Weather Foreca Mostly Cloudy Rather Cold VOL. 60, No. 70 1K Set Rush Date For Feb. 8 By DEX NUTCHINS Second semester freshmen fraternity rushing will begin the first day of the Spring semester, Feb. 8, Don Orr, Interfraternity Council rush ing committee chairman, an nounced last night. According to Orr, rushing will last all semester with the pledging date falling sometime between the 7th and 10th week of rushing. A 20-minute color f4m cover ing various aspects of fraternity life, will be shown to freshmen between '7:45 and 9:15 p.m. Feb. 7 in 119 Osmond to aid in fresh men rushing orientation. Rushees with last names be ginning with letters A to N will see the movie between 7:45 and 8:30 p.m. Those with last names beginning with M to Z will see the movie between 8:30 and 9:15 p.m. At this time the students will be given cards on which to regis ter for rushing and to state schol astic averages. Orr warned that if an incorrect average is given it may result in the indivival's loss of rushing privileges. Gary Gentzler IFC president, said he will write an open letter to all freshmen inviting them to participate in the rushing pro gram and giving information on the movie and other aspects of rushing. The letter will be posted on residence hall bulletin boards. Tickets for the IFC-Panhel Ball, to be held at 9 p.m. April I in Recreation Hall, will be sold by open ticket sales this year, Ronald Flesh IFC vice president said. "Last year when a certain number of tickets were alloted to each house, many people got the idea that the dance was only for the Greeks," Resh said. Only about 100 tick ets were sold to independent students last year, he revealed. Richard McMahon, transfer open house chairman, announced that the transfer open houses will be held from 7 to 9:45 p.m. Feb. 4. The students will visit Alpha (Continued on page two) Leonides OK's Plan To Discuss Merger A joint meeting of all independents to discuss the pro posed merger of the Association of Independent Men and Leonides Council was tentatively approved for Feb. 11 by Leonides last night. The plan, as presented by Harald Sandstrom, AIM presi- dent, calls for an 'informative meeting" featuring a panel dis cussion and a question and answer period which will be designed to give independents a clear view of the merger plans. Attendance will be compulsory for an members of AIM and Leonides Council and special in vitations will be issued to the area councils under AIM. The meeting will be open to all interested in dependents. In presenting the plan, Sand strom said that AIM has defin itely not lost interest in the mer ger and that as a matter of fact the merger committee submit ted a unanimous report favoring it. He said the meeting should clear up any misunderstandings which have arisen between the iwo groups most directly con cerned. Carol Frank, Leonides presi- X' -- , i l : 4 4-O..A t 11 . 0 r B a u m „„Tou —Collegian Photo by Marty Scherr BLUEPRINTS AND OFFICE EQUIPMENT were destroyed in a fire early Saturday morning at a construction shack located behind the Wagner Military Science Building. The fire, caused by a faulty oil heater, was extinguished by the Alpha Fire Co. Young Cites Demand For 'New Yorker' Never before has the New Yorker magazine been in such demand, Dr. Philip Young, professor of American Literature said yesterday to the Faculty Luncheon Club. Discussing "J. D. Salinger and the Missing Magazines," Young said' that he recently found all the issues of the New Yorker which contained the works of Salinger missing from a Mid western university library. They had apparently been taken by a student. Young feels that the demand can be attributed to the fact that the New Yorker has published Salinger's only works in the last six years. Salinger, who is experiencing an increasing popularity in re ent years, is a trend in litera ture. Like other writers today, Sal inger deviates from the accepted picture of American life, the fam ily of "togetherness" and the "sub By PAT DYER dent, assured the group that no votes would be taken at the meet ing, and that it would be strict ly informational. The council unanimously gave the plan its full backing and made attendance compulsory for its members. The council also unanimously voted to give a $5O scholarship, the Leonides Honor Grant, to an outstanding independent woman for the fall semester. The award will be granted chiefly on merit. Any independent woman with a 2.5 all• University average will be eligible to submit an appli cation. The Senate Committee on Scholarship will select the recipient chiefly on leadership, scholarship and service to the university. Several novel proposals, includ ing an all-day dance marathon, (Continued on page two) FOR A BETTER FENN STATE STATE COLLEGE. PA.. TUESDAY MORNING. JANUARY 12. 