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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.