The daily collegian. (University Park, Pa.) 1940-current, October 14, 1953, Image 2

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    PAGE TWO
ikeral Arts Dean Discusses
4 ectives of School, Courses
Covering five main fields in the Liberal Arts school, Ben Euwema, dean of the LA school, dis
cussed objectives of each field last night at the first Liberal Arts lecture of the current series.
The LA tradition, according to Euwema, is to produce a facsimile to the spaceman who is serene
and has no aimlessness, conflict, or confusion. "We have a long, long way to go," he said. "Wisdom,
brotherhood, and humanity are the finest products of the liberal arts."
'Rush' Jobs
Available
To Students
Students may earn a few extra
dollars by doing "rush" jobs in
their spare time, according to
John Huber, director of 'Student
Employment S 2rvice.
Huber explained that students
who have sandwich hours or oth
er spare time can earn money
by babysitting or helping with
housework. "Rush" jobs are jobs
that must be done almost as soon
as requests are received.
Students who register with the
Student Employment Serv i c e
should check with the office at
least once a day for "rush" jobs,
Huber said. They should not wait
for the office to telephone them.
Students who have filed appli
cation cards should report any
change in address, telephone num
ber, or schedule, Huber said.
He emphasized that students
who fill job calls should realize
that they are acting as represen
tatives of the College, and that
townspeople will judge the entire
student body by their actions. It
is important that jobs be well
done and completed on time, he
Said.
Application cards may be filed
at any time during the semester
in the Student Employment of
fice, 112 Old Main. ;
Judging Team
Places High
In Dairy Meets
The College's dairy cattle judg
ing team returned to campus this
week after having rounded out a
successful season by placing high
in two judging contests last week.
The team placed fifth among 33
competing student groups at the
National Dairy Cattle Congress in
Waterloo, la. Oct. 5.
Harry Roth, seventh semester
dairy husbandry major, won a $2O
prize for giving reasons for his
decisions in the oral reasons con
test. Roth also placed 11th among
individuals. W. Levis Phipps Jr.,
fifth semester dairy husbandry
major, won eighth place among
individual competition.
At the International Dairy
Show in Chicago Saturday, the
College team placed second. Ten
teams competed.
Roth was high man with 686
points out of a possible 750 and
Edgar Fehnel, seventh semester
animal husbandry major, placed
fifth in the contest,.
• Gilbert Porter, graduate dairy
husbandry student, coached th e
team.
Previously, the team won third
place at the Eastern States Ex
position at Springfield, Mass.
10 incion-sians
Attend Classes
Teri Indonesian labor leaders
and representatives from the In
donesian Labor department are
currently on campus enrolled in
a special , training program.
The eight-week course the In
donesians are taking was de
signed specifically for them. They
are housed in Pollock 8 for the
duration of their _visit to the Col
lege.
Prior to coming to the College,
they attended the American Fed
eration of Labor convention in
St. Louis.
The program is under the spon
sorship of the office of Interna
tional Labor Affairs of the United
States Department of Labor in
conjunction with the College.
Eugene A. Myers, associate pro
fessor of c• morales, is supervisor
of the project.
THE DAILY MLLECHAIir. SMTE iCMLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA
By NANCY FORTNA
Three typical attitudes to the
liberal arts he refuted were: (1)
vocationalisrn, the belief that lib
eral arts studies should prepare
students for a specific job; (2)
presentism or insistence that the
past has nothing to teach us and
we must live only for the present;
and (3) that the LA school, for
example at the College, is pri
marily a service school. The Dean
explained his own ideas of what
liberal arts are supposed to do to
help development of the student.
Stresses Use of Words -
Taking fields of the mother
tongue, foreign languages, sci
ences, social sciences and arts, he,
discussed his ideas on objectives
of these departments.
Speaking about English, he said
linguistic skill is not just teach
ing English composition. "Every
thing we learn in college, and
practically everything in life, is
verbal. Skill in the use of words
- is one of the basic aims of the
liberal arts." Unity in all depart
ments is needed to accomplish
this aim, he added.
Need Clear Objectives
Euwema said the curriculum is
only part of the problem of teach
ing a course. The manner in
which a course is taught is as im
portant as the matter, he points
out. In his discussion of variqus
courses, he described what the
attitude of the course should be.
The problem is phrasing ob
jectives so .they may be used
every day in classrooms and at
the end of the course in testing.
Objectives should ' be clearly
stated, he surmised.
"We represent the collegiate
three R's," said the dean. "Only
if we proceed to have sound lib
eral programs can we serve the
other schools."
