Comprehensive : Exams OK'd The general education program, requiring all stu dents to take comprehen sive examinations in several areas of general education before being graduated, was approved in principle by the University Senate yesterday. Senate took no action on the specific recommendations which explained how each ob jective in the report should be carried. out. These recommen dations were included in the original program, but were omitted in the second one which was accepted. Adrian 0. Morse, Univer sity provost, stated that he didn't know when the pro gram would go into effect or Today's Weather— Partly Cloudy and Warm VOL. 55, No. 40 Cha el Choir t • =ur 'State Supplement -Causes Controversy With freshman and sophomore class elections set for to morrow, some fresh fuel was thrown on the electoral fire yesterday which brought dissatisfaction from members of both State and Lion parties. The source of the controversy was a supplement to the State party platform which was issued by the State party Monday night. The supplement was an explanation of the planks of the party platform. Also on the handbill was a sam ple ballot, with names of the "State" and "Lyin' " parties writ ten on it. Gordon Pogal, Lion party clique chairman, commented on the use Student Is Injured Riding Motorcycle George Lynn, fifth semester ag riculture education major, wa s treated at the University Hospital Monday when the motorcycle he was operating collided with a car owned by Fred Bender, a State College resident. Lynn suffered injuries to his hands, wrist, and knees. He was going south on Pugh street at 5 p.m. Monday when his motorcycle collided with Ben der's car which was traveling west on Beaver avenue. Total' damage was estimated at $l2O. Egg Hill Party Open To AIM Students The Ag Hill• Party to be held from 5:30 p.m. to 12 midnight Saturday in Recreation Hall is open to students from all cur riculums. Dinner will be served from 5:30 to 7 p.m. cafeteria style. In addition to the student Union Desk in Old Main and the club representatives, tickets will be sold in the main hall of Agri culture building starting tomor row. Tickets ..:re $l. Russia, India UNITED NATIONS, N.Y., Nov. 9 (IP) The West today invited Russia and India to help arrange an international scientific confer ence slated to meet next summer as part of President Dwight D. Eisenhower's atoms for peace pro gram. Arkady A. Sobolev, sitting in the UN Assembly's Political Com mittee for chief Russian Delegate Andrei Y. Vishinsky, and V. K. Krishna Menon, India, said noth ing publicly in answer to the Western bid but indicated Npri vately that they were interested and would study it carefully. They obviously were surprised. The offer was made by P a u 1 Martin, Canadian minister for na tional health and welfare, as the committee continued debate on the President's proposals. Martin said he was encouraged by the agreement of the Russians to co by whom it would be carried out. He said that the committee which presented the report will probably meet again to work on the specific details on how the program should be carried out. The report was submitted by the Senate Committee on Edu cational Policy's subcommittee on general education. In his original motion. Er nest W. Callenbach, chair man of the subcommittee, asked that the complete re port be accepted, that the ob jectives be adopted in prin ciple, and that they . define the intent of the subcommit tee to be that existing courses be used to the maximum ex tent for attainment of objec tives. 4 1 aitll By DON SHOEMAKER Clinton Law, State party can didate for sophomore class pres ident, received a broken arm in football practice yesterday afternoon. Law was taken to Centre County Hospital, Belle fonte, for treatment. of the word "Lyin' " in the state ment. He said it was an obvious reference to the Lion party. "It has always been my belief that mudslinging has no place in the political picture on the Penn States campus," he said. "How ever, Monday night, the State party decided to resort to this un warranted type of publicity. "I think the entire affair was not only in poor taste, but a direct (Continued on page eight) Exam Schedule The Daily Collegian will pub lish the fall semester examina tion schedule tomorrow. sponsor with the West a resolu tion for new talks on disarma ment. He expressed a wish that this "moderate" attitude would be carried over to the atoms for peace talks. • Martin proposed that the Soviet Union, In di a, Brazil, United States, Britain, France and Can ada make up an advisory com mittee to consult with Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold on invitations to the conference, preparation of the agenda, and selection of the site. Geneva has a head start as the location. ' Britain and Belgium both favor that city. The United States is not expected to propose any American city. The conference, according to a resolution sponsored by Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, South Africa, Britain and the United States, would be held under the STATE COLLEGE, PA.. WEDNESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 10, 1954 Invited to Talks After the original report was discussed by Senate, Callen bach withdrew his first motion and moved "that Senate adopt the objectives in principle." This report was approved •by Senate. The objective which will af fect all students is that one requiring them to take com prehensive exams to determine the competency of each before graduating in the several areas of general education as de scribed in the objectives in the report. This would mean for exam ple, an engineering student would be required to pass an exam covering the fine arts before he could graduate. This would make it neces sary for the student to fake a fine arts course or .3y some FOR A BETTER PENN STATE Addresses Forum • —Photo by Bavar "READ-ALOUDABLES" were the order of the evening as Clif ton Fadiman presented an "un educational evening" in th e first Community Forum pro grr.m. Fadiman, noted