THURSDAY TOBER 2. 1958 Los Fou Vets d on (recommendation on exempting veterans from physical education has turned sk of Dr. Philip A. Shelley, Senate committee chairman, and now is headed committee from which it came. The lost up on the d back to the The reco lemendation was adopted by All-University Cabinet Feb. 27, and since then kiss, Hodg Form, •r Prof, t 79 Dies Harold Edu and Hodgkiss, a for mer professor of entomology, died, yesterday at he age of 79. The forme' head of the ento mology exte sion program, who resided at 147 W. Park Ave., State College, reti •ed with emeritus rank June 30, 1944. He had served Pennsylvania farmers, fruit and vegetable grouters for the past 25 years, Hodgkiss contributed mor e than 125 papers to professional publications and agiicultuial extension bulletins on insect control. He also served as assistant en-1 tomologist with the New York Agricultural Experiment Station, and later as field entomologist for the University of Illinois. Hodgkiss was a graduate of Massachusetts State College and also Boston University—receiving bachelor of science degrees from both schools. He did his graduate work at Massachusetts State. He was born in Cambridge, Mass., April 8, 1879, the son of. Samuel and Margaret Sear les Hodgkiss, He was married to the late Emma Louise Knight, who died Jan. 14, 1946. Hodgkiss is survived by two sons, William Hodgkiss, State Col lege, and Arthur Hodgkiss, New York City; one brother, Albert Hodgkiss, Catskill, N.Y.; an d three grandchildren, Frymoyer Endorses New HUB Hours By ELAINE MIELE Fraternity men and upper class independents will bene fit from the extended hours in The Lion's Den, as well as freshmen who are restricted by the deferred rushing pro gram, Edward Frymoyer, presi dent of the Association of Inde pendent Men said yesterday. He also said that he thinks the extension of hours will be suc cessful if enough publicity is gievn to the new closing time. The reason that there are few people in the Lion's Den during the later hours of the week end evenings is that people know the early closing hours and make a rrangements to go elsewhere. irymoyer said. 'ler will be open un on Friday and Sat for the next two The snack til 12:30 urday nights lvania State Uni :ted in the geogra of the State. The Penns versity is lo phical center' ADIO Service nil Supplie3 eCca Radio's *Portable •adios •Phonogr •hs •Batteries State -,- ®liege TV 232 Ail. 5L PhysEd Plan Profs Desk Editorial on Page 4 has been in University Senate committees. 'The recommendation was lost after Shelley, head of the com mittee on courses of study, de cided it should not come under the jurisdiction of his commit tee. Shelley said he sent it back to the committee on academic standards, then headed by Dr. Lawrence E. Fouraker. But Four aker received no such notice, he said. Shelley thought he may have sent it mistakenly to some other committee but he found it on his desk Tuesday—seven months after it was originally passed by Cabinet. Shelley said last night that there was a discussion among committee chairmen and it was decided the recommendation be longed in the academic standards committee. "I sent it back yesterday (Tuesday)," he said. Arthur D. Brickman, no w chairman of the standards com mittee, said last night that he had not received the recommendation vet but that Shelley had told him it was being returned through campus mail. Commenting on the recom• mendation. Brickman said: "I have not heard any argument that would lead to changing the ruling, but I have not spoken with anyone on the committee 1 yet." "I personally think that the objectives of phys ed do not de pend on whether a guy is a vet eran or not," he said. Brickman commented further: "It is not a course you take for accumulative knowledge. It is a minimum physical education pro gram. "I don't see any reason why it should be changed, and I'm a veteran myself," he said. weekends on a trial basis. If it is indicated that Food Service does not have to operate at a loss, the Hetzel Union Board will dis cuss the continuation of later hours. The request to keep the Lion's Den open on weekends was made by the Association of Indepen dent Men. Members of AIM and Food Service will check the number of persons in the Lion's Den during the later hours for the next two weekends. They will also take a survey 41111 k "Now reah-ly L ' dah-ling, don't fret 4. " Your Afghan will turn up in - COLLEGIAN CLASSIFIEDS." KGX. ANSWER Switch 4orn Hots io Snow Fresh 113D1., THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA LA Council Votes For `Sister' Plan The