FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1953
Fraternity Buying Power
Merged Through FMA
Fraternity Marketing Association is a_ nonprofit organization
designed to coordinate the buying power of fraternities.
FMA was legally
. incorporated last January when it replaced
the Association of Fraternity Counselors, an Interfraternity Council
joint buying committee. FMA is open to any •chartered fraternity
and at present is composed of 25 members.
Last semester FMA buying was
limited to canned goods and-pota
toes, but present plans call for ex
pansion into fuel oil, coal, hard
ware, furniture, and laundry
items.
Resembles Checking Account
Any fraternity wishing to affil
iate with FMA may petition the
FMA board of trustees for member
ship. A deposit of $lOO must be
submitted to the association. Upon
approval of the board of trustees,
the group is accepted and has a
voice and vote in FMA affairs.
The $lOO is added to the associa
tion's buying capital but remains
the property of the individual frat
ernity. The system resembles a
bank checking account. With each
fraternity's order, FMA deducts
the correct amount from the frat
ernity's deposit. At the end of the
month the fraternity is required
to restore its original deposit to
the association.
$16,000 Business Last Year
Each participating member
fraternity has one representative
on FMA. The FMA board of trus
tees is the governing - and policy
making body of the association.
It is composed of five members
from the alumni groups of mem
ber fraternities, five student rep
resentatives, and two trustees-at
large who need not be from mem
ber groups. Dr. Robert K. Murray,
assistant professor of history, is
president of the board of trustees.
Since its inception last fall, the
organization has done approxi
mately $16,000 worth of business
with savings from four to five
per cent.
Present members of FMA are
Acacia, Alpha Chi Rho, Alpha
Gamma Rho, Alpha Sigma Phi,
Alpha Tau Omega, Alpha Zeta,
Beaver House, -Beta Sigma Rho,
Delta Chi, Delta Sigma Phi, Delta
Theta. Sigma, Delta Tau Delta,
Lambda Chi Alp h a, Phi Delta
Theta, Phi Gamma Delta, Phi
Kappa, Phi K app a Sigma, Phi
Sigma Kappa, Sigma Alpha Mu,
Sigma Nu, Sigma Pi, Sigma Phi
Epsilon, Theta Kappa Phi, Tri
angle, and Zeta Beta Tau.
Coed Honored
By Magazine
Kathryn Eisenhower, third se
mester medical technology major,"
has been named coed of the month
in the September issue of Ameri
can magazine.
Miss Eisenhower, niece of both
the President of the United States
States and Prexy, is featured, not
only for her famous name, but
for her work in medical technol
ogy at Monesson Hospital, Char
leroi, her interest in golf, and her
reign as Apple t Blossom Queen
last spring in Winchester, Va.
Joan Hutcheon, a graduate last
year of the College, was named
American Magazine Coed of the
Month in a previous issue.
6 on Eng Faculty .
Named to Society
Six members of the Engineer
ing school faculty will represent
the College in the American So
ciety for Engineering Education
during the coming year.
They are Dr. Harry P. Ham
mond, dean emeritus, of . Engin
eering; Kenneth L. Holderman,
professor and director of engin
eering extension; Dr: Eric A.
Walker, dean of the Engineering
school; Edgar E. Ambrosius, pro
fessor of mechanical engineering;
Harold I. Tarpley, professor of
electrical engineering, and Earl
B. Stavley, assistant dean.
Old Mania' information
Due Wednesday at SU
Information concerning pi n
nings, engagements, and mar
riages for the Old Mania section
of Froth, College humor maga
zine,' may be turned in until
Wednesday at the Student Union
desk in Old Main.
The semester's first issue of
Froth be out Thursday.
TEE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA
Prize Cheers
To Be Used
At Pep Rally
Students attending Penn State
football games this fall will be
introduced to two new cheers.
"Blue and •White" and "Victory
for Nittany" are prizewinning
cheers submitted in a contest last
spring.
They will be used at the first
pep rally this semester.
Head Cheerleader Bruce Wag
ner will direct athletic events,
pep rallies, and mass meetings.
New cheerleaders selected last
spring are Harry Albert, Ronald
Lynch, Hugh Cline, Joan Carter,
Patricia Dickinson, and Joan My
ers. Alternates are Bruce Knauss
and Ruth Summerville.
. Fury Feraco will assist Wagner:
Other cheerleaders are Albert
Cobel, Doris Dollinger, Elizabeth
Robertson, and Jay Schultz.
DiR Gives Guidance
As College Service
The Di vi s i on of Intermediate Registration, more commonly
known as DIR, is one of the "service units" of the College which
gives special guidance and counsel to, students.
DIR was founded in January, 1948, to help students with poor
scholarship.
. Today, DIR serves each schoo
not necessarily scholastically poo
director of the division. Many
times, a student wishing to switch
courses will transfer to DIR be
cause most schools will not take
direct transfers.
Services of DIR include tests on
ability, reading; and study habits;
frequent conferences and counsel
ing; and c our s•e changing pro
grams.
The Student Advisory Service,
Reading Clinic, Speech and Hear
ing Clinic, and College Health
Service work with the division.
If a student's grade point aver
age drops to .5 or below, he may
be referred to DIR to undergo
tests and consultation. He may
then include in his schedule cer
tain non-credit courses, such as
Education 105, reading, and basic
study skills.
A maximum of two semesters
may. be s p en t in DIR, during
FRATERNITIES and SORtRITIES
The COLLEGE CLASSIC COMPANY
of Columbus, Ohio, welcomes you
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CUMBERBUNDS, Etc.
