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VOL. 59. No. 63
Cabi
et Proposes
Library Hours
Later
Durin
All-Universi y Cabinet recommended last night that the
closing hours of he Pattee Library be extended to midnight
during final exa inations.
Cabinet app oved a recommendation by Carl Smith, vice
president of the ssociation of Independent Men, to seek the
later hours and al.o that Cabinet
members help li rary officials
work out such a ystem.
Donald Clagett, sophomore class
president; Ellen Donovan, Worn
en's Student Government Associ
ation president, and Smith volun
teered to work with Ralph W. Mc-
Comb, University librarian.
Smith said that, the main prob
lem would be finding library per
sonnel to work the late hours
"A large number of the library
staff are students and want the
time after the regular 10 p.m.
closing hour to study for their
own finals," he said.
One suggestion, Smith 'added,
was to keep only the first floor
of the library open.
Smith said that McComb told
him the library is.not necessarily
a place to study but a place to
do research. However, McComb
said he was willing to cooperate
for later hours because of the
lack of other studying places on
campus.
William Sekeras, president of
Mineral Industries Student Coun
cil, suggested that the library
desks be closed but the rooms
be left open to allow studying.
Other suggestions include d
opening classrooms for study pur
poses as was done last semester
in Boucke Building.
A motion by Jack Kendall,
president of Chemistry-Physics
Student Council, to extend the
hours only to 11 p.m. was defeated
because there was no second.
In other business, Cabinet gave
support to a Junior Class Advis
ory Board attempt to have closed
section lists published and dis
tributed twice daily during Wed
nesday and Thursday of registra
tion.
Jeannette Butler, junior class
secretary-treasurer, said th at
closed section reports are com
piled only once each day and are
posted only in the Hetzel Union
Building and Waring Hall.
Members of the board have of
fered to distribute the reports
twice a day to residence halls,
fraternities, off-campus living
- Units and the HUB. It was sug
gested that the lists be published
at 11:30 a.m. and 4 p.m.
Application D - adline Set
For Freshman Board
The deadline for applications
for the Freshman Advisory Board
is Dec. 19.
Applicants should submit a let
ter to Jay Kahle, Bpx 738, Thomp
son Hall, statingtreir qualifica
tions and listing high school and
University activiti •
2 Pro
Two' Universi
who served in
tration of Gov rnor George
M. Leader, have een appoint
ed to the cabin • t of Gover
nor-elect David L. Lawrence.
William L. Henning, Professor
and head of the Department of
Animal Husbandry, was re
appointed Secretdry of Agricul
ture and Dr. Maurice K. Goddard,
professor and head; of the School
of Forestry. was renamed Secre-
Final Exams
Walker Considers Liaison Post
To Tie Students, Administration
To Negotiate
Insurance Plan
As a result of a talk between
President Eric . A. Walker and
All-University President Jay
Feldstein, the University will
consider assigning a person to
act as a liaison between student
government and . the administra
tion.
Feldstein also told All-Univer
sity Cabinet last night that the
University is negotiating for a
master insurance plan to ,protect
students involved in costly acci
dents.
Walker is fully aware of the
situation now existing on campus
concerning accident insurance
plans for students, Feldstein said.
The proposed plan would aid vic
tims, like Larry Sharp.
Feldstein had told Walker
that he was dissatisfied with
the existing communication
channels between the adminis
tration and the student body.
Walker said he was willing to
cooperate with student govern
ment.in providing better means
of communication between stu
dents and administration mem
bers, Feldstein said.
Walker will check into the pos
sibility of the administration as
signing or hiring a person to act
as a liaison between students and
the administration, Feldstein said.
Feldstein also said the possi
bility of providing a liaison per
son between the two bodies
would be incorporated into the
reorganization of student gov
ernment plans currently under
study by a Cabinet committee.
Walker was receptive to the
ideas for providing better com
munication channels and was
aware of the current problem, he
said.
Under present facilities avail
able to students, students may in
sure themselves up to $BOOO
through an insurance plan insti
tuted in January 1958 by Cabi
net, and the proposed plan would
cover higher amounts.
fs Retain Cabinet Posts
professors,iand Waters,tary of the Department of Forest
lie adminis
l
Both jobs pay $20,000 yearly.
Goddard resigned as head of
the forestry school yesterday
afternoon and Henning is ex
pected to resign in the near
future from his animal hus
bandry position.
President Eric A. Walker will
recommend to the Board of Trus
tees that Goddard and Henning,
if he resigns, be retained as full
professors and their leaves of ab
sence be extended.
