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By DON SHOEMAKER
Several sections of psychology
2 and .chemistry 2 will be taught
by television at the. University
next " semester.
With an eye toward solving
some of. the problems which will
be created with the expected in
crease in college enrollment with
-in the next few years,. the. Fuiid
for the Advancement of Education
of the Ford Foundation has grant
ed -$43,845 to the University for
research in teaching by closed
circuit television.
The study at the University will
mark.' the first time a program of
this type has been undertaken on
a large scale. Studies on the use
of television for teaching have
been conducted at other institu
tions. on a limited scale, but nev-
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VOL. 55, No. 60
Centennial Party
Invitations Mailed
Invitations and reservation application blanks for the
Centennial Birthday Party to be held Feb. 22 in the Hetze
Union Building were mailed yesterday and the program for
the dinner has been released.
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The dinner, which .will mark the opening of the Centen
ity, will be held at 6 p.m. in the
ballroom of the HUB on Tuesday,
Feb. 22. This will mark the 100th
anniversary of the University.
The official guest list includes
about 15 persons, Wilmer E. Ken
worthy, chairman--of the dinner
committee, announced. The list
consists only of representatives of
state and national educational or
ganizations, and local, state, and
national government officials, he
said.
vial celebration at the Univers
Debaters Second—
Debaters 2nd
In .Bucknell
Tournament
Penn State debaters placed sec
ond in the Bucknell "G oo d
Neighbor" Tournament last. week
end.
Sidney Goldblatt and Carl Sap
. erstein debating the affirmative of
the national debate topic "Re
solved: That the United States
should extend diplomatic recog
nition to Communist China" de
feated the Penn State Women's
Debate Team, Scranton College,
and Bucknell University. They
lost to Wilkes . College.
The negative team of David
Meckler and Jonathan Plaut de
feated 'Kings College, Bucknell,
Scranton, and Wilkes.
Goldblatt ranked third in in
dividual speaker rating in the
four-round tournament.
Eight members of the debate
team placed tenth in the Pitt
Cross Examination Tournament
last weekend.
Benjamin Sinclair, seventh se
mester-arts and letters major, was
awarded a medal for tieing for
highest place in the individual
speaker rating with 31 out of
35 posiible points in the five
round debate.
The men's affirmative team of
Sinclair and Irvin Wiener won
three debates defeating Pitt, Car
negie Tech, and Allegheny; tied
one with West Virginia; and lost
one to Pitt. On the negative team,
Charles 'Bryson and Arthur Green
stein defeated Carnegie Tech; tied
two debates with Dickinson Col
lege and Pittsburgh women's de
bate team; and suffered two loss
es to 'Akron College and Western
Reserve.
The Penn State Women's De
bate Team with Mary Maum and
Betsy Sharpe debating affirma
tive and Julie Mayberry and Lois
Hummel debating negative scored
six wins out of ten rounds of de
bate.
.The trophy for the top ranking
school in the tournament was
awarded .to Ohio Wesleyan. '
Spring Timptabies Out
Timetables for the spring
semester may he purchased for
20 cents at the scheduling_of
fice in•the basement of Willard
Hall. .. - . , ,
er for any longer than brief per
iods of time.
The study is under the direc
tion of Dr. Clarance , R. Carpen
ter, professor anct head of the
department of psychology, .and W.
Conrad Fernelius, professor and
head of the department of chem
iitry. at the University.
The televising will be done
on a closed-circuit system. •The
television picture will not be
transmitted over the air as com
mercial television, but will be
sent• from camera to 'receiver
over. a coaxial cable.
Two research rooms will -be set
up: one in. 10 Sparks and the oth
er in 119 Osmond. Psychology
classes will be televised in Sparks
and chemistry classes will be tele
vised in Osmond.
Invitations to Apply
All others, including members
of the Board of Trustees and mem
bers of the dinner committee, will
be invited to make application for
reservations.
Invitations are being sent to a
list approximately the equivalent
of the seating capacity of the HUB
ballroom. The list includes:
Board of Trustees, Executive
Board of the Alumni Association,
Council of Administration, Uni
versity Senate, Faculty Advisory
Council, All-University Cabinet,
25 long-service supervisory, cleri
cal and service employees, presi
dent of the Retired Staff Club,
State College Borough Council
and ' officers of selected student
organizations.
