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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
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"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
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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,
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