, PIUDAY.,SEPTEMBIIIt.I6. 1965,
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'Land-Grant' Conclave
A two-day convocation, emphasizing the future of land-grant colleges and universities,
will be held Oct. 21 and. 22. at the University. It will be the third major event of the Cen
tennial celebration.
Topic of the convocation, which will feature speeches Aid roundtable discussions, is
"The Future of American Higher Education, =with Special Reference to the Changing Re
sponsibilities and Potentialities of
Land-Grant Concept of' Educa
tion "
A plenary session, including an
address by- President Milton S.
Eisenhower, will oPtin the con.
clays.
During the remainder of the
convocation, visiting educational
experts will meet with groups o
faculty members, students, alum
ni, ands citizens of State College
to discuss the University's future
and Present problems.
University officials hope that
possible solutions will come from
the exchange and development
of ideas that will be of value to
other. land grant. institutions as
well as to the 'University.
Reports from the discussions
will be published by the Uni
versity and made available to
other land-grant schools.
One of the main topics of the
conclave will be the anticipated
increase in enrollment by 1970.
Statistics indicate whereas the
total enrollment in the fall of
1953 at the University was 12,815,
in 1970 it may reach 21,000. It is
hoped by University 'Officials: that
a solution as to how the needs
of the 21,000 enrollees can best
be met, will be an outcome of the
discussions.
Students, faculty, and residents
of State College have been in
vited to attend the panel
and the plenary sessions.
Ossian R. MacKenzie, dean of
the College of Business. Adminis
tration is chairman of the convo
cation general planning commit
tee. MacKenzie is assisted by
Lyman E. Jackson, dean of the
College of Agriculture; Eric A.
Walker, dean of the College of
Engineering an d Architecture;
and various sub-committees.
Amateur Station
Sends Out Call
For New 'Hams'
Operators of Station W3YA,
and the MARS station A3YA,
have issued a call for assistant
radio operators.
New and returning students
holding amateur radio operators
license may apply by sending a
letter of application to Gilbert
L. Crossley, Assistant 'Professor
of Electrical Engineering, De
partment of Electrical Engineer
ing.
The letter of application should
contain past experience, call let
ters of the applicants' station, the
grade of amateur license held,
and other pertinent facts.
All students, faculty members,
and employees of the University,
holding an amateur 1 4 icense, are
eligible for the station staff.
'Mikado' Tryouts
To Start Monday
Tryouts for "The Mikado," to
be a Penn State Players produc
tion, will be held Monday through
Wednesday.
Tryouts for singing parts will
be held from 2 to 4 p.m. in 214
Carnegie; reading' parts in the
evenings in Little Theatre, base
ment of Old Main. Chorus tryouts
will be held between 7 and 9
p.m. in 214 Carnegie. Call-backs
will be held in Little Theatre
Thursday and Friday.
Assisting with the production
will be Ray Brown, professor of
music and Dr. Walter H. Walters,
acting head of the division of
dramatics.
Foreign Students' Tea
The Council for Church Wo
men, in cooperation with the Uni
versity Christian Association,
Cosmopolitan Cluki, and the In
ternational Relations Club will
sponsor a tea for foreign students
in Simmons lounge at 3 p.m.
Sunday.
The tea is designed to welcome
the foreign students and intro
duce them to the members of
these or • anizatio
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Infirmary Provides
6ervice for Students
Among the many questions bothering new students and
their parents is what type of medical treatment the University
provides.
Upon entering the Univers
ough_ physical examination, X
and a tuberculosis test.
Throughout the, school year the
University Health Service, under
the direction of Dr. Herbert H.
Glenn, of f era students medical
treatment covered by student
fees.
There are two branches of
Health Service the outpatient
department known as the Dispen
sary facilities and provide extra
Old Main, and the University
Hospital, located on Pollock and
Shortlidge roads.
