THURSDAY. APRIL 26. 1962 ITAU BETA' P 1 saginanin - g honorary, erected this model of then' key in froniof Hammond. It was placed in honor.of the societyi LsOth.anniversary on this campus which will be celebrated at their spring initiation. 'nverted Cigar Factory Houses Allentown Center • (This is the fifth In a 2 series of articles concerning the Uni v e r s.i t y's 13 Commonwealth Campuses. Today's article fea ture.: the Allentown Center.) ' In 1880, - the building which , cur rently house's the Allentown Cen ter, was being used , as a cigar factory. The - Allentown Center's only building was purchased .;by •the University in 1949 and at that time bad a history as a cigar -fac tory, silk mill and a• boy's home. ALTHOUGH EVENING techni cal courses 'in engineering were given by University faculty mem bers in Allentown as early as 1912 there were no courses offered for creditnritil this building was pur chased and. 'an associate degree program begun. The center- now offers courses in electrical, technology and draft- ing daisign technology. Of the 1,000 graduates from these programs in the last 13 years very few have been women. While there were no courses offered for credit prior to 1949 THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. UNIVERSITY PARK. PENNSYLVANIA over 4,000 students in the Allen toliVn district had already taken non-credit courses offered by the Univeriity. The classes were held in the junior high schools and in local office buildings. In highly industrialized Allen town a .degree or extension .work in a technical curriculum can be very valuable in obtaining a lob. Merle Campbell, dean of student affairs for commonwealth cam puses, said recently. One of the reasons the Allen town Center has not been expand ing its facilities and offers only the associate degree prograin is that the University does not wish to duplicate the programs offered by the many 'other universities and colleges in the area, Camp bell said. THE UNIVERSITY'S = continu- ing education representatives in the area often consult with offi cials of other schools on evening and summer programs to elimi nate 'Offering courses which may overlap, he said. Carnival Chairman to Check Scripts • Spring Week carnival skit scripts will be checked begin ning at 7 tonight, Paul brow, carnival chairman, said last night. ' lirov►. his .two assistants Joel Crossman -and "Robert Banks. and Robeit Polishook, Spring Week chairman,., will check the script for every - carnival skit. EACH SORORITY and inde pendent residence hall participa ting in the Spring Week Carnival must have a copy of their skit available in their suite or lounge, }Crow said. ''This is tb insure that the skits are in good taste," he added: An arrow through the head and a knife in the back are two ways that groups have found of at taching Spring Week signs. Other Spring Week groups can be seen: wearing red berets or waving small flags as Spring Week moves into its second day. The Queen of Hearts and He- Man preliMinary contest are scheduled for today. The. Queen of Hearts prelimin ary consists of a one-minute wall volley_ . five frames of bowling. two laps of swimming. 12 free shots in basketball and seven vol leyball serves. The contestants Soph Runs Into MoviqgAuto - obile A studeitt was hospitalized after running into a moving automobile on S. Pugh St. Tuesday evening, State College police said last night. Edward Lewis, sophomore in industrial engineering from Lans dale, ran into a vehicle operated by Paul D.• Lowe, junior in divis ion of counseling from Lock Ha yen, as he attempted to catch a !football. • The mishap occurred as Lewis was"running on the parking lot behind the Weis Building toward S. Pugh St. ` He collided with Lowe's car which was traveling north on S. Pugh St. and he was thrown onto the curb, Police said. Lewis was taken to Centre County Hospital with a separated shoulder, very deep lacerations of the neck and a badly bruised chest, Raymond F. Ford senior ih arts and letters from Chatham, N.J., said yesterday. Ford was with Lewis at the time of the accident. His condition was reported by hospital officials as "improved since admission." Damage to the car is estimated at $lOO. ' , - FRIDAY and SATURDAY 1 ° should repoft at 6:30 p.m. to Town Itidepetvient Men and Ath 'White Halt, Lillian Leis, chairman erton: Sigma Pt and Alpha Xi of the contest, said yesterday. !Delta; West Halls; Phi Kappa The He-Man preliminaries eon- Psi and Delta Gamma; Phi Sigma sist of running broad jump. bench Kappa and Sigma Sigma Sigma; press and hand-over-hand rope Acacia and Delta Zeta: Alpha climb. The contestants should re , Kappa Lambda, Alpha Rho Chi port at (45 ip.m. to -Recreationand Westmoreland House: and Hall. Polishook said. Kappa Sigma and Simmons. Judges will pick five finalists ' THE= GROUPS must also 'Gene,' from the Queen of Hearts' Con test and five' from the He-Man two representatives at 9 a.m. Sun contest. Miss-Leis said. These to day to remove their tents, he said. finalists with their Spring Week,4l7, lose group talk to do so a partnes will compete at 2 p.m.., w l, se its $25 deposit. ho Sunday on the Ileum! Union lawn.,:""'`' , ' - The following twelve groups "No person on academic pro must send two representatives to l hation will -be allowed to partici the carnival grounds at 8:30 a.m,,pate in the carnival skit. outside Friday to assist in putting upientertainment or in any other their tents. Krow said yesterday:;curAival preparation.' Krow said. Theta Delta Chi and Alpha'"lf it is discovered that.this rule Sigma Alpha; Phi Epsilon Pi and.has been violated. the. carnival. Sigma Delta Tau; Phi Sigma skit will be disqualified from the Delta and Runkle; North Halls; judging." Residence Hall Experiment Set For Runkle's Philadelphia House A tentative plan to open the be returned to the desk by S Philadelphia House unit of Runkle p.m. tomnn-ow, she added. residence halt as an - experimental Philadelphia House has a ea women's dorm" next year was an-'parity of 70 residents. If over 70 nounced last night by Linda Ash-'applications are received for the' ley, this year's house president. unit, the applicants will be chosen THE HOUSE will be "designed by a random drawing, :dm Ash to make .the coed an active par- leY said. ticipant in campus activities, to initiate new activities, to help the Judicial Code coed learn to accept' responsi-, 41.011 bilities and to help better the edu-, (Continued from page one) cational system at the University," must he in the form of a letter Miss Ashley said. to the chairman of the sub-coin- The plan to initiate new - iie-t miner on discipline, will be heard tivities would include setting up l, by the sub-committee. activities within the house, such It is the duty of the judicial as a reference library and discus- body to inform the student of this sions with faculty members. right. Lattinan added. "Philadelphia House is not now, Tribunal, have the authority to and is not intended to be an impose disciplinary actions up. to honor dorm with special prix- and including office probation be ileges," Suzanne McDonald, mem- said. Penalties are subject to re. .ber of the governing board of the view by either the Dean of Men house said last night. or the Dean of Women, who can Delaware House in Runkle is: taso bring any case directly to the being conducted as an "honor! sub-committee on discipline. dorm" this year, with no members TRIBUNALS can also recom. of the Dean of Women's staff mend penalties more :severe than living in the house. The girls make. office probation. If disciplinary .and enforce their own rules, with-: probation is recommended the in the limit of AWS regulations. I action must be confirmed by the Philadelphia House will be op- Dean of Men or the Dean of Wo-: crated similarly to other women's men.• The chairman of the sub residence halls, with a staff aide, committee and the dean of the living in the house. according to; student's college must also concur the plan, 'Miss McDonald said, in the penalty. Any coed with a 2.0 All-Univer-I Lattman said the sub-committee city average may apply to live in will review student tribunal rec the house, Miss Ashley said. Ap- omtnenclationi involving penalties plications are now availab'e' at more severe than disciplinary the Hetzel Union desk and must probation. Spring Clearance Sale S. Alien Street Pore Only PAGE THREE
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