PAGE TWO TV Report Issued Classroom TV on Par With Standard Classes (This is the first of two articles explaining the television teaching experiment.) Classroom television is on a par with conventional instruction, according to a report is sued by Dr. Clarence R. Carpenter, professor of psychology, and director of Instructional Film Research Program; and Leslie P. Greenhill, associate director of the Instructional Film Research Program. The book shows the findings of the experimental television courses offered at the University last spring. A total of 840 students enrolled in the courses. The purpose of the experiments was to study the effectiveness of closed-circuit tele- 7 Chairmen Appointed By Panhel Seven committee chairmen were appointed at a meeting of Panhellenic Council Tuesday night by Joanne Caruso, council president. Miss Caruso appointed Hester Anskis, senior in the division of intermediate registration from State College; Catherine Knight, junior in education from Harris burg; and Barbara C. Miller, sen ior in education from Philadel phia; chairmen of the committee on revised rushing rules. Other committee chairmen ap pointed were: Lois Masket, senior in arts and letters from Balti more, Md., freshman tea; Jean Yemm, senior in education from Scranton, housing; and Joan Gray, senior in education from Ardmore, Interfraternity-Panhel lenic Council socials. Nita Messinger, council treas urer, announced that all sorori ties must turn in their Panhel lenic Council dues of $l5 by Nov. 1. Miss Jeanne Lindaman, assist ant to the dean of women in charge of sorority affairs, ex plained to the council that once a rushee signs a preference card it is as binding as becoming rib boned. She cited the example of two rushees, one of whom turned down her written bid and the other who turned down her bid after being ribboned, as being in eligible to rush for another year in accordance with National Pan hellenic Association rules. She al so said that the list of girls who are rushing informally can be checked in the dean of women’s office. Miss Caruso announced that five Panhellenic tea dances will be held this school year in con junction with the Interfraternity Council. The first of these will be held at 6:30 p.m. Oct. 11 at Beta Theta Pi chapter house.. Pollock Council, TIM Set Meetings Tonight Special meetings of Pollock Council and Town Independ ent Men have been called for tonight by council presidents. Pollock Council will meet at 6:30 p.m. in Nittany 20. and TIM will meet at 6:45 on the second floor of the H els e 1 Union Building. The meetings were called last night to vote upon an AIM suggestion that the four coun cils and AIM buy a block of 30 season tickets to the Com munity Concert Series. The cost would be split by the five groups. The tickets would be sold for individual performances to in dependent men. Would you walk Iwo blocks lo save money! Then STOP for our one-slop service Expert Drycleaning Suits, Dresses .... $l.OO Trousers, Sweaters .... 55c Finished Shirts . . 20c each 9 lb. Laundry, wash and fluff dry . 70c Open Daily 8 a.m. LAUNDEHCTTS Phone AD 7-4785 210 West College Avenue vision instruction as compared with conventional instruction. Courses which were offered un der the program were general psychology, general chemistry, and the psychology of marriage. The report stated that overall comparative measurements of student» in the different courses, both televised and non televised, did not yield signifi cant differences in -informa tional learning." Out of four exams administered over course material, the average mark of students in the standard. TV receiving, and TV originating lecture rooms did not vary more than two points. The second point made by the report - was that student interest in the courses was either neutral or slightly negative. Students in the TV receiving courses said they could hear and see much better, but the classes lacked actual con tact with the instructor. Each student taking the experi mental psychology courses was asked how he or she ranked their course with other courses they were taking. Of the students in the TV orig inating classes, 48 per cent said they ranked the TV course first or secohd. Thirty-five per cent of the students in the TV eceiving class es ranked the course first or sec ond. Of the students i, standard instructional classes, 55 per cent ranked their psychology class first or second. Apprehension was apparent among administrators anc fac ulty members as to the accept ability of instructional televi sion. The repo-.i said University administrators accept and see promise in closed-circuit TV as "one" means of solving increas ed enrollment problems. How ever, it was noted experienced instructors generally "do not" prefer instructional TV. Fac ulty members, the report stated, are willing to accept closed-cir cuit TV on an "experimental basis." Exploratory work during the past semester helped solve many problems of instructional' TV, and showed potentialities of closed circuit television teaching has great possibilities, the report said. Four Ag Clubs To Meet Today Speakers and movies will be on the agenda when four Ag Hill clubs meet today. The Dairy Science Club will meet at 7 tonight in 117 Dairy. A movie, "Milk for the City,” will be shown. The Block and Bridle Club will meet at 7:30 tonight in 209 Agri culture, with Albert E. Cooper, professor of agronomy and exten sion, as speaker. The Poultry Club will meet at 7 tonight in the Home Ec Living Center. A. H. Imhof, professor of agricultural journalism, will speak on the “Problems of Agri culture in Ceylon.” Dr. Herbert A. Wahl, professor of botany, will speak to the Bot any Club on poisonous plants throughout the world at noon to day in 202 Buckhout. THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA National FFA Award Given To Freshman Eldred Hitchcock, freshman in pre-veterinary science from Mont rose, was named the first winner of a new Future Farmers of America award, Star National Dairy Farmer, at the National Dairy Cattle Congress this week in Waterloo, lowa. Hitchcock won the special hon ors and a $2OO cash award and tin addition be came the first youth in Penn sylvania’s dairy industry to win national recog nition. He is also the state report er officer of the Hitchewk