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VOL. 58. No. 121
English Entrance
Standards Raised;
Comp 0 Near End
UniVersity entrance requirements were upped another
notch Thursday when the Senate approved a rule prohibiting
acceptance of applicants who are not deemed "competent to
enter English Composition 1."
The new rule, effective with freshmen admitted for, the
US.'.)rops
Sovie Bid
For Meeting
WASHINGTON (IP)—The-Unit
ed States swiftly rejected yester-1
day the price Russia demanded to
open lower-leVel diplomatic talks'
in advance of an East-West sum
mit meeting.
The White House, moving with'
unusual speed, turned a cold
shoulder to Et new Russian note
renewing the Kremlin's bid for
top-level talks.
Press Secretary James C. Hag
erty labeled the Soviet reply, the
12th in a round, which began last
December, as "not as acceptance," i
of; Western conditions for a sum
mit'
meeting.
The Soviets proposed that We-st
ern Big Three ambassadors meet l
next Thursday in Moscow with
Russian representatives. They
proposed that this be followed up
by a foreign ministers conference
between May 1 and May 15. •
Top officials in studying the So
viet note quickly found these
three object°s:
1. Russia is eeking to force the
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West to agree to a summit meet-,
ing even bef re the results of,
lower-level diplomatic talks are
known. The West has insisted that
a toplevel meeting be convened
only if prior diplomatic talks dem
onstrate prospect of agreement.
2. The talks ,by ambassadors
which Moscow has suggested
would be limited to disculsing
organizational arrangements for
the later foreign ministers meet:"
ing. The West has suggested the
ambassadors be the main avenue
for solid negotiations aimed at
narrowing East-West differences.
3. Russia is insisting on the
right to - veto any discussion of
problems to which it objects at
the later foreign ministers con
ference. This would guarantee
that only topics agreeable to the
Kremlin would be discussed at the
summit, presumably ruling out
negotiations on German unity and
more freedom for European satel
lites of Russia.
Higher Teacher Standards
HARRISBURG (iP) A grass
roots conference of educators yes
terday urged higher standards, for
school teachers, superintendents
and principals but rejeCted the
idea of statewide examinations to
certify new teachers.
Greek Sunday Scheduled for Schwab
Greeks will worship to
gether in the sixth annual ob
servance, of Greek Sunday at
chapel services 10:55 a.m. to
morrow in Schwab Auditor
ium.
Dr. Luther H. Harshbarger,
University chaplain, will give a
special Greek Week sermon en
titled "This Careful Generation."
In addition to the special ser
mon, the liturgical service ', for
chorus, organ and brass choir for
this year's Easter service will be
repeated by request. Composed by
George Ceiga, University organ
ist, the service follows in general
the order._of Holy Communion in
the Anglican tradition.
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STATE COLLEGE. PA., SATURDAY MORNING. APRIL 12. 1958
fall semester of 1960, was among
l eight educational policy recom
mendations passed by the Sen
ate, and all but eliminates English
Composition 0, remedial English
.course.
Exceptions to the rule will be
made for students who have "un
usually high scholastic ability in
other respects." Dr. Harold K.
Schilling, chairman of the Senate
Committee on Educational Policy,
said he hopes all but a few sec
tions of the remedial English
course will be dropped. Those re
maining, he said, will be for the
few students admitted who had
other high scholastic attributes,
but just seemed to have trouble
with English usage.
In approving the ruling; the
Senate purposely left a loop
hole for students who cannot ,
enter English Composition 1.
The group passed another rule
providing adequate remedial
work during summer sessions
or by extension for "those who,
because of deficiencies in Eng
lish, do not qualify for registra
tion."
Passage of the committee's rec
ommendations also establish com
petence in the use of English as
a requirement for the baccalau
reate degree in all University
curriculums.
"Minimum competence" was de
fined as the "level of achieve
ment equivalent to that required
for passing English Composition
5, or its equivalent as approved
by the English Department."
New or transfer students also
will be required to meet the
competence requirement before
admittance to Junior or senior
standing.
In another move to tighten
standards, the Senate approved
a rule prohibiting a student
from registering as a junior un•
til he has completed English
Composition 1 and 5, or their
equivalents.
The new rulings all will become
effective with the freshman class
of - 1960.
Greek 'Week Schedule
Greek Sunday
Sorority Sing Preliminaries
Fraternity Sing Preliminaries
Exchange dinners
Outstanding Pledge Banquet
Bridge Tournament
Work projects, afternoon
Sing finals, - night
Tuesday, April 22: Final Banquet
Tomorrows
Monday:
Tuesday:
Wednesday:
Thursday:
Saturday:
Music for the service will be
presented by the Chapel Choir,
directed by Willa Taylor, and
six student instrumentalists, in
cluding , Jere Fridy and James
Ressler. trumpet, Morris Meyer
and John Hendricks, horns, and
Roger Munnell and John Be
xek, trombones.
Some fraternities and sororities
are planning to attend the ser
vice in a group.
In addition to the chapel ser
vice, Greeks will attend church
services in town. Flowers will be
placed in downtown churches by
Greek groups.
The Greek Sunday services will
open a nine-day celebration by
fraternities and sororities to con
tinue until Tuesday, April 22.
, Delta Chi fraternity and Del
FOR A BETTER PENN STATE
New Class Hours
To Be Established
By LARRY JACOBSON
A completely revamped class schedule system, including wide use of noon and night
classes, will go into effect next semester.
