WEDNESDAY. MARCH 1. 1961 Admissions Standards Are Studied By LYNNE CEBEFICE The task of deciding which students should be considered eligible for admission each year, and which rejected is one of the most difficult prob lems facing the University. A research program under Martin L. Zeigler, director of stu dent affairs research, is currently being conducted to find new cri teria for admitting students. In fhe pash Zeigler said, a student's high school rank and entrance aptitude lest scores have been considered an indica tion of his college potential. "However, this has not been satisfactory," he said. In explaining the drawbacks of the high school rank criterion, Zeigler said that all high schools have different ways of determin ing a student’s class rank. For example, one school may include all types of students —academic, commercial, etc.—while another may rank only the prospective college students. In addition, he said, a third fifth student in one school can conceivably be better than a first fifth student in another. Zeigler also said that schools vary in how much of the stu dent's program is included in the ranking. Some use only the junior year, others two or three years. In order to remedy the dis advantages of the ranking sys tem, Zeigler said that the pro gram is studying the possibility of taking a student’s entire high •school record and averaging his grades for all four years in an index. Zeigler said that it would then be possible to compare the aver age indexes of different high schools with the hope of dis tinguishing between the quality of students that come from these different schools. A Mcond pari of lha study will consider the college-going per cent of the high school. Zeigler said that 80 per cent of the graduates of one school in the state may go to college whereas a number of schools may have practically no one going to college. Zeigler continued that the Uni versity Senate’s recent approval of a regulation which will require all except first-fifth students to submit results of College En trance Examination Board tests is recognition of the need for criteria other than high school ranking. In relation to this, the program will study the average College Board scores achieved by stu dents from each high school. Zeigler said that he hopes the survey will be completed some time next month. 000000000000000000000000 © o o 0 o o o o o o © © o o G © G G © o o G G © e © © G G O O © G © © Credit Staff MEETING Wed. Night 7:30 p.m. I Meet in the Collegian Office o g Please Bring Pens o S ? ooooooooooggooooooooogoo Inside SGA Polishook Rejects SGA Secrecy Idea By CAROL KUNKLEMAN There is no unnecessary secrecy in SGA, Robert Poli shook, U-Soph, said last night. Rules Committee represents the Assembly in checking proposed legislation and upcoming executive appointments, Polishook said, in order to help the Assembly function more smoothly. “The Assembly has no right to pass judgement on such things as legislative appoint ments,” he said. “They have put their trust in us to protect their interests.” Polishook said that if every Assemblyman brought his bill be fore Rules Com - < , mittee be f o re.; 1 . presenting it to i Assembly, the committee would IHj* "WK be able to ascer- ; Sgr; tain whe t h e rpf.‘ the legislationp \T » t jP® was properly; "! A --yJp prepared for pre-i . \ _ sentation. j " vjißK 1 - : Bills preserirti£ ; ed from the floor Stf*, are often poorly Beta, i prepared, Poli- Poifehook shook said.- They have little re search put into them, and only "hog down” the Assembly meet ing. Too often, he admitted, they are presented as if a big secret were revealed, and if they had originally gone through the Rules Committee, the Assem bly would be ready to debate them properly. As to the secrecy in appoint ments made by SGA executives, Polishook said this is the execu tive prerogative and any ques tionable appointments are clari fied by asking the executive to speak before Rules Committee and explain his reasons for the appointment. "University administrators should give us good substantial, ‘yes’ or ‘no’ answers,” Polishook said. Too often, h* said, adminis trators speak before the Assem bly and are vague on their in formation. This does not give the Assembly a chance to de bate