EDWARD VAN DEUSEN hands Mary Zimick a destroyed sign that the women tricked the men into displaying. It read; “Women deserve their influence.*' Verbal Fisticuffs Thrown Furiously in Battle of Sexes Verbal fisticuffs rang out last night as the Penn State ‘■Lions” again took on the “Angels” from Mount Mercy in the annual “battle of the sexes.” American men assailed American women for misusing their influence, while the. women ■’countered that women are Giackens' Painting To Be in Exhibition Currently on Tour “The Easter Hat,” an oil paint ing by William Giackens from the University collection, is in cluded in the traveling exhibition, "Pennsylvania Painters,” which opened this month in Toledo, Ohio. The painting was recently pre sented to the University by the artist’s son, Ira Giackens, of Cen ter Conway, N.H. William Giack ens was borb in Philadelphia. The original exhibition, “Penn sylvania Painters,” assembled at the University as a part of the Centennial celebration, included “The Soda Fountain,” by Giack ens. When,, it was learned that this painting would not be available for the nationwide tour, sponsor ed by the Smithsonian Institu tion, the University painting, "The Easter Hat,” was substitut ed. Psych Test Results Available to Coeds . Interpretations of psychological tests taken during Orientation Week will be available to all freshman women, except those in the Colleges of Chemistry and Physics and Engineering, at 8:30 p.m. Monday in Sparks building. The interpretations will be pre sented by television and will take about an hour. The test results will be available in the rooms designated by the following alphabetic sub-divi sions: Room 1, A-Cl; Room 2, Cm- Gn; Room 11, Go-Hn; Room 12, Ho-Lz; Room 18, M-Oz; Roorti 19, P-Sr; and Room 10, St.-Z. TODAY'S WEATHER COLD WITH SNOW FLURRIES By ED DUBBS using their influences “to keep men from making mistakes.” The sexes further disagreed on the extent of women's influence— the menclaiming the women have too much) while the women ar gued they have too little. The battle grew hot and furious as the two sexes debated, Re solved; “That the American Wom en Have Too Much Influence.” Saperstein Defends Males Carl Saperstein, senior in arts and letters from Washington, D.C., and Edward Van Deusen, senior in arts and letters from Chester, took the affirmative, while Mary Zimick, junior in history, and Rose Marie O’Connor, sophomore in chemistry, took the negative. Saperstein, in the opening af firmative constructive speech, claimed that women have had too much influence since Eve. “Women Control Nation" He claimed women are control ling the nation because they con trol the youth—through mothers and school teacher—and that women are harmful to children, husbands, and the nation as a whole. He claimed that women’s in fluence can be noted at the Uni versity through housemothers. He said: “Every fraternity has a .house mother, a woman placed there to control and spy on the actions. It is only fair to have house fathers in sororities.” He further blamed, women’s in (Continued on page eight) Reds Shun Efforts to Free 13 Fliers LONDON, Jan. 6 (£>)—Red China shunted aside today U.S. State Department efforts to speed the release of ' 13 Americans still ,in Chinese jails. A government statement broad cast by Peiping radio said the Mao Tze-tung regime would deal with the Americans when and how it .saw fit and “no foreign interference would be allowed.” Scorning Washington’s charge that Peiping has violated a Sept. 10 agreement to free all Ameri cans "expeditiously,” the state ment said: "Americans who offended 3% Hatty VOL. 56. No. 68 STATE COLLEGE, PA.. SATURDAY MORNING. JANUARY 7. 1956 FIVE CENTS 'Stars' OK For Prexy- Astrologer Myra Kingsley, an astorologer writing in American Weekly mag azine, says the stars are “particu larly auspicious” for Dr. Milton S. Eisenhower, president of the University, in this election year. Miss Kingsley, in her article in the Jan. 1 issue of the national magazine, took a look into the stars to see how the possible Re publican candidates will fare by them this year. The stars, as have the polls in the past few months, put Dr. Eis enhower high on the list of pos sible candidates if his brother de cides against running. “Planetary rewards and distinc tions” will be bestowed on Dr. Eisenhower, she says. Writes Miss Kingsley:' “Ike’s brother Milton, nine years younger than the President, was born September 15, 1899 un der the sign of Virgo. The year 1956 will be particularly auspi cious for many born under the sign. “During the next twelve months the beneficient planet Jupiter will transit through Virgo, bestowing planetary rewards and distinc tions on those born under this sign. Milton Eisenhower’s chart picks up these fine aspects all the way along." Song Contest Ends With One Entry Only'one entry was received in the Leonides theme song contest which officially • closed at 5:30 p.m. yesterday. Leonides, independent wom en’s organization, will hold an ex ecutive meeting tomorrow to de cide whether to Extend the entry deadline. The contest, which opened Dec. 19, offered a $lO prize to th 6 win ning entry. Entrants were to com pose lyrics which could be set to a classical, semi-classical or pop ular tune. The song was to have been used as a theme song for the AIM- Leonides chorus. Leonides will hold its regular meeting at 6:30 p.m. Monday in 203 Hetzel Union. Cold, Snow Flurries Predicted for Today Cloudy and cold weather with occasional snow flurries has been predicted for today by students in the department of meteorology. The weather will clear tonight. Tomorrow will be fair and cold. Today’s temperature is expected to reach a high of 33 degrees with a low of 20. Yesterday’s maximum was 42 with a low of 26. Invitation Deadline The deadline for January grad uates to obtain invitations and announcements is noon today. Seniors may secure them by presenting their receipts at the Hetzel Union desk. against the law in China must be dealt with in accordance with Chinese