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VOL. 58. No. 98 STATE COLLEGE, PA.. TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH 4, 1958 FIVE CENTS
Behind Closed Doors
Open Me
As Help
It’s not very often that discussii
Board of Trustees meetings take’on
out in an interview with a mr
If one can draw from he?
proof that the trustees might
Miss Wyland told The Daily
Collegian that before she was
elected to the board, she “couldn’t
see why they did some of the
things they did.” Now, her re
spect of the members has grow
tremendously. “I was amazed to
see the amount of time and en
ergy those men put into their
work on the board,” she said.
Miss Wyland termed the mem
bers “devoted."
Thus, she expressed a thought
prevalent among advocates of
the open board meeting: it isn't
so much the'negative attitude
that there is something dirty or
"tainted" that goes on behind
the closed doors, but rather
the people as a whole tend to
fear and have suspicion of
something about which they
have little knowledge.
And the chances are that the
board might gain much respect
from the layman if the meetings
were opened up.
However, Miss Wyland also ex
pressed the oft-heard opinion that
it wouldn’t make much difference
if the meetings
were opened up
because most of
the work is done
in committee.
“The Public In
formation depart
ment at the Uni-
Collegian
Public
Affairs
Analysis
versity does a
good job of releasing the hap
penings at the Board," she said.
“Sometimes, I read about things
that I didn’t even know were
going on,” she quipped.
Then too, she said, there is
ihe problem of things that
come up'which cannot be pub
lished at the exact moment
they happen. These things
might be hampered by advance
publicity, she explained.
Although Miss Wyland said she
didnt feel qualified at the present
time to give an opinion ,on whe
ther or not the press should y be
present on the grounds of prin
ciple (right to know), she did give
tne critics of a closed meeting
fuel for their cause.
- ?' 1 l, ese men are big enough,
ana have enough knowledge of
how to handle people, so that
;i’ ey . do something under
laWe—]f they wanted to,” she
fj“ d - 1 guess you could call them
S o h operators’,” she; laughed,
* Hunk they’re fine enough
men never to try to put anything
over on the public."
Contrasting Mi s j Wyland's
P r . e ‘ e "‘ opinion of the board
with her hesitant wariness prior
» being elected to thal body
i * e ® ms B * though opening the
h«v d 1 "f. 6,1n 9s might be the
nest public relations move the
hoard could make.
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FOB A BETTER PENN STATE
jitings Seen
to Trustees
jr LARRY JACOBSON
I Third of a Series '
\ns on the pros and cons of opening up the University
psychological .twist, but that viewpoint was brought
—Dally Collegian- Photo by Bob Lloyd
OFF ON A FLIGHT OF KNOWLEDGE are 3600 books for the
library of St. Francis College, Loretto. Wesley Bergey (left),
chairman of the drive to collect the books, and John Felus, senior
in business administration from Gallitzin, help load a truck for
the 55-mile trip, paid for by the Insurance Club.
Brill, '2l, Former Instructor,
Named as 'Woman of the Year
Julia Gregg Brill, retired 1921 graduate, has been named
the Penn State Woman of the Year for 1958.
The award was established by the Board of Trustees
last year for presentation “to a
woman whose personal life, pro
fessional achievements and com
munity .service exemplify the ob
jectives of her Alma Mater.” She
will receive the medal that ac
companies the award June 13-14
during the Alumni Institute pro
gram.
i Miss Brill, who lives in Stale
College, received her bachelor
of arts degree in arts and letters
-in 1921, master of arts in 1927.
Before becoming a faculty mem
ber here in 1924, she taught in
the public - schools of Luzerne
County, at Town Hill and Hunt
ington Mills. She taught history
Mack Resign? FCC Position;
Insists He's 'Done No Wrong'
WASHINGTON,iMarch 3(/P)
—Richard A. Mack resigned
his $20,000-a-year post on the
Federal Communications Com
mission tinder strong pressure
tonight, but still insisted he
had “done no wrong.”
President Eisenhower accepted
the Mack’s . resigna
tion immediately, voicing agree
ment vith Mack, that his useful
ness to FGC has been seriously
impaired by a. House investiga
tion of his conduct.
Thai resignation came a few
hours after, pounding congres
sional pressure on Mack to quit
reached a climax with - the
threat, of impeachment proceed
and latin at Bloomsburg High
School and European history in
Allentown High School.
Miss Brill was named to the
first executive board of the re
organized Alumni Association
in 1930. During her 20 years on
the board she was vice presi
dent of the association for sev
eral terms. She has been presi
dent of the Alumnae Club of
Centre County;
She retired in 1954 as professor
emerita of English composition,
She was vocational counselor of
women in the College of the Lib-
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ings against him.
Rep. Oren Harris (D-Ark.),
chairman of the special House
subcommittee which has been in
vestigating .the' FCC said Mack’s
resignation Was tlje only thing
the commissioner could do “in
the light of all the circumstances.”
Harris, who voiced the im
peachment threat, said as the sit
uation now stands, Mack is still
scheduled to testify before the
subcommittee on Wednesday, and
the FCC! inquiry will continue.
Earlier, President G. T. Baker
of National Air Lines, pictured
Mack as being crucified—as the
f a 11 guy • for a conspiracy to
which Baker linked several sen
ators. The senators will have a
chance to testify later in their
own defense if they wish.
