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VOL. 60. No. 66
Tax Boost
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Lawrence
HARRISBURG VP) Gov.
David L. Lawrence said yes
terday the commonwealth's
1959-61 budget is sufficiently
in balance to preclude any
need by the 1960 Legislature
to increase taxes.
But he expressed sympathy
with proposals to increase state
aid to schools. The governor em
phasized, however, that he would
not approve such a boost unless
accompanied by a tax program.
"Nor will I look with favor
on such additional consumer
taxes as the extension of the
sales tax to clothing," he told
a joint session of the Legisla
ture in a State of the Common
wealth message.
He renewed his position that 55
million dollars for increased edu
cation grants could come from a
six-mill personal property tax on
such items as mortgage invest
ments and out-of-state stocks and
bonds.
Senate Republicans bottled up
such a bill in the 1959 session.
Lawrence spoke in firm, mea
sured tones in predicting that
the 1961 Legislature could also
avoid imposing new taxes if no
new spending programs are au
thorized. '
That's because fl e w present bud
get includes 140 million dollars to
pay off a deficit inherited frpm
the Leader administration, a de
ficit is a nonrecurring item and
the money put up for it can be
used for something else.
The governor mentioned—with
out using figures—the possibility
of deficiency appropriations being
required in 1961. His aides said he
referred to Senate Republican cuts
into such programs as schools, re
lief and occupational disease
where existing funds may fall
short by from 35 .to 40 million
dollars.
Lawrence's 20-minute speech
also saw him blast Senate Re
publicans for pigeonholing his
plan to increase the five-cents
a-gallon gasoline tax to six cents
for highway use. The situation,
he said, should be corrected in
1961.
"It is openly admitted that the
oil company lobbyists make Re
publican highway policy in our
state," he said.
"And it is a very short-sighted
policy indeed—short-sighted for
the oil companies, short-sighted
for the Republicans, and, worst of
all, short-sighted for the people of
Pennsylvania."
LA Faculty
Curriculum
A proposal to establish a new curriculum in mathematics
and science in the College of the Liberal Arts was introduced
to the liberal arts faculty yesterday.
Students enrolled in the proposed curriculum would be
required to take only 42 credi
ments instead of the 57 now re
quired of mathematics-science
majors
After an hour-long debate, the
proposal was referred back to
the faculty for private discussion.
Th e proposed curriculum
would enable mathematics and
science majors to more easily
fill their major requirements
1 ,
and would ease the 'roblem of'
transfers going into he major
without enough "ro m" from
their former credits to fulfill
the basic liberal art require
ments, according to r. Orrin
Frink, head of the Department
of Mathematics,
Much a the
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BENNER PIKE CLOVERLEAF—This backhoe moved into action
yesterday as work began on the cloverleaf to connect College Ave.,
University Dr., and Benner Pike.
Pike to Be Closed
For Construction
Benner Pike will be closed starting today from the edge
of State College to Centre Furnace, Herbert R. Imbt, con
tractor for the cloverleaf to connect College Ave. with Uni
versity Drive, said.
The Pike will be closed to permit workmen to start on the,
major portion of the construction,
a cut which will go through 16,
feet of bedrock.
State Highways Department has
Idesignated Branch Rd. through
Lemont as the official detour
Incinerator Rd. leading from
the Benner Pike to the Three
Mile Rd. near the new Univer
sity stadium will not be open as
a detour when the pike is
closed for construction of the
cloverleaf.
Walter H. Wiegand, director of
the Physical Plant, said Univer
sity officials were asked by, the
Centre County Office of the High
way Department to give the High
way Department permission to use
the road leading from the Ever
grens to Thre Mile Rd. as a de
tour.
The University gave permission.
However, the Highway Depart
ment refused to grant funds to
put the narrow, partially-paved
road in a safe passable condition
land to maintain it during the pe
riod that the Benner Pike is
closed, Wiegand explained.
Snow May Fall
In Area Tonight
Some light snow may fall in
this area late today and tonight
as two storms approach the state.
Today will be mostly cloudy
and continued cold with a high
of 3O degrees.
There is a
chance of- s 0 TrIR
light snow be
ginning this
afternoon an d
continu in g to
night. The snow
may accumulate
an inch or two.
Tonight's 1 o w
should be about
22 degrees.
Partly cloudy, windy and cold
weather is expected tomorrow
with afternoon temperatures in
the low 30's.
Hears
Proposal
s in basic liberal arts require-
aroused by the proposal centered
on the reduction of basic require
ments which Dr. Richard Mal
oney, associate dean of the col
lege, said now provide "solidity
and substance, yet flexibility" to
the program.
The proposed curriculum would
require students to take 42 cred
its in mathematics and science in
addition to the basic require
ments. The other minimum 42
credits required for graduation
would be in "approved" elec
tives.
Severlll faculty members oh.
jaded that this set-up would al
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ontroversy
FOR A BETTER PENN STATE
STATE COLLEGE, PA„ WEDNESDAY MORNING. JANUARY 6, 1960
Educational Television
University to Ask for Altoona Line
This is the first of a series of
eight articles by staff reporter
Nicki Wolford on the University's
educational television plans.
