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Entered ci aecond>clasa matter July 5. 1921 at the State College. Pa. Poet Office under the act of March 3. 1679.
MIKE MOYLE. Editor
Deanna Soltis, Asst. Bu*. Mgr.; Steve Higgins, Local Adv.
Sue Conklin. Marni;;ng feditor; Ed Dubbt, City Editor; Fran Mgr.: George Shambaugh, Asst. Local Adv. Mgr.; Marilyn
Fanum, Sport* Ldilur: Berk? Tahm Copy IMitor: Evie Elias. National Adv Mgr.: Don Stohl. Promotion Mgr.: Anne
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rank* Fditoi man. Classified Ad Mgr.: Ruth Hovrland. Sec.: Jane Groff.
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STAFF THIS ISSUE: Night Editor, Pat O’Neil!; Copy Editors, Lianne Cordero, Mickie Cohen; As
sistant'. Jim Tuttle, Mike Dutko, Mary Kelly, Sherry Kennel, Marie Moran, Linda Segar.
Why No Exam Exemptions
A footnote to the tragic demise of the exemp
tion plan foe final examinations can be found in
the Senate p«-v>*iat:ons for Undergraduate .Stu
The footnote is, in itself, somewhat of a para
dox. Perhaps the biggest reason the Educational
Policy subcommittee of the Senate Committee
on Student Aflairs had for refusing the plan
was that these very binding regulations stale
flatly that "no one"—but no one—may be ex
empted from final examinations.
These same regulations state that the instruc
tor has the absolute final say over the student’s
final grade This means a final grade including
the final examination.
The recent exemption plan, which has been
submitted several times in the past to the ad
ministration. was featured by the stipulation
that the decision whether or not to give a final
would be up to the instructor.
Out of all this w; seem lo have a huge para
dox.
If the instructors can give any grade they
please despite final exams, it would follow that
the instructor could then give a student an A
whether or not he took the final.
Senior Class President Joseph Hartnett
brought the idea of allowing the instructor to
make the decision before the Senate subcom
mittee and because no student could
be excused from final examinations, among
other reasons.
The large loophole in the administration’s
reasoning appears if you take the extreme case
Aggies: Keep Up The Good Work
The Agriculture Student Council stands out
to us as the most efficient and most effective
student council at the University.
Perhaps the most important single reason for
its overall effectiveness is that it is set up on a
representative basis. Whereas most of the col
lege councils are composed of members who are
elected from the student body of that college
at large, the representatives in the Agriculture
Student Council are officers from the various
clubs under the college.
The president of each of the clubs is a mem
ber of the council and, according to the member
ship of the club, one or more other representa
tives are sent from the club. Because ot this type
of representaiion the members of the council
are able to maintain a relationship with the
student body of the college. There is an inter
action of ideas between the council and the
students. Therefore the council represents the
students in reality rather than in conversation
like so many of the other councils do.
Another advantage of the setup is that the
council can take an active part in almost all of
the college or club functions. The students too,
since they hear council news regularly at their
club meetings, can influence the council and
have their vote considered.
We must'also compliment the council mem
bers on the meetings. Occasionally an alternate
appears, but this is the exception not the rule.
Tomorrow
PENN STATE KNCIXKKK Circulation Staff, 7p.m.
Election Group Award Honors Soc Prof Writes
May Change Late Trustee
es ff* f* m ! A scholarship fund in memory'°£ sociology, has contributed a
Oil ICQ bVStem lof the late John N. Forker, trustee, cha .P ter ,a , th f volume of a
Wi MW , of , he University from 1943 untii: senes entitled “International So-
All-University Elections Com-', his death last September, has, clo '°§. !ca ‘ Studies published m
mittee yesterday discussed an al- been established at the Uni vers- Spain, under the
ternating elections plans to re-lity. ( °f the Instituto “Balmes.”
