THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1958 Calendar Changes Trimester Plan Would Begin Year in July or Late August During the next decade, thousands of graduating high school students will deluge the admissions office with requests for higher education. To take care of these students, the University will have to begin full-time operations on a 12-month basis. • • Three plans are being considered by the Senate Committee on Calendar to effect a 12-month school year—a trimes ter, a quarter and an extended summer session system. A trimester system would in volve breaking the calender year into' three equal terms Tr. David 1-1. McKinley, assis tant dean of the College of Busi ness Administration, said in a re port to the Senate that a tri mester would . have to be based on 16 weeks or less, owing to the need• for four weeks a year for holidays and administrative breaks. These 16 weeks would in 'clude registration, instruction and examinations. Both of the preferred start ing dates for the trimester year —the beginning of July and late August or early September— have disadvantages, McKinley said. The disadvantages he listed are "School teachers will be un able to attend four months and will have to have their separate summer sessions anyway; the term would end in October when nobody wants a recess; high school graduates may be unwill ing to start their college work a week or so after graduatifin; and the Division of Counselling needs time during the summer to process admittees. "A late August or early Sep- i tember start involves collision with student .jobs, vacations of families and Labor Day; ends well in December; is inconvenient for transfer students because of the January and May starting dates; and cannot be matched up with a roving Easter." A trimester system lies be tween the other two proposals in amount of administrative and instructional retooling necessary, McKinley 'said. The Senate agreed that any re vision of the calendar would in volve anywhere from simple to drastic changes in planned in "struction. Professors used to lec turing 45 times during a semester may, under a revised calendar, have to adjust this schedule to a new number of class meetings. Student opinion on this and the other two systems will be ob iained through a survey which is being planned by Peter Fish .burn, student member of the Cal endar Committee. Jones - Raps Aid To Atomic Power Donald C. Jones, professor and director of Mineral Industries Ex tension Services, said in a speech !Tuesday before the Mt. Joy Ro tary Club that the federal gov ernment should not subsidize commercial atomic power at the taxpayer's expense and to the damage of the markets of com petitive fuels such as coal, oil, and gas. :Jones is a member of the speaker's bureau of the National Coal Association. IThe finger ring was the only article of jewelry worn by the men of ancient Rome. Thrill_ that Someone Special with FLOWERS on Valentine's Day NO TELEO IF ORDERED BY FEB. Bth BILL M ULLEN fr• _ AD7:4994 A 130 East College Avenue • • A State College, Pennsylvania THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA By DAVE FINEMAN First of a Series Sharp Fund-- Freshmen Vote (Continued from page one) !Anti-Rotation Completely paralyzed from the, neck down. 1 The Freshman Class Advisory Board last • night unanimously Sharp is undergoing general voted in favor of abolition of the rehabilitation treatment now. An operation to remove the nerve independent-fraternity rotation block causing his paralysis is l elections system. being considered, but the hope In bringing the question before is that he will soon respond to the the board Richard Haber, vice treatments so that the operation president of the Freshman Class will not be necessary, Lecher said the approval by the board said. I would be a good measure aid Recent campus contributions to help those in favor of the sys the Sharp fund are: item's abolition. He said the trend seems to be to abolish the sys -Sigma Tau, $25; Lacrosse Club, $2O; Book Exchange, $.lOO. Nit- tem. f Many Council. $25; Gamma Sigma Two board members said they Sigma. $25; Geochemistry Depart-lbelieve the present system has ment, $lO. Pollock 13, $25: Harrill- kept capable men out of office because of their affiliation. No ton Unit IL $1; section of Speech 200, $5.40; Pollock 9, $10; Busi- I board member spoke in favor of ness Administration Stud e n t the present system. Council, $25; and Alpha Delta' The board also decided to have Sigma, $l5. is Sweetheart of the Freshman C Women's Chorus, $5O; Ho m e;lass crowned at the Freshman Economics Club. $5; Delta Zeta,ipance on April 19. Five final s2B; McAllister Hall, $17.50; Del-lists will be picked by the men phi, $10; Collegian Inc., $5O; Cos-!on the board and the queen will mopolitan Club, $5; Model Rail-;be elected from these by fresh road Club, $l2; Kiwanis Club omen at the dance. Bellefonte, $3l; Alpha Delta Psi,; $2O; and Phi Gamma Delta, $11.97.; Recreation— (Continued from page one) i opinion and .studies of facilities) ; the two groups recorded the- fol-1 lowing findings: • There are inadequate social and r e c r e ational opportunities, facilities and programs for stu dents and faculty. 