Ryan to Speak
To Counselors
Dr. Hugh J. Ryan, past nation
al president of Delta Sigma Phi
fraternity and executive commit
teeman of the National Interfra
ternity Conference, will speak to
the Association of Fr at e r nit y
Counselors at 7 p.m. Tuesday at
Phi Kappa fraternity.
A dinner will be held at Phi
Kappa and Theta Kappa Phi fra
ternities before the meeting.
Dr. Ryan will speak on "Fra
ternity Counseling on Other Cam
puses. Burke M. Hermann, pro
fessor of history, will discuss
"AFC: the Early Years."
Recreation Society
Will Meet Tonight
The Pennsylvania State College
Recreation Society will meet at
7 tonight in the Simmons study
lounge to hear reports of the Na
tional Recreation Conference.
22 Seek Mr. Penn State Title
Twenty-two men have been en
tered in the Mr. Penn State con
te\st, being held in conjunction
with the ninth annual Belle Hop
Ball. The winner will be crowned
at the informal dance Saturday
in Recreation Hall.
Contestants are being scored
by a committee of 15 faculty and
staff members. Five finalists will
be announced by the group Thurs--
day.
Contestants will be rated in six
categories: promotion of Penn
State off campus, 25 points; ser
vice to- the College, 20 'points;
popularity, 10 points; participa
tion in campus activities, 25
points; promotion of unity among
the student body, 10. points, and
character, 10 points.
Contestants and ;their sponsor
ing organizations are Robert Car
r titiv.'rs, Sigma Alpha Epsilon;
Philip Greenberg, Phi Epsilon Pi;
Forms Ready
For Contest
On Freedom
Applications for 1953 freedom
awards, given by the Freedom
Foundation at Valley Forge, are
now available.
College students may partici
pate in ' two categories, college
campus programs or individual
senior thesis awards.
Cash and honor medal awards
are offered to colleges and uni
versities or any group working
under the supervision' of its in
stitution in carrying out a vital
program bearing on the Ameri
can way of life; as stated on the
award application blank.
Application forms may be ob
tained by writing "to Freedom
Foundation, Valley Forge, Pa.,
and must be submitted by Nov. 11.
Individuals may ' enter in the
senior thesis awards division.
Any college or university senior
may submit his thesis of less than
5000 words. The thesis must ap
ply to one or more of the prin
ciples of the American way of
life. In this category, applications
may be filed until April 30, 1954.
Cash and, honor medals will be
awarded.
President Milton S. Eisenhower
is, one the Board of Directors of
the Valley Forge foundation.
Applications Due
For Draft Exam
Students who wish to take
the Selective Service qualifica
tion.test Nov. 19 should apply
immediately, according to the
Dean of Men's office. Applica
tions are available in 109 Old
Main.
Applications must be post
marked no later than midnight
Nov. 2. To be eligible for the
test, an applicant must be a
selective service registrant who
iritends to request occupation
al deferment as a student and
must be satisfactorily pursuing
a full-time college course lead
ing to a degree.
The applicant must not have
taken the test previously. Men
enrolled in a reserved officers
training program are advised
to take the test, since ROTC
membership does not necessar
ily guarantee deferment. ac- .
cording to the Dean of Men's
office.
Counselor Checks , Ready
Michael Jordan, chairman of
the Orientation Week counselors'
committee, has announced that
counselors' checks may be ob
tained at the Bursar's office, base
ment of Willard Hall.
Alan McChesney, Phi Kappa Sig
ma; Walter Back, Pi Kappa Al
pha; John Sherry, Alpha Chi Rho;
Joseph Barnett, Phi Delta Theta; .
Glenn Wiggens, . Alpha Gamma
Rho; Myron Enelow, Alpha Epsi
lon Phi; Richard Lemyre, •Sigma
Chi, and Roosevelt Grier, Alpha
Phi Alpha.
David Arnold, Beta Theta Pi;
Edgar Fehnel, Alpha Zeta; Thom
as Farrell, Chi Phi; John Hamp
ford; Delta Sigma Phi; Gerald
Maurey, Delta Upsilon; Thomas
Schott, Phi Gamma Delta; Don
ald Herbein, Phi Delta Theta;
Donald Balthaser, Sigma Phi Ep
silon; Kenneth White, Theta Xi;
George Richards, Sigma Nu;
Richard Grossman, Beta Sigma
Rho and Richard Rostmeyer, Phi
Kappa Psi.
Judges will not know the iden
tity of
_the men they are judging.
