1 ..,•.: 4v % 'or , casts 4 ly 6... , i • 'g..- i . - .:,, E . Et t i t tg , .",-': -, d.i. in . les :; ! .4' ~• , • .. Weather F Cloud! Few Sprii VOL. 60. No. 140 Kremlin Postpones United Of Air WASHINGTON (VP) The Soviet Union suddenly called off an American goodwill visit by its air force chief yesterday in another slap at the United States for sending spy planes over Soviet territory. The newest Kremlin move, on the eve of President Eisen- Whipple Bus Will Stop At Dorms Stops at residence halls will be made by a Town Indepen dent Men - sponsored bus be fore it leaves campus for Whipple's today: The bus will leave the front of the Hetzel Union building at 1 p.m. and make stops at South Halls, Nittany, North and West Halls at approximately five-min ute intervals, Philip Haines, TIM president, announced at the coun cil meeting Wednesday night. The route through campus was made possible by a decision that money could be taken on the bus and at Whipple's by a person other than the driver. Because the bus is operated as a non-profit service by TIM, the driver is not allowed to collect money or take tickets on the bus. The return trip will leave Whip ple's at 4:45 p.m. An evening run will be made, leaving the HUB at 6 p.m. and Whipple's at 8:45 p.m. Two trips will also be made on Sunday. One-way fare is 30 cents. Chil dren under 12 may ride free if accompanied by a parent. TIM continues to reserve the right to cancel or add runs as ne cessary. Haines added that TIM will look into the possibility of including downtown stops in the newly es tablished Whipple's bus route. Plans Begun to Establish Reading, Study Center A plan for the establishment of reading and study centers located around the campus is now in the . planning stage, reported Howard A. Cutler, assistant to the vice president for academic affairs and Ralph W. McComb, University librarian. An informal committee has been formed to study the possibilities of locating these cen ters in various residence hall areas to provide a quiet study area with a library atmosphere. McComb said that no definite arrangements have been made as to where the centers would be located, what materials they would contain or even when they will be instituted. He said it is feasible that they might contain basic reference toels such as dictionaries and en cyclopedias but as yet no money has been appropriated to the ex pansion program. The Nittany Union Building 'which will not be used in its present capacity since the Nit- Itanites_will be eating in the Pollock dining hall, is one pos sible location for the centers being considered. McComb said. Criticism that the library is not open long enough was one of the reasons Cutler gave for the con- States Visit Force Chief hower's departure fo rthe summit conference in Paris, deepened the gloom about prospects for easing East-West tension. The Soviet Chief Air Marshal, K. A, Vershinin, said in a polite letter he was postponing his U.S. trip, due to begin Saturday, be cause "at the present time un favorable circumstances have been created." Vershinin, writing to Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Thomas D. White, did not directly mention the spy flights but said he has re considered his tour "in connec tion with the recent events known to you." "It would be more appropriate to postpone my visit to the United States until a more suit. able time," he said. Vershinin, along with nine top aides, was to have toured Air Force bases and research centers as White's guest. His visit was a swap for one made by Gen. Na 'than E. Twining in 1956. Diplomatic authorities, s o me what surprised at the laSt-minute switch in plans, took some com fort from the lack of any abusive ' language in Vershinin's letter !which could have stirred up more Soviet-American tension., Postponement of his trip was taken by some to indicate Khrush chev would suggest that Eisen hower postpone his scheduled 10- day goodwill tour, which is to be gin June 10. - But two high ranking admin istration authorities disagreed with this estimate. They specu lated that Khrushchev, having squeezed the spy flight for maximum propaganda gains, would stop short of this. They noted that Soviet authori ties inserted the words "dear friend" in the official transcript of • the remarks Khrushchev was reported to have made about Ei senhower at his Moscow news conference Wednesday. By JERRIE MARKOS sideration . of such centers. Other reasons are the seemingly per petual "overcrowdedness" of the main library and the fact that residence , halls are being built farther and farther from the cen ter of campus, Cutler added. No action can be taken on the proposal until it is reviewed by the University Arrangements Committee and then is submit ted to President Eric A. Walk er for his approval. The plan has already been placed before the Ararngemeiits Committee, but Cutler said he did not know where it stood on the agenda and it is possible that no action will be taken on - it this semester. The special interest libraries al ready operating in various col leges about the University. are now helping to supplement the Pattee Library. FOR A BETTER PENN STATE STATE COLLEGE, FA.. SATURDAY MORNING. MAY 14. 