PAC>E FOUR
Editorial Opinion
Comprehensive Exams
...A True Measure?
Wind good will comprehensive examinations be in
fu i linn mg the. academic goals ot Penn State? With the
SO A Assembly's approval on this examination, many
laciois will have to be investigated before this recom
nu'iidalion from the 10r9 Student Encampment can be
el tec live.
The recommendation aims to lequire a student to pass
a compiehensive test in his major field befote receiving
his bachelor's degree. The purpose behind this is to test
the knowledge a student lias acquired in his four years.
It also aims to strengthen the academic atmosphere of the
University.
Now, the idea of such an examination is a good one
since it will compel students to learn as much as they can
about the field of work they intend to pursue after gradua
tion.
But a lot of things must be taken into consideration
beloie such a program is passed.
There will be many repurcusions from this system,
if the lest is to be given immediately before graduation.
A test given at a specific time cannot sufficiently measure
the knowledge of the student.
Even the Intelligence Quotient tests have been fallible
becauso of the difficulty in ascertaining whether ihe re
sults are a true indication of ihe potentiality of the
examinee. There are bad days and good days for every
student and psychological elements are very important
contributors in such tests.
A student should not be denied a degree for which he
has worked four years on the results of a single test which
may have caught him at a stressing time.
Thcie is one other way of determining a graduate-1 o
be s knowledge—by a bachelor's thesis. Many colleges
tluoughoul the nation require a thesis from every student
boiui e graduation. This would be a good suggestion for
the Colleges of Liberal Arts, Home Economics, Education,
and Physical Education.
A series of comprehensive tests could be administered
to the remaining colleges that do not have such a program
now. But these examinations should be scheduled at var
ious times through out the semester, giving the students
their choice when to take the examinations. Such a plan
should eliminate the psychological problems involved
in a uniform test program.
The recommendation for comprehensive testing is
a good one and, it' approved, would certainly tend to create
a mme intellectual and responsible atmosphere than we
now have. But the testing procedure will have to be well
thoughtout if the plan is to work.
A Big Welcome
It will be hard to find many students more than 25
feet from the nearest radio tomorrow . , . except for the
lucky ones who will be in Michie Stadium.
We have confidence that the football team will bring
back a victory . . . and we’ll be at Recreation Hall to wel
come them home tonight. The team is expected to arrive
at about 9 p.m.
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Letters
Student Asks
Good Conduct
Toward Patrol
TO THE EDITOR: In the last
three academic months the dean
of men’s office has been referring
a new kind of case to the Off-
Campus Men’s Tribunal.
We- are asked to review nearly
all cases in which a Campus Pa
trolman is insulted or ignored or
threatened by a student during
the performance of his assigned
duty, usuallv in the process of
giving a traffic ticket.
Any such actions are supposed
to be met with silence on the part
of the patrolman, and usually are.
But the patrolmen are making a
habit of renorting these incidents,
and offenders are referred to Tri
bunal charged with 'conduct un
becoming a Penn State student."
Insulting a patrolman or ob
structing him at his work never
has an effect upon the outcome
of your traffic ticket: vou are sure
to pet it any wav. If it is unlust,
neither Captain Mark nor Traffic
Court will deny you the privilege
of showing why.
Tribunal is soending -too much
time investigating these unneces
sary cases of immaturity and cen
soring the offenders.
We appeal io you drivers to
grow up and respect ihe badge
when you are at odds with a
patrolman, even if vou cannot
resoert the individual.
And in giving a patrolman a
hard time, vou are gambling with
your privilege of keeping a car
at Penn State. We hope to see no
more of these ndiculous offenses.
—Thomas Barnes, '6O
Gazette
TODAY
American Ceramic Society Picnic, 12:15
|> m , M I.
