Prexy Outlines University's Long Range
PREXY URGES SENIORS to ask, "Are we really educated?" in
his first "state of the University" message, "The President Re
ports," given last night in Schwab. He also outlined plans for
expansion and for Penn State's future reputation.
VOL. 61. No. 87 STATE COLLEGE. PA., THURSDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 23, 1961 FIVE CENTS
May Check ASA Funds;
Needs Committee Okay
SGA
Plan
In a meeting of money-minded executives from the Hetzel Union building, SGA and the
Administration yesterday, the need for a re-examination of student activities budgets was
tentatively determined.
The already appointed SGA committee of. class presidents will have to verify the need
for revision before it can be started. "The committee will also have to decide on how they,
will review individual budgets,",
Susan Sherman, SGA secretary
treasurer and chairman of the
committee said. •
Miss Sherman added that ear
lier this year she had noticed
,some activities had large bank
,accounts and were collecting more
,funds each year through Asso- 1
ciated Student Activities.
SGA Cabinet then requested
that she gather financial facts
in three categories: how much
an organization received each
year, what its Associated Stu-
I dent Activities bank balance
was and how much reserve it
had collected in bonds or other
bank accounts.
At the meeting yesterday Miss
Sherman presented a report in
dicating these figures for each of
the ASA groups—dating back
through 1956.
George L. Donovan, coordinator
of student activities, noted that
the reserves shown in the report
; might be needed for a general
emergency fund or might be put
to use on a student project such
as Stone Valley.
Robert G. Bernreuter, special
assistant to the president for
student affairs, said that an
other reason for the review is to
see if these groups really need
all the funds they have now
and are getting.
He said that he had recently
appropriated $77,000 of student
fees to the ASA budget but that
he can revise the amount at any
time. "I don't want to do it
!though," Bernreuter said.
"Too often," he noted, "inertia,
courtesy and ignorance are all
mixed up and cause us not to
change budgets." He added that
under the present system when
la new activity comes along there
is no way for it to get money, nor
I for an old organization to .stop
getting money.
The organizations that will be
reviewed are those who get either
all or part of their funds from
ASA. Self-supporting groups will
not be included.
Among the suggestions given
to Miss Sherman was that a com
bined student administrative com
mittee hear the case for each ,
budget separately, _
SGA to Be
To Support
SGA Assembly will hear a resolution tonight asking it to
back the student campaign for approval of the University's
budget.
The resolution, which wi
State's Budget" committee
Ronald Sheetz, chairman.
In the preamble of the resolu
tion, the committee states that
the "function of SGA is to protect
the student body from impair
ment of educational opportun
ities."
The resolution makes the fol
lowing recommendations to SGA:
•Sending letters to all Gener
al Assemblymen and State. Sen
ators. These letters would be
form letters signed by SGA,
Sheetz said.
•Sending a telegram to Gov.
David L. Lawrence, signed by
SGA, informing him of the cam
paign and student support of the
budget.
•Carrying on a student cam
paign encouraging students to
write to their individual legisla
tors.
*Attempting a formal lobby
group which would go to Har
risburg and contact large lobby
groups to seek support in the
General Assembly for the budget.
*Assuming the financial obli
gations of the campaign.
Commenting on the resolution
last night was Dennis Eisman,
chairman of the On-Campus Cam
paign Committee under the
"Budget" Committee.
Eisman said the purpose of the
resolution is to "generate inter
est in the.student body and SGA,
to back President Walker's budg
et request of $23 million and to
inform the legislature of how we
feel on the budget and the curtail
ment of our educational facil
ities."
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Housing Survey
Requires More
Interviewers
Student participation in the
Chamber of Commerce housing
survey has been commendable
but more volunteers are needed
if the whole State College area
is to be covered, according to Paul
Mazza, president.
About 60 interviewers have
participated in the survey which
is scheduled to be completed to
day. Mazza said he hopes that the
60 persons who registered to take
part in the interviewing, will
turn out to make the survey a
success.
The survey, area has been di
vided into 116 districts, eight of
which have been completed by
interviewers.
The survey goal is to determine
the availability of town housing
for students and faculty mem
bers.
Student groups which are ac
tively participating in the sur
vey are Alpha Phi Omega, men's
service fraternity; Gamma Sig
ma Sigma, women's service sor
ority; the Direct Action for Ra
cial Equality organization; the
SGA _Committee on Inter-racial
Relations; and the Town Inde
pendent Meru
Po. Colleges
May Expand
250% by '7O
By PAT DYER
The University just has
to expand whether every
body likes it or not .Presi
dent Eric A. Walker said
last night in the first "state
of the university" . message,
"The President Reports."
Prexy pointed out to a small
but attentive audience that
Pennsylvania colleges and uni
versities will have to expand
250 per cent by 1970 in order
to accommodate an expected
300,000 college students. Though
this goal may not be realized,
the University will have to do
all it can to carry its share of
the load, he added.
Less than 250 undergradu
ates heard the talk at 7 p.m. in
Schwab. Although the speech
was sponsored by Lion's Paw
especially for seniors, the au
dience included many under
classmen.
