanksgiving Day? . . . if a
sports event were not scheduled?
4. Can you devise a better cal
endar that the one proposed by
the Senate committee on" calen
dar? If so, describe your idea on
the back of this questionnaire.
A copy of the committee’s re
port proposing the calendar policy
is included with the questions.
Also included are a letter ex
plaining the poll and the calendar
and a return envelope.
Completed questionnaires are to
be returned by Wednesday noon,
Laubach said, so that the results
may he studied and presented to
the Senate ■ committee on' student
affairs Thursday afternoon before
the Senate meeting. The student
affairs group will present the
viewpoint shown in the poll to
the Senate.
Review Board
To Hear First
Case Tonight
The Association of Independent
Men’s Judicial Board of Review
will hear its first 'case at 6:30
tonight. in the Student Govern
ment Room in Old Main;
Edward Thieme, chairman of
the AIM law-enforcement' board,
said the only case for the first
session involves a disturbance
charge. The complaint was lodged
with the Dean of Men’s office
by. the- Campus Patrol, who ap
prehended the offender. The
dean’s office, passed it on to the
board.
The board was set up to handle
cases involving independent stu
dents who incited complaints
either on campus or in' the bor
ough. The complaints may be filed
by any student with his dorm
or area president, his counselor,
or may come from borough
sources. The Dean of Men’s office
may also submit cases it receives
to the board.
Temple Prof Suspended
On loyally Oath Charge
r Dr. Barrows Dunham, professor
of philosophy at Temple -Univerr
sity, was suspended by the uni
versity president yesterday un
der :the Pennsylvania loyalty oath
law. Temple President Dr. Rob
ert L. Johnson said Dunham had
“deliberately. created a -doubt” as
to. his loyalty to. America.
„ Dunham failed to answer ques
tions asked him last week by the
United . States House of ‘ Repre
sentatives un-American affairs
committee. The committee- decid
ed to/refer his case to "the-House
and seek a resolution asking the
Justice Department to-charge
Dunham with , contempt.
- Dunham w a s, suspended by
Johnson when' news of . his refusal
to testify reached Temple. John
son/ was. recently . named head of
the.: government’s overseas. infor
Enrojlme
Show SI
Nelson Says Social
Sciences Help Man
The social sciences have con
tributed to the domestication of
man in a world which is not quite
his own and have _ fortified him
with an understanding of using
art to fulfill his hopes, Dr. Ben
jamin N. Nelson told a Liberal
Arts lecture audience in 121 Sparks
last night.
The associate professor in the
School of General Studies at the
University of Minnesota cited the
differences in solving the prob
lems of science and the problems
of society. In scienticism the as
sumption that the models which
apply, in. mechanical .science can
be ■ transplanted to social thought
leads to totalitarian politics, Nel
son said.
From the nineteenth century
socialists came the theory that
man could escape the problems of
his society by a mastery of hu
man, behavior . and cultural
growth, Nelson said. He attacked
the theory and said human regen
eration cannot solve the problems
of society. "
• In recent years social sciences
have taken refuge in mythical
"conceptions,/ Nelsop said. An ex
ample is the Soviet Union. They
have become tied to a myth. The
Soviet Union tried to abandon the
concept that society is coordinat
ed with law. In the beginning
they set up a manifestation of rule
over the people with the idea that
British Dignity or
French oo- la-la?
Churchill Asked
LONDON, March 2 (/P) —Seven
pretty co-eds, their claws sharp
ened for a fight,, marched on
Prime Minister Churchill’s resi
dence ' today in sequined tights,
Bikini bathing suits . and black
fishnet stockings.
It was an eye-catching protest
demonstration by the girls, from
Reading -University, over what
they called an “outrageous insult”
from the men of the university.
The men had invited three
French' girls to lead the annual
carnival tomorrow,. declaring
brusquely that- Reading girls
weren’t glamorous enough.
They scared off the three French
girls chosen “Ambassadresses of
Goodwill,’’ for the French girls
canceled their trip from Paris.
Column on pftge four
mation program, which includes
the Voice of America. ’ >
In a statement defending his
refusal to answer questions, Dun
ham said:
“In an institution dedicated to
truth, the relations between teach
er-and student and between teach
er and teacher ought to be pro
tected. If teachers can be required
by inquisitions to reveal the
thoughts honestly expressed by
their students or colleagues noth
ing can be discussed in the class
room and nothing learned:; I have
ben defending the integrity: of this
relationship.”
