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Penn State Suffers Some Growing Pains
In his faculty address earlier this semester,
President Milton S. Eisenhower brought out.
important problems caused by Penn State’s
rapid post-war growth.
The College must decide, the President said,
to do one of four things about enrollment in
the future:
1. Continue expanding enrollment to meet
demands.
2. Stabilize enrollment and strive for im
proved qualify.
3. Curtail campus enrollment but expand
enrollment at centers.
4. Seek an answer somewhere between the
extremes.
Immediate reaction might be to seek the
middle way—curtail enrollment a bit and im- .
prove quality at the same time. This is not
always easy. And it may just be the easy way
out.
Penn State, because it is Pennsylvania’s land
grant college, must meet the educational de
mands of the State. Therefore the College is
under somewhat justified pressures to admit
as many students as possible. Because of this,
quality must be sacrificed.
Under present admission procedures, fresh
men must be in the upper ihree-fiffhs of their
high school graduating class, or pass an en-
trance examination. It would probably do no
good to raise the three-fifths number, since
high schools vary greatly. A student in the
third. fifth of one high school might well rank
in the top fifth at another high school. Despite
the entrance requirements, many students en
tering Penn State are definitely not college
On Junior Week
For two months'a group of students has been
busily running to meetings, counting ballots,
planning programs, auditioning' talent and
worrying about the annual phenomenum of
Junior Class Week. 1
The efficiency of the committee work would
ordinarily give no cause for worry. Projects
planned for this year's Junior Week are directed
toward class spirit and fun. But both being
interdependent, there cam be little fun—or suc
cess—in the week without class spirit.
Starting tomorrow night with the all-junior
talent review, the week’s activities will honor
the Class of ’55. Juniors will be guests of honor
at the pep rally Thursday, the prom Friday and
the Chapel service Sunday. The coronation of
a Junior Prom Queen will highlight the week’s
emphasis on fifth and sixth semester students.
All in all, it seems to be a very well-rounded,
well-planned schedule.
But the week is hardly being planned for
chairmen and committee members alone. It
could be a means of bringing classmates to
gether in a series of enjoyable programs. It
could rejuvenate the attitude of class identity.
And it could be a lot of fun if enough people
show interest. The work of the committees now
is a means toward a potentially successfully
end. Certainly, juniors may realize their part
in promotion of Junior Week- by attending its
functions.
For a class is only,as good as what it does.
And without juniors participating with the en
thusiasm and interest they showed as freshmen,
the Class of ’55 may not. be as good as most
members think it is.
AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY AND AF-
-FILIATES, 7 p.m., 117 Osmond Lab.
BELLES LETTRES CLUB, 7 p.m., NE Lounge
of Atherton Hall.
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE ORGANIZATION, 6:45
p.m., 304 Old Main. <
COLLEGIAN AD STAFF, 7 p.m., 9 Carnegie.
COLLEGIAN BUSINESS STAFF, 7 p.m.,'Col
legian Business Office.
COLLEGIAN EDITORIAL CANDIDATES, 7
p.m., 317 Willard.
COLLEGIAN PROMOTION STAFF, 7 p.m., 11l
Odrn6^i6
EDUCATION STUDENT COUNCIL, 7:30 p.m.,
206 Burrowes.
EL CIRCULO ESPANOL, 7:30 p.m., 121 Sparks.
INKLING BUSINESS STAFF, people interested
in advertising, promotion, or circulation, 7:30
p.m., Froth Office.
PENN STATE CLUB, 7 p.m., 405 Old Main.
POLLOCK COUNCIL, 6:15 p.m., Nittany 20.
PSYCHOLOGY CLUB, 7 p.m., 318 Willard.
QUARTERDECK SOCIETY, 7 p.m., Ward Room.
THETA SIGMA PHI, 7 p.m., 219 Simmons.
WRA BADMINTON CLUB, 7 p.m., White Hall
gym.
WRA RIFLE CLUB, 8 p.m., Rifle Range.
STUDENT employment
Experienced waiters and dishwashers for on and
off campus.
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—Baylee Friedman
Cjr3-Zott.o • • «
Today
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
VINCE DRAYNE, Business Mgr.
material. There is a problem, then, of weeding
those out once they are here.
