WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 6. 1957 Study Sews Value 'Walker Set Of TV Instruction IT „ , , a Speak , A study compating test results in televised and direct At Ed Day By BONNIE JONES instruction classes in which no textbook , was used has added The pulsatin .. , ,* rhythms of "rock and roll" are as appealing President Eric A. Walker will to University students as yesterday's Wheaties. to the confidence that student achievement is not suffering be the main speaker at the Edu ! from the use of televised instruction, cation Orientation Day, tentative- At least it looks that way, according to the results of the according to Leslie P. ily set for April 11. poll taken last week to determine student Greenhill. education from Mt Jewetti in 13 different categories. Greenhill, assis ant director of academic research and tar Y , told members of the Education ; ; sell ices, spoke before. a confer-:Student Council last night, that. Popular standbys' and progres- , ence on television here. 'Walker and Dean John R. Rack-'sire jazists such as The Four beck Quartet, the Dukes of Dixie ,Freshmen, Frank Sinatra and Ger-' land, small groups; Charlie Min- The shirty was made in Psy- :ley will speak to the high school ry Mulligan received 1a n d slide gus. Oscar Pettiford, Norman chology 2 classes during the 'students at a mass meeting open- spring semester. he said. The 'ing the Orientation Day. ! votes, but not one "rocking" ag- Bates. bass; Ella Fitzgerald. Chris • grega p Conne Christy. female same teachers teachers taught a group • Letters will be sent to princi- were tion tabula laced when the votes ted. ealistsr,:-Fr anJune k Sinatra, Mel Torme, of students by televisied in- Dais of high schools throughout. struction. and a comparable ;tilt. state inviting students whoi The poll, sponsored by Jack Om- Nat "King" Cole. male vocalists; group by direct instruction. ;have been accepted in the College:lor and Peter Duncan. members Dave Brubeck, Erroll - Garner. — All tests were based on lectures ! ° . Education for the coming year.:of the Jazz Club and the staff of George Shearing, piano; Milt and were drawn up to "evaluate! After the mass meeting the stu-; WDFM, was the first of proposed Jackson. Lionel Hampton, Don El stulents' abilities to interpret; dents will observe classrooms' annual jazz polls. liot, miscellareous. ,data and understanri principles!where courses are being- taught Ballot boxes were placed in as well as recall facts," he said. by television and "live" by pro-, Waring Hall, the Nittany post office. WDFM, the Hetz,el Union office. Names When the test scores were corn- Jessors. I The students will have the op-, desk and the Harmony Shop. pared, he said, no significant dif portunity of visiting the depart- ; ' The winners will be consid- 27 to Handbook two groups. ferences were found between thel ; ments in which they are inter-, ered by the Jazz Club for con ested and have seminars with fac-• carts next spring. [ The study was part of 30 ex- :ulty members from those depart; Twenty-seven women have been Such notables such as Schroed periments carried on in seven named to staff the Women's 'ment ,er and Lucy of "Peanuts" fame dent Stu courses during the past five se- The concluding program will be masters to find out what ef- 'a panel consisting or the visitors, ,received four votes for piano and handbook, ''Cicerone." feet, if any, televised instruc- students from the College of Edu :two votes for paper and comb re- Co-editors are Lillian Cordero lion had on student achieve- ' 1 t' facultyb ;ca ion, members andad-. • - )spectively. Jack Benny also re- and Sandra Gusky, They will be merit, he said. iministrative officials. ceived one vote in the miscellan- • ,assisted by Carole Zielke. Janet The other six courses were gen-: The council also voted un . 'eous category of violin. Shoves and Sandra Fisher. eral chemistry, meteorology, psy - •mousle aeainst thefraternity-i n-dare alli-i Winners in one, two, three order Staff members include Mary chology of marriage, introductory! y -ir h are: dependen't system for electing AR- Ann Reid, Christine E . A g 1 u n d, sociology, introduction to educa- y andclass officers. AR-; ! Stan Kenton. Count Baste, Duke Hannah Yashan, Luise Marder, Ition, and music appreciation. bands; Miles Davis. Lalierne Kraynek, Barbara Com -1 ; A committee was set up to in- {Ellington, ;Harry James, Louis "Satchmo" i In the earlier studies the same' v 1 estigate the possibility of having S tan Getz ber. Rozanne - Friedlander, Molly ;method was used but textbooks' ,Armstrone trumpet; were used, he