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Model United Nations
College, representing Pakistan, sit in on model UN Security Coun
cil sessions held last night in the lounge of Atherton Hall.
Goo • man Opens
Model Council
The first Session of the third annual model Security Council was
opened last night in Atherton Lounge by Leonard Goodman, chair
man of the session.
Students from 11 Pennsylvan
States, Greece, Turkey, the USSR,
Mil Ball Import
Rules Unsettled
Approval by the Senate com
mittee on student affairs for im
ports to live in fraternity
houses
during Military Ball weekend has
not been given, it was announced
yesterday by 0. Edward Pollock,
assistant to the dean of men in
charge of fraternity affairs.
It was reported earlier that this
approval had been given.
Thomas Schott, president of the
Interfraternity Council, reported
yesterday a petition requesting
that imports be allowed to live
in approved fraternity houses
during the weekend will be pre
sented to the Senate committee
on student affairs. Action is ex
pected to be taken on the pro
posal at the committee meeting
Wednesday.
Checker Club to Play
The Checker Club will play the
Clearfield Eagles at 8 tonight in
the Temporary Union Building.
Young Views Career
New improvements planned by
the Federal Government will op
erate to make it a far more at
tractive employer and will offer
better career prospects for young
people entering the Federal serv
ice, Dr. Philip Young, chairman
of the U.S. Civil Service Commis
sion, told students and officials of
the College last night.
Dr. Young, who was introduced
by Dr. lyiilton S. Eisenhower,
president of the College, cam
pleted the first Career Day pro
gram held by the new School of
Business.
Dr. Young pointed out that re
gardless of the increasing and de
creasing of the Federal service as
a whole, there would always be
need for "bright, capable, and
well-trained young people who
can learn the business of govern
ment and become the top admin
istrators and technical experts of
the future."
Major Problem Raised
In referring to the career op
portunities in the Federal service,
Dr. Young said that the Civil
Service Commission is under in
structions to develop a career
service based on the merit sys
tem which is sound and equitable
and far removed from political
pressure.
"The first major problem raised
by this instruction," he said, "is to
define the career service, the mer
By NANCY GRAY
a colleges represented the United
United Kingdom, China, Pakistan,
France, Chile, Brazil, and the
Netherlands.
The topic of the model council
is "The Korean Question." This
first meeting was dedicated to the
discussion of who would sit in at
the peace conference to present
views for a permanent peace con
ference in Korea.
The seating of Communist Chi
na was a topic cut from discus
sion because of the time element
involved. The actual Security
Council has not yet seated Com-
Munist China, so the session pro
ceeded in that light.
The United Kingdom, China,
and France and the USSR began
the discussion. The United King
dom viewed the conference as a
conflict between the East and
West. Therefore, In di a, even
though a non-belligerent nation,
should participate.
The futility of dealing with the
Soviets headed the talk by the
Nationalist Chinese. The Penn
sylvania College of Women dele
gate representing China, Isabelle.
Allias, said that the peaceful pe.o"
ple of China were held in bond
age by the fifth columnists, the
Soviets."
it system, and the competitive .
service."
"The merit system," he said, "is
any system of employment in
which appointments are made on
the basis of demonstrated quali
fications and ability and the com
petitive system means a service
made up of positions filled
through open competition."
Dr. Young's concept of the ca
reer service was much broader
than the present competitive sys
tem including employees outside
of the system but excluding the
political area.
"One of the weaknesses of the
civil service in recent years," he
said, "has been the loss of a clear
distinction between the competi
tive service and -the excepted serv
ice."
Career Service Clarified
Dr. Young said that this has
come about by bringing into the
competitive system a number of
positions close to agency heads,
giving employees in the excepted
service protection against removal
from their jobs, and encouraging
the employees to step into the pol
itical service.
He noted that the establishment
of Schedule C for confidential and
policy-making jobs has helped t .
clarify the career service and
the same time set up a true barer
service apart from the effects of
political change.
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Seniors
To Discuss
Final Exams
Nancy White wa s appointed
chairman of a committee to study
the possibility of elimination of
senior finals- at a class meeting
held last night.
Richard Crafton, senior class
president, stated that the Senate
Committee who examined th e
elimination of finals for seniors
this summer judged it unfeasible
after research. After discussion of
the matter, it was suggested that
the school councils be contacted,
and that a committee be appoint
ed at a later date to conduct the
study.
