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VOL. 55. No. 17
Windcrest Trailers
Will Be Vacated
The Windcrest area, now containing 17 remaining trailers, will
probably be vacated, by the end of the academic year, Otto E. Muel
ler r -director of ' housing, said recently.
The Windcrest area was.
veterans and their families
Mueller explained that the tra:
Customs Band
To Organize
Af Nittany 20
Customs violators composing
the freshmen band will meet at
1 p.m. tomorrow at Pollock road
and Nittany Dorm 20.
Violators required to wear signs
to the game will also meet with
the band.
The entire group will form a
pre-game parade to Beaver Field.
The parade will start on Pollock
road and continue on Burrowes
road to Recreation Hall. The band
was originally to perform during
halftime ceremonies.
Hugh Cline, co-chairman of
Freshman Customs Board, said
freshmen must wear their dinks
to the football game. No freshmen
will be admitted without dinks.
Any freshmen who have lost their
dinks can sign a master list at the
Student Union desk in Old Main
until 5 p.m. today. These students
will be admitted to the game,
Cline said.
Veterans will need their draft
cards to be admitted to .Beaver
Field tomorrow.
W. Va. Tickets
Near Sell-Out
A complete sell-out of perma
nent stand' seats for the Alumni
Homecoming game with West Vir
ginia was announced yesterday
by the Athletic Association.
The 28,720 permanent seats in
Beaver Field were filled by the
end of the second day of general
sales. Tickets went on sale to stu
dents and townspeople Wednes
day morning.
About 2500 tickets for the tem
porary end zone bleacher seats
will be sold at $2 at the Athletic
Association ticket office, 248 Rec
reation 'Hall.
Attendance at the game next
Saturday is expected to top the
previous high of 30,321 set at the
Michigan State game in 1951.
Today is Dead Sine
For ÜBA Refunds
Today is the last day students
may claim money and unsold
books at the Used Book Agency m
the Temporary Union Building.
Paul Hood, ÜBA manager, an
nounced yesterday no checks for
unclaimed money would be mail
ed this year. In other years some
students had been given money
without their receipts and then
when the slips were found, re
ceived a check in the mail, there
by collecting twice.
Unsold books not claimed with
in 30 days become the property of
ÜBA, Hood'said. ÜBA will be op
en 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. today.
Seating at Games
Will Not Change
The student seating arrange
ment for home football games
will not be changed this year,
contrary to rumors circulating
around campus.
Harold R. Gilbert, assistant ath
letic director said yesterday the
same seating arrangement used
for the past two years will be con
tinued.
Under this arrangement fresh
men sit behind the north goal
posts with the sophomores, jun
iors, and seniors seated in that or
der up the..east side of. the field.
STltp Satly fSi| (Eoll
originally set up to house World War II
during their studies at the University,
.lers were now more than 10 years
old. and that it was no longer
practical to maintain the com
munity, because upkeep on the
trailers cost more than the trail
ers.
The plan to vacate the com
munity began four years ago, af
ter the number of trailers in the
area had been reduced. The Wind
crest area formerly extended from
the area between Bollock Dormi
tories and the two Women’s dorm
itories to College avenue. The re
maining tenants .now live in the
area behind McElwain Hall.
Applications are not being ac
cepted for new assignments in the
area, nor may present tenants sub*
lease their trailers. Operating
practices, maintenance, and ser
vices are continuing under pre
viously existing policies, with no
change l in rent schedule. There
is a uniform rent of $2B a month.
There have been no new tenants
for the last four semesters. ,
The University developed the
trailer plan for the veterans in
October, 1945, when 93 trailers
were made available by the Na
tional Housing Administration.
The trailers had been built in 1941
originally as defense housing for
war workers in New Castle.
Later the University acquired
trailers from other defense hous
ing communities, mostly from the
Baltimore, Md., area. By 1947, 253
trailers had been provided on cam
pus by the Federal government,
and more than 50 privately owned
trailers were /provided.
More than five years ago main
tenance became a problem. Parts
of vacated trailers were salvaged
for the upkeep of others, Mueller
said.