Long range plans call for the
University to account for
35,000 of the 1970 Pennsylvania
college population, Walker
said, About 25,000 of these will
be enrolled at the main cam
pus, the others at the Common
wealth Centers.
"A large segment of the
alumni deplore the growth of
the University," Walker said.
These people elailia that expan
sion will destroy all that was
of value, he added. •
Expansion of the student
body to 35,00 will require more
buildings, more faculty and
more money, he pointed out.
It will also create class 'ratio"
problems, he said. By 1946 the
male-female ratio had gone
down from 12 to I to 5 to 1.
Plans for 1970 call for a ratio
of 2 1 / 2 to I.
"If we don't hold the line, I
may find myself president of
the largest women's college in
the United States," the presi
dent quipped.
New buildings are going up
all the time, Prexy said. Car-
3 Astronauts
Await Flight
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (EP)--- America's astronauts
looked confidently forward to an upcoming manned rocket
flight. But scientists of the transit navigation satellite project
were disappointed that only one instead of two satellites had
been orbited with a single rocket.
These contrasting moods were evident yesterday as
officials of both space programs
assessed the results of a pair of
major launchings Tuesday at Cape
Canaveral.
In one, an unmanned Project
Mercury capsule was hurled 107
miles into space atop an Atlas
missile and survived a punishing
test which subjected it to the
most severe conditions a man
could expect on returning to earth
from orbit.
Nearly 15 hours later. a Thor-
Able-Star rocket thundered
skyward in an effort to place
two satellites into orbit—the
250-pound Transit 111-B and a
54-pound hitchhiker called Lof
ti, which was to study space
communications.
The Defense Department an
inounced, two hours after launch
that both satellites were in orbit,
but closer analysis of the data
showed they had not separated—
that they were whirling around
the earth together, with the sec
ond stage of the rocket also at
tached.
Six of the seven U.S. astro
nauts—including two of the three
who have - been selected to train
for the first manned flight
glowed over the latest success of
'the space capsule.
Alan B. Shepard Jr. and
John H. Glenn Jr., two of those
prepping for the initial flight,
which is expected in two or
three months, were asked at a
news conference if, they feel
confident enough to ride in the
next capsule.
"The answer is an .overwhelm,
ing yes—a resounding yes," re
plied Shepard.
"Absolutely," answered Glenn.
Virgil 1.. Grissom, the third
space -- candidate named, was in
Bermuda, where he monitored
,Tuesday's flight from a control
'console in a Project Mercury
'tracking center. But he was re
'
'ported to be as eager as Glenn
'and Shepard to make the manned
'flight as soon as possible.
The other four astronauts—
Leroy Cooper. Scott Carpenter,
Walter Schirra and Donald
Slayton indicated their dis
appointment at not having been
chosen., ,
Carpenter summed up their
feelings this way: "I'm naturally
disappointed. But I'm aware that
there will be other flights and I
plan to be on one of them."
Planning
negie will be transformed into
a communications center, the
stock pavillion into a theatre.
New dorms are scheduled. for
1962.
.Opposition to the location of
the new arts. and humanities
building in Hort Woeds lcd the
president to comment on the
absence of the formal gardents
and the ghost walk, adding,
"Hort Woods are just not what
they used to seem to be."
More seriously, Proxy point
ed cut that the "buildings are
not really important. It's what
goes on in Him that counts."
The University has many
tinguished faculty members,
the departments of philosophy,
dairy husbandry, ceramics, and
„several others are among the
top five in the world, he said.
"However, our reputation lags
behind our accomplishments by
about 15 years," he added.
Prexy concluded his talk
with some advice to seniors
emphasizing that edueation
does not cease with graduation.
"You've got 40 more years to
be productive," he said. "It's
your life; it's what you make
it . . . it's worth planning," he
added.
Infirmary
To Consider
Suggestions
Suggestion boxes will be
,placed in residence dining
halls, the Hetzel Union Build
ing and in other campus build
ings by the SGA Infirmary
Committee, Buddy Zucker
,l man, chairman, said yesterday.
Zuckerman said the purpose of
the boxes is to give students a
chance to air complaints or make
suggestions about the Ritenour
Health Center. These suggestions
or complaints will then be re
viewed by the Infirmary Commit
tee and presented to Dr. Herbert
R. Glenn, director of the health
center, for approval and action.
"The main purpose of the com
mittee is to act as a public rela
tions agent to communicate and
improve relations between the
student body and the Health Cen
ter," Zuckerman said.
His committee took a' tour rd
the center last Friday with Glenn.
The information obtained through
this tour will be presented in a
committee report to the. SGA
Assembly tonight, Zuckerman
said.
In a future report to the As
sembly, he said, more information
will be given on the facilities at
the health center so that the As
semblymen can carry this knowl
edge back to other students.
The committee will investigate
the possibility of changing or
lengthenitig visiting hours, Zuck
erman said.
Rain, Mild Weather
Should Continue Today
A vigorous storm system will
continue the rain in this area to
day and tonight.
Today should be cloudy and
mild with occasional rain. The
high temperature should be about
50 degrees.
Intermittent rain with a chance
of a thundershower and omtinued
mild conditions should continue
tonight.