Today's Woathor: Warm and Clear VOL. 55, No. 127 Seven Courses In TV Planned The possibilities of teaching seven additional courses via closed circuit television next semester are being considered, Dr. Clarence R. Carpenter, professor and head of the psy chology department, has announced. The courses are: psychology 17, all sections; speech 200, some sections; economics 2, all sections; music 5, some sec- Debate Teams To Participate In Tournament The Men's and Women's De bate Teams will attend the East ern Forensics Association debate tournament tomorrow and Satur day at Fordham University, New York City. Six rounds of debate will be held on the national topic Re solved: That the United States should recognize the Communist government of China. For the women's team, Allison Munn, sixth semester speech major, and Ann Leh, eighth semester journ alism major, will take the affirm ative. The negative will be debat ed by Vanessa Johnson, and Nan cy Silverman, sixth semester edu cation majors. Taking affirmative for thesmen's team will be Sidney Goldblatt, eighth semester pre-medical ma jor, and Benjamin• Sinclair, eighth semester arts and letters major. David Meckler, eighth semester pre-medical major, and Jonathan rlaut, fourth semester industrial enginering major, will take the ( negative. ' In the forensic contest Miss Johnson, Miss Munn, Sinclair, and Meckler will take part in the ex tempore contest, and Miss Leh, Miss Silverman. Goldblatt, and Plaut are entered in the public speaking contest. The tournament will be run on a "sweepstake" basis, the teams receiving points for each debate they win. They also will receive points for first through fourth rankings in each , round of the for ensics contests. The tournament winner will be the team with the higheit point total. Awards also will be presented to the high point winners in debate, extem pore speaking, and public speak ing. 11 952 President Of WSGA Dies In Auto Crash Mrs. Mary Jane (Woodtow) MacKinnis, former president of Women's Student Government As sociation at the University, was killed in an automobile accident Sunday night in Chambersburg. Mrs. MacKinnis was riding in a car driven by her husband at the time of the accident. A car coming f in the opposite direction veered into the middle of the road and collided with the MacKinnis car. The couple as taken to Cham bersburg hogpital where they were reported in critical condi ') tion. Mrs. MacKinnis died 13 hours later. Her husband is still reported in critical condition. Mrs. MacKinnis was graduated from the University in June, 1952. While a student she was president of WSGA during 1951-52, and a member of All-University Cabi net. She was a member of Phi Mu sorority: Mortar Board, senior women's hat society; Chimes,jun ior women's hat society; Alpha ,Lambda Delta, national freshman - (omen's scholastic honorary so- Tiety; and Pi Lambda Theta, , na hional education honorary society. She was also selected Quill girl. ~l~e adg 0 (huLl tions; air science 2, some sections; education 1, some sections; and chemistry 1, all sections. Physics 215 is a less probable but also possible television course. Changes in technique and pre sentation of televised courses are planned for next semester, Dr. Carpenter said. This semester's classes in Psychology 2 and chem istry 2 only offered straight tele vising of lectures. Varied Possibilities However, he said, the possibili ties of class televising are varied, involving the use of discussion and panel periods as well as lab oratory demonstrations and ex periments. Decisions on choosing and con ducing next semester's television classes will depend mainly on two factors, Dr. Carpenter re vealed. They are: 1. How much money can be pro cured to experiment on and work out ideas. Between $40,000 and $70,000 is needed to conduct next Semester's expected program. Semester's Results 2. The results of this semester's experiment with chemistry 2 and psychology 2 must be tabulated and xameined. These answers will determine the directions contin ued televising will take. All classes next semester will not be televised from the two large rooms, 10 Sparks and 119 Osmond, now in use. Some classes with fewer students will be tele vised from 20 Sparks, a smaller room allowing greater mobility and 'coordination among students in both the room with the lec turer and televising equipment, and the rooms in which students will watch the class on the screen. Record Sequences Kineoscopic recording equip ment will be used to record im portant sequences that may be used repeatedly in instructing students. Speaking on the future of tele vision at the University, Dr. Car