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Editorial 0 • inio
Junior College Proposal
Has Great Potential
Last month Univei•sity President Eric A. Walker
went before the Task Force on Higher Education of the
Governor's Committee on Higher Education and advocated
that the state establish a system of junior colleges to help
answer the need for expansion of educational opportunity
in the Commonwealth.
Considering the apparent lax attitude on the part of
state legislators toward their responsibility to educate
the youth 'of the state, as illustrated by their failure to
support their only major state university, this commend
able plan will probably never get any farther than that
committee.
But the junior college idea is certainly one of the best
ways to bring college education to as many of the state's
students as possible.
A system with colleges spread out across the state
so that there would be a campus within commuting dis
tance of every student would be the ideal situation. If a
student can commute to school his expenses are cut
considerably.
And Pennsylvania already has a great potential start-
ing point for such a system with the Penn State Centers
and the vast network of state teachers colleges, which
dropped the word "teachers" from their titles. If they can
likewise drop the connotation from their curriculum and
expand their course offerings, they could form a solid base
for such a system as Walker proposed.
And much as we may hate to see it, sentimental tra
dition and all that, our University, may fit into such a
system as the iwo-year finishing stop.
Certainly our University Park campus cannot expand
much more and still maintain any individuality and unity
as an integrated four-year school. It could be conceivable
that freshman and sophomore courses would be eliminated
here and all students would take their first two years at
one of the "junior colleges" and their final two here.
While we shall hope it would not have to go as far as
the latter, we say the junior college system is one of the
best ways that the state can fulfill the educational re
sponsibility that it is failing to meet now.
California, for example, which has a much higher
educational rating than Pennsylvania (and what state
hasn't?) for years has supported a vast junior college net
work that is part of the free public school system.
Pennsylvanians, legislators and voters alike, must
wake up to and stand up to their responsibility to expand
thei" educational facilities to keep pace with the needs.
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Letters
Student Comments
On Library Hours
TO THE EDITOR: I agree with
the opinions expressed in the
June 24 issue of the Collegian
concerning the limited schedule of
hours of operation of the Pattee
Library.
Also, this letter gives me the
opportunity to express our grati
tude to one of our professors who
loaned her complete personal li
brary to her class members for
reference.
Gazette
Baal Barn Theatre,
8::5O p.m., Route 322, Boalsborg -
Inter-Session classes end, 6 :20 p.m,
Mateer Playhouse, "Middle of the Night,"
i 4 :0 p.m., Route 505 at Neff's M ilk
Swimming. for men and women, 4:00 p.rn
and S :00 p.m., Glennland Pool
TOMORROW
Baal Barn 'theatre,
8 :30 p.m., Route 322, Boalsburg
Mnteer Playhouse, "Middle of the Night,"
:10 p.m., flout , z 305 at Neff's Mills
TUESDAY
Mid• Session Registration, S:00 Rec
reation Hall
Ike Vetoes--
(continued from page two)
"to approve a modest increase
reasonably commensurate with
the percentage rise in the con
sumers' price index since the
last general pay increase be.
came effective," he added.
"This hasitly drawn bill vio
lates every concept, of fairness,
every rule of reason and logic.
Were this measure to become law,
the already conspicuous unfair
ness and discrimination in our
antiquated federal pay system
would be greatly intensified," Ei
senhower said.
The "pressure" charge was
flung back at Eisenhower by J.
Cline House, president of the Na
tional Federation of Post Office
Clerks.
"Shameful pressures have been
brought to bear on the adminis
tration in an effort to rob federal
workers of a moderate bread
and-butter pay raise," House said.
"This latest effort to thwart the
will of Congress and the people,
and to keep federal wages well
below the levels of private enter
prise, can only be regarded as a
shocking abuse of the executive
powers."
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—Eva D. Fluoss
Graduate Student
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The Hasty Heart,"
The Hasty Heart,"
interpreting
U.S. Too Dignified
To Spank Cubans
, By J. M. ROBERTS
Associated Press News Analyst
The United States' position in Cuba is much like that of a
man in white flannels under attack by urchins in a slum
district
He can't bring himself to exert full force, he's going to get
dirtied up no matter what he does and he's in danger that the
whole block will start rioting.
