THURSDAY. OCTOBE S • utnik S =arks Russi By LOLLI NEUBA Vy govorite po-R seems about to b: like parlezvous franc: Sprichin -s e I Deut phrase "everyone" even if he's never seen side of a foreign gr: book. Since the race of S began, American ed' have noticed a growing ness in this country of culture including la literature and music. This curiosity has sh. on campus in a mor doubled enrollment in ning Russian since last According to Dr. Et Lehman, secretary of t sian Area Committee, are now 13 sections co to eight last spring. Ove rollment in Russian i' than 50 per cent high: Dispens Influen (Continued from page two) women's halls, box lunches con sisting of soups, juices and tea were delivered to ill coeds. One hundred-twenty students filled the infirmary whose normal ca pacity is 60. All reservations for weekend guests in the residence halls were cancelled. By the next morning, 2000 stu dents had been stricken by flu, grippe or other respiratory illness es. Of these, 1400 had been treated at the Health Center. Others, in cluding whole fraternity houses, received attention from town phy sicians. One fraternity had 60% of its residents bedridden. At the end of the day, 800 ill students re quested treatment at the Center. With the number of cases in creased to 3000, the illness had reached epidemic proportions. Local doctors, at the expense of the University, visited the wom- . en's dormitories twice daily. ROTC cancelled its common hour. Intramural grid action was marred by flu. Teams had only a minmum number of play ers and many of these were in a weakened condition. Men and women's swimming classes were discontinued. The Lion's Den offered ho t lemonade with honey. Hot tea sales increased rapidly. On Oct. 19, the hospital re leased 49 patients dropping the total to 67. Over 600 box lunches were still being sent to residence hall bedrooms. Dr. Glenn advised are styled in so many beautiful tints and textures you'll find one personality-perfect for you. Use it again and again ... it becomes your "very own". And because It Is Eaton's Open Stock you can be sure we'll have matching paper and envelopes when you want more of either. KEELER'S The University Bookstore Studies last term which was 10 per cent higher than the preceding term, he said. Students in any major field in the College of the Liberal Arts may combine Russian studies with their regular pro gram and graduate with a Let ter of Certification in Russian Area Studies in addition to their degree. But students in every curriculum, from engi neering to the division of counciling, are enrolled in the courses. come, 'is and a nows, the in mmar l i utniks catorg aware " ussiart 1 guage, Why does a science major study Russian? "Just look around the min eral industries library and you'll see why Russian is an important language to know," David Blewett, graduate stu dent in geology and mineral ogy, answered. Since much of the work in soil geology today is being done in the U.S.S.R., he said, recent information is written up in Russian technical papers and books. "Sometimes I like to be a wn up than begin term. gar H. e Rus there pared all en- more r than ry Advises a Protection students to "stay out of public places, eat sensibly and get as much sleep as possible." After a warm, dry weekend the epidemic began to decline. However, between 500 and 600 students were still being treat ed daily. Only 72 remained in the infirmary and physicians' visits to residence halls were limited to once a day. Finally, at the end of the month, the illnesses subsided. During the course of the epi demic, one sophomore had been critically stricken and died of pneumonia complicated by toxic anemia. Election Results-- (Continued from page one) Charles Gaston; Civil Engineer ing, John McSparron; freshmen, Eugene Costel, James Dixon, Ho ward Glick, Barry Kesselman, Kerry Kissinger, John Lauer, Richard Pi gos s i and Robert Vierck. Home Economics—Carolyn Ell wood, Susan F. Brown, Gretchen Keener and Judith Geary. Alter nates are Dorothy Frank, Diana Snyder, Mary Fleming, Beverly Robison and Joan Thiel. Liberal Arts Robert Marino, Linda Wiley, Peter Carpenter, Barbara Hackman, Genevra Peck, Patricia Dyer and Howard Schim mel. Alternates are Carl Moses and David Grubbs. Physical Education Margaret Minnich and James Senopole. OPEN STOCK LETTER PAPERS THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA Come to and choose the paper that becomes you . . . Rise little different," said Robert Kadis, junior in aeronautical engineering from Trenton, N.J. I was interested in Rus sian before all the excitement about Sputniks began, he said. Kadis thinks that his knowl edge may be of use as U.S.