PAGE TWO
. ,
I.:
',.. .:,..
. s .
.., ii- ' e; a , '' . ''.. ~ • ..( ,
~ :,....i . -' . ta ‘•
~..„ . „ ~.„..,• „.,.
No
On
Action Taken
Recommendation
A recommendation to require high school students in the
tower three-fifths of their high school classes to take entrance
examinations was presented to the University Senate yester
day.
No action was taken on the recommendation which was
part of a report on the select
59 Juniors
Promoted
Sy LaVie
The senior board of the 1955
LaVie has announced the promo
tion of 59 juniors to the junior
board.
They are:
Hester Anskis, Paul Beane, Joe
Beau-Seigneur, Sidney Blecker,
Joan Carter, Lois Cowden, Renna
Susan Brown, Shirley Calkins,
Jean Carter, Lois Cowden, Renna
Cramer, James Culbertson, Carol
Durbin; Barbara Easter, Barbara
Edgington, Robert Eisenhuth,
Margaret Fisher.
Marilyn Githens, Kathleen
Greytok, Betsy Gruneck, Diane
Hallock, Charles Henry, Sara
Henry, Sarah Higgon, Barbara
Hough, Patricia Kildee, Carole
Krause, Barbara Larpenteur, Mary
Lathrop, Norman Lebovits, Bar
bara Lightner, Katherine Low
ery, Eileen Marcolina.
Nancy Marsh, Patricia Mc-
Lauchlin, Lillian Melko, Nancy
Norling, Pauline Paulekas, Janet
Ramandanes, Elizabeth Rodgers,
Julianne Roess, Frederick Romig,
Rosen, Herbert Rosenberg,
Carlene Samuels, Nancy Schade,
Judith Sedor, Joyce Simpson,
Mary Stahl, Ronald Stone.
James Tate, Ronald Walker,
Benjamin Witmer, Jack A. Wil
liams, Roy Williams, Jean Yemm,
Donald Ziegler, Joan Ziegler, and
Leitha Zimmerman.
The new junior board will meet
at 7 p.m. Sunday in 405 Old Main.
'Corn Is Green'
To Play Tonight
Players' production of Emlyn
Williams' "The Corn Is Green"
will be presented for the fourth
time at 8 tonight at Center Stage
in the Temporary Union Build
ing.
Elizabeth Ives and Edwin Grove
have the leading roles in th e
drama of life in a Welsh mining
town. Tickets are available at the
Student Union desk in Old Main
or at the door for $l.
Simes Cites Factors
(Continued from page one)
in a two-room suite, were re
sponsible for supervising an en
tire floor. Now, however, each
counselor lives in a single room
near the group for which he
alone is responsible.
The problem with the former
system, Simes explained, was
that the divided responsibility
would often lead one counselor
to assume the other was re
sponsible for a misconduct out
break.
The living rooms of the suites
formerly used by counselors
now are used as study rooms
and the bedrooms are used as
single rooms for students.
Pollock Counseling
The residence hall counselor
system in the Pollock area also
was improved this year, the
dean said. With the exception
of one Pollock dorm used ex
clusively for graduate students,
there now is a resident coun
selor in each Pollock dorm.
In the Nittany area, however,
there is only one counselor for
every two cloini . tories, he said.
This situation, he said, is neces
on of freshmen for admission
to the University. The report was
presented by the freshman selec
tions subcommittee of the Senate
Committee on Educational Policy.
Other committees are studying
the problem, according to Harold
K. Schilling, chairman of the edu
cational policy committee. He said
the subcommittee's report would
not be adequate unless the find
ings of these other committees
are added to it.
Schilling said the report would
be brought up for action lager.
On the basis of results obtained
from investigation at the Univer
sity and at other schools; the sub
committee made six recommenda
tions.
1. The subcommittee recom
mended that the University con
tinue its policy of admitting,
without examination, students
who rank in the first and second
fifths of their high school
classes.
.This proposal was based on
findings which showed that 'less
than 10 per cent of the students
who ranked in the first fifth of
their high school class had any
scholastic difficulties at the Uni
versity. Less than 30 per cent of
the students who ranked in the
second fifth had difficulties.
The group also found that over
80 per cent of the upper-fifth stu
dents registered as sophomores.
The percentage in the lower three
fifths who registered as sopho
mores was only slightly over 50
per cent.
2. Based on these same find
ings, the subcommittee ?recom
mended that students ranking.'
in the lower three-fifths of their
high school classes be required
to take entrance examinations
before admission.
