PACT rVM
CheromPhys Group Favors
Grading System Change
Chemistry-Physics Student Council last night voted over
whelmingly to support a suggestion made by Rudolph butter,
fifth semester arts and letters major, that, a change be made
in the present ,grading system.
Lutter, who presented hi
versify Cabinet on Dec. 15,
Chairmen Plan
New Combined
Open House
By AL KLIMCKE
Committee chairmen from each
college of the University will meet
Jan. 12 to discuss plans for a com
bined open house program to be
held April 22, it was decided by
the Inter College Council Board
last night.
The colleges are combining their
open house program this year in
vi,:w of the Centennial celebra
tion. Students from all high
schools in Pennsylvania will be
invitea to become acquainted with
the facilities of the University.
In previous years each college
planned and carried out its own
house program, each usually at a
uifferent time. Each program dis
played only the facilities of the
particular college having the open
house.
The officers of the colleges feel
chat by combining and coordinat
ing their efforts this year each
college itself, and the University
in general, will be benefitted.
1 7 :ames of committee chairmen
released by the Board last night
are: Pat Farrell, Physical Educa
tion; William Childs, Chemistry
and Physics; Bernard Carson, En
gineering; Bruce Lieska and Don
ald Fleck, Mineral Industries, and
Douglas Moorhead, Agriculture.
Cabinet Personnel Interviewing
Committee, interviewed 23 appli-,
cants for Centennial committee
last night. CPIC is 'composed of
the members of ICCB, who are
thy. presidents of the coll e g e
councils.
Club to Hear Talk
By Cave Explorer
David Fenstermacher, vice pres
ident of the Nittany Grotto, will
talk on spelunking and show
slides of nearby caves at a meet
ing of the cabin and trail division
of the Penn State Outing Club
at 7:30 tonight in 121 Sparks.
The entire club will hold an
ice skating party at Beaver Dam
Sunday, with supper and dancing
at the Stone Valley Forestry
Cabin. The group will leave from
in back of Old Main at 2 p.m.
Dairy Club Officers
To Be Elected Tonight
Election of officers will be held
by the Dairy Science Club at 7
tonight in 117 Dairy.
The following slate of officers
has been nominated: David Mor
row, Darwin Braund, president;
Edward Glass, Karl Hellerick, vice
president; Neil Bowen, William
Smith and Norman Schue, secre
tary; and Edward Wickersham,
Thomas Kcstenbader, and Louis
Galliker, treasurer.
CorrectFora
Robert Jackson, graduate stu
dent in dairy science, who was
identified in yesterday's Daily
Collegian in connection with an
automobile accident was not in
volved in the accident.
AIM Board to Meet
The Association of Independent
Men's Judicial Board of Review
will meet at 7:15 tonight in 213
Willard.
University to Offer
Coed Sports Sundays
Co-ed recreation will be
sponsored from 7 to 9 p.m. ev
ery Sunday in Recreation Hall
by the Colle7e of Physical Ed
ucation and Athletics and the
Physical Education Student
Council.
Volleyball, basketball, table
tennis and badminton will be
available to all students free
of charge.
By JACKIE HUDGINS
recommendations to All-Uni
as appointed by Cabinet as a
committee of one to look into the
grading situation.
He told the council that the
system should be changed so that
students' grades could be recorded
more accurately than they are
under the present 3-2-1-minus 1
and minus 2 system.
Lutter said he planned to ex
plain the inequalities which he
believes exist in the grading sys
tem to all the student councils to
see if there is sufficient interest to
justify fiirther study. If student
interest is evident. he said, a defi
"ite grading system will be set up
and recommended to the Cabinet.
In his Cabinet. retort Lutter ex
plained a hvnothetical comparison
between the grades of two stu
dents at the University. both ear
,'ving i 8 academic credits.
One clndent. Lutter said. might
get 90's. nr a scant 3.0 grade av
erage in three three-nredit courses.
find SO's or scant 2.0 grade aver
naps in his other three three-credit
o irses.
The other student might get
89's. barely missing 3.0 grade av
era 0 - es, in each of his six three
-rarlit courses.
The first student would receive
45 quality mints under the pre
sent system. giving him an All-
TTniversitv average of 2.5 and
dean's list rank. His numerical
exr-de average would be 85.
The second student's 36 quality
noints would give him an All-
University average of 2.0. His nu
merical grade average would be
89. higher than the student who
mad. , dean's list.
Two Proposals Suggested
Lotter suggested two proposals
`-• Cabinet as remedies for this
situation.
