TUESDAY. OCTOBER 9.1956 Five Coeds Selected Homecoming Queen Finalists Jt,- ".'■’•iteil.'.r''- Audrey Finney Coronation Set for Thursday At Close of Thespian Show Five coeds have been chosen as tional education from Doyles linalists in the Homecoming town. She is a member of Angel Queen contest from among 60 Flight and the auxiliary chapel candidates for the title. choir and was a member of the The girls and the groups spon- court of last year’s May Queen, soring them] are; Audrey Finney, Miss Reading Finalist Unit I, Thompson Hall; Joyce D iT , Koch, Chi Aiii Ann Lutz. .Sigma Reno sophomore m dra- Fi; Patricia Reno. Delta Chi; and matics from f° re , s 0 t . c H ' 1 ‘ s - a Sally Stauffer, Sigma Nu. runner-up m the 1956 Miss Penn- Miss Finney is a freshman in co fi. tes^, Sh * f lso / home economics from Havertown. f ina^*st . tor the title of Miss Read- She is a member of Gamma Sig- in §_- ai Er. . • ~ , ma, service sorority, and is con- Miss Stauffer, junior m applied nected with Thespiss. arts f «»" Erie, is a- member of p._ , T ' v Kappa Alpha Theta. She was . inallst Last Year named Miss International TV of Miss Koch, senior in elementary 1955 and Miss Miami Marlin of education from Rahway, N.J., was 1956. a finalist in last year’s Home- To Be Crowned Thursday coming Queen contest. She is a The contest is sponsored each member of Kappa Alpha Theta year by Thespians, as a part of a sorority and holds the title of fall variety show. The queen will Fennsy lvania College Queen of be announced and crowned Thurs -1556. . _ day gvening at the close of the Miss Lutz is a junior in recrea- (Continued on page twelve) The... JUNIOR "The Best Dance of the Year' OCTOBER 26 Semi-Formal GET YOUR DATE NOW!! REC HALL Dancing from 9 to 1 THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA Trustees Approve Formation Of New LA Chair of Religion The Board of Trustees has approved the establishment of a chair of religion within the College of the Liberal Arts. The chair will be filled as soon as a qualified professor of religion is found. At present many courses con cerned with religion are offered in departments such as English literature, psychology, philoso phy, and sociology. These courses would not be brought into a sin glet administrative unit under the chair of religion. According to .a faculty commit tee established several years ago to investigate the 'possibilities of $5.00 per Couple Ann Lutz By LYNN WARD Patricia Reno the proposed chair, decentraliza tion of these courses has its ad vantages. Introduction of New Curricula The purpose of the chair would be to introduce new curricula and to coordinate related courses in other departments. The professor of religion would be expected to study courses now offered in re ligion, to recommend additional courses, mergers, or deletions, and to develop a coherent pro gram in religion. The faculty committee feels that the study of religion should be conducted with particular at tention to the relationship be tween religion and psychology, literature, law, science, philoso phy, etc. The committee also feels that the instruction of religion PROM PAGE THREE ...Jr i - i '*s* * jfcr*&£lL “"jar fry -"ift Sally Stauffer should not be limited to any one |of the religions, but should in clude all significant religions. Offered for Intellectual Content The chair of religion will offer courses to students for the intel lectual content, not for evangeli cal purposes. Proposals for an academic pro gram in religion were considered by the late Dr. Hetzel and the jtate Judge Mdholland. Dr. Milton S. Eisenhower, while president of the University, instituted a search for qualified candidates to fill the chair as professor of religion. Areas to be Considered The following areas will be considered for the content of the program of education in religion. [Basic courses, such as: introduc- (Continued on page twelve) >s&,
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