- Russian involvements become more serious. Natalie Lucenko, freshman in arts and letters, is just brush ing upon the language. Miss Lucenko who is of Russian de cent and attended high school in Yugoslavia, hopes to enter diplomatic service for the Unit ed States. "I can't go to Rus sia, though," she said, "because they wouldn't let me out again." Miss Lucenko finds that be ginners have most trouble with the new alphabet and strange pronunciations, however one instructor said his students are a very serious group and find Russian a lot easier than they generally expect. Lion Forecasts Sunny, Cool Day The Lion sees sunny and cool weather for today with a high of 35 and a low tonight of 32. Tomorrow's high will be 56 and the skies continued fair. Saturday is expected to be mostly cloudy with rain begin- ning in the late afternoon. 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College State College AD 7-7812 IFC Workshop Program Given 'Success' Rating The Interfraternity Council Workshop programs held last week were rated a success by both the group's adviser and general chairman. 0. Edward Pollock, assistant to the dean of men in charge of fraternity affairs, said the workshops seemed to be very well run and attended by the fra ternity members. "All the comb but the panel discussion program.ut noted the poor participation rn ments I received were favorable," Pollock said. Only 46 fraternity members and "It was one of the most sac- advisers attended the program cessful programs in the six which discussed - two major na years I have been here," he said, tional fraternity problems. Pollock visited six individual sessions, and attended the panel discussion and the closing ban quet. Leonard Julius, workshops chairman, rated the programs successful and said he heard many favorable comments about the banquet speaker—Glen T. Ny green, dean of men at Kent State University and educational ad viser to the National Interfrater nity Conference. The individual workshop re ports will be given by Julius at the IFC meetings. Two re ports will be given orally at each meeting. Julius said the 10 individual workshops were attended by an average of 40 fraternity members (. 1 1/;:s\ • "s • • .1 • - ' I ;44 • jvcrt, Weekend Wonderland AT LOW STUDENT RATES ...awaits you at any of these HILTON -STATLER HOTELS rT ‘4 1 1 35 r tv _ 4/ NEW YORK CITY: The Statler Hilton The Savoy Hilton The Waldorf-Astoria The Plaza WASHINGTON, D. C.: The Statler Hilton BUFFALO: The Statler Hilton BOSTON: The Statler Hilton HARTFORD: The Statler Hilton *, PILI_ FOR RESERVATIONS write the student relations representa tive at the hotel of your choice or call any Hilton• Statler Hotel for immediate con firmation of out-of-town reservations PAGE FIVE Through fhe hooking Glass with Gabbi, You know, a funny thing happened to me on my way over to Ethel's this morning. Say, that sounds like the start of an old joke, doesn't it? But, honest injun, this is no joke. Shopping in Ethel's could be the wisest thing you've done all week. A Purse For Milady Yes, we have purses and we have purses. Ethel has an enormous virgin wool bag in striking orange and green plaid. And practical—you bet your bottom dollar. This purse can double as a suit case if you have to take it on the lamb from the campus cops some weekend. If you like something smaller you can choose from a variety of leather, suede, and tweedy wool pouch bags to match your favorite winter skirt. we've put in a word for THE OTHER HALF. You say the girls haven't been noticing you lately, you say you just didn't make the impression you wanted to on your im port last weekend? Being That This Is A Coed university Well, Ethel has just the thing for you. A new tie! Conservative? Ethel has solid colors. Dashing? Ethel has tweeds and stripes in the new fall shades. Just plaid loud? Choose from prints or plaids in every conceivable color. ,Z,fr . - , I 0 112 E. COLLEGE AVE.
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