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VOL. 57. No. 77 STATE COLLEGE. PA.. WEDNESDAY MORNING. FEBRUARY 6. 1957 FIVE CENTS
Senate Group Rejects
Seniqr Exemption Plan
The University Senate Academic Standards Committee yesterday turned down a plan
to exempt eighth-semester seniors with “B” or better grades from taking final exami-!
nations. !
Joseph Hartnett, senior c'
Ing in hope that it would reco
Harnett said the committee’s ac
tion was definitely a setback for
the plan. He said he still intends
to either go to another Senate
committee or send the plan di
rectly to Senate.
Hartnett said he suggested that
the committee recommend that
"instructors be encouraged to ex
empt eighth-semester seniors with
‘B’ or better grades I from taking
final examinations in certain
courses.”
Plan Only 'Encouraged'
Hartnett explained that the plan
would not require instructors to
exempt the students, but “en
courage” them and.-that it takes
into consideration specific courses
where an exemption might not be
feasible.
He also said the plan would not
require seniors to be exempt, if
they wished to take the final to
better their grade.
Hartnett went before the com
mittee with pages and pages of
data collected by himself and his
class advisory board. It represent
ed more than a semesters work.
It included statements from 30
faculty and administrative mem
bers, with 23 favoring the plan
and seven against. Many of the
persons favoring the plan were
top administrative officials, Hart
nett said.
No Vole Taken
Hartnett said the committee
took no vote although he request
ed one. He said the chairman of
the committee, Harold K. Schil
ling, dean of the Graduate School,
told him the committee was
against the plan and that it had
discussed the plan at a previous
meeting.
Schilling was not available last
night for comment.
The reasons the committee gave
for refusing to recommend the
plan, according to Hartnett, were
that it would require a change
in University rules, that the plan
offered nothing new over what
had been turned down time and
time again in the past, and that it
was only part of an “over-all
plan” to “liberalize” the educa
tional program.
This, he said, was in addition
to the committee’s belief that the
plan was unfeasible.
Predicted Rain
Enrages Lion
Language unbecoming to such
a central figure as the -Nittany
Lion was heard coming from that
individual’s lair this morning. I
It seems he was having no small
difficulty in dis
entangling him
self from th«
stacks of blank
ets in which h<
had wrappei
himself d u r i n
the night.
“Either I’m get
ting older or the
winters ar'
crowing colder,
ne was heard ti
say, “but I can’
seem to deal wi\
cold spell or thi
tune rain.”
• Pouring salt onto the Lion’s j
smarting wound, the weatherman
promised little change in con
ditions, for rain is expected
throughout a good part of today
and possibly tonight.
But a mildly wanner note was
struck when he added that tem
peratures would probably reach
40-degrees in the afternoon.
FOR A BETTER PENN STATE
lass president, went before the committee yesterday morn-'
immend the move to the University Senate.
Prof Finds Some Russians
Do Keep Their Promises
Some Russians do keep their promises, Dr. Edward C.
Thaden, assistant professor of history, has discovered.
In this case, the promise was made when Dr. Thaden
was visiting the secretary of the
Old Believers’ Cathedral in Mos
cow. When Dr. Thaden expressed
his interest in the icons of the
cathedral, the secretary, Cyril
Abrokosov, said that he would
send some information about
them
A book on the subject arrived
last week. It was published in De
cember and is the first which has
been written on the art of the
Old Believers’ Church.
'Believers'. Origination
According to the book, the Old
Believers broke off from the of
ficial Russian Orthodox Church
in the latter part of the 17th cen
tury. From then until 1905 they
were persecuted by the Russian
church and state, and in turn de
nounced the official church.
This is why the Old Believers
I Good Samaritan Is Sought \
The dean of men’s office is trying to locate a University student,
who played the role of Good Samaritan to two hungry youngsters!
who were traveling by train from Newark, N.J., to Johnstown on!
Jan. 2.
The two youngsters were 14-year-old Jo Ann McNaughton and;
her brother David, aged 12, who in the haste of leaving their grand- j
mother’s home to.make a train, left both the lunch that their grand- 1
mother had packed and their purses with travel money, behind them.