After Dec. 31, available space
will be offered to others by invi
tation.
Dinner Program
The program will be as follows:
Star Spangled Banner; invoca
tion; dinner; cutting of the birth
day cake; music by the Penn State
Glee Club; introduction of guests;
greetings from representatives of
government, educational, organiza
,(Continued on page eight)
Red China
UNITED NATIONS, .N.Y., Dec.
13 (W)—UN Secretary General Dag
Hammarskjold was undismayed
today at Red Chinese blasts at
the UN for what Peiping called
"illegal" interference in the case
of 11 American aviators jailed 'as
spies. He was reported still hope
ful - for a talk with ,the Peiping
Reds. Persons close to Hammar
skjold said he did not feel a Pei
ping radio broadcast this morn
ing amounted to rejection of his
suggestion.for a face-to-face talk
with Prime Minister Chou En-lai
in Peiping on the prisoner ques
tion. •
The Red radio, at the end of a
long editorial from the Peiping
Peoples , Daily, the official Com
munist organ, said that the "Unit
ed Nations has no right to inter
fere _with China's sentencing of
the American. spies." •
"United. Nations discussion of
About 50 students will attend
class in the room from which the
television is being transmitted.
About 150 students will watch the
instruction .on television receivers
in three other rooms. A third
group will attend regular classes,
taught without the use of tele
vision.
During the. semester, the results
of teaching in each of the three
situations will- be evaluated.
• According to Dr. Carpenter,
it is hoped that the equipment
will be installed by Jan. 10. The
equipment for use in one of the
two rooms has already been
purchased and is now being
tested. The equipment for the
other room will be purchased
over Christmas, vacation.
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FOR A BETTER PENN STATE
STATE COLLEGE, PA., TUESDAY MORNING. DECEMBER 14, 1954
university Is 'nth
In To r
IL lEn r •
~,en
The University, with a total , enrollment of 13,110 full-time students, was ranked ninth
in the nation among colleges and universities in a survey conducted by Dr. Raymond Walt
ers, president of the University of Cincinnati. The University ranked 11th last year.
The enrollment this year, which includes full-time students at University centers as well
as on campus, shows an increase of 1472 over last year's total of 11,638.
The survey, however, did not include the full-time enrollments of the University-of Illi
nois nor the University of Texas. Both of these universities are believed to have larger enroll
ments than the University. The University of Illinois ranked sixth in the nation last year
and Texas University was ranked below the University.
Snow Flurries
Are Expected
throughout Day
Covered 846 Schools
The survey covered 846 ap
proved universities and four-year
colleges-94.5 per cent of all such
accredited institutions in the Uni
ted States and territories. The top
ten in full-time enrollment are
the University of California,
35;273; State University of New
York,
,22,849; University of Min
nesota, 20,399; University of Mich
igan, 18,750; Ohio State Univer
sity, 18,084; University 'of Wiscon
sin, 14,952; New. York University,
13,955; Michigan State College,
13;780; the University, 13,110 and
University of Indiana, 12,497.
An Upward Trend
The reporting institutions have
1,383,750 full-time and 1,895,280
grand-total students. For the sec
ond consecutive year there is an
upward trend in contrast with
the preceding - five years of des-
Cabinet Reports Ready tending enrollments following the
All-University Cabinet mem- exodus of World War II veteran
bers may secure copies of reports students. This indicates that, the
and agendas today at the Student proportion of high school grad-
Union desk in Old Main for the I uates going on to• college is rising.
Cabinet meeting at 8:30 p.m. to- The 1954 freshmen in five broad
morrow. (Continued on page eight)
Snow flurries throughout the
day are expected to add to the
inch or two of snow that was'ex
pected• to fall last' night, the Uni
versity' weather station haS re
ported.
In keeping with the first snow
of more than an inch at the Uni
versity during December, the
weather turned colder last night.
Temperatures today will hover
around freezing.
Although the Borough- - did and
will continue to receive - some
snow, a spokesman for the wea
ther station said areas to the east
of State College will get much
more snow or rain.
