PAGE SIX Editorial Opinion Sensible Policies For Future Calendars A University Senate committee will present to the Senate today a revised calendar policy, an eminently well-pi epa red and sensible report which should find favor with students, faculty and administration members. The calendar report was prepared by the 9-member Committee on Calendar and Class Schedule, headed by Fied M. Coombs, professor of physical education, and including student repiesentatives Patricia O'Neill and John Bott. Among the sources studied before the present repoit was prepat ed was a report on the calendar practices of 700 institutions The report touches many phases of the University calendar, suggesting changes in some and recommending none in others. And although none of the individual sug gestions would provide radical changes for University life, the report if passed would be sure to solve some problems which have ben sore spots with students for years. The major points suggested in the report 1. The present system of two semesters and two summer programs remain the same as scheduled for this summer, with the summer sessions as an ‘‘integral part” of the calendar. The trimester system which has been bandied about for the past few years is not considered in the report. 2. Study day between the end of classes and begin ning of finals. Students have been asking for this study break for years, and if the report is approved iheyTl be guaranteed a welcome 1-day rest between the last class and the first final of the semester. Length of the final exam period. The report asks that at least eight days, excluding Sundays, be devoted to final exams at the end ot semesters. In recent years the exam periods have been this long; this clause would just standardize the length. 4. Standardized vacation periods. Wondering and worrying about “next year’s vacations” would cease if the report is passed, as each major vacation period is given a standard or minimum length. The recommended vacations: a. Thanksgiving—fiva days, from lha last class on Tuesday to Monday morning. This is one half-day more than Thanksgiving recesses have been in the past. b. Christmas—at least 14 days in length. This is a liberal guarantee, and would guard against such short vacations as the scant 11 days allowed for Christmas two yeais ago c. Between semesters—a minimum of nine days. This would provide at least four ‘‘clear days” between the end of the fall semester and the beginning of registration for tlie spring semester. d. Spring recess—noon Wednesday to noon the fol lowing Wednesday. This is the normal length of the Easter recess. The committee report also includes a clause that emergency vacation periods which may be required by the weather or other reasons may or may not be made up as conditions warrant. Although the administration ha 3 always had tho power to decree such an unplanned holiday, the establish ment of a written policy would probably make such holi days more likely to be seriously considered. The committee has done an excellent job in setting up some standard policies which have long been needed. Fifty-four Years of Student Editorial Freedom Saily CnUfjjtatt Successor to The Free Lance, est. 1887 rnMithfd Tuesday through Saturday morning during the University year. Tho Daily Collegian is a itudent-operated newspaper. Entered a* second-class matter July 5. 1931 at the Slate College. Pa. Post Office under the art of March 3, 1879* Mall Subscription Price* ft.oo per lemestcr 95.09 per year. ROBERT FRANKLIN Editor City Editor, David Fineroanj Managing Editor, Richard Drayne: Sport* Editor. I.nu Prato: Associate Sports Editor, Matt Mathews: Personnel and Public Relations Director, Patricia Evans; Copy Editor. Lynn Ward; Assistant Copy Editor, Dick Fisher: Photography Editor. Robert Thompson. Credit Mgr.. Janice Smith; Local Ad Mgr., Tom Bucket; Ant. Local Ad Mgr., George Me lurk; National Ad Mgr., Betsy Brackbill; Promotion Mgr., Kitty Bur* gert: Personnel Mgr-, Mickey Nash; Classified Ad Mgr., Rae Waters; Co* Circulation Mgr*., Mary Anne First and Murray Simon: Research and Records Mgr.. Alary florbeln: Office Secretary, Myla Johnson. STAFF THUS ISSUE: Night Editor, Bobbi Levine; Copy Editor. Denny Malick; Wire Editor, Lianne Cordero: Assistants. John Root, Barb Greetuvnid. Katie Davis, John [Back, Gori’ie Sermattei, Saudi* Cummin's ( Kitten Busier, Barbara Foster, Pat Dyer, Jont Nathan, Giuny Ctoft, Nancy Thaip, Zelda Greenspan* Dav# Anthony. THE DAILY COLLEGIAN STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA ROBERT PICCONE Business Manager Behind the News Day's Events Prove World Still Is Zany By 808 FRANKLIN In these clays of international crises, nationwide crime waves and all kinds of objects hurtling into outer space, it is a little com forting to us to look behind the front page news and discover that the world’s still the same zany old place it was last year (eight days ago) For instance: A British Overseas Airways plane wi t h 85 New York-bound passengers_ w a 9 delayed 65 min utes Tuesday at London because the pilot lost his pants. United Press Interna tional said the pilot found a pair missing from his locker and re fused to leave until they were franklin replaced. The British are always so proper! The nation’s only woman In dian chief quit as chairman of the Agua Caliente Tribal Council Tuesday to attend to “personal affairs ” But under laws of the tribe, which owns several hun dred acres around Palm Springs, Calif, she will be succeeded by a woman—there are no men' on the council. A Philadelphia man was found guilty yesterday of oper ating a still in 1956 in Smith field Township, Monroe Coun ty—on Boy Scout properly. A publicity man in London yes terday paid an undisclosed sum for a life-size plastic statue of Brigitte Bardot clad only in the bottom half of a bikini. With yesterday's temperatures in the low 20's, University work men were reported dutifully sprinkling the Old Main front lawn with fertilizer. Gazette All-UnivprdUy Cabinet, G .30 pm., 203 HUB Alpha Phi Alpha Interest Group, 3 JO p m , 2IK HUB Bridge Club, h .»0 pm, HUB cardioom: election of officer*, 7 p m , White Build ing Chime?, 1 pm, 212 HUB Christian Fellowship, 12:1.1 p-tn.. 218 HUB Christian Science Organization, 7 p.m., 212 Chapel Division of Counseling Student Council, 3.30 p.m . 