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Tests
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Freshmen <
versity for tl
entering the Uni
lie Fall semester
ed to participate
istration testing
ig program.
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iser of failing stu
uide them into the
m, was offered for
last summer on an
i. Officials were
results.
will be requi
in a pre-re|
and counselor
The prograr
duce the num
dents and to
right curriculi
the first time
optional basi
pleased by the
The expand
proved by the
versity, also p
:d pregram, as ap
rrustees of the Uni
ovides for the con
ounseling for stu
out their freshman
tinuation of
dents through
ndicale Course
Tests to
The new plan will consist of
tests designed to indicate whether
the field of stjidy the student has
chosen will offer him the best op
portunities; whether the student
is likely tty make satisfactory
grades in the field he has chosen;
and whether he should plan on a
four-year or two-year program.
The tests will also indicate
whether or not the student needs
extra help in mathematics, Eng
lish or reading before starting the
semester. A fee of $17.50 will be
charged for the testing and coun
seling program.
Dr. Robert G. Bemreuter, direc
tor, of the division of counseling,
said that the tests will be offered
in 41 Pennsylvania cities, begin
ning April 13.
Interview to Follow
. Results of the tests will be out
lined to the incoming freshmen
during an interview to be held
this summer at the University or
at one of the University centers.
Parents are urged to accompany
the student to the interview so
that they can learn more about
the field of work the student has
chosen. Information on living fa
cilities can also be obtained at
that time.
Dr. Bemreuter explained that
last year 1,116 students elected to
participate in the counseling pro
gram and that 310 of these
changed their choice of curricu
lum after their counseling inter
view.
He pointed out that students
who participated in the counsel-
(Continued on page twelve)
Congress Hits Playwright
With Contempt Charges
WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 (/¥) —Playwright Arthur Miller,
41, was indicted on contempt of Congress charges today for
refusing to identify fellow writers with whom he attended
Communist party meetings in 1947.
The indictment, returnee
charged Miller unlawfully refused
to answer two questions when he
appeared before the House Com
mittee on Un-American Activi
ties last June 21.
Through his Washington attor
ney, Joseph L. Rauh Jr., Miller
issued a statement saying his re
fusal to “name certain persons
who were present at a meeting of
authors” was based “on grounds
of conscience.”
Denies Being Communist
When. he appeared before the
committee last June 21 Miller de
nied he had ever been a Commu
nist, but conceded he had been
associated with a number of Com
munist-front groups in the past.
He testified he was present at five
or six meetings of Communist
authors in New York in 1947.
He told the committee he
“would not support now a cause
dominated by Communists,” but
insisted "my conscience will not
STATE COLLEGE. PA., TUESDAY MORNING. FEBRUARY 19, 1957
Burglars Steal $l3OO from
Frosh Flaunt
Bathing Suits
In February
Apparently some students don’t
believe the old adage “You can’t
change the weather,” or maybe
the reason is just early spring
restlessness.
On a $5 dare, Richard Breth,
freshman in business administra
tion from Clearfield, ran from
Watts Hall to Willard Hall Satur
day afternoon—scantily clad in
flowered bathing trunks, with a
sign reading “Watts Sets the
Pace,” and a paper sack covering
his head.
Crowds of snowball-throwing
students gathered to cheer on
the mad sprint, instigated by a
Watts Hall group. •
And it seems that Watts did
set the pace, for a few minutes
later five Thompson Hall coeds
paraded into Waring snack bar
nervously clutching their long,
tightly buttoned coats.
Underneath they were wear
ing, not skirls and sweaters like
other clean-cut University coeds,
but bathing suits.
If the West Halls students are
wearing bathing attire in Febru
ary, what will they be wearing in
July?
Incorrect Fees
To Be Adjusted
Fee adjustment for students
who over- or under-paid will be
made about March 1, according to
David C. Hogan Jr., bursar.
