THURSDAY. MAY 27. 1954
Methodist to Discuss
, G. Bromley Gxnam, 'Methodist'bishop who has appeared before, the House committed 'on un-
American activities, Will discuss “The Mission of the Church” at the'Chapel’service at 10:55 a.m. Sun
day in Schwab Auditorium. .
Bishop Oxnam, a native of Sonora, Calif., is a graduate of the University of Southern California
and Boston University. He is . bishop of the Methodist Church in. the Washington area.
Dean Analyzes
Spelling Errors
Bv Students
After collecting and analyzing
more than .30,000 misspellings by
the nation’s college students,
Thomas . Clark Pollock,.. dean., of
New York University’s jWashingr
ton Square College of Arts and
Science, has concluded that com
paratively few words -are rev
peatedly misspelled by students.
Pollock enlisted the aid of ap
proximately 600 teachers of Eng
lish in 52 colleges and
ties for the survey, the Object of
which was to find the word's which
college students actually misspell
most often in their writing. His
data consisted of 31,375 misspell
ings found in student composi
tions. - ....
There were over 4000 different
words and word-groups among
the 31,375 instances of misspelling.
Seventy per cent of these words
and word-groups were misspelled
only one to four times each, but
417 of the units were misspelled
20 or more times. These 417, or
about nine per cent of the total,
accounted for more than half of
all misspellings—l 6,434 of . them.
The most frequently misspelled
word or word-group was “their
they’re-there.” In second and
third places were “to-too-two,”
and “receive.”
Among the other 24 words and
word-groups which were mis
spelled 100 or more times were
occasion; writ e-writing-writer;
precede; .than-then; and similar.
Golomh Gives
Weighty Notes
OnLaVie Bulk
If;seniors think their new ’54
LaVies are rather heavy, they
should talk to Herman Golomb,
editor, about how much tonnage
was put into.them.
Golomb. reported that each book
required 27 sheets of coated paper,
each 25 by 38 inches. When the
sheets were printed on both sides
and folded they made up 16 pages
of the book.
A total of nearly 68,000 sheets
of this paper, or more than six
tons, was used in the books and
ain additional 700 pounds, of paper
were used for the end sheets and
main dividers.
To print the book 125 pounds of
ink were used, and setting the
type required 1650 pounds of lino
type metal. About 390 pounds of
copper and zinc and 130 square
feet of blocking lumber were used
in making the engravings of:the
2500 pictures used in the LaVie.
Finally the printing operation
required 288,100 impressions on
the presses and 3538 square feet
of fabrikoid material on which
was printed the brick design.
When the Student Union desk,
which handles the circulation, re
ceived the shipment they had
nearly eight tons of LaVie to get
rid of.
Gwens' Dungaree Drag
Scheduled fair October
The Dungaree Drug; a 'girl-ask
boy dance sponsored annually by
Cwens, sophomore women’s hat
society, will be held from 9 p.m.
to midnight Oct. 9 in Recreation
Hall, Dorothy Glading, dance
chairman, announced yesterday.
Named to dance committees
were Helena Moraio, entertain
ment chairman; Dorothy DeMay,
decoration chairman; Patricia
Korns, refreshments chairman;
and Barbara Hendel and Natalie
Moskowitz, publicity chairmen.
Senior Invitatians Ready
Seniors may still pick up -ah
nouncements and invitations for
graduation at the Student Union
desk in Old Main upon presenta
tion of a receipt for them.
Ordained in 1916, Bishop Ox
nam has served as pastor of the
Poplar Church in California and
was founder, pastor, and-director
of the Church of All Nations in
Los Angeles from 19i6 to 1927. He
was elected a bishop in 1936 and
has served in Omaha area, Boston
area, and New York area, prior to
going to the Washington area,
which includes the District of Col
umbia, Delaware, and parts of
Maryland, Pennsylvania,, and West
Virginia, in 1952.
Bishop' Oxnam has also served
on; the faculty of the University
of Southern California, and Bos
ton University - School of Tech
nology and from 1928 to 1936 was
president of DePauw University
at Greencastle* Ind.
Oxnam has also held, positions
on. committees of the Church and
has served on numerous special
government missions. He is the
author of many books on religious
subjects, the latest of which was
published this year and is titled,
“I Protest.”