said. istudent council voting held in ed-; Vi do Bill • ' Yeager, Barbara Thiel. Carole ucation classes. This was sum Dominick, Musso, Perkins, tenor • Dominick, Catherine Fleck, Anne I The further study was made, igested to overcome the ~p oor„ sax: Pail Desmond, Lee Konttz, Ruthrauff, Phyllis Breisch, Ger- Greenhill said, when critics' participation in election. Eleven Bud Shank, alto sax; Gerry Mul- trude Hammel. Arlene Starkey pointed out that all the tests ,per cent of the freshmen voted Jigan, Harry Carney, Serg • Chal- and Carole Moyer. showed was students' ability to .last week. toff. baritone sax. Artist is Myra Radel; photog , learn facts which he could easi- i Benny Goodman , Tony Scott , raphers are Elizabeth Savi not test his knowledge of grin-A ddison and ly get from a textbook and did Jimmy Giuffre, clarinet; John- I A . l• aasson Attends Council Barbara Schweiker and secre ny Smith, Barney Kessell, Sal Caries are Ruth Ott. Janice Smith ; ciples. ! Held in New York City Salvador. guitar: J. J. Johnson, and Sandra Bodner. 1 From the results of these Arnold Addison, personnel di- Kai Winding, Bob Brookmeyer, studies,• he said, the question isl rector of the Ordnance Research trombone: Shelly Menne. Gene Krupa, Joe Morello, drums; the C oed Counselors to Meet I not whether to use TV but how: Laboratory, recently attended Ito use it. !meetings of the joint assembly of Four Freshmen, the Hi-Lo's, the ; The women's orientation awn ! I the Engineers Council for Profes- Accidentals, vocal groups. .selors will meet at 10 p.m. tomor :sional Development and the En- Modern Jazz Quartet, Dave Bru- row in McElwain lounge. Movie to Portray ;gineers Joint Council held in New i - York, N.Y. .1 Trial of Zenger 1 The trial of John Peter Zenger Council LaVie Photo Twill be portrayed in a movie en-' ; The group picture of the Agri-'! [titled "Grandpa Changes th e !culture Student Council will be , World" at 1 p.m. today in 112 Os-;taken for LaVie at 7 tonight at mond. ;the Penn State Photo Shop. The movie is sponsored by the il [Journalism 68 class, law of mass ; ;communications. The movie shows; the first instance in history when', truth was used as a defense in a' libel case and a jury determined the law and fact. The movie is open to the pub lic. Nittany Co ncil Votes to Seat Pollock Heads At a joint meeting of the Nit-; tany and Pollock Council held Monday. the group voted to seat on the Nittany Council presidents, of those dormitory units. which remain - in Pollock area after most of the units are disbanded in Feb ruary. One of the representatives on the council from Pollock would also sit on the• Association of Inde pendent Men's Board of Gover nors as a representative-at-large. The motion must be approved again at the next meeting of the joint councils before it can be come an amendment to the Nit tany Council consitution. Nittany Counci,l president George Macinko, wifo presided at the meeting, appointed a commit tee to investigate the possibility of securing a patrolmen during meal hours at the corner of East Entrance Road and Pollock Road. Pollock Council president Rob ert Owens stressed the need for a patrolmen because, he said, many accidents have been narrowly avoided during the past few weeks. 41 HEc Students Receive Awards Forty-one students in the Col lege, of Home Economics will re-1 ceive awards and scholarships' valued at $5675 at the annual' Awards Dinner tonight in the Het-, "zel Union Building. All but two of the recipients were selected by the College Scholarship Committee on the basis of financial need, scholar ship an d potential leadership ability. The two exceptions are the Bor den Award of $3OO which is given to the senior student in home economics with the highest All- University average and the Pitts burgh Home Economics in Busi ness award which is given to a freshman in a Pennsylvania col lege to study home economics. UCA Will Sponsor Coffee Hour Today The social commission of the University Christian Association will sponsor coffee hour from 3 to 5 p.m. today' in •the Memorial Lounge of the Helen Eakin Eisen hower Chapel. The program will begin' with a song fest around the piano. A dis cussion will follow. The coffee hour are held to give persons in terested in UCA and new UCA members a chance to meet other members and learn more about UCA. THE DAILY COLLEGIAN STATE COLIFGE PENINSYI VA SHA BusAd Council to Meet A further report on obtaining a, speaker for Career Day will be given at a meeting of the Busi-, ness Administration Student Council at 7:20 tonight in 207, Boucke. 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