The bills will be sent to stu
dents’ homes, Hogan said, except
in the case of veterans. The bur
sar’s office will try to send vet
erans’ bills to their campus
addresses. Students who were
awarded scholarships for this se
mest- r also will have fee adjust
ments made early in March.
The bursar’s office will con
tinue its policy of paying student
employes on the 10th and 25th of
each month, Hogan said. The of
fice is open from 8 to 12 a.m.
Monday through Friday. If the
pay date should fall on a week
end, he said, students may collect
their checks on the preceding Fri
day.
by a federal grand jury,
permit me to use the name of an
other person and bring trouble to
him.”
If convicted, Miller faces a sen
tence up to a year in jail and
a $l,OOO fine.
Nathan Also Indicted
The same grand jury also re
turned an indictment today
against Dr. Otto Nathan, executor
of the estate of the late Albert
Einstein, on four charges of con
tempt of Congress.
Among questions the German
born Nathan refused to answer be
fore the Committee on Un-Ameri
can Activities last June 12 was
whether he had ever been a mem
ber of the Communist party. He
also refused to say whether an
affidavit filed with the State De
partment in 1953 was true or
false. Nathan filed the sworn
statement in connection with a
passport application* ..
FOR A BETTER PENN STATE
Purpose of Religion
Outlined by Weigel
The Rev. Gustave Weigel S.J., in a speech before the
Brotherhood Banquet last night, denounced the modern idea
that the purpose of religion is to bring peace and order to
society.
Fr. Weigel cautioned against the theory that religion is
important only in that it brings
benefits to society. Social bene
fits will be the result of religion,
he said, but its purpose is to “bow
to God ”
Fr. Weigel addressed the fourth
annual Brotherhood Banquet, at
tended by students, faculty mem
bers, and townspeople. The ban
quet, held in the Hetzel Union
ballroom, was in observance of
National Brotherhood Week.
Desire for Peace Cited
Fr. Weigel, a professor of ec
clesiology at Woodstock College,
School of Divinity, Woodstock,
Md., began his address by point
ing out the great desire for peace
in the world. He described the
type of peace created in some
countries by a police state, saying
that the kind of peace the free
world wants “is the kind that
makes for freedom, not kills it.”
This peace, he said, cannot be
dictated by a government, but
must be spontaneous. He posed
religion as the only method of
creating this spontaneous desire
for peace. i
Change in Thinking
Fr. Weigel explained the change'
in thinking since the 30’s, whenj
science was thought to be thei
answer to all the world’s ills.
Now, he said, the importance of
religion is recognized. “Men of
science and of faith are equally
agreed that we need both for the
salvation of man,” he said.
But, Fr. Weigel said, modern
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Poor Weather
Greets Lion
A chilly mixture of rain and
snow greeted a still-slightly-grog-j
gy Nittany Lion this morning as!
he poked his nose through his
den doorway to survey the wea
ther.
After a heart;-
breakfast oi
Pittsburgh pan
ther meat servei
on a newly-ar
quired sturd
oak table, the Li
on embarked 01
a search to.
wood to replen
ish his dwindlin/
fireplace suppl;
The weather
man says rain i
snow will dog
through the Nil.
and the temperature
to stay below 40 degrees.
But late tonight the Lion’s,
friends will relax beside a warm'
fire and regale with laughter to
his tales of an isolated mountain
hideaway, a big black bear and;
his rollicking companions, and a
“lost week” never to be forgotten.
Walker ‘Lobby l
Dies In Council
President Eric A. Walker last
night assured the borough council,
of which he is a member, that he
yas not lobbying for a “Walker
Lane” in State College.
Dr.-Walker’s motive for asking]
was not lobbying for a “Walker
name of new streets in the bor
ough was questioned humorously
by another member of council.
Dr. Walker assured the mem
bers that he was not leading a
crusade for- State College im
mortality by the appearance of
“Walker Lane."
