The daily collegian. (University Park, Pa.) 1940-current, September 11, 1960, Image 1

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    Weather Forecast:
Rain,
Mild
VOL. 61. No. 1
4-Term Year Planned for '6l
Week's Activities to Acquaint
Frosh, Transfers With P.St,/
Some 6000 new students, a far cry from the 119 farmer-students of 1855, will enter the, Classes would be taught on al
:University today and begin their Orientation Week. ternate days, as they are now in
"the semester plan, he said. and
This week of activities, designed to acquaint new faces with the "Penn State World,:there would be a 20-minute intcr
will consist of tours, counseling, lectures and mixers. va t b e t ween eac h class .
I The average student, he said
All new students, both freshmen and' transfers, will take part in the program. Infor-! would take about 10 to 13 cred
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on the week-long activiH _________. _ i its each, term rather than 15
.ties can be found in the specially ...
y load in the semester plan.
:Freshmen / B to which is the average
academic
6000 Students
_ prepared Orientation Booklet. At-
Aendance is -required at some of;
In a specimen calendar which
;the activities and some are op- Dmks at BX ,Bernreute r distributed to En-
Invade Campus"cinal.
i .The first meal in the Univer- i ]classes would begin ,next year on
The one and only place Where, 'campment members'
fall
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nil
• 1 sity dining hall will be served .
freshmen can. purchase of . ficial;d ay
Oct.. 2 and end Dec. 12 with a one-
For Orientation' beginning at 5:30 p.m. today.
t Meetings with residence hall Thanksgiving vacation. Win
:frosh clinks and name cards is the ter term classes would begin Jan.
Six thousand new students, 133& counselors will be held at 9 p.m. Book Exchange, on the ground 3, thus incorporating Christmas
floor of the Hetzel Union build-
for all men, 9:30 p.m, for fresh- vacation in the recess bet w n
ce
more than last year's figure, willi
man women and, 10 p.m. for - • terms. and end March 13. Spring
invade the campus today to begin!
women with advanced standing. m g . term classes would begin March
The Book Exchange will be open 21 and end May 31 with a 3-day
a week of orientation and registra-i The counselors are selected ,
lion prior to the opening of classes upperclass men and women stu- i from 9 a.m. until 8 p.m. to ac- Easter vacation. Summer term
icommodate freshmen. The price :would begin June 14 and end
,dents who will guide freshmen
Sept. 19. vital dink and namecard'Aug. 23.
and transfers throughout the'ef the
Nearly 2000 additional fresh-; w $1.25. fresh-;week. They will meet each night,is Bernreuter said that tuition
men will report to the 14 Com-:and at other specified times with The BX is a non-profit, student- would remain the same as under
monwealth Campuses, Dr. Robertigroups of students. operated business which supplies the. semester plan, but would he
G. Bernreuter, dean of admissions,' University President Eric A;students with all necessary school spread over the three terms. Penn-
Walker will address new students materials. It carries a complete'sylvania residents at present pay
said. 'at a convocation at 9 a.m. tomor- line of pencils, spiral notebooks,s4Bo for two semesters. Under
Included in this group are 1260 row in Recreation Hall. ;filler paper, pens and miscel- the term plan they would pay
freshmen beginning a 4-year pro- The various women's organiza- laneous articles. Engineering and , sl6o per term or $4BO for Vie
gram and about 700 who will
lions—Panhellenic Council, Le- drawing supplies are also avail-three terms which make no the
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(Contin(ed on, page twenty-one) able there. , (Continued on page twenty-onc)
enroll for the 2-year program -------
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leading to an associate degree.
In addition to the 4051 fresh- ;
men scheduled to arrive today,
there are 366 students who have
been readmitted, 896 from other )
campuses and 702 students trans
ferring with advanced standing!
from other colleges and universi-1
lies,
Last year, 4670 students, includ- away their smiles, hang out
ing 3161 freshmen, reported for'
.the frowns and walk around
orientation and freshmen at the y
Commonwealth Campuses includ Th with an air of pessimism
ed 1365 students for the 4-year
! . thicker than the smog over
program and 911 for the 2-year;
associate degree curriculum. Los Angeles.
k Rip Engle, the coach of Penn"
Pollock Road Opened State's Liberty Bowl champions,
For Orientation Traffic is no exception, and this year he
Pollock Rd. was opened to really has plenty to be gloomy
through traffic at 5 p.m. Friday',l.,„„f frith
the home opener
end will be opened until 8
Monday to - facilitate the arrival of against Boston University just six
new students on Sunday. days away.