1. Keeping separate the amount
of work done and the quality of
work done. This, he said, could
be done by totaling the number
of credits to determine whether a
student had the required number
necessary to graduate, and mark
ing the quality of work on the
same basis as it is now. This would
necessitate setting up a dual-grade
system, however, Lutter said. ,
2. Multiplying the numerical
(Continued on page eight)
Play arbles on New Year's Eve
By INEZ ALTHQUSE
How would you like to spend
New Year's Eve eating cup
cakes and playing Marbles on
the floor of a log cabin 200
miles north of Toronto, Can
ada, with two feet of snow on
the ground and the temperature
21 degrees below zero.
This was only one of the ex
periences of the seven officers of
the Penn State Outing Club dur
ing their week's visit to Brule
Lake Dec. 26 to Jan. 1. Francis
Gordon, an adviser to the club
and a famous Canadian guide, was
host to the group at his cabin on
the lake.
The group met in Union City
Dec. 26 and traveled by car to
Kerney, Ontario. There it boarded
a logging train and made the last
27 miles of the journey to Brule
Lake in four hours, the regular
time taken by the train to make
the trip.
The little settlement, which is
now a part of Algonquin Provin
cial Park, consists of a few cabins
that were built during logging
operations in the area. A sawmill
there burned down, and most of
the people left the lake. Only a
few remain today.
The weather at the lake was
the warmest in 70 years, an old na
tive of that country told the group.
(It seems the regular temperature
for this time of year is 40 degrees
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNVILVAAIIP4
Revert to Cabinet
Men, Coeds
To Debate
'1 Day Off'
Demands for more rights for
women will be asserted Friday
night at the annual Mount Mercy-
Penn• State co-ed debate..
Two women from Mount Mercy
College, PittsbUrgh, will meet two
University men debaters on the
topic "Resolved: that the house
wife should have one day a week
off." Upholding men's righ+s and
the seven-day, work week for
housewives will be Robert Hawk,
sixth semester arts and letters ma
jor, and Nick Starnateris, fifth se
mester arts and- letters major
The debate will begin at 8 p.m.
in 121 Sparks.
The debate will be the 15th in a
yearly series of debates between
the two schools. Each year the
teams meet first at the University
and then .at Mount Mercy. This
yea'r's exchange debate will be
Feb. 15.
The topics always are similar
—the women supporting an argu
ment which, if put into effect,
would increase women's prestige
and . the men challenging it to pre
serve the male ego.
While the debates are held in
formal debate style, there is usu
ally considerable humor injected
along with the arguments.
The debate will be conducted
in the Oregon, ' cross-question
style. In this style, a speaker from
each side presents a ten minute
constructive speech in which the
side's major arguments are pre
sented. Then the second speakers
are cross-questioned by the oppo
sition. Each side also is -given a
chance to summarize the debate
and present the conclusions he
feels have 'been reached. •
Members of the audience also
will be given a chance to chal
lenge the debaters on the opinions
they have expressed and to put
forth their personal viewpoints.
The debate will be open to the
public.
Pi Omega •Pi Meeting
Pi Omega Pi, business educa
tion honorary society, will hold
an open meeting for, business
education majors at 7 tonight in
317 Willard.
A panel of business education
student teachers will discuss their
teaching experiences.
No Double Parking
Stale College police have is-
Sued a warning that it will be- '
gin strict enforcement against
double parking violations.
below zero with at least five feet
of snow.)
The cabin, built by Gordon, is a
typical log cabin, well insulated
against the cold. 411 cooking and
baking during the week was done
on a wood range. Water had to
be gotten from •the lake by sink
ing a bucket throUgh a hole in the
ice.
In order to ice skate the seven
Members had to clear a circle on
the ice, which was completely cov
ered by a two-foot snowfall: They
also built a ski slope, and by
hanging lanterns on trees along
the trail were able to enjoy night
skiing.
One night the party took an
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Summer Employment
Information Ready
Information on applications and interviews for summer
employment in boys and girls camps in Pennsylvania and
the northeastern United States is now available at the Stu
dent Employment Service office' in Old Main, according to
Jack Huber, director of the employnient service.
Folders of information on all
the camp employment available
are kept at the office. Huber said
although many camps have al
ready requested applicants, many
more are expected to do so during
January and February.
Information on employment at
summer resorts throughout the
United States will be available
during February and March, Hu
ber said.
