PAGE FOUR Editorial Opinion Report Could Solve Problems of ROTC A student government committee will present to All- University Cabinet tonight an extensive and excellent set of recommendations on ROTC—recommendations which could make ROTC a valuable program and fit it into its pi oper place at the University. The voluntary versus compulsory ROTC controversy has been kicking around for years, with no change in the piesent set-up. The committee report begins with a com p omise --that ROTC be compulsory for one year for each male student, and that voluntary ROTC be extended for three years instead of its present two. But the 1-year compulsory program would no longer be the "war games" practice it is now. Rather, it would be— if possible--the same for all three branches of the service and would be a combination of "orientation in military and military careers, citizenship education, and civil defense and Slit viva' training;" and would be taught by a combina tion of military and civilian instructors. Here is an eminently sensible proposal for ROTC. It would presumably eliminate much of the acorn which is now heaped upon the program by cynical freshmen, and would give ROTC both stature and a useful purpose. Instead of pushing a Ii eshman into one of the military sei vices and trying to provide, through occasional expos- Ute, the necessary facts about the military, the program would teach the freshmen something about all three branches of the service, plus helpful training in citizenship, civil refense and survival. And the idea of combining ci vilian with military instructors could help to give the course some of the academic atmosphere which it now so sadly lacks. The committee recommendations neatly deal with the problem of where ROTC should fit into the University's sti ucture: it calls for a School of Military Affairs and Ci vilian Defense which would be independent of all col leges at the University. This is the proper place for such a program; ROTC is not an academic subject and should not be combined with academics. The committee further recommends that the Univer sity support and encourage efforts on the part of the Army and Air Force to establish scholarship programs similar to that of the i vy. This proposal would help both the Army and Air Force programs and the University as a whole. The Navy has an enviable program: it gives scholar ships to selected students, gives them more specialized training than the other two branches, and creates more enthusiasm than the other ROTC programs. Result: better officers and higher quality of instruction. The Army and Air Force would do well to follow the Navy's example. The report also recommends that the military be en couraged to sell their programs to high schools throughout the country. This is certainly a more satisfactory way to get officers than the present program, which can tend to tin n a prospective military man against the idea from the start There are other recommendations in the report, and it is backed by an impressive 50 pages of facts. The commit• tee sifted out its information from reports of past Cabinet committees; the Morrill Land Grant Act and University Senate report3l faculty opinions and reports from the U.S. Defense Department; opinions from the national mil• Itary branches; and reports from other universities. The committee report is comprehensive and brilliant lv thought-out. It shows a great deal of work and interest. Cabinet should throw its whole-hearted support behind the recommendations, and the University should give them every serious consideration. A Student-Operated Newspaper 011 r Batty Totirgiatt Successor to The Free Lance, est. 1887 Piilillihed Tuesday through Saturday morning during the University year. The Daily Collegian is a student-operated newspaper. Entered as second-class matter July I. 1931 at the State College, Pa. Post Office under the act of March 3. 1879. Mail Subscription Price: $3.00 per aemeattr $.OO per year. ROBERT FRANKLIN Editor City Editor, David Fineman: Managing Editor, Richard Draynei Sports Editor, Lou 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. ;TAFF THIS ISSUE: Night Editor, Loill Neuharth: Copy Editor, Neal Friedman: +vile Editor. Kati Da % 1.1 : A,nlstunt , : Dave Yoblick, Clitt Logan, Brenda Droc. [arpn Shallrrosa, Paula DIIIII4IV, Lea Cahn, Diana Still, Barbara Footer, Rona Nathan:Jon, Pat Vargo, Janet Heahan, Curdle Ltwid and Barbara Yank. ROBERT PICCONE Business Manager v.-c,,0.. , THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA FINLIVE BEEN CHASING FLY BALLS,AND GETTING (N A LITTLE BATTING PRACTICE.. ON, INCIDENTALLY, NERES' MY BILL FOR THREE DOLLAR; AND SEVENTY ME CENTS.. tam .11 • I DON'T PLAY BASEBALL FOR NOTAI NG, YOU kNOLO! d r - % Oh • mil i , 4.4'4 Gazette Air Force Glee Club, 3 p m., HUB as lily roant All-University Cabinet. 