PAGE rwo —'Collegian Photo by Margie Freer SMOOTHING OUT THE LUMPS in the freshly-laid cement walks is one of the last phases In the outside construction in the new Pollock dorms. The eight new buildings in the Pollock Project are slightly ahead of their completion schedule. Expansion Projects Will Benefit 3200 The University is feeling the growing pains of the nation’s collegiate expansion program—and two of the newest pro jects include plans for housing about 3200 students. The Pollock Project, eight buildings behind McElwain and Simmons’ Halls near Pollock Road, has been under con- Block 'S' Members Announced The newly-chartered Block “S” Club has announced the officers and members of the executive committee for the coming year. They are: Lanney Dey, presi dent; Jeffrey Pollack, vice pres ident; Sheila Gallagher, secre tary; Richard Haber, treasurer;] Betty Seigal and Gerald Garfinlde, members at large; and Lairy Buck, head cheerleader Also named were members of: the organization's three standing committees. Named to the flash card committee were: Larry Mi ley. Paul Krow. Barbara Golberg, Pam Conklin, Nancy Wigfield and Jeffrey Schvvaitz. On the pep rally committee: Joel Katz, Sandy Schrenker, Don na Berman and Earl Gershenow. Mcmbeis of the special events committee are: Vicki Kerrylak, Pat Schaaff, Neal Keit/, Neal Fah rcr and Nick Fallieras. Dey said that a meeting at 3 pm. tomorrow in 216 HUB will bo held to discuss the possibility of the organization sponsoring special buses to the Liberty Bowl game Dec. 19 in Philadelphia. He said the group might also spon sor a pep rally in conjunction with the game. Assembly Approves— (Continued from page one) men will be elected to the com mittee Those nominated Thursday were Ellen Burke (C -Sr.-). Carole Cm (C.-Sr.), Donald Curry (C.- Jr.), Walt Darran (C.-Jr.), Mary Ann Ganter (U.-Sr.), Barbara Hackman (C-Soph.). Jay Haw ley (C.-Sr.), David Kiser (U.-Sr.), Stephen Lenhardt (C.-F.), Peter Luckie (C.-Sr.), Millie Moyer < C.-Jr.), Steven Ott (U.-Sr.) and Harold Scott (U.-F.). —Paul Revere was America’s first engraver. By 808 TACELOSKY struction since October 1958. On Curtin Road, the New Tur£ Plot Residence Halls Project is just beyond the excavatioij/stage. Both University projects are being built by the Virginia En gineering Co. Seven residence halls and one dining hall comprise the Pol lock job and will offer modern j living conditions to 2200 stu dents next fall. Walter H. Wiegand, director of the physical plant planning and construction, reported that the progress on the Pollock units has been very satisfactory, and “may even be a little ahead of sched ule.” “The good weather so far has helped us very much, and we are pleased with the construction thus far,” he said. Wiegand said that both the Pollock and Turf Plot residence halls will be constructed dif ferently than most others on campus. While present halls are built with a single corridor ; and rooms on either side, the new projects will be center core buildings. Two corridors are separated by a core of utility rooms including lavatories, closets and service rooms. Resident rooms are located across the corridor on either side. The utility rooms will have two entrances, so students from both sides of the building can have easy access to them. “The new set-up has some merit.” Wiegand said, “There will be less noise from ‘across the hall’ for students studying, and there are constructional economics in building it this way.” Archeology Class Movie “Ancient Egypt,” an archaeo logical color movie, will be shown at 4:15 p.m. Monday in the Hetzel Union assembly room for the stu dents in Archaeology 1. THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA Student Affairs Study Research Aids Admission, Counseling By BARB YUNK First of Series Student Affairs Research operates in all areas of the University by coordinating research activities and con-j ducting prediction studies! which are used in the selection of students and in counseling. Student Affairs Research, head ed by Dr. Martin L. Zeigler, con ducted surveys in the area of ad |missions which led to the de velopment of a new profile sheet containing all the information about a student. This information, which was once scattered over many sheets, jean now be interpreted more quickly in order to aid counselors Loan Advice Student Aid Offered In Three Categories -Ww. Student aid is divided into three categories—scholarships and awards, student loan funds and student part-time em ployment. A limited number of schol each year with scholastic abil factors considered in selecting re cipients. But many scholarships have other