FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 3. 1961
ROTC Plans Change
For New Term System
(This is the last in a series of articles describing adjustments
planned by the University due to the four-term year.)
Two-semester or four-term freshmen and sophomores
will still answer to the commands of their peers as ROTC
leadership lab, sometimes referred to as “comedy hour,”
marches on.
Although the drills and mass formations “comedy hour”
will be familiar, returning cadets
and midshipmen will find many
other aspects of their required
ROTC program a bit strange;
many may even be pleasantly sur
prised, as the military services
plan for the four-term year.
Both the Army and Air Force
plans call for a reduction in
the number of required "mili
tary’’ courses, allowing cadets
to substitute credits earned in
other University colleges.
The basic Army program has
been reduced by dropping courses
such as crew-served weapons
training. The advanced Army pro
gram has also been reduced to
allow cadets to take courses taught
by regular faculty members which
will contribute to a “broadening
educational experience,” accord
ing to Col. Ellis B. Richie, profes
sor of military science and tactics.
Army courses will be so ar
ranged so that a student may ac
celerate and complete his required
training in five consecutive terms
or take the summers off and com
plete the basic program in six
terms, Richie added.
The Army program will re
quire a total of six credits for
the basic program. Leadership
labs will be held on Thursday
and Friday mornings.
The amount of outside drill in
the new Air Force program will
be cut approximately in half, ac
cording to Col. W. J. Cain, pro
fessor of air science. Indoor lab
courses will present military cus
toms and courtesy, leadership
programs, and background for of
ficers.
The biggest innovation in the
Air program is the substitution
of regular college courses which
“contribute to the professional
education of an Air Force offi
cer” for military courses in three
of the six basic terms.
Joan Students
Oh Wrong Side
Of Fire Story
Two seniors in journalism were
on the wrong side of the story
Wednesday. James Moran and
Phillip Hand returned to campus
to find that fire had caused $7OO
damage to their house trailer.
For Moran this was the climax
to a “perfect day” which started
out with a five-hour delay be
cause his auto broke down on the
way to the University for regis
tration. This made him late in ar
riving on campus and too late to
see his advisor who had already
gone home. Moran then decided
to stay in The Daily Collegian of
fice so that he could be awake in
time to see his advisor before he
registered at 8 yesterday morn-,
log, but the campus patrol evicted
him.
The kitchen of the trailer was
heavily damaged by flames and
heat, according to Alpha Fire
Chief Bower Moore, while smoke
damage was extensive through
out the trailer.
It is belived by Moore that the
fire was started by a heating coil
used to keep water pipes from
freezing.
Both occupants of the trailer
were at their homes when the fire
occurred and only quick action by
a neighbor, James Todd, a senior
in mechanical engineering, who
saw the fire and reported it im
mediately, saved the trailer,
Moore said.
Art Profs Represented
In Corcoran Exhibition
George S. Zoretich, profes
eor of art, and George Pappas,
associate professor of art and
art education, are among the
128 artists represented in the
27th Biennial Exhibition at
the Corcoran Gallery of Art
In Washington, D.C.
Ninety-three artists were in
vited to exhibit and the remain
ing 35, which included the two
Penn State faculty members,
•were selected by a jury that re
viewed more than 3000 paintings.
Also in the group of 35 artists
chosen by jury was Ben Kami
hira, who served on the Sum
mer Sessions faculty at the Uni
versity several years ago, and
who won the second prize of
$l5OO for his painting, “Wedding
Dress." He is a brother of Tom
Featured on the next few pages of today's DAILY COLLEGIAN
By PAT DYER
Kamihira, photographer at the
University.
Pappas is represented by “Rock
Harbor, Orleans,” and Zoretich by
“In Transformation.” Both paint
ings had been exhibited previous
ly in the gallery of the Hetzel
Union Building.
The current exhibit marks the
fourth time that Zoretich has
been represented in the Corcoran
Biennial and the second time for
Pappas.
Commenting on the exhibi
tion, Hermann Warner Williams
Jr., director of the Gallery and
chairman of the jury, said that
in no case was the identity of
the painter the determining
factor for the presence of his
work in the exhibit.
He said that the exhibit con
sists of “a group of paintings each
of which in its own way seemed
to me to possess quality.”