On March 17, 1953, Donald L.
Jackson, representative to Con
gress from California, said Ox
nam “served God on Sunday and
the Communist front the balance
of the week.” Oxnam asked that
he be permitted to defend him
self before the House committee
on un-American activities. A com
mittee hearing which lasted ten
hours was held July 21, 1953.
Oxnam said he was never a
Communist, and had always op
posed Communism. Some Com
munist fronts, he asserted, had
used his name without his know
ledge and authority. He said he
had joined other organizations be
for their subversive natures had
become clear. Oxnam denied be
longing to a great number of Com
munist front organizations about
which committee members ques
tioned himt!>
Oxnam demolished all evidence,
and was unanimously reported to
have had no record of any Com
munist party membership or af
filiation.
Research Center
To Be Dedicated
Special dedicatory exer cis e s
will be held June. 17 for the new
University poultry and animal
disease research center as a part
of a three-day program of the
State Poultry Federation, accord
ing to Alfred L. Bortree, head, of
the Department, of Veterinary
Science,
Lyman E. Jackson, dean of the
College of Agriculture, will pre
side at the dedication. Speakers
will include President Milton S.
Eisenhower; Mark Allam, dean of
veterinary medicine at the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania; and State
officials.
.Representatives of Pennsylvan
ia’s poultry, livestock, and dairy
industries, 'and the Pennsylvania
Council of Farm Organizations al
so .will' participate.
The new center, and the recent
ly installed poultry diagnostic lab
pratoi".’- will be open for inspec
tion, Bortree said. .
GANDY
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GRADUATING FRIEND
or Your Just a short—Thanks—-for your patronage
-j-L WEEKEND HOSTESS throughout the year and. a wish for the
With One of Our "greatest" summer ever . . . Good luck in
VARIED ASSORTMENTS •, ...
Also those finals . , . see you next fall.
For. DAD on His Own .
SPECIAL DAY, Take Sincerely,
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THE D’A-JIY COILKfIAN STATE COLLEGE PENNSYLVANIA
Student Reporters
Visit 'Collegian'
A group of student newspaper
men from the Penn. State center
in Wilkes-Barre visited the Daily
Collegian office last week to ob
serve operating procedure of the
paper.
A student - run weekly news
paper has been established at the
center. The visiting observers
sought new ideas to incorporate
in publication.
Four editions of “The Techni
cian,” as the center’s newspaper
is known, had appeared previous
to the students’ visit to the Col
legian office. The Technician’s
staff includes an editor, assistant
editor, sports editor, and six re
porters .Two hundred copies of
each edition of the paper are
printed for student readers. It is
furnished to day and night school
students.
Stern-Hulitt
Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Hulitt, Phil
adelphia, have announced the en
gagement of their daughter -Yen
da to Carl G. Stern, also of Phila
delphia.
Miss Hulitt was graduated in
June, 1953, in the College of Edu
cation.
Mr. Stern graduated from Tem
ple University and served with
the Army in World War 11.
Leech-Forkes
Mr. and Mrs. James H. Forkes,
Meadville, announce the engage
ment of their daughter Rosemary
to Charles Leech, son of Mr. and
Mrs, T. E. Leech, also of Mead
ville.
Miss Forkes is employed by the
Pennsylvania Electric Co.
Mr. Leech is a sixth semester
geography major and a member
of Theta Chi.
G. Bromley Oxnam
Chapel Speaker.
£ncj.a,q.em.ent&
mtio Hampers Men
In Battle of Sexes
Penn'State men have complained for years that the ratio of
men to women on this campus hampers male dating, and the gripe,
through the use of the rating-dating code, is well founded.
Through questionnaires answered by 602 Penn State men and
women; independent, fraternity and sorority in 1950, the rating
dating'code of this campus was
calculated. "
It. was found that more women
date than men, although the aver
age record showed once-a-week
dating for both sexes.
In the comparison for dates, in
dependent women fared better
than did . independent, men and
the higher percentage ranking of
a group, the lower was the per
centage of dates with independ
ents. However, the difference in
sorority and independent women
dating several persons was not
significant.