While they are here, they are using funds
which could 'be better spent on improving
quality for a smaller student body. Every stu
dent that fails out of college is costing the
State money. A high mortality rate, then, is
an unnecessary expense. If student selection
is good, the expense need not exist. With good
selection, the mortality ratio will fall and the
money spent for graduates Will have been
well spent. ,
Where is the man, however, who _cari pre
dict who will fail out of college? Many students
of low aptitude apply themselves and become
good students. Others of high aptitude waste
away their time and fail.
Quantity thus- is often at the expense of
quality. Those who graduate are of sufficient
quality. But they would be of even higher
quality if less time and money were spent in
attempts to educate those not capable of college
work. ' /
This is not a “superior” point of view, but a
realistic point of view. Graduates of Penn
State should be an asset to the State that helps
educate them. To be an asset,' they must be
educated as well as , possible. There is no sub
stitute for an education which offers the maxi
mum.
The State may be best served, then, by sta
bilizing Penn State enrollment to some extent.
The College is large enough to offer opportuni
ties not possible at small schoolsr It “must not
grow too large to offer good education. It is not
that large yet, but it could become so.
Curtailing campus enrollment and increasing
enrollment at centers may be a good solution.
Complete stabilization of enrollment is prob
ably , not the answer. But neither is continued
expansion of enrollment. It must be remem
bered, whan the future course of Penn State
is charted, that bigness begets as many prob
lems as it solves.
WSGA Mating
The "Women’s Student Government Associ
ation has been criticized and lauded on this
campus for many years now, often by people
who know very little about its organization.
. Af 6:30 p.m. tomorrow students and faculty
will finally have a chance to see how it works.
The Senate of WSGA is sponsoring an open
meeting in Simmons lounge. It will be a typical
meeting with projects under discussion that
have been discussed before and with ideas that
have not.
The purpose of the meeting is to acquaint
students« and faculty members with the aims
and organization of one of the largest governing
bodies on campus. It affects every woman stu
dent. And certainly what affects the women,
affects the entire student body.
Senate meetings have been open to the public
for quite a while. Unfortunately, most people
attending are in some ■ official capacity. The
open meeting is being planned to encourage in
terest. It can only be successful if interest is
shown. \
Attending tomorrow night’s meeting, whether
out of interest or curiosity, is a responsibility
for anyone who knows little about WSGA.
Student government depends on the individual
student. And it’s up to him what type, of gov
ernment he has.
Boy to clean store after. midnight. Permanent
job.
Mechanical or Industrial Engineer to work be
tween 6 and 10 hours a week.
COLLEGE HOSPITAL ■
Hester Anskis, William Dzoba, Anthony Gi
angiacomo, Ivan. Kahn, Andrew Krassowski,
Karen Scherer, .William Lennarz and Marilyn
White.
COLLEGE PLACEMENT SERVICE
The companies listed below will conduct interviews on
campus. Scheduje interviews now in .112 Old Main.
ELECTRO METALLURGICAL CO. will interview Jan.
graduates in Business Administration, Chem., Phys., Metal.,
Chem. Engr., EE, lE, ME, and Min. prep. Engr. on Nor. 3.
WESTINGHOUSE AIR BRAKE will interview Jon. grad
uates in ME on Nov. 3.
GOODYEAR TIRE AND RUBBER CO. will interview
Jan. B.S. graduates in Chem., Phys., -Metal., ChE, EE,
Acro.E, Arch.E, CE, lE, ME, on Nov. 5.
CONTINENTAL OIL CO. will’ interview Jan. B.S. grad
uates in Petroleum'Production Engineering on Nov. 5 and 6.
PAUL E. WILLIAMS, Ph.D., will interview Jan. B.S.
candidates in Bus. Mnge., Eco., Marketing, Pre-Med., Science,
ChE, EE, lE,- ME, and Arts and Letters on Nov. 5.
I-T-E CIRCUIT BREAKER CO. wUI interview Jan. S.'S,
graduates in EE and ME oh Nov. 5.
ALUMINUM CO. OF AMERICA will interview Jan. B.S.
graduates in Metal., lE, ME; CE, and. EE on Nov. 4."
