Today's Forecast:
Showers,
Mild
VOL. 59. No. 112
Perkins To
Head Center
After July 1
Dr. Harold W. Perkins, asso
ciate dean of men, has been
named administrative head of
the Wyomissing Center of the
University effective July 1.
Perkins has been on the staff
of the Dean of Men's office for
10 years. He was named assistant
dean of men in 1949 and two
years ago was named associate
dean of men.
President Eric A. Walker an
nounced Perkins' appointment
Monday and said that he will
succeed T. Glenwood Staudt.
who has rssigned to enter the
engineering depart me n t of
Western Electric Co. at the
Laureldale plant.
The Wyomissing institute be
came part of the University's off
campus program last July and
was previously the Wyomissing
Technical Institute. During the
past year the enrollment has in
cluded 46 full-time students regis
tered for the two-year associate
degree program and 65 students
initially enrolled in the Berkihire
Knitting Mills apprentice training
program who have continued their
work since the institute became
part of the University's centers.
Evening classes enroll an addi
tional 175 students and are de
signed for working men and wom
en desiring training that will
qualify them for new jobs and
better positions.
Perkins, who is 39, was born
in Sharon and completed work
for his. bachelor of arts degree
in economics at Washington and
Jefferson College. He obtained
his master of science ;degree in
psychology and his doctor of
education degree from the Uni
versity,
In addition to his duties as as
sociate dean of men, Perkins is
currently serving as adviser to
Spring Week committees, Student
Tribunal and Androcles, junior
men's hat society. •
While a student at Washington
and -Jefferson, Perkins was presi
dent of Phi Gamma Delta fra
ternity,and was active in campus,
religious activities, dramatics,
glee club, intramural sports and
captain of the varsity tennis, team.
Following completion of his
undergraduate work in 1941, 'he
was named alumni secretary at
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Gridders Begin
Spring Practice
A lot of problems and questions concerning Penn State's
football team will be answered starting today when Rip,
Engle's Nittany Lions open spring drills.
Sixty-five candidates, including 18 lettermen, will be
on hand for 20 days of drills which end May 2 with the
annual Blue-White name.
"Spring practice is the time to
find out who can play where,"
said Engle "and it gives us a
good idea' of what we have for
next season "
Engle described his football
ers as "moderately inexperi
enced but high on enthusiasm
and pbtential."
Engle also said that this is the
time for experimenting to see
who can fill the gaps left by
graduation.
Engle's biggest experiment will
be at - tackle, where Stu Barber,
an end last iseason, will try to
plug the hal left by graduating
senior Joe B hart.
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"Hobart as one of our fop
performers est year despite his
bad knee," Engle commented,
"and findin a suitable replace
- anent will be a tough problem.
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Frosh Averages
Best in 6 Years
By BILL JAFFE average for the fall semester was
2.61; the junior men's, 2 28; and
More than 44 per cent of the sophomore, 2.18. The All-Univer
freshmen men compiled a 2.2 s a i n ty d r
t r ie om m e e n n 's s, a a v n e l fa l g v e om N e v n a s s , g
All-University average or bet- University average was 2.33.
ter during the fall semester. The freshman class average was
most surprising to fraternity rush-
According to statistics released lag chairmen. Under the newly
by the Bursar's Office, the fresh- instituted deferred rushing sys
man class average was 2.0 while tern, freshmen were not permitted
the All-University men's average to rush until the second semester.
was 2.25.
One of the reasons for the
The freshman class average was system was to help increase
termed the best in the last six freshman scholarship. Edward
years by 0. Edward Pollock, as- Hintz, Interfraternity Council
sistant to the dean of men in president, was pleased with the
charge of fraternity affairs. Last freshman averages; in fact,
year's., fall semester averages for "mildly surprised."
freshmen were considered the "With all the rumors flying
worst in the University's history. around at the beginning of this
The All-University fraternity semester," Hintz said, '"I was be
men's average for the fall se- ginning to wonder if the deferred
mester was 2.32. The senior rush system really did help the
fraternity men's average was averages." The higher freshman
2.55; the junior men's average, averages can definitely be at
-2.28: and sophomore, 2.12. tributed to the new system, he
The All-University senior men's said.
Committee to Report
Boosktore Unneeded
The All-University Bookstore Committee will tell Cabinet
tonight that the University doesn't need its own bookstore.
The committee report, to be presented at 7 in 203 Hetzel
Union by Chairman Gerald Carlson, says a University Book
store could not offer students better than a five per cent
savings on texts - and that the
downtown merchants are "in
line" with standard retail book
prices.
Storm to Bring
Morning Showers
Morning showers are expected
to give way to partly cloudy skies
and pleasant temperatures late
this afternoon. ,
A storm system will pass
through the state dumping-tip to
an inch of rain. •
Tonight will be clear and
cooler. Today's high will be 66
degrees,- tonight's - low about 40.