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12 British
Scholarships
Announced
The foundation of 12 Marshall
Scholarships at British Universi
ties, available for American grad
uate students, has been announc
ed by the British government.
Each award will value $1540 a
year, with an extra $560 a year
for married men. Transportation
is provided from home to the
British university and back.
U.S. citizens, men and women
under 28 years of age and gradu
ates of accredited colleges or uni
versities, are eligible for th e
award•. Distinction of intellect and
character, shown by scholastic at
tainment and other activities and
achievements, are required quali
fications.
Under terms of the awards,
each of four regional committees
will select three candidates every
year, with three in reserve. These
names will be forwarded for ap
proval to the advisory council in
Washington, which consists of six
distinguished Americans who will
assist th e British ambassador,
chairman of the cpuncil, in re
viewing an d approving candi
dates.
- - _
Nov. 1 is the closing date for
applications for the 1954-55 schol
arships. Further information may
be obtained from British Informa
tion Services (Marshall Scholar
ships), 30 Rockefeller Plaza, New
York 20, N.Y.
. Students transferred to DIR are
, according to Harold K. Wilson,
Players' Show Tryouts
To Be He11:1 Sunday
Tryouts ilor "The Moon Is
Blue," first Players' production
of the year, will begin at 7 p.m.
Sunday in the Little Theater,
basement of Old Main. Partici
pants needs not have previous
drama experience:
"The Moon Is Blue" will be
presented for six weekends be
ginning Oct. 9 at Center Stage.
which time a 1.2 grade point aver
age or better must be maintained.
The student may then transfer
back to his original school.
As for results, the average of
previous DIR students in the grad
uating class of January, 1953, was
1.49. Prior to joining DIR, their
collective average work was .53.
While in DIR, it increased to 1.43.
Employment Service
Has Dual Function
Student Employment Service, division of College placement,
maintains a full scale employment agency that carries a two-fold
purpose in its year-round operation.
The service helps finance students through college with part-time
jobs and seeks to promote better College-borough-student relations.
Th e service was founded in
1947 by Alan Reese, then a grad
uate student in psychology. Its
office was located in the TUB. In
1948, the service, still in the grow
ing stage, moved to 420 Old Main
with full time status. It moved to
its present offices, 112 Old Main,
in 1950.
John Huber, present director;
took over Reese's duties in Feb
ruary, 1952.
Handled 3400 Job Requests
The office is open from 8 a.m.
to noon and from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Monday through Friday. It will
be open from 8 a.m. to noon to
morrow and Sept. 26, Huber said.
Phone number of the service is
2049. By watching the gazette sec
tion of the Collegian students may
find requests for student help for
unusual jobs or for jobs that must
be filled immediately, Huber said.
Last year, the service filed cards
for 1634 students who registered
for part-time employment. During
that period, the service handled
3400 single job requests.
The s e r vic e acts as a go-be
tween, a clearing house, between
employers and students desiring
part-time jobs on campus, in town,
or adjacent territory.
Part-time jobs for men
Students desiring part-time jobs
should file., application cards at the
beginning of each semester so the
service may have a complete class
hour schedule, Huber said. Stu
dents are advised to keep in close
contact with the office, rather than
wait for the service to contact
them.
Part-time positions most fre
quently open for men include
window - washing, floor - waxing,
and a variety of seasonal outdoor
jobs.
Part-time jobs for women in
clude general housework, baby
sitting, clerical work, general of
fice work, and library work.
Agencies Train Students
The service maintains dry
cleaning, news, magazine, and
floral agencies run by students.
The news agency, started in 1948,
is the oldest. The dry cleaning
agency was begun in 1949, the
floral agency in 1950, and the mag
azine agency in 1951. All agencies
were started under the direction
of Reese.
-• Agencies were designed to give
students business training in a
more permanent type of work.
The service also supplies food
service, wait erg in College-run
units, town boarding houses, and
.fraternities.
What is believed to have been
the first "artificial" percipitation
was produced in 1946 by spraying
a cloud with dry ice.
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CIDER and RUSH PARTIES
Pastries
Donuts
2219 Beaver Ave.
PAGE THREE
New Student
Counselor Aid
Continue
Counseling programs for new
students on ca - npus have been in
progress all week and will con
tinue today and tomorrow.
Some 89 upperclassmen have
been meeting with new men stu
dents to discuss pr oblems
common to their schools and cur
riculums. Counselors, under the
direction of Michael Jordan, sev
enth semester industrial engineer
ing major, met twice with groups
of about 30 freshman men.
. During the past several days
men and women have been hav
ing meetings with faculty advisers
to arrange their academic pro
grams.
Women have had conferences
with hostesses and upperclass
women in dormitory units.
Alpha Phi Om eg a, national
serv i c e fraternity, reported a
brisk flow of students through
their information station at the
Mall and Pollock road.
Tours conducted by Alpha Phi
Omega on Monday evening was
also well attended. Ernest Famous,
head of the APhiO Orientation
Week program, said about 2500
freshmen took the trip around
the campus. The groups were led
by members of APhiO, and Cwens,
Chimes, and Androcles, campus
honor societies. .
Civil Service
lobs vailabk
Examinations have been an
nounced by the U.S. Civil Servi:.•a
Commission for cartographer, car
tographic aid and cartographic
technician and draftsman to f li
positions in Federal agencies in
Washington. Salaries range froni
$2750 to $lO,BOO a year.
No written test will be given.
Appropriate education or experi
ence, or a combination of educa
tion and experience is required.
Applications will be accepted
until further notice and must be
filed with the U.S. Civil Service
Commission, Washington 25, D.C.
Application forms may be ob
tained fr o m the commission's
Washington office or from a civil
service regional office.
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