Huber stressed the fact that
there will be no shortage of sum
mer employment at " camps and
resorts. In fact, he said, there will
probably be many more jobs than
there will be applicants for them.
However, he cautioned ,that the
best jobs will be gotten by those
Who apply early. Salary ranges
in the jobs depend mostly on ex
perience and age, Huber said.
Most of the camps request gen
eral counselors and instructing
specialists.. Most require at least
a minimum of experience, and
preference is usually given to ap
plicants with some experience.
Most of the camps mention as
a prerequesite at least one year
of college and a genuine interest
in young children. Some require
a minimum age of 19.
Camps which have already re
quested applicants are: Federa
tion Employment Service for 47
camps for Jewish boys and girls
in New York; Association of Pri
vate Camps, with 300 member
camps in northeastern United
States;
The American Camping Associ
ation's New York section; Camp
Redwing and Camp Wirmicut for
Girl Scouts, in Allegheny Co.;
Camp . Sun Mountain, Shawnee;
Island Lake Camps, Wayne Co.;
Camp Cherrydale, Cheyney; Camp
Seneca Hunt, Effort.
Camp Hugh Beaver in the
Pocono Mountains; Camp Tel Hai,
Bucks Co.; Camp Skymount,
Green Lane„ Camp To-Loa, Way
mart; Happy Hollow Day Camp,
Elkins Park; Furnace, Hills Camp
for Girl Scouts, Lancaster;
Camp Tanal o, Stroudsburg;
Camp Indiandale, Vinemont;
Camp Winneshewauka, Vermont,
Grove Point Camp overlooking
Chesapeake Bay; Camp Acquacka
rronk, Passaic, N.J.; Camp Scatica,
Elizaville, N.Y.;
Camp Echo, Burlingham, N.Y.;
Pioneer Y o ut h Camp, N.Y.;
Cejwin Camps, N.Y. and Masonic
Camp Seven in N.Y
overnight snowshoe trip to Tim
berwolf Lake, five miles. away.
The return trip was made in a
snowstorm.
"The Canadians were the most
friendly people I have ever met
in my life," Bruce' Lieske, presi
dent of the club, said in com
menting on the trip.
One of the group, Gerald Franc,
even had a chance to fire the
logging train on the way to the
cabin.
The main purpose of the trip
was to plan activities for the Out
ing. Club ioi next semester. Color
slides were taken during the
week, arid will be shown to the
club when they are developed.
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and welcome back''all students. We hope
you had an enjoyable holiday. Continue
to enjoy yourself by coming to Barnard
Tea Room for .one of their delicious
home-cooked meals.
fi tel.-.
< ;
Barnard Tea Room
110 S. Bainard
(I block west of Atherton)
THURSDAY, JANUARY 6, 1955
Scholarship
Offered Sophs
In Engineering
Two scholarships of $5OO each
are being offered to engineering
sophomores for the junior and
senior years by the Cincinnati
Milling Machine Company. To' be
eligible for renewal of a scholar
' ship, the student must have main
tained a satisfactory record . dur
ing his junior year.
Details of the application pro
cedure may be obtained from
Dean E. B. Stavely, chairman of
the Committee of Scholarships,
College of Engineering and Archi
tecture. Stavely's office is 204
Main Engineering.
The scholarships are intended
for mechanical, electrical, indus
trial engineering, and engineer
ing science students.
The scholarship awards will be
made on the basis of character,
personality, scholastic record, par
ticipation in extracurricular activ
ities, work interests, and finan
cial needs.
If the scholarship holder de
sires, he may apply for summer
work in the company's regular
4,C100-hour graduate training pro
gram. The work experience, which
could be scheduled for the sum
mers following the sophomore and
junior years, would be credited
to the student upon graduation--
provided both the student and the
company agree to the continua
tion of employment.
Paiice Investigate
Apartment Robbery
Borough police are investigat
ing the robbery Saturday night, of
two clocks and a ring from the
apartment of Melvin Mason, sev
enth semester physical education
major, an d William Fingrutd,
ninth semester metallurgy major.
' Se--eral leads have been investi
gated, according to a report from
the. borough police yesterday.
Aspoturian to Address
Officers Association
Dr. Vernon Aspaturian, assistant
professor of political science, who
is considered to be an authority
on the Russian, people and their
techniques, will address the Cen
tre County chapter, Reserve Offi
cers Association, at 6:30 tonight
at the Corner Room.
Dr. Aspaturian's subject will be
"Does a Reserve Officer Need
Training in Political Science?"
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