PAGE' FOUR Editorial O•inio Summer Session Plan Could Save Semester As University officials consider various possibilities for instituting a year round academc schedule, the present hodge-podge system of summer sessions, which is dying a deserved death, points out a plan that should be given serious consideration. The awkward 3-6-3 and 6-6 sessions offered little to the undergraduate student except a good excuse to keep from getting a job in the summer in exchange for a minimal amount of study that had to be done for a few credits. If a student attended any one of the five oddly scheduled sessions, it was enough to keep him from getting a good summer job. For he - would be too late, or have to leave early or split it in the middle. The only students who could make a profitable academic gain from the sessions were those who went to both 6-week sessions and picked up a full 12 credits. And then there were a very limited list of courses offered. Consequently the sparse undergraduate enrollment dwindled to a few hundred each session and the Uni- versify was faced with the problem. of vast portions of its expensive physical plant lying idle which is one of the primary incentives toward establishing a full year-round academic schedule. Maybe if the inefficiencies of the present summer sessions system were eliminated, the semester system"; so popular with both students and faculty would not have to be junked in favor of a quarter or trimester plan. But a concentrated 12-week Summer Session, offering a full list of courses from which to choose, would give students an opportunity to add 12 credits, as many as they would get in a regular quarter under the quarter system. Such a summer session would be an able complement to the present semester system and still provide year round use of the physical plant and the opportunity for acceleration and the handling of more students by the state university. It is a plan that should be given careful consideration by University officials in drawing up any new academic year schedule. A Student-Operated Newspaper tquitturr Tottegiatt Successor to The Free Lance, est. 1887 Published every Tuesday and Friday from June 14 to September 2. The Summer Collegian is a student-operated newspaper. Entered as second-class matter July 5, 1931 at the State College, Pa. Post Office under the act of March 3, 1819. Mail Subscription Price: One dollar for 28 issues JOHN BLACK Editor 413c>" STAFF THIS ISSUE: Wire Editor, Mike Powers; Assistants, Dorothy Drasher, John VanderMeer. Little Man on Campus by Dick Bibler SUMMER COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA CHESTER LUCIDO Business Manager 4,11. .ct •-• dit ~~ J _ J ~~ ~ ~.`. - .0" (6) • . ys~ .:.:;.11 "nil • --4...-eNe ISM Owens-Corning Grant Established for Students Two scholarships and a grant to the University totaling $l5OO annually have been established by the Owens-Corning Fiberglass Corporation of Toledo, Ohio. A $5OO scholarship will be awarded annually to a junior and. a senior showing scholastic im provement in the College of En gineering and Architecture. A $5OO unrestricted grant to the University is also included in the fund. PEAyurs I CAN'T FIND youß D0G , D1514, 5N00PY,.. _ i re • ii l 4) l * ; (( V MS _A. I'VE LOOKED ALL OVER,BUT I JUST CAN'T FIND GOING TO HAVE TO PUT YOUR SUPPER IN 50METHINO - %.-1 1 1161 " Ye. 0.••-•1 4.• ••••••••1 or, 7-A 1 1 No! • I'VE NEVER BEEN %' EMBARRASSED IN ALL • MY LIFE: 10 6 ME ' S) 14 Lame Duck Session After Convention The United States learned long ago not to expect much from lame duck sessions of CongresS. Now it has learned what to expect from something similar, a postconvention Congress in a presidential year, dealing with a lame duck administration.' The sessions mostly just bridge the gap which usually gives some slight relief from political foren sics between the preconvention and election campaigns. About the only light the session has cast on the national scene is to establish Congress in a position of con servatism while the presidential aspirants grasp for the tag of lib eralism It may have produced some change - in the ROBERTS political situation. - After the conventions the Dem ocrats appeared to have an ex tremely strong ticket. Richard M. Nixon said he was the under dog, and he was right. But the gap may be narrower now. Divisions among the Democrats are now seen to extend far beyond civil rights. John F. Kennedy, who gained a great reputation for organizing ability during the preconvention campaign, just couldn't muster Democratic unity in a Congress where the party could have had a walkaway. • One of the things that has been hurting Nixon is that his election would continue the dual party re sponsibility for government which now exists. This dual responsibil ity has produced far less chaos CROSSWORD 'PUZZLE ACROSS 45 Japanese primitive. gestures. _ 1 Where Explorers 46 Shot 'in billiards. 20 Caused. orbit. 49 Boy from Dog. 23 Social event. 6 Long narrative. patch. 24 Preposition. 10-Staff member: 53 Schools. 25 One of the Jets. Abbr. 56 Cowboy equip. 26 Waterway. 14 Birthplace of ment, 27 Legendary queen Alexander the 57 1860.61 headline of Thebes. Great.. word. 28 Suspicious: 15 Variety of 58 Type of farm. 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DOWN . 33 Container. 22 City in lowa. 1 Resorts. 36 Light: Slang. 23 yourself : 2 Trapping trophy. 37 Of a historic 2 words. 3 Inter river. 25 Maker of seven 4 Star of the silent 31 Dwarfs. voyages. days: Full name. 40 Aromatic plant 28 Camelot celebrity., S American of the mint 32 Negative particle, inventor. family. 33 Money.' 6 Rescues. 42 Cecil 3.4 Happy lark: T Exclamation. 43 Diluted: Abbr. 2 words. 8 Gallon: Abbr. 45 Soissona' river. 35 Sudden calamity. 9 Fictional Mr. 46 Throw. 36 El —, 16th Potash. 47 Maple tree genus. century painter. 10 In (agitated 48 Track meet event. 37 Make a call. or excited): 2 49 Region of Spain. 38 Mutineer: Collett, words. 50 Marine worm: 39 Look 'at angrily. ,11 Change position Zool. 40 Tropical fruit. slightly. 51 Raison d' 41 The hereafter. 12 Cause to go. 52 Starfish arms. 43 Gift recipients. 13 City near Albany. 54 Library exhibits. 44 Residence. 16 Grotesque 55 Three: Rom. • Answer on Page Eight o FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1960 By J. M. ROBERTS Associated Press Analyst than President Eisenhower pre dicted. Eisenhower, with his veto and the sweet reasonableness of Dem ocratic leaders, hasn't fared too badly. Just in these last clays he has won a considerable victory over foreign aid, even though he is still unsatisfied. The question now arises as to whether Kennedy will be any more in tune with a conservative Congress. Nixon, during 'the current ses sion, proved no more effective than Kennedy, but carried less responsibility because his job kept him out of the floor fights. The •Republicans, however, ran much truer to form—whether the form is good for them or not— than the Democrats. But they didn't run true to Nixon in more ways than just on his medical care proposals. Longwood Foundation Aids Poinsettia Research A grant to the University front the Longwood Foundation, Inc., a privately-e ndo w e d institution, will support research on poinset tias conducted by Dr. Darrell E. Walker, associate professor of plant breeding in the department of horticulture. The 3-year grant of $lO,OOO is a continuation of support of this re search.
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