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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
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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
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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
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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 —
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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.
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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-
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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.