By DICK DRAYNE
Rev. Gustave Weigel
Brotherhood Speaker
Injured Student
Reported Better
Ira Starer, graduate student ini
chemistry from Brooklyn, N.Y.,i
who was injured in a laboratory!
explosion Feb. 12, is reported to I
be in satisfactory condition today |
at the University Hospital. i
Starer suffered second degree i
burns of his entire body. His legs!
and left hand were severely
burned.
Robert Etter, graduate student
in chemistry from Chambersburg,
who was in the laboratory at the
time of the explosion, exting
uished the blaze.
Dr. Herbert R. Glenn, director
of Health Service, described Star
er’s condition as better than he
expected from the severity of the
burns, but said he still has many
weeks of hospitalization ahead.
Hungarian Drive Collects
Under $7 From Students
Only $6.80, “a very disappointing response,” was collected
from students during the Hungarian Student Assistance fund
drive yesterday.
Leonard Richards, All-University secretary-treasurer
and student coordinator of the drive, said the amount collected
showed “a very disappointing re-
sponse, but the committee has groups, asking for contributions,
complete faith that the Hungar- Dr. Shaler will speak at the
ian students will be taken carejhat societies council meeting to
of.” night in the HUB. The council
The offering from last Sunday’s (will be asked to work with the
chapel service was donated to the (National Student Association to
assistance fund but the total i set up a committee to contact the
amount of the offering has not campus organizations,
been tabulated. The committee would include
The committee also has col-|NSA members and representa
lectei approximately $6O in tives from the hat societies,
checks from townspeople. The planning committee of the
S3lOO Set as Goal ILiberal Arts Student Council will
The goal set for the drive was recommend to the council tonight
$3llO. Today was the only day that funds be given for the drive,
of collection, with solicitors at the Council Will Vole
Comer Room, the Mall bulletin Richard Shriger, president, said
board, and the Hetzel Union base- the council will vote on the pro
ment. jposed donation.
Dr. Amos' J. Shaler, professorj The offering taken in the chap
of meteorology and head of the: el service Sunday in Schwab Aud
recently formed subcommittee onjitorium will be contributed to the
Hungarian students, said letters:drive. Chemistry and Physics
will be sent to all University or-[Student Council has given $lOO
ganizations, including socia li to the fund.
Matt
Roc HaH
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AChißho
Furnishings,
Clothes Taken
In Early Raid
Burglars carried out $l3OO
in clothing and furniture from
.Alpha Chi Rho fraternity
house at 425 Locust Lane
early Sunday morning.
George Cascio, senior in elec
trical engineering from Scranton,
president of the house, said the
theft occurred sometime between
3 and 6 a.m. Sunday. It was not
I discovered until about 7 a.m.
| when the cook came to work and
found the first floor of the house
ransacked.
Called Police
She notified some of the men
living in the house who then
called the police and began to
count the loss.
Among the things stolen were
10 overcoats, ranging in cost from
$3O to $75; six lamps, valued at
about $5O each; two end tables,
worth about $140; and a phono
graph-radio combination, esti
mated at about $l5O.
A high fidelity set was also
| taken from the house. The owner
[valued it at about $2BO, plus all
[of his own work that went into
i its construction.
Ralph W. Farmer, State College
patrolman, who is investigating
I the theft, said no definite names
of suspects can be given out at
this time, but that they do have
some leads.
Clue Found
An important clue in the case
is a footprint left on the arm of a
chair that seems to have been
; made by a sneaker-type shoe.
;This chair is located directly un
ider the spot where the hi-fi set
[was mounted.
Patrolman Farmer said they
can be pretty sure that it was no
[prank by another fraternity, but
[even if it turns out that it is,
there will be charges of larceny
and burglary brought against the
persons responsible.
LA Council Will Meet
The Liberal Arts Student Coun
cil will meet at 7:30 tonight at
212-213 Hetzel Union.
The council will hear a com
mittee report on the evaluation' of
the College of the Liberal Arts
land will discuss the Council bud
get.
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