rt GE FOUR i ?align:hod 11amber *mat* !Stat....gay acternirre ittetelefat'e. dc.nieg tiae Cell ,e ,awe erg 11le itatig ettitegiau the staff efr Tire Datn7 Cet4-' Arian of the restateyiveutte, ;St=t• College, i Siseseesear be TIM FUZZ LAWCZ, est. MST see. MVP 101.Ciaffe eseidee Jab 5. OM act the Stites College, Cs. Pest Office wader the Act of March 3. tint DAVE JONES, Editor ' :,:CAF THIS ISSUE: Night editor, Lee Wheeler; Copy editors, Diehl IVlcKalip, Baylee Friedman; As sasiants, Ann Campbell, flogeT Bider, Marcie MacDonald, Joe Beau Seigneur. Ad staff: Bob Car ruthers, Dave Burke. Reasons Behind Course Drop Plan Many students were faced with deep conster nation several days ago when they found the College dropping courses in which they were already enrolled. This made for confusion, re scheduling, more eight o'clocks and Saturday• classes, The course drops were in line with a new College policy that courses numbered up to 399 be dropped if less than 15 students enroll. The policy was announced in February and goes into effect the first time this semester: Excep tions to the rule were available through the dean of the school or the College provost. The new ruling was an economy move by the College to better utilize instructors and, as a result, eliminate last-minute hir,ing of part- time instructors. Better instructor utilization would bring a reduction in the faculty and, a a result, economy. To put this economy into effect, the rulin, provides for elimination of rather small classes, leaving the instructor free to teach part of an other course which is overloaded with students. Thus, a class of 11 might be dropped and the instructor used" to break up a class of -80 into two classes of 40. The result is that, by remov - ing the very small classes, over-large classe are reduced to' a more personal relationship. The overall advantage of this economy mov is that the money saved may be put into in creased faculty salaries, a move which would draw better instructors to the College. Because of its nature, Penn State's income is virtually fixed by student fees and appropriations fron the state legislature. Additional money fo higher salaries and better professors can on!: be secured by economy in using thole funds. Because the ruling , is new, the College clain - . it has provided "fairly generous exceptions" ii enforcement. Courses required for graduatio2 could not be dropped, regardless of the numbe enrolled. The - College also has realized som( courses will never be large, either because thr, departments in which they are offered arc small, or because they are of special interest The effect of this new regulation cannot be seen in one or two semesters. The College feel such a system will provide a long range stud of curricula planning, and will allow- eliminr Lion of improper courses and" addition of others more desirable. This long range study cou eventually provide a re-vamping of courses o fered at Penn Stale. Better utilization of instructors means usir. one professor to teach the largest number o students reasonable, and teaching them in subject of benefit to the most students an: Safety Valve... Blue Band Has Problems TO THE EDITOR: As president of the Blue Band, I wish to explain two of our problems. The first concerns our seats at the Penn gam at Franklin Field. I have sent letters of protes to Dean Ernest B. McCoy and Harold R. Gilbert for the very inferior seats' allocated to the Bluc Band. We realize someone had to sit there, bui we take a dim view of spending at least 220 G man hours preparing a difficult routine for such deplorable accommodations, especially when the fault lies with our own Athletic Association The University of Pennsylvania had nothin whatsoever to do with our seating. Had the band been more centralized, the er tire Penn State cheering section would hay been more effective. Students at the other en of the field were unable to hear when we playe, in the stands. The second matter concerns the attitude o many student leaders toward the Blue Banc. Let me remind them that the preliminary pur pose of the marching unit of the Blue - Band i that of providing music and entertainment a football games. It takes a great deal of prepar ation for these routines, but we do make every attempt to appear at as many pep rallies as is reasonable. We do not, however, intend to jump to attention when a student leader snaps his fingers and says we are to play for a rally or a similar event. The Blue Band is neither a utility nor an inanimate mass machine; it is compose of individuals who have responsibilities other than the Blue Band. There was a great deal of moaning when the Blue Band stayed only 20 minutes for the (pre- Penn) rally (which was attended by only a handful of students) in front of the Bellevue- Stratford Friday night. It should be explained that we had just played for an alumni smoker in the Ritz-Carlton which was open to all stu dents free of charge. Those who complained the loudest should realize that we might like some free time for ourselves. We worked hard to prepare our halftime routine and that was our primary purpose in making the trip. We did not go to provide constant entertainment for the student body, nor do we intend to do so while on campus. It is unreasonable •to expect our members to spend any more time in Ale band than they do now. If this seems to verify our reputation for being high and mighty, then I can only say I am sorry such an attitude is necessary. However, it is time that student leaders at Penn State start V.!TE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA VINCE DRAYNE. Business Mgr. society as a whole. Removing professors from specialized courses and using them to break up large sections is one profit. .Another might be freeing these professors to teach other courses. The theory is. then, _it students will profit by better , professors through elimination of these small sections. The student interest, how ever; must be considered more deeply than this 6 Because smaller sections may be eliminated, .11. e place for specialized education at Penn State is diminishing. Students of special interests may rind many specialized courses eliminated. That is the price of mass education. Because the College realizes importance oi specialized education in some cases, it has pro ..,ided for exceptions to the ruling: The College must remembet—as it says it does—there is a definite need for many types of special educa don. Small departments will ,have small sec tions, but this does not mean those classes are not needed. Professors with special skills should be permitted to offer those skills in classes, no matter how small. And some special interest lasses are most beneficial to society. The chief student complaints to the ruling ire in two areas: (1, elimination. of small sec ions removes the chance of close student-pro essor relation, often the best catalyst for learn ng, and (2) a student enrolling in a course at •egistratiOn may find it dropped when he at ends the first class. • This student point of view is a good one. mall classes are, fof both student an profes 'at., desirable. They often should be maintained .ecause they are small. But small classes in a ollege of 14,000 are hard to accomplish, and ten do not serVe•-the general student welfare: It is hard for a student to find himself sched led out of a section at registration, but it is ven harder when, after registering, he finds he course is being . dropped. This could perhaps Je eliminated by a thorough study of course , 'teed and popularity...A' study could be made of )ach course from semester to semester,' and if he College finds - the 'course unpopular or see ions 'unnecessary, the error could be corrected n the next semester's. time table. Economy in 'rofessors could thus be provided by dropping purses before registration, rather than waiting 3 find only 11 students have enrolled, and then king the course away from them. The College'S idea of economy to provide otter instructors is a good one. It is question able, however, whether or not the system could -ot be worked before .registration, and with -rh less pain to the students. to appreciate the effort and quality of the Blue 'and; it is also time that certain of these leaders -lize they are not running our shoi,v. —Donald Lambert President, Penn State ,Blue Band azette .. . .CCOUNTING CLUB,. 7 p.m., Alpha Tau Omega. ,RT EDUCATION FORUM, 7:30 p.m., 136 Temporary Building. 'OLLEGIAN ADVERTISING STAFF, 7. p.m., 9 Carnegie. OLLEGIAN BUSINESS STAFF, 7 p.m., Col legian Business Offices. OLLEGIAN BUSINESS CANDIDATES, 7:30 p.m., 111 Carnegie. OLLEGIAN CLASSIFIED AD. STAFF, 6:30 p.m., Collegian Office. OLLEGIAN. EDITORIAL CANDIDATES, 7 p.M., 317 Willard. OLLEGIAN PROMOTION , STAFF, 7 p.m., ; 111 Carnegie. OLLEGIAN SENIOR BUSINESS STAFF, 8 p.m., 9 Carnegie. DUCATION STUDENT COUNCIL, 7 p.m., 206 Burrowes. '-ERMAN CLUB, 7:30 p.m., Study Lounge, Mc- Elwain Hall. LOME ECONOMICS' CLUB, 6:30 p.m., Home Economics living center. . I.AVIE CANDIDATES, 8 p.m., 405 Old Main. '?LAYERS ADVERTISING Workshop Candi dates, 7 p.m., Schwab loft. PSYCHOLOGY CLUB, 7 p.m., 228 Sparks. THETA SIGMA PHI, 7 p.m., Grange Playroom. W.R.A. BOWLING CLUB, 7 p.m., upperclass students, White Hall., W.R.A. BADMINTON CLUB, 7 p.m., White Hall. STUDENT EMPLOYMENT • Experienced barber. Experienced -clothes presser. COLLEGE PLACEMENT SERVICE The companies listed below will conduct interviews on campus. Schedule interviews now. in 112 Old Main. REM-CRTJ, INC. will interview January graduates i ME, lE, RE, Metallurgy, and Accounting on Oct. 13. GENERAL