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THE NITTANY CUB
Established October 26, 1948, as the official publication for the
student body of Pennsylvania State University, Behrend Campus,
Erie, Pe 71 Sylvania.
Published by The Breeze Publishing Co, 4557-4559 South Lake
St., North East, Pennsylvania.
Editor
P - I. • t •
Assistant Editor
Sports Editor
Photography
Ed Paauwe
Reporters
Mary Jean Ferguson, Alan
McAllister, Mel Ross, Mary Gene Shea, John Thomp
son, Bob Williams.
Co-operation on Campus
A major part of the campus' student body spends a
great deal of its free time in Erie Hall. Here, they visit with
friends, watch television, or make use of the recreational
facilities available. These facilities include primarily the
bowling alleys, the ping-pong tables, and the pool table.
The responsibility of maintaining these amusements is
two-fold. First of all, it is the inherited duty of the S.G.A.
to see that this equipment is kept in an operative condition
at all times and to initiate repairs when necessary. To do
this, however, the S.G.A. needs money—money which the
University does not grant in its annual budget to the S.G.A.
This, then, is where the student enters the picture. -
It is the responsibility of the students who utilize these
facilities to help maintain them. They can fulfill this obli
gation in two ways ; First, by using this equipment in such
a way that a minimum of repair work is necessitated ; and
second, by paying for the use of these facilities so that, when
repairs are needed, sufficient funds are available for this
purpose.
Thus far, both the S.G.A. and the student body have
failed to meet their responsibilities. S.G.A. members are
seldom present to collect the fees. When they do appear,
students often balk at the suggestion of having to pay. Also,
ping-pong, bowling, and pool equipment all receive unneces
sarily rough treatment.
If some semblance of cooperation cannot be achieved
between the S.G.A. and the student body in this matter,
these facilities have not long to be enjoyed. They will be
kept until they are too worn out to be used any longer and
then be discarded. Possibly the University might erect addi
tional classrooms to fill the empty space.
Selective Service
Tests April 17
Applications for the April 17,
1962, administration of the College
Qualification Test are now avail
able at; Selective Service System
local boards throughout the coun
try.
Eligible students who intend to
take this test should apply at
once to the nearest Selective Serv
ice local board for an application
and a bulletin of information.
Following instructions in the
bulletin, the student should fill
out his application and mail it
Bob Ropelewski
immediately in the envelope pro
vided to SF.T,P,CTIVE SERVICE
EXAMINING SECTION, Educa
tional Testing Service, P.O. Box
586, Princeton, New Jersey. Appli
cations for the April 17 test must
be postmarked no later than
midnight, March 27, 1962.
According to Educational Test
ing Service, which •prepares and
administers the College Qualifi
cation Test for the Selective
Service System, it; will be greatly
to the student's advantage to file
his application at once. Test
results will be reported to the
student's Selective Service local
board of jurisdiction for use in
considering his deferment as a
student,
THE NITTANY CUB
From the Dean's Desk
Mr. Mosso was appointed Chair
man of the Coin Collection Divi
sion of the Northwestern Pennsyl
vania. Heart Association and also
made chairman of the lay Educa
tion Committee of this organiza
tion. This is in addition to the
job on the Board of Directors as
well. Recently, Mr. Mosso was
appointed to the Educational
Committee of the Retail Trade
Division of the Greater Erie
Chamber of Commerce.
Mr. Bedford and his students
in. Electrical Technology recently
visited the General Telephone
Corporation of Pennsylvania,
where they had a first-hand view
of the operation of the direct
distance dialing system.
C=:=l
The President's Office has is
sued the following statement con
cerning 1962 admissions:
"It's the policy of the University
to stabilize enrollment during the
academic year 1962-63 at the
1961-62 level. In order to do this,
it will be necessary to reduce by
20% the number of freshmen ad-
Behrend Library
Acquires New
Volumes
The following books are among
those recently acquired by the
Behrend Campus Library:
Literature
T. S. Eliot, the design of his
poetry.
Literary history of England.
Critical history of English
literature.
Form and meaning in drama.
Handbook to literature.
Language
Teaching and learning English
as a foreign language.
New collegiate dictionary.
Teaching English grammar.
The pattern of English.
American punctuation.
How to read better and faster.
Readings in applied English
linguistics.
Science
Science and common sense.
Chemistry in our time.
Analytical cytology.
The intelligent man's guide to
science.
Nuclear and radiochemistry.
Psychology and Philosophy
Emotional maturity.
The motivation of behavior.
Hidden channels of the mind.
Monday, March 12, 1962
mitted to the University Park
Campus for the Fall, 1962, Term.
In all, 3000 freshmen, including
2150 men and 850 women, will be
admitted at University Park. An
additional 2500 freshmen will be
admitted to the other Common
wealth Campuses.
Students whose high school re
cords place them in the first fifth
of their high school graduating
class will lbe offered admission
first. Any remaining places will
be offered to those students who
have the highest predicted grade
point averages (based upon their
high school records and their
College Entrance Examination
Board scores).
An applicant for fall admission
for whom there is room will be
admitted to the University Park
Campus or other Commonwealth
Campus of his choice. If his first
choice campus is filled, he will be
offered admission to one of the
other campuses, or he will be
offered an opportunity to enroll
starting with the Summer Term,
until all facilities are filled."
Eric Walker
Refutes Claim
The President's Office;, in a
letter this week to Chairman J.
Dean Polen of the House-Senate
Appropriations Committees under
date of February 2, said that the
average cost of instruction per
student at Penn State was not
as high as alleged in budget hear
ings in Harrisburg on Jan. 16.
The letter to Chairman Polen
said the average cost of instruc
tion per student was $1,216.00
for fiscal year 1960-61 and not
$3,384.87 as given in the hearing
and that the University adminis
tration expense during the 1950-60
period had been reduced percent
age-wise despite a growing volumn
of new services and new programs.
Today it represents only 2.4 per
cent of all University expenditures,
the letter added.
A comprehensive dictionary of
psychological and psychoanalyti
cal terms.
Music
Dictionary of music and musi
cians.
Aceountbig
Survey of accounting.
Engineering
Alternating-current circuits.
Radiotron designer's handbook