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VOL. 56. No: 31
3 Administrative Changes Made
Dennis Was
Writer for
Newspaper
Lawrence E, Dennis, who will
succeed to the post of University
provost "on or before June 30,
1956," was an editorial writer for
a Des Moines, lowa, newspaper
before assuming his present post
as administrative assistant to the
president in 1954.
Dennis said yesterday that it
is a "great honor to have been
selected to succeed one of the
country's educational statesman,
Mr. A. 0. Morse, and my one de
sire is that I shall be able to
serve the institution, faculty; stu
dents, and people of Pennsylvania
with the same dedication to high
er education that has character
ized Mr. Morse's career as pro
vost."
Before joining the Des Mbines
Register and Tribune staff : Den
nis held the post of special as
sistant to the United States Com
missioner of Education in Wash
ington,. D.C.
He was named vice chairman
of the Commission on Higher
Education by Gov. George M.
Leader this month.
Born in Virginia, Minn., Den
nis received his B.A. from lowa
State Teachers College and his
M.A. in journalism from the Uni
versity of Minnesota. He has done
work for his PhD.
He is a member of the Ameri
can Political Science Association,
Sigma Delta Chi, national pro
fessional journalistic fraternity;
the Association for Education in
Journalism, and the United States
Adult Education Association.
Committee OK's
Pi Sigma Upsilon
As 54th Fraternity
The number of fraternities at
the University swelled to 54 yes
terday when Senate Committee
on Student Affairs approved Pi
Sigma Upsilon's request for rec
ognition as a fraternity.
Wilmer E. Kenworthy, director
of student affairs, said yesterday
that Pi Sigma Upsilon's charter
has been approved by the com
mittee. The new fraternity will
begin serving a year's probation
ary period immediately. The pro
bationary period is required of
all new fraternities.
During the period, a fraternity
is not Bowed to operate a house,
but may sponsor social functions
until 12 midnight.
There are 14 charter Members
of the frtaernity. Faculty adviser
is Michael R. Lynch, agriculture
extension instructor.
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Eiatto
STATE COLLEGE, PA., THURSDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 27, 1955
Comptroller
Held Post
At Furman
Dr. Kenneth R. Erfft, whose se
lection as University comptroller
was. announced yesterday, wa s
business manager of Furman Uni
versity before taking his present
post of associate comptroller in
1954.
Dr. Erfft said yesterday that he
hopes he "will be able to measure
up to the high standards which
have been set for the conduct for
this office through the years by
Mr. (Samuel K.) Hostetter."
Hostetter announced his retire
ment Monday. It will be effective
June 30, 1956.
Born In Chicago, Dr. Erfft re
ceived his B.A. fr o m Michigan
College, his M.A. from the Uni
versity of Richmond, and his PhD
in literature from Mac Lean Col
-1 lege. He has also completed work
on a PhD in philosophy.
In 1946 he was named to the
staff of Furman Uniwersity and
as business manager was respon
sible for business operations of
the institution, including the ac
counting department, housing,
dining facilities, purchasing, and
non-academic personnel.. He also
handled investments, securities,
and other financial matters.
He is the author of "Thomas
Edward Brown—A Biographical
Study."
Named Comptiloller
Kappa Alpha honorary forensic
society; Theta Omicron Rho, so
cial fraternity; Kiwanis Interna
tional, and the American Speech
Association. He is a past presi
dent of the board of directors of
the Southern Association of Col
lege and University Business Of
ficers.
East, West Look to Geneva for Peace
GENEVA, Oct. 26 (41—East
and West concentrated on Ge
neva tonight to seeif the spok
en desire, for world peace can
be put into practical form.
The foreign minister of Britain,
France, the United States and the
Soviet Union meet tomorrow to
carry out the directive of the
summit conference here last July
when the chief of government or
dained world tensions must be
lessened.
Both Soviet Foreign Minister
V. M. Molotov and U.S. Secretary
of State John Foster Dulles ex
pressec hope on their arrival that
"the spirit of Geneva" created by
the summit parley can be re
tained as the keystone in diplo
matic efforts to reduce East-West
friction.
FOR A BETTER PENN STATE
Eng Dean
ets Post
In Old Main
Dr. Eric A. Walker, who will
assume the post of vice president
of the University. June' 30, 1956;
has served as dean of the College
of Engineering and Architecture
since 1951.
From 1942 to 1945, Dr. Walker
held the posts of research associ
ate, assistant director, and asso
ciate director of the Harvard Un
derwater Sound Laboratory at
Cambridge, Mass., where he had
charge of development of ord
nance weapons.
From 1945 to 1951, he served as
director of the University's Naval
Ordnance Research Laboratory,
and as professor and head of the
department of electrical engineer
ing.
Born in Long Eaton, England,
Dr. Walker attended high school
at Wrightsville, Pa., and received
his 8.A., M.A., and PhD degrees
at Harvard University.
He has served as a vice presi
dent of the American Society for
Engineering Education and as a
director of the Engineering Col
lege Research Council.
He is a member of the Amer
ican Institute of Electrical Engi
neers, the American Physical So
ciety, a fellow of the Acoustical
Society of America, Tau Beta Pi,
engineering honor society, and a
registered professional. engineer
in Pennsylvania and Connecticut.
Dr. Walker is in New York
City, and could not be contacted
for comment on his new position.
In spite of their hopeful corn
mgnts, the two diplomats spelled
out differences of opinion. Dulles
said his delegation would work
hard to carry out the Big Four
aim of handling the closely' linked
problems of German reunification
and European security. He men
tioned these in that order.
