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Restrictions Announced
On Off-Campus Living
The Board of Trustees has approved a policy requiring men living off campus, un
less in their own homes, to live in rooming houses inspected and approved by the University.
University representatives will inspect downtown rooming houses and fraternities for
conditions of health, sanitation, fire safety, minimum housing requirements and terms and
conditions of occupancy. I
The new policy will be put into effect as soon as feasible, according to Frank J. Simes,
dean of men. It is an extension
of a program begun in 1953 with
a voluntary inspection of off-cam
pus living facilities.
Checked Last Year
Last year volunteer teams front
the Alpha Fire Co. of State Col
lege cheeked rooming houses and
fraternities m several areas of the
borough as part of a borough
wide inspection for possible fire
hazards.
No definite time has been set
for the beginning or completion
of the inspection, according to
Harold W. Perkins, assistant dean
of men.
The process of inspection will
be gradual, he said. Students will
not be asked to move this se
mester.
To Determine Facilities
Simes said the new policy will
help students get adequate off
campus housing and will enable
the University to determine fu
ture housing needs.
As housing facilities are a fac
tor limiting enrollment, Simes
said, it is essential to the growing
needs of the University to know
exactly the number of downtown
housing facilities available.
Inspection Invited
Under the program begun in
1953, representatives from the
dean of men's office at the invi
tation of householders have in
spected some downtown rooming
houses. Houses approved are list
ed for student reference.
The policy now approved for
men is similar to a policy used
prior to World War II when many
women lived in approved down
town rooming houses.
Other colleges and universities
require school approval of off
campus housing.
Dietician Joins
Home Ec Staff
Clarice D. GulUckson, dietetic
specialist for the Veterans Ad
ministration for the past 20 years,
has joined the staff of the College
of Home Economics.
As professor of hotel and insti
tutional administration, Miss Gul
lickson will direct a program of
research and service in dietary
departments of various institu
tions in the state.
Prior to leaving her position
with the Veterans Administra
tion, Miss Gullickson was pre
sented the Veterans Administra
tion’s Superior Accomplishment
Award and an outstanding effi
ciency rating for developing a
change in dietetic food and cost
accounting from a manual opera
tion to an electrical operation.
Play Tryouts Set
For February 6, 7
Tryouts for the Experimental
Theatre production of “Precious
Bane" to be presented March 19,
20 and 21, will be held at 7 p.m.
tomorrow and Thursday in 107
Willard.
The play, which will be direct
ed by Mark Wallace, graduate stu
dent in theatre arts from Bristol,
was adapted by Warren Smith,
associate professor of theater arts,
from a novel about Shropshire
country folk by Mary Webb.
Copies of the script are avail
able for reading in the Green
room in Schwab Auditorium.
Rush Registration
To Be Continued
Sorority formal rushing regis
tration will be held over until
noon todav.
Coeds wishing to register for
rush should report to the dean
of women’s office. They are to
bring their transcripts and the $1
registration fee.
Three hundred and- fifty coedr
registered during the first three
days.
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USED BOOKS and linei of students can be seen all week in the
Helzel Union cardroom.
ÜBA Lowers Rates;
Charges Cut in Half
Increased business has enabled the Used Book Agency to
reduce its handling charge from 20 cents to 10 cents.
Under the new rates, buyer and seller will each pay a
10-cent service charge as opposed to a previous rate of 20
cents each. The agency will accomplish collection by raising
by 10 cents the quoted price of the
book and paying the seller 10
j cents less than the quoted price.
As before, there will be no
handling charge if a book is not
sold. ;
The new price will continue to
be in effect unless there is a great!
unexpected drop in student sup
port of the ÜBA.
No Handling Charge
Tentative plans are that event
ually the operations will not cost
the student anything, according
to Mark Levine, spokesman for
the Book Exchange and the .Used
Book Agency.
The BX is now under a self
service system, on an experi
mental system. At present it is not
as efficient as it was hoped to be.
However, it is impossible to tell
how the new system will work
out because of the increased busi
ness during the first weeks of the
semester, Levine said.
Levine said that in speaking
with the students they felt that
the new self-service system is
better than the old one.
Self Service
Under this system, the student
picks out the articles he wishes
to buy and then takes them to the
clerk. This gives the student a
chance to have a better look at
the merchandise and he does not
have to wait for other customers.
The ÜBA will not receive any
more books to be sold. It will con
tinue to sell books until noon Fri
day in the Hetzel Union cardroom.
The hours for the ÜBA are 9 a.m.
to 9 p.m. Tuesday. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Wednesday and Thursday, and 9
a.m. to noon Friday.
The BX will be opened from 5
a.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday. It’s regu
lar hours, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
weekdays and 9 a.m. to noon
Saturday, will be in effect for the
-emainder of the semester
The ÜBA will start to return
money and books Feb. 18 in the
Hetzel Union cardroom. Failure
to claim money or books within
10 days of this date will result
in forfeiture.
Painting Scheme
Brightens Return
Of Collegian Staff
The Daily Collegian cityroom
was a little brighter yesterday
when staffers returned to work
after a long mid-semester layoff.
