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VOL. 55. No. 80
Just Like 'Hollywood
A PSYCHOLOGY 2 instructor, Dr. John F. Hall, rooms across the hall wher_ is
associate professor of psychology, poses for the watch on receivers. Two sections of chemisk... 2
television cameras in 10 Sparks. as part of the are also being taught by television. The study
study aimed at solving future enrollment prob- is being financed by a 1143,000 grant from the
lems. The television picture is transmitted to Ford Foundation.
Profs, as
Troubled
By DOTTIE BENNETT
Students who are pondering ways and means to raise their average, and complain
ing. about the grading system may be surprised to, know that several professors have
found the present system a source of concern too.
Nell A., McNall. associate professor of American history, when asked his opinion of
the grading system, said, "It would be nice if we could dispense with the grading system
completely" but since we can't he said he saw no-valid reason for a change.
Dr. MeNall-said there would be
a lot of problems involved in re
cording and computing grades if
a percentage system were used.
He added that most professors
now use the percentage system
until they give out the final grade,
and that if a student's grade is
All-University. Cabinet will
discuss a change in the grading
system proposed by Rudolph
Lutter, a committee of one, ap
pointed by Lutter to study the
University% grading system.
The Cabinet meeting will be
held at 8 p.m.. Thursday in the
board room on the Second floor
of Old Main. The meeting. like
all Cabinet meetings, is open to
the public.
very high in a certain bracket,
there is a disposition on the part
of the professor to boost - it to a
higher numerical grade,' giving
the student the benefit of the
doubt.
Earl B. Stavely, assistant dean
of the College of Engineering and
Architecture, said "Our experi
ence is that the -2 grade has in
troduced a lot of difficulties in
our effort to administer a program
of a remedial nature when a stu
dent wants to transfer from one
department or curriculum to an
other."
He . pointed out that the Col
lege of Engineering and Archi
tecture 'offers many four and five
credit courses, and when a stu
dent receives a -2 in one of them
his average is ruined, and he has
real difficulty in working out
something in a different college
or in the division of intermediate
registration.
Dr. Stavely said he would not
say that the system •should be
changed; as he is not on the com
mittee studying the problems in
volved in the effect a change
would have.
He added that any change must
involve a great deal of considera
tion as there are so many different
things involved. He said at pre
sent it is impossible to say what
would be the best system.
He said that in some cases it is
now mathematically impossible
for a student with a low average
to get out of trouble, and said if
a student gets in the wrong cur
riculum or gets a bad start, some
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Xile Bailw-0. Toll
Well as Students,
by Grading System
Exchange Dinners
Will Celebrate
'Centennial Day
The University Student Centen
nial Committee announced last
night that student exchange din
z s will be held on Feb. 22, the
night of the Birthday Party.
While 650 guests are et.ting their
$4 dinners in the banquet room of
the Hetzel Union Building, some
coeds from the dormitories will
be eating dinner in the West
Dormitories and fraternities. An
equal number of fraternity men
wial take the girls' places in the
dining halls.
goth independent and sorority
v.•omen will participate in the ex
change progkarn. At Monday
lunch, checkers in the dining halls
will ask coeds whether they are
interested in "going out for din
ner on the 22r.t.:."
Monday night, the list of names
of the girls in. Simmons, McEl
wain, and Atherton interested in
going out, for dinner will be ap
portioned impartially between all
of the fraternities. The freshman
(Continued on page eight)
Red Radio
Of Judges
LONDON, Feb. 11 (/P) —A
shift in the make-up of the
Soviet Supreme Court was
disclosed by Moscow radio to
day. Six judges were removed
and seven others elected to
the bench.
There appeared to be no ob
vious connection between the
court changes and the recent
shake-up in the Soviet govern
ment. None of the dismissed jud
ges was known to be prominent
in political affairs.
However, observers here noted
that Marshal Klementi Voroshilov,
chairman of the Presidium of the
Supreme Soviet Parliament.
FOR A BETTER PENN STATE
STATE COLLEGE. PA., SATURDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 12. 1955
Money Available
At ÜBA Feb. 21
Students will be able to obtain
their money and unsold books
from Feb. 21-26 from the Used
Book Agency of the Book Ex
change in the Temporary Union
Building.
The school supply store is the
only part of the BX which will
be open from now until Feb. 21.
Complete figures on the num
ber of books sold this semester
are not yet available.
Warm Weather
Crowds Infirmary
The two-day taste of spring
like weather brought disastrous
results in the form of colds, grippe
and upset stomachs to University
students. The infirmary was filled
to capacity both days.
But yesterday, with typical Feb
ruary weather back on campus,
the infirmary had settled down
to a normal routine with seven
b ds to spare. •
Discloses Shake-up
on Supreme Court
signed the decree on Feb. 7, a
day before Marshal Nikolai Bul
ganin succeeded Georgi Malen
kov as premier.
Among the newly named judges
was Colonel of Justice V. V. Bo
risoglebsky. He was one of three
judges who condemned to death
former Minister of State Security
Victor Abakumov in a mystery
shrouded case announced only
last De 24. Some specialists on
Soviet affairs held the view this
trial was a blow directed against
Malenkov.
