Bus College Sets Grade Requirement The background for, the pre vacation change in the minimum requirement: for graduates in bus iness administration has been ex plained by David H. McKinley. The rule goes into effect Feb. 1, The college set the requirement at 1. The reason, McKinley said, is the reputation of the College is being marred by 'students who graduate with less. "It has been discovered by em ployers, more than a score of them business meii, that students in the college who have been grad uated with below a 1. all-Univer sity average tend to be handi capped in their efforts to make a success of their business life," McKinley said. "The college wants its graduates to be able to compete with those of any other college," the assis tant dean said. "These marginal individuals will tend to discour age interviewers with only the name of the University." Failure to meet the new re quirement each semester will re sult in the student being placed on 1.15 probation. The rule pro hibits students from participating in University athletic events and from, serving as an officer in a student organization. Failure to meet the 1.15 re quirement after a student has been placed on probation, will re sult in dismissal from the Univer sity at the end of the semester. However, careful screening of the students problems will be made before action is taken. McKinley says that the new plan is in the experimental stage. The judgment of the Depart ment of Psychology and the Stu dent Advisory Board will be util ized in an attempt to understand and solve the problem of the stu dents who have not met the re quirement. The minimum average that will be required by the college is .85 second semester, .93 third semes ter, .95 fourth semester, .96 fifth semester, .97 sixth semester, and .98 seventh semester. WD Council Asks For Quiet Hours West Dorm Council members were asked to enforce study hours during examination week at a meeting Thursday night. Acting pres' dent Stuart Horn advised members to discuss the matter at floor meetings and to see that notices were posted. Council members discussed ways to prevent such vandalism as oc curred iecently when a bomb destroyed a commode in the sec ond floor of Hamilton. U.S. Reds to Open Atom Talks Monday WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 (/P)—The United States and Russia will open preliminary atomic talks here Monday. At that time Secretary - of State John Foster Dulles and Ambas sador Georgi N. Zarubin will sit down to discuss ways and means of holding discussions on- President Dwight D. Eisenhower's atoms- for-peace plan. U.S. officials hope the talks will show the degree of seriousness with which the Russians will ne gotiate on the Eisenhower plan and on their own demand for a ban on the use of atomic. weapons. Diplomatic authorities are con cerned that these talks and sub sequent more formal negotiations should be handled in such a way as to produce the most favorable conditions for some sort of and agreement with Russia and win TODAY'S WEATHER CLOUDY COLD VOL. 54, No. 68 Matmen Favored Tonight PENN STATE'S two wrestling co-captains Dick Lemyre and Jerry Maurey (1. to r.), will spearhead the Lions for their 30th consecutive win. Coach Charlie Speidel's matmen meet Cornell at 7 p.m. The Penn State-Colgate basketball game will follow. Espy Will At Chapel R. H. Edwin Espy, executive secretary of the National Student Council of the Young Men's Christian Association, will speak on "Our Christian Stake in Aiia" ' . at Chapel service at 10:55 a.m. to morrow in Schwab Auditorium. Espy has - earned world-wide recognition as a leader of Christian groups at work among students. He is a graduate of the University of Redlands, Calif., and Union Theological Seminary, New York. He studied for three years on an exchange fellowship at the Uni versities of Munich, Tubingen, and Heidelberg, and traveled ex tensively throughout Europe in behalf of the World's Student Christian Federation and Inter national Student Service after his graduation.' Organized Relief Fund AFC to Discuss Safety Practices The Association of Fraternity Counselors will discuss safety in fraternities at their monthly meeting from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Mon day at Sigma Nu. A representative of the group said the safety discussion will in clude sanitation, fire hazards, and physical hazards. It will follow a panel on "Safety' Practices" led by 0. Edward Pollock Jr., assis tant to the dean 'of men in charge of fraternity affairs, and Irving C. Boerlin, supervisor of audio visual aids at the University. The meeting will follow a din ner at 5:30 p.m. at Sigina Nu and Sigma Chi fraternities. the understanding and support of America's allies. Privately U.S. diplomats think the Soviet government may try to use the atomic issue to make trou ble between the United States and Britain - or France or Canada. The United States has special relations with these countries as with some others in this field. It does not want to appear to be getting chummy with Russia at their ex pense. On the other hand it does not want the next round of atomic talks to be held in such a mariner as to foreclose whatever chance of progress there may be. , To date the United States has kept the British informed of its contacts with the Russians on the President's plan. Both American and British diplomats said, how ever, there have not yet been any special talks of the two Western governments beyond those which Eisenhower and "Prime Minister Churchill held at Bermuda. • • The latest development came to day with the State Department announCement that Dulles and Za rubin would meet Monday. i r 4 ai g ,577.xf-t,... in , " STATE COLLEGE, PA., SATURDAY MORNING, JANUARY 9, 1954 At the outbreak of the World War II Espy returned•to the Uni ted States from his post as ex ecutive secretary of the the first World Conference, of Christian Youth. He then traveled for a year interpreting European con ditions to students, churches, and community organizations in the U.S., and helped organize the European Student Relief fund in American colleges. In 1950 Espy received a Ph.D. degree at Yale University. A book, "The Religion of College Teach ers," based on