PAGE FOUR Editorial Opinion Work of Peace Corps The movement toward getting the Kennedy Peace Corps into operation is gaining momentum and it might be a good idea for college students to be giving participa tion in it some serious thought. The program is, from all indications, not going to be anything which would appeal to draft dodgers or students just out for a lark. Combatting illiteracy or building drainage ditches In some African village is going to be hard, demanding work —and this is precisely the type of work for which many studenls entering the corps will be trained. Students may work on farms or on construction projects and they may build roads—in short, students working in the peace corps will have to get their hands dirty. Other areas in which peace corps students may be used are education and health projects. The question is will U- S. college students be able to meet this challenge—will they be able to do the necessary work and to make a “good impression” upon the countries in which they work? The Colorado State University Research Foundation has made a thorough investigation of the advantages and pitfalls of having young Americans volunteer to serve in the backward villages of the world and has made a favorable report. The report said that such a program was “practical.? Small pilot projects are now underway to test the plan in the toughest possible way. Several groups of American volunteers have been sent to teach in African villages. The governmental framework for launching the pro gram on a full scale has been begun in Washington with the University’s vice president for academic affairs, Lawrence E. Dennis, as a part of the original nucleus. Selections for the program will be made from student volunteers. Those selected to serve abroad will probably be trained in the language and customs of the country in which they will work as well as certain necessary skills such as farming and road building. Helping the African and Asian nations in their rice paddies may do more to protect the world from domination by the Communists than all the ICBM missiles the United States can amass. A Student-Operated Newspaper 56 Years of Editorial Freedom ©llf Sathj (Eollpgtan Successor to The Free Lance, esl 1887 PuMiihfii Tues'inj through Saturday morning during tilt Univcraity yt»r Tht V , " s *uilrnt-oii.’r':lrd newspaper Entered as scranti-Hass matter Julj 5. 1.1-H M tht State College Pa. Post Olfire undti the art of March S )M9. .flail Siliiscriiition Prior: 13.(10 Her aemestci - J 5.00 per rear. Mailing Address - Ilox 201, Slate College. Pa. Member of The Associated Press and The Intercollegiate Press JOHN BLACK fJtiiior (>! w I ‘J'lof »'■<! I ersonnel Direeror, .Susan l.inUroum: Assistant Editor. Gloria Wolford: Spoils Editor. Sandy Par)ire: Assistant City Editor, Joel Mvcrs; Copy and rrolures Editor. Elaine Micle; Photography Editor, Frederic Hoivcr. l.ocal Ad Mgr,, llrnd Ohms: National Ad Mgr.. Hal Deistier: Credit Mgr,. Mary Ann t. ratio; Aaaislant Credit .Mgr,, Neal Kelt*: Classified Ad Mgr., Constance hirsrl: oAirrnlat’on Mgr*.. Barbara Molt. Kichard Kitaingcr; Promotion Mgr., Elaine Mirhal; Personnel Mgr., llerkv Kohudic; Office Secretary, Joanne Jluyett. STAFF THIS ISSUE: Headline Editor, Shellie Michaels; Wire Editor, Sue Eberly; Night Copy Editor, Lynne Cere (ice; Assist ant-■ Len Butkicwicz, Carole Kismario, Peggy Rush, Molla lidel- Janice Motion, Susan Lindquist, Myra Harris, Tucker Ml-cuU, Celia Bohkmder, Joanne Copley and Jeanne Yeagle, -/dovouAlwAVs ' I DRA6 THAT RANKcf \ AiftONi) KHIND , \VDO. LINUS ? y pi# Ip NO, I THINK ITS A GOOD IDEA-.I MEAN, IF IT MAKES TOO FEEL MORE SECURE,THEN VW SHOULD CARftV IToJiTH VOO/' CHESTER LUCIDO Business Manager AS A MATTER Of FACT, I DO ! I SUPPOSE VOO'RE 60NNA START iN ON ME NOW.'! !