Both men have been on leave
STATE COLLEGE, PA., FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 12, 1958
By BILL JAFFE
Proposed Eng Plan
Includes LA Studies
More engineering students may have a chance to shake that black reputation for
being "uneducated" in the field of the liberal arts if a program integrating the two areas of
study is put into effect on campus.
A proposed 5-year program would enable an engineer to fulfill all 'of the basic
requirements of the College of the Liberal Arts in addition to his engineering studies
ONE OF THE MOST INTERESTING art exhibits in the HUB this
year began this week and will continue until Jan. 15. Glorio Patsy
Jr., Hugh Walling and Kathy Van Atta (1. to r.) find it pretty
interesting, too.
Mail Early-
Beat Yule Rush
"If you're sending Christmas
cards and packages -during this
rush, you'd better get going."
These were the words of State
College's Postmaster Robert J.
Miller. In order for cards to reach
destinations, they should be mail
ed by Dec. 22, although Dec. 16
is a much preferred date as far
as the Post Office is concerned.
Greeting cards sent out of the
country should also be mailed by
Dec. 16.
Students have been asked to
take bundles of cards to the cam
pus- receiving station Post Office
or downtown, instead of jamming
them down the mail chutes.
since January 1955 when they
accepted jobs under Leader.
Walker has instructed Dean
Lyman A. Jackson, of the School
of Agriculture, to begin imme
diately looking for successors for
the two posts.
Both men' had retained their
positions while serving in the
Leader administration and act
.ing heads were named to han
dle affairs of the departments.
Lawrence said yesterday he was
appointing Henning and Goddard
so they could continue their pro
grams in agricultural and park
development and in flood control.
By LOLL! NEUBARTH
Stores Open Until Nine
Late shopping hours for Christ
mas shoppers will continue until
Dec. 23.
The extended shopping hours—
from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.—started last
night, On Christmas Eve stores
will close at their regular hours.
Student Charges
Infirmary Neglect
The University Health Service was charged with a "very
unnecessary and inconsiderate injustice" in refusing medical
attention during the noon hour to a student who was later
taken by ambulance to the Centre County Hospital with
possible appendicitis. /
Suzanne Kohler, senior in education from Boyertown,
was admitted to the infirmary
shortly after 1:30 p.m, yesterday
and taken an hour later to the
Centre County Hospital on the
advice of Dr. Mary K. Helz, health
center physician.
Anne Milliken, senior in home
economics from Pittsburgh,
drove Miss Kohler to the health
center at 12:30 yesterday. She
said that no nurse was on duty
at the receiving desk in the in
firm a r y. In the dispensary
loun - ge, nurses were playing
bridge and resting on the couch
es. "Well, what do you want?"
one of the nurses asked.
Miss Milliken reported that
when Miss Kohler said she was
and graduate with both the bach
elor of arts and bachelor of sci
ence degrees.
The proposed curriculum was
approved unanimously by the lib
eral arts faculty at a meeting yes
terday. It must be approved by
the University Senate committee
on courses, the Senate and the
Board of Trustees before going
into effect.
Agreements are now in effect
with several Pennsylvania col
leges, such as Albright and
Gettysburg. under which stu
dents fulfill the liberal arts re
quirements in three years there
and then transfer into the Col
lege of Engineering and Archi
tecture here. They then gradu
ate with the two degrees. - The
present proposal would extend
this opportunity to students
now at the University.
Philip A. Shelley, chairman of
the liberal arts course of study
committee, explained that for the
first three years a student would
be enrolled in the College of the
Liberal Arts and be assigned an
advisor in that college. He would
then officially transfer into the
curriculum of either aeronautical,
civil, sanitary, electrical, indus
trial or mechanical engineering,
Since requirements for the
B.A. and B.S. degrees were
adapted to the dual program,
the program of courses sched
uled for the first three years
is rigorous. One semester's
credits range from 17 to 20 1 / 2
in the first half of the sopho
more year.
According to Dean Ben Euwe
ma, head of the College of The
Liberal Arts, only the very best
students are expected to enroll in
the program, so it is expected
they will be able to carry the
large number of credits.
Shelley said the program prob
ably will be brought before the
Senate around March. He anti
cipates that it will be in effect by
next fall.
The latest news on the cold
wave will be found on page 3.
By DIANE DIECK
in terrible pain and asked if there
was anyone around who could
help her the nurse replied, "I'm
sorry, we're closed until 1:30. If
you want any attention you'll
have to wait until then."
"Someone should be on duty at
the health center at all times,"
Miss Milliken stormed during an
interview :last night. "Sickness
isn't something that stops at noon
and begins at 1:30 p.m (the time
during which the dispensary is
closed). Students are entitled to
medical care at all times."
Dr. Herbert R. Glenn, director
of the health center, said that
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