1960 urban commuter" which has been so vividly painted In magazines and on television. Yet, in his rebellion Salinger goes farther than painting a true picture of American life, Young said. Most Americans think highly of Salinger, but even so they don't know what to think of him, Young said. There are three things about Salinger that add to the enthu siasm for his writing. He has an urban style that is absolutely his own, he is a very funny man (Continued on page eight) Cloudy, Cold To Continue Mostly cloudy skies and rather cold temperatures will continue today, tonight and tomorrow. Very cold air has blanketed New York state for the past three days. Temperatures have ranged from below zero along the Canadian border to the middle 20's along the Pennsylvania line. Slow moderation of this cold air to the north is expected dur ing the next few days, but its presence will prevent the very warm air to the south of Penn sylvania f rom reaching th i 6 area Today will be mostly cloudy and cold with a high of 33 de grees. Cloudy and cold weather will continue, tonight with a low of 29 degres expected. Tomorrow should be mostly cloudy and cord with a chance of drizzle or light rain by late in the day or at night. The high will be 35 degrees. Test Rights OK'dfor Reds WASHINGTON (/P) The United States—because of its own missile and nuclear weapons tests in the Atlantic and Pacific—has slight ground to protest Soviet plans to shoot test rockets into the Pacific, 1 said yesterday. U.S. diplomatic officials i not protest the Soviet test plans. These officials, too, noted the United States is using the seas for military and scientific tests. "What's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander," said Chair man Overton Brooks (D-La.) of the House Space Committee at a news conference. "If my understanding of the situation is correct. what the Russians propose to do is what we have done," Sen. Francis Case (R.S.D.) told the Senate. Case is a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee. Brooks and Case spoke out amid new speculation over what may be behind the latest Soviet move. There were suggestions that the forthcoming Soviet rock et tests in the central Pacific may signal a new gambit in the mis sile diplomacy the Soviet Union has used before. Some U.S. officials noted the tests are bracketed by the So viets in the month starting Friday—a month that will see the signing of a new 10-year security pact between the Unit ed States and Japan. and the start of a visit by Soviet Pre mier Nikita Khrushchev to Indonesia. Also, any spectacular new_ space achievements the Soviets ma y score would be fresh in mind when diplomats begin a series of talks pointed toward the East- West summit conference in May and President Eisenhowei's ex pected visit to the Soviet Union next June. Soviet Ambassador Mikhail Menshikov visited Eisenhower Monday to deliver an oral good will message from Khrushchev. Political Science Movies Two movies on international understanding will be presented at 7:30 tonight in 121 Sparks. "Boundary Lines," a 10-minute color film, and "3-2-1-0," a 54- 'minute movie, will be shown. Educational Television Faculty Views Aired In TV Questionnaire By NICKI WOLFORD Fifth of Series A research questionnaire sent out during the 1956-57 academic year showed that 38 per cent of the faculty members who had not taught television courses thought instruction by television was worse than the conventional classroom method. However, of faculty members who had had televisim (s*.fiLla4 11 k....(irk k....(irk .. j„ :.\_ ~,.............,:,,,- „ experience, 61 per cent thought television instruction was better and 23 per cent thought it was the same. These questionnaires were sent out in connection with the Uni versity's educational television project for the 1956-57 academic year. The research was conducted by the Division of Academic Re search and Services. Faculty members were " also asked for their preferences in handling increased numbers of students. Only seven per cent of the instructors who had not taught I television courses favored keeping the classes the same size and in creasing the class load. About 13 per cent felt that in- rgiatt Blue and White Eyesore See Page 4 wo key members of Congress idicateci the government will Garner St. Will Get Traffic Light By BABB YUNIC State College Borough Coun cil voted last night to approve t h e planning commission's recommendation to purchase and install a traffic light at the corner of E. College Ave.„ Garner St. and Shortlidge Rd. The cost of purchasing the light will be approximately $2OOO. No bid is required on this purchase because the traffic light is a ,pat ented item. The commission was also auth orized to accept the lowest bid for installing the light. The problem of heavy traffic arose when Garner St. was re built last summer to change it from a one-way street north to a two-way street. In other business, the council agreed to keep the formal meeting time at 7.30 p.m. on the first Monday of the month. Council members voted to set 8 p.m. of the third Monday of each month for an informal meeting. Council also decided to estab lish a policy that would permit the press and radio to be present at all informal as well as formal meetings of committees. Appointments to various auth orities, boards and commissions were approved. Vacancies to be filled at the next meeting re mained on only three authorities and one board. creased class size was the answer. Using television and keeping the faculty teaching hours the same as they are now was the answer checked by 24 per cent. However, 43 per cent of the 140 instructors who were given the questionnaire offered sug gestions other than those on the sheet. The faculty reaction to the ex pansion of television was varied : Thirty-three per cent favored ex panding it to some degree and 12 per cent were against any ex pansion. Fifteen per cent favored expanding it a great deal. Faculty members who had not taught a television course were also asked to estimate students' (Continued on page three) FIVE CENTS
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