Today's Weathor , - Worm, Cloudy, Showers VOL. 55, No. 118 Library Proposal Passed Committee to Seek Registration Plan The new All-University Cab inet last night voted to set up a committee to look into a more eqUable system of regis tration, and to recommend to Ralph W. McComb, University librarian, that Pattee Library re main open until 11 p.m. week nights during final examination periods. Ted Bair, WDFM station man ager, explained to Cabinet the financial operation of the campus radio station. Group to Be Formed A committee of three, possibly including class presidents, will be appointed by Earl Seely, new All- University president, to meet with Dr. C. 0. Williams, dean of admis sions, and registrar, concerning registration for next year. Diehl McKalip, chairman of the Board of Publications, said Wil liam had suggested a Cabinet committee be formed to look 'into the problem. It was also pointed out Cabinet had considered a rec ommendation- on registration in December, but had tabled the re port. Action Delayed Action Wag deldyeer utter: Tir. Williams could be consulted on the problem. It was suggested that the new committee consider the former recommendation made to Cabinet. Watson Leese, Liberal Arts Stu dent Council president, asked Cabinet to recommend to McComb that Pattee Library be exam until 11 p.m. during final exam periods. Leese reported that McComb had said the plan was feasible, but ex plained it would not be possible for the library to be open on Sat urday evenings until 11 p.m. be cause of financial reasons. 2 Questions for WDFM Cabinet members had question ed station WDFM on two points: (1) How students' 25 cent assess ment is spent and (2.) why WD FM doesn't keep its budget with the Associated Student Activities Fund as do other campus activi ties. Bair said the station's money is spent mainly for expensive equip ment and maintaining telephone lines and radio tubes. He said be cause the station is controlled by the Federal Communications Corn mission, it is required that its budget be controlled by a "corpor ate group." A student body is not considered a corporate gro u p; therefore, WDFM finances are un (Continued on page eight) ROTC to Change Lab Periods Changes have been insti tuted in the leadership lab oratory periods of, the three Reserve Officer Training Corps departments, begin ning next semester. Army, Air Force, and Navy ROTC leadership laboratories will be held at different times on Thursday afternoons, in stead of separate afternoons at 4:10 p.m., Ray V. Watkins, scheduling officer, has an nounced. Air Force ROTC leadership laboratories will last two hours, instead of one. However, these periods will be held only the first eight weeks of the fall se mester and the last eight weeks of the spring semester, Major Robert A. Joyce, assistant pro- ~... . Ei tt itg(\(=:iii-, , ,, - ,;-,, T, li tt ro t att 4 . .............. Seniors. See Page 4 Senate Hears Exam Plan New Officers Take Over I** PHILIP BEARD, left, sixth semester arts and letters major. is sworn in as the new All-University secretary-treasurer at last night's meeting of Ali-University Cabinet. Administering the oath Of office is Ross Clark, center, chairman of Tribunal. Holding the Bible for the ceremonies is Thomas Kidd, Cabinet parliamentarian. Earl Seely, just sworn in as the new All-University president sits in the presiding officer's seat. Student Appeals Boards Recommended by Cabinet AU-University Cabinet last night unanimously passed a proposal which recommends that student-faculty administrative boards be es tablished by the Colleges to consider student appeals on the matters of educational procedures and standards. The proposal, presented by Robert Dennis, president of the As sociation of Independent Men, was considered at the last Cabinet meeting but was tabled for fur ther study on the matter. The proposal makes three rec ommendations. The first, to the deans of the colleges, suggests that a student-faculty board be set up in each college to consider appeals from students in the respective colleges. To College Councils The second recommendation is made to the college student coun cils and suggests they act as pre liminary screening boards for stu dent appeals on educational pro cedures and standards, making sure that appeals are within the policy of that college and are rea sonably considered and logically presented. The final recommendation is made to the University Senate. It suggests that once student-faculty boards are established, they fessor of air science, said. Navy ROTC leadership lab oratories will meet from 1 to 3 p.m. Thursdays instead of from 3 to 4 p.m. Thursdays. Army ROTC leadership lab oratories will be held at 2 p.m. Thursdays instead of 4 p.m. Fridays. Air Force ROTC leadership laboratories will be held from 1 to 3 p.m. Thursdays instead of 4 p.m. Tuesdays. The changes have been made, Watkins said, to facili tate scheduling on Tuesday and Friday afternoons. Formerly, the two one-hour periods at 4 p.m. helped break up the af ternons of over half of the male student population at the Uni versity. With the re-scheduled lead ership laboratories, students will be able to take needed four-hour laboratories Tuesday and Friday afternoons. Two- FOR A BETTER PENN STATE STATE COLLEGE, PA., FRIDAY MORNING, APRH. 15. 1955 should be set up in coordination with the policies and objectives of, and under the jurisdiction of, the Senate Committee oa Academic Honesty. Three Bask Principles The proposal was made with three principles as its basic idea. 1. That students have the rig to express their opinions concern ing the methods of education un der which they are enrolled. 2. That students have the right to expect grades equivalent to their ability, integrity, and poten tial, both qualitatively and quan titatively. 