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10-Week Term
Offered to LA
Fifteen hundred students of the College of the Liberal Arts will receive the oppor
tunity to go abroad to study for three months at approximately the cost of a term at Uni
versity Park.
Provisional applications and a brochure explaining a study abroad program, to be
initiated in-the spring term of 1962, will be sent to each LA student, according to Ben
iEuwema, dean of the college.
The study abroad program will
be open to students of all colleges
of the University, -even though
only Liberal Arts students will re
ceive an application and brochure
by mail, Dr. Dagobert de Levie,
associate professor of German
and chairman of the LA Commit
tee on Study Abroad, said. These
students may pick up their appli
cations Monday in 138 Sparks.
Under one provision of this pro
gram, a group of students, ac
companied by a faculty member,
will study at a Western Europe
university for one ten-week term. ,
Courses in humanities and social,
sciences, focusing on the history,
social, political, economical andi
educational systems of the coun
try in which the program is lo
cated, will provide elective credits
for students.
All courses will be taught in
English, usually by foreign pro
fessors. A foreign language must
be included in each student's
schedule.
This elective study program l
will enable students to take 9 to
12 credits, all accredited by the ,
University, within the term. There
need not be any transfer of cred- 1
its because the student is regis
tered at Penn State .vhile he is
abroad, according to the study
abroad brochure.
All students will reside in pri
vate homes in the university area.
'The brochure explained that this
will allow a direct contact rela
tionship between the visiting stu
dents and the native peoples.
"This will be a real Penn
State study abroad." Dr. Dago
!serf de Levie said. "We want a
true cultural immersisoi from,
this program." he added.
I Also included in the prow m
'is specialized study for those whol
'wish to sper.i an r• tire academic
year at a foreign university. This
study will conform With the sen
ate regulations concerning a leave,
of absence for study abroad:
Students interested in this pro-'
i
gram must be proficient in the'
language of the country in which
wish to study.
Sophomores, juniors and sen
t fors enrolled at the University
for the year 1961-62 will quali
fy for consideration by the Com
'
mittae on Study Abroad. The
student's personal qualifica
tions, as well as his average (at
least a 2.5 All-University) will
be considered in the selection.
Preference will be elven to
those applications earliest re
ceived, if all other considerati,ns
are enu . Students finally select
ed for the program will be noti
fied one term in advance.
Applications for the 1962 study
should be returned by May 1 to
the Director, Study Abroad Pro
gram, l"8 Sparks.
Bu get Letter Risk
•
Explained by Corter
There is always a "calculated- risk" involved when stu
dents are turned en masse to writing letters to legislators, Lee
E. Corter, assistant professor of political science, said Wednes
day.
In commenting on the current "back the budget" cam-
paign, Corter said a risk lies in
the type of letters which may
come from inexperienced but
"gung ho" young people.
"Enthusiastic students ma y
lack the discipline to operate in
the political sphere," he said.
However, he added, letters must
be temperate, persuasive, literate
and show good manners in order
to be effective.
"Some students may tend to
think the only way to get 7!e
sults is to buck the line," he
said. They tend to forget there
are good tactical ways to accom
plish things without "muscling
people," he added.
"They think if they are right
they must always win," he said,
"but they forget everyone has his
own idea of what is right."
Corter said he felt the best part
of the current campaign is the em
phasis on the parental approach.
"A letter from a parent, a voting
citizen, has the most influence,"
he said. He added that the stakes
should be worth a visit to the leg 7
islator, a phone call or at least a
letter from the parents.
"It's hard for people to learn to
play the political game," he said,
"and some people never do learn."
Cosier said he was glad to
see students assert themselves
on something other than "sex,
parties and Spring Week."
However, he said, students must
remember that legislators are
people too, and they must avoid
stepping over the "bounds of
propriety."
If students show the proper re
spect and proper understanding
of the problems involved, they
can be concerned and active and
still not present the "image of
the gargoyle," he said.
Junior Prom
Loses Money
The Junior Prom held last Oct.
28 lost a little more than $6OO.
according to a report by Eugene
Clutiken, chairman of the dance.
This season was the 'first the
Junior Prom has lost money, he
said.
Chaiken attributed the loss to
competition with a Thespian show
and an Artist Series presentation
on the same weekend. The prom
was the most expensive of the
three events.
Richard Kelly. junior in chemi
cal engineering from Newark,
N.Y., told the Junior Class Ad
visory Board that, class gift sug
gestions are being sought. A maxi
mum of four feasible suggestions
will be selected by the close of
the year by the junior class gift
committee. The class will vote on
these suggestions at registration
next fall.
4-Term Plan
Will Not Affect
HUB Dining
No major changes are antici
pated in the operation of the
Lion's Den or the Terrace Room
to conform to the four-term plan;
Louis A. Berena, food service
manager for the Hetzel Union,
said recently.
During the summer term, the
Lion's Den will operate accord
ing to its regular summer sched
ule, Berrena said. The Lion's Den
snack bar will be open from 7
a.m. until 1:30 p.m. During the
afternoon and evening hours the
Lion's Den will be open but only
vendor service will be available.
