WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBE Professo Challeng Through the wond students receive grade Under this widel3, percentage marks of c i to 69, and F, 59 or bel Riding Gro To Sponsor Horse Show The Riding Club was created eight years ago to promote in terest and enthusiasm in riding, to organize horse shows and other related events and to provide social activities for its members.' The membership consists of an active group of students and a non-voting social group of high school students and graduate& There are no special requirements for active, membership by Uni versity students. Beginners are given riding in struction. When they can pass a proficiency test they may join the intermediate or advanced groups. These sections go on weekly trail rides. In addition to riding, the groups hear talks by prpfessional riders. The cluh's major project is its annual horse show. This compe tition draws individuals and teams from throughout the state to com pete in a variety of classes rang ing frbm jumping and steeple chasing to ring competition. A Modified Olympic Horse Show is also held annually. A 2-day event, it is modeled after the riding events in the Olympic games. The University riding team is chosen from the Riding Club. The president of the club is J• anne Adair, senior in home eco nomics from Bethlehem. Perkins Gets New Title; Now Associate Dean • Dr. Harold W. Perkins, assis tant dean - of men, has been named associate dean of men. Dr. Perkins, who was named to the' dean of men's staff in 1949. is a graduate of Washington and Jefferson College. d-r ENE MEE r,,Ls :crf, • ' 2', • .~--~_~" pro ~:rc 11.1057 s, IBM of A-F APhio Seeks Student_Court Acts Lost Students _I . . . All lost students are to report' 0 n Trafitc Violations ,o the information booth on thel rs of professors and IBM, University Mall today, where they will bei of A, B, C, D. and F. iclaimed by members of Alpha -used grading system, A is equal to Flu Omega. to 100; B, 80 to 89; C, 70 to 79; D, 60l APhiO, national men's service fraternity, is conducting tours ofi Idle campus for freshmen and. So far the grading system seems f transfer students to acquaint! simple. but then each of thesethem with building locations and letter grades are worth other nu -(points of interest. i merical points. A equals 4 points;' Tours originate from the APhiO! B, 3; C, 2; D, 1, and F, none. l booth on the Mall and are avail-I And now things really get com- able from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. today.( 1 phcated—which explains why the which is the last day they will University trusts IBM machines'be offered. ' 1 more than professors—when one The free tours will be given to! starts figuring out the semester individuals or groups by the; ! a verage_ t eight or 10 members of APIIIO, Works Like This 'stationed at the informations I 1 ISay you take five courses each b oo th. i worth three credits. This adds to l 5 credits for the semester. Your grades are four B's and one C. B's, you will remember, are iTwo Frosh Grants worth a points, and C's, 2 points. 'NowN you take 3 (for the B) timesl Establish'd in Ag 13 (for the course credit) and get 9 Two $l5O scholarships for en-I "honor points" for each of your.tering freshmen have 'been es-I B's. You had four of them, so', tz blished in the College of Agri-I this gives you a total of 36 "honor; points" for the four subjects in ' which you received B's. 1 The scholarships have been Now for that C, which is worth' made available by the Pennsyl 2. points. Two (for grade points)ivania Association of Soil Con times 3 (for the course credit)iservation District' Directors and gives you 6 honor points." fare available to students pre- Six and 36 added gives you 42 1 Paring for careers in soil or water' "honor points." With this, you! conservation. divide by 15 (total number of Known as the Soil and Water credits) and get 2.8, which is your Conservation scholarships, t h e semester average. 'program was established to en- Step by step, your average was courage agricultural students of computed by: ability to become interested inl Multiplying the numerical value soil and wat e r conservation of the grade of each course by the careers. number of credits to a course, Cha , rac t e r,leadership, and adding all these, and then divid-' t „d interest as well as in soil mg by the total number of credits" -- ' ,conservation, will be considered carried that semester. Need 2.0 to Graduate , lin selecting the students for the A University—wide requirement awards ' states that sudents must have at'... least a 2.0 All-University average 11M to Hold Meeting to graduate. Different colleges! For Transfer Students have different graduation require-} Town Independent Men will merits in addition to this. i For an example, the College of;hold a meeting for transfer stu dents from 7 to 9:30 p.m. Thurs- Liberal Arts requires at least a C average on all subjects in thelday in 217 and 218 HUB to ex student's major field in order to top their form of student goy treceive credit for these subiects ernment, what it does for them !toward graduation. land how uew students may par- Students must alio obtain mini- 1 ticipate in student government. tmum averages each semester to,. Difficulties encountered in liv- Istay in school and to keep off ing downtown will also be do academic probation. ,cussed. CryRAD IOS J - _) RADIOS Tran • Cl oc k Dual speaker SHAVER SERVICE mßfavi, .