The daily collegian. (University Park, Pa.) 1940-current, January 09, 1959, Image 5

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    FRIDAY. JANUARY 9,
M! hi
Honor
The charter of
system will be pla
Mineral Industries
The proposed s;
tries Student Coun
will be introduced
Eng Gr
To Evol
Educotk
Within a few day
neering and Architect
Council will mail to
graduates in engineei
tionnaire evaluating
tion available at the
in engineering.
The council hopes
body will aid in an
better engineering ed
The questionnaire ;
dents for their opinio
professors and currei
and policies of educ
University.
The council said an attempt has
been made to air all the “sore
spots” : of the educational process
in order to give the students an
opportunity to voice constructive
criticism.
The questionnaires, which will
be anonymous, will be seen only
by the student council.
Council members will review
the results and will deliver the
appropriate information obtained
to the administration.
At Wednesday’s meeting,
Charles Barb, junior in architec
ture from Rosemont, was elected
treasurer of the council.
He defeated William Bowers,
junior m industrial engineering
from Broomall.
A donation of $2OO to defray
expenses incurred in the publica
tion of the November high school
issue of the Penn State Engineer
was approved.
Lawrence Favors
(Continued from page one)
brains ara being lost to higher
education becauie they cannot
afford to go to college.
“I hope,” Lawrence said, “that
we can devise in the field of edu
cation some way that we will not
lose these youngsters.”
He indicated that he wants to
fiut as much money as possible in
o education, but said he cannot
grant all. educational requests
without concern of the state’s
sources of income.
Lawrence said he has "no fixed
Ideas” on whether student aid
should be administered through
institutions of higher learning or
through individual state scholar
ships.
Got. George M. Leader's
Don’t Read This
Starting several days before this hang
over (that’* the dag between Friday and
Church) the Film Lab offers yea a
fabulous offer. 20 wal ct-slied copies
of a . photograph for o ily on# dollar.
Just think, for one bud; you can have
•nough pictures of yot rseif made to
give one 'to all the peoj le you've been
pinned to In the test week, (or tho
last 10 days If you're a slow worker).
The Film Lab 3s a fist worker. It
takes just two days t > get your 20
copies. The offer last* till'we cancel
It which will be soon but not before
you've had a fair chance to take ad
vantage of H ao hurry down now,
20 pictures, one dollar, all thla week
and most of next beak es.
TkeCeabie
Fibs l
103 W. Beav<
.State Col!
Ity to
ystem
a never-before-attempted student honor
ced before the faculty of the College of
at its administrative meeting Feb. 5.
astern is sponsored by the Mineral Indus
cil under President William Sekeras and
by Dean E
F. Osborn of the college.
The sytem, if adopted, will ap
ply to all mineral industries ex
aminations in courses given to
juniors and seniors if such courses
are designated as honor system
courses by the Dean,
ids
late
The basis of the honor system
would consist of the giving of
unproctored examinations dur
ing which each student would
be responsible for his own hon
esty. A student observed cheat
ing by two other students tak
ing the examination would be
reported by those students to
the Honor Council.
: the Engi
ure Student
all January
ing a ques
the educa-
University
The Honor Council, composed
of one member from each parti
cipating curriculum and one
member of the Mineral Industries
Student Council, would consider
reported cases of alleged dis
honesty. If the council was con
vinced of a violation of the honor
system it would then turn the
facts over to the appropriate col
lege disciplinary committee. Vio
lation of the honor system would
he considered a serious moral of
fense with suspension or expul
sion from the University as pos
sible disciplinary actions.
Only courses intended pri
marily for students in curricu
lums which have adopted ihe
honor system would use it, sub
ject to approval of the course
professor. Provision would be
made for students not desiring
lo participate in the hcnor sys
tem to lake a proctored exami
nation in.a different room.
the student
attempt to
ucation.
sks the stu
l of courses,
it principles
ition at the
The honor system would go in
to effect in individual curricu
lums after approval of the charter
by the dean of the college, the
Senate Committee on Student Af
fairs, the department head In
charge of the curriculum and 85
per cent of the upperclassmen en
rolled in the curriculum.
