PAGE FOUR ditorial 0 • inio A Significant Sign? The barometer measuring the fate of Pennsylvania's education system should have risen drastically yester day during Governor David L. Lawrence's speech at Temple University. There could be no more apropos description of Penn sylvania's education system than the one which Lawrence attributed to America as a whole—"chaotic, frequently obsolete education system." Ho said this American system must be replaced quickly with modern well-equipped facilities for scientific learning. Such a strong stand at this particular time could only mean that he has committed himself to a rebuilding of our state education system; and this should start Monday when he addresses a joint meeting of the legislature on the results of the education committee's report. Lawrence made further statements at Temple which will be a living indictment if the state does not immediate ly revamp its own system. "We turn a deaf ear to the warnings of prophets until the crisis lies become so complex, so insidiously massive, that it requires enormous effort to reach a solution." If we are to survive as a free society, he said, "We will have to turn out the most constructive, critical vision upon the greatest protector our freedoms have—our sources of education." We can't wait until Monday. Salvage Operation The Student Government Association Thursday night clawed its way back an inch from the brink on which it has teetered for some time. It took a step toward salvaging student government on this campus when it decided to meet daily as a corn mittee of the whole until a reorganized structure is worked out. At its last meeting the Assembly was completely bogged down in a mass of reorganization suggestions and unable to determine a course of action. It's too bad that it took an ultimatum from the Senate Committee on Student Affairs to motivate them in a definite direction but at least they are headed that way now. The Senate Committee's directive, giving SGA until the end of the fall term to reorganize, forced the Assembly out of its state of indecision and goaded it into action. It was pleasantly surprising, however, to see the Assemblymen, especially the seniors, accept the task so rapidly and schedule the first meeting the following night. It would have been easier for them to dump the reorgani• zation problem into the laps of the new officers and let It ride until fall. It could be pointed out that earlier open discussions and a more active Reorganization Committee might have avoided the whole fiasco; but the only thing to do now is forget this and start to work. The job of reorganization is going to be hard and probably long. We hope the Assemblymen continue to work until a feasible structure is determined. Meeting as a committee of the whole, the Assembly should start with the proposals of the Reorganization Corn mittee, some of which were good ideas, and discuss them one by one. Leadership will be of the utmost importance in dis cussing reorganization swiftly but comprehensively. There are two basic deficiencies in the present system which the Senate Committee feels must be remedied. The basis of representation must; be changed and the authority of the SGA in relation to other campus organizations such as Pantie', TIM, AWS and IFC must be clarified. The basis or representation in the reorganized gov ernment should be the community living area. Represen tatives should be nominated by political parties and elected by the residents of their own area. SGA should have the final authority on all issues of an all-University nature no matter where they arise but other campus organizations should be allowed to deal with their own specific problems without interference from SGA. We hope this job can be completed before the end of the semester. A Student-Operated Newspaper O'llr Belli Tollrgiati Successor to The Free Lance, est. 1887 Published Tuesday through Saturday morning during the University Mt. The Daily Collegian Is • student-operated newspaper. Entered as second-clues matter July 6. 1934 at the Stat• College. Pa. Poet Office under the act of March S. 1819. Mail Subscription Price; t 3.00 per semester 0.00 per year. Mailing Address Boz 261, State College, Pa. JOHN BLACK Editor 6e>', STArT THIS ISSUE: Headline Editor, Joan Megan; Wire Editor, Meg Teichholfz; Assistant Copy Editor, Pat Dyer; Assistants: Marilee McClintock, Diane Ryesky, Kitty Bassett, Dotti Drasher, Ken Kastle and Peggy Rush. THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA CHESTER LUCIDO Business Manager r wog is OUg FIRST &WAND I FEEL LIKE LEAVING CMG COUNTRY! ir -77. 