place the present rotating system.! Known as the John Norman' Her 36-page chapter, “Current
Under the new plan, indepen-: Forker Memorial Scholarship in Trends in American Sociology,”
dents would hold the offices of: Engineering, the award will make deals mainly with new develop
freshman and junior president ij t possible for outstanding high ments in the theory and tech
and sophomore and senior vicei sc h 0 graduates to enroll at thei n td ues of sociological research
president. Fraternity men would! University and to remain if lhey: and gives special emphasis to the
hold the offices of senior and;continueto show promise 'gathering, organization and inter
sophomore president and fresh-: The student receiving the schol-> retin S of sociol °g ical data
men and junior vice president. ; arship will be enrolled as a fresh- j Contributors to the book fo
under the present system, an' man j n o ne of the engineering eluded leading sociologists in the
independent holds an office of.curriculums. He will be chosen United States, England, France,
president or vice president of his'on the basis of scholarship, char-i Spain, Italy and Germany.
class one year and is replaced byjacter and financial need Prefer-i
a fraternity man the following.ence will be given to Pennsylvania Prof Beams 10th Year
year. 'residents. Students at centers are - j.:. S Vi, i
The only change suggested in.also eligible. Editing Coal Journal
the election of All-University of-' The award will be supported by : Theodore S. Spicer, professor of
ficers was that All-University {interest from the initial grant fuel technology, is starting his
president and secretary-treasurer:and from other contributions that temil - vear as associate editor of
be the same (both either frater- may be added from time to time.i Utllizatlon > The Magazine of Coal
nity or independent). If frater- jUses.
nity men hold the offices one I Sixty-five telephone trunk lines! A member of the staff since its
year, independent men would;connect the University residence!initial publication in 1948, he has
hold the offices the followingjhall phones with downtown State : contributed over 40 technical arti
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DAVE RICHARDS. Business Manager
of an instructor who didn’t want his “B-or
better" students taking finals. He could just
arrange things with the class whereby those
people who had a B or above merely “wouldn’t
worry about the required final exam.”
We don’t want to pul naslv thoughts into
anyone's mind but we are only pointing out
what we feel is an inadequacy in the Senate
regulations especially as they were presented
as an argument against the Senior Class Ad
visory Board plan.
Other comments on the decision (if that is
what the refusal could be termed) must include
the part about the exemption being part of a
long-range liberal education plan.
The only thing we can say about the fact that
the plan had been presented many times before
is this; This doesn’t* constitute a strong argu
ment against any plan; it only seems to say
that the plan can never be put into effect.
You've got lo start somewhere: there's always
a first time.
As usual, the student hopes have gone down
the drain. The footnoting will have no effect
now. The decision has been made. Another at
tempt will be made to the Senate proper but
it has been admitted that it has little chance
by the plan’s sponsors
The administration probably has it's own
plans for exam exemptions and we are con
vinced that it doesn't include any participation
by any students. So, once again a bright student
government plan has been nipped in the bud.
—The Editor
The members of the council are present on time,
and the meeting starts promptly. Neal dress
and a business like manner add to the general
atmosphere of the meeting.
Some other good points of the council meet
ings are that the members use an agenda regu
larly, and they use parliamentary procedure,
but not to the point that it is a hindrance to
the ability to get business accomplished.
Committee reports are written, given on time,
given in a precise manner, and include the es
sentials. Many of the members take notes on
the meeting which enables them to carry the
important business back to their clubs, and it
also means that they can review the previous
meeting before a new one starts.
The discussion is usually intelligent, well or
ganized, and without repetition. This, particular
ly, is not common on some other councils. Mem
bers are courteous to each other during debates
and attempt to bring out new and good points
for or against the topic under discussion.
Generally speaking the council is able to come
to an accurate decision in fairly short order and
without haggling.
We think that during the past few years
the Agriculture Student Council has served its
student body well and has given it Ihe kind
of efficient representation to which every stu
dent should be entitled.