Liberal Arts Student Coun cil voted Tuesday night to insti tute a big-little sister program this year. It was the only council which did not take part in the plan this fall because the council did not see the need for it. Upperlass women who volun teer to be "big sisters" will be screened and then matched up with one or two new students en tering in February. Both freshmen and transfer students will have "big sisters." Names will be given out soon after Christmas vacation. allow ing a few weeks of correspondence before the new women arrive on campus. In other business, a commit tee was appointed to re-evaluate so-called "snap courses" in the College of the Liberal Arts. The suggestion came out of stu dent encampment this year. A faculty evaluation program will also be carried out by the council. A committee was set up to check any objections expressed by faculty members to the form of last year's evaluation. ; Prof Joins Committee Dr. George F. Deasy, professor of geography, has been appointed to serve a 3-year term on the Na -1 tional Membership Committee of ,r the Association of American Geog raphers. o see if freshmen are taking advantage of the facilities and to find out the number of other stu dents, such as fraternity members and other upperclasmen, who support the extension of hours. ' 44 4' • —Collegian Photo lb) Mart) &herr A fraternity man's best friend. AL CRAFT RACKY Racoon Enjoys By SISSIE ARMOR Veterinarians may not recom-; mend soda pop for a raccoon's: diet, but Racky, the mascot of Acacia, prefers to ignore this. After sampling many flavors, Racky the raccoon has become a firm supporter of the movement favoring root beer for raccoons Racky came to Acacia with William Bastian, junior in pre veterinary from Williamsport, on !Sept. 7. He was three weeks old when Bastian, working with a timber crew, found him. Racky has solved the ques tion of what to do with leftover food at Acacia. He eats it. So far there have been no com plaints from the brothers. Racky enjoys fraternity life as only a raccoon can. He insists Feldstein Will R (Continued from page one) final selection of names. Feldstein said. The University's participation in the publication was dropped five years ago, Feldstein said. Patricia O'Neill will report on the senate calendar and class committee meeting Monday which referred the Cabinet ap proved half-day holiday plan back to Cabinet. The committee wishes Cabinet to justify its re quest for the floating vacation, John Bolt said. Cabinet also requested that a half-day be added to the calendar between the end of classes and ~ s z~r~ at Acacia Root Beer ;upon being the center of all ae :tivities and quite a few of the 'brothers have learned - that Racky bites when they ignore him. Coeds who have met Racky ,think he's "neat." Racky, like all outdoors men, admires shapely limbs. How ever, the owners of the shapely limbs find that Becky's admir ation is hard on nylons. Most i of the girls prefer the attention 1 of Racky over the safety of their nylons. I With no scholastic problems, weekends find Raeky in rare form as he continues to build his .reputation as the fraternity !world's most successful bird-dog ;ding raccoon. This is one raccoon !who gets around on Saturday !night. -- eport on Gift-- ;he beginning of the final exami lation period to allow students more time to study before the ,tart of the finals. Wilbur Lewellen will present the second Student Encampment report—He will report on the com munications workshop recommen dations. Are You A Bore? A noted publisher in Chicago reports there is a simple tech nique of everyday conversa tion which can pay you real dividends in both social and business advancement and works like magic to give you added poise, self confidence and greater popularity. According to this publisher, many people do not realize how much they could influence others simply by what they say and how they say it. Whether in business, at social functions, or even in casual conversations with_new acquaintances, there are ways in which you can make a good impression every time you talk. To acquaint the readers of this paper with the easy-to follow rules for developing skill in everyday conversation, the publishers have printed full details of their interesting self-training method in a 24- page booklet, "Adventures in Conversation," which will be mailed free to anyone who requests it. No obligation. Simply send your request to: Conversation Studies, 835 Diversey Parkway, Dept. 3756, Chicago 14, 111. A poet cardl, will do. PAGE THiREf
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