I'AGE FOUR
Editorial Opinion
Administration
Students Feel
The recent administrative ruling concerning transfer
students living in iesidence halls was a last resort grasp
resulting horn an administrative goof several years ago.
The reasoning behind the transfer ruling was that the
University did not receive enough money from the State
legislature to increase enrollment to fill the new Pollock
CH cle Halls. This is hue, but the reason why enough
money was not received from the State is quite disturbing.
Several years ago. the University made an oral agree
ment with the State. The University would float loans
and with the money would build residences to accommo
date the predicted demand for college enrollment. The
State then would use its own money to build sufficient
classrooms for these additional students.
However, the agreement was not made binding on
the State and the results now show. The University ful
filled its half of the bargain but the State hasn't done its
We can criticize the legislature all we want, but the
fact remains that if University officials had made the
agreement binding from its beginning, this situation
would not now exist.
Who pays for this mistake? The students, One result
which hit every student's pocketbook was the tuition
raise last semester. Now transfer students get the raw deal.
It may be argued that the experience of living in a
residence hall or fraternity would benefit any student.
This may he true, but the student should have a choice of
whether he wishes to live on campus, in a fraternity or
in a downtown apartment.
Some time ago, an editorial in this column pointed out
the so-called "administrative infallibility," This is just
another instance of an administrative miscue for which
students must pay.
Other Views
Ghosts on Campus
College examinations, as we recall, used to be trying exper
iences for all concerned. What student—at least in days gone by
—did not go through agony when faced by a heartless professor's
order to explain such matters as, say, the European roots of
American nineteenth century transcendentalism or the impact of
the French Revolution on feudal remnants in Western Europe?
Professors, on the other hand, have spent countless hours of ach
ing torment correcting such answers, often groaning inwardly at
how little of the subject matter they taught had entered their
student's heads and thinking back wistfully to the days when a
college student could be expected always to write simple, clear
and grammatically correct English.
As might be expected, it was the professors who found a way
out of impasse first. Increasingly, college tests have become
multiple-choice affairs in which the student blackens one of a
series of numbers corresponding to the choices offered, a device
which permits the examination to be marked swiftly by machine.
Under such conditions a professor can think with equanimity of
giving a test to a class of 300, 500 or even 1,000 students, few of
whom he knows as anything but names on a class register.
But since action tends to beget reaction, some students have
apparently moved to ease their lot by hiring a substitute to take
the eiomination, one man's blackening out of a number being
indistinguishable normally from another's. We can understand
how much less trying examinations can be under such markedly
changed circumstances. But is it education?
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—New York Times
GEORGE McTURK
Business Manager
Chou Relents;
Nikita Appears
In Driver Seat
By J. M. ROBERTS
Associated Press News Analyst
Red China, after nearly a year
of following its own bent without
regard for Soviet Premier Nikita
Khrushchev's peace offensive, is
now joining in a concerted Corn
munist effort to recoup prestige
in Asia.
Premier Chou En-Lai has agreed
to go to New Delhi to discuss
the border dispute with India in
answer to an invitation from
Prime Minister Nehru which, in
effect, amounted to a request that
the Chinese Reds explain them
selves
Nehru had previously declined
to meet Chou in Red China or
Bui ma until Peiping outlined the
basis of its claims. His own invi
tation was accompanied by a
statement that Chou had made
no case so far.
For Chou to accept in such an
atmosphere represents a consider
able diplomatic victory for Nehru
and, apparently, a yielding to
Khrushchev's wishes.
Khrushchev had already indi
cated in Indonesia that he still
considers himself capable of
speaking for Red China when he
advised the Indonesians not to
worry about Peiping's anger over
resettlement of Chinse traders in
rural areas.
Khrushchev climaxed his own
strenuous efforts to regain advan
tage lost to the West with a big
loan to Indonesia which he ad
mitted the Soviet Union could ill
afford.
Theie are reports that he is
trying to work up a new Asiatic
conference, such as was held at
Bandung several years ago, to
woi k up straggling anti-Western
feeling.
Observers now will be watch
ing for clues as to just how much
the Chou decision represents co
operation_ with Khrushchev. A
softening of Peiping's anti-Amer
ican propaganda line would be
considered important in anticipat
ing the tactics which can be ex
pected of the Communist bloc
prior to the summit conference.
Gazette
TODAY
Bridge cies', 6.30-8:30 p m , HUB card-
room
Christian Fellowship, 12:15 p.m., 218 HUB
Elections Committee, 6:15 p m., 217 HUB
Father Havanie discussion, 7 pm , 213
HUB
Fire O'Clock Theatre, "The Turn in the
Road " 5 p HI . Little Theatre. Old Main
Football Squad, 4 p.m , HUB assembly
room -
Graduate School lecture, "The Man Who
Feels Left Behind," 8 p m , 121 Sparks
Home Economics Research seminar, 13.38
pm, HUB dining room "A
IC(.. 7 p m . 203 HUH
Mired Chorus rehearsal, 7 i ro , HUB as-
sembly room
Sehuhplattlers, new members only, 7:15
p.m , l White
1:14A returns money for unsold books, to-
day, ÜBX
UCA, 5:15 p m 214 HUB
HOSPITAI
Linda Bergton, Mary Eng(101, Coninela
F;coreta. Linda Hendriekg, John La'.ky,
Carl Lynch, Salvatore fklaiolatesi. John
Moore. Frank Napo. William O'Malley.
Stephen Rumbaugh. Frank Shea. Nancy
Stang, William Upilegratfe, Joan Van-
Den Ile nde.