limitations and re strictions which are prescribed by the donors, such as limitation to specified curricula or classes. Two hundred and fifty donors made up of various companies, memorial funds and alumni as sociations are the source of these scholarships and awards. Recipients of general scholar ships who have satisfactorily completed at least one semes ter's work at the University can apply for scholarship forms up on request to the coordinator of scholarships, George N. Leelch, in 205 D Old Main. Applications can be submitted at any time during the academic year, and the recipients are selected dur ing the fall semester.' The All-University Senate Com mittee for Scholarships is now in the process of selecting recipients for the year 1959, but application forms are now being received for the year 1960. Applications are also considered by the College Scholarship Committee. At present there are two sources of student loaq funds. The Uni versity loan fund has been made available by University trustees, alumni and friends of the Univer sity. The maximum amou’nt which may be borrowed by one student during his college career is $lOOO, and freshmen must complete one semester before being considered for a loan. The University participates in the loan program established by the National Defense Edu cation Act of 1958. Students, in cluding freshmen, may borrow as much as $lOOO in any fiscal year. In selecting students for this loan, special consideration is given to students who plan to become elementary or sec ondary school teachers and to students who have outstanding academic backgrounds in sci (Continued on page twelve) By CORDIE LEWIS FOLK SINGING sutton place SUNDAY AFTERNOON (2-4 p.m.) (where the western auto store meets the sidewalk) in the advising of the students. Other research in admission led to the use of an index num ber for ranking students. This index number is derived by multiplying the grades received : during the first three years of | high school by the point sys -1 lem in use at the University. I This gives all applicants an equal opportunity to compete because it reduces the various methods of class rank selection to a common formula. Research in admissions led to the development of a key-punch ing machine which will process the expected 13,000 to 14,000 ap plications which are now being received for the fall semester. This machine ranks the appli cants in descending order accord ing to their predicted grade aver age. Using the machine frees arships are offered to students lity and need as the principal Civil Defense Drill Set for Monday A nation-wide Civil Defense drill will be held between 6 and 8 p.m. Monday, local officials an nounced. The signals for the drill will be given, by the whistle at the Uni versity Power Plant. They will consist of a long blast for the “alert,” a wailing signal for the “take cover” and a long blast for the. “all clear.” There will be no traffic stop page or ‘take cover” action. The only public action will be to lis ten for the signals and to plan ac tion as though the signals indi cated a real emergency. 14 Alpha Kappa Psi's See Naval Supply Depot Fourteen members of Alpha Kappa Psi, business administra tion fraternity, visited the Mech anicsburg Naval Supply Depot Thursday. IBSEN JOHN GABRIEL BORKMAN The love of gold is his master passion. Opening This Weekend CENTER STAGE SATURDAY. DECEMBER 5. 1959 trained staff members from rou tine clerical work so that they can devote their full attention to the selection of students, The use of the machine also insures each student careful consideration and removes the chance of an application being missed during a necessarily hasty hand-operation. Decisions on admissions have been made on a stricter basis since research has shown that 9 out of 10 students at the University are in the top 10 per cent of the popu lation according to ability. This has proven that it is unfair to admit students who are rot able to meet the competition. “It would be like a camp di rector allowing someone who couldn’t swim to take out a canoe,” said Dean T. Sherman Stanford, associate dean of ad \ missions. Research is also used io pre dict future goals for the Uni versity. By using predictions of fhe probable future enrollment, the administration can deter mine future budget needs and plan campus construction. Information gathered by stu dent affairs research does not come to a dead end after being used on admissions. It is used by counselors, deans of the colleges and heads of various departments , to/aid the student in determining ‘ and achieving his goals. 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