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Revised TIM - Constitution
Defines Official Power
A revised Town Independent Men constitution, which
gives definite powers to officers, was read for the first time
by parliamentarian James Goodwin Wednesday night
Under the old constitution, no definite duties or powers
for TIM officers were stated
ÜBA Reports
Large Drop
In Book Sales
A large cut in sales has been
reported by the Used Book Agen
cy for the last two days.
The decline in sales began after
Monday, which was the day when
the ÜBA stooped accepting books
in courses other than business ad
ministration, engineering, history,
and literature.
The sales drop is due to many
students buying their books ear
lier in the semester than in pre
vious years, according to John
Knaff, ÜBA manager.
Knaff said that last semester the
number of books sold was as large
as the number this semester dur
ing the beginning of Orientation
Week. However, business fell off
a little bit each day instead of the
drop in sales this semester, he
explained.
Students may claim unsold
books or pick up their money on
Feb. 20 to 25 in the Book Ex
change.
Library to Display
Books, Reports
Through February
An exhibition of books and
other acquisitions recently pur
chased or received as gifts by
the Pattee Library will be dis
played in the library through
February.
Included in the exhibition are
an original letter of Joseph Priest
ly, a selection of publication of
the Atomic Energy Commission,
first editions of the novels of Ann
Radcliffe, German Books, some
recent additions to the Bovard
Renaissance collection, reports of
archaeological expeditions, the
superb modern edition of Dante
designed by "Bruce Rogers, and
volumes of colored plates from
Kingsborough's Antiquities
of Mexico.
A facsimile of the Codex Be
zae, one of the most famous
manuscripts of the Greek New
Testament, and a facsimile of a
14th century Bible picture book
in manuscript will also be ex
hibited.
Graduate Student
Fellowship Started
Sperry Gyroscope Co. fellow
ship will award $2OOO to a candi
date for a master of science de
gree in electrical engineering
during the 1956-57 academic year.
The recipient will be selected
by the graduate study committee
of the department of electrical
engineering. The department will
also receive $9OO for use in its
graduate program.
National Electrical Week
February 5-11
REDDY KILOWATT®
Thomas A. Edison
said: (Jan. 5, 1929)
"There is far more danger in
public" monopoly than there
is in private monopoly, for
When the G moist goes
into business it can always
shift its losses to the taxpay
ers. If it goes into the power
business it can pretend to
sell cheap power alma dm'
cover up its losses."
WEST PENN POWER
The new form provides that
the president has the power to
call meetings, appoint commit
tees, and preside over meetings.
Powers of the vice president
will include control over meet
ings which the president is un
able to attend. He will become an
automatic member and coordi
nator of all committees formed.
Secretary's Duties Given
Duties of the secretary will
concern the keepihg of records
while the treasurer will be giv
en control over monetary affairs.
Final approval of the consti
tution by TIM awaits a vote to
be taken at the next meeting at
7:30 p.m., Feb. 22 in 216 Hetzel
Union.
The new constitution also con
tains a clause providing for im
peachment of any TIM officer
if convicted of negligence or mal
feasance of office.
Possible Suspension
Another clause , provides for
possible suspension of voting
privileges by the TIM president
if any TIM representative to the
Association of Independent Men
board of governors fails to attend
two consecutive TIM meetings.
The new constitution contains
several provisions aimed at en
abling the members of TIM to
more readily amend the consti
tution.
Several changes were also made
in the by-laws. The president will
be given the power of interum
appointments and a provision has
been added making any by-law
ammendable by a two-thirds ma
jority vote.
Summarizing the proposed
changes, Goodwin said, they are
more a matter of addition and
change in wording than actual
change in law.
Car Applications
Available at HUB
Students who wish to keep
cars on campus this semester may
pick up application blanks at the
Hetzel Union, desk.
Each student who submits an
application will be given a hear
ing by the Association of Inde
pendent Men's car screening com
mittee to determine if the stu
dent has sufficient reason to keep
a car on campus, according to
David Cummings, committee
chairman.
Folk Dancers to Meet
The Interlandia Folk Dancers
will meet at 7:30 tonight in 3
White Hall for a Valentine Party.
The meeting is open to the public.
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PENN STATE
JAZZ CLUB
Presents ...