Dunham called the House ques
tioning an attempt at “public, de
famation; intended to extirpate
from the colleges not- disloyalty
but dissent.” He said’xjs /'-ecord
would prove his suspension to be
“as unjust as it is. unwise.”
nt Figures
ight Drop
Benjamin N. Nelson^
LA lecturer
the state would wither away. In
stead it has become a tragic total
itarian.
Man has built his society on a
search for a dream—the millen
ium and' the true Utopia, Nelsorf
said. That dream has never been
fulfilled.
In the totalitarian society the
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Frosh to Plan
Revue, Dancg
I For Weekend
Plans t for Freshman Weekend,
May 1-2’, will be discussed at 7:30
tonight in 10 Sparks, Sanford
■Lichtenstein, freshman class pub
licity chairman, has announced.
An original musical revue is
being planned for the first night
of the weekend. Talent for the
show will be selected from the
freshman class. Freshmen may
sign up for' tryouts March 9-13
at the Student Union desk in Old
Main. Tryouts are scheduled for
March 14 and 15, time and place
to be announced later.
Words and music for the revue
are being written by a committee
from the freshman class includ
ing Michael Rosenfeld, Lyle Pel
ton, Phillip Wein, and Lichten
stein.
A dance May 2 in Recreation
Hall will oe another attraction
of Freshman Weekend. Arrange
ments for the dance have not yet
been completed.
Penn State Club
Seeks Members
New members will be accepted
for initiation into the Penn State
Club at 7 tonight in 405 Old Main.
Any male independent student,
with a All-College average of. 1.0
is eligible to join the club, Alvin
Goodman, chairman of the initia
tion committee, said.
Four Students Compete
In Floriculture Contest
A team of four students com
peted in the International Flower
Judging contest yesterday in
Cleveland, O.
Team members include Rich
ard/Bauer, Garth Becker, James
Boodley, and Robert Roesler.'
Peter B. Pfahl, instructor in flori
culture, coaches the team.
. - The College team placed third
in last year’s contest in Washing
ton,. D.C~
Campus Patrol
Not Always
Right —
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Ratio Declines
To 2.98 to 1;
10,781 Register
"• A downward swing of 6.6
per c.ent in spring semester
enrollment has been indicated
according to statistics released
Saturday by C. O. Williams,
registrar.
Total enrollment figures for
the spring semester list 8073 men
and 2708 women for a total en
rollment of 10,781.
This figure reveals a decrease
of 758 students from the fall sem
ester enrollment of 11,539. En
rollment for the spring semester
of 1952 was 10,832.
Men on campus can celebrate
because the statistics show the
ration has dropped from 3.02 last
semester to 2.98 this semester.
The ratio of undergraduate men
to undergraduate women has
fallen to 2.92 to 1.
The School of Liberal Arts, al
though it has less students than
last .semester, is still the largest
school with a total ■ of 2473 en
rolled.
The other schools and their en
rollments are: Engineering, 1761,
Agriculture, 1283; Education, 1110;
Home Economics, 747; Chemistry
and Physics, 684; Division of In
termediate Registration, 478; Min
eral. Industries, 430; and Physical
Education and Athletics,. 246.
The freshman class has the
largest enrollment with 2680 stu
dents registered. Other class to
tals are: sophomore, 2396; junior,
2023; and senior, 2113. Graduate
students total 1367 and special
students 202.
The arts and letters curricu
lum, with 1160 students enrolled,
is the largest curriculum at the
College. The other top ranking
curriculums are: commerce, 960;
education, 809; home economics,
588; electrical engineering, 459;
and mechanical engineering, 441.
Show Chorale
To Perform
The Robert Shaw Chorale and
Orchestra will be heard by mem
bers of the Community Concert
Association -in the third program
at the current series at 8:30 p.m,
Friday in Schwab Auditorium.
The 30-voice choral group and
20-piece orchestra are both di
rected by Shaw. Shaw started in
the professional music world with
Fred Waring in 1938, at which
time he directed the Waring glee
club.
Shaw forifled his Collegiate
Chorale in 1941 and later branch
ed into orchestra conducting. He
has appeared as guest conductor,
for both the Boston Symphony
and Philadelphia orchestras.
The performance' by the chorale
and orchestra is open only to
holders of Community 'Concert
membership tickets. j
Sophomore Class
To Meet Tbnsghi
The sophomore class will
meet at 8 tonight in 110 Elec
trical (Engineering to discuss
possible entries in the He-Man
contest and a booth for Spring
Week carnival.
Final plans for the all-Col
lege barbershop quartet con
test and the class dance will
also be made. Women's quar
tets may still register for the
contest this week, according to
Otto Hetzel, publicity chair
man.
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