Commission on Higher Educa
tion advocated individual schol
arships. but this plan was ig
nored by the legislature in favor
of direct subsidies to colleges.
Lawrence said he would be
willing to work with a bi-parti
san group in the Legislature and
with school administrators in the
state to establish an educational
program.
He also promised full coopera
tion to the press and called un
employment the state's “No. 1
Battle.”
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THE DAILY COLLEGIAN STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
Discuss
Charter
Prof Named
Chairman Of
Chem Group
Professor Grant W. Smith of the
College of Chemistry and Physics
has been elected chairman of the
American Chemical Society's Di
vision of Chemical Education for
1959.
Smith is on leave of absence to
serve as program director for aca
demic institutes at the National
Science Foundation.
In addition to a long teaching
career, the new Chairman has
carried out important studies on
absorption, surface tension and
the use of chemical methods to
analyze complex substances.
He received his B.A. degree in
1928 from Grinnell College and
his Ph.D. in 1932 from the Uni
versity of Minnesota. He was an
instructor from 1932 to 1934 at
Itasca Junior College and an as
sistant professor from 1935 to
1942 at the University of Kansas
City.
After five years as research
chemist and supervisor of the
polymerization division of B. F.
Goodrich Co. and two years as a
consultant in colloid chemistry,
he resumed his teaching career
as professor and head of the
chemistry department of the Uni
versity of North Dakota.'
Since 1950 he has been profes
sor of chemistry and director of
general chemistry at the Univer
sity. In 1957 he obtained a 2-year
leave'of absence to work with the
National Science Foundation.
Jordan to Talk to ACS
Dr. J o s ej> h Jordan, associate
professor of chemistry, will ad
dress the East Tennessee Section
of the American Chemical So
ciety at Oak Ridge, Tenn., next
Tuesday.
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Fertilizer—Not Snow
Turns Turf White
By GRETCHEN HARRISON
Who ever heard o£ fertilizing turf in the middle of winter?
The University has, and, according to Walter Trainer,
head of the Division of Landscape, Construction and Main-
tenance, fertilizing in winter i
The white stuff now on th
mistaken for snow, is agricultural
lime. The spreading of it is a
regular part of the University turf
management program.
“It is important for the turf to
be sweet," Trainer said.
Because of all the fertilizers
used during the year the soil con
tains too much acid. Lime re
moves the acid making soil
“sweet”. It has been proven that
this process is as important as
actual fertilization, he added.
There is no particular season
for lime spreading. The Univer
sity has found winter best, be
cause the tractors used in the
project can travel easily over
the hard ground without leav
ing marks or digging up turf.
Two spreaders and two tractors
are being used. For smaller places,
such as between buildings, hand
spreaders distribute the lime.
Snow will not hurt-the project.
Repairs
Car Radios Television
Phonographs Radios
television Ci
service
center
State College TV
232 S. Allen St.
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in our January
Clearance Sale
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H,/.
is an annual occurence.
ie grass, which could easily be
“In fact," Trainer said, “snow
will help it. Lime will melt snow,
and the moisture will help the
lime soak into the soil.”
The wind has been presenting
a problem, Trainer said, by
spreading the lime a little too far,
making it too thin in some places
and too thick in others.
Now that finals-are drawing
near, I would like to make a
suggestion that might irictke
the grind a little easier. As
the lights burn into the wee
small hours of the evening
will you be among those
students slaving over the
books in order to try and
cram a semester's work into
one evening. If you are,
then no doubt you will great
ly welcome a refreshing,
healthful treat that will give
you the added energy you
will need so that you will be
able to endure those early
morning hours. SPUDNUTS
will be a most welcomed
sight. They are really great
along with your favorite bev
erage. Stop In before you
settle down to those books.
• Sweaters
•Skirts
•Blouses
• Dresses
PAGE FIVE
Sincerely,
Mr. Spudnut