«W(issK Ay *^or THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA Dear State Legislator: Are you aware of what is happening at The Pennsyl vania State University? This University, which is a public institution dedicate to the education of all academ iealiy-capale persons in Penn sylvania, has been forced to deviate from its chosen path and is now steering a course of discrimination This dis crimination is one of the ug- liest forms of prejudice that exists since it is based on to pay. The consti tution of the United States g u a r a n tees everyone the right of a free mvers and public education. With the tremendous progress in scien tific knowledge, technology, and automation during the past few decades, this education has come to include college training. Penn Stale, which is THE “public” institute of higher learning in Pennsylvania, has been forced to increase tuition rates at a phenomenal rate duv ing the past few years because of insufficient appropriations from the State Legislature. When the students that com pose this year's graduating class were seniors in high school, it cost $250 a year to at tend Penn State. When these students became freshmen, the annual charge jumped to $350. and when they became juniors the tuition was further in creased to the present level of $4BO a year. We all realize that these are times of inflation, but how much tuition inflation can stu dents (or their parents! ab sorb? In a period during which the consumer price index rose 14 per cent, Penn State’s tui tion increased 92 per cent. These geometrically rising tuition costs along with the in itiation of hidden costs en trance fees, counseling fees and a general deposit have prevented many academically qualified students from acquir ing an education. This year, thousands of Pennsylvania hjgh school gra duates who finished in the second fifth of their graduat ing class will be denied ad mission to Penn State, because Fall Registration Date Protested TO THE EDITOR: Although the administration is contin ually being confronted with fall registration problems, it seems to me that they should have used a great deal more foresight when they moved registration back a week to solve the football game atten dance problem, for they creat ed another problem. This one is not with football game attendance , but with reg istration itself. The first day of registration is on the same day as a major Jewish holiday. —Bruce Cobin, '64 Gazette Arnold Air Society, 7:15 p.m., Delta AWS, 9:15 p,m., Dollock E Solarium AWS Parliamentary, 6:30 y>.m., 203 HI'S Chesa Club, 7 HUB can! room EnxmeertnK Architecture Student Council, 6:45 p.ttu, 103 Osmond Lab Froth, 7 214 HUB Grad Student Association, 7 p.m., 218 HUB Investment Club, 8 p.m., 218 HUB Israeli Folk Dancing, 7:30 p.m., Hill el Foundation IVt;K, 12:15 p.m., 218 HUB Kappa l*hi. 7 p.m., Wesley Foundation Orientation Committee Meeting, 9 p.m., 212 HU B I'hi Kp'siiun Kappa, 9 p.m., 214 HUB Phi Upailon Omicron, 7 p.m,. Home Ee. Living Center Placement, 8 a.m.-5 p.m., 208 HUB (tuacUrback Society, 7 :30 p.m., Lambda Chi Alpha BiKma Tau Epsilon, 7 p.m., Wesley I (V Foundation Sports Car Club, 8 p.m., 214 Boucks TIM, 8 p.m.. 203 HUB Women's Chorus, 6:30 p.m,, HUB as* nowed Letter to Legislator ability TODAY this university lacks the funds and space to accept, them. Thousands more who finish in the upper fifth of their class will be denied an education be cause they lack sufficient money to finance it. The strange situation in Pennsylvania whereby private schools compete for public funds has produced seevral in-- stitutions that offer an educa tion, but all are priced too high for the average family. Pitt, Temple and Penn, three private institutions that re ceive public funds, have not only failed to hold the line on their already-high tuition fees in recent years, but haven’t met the college application boom as well as Penn State, Although these schools re ceive the same percentage in crease in appropriations as Penn State during the past four years, they have only shown an enrollment increase of 3 per cent compared to a cor responding increase of 20 per cent in Penn Slate’s enroll ment. There is nothing wrong with supporting private colleges and universities, but this sup port should not be at the ex pense of the public schools. Ninety per cent of all sub- World at U.N. Bolsters Congo Force LEOPOLDVILLE, the Congo (/P) The United Nations re inforced its Leopoldville garri son yesterday, underlining its warning that UN troops will fight the Congolese army if necessary to retake the vital port of Matadi. Moroccan soldiers from the UN detachment in Katanga Province were airlifted into Leopoldville and emergency arrangements were made io air lift 600 soldiers from Tunisia. The first of 3000 troops India is sending to the Congo prob ably will arrive in a week. The Congolese army has been showing increasing bel ligerence in recent days, ap parently fearing the UN Com mand will try to disarm it. The United Nations has about 16,000 troops in the Con