Hitchcock start ed in the dairy business while in seventh grade, when he sold pro ceeds from a field of popcorn and potatoes to purchase his first calf. At present he has a herd of 24 Holsteins and, in partnership with his father, is running a large farm in Montrose. Last January he was chosen as the State Star Dairy Farmer of the FFA for Pennsylvania. He also qualified for the Keystone Farmer degree. Chairmen Listed For Mardi Ball Daisy Zimmerman, junior in education from Lewisburg, and Nancy Seiler, junior in arts and letters from Cheltenham, have been named co-chairmen of the Mardi Ball by Chimes, junior women’s hat society. The Ball will be held Nov. 12, and will climax the Mardi Gras weekend. Seven other women have been appointed .committee chairmen for the dance. They are Joyce Cox, junior in architecture from Lemont, orchestra; Martha Flem ing, junior in home economics from Huntingdon, coronation; Ann Hadesty, junior in applied arts from Everett, publicity; Bar bara Nicholls, junior in journal ism from Cumberland, Md., tick ets; Ann Forster, junior in home economics from Wilmington, Del., campus patrol; Linda Gerber, junior in arts and letters from Brooklyn, N.Y., chaperons; and Dolores Jones, junior in arts and letter, from Johnstown, editorial. Rifle Team to Meet The Army Reserve Officers Training Corps Rifle Team will hold an organizational meeting at 7 tonight in 110 Armory. AU interested Army R.O.T.C. cadets may attend. "Pops” now on HAND Love for Love The Bonnie Blue Gal He The Shifting Whispering Sands "Everything from Bop to Bach" J J podM V l/Mn-MJMt* J ma- I Open S till 9 WD Display Contest To Start Tomorrow The West Dorm window display, sponsored by the Uni versity Student Centennial Committee, will begin tomorrow and continue through' next Saturday. Contestants should follow the fall (Centennial theme, “Penn State Through the Next Hundred Years.” The West Dorm- area was chosen for the contest by the Centennial Committee because it was felt more people would be able to see the display there than in any oth er do.mitory area on campus. The purpose of the display is to wel come alumni back for the Cen tehnial homecoming. Fre* Entry Entry into the contest is free. Cash prizes will be awarded for first, second, and third places. En tries may oe made as individual windows or in groups. First prize will be $25; second prize, $l5; and third prize, $l9. Window displays should be completed by next Friday. Judg ing will take place next Satur day, before the Navy game. Judges for the contest have not been announced yet. Council is Co-Sponsor West Halls Council is aiding the Centennial Committee in sponsoring the contest. All dorm itories in the West Dorm area are included, namely, Thompson, Hamilton, McKee, Jordan, Watts, and Irwin Halls. Two floors of McKee Hall fac ing Recreation Hall will display a large sign welcoming returning alumni back to the University. Other displays should follow the theme. The committee hopes that with such a broad title, contes tants will have an excellent op portunity to use originality as well -\s spirit and enthusiasm. TIM Displays Town Independent Men will have displays in store windows for Homecoming Weekend. Twen ty store windows have been signe .up so Jar. , * A Leonides Committee will aid TIM with the displays. William Norman, senior in arts and letters from Shickshinny, is chairman of publicity for the TIM committee. Also welcoming the alumni back for the Centennial home coming will be “The Big Pull,” a tug-of-war betweert the sopho more and freshman classes, to be held just before the game. The Penn State Marching Blue Band, during their half-time pre sentation at the football game, will go through 11 formations showing “Penn State Through the Past Hundred Years” in an aca demic sense. Home Economics Club Will Meet Tonight The Home Ecnomics Club will hold its first business meeting at 7:30 tonight in the Northeast Ath erton lounge. Entertainment will be provided. Any students majoring in home economics may attend. Chimes to Meet in Simmons Chimes, junior women’s hat society, will meet at 4 p.m. today in the Walnut Lounge of Simmons Hall. THURSDAY. OCTOBER 4. 1955 Freshman Auto Ban Saves Space The newly instituted ban on freshman cars this year has saved the University approxi mately 200 parking spaces. Ac cording to Phillip A. Mark, cap tain of Campus Patrol, the spaces were distributed to faculty mem bers and University employees. Last year, 1250 parking permits were issued to students, Mark said. This year, the number of student permits was cut to 1050. Mark said the number of permits issued doesn’t necessarily indicate the total number of students driving cars at the University, since more permits are issued for a parking lot than there are spaces. The ban on freshman cars at the University was passed last year by the Council of Adminis tration. The ban was enforced because of the growing problem of increased student parking. Ex ceptions will be made for stu dents who for some reason, must drive their cars to the University. Prior to banning freshman cars, the Council of Administra tion had considered the idea of building a large general parking area far from campus. Proposed site for the lot would have been in the vicinity of Hort Woods. However, after the cost in volved was considered, the. plan was rejected as unfeasible. The council decided the cost of build ing the lot, maintenance, and salaries' for police to patrol the lot, would be too high. Although the new ban is in effect, the council is still consider ing new plans to alleviate the parking problem. Radio Show Tryouts The second meeting for persons interested in trying out for Gold smith’s “She Stoops to Conquer,” to be broadcast by student radio station WDFM, will be held 6:30 p.m. tomorrow in 304 Sparks. Scripts will be distributed at that time. Tryouts for WDFM’s one-hour version of the play are scheduled for next week. Senate Will Aid (Continued from page one) was injured in an accident early Saturday morning. Miss Zimmer man’s position on Senate will be left vacant, Senate decided. Martha Fleming, junior senator, was appointed to replace Miss Zimmerman as the Senate repre sentative to the junior class ad visory committee.
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