Two Wings Added
Two wings are being added to
the hospital to provide dispen
stary facilities.. and provide extra
Space for patients. Other plans
also call for new medical equip
ment, the addition of an ambul
ance • garage to the rear of • the
hospital, and minor changes in
the basement of the present hos
pital • building to enlarge facili
ties for sterilizing equipment and
supplies.
The present dispensary•in Old
Main is open for student diag
nosis' and treatment from 8 a.m.
to noon and from 1:30 to' 5 p.m.
on weekdays.- It is closed Satur
day afternoons, Sundays, and
holidays. Students must first re
port to the dispensary if health
service is wanted. When the dis
pensary is closed, students re
quiring health service should re
-lort to the hospital.
24 Hour Staff
The hospital, or infirmary,
equipped to furnish medical care
for the sick or injured student,
has a staff physician on call 24
hour:, a day. The medical staff is
comprised of the director, super
intendent, seven full-time physi
cians including a psychiatrist and
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ity-, students are given a thor
ray- and dental examinations,
Harshbarger
To Initiate
Chapel Service
The Reverend Luther H. Harsh
barger, University chaplain and
coordinator of religious affairs,
will speak at the first chapel ser
vice at 10:55 a.m. Sunday in
Schwab Auditorium. His topic
will be- "Knowledge and Wis
dom."
Reverend , Harshbarger became
executive secretary of the Uni
versity Christian Association in
1949 and was appointed chaplain
in 1951. He was made full-time
chaplain of the University on
Sept. 1, 1954.
The Chapel Choir, under the
direction of Mrs. Willa C. Tay
lor, professor of music education,
will sing the anthem, "I Have
Longed for Thy Saving Health."
(Byrd).
George E. Ceiga, Chapel organ
ist, will play the prelude "In Thee
is Joy" (Bach). and the postlude,
Fugue in G minor (Bach).
The Rev. Lester L. Dobyns,
executive secretary of the Uni
versity Christian Association, and
Earl Seeley, All-University pres
ident, will assist in the service.
Chapel services are held at
10:55 a.m. each Sunday in Schwab
Auditorium. All students may at
tend the nondenominational ser
vices, which each week present
oustanding speakers representing
the various schools of contempor
ary religious thought.
hem-Phys Council Acts
s College Liaison Agent
The Chemistry-Physics Student
Council acts as a liaison between
the faculty and students of the
College of Chemistry and Physics.
The council is headed this year
bor William Childs, senior in
chemical engineering: from El
dred. Other officers are Robert
Neiman, senior in chemical en
gineering from- Lewistown, vice
resident; and Joseph Eberly, jun
ior in physics from State College,
secretary-treasurer.
Throw Froth on. Council
New. officers are elected each
spring, and the voting is held. in
the lobby .of Osmond Laboratory.
Three freshmen, six sophomores,
nine juniors and three seniors are
on the council. The three fresh
men 'representatives are elected
in the fall and remain on council
until their junior year.
Of these three freshmen repre
sentatives, one must be in chem
ical engineering; one in chemistry;
and one- in either physics, pre
med or science.
Each succeeding year three
more students are elected to the
council and remain on the coun
cil•from the time of election un
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til the. end of their junior year.
Then juniors interested in council
must run. again for the three
senior positions'. Senior officers
are not included in these three.
During th e sophomore elec
tions the council positions are
balanced out to include two posi
tions in chemical engineering;
one in chemistry; one in pre
medical; one in physics and one
in science.
INoshir Coifs, Hours
The activities of the council
include a fall banquet, a student
faculty mixer in the fall, the
Chemistry-Physics Open House
and weekly coffee hours with the
Dean of the college.
The council is also in charge
of publishing the Chem-Phys
Newsletter.
Each year the students in the
college elect a chemistry profes
sor of the. year. The faculty is also
polled in this voting through let
ter sent out through the dean's
office.
The council also maintains a
bluebook file in the main library
and evaluates courses within the
college.
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