J. J. Johnson &
Kai Winding Quintet
Schwab Auditorium
Tonight,
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10
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Tickets—S 1.00 On Sale at NUS
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Landscape
Drawings
On Display
The landscape designs of four
students are on display in the
main lounge of the Hetzel Union
Building as part of a circulating
display of the winning entries
in an intercollegiate landscape
design contest.
The display will be on exhi
bition until Feb. 15.
A landscape plan for a general
hospital in the Midwest, submit
ted by Walter Edelen, senior in
horticulture from Erie, received
a first place blue seal in the
hospital landscape category.
Design plans for the garden of
a prospective home, submitted by
Walter D'Alessio of Pittsburgh,
Isadore Lenglet of Patton,, and
Barron Bohnet of Germantown,
are also on display. All three are
seniors in Horticulture.
The display is part of an inter
collegiate landscape design con
test that was held last spring.
Entries were completed by land
scape students of junior rank.
The final designs were submitted
to various colleges for judging,
after which they were moved to
different colleges and universi
ties for exhibition.
The circulating display will be
moved to Washington University
in St. Louis, Missouri, upon com
pletion of its display in the HUB.
Emeritus Award
Given to Banner
Franklin C. Banner, who re
tired last year as head of the
school of journalism and who
will retire on June 30 as profes
sor of journalism, has been con
ferred the title of professor eme
ritus of journalism.
The action was approved'by the
University Board of Trustees in
recognizing Banner's 30 years of
service on the faculty. He came
to the University in 1926 as in
structor in English composition
and in 1931 became head •of the
I department of journalism, now
the School of Journalism.
Forms Available
For AIM Judicial
Application forms for a vacant
position and two alternate posi
tions on the Association of Inde
pendent Men's Judicial Board of
Review are available at the Het
zel Union desk, according to John
McCabe, board chairman.
The applications should be re
turned to the desk by noon to
morrow. The applicants will be
interviewed Sunday by the AIM
interviewing committee, co m
posed of the senior members of
the judicial board. the officers
of AIM, and the AIM faculty ad
visers.
Movie May Replace
Teachers, Lectures
Technicians confidently expect to see the day when a
teacher will dial a movie onto the class' television screen
as readily and as frequently as his students now dial their
favorite channels at home.
Dr. Abram W. VanderMeer, professor of education, and
Dr. C. R. Carpenter, head of the Department of Psychology,
have both conducted research pro
jects on the effects of movies com
pared to lectures as educational
methods.
Dr. VanderMeer, as an experi
ment, took four of Bellefonte's
ninth grade classes in general sci
ence and treated them as if there
were no teachers available. In
film catalogues he found 44 mov
ies that covered the same ground
the teachers would have pre
sented. During the entire term the
students did nothing but look at
these 44 movies. Yet they did sig
nificantly better on their exams
than the classes studying the
subject in ilk old-fashioned way.
In an exam given three
months after completition of the
course the students taught by
movies did 34 per cent better
than other students. From this
Dr. VanderMeer concluded that
the film taught information was
retained longer.
Experts in the field of movie
education say that some instruc
tors may tell the student what to
look for, or he may 'let the picture
speak for itself. He may have a
discussion period afterwards, or
he may assign the movie subject
as a theme topic.
This method of teaching is lim
ited, however, because only about
20 per cent of today's licensed
teachers have been trained to
teach with movies.
Dr. Carpenter has conducted
more than 66 major research
experiments in film studies.
From his study he concludes
that "all our research shows that
learning can be improved when
50 million
times a day
at home, at work
or on the way
There's nothing like a
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West Dorms
To Hold Dance
The West Halls Council an
nounced last night that its an
nual spring dance will be held
April 28 in the Hetzel Union ball.
room. The dance, which will be
open to couples only, will be
semi-formal and will feat u r e
the Association of Independent
Men band.
An amendment providing for
the removal of dress coats at the
Sunday noon meal was added to
the West Halls dress rule..
A gavel will be purchased for
the president of the council. The
gavel, which has a band for the
names of the council presidents,
will be passed on to each suc.
ceeding council.
A member of the council was
appointed to investigate the pos
sibility of installing coke ma
chines in the West Dorm area.
the right films are correctly
used."
Films seem to be only a start,
now, as television classes have
been introduced. The University
has increased the number of
courses given by television this
year, and New York University is
trying the same experiment with
courses by closed circuit televi
sion.
Experts estimate that television
courses will cost about one-half
of the present cost of a lecture
course. They go on to predict that
schools have only dipped their
toes into the electronic age.