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The Gold Bug, Feb. 10, 1948 Milestones WMC Presents ... The Fulbright Plan The Last LeaF For Foreign Study by .Jane Liano'S The first editoral of a new by Marian Meredith editor is difficult to compose; one How would you like a trip to Eu- wishes to create a good impres- "Education is my hobby". That from Columbia University. Since rope next summer with all expenses that time Dr. Stover has participated you would prefer paid? Or, perhaps sion. At this point, we can say was one of the first answers I got to in many varied jobs, all of which, interests outside with equal emphasis that it is my queries about our new Dean of while related to the field of education, a jaunt to the East Indies. A pipe when I interviewed dream? No, not quite. Under the Ful- difficult to compose a Iaet edi- the Faculty. Dr. Stover welcomed have been diverse enough to keep his bright Act recently passed by Con- torial. your reporter into the busy education outlook on world aff'_irs clear and gress, 5000 students and teachers will There is so much that might office as if there were nothing he up-to-date. A particular interest is be able to study at the university of be said-a review of the past, would rather do and, better still, as aviation, bn which subject he has their choice either in Europe or Asia speculation about the future, if he had nothing else that had to be published several manuals. During next year with all their expenses grateful acknowledgments to the done. the recent war he served as a captain paid. staff which has supported us so With a friendly twinkle in his eyes, in the Pennsylvania Wing of the This act is not. as one might think loyally-all of which has been he told me that like so many others Civil Air Patrol. at first glance, another "Ham-and- reiterated on countless similar he had met and married on a college A charming wife, a son at Western Egg law". The Fulbright Act, in- occasions. A departing editor campus-in this case, Susquehanna Maryland, and an eleven-year-old troduced to Congress by Senator Ful- is thus in grave danger of leav- ~niversity at Selinsgrove, Pennsyl- daughter with a flare for music com- bright, a Rhodes Scholar, provides ing an unpleasant taste in the vania. Upon graduation he became pletes the .Stover household, which is for a program of student exchange readers' mouths, or losing their principal in a Fayette Township now residing in the former Bertholf between the United States and Great interest altogether. high school. While there he received home. Britain, Australia, New Zealand, In taking stock of our year of his master of science degree at "I was going to become a lawyer", Finland, Netherlands, Denmark, Bel- office we find we have made Penn State, working in the summers Dr. Stover admitted, "but I became gium, France, Czechoslovakia, Aus- many mistakes. The paper has to achieve this. interested in education through a tria, Hungary, Poland, Italy, Greece, not always been, perhaps, up to He then went to teach in the school professor at Susquehanna, and I Turkey, Egypt, Iran, China, Dutch the standards set by previous of education at Penn State and in the went to the State Teachers College at guess it's in my blood." His deep East Indies, Philippines, Siam, and editors, nor to the liking of fac- school laboratory department of social Troy, Alabama, to participate in the fondness for people and a sincere de- Burma. schools, as co- ulty and students. We cannot studies and began work on his doctor. work of experimental school in cooper- sire to help students become effective In this manner, these countries, ordinator of this overlook these things, nor do we ate. He completed one there but did ation with' the American Council on citizens in a perilous age have prov- who have all received lend-lease aid wish to. We think, however, I~Otaccept it, and in 1938 he left Penn ed his assumption correct, from the United States, will be per- institution The Education. Troy that the credit side of the ledger State and went to begin again at Co- was one of seven teachers at colleges His impressive r e cor d includes mitted to pay for the surplus prop- indicates much personal profit. lumbia, since he felt that a dg ree from which made up a million dollar co- listing in: Who's Who in Amenca.n erty bought from the United States It has been our privilege to this University would do more to fur- operative project in teacher educa- Education, Leaders in American by offering to American students place our finger on the pulse of ther his interests. In 1939 he became tion. E d'u cat ion, and The Biographical scholarships in their "universities. this college for a year-to keep an instructor there, accepting a posi- While still in Troy, he discovered Encyclopedia of the World. We of The scholarships total $20,000,000 are justly Western the proud in close touch with its thinking tion as assistant in curriculum and that once again he wished to begin to welcome Maryland Stover to his new from each countr-y. fund That will means be ap- total Dr. scholarship and doing. ·We have been a teaching._ studying anew for his doctorate in post with the deepest of confidence proximately 140 billion dollars, an medium of exchange of ideas and His wanderlust still unsatisfied, he education, which he received in 1942 opinions between students and in his continued aucceee. average of seven billion dollars to be spent each year. faculty and, in alarge measure, This act will not only encourage between the Hill and the "out- Pencil Shavings .. students to study at foreign universi- side world". Now That Exams Are Over .