critic, and radio and television per sonality, poured out his collec tion of tales and poetry, ranging from a "ghostly" story to poet ry by New Englander Robert Frost and by rhymist Ogden Nash. Cloudy, Warm Weather Predicted for Today Today will be partly cloudy and warm with a maximum tempera ture in the high 50's or low 60's, the University weather station has reported. Yesterday's high equaled Mon day's 59. The mercury will drop below freezing tonight, between 25 and 30, the weather station said. auspices of the United Nations. It would explore means of develop ing the peaceful uses of atomic energy through international co operation, study the development of atomic power, and consider other technical areas for inter national cooperation. Speakers for the United States, Britain, France and Canada have emphasized the conference would be purely scientific and would make no political decisions. It would make no recommendations I about creation of an international atomic agency to oversee the dis tribution of atomic materials for the international pool suggested I. President Eisenhower. The Americans and their allies in the proposed resolution feel the agency should have the status similar to a specialized agency, which is related to the UN but not operated or directed by it. other means gain knowledge to pass the exam. In a second objective, the report w ill require entering freshmen and transfer students to take comprehensive 'exams to determine the competency of each in three areas of ob jectives. The 11 other areas of objec tives cover a wide range of education. The first will help students acquire information in the four broad areas if know ledge: physical science, riologi cal science, social science and the humanities. The next objective strives to develop in students the ability to apply critical judg ment in the four broad areas of knowledge in the above objective. Another wishes to foster af- TitUrgiatt Concerts For Schools in England The Chapel Choir will tour Europe this summer for five to six weeks, Luther H. Harshbarger, University Chaplain; announced yesterday. Between 50 and 75 students, accompanied by Mrs. Willa C. Taylor, choir director and professor of music education, and Harshbarger, will leave from New York City for London around the middle of June. They will return to the United States around Aug. 1. A limited number of concerts are being arranged at various schools, churches, and municipali ties in England. The choir will also visit Cam bridge and Ox ford _while in England The concert appearances and traveling ar rangeinents ar e being made by M. Battsek of the Specialized Trav el Service of Lon don. The t our will include the United Kingdom, Switzerland, It- Willa C. Taylor aly, France, and in all probability, the Netherlands and Germany, Harshbarger said. Battsek was in State College last Saturday, Sun day, and Monday. This is an, educational tour, (Continued on page eight) Fadiman Presents Readings to Forum Everything from poetry by Robert Frost and Ogden Nash to a "ghostly" 20-minute short story, was heard in Schwab Auditorium last night when Clifton Fadiman presented some of his collection of "read-aloudables" to the season's first Community Forum audience. Fadiman's opeing statement, that this would be the most un educational evening Forum audi ences had spent in a long time was greeted with a murmur of ap proval, from those in the audi torium. He added that the audi ence would emerge the same peo ple as when they went in, and would not be inspired by any thing he might say. Before beginning his readings, Fadiman remarked that one of his philosophies was never to re main in one job longer than ten years, therefore, about five years ago, when he found himself with no job, he became • interested in reading aloud. He believes that Americans are forgetting how to read, even though the methodsl used in the schools have been' 1 much improved. With this in I fective listening and speaking, and to develop reading and writing skills as aids to organ ized productive r e as onin g, while a fourth, also to aid in productive reasoning, is to de velop skill in elementary com putation and the ability to think quantitatively. The remaining seven objec tives also attempt to broaden the student's range of educa tion. They emphasize the struc ture of and responsibilities to modern society, an understand ing of the scientific method, a development of one's capacity to understand literature and fine arts, an awareness of moral standards and a positive phil osophy, and finally an appre ciation of the importance of personal and commu nit y health. E!.. ::„.,-r,-0,-;,,:•,,,,re : to Be Scheduled By JACKIE HUDGINS Etection Results For AIM in Doubt Campus Chest Chairrnen Chairmen of the Campus Ches solicitations committees will meet at 8:30 tonight in McElwain lounge, Ellsworth Smith, Campus Chest general chairman, has an nounced. By DOTTIE BENNETT mind, he began collecting and reading stories to small children in the New York area. He thought that he might be able to interest little children in reading by read ing to them, and added that it seemed to work. airing the, readings he pre sented, Fadiman included perti nent comments of his own many Of which, judging by the laughter, proved highly entertaining to the audience. Fadiman also employed many varied accents in his readings, and in one instance, in reading "The Chaser" by John Collins, effectively portrayed a highly ef fimate young man as well as a cynical old maxi. Politics See Page 4 Results of elections for two Association of Independent Men represenitaives at large from the West Dorm area were undetermined as of 10:30 last night. Frederick Keck, first semes ter psychology major, was elect ed to one of the posts. George McKenzie was ahead of Roscoe Kauffman by ten votes. A re count was underway at that time. An. estimated 400 students, or about one-third of those eligi ble, voted in the election. FIVE CENTS
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