PAGE TWO CAMERON D. ISEMAN, instructor in theatre arts, portrays John Gabriel Liorkman in the Players' production of the same name written by Henrik Ibsen. The play will be shown tonight at Center Stage. Educational Television Conclusions With Other The general conclusions drawn after the University's 1955 experiment with televised instruction were in agreement with most of the conclusions drawn from other studies being carried on across the nation. Research on televised instr Prof to Attend Curricula Study In Engineering Dr. Benjamin A. Whisler, head of the department of Civil Engineering, will partici pate in a study of ways to better undergraduate engi neering curricula this weekend at an engineering educators an d professional engineers conference in Ringwood, N.J. The Cooper Union College has received a grant of $43,410 from the National Science Foundation for this study and will sponsor it in cooperation with the Ameri can Society of Civil Engineers and the American Society for Engi neering Education. Among the educational institu tions represented at the confer ence will be the Universities of California, Arkansas, Texas, Ari zona, Michigan, Cornell, Colum bia, Tulane, Dai (mouth, Purdue and Penn State. Two later conferences will be held before the group brings in its recommendations. Tribunal Clears Prowl Suspects Off-Campus Tribunal acquitted two men Wednesday night who were accused of prowling outside McKee Hall about 2 55 am. on Dee 18 They were reported to Campus Patrol as prowlers by the hostess of McKee Hall. When reached by the patrol car, the men said they had been visiting an apartment downtown and had left there at 2 a.m. They admitted drinking, but were not intoxicated. They said they had walked up the Mall and along the road beside West Halls. As they reached Thompson Hall, they noticed a patrol car coming up behind them. They be gan to run, fearing they would be stopped for drinking, by the Campus Patrol. Agree Studies By NICKI WOLFORD Fourth of Serees uction was being done mainly by the Department of Defense and colleges and universities. Most of the studies basically agreed that instruction by tele vision was not less effective than the conventional classroom meth od. Several studies indicated that television was just as effective if not more so than conventional methods. A study done by the Army at Camp Gordon showed that per haps televised instruction was more effective than normal in struction for lower aptitude groups. Only in two of the studies which have been compared with the University's project were the re sults of comparisons between tele vised instruction and classroom instruction slightly negative. In a Red Cross study, students in the televised section did as well on a written test but not as well on a performance test. A study done by Houston Uni versity showed that the non-tele vision biology group did better on a written examination. One of the main differences in the University's project at that time was the University's em phasis on the economic problems involved in televised instruction. Penn State has used moderate cost equipment and a limited operating personnel some of whom are students. In most oth er cases reviewed by the Uni versity's research group. pro duction was in the hands of commercial personnel using pro fessional equipment. Another difference between the Penn State project and others lies', in one of the project's objectives— that of studying the relative of-i fectiveness of unmodified courses. taught for a full semester. The! instructor's own method of pre-; sentation was to remain the same.) The University's project placed more emphasis on collecting in formation on the acceptability of televised instruction to adminis trators, faculty and students. 2 0 ,1,,, d :/„; 1 , - . - ' --,. , tti, . d• . • . . _ .. . . •• .. , . ... . ... .. .... • 040 se 3.A ' Ht "' ' t l . ' 1\:.„,. , ~ ,- , slim COLiECI• ' ' ' le * r. 5 ,5 - .b " 412 • 1 P,HD•Ars 11 70 4 im . - 1 THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA Success Story Grad Student Operates By SANDY PADWE !through college, but Shervanick' It's been a long, tough road,' is used to the hard work. A 1946 graduate of Shamokin; but Frank Shervamck, a grad-! ,High School in the hard coalr uate student in business ad-fields of Pennsylvania, Sherva-I ministration from Shamokin nick realized at an early age than ,there wasn't much opportunity int ,is turning the Horatio Alger ithat line of work. So he left for 1 !New Jersey in the hope of finding' ;story into a modern day saga. l a job to finance a college educa- The 27-year-old ex-paratrooperition. who worked three years as al He bounced around New Jersey dishwasher, cook and waiter atl for five years with the Ford l local fraternities, scraped enough d! iMotor Co. and just never seemed money together last spring and ;to :to hit on a money-making job.! I saw the realization of a dream His next stop was the U.S. I when he went into business for ;himself. 