PAGE FOUR
Hast, West
Trouser
When Nargis Ahmed Gaya came to
the University this fall, she was pleased
to discover that East and West have a
new common interest: trouser suits for
young women:
For many years, the approved cam
pus and street wear for Pakistani college
girls has been ti,ght-fitting trousers and
a knee-length tunic, the “Kameez,”
Miss Gaya, a doctoral candidate in
clothing and textiles in the College of
Human Development, said.
To be sure, the Pakistani outfits are
made of spft, feminine silks or nylons
and include a mesh scarf “to cover our
heads when need be,” while the Ameri
can version is likely to feature heavy
wool fabric, masculine skirts and a little
boy cap.
What interests Miss Gaya, however,
is that trousers, traditional in the Eastern
woman’s wardrobe for decades, at last
are being accepted in this country “not
only for street wear. but. as hostess
gowns,” Miss'Gaya said.
American hostess gowns in.the Pakis
tani style made of Pakistani fabrics inter-,
est the student from Karachi the most.
She spent both summers of the New York
World's Fair at the Pakistan Pavilion
promoting her country’s fabrics, organ
izing fashion shows in cooperation ydth
Altoona Prepares
Plans for the 1966 AJtoona giate” feeling that none of the
campus homecoming today Altoona Campus Alumni did
through Saturday are nearing not experience as college stu
completion, according to Stu- dents because the campus did
dent Co-Chairmen Anita 1 Pap- not open its doors until 1939.
pas and Jeff Gerlach. Warren' ' Miss Pappas, a freshman in
J. Myers, Jr., class of ’42 of education and Gerlach, a soph-
Altoona is serving as alumni omore in engineering, both
chairman. from Altoona, have a commit-
This year the student home- tee of 35 students working
coming committee has chosen with them to organize the var
“ The Roaring Twenties” as its ious activities,
theme. The students feel this - The third annual homecom
period epitomizes the "colie- ing stage revue will kick off
FROTH
is coming on
FRIDAY
Here are 7 knotty problems
facing the Air Force:
can you help us solve one?
1. Repairs in space. If something goes
wrong with a vehicle in orbil, how, can it
be fixed? Answers must be found, if large
scale space operations are tobecome a
reality. For this and other assignments Air
Force scientists and engineers will be 4. Space orientation. The orbital prob
called on to answer in the rjexl few years, ferns of' a spacecraft, including its ability
we need (he best brains' available. to maneuver over selected points on the
- earth, are of vital importance to the mili
2. lunar landing.. The , ory uti ] izo ,; on o( spo(;e . There ore p | enly
exoct composition of 0 f ossignnsents for'young Air Force physi
the lunar surface, os _djjfrCafn, ** cists in this area.
well as structural EsfSjuft -»
and propulsion char- Kggsrow
octeristicsofthespace ~r
vehicle, enter into
this problem. Important study remains to'
be done—and, as an Air Force officer,
you could be the one to do it!
3. Life-support biology. Ttie filling of
metabolic needs over very extended peri
ods oi time in space is one of the most,
Sfoscinating subjects that
Air Force scientists are in- 5. Synergetic plane changing. The abil-
Uestigating. The results ity of a spacecraft to change altitude can'
promise to have vital ram- also be crucial to space operations. Where
ificatibni for our life On but in the Air Force could Sc.B/s get the
earth, as well gS in 6ul4r chance to worlc on such fascinating proj-
SDOCe. ‘ eels right at the start of their careers?
Pakistani Student Compares 'St:
Share Mew Interests:
Suits For
American designers, and contacting
American importers of textiles.
“Two weeks before the fair closed,
we were completely sold out and had
piles of unfilled orders,” she said.
Because of her keen interest in cloth
ing and her solid background in textile
science, Miss 'Gaya has been awarded
the Helen A. Atwater Ini ,l rnatien-’l Fel
lowship of the American Home Econom
ics Association to help finance her doc
toral studies at the University.
A native of Karachi, she received her
degree In chemistry from the University
in 1960 and hoped to .find- work in a
laboratory there. But her orthodox (Mus
lim) parents forbade it since their daugh
ter would be working side by side with
men.
"The attitude of parents is beginning
to change today,” Miss Gaya said. “Many
educated Pakistani girls are rebelling
against parental domination. We want to
plan our own lives, vise our education
in careers and, eventually, choose our
own husbands.”
But, in 1960, she rebelled only so far
as to apply for - and received a
scholarship in clothing and textiles at
Oklahoma State University. There she
earned the magter of science degree and,
in 1962, returned to Pakistan to teach at
Women
the College of Home Economics In
Karachi.
For two years, she also served as
president of the Karachi Home Econom
ics Association which, she said, is an
affiliate of the American Home Eco
nomics Association through the interna
tional organization.
