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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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