penter predicted that in about 15 years a closed circuit will be in use beaming educational pro grams throughout the Nittany valley. The University will probably be linked up with commercial sta tions in the state, extending its programs to more than just local population, he said. It will also be cooperating with other education al television systems in the state. Dr. Carpenter will speak on campus radio station WDFM from 9 to 9:30 p.m. tomorrow on the subject, "The Future of Penn State." Ike Optimistic About World Peace WASHINGTON, April 27 (R)— President -Eisenhower today soun ded a cautious note of optimism about peace prospects, based in part on some personal correspon dence he has had lately with Georgi K. Zhukov. Zhukov, an old friend an d World War II comrade-in-arms of Eisenhower's, is now defense min ister of the Soviet Union. Speaking in a reminiscent, old soldier mood as the tenth anni versary of V-E day neared, Eisen hower said he was sure everyone would want his correspondence with Zhukov "if it were humanly possible, to lead to some better ment of the world situation." Will Confess And he said he would "confess" to a hunch that, in spite of trou ble clouds in the Formosa Strait and elsewhere, peace prospects on the whole are "on the upswing." This was Eisenhower's first FOR A BETTER PENN STATE STATE COLLEGE. PA., THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 28, 1955 Blood Goal Surpassed By 149 Pints Walk-ins again helped the Aed Cross campus unit surpass its blood drive goal in the second day of the drive yesterday to bring the total pints collected to 449 in two days. The goal for the drive had been set at 300 pints. One hundred and forty-seven donors had been scheduled for yesterday. Thirty-seven of those scheduled failed to keep their ap pointments and 24 were rejected, but 127 carne as walk-ins, bring ing the total donors to 212. The total pints collected yesterday was 211. On the first day of the drive, Tuesday. 238 pints of blood were donated, topping the goal for that day by 90 pints. Of the 450 who donated blood to the drive, 182 gave for the first time, and 268 were repeats. Red Cross personnel said that blood given at the University serves as a kind of insurance.. to the donor. Anyone who has do nated blood at the University rnay, in time of need, receive free blood at any hospital which oper ates under the Red Cross blood program. Refreshments were served to the donors by hostesses from Kappa Kappa Gamma and Delta Delta Delta sororities. A number of freshman women also served as hostesses. Alpha Phi Omega, men's na tional service fraternity, helped in setting up the equipment for the drive. Dean Will Be SDX Speaker James W. Dean, assistant to the dean of men, will be the rebuttal speaker for the 22nd annual Grid iron Banquet of Sigma Delta Chi, men's national professional journ alism fraternity. "The March of Time" (A Cen tury of Progress) has been select ed as the theme for the banquet. The theme centers around the celebration of the Centennial. The banquet will be held at 6:30 p.m. on May 4 at the Nittany Lion Inn. Skits will satirize events around campus and town, and the guests will be lampooned during th e course of the evening. Guests will include President Milton S. Eisenhower and other administrative officials as well as men prominent in the State. Sev eral well known newspaper writ ers will attend. Weather Forecast Warm and Clear The skies are forecast by the University weather station to clear this afternoon. Warmer tem peratures are also expected. Data for today's forecast was compiled by. Clarence Sakamoto, special meteorology student, stu dent forecaster for the station. meeting with newsmen in a month and they bombarded him with questions ranging from the Salk vaccine to the situation in South Viet Nam. Eisenhower stoutly backed the stand SecretarS , of State Dulles took yesterday—this country will talk directly with the "Chi-Com," as he called the Chinese Com munists, about a cease-fire in the Formosa dispute. But he said there will be no discussion behind Chiang Kai-shek's back of mat ters directly affecting the Chinese Nationalists. In Self Defense By way of explanation, he said, cease-fire talks would not damage the interests of the Nationalists since, he said, they are firing now only in self defense. Somehow the approach of next week's V-E anniversary came to dominate today's session. Eisen hower was asked if he had any rgiatt Lieske Will Head AIM Next Year Bruce Lieske, treasurer of the Association of Independent Men, defeated John Cole, town independent, last night in the election for president of AIM. Lieske, sixth semester