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.
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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