3. The group further proposed
, that the dean of admissions in
vestigate ways in which the ap
titude tests of the College En
trance Board and the American
Council of Educational Exami
nations may be applied in ad
ministering entrance examina
tions for students ranking in
the lower three-fifths of their
high school classes.
These tests would be a test of
the student's achievement and
ability, according to the group's
findings, and would be instru
mental in determining the stu
dent's fitness for college.
4. To support this recommen
dation, the group further pro:.
(Continued on page eight)
sary because of the unequal
size of units in the various
dormitory areas. In Pollock,
each counselor is responsible
for the 60 men in his dorm. In
the West Dorms, the ratio is one
counselor for from 60 to 80 men
Nittany Dorm Houses 40
Each dorm in Nittany houses
about 40 men, so that doubling
up is necessary to give each
counselor an approximately
equal load.
Better counselor orientation
this year is another factor af
fecting the discipline situation.
Simes said that the counselor
training program this year was
developed to the point where
counselors were "made cogni
zant of their duties and respon
sibilities."
AIM Handles Discipline
Whereas in the past the dean
of men's office handled a large
proportion of student disciplin
ary cases, this year the office
refers the cases to the Asso
ciation of Independent Men's
Judicial Board of Review as
soon as they are reported.
The board hears the cases
an d recommends penalties.
When the cases involve disci-
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN STATE COLLEGE. PE-NNSYtVANTA
Constitutional
Revisions
Approved
The Lion party constitutional
revisions committee has approved
a new constitution which will be
presented to the party's steering
committee for approval Sunday
afternoon, according to Carl Sap
erstein, Libn party vice-clique
chairman.
Saperstein is also a member of
the revisions committee.
Saperstein would not comment
on the content of the constitution,
except to say that "substantial
changes" have been made.
The revisions committee ap
proved the constitution at a meet
ing Tuesday night, Sa.perstein
said.
Gordon Pogal, Lion party clique
chairman, could not pe reached
for comment last night.
At the time the Senate sub
committee on organization con
trol ordered the parties to revise
their constitutions, it was reported
that eight specfic revisions were
recommended.
The parties have until Jan. 13
—Thursday—to present their re
vised constitutions to the .übcom
mittee. If the constitutions are
found acceptable at that time, the
subcoinmittee will report to the
Senate Committee on Student Af
fairs which must charter the po
litical parties.
The Senate move to charter the
parties came last month after All-
University Cabinet decided it did
not have the power to do so.
A review of the constitutions by
Cabinet was asked in the perma
nent elections code adopted early
this fall.
Decides Voting-
(Continued from page' one)
of parties. He said since Cabinet
decided that the University Sen
ate subcommittee on organization
control had the power to charter
the parties, the articles in the
Elections Code giving Cabinet that
I power would have to be changed.
The first article changed had
I said that upon the adoption of a
new Constitution, the group must
file a copy of the constitution with
All-University Cabinet. This was
changed to read "the group must
submit a copy of the constitution
to the University Senate subcom
mittee on organization control."
The second amended article,
concerning the recognition of po
litical parties, will now read "Any
political party must be chartered
by the University Senate Sub
committee on Organization Con
trol."
Cabinet approved both amend : -
merits at Famous' request.
plinary action which would be
indicated on a student's perm
anent transcript, the cases and
recommended penalties are re
viewed by the Senate disciplin
ary subcommittee.
The dean said the AIM Board
"is doing a tremendous job" in
handling disciplinary action.
Housemothers Satisfactory
Simes, who had previously
expressed g r eat satisfaction
with the manner in which the
housemother system is work
ing, reitterated the same
thought yesterday.
However, he said, IFC also
is responsible for the improve
ment in fraternity conduct.
IFC Leadership Good
"The leadership from IFC has
been excellent this year," he
said.
"There is an all-around great
er responsibility on the part of
student government to police
its own students," he said.
Last year there was a rash
of serious discipline cases on
the• part of both fraternities
and residence halls. Discipline
cases this year have decreased
both in number and seriousness
of the offense
AIM Judicial Asks
Probations for Six
The Association of Independent' Men's Judicial Board of Review
last night recommended to the dean of men's office penalties of office
and board probation for six students involved in either the buying
or consuming of drinks in 'University dormitories.
Nine other students, all first semester, freshmen from Jordan
Hall, received recommendations
of judicial probation by the board
for being involved in some "horse
play" on one of the dotmitory
floors.