( ,J-c.r; BULBS VM TAPE RE CORDE R S Ste Sound iyphon. fite GIFT wßAppitgo stv i ci CLOCKS SMALL APPLIANCES READQU ARTEASF OR _ Butterfly and Circle Chairs Wising and Cords Sockets Book Racks . A.U TEIORIZED NEWEST MOST MODERN RJRNITUREAPPLIANCE STORE 216 SOUTH AL ELECTRIC SUPPLY Co. THE DAJLY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA Meet Grades FLOOD . SPOT - SUN QUANT/TT PRICES .~~ * fir . ~ .~ } .}~iY 1 •-4.- 4,0`,..-r - ',.'Sn' ,:•:: -:.1"t14-.. , ,l. , , '''''._ - 2'" ~••• - . --; "::f"Pc - '. ;•`'er''' ' ''''' ' .4;rOA--4-41:i•rs'":,.;:: -..- ~.. , ~,,%.•'';',., - •• -t e '- ' efl: l* ," -4 `,Si-r - 11!7;1 1 ;= ; ..., . 40e00 , 0 0 ~.1:e57 . .4, : .A14.-tn-4 . , , ; 0 5 , - - ts7'-.-v - X-wink------,.*t--4 , *.... , 1:--3,:÷. • 4,..........: - - -.‘ w;t: - ,‘-' , ~..,- . 1:-- - - - --1 - , o'-' - .4e --...,-....Z.,f,Let,<=tl-0--• Traffic Court is a court of appeals composed of eight stu dents, appointed by All-University Cabinet, which hears and decides cases involving student traffic violations. Students who feel they have been given an unjustified fine may appeal to the Traffic Court. • Once before the court, the stu-. dent may plead "guilty," "not' guilty or "guilty under extenua- Frosh Council ting circumstances." Most appeals Frosh Council fall in the last category. • _ "Extenuating circumstance s' means that the student feels there. Part of WSGA was a reason for the violation and Being a freshman is sometimes that the fine should not have a confusing experience, and un been imposed. initiated frosh may feel that the May Impose Fine ] University is one hopeless tangle After a student presents his of rules, regulations and problems. case, the court decides whether or The Freshman Council of the not the fine shall be imposed. Women's Student Government . s As- Failure to register a motor ye ociation is the frosh's key to hide, unless it is to be operated understanding - and solving some of the problems exclusively fresh threein State College for less than a' man in origin. It is comparable week period, will result in' a $2 fine.• to association's Senate in its pacity as ca- Persons receiving tickets must, freshmen. an advisory group for report to the Campus Patrol of-i fire in Old Main within • one day; The council is composed of floor of the violation or they will be; be . presidents and vice presidents `fined an additional $1 and will from all freshmen dormitories and lose their right to appeal. ;is headed by a sophomore senator. El Failure to pay a fine will resultstElections are held in the dormi in action by the dean of men's tories about two weeks after office, which could result in sus- classes begin. pension of campus driving privi-I The council, which meets twice leges. a month, gives freshmen a chance rust ruse Costs $1 I to participate in campus activities land sponsors service projects dur !is $l. The second violation incurs ing the year. The fine for the first violation . !a $3 fine. The third violation will !result in a $5 fine with probation' Asiatic Flu Shots Iby the Traffic Court. A fourth vio-, Elation will result in a $lO fine and Available Monday la 60-day suspension of campus. driving privileges. ! Because of a crowded Orienta- Any student incurring a fifth; tation Week schedule, the Uni violation will have his car sentlversity Health Service has de home for a period of 16 weeks. payed the start of Asiatic flu inoe- The Traffic Court meets weekly ulations until Monday. in the Board Room of Old Main.; Dr. Herbert R. Glenn, director. Fifty per cent of all fines collected' said yesterday that shots will be are placed in a fund for the con-Fgiven on a first-come basis. He struction of student parking areas. jstressed only a limited supply is available. !Assistant Prof to Attend uarental permission for minors Language Group Meeting . will d. not be needed, Dr. Glenn I Nora E. Wittman, assistant! ai The shots will cost $l. professor of German, will attend' meetings of the American Asso-; The University was first called ciation of Teachers of German the Farmers High School because and the Modern Language A.sso- t rits founders thought "college ciation this week in Madison,l connoted a place where boys con 'Wis. I tracted idle habits. it , _IF PAGE ELEVEN
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