Weather Forecast: Cold, Partly Cloudy VOL. 60. No. 31 Changes In Universit Staff Tries To Meet New Trends By JEFF POLLACK (First of a Series) The University is under going a change one not as obvious as the construction of a new building or residence hall. Construction of a new class room building serves only to re flect this more significant event— a change in the educatiopal needs of the student body and In the de mands society makes upon the University to produce more en, gineers, doctors, or journalists. The Russian "Sputnik" of Oc tober 1957 did more than start the space age. It caused people to look at the American educational system and Its method of training scientists and engineers. It also had a counter-effect of putting more emphasis on the liberal arts humanities, philosophy and the social sci ences: What has the University done to keep pace with these continu ous changes; what departments are being added and enlarged, which dropped or decreased? The overwhelming demand for engineers during the past decade has forced changes upon the Col lege of Engineering and Archi tecture. Few people are aware of the changes that the College and the Department of Electrical Engineering have made to han dle increased enrollment. Enrollment in the Colleges of Agriculture and Mime Economics has gone down in the past five years while the rest of the col leges have shown increases. With more students attending the Uni versity than ever before, why are some colleges having such a prob lem? The Daily Collegian spoke to Laurence E. Dennis, vice presi dent for academic affairs, and other administrative and college officials about the trends now op erating within the University and what is being done to keep abreast of new demands. ' Future articles in this series will deal with the problems of each college, changes in its en rollment, its public image and changes in faculty. The first col lege discussed will be the College of Engineering and Architecture. Packard to Address 3rd Alumni College Vance Packard '36, author of two best sellers, will deliver the keynote address at the opening of the Alumni College tomorrow night at the Nittany Lion Ihn. Packard wrote "The Hidden Persuaders" and "The Status Seekers," the latter of which is a current best seller. His speech, entitled "Class and Status in Contemporary Ameri ca," is open only to those en rolled for the Alumni College. This is the third session of the Alumni College which is co-sponsored by the Alumni As sociation and the - Center ' for Continuing Liberal Education. The program will last from to morrow until Saturday. The Alumni College was in itiated to offer continuing liberal education to Penn Stem alumni through fall, spring an. summer sessions. Occasional s •cial ses sions of interest to i•articular groups of alumni are : so held. The theme for this - gram is "Facets of Civilization: The Pursue i us." The two previo 4.:....,,. or a i : , .: 0 ,..,,.,A.,.., 0 —Collegian Photo by Sam Wilson "CHA CHA CHA"—Dave Garland, freshman in arts and letters from Harrisburg, and Barbara Bradley strut their "stuff"—Arthur Murray style—at the Indie talent show. Their's was one of seven acts which competed for a $lO award last night in the HUB Ballroom. Roil Wins Ist Place In Indie Talent Show Edward Rolf, junior in journalism from Homer Alaska, carried off top honors in the Indio Talent Show last night. Rolf, a baritone, sang "Old Man River" and "You'll Never Walk Alone." He was presented with a $lO check for his prize. sting of William Monie, soph- The Bill Monie Trio, torsi omore in electrical engineering from Cape Elizabeth, Maine; Kent Knowlton, sophomore in electri cal engineering from Wellsboro; and David Heilveil, freshman in engineering from Philadelphia, placed second. The trio sang "House of the Rising Sun," and "High Barbarree." Third place went to the Fred Bender Quartet which presented an original song, "The Snow Fell on the Night We Met," written, by the leader of the group. They also sang "Wimoweh". The Quartet is composed of Fred Bender, sophomore in arts and letters from Denver; Ina Zicherman, freshman in the arts from Mount Vernon; Jere Gross, freshman in agriculture from Bed minster; and James Chester, jun ior in chem. eng. from Aliquippa. The winners were selected by were held last April and August. Besides Packard, alumni at _ fending the college will hear H. Eugene Goodwin, director of the School of Journalism; Jean Erdman, leading modern dance exponent; Winona Mor gan, head of the department of child , development and family relations; and Hugo Weisgall, visiting professor of music. A round table discussion, "The I rtelevance of Religion to Ameri can Values," will be held at 2 p.m. Friday in the Hetzel Union Assembly room. Participating in the discussion will be Ralph W. Condee, assistant director of the Center for Liberal Education; John Mourant, professor of phil (Continued on page twelve) r l all ' s pro- American t of Val sessions FOR A BETTER PENN STATE STATE COLLEGE. PA., WEDNESDAY MORNING. OCTOBER 28. 