The exhibit will continue
through Feb. 26.
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE PENNSYLVANIA
Mynah Birds Subject to Tests
WATCHING AND WAITING for the mynah bird to speak is
Dr. Joseph H. Grosslight, professor of psychology, who is doing
research on the development of speech in birds.
Chaplain to Present
'What's in a Name?'
Dr. Luther H. Harshbarger, University chaplain, will
speak at 10:55 a.m. Sunday in Schwab for the University
Chapel Service.
Harshbarger, who is also co-ordinator of religious affairs
and professor of religion at the University, will speak on the
topic “What’s in a Name?” '7777; "rvi.iT. 77., "7; -T> ,
At the present time Harsh bar-, n I* an< *
ger is serving on the Committee!™ 11 from 3-5 p m
for Religion and Education of ihej on * eb - 17 , anti „ „ ..
American Council of Education] .^? a f se ? for Roman Catholics
and on the Executive Committee y l , ll if™' S j n , d , ay ln
of the Commission in Higher Edu-if, cb }f aban ‘* at ®> 9: . 3 ® ancJ r |. l arP
.cation of the National Council of. Lady of Victory Church.
Churches of Christ in the United !*"afternoon mass: will be said at
g^ a^es j4:30 p.m. at the church.
He ix a member of the Na
tional Association of College
and University Chaplains and
the National Academy of Reli
gion and Mental Health.
Last year Harshbarger spent a
sabbatical year in study and re
search at Cambridge University,
(England.
Under the direction of Willa
Taylor, the University Choir will
sing “They Church. O God, Her
Heart to Thee Upraiseth” by Eric'
Thiman.
Speaking for the Protestant
Worship Service at 9 aun. Sun
day in the Helen Eakin Eisen
hower Chapel will be Dr. Tay
lor Stevenson, instructor in re
ligious studies.
Stevenson's topic will be “A
Protest Against Contemporary
Protestantism.”
He received a doctor of divinity
degree from the University of
Durham.
The Meditation Chapel Choir,
directed by James Beach, will
sing "The Lord Is a Mighty
God" by Mendelssohn at the
service.
Informal “At Homes,” times set!
aside at the Chapel for informal!
conversation, will be resumed!
STATE COLLEGE
CUPID'S CAPER
The First Big Dance of the New
Semester
Sponsored by
North, West & Pollock Councils
SATURDAY, FEB; 11, 19(1
8:30 - 12:30 HUB Ballroom
Music By
Jack Cassidy & The Smart Set
Tickets now on sale at HUB desk - $1 per couple
By CAROLE KISMARIC
Is it really true that wom
en talk more than men? Or is
this just a defense of the
“stronger sex?” What makes
some people talk more than
others?
Dr. Joseph H. Grosslight, pro
fessor of psychology, is not at
tempting to answer these ques
tions, but the results of an ex
periment that he is conducting
with Indian Hill mynah birds
may be helpful in finding some
answers.
. Hie research program with the
mynah birds is being supported
by a $24,900 grant from the Na
tional Science Foundation. The
experiment now being conducted
under the direction of Grosslight
was preceded by a year’s pilot
study that has recently been com
pleted.
“Since it is not possible to
work with babies, we decided to
use birds. The mynah bird was
chosen because it is the best of
the talking birds, being capable
of uttering vowel sounds as
well as consonant sounds.*' Dr.
Grosslight said.
The experiments are being con
ducted to determine what roles,
rewards and punishments have in
the development of speech in the
birds. The first study indicated
that the birds rewarded for mak
ing noises continued to vocalize at
a far greater rate than the unre
warded birds.
The mynahs will be taught to
speak by means of a tape record
er which will play one word over
and over into the bird’s box. In
the pilot study the birds were
housed in two individual sound
proof boxes and were trained to
use automatic feeding boxes.
One bird was rewarded with
food for making noises and ihe
other was not. Grosslight ex
pects the bird rewarded for
noisiness will learn to speak
more quickly than the birds
which are not rewarded.
Paul C. Harrison Jr., a candi
date for a doctor of philosophy
degree in psychology has been
working with Grosslight on the
project for more than a year. Also
jserving part-time is Conrad Wei
;ser, a candidate for a doctor of
philosophy degree in psychology.
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