Each entry blank will be num
be,-ed and scoring will be based
on qualifications listed there.
The five finalists will appear
SUE HILL PROVES that blood giving is painless, as Nurse Alice
Rowland watches. The goal of 150 pints for the first day was ex
ceeded by six pints. The Red Cross Blood Drive will continue
today and_ tomorrow at the Temporary Union Building.
150 Pint
Passed
Blood donations yesterday exceeded by
set for each day of the three day campus
Jack Huber, liaison representative of the
unit.
Charles W. Stoddart, chairman of the
the Johnstown Red Cross unit
stationed at Temporary Union
Building was "kept busy" by the
flow of donors.
Openings for Walk-ins
A total of 395 pledge cards were
turned in by students as of p.m.
Monday. The gOal for the, three
day drive is a maximum `of 500
pints.
Openings for students who have
not turned in pledge slips but
wish to donate blood are still
available, Huber stated. Approx
imately 140 appointments are
scheduled today. The Red Cross
unit can accept 60 more walk-ins.
Less than 100 donors are sched
uled to give blood tomorrow, Hu
ber said. He added that,walk-ins
would be accepted at any time.
The unit will operate from 1 to
7 p.m. today and from 10 a.m. to
4 p.m. tomorrow.
Donors Examined -
Students under 21 without
minor release forms are urged not
to attempt to donate blood, Stod
dart stated. The Red Cross unit
will not accept those students.
with colds, any per Son having had
an anti-biotic injection within the
last two weeks -or any student
who has had malaria shots within
the past year, he added.
Donors are given a physical ex
amination before donating and
are served refreshments after the
donation. Approximately on e
hour is necessary for the entire
procedure.
Blood obtained by the Johns
town Red Cross unit is sent to
Korea, used in civilian hospitals
and sent to laboratories to be
made into plasma for the armed
forces
at the dance and the final winner
will be determined. by audience
applause.
Mr. Penn State will be crowned
by Mrs. Milton S. Eisenhower,
and the organization sponsoring
the winner will receive an en
graved trophy. ,).
• The winner will receive a win
ter weekend for himself and a
guest in the Poconos. His other
prizes will include a portable ra
dio, a sports shirt, hat, sterling
silver identification bracelet, cuff
links, cigarettes and a cigarette
lighter, an alligator suitcase, and
an expansion watch band. Total
value of the prizes is $l2O.
Additional prizes will be given
the four runnersup.
The dance and contest are be
ing sponsored- by the Penn State
Hotel Greeters Association. Harry
Wendel is Greeters president, and
David Murray is awards chairman
for the contest. The group's ad
viser is Richard M. Bower, pro
fessor of Hotel Administration.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1953
Blood Goal
in Campaign
six pints the 150 pint goal
blood drive, according to
State College Red Cross
blood progiam, said that
Customs Again—
Joint Board
Will Review
Frosh Cases
Freshman Joint Customs Board
will meet at 7 p.m. tomorrow in
204 Old Main to hear the cases
of two freshman men and one
freshman woman charged with
violating regulations, on dress
customs, knowing school songs
and curtsying upon request by
upperclassmen.
The cases of six freshman wo
men charged during the first week
of customs with violating regula
tions against talking to men stu
dents will also be heard tomor
roiv night. The women were to
appear bef or e the board last
week, but were excused. because
of night classes and illness.
Despite upperclassmen's ap
parent discontinuance of customs
enforcement this last week of cus
toths, some frosh are still observ
ing the customs regulations on
wearing green dinks.
The number of frosh customs
observers is small compared to
those who have discarded customs
dress in the past two weeks. More
frosh women than men seem to
be wearing dinks on campus.
According to customs board,
customs regulations on the wear
ing of dinks, curtsying , - and doff
ing dinks, and knowing school
songs, cheers and locations of
campus buildings at the request
of upperclassmen will be effec
tive until the Penn State-Syracuse
football game Saturday.
P3lue Key Society
Forms Available
Applications to Blue Key, jun
ior men's hat society, are open
until Monday to fifth semester
men having a 1 or better All-
College average.
Letters bf application should
be addressed to John Speer, pres
ident of Blue Key and handed in
at the Student Union desk in
Old Main. Letters must contain
the applicant's name, college ad
dress, curriculum, All-C ollege
average and a list of College ac
tivities.
Dawdy Chosen Fieldman
Max L. Dawdy, former instruc
tor in dairy husbandry, has !been
appointed fieldman for the Amer
-an Guernsey Cattle Club in the
sates of Illinois, Michigan, Indi
ana and Ohio.