PAGE TWO &le O A u IneS ICY Plans Details involved in the purchase of furniture through the Fra ternity Marketing Association have been revealed in a letter to member fraternities sent out by the FMA board of trustees. In the letter, written by Harold W. Perkins, board secretary, for FMA President Robert K. Murray, it was announced that 0. W. Hoots, Inc. of State College has granted a discount of 27 per cent below retail prices to the group. Murray has pointed out that individual fraternities are cur rently receiving only about 10 per cent discounts. He said the large disconnt was granted ex clusively to. FMA because of its expected volume of business. The procedure to be followed by fraternities using, the plan as explained by the letter requires only that the cost of the purchase be deposited with FMA before the order is delivered. When the goods are purchased, 'Routs should be informed of the group's mem bership in FMA, the letter stated. Explains Plan Liberal Arts To Discontinue Coffee Hours Liberal Arts Student Council last night voted to discontinue coffee hours, after the next two for freshmen and transfers, on the grounds that the coffee hours will not serve their purpose for juniors and seniors. The council decided seniors and juniors have met most of their faculty through classes and clubs and therefore the purpose of the coffee hours, which is to pro mote better student-faculty rela tions, would not be accomplished. The suggestion by Norma. Voll mer, editor of the. LA Lantern, that the first issue of the maga zine be distributed free of charge was also adopted by the council. The regular price of 10 cents plus the word "complimentary" will be printed on the first cover. The second issue, to be published pos sibly Mothers' Day weekend, will cost the regular price. Richard Kirschner, president of the council, explained the reasons for the free distribution as two fold: to promote the publication and to give students something for the 25 cent assessment, part of which is used to publish the magazine. The council also voted to hold an open house probably in the first week of May. Louis Adler was appointed chairman of a com mittee in charge. On the commit tee are Betsy Jones, Roberta Weinberg, Betty Koster, Ann Led erman, Ann Leh, and Larry Ge drich. Six Soph Queen Photos Received Three more entries have been received in the sophomore class queen contest, officials at the Stu dent Union desk, Old Main, said yesterday afternoon. This makes a total of six en tries in the contest. The deadline is 5 p.m. March 17. The contest is open to sopho more women sponsored by a cam pus organization. Photos to be submitted to the SU desk should be of a minimum size of 2 1 k by 4 inches. A panel of judges will select five finalists to appear at the semi-formal sophomore class spring prom March 20. Mueller American The people of Switzerland share many of the current American problems in education such as increased enrollment and the question of emphasis to be placed on technical specialization, according to Werner J. Mueller, post doctoral student in poultry husbandry from Switzerland. In a speech on "Educational Trends and Problems in the World's Oldest Republic" before the Faculty Luncheon Club yes terday, Mueller explained that the Swiss take their greatest pride in their country's democracy and educational system. Education on Three Levels There are three levels of edu cation in Switzerland correspond ing to those in America, he said. Public schools are similar to American six -year elementary schools and are open to all stu dents. It is in the high school level that the Swiss and Ameri can systems show considerable differences. High schools in Switzerland are of two types, the secondary school emphasizing the humanities and providing ptTpnitition for college, and the r; ^ - a I continuation school v,i1:(•: •1. the sciences and. c0n1y::,..1 - • t h American technical schools, he said. In explaining the plan, Which goes into effect immediately, Murray said the classification of furniture also included draperies, rugs, bedding, and lamps. He said the marketing group hopes to add electrical applicances to this list in the future. Murray stressed the advantages of the buying plan other than just obtaining a sizable discount. Fraternities will now be able to deal at home, have satisfaction guaranteed by FMA, avoid the cost of freight and handling, and not have the danger of breakage in shipment, lie said. Current FMA Members The furniture plan is auto matically open to all current members of FMA and Murray urged other fraternities interested in the program to contact the organization. He said fraternities need not participate in the food buying plan to be eligible for the benefits of the furniture buying program. While Houts is now the only supplier of the organization's fur niture needs, Murray said FMA will be willing to handle the ac counts of any furniture house in terested in supplying goods to fraternities at a reasonable dis count. It will not be on a com petitive bidding plan such as now employed for the food buying program, he said. Daylight Saving Time Will Begin April 25 . Students will be faced with the same old problem of whether to turn clocks one hour ahead or one hour behind when Daylight Sav ing Time returns at 2 a.m., April 25. The right answer is to turn clocks and watches one hour ahead. • State College Borough Council adopted Daylight Saving Time for the community Tuesday night. It will terminate at 2 a.m. Sept.• 26. Says Swiss Share Education Problems By BETTY KOSTER Mueller explained that the special secondary schools require written and oral examinations for admission and are limited to only 20 to 30 per cent of the students. "The student in the secondary school level preparing for college is very loaded down with work," be pointed out, "for a basic know ledge is required in physic s, chemistry, algebra, geometry, Lat in. history and a working know ledge of another language, and its literature, drawing, and other academic subjects." Competition Difficult Besides the difficulty of the re quired subjects of the - secondary schools, he said, .the added tough ness of the curriculum is due to the fact that , the 4t secondary schools in Switzerland are in great competition to turd out students who will rank best on the univer et.,l, trice tests. Mueller revealed a basic ,= dif Terence in the Swiss educational THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA NISA Plans Discussion On Duties "What are the repsonsibilities of independent students in the col