intelligently on the issue, and shows secrecy. Polishook pointed out that Rules Committee is now working on a plan to "re-define” and “evaluate” present SGA commit tees. This is being done, he said, to improve communications in SGA, so that its operations will not be vague to new Assembly members. In the future, Polishook said, members of Rules Committee may ask committee heads to report to them, and then a member of rules committee will in turn re lay the information to the As sembly. COLLEGE COED FASHION CONTEST TWENTY-FIVE EXCITING PRIZES INCLUDING AN ALL EXPENSE PAID TRIP TO LOS ANGELES TO WORK AT LANZ FOR 6 WEEKS DURING SUMMER VACATION AND FABULOUS lANZ WARDROBES. CONTEST FORMS AND INFORMATION AT. THE DAILY COLLEGIAN: STATE COLLEGE PENNSYLVANIA Enrollment Sets Record For Spring More students are now en rolled in the University than ever before during a spring semester, Robert G. Bernreu ter, dean of admissions, said yesterday. A total of 20,080 students are now registered at both the main campus and commonwealth cam puses, according to Bernreuter’s report. The total represents a drop of over 1500 students from last se mester’s enrollment but repre sents a gain of almost 1000 over the figure of a year ago. The enrollment figure in cludes the 15,311 students on the main campus plus the 4769 on the commonwealth campuses. Bernreuter said that spring se mester enrollment is always low er than the fall semester’s, but added that this year’s total set a new record for spring enrollment. There are 13,237 undergradu-i -ates on the maincampus, and ap proximately 4518 undergraduates at the commonwealth campuses. A total of 2054 graduates students are on campus and 307 special students. Tbo undergraduates on the main campus include 8744 men and 4514 woman. The total enrollment breaks down to 17,775 undergraduates and 2305 graduate students. The admissions office has not yet completed the figures showing the total registration for each, class, according to Bernreuter. factory authorized VOLKSWAGEN Sales Parts Service $1624.00 WYNO SALES CO. 1960 E. 3rd Sl« Williamsport fM JL Mademoiselle Rep To Be Selected Nancy Smith, assistant mer chandising editor of Mademoiselle Magazine, will be on campus Mon day to speak with women inter ested in fashion careers. Mademoiselle has invited the University to participate in the Campus Merchandising Plan to prepare college women for ca reers in retailing, merchandising, fashion coordination, promotion and other phases of the fashion field. Miss Smith will Hold inter views in order to select a campus representative for Mademoiselle. All freshman, sophomore and junior women hre eligible for con sideration as campus representa tive. MADfll 1 All wool dresses, suits, and slacks; all parly I’lMKvii * dresses and winter coals; all wool gloves and scarves; most wool skirls and sweaters: many Uinrn 4 F All wool skirts, kills, sweaters (This includes nimVn lw our lambswool pullovers and Shetland cardi gans); collars, gloves and knee socks; all orloh sweaters (including Talbott Taraton cardigans). APRIL IS All raincoats, silk dresses, cabin boys and slacks. MAY 1 MAY 15 FIXTURES AND EQUIPMENT B. F. DeWees Philadelphia The Blum Store Philadelphia * /bad other stores carrying Lasa DISCONTINUING BUSINESS SALE SCHEDULE" blouses. EVERYTHING! dresses Jewelry blouses - hosiery bermudas drsiw shields bathing suits handbags and belts NOTE; End of charge accounts, 'Of course. ATHERTON SHOP 234 E. College Ave. State College, Pa. ADams 8-2213 10 A.M. 5:30 P-M. Monday 'til 9 P.M. 'Subject to Change Without Notice % 4 .>#sW ' - v. - m/ Applications Available For Sigma Tau Delta Application forms for member ship in Sigma Tau Delta, profes sional English fraternity, are now available at the HUB desk,. 24C Sparks and 305 Burrowes. Mem bers must be third semester stu dents, have a 2,5 All-University average and six credits of Eng lish with a B average. Talk on 'Cutting Edge' The rote of cutting edges, in the American way of life will be dis cussed in “The Cutting Edge,” a program to be presented at 7:45 p.m. March 6 under the spon sorship of the student chapter, American Institute of Industrial Engineers and the American Foundry Society. PAGE THREE
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