The cityroom, where most of
this newspaper’s copy is written
and edited, was painted over the
vacation.
Physical Plant painters must
have gone wild when they wielded
their brushes, for three walls are
painted yellow and brown and
the fourth, green and brown. The
ceiling is white.
None of the shades could be
classified “dull.”
The cityroom was included in
the Carnegie Hall paint project,
a move to brighten up some of
the classrooms and offices in the
building, one of the oldest on
campus.
Frosh Board Will Meet
The Freshman Class Advisory
Board will meet at 7:30 tonight
in 209 Hetzel Union to discuss
plans for a class dance.
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“THE RAINMAKER”
Starts Friday—
University Aid Approved
For IFC Buying Program
The formation of an Interfraternity Council-sponsored
cooperative buying program moved a step closer to reality
with the announcement yesterday that the Board of Trustee*
has authorized University officials to counsel with fraterni
ties on buying problems.
j Under the board’s action, var
ious departments of the Univer
sity would be available for con
sultation with an IFC buying
agency and could assist in the
audit of its books.
Such an agency has been pro
posed by IFC officers to assume
the food-buying functions of the
Fraternity Marketing Association,
which will suspend operations by
the end of the semester.
Letter from Land
The board’s action was taken
in response to a letter from IFC
President Daniel Land requesting
University aid and official recog
nition for the proposed organiza
tion.
Although the board did not spe
cifically grant University sanc
tion to the IFC program, it helped
clear the way for the University
Senate Committee on Student
Welfare to charter the planned
organization, if it is established
by IFC.
Cites Rising Costs
In his letter, Land said that
“today’s costs are rising so rapid
ly that in the very near future
fraternity living will be priced
beyond the reach of the average
student, upon whom the frater
nities have depended for their
members,” unless some force, such
as cooperative buying program,
arrests these rising costs.
The proposed program has been
described as similar to the pre
sent FMA, but under closer IFC
control. Eventual expansion of
the categories of buying to in
clude most of the needs of frat
ernities has been suggested as a
natural development for the plan
in the future.
FMA Voted Suspension
FMA voted to suspend opera
> tions by the end of last semester
after IFC defeated an association
backed amendment to the coun
i cil’s constitution which would
I have made membership in FMA
mandatory for all council mem
; bers.
But the association’s Board of
Trustees last month agreed to
continue operations this semester
until IFC can establish a program
of its own. The board members
agreed to the extension of opera
tions after Land assured them
that the project would be finan
cially underwritten by IFC and
pledged the council’s support to
effect “an orderly transfer of
buying functions.”
Physics Dept. Gets
Grant of $3OOO
The Department of Physics has
received a $3OOO grant from the
E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Co.,
Wilmington, Del.
It will be used to support re
search in the department concern
ing the relation of physical prop
erties of high polymers to their
molecular structure.
Several members of the Depart
ment of Physics are doing re
search in this field. They include
Dr. John A. Sauer, professor and
head of the department; Dr. Ed
win R. Fitzgerald, associate pro
fessor, and Dr. Richard Work and
Dr. Nicholas Fuschillo, assistant
professors.
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TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 5. 1957
By 808 FRANKLIN
Kenworthy
Named Aide
To Walker
Wilmer E. Kenworthy, who has
been serving temporarily as ad
ministrative assistant to the presi
dent of the University since the
resignation of Keith Spalding on
Oct. 1, has been named executive
assistant to the president.
He will continue to serve as
director of student affairs. Ken
worthy was also coordinator of
scholarships, but this duty will
now be taken over by George N.
P. Leetch, in addition to his pre
sent position as director of the
University Placement Service.
On President's Staff
Kenworthy has served on the
staff of the president of the Uni
versity since 1937 when he was
named executive secretary to the
late Dr. Ralph Dorn Hetzel. In
1939, when the office of student
affairs was organized, he was
named assistant to the president
in charge of student affairs.
A native of Richmond, Ind.,
Kenworthy was graduated from
the Westtown School, and re
ceived his bachelor of arts degree
in liberal arts from Earlham Col
lege.
Was Commercial Agent
Before his appointment to the
staff at the University, he was a
commercial agent for the New
York Telephone Co.. Brooklyn.
N.Y.; with the advertising depart
ment of Conrad-Pyle Co., West
Grove; assistant secretary of the
American Rose Society, West
Grove; with the public relations
division of the Republican Na
tional Committee in New York,
N.Y.; a secretary with The Texas
Oil Co., New York, N.Y.; and as
sistant to the director and publi
cation manager of Carl Schurz
Memorial Foundation, Philadel
phia.
Students to Attend
Religious Meeting
Marjorie Harris, junior in arts
and letters from New Castle, and
Dianne Herold, junior in. home
economics from Bradford, will at
tend the fifth annual Conference
on Religious Vocations for College
Students in New York City this
weekend.
■ The conference will draw ap
proximately. 75 women students
representing colleges and uni
versities in 16 states. The women
will be given an opportunity te
consider positions which are’open
to women in the Christian Church
and related fields, including teach
ing and YMCA work.
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