PAGE TWO Nittany, Pollock Councils To Publish Newspaper A Nittany-Pollock area newspaper, a project discussed and planned for two months by both Pollock and Nittany Councils, if scheduled to appear sometime before Christmas vacation. Pollock Council president, Robert Waltemeyer, said a joint committee from the two councils which met last week! expressed the opinion that the newspaper would be published by Dec. 20. The newspaper, to be known as “The East Star Extra,” will have another trial issue before the end of the semester. Pollock Votes $2O AAUP to Hear University's Press Proposal The Penn State Chapter of American Association of Univer sity Professors will hear a report Monday on a proposal to establish a University press. R. Wallace Brewster, chapter president, said no details will be available before the Monday meeting at 7:30 p.m. in 203 Wil lard. Special committee reports will include one on the proposed press. Dr. Milton S. Eisenhower, presi dent of the University, will sub mit this report covering the past two years. Election of officers is also on ttie agenda for the meeting. Offi cers whose terms expire are Brewster; P. P. English, vice pres ident: and Joseph Britton, secre tary. Chapter officials have an nounced that a University dele gation will attend the annual meeting of the newly-formed Pennsylvania Division, AAUP, Saturday in Harrisburg. Speaker at the Harrisburg meeting will be Dr. Ralph S. Fuchs of Washington, D.C., the AAUP general secretary. Camera Club To Hold Contest A black-and-white print contest will be sponsored by the Camera Club on December 13 at 7 p.m. in 215 Hetzel Union. All members of the club may enter the competition. Rules are: any size print may be entered but all must be mounted on a 16" by 26" board; one member is al lowed to enter four prints; and there will be a 25 cents entrance; fee per member. First prize will be 50 per cent of the money collected as en trance fees; second prize will be! 30 per cent of that sum; third prize wiU be the remaining 20 per cent. Two honorable mentions will also be awarded. Club members will act as the Judges. Penn State’s enrollment in 1060 was 49 students; in 1870 it had increased by ten. Free Lecture Entitled I ' CHRISTIAN SCIENCE:,, I The Power of an Active Faith by John D. Pickett, C.S. I of Chicago, Illinois I Member of the Board of Lectureship of The Mother Church | The First Church of Christ, Scientist | in Boston, Massachusetts fl Thursday, Dec 8 8 p.m. I MINERAL SCIENCE AUDITORIUM I THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA Council, voting Tuesday night to support the newspaper, appro priated a fund of $2O for the two issues. Waltemeyer said it would be mimeographed and consist of ‘probably’ eight pages. Waltemeyer said the newspaper would stress intramural sports participation of the two areas more thoroughly than was possi ble by The Daily Collegian. Other news will consist of dorm itory social affairs reports such as dances and mixers, human in terest stories, and discussion of area problems, he said. The newspaper will also have an editorial page with a column for student opinion, Waltemeyer continued. He said editorial policy will be determined -by the two editors, subject to approval of the councils. AIM 'Paper* Failed An Association of Independent Men newspaper published several years ago failed when a dispute over editorial policy arose, Walte meyer said. To guard against such a possi bility, he said, the Nittany-Pol lock area newspaper will ,be edited alternately by an editor from each area. William Hansen, freshman in Business Administration from Sayre, Pa., has been chosen Nit tany editor and will edit the first edition. Pollock editor, who will act as associate editor for the first addition and editor of the second, is Ronald Leik, senior in journal ism, from York. Staff Mamed George Mauler, Nittany Coun cil president, Charles Welsh, Har ry Leopold. Melvin Weaver, and Joseph Shea are Nittany repre sentatives on the editorial staff. We accept written requests for re servations for June commencement starting at 8:00 a.m. today. One room only to a graduating senior. 