FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16. 1955 3000 In Fall An expected 3000 students will enroll in televised courses this fall. This is the direct result of. preliminary findings in the experimental televised teaching of three courses last semester to a total of 840 students. Tests given during the semester furnished no evidence that closed-circuit television in sffiiction was inferior to direct instruction, according to a report issued by Dr. Clarence R. Ittii Kappa Phi Initiates 54 V 1 • mars, Grads .;: Iy-four students 'have. been Initiated into Phi Kappa Phi, na tional scholastic honor society. The group includes seniors and recent graduates. Initiates •are Joyce Barger, Francis Barnett, -Thomas Beers, -Harold Bennett, Joanne Bentley, Jane Bergdoll, Jeanne Bertholf, Bernard Bezio, Roy Clark, Glenn Cumblidge, William Dove, George Felbeck, Boyd Freedman, Linda Fritzsche, Max Frohwein, Alice Gardner, Jesse Gordon, Hal Har man, Mark Heisler, Joseph Ho dorawis. Xaye Hood, Mary Hudcovich, Ellen Judd, Nancy Kishla r, Charles Leach, Ann Leh, Bruce Lieske, Gertrude Lutz, Robert McCarthy, Leatrice Miller, John Misoda, John Montgomery, Jdseph Morris, Donald Nace, Rob ert Passmore, Alice Peterson, Emile Raats, Robert • Read, David R9ckmore, William Ross. Roberta Sankey, Anna Saylor, Judith Sedor, ,ffarbara Seifert; Saleem Shah, Rosemary Short, T.T. 4 ''Ann Spiese, Anna Storgaard, Eltranor Stuart, Lesley Tarleton, E.l„izabeth Tipton, Faith Watson, Susanna Wescott, Robert Wood worth. •• Wad's Painting Bought "The Red House;" a watercolor painted by James lams, Towson, Md., has been purchased for the University art colllstion by Presi (Mt Milton S. Eisenhower. lams is a graduate of the Uni versity. THE ATHLETIC STORE Engineering Materials - , ,ki Spoiling GpQ4 ,to TUNE 'IN 'WMAJ ON SATURDAYS' When Penn State Plays Students to Enroll Television Courses Carpenter, professor and head of the department of psychology, and Dr. W. Conard Ferfielius, profesior of chemistry and acting dean of the College of Chemistry and Physics. The television study, sponiored by the Fund for the Advance ment of Education, consisted of the teaching of courses in general psychology, general chemistry, and the psychology of marriage. New Courses Offered This semester seven new courses will be televised, as well as the three courses taught last semester. They area introduction to economics, principles of eco nomics, music appreciation, fundamental principles of speech, air science, elementary business law, and elementary accounting. "The purpose of the study thus far," Dr. Carpenter said, "was to examine the effectiveness of un modified or conventional courses when taught for a full semester over closed-circuit television us ing moderate cost equipment as compared with the same instruc tion given in the usual manner." • Courses Were 'Routine' Students taking last semester's televised courses appeared to ac cept the instruction as routine, according. to , Dr. Carpenter, He said most students fe 1 t they learned about the same in these classes as they would have other wise. Two common complaints from the students were that they did not get to know their instructors personally and they missed - the opportunity to ask questiong. It was noted by observers; ac cording to Dr. Carpenter, that students in the rooms where-the telecasts originated• asked many of the questions other students were thinking' of. The courses were televised from rooms occupied by students (Continued on page seven) r ti •i! ME DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA 5 Scholarships Are Available For Students The College of Mineral Indus tries has established three new fellowships plus renewing two others. The United States Steel Founda tion, Inc., has established the United States Steel Foundation Graduate Fellowship in Metallur gy to be awarded to a graduate student in metallurgy. The fellowship carried a stipend of $l5OO for the student with an additional $6OO if married, and pays the University $l5OO in sup port of the program. Speer Carbon Co. has estab lished a fellowship in the fuel technology department with a grant of $3OOO. Sprague Electric Co. established a fellowship of $1,572 in electrical ceramics. • The Pennsylvania Natural Gas Men's Association has renewed Natural Gas Fellowship of $lBOO while a fellowship established by the Gulf Research and Develop ment Co. has been renewed and transferred from the department of - mining engineering to the de partment of petroleum and natural gas engineering. The student selected for the Gulf Research and Development Co. Felloviship will receive $2OOO stipend with fees paid. An addi tional' $5OO is proVided for the department administering the fel lowship. Concession Applications Any students wishing to sell concessions during home football games should apply before Sept. 21 at 237 Recreation Hall. Dink Debut Dance Slated for HUB The blue dink will come into style tomorrow at the Frosh Dink Debut, to be held from 2 to 5 p.m. in the Hetzel Union Building ballroom. The dance is sponsored an nually by the Association of In dependent Men and Leonides for the freshmen. Lynn Christy and his Cam puseers will provide music for the dance. Women attending the event will receive a free orchid. Walters Named New Acting Drama Head Dr. Walter H. Walters, assist ant professor of dramatics, has been 'appointed acting head of the division of dramatics, suc ceeding the late Arthur C. Cloe tingh, who died Nov. 26 last year. Dr. Walters received his B.S. degree from Troy State Teachers College, his master of philosophy degree from the University of Wisconsin, and his master of fine arts and Ph.D. from Western Re serve University. Text Books J t • 1 1, , . e +i• 1:31 “"?. #,:•)4-/ , New & Used Student Supplies •: it, ,„ ' p Opposite Main Gate` Prexy Awarded Honor Watch President Milton S. Eisenhower has been awarded the George Washington Honor Watch of Free doms Foundation in recognition of his services to the Foundation and to his country. Kenneth D. Wells, president of the Freedoms Foundation at Val ley Forge, made the presentation. Speaking in behalf of the Dis tinguished Awards Committee, Wells lauded the president for his distinguished contributions to "this land of God and Freedom." Cited for special mention were Dr. Eisenhower's serv i c es as chairman of the 1952 Awards Jury, and as speaker and pre sentor of the Foundation's princi pal awards on George Washing ton's Birthday, February 22, 1954, at Valley Forge. Rod and Coccus Club The Rod and Coccus Club, a social organization of medical technicians and bacteriology ma jors, has established three $25 scholarships for students in bac teriology or medical technology. PAGE FIVE
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