The new schedule is another attempt by the University to make better use of available
facilities in the face of problems arising from increased enrollment.
Under the new
. system, classes will be scheduled Mon
H-Test End Would
Aid West—King-Hall
Sir Stephen King-Hall, retired British admiral and mem
ber of Parliament, last night said Great Britain should stop
all nuclear tests for military purposes and concentrate on
political warfare.
Speaking to the University Christian Association on his
recent book, "Defense in the Nu
clear Age," King-Hall said he
definitely is not stressing a neu
trality, but "violence has outlived
its usefulness"
Th noted political and econom
ic expert said that other countries
should follow such an example
and then invite the United Na
tions to set up an inspection team.
Realizing the difficulty of
changing the U.S. and Russian
opinion, King-Hall suggested
that at least the, tests be con
fined to these two countries.
"A definite danger today is the
large number of nations that will
soon have nuclear weapons," he
said, adding that "it is not very
far away that the Israelis and
Arabs will have these weapons."
King-Hall cited the possibility
that a big nuclear explosion might
occur and without its origin being
known.
King-Hall said the advantages
of his plan would, first- of all,
save large sums of money that
could be devoted to political
uses, and, secondly, may pro
mote the long-term hope of
peace, that of emergence of pub
lic opinion from behind the
Iron Curtain.
The founder df King-Hall News
-lett e r, a weekly publication
which has some 80,000 readers,
King-Hall suggested that England
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to Gamma sorority won a poster
contest held in connection with
Greek Week.
Phi Kappa Tau was named sec
ond place fraternity winner and
Theta Phi Alpha won second place
among sororities.
The first place winners will re
rceive trophies at the closing 'PC-
Panhel banquet April "22 at the
Nittany Lion Inn. Plaques will be
presented to the second place
groups.
An tasters entered in the con
test are being displayed in
downtown stores until next Sate
urday.
Judges for the poster contest
were Dr. Harold E. Dickson, A.
William Hajjak and Andrew W.
Case, all of the Art Department.
By DENNY MALICK
reduce its forces to a police force
level.
"If we did this, reducing our
forces, I must admit Great Brit
ain would be open to invasion;!
he said, "but I don't think Rus
sia has any intentions of armed
action."
King-Hall said one of the most
powerful weapons is public opin
ion, which we must try to move
from behind the Iron Curtain.
Referring to the Hungary up
rising, King-Hall said that the'
anti-Communists went too far
with their ideas. "Khrushchev
couldn't afford to see a Commu=
nist government overthrown be
cause it would have probably
caused a chain reaction among
their satellite countries," he said.
The West must get to the Red
people, King-Hall urged, to re
duce the idea Khrushchev has
spread that the Communist Party
is keeping the peace by holding
off the Western war lords.
Nielly, Christy Cast
In Club Hubanna
Virgil Nielly, associate pro
fessor of engineering extension,
and Lynn Christy, associate pro
fessor of English Composition,
will be top billing at Club Hub
anna from 9 "to midnight to
night in the Hetzel Union ball
room.
Nielly-will entertain with the
"Academic Blues"—a piano act.
Christy will be master of cere
monies.
Reservations at $1.25 per cou
ple may be made at the HUB
desk for tonight's program.
—Daily Collegian photo by Dave Fineman
'TOP TOMATO'—Nick Gedney, freshman in electrical engineering
from Wayne, weakly accepts ss—a bet payoff for eating 30 - dishes
of stewed tomatoes in 14 minutes, along with his regular meal last
night in Waring Hall. Originator of the bet, Louis Mallinckrodt,
freshman in arts and letters from Wayne, presents the $5. "I really
hate tomatoes, but I'm hard up for money," Gedney said. Only
noticeable effects were slight reddenings around the gills.
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Tutors for
Students
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ay nights in the following
sequence: Monday at 7 p.m.,
Tuesday and Thursday at 1 p.m.;
Monday at 8 p.m., Tuesday and
Thursday at 2 p.m.
Noon classes will be sched
uled on Monday-Wednesday-
Friday and Tuesday-Thursday-
Saturday sequences. Another
change, necessitated by the
noon classes, will shove after
noon class starting times back
to 1:15, 2:15. 3:15, and 4:15.
The University also has re
va 'toed sequence hours for Mon-
I da:, Wednesday and Friday. Un
;der the new system, these classes
twill meet ai. the same time all
three days, instead of the same
time Monday and Friday and a
different time Wednesday.
For example, a class which has
;been scheduled for Monday and
Friday at 8, Wednesday at 1 p.m.
lin previous years, will now meet
at 8 a.m. all three days.
Announcing the change, Uni
versity Scheduling Officer flay
V. Watkins also listed Tuesday-
Thursday afternoon sequences
which could be requested by
the faculty for elective courses:
T-1, Th-1.3; T-1.3, Th-1;
T-3-5, Th-3; T-3, Th-3-5.
Noon and night classes are not
,new to the University. The former
'were tried on an experimental
'basis for the first time this se
lmester with sections of Music 5
and required physical education.
Evening classes have been used
in the past mostly for seminars
and graduate courses, with the in
clusion of a few 1-credit under
graduate courses from time to
time.
'Third Program' to Play
Strauss Comic Opera
WDFM's "Third Program" will
present a complete recording of
"Der Rosenkavalier" (The Cava
lier of the Rose), a comic opera
by Richard Strauss, at 13 p m. to
morrow.
The opera will be sung in the
original German, but a short re
sume of the action will precede it.
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