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Interfraternity Group Meets
Swiss Athlete It Gave Grant
Interfraternity Council last night was introduced to Gilbert Leu, the 26-year-old
student from Zurich, Switzerland, it has awarded the Kent Forrester Scholarship.
Leu, who arrived in this country Saturday, thanked council members for choosing
him for the award and said he hopes his stay here will be “the nicest remembrance of his
life.”
Although he has studii
64 Sign
For Course
In Training
Sixty-four students had regis
tered for the proposed eight
week leadership training program
as of 6 p.m. yesterday.
Registration for the program
at the Hetzel Union desk will
end today, according to James
Muss e r, administrator of the
course. If registration continues
to be light, he said, it may be
extended through tomorrow.
The program will consist of
eight 90-minute sessions which
will begin at 7 p.m. next Wednes
day at an as-yet unchosen room.
Musser said more freshmen
were expected to register for the
program which will instruct stu
dents in student government,
parliamentary procedure, and the
holding of various positions in
student government and on com
mittees.
Invitations were sent Wednes
day to heads of campus student
government associations, editors
of campus publications, presi
dents of chartered organizations,
fraternity and sorority presidents,
apd presidents of independent
living units. These students wish
ing to enroll must also register
at the Hetzel Union desk.
All those enrolling in the pro
gram must attend all sessions.
Absence from a session will bar
a student from completing the
course unless he presents an of
ficial University excuse.
Three special classes will be
held on one night after the com
pletion of the main program. In
them, the duties of secretaries,
treasurers and parliamentarians
will be explained.
Hat Societies Council is ad
ministrator of the program.
Ag Students to Attend
Barbecue Saturday
A chicken barbecue will be
held after the Boston University
football game Saturday after
noon in Hort woods for all agri
culture students and faculty mem
bers.
Dr. Lyman E. Jackson, dean of
the College of Agriculture, and
Donald V. Josephson, head of
the department of dairy science,
will talk briefly at the affair,
which is sponsored by the Dairy
Science Club.
Tickets are available in Dr.
Josephson’s office and from the
officers of the Dairy Science
Club. The price 50 cents.
Encampment
University
First of a series of two articles
explaining Encampment
By ED DUBBS
“For a better Penn State,”
student leaders, faculty mem
bers and administrative offi
cials, and representatives of
the borough of State College
met at the fourth annual Stu
dent Encampment Sept. 7 to 10
at the Mont Alto Forestry School.
Using informality as the key
note, the some 125 delegates sat
down in small groups to attempt
to solve problems, ranging from
academic in nature to social and
cultural, common to all.
The delegates were divided in
to eight committees, each dealing
with a particular phase of Uni
versity life. The committees were:
student government; regulations,
controls, and their enforcements;
student organizations and their 1
functions; communications; aca
demic policies; cultural aspects;
student relationships to State Col
lege and the University; and rec
:d electrical engineering abroai
in the EE curriculum. He was a
member of an European gymnast
club and plans to try out for the
University’s gym team. His par
ents still live in their native Zur
ich.
Leu was awarded a scholarship
by the board of trustees to cover
his academic fees. The IFC schol
arship provides $7O a month
towards room and board in a
fraternity. However, he may keep
the difference if he selects a
house with lower fees.
To Reside in Fraternities
For the first three semesters.
Leu will live in three different
fraternities. He may choose any
three he wishes. In his fourth se
mester, he may become affiliated
with a h*use.
Robert Bullock, IFC president,
instructed council members to
hand in a list of their room and
board fees at the Student Union
desk by 5 p.m. today. A motion
to limit the fees at $5O a month,
to prevent bidding for the poten
tial member, was defeated by al
most unanimous decision.
Will Move Soon
Leu will move into the first
house he selects as soon after
Oct. 1 as possible, Bullock said.
He is now staying with gym
coach Gene Wettstone.
In other business, Bullock ad
vised* the representatives to ob
tain a letter of recommendation
from Assistant Dean of Men Ed
ward Pollock for their house mo
thers. This is a requirement, he
said, adding that only 14 houses
have written so far.
ÜBA to Accept
Limited Quantity
Of Texts Today
The Used Book Agency will re
ceive texts today for only ten
courses. Today is the last time
the agency will accept books, ac
cording to John Knaff, ÜBA
manager.
