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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.
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