Mack’s . ouster was demanded
by most members of the House
Cabinet Endorses
Steele's Judgment
In N.Y. Expenses
By DAVE FINEMAN and DICK DRAYNE
Editorial on Page 4
The “actions-and judgments” of All-University President
Robert Steele’s' questioned expenditures in New York City
were endorsed by All-University Cabinet last night, with
three members abstaining.
Steele admitted to a “mistake in judgment”, that of
spending an extra night in the
city, but he said it was “not a
malicious wrongdoing.”
The prepared motion, presented
by Lorraine Jablonski, president
of Leonides, said:
“All-University Cabinet en
dorses the actions and judgments
of Our All-University President.”
The three Cabinet members
who abstained from the vote were
Robert Nurock, president of the
Liberal Arts Student Council,
George Thompson, president, ofi
the freshman class, and Edward!
Dubbs, editor of the Daily Col-j
legian. !
Steele explained he was “over-|
come by a rather normal and;
natural inclination to stay over:
one night.”
In this, he said, "I'm afraid j;
I failed to live up to my re- ,
sponsibiliiies." "In my position,"
he said, "this is not allowed."
• As to the other accusations, <
Steele said, “In my heart I feel 1
I have done absolutely nothing ,
wrong.”
Explaining the fact that the
$2500 check was taken personally :
to Larry Sharp’s family, Steele i
said: “We are not an insurance ■
company paying a claim nor was !
this a check from a charity,” He
said he “wanted to show Sharp
and his parents what the students 1
were doing.” ,
"As far as I'm concerned,"
Steele said further, "taking
along Robert Yeager was "justi
fiable."
He said he wanted someone to
help him through the “highly
emotionally charged” experience
of meeting the “boy on his back
who may never walk again” and
the parents and sister. •
The choice .of Yeager, Steele :
said, was based on two things. ;
“There was no one else here to
go,” it being right before the,
Christmas holiday—Yeager lives
near-by in Bellefonte—and he is
“entirely qualified as a student
leader, or simply, just as a stu
dent. He was a perfectly
able choice.”
Steel explained his expenses:
Meals, $21.00—“I do not think
the meals were extravagant. I am
used to eating well, and not used
to eating in a hamburger stand.”
He said George L. Donovan, co
ordinator of student activities,
had told him that when a person
is ‘‘representing the University,
he will travel in a decent, respec
table and first class manner.”
Hofei, s2o.36—The sum of $9.50
a night “is not extravagant in
New York.”
. Taxis and lips, sl7.oo—“When
you travel in places like Philadel
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subcommittee on legislative over
sight after he acknowledged ac
cepting loans and other financial
favors from a Miami lawyer who
once pushed the successful appli
cation of a National Air Lines
subsidiary for a Miami TV li
cense.
Then today the committee's
chairman,, Harris, announced he
would introduce a resolution
calling for Mack's impeach
ment.
“Perhaps,” Mack wrote the
President, “I should have been
more careful in the handling of
my personal affairs, but I have
not violated my oath of office in
this instance or in any other dur
ing my career in public life, nor
will the facts show such a viola
tion. I feel in my heart , that I
have done no wrong and my con
science is clear.” ..
Benner Pike
Named For
Widening
The widening of Benner Pike
to a 4-lane highway is included
:n a $3,103,600 state highway pro
gram for 1958, it was announced
yesterday.
The Benner Pike stretch is from
State College to Dale’s Summit,
a distance of 4.16 miles, will cost
about $1,500,000 and is part of
$2,040,000 in contract construction.
Other major contract - projects
announced by J. J. Kelmar, dis
trict engineer at Clearfield, are
construction from. Pine Grove
Mills to Boalsburg, 5,86 miles,
$335,000; Millheim' bridge, .5 mile
over Elk Creek in Millheim Bor
ough, $150,000; and the Coleville
Bridge, .28 miles, $55,000.
• These contract jobs begun last
year will be continued: Zion to
Hublersburg, 7.79 miles at a total
cost of $675,407.51 and Hublers
burg east to the county line, 3.98
miles'at a cost of $500,000.
Work to be done by the Depart
ment of Highways crews consists
of the building of three bridges,
one near Oak Hall, • one near
Romula and another in Curtin
Township.
A total of 8.71 miles of 14-foot
roads will be widened to 18 feet
at a cost of $207,100.
Highways Department forces
jcompleted a $743,500 program in
1 1957, Kelmar noted.
Skating Party
Brings $556.26
To Sharp Fund
A total of $556.26 was collected
from the skating party for Larry
Sharp sponsored by Sigma Nu
and Kappa Kappa Gamma.
John Donahue, Sigma Nu chair
man of the skating party, said a
check for this amount will be
sent to Sharp’s parents.' In ad
dition, he said, $25 was received
for. Sharp from the Sigma Nu
chapter in Texas which will be
added to the skating party funds
to be sent to the Sharps.
Several coeds in Simmons sent
a $5 check to Sigma Nu also to be
added to the skating party money.
An estimated crowd of 400 at
tended the skating party Friday,
helping the Sigma Nus and Kap
pa Kappa Gammas to go over
their $5OO goal for the party.
Student Injured
In Car Accident
Donald Hastings, special stu
dent from Milesburg, was treated
at the health center for multiple
bruises of the chest, hand, right
knee and leg as a result of an
accident Thursday morning.
■ Hastings was struck by a car
operated by Paul Barton, Belle
fonte RD 1. Police said he ran in
to the path of the Barton car
while crossing the at the
intersection of College 'Avenue
and Pugh Street.
Leadership Course Shingles
Shingles for persons who com
pleted the Leadership Training
course are available at the Het
z'el Union desk. ;;.....