his disertation, was published in January 1951. Taught at Yale During the winter of 1952-53 he spent three and a half months in a round-the-world trip visiting the student work of the YMCA and the churches in eight Asian countries. He has also taught in the field of religion in higher edu cation at Yale Divinity School and at Union Theological Semin ary. The Chapel Choir will sing as introit, "Deck Thyself, My Soul, With Gladness" (Bach), and• as ant h e in, "Surge Illuminare" (Byrd). George E. Ceiga, University or ganist, will play "0 Hail This Brightest Day of Days" and "Let Us All Together Praise Our God" as prelude; as offertory, "The Old 'Year Has Passed Away"; and as postlude, "Rejoice Now, Good Christian People" (Bach). Ed Prof to Head Lancaster Schools Orris H. Aurand, professor of education, will become superin tendent of Lancaster city schools July 5. Aurand has been a professor of education and chairman of the Division of School Administra tion at the University since 1950. He served as principal of Lehman Township schools and Steelton High School before coming to the University. FOR A BETTER PENN STATE Speak Service Rec Hall Twin-Bill Set AsWrestlers Seek 30th Win "Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown," goes a fam iliar and long accepted proverb. And Penn State University's collegiate wrestling champions are no exception as they tac kle an experienced Cornell squad tonight in Rec Hall. The scheduled 7 p.m. match will be the unveiling of Coach Charlie Speidel's unbeaten NCAA and three-time (consecutive) EIWA title holders. The Penn State-Colgate basketball contest will follow the dual meet.. Tonight's wrestling match will be a matter of experience versus skill. The Big Red of Cornell have won two out of their first three scheduled dual meets, defeating Tonight's probable starting lineup: Penn State Wt. Cornell Homan 123 Soda Fornicola 130 Blackman Lemyre 137 Nieman Maurey 147 Steiger Frey 157 Farrell Dvorozniak 167 Harvey Melvin or McFeely 177 Soars Oberly Hwt. Gerdes Cortland and Rutgers, and drop ping their only contest to the En gineers of Lehigh. Although Cornell will be the first opponent faced by the Nit tany Li on grapplers, they are tabbed as favorites. Penn State received this favored roll not only because it is defending champions (nationally and in the East) but because the Lions are riding on a 29 game winning - skein and pos sess six veterans on the starting team. It will be only in the heav ier weights that Penn State fans will witness new talent. The last time Penn State was on the short end-of the score was back in 1950 against Syracuse. Speidel assumed command of Penn State's matmen in 1927 and he has since directed the Nittany Lions to 140 wins, 37 defeats and 8 ties. The matmen's all-time •rec ord in intercollegiate competition now stands at 218 wins, 51 de feats, and 9 ties. When the Lion grapplers suc cessively handled their nine dual meet card last year, it marked the 13th unbeaten season in Penn State's history. (Continued on page seven) Cadets Must Fulfill Contract to Graduate Students in the advanced Reserved Officers Training Corps will be required to complete that course and accept a commission, unless excused by the Armed Forces,•to graduate from the University, ac cording to an addition to the undergraduate rules by the Senate. The new rule will be called "S-7," and will supplement the rule which says: "A student otherwise excused who elects ROTC shall successfully complete four semes ters of ROTC. Transfer students who come to the University from Penn State centers will be exempted from ROTC only if they transfer with the standing of sophomore or higher, according to a change in the rules also adopted by the Senate. The previous practice was to exempt all transfer students of the centers from taking ROTC at the University, and to reduce graduation requirements by one and one half credits for each com pleted semester at the center up to a maximum of six credits. Another 'Change will exempt other transfer students who were not previously enrolled at the University, or in a ROTC program, from ROTC on the same basis as transfers from the centers. The new ruling, will replace one which automatically reduced three credits from the graduation requirements of sophomore trans fers and six credits from those of junior or senior transfers. r4iatt By SAM PROCOPIO AIM Board To Review Nittany Case The decision that 34 members of Nittany Dormitory 43, who vi olated a University regulation by , holding a beer party in their dormitory Dec. 12, give blood in the next University blood drive has been referred tothe Associ ation of Independent Men's Ju dicial Board of Review, Dean of Men Frank J. Simes said. yester day. Simes said John Ball, chairman of the board, will attempt to Ob tain- - opinions of student bloom drive leaders, before the board meets at 7:30 p.m. Monday in 204 Old Main. Ball and Simes con ferred on the decision yesterday afternoon. "Various and sundry opinions' ® on the board's decision Monday for the 34, who used $17.50 won as first prize in the Association of Independent Men's Christmas display contest to hold the beer party, had been received at his office, Simes said. None were fav orable, ne added. Marie Wagner, chairman of the campus blood drive, said borough directors of the blood drive said the decision was not a "wise idea whatsoever" after she had con sulted them about it. The addition to the Senate reg ulations for undergraduate stu dents was described as further reminding the students of their obligation to fulfill their con tracts. Although the regulation was enforced in the past, it was not written down. The number S-7 was assigned to the new ruling. It did not re place an existing regulation. Engle to Speak Head Football Coach, Rip En gle, will address fhe Faye t t e County Alumni Association of Uniontown at 7 p.m. Wednesday in White Hall Hotel when new officers will be elected. 'Old Manila' Fraternities, sororities, and independents may turn in in formation on pinnings, engage ments, and marriages for the February issue of Froth at the Student Union desk in Old Main until 5 p.m. Monday. FIVE CENTS
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