5 Faculty Members Get Leaves Five faculty members have been granted leaves of absence by the Board of Trustees. Fred M. Coombs, professor of physical education, was granted a leave from Feb. 1 to June 30,1956, to complete work in his doctoral dissertation. He has taken his work for his doctorate at New York University and the disserta tion will be concerned with state recreational programs. Dr. John G. Seeley, professor of floriculture, will travel through the South and in California to study florist crop production, and to observe teaching and research programs at various colleges and universities. He was granted a leave from Feb. 1 to July 31, 1956. Dr. Henry S. Brunner, professor and head of the department of agricultural education, was grant ed a leave from Jan. 1 to June -30, 1956, to conduct research and to write. . , Anthony S. Luchek, associate professor of industrial relations in extension, will go to the Philip pine Islands as a consultant on labor education. He has been granted a leave from Jan. 25 to Feb. 24, 1956. _ Dr. George L. Leffler, professor of finance and director of plan ning and of research in the Col lege of Business Administration, was granted a leave from July 1 to Aug. 31, 1956, to conduct re search and work on a revision of his book. “The Stock Market.” Weeks Predicts New Spending Boost in 1956 NEW YORK UP) —Business capital spending in the first quarter of 1956 will climb to a record high, 12 per cent over the pace of booming 1355, Secretary of Commerce Sin clair Weeks declared today. Pollock editorial staffers are Robert Waltemeyer, Council pres ident; Clyde Young, Bernard Bug gy,- Joseph Neville, and John Rhoades. . _ - Patrick Parmellee from Nittany and Howard Zeitlen from Pollock comprise the business staff. waltemeyer said one newspaper will be distributed to each room in the Nittanv-Pollock area. The Nittany Lion Inn Pershing Rifles Unit Initiates 106 Pledges The Pena State Unit, Company B-5, of the Pershing Rifles initiated 106 new members last night at a ceremony held in the Armory. Col. Richard F. Reidy, Army, and Col. Daniel F. Riva, Air Force, were among the ROTC staff present. Air Force Cadet Jack Javens, freshman in mechanical engineering from Beaver, was named outstanding pledge, javens was presented with the decoration by Lt. CoL Joseph Born, Air Force. The initiates were: John Alien, Edward Anderson, Richard Bald erston, Bruce Bankes, Jack Bar bieri, Charles Bell, William Cun ningham, William Davies, Noel Decavalcante, William Duey, James Fleming, Charles Franklin, Carl Frederick, John Garber, Ri chard Gates, Alien Gilbert, Ber nard Gilson, Paul Greenberger. Frederick Greenleaf, John Haas, Lamartine Hood, James Heler, Stephen Justham, Robert Kasu bick, Howard Keighler, Clyde Koah. Robert Kolesar, A 1 Kraft, Neilsen Lambert, John Lark, Ron ald Lehman, Nicholas Leone, Mi chael Lightner. Dean Lorah. Ste ven Mallick, Frank Martin, John McArthur. Robert McNeil, .Martin Meer, Richard Mirth, Raymond Miller, Dennis Musket, John Myers, Hi vam Nettler, Edwin Nichols, Wil liam Nichol, Ward Nichols, Robert Parker, John Pearl, Duncan Peek, George Peiffer, Fussell Phillippi, Donald Peters, Terrance Quinn, Gary Race, Richard Reasey, Mark Relich, Francisco Rexach, Leon ard Rosenbaum, Box Carl, Ray mond Sands, William Schimpf, George Seely, Walter Shafer. William Simon, Robert Smith, Dan Stone, Donald Sundius, Jo seph Synkanis; Harry. Vanßrunt, Robert Wands, Stephen Wells, William Westgard, Thomas Wolfe, William Wummer, Donald Zepp, Joseph Popadicks, John Moyer, Robert Beatty, , Larry - Plymire, James Hickman, Donald' Steele,i Javens. Mark Baker, Richard Fisher, William Anderson, Harold Walls, Frank Keeley, John Meisel, Ron- THURSDAY. DECEMBER 8,1955 aid Huffman, Frank Gradisek, Ri chard Carr, Daniel Lessig, Allen Lees, James Morgart, Robert Hunt, Porter Collins, Gilbert Simonski, William Mcgaffick, David Allison, Walter Barker, William Barnhart, Charles Bartholomew, Samuel Feinstein, Blaine Fleming, and Robert Janoska. Graduate Record Exams To Be Held on Jan. 21 Graduate record examinations will be held on January 21. These exams must be taken by seniors expecting to enter grad uate college. Bulletins of infor mation and application blanks are available in 117 Buckhout.
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