go and its strength will be boosted to around 20,000 men by the reinforcements from In dia and Tunisia, Formal opening of negotia tions between Congolese poli tical leaders meeting in Mala gasy Republic marked time because-Antoine Gizenga, head of the leftist Stanleyville rebel regime; failed to show up. He „is the only leading Congo poli "tician not there. Elizabeth Taylor Improves Greatly LONDON UP) ~ Lovely Eli zabeth Taylor late yesterday was reported “greatly im proved’’ in her desperate fight against pneumonia but still not out of danger. After another night of anxie ty at the exclusive London Clinic where the 29-year-old mpvie actress lies gravely ill, her doctors announced: “Over the last 24 hours the general picture has greatly im proved though Mrs. Fisher’s condition still gives rise to considerable anxiety.” Smiles on the faces of friends emerging from visits reflected their relief and an air of guard ed optimism over her con dition. Queen Elizabeth’s physician, Lord Evans, left the hospital at nightfall after hours of .at tendance on the beautiful star. Police Use of Radar Remains Illegal in Pa. HARRISBURG (/P) The Senate last night defeated for the present a bill to legalize use of radar by state police in prosecuting speeders. The vote was 22-A&. WEDNESDAY. MARCH 8. 1961 by jfoel myers - sidies to private colleges by state governments in the en tire United States is paid by the Pennsylvania state legislature; yet. the tuition at Penn State is the third highest of all 67 state universities in the nation. There is just once chance for saving the last vestige of a reasonably priced and public education at Penn State and this is to support President Eric Walker’s budget request. Dr. Walker has promised to accept 1200 additional students this fall. In order to meet the increased costs created by these new students and the general ly increased costs of operation, $6 million in additional funds is needed next year. If this increase isn’t granted by the state legislature, the burden will again fall on the students and the tuition will soar to the highest of all the state universities in the nation. As a graduating senior at Penn State and a voting citi zen of Pennsylvania, I would like to join with the 20,000 students on the Penn State Campuses, the 50,000 alumni and thousands of incoming stu dents along with their families and friends in urging your sup port of Dr. Walker’s budget request. a Glance U.S. Envoy To Meet K MOSCOW (/Pi U.S. Am bassador Llewellyn Thompson will fly to Siberia today at Premier Khrushchev’s invita tion to deliver a personal mes sage from President Kennedy urging better understanding between their two countries. Thompson's summons for an out-of-town meeting with the premier is unprecedented here. The premier is on a busy tour of the farm belt trying to put new life into Soviet agricul ture. The fact that Khrushchev is willing to interrupt it to see Thompson indicates the im portance the premier attaches to Kennedy’s message. Thompson returned to Mos cow early last week from Washington carrying a note from Kennedy to Khrushchev. An experienced career diplo mat. he began pressing for a meeting with Khrushchev as soon as he arrived. XIS Sets Record; Hits 2650 m.p.h. EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. UP) The Xl5 began its long-planned assault on the near reaches of space yesterday by .streaking faster than 2650 miles an hour, a rec ord for manned flight. Officials said instrument checks may revise the figure upward to 2800 m.p.h. Air friction heated the rock et plane’s skin to an estimated 700 degrees , another record for manned flight. But the pilot. Air Force Maj. Bob White, said he was comfortable in his pres sure suit and air-conditioned cabin. White surpassed his own XIS speed mark of 2275 m.p.h. with only a brief, two-third throttle burst of the craft’s mighty new space engine. Penn State Freshman Talks With Kennedy WASHINGTON (TP) Rob ert Barr, freshman at the Penn sylvania State University from Port Matilda, was one of six 4H Club leaders who dis cussed America's farm prob lem yesterday with President Kennedy. Barr, on behalf of the group, presented Kennedy with a bound, engraved volume that told in words and pictures the story of the nation’s 2,302,009 4Hers, The six were chosen to see the President on the basi* of their 4H leadership.
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