1959 audience applause as registered by an applause meter. All acts participating were given a free ticket to the Autumn Ball to be held Saturday. , Master of ceremonies for the show was "Grandma Higgins" Finalists for the Independent Sweetheart were announced last night. They are Margo Lewis, spon sored by Cambria House; Judy Frederic, Atherton Men; Lynn Marvel, McKee Hall, Unit 1: Bonnie Deboiser, Nittany 40; Jackie Grone, Linden House; Candi Bodine, Lodge and Cedar Houses; Mary Dugan, Locust House; Ann Bossert, Nittany 26; Corole Wright, Hemlock House: and Jacquie Parkins, Nittany 21. The finalists all will appear in the Indie Sweetheart Pageant tonight at 8 in the Mini Union ballroom. more formally known as William Bonham, senior in the arts from Forty Fort. She appeared with her sidekick, Hornsby J. Chap fellow (James Currie, senior in labor-management relations from [ Pottsville) between acts. Cold to Continue For 3 More Days Cold weather will continue for at least three more days with sub freezing temperatures expected tonight. Today will be and cold with a high of 50 de grees. Clear and quite cold wea ther is due to night with tern peratures plung ing to 28 de grees. Partly cloudy skies and cold temperatures are expected tomorrow morning with cloudiness increasing and temper atures climbing to slightly warm er levels by afternoon. Rain will begin tomorrow eve ning and it should continue into Friday. TwaH Upheld By Judges PHILADELPHIA VP)—A federal appeals court, in a 2-1 decision yesterday upheld a Taft-Hartley injunction ordering half a million striking United Steelworkers back to the mills for 80 days. But the special panel of three judges of the U.S. 3rd Circuit Court added a provision permit ting the strike to continue for at least six more days. This is to give the union time to carry its appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court, All three judges upheld the the constitutionality of the Taft- Hartley injunction. Judge Wil liam H. Hastie, however, in his dissent asserted that issuance q: the injunction was not necessary to the health and safety of the coutry as pictured by President Eisenhower. The majority felt it was. Union attorneys said the fight' will be taken to the Supreme Court probably on Monday. It was understood neither side had made special arrangements to seek Supreme Court action im mediately after the appeals court finding had become known. In Washington, Atty. Gen. Wil- I liam P. Rogers said he would ask the Supreme Court today to or der the union to file its appeal by noon Thursday. He indicated the government wants the strikers back on the job as promptly as possible. "The six-day stay, together with the announcement by counsel for the union that it probably would not petition the Supreme Court for certiorari until the end of the six-day period, means a wholly unne cessary delay in resolving the legal questions," Rogers said. The decision of the special pan el came upon a union's petition to declare the Taft-Hartley in junction unconstitutional. Yesterday's decision was hailed by government attorneys as a ma jor victory in Eisenhower's efforts to end a strike now 105 days old and seemingly a long way from settlement despite deals two steel firms had made independently with the unon. These companies are Kaiser and Detroit Steel. Color Pages Today Today's issue contains four extra pages—two in color. This is a special McLanahan Self- Service section, explaining the grand opening of their new store at 414 E. College Ave. Coeds to For King Coeds are wearing boys' names on their sleeves these days, but only to publicize their group's candidate for king of the Mardi Gras, which will be held 8 p.m. Friday- at Recreation Hall. All 21 women's groups have now selected their kings. Five kings not previously an nounced are Martin Scherr, senior in arts and letters from Yardley, McKee Hall; Harald Sandstrom, senior in arts and letters from Bryn Athyn, South Halls; Donald Wilson, junior in physical educa tion from Bethlehem, Simmons. William Yalch. sophomore in industrial engineering from Pittsburgh, Grange; Douglas Fisher. sophomore in arts and letters from Lansdale, Atherton; and Robert Carson, freshman in business administration from Charlottesville, Va., Freshman Council. The parade of all the king can didates will start 6:30 p.m., Fri day at the Entrance Roads. It will first pass the Nittany Halls„ then turn right on Pollock rgiatt Larger Audiences? See Page 4 Senior Test Discussed By Althouse By KAREN HYNECK-EAL A total analysis of what is known about testing should be the first step in considering the proposed comprehensive examinations for graduating seniors, Dr. Paul M. Althouse, as sistant director of resistant edu cation in agriculture, told the Agriculture Student Council last night. The examination suggested by students at September's Student Encampment and the Student Government Association has ap proved its recommendation to the administration. Althouse stressed that the ex amination is at present only a suggestion and that students should not jump to conclusions. "Students have more experience in taking' examinations than we, as professors, have in giving them," he said. "The ultimate objective of the comprehensive examination ideally would be to assure that the graduating senior is profi cient in his major field of study," he said. Althouse emphasized that in or der to formulate a desirable ex amination, it would be necessary to analyze all existing tests, in cluding quizzes and bluebooks. "In studying examinations we would like to learn what they, are like and what they achieve," he added. Since- the comprehensive ex amination is being considered, students should discuss testing in general and how they feel about it. Faculty members will be do ing the same. Then the two groups should meet and exchange ideas, he said. Campaign Nominees Rd. and pass behind Simmons and McElwain to the South Halls. It will go up Shortlidge Rd. to Park Ave. and the North Halls, on to North Allen St. to the library up Curtin Rd., pass the West Halls and arrive at Rec Hall. Robert McCracken, senior in arts. and letters from Allen. town, will be master of cere monies at the carnival spon sored by Scrolls, senior women's hat society. Mrs. R. Mae Schultz, assistant to the dean of women, James E. Montgomery, head of the Hous ing and - Home Art Department, and Major Cecil M. Richardon, assistant professor of air science, (Continued on page twelve) FIVE CENTS
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