212 HUB Graduate Mining Seminar. 1 20 p m., 24 Mineiul Industrie* Graduate Student Association, 3 p m., 217 HUB Inter-College Council Board. 3.30 p m., 2l« HUB Legion of Mary, 7:20 p.m., Chapel Student Center Newman Club. fraternity and sorority committee, G‘4l p.m., 217 HUB Niads and Swim Club, 7 p m., White Building Pre-Veterinary Society, 7 p.m, 212 HUB SEAT. Extension Committee, 7 p m., 213 HUB Sports Car Club, 7pm, 203 HUB University Christian Association, Fresh* mun Council, G:l5 pm, 2t6 HUB University Senate, 4:10 p.m., 121 Sparks Vesper Service, 4:15 p.m., Chapel UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL Jon Allebach, Elizabeth Anderson, Gary Anderson. Sarah Baker, Alexw Barron, Theodora Burholz. Susan Chapman, Thom as Cullen. Kathryn Ann Eakin, Sandra Fellows, Frederick Franklin, Marcia Grif fin, Burton Hollander, James Inman, Wal ter Kearney, Robert Kopff, Victor Leo pold, Linda Mannen, Ronald Martin, Ju dith Morando. Ralph Neidig, Nancy Os borne, Krland Stevens, Richaid Tennyson, Fiederic Tictr.. Letters on Pollock Given to Library Twenty letters and two manu scripts pertaining to James Pol lock, governor of Pennsylvania fiom 1855 to 1858, have been giv en to the Pattee Library by Mrs. Alvin Ludwig Barth of Thoro fare, N.J. Ralph McComb, librarian, ex plained that these items are of special interest because Pollock signed the charter of the Univer sity as the Farmers’ High School of Pennsylvania on Feb. 22, 1855, while in office. Pollock was an active member of the Board of Trustees and served on several committees. Pollock Road on campus was named in his honor. Washington. Average Guy Exchange Begun By ARTHUR EDSON WASHINGTON (/P; The trouble with exchange pro grams for Europeans, Harry W. Morgan decided, is that they deal chiefly with the up per economic classes. Why not fetch a few aver age guys over? People who are garbage collectors, or train conductors or tobacco sales men 1 ’ That was three years ago, and now Morgan, a precocious junior at Rutgers University, breezed through the nation’s capital with his latest collec tion, four presumably average Europeans. They're fresh, and a bit breathless, from a 12,000- mile, month-and-a-half tour of America. Well, nearly everyone, from Alexis de Tocqueville to Mrs. Trollope lo Charles Dickens, has given his views on this country. So it seemed fitting that the average guy should have his say, too. Morgan was in the Air Force when he had his idea, and in Weekly ACROSS Box lightly. Cupidity. Iceland: Abbr. Exclamation of surprise. Income: Fr. Clothesline. Final battle; French writer Faure. Sewing tools. ± Golf club. M' Paired, -- Intend. Kitchen gadget. Purpose. Part of a print ing press. Kite. *Sr, Tank, If Rue Palx. Brooch. More than a few. Actress Taylor. Load. Outward appearance. Marble bridge of Venice. That is i Lat. Burro. Department store employe. THURSDAY, JANUARY 8, 1959 WHAT, IN All THIS WORLD. couio Be /iaoqs exciting than being married to a RICH OBOE PLAYER? r "/~S w ( #SIGH# NOTHING \ LMAKES HIM JEALCUSIyL dustrial firms around Daylon, Ohio, where he was stationed, picked up the tab for the first group brought over. But as he talked about what he was up to, average people and businesses over here start ed chipping in a buck or so apiece. Thanks to this, he waa able to go coast to coast this summer. Morgan had the idea the group could camp out in na- tional parks and save money, and they did. One of the visitors, Hans Elsaesser, 27, of Switzerland, who put off his marriage to make the trip, was asked what impressed him the most. “The standard of living,’’ he said. “So much higher than at home ” And what impressed him the least’ The schools, he said. He doesn’t think young people know or think enough. He’s checked into this, and believes he knows the trouble. “Not as much home works," he said. “Not as much home works.’’ Crossword 54 Excel 56 Clear sky. 58 Type of road, 61 Free. 65 Second, 66 Acrobatic stunt 68 Sound quality. 69 Heated exclamations. 70 Authentic. 71 Nissen and Quonset 72 Clean the slate, 73 A loan for Mark Antony. DOWN 1 States of 12 Heroic. 13 Vegetable, 18 Fierca stares. 22 By: German. 24 Varied. 26 Fold: French. 27 Greek epic; 28 Glowing. 30 March: Abbr. 32 Creme de la creme. 33 Sharer. 35 Oolong, 37 Road surface. 41 By the way of. 42 Defames, 45 Country places, 48 Gilded. 50 Youngster. 52 Scatters, 55 Creator of Baron Munchausen, 57 Daughter of Cecrops, 58 Mathematical Colloq. 59 ben Adhem, 60 African gazelle. 62 Effluvium. 63 Disparage. 64 Parisian Burma. 2 Caze intently, 3 Oh dearlt A 2 words. 4 Commercial w travelers. ™ 5 Welcome. ' 6 South of Suez, 7 Finis. 8 Town on the Thames. 9 Twilled cotton, 10 Emerald isle. 11 Early flying hero of W. W. H. summers, 67 culpa. Puzzle
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