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Editorial Opinion
University Does Job;
What About State?
Penn State is the only university in the stale which
has specifically pledged itself to handle a large proportion
of the increasing number of students seeking higher
education in Pennsylvania each year.
Yet chances that the state legislature will understand
need for the additional $6 million in this year’s appro-
ition request appear to be slim indeed.
The last budget submitted included a request for an
additional $5 million per year to operate and expand
Pennsylvania's .only .state .university. .An .increase .of
$1 million per year was granted.
Undaunted by this blow, the University proved that
its pledge was not idle words by admitting 1200 students
more than their normal quota last year, even though the
legislature had not seen fit to provide the funds to handle
this addition.
The move was a manifestation of the University’s
intent to live up to its responsibility to the prospective
students of the state. Moreover, it was an expression of
faith that the legislature would realize its responsibility
to support these students.
New buildings have been built to handle the influx
of students. This causes plant maintenance costs to mount.
The University pledged to take another 1200 increase
in admissions next year—but it can’t even pay off the
expense for the last 1200 without the appropriation
increase
The University of Pennsylvania, Temple, Pitt, Drexel
and the state colleges all receive state funds. None of these
has made a definite commitment to substantially increase
admissions.
Few have even given an indication that they would
provide for a significant proportion of the 12,000 additional
students expected to seek entrance to colleges in this state
next year.
No school in the slate has matched Penn State’s
growth to assume its responsibility to the future of Penn
sylvania.
Why then should the legislature not assume its re
sponsibility to grant the appropriation needed to do this
job?
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THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
The myth of the “old
fashioned' 1 winter is being
decisively destroyed this
season as Old Mother Na
ture produces a never-be
fore equalled onslaught of
snow and cold.
The big storm of the past
weekend was the fifth major
and widespread snowstorm to
strike Pennsylvania this win
ter. Many winters produce no
such major and widespread
storms.
Three of
these storms
produced ex
cessive snow
in eastern
Pennsylvania*
four heavy
accumulations
in central
P ennsylvania
and five sub
stantial, but
not record
breaking
snow accumulations in the
western part of the state.
Another heavy, but not
IFC Chaplain
Defendsßights
Of Association
TO THE EDITOR: I was dis
appointed yesterday to note
that the usually clear thinking
editors of the Collegian have
been “carried away" by the
prevailing climate of public
thought against discrimina
tion.
Although I too am earnest in
my desire that all citizens of
our country have equal access
to the rights, responsibilities
and privileges of citizenship
without respect to their race
or ethnic origin, I think it
would be to defeat this pur
pose if, to accomplish it, other
essential human rights would
be sacrificed.
Therefore I deplore this and
all other attacks on constitu
tionally guaranteed freedom of
individuals voluntarily to as
sociate with each other in law
ful organizations.
Any University rulings deny
ing this right would he as un
godly as they would be un
constitutional, imperiling this
principle which is essential to
a democratic society.
(Editor’s Note: Maybe it
depends upon which rights,
freedoms and democratic
principles are more impor
tant.)
Gazette
ACE, 7 p.m.. “Lovt* in Elementary
(•varies," Living Center-Home Ec
South
Air Force Glee Club, 3 p.m., HUB as-
sembly room
Angel Flight, 7:1(0 p.m.. Armory
Basketball Officials’ Club, 7:30 p.m.,
2 White
Campus Party, 6 p.m., 212 HTJIJ
Della Nu Alpha, 7:1(0 p.m.. Sigma No
DOC Student Council, 7 *.‘lo p.m., Old
Main
Garnmu Sigma Sigma, 6:30 p.m., 214-
215 HUB
IVCF, 12:15 p.m., 218 HUB
Men's Debate, 7:30 p.m., 213 HUB
Panhellenic Council. 7 p.m., 210 HUB
l\S. Special Kd. G:3O p.m., 217*218
HUB
SGA, 7:30 p.m., 203 HUB
Student Handbook. 7:30 p.m., 212 HUB
University Party, 7 p.m., 213 HUB
Ph.D., M.S. to Be Given
For New Area of Study
A program of studies leading
to a master of science or doctor
of philosophy degree in solid state
technology has been established,
according to Dr. Harold K. Schil
ling, dean of the graduate school,
Candidates for these degrees
will hot study in any specific
discipline, hut will have courses
in the colleges of Chemistry and
Physics, Engineering and Archi
tecture, Mineral Industries, or in
s combination of the three.
