THURSDAY,
EPTEMBER 18, 1958
eries:
Lecture
sidered Are
on, Truman
Co
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ident Richard M. Nixon, ex-President Harry S.
. John S. Kennedy, Herbert Hoover, Sr., Mrs.
.evelt and Secretary of State John Foster Dulles
he personalities being considered as speakers for
versity Lecture Series.
Vice Pre
Truman, Se '
Eleanor Roo
are some of
the new Uni
2 Councils OK
Cabinet Plans
On Class Gift
The Education and Chemistry-
Physics Student Councils voted
their approvals to a plan which
would -give power to the All-
University president and senior
class president to approach the
University on reallocation of
funds for the senior class gift.
Education C9uncil m e m - b
e r s
were given bopies of a letter
which requested that the educa
tion students list "snap" courses
and their suggestions, on improv
ing them.
The list of snap courses will be
compiled and sent to dean of the
College of Education, Dr. John
Reddy.
Council President Ruth John
son announced that the College
of Education had received a $2OO
scholarship fund which will be
split between two second semes
ter freshmen.
The Chem-Phys Council has a
committee presently considering
an academic honesty program.
The council is also planning a
lecture series.
Cabinet to Discuss--
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since 1948 and the allocation of
funds for a gift will cease. The
Class of 1958 voted to give its
"assumed $lO,OOO gift" to the AM
radio station.
W6sh said several ideas have
been presented for the continua
tion of the class gifts. These in
clude additional fees and a pledge
system, similar to that used by
the University's Alumni Fund.
He said one of the big ques
tions was whether it would be
worthwhile to collect money
from the student body if funds
could not be secured from the
administration. "The gift is in
the hands of the students now
and it is up to us to make sug
gestions," Welsh said.
Gif 4 s since 1948 except the 1958
request, were granted by the
Board of Trustees as worthwhile
projects for the University. Prior
to 1948, the money for the gifts
came from a $1 damage deposit
fund which each student con
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By PAT EVANS
Collegian Personnel Director
(Second of a Series)
A complete reorganization
of the University's student
government system was pro
posed at Student Encamp
ment by the workshop on
student government organi
zation.
In the workshop's report at the
Encampment plenary session it
was recommended that an All-
University Cabinet committee be
set up to reorganize the present
structure.
The same recommendation
asked that action be taken to
provide some sort of student
government for students at
tending the 1553 summer ses
sions.
Workshop participants decided
that the present student govern
ment structure iwould not be ade-
Dr. Kent Forster, professor of
European history and chairman
of the committee which is arrang
ing for the lectures this season
announced the tentative list to
day.
The lecture series, which is be
ing held for the first time this
year, was designed to try to bring
"big name" speakers to the Uni
versity for the edification of the
students and to add prestige to
the University name, a committee
member said.
The committee is comprised
of students and student-invited
members of the faculty. It is
now in the process of making
final arrangements for the ser
ies which is expected to begin
sometime this fall.
In addilion to Forster, mem
bers of this year's committee are;
Dr. Mary Jane Wyland, profes
sor emerita of education; Ross
Lehman, assistant executive sec
retary of the Alumni Association;
Dr. Harold J. O'Brien, associate
professor of speech; Robert
Beam, assistant director of the
Penn State Foundation; Dr. Don
ald B. Swegan, assistant profes
sor of physical education.
Jay Feldstein, All-University
president: Sherry Parkin, Wil
bur Lewellyn, Riley Johnson,
Joyce Carson, Jack Kendall
and Chris Myers.
The list of speakers now being
considered is subject to change
in the future.
tributed in every semester.
Individual fees were discon-i
tinned in 1948 and the University
established one "general" fee for
all activities. A class gift was not
included in this fee schedule. The
situation was discovered during
the summer months by Dr. Walk
er through discussion with Uni
versity Controller Carl R. Barnes.
The Mother's Club, a new
idea to be presented to Cabinet,
was recommended to be re
ferred to the Cabinet Public
Relations Committee. Riley
Johnson has been recommended
for appointment as the com
mittee's new chairman to suc
ceed Gary Young.
Bryna Nelson, editor of the Stu
dent Handbook, will present a
committee report and Dr. Kent
Forster will report on the Cabinet
sponsored Lecture Series.
Appointments to the All-Uni
versity Elections Committee will
also be made.
quate if a new University calen
dar were put into effect.
They suggested that a new sys
tem be established to provide for
the increasing enrollment. The
reorganized structure would be
adaptable to a new semester sys
tem and would be established on
these principles:
•To provide education for post
college citizenship.
•To include separation of pow
ers (executive, legislative and ju
dicial). To eliminate the overload
of combined legislative and exec
utive duties. To utilize the proven
'theory of our national govern
ment
•To allow for maximum parti
cipation of students in student
government.
• To incorporate proportional
representation of students by
class and/or college into the leg
islative body.
•To integrate student govern
ments of the various University
campuses and centers with that
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA
Froth Is In:
Civilization
May Go Out
'Tis a rare occasion that finds
upperclass me n apologizing to
freshmen for anything,
And how, this early in the se
mester, we already find our
selves in that position. You see,
students today the first Issue of
FROTH, that blight of the cam-
pus, that excrescence on Penn
State's tree of knowledge, oozes
forth from its grotto.
We know that registration was
hard on the nerves and that cus
toms is at this very moment
gnawing at your constitution.