Low tonight will be between 25
and 30, approximately the same
as last night's 28.
Blasts UN Inter:erence
this question under American
manipulation is both illegal and
unjust," the radio said.
A later broadcast by the Red
radio mentioned the subject again
in similarly- harsh terms and for
the second time did not mention
Hammarskjold's message.
Neither broadcast mentioned
the Assembly's resolution, which
also condemned Red China for
sentencing the fliers.
It was reported here that Ham-;
marskjold did not expect an im
mediate reply. He was repre
sented as feeling a matter of this
high importance would take time
before the Communist Chinese
would chart their course.
UN officials said that omission
of any reference to the secretary
general's proposal indicated that
the question still was under con
sideration:
In addition to the direct mes-
The equipment is being bought
from the Dage• Thompson Co., in
Michigan City, Ind. and Westing
house ,Electric Co., Philadelphia.
Two cameras will be usedin
each of the - -owns from which
the .television is being transmit
tee and two television receivers
will be used in each class • room
w 1 erestudents are receiving the
instruction.
In addition to providing a pos
sible. solution• to the - anticipated
shortage of . instructors, class
rooms and laboratory facilities
that will come with the expected
increase in enrollment, teaching
by television may have other ad
vantages, according to - Dr. Car
penter.
. 1. It may enable a team of
instructors, each a specialist in
his own field, to conduct a basic
In grand totals, which includes
both full and part-time students,
the University remained in 19th
place. New York University re
mained on top in this category
with a grand total of 39,401 stu
dents.
sage to Chou which was sent Fri
day, Hammarskjold was believed
to be working • through Swedish
and Indian channels. Both coun
tries have diplomatic missions in
Peiping. Hammarskjold formerly
was No. 2 man in 'the Swedish
Foreign Office. He is scheduled to
go to Stockholm this weekend to
take the seat in the Swedish Aca
demy of Literature held by his
late father. If Peiping accepts his
bid for direct talks while he is in
I Stockholm, he could easily fly
from there to the Red Chinese.
capital.
Soviet Ambassador Jacob A.
Malik, top Moscow delegate to
the Assembly, had nothing to say
abolit the fliers. He told a report
er he had said everything he had
to say last Friday when he de
clared in the Assembly that the
11 aviators were spies and the
Chinese Reds were within their
rights in'sentencing them.
Pring
course for large numbers of stu
dents.
2. It may enable hundreds of
students to see every detail of
an experiment or demonstra
tion that can only be seen now
by students who sit in the front
row.
The purpose of the study is to
answer several questions:
1. Will teaching by television
be acceptable to the student?
2. What about questions that
students who are watching the
the lecture on television receiv
ers may want to ask?
Dr. Carpenter pointed out that
students who are receiving the
instruction in the room from
which the television is being
transmitted will be able to ask
(Continued on page eight)
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Constitutions
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Student Hurt,
Autos Damaged
In Collisions
r One student was injured and
I the autos of four other students
were involved in collisions over
the weekend at State College.
Donald Werb, seventh semester
aeronautical engineering major,
suffered minor leg injuries when
the car he was driving collided
with another operated by Peter
R. Smith, State College, Saturday
at E. College avenue and Locust
Lane, State College police said.
Damage • was estimated at $2OO.
In a three-car collision, police
said a car operated by Peter Kief
er, fifth semester arts and letters
major, skidded and hit the 'rear
of a car driven by David Ernest,
first semester mechanical engi
neering major.
The Ernest car then hit a park
ed car owned by Bruce Johnson,
third semester psychology major.
Total damage was estimated at
$420.
Clyde Scott, second semester
music education major, was in
volved in an auto mishap Satur
day morning when the vehicle he
was driving skidded into a car
operated by Joseph Kidd, Hunt
ingdon. The, accident occurred at
S. Pugh St. and E. College ave.
at 1:51 a.m. '
Police reported Scott was slow
ing down for a turn onto Pugh
street when his car skidded. Total
damage was estimated at $275.
Prexy Will Speak
President Milton S. Eisenhower
will speak to the American Farm
Bureau Federation in New York
City tomorrow.
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