Suggestions for an orchestra for
tle Senior Prom to be held May
14 included Harry James, Vaughn
Monroe, and Ray Anthony. The
Senior Prom Selection Committee
will make the final choice, Craf
ton said.
The class voted on eliminating
a day from Easter vacation in' or
der to allow a full day for Carni
val to be held during Spr in g
Week. Crafton stated that at
tempts will be made to coordi
nate Spring Week and Senior
Week as much as possible.
Senior Prom, Class Night, and
Senior Gift committees will be
appointed at the end of Novem
ber, Crafton said.
2 Hat Societies
To Hold Rally
At Stec Hall
A Penn State-West Virginia
pre-game pep rally, sponsored by
Parmi Nous, senior men's hat so
ciety, and Scrolls, senior women's
hat society, will be held at 7:30
tonight in fro n t of Recreation
Hall.
The Blue Band, led by James
Dunlop, will be present. Bruce
Wagner, head cheerleader, an d
the cheering squad will lead songs
and cheers.
Emcees will be Alec Beliasev,
fifth semester agricultural educa
tion major, and Elsie Ford; third
semester arts and letters major.
Parmi Nous and Scrolls will
meet at 7 tonight in front of Car
negie Hall to rout freshmen from
the dormitories.
Doors to Rec Hall will be
opened immediately, after the
rally for the Mardi Gras sched
uled for 7:30 to 11:30. Mortar
Board, senior women's hat so
ciety,• is sponsoring the festival.
• Parmi• Nous and Skull and
"P) ones, , seni or men's hat societies,
and Mortar Board and Scrolls will
form the cordon for the Penn
State football team at the West
Virginia game tomorrow.
• "What we hope to do," he said,
"is to set up the career service on
a basis that will make it invul
nerable to political interfering as
human nature will allow."
- Dr. Young reminded• the stu
dents that while a career in the
Government would not lead to
personal fame or fortune, it offers
a well-defined career structure in
`which improvements will contin
ue to be made.
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Pros io ects
Crazy, Mice, Crazy . .
DR. AND MRS. FRINGS are working here with hairless mice
which they use in the study of sounds to produce nervous disorders.
The mice are placed inside a cage in this padded box 'and the
transmission of sounds .causes the mice to have epileptic fits or
audiogenic seizures. This experiment is one of four major projects
connected with the study of sound waves in mammals, birds, and
insects that the couplU are doing.
Prof and
Town of
A starling, according to Webster, is any passerine bird of a genus
or of a family native to Europe, but to Dr. Herbert Frings, associate
professor of entomology, it is just a pest.
Dr. Frings, with hi.% wife, IVlable, has been studying the effects of
sounds repel starlings and pigeons.
Dr. and MrS. Frings, who have
been doing research on the sub
ject since 1947 when they came to
the College, have four major pro-1
jects connected with the study of
sound waves in mammals, insects
and birds.
Jumber Helps With Research
- In their research with starlings
they expect to study the hearing,
range of birds and their habits
and develop sound waves to repel
the pests. The sound must be spe
cific, Dr. Frings said, to make fur
ther study into the field more
successful.
Joseph Jumber, a graduate stu
dent in zoology, known to Dr. and
Mrs. Frings as "Mr. Starling,"
practiCally lives with the. starlings
in trees, barns and fields. He has
developed a whole system of how
the birds come and go, and how
they roost.
A week ago Dr. .IFrings and
Jumber got rid of all the star
lings in State College by a repel
lent sound they developed. Six
weeks ago they drove the pests
from Millheim with this repellent
sound. Dr. Frings said the sound
has / been successful lap• to this
point because the birds have not
returned.
The project on which Dr. Frings
has concentrated most'y is study-
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ing the effects of high intensity
sounds on mammals, especially
man.
In the military and industrial
fields these high intensity sounds
are the most dangerous, Dr. Frings
said, because the sounds become
so strong that heat is produced
and burns the skin or injures the
ear.
Dr. Frings is trying to deter
mine whether these sounds can
damage the skin or other organs
without the persons's knoNing
To perform these experiments he
uses hairless mice because their
skin is like that of a human's.
Mice Work Upon Command
The third project in Dr. Frings
research is the study of sounds
which produce nervous disorders.
Mice are used again in these ex
periments because they are sensi
tive: The sounds cause the mice
to have epileptic -fits or audio
genic seizures.
After four years of breeding
and over 200,000 tests, Dr. Frings
has been / able to produce four
strains of mice to work at his
command.
Mrs. Frings is most active in
studying the sounds and hearing
of insects. Her practical objective
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