This schedule, Berrena said,
was devised to conform to the
amount of: activity in the Lion's
Den during the summer terms. If
the pattern of activity changes
under the four-term plan a re
vised schedule will be considered,
he added.
The Terrace Room will operate
for three meals a day through
out the summer term. It will be
open throughout the year, closing
only Thanksgiving day. It may
also close during the Christmas
recess if there are not enOtigh ;
people on campus to warrant
keeping it open. A tentative clos
ing date for the Lion's Den during
Christmas recess has been set for,
Dec. 7, Berrena said.
Chia. Sigma Chi
Win Sweepstakes
Chi Omega sorority and Sigma
Chi fraternity won first place
Wednesday night for submitting
the greatest number of empty cig
arette packs to the P. Lorillard Co.
"College Sweepstakes."
Chi Omega, which submitted
8398 packs, and Sigma Chi, with
9471 packs, won color television
sets as their prizes.
Individual winners were also
selected in a drawing held at the
Cathaum Theater, The winners
and their prizes are: Duane Dun
can, clock radio; John Brinkley,
camera: Thomas Sloop, typewrit-:
er; and Robert Starr, tereophonic l
phonograph.
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Engineert to Build
Piper Cub Plane
Strange things are appearing in
the engineering buildings. In the
basement of. Hammond, aitplane
parts are scattered all over the
floor.
The plane was given to the Uni
versity by the Piper Aircraft. Cor
poration and is the first produc
tion model of Piper's two-engine
plane, the . Apache. It sells for
$45,000.
According to John A. Fox, act
ing head of the. Department of
Aeronautical Engineering, th e
plane parts will be mounted for
testing by students. These tests
will include structural analysis
and static tests, he said.
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I WAS A TEEN-AGE SLIDE RULE
In a recent learned journal (Mad) the distinguished board
chairman (Ralph "Hot-Lips" Sigafoos) of one of our most
important American corporations (the Art Mechanical Dog Co.)
wrote a trenchant article in which he pinpointed our gravest
national problem: the lack of culture among science graduates.
Mr. Sigafoos's article, it must be emphasized, was in no sense
derogatory. He stated quite clearly that the science student,
what with his gruelling curriculum in physics, math, and chem
istry, can hardly be expected to find time to study the arta
too. What Mr. Sigafoos deplores--indeed, what we all deplore
—is the lopsided result of today's science courses: graduates
who can build a bridge but can't compose a concerto, who know
Planck's Constant but not Botticelli's Venus, who are familiar
with Fraunhofer's lines but not with Schiller's.
Mr. Sigafoos can find no solution to this hideous imbalance.
I, however, believe there is one—and a very simple one. It is
this: if students of science don't have time to come to the arts.
then we must let the arts come to students of science.
how tc 4101 A 0179...
Vor example, it would be a very easy thing to teach poetry
and music right along with physics. Students, instead of merely
being called upon to recite in physics class, would instead be
required to rhyme their answers and set them to familiar tunes
—like, for instance, The Colonel Bogey March. Thus recitations
would not only be tho'ck-full of important facts but would, at
the mine time, expose the student to the aesthetic delights of
great music: Here, try it yourself. You all know The Colonel
Bogey March. Come, sing along with 'me:
Physics
is what toe /earn in class
Einstein •
&a energy is mass.
Newton '
Is highfalutin
And Pascal's 4 rascal. So's Boyle
Do you see how much more broadening, ito* much more
uplifting to learn physics this way? Of course you do. What?
You want:another chorus? By all means:
Leyden
He made the Leyden jar. •
Trolley.
• He made the Trolley oar.
Rode in a surrey,
And Diesel's a weasel. So't Boyle
Once the student has mastered The Colonel Bogey - March, he
can go on to more complicated melodies like Death and Trans
figuration, the Eroica, and Love Me Tender.
• And when the 'student, loaded with -science and culture,
leaves the classroom and lights his Marlboro, how much more
he wilt enjoy that filter, that flavor, that pack or box! Because
there will no longer he•an unease gnawing at his soul, no longer
a little voice within him repeating that he is culturally a dolt.
He will know—know joyously—that he is a fulfilled man, a
whole man, and he will bask and revel in the pleasure of his
Marlboro as a colt rolls in new grass—content, complete, truly
educated— a credit to his college, to -himself, and to his tobac
conist!
net Ms. Sbulaars
And while he is rolling, coif-wise, in the new grass, perhaps
he would stop long enough to-try a new cigarette from the
makers of Marlboro—unfiltered, king-size Philip Morris
Causausetuler. Welcome abpardd
FRIDAY, MARCH 24, 1961
Tindall to. Speak
On British Poet
William York Tindall, professor
of English at Columbia Univer
sity who is widely known for his
research and writings on James
Joyce, the Irish author, will speak
at :7:30 p.m. today in the As
sembly Room of the Nittany Lion
Inn.
He will discuss Dylan Thomas,
the British poet.
His visit to the University is
sponsored jointly by the Depart
ment .of English and, the Pennsyl
vania State University Press,
which recently published his
book, "The Joyce Country."
of "/ Was a Tetit-ap Durarf',"Tha Marty
Lens of Dobai Gillis", etc.)
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