- For the past year the road has Thanks to graduation. Charles
been closed to through traffic : t h e Ripper has some big holes to
where it intercepted the Mall be- fill, but a wave of pre-season
,knee injuries has forced him to
cause of heavy pedestrian traffic
at the Mall and along P o ll ock Rd :abandon a few of his plans.
Until Monday, Curtin Rd., be The most serious injuries be
tween Recreation Hall and the long to halfbacks Roger Hochman,
Pattee Library, will be opened,encts Henry Oppermann and John
only to eastbound traffic. Bozick, and guard Wayne Ber.: '
University Senate to Meet
The first meeting of the Uni
versity Senate will be held Oct. 6.
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THE NITTANY LION -SYMBOL OF OUR BEST
Knee Injuries Hamper Lion Gridders
BY SANDY PADWE
Sports Editor
September is the month
when all football coaches tuck
Kochman, rated as the best L
breakaway threat to don a Penn •
State uniform since Lenny
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FOR A BETTER PENN STATE
STATE COLLEGE, PA.. SUNDAY MORNING. SEPTEMBER 11, 1960
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Students May Receive
Degrees After 3 Years
The University may abandon the semester.system and
begin operating on a year-round 4-term basis beginning next
fall.
Dr. Robert G. Bernreuter, special assistant to the presi
dent in charge of student affairs, told the members of the
' 1960 Stbd e n t Encampment
;Wednesday, that the plan would
divide the academic yea 7 into
four terms, each about ten NVC( INS F reshmen
long, three terms being equal to
itwo of the present 15-week - se- •
!roosters.
ea.
i What has been called the
i
1 summer sessions would become
the summer term and would be
equivalent to each of the other rexy Talk
three terms fall, winter and :
spring. Bernreuter explained I See Prexli's Welcome
that this would enable a stu- On Page 3
i dent to complete work for a : Dr. Eric A. W Mier, president
bachelor's degree in three years, of the University, will address all
I although he stressed this would of the incoming freshman and
I not be . mandatory. - transfer students at 9 a.m. tomor-
IClass periods would be length- PO"' at Recreation Hall:
ened from the present 50 minutes Walker first e•iiiie to the Uni
in 1945 as head of the De
tate the transferral of credits be-
to 75 minutes. This would facili- ver!'llY
lpartment of Electrical Engineer
lween the semester and term ing and Director of the Ordnance
plans, Bernreuter said, s i nce i t Research Laboratory.. In 1951 he
equalizes time spent in class per
credit in the two systems
RIP ENGLE
hash
Challenge
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WALKER
becaMe dean of the College:of
Engineri»g and Architecture.
Early in. 1956 he was named
vice president of the Upivorsity
and was elected picAdent upon
the resignation of Dr, Milton Ei
senhower in June of that year.
He was born in Long Eaton;
England on April 29, 1910.
Walker graduated from high
school m Wrightsville in 1928,
He then wont to ilarvard Univer
sity where 'he received his bache
lor of science degree in 1932, his
master's degree in bwiness ad
ministration in 1933 and his doc
torate in engii.ctsi:ing in 1935.
Walker is an active member of
many education eretinvering and
civic committees. Some of these
include Commission on ffiglier
Education of Middle Slate Asso
ciation of Colleges and Secondary
Schools National Science Board
of the National Science Founda
tion: Phi Kanpa Phi; Tau Bcta Pi,
and Sigma Xi.
Donna to Bring
Gusty Winds, Rain
A weakening hurricane- Donna
will be moving tewinfl-this area
today and should cruise increas
ing winds and rain tonight.
This powerful tropical!Amin
should be sufficiently weakened
by the time it rcaches Pelnmyva
nia to spare this area Loy . dam
aging winds. llowever, gale force
winds may devilop in the eastern
c . ,-elions or the Commonwealth
tomorrow,
The forecast for this aIP a is for
cloudy and mild weather ind:!37
tvith occasional rains. The high
should he .:rout. 70 dcvic,!s
Tonight will he elmidy, winqy
and tool \vith rain, po s sibly heavy
at times.
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