Books that will be accepted are
the ones used in English Compo
sition 1, History 20, Philosophy 1
and 2, Economics 50, Sociology 1,
Zoology 25, and Commerce 25, 30,
and 31.
The agency will continue to
sell books through noon Friday.
Knaff said the ÜBA has had
to refund money to students who
failed to check the book-list pro
vided. "Many departments have
changed books for different cour
ses,” he added.
Knaff advised students to check
the original price of the text on
the book-list in order to be sure
the student isn’t selling the book
for more than the purchase price
of a new one.
Refunds will be made from
Oct. 3 to 8.
Problems Aired
reational and social program.
After the committees finished
their reports, the delegates as
sembled in the center’s audi
torium for two plenary sessions.
Unlike former Encampments,
there was no voting on the com
mittees’ recommendations at the
plenaries. However, the recom
mendations were open for dis
cussion.
The committee on student
government, headed by Robert
Sturdevant, All-University vice
president, recommended that
All-University Cabinet "revise
and reinstate the list of finan
cial reinbursements." It sug
gested that Cabinet appoint a
committee to study the recom
mendation.
The committee also suggested
that representation on Cabinet be
eliminated for the Women’s Rec
reation Association, Athletic As
sociation, Board of Dramatics and
Forensics, and the Board of Pub
lications.
Suggested as replacements were
the president of the Graduate
Student Council, as an ex-officio,
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANtA
id, Leu will start as a freshman
Library tp
Check Use
Of Stacks
The Fred Lewis Pattee Library
is instituting a registration sys
tem for use of the stacks, Ralph
W. McComb, University librarian,
has announced.
Only faculty members and
graduate students are permitted
to enter the stacks and select
their books. Regular students
must make their requests to the
librarians, who-in turn find their
books for them. Since graduate
students have not been asked to
present identification up to this
point, students and townspeople
have passed into the stacks un
noticed. The new registration sys
tem will prevent this occurrence.
Students with special permis
sion from their professors or su
periors may enter the stacks, af
ter proper identification, but will
be accompanied by a librarian.
Anyone wishing to enter the
stack area will be required to
identify himself as a faculty
member, graduate student, -.or
person with special, permission to
use these facilities, McComb ex
plained. He will also register his
name and the time of his entry
into the stacks. On departure, he
will be asked to present brief
cases or packages for inspection
and to record the time of his
leaving.
A system of doorchecking to
cut the number of missing books
reported to go into effect at the
Pattee Library has not been used.
McComb mentioned last spring
that instead of this action, closer
checking on central points such
as thg reading room and open
shelf area would be enforced.
Corporation Establishes
Graduate Fellowship
A graduate fellowship has been
established in the College of En
gineering and Architecture by
Curtiss-Wright Corp.
The fellowship provides $l5OO
for the student—s6oo for fees,
and $9OO for the University.
The recipient will be a stu
dent enrolled for graduate study
in fields related to the airplane
or its propulsion, or in electronics
related to the field of aviation.
Selections will be made by the
committee on scholarships in the
College of Engineering and Ar
chitecture, with the approval of
the chief engineer of the Curtiss-
Wright Corp.
non-voting member, and a for
eign student representative.
Other recommendations includ
ed reconsideration by Cabinet of
Campus Personnel Interviewing
Committee and the rewriting of
a 1954' Encampment proposal
which seeks further student rep
resentation on University Senate.
Dealing with another phase of
University life was the commit
tee on regulations, controls, and
their enforcements.
One of the largest problems
facing the group was a cam
pus parking. The group recom
mended that "for longer than
a three-week period" be deleted
from section I-Al of the Motor
Vehicle Code.
The section now reads: "Each
student who intends to operate
a motor vehicle in or about
State College for longer than a
three-week period shall regis
ter it with the Pennsylvania
State University whether or not
a permit to park on campus is
issued."
Other suggestions dealing with
(Continued on page eight)
Minor
Nears
Many minor construction projects, including the erection
of fire escapes on Engineering A, B, C, and E, are in the near
completion stage, a survey of building maintenance and op
eration revealed yesterday.