Since 1945, the veterans have
completed their studies and va
cated the area. Maintenance be
came the responsibility of the
married students and veterans
who later occupied the area. In
the fall of 1953 only 49 trailers
remained in the area.
- The area formerly had a com
munity bath house and laundry,
comprised of three trailers for the
purpose. It has become impossible
to continue upkeep of the unit.
Trailers have a useful life of eight
years as a general rule, Mueller
said. .
Vacating tenants have been in--
structed to salvage such fixtures
as electrical appliances, windowsj,
sink, and usable plywood. The
shell of the trailer will be burned.
The University has an agree
ment with the Federal govern
ment not to sell these units for
housing after the Windcrest area
has been discontinued.
Ike to Give More Speeches for GOP
DENEVR, Oct. 7 (ff)—Pres
ident Dwight D. Eisenhower,
heeding party calls for help,
decided today to step up his
personal campaign for a Re
publican Congress by making
at least one more major political
address than he had planned.
The chief executive will go that
far, Vice President Richard M.
Nixon announced at the Denver
White House after conferring
with 'Eisenhower, but still is de
termined to do no barnstorming
for individual GOP candidates in
the November election.
And Nixon told a news confer
ence that in his opinion the Presi
dent’ has been and will continue
to play “exactly the right role” in
what several GOP leaders have
termed a tough fight to maintain
Republican control of Congress.
FOR A BETTER PENN STATE
STATE COLLEGE, PA., FRIDAY MORNING. OCTOBER 8. 1954
Education Policy
Revision Asked
Recommendations to strengthen general education at the University were presented to
University Senate yesterday in a report by the subcommittee on general education.
Senate took no action on the report, but decided to postpone discussion until a special
meeting, to be called at a later date by President Milton S. Eisenhower.
The report, presented by Ernest W. Callenbach, committee chairman, sets forth 13
objectives and recommendations for improving general education.
5 Educational Ideas
Outlined by Prexy
If the American people intend to give their educational system
the financial support it needs and deserves, they must be willing to
make sacrifices in other less vital areas, President Milton S. Eisen
hower told a convention of teachers and school administratoirs at
Altoona yesterday.
as a framework for his discus
sion of the impact of America’s
fast-rising population on its
schools, he outlined five “funda
mental ideas” which form this
country’s educational creed:
First, that education is vital to
the economics, social and moral
strength of the free system.
Second, that all ' the nation’s
youth are entitled to equal edu
cational opportunity.
Third, that the security of the
United States depends upon the
character, ideas, ingenuity, and
competence of its citizens . . .
especially its youth . . . and that
these qualities are enhanced by
a free educational system.
Knowledge Needed
Fourth, that the complex re
sponsibilities we share with other
free nations call for broader
knowledge, greater skill, deeper
understanding, and a higher de
gree of maturity on the part of
all Americans . . . qualities which
sound education must foster.
Fifth, that while educational
problems are usually nationwide
in scope, the formation of educa
tional policy and the control and
management of our publicly-sup
ported educational institutions
are traditionally and properly
state and local functions.”
Summarizes Surveys
Dr. Eisenhower summarized re
cent national surveys which indi
cate that the number of students
graduated yearly from high
schools in the United States will
increase from last spring’s 1,274,-
000 to 2,600,000 in 1970. Long
range development studies con
ducted for Penn State’s Board of
Trustees indicate -that by 1970
there will be about 33,000 more
total college-and university stu
dents in the Commonwealth than
there were in 1950, when enroll
ments in Pennsylvania’s colleges
and universities totaled 107,000.
The vice president said it would
be a mistake for Eisenhower to
get “personally involved” in any
intraparty feuds over candidates
by barnstorming for individuals.
He said that would smack of the
“purge idea” and would do the
party more harm than good.
Nixon agreed it’s a difficult
battle for the Republicans, but
expressed confidence his party
will win. He declared the cam
paign the Democrats are waging
would take the country “back to
the days when the Communist
danger was ignored—back to the
days of the red herring.”
His “red herring” remark was
an indirect criticism of the Tru
man administration’s handling of
the subversion problem.
The decision for the President
to make at least one more major
speech than the two already an
nounced undoubtedly won’t satis
fy all hands —particularly. GOP
candidates.
