SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER. 13, 1953
Grades. Determine
'Survival of Fittest'
College is the old' story of the "survival of the fittest"—the
fittest beitig determined by, professors and their grade books.
According to Regulations for Undergraduate Students, grades
are assigned to students only on , the instructor's judgment of the
students' scholastic achievement.
On the basis of the three point grading system; passing grades
include 3,2, and 1. Failing grades
are -1 and -2. An "in between
grade of 0, or "zip" as it is called,
may also be awarded.
A 3 grade designates "excel
lent" work and is the equivalent
of an "A" or a numerical mark
from 90-100.
Zip is Passing
"Good" work is indicated by a
2 which is equal to a "B" or a
grade between 80-89. A grade of
1 designates "fair" work and is
the equivalent of -a "C" or a mark
between 70-79.
A zip, equal to a mark of 60-69;
is considered passing and gives
the student credit for taking the
course, but does not give him
grade points. If a zip' is received
in a course required for the stu
dent's major, it must be repeated.
Grades of -1, called "bar one"
and equal to 59-45, and -2, called
"bar two" equal to 44-0, are-con
sidered failing. Required courses
in which zips are received must
be repeated. If the course is an
elective, it does not have to be
repeated.
Grade Points Equal Credits
For courses such as English
composition 0 in which no credit
is given the grade will be either
P if passed or F if failed.
In addition to completing course
requiremepts in his curriculum,
a student must earn the number
of grade points equal to the num
ber of credits required in that
curriculum.
Grade points are determined by
multiplying the grade earned in
the course by the number of cred
its it -carries.
The All-College average is de
termined by dividing the total
of all credits taken whilei at the
College into the total grade points.
To have the eqUal number of
grade points and credits required
far graduation, an All-College
average of 1 must be obtained.
Seniors • who have maintained
an All-College average of 2.4 or
higher will be graduated with
honors. Students receiving - an
average of 2.5 in a semester are
eligible for the dean's list in their
school that semester.
Freshmen receiving a 2.5 aver
age are eligible for Phi Eta Sig
ma, national freshman m en's
scholastic honorary society, and
Alpha Lambda Delta, national
freshman women's scholastic hon
orary society. Activities and pro
fessional societies also require
certain All-College averages for
membership.
A student failing in 50 per cent
or more of his scheduled work at
WELCOME
DRY CLEANING
By MARY LEE LAUFFER
the end of any semester except
the first semester, or whose All-
College average falls below 0.05
at the end of his fourth or any
succeeding semester will be dis
missed from the College for un
satisfactory scholarship.
At the end of any semester a
student failing more than 35 per
cent of his scheduled work or a
student whose grade point aver
age falls below 0.65 will be placed
on probation by the College.
The Dean of Admissions will
impose academic probation for
unsatisfactory scholarship. While
on probation a student may not
participate in any extra-curricular
activity but may continue as a
member withholding an office or
committee membership or taking
active part in its programs.
Admission to DIR
A student whose average at the
end of his second or third semes
ter is below 0.50 will be referred
to the Division of Intermediate
Registration.
- ,
If admitted to DIR a student
will remain there for one - or two
semesters. A student not accepted
by DIR or the dean of a school
at the end of two semesters in
DIR will be dismissed from the
College for unsatisfactory scholar
ship.
With Open Mind—
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apartments and ended—after the
"woman's touch"—with scallop
edged drapes, weird colored rugs
on the floors, and tragically
dainty furniture.
It was about as useful as" sun
glasses in a mine shaft.
No, we are afraid the whole
idea will have to go. Penn State
men will have to continue their
subjugation to the restrictive ra
tio. It will be better than women
engineers.
Women at the College have con
tinually been encroaching upon
male rights, however, even though
they remain in the minority. This
year, we understand, coeds are
living in Pollock Circle.
If they can live in Pollock
through just one winter they de
serve the right to become en
gineers. If you don't believe this,
just take one look at a Pollock
dorm—the Waldorf of Penn
State.
CLASS of '57
Office and Dry Cleaning Plant - 307 W. Beaver Ave.
, 4. THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA
Mrs. Bernard
Gives Books
To Library
The extensive library of the late
Dr. L. L. Bernard, internationally
known sociologist, and lecturer in
sociology at the College, from 1947
until his death in 1951, was form
ally presented to Pattee Library in
July.
The collection, part of which
was previously in use in the li
brary, was presented by Dr. Jessie
R. Bernard, widow of the sociolo
gist.
Morse Accepts
Mrs. Bernard, professor of so
ciology, stated a library is a re
flection of the man who collects
it, and she was pleased to present
in the name of her husband the
collection of books to the College.
The library contains more than
20,000 volumes, and includes
many pamphlets and reprints.
A. 0. Morse, College provost,
accepted the collection, and Dr.
Seth W. Russell, assistant to the
president and former assistant
dean of the Liberal Arts school;
Dr. Franklin S. Krauss, head of
the Department of Romance Lan
guages; and Ralph W. McComb,
College librarian, added state
ments of commemoration to the
acceptance.
In 15 Languages
Dr. Bernard began his library
in 1920 with the purpose of as
sembling material for research he
was doing on the history of social
theory. Until his death he con
tinued to add between 500 and
1000 books a year (two or three
volumes a day) to the collection.
The majority of the books are
from Latin America, where Dr.
Bernard was well known in the
field of sociology. Many books
were bought in Europe and in
clude volumes in 15 different lan
guages.
Bookplate Marks Library
Included in the collection is a
copy of Henry Hughes' "A Treat
ise on Sociology, Theoretical and
Applied," the first book written
on sociology.
A bookplate, marking the L. L.
Bernard memorial collection, has
been designed and will indicate
each volume in the collection.
Library Schedule Set
For Orientation Week
The hours the Pattee Library
will be open to students during
Orientation Week are 9 a.m. to
5 p.m. Monday through Friday,
and 9 a.m. to noon Saturday. The
library will be closed Sunday.
The regular fall schedule, which
will go into' effect Sept. 21, is
7:50 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday
through Friday; 7:50 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Saturday; and 2 to 10 p.m. Sun
day.
The Shedandoah Valley is one
of the most productive of the
apple-growing areas of the United
States.
ittle Man on Campus
EII6L
Perhaps we should discontinue using student advisers for the
ew freshman orientation program."
Reserved for Frosh Only
Having been freshmen our-, think ,it ought to be "Nittany
selves for a couple years, we know I Lines."
what the frosh think about cus- We consider a freshman ori-
We've heard the Nittany and
Pollock dorms didn't meet the ex
pectations of some frosh. We
understand.
Frosh will take health tests,
hearing tests, English placement
tests, and psych tests this week,
and classes haven't even started.
After this week, freshmen will
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Visit Us Soon
We have
"Everything in Flowers"
117 E. Beaver Ave.
"Across from the Post Office"
TAILORING
By Bibler
DIGLISII - 1 -
ented to campus when he stops
trying to tell time by Old Main's
chithes.
Freshmen are required to know
the names and locations of all
campus buildings. That's• so the
upperclassmen will be able to
find their classes.
Oh well, you think this is bad?
You're right!
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