The new appointments affected
only a small number of the total
members of the Soviet Supreme
Court, which consists of more
than 70 justices and 35 assistants
called people's assessors T h e
court supervises the application
ggiatt
Lion, Third Party
To Meet Sunday
Third Party
Lists Heads
By DOTTIE STONE
The Campus party, third politi
cal party, will hold its first clique
meeting at 7.30 p.m. Sunday night
it 10 Sparks. John McMeekin, an
organizer of the party, released
a list of the party's board mem
bers last night.
Some of the names submitted
ar . Dick Rigling, David Eber, Mc-
Meekin, Samuel Kahn, Larry
Nace, James Hand, Carol Swing,
Steven Jordon, Dick Winn, and
Harry Oxman;
Will Elect Officers
The party will ratify its consti
tution, elect all-university clique
officers, and outline the party pur
poses at its Sunday night meet
ing.
The party is open to all stu
dents, regaxcilss... of their past pol
itical affiliation. McMeekin en
couraged students to come out
Sunday night.
"Because Campus party wa s
founded for cleaner student pol
itics, we need the support of the
student body to make our cam
paign a success," McMeekin said.
Five Clique Officers
Officers to be elected will be
the five all-university clique offi
cers of chairman, vice-chairman,
recording and executive secretar
ie., and treasurer. At the second
clique meeting, nominations will
be made 4 !or the 20 class clique
officers. Five officers will be elect
ed from each class, and voting
will take place the following
week.
Five all-university clique offi
cers, 20 class clique officers, to
gether with 15 appointed mem
bers will form, the narty's steering
committee. The appointed mem
bers will be chairmen of the var
ious committtees.
The party has submitted its con
stitution for approval to the Sen
ate Committee on Student Affairs
subcommittee on organization and
control. After approval the consti
tution will go to the Senate Com
mittee of Student Affairs. The
party cannot go into elections
without a charter approved by
the University Senate.
WD Council to Elect
New President Monday
West Dorm Council will meet
at 7 p.m. Monday in McKee
Lounge to nominate and elect a
new council president to replace
retiring president Stanley Juras,
sixth semester engineering sci
ence major.
of Soviet law by supreme courts
of the individual republics of the
U.S.S.R. as well as handling work
in its own chambers as the chief
legal tribunal.
The outgoing judges were iden
tified as I. V. Detistov, L. D. Dmit
rieyev, I. M. Zaryanov, P. T. Klop
ov, I. 0. Matulevich and P. P.
Pavelnko. Newly elected mem
bers were V. V. Borisoglebsky,
V. I. G. Vorobyev, I. A. Ashin,
A. A. Dolotsov, P. A. Likhachev,
B. S. Stepanov and B. S. Tsyrlin
sky.
The dismissals and new appoint
ments do not indicate any pros
pective purge trials. When the So
viet Union holds top-level trea
son trials, special courts are
appointed which in part bypass
the Supreme Court.
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Saperstein
Quits Party
By ROG BEIDLER
Carl Saperstein, Lion party
clique chairman, resigned his post
last night to join the newly
formed Campus party.
In vacating his post, Saperstein
said that he was joining the Cam•
pus party because he felt it of
fers any student a square deal
in politics. He also stated' that he
does not intend to run for any
office in the Campus party.
"I do not believe the-Lion party
offers its members a voice in the
party," he said.
Saperstein is the second Lion
party clique officer to resign this
week. Gordon Pogal, clique chair
man, announced Monday that he
would resign at the meeting to
morrow night.
Lion party will hold elections
for three clique offices at its meet
ing at 7 p.m. tomorrow in Schwab
Auditorium. Clique chairman,
vice-clique chairman, and clique
secretary will be elected.
Vanessa Johnson. party secre
tary, will also vacate her posi
tion. She was appointed by Pogal
when the former secretary re
signed.
Pogal announced his decision
Monday and said that since the
campus political system has
undergone a complete reorgan
ization during the past semester,
he would resign because he felt
this reorganization should extend
into the administration of the
political parties.
He also stated that he felt a
new clique chairman would be
advantageous to the party at this
time.
Pogal said that he will first
present the new party constitu
tion at the meeting and then hold
elections for the three officers.
The meeting will be open to all
students.
IFC to Hear
Rushing Code
Amendments
Interfraternity Council will
meet at 7:30 p.m. Monday in 219
Electrical Engineering to consider
several additions and changes to
the IFC rushir.g code.
The four major revisions are:
1. Rushees may be house guests
only during Orientation Week.
Under the old code a fraternity
could invite an upperclassman to
live in the house under conditions
stipulated by the house. There
was no time limit stipulated.
2. If a house fails to appear
before the Board of Control when
it is called, it is considered a plea
of guilty and the house forfeits
its right to appeal.
3. In order to appeal a decision
of the board, a house must pre•
sent a petition signed by 51 per.
cent of the member houses. When
this is done, the board reviews the
case. F. further appeal may be
made on the floor of IFC. A de.
cision may be reversed by a %
vote. Under the old code, a house
appealed directly to IFC.
4. Setting a time limit of two
weeks for receiving the pledge
slips and $2 fee which a house
must • submit to IFC for each
pledge. No pledge can be recog.
nized until this fee has been re.
ceived.
English to Speak
Dr. Pennoyer F. English, pro
fessor of wildlife management,
will address the Faculty Luncheon
Club at noon Monday in the State
College Hotel.
Dr. English's subject will bo
"History of Wildlife Atonal*.
anent."
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