Weather Forecasts j Increasing Cloudiness L_ .1 VOL. 61. No. 75 Special Committee To Complete Report On State Education By JOHN BLACK. Editor (This is the first of a series of articles based on an interview With Sen. Jo Hayes.) Before the month of February has passed, Pennsylvanians should hear the results of an intensive two-year study of the state’s entire education system. According to Sen. Jo Hayes Seniors To Hear Talk By Prexy Letters went out last week to all seniors inviting them to the first "President’s Report” scheduled for 7 p.m. Wednes day, Feb. 22, in Schwab. The informal talk, a "state of the university” message, will be presented by President Eric A. Walker. In his speech, Prexy is expected to summarize the ac complishments of the University lor the past four years and out line its plans for the future. The program is being sponsored by Lion’s Paw. The President now presents such a report to alumni annual ly during reunion time in June. However, Prexy has been asked to speak at this time be cause seniors have a special re sponsibility to keep informed as to the status of the Univer sity, according to the letter. The talk was originally con ceived as a message to all stu dents, according to James Ettle son, chairman for the event. How ever, this would have presented seating problems and Recreation Hall can hardly be the setting for an "informal” talk, so the pro gram had to be limited. State-wide news coverage was originally planned but this was also eliminated to create a more informal atmosphere. Members of Mortar Board will aid the members of Lion’s Paw by acting as ushers for the pro gram . Collegian Open House The Daily Collegian will hold an open house for students in terested in joining the news and photography staffs 7 p.m. tomorrow in the basement of Carnegie. Refreshments will be served. Haber Names Bookstore Chairman Philip Steinhauer, junior in business administration from Kingston, was named last night by SGA President “Rich ard Haber to chair the book store committee. His appoint ment is on the Assembly agenda for approval Thurs day. No other appointments have yet been made to the committee which will probably include more than 20 students, according to Haber. Committee members will be named by the chairman with his counsel, Haber said. The committee will do de- iaily^OldUpgt STATE COLLEGE. PA.. TUESDAY MORNING. FEBRUARY 7. 1961 (D-Centre), the special Governor’s Committee on Educa tion should complete its exhaus tive studies within a week or so and then it is a matter of drafting and approving the report. Hayes is a member of the com mittee of legislators, business men and civic leaders appointed by'the Governor after his admin istration took over the state’s reins. At that time education appro priations were frozen and in creases were halted pending the outcome of the committee’s re port. The eommilie's report will in clude findings and recommenda tions concerning the whole ed ucational system in the state. Any action taken as a result of the committee's work would have to be initiated through one of the houses of the legisla ture. Hayes said that the committee’s report would not deal with any such specific problems as the Uni versity’s current request for an appropriation increase hut rather would deal with the University as it will fit into the whole educa tion picture in the state. In relation to higher education in the state, the committee start ed its studies on this basic prob lem—in 1960 there were 130,000 students in Pennsylvania colleges and universities, but by 1970 there should be 300,000. The job required of Jhe com mittee could be staled simply, explained Hayes—to determine how to best care for this many students. But here the simplicity ended, The committee studied several possible systems of publicly sup ported community colleges, junior colleges, or university centers. All systems of higher education studied had to be tied directly to the whole reorganization from primary schools on up. One of the recommendations of the committee will undoubt edly be that the local govern mental unit—the community or area—will have to assume a share of the responsibility for establishing and maintaining any decentralized system of col leges blanketing the state with in commuting distance of any potential student. The committee was not charged with the job of formulating tax programs which may be necessary in order to implement a reorgan ization of the education system. Any necessary tax programs would have to he devised after the committee gives its report. tailed research on a bookstore | costs of a University bookstore, so that a report can be submit- According to Walker, the Board '■ ted to the Board of Trustees at wanted to know in what ways the 1 their June meeting, he said. (present State College bookstore “Committee members will are inadequate andjust named from every possible area; what sales and services students that we can find, in order to get expect of a University bookstore, varied opinions,” Haber said. It also requested information In addition to working with the on the building and space re committee, the appointed chair- quiremenis for such a store, man will personally work with plus approximate figures on the Albert E. Diem, vice president for operating costs and profit rnar busines administration, and Presi- gins. dent Eric A. Walker. Prior to the Board meeting, re- Haber said this is to insure search on the bookstore was done that the Trustees receive the by Ted Simon, a member of the type of