7 p rn , 203 HUB All-University Elections, 8 um. to 11 p rn. HUB gameroom Bridge Club, 7 p.m., HUB eardroom Bloodmobile. 8 a ni. to 5 :30 p.m.. HUB card room Buiiness Administration Student Council. 4 p m., 11U13 main lounge Christian Fellonahip, 12.30 p.m.. 218 HUB Dairy Science. 7 p.m . 117 Borland Elections Committee, 6 p in., 213 HUB Float Parade, 7 p 217 HUB Freshman Cuvtums, 5 p.m , 218 HUB Gamma sigma Sigma, 6.40 p m and pledge,. 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Raymond Koper, Arden Mac- Hatton, Jerry McMurdy, Shirley Newcomer. lienezu,s Nieves, Robert Os4mart, Peter ituripit y, Elimbeth Summers, Judith Todd, Judith Cum back, Evelyn Wilson, ROTC-- (Continued from page one) nary, civil defense and survival training. •That the ROTC departments be incorporated into a School of Military Affairs and Civilian De fense, headed by a civilian ad ministrator and independent of all colleges. •That the military he encour aged and given every opportunity to explain and promote its pro grams in all high schools, •That the administration give this report immediate attention and forward it to proper military authorities; and that a committee of military personnel, faculty, ad ministration members and stu dents be established to continue this study and make further rec ommendations. Prexy to Attend Meeting On Higher Education President Eric A. Walker will attend the meeting of the Com mittee on Higher Education of the Middle States Association of Col leges and Secondary Schools this weekend at Sky Top in the Poco 110S The committee evaluates re ports of member colleges and uni versities and makes suggestions for improvement of their pro grams. TODAY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL Behind the News Students Seek Out State's Problems A group of college students got together the other day to discuss Pennsylvania problems—and even the Governor dropped in to listen. The group was the "state legislature" convention of the Intercollegiate Conference on Government and its members came out in support of such measures as legalized horseracing and bingo, consti tutional revision and "home rule" charters for Pennsylvania cities Approimately 625 members from nearly 50 colleges and universities com bined mock law making with par liamen t a r y hi jinks and con vention partying, at the state-wide organiza t i on's 25th annual gath ering, Thursday through Satur day in Harris burg. Following all- FRANKLIN day hear i n g s, each of the 10 legislative com mittees was allowed to report out three bills. The constitutional revision bill called for annual sessions of the General Assembly. un limited gubernatorial succes sion and absentee balloting. Another bill provided that billboards must be 660 feet from the edge of the Turnpike and all federally-assisted inter state highways, except on the property housing the business they advertise. Other legislation required periodic re-examination of drivers; demanded polio shots for children before they enter Weekly ACROSS 1 Baked desserts. 5 Stout, 3 Fix, as prices. 14 Mr. Hoover from 1895 to 1914. 16 Form of ceremonies. 17 Rabble-rouser. 18 Thorny flowering shrub or tree. 19 Instruction. 20 Coy, 22 Cleverness in contrivance. 23 Loadstone. 25 Sheltered. 26 Relative of the giraffe. 30 Calculator of in. surance statistics. 32 Biblical name. 33 Exclamation of surprise. 34 Wrinkle. 37 Brutal. 39 Scolds. 40 Ruined by overindulgence. 41 Young girl enter. ing social life. 42 bowl. 43 Pulpit. 45 Social position. 46 Catchers' shadows. THURSDAY,. APRIL 23, 1959 By Bob Franklin school; and forced refilling of strip mines. Gov. David L. Lawrence, who spoke at the convention's open ing meeting, attended a Satur day afternoon session. "I just dropped in to see how it works," he said. Parliamentary practicing got off to an early start in the first legislative plenary session. For a time the convention con sidered a motion to expel the Lehigh delegation—until it was pointed out that it also would remove the speaker of the con vention. When a Lehigh delegate corn. plained that a Mansfield State Teachers College coed had vot ed twice on a standing ballot, she replied that indeed she had—under duress of the Le high delegation.. A motion for expulsion from a Haverford College delegate was with drawn after Speaker Thomas Gilhool, a Lehigh delegate him self, admitted that passage of the motion would leave the convention without its chair man. Gilhool, incidentally, was elected with the help of Penn State's Daniel Thalimer, him self a speaker candidate, and the University delegation, who switched to Gilhool in return for a number of valuable ap pointments. 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