'Undue emphasis is being; placed on the profit aspects. of revenue producing activities to! the detriment of students' wel- I I fare. 1 •Insufficient attention appears' to have been given to the needs; of special groups such as the fac-i ulty and the graduate and foreign: students. •An absence exists of a policy, long range. planning and direc tion on the part of the University! in social and recreational activi-i ties. •There is a.lack of responsible' guidance, leadership and resource! information to student groups. Drive-in service stations for tuto mobiles began in 1905. They also had an annex to shoe horses. First in a series of four informative lectures on: A Student's View of Europe Speaker: Wayne Lippman Where: Rooms 215, 216 HUB When: Tonight—Thursday, February 8 Time: 7-9 p.m. Bengus Music Service invites - ENGINEERS • T•Squares • Slide Rules • Mechanical Drawing Sets • Triangles and Curves Sets We Give S & H Green Stamps BENGUS MUSIC SERVICE 111 East Beaver avenue. State College. Pa. _ TOn AY February 6 , . . - There will be a representative of the STUDENT INSURANCE PROGRAM at - I the HUB desk to answer any question? you may have concerning this program. i I Time: Et to 5 . 1 1 1 - . „ , - • - . . . -.r.. , . 1„ . . , ,:, t. ' 4 ' . • ....". - . 0. '. ^. :„ •:,.' 1 ''' • ' • . - . - . .. ...... ~ . ~ . ' r -•- - ...,:t.: , ; - - '4'.... 4. - .,--.9i.--- . • i . I - .: :- ‘-,.....,--..;--:. -.-. - A.-A-5 4 , ,,..!. -ti- •,,,, ~.:'. - Sy ~. , • - 14::-...... 1 -:, -- ;- • -. -,.1 , -, • - . t.. .. ~ . ~. , j,.. it you Intend to have no accident --.-- , ,-,- . niter September IS of this Tear, ,- , , molt for, tie Pelt program:l . .. I _ . ;‘," • -3: -.." :-- 1. .-: ' - i r• - : - ' ; '''' - i - - - • .- -,. • , ' , . , • . , . Elections Committee Retains Vote-Docking All-University Elections Committee members voted 9 against and 4 in favor of a motion to abolish the vote-tucking power of the committee Tuesday. The committee discussed the penalization clause of the Elections Code at a meeting Tuesday night. Ruby Seaman, chairman of a subcommittee ap pointed to study the clause. pre sented a report which asked tha' vote-docking he discontinued a a penalty for code infractions. The report recommended that a sliding scale of fines be set up for specified offenses during elec tions. The report also suggested that the Elections Committee have the power to disqualify candi dates. • The penalization clause of the Elections Code states: "In the case of violations of this, code by an individual candidate or group of candidates, the Elec..' tions Committee may dock any number of votes it sees fit from each offending candidate. In the case of a violation by an entire clique, a fine of not more than 525 shall be imposed on the of fending political party. In ad dition to the monetary fine, the Elections Committee may, in ex treme cases, impose a penalty on each candidate of the offending party." A motion to table discussion on the penalty clause was defeated when it did not receive the neces sary two-thirds vote of the com mittee. When the motion to abolish vote-docking was defeated, Elec tions Committee Chairman Peter Fishburn said the vote could be interpreted as committee approv al of retaining its power to dock votes. Elections Committee will meet t 7:30 p.m. Wednesday in 219 letzel Union. The penalty clause ;ill again come up for discussion, 'ishburn said. Through the Looking Glass with Jan The new semester has finally arrived and has brought with it the not un unusual scurry to classes. lines at the bookstores, reg istration woes and new stu dents. To these of you who are among the new arrivals or to our old friends, a re minder that the complacent air surrounding the campus is immediately hroken that moment you step through the looking glass at Ethel Meserve: The Pleasure in Love is ... in loving. What better way to express your deep est devotion than with a lovely valentine gift from Ethel's. Cuff-links, a jewel box or red homespun tie for , the man in your life. For the femme-fatale. any one of the red or white gifts in the window would be per fect—j ewel r y, umbrella, handbag or belt. The caria, to accompany these gifts are magnificent. Stop in and get yours today. Valentine's Day is• a mere week away: Something Old, Something New . . . Our leather cigarette cases are not old, they're the usual snap-lid kind, but they're so popular we keep restocking the same smart case. They come in luscious shades of red, white, black, green and blue, embossed with gold fleur-de-lis, for just $2.50. The newest inovalion in ciga rette cases. however, is a Smoke Tote . . . _ It's a small pouch of soft est leather (drawstring kind) with a cigarette light er attached by chain. You can use it not only for your cigarettes, but also for cards, lipstick, pencil, paper, bobby pins, and you-name it! Just $3.95 for this ador able case. Light Blue, Red, White, Black or Beige. Remember through t h looking glass is your own wonderland of gifts and gift ideas. 112 E. COLLEGE AVE. PAGE FIVE
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