PAGE EIGHT Peace Corps Adds Volunteers to Group About 15 more people have been added to the list of 54 already selected for the second Peace Corps contingent to be trained at the University, Dr. George M. Guthrie, director of the training program, said last night. This new group of Peace Corps trainees will arrive Saturday to begin preparation for teaching English and science in the Philippines Most.of these volunteers were given about a month’s notice of their selection for training, he said. But since last week 15 more persons have been chosen for training with this group, he added. Guthrie, who returned to Stale College yesterday, spent the last five days in Washing ton at the Peace Corps head quarters. He has been studying new methods for the selection and training of volunteers in the Peace Corps programs.' About 130 volunteers in the first contingent of 150 who Assembly Plans - (Continued from page one). idents. bringing the total Assem bly membership to 32. i Only a general statement con- 1 cerning this division will be written into the new consiiiu- i lion, Foianini said, for the shifts [ in the population will require reapportioning every year. Upon completion of the Assent-: blv’s discussion, the constitution: will be put into legal terminology: with the aid of Dr. Robert E.! Dunham, instructor in parlia-j mental y law. The constitution j should then go to the Senate Com-' mittec for Student Affairs somej time next week, Foianini said. ! "After the constitution is sub mitted to the Senate Committee.: the present SGA Assembly will' no longer be an operative body,” Foianini said, "unless the com mittee rejects the constitution and: asks the Assembly to rework it.”! LISTEN TO THE PEPSI SHOW "Pepsi, please" By DOTI DRASHER trained here this summer, re ceived notification Monday from Washington that they had been selected for Peace Corps service in the Philippines, Guthrie said, i Those 150 trainees, the first of jfour contingents to train here for (Peace Corps duty in the Philip | pines, completed their 7-week j program Sept. 17. The completion |of the program does not mean I that a volunteer will serve abroad jin the Peace Corps. Volunteers are evaluated throughout their training pro gram by staff members and aides. The results of academic, psychological and medical ex aminations during fhe training period and security checks are considered in the selection pro cess. Nineteen of the volunteers in the Peace Corps contingent due here Saturday have already been training for the past month at a camp in Puerto Rico. They have been undergoing a rigorous pro gram in survival techniques. for Transfer Students and Sophomores Wed., Sept. 27, 6:30 p.m. - 0:00 p.m. Pi Kappa Alpha 417 S. Prospect Ave. YOU CAN WIN! How Many Yards Will Penn State Gain Against the Hurricanes of Miami? For Details THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA PIKA'S Rushing Smoker Send your Estimates to the PEPSI FOOTBALL CONTEST 10:55 p.m. say Nearly 5,000 ROTC Cadets To Start Drill Come the end of the week, nearly 5,000 male cadets will be adhering to the commands of the ROTC program. Military Science and Tactics, largest of the three service groupings represented on the campus, will begin its outside drill with the advanced cadets’ leadership lab at 6 p.m., on Wag ner Field. Over 2,400 students are enrolled in the Army’s branch of ROTC, with 290 of these in the advanced course. In addition, 102 are en rolled in the Army ROTC program at both Pottsville and Mt. Alto campuses, and Ogontz campus in Philadelphia has a retinue of 550 men. Air Science is close behind with 2,200 cadets on campus; however, no commonwealth campuses or centers offer the subject. Of this number, about 117 are. in the ad vanced course. Naval science this year will have approximately 366 cadets— -30 more than last year. While the enrollment in Air ;Science is almost the same as 'last year, Military Science reports an increase of over 500 from last year—2o additional in the ad vanced course—because of the in creased University enrollment and a larger officers’ quota. c-o WMAJ Blue Band and Glee Club Record School Songs Album Prompted by a great demand from alumni and students for a record album of school songs, the Concert Blue Band and the Glee Club joined forces to produce "Penn State in Hi-Fi.” The album was recorded May 7th in the State College High School auditorium under the personal direction of Jay H. Lewis, class of 1941, Dr. James Dunlop, director of the Blue Band said yesterday. This is the first time a record ing of school songs has been made available by the University. The record contains 10 selec tions by the Blue Band and.ll by the Glee Club, directed by Frank Gullo. The album, which is available in both monophonic and stereo phonic sound, may be obtained through the Penn State Alumni Association. Dunlop explained that the profit received from the sales will be used for music scholarships. The recording went on sale for the first time Friday and the many sales made thus far are WHAT MAKES WDFM TICK! Find out loniohf i 7:00 p.m. 12! Sparks If you hove the interest-no talent or experience necessary—you con participate in the most exciting activity on campus CANDIDATES FOR ALL STAFFS WELCOME WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 27, 1961 quite encouraging, he said. Dunlop said that those connect ed with the record’s production were pleased with its quality and musical performance. On the cover there are words to such songs as “Blue and White,” “Victory,” “Fight On State,” “Hail, Oh Hail to Penn sylvania State,” “Nittany Lion” and the “Alma Mater.” Council [lects Spangler Mrs. Margaret K. Spangler, as sistant librarian, was elected to the Council of the American Li brary Association and to the Board of Directors of the Association of College and Research Libraries at the annual meeting of the Ameri can Library Association. Both offices are for four-year terms.
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