Eisenhower spoke on “Education’s New Responsibilities,” and
Judicial Board
Asks Probation
For 2 Frosh
The Association of Independent
Men’s Judicial Board of Review
last night recommended that two
first semester men residing on the
first floor of Hamilton Hall be
placed on judicial probation un
til Thanksgiving.
The two students were reported
on Wednesday for removing a
sliding door from a closet and
playing ping-pong on its surface.
The door, complete with an
erected net, paddles and ball, was
discovered lying on a desk by a
housekeeper Wednesday morning.
No damdge was reported.
The board will recommend ju
dicial probation and the paying of
any expenses ingurred in replac
ing the door by physical plant
workers to the Dean of Men’s
office.
Judicial probation involves at
tending every meeting of the
board for the sentenced period.
Last night was the semester’s
first meetting of the independents’
judicial group for trying discipli
nary cases. Members of the board
are volunteers who were selected
by a screening committee last
spring.
Committee Picks Zelko
Harold P. Zelko, professor of
public speaking, has been named
to a two-year term on the public
relations committee of the Amer
ican Society of Training Direc
tors.
Eisenhower will make a nation
wide television-radio address to
morrow night, the first of the
three major speeches he now is
planning. He and Nixon will
speak at a big political rally in
the 6000-seat Denver Municipal
Auditorium, and similar GOP
“precinct workers day” rallies all
over the country will be turned in.
As previously announced,' the
President will make another na
tionwide TV-radio address Nov. 1,
election eve.
Republican congressional lead
ers will arrive here tomorrow for
a political strategy conference
and a review of the international
situation in advance of Eisen
hower’s evening speech.
At his news conference today,
Nixon hit back at Democratic
National Committee contentions
that, as a senator, he voted in ten
cases against positions later tak
en by Eisenhower in the 1952
campaign.
CPA,
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See Page 4
The committee recommended
that each freshman or transfer
student be examined in the areas
of reading and writing skills, ele
mentary computation, and litera
ture and the fine arts.
Candidate Exams ’
It was also recommended that
candidates for baccalaureate de
grees be required to pass exami
nations in several areas of general
education: social and physical sci
ence and personal and community
health.
Among the other objectives m
cluded in the report were:
1. To acquire typical factual in
formation, regardless of occupa
tional limitations, in the fields of
physical science, biological sci
ence, and the humanities. To
achieve this objective the com
mittee recommended that each
student be required to schedule
12 credits in biological and phy
sical science and 12 credits in hu
manities and social science, with
not less than three credits in each
field.
Critical Judgment Needed
2. To develop ability to apply
“critical judgment” in the four
areas listed above. To achieve
this objective it was recommend
ed that students take courses in
logic or argumentation, if the ob
jective was not met by other
courses in these fields.
3. To foster effective listening
and speaking and to develop read
ing and writing skills as aids to
productive reasoning. The com
mittee recommended that compre
hensive tests be given in the sixth
semester, and that remedial cour
ses be given according to the re
sults of the examination.
The committee also recom
mended a program for developing
skill in elementary mathematics
and quantative thinking.
To achieve this end, the report
recommended a comprehensive
examination in these fields dur
ing the third semester, and the
institution of remedial courses if
necessary.
Cars to Start
Rally Tonight
A motorcade and groups of hat
men and women will round up
students for the first home game
pep rally at 8 tonight in front of
Old Main.
The motorcade will begin at
7:15 to collect students on cam
pus, downtown, and at fraterni
ties. Hat men and women will en
ter dorms at the same time to col
lect freshmen for the rally.
Members of the Blue Band and
cheerleading, squad will take part
in the demonstration. Harriet
Barlow, seventh semester educa
tion major, will be mistress of
ceremonies assisted by Carole
Schmitzer, fifth semestc. business
administration major.
The rally is being held at 8 to
enable coaches and members of
the team to be present.
Sponsoring organizations are
Scrolls, senior women’s hat soci
ety, and Skull and Bones, senior
men’s hat society.
4000 Parking Permits
The Campus Patrol has allo
cated close to 4000 parking per
mits on campus for the current
school year. Students have
been issued 1560 permits and
faculty and staff member 2408
permits..
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