Gazette
Hetzel Union
SKI MEET v. ith Lehigh University, Laurel Mountain slopes
Little Man on Campus
The spring semester has finally rolled around and along
with it a more than substantial'dose of Penn State ‘wet
walking weather.’ Luckily, the 'Dead Sea' beside Mac Allister
Hall has been erased, but numerous other spots on campus
are vying for the title.
powers - that -be care, especially
the University seems to like
the idea of hosing off the walks
when the water is the deepest.
An incident of this type oc
curred ihis week in front of the
HUB. A workman, standing on'
a high level, was hosing off lhe
curved sidewalks. The students,
traversing to class on a low lev
el (naiurally), were doing ev
erything but swimming. One
irate coed muttered, "There's
not enough water. They have
to get out the hose!"
But as Mark Twain said, “Ev
eryone talks about the weather,
but no one does anything about
it.” It’s the same with Penn State
sidewalks.
While in the vicinity of Mac-
Allister Hall a rather humorous
incident occurred. The waiters
in the Mac Allister Dining Hall
saw fit to dedicate one of the
tables in the hall io a campus
figure who has long used that
particular dining hall as a
prime target. A card on the
table read The Sue Conklin
Memorial Table.
—Sue Conklin
Then there’s the story making
the rounds which is rather derog
atory to the noble Penn State
coed.
It happened, so the story runs,
when two student Romeos set
out to one of the local night
spots (outside of Stale College,
logically) to have an evening of
drinking and dancing with the
local talent.
After a short time one. of the
pair bet the other that he couldn’t
pick-up a girl. The other took him j
up on the offer and the bet was*
on. A'fter selecting a ‘Victim’ our
hero swung into action.
He smoothly asked her to
dance three or four limes and
then suavely suggested that
they step outside. "Wadda ya
think I am," ihe girl retorted
belligerently, "a Penn Stale
coed?"
Our hero is now wiser—and
several dollars poorer.
Another bit of wisdom is of
fered by the Lehigh Brown and
White: It concerns a young man;
who just received his college de-!
gree and rushed out and said,
“Here I am world; I have an AB!”
And the world replied, “Sit down
son, and I’ll teach you the Test of
the. alphabet.”
' —so tired today I almost fell asleep in class."
'Round the Rim
With Wet-Wnlking’,
Coeds And Wisdom
I suppose it’s just wishful thinking that any of the
SATURDAY: FEBRUARY 9. 1957,
by Bibler
.By BECKY ZAHM
Two Profs
To Retire
With Titles
Dr. Donald S. Cryder, professor
and head of the Department of
'Chemical Engineering, and Sybil
D. Emerson, professor of art edu
cation, will retire on June 30
with emeritus rank.
Dr. Cryder, who is a native of
Tyrone, received' his bachelor of
science degree in industrial chem
istry in 1920 at the University
where he also received his mas
ter of science degree in 1923. He
received a master of science de
gree m 1929 and in 1930, a doctor
of science degree, both from Mas
sachusetts Institute of Technol
ogy.
On Faculty Since 1920
Appointed to the chemistry fac
ulty in 1920, Dr. Cryder was
chosen in 1948 .to head the newly
created Department of Chemical
Engineering.
[ Miss Emerson, who was born in
[Worcester, Mass., received her
[bachelor of science degree in edu
cation from Ohio State 'Univer
sity. She also studied art in San
Francisco and in Paris.
Taught in High School
She began her teaching career
in New York high schools, then
taught in high schools in San
iFrancisco, and at Lycoming Col
lege, before her appointment to
i the faculty at the University in
1942.
Miss Emerson’s career has in
cluded free-lance designing, deco
rating, painting, textile designing,
writing and the illustrating of
children books. She has exhibited,
in Paris, Chicago, San Francisco,
Los Angeles, New York, Philadel
phia and other major cities. Last
summer she designed and direct
ed the making of the dossal that
■ hangs in the meditation chapel
of the Helen Eakin Eisenhower
j Chapel.
Elections Committee
The All-University Election*
Committee will meet at 2 p.m.
Tuesday in The Daily Collegia*
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