PAGE TWO AIM Makes Progress Dennis Tells Town Men The Association of Independent Men has made a lot of progress in the past, but there is still much to be done, AIM president Robert Dennis told Town Independent Men Wed nesday night. The TIM meeting was the first held under the new constitution. Ten men attended the meeting. ‘‘AIM must develop a com munal spirit among the indepen dents, and this will be hardest to do in the town,” Dennis said. It will be the job of TIM to try and effect this spirit among town independents, he said. NISA Open House Discussed By Student Council Plans for the open house which is to be held jointly by all col* leges on campus for the first time Was discussed by the Education Student Council Monday night. The purpose of the open house, to be held April 23, is to acquaint high school students with pro grams offered at the University. A central meeting of all visitors will be held in Schwab Auditor ium. Visitors then will divide in to separate groups to visit col leges and departments. Council was not in favor of founding a chapter of Kappa Del ta Epsilon, women’s professional education society, on campus. It would only infringe upon the ac tivities of the Future Teachers of America and the Association of Childhood education, council de cided. Grades (Continued from page one) , ed that it was his personal belief that Lutter’s plan would be un desirable for two reasons: 1) Such a plan would empha size grades which many faculty members feel is undesirable. 2) Many instructors feel that it would be impossible to give such an exact grade. Lutter contended when present ing his report to the Senate that students have a tendency to em phasize grades because they feel prospective employers and grad uate schools place heavy weight on marks. Percentage Grade Lutter also said that an exact percentage grade to the first de cimal point as he proposed would not be an absolute grade but would enable instructors to eval uate students in relation to one another and transfer their evalu ation to the grading scale. The report of the Senate com mittee also stated that the elimi nation of minus grades reduces the chance of error in faculty re porting of grades. The switch to letter symbols for grades will simplify the inter pretation of grades to parents and prospective employers, according to the report. Work in the re corders office also will be facili tated by the elimination of minus grades, the report states. Tables Recommendation The Senate tabled a second re commendation of the Committee on Review of the Grading System which would establish as the min imum graduation requirement an All-University average of C for all students qualifying for degrees on or after June, 1959. A C aver age under the new system is equivalent to the present 1 grade. This recommendation was tabled because if adopted it will involve changes in University Mil TAAVtI to avary corntr si ST2 tht (lobt . . . (urapt (60 days, ■Hih 6660 Including itaamar), Latin America, tha Orlant, Around too Ca>;» World. ‘■o»**oW TO 106 by bky tit. filtboot, motor, roll tor tlia advanturpua In spirit. ■<A.- jzfr" truov rout* win coiiatt . fnr 7 "* 1 "* In Languaioa, Art, Mualc. «3Rn toclal Studiaa, Danea, othar affltH aubjKta. Scbolarahlpa nullable. MOBE--SPEHO list < 1 1 ' ' r«( lr»fl Apal Ol mhm!m * ■ ■ TrmlAiu. (22m) Yettri *4l Hfth tM, M. T. 17 • m 2-4444 Dennis also spoke on the Na tional Independent Student Asso ciation. He explained what NISA does to coordinate independent organizations on all campuses in the country and the ways in which each independent group benefits from it. Dennis said AIM is perhaps the best independent group in NISA. Approves First Reading The first official act of TIM since its inception two weeks ago, was to unanimously approve the first reading of the proposed AIM constitution. The constitution must be read a second time be fore it gets official approval from TIM. Raymond Rubner, TIM vice president, announced that plans for the proposed student commit tee on town affairs will be pre sented to All-University Cabinet. The committee was proposed at the last TIM meeting as a “go between” for townspeople and students. Committee purpose would be to settle differences Lhat arise between town and students. Spring Dance The annual TIM Spring Dance will be held from 9 p.m. to mid night Apri} 2 in the Hetzel Union Building. It will be the first dance to be held in the HUB by an inde pendent organization. TIM’S annual picnic will be held May 7 at Greenwood Fur nace. regulations. The problems posed by this recommendation will be studied jointly by the Committee on Review of the Grading System and the Committee on Rules. A report of this joint committee will be presented to the Senate in the future. Recommendations Stressed Dr. Forster stressed the impor tance of this recommendation. He said that the adoption of the new grading system had, in effect, loosened the requirements of the University. This requirement would tighten requirements, he said. The adoption of the C gradua tion requirement is necessary, Dr. Forster said, to prevent students lacking a proper average from being graduated by accumulating grade points as can now be done. He cited an example in which a student with a .5 All-University average had been graduated. He a study by his committee had shown that in 1953 4 per cent of the graduating class or 62 stu dents would not have been grad uated if this requirement had been in effect. The selection of June 1959 as the elective date for this require ment was chosen so that the rule would not be applicable to the large majority of students now enrolled, Dr. Forster said. Everyone Stops at Barnard Tea Room Large Broiled T-Bone Steak $2.50 Full Course Dinners . from $1.35 Plate Dinners . ... $l.lO Treat yourself and your dgfce to a real good meal 110 S. Barnard, 1 block west of Atherton AD B*o3ll THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA Dog Disappears, Tuna Gets Lost; Fishy Dog Story Blivit got lost and evidently so did the tuna fish. This refers to the case of sea food that the Phi Sigma Sigma sorority was expecting from the Chicken-of-the-Sea Company. During the week of Nov. 8 which honored the Friday dish, the sorority refreshment chair man wrote a letter to the com pany suggesting that a free case of the stuff might establish its product in the eyes of “the future homemakers of America.” Thte company agreed and said a case of tuna, was on its Way. It has yet to arrive. Another lost: where is Blivit? Decrease Seen In Line-Cutting Line-cutting in men’s dining halls has decreased during the past week, James