Three of the students received
official probation •recommenda
tions for drinking beer in Pollock
Dormitory 1. It was brought out at
the board's session that a fifth
semester student, admitting to
being over 21, had bought the
beer arid had taken it intd the
dormitory where two of them,
first and third semester students,
were discovered drinking.
Original Instigator
The fifth semester student later
claimed that he was the original
instigator of the incident. The
board also recommended that this
student receive, along with office
probation, a further penalty of
board probation until the end of
the spring semester.
Board probation involves the
requiring of the student to attend
all meetings of Judicial Board for
that period of time.
Office probation requires stu
dents to report to the dean of
men's office at certain set inter
vals for informal discussions.
Three other students, all first
semester, received recommenda
tions of office probation for bring
ing beer into their dormitory,
Nittany 28. One of the three who
claimed he hadn't yet drunk any
thing before being discovered by
his counselor was penalized for
his hand in having bought the
drinks.
Nine freshmen from the second,
third and fourth floors of Jordan
Hall were given recommendations
of judicial probation by the board
for gathering together during a
"study break" between 10:30 and
11 p.m., December 13, with intent
of "horseplay."
Speak Before Board
Speaking before the board, the
students said that they had been
planning to jam the door of two
students of the fourth floor by
inserting a pencil between the
door and the molding and attach
ing a wire from the door to an
other neighboring one.
Before any proceedings had be
gun, one of the residence hall
counselors, attracted by the noise,
arrived, so they demonstrated the
technique of jamming a door to
him, rather than performing the
act.
At this point the group was
broken up by the emergence of
another student and his roommate
from one of the rooms under dis
cussion. This student broke up
the gathering with a knife, rip
ping the sweater and shirt of one
and slightly nicking another.
The Discipline Committee of
the Senate Committee of Student
Affairs was reported to have re
quested the student to withdraw
from the University.
Thursam Named Head
Of Poultry Club
Charles Thursam, fifth semes
te_ poultry husbandry major, was
elected president of the Poultry
Club last evening. ,
Other officers elected were:
Thomas Zeigler, vice president;
Aaron Denlinger, secretary; and
David Mellor, treasurer. All are
fifth semester pOultry husbandry
majors.
,
01 1
;11L.
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,
a
~.~~;
-.
c'::
~y
-~~'.
Barnard Tea Room
110 S. Barnard Ph. AD 8-8311
(1 block west of Atherton)
FRIDAY. JANUARY 7, 1955
June Grads
Have ROTC
Time Option
Advanced Army Reserve -Offi
cers Training Corps students who
will be graduated in June may
not be called into active service
for two years, Col. Lucien E. ROl
due, professor of military science
',nd tactics, announced yesterday.
Graduates w ill be commis
sioned between May 1 and • Sept.
30 althoug,h some of them may
not be callfd to active duty until
June 30. 1957. However, some will
mater active duty as early as July
1.
Engineering and signal corps
•Traduntes probably will be called
firs+. Capt. W. M. Haller, assistant
nrof , zssor of military science and
tactics, said, because vacancies
now exist in training schools.
All advanced Army ROTC
graduates are required , to attend
school for a three-month training
neriod prior to assuming their
duties on a military post, he said.
The quota for the particular
training , school determines the
number of commissioned . officers
called for service.
Graduates in artillery, infan
try and amor corps also probably
will receive early calls to duty,
Captain Haller said.
June graduates will be asked to
state the month and year they
would like their active duty to
begin. Individual preferences will
be considered, Bolduc said, so far
as quotas for each branch permit.
Under existing directives Army
graduates of the Advanced ROTC
program still will be required to
serve two years. The effect of the
newly announced policy is merely
to delay entry into active duty.
Party Reports--
(Continued from page one)
fine payable by the party for via
tions.
"This would be hitting the
party directly instead of the indi
vidual," he said.
Under another proposal, made
by Henry Simm, committee mem
ber, parties would be given a
monetary penalty if they were
found to be guilty of a violation,
but if an individual was found
guilty of a violation votes would
be docked.
A penalty system will be worked
Cut at a later meeting, Famous
said.
The committee also - discussed
the possibility of issuing clique
registration cards to clique mem
bers instead of keeping a record
by a list. This would greatly sim
plify the regisration procedure,
Famous said. •
Temperature Decline
The mercury will drop to ap
proximately 35 degrees today, five
degrees lower than yesterday's
high of 40, the University weather
station reported.
Welcome '55