Sunday. September 17. i96i Freshmen Will Hear Prexy Talk Dr. Eric A. Walker, presi dent cf the University, will address all incoming fresh men, transfer students and students who have come to this campus from one of the Com monwealth Campuses at 9 a.m. tomorrow at Recreation Hall. Prior to Walker's address, the students will be introduced to the deans of the University's nine col leges by Dr. Robert G. Bernreuter, special asistant to the president and dean of admissions. Walker first came to the Uni versity in 1945 as head of the Department of Electrical Engi neering and director of the Ordi- DR. WALKER nance Research Laboratory. In 1951 he became Dean of the Col lege of Electrical Engineering and Architecture. Early in 1956 he was named vice-president of the University and was elected president after the resignation of Dr. Milton Ei senhower in June of that year. He was born in Long Eaton, England, on April 29, 1910. Walker graduaied from high school in Wrighisville in 1928. He then went io Harvard Uni versity where he received his bachelor of science degree in 1932, his master's degree in busi ness administration in 1933 and his doctorate in engineering in 1935. Walker is an active member ofj many education, engineering and civic committees. Some of these include the Commission on Higher Education of the Middle State Association of Colleges and Sec ondary Schools; the National Sci ence Board of the National Sci ence Foundation; Phi Kappa Phi; Tau Beta Pi, and Sigma Xi. Fraternities were forbidden at Penn State until 1887. University Travel Bureau World-wide Reservations Mgr. Edgar Walker Betty Vinson Phone AD 8-6779 HOTEL STATE COLLEGE . . . »bo\t 1 am happy io welcome all of you io the campus for the second term of ilie 1961-62 ses sion—and especially those stu dents who are joining us here at University Park for the first time. The first term of this ses sion, you will recall, started in June and ended in August. I'm glad to report that this, the first term under the new four term calendar, was a very suc cessful one. A total of over 6600 students registered for regular graduate and under graduate programs; about 22,000 people attended short courses, conferences, workshops and seminars; and almost 4000 people visited the campus through scheduled lours and programs. In August, the University granted almost 650 degrees, in cluding 500 at advanced levels, to start many new citizens off on their careers in business, education, industry and effec tive living. The student governments functioned in excellent fash ion, we enjoyed performances by several outstanding artists and had some excellent thea tre, and there were almost no HUB Desk Supp Can you teell me how to get to Stevens Hall? Where can I buy my dink? Questions like these are all in a day’s work for the people who stand behind the in formation desk in the Hetzel Un ion Building. Supplying the answers to the thousands of questions that are asked each day is only one of the services supplied by the HUB desk. It is the central place to pur chase tickets for sporting events and the Artist Series. From 1959- 60 a total of 79,284 tickets were sold or distributed. If you want to telephone home and can’t remember the number, the HUB desk has telephone directories for all major eastern cities. If phoning won’t do the job, the desk can supply you with travel information in the form of rail, air and bus guides. The HUB desk keeps generous Air lines Steamship Cruises and Tours Hotels THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA d WJeicome It’s the Same Welcome Mat That's right, frosh. The same welcome mat that was out at Balfour's for your father is still out for you. And Crum Jenkins has been keeping it in place all this time. You'll also be happy to know that the prices are very little higher than when your dad bought Balfour jewelry for your mom —nor is the quality any less. Balfour has been a Penn State tradition for well over a quarter century. A gift from Balfour's for that special someone back home should be an early "must" on your list . . . also, pick up a Penn State gift for yourself in the meantime. Balfour's is located in the ATHLETIC STORE. Come in right away and see our large selection of Penn State crested jewelry. Sterling ring only $3.25; also pendants, cuff links, bracelets and dozens of other gifts at popular. prices. COME IN NOW. We'll be glad to meet you and don't forget— THE WELCOME MAT IS OUT. in The "A" Store £ student incidents that reflected adversely on the reputation of the University. Despite all this activity, we have been able to put the cam pus back into some semblance of order and to repair the grass and clean up the damage left by the ravages of last winter. I hope the present generation of students the present trus tees of the beauty of the Penn State campus will treat it as well as did the students who were with us this summer. I am sincerely sorry that we were forced once again to raise the tuition rates. As you all know, we were given no choice in this matter. I think, how ever, that we can all be re lieved that the increase is no larger than it is. The fact that the increase is not larger is a' result of the wonderful co operation of all the faculty and staff in trying io do the best they can with what they have. I hope the students, too, will co-operate in this endeavor with the same spirit of dedica tion and purpose. Once again, welcome back! Best wishes for an exciting and stimulating year. —Dr. Eric A. Walker ies Information supplies of magazines, records, newspapers, cards and ping pong balls. In the past, over 200,000 Collegians have been picked up at the desk annually. Geology Prof Speaks To Mineralogical Society Richard H. Jahns, professor of geology and chairman of the Di vision of Earth Sciences, ad dressed a meeting of the Miner alogical Society of Pennsylvania at the Hetzel Union Building on “Gem-b earing pegmatites of southern California.” Dr. Jahns, who came here a year ago from the California In stitute of Technology, spent sev eral years in the mapping and geological study of the rocks he will discuss, and subsequently published several technical ar ticles on the subject. Oftf Term Plan Replaces Semester System Arriving just a few weeks ahead of the class of ’65, is another newcomer to campus this year—the four-term plan. Its introduction has made “change” the by-word of the student population. The plan, installed in June, divides the academic year into four terms, each 1C weeks, long. The first term ended Aug. 24. i Under the new plan, the fall.! wniter and spring terms are equal' to two of the old 15-week semes ters The summer sessions were re placed by the summer term which is equivalent to each of the other three terms—fall, winter and spring. This enables an incoming frosh to complete work for a bachelor's degree in three years, although it is not mandatory. Fall term classes which will be gin on Monday, Sept. 25 and end on Thursday, Dec. 7, will be re cessed on Thursday, Nov. 23 for the Thanksgiving Holiday. The winter term will extend from Friday, Jan. 5 to Satur day, March 17, and the spring term from Wednesday, March 28 to Friday. June 8. Also making its debut under the four-term plan is the 75-minute class period replacing the old semester’s 50-minute session. Accompanying the change is anj increase in the intervals between 1 u portrait of Miss Maryann Luther . for more than two hundred years, a mecca of some of America's most beautiful women classes from 10 to 20 minutes, iFrosh will soon learn that this is much more adaptable to the cus tomary "HUB coffee break.” Change is also evident in ihe class day which will run from 8 a.m. to 9:55 p.m. and in the individual student's credit load which will range from eight to 13 credits. | The old week-long final ex iiamination period has been elimi nated and finals will be given jduring the last class period or upon other specification by the j professor. ; The next question to be an swered is “who done it?” ! The four-term plan was devised by C. O. Williams, assistant to the president for special services, after the University Senate had charged ■ the president to draw up a plan ! for year-round operation of the University. ! The Board of Trustees earlier had asked that the plan be ready by Oct. 1, 1960, for implemcnta | tion this fall. And now it’s yours—the four term plan, so "carry on frosh.” bill colemah'* at the sign of the rooster on east college avenue PAGE THREE
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