1 Army's 82nd Airborne Division. Asked if this is where he got Shervanick bought Morrell's I the idea of going into the res- Sandwich Shop on S. Frazier I taurant business, Shervanick St., and almost overnight turned f quipped: "The only time I saw it into a budding business enter- I a kitchen in the Army was dur prise featuring fool-long hoag- I ing KP." ies, steak sandwiches and meat- 1 When his service hitch ended ball sandwiches among other 'in 1955, Shervanick enrolled at gastronomical - delights. ;the University and immediately Working nearly 10 hours a day,began learning all he could about on outside interests isn't the aver- business administration. age student's way of getting' He compiled a 3.0 All-U aver- 13 Selected For Grants . -Howard A. Cutler, assistant to the vice president for aca demic affairs, announced yes terday that 13 University stu dents have been selected to be interviewed for the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship. The interviewing will take place this weekend and next at Haver ford College in Haverford, Pa. Eight hundred and thirty nomi nees from colleges and univer sities in Pennsylvania and New Jersey will be interviewed. These two states make up District 4 of 15 districts of the national foun dation. Seventy-three fellowships ap pointments will be made at Ha verford, and 62 alternates will be chosen to compete with al ternates of the other 14 districts of the foundation. The fellowships are offered to students planning to do graduate work leading to a career in teach ing huthanities, social sciences and some natural sciences on the col lege level. The award is for the first year of graduate study only. The foundation does not accept applications directly from stu dents. Candidates for the award must be nominated by a faculty member. Thirty-nine students were rec ommended by faculty members here. These candidates were then screened by a regional se lection committee on the basis of their transcripts, autobiog raphies of intellectual and aca demic ideas and letters of recom mendation. Regional selection committees, made up of faculty members from colleges and universities of this district, will do the interviewing at Haverford. Cutler, who will act as chair man of three of the selection corn mitees, said that any student who has been recommended by a fac ulty member for this fellowship should consider it a great honor. Orientation Notebook All women orientation coun selors are requested to return their notebooks to 101 McElwain no later than next Friday. Emerson Society to Meet The Emerson Society will meet at 6:30 p.m. tomorow in 216 Hetz el Union. The topic for- discussion will be "Interfaith Marriage." SUTTON PLACE (where the western auto store meets the sidewalk) and, there's FOLK SINGING on Sunday afternoon HEc Reorganization ' Approved by Senate A reorganization plan for the College of Home Economics. which provides for a freshman common year program and changes all curriculums to majors, passed the University Senate Thursday. In explaining the plan to G. Mather, chairman of the Com mittee on Courses of Study, said one reason for the change was to meet the demands of the Univer sity. The second reason, Mather said, was "Jo make more obvi ous to the University commu nity, the purposes and functions of the college that previously have not been apparent." He said students in the college used to learn only how to make sauces, but now they will be em ployed by commercial firms con cerned with such things as the best way to package foods. The programs are oriented to more professional work, he said. Explaining the prevailing atti tude toward home economics stu dents, Mather said: "Only a small proportion of them major in what you and I think they are major ring in." The new program involves more of a "re-arrangement than a change," Mather said. The college will now have only one curriculum instead of four, and the curriculums have been changed to majors. The five ma jors are divided by "options." For example, a student in the curriculum of home economics might major in commercial con- JOHN GABRIEL BORKMAN The story of a Napoleon of finance. CENTER STAGE Last Two SATURDAY, JANUARY 9, 1960 Local Shop age in addition to working at many odd jobs during the school year. Then came the spring of '53 and an opportunity to go into business for himself. "A great guy named Harry Morrell gave me a chance I couldn't pass up," said Shervanick while cleaning a shiny new grill. "He had been running the place for 38 years and decided it was time to retire, "So I asked him the price and he gave me a bargain because he wanted to see someone get a good start. "I'm not sure if I'd like to do this all my life but right now I'm only concerned with ex panding this place and getting through graduate school. "I think I'd like to try an ac counting firm or get a job with one of the bigger corporations in this area and still keep the shop. But you can never tell what will come up Right now I'm plenty happy the way things are." Senate members, Dr. William sumer services and have an "op tion" in merchandising. After Mather move 4. for the adoption of the plan, Dr. Walker said: "1 wish somebody would tell me what curriculum, major and option mean." Lawrence E. Dennis, vice presi dent for academic affairs, ex plained that a committee from the Council of Deans was working on the problem and would make a report in the spring. In other business, the Senate passed an amendment to its con stitution giving membership to the directors of the commonwealth campuses and the directors of the Mont Alto Branch. For CLASSIFIEDS Call UN 5-2531 Titirt NOW Now: 1:30, 3:30, 5:30, 7:30, 9:30 sonsulli t r R : ArC R ,I I4 IT TO II TH A E U CE M TE Now: 12:00, 2:21, 4:42, 7:03, 9:31 Ott Of THE EARTH , 20. PAT BOONE C 4 , • JAMES MASOU 4 NITTANY NOW: 4:39, 6:18, 7:57, 9:36 The"ONE OF THE YEAR'S TEN BEST!" f QVERS starring be MOREAU • kafl Mat WRY
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