By NICK! WOLFORD
The University will petition
the Federal Communications
Commission for permission
for a micro-wave hook up with
the Altoona Campus about
February 1.
The micro-wave hook-up is one
more step in a project begun five
years ago at the University which
had its roots in an action of
,the
Federal Government 11 years ago.
The FCC set aside 252 televi
sion channels in 1948 for use by
non-commercial stations in an at
tempt to pave the way for some
educational television.
With this 'fiction, The FCC
rgiatt
Trip Abroad
Plan Asked
The SGA Cabinet has recommended that the Student
Government Association sponsor a chartered flight to Europe
this summer
SGA President Leonard Julius said Monday, the, Uni
versity is one of the few major schools in the country that
does not have such a program for
its students.
lie said the sponsorship would
not cost SGA anything. The cost
to students and faculty members
and their families for a roundtrip
ticket would be $285 a person.
This is a saving of about $250.
An 88-passenger plane would
leave New York for London June
18 and return to New York from
Paris July 23.
Those taking the flight would
be under no obligation to take
a tour, and could spend their
time in Europe as they wished.
Julius said last night that Mau
rice Chait of the Royal Travel
Agency in Harrisburg will attend
the SGA Assembly tomorrow
night to answer any questions.
SGA would work through this
agency if it decides to sponsor
the flight.
The flight was originally to
be sponsored by The Daily Col
legian but they abandoned the
idea since it was out of their
province and was not approved
by Collegian Inc., its publishers,
Julius said.
In another action Cabinet ap
proved a bill which would in
clude class advisory boards in the
SGA Constitution and allow each
class president to create the offi
ces he feels are necessary to ful
fill his duties.
The offices would be filled by
advisory board members appoint
ed by the class presidentg,with
the approval of the advisory
board.
The advisory boards them
selves would be selected by the
Cabinet Personnel Interviewing
Committee, with the approval
of the respective class presi
dents.
At present there is no provision
in the Constitution for advisory
boards, their selection or the se
lection of class officers other than
the president.
Cabinet also recommended that
Janet Moore (C.-Sr.) be appointed
to fill a vacancy created by the
Senate Committee on Academic
Affairs.
HU Students to Speak
On Job Opportunities
.Three students from the College
of Home Economics will talk on
career opportunities in home eco
nomics and institutional housing
and 'food services at the State
College Senior High School to
morpw afternoon.
contradicted itself. It had re
fused in 1934 to reserve radio
channels for educational pur
poses on the grounds that FCC
regulations required that these
channels reserve some time for
public service projects. The
same stipulation is in contracts
for commercial television chan
nels.
Education leader from all over
the nation gathered on the cam
pus of what was then the Penn
sylvania State College to discuss
what this move meant to them.
Dr. C. R. Carpenter, professor of
psychology, explains that at the
Educational Television Programs
Institute Conference these men
men discussed what could be done
to utilize these channels.
They decided that educational
television should develop along
statewide rather than individual
lines. Each man left the confer-
Driving Ban--
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'Dead Week'
Requested
By Council
The WSGA Freshman Coun
cil is promoting a "Dead
Week" next week to enable
students to study for finals.
Marjorie Ganter, second vice
president of WSGA, who is in
charge of the council, said stu
dent organizations have been re
quested to cancel all their meet
ings next veelc,
Letters have been sent to the
student councils, student govern
ment groups and all other organi
zations which hold regular meet
ings. Those activities which are
taken for academic credit were
excluded, Miss Ganter said.
The main purpose of the idea
is to give students a greater
chance fo study during the week
before finals—especially those
who ate involved in extra-curri
cular activities, she said.
Fraternities and sororities will
also be asked to lessen their ac
tivities,•she said
Along with requesting the can
cellation of meetings, council
members will also ask standards
committees in women's residence
halls to support a more effective
enforcement of quiet hours. The
committees will be asked to see
that the week before finals is es
pecially quiet to promote more
studying.
"Dead Week" was attempted last
spring by the council and quite
a number of organizations went
along with the request, Miss Gan
ter said.
Hours for Eng Library
New hours for the Engineer
ing Library in Sackett Building
are as follows:
Monday through Friday, 8
a.m. to 5:10 p.m.
Saturday, 9 a.m. to noon.
and 2 to 5 p.m.
Sunday, 2 to 5 p.m. and T to
11 p.m.
ence to go back to his home state
and begin the necessary organiz
ing, to explore the possibilities of
educational television.
The deadline for " reserving
these channels was in April of
1953. Ii was then 1952.
An exploratory conference to
decide where to begin this work
in Pennsylvania was quickly or
ganized in the spring of 1952. This
conference brought into focus a
,tentative plan for educational
'television in Pennsylvania.
At the time, only Philadelphia
;had made any progress in educe
itional television. A few schools
land universities there had begun
'to experiment with television. But
iany educational leaders through
out the state wanted a system that
would link all sections of the
state.
Dr. Carpenter explained that
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