1960 Linda Lane lets County Queen Title —Collegian Photo by Rick Bower LINDA LANE, Miss Centre County 1960, is crowned by her Delta Gamma sorority sister, Lois Janet Piercy, Miss Pennsylvania of 1959. Record Frosh Class To Enter This Fall A record number of freshmen are expected to enter the University this fall according to the latest figures compiled by the Admissions Office. As of May 1 4127 applicants had accepted offers and 980 offers were still outstanding. The Admissions Office began work on the 1960 enroll- ment by sending 21,622 applica tions to prospective students. Of these, 14,440 high school seniors showed an interest by filing the applications. In the fall of 1959, 3348 Fresh men, 2153 men and 1195 women, were finally admitted and ap peared for the first day of class es. This year's potential increase is about 1759 students over the '59 figures or 150 per cent of last year's class. Only a decade ago the Uniller sity admitted 1259 freshmen. One thousand of these were men, the first to come to the campus since the end of World War 11. This number is 3848 under the possible fall total. These figures show that, theo retically, the University will have four times as many students on the main campus as it did just 10 years ago. Clouds to Prevail Cloudy skies , will again pre vail today and there is a possi bility of intermittent ..gain. How ever, no heavy amounts of rain are expected.- ' Today will be cloudy and dis mal with a few periods of light rain. The maximum temperature, somewhat higher than those of the past few days, may reach a predicted high of 60 degrees. Mostly cloudy and cool weather I will remain tonight with an ex pected low of 43 degrees. The long-awaited "sunny and warmer" prediction seems appro priate for tomorrow after a nine day wait. The high temperature will be an easy-to-take 68 degrees. rergiatt By JERRIE MARKOS Ed Common Year Plans Given Senate pproval This is the first in a series of articles concerning changes in curricula and majors which have been approved by the University Senate. The University Senate last Thursday approved major curriculum changes, and the common year program, for all freshmen entering the College of Education next fall. "Freshmen will be studying arts and sciences, in recogni tion of the fact that many students come to the University with erroneous or uncertain ideas as to' their curriculum choice," Abram Vandermeer, associate dean of the College of Education said yesterday. The common year will be di rected at three major academic objectives: courses required in 1 all curricula, such as English Composition, courses basic to all professions dealing with human learning such as sociology, phil osophy, and psychology and elec tive courses to 'try out' future fields of specialization. Students in education will se lect their major field of study at the end of their freshman year. In the past, students selected a major as entering freshmen. Elementary education, the curriculum which has under gone the most radical change, will require that a student se lect a major field of study with in the elementary education 4 PS Coeds Selected As Finalists By SANDY YAGGI Hearts pounded in unison as Linda Lane, junior in secon dary education from Pitts burgh, was crowned Miss Centre County 1960 by Lois Piercey, 1959 winner, last night in the Bellefonte High School. Awards were given to the other four finalists in this order; fourth runner-up and best high school contestant, Sandra Foresman; third runner-up, Paula Wiggins; second runner-up, Bethel Logan, freshman in home economics from Philadelphia, first runner-up, Dana Garber. On stage were two Titan rock ets designed by the Bellefonte Jaycees to carry out the outer space theme and the Keyston naires played the Miss Centre County theme composed especial ly for this event, giving the show a big band effect. The girls were judged, as they are in the Miss America pag. eanf, on the basis of four divi sions: evening gown, talent. bathing suit and question and answer. All the gowns were lovely, most of the girls wearing white. How ever, Miss Lane dazzled in her red taffeta full-length gown, sprinkled with sequins and rhine stones. The talent division of the com petition included everything from ballet dancing an d dramatic speaking to comedy numbers. Linda Lane did an interpre tation of Joan of Arc after the French maid was captured by the Brit is h, from George Bernhard Shaw's "The Lark," (Continued on page five) By MEG TEICHHOLTZ framework. Previously a stu dent could - major in elemen tary education as such. This specialization may be in natural sciences, foreign lan guages or mathematics among others. Also newly required in the cur riculum, will be 63 credits in arts and sciences, as opposed to the previous requirement of 45 cred its. Fourty-two of these will be in required courses and 21 credits must be in the chosen field of specialization. Fifty-seven credits will be re quired in the field of profes sional education courses, with 10 credits of free electives. The College of Education will also require that entering fresh men schedule interviews with a member of the department as part of the counselling program. A Little Spring Dusting See Page 4 FIVE CENTS
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