Job Interviews
ISIARCII 4
Ceneral Electric Co- It S, MS in EE,
EN(; SC, IE, MECH ENC, CER T,
METAL. Glom) meeting: Feb 29 at 7:30
p
The Higbee Co: Jun & Aug BS in H EC,
GEN BUS. BA in LA.
Pratt & Whitney division of United Air
craft: Jun & Aug BS, MS in AERO E,
CH E. EE, ME. METAL ENG MF:CH.
ENG SCI, PHYS: also ad% anced degree
CRlldi in NUCLEAR ENC.
Gulf Research & Development( Division
of Gulf Oil Corp) : Jun & Aug 13S in
ACCT(; RS, MS in RE. PHYS, GEO
PHYS; BA, MA In MATH: also advanced
degree can& in CH E, CHEM (org &
ph‘...). ER. PHYS. GEOPHYS.
Household Finance Corp: BS, RA in
BUS AD, ACCTG, ECON, COMMERCE,
LA.
I T T Corp: BS, MS in EE (elect op
tion) : MS in PHYS.
Hazeltine Corp: Jun & Ang BS in EE,
ME, ENG SCI: MS in EE, ENG SCL
Diamond Alkali Co: Jun & Aug BS,
MS in CHEM, CH E, ME, ACCTG; MBA.
in ACCTG.
Honeywell: Jun & Aug BS, MS in
AERO E (Airborne systems option). EE
indus auto, else options), ENG
MECH. ME, ENG SCE (design & devel ,
applied res. prod & process elm quality
control eval eng. sales. must be veterans):
BS in IE tmanuf eng, Ind eng); MS cands
in CHEM, PHYS for research. Also Jrs,
Grade in above curricula interested in sum
mer employment.
Information and scheduling in 112 Old
Main.
March 7
Eastern Staten Farmers' Exchange, group
meeting, 7 p.m., 210 Armsby
March 8
Eastern States Farmers' Exchange, lndi.
Odual Intervieiss, 210 At msby
March 9
Eastern States Farmers' Exchange, indi
eldual Interviews.
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ROTC Criticized Again
TO THE EDITOR: Behold! The
Collegian has found a ROTC
supporter, a rare species which,
like the coelacanth, has been
thought to be extinct.
Airman Murray, how do you
reconcile your advocacy of
compulsory military service
with the distorted ideas of de
mocracy that you trumpet with
equally blind fervor? You as
sert that militafy training
benefits both mind and body;
does not yogurt?
We do not desire to have our
autonomous reason reduced to
shreds by wanton application
of pre-Napoleonic instruction
al techniques. Committing in
telligent humans to take ROTC
examinations is comparable to
sending Sherman tanks to kill
The military mentality
pushes away the desires and
thoughts of the human being,
ICCB 'Backed'
TO THE EDITOR: The sugges
tion of the president of ICCB
that college council presidents
be allowed to sit on the SGA
Assembly is a very good one.
In fact, it is a step forward to a
new student government sys
tem which I would now like to
propose
Of course, these new mem
bers added to the present As
sembly would make it too large
and too unwieldy, and it would
be impossible to conduct busi
ness. Therefore, the system of
electing representatives by
class would be dropped. The
separation of the executive and
legislative branches would
also be dropped, and the new
ruling body would be named
All-University Cabinet.
I think this would be a new,
progressive system, in compli
ance with the new, progessive
suggestion made by ICCB.
Surely after almost seven
whole months of operation, the
present Assembly has had a
sufficent period in which to
prove itself! It's time for a
change. —Jane Davies, '6l
'Suggestions' Given for Budget
The presidents of the four
classes would retain their seats
on the Assembly. In addition,
students would be represented
accordMgt to their living area,
by the presidents of AIM, Le
onides, IFC and Panhellenic
Council .Other additions to the
Assembly would be the presi
dents of WSGA, WRA and the
Athletic Association and the
chairman of the Board of Dra
matics and Forensics and of the
Board of Publications.
TO THE EDITOR: Since we
are well aware of the admin
istration's budgeting problems
and their Herculean efforts to
obtain equitable appropriations
from Harrisburg, the students
of Nittany are prepared to em
bark on a mutual-aid program.
Briefly, this program would
merely involve the exchange of
facilities by various University
departments.
We will initiate the program
by donating the entire Nittany
Union Building to the College
of Agriculture. With a mini
mum of alteration, the dining
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rejects factors suitable for a
moral existence, and degrades
the individual •to a mere instru
ment. We hold with Einstein
that this rationale raises naked
power as a goal in itself, de
stroying the normal ends of
human aspirations.
"Military training teaches
one to think clearly, to take
orders, and to give orders." Ah
yes, the drill-field, that noxious
caricature of the march of the
lemmings. Do you realize that
the courier method of trans
mitting orders was superceded
in the 12th century by Ghen
gis Khan's use of shaggy
ponies?
Finally, Airman Murray, if
you must espouse such a
wretched cause, need you em
ploy such syntactically inde
terminate chauvinism?
—Michael Dutko, '6O; Ger
ald Eckman, '6O; Richard
Somerville, '62
for SGA
portion of the building could
be utilized as a turkey brooder,
while the present recreational
portion can serve as a riding
stable. This will eliminate the
cost of razing the building, as
was previously planned.
In return, we will be granted
permission to occupy the chick
en coops, presently located ad
jacent to the Nittany area. Af
ter slight modification, we will
use these buildings as com
munal storage areas, supple
menting our existing closet fa
cilities. (A generous 25 cu. ft.
per student.)
—Charles Starbuck, '63
soy, 17.6
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