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Editorial Opinion
Toward Liberal Minds
If evety student could be given access to instruction
in any and every field of study at the University, within or
without iiis curriculum, what an excellent educational
setup we could have.
Idealistic?. Not completely. The possibility is being
investigated by members ot the Inter-College Council
Board.
The ICC 3 is considering a system whereby weekly
lists would be posted on campus of all the courses which
could accommodate extra students as visitors, the time and
places of the courses and a list of lecture topics to be cov
eied during the week.
The idea was suggested by the University Senate's
new policy of allowing students to attend without credit
any class, with ihe permission of the class instructor and
without registering to audit the course.
The ambitious plan to post the open classes and their
lectuie topics is, of course, filled with complications.
Many professors no doubt don’t know what their lecture
topics will be a week in advance, and probably wouldn't
want to bo pressed into such organization.
Often, too, classes depend in great part on class
participation, which would require the visitor to be con
versant witli the class material to profit from the dis
cussion. Many courses might be too technical to be worth
while for the casual listener. And of course limitations of
space would cut out many classes from the beginning.
But the idea itself and its potential development are
excellent. To have such a posted schedule available would
help to put a greater portion of the University’s knowledge
Into a greater portion of its student body, and probably
would arouse in many the intellectual curiosity which is
the highest object of a university.
Quite likely the quality of the lectures also would
rise, for the temptation of being "the largest gate attrac
tion in the department" might provide an Incentive for
the professor who likes to teach and to be listened to.
The ICCB is now investigating the plan.through the
individual colleges to try to determine the quantity of
potential participation. If the plan succeeds, even in part,
it should do much to boost the educational production of
the University.
'Lou Was That Man'
Two awards have been established to perpetuate the
memory of Louis H. Bell, who served the University as a
journalism instructor for seven years and as director of
public information for 15 years.
Bell died of heart attack Oct. 16 in New York City,
where he was on business as head of the University Press.
Now the Press has established a memorial award in
Bell’s name to be given to the University staff member
who submits the best book manuscript each year. And
newspapermen and friends are establishing a memorial
journalism scholarship in his honor.
These awards were made in a spirit typified by recent
remarks of Professor Emeritus Franklin Banner, former
head of the School of Journalism. Quoted in the Journalist,
the school’s newspaper, Banner said, “If any graduate of
the University could be rightly called Mr. Penn State, Lou
was that man. The value of his work as ambassador of
good will for the entire University is so great that it will
be difficult to excel. He was unquestionably one of the
most capable journalism graduates of the past 30 years.”
Fifty-four Years of Student Editorial Freedom
Satly (Mfgwtt
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ROBERT FRANKLIN
Editor
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Director. Patricia Evans; Copy Editor, Lynn Ward: Assistant Copy Editor, Dick
Etcher; Photography Editor. Robert Thompson,
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ROBERT PICCONE
Business Manager
Letters
Student Growls
At Dogs' Plight
TO THE EDITOR: How sad to
think that the peaceful Borough
of State College may soon be the
scene of executions, armed vio
lence and noisy gunshots.
But this is likely if our Bor
ough Police Chief, John R. Juba,
is further frustrated in his
“crackdown on strays" cam
paign. Evidently these vagrant
canines have managed to out
wit or otherwise evade our Head
Constable and his gang to the
point that the chief sees little
to do but shoot the dogs and
rid us of their imminent menace.
I wonder if this is the answer?
Isn’t there some other way to
solve the problem, such as bring
ing in outside aid (a dogcatcher)
or pooling th'- intelligence of the
Borough Police Force to devise
a way of capturing the animals
peacefully.
Of course lhis is asking a lot,
but please. Chief Juba, consider
carefully all alternatives before
loading your guns. I hate the
sight of blood.
—Norman H, Kahn, '6O
Coed Tells Ideal
Way to Register
TO THE EDITOR: After submit
ting to registration for the sixth
time, I suddenly realized that
each semester there have been
fewer and fewer chicken scratch
es on my number two card, and
that the whole thing has become
really easy. As a matter of fact,
I registered in exactly five min
utes and 39 seconds this last
time. There are a few simple
rules of thumb, therefore, that
I would like to pass on to those
of you who look on registration
as a much-dreaded ordeal.
First of all, schedule only ob
scure courses—the obscurer the
better. Have vou ever heard of
Ukranian Folk Music from 1800
to 1842, Hearth Baking 220 or
Phvsical Culture in the Orient?
Well, not many people have, so
thcv’re alwavs open, even on
F.riday at 4:30. Furthermore,
they are nearly always offered
at the most convenient, work
able hours. No sandwich hours
with these courses.
Another safe procedure is to
schedule a few mass courses.
You know, the kind for which
30 sections are listed, all meet
ing at the same hour. No fear
~ ( CHARACTER.. I
SHE SAYS I'VE JUST GOT A
FACE FACE, BUT YOU'VE
GOT CHARACTER'
YOU'VE GOT A BIG NOSE.
THAT'S WHAT YOU'VE GOT/A
BIG NOSE AND LONG SIUPIDEAfS!
of messing up that ideal sched
ule your advisor signed for you
the day before.
Here is an optional time-sav
ing hint: try picking courses
that you can sign up for all at
the same table. This is particu
larly helpful if you are the kind
that goes into Recreation Hall
with the idea of beating all pre
vious registration records.
Now, if the above suggestions
sound a little silly to you, just
think of how many of your
friends take subjects they’re not
at all interested in just for the
sake of preserving Friday after
noons for you-know-what and
unbroken Saturday morning si
estas. Subject matter is obvi
ously not the criteria, so why
not approach this matter from
a really practical, scientific
viewpoint?
For the very best results,
however, pre-register!
—Barbara Malusow, ’BO
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Weekly Crossword Puzzle
ACROSS
1 A Philippine
island.
6 Mention.
10 “I don’t mind
"2 2 words.
14 Intense.
15 Welsh man’s
name.
16 Ice cream holder,
17 Pitched.
IS Soft roclc.
20 Biddy.
21 The “hot
comerJ’-
23 Cheat.
24 Ready to sail.
26 Hard to manage!
Dial.
27 New York
capital, '
29 Maple.
SO Access.
31 Behold It Fr.
33 Crowd.
36 Famous James M.
Cain suspense
story and mortal
2 words.
40 Likely.
41 Lana on a'tennis
court.. 9 * atop to. SO Smoky.'
42 Stqell. 10 Start of a playt 52 Roman road.
43 Lozenge, for - 2 words. 54 Split,
short. H Bootlegger'* 55 Black.
44 Began to blossom. wares. 57 Wage-prlco
45 Hindu poet, Nobel 12 Nearer tbo center. agency.
‘ 13 Very small, 59 _
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1959
Geneva Talks
Seen Folding
By J. M. ROBERTS
Associated Press News Analyst
There will be sighs of relief
in some American quarters, both
military and scientific, when tha
Geneva conference on banning
atom tests breaks up, as now
seems more than likely.
The American government is
openly charging that the Soviet
Union, which agitated for tha
conference, never had any inten
tion of letting it do anything.
The Communists have de
manded the right to veto any
and every enforcement step by
a control authority, which would
emasculate it just as it has tha
United Nations Security Coun
cil.
And, since the international
technical conference at Geneva
decided a system of test detec
tion was feasible as a part of
enforcing a ban, new evidence
has. been found that detection
of underground tests may ba
uncertain. This has added to tha
already considerable fears of tha
military doubters.
Gazette
TODAY
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