It was not until after the train had left Newark that their!
grandmother Mrs. L. R. Hamilton of Caldwell, N.J., discovered the;
mishap. !
The University student became aware of their difficulty and
treated the youngsters to a full-fledged meal. They offered him the
small amount of money they had, but he would not take it.
Mrs. Hamilton also told the dean that she realized locating the
student would be difficult, but she did want to show her “great
appreciation for such a kindly gesture.”
Walker Speaks to Chamber
$BO MilSion Investment in Town
Said Needed to Pace University
By ED DUBBS
Collegian City Editor
President Eric A. Walker j
told State College businessmen]
yesterday that “if the borough
is to keep pace” with the Uni
versity in its expansion pro
gram, “$BO million will have
to be invested in the State Col
lege area in the next 15 years.”
Dr. Walker, speaking at a State
College Chamber of Commerce
luncheon, reminded the business
men that “if the size of the Uni
versity doubles, there will be
twice as many customers “for lo
cal private enterprise to serve.”
Predicts Many Headaches
Noting that an expansion of
this type would bring many head
aches, “it will also give us a tre
mendous opportunity to plan our
growth in advance and conse
quently, to provide an even better
community than we now have—
; refuse to have in their churches
icons that show any influence of
modern (post—l7th century) sec
ular art. It is for this reason that
(the icon collections of Old Be
ilievers’ churches are so interest
ing to the art historian.
Visit edXathedral
Dr. Thaden visited the Old Be
lievers’ Cathedral expressly to
I see its icon collection. He found
the priests most helpful in guid
ing him around the church and
in explaining the meanings of the
various icons.
Oddly enough, at the time the
book arrived Dr. Thaden was
helping Dr. Jessie R. Bernard,
I professor of sociology, prepare in
(Russian a reply to Russian accu
jsations that she has advocated a
sociology of espionage and sub
version.
ian even better place in which to
[work and play and rear our chil
idren,” he said.
Dr. Walker particularly invited
businessmen to invest in “auxil
iary enterprises” similar to those
being conducted by the Univer
sity. He termed all University
operations not directly connected
with education, such as housing
and recreational- facilities, as
“auxiliary enterprises.”
Businessmen Aid Offered
He mentioned that tin Univer
sity does not plan to build apart
ment houses for married under
graduate students. He indicated
that any businessman interested
in investing money in this line
would receive help in planning
from the University.
“The University,” he said, “is
not anxious to expand its auxil
iary enterprises in any direction.
We will do so only if we must.”
Dr. Walker said some of the
reasons for not being anxious to
expand the “auxiliary enterprises’’
$2.5 Million Increase
Asked by Governor
Governor George M. Leader recommended to the General
Assembly yesterday a state appropriation of $27,713,000 for
the University, a $2.5 million increase over the last appro
priation.
This will amount to approximately one-third the cost of
running the land-grant institu-, ~
The University is believed to|w/5/lC| frt Ilf*
have asked Leader for more than IV/ Vlll
$3O million for the next bien
nium, beginning in July. The J. . „
University has been operating the Q f T|f||j
(last two years on a $25 million-'" *Wt V* » B V/i
plus appropriation. i
Particularly interested in the ; |
appropriation are the University M % I 1113
faculty members, since the size I t „ .
of the appropriation will deter-! MOSCOW, Feb. 5 t/P) Soviet
mine how large a salary raise government officials laid down
they will receive. ;the line today for a cutback in the
Request Not Released ! ra te of Russia's industrial growth
The University has never re- , .... , .
leased the figufe it requested toj an “ a slight reduction in direct
Leader and it will probably not;defense expenditures for 1957.
be known whether Leader and hisj Economic boss Mikhail G. Per
staff cut the request before in- vukhin and Finame Minister Ar .
eluding it in the budget message. „ .