•• ties, but it is hoped that it will pro- The rewarding personal con- by Leon Stover mote a better understanding among tacts, from campus "celebrities" by Jan Rogers the various countries. to staff members to printer: the The Gold Bug has made a spot- Our third question, about a study I'm not a chemistry student, you In establishing the qualifications, practice in guiding and direct- check of professors and students eon- period, met opposing views. Some understand; biology's my subject. But the Scholarship Board stated that ing a group of people; the nec- cerning examination results. Now teachers said that the practice of hav- I thought I'd mess around in the chern veterans of World Wars I and II will essary exercise of judgment thatAthe whole thing is over, we might ing a. "reading period" ranging from lab just for fun .... Perhaps you've have preference; provided, of course, and discrimination; the pleasure a~ well take stock. two to ten days, wherein there were heard about it. It was really quite a that their educational background is of molding the combined efforts The general rumor has been that no class meetings was in effect at thing. I almost became ramous. good. Preference will be shown to of many workers into an organ- the anti-exam group uses as its argu- many other schools, and would be a It's like this. One afternoon. when graduates of American colleges and ic' whole; the satisfaction of pro- ment the experience of former West- good idea here, provided there was r just couldn't stand the stink of universities, but, they have added, un- ducing a newspaper that is read ern Marylanders, who have developed some proctoring system to prevent the formaldehyde any more, I rammed der exceptional circumstances college and enjoyed- all these are part severe psychotic symptoms at the mass withdrawal of the student body my scalpel in the pig foetus I had been juniors and seniors will also be ac- of an invaluable experience. very mention of finals; while the pro- for a holiday at home. Others thought working on and went over to the cepted. To be sure, we have spent in- group contends that other schools 1\ preparation time entirely unneces- chemistry laboratory for a change of Another must for the student con- numerable hectic days and have them and we have been molly- sary and objected to any further air. The stink coming out of the test sidering studying abroad is an inti- nights wondering how we could coddled long enough. encroachment on class periods. Exams, tubes was refreshing, not so much be- mate acquaintance with the langu- possibly fill those four pages; In truth, the problem is consider- they said, are not worth spending cause it smelled good enough to eat, age of the country he wishes to visit. or, if we had too much material, ably more involved. Those faculty more than one week on. but because it was different. So, dust off the old German and how we could delete with the members who favor exams are in- The reactions of the students to The laboratory Was almost empty; French books, folks, and I'll be see- ing ya' next June at the cafe de Ill. least stepping on offended toes. terested in a general raising of stan- the tests were mixed. They could a few black-aproned students worked We have been mortified by in- darda in the college, in line with a see the advantage of having a sched- quietly at the other end of the room, =: Eif/e,L advertent errors, distracted by genenal trend in many schools toward ule, so that no more than two exams but they had not seen me come in. reporters blissfully unaware of higher academic requirements. West- would be given in one day, over the There was a manual on the bench, deadlines, baffled by apparently ern Maryland is not as highly accred- former system. They did, however, so r flipped through it to find some- College Calendar insurmountable problems, taken ited as it should be, and the inaug-uru- feel that there hadn't been much com- thing interesting to make. It was to task for neglect, and besieged non of finals, along with the restrict- mon understanding between the in- some time before I found anything Wednesday. February 11- by budding writers. It has not ing of the summer school load, is part structors and the pupils concerning that my high school chemistry career Ash Wednesday, the first day been easy, but it has been a stim- of a program to combat this. the material the finals would cover. would allow. I wpuld have found an of Lent. ulating challenge and a glorious The members of the faculty who Told that they would take in the en- experiment sooner, but I started in the SCA Commissions, 7 p. m. adventure. oppose exams approach the idea from tire year, they began studying at the back of the book. Saturday, February 14- We have found that The Gold the basis of the ultimate aims of edu- beginning of their texts, running short I flattened the page out and made Valentine's Day. Bug really is read and appreci- cation, to which they feel exams are of time when it came to covering the a list of the ingredients. I collected, Basketball, Loyola, Gill Gym, ated-witness the hue and cry not ess~tial. The time spent cram- more recent matter, and were hor- all 'pf the suggested chemicals, except 8:30 p. m. raised by individuals who do not, ming for exams could better be devot- rified to find that the great number of One on the top shelf which I couldn't Sunday, February 15-- by some mischance, receive their ed to broadening our interests and tests devoted nine-tenths to the lat- reach, and arrang-ed them before the Sunday School, Gordon Oro, copy right on time. It enjoys understanding things which will stay ter information, with perhaps one ring-stand. by, Baker Chapel, 9:15 a. a unique position as the organ with us, while the facts we jam into small question on the full year's It was when I got up on the stool m. • of expression and interpretation lour heads by sheer force of desper-, work. to reach the elusive bottle that the Religious Emphasis Week be- of the spirit of Western Mary- ation are forgotten almost at once. The experience made philosophers fatal thing happened, the accident gins. Chapel speaker, Dr. land College, and in that way it In our sampling of professors' opin- out of some of us. One student care- that would have brought me world William .Keese, Alumni is a significant force in the life ions, we asked three questions: Did fully refrained from studying his fame. One of the -legs was wobbly, Hall, 7:15 p. m. of the school. . you find students' averages raised or notes or his text in preparation for and just as I stretched out my arm I Monday, February 16- We have complete confidence lowered by the finals? Did tests given an essay test, in order to be able to slipped, knocking a whole row of IRC, McDaniel Lounge, 7 p. in the ability of the new staff. toward the end of the week show give a completely unbiased opinion. bottles from the shelf. - m. We know that they will have the lowered class averages compared with (Continued on page 4, column 3) The crash was terrifying. I expect- Dr. Reese, Baker Chapel, 7 p., support and encouragement of those given earlier? What do you ed everybody in the building to come the student body that they think about leaving room in the exam Letter rushing in and violently convince me Tuesday, February 17- 'deserve. schedule for a period of study and that I was clumsy. But no one came. Dr. Keese, Baker Chapel, 7 class meet- To The Editor -The Editor. review between the last The students that had been in the p. m. ing and the first examination? Dear Editor: room must have gone out while I was The answer to the first question, in I am writing you, to call to your paging through the manual, and by Wednesday, February 18- most cases, was that' grades stayed the time I spilled the chemicals the Dr. Keese, Baker Chapel, 7 a dance to be held by the THE GOLD BUG about the same. Where there were attention Epsilon chapter of the Phi building was empty. p. rn. Alpha rudtcaj changes in an individual's It was getting late, so I decided to February 20 to February 22- Olllelal.tudentne",spBPI'TotWesteTIIYa..., mark, they were for the better. That Epsilon Pi fraternity of the Johns' postpone (or even abandon) my ex- Vocational Conference for laud Ooller", publldled oeml·monthly on Hopkins University on the night of ¥'Tiday. during October. November, Janu· is, many students who had been doing February 28. I believe your basket- pcriment, clean up the floor before Pre-Ministerial students. a..." February, Mllrch lind April, and monthly poorly all semester got to work on the anybody happened to come in, and during September, Deeamber, and May. En· ball team is scheduled to play the Friday, February 20-- tered II. "eeond eluB matter at WMtminlJler exam and brought up their marks. Hopkins team at Homewood and we get back to the biology lab where I Boxing, Bucknell, Gill Gym, Po.~ Ollloe, under the Act of MITch 8, 1879. In the opinion of one teacher, this would like to extend an open invita- belonged. S p. m. Subscription Price '2.00 II; Year restoration of one sheep to the fold tion to those students' who plan to After scooping up the conglomer- Saturday, February 21- made the pains of the other ninety- come down lor the game. The dance ation, I was about to pour it down the George Washington's Bir-th- nine worthwhile. At any rate, in the drain when I noticed that the glass Editor·in·ehlef ..• • ••••.• J!'em Ray will be held on the campus in Lever- day Ball, Gill Gym, 8:30 to Io[.n.~ng Editor •.•••.•..•.••• .188n Cohen great majority of cases, the exam- ing Hall and the price will be $2.00, fragments from the broken bottles 11:30 p. m. Now. 1>1I'(or.....•.••••..• Lenot8 Hoffman Feature Editor ..........•.... Jllniee Gan. inations did not count more than one including tax. The dance will begin seemed to melt away within the slug- Sunday, February 22- ;;portll Editor •...•.•.••.••.• Robert Dobel third of the final grade anyway. at ten o'clock, just about the time gish, brownish-red mass. My curi- Copy Editoro.. • ....• Betty Loo Robbin" Sunday School, Harry Haines, Theoda Lee Kompanu As for the second question, in spite the basketball game will be over, and csity was immedately aroused. I dip- . ... .Jan O ..nl Baker Chapel, 9 :15 p. m. of the strong feeling on the part of will last until two o'clock. I would ped a piece of litmus paper into the the students to the contrary, the pro- appreciate it very much if you solution to determine its acidic or alka- Monday, February 23- Busine •• Manager •••••.•••••• Phyll!. Honel: WMC on the Air, Station Advertiainr Mllnager ••••••••••. Ted Quelch fessors say the later exams' averages would make this dance public to your line properties. To my astonishment Circulation Manager •.. ..Della Grauel WFMD, 4:30 p. m. were no lower than the earlier ones. students so that they might take ad- the paper was completely dissolved. Perhaps the fatigue of the students vantage of an entertaining evening. Somewhat bewildered, I made a few Wednesday, February 25- Helen J,;ngellfeiter, F.d. Wright, Alice Yeuley. SCA Commissions, 7 p. m. Mllry Jean Rupert, Ruth Allen, Helen Becker, was balanced by their increased ex- • FranJi A bmha.ms, more simple tests. No matter what Sheil .. Siegel, Dot Soott, Mary Harshfeld, Bet· perience by Thur-sday and Friday. Chairmail" DIk1lCe Committee, (Continued on page 4, column 1) ty Jean Ferris, aome.- Earll, Bill Pnrter.