MOTORS CORP. will interview Januar: graduates in Chem. Eng., Arch. Eng., CE, EE. lE, ME, ar Accounting Oct. 13-15. ARMA CORP. will interview January graduates at a levels in ME. ER and Physics on Oct. 15. THE BOARD OF NATIONAL MISSIONS OF THE PRES BYTERIAN CHURCH will interview all B.S. students in terested in church vocations on Get. la. Collegian editorials reps eat the viewpoint of !the writers, not necessarily the !Policy of the newspaper. Un ;signed editorials - are fliF the (editor. _ , Today Little Man on Camptis "Worthal stumbled over Prof. Snarf in Philadelphia Saturday night—Seems he carries that camera every place he goes." interpreting the 'New French:..M4o..fxport Tp /..,P4ji:..lar Arm's . . Leading French men are telling American authorities that their :ountry will not' be able to carry the economic burden of the Euro pean Defense Community I...iiiless:she can export more goods either to the United States or•tOfthe Communist satellites in Eastern Europe. •No matter . how hard. the , French tug at their own bootstraps, they say, the United States'iS going to have to change some of 'its own trade policies or its s policir toward East-West trade in Europe. The United States and Britain already have given • Fran c.e guarantees that she will not be , caught out alone against a re armed Germany which Paris fears is the tail which may eventually • try the wag the European dog. Britain is pre paring to - go even farther with arrangements for cooperation with EDC. Now France is emphasizing that the whole Western defense pro gram must rest on an economic base which requires coordination just as much as the military, The idea of a world economic conference is being revived. mostly boils down to continuation of the European campaign to get the United States to move toward freer trade. The matter is, being considered carefully, and there is a tendency among administra tion leaders to do something. Congress seems to' lean the other way, being subject to the insis tent demands of specific indus tries for continued, and even in creased, tariff protection. The Europeans make a great deal of noise about the need for other American markets if ' the United States continues its policy against trade with the East. They imply that they are making great sacrifices to cooperate with this policy and are entitled to greater consideration. This is only partially true. Trade with what is now the Communist sphere wouldn't be what it used,to be even if there were no- cold war restrictions. Finland has just announced that she must have - outside mar kets if she is to survive that there is no profit in trading with Russia because of the juggling of prices. The satellites are short, be cause of their commitments to Russia, of the goods with which to pay. They still owe for much of what they have received. East-West trade is not the answer. Whether trans-Atlantic trade can be sufficiently ad justed to provide a complete answer is doubtful. The slow process of developing u.nder leveloped countries into worth- Arhile markets is the long-term answer. In a coordinated West ern economy such as is being suggested, anything which ser- TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1953 By J. M. ROBERTS Jr AP News Analst iously interferes with the one great central economy, that of the United States, would not • permanently benefit . any 'of the other countries. It is an ex tremely chmplicated situation. Yet the French have their point when they say that in thege-,mod em times military coordination cannot stand without its corollary economic base. • Euwema to Be First Speaker In LA Series Ben Euwema, dean of the Lib eral Arts school, will speak on "The Objectives of the Liberal Arts school" at the first- LA -lec ture Oct. 13. Speaker at the Nov. 10 lecture will be Henri' M. Peyre, profea sor of French at Yale University. He will discuss "The Present Temper in France Interpreted through French Literature." ' President Milton S. Eisenhower will discuss South America Dec. 8. Lectures will be. held 'at 8 pan in 121 Sparks. A fourth lecture is scheduled to be held during the spring se mester. Members of the lectures- com,= mittee are Harold E. Nelson,' as - - sociate professor of speech, chair= man; Neal Riemer, assistant pro fessor of political science; Leon S. Roudiez, assistant professor of romance languages; and Werner F. Striedieck, assistant profeSSor of German. Independent Newsletter Candidates and old staff _mem bers of the Independent newslet ter will meet at 6:30 tonight in the Collegian office, ground floor Car- . negie Hall. Collegian Ad Staff The Daily Collegian adver fising staff will meet at 7 to night in 9 Carnegie, Vincent Drayne, business manager.. has announced. By Bibler • • • rj
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