PAGE SIX M Panel Will Offer New Plan By PAT DYER Penn State men with visions of taking off into the wild blue yonder may be able to learn to fly, fill their basic ROTC requirements and get an al most free education at the same time, if an Air Force pro posal now under consideration in the Pentagon is approved. The proposed plan discussed by the Air Force ROTC Advisory Panel in December calls for con densing the traditional lour year A PHOTO course into two years with scholarships of about. $llOO awarded to each selected candi date for commission. The new AFROTC proposal, already approved by the . Air Force staff and now awaiting review by the Department of Defense for legislation, would eliminate the two year basic course which Air Force officials regard as "not aniy unecessary bul an actual barrier to attract ing certain needed categories of college students." Under the proposed plan cad ets would enlcr AFROTC train ing in their junior year. Subjects now taught in the basic course would be taken in iwo summer camps, the first camp period com ing belwen the sophomore and junior year, ihe second between the junior and senior year. Two reasons prompting the decision to drop the basic course requirements, according to an Air Force press release are, the high cost of producing ROTC graduates and the in creased study load heaped on science and engineering stu dents, which has caused stu dents to avoid the present pro gram. A two-year program with the two years of basic eliminated would also enable transfer and junior college students to parti cipate in ROTC. The merit scholarships would be financed partially from savings made by eliminating training thousands of freshmen and sopho mores now enrolled in the basic program throughout the nation. Air Force ROTC classes are conducted in 172 colleges and universities in addition to Penn State, The averaqe cost of pro ducing one officer through ROTC is $7OOO. Air Force officials estimate the new program would save more than two million dollars annually. If the new program is adopted, it will he the first major change in the Reserve Officers Training Corps since it was organized in 1016. Slocme Names Advisory Board For Freshman Jim Sloane, freshman class pres ident. recent I v announced tli e selection of the l'roshman Class Advisory Board. Members are: Gay Allebaugh, Ronald Butler, Trudy Cader, Judith Carter. Char les Chasnr, Lynn Crawford, Jef frey Edolman, Sandra Ehren werth, Carol Ennis, Raven Fen nell, Mary Gierharl, Kenneth Glass, Michael Goldman and Alan Grodin. Katherine Gyger, Joy Hitch man, Guv Jackson, Carole Kis maric. Susan Krauss, James Kush ner, John Maeoy. Ronald Marki zon, Barry Neilinger, William Nycum, Linda Petry, Kenneth Sanders, Barry Sims, Nancy Sleber, Beverly Spandau, James Truby, John Veach and Jon Young. In addition to the foregoing, the following members of SGA are automatic members of the ad visory board: Charles Davisson, Debo r a li Eddy, Martin Eicholbcrger. Ruth Falk, Harvey Gordon, Barbara Krauth, Dale Scott and Sandra Tait. —Collegian Photo by John Beauge NOT USED MUCH since the 17 inches of snow fell in the State College area over the weekend. Because of drifting and plowing, all the benches around campps are pretty well covered with snow like this one on the mall. Students Snowed By Time , Storm By DAVE RUNKEL Students were presented with a 17-inch snowfall with drifts several feet high and a lot of spare time over the weekend before spring semester classes begin. These factors' combined to produce some interesting and amusing as well as practical results. ' Sled-riding down the hill by Atherton Hall was a popular sport enjoyed by several coeds f , ~ ' : ~ ' , ... , j j . ~ „ 1,011 f „,,„Jtured Greek beauty was built by j Saturday night. Dining hall tiayS|^ e j nven tj ve sisters of Alpha Phi. and trash can lids were used fori This snowman carried a pledge extra speed. Apparently the jgh'!s! pa( j^i e and wore a pledge hat. had a wonderful and exciting j half a mile north of this l ni Mi . s f l ' e t7 lS ° f i 18 /L a, giant, near one of the greenhouses, shrills of fright can be a ei’iteiion ano^er huge snowman was con to judge the success of the ven- s j ruc t e{ j This one has a ftower ture’ i pot hat and carries a six-pack of Some boys from ihe North »Duquesne empty, now. Halls area also made use of the i Qn Saturday some students ingredients of snow and spare i W ere awakened by their clock time by having a friendly game , ia( jios to a weather forecast of football on the field across j calling for 118 degree iempera from Warnock Hall yesterday. ! i ures a nd to tunes such as New tactics were ihe feature j "We're Having a Heat Wave" of this snow game. Ball-burying , anc j "it's Too Darn Hot" as and player-burying seemed to j WMAJ celebrated the storm. be the basic plays while such ! Some townspeople also came up normal procedures as kicking V vith solutions to the snow prob and runs were nol seen in ihe i ern . Center Beverage solved its game. ! problems by hiring a horse and Several unconventional snow-!sleigh from a local farmer. A sign men appeared around campus on the back of the sleigh an yesterda.v. Only a few of these nounced. “The ale must go .were human. A nine-foot sculp-through.’’ A, me? THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA Reactivated Sorority Will Enter Rushing The number of sororities participating in Formal Spring Rush has increased from 25 to 26 with the addition of Alpha Kappa Alpha, recently reactivated by the Senate Subcom mittee on Student Affairs. Alpha Kappa Alpha, an international sorority with 180 chapters, was active on campus j ’ until 1958. At present it has eight j members and five pledges kvingjU,£| •<«#£*Dva* in different residence halls. Most r of the present members are trans fers, according to President Re gina Otivis, who herself trans ferred from Ogontz Center. The sorority will rush in 41 McElwain. Provisions have al ready been made for chapter meetings. The sorority will be on a provisional status until 12 pledges are added, according to Monroe Newman, chairman of the Subcommittee on Stu dent Affairs. Delegates from Alpha Kappa Alpha may sit on Panhellenic Council although they may not vote until the provisional status is lifted. Alpha Kappa Alpha received its charter in March, 1953, as the 20th sorority on campus. Found ed in 1908. the sorority has a chapter in Africa, located at Mon roeville, Liberia. i Miss Olivis said that the sor- ' ! ority intends to participate in campus activities and has plans for its pledge dance, called the Ivy Debut, in ihe spring. In addition, she said the chap-1 ter will work to further its na tional aims, including scholar ships for undergraduates, foreign fellowships, health and housing projects and participation on the American Council on Civil Rights, an all-Greek organization. She said local activities will be divid ed into a social and cultural pro gram and a program for civic [service. McLanahan's To Serve you at TWO Convenient Locations MONDAY. FEBRUARY 6, 1961 Will Lecture In Grad Series Three speakers have been scheduled for the spring semes ter on the Graduate School Lec ture Series. James S. Ackevman, professor of art and architecture at Har vard University and currently vis iting fellow at Princeton Univer- sity, will speak Feb. 21 on “Ab stract Art: The Critics’ Nemesis.’’ Co-sponsor of the lecture is the division of art and architectural history. Harry Wexler, director of me teorological research with the U.S. Weather Bureau, will speak on “Frontiers of Satellite Meteor ology” on March 23, co-sponsored by the department of meteorol ogy. Philip Morrison, professor of physics in the Laboratory of Nu clear Studies, Cornell University, will discuss “The Ape at the Typewriter: An Analysis of Chance and Design” on May 4, co-sponsored by the department of physics. All of the lectures are scheduled for 8 p.m. in 121 Sparks. Parmi Nous Cards [ Tapping cards for Parmi Nous, senior men’s hat society, must be filled out and returned to the Idean of men’s office before Wednesday. 414 E. College Ave. 134 S. Atherton St.
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