| Weather Forecast ? i Mostly Cloudy, Cooler taMatsaataaaMJiaMicaMMMMMl VOL. 61. No. 70 Agency Race to PALM BEACH, Fla. (TP)—-The United States will probably lose the race to fire a manned space vehicle into orbit around the earth, President-elect John F. Kennedy’s space task force reported yesterday. The group called for an urgent effort to develop a more powerful thrust for spacecraft —the field in which the Soviet Union has been consistently ahead— and said better leader ship of the whole military and civilian space program is imperative. The task force pictured this country as lagging not on. petition for the first man in space, but in developing milita, deterrent force and supersonic I •commercial craft for the tasks I still left to winged airplanes. Kennedy headquarters here made the task force report pub lic without saying what Ken nedy thought of it but an nounced naming of the task force chairman, Massachusetts Institute of Technology scientist Jerome B. Wiesner, to be the in coming President's special as sistant for science. Kennedy returned to the fam ily home in Palm Beach early yesterday after flying down from! a busy half-day in Washington,! which included delivery to him of 1 the space report. £ His engagements were a golf irman.of the SGA committee game and a call on former Presi-_ on ROTC, said his committee dent Herbert Hoover, who came found that a need does not exist to Florida for the dedication of a - . for compulsory ROTC and that dike named for him. ThfAII VtllflOßtffC the educational value of ROTC is Appointment of George W. BIBBCrC jßllllvßlßj doubtful. Ball as undersecretary of slate Alexander quoted studies which for economic affairs, complei- ;■ I a■ _ . revealed that the program is pro jng ihe iop echelon of ihe new j|f f ||Af| UAf|jS|||pf dueing too many officers. In 1955. Siale Department, was an- iIHHvU F VHMIIIVJ the last year for which he had nounced. Ball, a Washington | figures, 13,669 men graduated in lawyer specialising in interna- !«#***<!*»«< advanced ROTC. Of these only lional practice, is also a close ;rfj| BIIIIOLIIOIiS 9016 received commissions; the political associate .of .-Adla!- remaining 4647 received only cer- E. Stevenson. c pna fp nn tificates of completion because The space task force said na-!_. . , Sub-Committee om lhere was no room for t i iem in tional prestige, the department in,^ lscl P^, ne 'Placed two students services. which the Soviets have scored suspension and onej Alexander ciled lhe succefis heavily since they placed the first student on probation with the of- the u n i versily of Minnesota satellite in orbit, is a prime con- fice 9 f the dea n at their weekly d Texas A & Y M have had with sideration in space policy. (meeting yesterday, according to) voluntar 5 ROTC . H e quoted The official goals of the U.S. S. Austin, associate dean of, mUilary y inslruc r o r, at Minne Project Mercury are a short ; ' ... .1 sota as saying that they pre manned space flight in April or ! A sophomore m business ad- j ferred the voluntary system be- May and a manned craft orbit- ministration, Austin said, was giv-f cause of the "esprit de corps" ing ihe earth late this year, suspended suspension until j jjiaj jj brouahi to their classes. There has been unofficial word ;June foi driving undei the influ- 1 j-jg alscy said the military in that ihe program is far behind, .cnee of alcohol. This penalty tvaSigU'uctors, although educated in The Soviet Union has made no recommended by the arc no t qualified as exact target date public. But Pj-e- Tribunal and the discipline com- teachers. He cited the practice of mier Khrushchev said in Seplem-i n j' l^J ee supported the action of the }j, e services making no distinc ber they were ready to launch a| Student group. tion between men who have had man into space. There were re-( A senior in mineral industries basic ROTC and those who have ports yesterday of Soviet ships) who was caught stealing a bicycle)not. ! moving into the Pacific, possibly was also placed on suspended sus- An unidentified telephone call i for a missile shot. pension until June by the com- during ihe program disputed i The task force said the first;mittee, Austin said. This action these statements with the in manned voyage into space is not ) also was recommended by the Off-; formation that men with basic i necessarily the most important j Campus Tribunal. I ROTC receive the rank of pri- i civilian objective in this field,) A person on suspended*suspen-j vale first class and that mili- 1 though emphasis on the Mercuryjsion loses all privileges to take tary instructors have eight ; program may have made it ap-;part in campus activities. The years of training, pear so. mean of men has the right to dis-j A letter from Assistant Scere ~ ! miss or suspend the student if..he; tary of Defense Charles Finucane breaks any more campus reguia-! which stated that basic ROTC is tions, , | not necessary was also quoted by) A sophomore in engineering, Alexander, who hit another student while! Richard Goldberg, senior in; [Watching a football game on tele- arts and letters from Baltimore,! (vision in the residence hall lounge, in presenting the views of the, iwas placed on probation with the Army as expressed in a pamphlet) office of the dean of men for thejby William M. Brueker, secretary! spring semester, Austin reported. (Continued on page eight) ' Rules Stand For Parking Over Break Regular parking regulations will be in effect all during the semester break, including the registration period, Albert Diem, vice president for busi ness, said Tuesday. Diem said that semester vaca tion is not considered an official University vacation like Christ mas and Easter and also that be cause students are coming and going at different times it did not seem necessary to alter the regulations. For the Christmas vacation, parking regulations were al tered to permit students to park near the residence halls for a short lime beginning at noon Dec. 20 and ending at noon Jan. 4. Diem said