1963_10 The Daily Collegian October 1963

              -Tho Fresno State College CoMegkH
| NEEDLEWORK
by Thalia
What To Do'Til The
Professor Comes
should ******* tt was oaly laat
week—the varteea unpleasant aad
confused sensation. Involved ta
the flrat day of classes* The weird
feellag whoa yotl walk Into a
roomful of
On tbe ftnt day
there ara no hooka to plunge your
not-too-eager nose Into    Well, you
could whip out a notebook and begin writing copious memo* te
yourself, or fi
comment! about the people la tho
deska In front of yoa. You'd look
Tho got eaa next to you catch**
your revolted eye. How thla oae
ever managed to navigate Into an
upper dlr—ton claaa rem—as
myatery kaowa oaly to tho god*.
A tiny forehead, a damp, p*
noee. eye* Ilk* raisin* (no offense
Intended. Fre.aoi a thin iti
of talt.a trailing down the all
nonexlatent chin . . . then you re
allte It'* yoar own beat friend,
who la .simultaneou.ly in the act of
With  glad crlet  you  fall
each   other*   neck,   safe   at
1 from  thlt wonderland  of  .trange
beings    Trading   inldo    remark*
 ^Hat your fellow—en.  you settle
ly . . . _-__. "odd."ehalf woTey? | JJJj _"**** ******* **
Ot course, on the flrat day tho L       A>
element of suspense makes dlffl    nM (o|i
cult t reasonably good job of out
■uavlnc    your    rlaiamatee.     You
wonder If the prof It the type to'
who're going to be tbe
tho claaa.  You are both
obvlouily superior to the average
Neanderthal ^M~~
Then awoop* In  the great and
you glare at all tho typos g_________________—
probably had the prof before M*!***-• ****** 0",h"   ■**_**   *"
already made the reqi
ber of  point.    Grrr!
In   fact,
hardest bunch to take on the flrat
day out There they sit In a tight
little knot, whooping It up about
some fool thing that happened last
semeater when they were member,
of the ftvored few You feel
.lightly ilrk. and wonder why you
ever signed up for t lecture elaaa
In political chemistry
But thla la a little ahead of ourselves Tbe whole traumatic situation   begins   when   you   walk
t casual expression plat-1 —]om«   -ak<
quired reading, ta
ihe door to the pulpit, charging
through the first week's assign
ment while depositing book, and
paper*, and plunging ahead with
hi. lecture before you've even
been able to get your jaw back
In IU socket.
Or. aa aa alternative, while
you're yakklng It up about what
a drag the elaaa It going to be
and what a hopeless soul you hear
the Instructor Is. a raggy little
man shuffles spologetlcally past
You make a few unkind remark!
about    adult    ttudenti.    But    the
tered painfully acroat your puss.
You wtlk In. untble to see a thing
aad afraid to look very closely
anyway Somehow you sense aa
empty desk—always la th* flrat
row or tho laat—aad tilde
Into It. peering through yosw oyo-
laahe* at your class—at**.
What a scroungy. lackluster
group of dullards! Tho females
either hav* mouao-colored glass**
aad brightly-colored hook* or
brightly-colored face* aad mouse-
Homocommg Ptora 'Arte*: fxtkT
Committee Signups Are
neat building applications aad
gaeea aomlaoo eatrioa for homecoming actlvltlea are available
today In the atudent pro-deaf*
office,  next to th* book *tora.
Queen application, ara da* Oct.
11 and float applications ar* due
Oct. tl. Homecoming la Nov. IS
against th* Saa Dtogo Stato College Aiteet. The theme it Fall
of  tho  Attec   Empire.
The current queen. Jackie Blen,
wbo la alao Mlaa Fraono County.
Four New Nations Band Head
Send Students
r Nee. 1
will  crown   her
during a aooa tlato
Th* now quo*n will rolga daring   tho   downtown   parade
afternoon of th* gam* aag
that    evening    during
activities and at th*
Likes Post
However, th* alumni tatocia-
lon recommsnded that a sepa-
be formed to or-
epreoented by foreign studenU
• tending Fresno State College
Although final flgurea hare aot
beea relea**d. British Guiana.
Kenya. Nigeria, and Tahiti are the
new countries represented on the
Approximately ISO foreign atu
dents. Including 20 graduate atu-
a.   are   attending    FSC    this
yoar.    Most   of   the   foreign   itu
• are   tranafen   from   either
Freano City College or other Jun-
r college! within the vicinity.
