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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.
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