that this plan was tried to enable students to more easily load and unload their cars since they would be taking home quite a bit of luggage. "In general, it worked very well,” he said. "We noted few abuses until the day students re turned.” Diem then explained that the plan was to end at noon but that many students did not seem to abide by this and continued to drive and park near the residence halls after the noon deadline. According to Phillip A. Mark, traffic violations officer, ap proximately 15 tickets were issued to students for illegal driving that afternoon. However, Diem said, since the plan, on a whole, worked well and was generally respected, it will be used again for the Easter vacation. —Collegian Photo by Rick Bower SO WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO NOW??? Hank Pletcher, senior in labor management relations from Morristown, N.J., looks perplexed as he starts his studying for finals. There is only one week left to cram. Soys U.S. Will Lose Put Man in Space FOR A BETTER PENN STATE STATE COLLEGE. PA., THURSDAY MORNING. JANUARY 12. 1961 ly in the prestige-packed com iry missiles needed for a secure WDFM Forum Airs ROTC Issue Views The pros and cons of the compulsory ROTC issue were aired again last night as students expressed opposed views on the WDFM Forum of the Air. Representatives of the services will appear on the program next semester, according to moderator Stephen Milner. Trustees Establish Two Ag Divisions Two additional divisions in try and Nutrition, Dairy Science, search and extension, according to the Pol We of Apriculture P ° u!t 7 • Husban u' y and ( Vefo fi-Paul M. AHhcmse, assistant diroc the college o Agriculture;nary Science wiU opera ei under [or of instrudjon for lhe were established by the Board Animal Sciences and Industiy. i . J . .(The School of Forestry and the college. ox trustees at itssemi-annual! departments of Agronomy and The new system will formalize meeting last weekend. (Horticulture will be under Plant these groupings and extend them m . ~ .... „ . .(Sciences and Industry. to the general area of resident The college will be reorganized, Agricultural and bioloeieal education, lie said, under the new plan effective Feb.| Agricultural ana Dioiogieai ■ Ito include the new Divisions 6r chemlstr y> bacteriology, botany The reorganization will make Animal Sciences and Industry and' and plant pathology, and zoology possible greater program co of Plant Sciences and Industry ini and entomology will remain un- ordination and increased corn addition to the present Division der the Division of Biological Sci- munication among personnel in of Biological Sciences. ,ences organized in 19d9. related frelas. according to Dean All but three departments Agricultural economics and Lyman E. Jackson, within the college will be oper- rural sociology, agricultural j This set-up should also make Bled under one of the three di- education and agricultural en- (possible the establishment of new visions. Each division will have its own chairman who will be the head of one of lhe depart ments concerned. Departments of Animal Indus- Duane Alexander, co-cha: Liberal Party Gets Charter A third party formally entered the campus political scene Tuesday after the Senate Committee on Student Affairs granted a charter to the Liberal Party at the committee’s regular bi-monthly meeting. This was the third time the Liberal Party had been before the committee requesting ap proval of its constitution in order that it could become a, chartered [campus organization, The constitution of the group was returned to the parly by a subcommittee of the senate committee headed by Monroe Newman early last fall without being acted upon but with a recommendation that the arti cle (Article 3, Sections A, B, C, and D) dealing with member ship be revised or omitted from the constitution. This article permitted the party to screen all prospective party jmembers. It also allowed the par ity to expell members of the party. The second time the constitu tion of the new party appeared before the committee it was re jected by the committee without any further explanation. On Tuesday the constitution of jthe party, without the objcctiohal [article, was approved by the committee. "It was a long, hard fight and I'm quits pleased," an obviously happy Richard Snyder, chair man of the party said yester day after learning of the grant ing of the charier. Snyder pledged, in behalf of the party, to carry out the pri mary objectives of the party as stated in the preamble of its con stitution. These objectives are to promote the interests of the stu dents and also to promote better representation of the student body. Snyder said that the interests of the students are paramount and to try to find a solution for them the party would attempt to operate on a year-round basis. In addition Snyder hoped that the party would be on the cam pus political scene longer than some of its predecessors. Dennis Eisman, Campus .party chairman, when notified of the action said, ‘‘By striking out the clauses which made them differ ent than the existing parties, the Liberal party shows once and for all it is basing itself not on the ideals upon which this organiza tion was conceived and has vio lated their purpose in forming a new political parly.” By BARB YUNK gineering will not be operated courses to replace programs with Departments within the collegejcourscsjhat tiVo dupiieatrs of each cuuiaw n.n ... - . . have been operating informally other, Russell B. Dickerson, asso in groupings similar to the new elate dean of the college, com- in the areas of re- mented. till By DAVE RUNKEL Beta to Host Gym Teams The Russian and American gym teams will bo the guests of honor at a dinner to he given tomorrow night by members of Beta Theta Pi fraternity. Officials, coaches and alternate members of the American team also have been invited to attend. >1 Peaceful Solution -See Page 4 FIVE CENTS
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