information on the plan Junior Class Advisory Eoard. that they are looking for. Recently Simon received letters At their semi-annual meeting in of reply from public officials con- January, the Board called for de- cerning the operation of campus tailed reports on the needs and bookstores. FOR A BETTER PENN STATS JFK, Rusk Predict No Cold War Thaw WASHINGTON (/P)—Secretary of State Dean Rusk, at his first news conference, ad vised yesterday against expecting a speedy end to the cold war. He said serious days and hard work lie ahead. Rusk also indicated that Kennedy’s administration strategists are considering whether to bring Red China into disarmament talks, including the soon to be resumed Geneva parley yi jy rush to the Used Book Agency in an attempt to get second hand textbooks. The downtown book stores also reported good crowds on the first day of the spring semester. Confusion Reigns In USA Mad Rush Over 1000 students fought their way into the ÜBA yes terday and then maneuvered their way from table to table in search of much needed texts. As early as 9 a.m., the opening hour, a line began to form as students sought entrance to the Hetzel Union cardroom. Monitor to Salute PSU The National Broadcasting Company will salute the Univer sity on its network Monitor radio program this weekend on “Miss Monitor Goes to College.” The program is a weekly fea ture designed to acquaint NBC listeners with the history, customs and traditions of American col leges and universities. By POLLY DRANOV Throughout the day, crowds formed in an uneven line which extended through the ground floor of the HUB, past the Book Ex change and down toward the jLion’s Den. A second line of students wait ing to have books approved for acceptance to the DBA wound back from a desk next to the HUB elevator, where the ÜBA staff stamped receipts for books submitted to the agency. The bulletin board with a list of books for each course was in the center of another crowd, add ing to the confusion. The volume of books accumu lated yesterday forced the agency to close the acceptance desk more than an hour earlier than sched uled. The pile-up in the stock room prevented storage of addi tional books. However, books will ibe accepted by the ÜBA today land tomorrow. Lawrence Abrams, chairman of the board of control, told the ÜBA staff at a meeting yesterday that approximately $15,000 had al ready been taken in from book l sales. Inside the cardroom, long lines circled the room as students at ! tempted to reach the cash regis ters to pay for their purchases. Three cash registers were in operation, one an express center for those buying less than three books. But, as one frustrated co ed commented “It takes twice as long to go through the express line, as it does the regular one.” llHltmtltMlMlttlMMlilMlUtllttMlllfll Avoid Tuition Hike -»Se9 Poge 4 j on ending nuclear weapons tests. Kennedy showed up at Rusk's daily gathering with staff aides, nol long before Rusk's meeting With newsmen. Rusk said it was the first time in U.S. history that a president attended a sec retary of stole's morning staff meeting at the department, lie announced appointment of Arthur H. Dean, a one-lime lav/ partner of the late Secretary of State John poster Dulles, to head U.S. negotiators at the Geneva atomic test ban talks which re sume March 21. Dean has had wide diplomatic experience, in cluding dealing with the Reds at the Panmunjon talks leading to the 1953 Korean truce. Rusk emphasized that just be cause there is a new U.S. admin istration and Moscow has been tempering its anti-American line, this does not mean cold war prob lems will disappear. He said Americans should not be unduly optimistic that the East-West situation has changed basically. He seemed more hope ful of progress soon on lesser issues than on major ones. Rusk left U.S. policy flexible on' personal diplomacy and sum mit meetings. He said whatever technique was best would-be used. As for including Red China in the nuclear tost bian talks or in any future disarmament negoli ations with the Communists, he said this is a serious problem un der study by U.S. disarmament experts, headed by John J. Mc- Cloy. To be realistic, Rusk said, an arms control system must cover the major powers-. He declined to say how or when Communist China might be invited into arms control talks. And he gave no in dication the Kennedy administra tion would favor cither recogniz ing the Peiping regime or seating it in the United Nations. Substantial Snow, Wind Predicted For Tomorrow A slow moving storm system continues to pose the threat of heavy snow to the local area ns well as the remainder of Penn sylvania. However, the very slow forward motion of the storm sys tem indicates that the precipita tion will not begin until this eve ning. Sunny skies combined with above- freezing temperatures arain yesterday and the deep snow that covers the state showed some further melting. However, amounts still ranged between 10 and 40 inches at sunset. Sixteen inches remained on the ground here. The local forecast indicates slowly increasing cloudiness to day with temperatures slightly colder than yesterday. The high reading should be about 35 de grees. Show wilt begin tonight' and probably become heavy towards morning. Winds will begin to in crease iate tonight and blowing and drifting snow is likely tomor row. The snow will taper off to flur ries late tomorrow and a total accumulation of 5 to 7 inches is expected. FIVE CENTS
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