UNIVERSITY SENATE hears Harold X. Schilling. chairman of
the Senate Committee on Educational Policy, present a report
which may put, Senate's program for improving the level of
general education at the University into action by next fall. In
the background are Adrian 0. Morse, University provost and
presiding officer; and . C.. 0. Williams. dean of admissions and
registrar and Senate secretary. Senate approved the report.
Centennial Envelope
With University Cachet
Will Be Put, on Sale
Centennial cachet envelopes, bearing the University's
seal, the tower of Old Main, and a few lin k s about the Uni
versity on its left side, will go on sale Monday morning at the
Student Union desk in .Old Main.
The envelopes, which will be
sold in groups of three for five
cents, are a project of . the Uni
versity Student Centennial Com
mittee which met last night. The
commemorative Centennial stamp
also will be sold at the Student
Union desk.
Students wishing envelopes to
be sent to friends bearing the
Centennial cancellation and the
name of the University's new post
office, University Park, may lesve
the addressed. envelopes in a box
at the Student } 'Union desk. On
Feb. 22, the' day of the Birthday
Party, the envelopes will be can
celled and setit out. • No more en
velopes will be sent after Feb. 22.
Registration to End May 1
Registration for the beard con
test will begin soon after the
Birthday Party, and will end the
week of May . 1. Registration is
open to all matriculated male stu
dents. The place of registration
will - be announced later. A 50-
cent registration fee will be
charged.
A panel of prominent and qual
ified men will do the judging in
a program open to the public,
according to committee plans. En
trants may enter one of the fol
lowing classes during the judg
ing; ,
1. The ROTC Special, that is,
the mustache class; 2. the goatee;
3. the • half beard; 4. the mutton
chop; 5. the full beard; and 6.
the most unusual class.
Winners -to Get Trophies
Those students who Haire' start
ed a beard will,not be required
to shave and start anew. Trophies
will be awarded to the first place
winners of each class.
Plans for student Centennial
exchange 'dinners which may be
held on Feb. 22, were discussed
by the committee. A program
whereby a number of women
would eat at fraternities and
would be replaced in the dormi
tory dining roms by an equal
number of men is being worked
out by the committee.
Mixers, following the dinners
are also being planned. •
TODAY'S
WEATHER:
SNOW
COLDER
Stamp Sale
Will Begin
On Monday
The three-cent postage stamps
commemorating the 100th anni
versary of ' the University and
Michigan State College have ar
rived at the • State College post
office and will go on sale at 8 a.m.
Monday, Robert J. Miller, bor
ough postmaster, annoimced yes
terday.
Miller • had previously an
nounced that the stamps would
be sold at the post office for sev
eral hours on Sunday if enough
persons were interested in buy
ing stamps.
He said the post office would
not be open on Sunday because
not enough people wanted it to
warrant the opening of the win
dow and stamp collectors have
Complained that everyone would
n't have an equal chance to get
stamps.
The stamps will go on sale first
on. Saturday in East Lansing,
Mich., home of Michigan State,
when it celebrates its 100th birth
day. The stamps will not be avail
able anywhere else until Monday.
Miller also said that he had a
large lumber of requests for can
cellations dated Feb. 22, the offi
cial anniversary of the University.
-Postal authorities estimate that
more than two million copies of
the issue will be sold to collectors
and other interested people. The
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Soldiers, Guerrillas Land on Formosa
TAPEL Formosa, Friday, Feb. chens, went up yesterday with
11 (IP)—Soldiers and guerrillas be- U.S. Ambassador Karl Rankin to
w th e opera t i on.
hens
gan landing on Formosa yester- The till shook to ex
day from the great Tachen with- plosions as the Nationalists blew
drawal, which may be finished by up tunnels and gun ,positions in
late tonight or tomorrow. the scorched earth strategy, 'said
Most of the military personnel AP correspondent Jim Becker in
came from Pishan, 32 miles south- a dispatch from the islands.
west of the Tachens, and the two Rear Adm. Lorenzo S. Sabin Jr.,
Yu Shan islands, 35 miles north- commanding the actual withdraw
east of the Tachens. al, told Becker the Communists
Rain squalls swept the Tachens,
200 miles north , of Formosa, where
the big operation was moving
more slowly because tons of mili
tary equipment must go out with
the garrison.
fa.j. Gen. William C. Chase,
whose U.S. Military Advisory As
sistance Group trained and
equipped the regulars on the Ta
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Academic Plan Set,
Counciling Asked
Special Division Fall, 1955, Named
To Be Discussed As 'Target Date
University Senate yesterday heard a report from
the Basic College Committee aimed at establishing
a division of counseling at the University.
The report was a combination of two earlier
reports which were approved by' the Council of
Administration last January.
The report will be discussed at a later date.
The report recommends that a four phase pro
gram for counseling and testing
be established at the University.
The four phases of the program
are:
1. A program which is under
taken before a student registers
to see if he is proper University
material.
2. A program during the fresh
man year w hile the student
chooses a curriculum.
3. A program similar to the
present division of intermediate
registration for those who are
lagging behind or failing. .
4. A vocational counseling pro
gram to assist the student in
choosing a field of specialization
and finally a job.
Under the program a student
would be given tests before he
is admitted to the University. The
results of these tests will be used
by counselors to help the student
determine whether he has suf
ficient background to choose a
curriculum at that time.
If results warrant it, 'he will be
admitted immediately to the cur
riculum of his choice.
If the ,student is not ready to
be assigned to a specific cur
riculum? he will be admitted to
the University under a general
curriculum.
