FRIDAY. MARCH 23.11956
Better Quality in Frosh
Predicted by Bernreuter
A better quality of freshman with a better chance of sticking out four years at the
University has been predicted for this fall by Dr. Robert G. Bernreuter, director of psy
chology clinic.
This, Dr. Bernreuter told the University chapter of the American Association of Uni
versity Professors in a speech Wednesday night, should result from the higher entrance
requirements established by the University and the new freshmen counseling program being
offered to incoming freshmen for
the first time.
The University has tightened
its admittance requirements by
making students in the third-fifth
of their high school class take an
entrance examination, he said.
Entrance tests before were re
quired only of students in the
fourth- and fifth-fifths of their
graduating class.
The new counseling program,
optional to freshmen for $17.50
fee, is expected to better elim
inate the poor first semester
than the program previously
conducted during Orientation
Week, Dr. Bernreuier said.
In the past a freshman could
not know his chances for remain
ing at the University in the
course he chose until toward the
end of his first semester, when
the results of Orientation Week
tests were tabulated, he said.
Under the new counseling sys
tem, he said, the student will
know the results of these tests
before he enters his first class,
giving him an opportunity to
change curriculums before a poor
first semester.
A student who has register
ed for the counseling program
will go to the nearest Univer
sity center to his home some
time in the latter pari of April
for a full day of testing.
Then, probably some time in
May, the student and his parents
will be asked to come to the cam
pus to have the results of the
tests interpreted.
At this time the student would
be able to visit the college in
if he so desires, after seeing the
results of the tests, Dr. Bemreu
ter said.
Besides being told the results
of the tests, the student will also
be abl eto visit the college in
which he is enrolled, speak with
either the dean of men or the
dean of women, talk to his faculty
advisor or another member of the
department or school in which he
is enrolled, and tour the campus
with his parents.
Dr. Bernreuier expects about
30 per cent of the freshman
class will take their tests before
Orientation Week.
Another anticipated result of
the early testing, he said, is
that the students will be able
to tell where they are deficient.
He hopes English composition 0
and Mathematics 2 and 4 will be
scheduled for post-Summer ses
sions, enabling students deficient
in English or mathematics to take
these “preparatory” courses at
that time.
Announcing the
Opening of the
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348 L College Ave.
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37 Candidates Enter
Ugiy Man Contest
A total of 37 men have been entered as candidates in the
Ugly Man contest. The deadline for submitting names of can
didates was yesterday at the Hetzel Union desk.
Yesterday’s additions to the list of candidates are:
Dudley Potter, Beta Theta Pi; Lloyd Arms, Delta Tau
Fund Bill-
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and particularly an appropria
tions bill."
Sen. Hays indicated there were
possibly some objections voiced
on the University’s increase. He
said other senators he had talked
with were “quite hopeful” the in
crease would be approved.
There has been no comment
from University officials on the
appropriations development. Dr.
Eisenhower has been out of town
on an Alumni Fund tour.
"All we know is what we read
in the papers,” a University offi
cial said.
Meantime, there was another
angle reported by the Associated
Press shortly after noon yester
day.
Sen. Rowland B. Mahany (R-
Crawford) said the Senate has
suggested that officials of the
University make a new study of
tuition rates with a view to in
creasing them:
"If the University can raise
some more money, then we (the
Legislature) won’t have to pro
vide so much,” Sen. Mahany told
a newsman. ■
Sen. Mahany noted in particu
lar the fees charged out-of-state
students at the University.
Out-of-state students at the
University pay higher fees than
students from Pennsylvania fami
lies but the question has been
raised as to whether the fees are
high enough.
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
Delta; Roger Beidler, Theta Delta
Chi; William Moyer, Delta Upsi-|
Ion; Peter Kiefer, Kappa Delta]
Rho; Robert Taylor, Beaver
House; Thomas Nally, Sigma Chi:
Leo Tarkett, Phi Kappa.