The process for having the aps e Zverev outlined the plans
propriation request accepted in- at the opening session of a semi
cludes initial approval by the annual meeting of the Supreme
Governor to include it in his bud- Soviet, Russia > s Parliament,
get message, approval by the Gen- _ . _ , _
eral Assembly and final approval
by the Governor in signing it into erev presented a 614-billion
jaw 6 ,ruble budget, the biggest m So
" ~ , ~ . ~, , viet history. Direct defense expen-
To raise the staffs jditures proposed this year are
salaries oneper cent. President : down a billion rubles from the
pic A. Walker told the faculty j arinouncec } OU t] BV f or 1955.
last semester it would take an _ ~, •
additional appropriation of one-, Zverev tom the deputies, who
third of a million dollars. i' automatically approve the
Other Salary Raises : budget, the defense cuts "repre-
Dr. Walker said the University j sel j* the Soviet Unions desire to
cannot stop with raising teachers’i re “ uce lts arlTie d forces,
salaries, but also must raise those Air Outlay Cut
of secretaries and service person- The Russians value their rubles
nel. for they too need raises. at 25 cents, but many Western ec
| "If we raise salaries, we almost onomic experts believe its actual
have to raise dormitory and food buying power is more nearly 10
[service costs too, since a raise cents.
in salaries reflects in the cost of A total of 96 a 4 bi u ion rubles js
running food service and dorrm-, earmar j {e( j fo r armec j forces.
t°rie s , he said. I That is 16 per cent of the estimat-
More nioney will also be need-| expenditures, compared to 18
ed for additional faculty mem-[ per , n t allocation in the 592-bil-
Qe iu f al ®' ... . lion ruble budget of 1956.
The only specific request re-; _ . . _ ,
leased by the University was fori Budgets Compared
$lOO,OOO to be used in research: By Russian evaluation, the 1957
in the humanities. Dr. Walkerjbudget totals 15314 billion dollars
said the decision for use of this; and $24,175,000,000 will go for
monev would be left at the de- 1 defense. President Eisenhower
partniental level. ; submitted a 72-billion-dollar bud-
Biggest Biennial Budget get to Congress Jan. 16. Projected
Leader’s $2 billion-plus request ;U.S. military expenditures is 38
will be the biggest biennial bud- i billions.
[get in Pennsylvania's history and| But that comparison is not
•will reflect an increase of $1 bil-jenough to tell the story. Russian
(lion over the cost of state govern-[labor costs are far lower and the
jment just 10 years ago. ! Soviet government can fix prices
j The budget presented yesterday i a t will.
again proposed spending just) Though revenues and expenses
lover half of every tax dollar on bave arching up since World
Pennsylvanias school jj tbe government indicated
an “. schools. :it expects a drastic drop.
(Continued on page eight)
' Of the 54.5 million increase for:
state aided universities the gov
ernor suggested granting $4,158,-1
were that the University’s busi
ness is education and since these
services are “potentially protit
making ones . . . the University
has no desire to choke off legiti
mate private enterprise in the
State College area.”
'Sounder Borough Economy'
"The more of these services we:
can get from the borough, the!
better off we are. And we feel
the increased business will build
a sounder borough economy,” he
said.
The President told the business
men the University's building
plans for the future. In discussing
planned dormitories three
fourths' of which, he said, are for
coeds—he explained that dormi
tories are not built from tax
money.
He said the University must ob-,
tain a mortgage, pay interest on,
this money, and retire the loan:
through a regular amortization
schedule. i
University Adds
6 TV Courses
Six courses have l)een added
to the University’s “teaehing-by-
TV” program for the spring semes
ter, making a total of 20 courses
now being taught by the closed
circuit system.
The new courses are French 302,
[lndustrial Engineering 131,
Meteorology 300, Education 424,
[Electrical Engineering 1 and Elec
trical Engineering 9.
1 Political Science 3. originally
[scheduled to be televised, will be
i taught in 10 Sparks but will not
;be televised as all students can
,be accommodated in one room.
The television system in Sparks
is now scheduled for use for all
[hut three class hours a week. In
[addition, television facilities are
[being employed in 119 Osmond
[for Chemistry 2 and 5 and in 110
[Electrical Engineering for Elec
•trieal Engineering 1 and 9.
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