Under the general curriculum,
course of study would be pre
scribed for him which would re
veistts.his aptitudes. At the end of
his freshman year,. he could move
into a specific curriculum.
The second phase. of the pro
gram (devoted to freshmen) would
attempt to help those students
who have not decided on a cur
riculum before entering college.
The third phase of the counsel
ing program would be similar to
the present DIR.
The fourth phase of the pro
gram will be aimed at helping
the student choose elective cours
es which will be helpful to him
in his vocation. It will also help
to place him in a job.
The report recommends that
the following services of the Uni
versity be combined under .. di
vision of counseling which would
administer the program:
The student advisoyy service,
DIR, admissions office testing
program, extension centers test
ing program, course placement
testing nrograms, education 105
reading and study habits, improve
ment program, national voca
tional testing programs, freshman
faculty advisors, and the fresh
man orientation program.
had given "no indication they will
interfere and frankly I do not see
why they should."
Sabin estimated the operation
could be wound up by Saturday,
weather permitting. Some Navy
officers thought the work could
be finished sooner.
The beaches were churned into
mud by soldiers bringing guns
EttitH
FOR A BETTER PENN STATE
Dean Lauds
New AIM
Constitution
James W. Dean, Assistant to the
Dean of Men in charge of inde
pendent affairs, said yesterday
that he believed the constitution
revision proposed by the Associa
tion of Independent Men Board of
Governors was a mark of achieve
ment for he organization.
The revision was read for the
first time _at the board . meeting
1:4 AIM Wednesday. It will - have
to be read at least once more to
the board of governors before it
can be rejected, approved, or
amended, Robert Dennis, presi
dent, said. The board approved
it at its first reading. The second
reading will be at the next board
meeting.
Although, Dean said, he had
not compared each article of the
proposed revision to those of the
existing constitution, he expressed
approval of the •consttiution re
vision committee's su g gest e d
changes.
One of the major changes in
cluded is making it illegal for the
board to enact legislation that
concerns only one of the area
councils. An addition appearing
in the revision is the procedure
for impeachment. Also, the duties
of vice-president are enumerated
whereas they are not in the ex
isting constitution.
If the revision is accepted the
AIM president will have a veto
power which can be nullified only
after a two-thirds vote of the
board of governors.
Dance Date Changed •
The Freshmen Centennial
Dance previously scheduled for
Feb. 12 on social activities cal
endars will not be held at that
time. The dance, featuring the
Melody Men, will be held March
26 in the Hetzel Unison Building.
and ammunition from hilltop posi
tions.
Other soldiers filed aboard U.S.
transports in the rain and biting
cold. Out in the mists, the huge
U.S. 7th Fleet still stood guard.
More than 40,000 civilians and
soldiers are being removed from
the Tachens and surrounding is
lands.
A total of 1512 civilians, guer
rillas and military personnel ar
rived yesterday in Formosa from
Pishan Island. The 710 guerrillas
were dressed and equipped the
same as the regulars.
A Ministry of Information offi
cer said the Pishan guerrillas were
of such high quality they had been
issued U.S.-donated equipment
and arms and were, in effect,
specialized troops now.
TottrAtan
University Senate took the first step toward
implementing its 13 point program for improving
the level of general education at the University
yesterday.
Senate adopted a report presented by Harold K.
Schilling, chairman of the Senate Committee on
Educational Policy, recommending that a target
date of next fall be set to institute a program for
"developing skill in elementary
computation and the ability to
think quanitatively as aids to or
ganized and pro d uc t ivp rea
soning."
The report recommends that a
comprehensive examination be
administered to all students in
their third semester and pre
scribes a remedial course and sub
sequent examinations if needed.
Program Recommended
This program was originally
recommended to Senate last No
vember as part of a 13 point
' program for improving the level
of general education at the Uni
versity. Other fields to be af
fected later include social studies,
English, and other general areas.
Schilling said his committee
felt it was necessary to get the
program underway as soon as
possible. He emphasized that the
program must be undertaken
gradutilly.
He Cited fouzl reasons why it
was decided to initiate the pro
gram in the field of mathematics.
1. It is well to start with a fresh
problem and a new approach.
2. With mathematics, it is easier
to define what is expected of
students than in some other fields.
3. A comprehensive examina
tion in mathematics would be
easier to prepare.
4. The field of mathematics is
an immediate problem because
it has found that students lack
skill in this area.
Senate also approved the ap
pointment of a 10 man committee
to study the specific details in
volved in carrying out the pro
gram.
Problems to be considered by
this committee include:
1. Standards to be achieved by
all students in the general area
of mathematics before they enter
their junior year.
2. Ways of achieving these
standards.
3. Methods and procedures for
measuring the attainment of such
standards. It was suggested that
the committee recommend kinds
of examinations which might be
appropriate.
4. Possible effects the establish
ment of such standards might
have upon admission require
ments, orientation programs, and
remedial actions that should be
taken when the student fails to
reach these standards.
5. Administrative problems and
probable cost.
Start Not Set
Schilling said he did not know
whether students who will be in
their third semester next fall will
be affected by the program if it
is. put into affect, or whether
students who have had advanced
mathematics will be exempted.
He said recommendations on the
details will be left up to the coin•
mittee which was set up.
DeToma Wins Second
Alumnae Scholarship
Marie DeToma, fourth semester
arts ant. letters major, has been
awarded a scholarship to the Uni
versity for the second successive
semester by the Penn St at e
Alumnae Club of Harrisburg.
Miss DeToma received the club's
Helen E. Eisenhower Memorial
Scholarship which honors the late
wife of President Milton S. Eisen/.
bower.