W. Dean, assist ant to the dean of men, said yes terday. West Dormitory Council voted Tuesday night to outlaw line jumping after a recent flare-up was noticed by the resident coun selors. Ten cases were reported within two weeks, Dean said, but for over a week no students’, names have been turned into his office. Men who are reported to the dean of men’s office for cutting in line at meal time are referred to the Association' of Independent Men Judicial Board of Review for suggestions of punishment. Frank J. Simes, dean of men, said this system of discipline was put into effect upon the request of the students. Delta Sigma Pi Will Hold Dance Delta Sigma Pi, professional business fraternity, will hold its annual “Rose of Delta Sig” dance from 9 p.m. to midnight tonight at Beta Sigma Rhb. Ossian R. Mackenzie, dean of the College of Business Adminis tration, will present the annual award, an engraved cup, to the queen of the dance. David H. McKinley, assistant dean of the College of Business Administration, Ralph H. Wherry, associate professor of insurance, and Eugene A. Myers, associate professor of economics, and ad viser to the fraternity, will be the judges for the queen contest. Cabinet — (Continued from poge one) Academic Freedom" Week Com mittee progress report when Cabinet members suggested the possibility of holding a sympo sium. Projects suggested in the report were the proclamation of Aca demic Freedom Week, getting educational material in the Daily Collegian and on campus station WDFM, using display posters, and holding discussions at coffee hoprs, faculty luncheons, reli gious group'meetings, and Future Teachers of America meetings. Reading Tryouts Set Preliminary tryouts for the Pennsylvania Intercollegiate In terpretative Reading Festival will be held March 15. Students inter ested may sign up between 6:30 and 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in 312 Sparks. Detailed instructions will be given at that time'. AIM Executive Veto Lauded by Simes Ah executive veto for the Association of Independent Men would be an excellent Way to prevent irresponsible legisla tion, in the opinion of Frank J. Simes, dean of men. The addition of a veto power to the AIM constitution was Spring Weak Groups Groups entering Spring Weak should else! a chairman and namos should bo turned In at the Student Union desk in Old Main by . Tuesday noon Joseph- Barnett, general chairman of Spring Week, has announced. Four Members Of Faculty Granted Leaves Four faculty members have been granted leaves of absence by the Board of Trustees. An indefinite leave was ap proved for Leland H. Bull, county agricultural agent in Centra County, to enable him to accept a position as deputy secretary of agriculture of Pennsylvania. . Dr. J. Frank Cone, professor of bacteriology, will visit other and assemble ma terial for a new course in system atic bacteriology and also will visit food research laboratories to study sterilization by irradiation methods from July 1 to Dec. 31. Elwood F. Olver, associate pro fessor of agricultural engineering, has been granted a leave from July 1, 1955, to June 30, 1056 to do graduate work at lowa State College of Agriculture add Me chanic Arts. Dr. Arthur H. Wayniek, profes sor and head of the department of electrical engineering and di rector of the lonosphere Researoh Laboratory, has been granted a month’s leave of absence, from May 1 to May 31, to lecture at Cambridge University in England under a Guggenheim Fellowship. 'Medea'*- (Continued from page one) woman of Corinth, delivers her lines with eloquence and great thought. John Aniston, as Jason, seems totally bored with the proceed ings. He manages to fluff enough of his lines to distract the audi ence, but 'he has nothing on the melodramatic moanings of Patri cia Snyder and Louise Juelq; Miss Juele, in particular, made about a third of her lines audible. Miss Snyder suddenly awakes when she has some lines, but not too often, and- her make-up hardly helps. Kenneth Cooper, as Creon, and Gerald Denisof, as Aegeus, also manage to lay notable eggs. Coqp- We hate to say it, but it's.,. BLUEBOOK TIME \ And you'll-find a complete supply of bluebooks at the BX in the TUB 8 page 3 for 5c ' 12 page". . 2 for 5c 16 page . . . . . . 2 for 5c 32 page 5c each Op«n 8:30 to 4:30 PENN STATE BOOK EXCHANGE PRfDAY. MARCH 4. 1955 tentatively rejected at the Board of Governors meeting Feb. 23. It had been included in a constitu tion revision. Final reading of the constitution will be held on Wednesday, Rob ert Dennis, AIM president, said. At that time the veto power, along with several minor changes, will be accepted, rejected, or amend ed. Power of President Simes said it is conceivable that, in the heat of argument, the board might pass some irresponsi ble legislation that the president* with his veto, would be able to delay. It is stipulated in the revised constitution that the board could override the veto with a two thirds vote of the members pres ent. Opponents to the incorporation of the veto power in the consti tution have stated that they be lieve it would be unwise to place so much power in the hands of a single individual, who, in the years to come, might prove to be irresponsible. Simes said he did not believe the' veto would be used excessive-i ly, nor would tend to make the president too powerful. The opposition also stated that the dean of men's office has vir tual Veto power over AIM legisla tion arid lhat ah executive veto power, would be teduridant. i In Answer In answer to that, advocates of the addition of the. veto pointed Out that it Would be Wiser to pre sent responsible legislation to the dean of men’i office for approval rather than something hastily passed that might be rejected. The veto power, they stated, would tend to makq the entire Associa tion of Independent Men a more responsible group, arid one moire worthy of the respect of the ad ministration. Jacoby Wins Award James Jacoby, fifth semester journalism major, was awarded the first industrial journalism award on Tuesday. The whjch consists of $lOOO to be ap plied to University fees, has been established by the Associated Ed itors Society of Pittsburgh to pro mote interest in the field of in dustrial journalism. Or cquld use a beard trim to make himself heard, and Deniaofs wig is utterly out of place—with Cen tennial upon us, Players could have found someone with a real' one. Players should obviously Con fine themselves to less ambitious projects or take longer rehearsal periods: the reimlts are too dire to warrant such little care.
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