legal procedures, and no time limit can be set for their release.” The toughly worded declara tion dampened hopes in London that the Chinese Reds would smooth the way to a Far East settlement through prompt re lease of the - remaining Ameri cans in prison. U.S. Secretary of State Dulles has made it plain that release of the Americans must come before the United States will enter into any agree ment' with Red China on other issues dividing the two countries. The Communist broadcast re newed Peiping’s demand for an early conference between Dulles and Red China Premier-Foreign Minister Chou En-lai “to discuss FOR A BETTER PENN STATE Osmond Rotation Test Indicates Many Students Prefer Televised Classes The results of a ten-week class rotation experiment in Osmond Laboratory, conducted with the University’s closed circuit television system, indicate that many students prefer a televised class to a large lecture auditorium. The closed-circuit project was begun last spring, and is being financed by the Ford Foundation. There are two sep arate systems: one in Osmond Laboi atory and one in Sparks. After the rotation experiment between live and televised classes, some 30 per cent of 587 students enrolled in two lecture sequence courses of chem istry 1, preferred seats in the television viewing rdom for the remainder of the semester instead of the lecture auditorium. More than SO per cent of the students originally seated in the reax of the lecture room selected the television room. Nearly twenty per cent occupying seals in the front of the lecture room chose the television room also. Reasons given by the students preferring the television room were: 1. More comfortable 2. See better 3. Hear better 4. Less distraction from exter nal causes 5. Television emphasizes what the class is supposed to see. Factors causing students to re main in the lecture auditorium were: 1. Lack of color in the chemis try demonstrations.. 2. Slight advantage in taking notes from the blackboard. 3. Some feel that it is better to be in the face-to-face lecture situ ation even if it is difficult to see and hear. During the first four weeks of the semester, half of the stu dents attended class in the view ing rooms, and the other half in the lecture auditorium. Dur ing the second four weeks, the students reversed positions. The students were then assigned to seats in the lecture auditorium for two class periods. For the next three periods they were given a choice of moving, to a television room or remaining in the assigned seats. The seat that each chose for the third period would be permanent until the end of the semester. The first exam given to these classes showed no difference in between the instruc tion. in this same chemistry course, a study was made on the prob lem of taking notes. Note taking last year was reported-to be dif ficult. The chemistry department now prepares mimeographed lecture outlines for the students. Student opinion of this is that note taking is “fairly easy”, and that the lec ture outlines were, either “fairly helpful,” or “very "helpful.” There was no significant differ (Continued on page eight) relaxation and elimination of ten sion” in the Formosa area. It called for a speedy end to the Western embargo on shipment of strategic goods to Red China. The statement warned the United States to move quickly to ward agreement on these issues or face breakdown of the Gen eva negotiations between Red China’s Wang Ping-nan and U.S. Ambassador U. Alexis Johnson. The Geneva talks have been go ing on sporadically for five months and it was there that the Sept. 10 agreement on release of prisoners was announced. “The Chinese side will contin ue to work for an agreement,” today’s statement said. “However, the Chinese people will not con sent to the endless dragging out of the Sino-American talks;” (MltfgUUt By JUDY HABKISON 3 Accidents Reported This Week A University professor, his fam ily, a student, and a University employee were involved in three accidents this week. Robert Scholten, assistant pro fessor of petroleum gdology, was returning to State College on Tuesday with his wife and son when he lost control of the car. The car skidded on icy pave ment on Route 322 between Greenville-and Franklin and top pled over a few times before com ing to rest upside down. The car was completely demolished. The Scholten family crawled out with out a scratch. Martin Devlin, sophomore in mechanical engineering from Reading, was driving toward Milesburg on Route 220 Thursday when his car collided with a school bus. The bus with 25 children aboard was about to make a right turn onto Curtin road when Devlin’s car struck the right side of the bus. Devlin was shaken up but was reported uninjured. No children were hurt. Damage to the car was estimated at $l9OO. Damage to the bus was $lOO. Jack Fields, laboratory em ployee, was treated at the Centre County Hospital yesterday and later released. He had been struck in the eye with a chemical solu tion. Prexy, Ike Remain At Florida Resort Dr. Milton S. Eisenhower, pres ident of the University, is still with his brother, President Dwight D. Eisenhower, in Key West, Fla., and did not return yesterday as expected. University officials, who could not explain his change in plans, said yesterday Dr. Eisenhower will return “early next week.” The Associated Press reported that the present plan is for the President to leave for the capital Sunday afternoon. Wettstone to Talk On Gym Exhibition Gene Wettstone, varsity gym nastics coach, will address the Physical Education Student Coun cil on the Jan. 14 gymnastics match exhibition with Switzer land at the Council meeting at 8 p.m. Monday in 2 White Hall. Wettstone will tell the council how it may be of service during the meet, Ann Farrell, council vice president, said. The council will also hear re ports from various committees. Conflict Exam Schedule The Daily Collegian will pub lish the conflict examination schedule Tuesday.
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