There's nothing ludicrous in
this picture of the great United
States being kicked in the shins
by a bunch of immature revolu
tionaries in a re
gion where inter
national politics
is always explo
sive
It's the exam
ple that's being
set—the demon
stration that the
United States is
handicapped by
her own dignity
and her own
sense of forbearance
It is an invitation for the re
vival of anti-Americanism in
places where it has been dying
since inauguration of the good
neighbor policy.
_ _
It is bound to be taken for weak
ness in such spots, for instance,
as Panama.
The Panamanian politicians al
ready have been taking advantage
of a similar situation.
A succession of American con
cessions over 20 years have ted
Panamanian nationalism until
now the very ownership of the
Canal Zone itself is in question.
Panama no longer permits anti.
aircraft emplacements outside the
zone to defend the canal. Ameri.
can forces would no longer be
CROSSWORD PUZZLE
ACROSS
1 Novelist Seton.
5 Eurasian range.
9 Cubes..
13 TV daytime fare:
2 words,
15 Yellow pigment.
17 Inexpensive book.
18 Kind of farm.
19 Hushing sounds.
20 Carrottop.
22 Singer Denise.
23 Hyson and
souchong.
24 Parish officer.
26 Baby carriage.
29 Spins.
31 Land of the
sheiks.
32 Football fields
Colloq.
33 Bishop's seat, in
Clay. churches.
36 Ciay.
37 Overly proper
person,
38 Salad,
39 Hamburg's river,
40 Abominate.
41 Glide on ice.
42 Like Mortimer
Snerd. •
permitted to defend the republic
if it were attacked by outside
forces, such as Cuban revolution
aries.
One of Washington's problems
is whether to let such erosive
processes continue until other
Latin American states become
sufficiently alarmed to take an
open stand, or whether to rely for
action now on assurances of sup
port which are still private and
therefore still evasive.
Economically, the , U.S. stake
in Cuba which Prime Minister
Fidel Castro threatens doesn't
amount to a pin scratch on an
elephant's hide, except to Cuba.
Politically, the irritation is much
greater.
If the United States cannot pre
vent the establishment in Latin
America of bases for internation
al communism, then nations all
over the world will begin to doubt
her ability to help them on that
score.
ROBERTS
The United States is beginning
to build up a record against Cuba
in the Organization of American
States.
Presumably, some day, this rec
ord will be used as the basis of
action.
And in the meantime Latin-
American demagogues will be en
couraged to nibble and nibble and
nibble.
44 Assassin.
45 Yearbook.
47 Conduit. •
48 Fabulous bird of
prey.
49 Cyrano's creator.
52 First-rate: Colloq.
55 Fish with a
moving line.
57 Spitfire,
59 As easy —t 2
words.
60 Among other
things.
61 Having holes, as
. cheese.
62 Bring up.
63 Steersman's post.
DOWN
1 Vipers.
2 Ark skipper.
3 Shrill barks.
4 Imitator,
5 Musical accent,
6 Cons,
7 Chief.
8 Tahoe or
Tanganyika.
9 Tremble.
10 Peruvian city.
• Answer on Page Six •
FRIDAY. JULY 1, 1960
11 Any very simple
task : 2 words.
12 Actor Flynn.
14 Planetarium.
16 Mrs. Rochester,
nee
21 Dwell.
23 Striking scene.
25 Native of Juneau,
26 Sport.
27 Verbal,
28 Duplicate: 2
words.
29 Beauty, to Keats.
30 Ample.
32 Mardi
34 Fill to the brim.
35 Pitcher.
37 Sleuth Vance. •
41 Skidder.
43 Actor Granger.
44 Floor scraper.
45 Gulf of Greece.
46 Scandinavian. •
47 Horse blanket.
50 To•do.
51 Prong.
52 Qualified.
53 Helix.
54 School event.
56 Stretch out.
58 Short cheer. •