The tendency of women to date
men at home dwindled with up
per class status. Few freshman
men reported dating women at
home,
Classes and fraternity houses,
and mixers were top on the list
of places to get acquainted, with
the Corner Room eighth on the
list and the Rathskeller and the
Tavern twelfth.; Thirty-eight of
those questioned answered that
they, wished they knew where
the best places were.
Belonging to a fraternity and
dating with the approval of the
group was more important to men
than women.
The number of men who re
ported not dating while in col
lege was twice as high for inde
pendent men as fraternity.
Fraternities were grouped in an
A, B, and C rating, with a tend
ency for dating to be carried on
within prestige ranks more than
across these lines.
The most frequent dating was
done at spectator types of enter
tainments such as movies and
sporting events. Informal dances,
house parties, college entertain
ments, and fraternity houses were
the most often used for entertain
ment.
Alpha Z&ta
Alpha Zeta recently initiated
into associate membership J.
Frank Cone, professor of bacteri
ology, and Paul H. Margolf, pro
fessor.of poultry husbandry.
Ivan Samarawira, graduate stu
dent in agronomy from Ceylon,
and Russell Neff, sixth semester
landscape • horticulture major,
were initiated. into active mem
bership. New. pledges of -Alpha
Zeta are' William Fecke, Jack
Paules, Kenneth Sacks, Harry
Stoner, and William Suro.
Phi Me
The alumnae chapter of Phi Mu
recently feted, the local chapter
at a picnic .supper at the home
of Mrs. Douglas Mead. The chap
ter has welcomed Jean Sternesky,
a transfer from the Phi Mu chap
ter at Evansville, Ind.
Kappa Delta
•Kappa Delta.held its annual in
itiation banquet at the Allencrest
Tea Room Monday night. Bar
bara Woodward, president, and
Mrs. Howard E. Wise of the State
College alumni chapter spoke af
ter the dinner. .
By NANCY GRAY
House to Meet Tonight
The Women’s Student Gov
ernment Association House of
Representatives will meet at
6:30 tonight in the WSGA room
in White Hall. -
Philotes Elect O'Toole
Katherine O’Toole, sixth semes
ter home economics major, has
been elected chairman of Philotes,
independent women’s group. The
first meeting of the fall semester
will be held on the first Monday
of classes.
FOR BEST RESULTS USE
COLLEGIAN CLASSIFIEDS
thru the
with Gabbs
Wedding bells and graduation
are breaking up that old gang
of mine—time out for a bit
of nostalgia and nosegay .as
we bid our lucky seniors bon
voyage and best wishes. As
for the rest of us, we’re here
to dedicate ourselves to cram
ming and zipping to pass on
to, our posterity. Should now
write about Lion’s Paw,
everyone else has, but our
words today are in answer to
that plaguing problem, what
to buy the graduate. Forget
that Cadillac on Allen Street,
it’s a fix!
A nice way to say nice work
to the girl graduate is with
a dainty, beautiful scarab
bracelet. Delicately designed
to grow more precious
through the years. Pretty bed
room clocks, tiny, gold or
. flowered, they tick as loud as
an elf’s footsteps (the alarm
sounds like an intro to a J.
Arthur Rank movie). Or a
neat, zippered, always useful
manicuring kit, as complete
as a barbershop ditto sets
for males too!
Here comes the male
is the dorm cry in the morn
ing and evening. But we have
special things for The Big
Lug—like a portable radio
that’s as smart as the person
next to you in chem class.
Trim, and tapered, they come
in leather cases for easy car
rying. A man can always use
a cuff link box, ’specially one
of Italian leather—or tartan
plaid assortment of accessor
ies.
And just generally
may we suggest satin evening
bags in color. chart shadings
or smooth leather wallets for
both sexes. To add perfection
to the powder room, Lily-of
the-Valley or Devon violet
scented lipstick towels, soap
or sachet.
Golly gang, there’s much
more to tell and sell, but this
ain’t no 32 page bluebook.
Just to wind up with a final
adieu (promises, promises)
and a sincere wish for a great
summer. See you in Septem
ber— at ETHEL’S, of course!
lit I. count AVI.
•TATI coilill, PA.
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