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Students Receive
Study Habit Help
Besides offering courses on everything from calculus to
cooking, the University has a course to help students with
study problems.
Under the direction of Dr. Gilbert R. Selders and Anthony
J. Amato, instructors in education, the course is operated in
two programs. Dr. Selders deals
with improving reading skill and
comprehension. Difficulties with
b particular course or phases of
studying in general are handled
by Amato.
One of the outstanding fea
tures’ of the course is that both
undergraduate and graduate stu
dents and faculty members are
free to join or drop out when
ever they wish. Dr. Selders ini
tiated this practice when he took
charge of the program in 1948.
No Time Limit
There is no time limit, either.
Students may continue the les
sons throughout their four years.
Dr. Selders’ division, which
meets in groups on Tuesday and
Thursday, has four basic aims.
They are increasing eye span,
breaking the habit of reading a
word at a time, dropping lip and
throat vocalization and eliminat
ing saying the words mentally.
Amato’s program, which is
flexible, covers any problems a
student may have including when
is the best time to study, how
to study for a bluebook and how
to take notes. Free tutors are pro
vided for specific courses at the
student’s request.
Groups Meet Weekly
The groups in this division
meet weekly on Monday or Fri
day to talk about their difficul
ties. Part of the program involves
reading books on study methods.
The reading is not required, how
ever.
The ebjective is to show the
students the viewpoints psychol
ogists, educators and persons in
related fields have on studying.
There is no “right” way, Amato
said. He tries to show the pupils
that the answer lies in finding
what the individual’s’best method
and time to study are.
The tutors used for the course
are juniors and seniors major
ing in elementary or secondary
education. They are usually vol
unteers from Education 42. 51, 52
and 189 and receive no pay.
Tutors Report Monthly
Weekly meetings are held to
decide how they handle the gen
eral problems of studying. Once
a month the tutors have a per
sonal interview with Amato to
report on the student they are
■working with.
In the past semester, over 500
people took advantage of the
course. Of these, approximately
250 had registered. Dr. Selders
said the course is operated on
the theory that students will
come whenever they need help
and for as long as they need it.
'Global Geography'
Written By Prof
Dr. E. Willard Miller, professor
and head of the Department of
Geography, and his associates
have written a new book, “Global
Geography.”
The theme of the book, pub
lished by Thomas Y. Crowell Co.,
is the core of geography in the
study of earth space.
Dr. Miller has not directed his
book primarily to students major
ing in geography but has sought
to bring an awareness of the re
lationships between man and his
environment to the student and
to provide a background for an
alyzing situations geographically.
Campus in the 1890's
When students of the class of
3890 arrived on campus as fresh
men, they found no great array
of buildings. Old Main, not as yet
remodeled, dominated the land
scape. The president’s house was
where it now stands and on the
eastern side of the campus was
the stone house occupied by vice
president McKee.
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Hays Request-
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serious consideration should be
g> - en to the complete request of
the present forward-looking pres
ident at Penn State—Eric Walker
—who even without the magic
name of Eisenhower did make a
convincing plea for higher edu
cation before the appropriations
committee.”
Bluebook File Donations
Carl Smith, president of the
West Halls Council, has requested
that old bluebooks and quizzes be
donated to the council’s bluebook
file.
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Virginia Horseman
Wins Riding Event
Stewart Treziranus, riding for;
the Blue Ridge Hunt Club of Vir
ginia, took first place in the Rid-]
ing Club’s fourth annual modified!
Olympic event shortly before
Easter recess.
Mrs. Marilyn Treziranus, Blue
Ridge Hunt Club, took second
place; Gail Dittmar, inter-school
team, third; Nancy Gardner, in
ter-school team, fourth; McKay
Smith, Blue Ridge Hunt Club,
fifth; Ann Hickock, Harrisburg,
sixth; and David Klaer, inter
school team, seventh.
The Blue Ridge Hunt Club
placed first and the inter-school
team, second, in the team compe
tion.
Armco Summer Prize
Awarded to CE Senior
George Schimmel, senior in
civil engineering from Nanticoke,
has been awarded the S2OOO Arm
co Summer Civil Engineering
Scholarship!
The scholarship is awarded by
Armco of Middletown, Ohio. It
qualifies Schimmel to compete
with award winners in other col
leges for an additional $5OO and a
six-week tour of major construc
tion projects in the United States.
Press to Name
Campus Queen
j The winner- of the “Campus
Cover Girl” contest, being spon
sored by the Pittsburgh Press,
will be announced May 12.
Lois Shaffer, freshman in edu
cation from Allentown, was se
lected as-the University’s cover
girl and her photograph has been
entered in the contest.
•A color photograph of the win
ner will appear in the cover of
Roto Magazine, supplement of
the Pittsburgh 'newspaper. A bio
graphical sketch of the “queen”
will also be featured.
Coeds from colleges and uni
versities in the tri-state area of
Pennsylvania, Ohio and West
Virginia are entered in the con
test.
Spring Week Committee
To Meet With Chairmen
The Spring Week committee
will hold an informative meet
ing with the chairmen of groups
participating in Spring Week at
7 tonight in 316 Sparks.
Groups have been requested to
send their Spring Week chair
man, Mad Hatters chairman, and
Carnival chairman to the meet
ing.
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only a few of the many industries which need instruments.!
This need creates permanent opportunities in many of our op-j
erations, including research and development, product engi
neering, industrial engineering, production, inspection, mar
ket development and customer contacts.
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automatic, high-precision instruments for controlling, record
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ation phenomena, frequency and load and many other con-j
ditions. For heat-treaters we make furnaces and process!
equipment. For the worker in science—whether student orj
researcher—we make both automatic and manual laboratory-;
type instruments, with which you may already be familiar. (
fes- The Company has about 3000 people—is one of the biggest
in its field, yet is compact enough for you to be able to “follow,
the score.” Its reputation for progressiveness in industrial
relations, and for quality of product is world wide.
Wayne L. Besselman, our Coordinator of Technical Em
ployment, will be on the campus on May 1, 1957 withinfor
mation which he will cordially share about our very modem
opportunities and rewards for engineers and scientists. Your
placement bureau will arrange an appointment with Mr.
Besselman, at your request
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Campus Interviews on May 1
Walker Aide Pens
Article on 'Ghosts'
Christian K. Arnold, staff as
sistant to Dr. Eric A. Walker,
president of the University, is
author of the article, “Technical
Ghostwriting—A Ghost’s Point of
View,” published in the April is
sue of “Mechanical Engineering.”
Arnold points out that techni
cal ghostwriting is a professional
skill acquired only after years
of special training and hard ex
perience. He claims that if is as
foolish to deny ourselves the serv
ices of these specialists as«it is to
reject the services of an acous
tician. a’ chemist or a specialist in
hydrodynamics.
IE Sophomore Elected
Head of Eng Institute
James Bowman, sophomore in
industrial engineering from Erie,
has been’elected president of the
University chapter of the Ameri
can Institute of Industrial Engi
neering.
Other officers are Edward Gross,
program vice president; James
Madenfort, membership vice pres
ident; Arthur Hamel, secretary;
Gertrude Kill, treasurer; and
Monte Montgomery, Engineering
and Architecture Student Council
representative.
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