The fire escapes are being erected on the north and south
sides of the four buildings. Last semester, the Engineering
Newsletter termed the buildings
unsafe v/ithout additional emer
gency exits and called for the
construction of fire escapes
Work on the steel structures
was started about three weeks
ago by a central Pennsylvania
firm. Charles A. Lamm, super
visor of building maintenance
and operation, said yesterday.
Local workmen will cut doorways
to the fire escapes in the second
and third floors as soon as the
steel work is completed, Lamm
said.
About other construction on
campus, Lamm said the elevator
in Old Main which was being
converted from freight to passen
ger use last semester has been in
operation since mid-summer. A
push-button type with automatic
doors, it was reconstructed to go
up to the fourth floor, he said.
The 10-passenger elevator has
a weight capacity of 2;000 pounds.
It is equipped with a lock device
which can be used for special
purposes.
Painting on the underside of
the Beaver Field stands is about
two-thirds completed, Lamm said,
adding that the remainder of the
job will have to be put off until
next summer because of the
weather. The top side was painted
in the summer of 1954.
Workmen are' converting part
of the basement of Pattee Li
brary for use by the division of
audio-visual' aids.' The basement
section, which used to be the re
ceiving room for books, will be
made into a main office where
the division will operate for the
public and into several work
rooms.
Chemistry equipment is being
installed in Whitmore , Labora
tory, the first floor of which' has
been completed. Work on the
second and third floors is about
to start. Final completion date is
set for the fall of 1956.
Room 103 Agriculture is being
converted from a classroom to of
fices • for the agricultural exten
sion service. Work, which includes
painting and partitioning, is ex
pected to 'be finished in about
four weeks. *
Workmen also are doing minor
work' in the basement of Frear
Laboratory. A space is being con
verted for research work. The
job, which i$ about one-half com
pleted, is expected to be finished
in about four -weeks.
Fulton to Head Board
io Fulton, junior in education
from Appllo, has been named
temporary chairman of Fresh
man Regulations Board. She is
replacing Suzanne Loux, junior
in education from Drexel Hill,
who is student teaching for eight
weeks.
WSGA Senate to Meet
Women’s Student Government
Association Senate will hold an
organizational meeting at 12:30
p.m. today in the WSGA office
in the Hetzel Union Building,
Carolyn Cunningham, president,
has announced.
The Players #
Annual
OPEN HOUSE
Come , if you're interested in theatre
Schwab Auditorium
THIS FRIDAY
7:00 till 8:30 p.m.
WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 21. 1955
Repair Work
Completion
News, Ad
Heads Lead
New School
Dr. James W. Markham, head
of the Department of News and
Editorial Journalism, and Don
ald W. Davis, head of the de
partment of advertising, are act
ing jointly as interim directors of
the School of Journalism this year
until a new director is appointed.
George Palmer was named di
rector of the new school last
spring by the University Board of
Trustees. On June 30 he declined
the position which he was sched
uled to take over on July 1.
Palmer is doing research work
for the Ford Foundation at pres
ent. He prefers to go into news
paper work when he completes
his research, according to James
H. Coogan Jr., assistant director
of public information.
Dr. Ben Euwema, dean of the
College of Liberal Arts, was chair
man of the cominittee which se
lected Palmer as director of the
school and also worked out the
plans for the new school. Dr.
Markham, a member of the com
mittee said the committee is still
functioning and plans more
changes within the school. He
said they' do not plan to add
more courses.
Markham explained that the
committee would probably not
hurry in appointing a director,
but would wait until they could
get someone completely suitable
to-their wishes.' Coogan said that
Markham and Davis would con
tinue to act as directors until the
vacancy is filled. '
Under the new organization
the school is divided- in two de
partments; news and editorial
journalism, and advertising.
Schiessler Named
Research Director
Dr. Robert W. Schiessler, whose
resignation as associate professor
of chemistry becomes effective
Sept. 30, has accepted a position
as director of the research divis
ion of Socony Mobil Laboratories
in Paulsboro, N.J. His new posi
tion becomes effective Oct. 1.
A graduate of the University,
Dr. Schiessler received his M.S.
degree at McGill University and
his Ph.D. from the University.
Dr. Schiessler, who has served
on the faculty since 1942, was
chosen for the American Chem
ical Society award of $lOOO in
petroleum chemistry in 1952. He
served as director of the Ameri
can Petroleum Institute Research
Project 42, which was established
at the University in 1940.