3. That the instructor, under the aims of education, has the right to be the sole determinent of - ultimate value of the work ac complished by the student, com mensurate with the standards ob (Continued on page eight) hour laboratory periods front 3 to 5 p.nt. will be thrown open, too. The grouping of all three leadership laboratories into one afternon will not only greatly facilitate scheduling, Watkins said, but will make the cele brations of special days like Armed Forces Day and Declar ation Day available to all the ROTC groups, rather than one or two. The two-hour Air Force ROTC leadership laboratory will do away with the indoor 4 p.m. class period, Major Joyce said. This was held dur ing the winter months when it was too cold for outside ex ercises. Besides helping the Univer sity in facilitating a schedule change, the move will also help the department in scheduling its own classes, Major Joyce said,. 'B' Average May Excuse Students From Finals A recommendation that students be essexised Amon Ibid examinations in courses in which they have rrieinTeri med a grade of B or better through the semester, with peornimks of the dean of their colleges and their inuti, mos bend by University Senate yesterday. The recommendation, made by Dr. Marsh W. lailikv.ppo. fessor of physics, was referred to the Senate's subcommittee on the superior student and was not dis cussed by Senate. White first made the motion as an amendment to Senate Regu lations for undergraduate stu dents, section 0-2, which states: "No student s h all be exempt from a final examination except by the approval of the head of the department and the dean of the college in which the course is offered." Would Have Been Tabled Such an amendment would have been automatically tabled until the Senate's next meeting May 5. No discussion would have been allowed on the amendment until then under Senate by-laws. Adrian 0. Morse, University Provost and acting chairman of Senate in the absence of President Milton S. Eisenhower, suggested that White withdraw the amend ment in favor of a recommenda tion to the Senate subcommittee charged with the study of the su perior student. White agreed to this request., Senate Adopts Report The Senate adopted both sec tions of a report presented by the Committee on Courses of Study which will effect curriculum changes and set up a new con servation curricuiwn within the College of Agriculture. Serrate also requested the ap proval of the Board of Trustees for two-year terminal curriculums within the College of Business Administration leading to the de gree of Associate in Secretarial Science and Associate in Account jag. These terminal curriculums would be offered only at Univer sity centers and not on the main campue. The comwmallon curricuism4 according to the report, wiN pro vide a general, broad edam'. with emphasis on renewable re sources and with a fairly hea concentration n courses in Womanmed ow ;ape aight4 Ike Asks Membership, I nWorid Trade Group WASIIIIIIMISS, April 14 #P)--Pzeeideat ISsemitograr mimed tDom. pees today to approve U.S. membership ia a new wordd tea& OW gartisatioa as ail impataimmt Asp "rat the samode against easmismaia* dos tination.* "We would 1h nospernie firmer wilOk lie free ipeadtrirerode in a special message, "to the great er security and the greater pros perity of all." Specifically, his message from , his vacation headquarters at Atlk gusts, Ga., asked for legislation binding the United States to the , Organization for Trade Coopera tion, in a step designed to expand free world trade. The OTC was set up at Geneva] last March 2t by the United States and 33 other nations, Russia not, among them. It would administer the trade rules and related ac tivities of the General Agreement on Trade and Tariffs, in which the United States is already a partner. The OTC would have the job a policing international commerce, specifically more than 50 tariff concessions that have come into being in the last decade. It would investigate charges of violations, punish offenders by withdrawing and serve geaerakly 'C Average To Be Required For Graduation Students entering the Union*. sity next fall and thereafter wilt be required to ntaintai. an University average of C or better for all courses to graduate, as a result of action taken by lgrateeed. sity Senate yesterday. Students already enmlibed in the University will not be affected by this rule. The rtzle was effected br the Senate's adoption of a joist report of the Senate Committee an Aca demic Standards, the Senate Com mittee on Rules, and the Special Committee to Review the-romding System. Old Rao The new rule changes seetkus E-1 of the Senate regulations for undergraduate students w h i•c h reads "In order to graduate, a student must complete the course require.. ments of his curriculum and earn the number of positive grade points equal to the number of credits required in that curricu hum Any student who does not have enough grade points fo r graduation may obtain them by repeating courses in which grade points have not been earned, or by taking such additionel courses not required in his currieulum as 'may be approved by his college." Under this rule it has been poe sit4e for students to graduate without a 1.0 AN-University aver age by accumulating grade points equal to the number of creels scheduled. The stierplarem that stedeule must complete the course require ments of their curriculum remains the new ivgalation. Transfers Affected Transfer students admitted -4 lb - . standing lAN be sob. (Continued on page eigist. Some concern has b-etni atie+ pressed by Sen. Ham" F. Bps* (13- 7 94) among others Matt the OTC might lie the hemds of gm Preskient in trade matte r'* *rowel actions of iis 111-eoganier executive eonneii. However, Secretary c Santa Dulles has assured Byrd that it could not force its views oa the United States, and Risenhowees message today commented: "The organization would have •no supranational powers. It wouM conduct no trade negotiations; this would be done by the CO4lllll. tries who choose to participate in the negotiations and to whatever extent they choose." Byrd, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, said today he did not want to comment be the merits of the OTC agreement. Nor would he predict whet its fete wearid be la •• , - - FIVE OM 'rade kinion. 1
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