In his equally careful descrip
tion of the objectives, Molotov
listed European security first,
Germany second and disarma
ment third.
British Foreign Secretary Har
old Macmillan observed merely
that the foreign ministers were
meeting to take up the work
started by the heads of state. He
offered "a prayer to Providence
that we may succeed."
France's Foreign Minister An
toine Pinay, embroiled in his na
tion's multiple worries over rebel
ggiatt
Presidential
Re-Established
Vice
Post
Three top administrative changes—including the re-es
tablishment of the post of vice president—were announced
yesterday by President Milton S. Eisenhower.
Dr. Eric A. Walker was named vice president, Lawrence
E. Dennis was chosen provost, and Dr. Kenneth R. Erfft
was selected comptroller.
The position of vice president came as a surprise since it
was held only once before in the history of the University
and had been vacant for almost half a century.
Dr. Walker, now dean of the
College of Engineering and Arch
itecture, will assume his new dut
ies June 30, 1956.
The three principal functions of
the vice president, as set down
by the executive committee of the
Board of Trustees, will be to co
ordinate and stimulate the re
search program of the University;
to supervise operational, but not
financial, activities, heretofore
under the comptroller (housing,
personnel, employee relations,
food servicse, purchasing, an d
physical plant); and to act in be
half of the President upon his ab
sence.
Dennis Succeeds Morse
Dennis, administrative assistant
to the President, will succeed A.
0. Morse, whose resignation was
announced last Friday. Dennis'
new duties will go into effect
when Morse's resignation becomes
effective June 30, 1956.
—Dr. Edit,- presently associate
comptroller, will succeed . to the
post of comptroller upon the re
tirement of Samuel K. Hostetter,
whose retirement plans were an
nounced Monday.
When President George W.
Atherton died in 1906, the Board
of Trustees named General James
A. Beaver acting president, and
Dr. Judson P. Welsh, then vice
president of the Bloomsburg State
Normal School (now a State
Teachers' College) was chosen
vice president.
Welsh Was Registrar
Besides serving as vice presi
dent, Dr. Welsh held the post of
financial agent and performed the
duties of the registrar from 1906-
08, according to "The History of
the Pennsylvania State College"
by W. F. Dunaway.
In explaining the changes,
President Eisenhower said that
the vice president, comptroller,
and provost will each be directly
responsible to the president.
Dr. Erfft will supervise the
work of the department of ac
counting, will be in charge of all
financial and budgetary matters,
and will serve as treasurer of the
University.
Comptroller Receives Aid
"The new arrangement will help
to free the comptroller so that he
can give more of his time to the
increasingly pressing financial
and budgetary problems of all
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lious Morocco and Algeria, the
Saar's upsetting pro-German vote
and the possibility of his own
government facing a vote of con
fidence, came late.
Jaunty and self-assured, Dulles
said the spirit of Geneva is iden
tified now with the hopes of all
the world for lasting peace.
Facing the Big Four were these
basic problems:
1. European security and reuni
fication of divided Germany.
2. World disarmament.
3. Trade and cultural exchange
between East and West.
Creeping into the picture were
last minute developments the con
ference may have to deal with
before it closes, probably in three
weeks. One of these issues is an
Israeli complaint that the Soviet
Union is supplying arms to Egypt
through satellite Czechoslovakia.
Proxy Honored
See Page 4
Columnist
Sees Trend
For Prexy
Roscoe Drummond, in his syn
dicated column Monday, said
some highly placed interests from
the ranks of the old Citizens-for-
Eisenhower campaign are begin
ning to flow to Dr. Milton S.
Eisenhower. president of the Uni
versity.
Drummond, a nationally-known
political writer, exnressed his
thoughts on whom the Republi
can party would call upon if Pres
ident Dwight D. Eisenhower does
not run for a second term.
Activity Still 'Premature'
Writing under a Washington
dateline, Drummond said: "Here,
too, the activity is not yet in the
open because it is premature, but
the advocacy of the case for Mil
ton's nomination .is strategically
located."
He went on to say he runs into
"Milton Eisenhower talk" more
and more and some of it in quar
ters where "things could be made
to happen."
Prexy 'Close' Adviser
One person—not identified in
the column—Drummond said he
talked to had this to say: "I don't
pretend to know what influences
other voters. But I know what
would influence me. I ask my
self: who is President Eisenhow
er's closest, most trusted. most in
fluential adviser and I know the
answer is Milton Eisenhower.
"If Milton Eisenhower were
president, who would be his clos
est, most trusted, most influential
adviser? The answer is that it
would be Dwight D. Eisenhower.
I would like that very much. I
think many other voters might,
too."
Prexy 'Well Qualified'
Of Dr. Eisenhower's qualifi
tions, Drummond said that
spite his academic association as
president of Kansas State College
and now as president of the Uni
versity. Milton Eisenhower has
had more varied and substantial
experience in government than
Woodrow Wilson when he was
nominated and more political ex
perience than his brother when
President Eisenhower was nomi
nated.
Seely An ounces
Cethinet Recess
All-University Cabinet will not
meet tonight, All-University Pres
ident Earl Seely has announced.
The addcd week w;11 allow
Cabinet members more time to
think about and discuss the ques
tion of resuming University mem
bership in the Nalional Student
Association, he said.
The recess will also all Av mem
bers to think of points which
could be included in the NSA
program, if Cabinet approves the
resumption. Cabinet is expected
to act on the question at next
Thursday's meeting.
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