NEW JERSEY ZINC CO. will interview Jan. B.S. grad
uates in CE, EE, ME, Mining E., and Metal., phis a few
outstanding geologists; M.S. candidates in Chem., Metal.,
Min. Prep., and Ch.E. who have completed at least one
semester; and Ph.D. candidates in Chem., Metal., Min.
Prep., and Ch.E. expecting to receive their degrees in 1954
on Nov. 4*
Lder the set of March 3. 1879.
—B. F.
Little Man on Campus
LITTLE MAN ON CAMPUS
Interpreting the News
Britain and Iran
Reaching Agreement
Great Britain and Iran seem to be approaching a deal which will
.a-establish diplomatic relations, put stored Iranian oil back on'the
market and pave the way for a settlement between Tehran and the
, Anglo-Iranian Oil Company.
There are a host of complicating factors remaining, one of which
—the marketing of the oil —is only a side issue in relations between
the two governments. .
But Herbert Hoover Jr., sent to
Iran by President Dwight D. Eis
enhower to look into the possi
bilities of a settlement of the "two -
year-old dispute, has changed his
schedule to remain in Tehran for
a day or so extra before going to
Britain, apparently waiting for
some concrete expression from
the Iranian government.
This follows an Iranian state
ment that it would like to re
sume relations with Britain, un
der certain circumstances and
then approach a deal with the
oil company directly.
The Iranians were believed to
be asking immediate lifting of the
British blockade which has pre
vented sale of stored oil, and re
lease of funds due Iran which
, Britain ■ had placed in escrow
! pending settlement of the oil
| company’s claim's'to payment for
jits nationalized properties. An
agreement on these preliminary
points "was expected;
This faced the world oil in
dustry with the prospect that
Iranian oil, produced more cheap
ly than any other in the world,
would hit the market just at a
time when peak production, begun
in other areas two years ago had
begun to outstrip demand. ..
There had been hope that Iran
would evenutally make a new op
erating- and marketing arrange
ment with Anglo-Iranian, which
with its widespread outlets would
be able to take up the slack and
provide for ■ orderly marketing,
giving Iran the money the Allies
wish her to have for stabilization
without disrupting the market.
Lifting the blockade before such
an agreement might permit inde
pendents to rush in and start
price-cutting.
The big oil companies would
not be worried over a gradual
absorption of the Iranian oil in
the market, since demand is
. still growing and would soon
take up the slack.
Even under those circumstances
American interests in Arabia and
British interests.in Kuwait might
be forced to cut back their pro
duction schedules—and thus cut
the revenues of the local govern
ments with which they have con
tracts—during a skittish period
caused by Arabian labor unrest
and a prospective change of gov-
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1953
By J, M. ROBERTS Jr.
Associated Press News Analyst
ernment in Arabia due to the ill
ness of aged King Ibn Saud.
•' It will also add to the com
plication of changes already
taking place on the American
East Coast, where cheaply-pro
duced Middle East oil is com
peting with Venezuelan and
domestic products. '
The and American gov
ernments obviously consider stab
ilized,political relations with Iran,
which had been flirting with lo
cal Communists politically and
with Russia economically under
the Mossadegh anti-British gov
ernment, to be more important
than any technical troubles in the
oil market. But the • whole prob
lem is not'one to be worked out
in. a day, even with the best of
goodwill in Tehran and London.
Transportation
Positions Open
The Army .Transporation Corps
is now seeking eligible candidates
from transportation majors for
positions as civilian executives
according to a letter received by
the new School of Business from
General Paul F. Yount, acting
chief of transportation for the
Army.
It is expected that 30 or more
positions will be opened for "the
fiscal year July, . 1954, to June,
1955. •
Further information may be ob
tained • from- Dr, Hadley Waters,
professor of transportation, in the
School of Business. .
Weatherman Predicts
Sunshine Will! Continue
The unseasonably sun shiny
weather will continue today with
no change expected, according to
the College weatherman. The
mercury for the last three days
has been close to 66 degrees.
October had almost a record
amount of sunshine and was drier
than usual, he said. .
Panhellenic Council
Panhellenic Council will meet
at 6:30 tonight, in the Kappa Al
pha Theta suite, 110 McElwajLn.
By Bifoler
by Dide Bibier
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