lege community?" will be one of eight discussion topics at the Na tional Independent Student Asso ciation Convention, April 12-15, Richard Rigling, NISA committee chairman, reported to the Associa tion of Independent Men's Board of Governors Wednesday night. AIM and Leonides, independent women's organization, will act as dicuSsion group leaders at the convention. Rigling said he had asked that St. Lawrence Univer sity s e'r v e as discussion group leaders for representatives of col leges of less than 5000 students. . Other topics to be .discussed are "Should NISA affiliate with .the National Student Association?; How can NISA best serve the lo cal independent organization?; How can communications be fa eilitated between local and na tional Organizations?; What ser vices should NISA perform?; How can the local organizations best aid the national organization to perform these services?; What is our responsibility to the unaffil iated student, as opposed to his worth to the organization?; - What should the relationships of the lo cal independent organizations be 'to other groups on campus?; and What is our role as independent students in protecting American freedom?" Joe Somers, AIM president, withdrew the nomination of Ste ven Jordan, second semester in dustrial engineering major, as chairman of the AIM elections committee when Thomas Kidd, acting parliamentarian, informed him Jordan had pledged at a frat ernity. Stuart Horn and Chester Cher winski were appointed to the awards committee. Somers told Ross Clark, awards committee chairman, to make selections strictly on the basis of the three separate awards—scholarship, ath letics, and activities. A possible plaque award project was given to Clark. 10 Phys Ed Majors Attain Dean's List Dean Ernest B. McCoy has an nounced that ten students in the College of Physical Education and Athletics achieved dean's list averages last semester, They are William Anderson, 2.63; Patricia Gilbert, 2.52; Mary Hudcovich, 3; Beate Maron, 2.58; Dean Mullen, 2.75; Lois Piemme, 2.56; Martha Rojahn, 2.77; Mary Kerr, 2.5; and Margaret Porter field, 2.57. Inkling Meeting Candidates and the editorial staff of Inkling will meet at 8 to night in 201 Willard. system on the university level. Students in Switzerland work un der close supervision of their pro fessors in the university, and thus they receive a specialized train ing in their - field in what cor responds to ,American under graduate years. In the United States he found this type of edu cation only in graduate schools which do not exist in his country. Military Training Required Another difference between Swiss and American universities lies in the area of military in struction, he explained. Every' Swiss boy is required to •go for a 17 week training program at the age of 20, but he receives no mili tary training in the university similar to the American ROTC program, he said. Because the number of grad uates is greater than the amount of jobs available in Switzerland, many students go to other coun tries to continue their studies. Mueller emphasized that the edu cational system is under constant criticism. Those who travel awl view other educational sys,tcll return to their country with mUch more favorable attitude. tiff S • GRACE BOYD, director of the experimental kitchen iti the Food , Stores Building, explains the process of testing dealers' samples of beets for quality to James Greer, Bruce Kuntz, Forrest Sittig, and Leland Diehl during an open house tout of the building Saturday. Feeding Students Is Full Time Job Feeding students is a full time job. It takes three men two days to prepare the 10,000 hamburgers consumed during one meal in the University dining halls. Students living on campuS eat approxi mately 100 loaves of bread and 500 dozen eggs in a day. These figures—and impressions of gleaming white coats, spark ling chrome and tile, efficiency in every detail of production—were gleaned duiing a tour of the Food Stores Building located just be hind the Water Tunnel, Approximately 200 peop 1 e toured the fascinating building Saturday during an open house sponsored by the All-University foods committee and the Food Service department. First stop on the tour was the experimental kitchen where reci pes are tested for quantity cook ing and foods are tested for flavor, color, and quality before a brand is selected for buying. Grace Boyd, director of the kitchen, said a student recently submitted a recipe fo r Hungarian goulash which kitchen supervisors will begin testing this week. Some recipes that yield delicious re sults when prepared for three or four persons do not lend them selves to cooking in quantity, according to Robert C. Proffitt, manager of the Food Stores Build ing. In the butcher shop visitors were shown the hamburger making machine which keeps the operators busy when hamburgers are on dining hall menus. Other meats are prepared in portions in the butcher shop for cooking in dining hall kitchens. Visitors were led through a large meat cooler where guides explained that, because of rapid turnover, meat hangs for three clays or less on racks high above "e sawdust-strewn floor. TZLTDY BLA(K TRIO daily at ti Town House. Supper music at p.m, and Evening at 9p.m. TUESDAY, MARCH 9, 1954 By NANCY' WARD Visitors saw the huge dough mixer which, with one exception, prepares all, the bread eaten in University dining halls.- The ex ception is pumpernickle bread which must be bought because the Foods Stores Building does not have facilities for making it, according to Louise Schermer horn, production manager at the butcher shop and bakery. Because rolls, breakfast breads, biscuits, loaf bread and all baked desserts except soft custards are prepared at the bakery, that room is a spacious one filled with giant equipment. A crane is used to lift heavy vats of cake mixture into a trough which dispenses the proper quantity into oven pans. Miss Schermerhorn said baked goods for lunch must be in trucks by 10 a.m. each day and those for dinner by 3 p.m. to be delivered to dining halls on time. Scabbard and Blade Elects New Officers Vincent Skrinak recently was elected captain of Scabbard and Blade, military science honorary. Other officers are Henry Zeybel, first lieutenant; John Collett, sec ond lieutenant; and William Wis mer, first sergeant. in Cinema Scope with Richard Widmark „,,witertiagazsm Marge and Gower Champion ' Debbie 'Reynolds "GIVE A GIRL A BREAK” L Alec Guinness "THE CAPTAIN'S PARADISE" with Yvonne DeCarlo "HELL AND HIGH WATER"
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