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Enrol
went
igh
,265
Hits
Of 1
Enrollment!
totals 19,265,
University hi:
The numbe!
enrollment fir,j
1 ( or the fall semester
he highest figure in
tory.
the final official
re, tops last year's
re than 3200, The
nt figure last year
figure by m
final enrollm
was 16,045.
14,000 of the total
lasses on the main
More than
are attending
campus. Mod: than 3000 under
graduate students are enrolled at
the 14 centers at Altoona, Dußois,
Behrend, Haz eton, Ogontz, Mont
Alto, Pottsvil Allentown, Har
risburg, McK" port, New Castle,
Scranton, Wi es-Barre.and York.
Dr. C. 0. Williams, dean of
admissions, said this year's total
also includes 190 students en
rolled for extension classes. These
students were\ not listed in the
tabulation of .p revi o u s years.
However, even without the num
ber of students enrolled for ex
tension classes, the fall total tops
last year's figure by more than
1000.
Included in the University Park
total 'of 14,131 are 12.192 -full
!time undergraduate students, 288
part-time undergraduate students,
,550 full-time graduate students
and 1101 part-time graduate stu
:dents. These total 12,480 under
graduate students and 1651 grad
uate students.
Included in this total are 10,350
men and 3781 women. This is
nearly 1000 larger than a-year ago
when 13,147 students were en
rolled.
• More than 1300 students are
candidates for bachelor's degrees
at the centers and more than 1600
,are candidates for associate de
' grees. Enrollment at the Penn
sylvania State Forest School at
•Mont Alto totals 120.
The unofficial fall semester en
rollment figure Sept. 17 was
-15,353. At that time it was
thought that late registrants
would increase that figure only
slightly.
Saturday Deadline Set
For*Cap, Gown Orders
Saturday is the deadline for
January graduates who will be
student teaching during the sec
ond eight weeks of this semester
to order their caps and gowns.
Caps, gowns, invitations and
announcements may be ordered
at. the 'Athletic - Store or at the
Hetzel Union desk.
Banqu et Will Climax
Workshop Program
J. Edward Murphy, treasurer of the National Interfra
ternity Conference, will be the featured speaker tomorrow
night at the as nual banquet cliniaxin,g the Interfraternity
Council's workshop program.
The formalbanquet will be held at 7 p.m. at the Nittany
Lion Inn. Each fraternity has been i
asked to send its chapter adviser
and a house representative.
- Tonight's workshop agenda calls
for business meetings at 7 p.m. at
each of the houses where the
workshops met last night. The'
only change is the rushing work
shop, which was held at Phi Kap
pa Sigma 'last night but has been
moved to Kappa I Sigma tonight
IFC's 3-day workshop pro
gram began last night with 10
different- meetings devoted to
problems connedted with fra
ternity life.
Dinners were
ternities last nig
sion meetings fo]
eld at 10 fre
t, with discus
owing.
in their eighth
ed to "discuss
1 , 81 concern" to
are divided in-
- The workshops,
year, are org..
problems of mu
fraternitles. They
Elattg.,):: Toll
STATE COLLEGE. PA.. WEDNESDAY MORNING. OCTOBER 9. 1957
At the same time a Navy spokesman conceded the bat
teries might be recharging or even •
that radio transmissions might •
have been cut off by RussianiF in 1 Begins
' scientists directing the historic
experiment. ,
"You would almost have to be I FC
K n
up there to know," the spokes- ush
man said. "It is possible to turn l
them (the batteries) off and on,
we have considered it for our own
satellites." , rog ram
The Navy's loss of the satel- i
lite's radio signal followed re- i
ports from listening stations in The Interfraternity Council's
I other parts of the world that the rushing program has begun with
! speeding sphere had quit beep- •`A Toast to Our Brothers," a film
, [
ng i.
Moscow radio report picked depicting fraternity life scheduled A
,up in London acknowledged that:for its final showings tonight.
signals from the satellite mayi The film was screened last night
stop due to exhaustion of its bat-and will be shown at 7:30 and.
Iteries. But it announced observa- 3:30 tonight in 119 Osmond.
tions will continue "with the - aid. The film is being shown in con
of optical instruments and radio •
i junction with talks that will b
e
locating stations."
Prof. A. A. Blagonravov, a So- y
, given to freshman men on Thurs
danight. It is planned to "give
vier scientist visiting Washington,:an idea of what the fraternity
said last Saturday he thought the,exnects of the rushee and the
batteries would last more than .pk ; dge. ,•
I two weeks.
First of a Series I Changes in the eerie voice of
The talks will be given in alt
Editorial on Page Four
the Russian man-made moon,
dormitory units by fraternity
'
Lawrence E. Dennis, vice president for academic affairs,rushing chairmen.
led to widespread scientific :
-- speculation.
said the Middle States accreditation team in November, 1903, r Another feature of the rushing
Dr. Hans Karl Paetzold. a p ogram, fraternity open houses,.
found the University's greatest shortcoming to be a failure leading German scientist, said will begin next week.
houses for rushees Open
"to educate all of its students in the - basic arts and sciences.", the speeding sphere appeared to will be held
be losing altitude and might , from 7 to 9 n.m. Monday, Tues-
Middleln an article for the Alumni News, Dennis quoted thei
1 strike the earth's denser aims- !day and Wednesday.
States team' as saying thel
, • phere wi th in hours and burn up. ; Fraternities will be divided in-
Bloodto three sections for the open
University has "traditionally sub-I
I Scientific opinion here appeared
Contributions ordinated the - values of liberal )
T discount . any theory that the houses. Houses east of Locust
education to those of technical .
high flying career of the Red Lane are scheduled to have open
and professional training and,
, globe may be drawing to an end. houses on Monday night. Houses
competence."