All we can do is to ask you
to find the wisdom to avoid that
publication. It's a part of campus
life that we upperclassmen want
to pass over as if it were only a
bad dream. Maybe some day,
when the sun shines and oppres
sion is no more, it will be gone,
and all future generations can
'truly regard it as such,
Customs—
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professor of music and music edu
cation. And then he discovered
that they were all music educa
tion majors.
Fishburn had stopped to listen
to the frosh coeds render an en
thusiastic "Hail to the Lion" at
the bulletin board on the Mall.
Further inspection revealed they
all might be students of his.
A boisterous group of upper
classmen were harassing about
20 frosh behind the HUB. Then
a request for the Alma Maier
was made. The freshmen start
ed off slowly and uncertainly,
led by the encouraging shouts
of the upperclassmen.
As the song grew stronger the
upperclassmen became quiet and
finally listened in respectful si
lence.
Nittony Council to Meet
The Nittany Council will hold
its first meeting at 7:30 tonight
in the Nittany dining hall.
of the main campus.
The workshop also recom
mended ' that Cabinet investigate
a means of preventing students
from over-participation in activi
ties, resulting in low academic
averages. •
Leadership in activities should
be limited to students who are
academically above average,
workshop participants said.
Another recommendation
asked that Cabinet develop a
communications system to in
form ,all student organizations
of proposed changes in the Uni
versity's enrollment and its se
mester system.
John Bott was workshop chair
man. Sheila Stahl was secretary.
Workshop members were John
Gingrich, Buck Welsh, Rita Salt
zer, Edward Frymoyer, Edward
Hintz, John DeAngelo, Robert
Gorniak, Daniel Thalimer, David
Allison, Dorothy Newman,
George Donovan, Ross Lehman,
and Dr. Harold J. O'Brian.
Famous Professors
To Serve University
Internationally-famous professors in the fields of the
humanities and social, physical and biological sciences will
be serving at the University under a new program being
initiated this year.
The Board of Trustees has set up a distinguished visiting
professorship plan "to enrich
the 'University's educational pro
gram."
President Eric A. 'Walker said
the plan would "bring to the cam
pus teachers and scholars of in-
ternational renown whose pres
ence will serve to inspire and to
instruct teachers and faculty
alike."
The first of the distinguished
visiting professors, Dr. Herbert
Heaton, of the University of Min
nesota, is now serving on campus.
Heaton is chairman of the
Department of History at Min
nesota. He served at universi
ties in Tasmania and Adelaide,
Australia, and Kingston. Ont.,
before joining the mid•west
school.
The visiting professor program
is being operated from funds set
aside in this year's budget.
Lawrence E. Dennis, vice pres
ident for academic affairs, said
there are hopes of increasing
funds for the program for next
year.
Dennis explained that funds
are distributed to department
heads who then select the pro
fessors they wish to obtain.
Final appointments must be
okayed by the trustees.
Although Heaton 'is the only
appointment, approved thus far.
Dennis said, several others will
be coming up before the October
trustee meeting.
Whitmarsh Leads
Town 'Moon Watch'
David C. Whitmarsh Jr.,
associate professor of engi
neering research, who dubs
himself "a frustrated astron
romer" is currently active as
leader of the State College
"Moon. Watch" team.
The team is one of the first
satellite-tracking groups to be or
ganized in the United States for
the Inter national Geophysical
Year,
The 29-member team spotted
the first Russian Sputnik shortly
after its launching last October,
also viewing its rocket twice. It
also spotted Sputnik 11, the one
containing the now-famous dog,
four times, but has yet to observe
the latest Russian "moon," Sput
nik 111.
The team's telescopes, which
were designed to track the 20-
inch Vanguard, were forced in
to quick readjustment by the
Fireside Oats
To Be Started
In Dormitories
"Bringing education into the
residence halls" through fireside
chats will be one--of the major
projects of the dean of women's
office this year.
The program will be under the
'direction of Miss Beau Barnes, a
new assistant to Pearl 0. Weston,
dean of women.
Miss Barnes plans to initiate
this program in the women's res
idence halls by conferring with
the unit presidents in each hall,
The purpose of the program is
to enable students to get to know
more about the various fields and
arts through informal discussion
and to provide topics of interest
to all students.
Tentative plans include movies,
'demonstrations an d discussions
by University faculty members.
The program will then be ex
panded to include noted speakers
,from other universities.
X-Rays Offered Today
The Mobile Chest X-Ray unit
will give free chest x-rays from
to 5 and 6;30 to 9:30 today •in
the 101 e, block of South Allen
Street. 4'
advent of the larger Russian
Sputnik I.
Whitmarsh's equipment, which
was designed by the team, with
the exception of the lenses, found
the first two American Explorers
and the smaller Vanguard too
small and too far away for sight
ing.
The team was organized in 1956
and has its equipment in the
backyard of deputy leader Law
rence Pharo, a research associate
at the University, who lives in
nearby Pine Grove Mills,
The personnel are scientists,
engineers, teachers, housewives,
students and others who devote
an average of IS hours a month
to "moon watch" duty. Finan•
cial help for the team comes
from local sources.
Whitmarsh is interested in the
whole field of outer space and his
interest is held by work he did
on a small rocket project in 1947,
his two eclipse expeditions and
his p r - e - s en t satellite-tracking
tasks.
Whitmarsh graduated from
Washington and- Jefferson Col
lege in 1940 and obtained his
master's degree in physics from
Syracuse University in 1942.
KOHL ANSWER
Stmith from Hots
io Snow Fresh fieDL
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