Not quite fifty per cent of the
w itudentt came directly from
elr home country. Many of
em muat receive permiaalon
om    their   country    to    attend
achool oversea! and some govern-
ti will  not  permit  a  student
to  leave   If   they   can   study   the
• subjects In one of their own
schools.
Of  <
OS   his   timid   way   I
a   teary   voice   tht.     Engl"***   A   Still   H<IS   35
e professor Vacancies In Class
nobody  even   hears '     A total of J 5 opening* for Eng-
hlm for five mlnutet and then
body believe* him anyway.
After thl. lent thaa Impreaalve
beginning, the year ahead look*
a whole lot like purgatory Funny,
though, at the end of tho **ma*t*r
all the sog* aad drag* appear to
have dropped the course, leaving
a roomful of iparkllng wits, good
llth A In all section! are now
available, according to Robert M.
O'Nell. aaatttant profeeeor of English.
Students on the waiting list
j%hoald first sign up in the English department and then file any
necessary program changes wtth
the registrar's office.
O'Nell stressed that students
will bo accepted oa 4 first come.
"I'm looking forward to a woo-
dorful year of directing the finest
and largeat FSC band." aald Dr.
John     H      Martin,     now     bead
Martin It teaching for hit second year at Freano State College.
Last year ho uught music and
education course*.
He earned his bachelor's tnd
maater'i degree* from Ohio State
Cnlvei-lty and hla doctorate In
education and music from the
University of Arliona. He it alao
a graduate of the US Army School
of   Music   Fori  Myer. Virginia.
Martin haa played professionally
in many countries. Clarinet and
other woodwind Inatrumenti tre
hit  major  specialty
He haa been a gueat band conductor for the US Army Band
and many unlveralty bands Including the Unlveralty of Arliona.
Art*ona SUte Unlveralty. Ohio
State Unlveralty and Ohio University.
Young Republicans
To Hear Walter Judd
Former Congressman Walter H.
Judd. the keynote apeaker at the
1960 Republican National Convention, will speak at 2 PM today In
Industrial Arts 101.
Hla talk la cosponaored by the
Freano State Young Republicans
and the campus clearing house.
event waa becoming too much of
burden  to  be  tagged  oato tho
PR commltto*.
The executive committee under
lsst yoar'* atudent body prealdent.
Jerry TahaJUa. agreed wtth the
^^^^^^^^^^■1
Sudan Visitors
Seek To Stay |-<
T—i   commit—o
will  hold I
PM la th* Alpha G
ternlty House.   The a
Include   Pam   Everaoa.   publicity
Dennla  Salffen.   parade;   Marth
Munday.   week   actlvltlea:    Sal
roburn. committee secretary: Jim
Conner, queen .election.   I—juar
I'ryor.   tea.   and   Patty   Sanbor
luncheon
Ito homecoming dance hi und.
auaptcea   of   tho   rally   eon.
Teaching Applications Must Be Filed
Credential candidates are required to file an admlaalon appll
cation, according to Mr*. Char-
lotte Dtthlan. secretary of the
education office
'Applications should be made
In Edaeatlon-P.ychology 110 not
later than the second ten
tho aophomore ye*# OH-MI
who oator rac at th* ond of their
**ph*m*r* yoar ahould apply oa
Mr*. DUhlaa atated tran.fer
Juniors, seniors, or graduate nudes-  ahould  apply  prior  to  en
Tho  credential   application   en-
| dentUI program candidacy to de-
I termlne the ttudenti quallf ica-
| tlont for the teaching profession.
Studenta muat fill out a separate application for each type of
1 credential desired. Mrs. Dtshlaa
' slad acceptable standards muat be
maintained throughout the col-
logo career of the atudent
Future teacher* mutt meet tho
following minimum requirement!
which apply for acceptance to all
typo* ef credential program*: aca
demic  aptitude,  scholarship,  pro-
fossloaal   aptitude,   language   us-
[ age. .physical fitness, personality
and character, many-tided Interest*, and general fitness for teaching.
FSC requires scholarship sttn-
dardi of a 2 15 grade-point average for a kindergarten-primary,
general elementary, or apodal
secondary credential, and a ISO
average for a junior high or general  secondary  credential
The language uaage examination given by FSC conatsta of an
oral aad a written section. Both
examinations must be compl
before   tho   student   begin*   atu-
Former Editor Describes Tour Of Europe
_r aaa01 mu
Fresno 8tate College li able to
boast maay dl*ting—abed alumni
which "make good" aad Included
among thoae la Carolyn Oray.