Miss Gaya said Home Economics
is taught in every secondary, school in
Pakistan "a very' practical kind of
home economics.
Some, years ago, Opr colleges were
criticized understandably for train
ing teachers in Western methods of cook
ing and sewing when rielther (hey,
nor their high school students, Were likely
to have modern equipment in their homes.
“We still emphasize time-saving
methods and basic principles: but we
apply these concepts to all methods of
cooking open hearth, coal and kero
sene stoves and gas and electric ranges.
An«U we teach clothing construction with
hanctv and treadle machines as well as
with the latest electric equipment.”
The handsome Pakistani silk fabrics,
' which Miss Gaya said she believes de
. serve a world market, are turned out for
the most part by thousands working with
hand looms in small factories or at
v. home.
For Homecoming
activities today with alumni, class has taken on the respon
students and faculty perform- sibility of building the bon fire
ing. Altoona Campus Alumni which they will attempt to build
now attending classes at Uni- as high as possible trying to
versity Park are planning spe- break previous, records of
cial trips to Altoona to see the height. The campus pep band
stage revue. and cheerleaders will direct the
Eleven candidates have been participants in several Penn
submitted for the homecoming State songs and cheers. i
queen contest by clubs and or- Several new ts for d
ganizations, residence hall liv- ni have been added t 0 this
UII t 'Ti, an< l P rj year’s program. Included is
groups. The student body voted the Penn State-California foot-
Tuesday, and the queen will oe baU game on Saturday aftsr .
crowned at the stage revue noon . Buses wiU leaV( / the Al .
The queen and her court will toona Campus at U:3O a.m.
reign over the weekend ac-. f or University Park and a box
twines. ... . . ~ I lunch will be served when the
A cider Party will be held c busses arrive at the stadium,
tomorrow m the campus Stu-V m. ~ . _
dent Commons which will be' ® Alumni Banquet and
transformed into aSpeakeasy “ ol ™ CQ mmg Dance wiU be
and will be known as “Valen- held Saturday evening and will
tino’s Funeral Parlor.” The conclude the homecoming ac
front may be quiet, but the tlvl les - P R ° ber t E ' Eiche, di
“back rooms” will be filled rector of the Altoona Campus,
with people having a good time Wll . glve ,? short address con
and drinking cider which will tbe Progress of the
be served in coffee cups. campus.
A pep rally will also be held - Other activities during the
tomorrow night. The freshman ' weekend include an alumni
faculty coffee hour on Saturday
morning, the annual fall meet
ing of the Alumni Council, the
homecoming parade, and a con
cert by the U.S. Army Band.
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6. Space propulsion. As our
space flights cover greater
and greoter distances, pro- * «
pulsion-more than any- 1
thing else—’will become the
limiting factor. New fuels '*
and new propufsion tech
niques must be for
are to keep oh <
the mysteries of sp<
if may well be ony
scientist on his fir*
meet who moke?
breakthrough!
7. Pilot pirfai
Important tesls.rm
made to delermint
pilots of nignhei
spacecraft will
long periods owi
the earth. Of c<
not every hew
Force officer bi
comes involved ir.
ment right away. But where the most ex- .
m i c '*' n 8 advances are ■
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WSSgiglw - Air Force scientists,
. administrators,
pilots, and engineers
BgSXgBMB ore on the scene.
■ A good way to start is through Air .
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53rd Annual
HORTICULTURE SHOW
Ice Pavilion
Saturday, Oct. 29 10 a.m. to'9 p.m.
- Sunday, Oct. 30 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
FREE ADMISSION
Cider, Apples, Corsages On Sale
EAST MEETS WEST in trousers. Siudenis ai the College
of Human Development compare their country's version
of the troußer suit for campus and street wear. They are
Carol Ann Powell (7th-fashion merchandising-Pittsburgh),
left, and Hargis Ahmed Gaya (graduate-clothing and lex
tiles-Karachi, Pakistan), right. Miss Gaya's outfit is tra
ditional for Pakistani women students.
Hallert Speech Set
K. Bertil P. Hallert, profes
sor and head of the division
of photogrammetry at the
Royal Institute of Technology
in Sweden, will speak at 7:30
p.m. Monday in Room 128,
Sackett.
He comes to the Univer
sity as a visiting scientist in
photogrammetry for the Na
tional Science Foundation
and the American Society of
Photogrammetry and the lec
ture also is sponsored by the
student chapter of the Amer
ican Society of Civil Engi
neers.
His subject will be: “Prin
ciples and Applications of
Photogrammetry:' A Modern
Tool of Measurement.”
The lecture is open to the
public and Professor Hallert,
who is visiting 24 leading
schools in civil engineering
while on tour, will also be
available for seminars and
discussion groups while at
the University on Monday
and Tuesday. His host on the
campus is Harmer A. Weed
en, associate professor of
civil engineering.