Ensineetinn Club. S:2O a.m., 212 HUB
Forestry Field Day, 1 p.m., Unneisity
Sawmill
Student Movies, 7 p m., HUB assembly
room
WRA Open House. 7pm, White Hall
WSI.A Flections Committee, 1 p.m. 21S
HUH
tomorrow
AIM. 7 pm.. 2»:j HUB
Campus Parly KxcfutiveM, •{ pm. 212 HUB
Che<s Club, 2 p.m., HUB e.irdioom
Kntre Nous pm., 214 HUB
Emerson Society Luncheon, 12 p.m,, HUB
N.E. dimno room
Freshman Advisory Board, 6:30 pm, 214
HUB
Gtaduute Bridge Club, 7 p ni., 212 HUB
Hat Socift,' Council, 2 p.m., 21M HUB
IFF Workshop* 7 p.m., 216 HUB
Junior Hotel Greeters, 4:20 p.m.. Home
he Cafotc.ia
Newman Club, 7 pm., 217 HUB
Swedenborjten Semte* 10*30 p m , 212 HUB
United Student Fellowship* 9 .150 am., 218
HUB
Monday
Alpha Phi Omega, 7 p.m, 212 HUB
Amateur Radio Club, 7 p tn , 219 KK
Botanv Club, 7 p.m , 218 Buekhout
Christian Fellowship, 12:45 p.m., 218 HUB
7 p.m., 217 HUB
Dancing Classes, 6:20 p.m, HUB ball-
Engineering Mechanics Seminar, 4:15 p.m.,
202 UmutH’orinff A
Faculty Luncheon Club, 12 p.m , Dining
Boom A, HUB
IF C\ 7 p.m , HUB assembly room
Leonides, 6:20 p.m., 202 HUB
Model Railroad Club, 7 p m., 215 HUB
Psychology Club, ft-30 p.m.. 218 HUB
Rural Sociology Seminar, 3:15 p.m., 214
HUB
SGA Cabinet, 8 p.m., 218 HUB
TIM Elections, 8 a m.-5 p.m , HUB ground
floor
WRA Bowling. 7:30 pm.. White Hail
WRA Executive Board, 6*30 p.ni., 103
White Hall
WRA Hockey, 4:15 p.m, Holmes Field
WSGA Elections Committee, ft 30 p.m.,
21ft HUH
HOSPITAL
Ruboit Anderson, Mary Barrows, Lynn
Derringer. Melton Clinton, Sheila Dubiow,
Dale K\rtns, Muigarct Fowler, Donald
Haitzell, Linda Hendricks, John Kovach,
John Oowalrzyk, David McGrail, Joseph
Navdi, Rom»!rt Rose, Andrew Sack, Car
men Santinocito, Patricia Schiavino, Ste
phen Schiader, Evelyn Schultz, Joseph
Thompson, Charlotte Veach. Marshall Web*
bto», (.erald Whaiton, George Workman.
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October 12
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ME. EE* LMU & Psych.
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lE, CE* LA & Bus Ad; MS in Phys and
Chem.
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& BS in ME. lE.
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Neville Chemical—Jan BS, MS, PhD in
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Arthur Young—Jan BS tn Acctg; Acctff
Internship.
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re-FIECK-tions
K Trio
Campus
Same old story—Kingston Trio scheduled to appear
on college campus—tickets gone in .an hour. We may have
difficulty getting Army tickets, but other colleges have
worse problems.
Judging from news and
Daily Student and Lehigh’s
Brown and White there’s been
trouble a'brewing in antici
pation of the Trio.
Both the University of In
diana and Lehigh University
had the fortune of angaging
the Trio, or should I say mis
fortune, considering the prob
lems that arose prior to their
appearance.
For example, il look less than
two hours to dispose of 3788
tickets at Indiana. And il look
even less lime for the money
making "scalpers" to organize
schemes io sell the lickeis again
at prices way above the origi
nal level.
Lehigh had two problems—
seating capacity and scalpers.
Grace Hall,' Lehigh’s auditor
ium, can seat 3300, which is
their approximate enrollment.
What to do with others wishing
to see the performance?
Which brings me to wonder
why the arrival of the Trio on
colleges campuses causes such
disturbances? The Indiana Stu
dent has this answer; “There
have always been many folk
singers and a number of them
have had excellent backing.
"But most of them lack a
quality which is a must for a
permanent career. The key
qualily of the Kingston Trio
which sets them above a crowd
SATURDAY. OCTOBER 10. 1959
Causes
Problems
by cathy Heck
editorial items in the
of 'guilar-iwangina followers'
is ORIGINALITY."
What else besides originality
does the Trio have? Record
sales have been booming and
Penn State has done a pretty
good job of assisting this boom.
Judging from what I’ve seen
and read of them, personality
during appearances runs a close
second to originality. They not
only look like college students,
but they seem prety much at
ease acting like students. And
contrary to a lot of popular
artists, they consider the colle
giate audience pretty impor
tant when making their en
gagements.
Jumping from campus to
campus throughout the nation,
usually without a day's lapse in
appearances, spells out the
schedule for the Trio, It wasn't
too long ago when it was hard
to convince showpc-ople that
college students were a lucra
tive audience.
Now the trend has changed
and the Trio has found itself
to be the most popular group
among collegiate circles.
Amazing what students can
do. A hundred years ago, they
were staging revolutionary
movements in Europe for more
liberties, Now the revolts are
to get tickets to the Trio’s con
certs. Can you blame them? I
can’t!
Indiana