1*11 graduate and former Colle-;
gian editor.
MM* Oray  la  now  assistant
tho  womeai  aew*  editor  of  the
Palo Alto Time*.   She atarted hor
journal 1st le rant two yoara ago
oa tho Pmtwmst City Tribune aed
paper
tho Time*
Mlaa Oray hat Just returned
from a two month sUy In Europe
whore tho toured nli
by automobile
"The  moat  memorable  part  of
the trip wore the
Parry   Seeks  Seniors
ror   Class   Committee
Applications    for   participation
oa tho ae——r claaa executive co
mlttee are available today In t
atudent  pre—deaf* office.
r     roturalng     t
* U Oct.  11.
■•trior   actlvltlea   aad
wad te work oa tho c
Id Jim Perry  1
aald Mlaa Oray. "They are juat
like people everywhere. I had
read a lot about the anti-American reeling over there but wt
found very little of thlt. People
went out of their way to be nice
to ut."
According to Mlaa Oray aa ex
citing part of the trip waa tht
FloaU De San Fermin In Pamplona. Spain. Thl* it th* running
of th* bulli which la doacrtbod by
Erneat Hemingway In bla novel.
TO* On -too rXtmem.
"A aot hor exciting part of the
trip." aald Mlaa Oray. "waa
fact that I got food potaoalng la
Porta, waa hit by a ear In Florence, aad foil off a amall alp It
gwttscriaad."
While at FBC Mta* Oray waa a
tabor of Tokaloa. Kappa Alpha
Theta. aad president of tho Asso-
n StudenU.
— FtiSNO DRIVE-IN THEATERS —
■OX OffK_ OPfNS *-0 — SHOW AT 7:00 PS
STARUTE | MOONGLO
SWOtD OF LANCELOT
JSAM  WA—A—I
aao-u wiist
Wes "o-o or Hie V—I""
"JOHNNY COOT
nt The written English test will bo given three times
during the fall semester. Oct. I.
Nov.  13. and Jan.  7.
According to Mrs. Dish Ian the
teat will bo given at 4 PM tn
Science 121. Studenta havo two
chance, to paaa the Engllah teat,
and following the second failure
will be required to enroll In Engllah 71. Mr*. Diahlan said 10
per cent was a panting mark.
Future teacher, muat paat a
special phy.ical examination by
the itudent health service. This
examination muat be approved
before admlaalon to a credential
program  Is granted.
Eight Sudan educators enrolled
at Fresno SUte Colleg* aa part
of the Sudan Educational Project
are hoping to stay an additional
one aemeater In thla country ao
they caa earn masters' degree*.
Df Kenneth Meeks. campus coordinator for the project, requested the Sudan government
last week through official channel! In Waahtngton. DC. to grant
the additional time "We think
they'll do It." aald Meekt. "but
tbe decision has to bo made by
the ministry of education In
Sudan"
Some of the six men and two
l^romen from Sudan brought their
families along. One educator's
wife recently gave birth In Fresno
to a daughter. Under t'nlted
8Utea law. the child I* entitled
to American cltlxenthlp. The
father It Mohamed El Oaddal. a
history  Instructor
The other atudenta are Axxle
Karrar Mohamed. home eeo-
nomlca; Kamal Ibrahim Shakkak.
geography; Huaseln Bayouml El-
Sayeh. history; Gad Karlm All
Arabl. science-education, Pawtla
Haaaan El Yamlnl. art; El Taylb
All El Salawi. education: Nur F
Din  Sallh.  agriculture-education
Tocchio To Attend
Safety Conference
Octavlo J Tocehlo. aaaoclatr
professor of criminology, will at
tend the Governor* Traffic Safety ('(inference tomorrow and Fri
day In  Sacramento.
The conference will dlseu.*
various safety activities including
armed tor***, citlton'* support
driver licensing, safety education
and  law enforcement
The conference provtdea a for
urn for public officials and civic
leader, having reaponalbllltle. in
the  field of traffic aafety.
It It conducted by the SUte of
California and co-»pon*ored by
the California Traffic 8afet>
Foundation and the California
Federation  of  Safety  Council*
Tocchio. who Instructs In trtf
ric tt the college. It a division*
vice president and chairman of
the traffic board of the Freano
County Safety Council, chairman
of the traffic coordinating committee of the City of FY Mao aad
a member of tho Saa Jos
Valley Traffic Coordinating Com
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