A native of Sweden, Hal
lert was graduated from the
department of surveying of
the Royal Institute where he
also qualified for his doc
torate.
He visited all Western
European countries and the
U.S. and Canada for studies,
lectures and research.
.. He received the Abrams
Award and the Photogram
metric Award of the Ameri
can Society of Photogram
metry.
He has published textbooks
in photogrammetry in Swed
ish and English and about
. 300 papers on photogrami
metry, geodesy and theory
of errors in Swedish, English
and German.
Mineral Industries
Student Council
Business Meeting
October 27,1966 7:00 P.M.
Rm. 225 MX
Present and Prospective
Members Invited
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State College
French Finishes
High School
Dropout Study
Deeper understanding of a group of school dropouts,
those of high intellectual ability, has emerged from a
Statewide study just completed by Joseph L. French, pro
fessor of special education.
Replies from 93 per cent of Pennsylvania’s secondary
schools revealed 1,721 dropouts with IQ’s of 110 or better
during 1954-65. These youngsters represented 7.8 per cent
of all school dropouts in the Commonwealth. More than
half of them were girls.
“Since the study emphasized employment potential,"
French explained, “we selected 125 boys and 81 girls from
the total, and a like number of male and female school
‘persisters,’ youngsters who remained in school, of com
parable IQ, neighborhood and grade. Fifty-five of the girls
who left school had done so because of pregnancy and/or
marriage, 26 for other reasons.
Personality- Tests
“Field representatives interviewed these students and
administered personality and vocational interest tests. With
a dropout’s permission, several friends were contacted as a
crosscheck on our data,”
Results showed that dropouts differ from persisters in
personality, interests, educational skills and family orien
tation. They also differ from dropouts of lesser ability in
that they remain in school longer. Forty per cent of those
studied left in the eleventh grade, 35 in the twelfth. Many
more of them, 85 per cent, were employed full time.
■ “tye found, from all indications,” French continued,
“that the dropouts were fairly sound individuals. Com
pared with those who remained in school, they were by
nature more uninhibited and happy-go-lucky. They were
also more independent, unconventional and rebellious. Their
homes had been more'permissive and less protective.
“The same was true of unmarried female dropouts and
female persisters. Those who left school to get married,
however, seemed more inclined to be shy and retiring."
Difference In Degree
In comparing the attitudes and interests of the drop
outs with those of the persisters, the investigators con
cluded that differences were mainly in degre not kind The
boys who had quit school felt it was stifling their indi
vidualism. As one youngster put it:
“My personal opinion is that schools are being run
more like factories with the end product a person designed
like the school thinks he should be. If a student doesn’t
match up to what the school wants, he is not given half
the chance of a student who is making the grades and is
conforming.”
Unmarried girls who left school seemed less estranged
from the teachers than did the boys, but both groups ex
pressed the feeling that school was not meeting their needs.
“Many of them, although anticipating employment in
a trade, are enrolled in general curriculums. A more com
prehensive system of vocational guidance is indicated, and
the quantity and quality of offerings in this area should be
improved.
“These youngsters cannot see the need for mandatory
courses in history, English or foreign languages. Their
teachers must somehow instill a sense of purpose into these
studies.- Many of these students were deficient in language
skills. Earlier attention to their educational difficulties
might produce quite different attitudes and interests.
Heed For Work
“At the same time, there is a great need for part-time
work for these youngsters, on-the-job training to provide
them with a guided, gradual entry to the world of the
wage-earner.”
One stumbling block, .the study found, is the idea that
all bright students need to go to college. Parents, students
and teachers must learn to hold non-professional occupa
tions in greater respect. ,
As a direct result of the study, two of the dropouts who
were contacted returned to school. Many, however, feel they
are too old to return, and special classes outside the tradi
tional secondary school may be the answer for them.
“It is vital,” French concludes, not to allow the dropout
4o .drop ’out of sight.”
Funds for the study were supplied under a grant from
the U. S. Office of Education.
Placementlnterviews
Representatives of the fol- General' Placement
lowing schools, and business Interviews
firms will be on campus to Ca , b . ot P h? I rp ,„ t ?ui , ° n A r = a, l= °f-I ? 4
interview students wishing to D ', Airrr . lt ' 1 L F
apply for currently listed " AerospE, ce, ee, 'me, EngrMectp
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ECONOMIC SEMINAR
The speaker is:
Dr, Ronald A. Krieger
International Bank for
Reconstruction and
Development
will speak on
"Argentina: A conceptual
Framework for Stop-Gap
Anti-Inflation policy"
OCT. 28, 1966
2:30 P.M.
371 Willard