. 1 U.S. tracking stations continued, west of Locust Lane will have
The report said that "one must' efforts to fix the orbit of the open houses on Tuesday night.
become a generalist before one satellite, and an attempt to photo.: Open houses at campus frater.
can properly practice as a spe- graph it will be made from liar- nities are scheduled for Wednes
icialist, that one must be able to yard, Mass., tomorrow. The Rus- day night.
appreciate spiritual values before , sians have said they expect their'
'one can appreciate the practical moonlet to stay up a month.
'business of living." • 1 While the scientists looked, , Chem Prof to Speak
The report, Dennis said, criti-j listened and speculated. U.S. At Leonides Meeting
,cized th e imbalance between' government officials took a long .
[ "technical and professional edu-1 new look at their own satellite 1 Dr. Mary L. Willard. professor
!cation on the one hand, and lib-i program, , ,of chemistry, will speak at at
feral or general education on the! President Dwight D. Eisenhow- Leonides mass meeting at 7:30
k)ther." ;er received an hour's briefing on p.m. tomorrow in the southeast
I The report further stated, Den-'the situation by government sci-lounge of Atherton.
Inis said, that the arts and science entists and defense officials. Pres-. She wiil talk on - Murder and
:units should be put at "the heart" dent plans call for the launching the Microscope," •an explanation
'of the University and basic gen-of a U.S. satellite early next year.'of solving crimes with chemistry.
eral education should be providedl—
'for all students. Only in that way,,
the report said, will Penn State;
be able to fulfill its mission as,
the major state university in the
(Continued on page two)
—Daily Collegian photo by Arley Rosenberger
SOMEBODY UP THERE LIKES ME? Apparently not the
weatherman, according to Ronald Field, (left) senior in journalism
from Pittsburgh, and Riggs- Griffith, senior in journalism from
Wilmington, Del.
Arts, Sciences Said
Biggest Shortcoming
Be Accepted
The Red Cross Bloodmobile will
accept blood donations from 10
a.m. to 4 p.m. today at the Ameri
can Legion, 300 S. Pugh St.
Students ; may contribute blood
24 hours after receiving an Asia
tic flu shot. Those over 21 who
pass the health examination and
those under 21 with parental ap
' proval may donate blood.
Blood donated will be shipped
to the Johnstown Red Cross cen
ter where it is processed and
typed. Among the hospitals sup
plied with the blood is the Centre
County _Hospital in Bellefonte.
to 10 categories, ranging from
problems of public relations to
social programs for fraternities.
A new addition to this year's
agenda is the Catering Work
shop, with James Burns u
chairman. The new workshop
will discuss such problems as
obtaining kitchen help an d
cooks, and planning kitchen
budgets,
The workshops and their chair
men are Edward Hintz and Rich
ard Eldredge, public and alumni
relations; James Burns, catering;
Edward Long, presidents; Edward
Strong, house managers; Jame s
Hager, scholarship; Daniel Kehl
er, pledgemasters; Noel DeCaval
cante, rushing; James Franklin,
social chairmen; Frederick Taylor,
pledge presidents; and Raymond
Euler treasurers.
FOR A BETTER PENN STATE
Lion Predicts
Warm Weather
Today's prediction calls fore
clear skies and warmer tempera
tures, the predicted high being)
between 74-78 degrees.
The warmer weather seems to' i
have invigorated the Nittany
Lion. He was seen this morning
violently chasing
two fr i g htened
coeds down the _
Mall. An invest'
Igation r e yeah
'that the Lion w.
'repairing his iv
Jaguar and h.
crawled benea,
,it. The girl.
'walking pass
saw his tail p: -
truding from 1
neath and s'
raised that they had discovered
a new kind of plant.
Being devoted students of bot
any, they determined to capture
this natural wonder and made
one mighty attempt to pull it out
by its roots.
rgiatt
'Sputnik' Signals
May Have Ended
(Related Art;c'e tart Page 2)
WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 j)--The U.S. Naval Research
Laboratory reported tonight it has not received a radio sig
nal from the Soviet earth satellite since 4 p.m. EDT. It said
indications are that the satellite's radio batteries have been
,
exnausted.
Prexy Assures Care
in Drinking Problem
President Eric A. Walker has sent a letter to Gov. George
M. Leader assuring him the University "will continue to give
careful attention to the problem of serving of alcoholic bev-
erages to minors .
The letter was a reply to a communication from Leader
sent to college and univerzity pres-.
idents throughout the state urging;, Last year he also said "each
a crackdown on student drinking. ; student here has an extra respon-
Leader's letter was essentially i sibility as a member of this Uni
a reminder of a similar communi-, versity. We expect students to
cation he issued last year. ;refrain from disgracing the Uni-
Walker's reply said the Uni-, versity."
versity's efforts during the past, He said many students drank
year "have improved the situa before they came to the cant
tionf He said University officialsl pus. Thus. peopl. ought to sea.
are "working closely with com-1 lize..Walker said, that drinking
munity officials to make (the is a problem of population.
situation) even better." ; wherever it may be. and not a
Walker also said he is sand- t special habit bred on campus..
ing copies of Leader's letter to He said no further restrictions
student leaders. whom he !were contemplated if fraternities
, praised as "helpful in encourag- ;and other groups stayed within
ing proper student observance 'the law and existing University
of The law." -!regulations.
Walker last October said he did, University policy is to frown
not view drinking as a "terrific?on drinking and it does not ap
problem." The laws of the com-iprove the use of alcoholic bever
monwealth, he said then, worklages by students or student
for everyone, and no group at the groups, according to the dean of
University is exempt from them.trnen's office.
The Core
of Learning
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