Snowed
Snow, Records Pile Up
MYERS
Lette
George F. Haney
IFC Chaplain
TODAY
by joe/ myers
widespread, storm hit the freeze solid,
southwestern part of the Com- This combination of frozen
monwealth yesterday. rivers and deep snow cover
The magnitude of this win- constitutes a very serious flood
ler's heavy snowfalls is reflect- threat.
ed in the total snow accumula- The snow cover represents
tion. Most areas in eastern and several inches of frozen water
central Pennsylvania have al- that is just waiting for a warm
ready received nearly as much spring rain so it can melt and
snow as had fallen in any pre- run down the hills and moun
vious winter season and some tains toward the sea. If the riv
areas have established new all- ers weren’t frozen, they might
time records. ' be capable of handling most of
For example, the weather ob- ibis load, provided the snow
server in Harrisburg has mea- melted slowly.,
sured 69 inches of snow, 17 However, wilh ice jamming
inches more than the old rec- the rivers, a very real flood
ord. threat exists for practically all
low-lying areas of the state.
The critical period will start
in the next few weeks as slow
ly moderating temperatures ac
company the approach of
spring.
If the warm-up is slow and
no heavy rain occurs, the snow
will melt slowly. If, on the
other hand, r3in and warmer
weather combine, Pennsylva
nia’s worst winter in history
could be followed by the most
devastating floods on record.
Philadelphia, with 47 inches
for the winter, is just eight
inches short of its all-time rec
ord.
The unusually cold weather
that has prevailed almost con
tinuously since early Decem
ber has allowed the snow cov
er across Pennsylvania to grow
deeper and deeper.
This cold weather, which
has reached record proportions
in some sections of the state,
has also caused most rivers to
rs to the Ed
Subtlety Sours
TO THE EDITOR: The purpose
of this letter is to refute Miss
Dyer’s article of February 7:
• with the hope that those
people who swallowed the
ptomaine of Miss Dyer's alpha
bet soup will regurgitate its
contents after the right ingredi
ents are offered for consump
tion herein.
A with the realization that
what she called Mickey Mouse
activities really approach being
Mighty Mouse activities.
• with the hope that the Col
legian and Miss Dyer will re
evaluate the judgement used
in writing such an article.
Are the alphabet groups real
ly Mickey Mouse groups that
do nothing? I say not, judging
from my own experience.
As an officer of the IFC and
the president of my fraternity
(English and Greek alphabet
groups) I am proud of what is
probably the strongest frater
nity system in the country—
one that in the past year, on
its own, carried out plans to
improve scholarship and safety
standards of its houses, and
generally carried on social and
governmental activities that
could be replaced only by the
University's hiring highly paid
people.
As editor of the Student
Handbook for two years, I and
my colleagues put hundreds of’
hours into producing a booklet
to better acclimate new stu
dents to the University.
This too could only be re
placed by the University's hir
ing ' salaried people and bear
ing the costs (now mostly done
by advertising) of producing a
100-page booklet. This is spon
sored by SGA—another alpha
bet group.
And what about SGA? I ad
mit it has been bogged down
and inefficient the past year.
But you still can’t overlook the
fact that in the past year it
has sponsored the invaluable
student insurance and SGA
Flight programs and forced the
administration to drop its dis
criminatory housing lists.
And what about the SGA
sponsored Orientation Week—
a major undertaking requiring
hundreds of hours of work by
the students who execute it.
AWS also came under fire
and also its president, Margaret
McPherson. Calling AWS a col
lection of budding Margaret
Chase Smiths was a direct slap
at one of the most outstanding
persons to ever attend this
University.
Miss McPherson has carried
a Dean’s List All-U average
over the past seven semesters,
and at the same time repre
sented student opinion at the
University Senate und Penn
State co-eds in the Dean of
Women’s office. Do you forget
the efforts of AWS in helping
THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 9. 1961
tor
Sen
lor
establish longer hours and oth
er liberal benefits in the past
year?
1 can only condemn the Col
legian for printing such an ar
ticle—because on its editorial
page it crusades for better stu
dent government, and then
elsewhere in its pages ridicules
the sincere efforts of the alpha
bet groups; because such an
article, although funny, belongs
in Froth where it can be read
in the proper light and not
accepted as editorial fact by the
new students on campus to
whom it was directed. Maybe
Collegian should reevaluate its
methods of achieving its goal
of a better Penn State.
I hope that this points out
the fact that activities are
worthwhile—both to the Uni
versity and those participating.
I hope too that the Collegian
decides on an appropriate, con
sistent method of editorializing
for a better Penn State. There
may be some Mickey Mouse
alphabet groups on campus, but
there is one that is going to
the head of the pack—C-O-L-
L-E-G-I-A-N (remember you
are an activity too).
I also question Miss Dyer’s
ridiculing activities when she
herself is very active in them
—Collegian, LA Council, AWS
Judicial, the Symphony Or
chestra, Orientation Counsel
ing. and-many others.
I hope Collegian realizes Miss
Dyer's article was a mistake
that should not be repeated.
—Ben Bronstein '6l
(Editor’s Note: One of the
functions of a newspaper is to
entertain. We are sorry you
missed the intended humor and
we ’are also sorry that our
campus organizations have ap
parently lost the ability to
laugh at themselves occasion
ally.)
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