meteor- ology major, will be installed in his new office on May 6 at the annual AIM-Leonides banquet. Nelson Sidel, sixth semester business administration ma- jor, was elected vice president. Sidel defeated Raymond Rubner, Town Independent Men presi dent. Sidel is presently serving on the board as representative at-large in Pollock Council. Richards Re-Named Leonard Richards, fourth se mester business administration major, was re-elected secretary. The newly elected treasurer is Harry Martini, president of Pol lock council. James McDowell, vice presi dent, read the final report of the Spring Dance committee. Mc- Dowell recommended that the Bruce Lieske AIM President dance be made an annual affair and that it be held during Na tional Independent Student Asso ciation Week. CPA Criticized McDowell also suggested that the Central Promotion Agency not be employed in the future to handle publicity because of the incompetency of the organiza tion. He said the—work of the CPA was not satisfactory. 'Richard Moon, representative to the Pan American Day com mittee, submitted his report to the board. NISA Report Given William Johnson, Nittany Coun cil president, and NISA coordina tor, read the report of NISA ac tivities throughout the year. Johnson, who was defeated by only a few votes for the office of national NISA president, said the growth of AIM and Leonides closely parallels the growth of NISA. "reflections" on the victory in which he led the Western forces, and he said with a rueful smile he thought at the time it meant the end of an active career for him. "I saw a nice farm over the other side of the ocean," he went on, "and—it is still a long ways away at least." Another Term? There was some laughter and much pricking up of ears. Was this a tipoff the President meant to run for reelection? Eisenhower reddened and looked for a mo ment as if he'd let a cat out of a bag. Then he laughed heartily and sought to explain that "long ways" remark. "After all," said the 64-year-old president, "when ycu are my age, 21 months is still a long time." His present term has 21 months to go. (Continued on page three) Elections See Page 4 Seipt Installed As President Of Ag Council Fred Seipt was installed last night as president of Agrivultural Student Council. Outgoing president George Wil liams installed Seipt, who in turn swore in the other new officers. They were David Morrow, vice president; Judith Corfield, secre tary; and Norman Shue, treasurer. A 1955-56 budget of $llO5 was approved by the council. It will go before a faculty committee this week. John Sink, treasurer, said he estimates the principal expenses for next year to be the Penn State Farmer and the Breeze. The proposed budget allows $450 for the Breeze an d $3OO for the Farmer. A motion to appoint a commit tee to revise the constitution was passed. The motion came after the constitutionality of the recent elections was questioned. Daniel Van Duyne, representa tive of Ag-Eng Club, contended that the elections were uncon stitutional because they were held by plurality and not by majority vote. It was pointed out that the constitution does not state how council officers should be elected, but they have been elected by plurality vote in past years. Each •member of council re ceived a service certificate award. Next• meeting will be on May 10. X-rays Reveal Fractured Jaw X-rays taken of John W. Miller, sixth semester pre-medical stu dent, who was seriously injured in an auto accident early Sunday morning, reveal that his jaw was fractured, but he has no fractured skull or blood clot, Centre County Hospital authorities said. Although Miller is still in a coma, he can be roused to the point of recognizing friends and relatives before again becoming unconscious. Authorities say it will only be a short matter of time before he comes out of the coma. Miller received his inju r i es when he was thrown from the back seat of a careening car which was struck in the side while cross ing the intersection of E. Fair mount avenue and Locust lane. The car Miller was riding in was driven by John Lawrence, sixth semester journalism major. It was hit crossing the intersection with out lights by a car driven by Wit ham Jairett, second semester aer onautical engineering major. Application Blanks Due Tomorrow for Tribunal Deadline for applying for positions on Tribunal. men's judicial body, is 5 p.m. tomor row. Applicants must be third or fourth semester students with a 1.3 or better All-University average. Interviews will be held May 9. Application blanks are avail able at the Hetzel Union desk. FIVE CENTS
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