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
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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
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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.