William Oberly, Pi Kappa Phi;
(Stephen Haky, Sigma Nu; Marion
Jackson, Phi Epsilon Pi; Clyde
iMiller, Delta Sigma Phi; Samuel
Powell, Phi Sigma Delta; Gerald
Fried, Alpha Epsilon Pi; Frank
Foster, Phi Delta Theta; and Eu
gene Gyder, Triangle.
Three Events Planned
The Ugly Man contest will be
held April 17 to 19, two weeks be
fore Spring Week. The th'ree-day
event will consist of the Ugly
Man parade on Tuesday, April 17;
individual campaigning on the
Mall. Wednesday and Thursday;
and the final judging at the Het
zel Union ballroom Thursday
night, April 19.
The parade will begin at the
ice-skating rink parking lot, move
along Pollock road, and over Bur
rowes road to the parking lot be
hind the Pattee library.
Voting to Be by Pennies
Voting by penny vote will be
held from 8 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. Wed
nesday and 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Thursday. Campaigns will be con
fined to the Mall and will be held
from 12 to 12:30 p.m. and 5 to
5:30 pm., both Wednesday and
Thursdav.
Final judging will be held at
6:30 p.m. Thursday in the HUB
ballroom. Seven finalists will be
selected from the highest number
of votes. Added to the votes will
be a 500-point bonus to each of
the three best floats in the parade.
The World at a Glance
Democrats Seek High Farm Aid
WASHINGTON, March 22 (A”) —Democratic leaders in Congress
decided today to go all out for higher price supports in the farm
bill despite hints of a presidential veto.
They appeared to be encouraged by the big Democrat nr vote
piled up in Tuesday's presidential primary vote in Minnesota. The
farm issue is red hot there, though there is an argument between
Republicans and Democrats as to how much the issue influenced
the voting.
After a talk with House Speaker Sam Rayburn (D -TVx.l, Sen
ate Majority Leader Johnson of Texas announced ihe Democrats
will insist on boosting the price level at which the government
now supports basic crops.
Higher Railroad Passenger Fares Predicted
WASHINGTON, March 22 iA*)—-Higher railroad passenger fares
today appeared likely for the country generally.
A 5 per cent advance was in early prospect for the entire
West and the Eastern states north of the Ohio and Potomac rivers.
The Eastern and Western railroads notified the Interstate Com
merce Commission they propose to hike their basic passenger rates
effective May 1.
The ICC said it is launching a general investigation into the
huge operating losses which the tailroads have reported from pas
senger operations since the end of World War 11.
Negro Minister Convicted of Boycott Violation
MONTGOMERY. Ala., March 22 (A’) —The first of the Negro
bus boycott leaders, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., was convicted
today. Defense attorneys immediately began an appeal that may
lead ultimately to the U S. Supreme Court.
King. 27-year-o)d pastoi of the Dexter Avenue Baptist church,
i was fined $5OO, plus $5OO court costs for violation of Alabama's
seldom-used antiboycott law for his part in the 17-week-old boycott
against segregated city buses.
GOP Argues Social Security Change too Costly
WASHINGTON, March 22 (A*) —The Eisenhower administration
argued today that proposed Social Security changes, especially af
fecting women and disabled persons, would cost the taxpayers
too much.
The case of
the missing housewife
There’s a roast cooking to perfection in the
electric range. Ice cream is being made—in the
refrigerator. Coffee is percolating. The chil
dren’s play clothes are being washed clean as
new. But there's no one in the kitchen!
One clue solves the case electricity. It
works automatically mother doesn’t have to
stay in her kitchen. Right now, she’s attending
a P.T.A. meeting. And when she gets home,
the dinner will be ready, the laundry don el
Another clue—electricity works at low
wages costs less than 20 cents a day for the
average family. Isn’t it by far the biggest bar
gain in your family budget? The men and
women in your electric company are constantly
working to keep it that way.
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