Sunny and warm weather is the
prediction for Friday and Satur
day.
By SANDY PADWE
But I feel that Barber might be
the one."
The replacement problem
doesn't end there for Engle must
find personnel to fill the shoes
of other departing starter s
Maurice Schleicher, Dave. Kas
perian, Charley Ruslavage, Steve
Garban and Bill Wehmer.
Engle will probably promote
members of his "alternate unit"
to fill in.
At end, where Schleicher gain
ed All-East honors last ,year, En
gle has a strong group of re
turnees headed by_lettermen Norm
Neff and John Bozick.
Four sophomores—Dave Alex
ander, Dave Truitt, Jim Schwab
and Henry Opperman—will al
so he on hand. All four played
last season and Engle will be
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FOR A BETTER PENN STATE
STATE COLLEGE. PA.. THURSDAY MORNING. APRIL 2. 1959
Editorial on Page 4
The "inadequate services" the
committee reports it found are
the shortage of textbooks usually
occurring at the beginning of a
semester.
The report explains that the
reasons for these shortages are:
•The University does not pro
vide the merchants with accurate
enough estimates of book needs.
•The estimates are often not
given in enough time.
•The merchants• each must
estimate the number of books he
must buy, taking into, consider
ation the estimates by the Uni
versity and the merchant's own
estimation of what his own share
among all the dealers should be.
•On top of all this, the cow
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—Collegian Photo by Marty Scher:
THE GROUND HAS BEEN BROKEN—Grading machines being pushed by bulldozers can be seen
at the sight of the Beaver Field 'to-be.' The graders cannot pull through the soft dirt even with
their large tires, so the caterpillar tractors must help pick up the loads.
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Stone Valley
To Get Dam
The Stone Valley Recreation area, long in the develop
ment stage, took a step toward reality when the University
announced yesterday that construction of the dam which will
serve the area will be started before the end of'the month.
The dam, to be built on Shaver Creek, will make possible
a 72-acre .lake for swimming, boating and fishing. Later
development is expected to make
the area useful for other recrea
tional activities
The announcement of the con
struction of the dam followed re
ceipt yesterday of the permit for
the dam from the Water and Pow
er Resources Board of the State
Department of Forests and Wa
ters. It is expected that the dam
will be completed by September.
The estimated cost in 1957 of
developing the recreational area
was $250,000. The project was
launched in 1956 to provide
recreational facilities for the
University's students. faculty
and administration personnel.
Trees and stumps have already
been cleared from the dam site,
largely through the efforts of per
sonnel of the 491st Engineering
Battalion, the local Army Re
serve unit. Fraternity men and
women will help to further clear
the area of sticks and other de
bris as part of the Greek Week
work projects.
Lawrence J. Perez, professor of
civil engineering and a member
of the Stone Valley development
committee, describes the lake that
will be formed as an irregular
body of water adjoining the Min
eral Industries, Civil Engineering
and Forestry camps. These camps
are used for instructional pur- 1
poses on the nearly 6500 acres of
University land in Stone Valley.
The lake will be 1000 feet
wide at the widest point, about
3000 feet in length and will have
a shore line of about two miles.
The maximum depth will be 30
feet with the average depth es
timated at 17 feet.
The breast of the dam will be
a mound of ground, 240 feet wide
at the base, 15 feet wide at the top
and 520 feet long.
The first work undertaken will
be the building of the foundation
for the gate and the construction
of the concrete culver which is
more than 240 feet in length.
University Could
Do Better
See Page 4
Moneyg ram
Gets Trio
Out of Cuba
By DENNY MALICK
Three Beta Theta Pi's are
probably headed back to campus
from Havana, Cuba, today, but
they needed a quick $5O from a
fraternity brother to get them on
their way.
Herman Weber, sophomore in
architecture from Erie, wired the
money to the wandering trio yes
terday in response to a frantic
telephone call from Havana Tues
day night.
"We have a little problem and
we need $5O right away," Robert
Kaul, senior in business adminis
tration from Cranford, NI, told
Weber in the short conversation.
He asked that the money be
sent to the Western Union Office
in Havana, Weber said last night.
Alvin Clemens, senior in busi
ness administration from Har
leysville, and Erich Fichtner,
iunior in Division of Counseling
from Reading, were with Kaul
when he made the call.
Weber said they told him they
could not talk too long. They
didn't say why they needed the
money.
Weber was unable to wire the
money Tuesday night and couldn't
cash a•sso check yesterday morn
ing. Instead, he had to cash five
$lO checks.
According to other members of
the fraternity, two coeds may
have been waiting in Florida to
ride back to campus with the
three Betas.
Sherry Parkyn, junior in sec
ondary education from State Col
lege, and Virginia Dunkerton,
sophomore in elementary educa
tion from Short Hills, N.J., went
to Florida with Clemens and.
Ka ul and it is believed they
planned to return with them.
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