7 7- 4 AO rti '. ikk" ."4l • T.: ....,- "/L,. +=,4 x+A. . ft - . I S M JUST NOT CUT OUT TO BE A AIANA6ER, I 60E65 MW 51100.DER5 ARENT BROAD ENO,. qOU MEAN 'OU'RE NOT REAM( TO A65044E THE "MANTLE OF RESPoNSIBILIT,r7 d ip lip , rvTio O RIM moPP w L.4.A.4 1 !! •- Letters Grass Treaders 'Stupid Indeed' TO THE EDITOR: I see spring is here again. The grass is be ing fertilized and the paths are being seeded once again. The grounds keepers are try ing once again to improve the appearance of our campus. I also see students cutting corners and wearing paths just to save a few steps. It seems stupid indeed to take a "short er" way through snow and mud when a dry sidewalk would save time and most probably a shoeshine. I am really proud of Penn State and dislike seeing lawns ruined be cause of mere carelessness. When I sec visitors come to the University, I want to see them just as impressed with it as I feel I am. We're no herd of cattle; let's stay on the side walks and keep our campus beautiful. Ralph Guokas '64 Gazette TODAY Comp Green Lane, 8 a.m.-5 p.m., 212 HUB Elections Commission, 1 p.m.. 218 HUB IVCF, 12:45 p.m., 214 HUB Marketing Club. 10:30 a.m., 214 HUB Penn State Educational Society. 1:15 p.m., 211 HUB Student Movie, 7:80 p.m., HUTS maim -1)1y hall SUNDAY Career Day Service Committee, 1 :30 p.m., 212 HUB Chess Club, 2 p.m., HUB card room Chimes, 4 :30 p.m., Kappa Delta DARE, 3 p.m., second floor lounge, Faith Church Elections Commission. 2 p.m., 216 HUB Emerson Society. 7:00 p.m., Eisenhower Chapel Grad Student Bridge, 7:30 p.m., 212 HUB Navy Dineusaion Committee, 2 p.m., 211 HUB Newman Club. 6:30 p.m., 214 HUB Pennsylvania Quarter Horse Extension Committee, 1 p.m., 217 HUB Sophomore Class Advisory Board, 1:30 P.m., 203 HUB Spring Week Publicity, 3:30 p.m., 218 HUB Student Movie, 6:30 p.m., HUB assem bly MONDAY Bridle Club. 7 p.m.. HUB card room Campus Party, 6:80 p.m., 217 HUB Career Day. 12 a.m.-11 p.m., HUB ground floor IFC, 7:30 p.m HUB assembly hall ISA, 7 p.m., 203 HUB IVCF, 12:45 p.m., 218 HUB, 7 p.m., 216 HUB Model Railroad Club. 8 p.m., 218 HUB Spring Week Carnival Committee, 7 p.m., 215 HUB HOSPITAL Gilbert Barber, Adelaide Cassella, Robert Farrah, Peter Gunshot., Ann Hoekatra, Mohammed Khan, Ralph Lancaster, Geraldine Markoa, Michael Nathenson, James Ottinaer, Patricia Patton, George Sehenchenzuber, Nancy Smith. Allan Vandal', Thomaa York. Interpreting Tshombe Objects To UN Activities By MAX HARRELSON Chief AP United Nations Correspondent The current turbulence in the Congo's secessionist province of Katanga cannot be dismissed simply as a pro test against the arrival of Indian troops to reinforce UN units. There is no doubt that Katanga President Moise Tshombe is furious at the United Nations for sending in the tough Gurkhas. The real reasons for the anti-UN out break, however, are far more deep-seated and complex. Tshombe has always con sidered the United Nations as a potential threat to his seces sionists policy. From the be ginning, the world organization took the position that the Con go's territorial integrity must be preserved. The situation was intensified by repeated UN demands for the withdrawal of Belgian mil itary and civilian personnel from the Congo. Most of the Belgians are in Katanga—in chiding all the Belgian mercen aries—and Tshombe depends on Belgians both as leaders of his armed forces and as politi cal advisers. Tshombe has given th e United Nations limited coop eration. He has resisted it on the withdrawal of the Belgians and on UN efforts to investi gate the slaying of former Pre mier Patrice Lumumba. Recently the Katanga leader is understood to have been up set by the prospect that his pet On Other Campuses College to Enroll Africans Carleton College will parti cipate in a scholarship pro gram in which a group of American colleges will enroll African students beginning next fall, Dr. Richard C. Gil man, Dean of the College, an nounced. Carleton will accept one African student and plans to grant a scholarship for tuition. Room and board will be paid by the African-American In- stitute, field agent and coordi nator of the plan, with the student's home country fur nishing round-trip transporta tion. Carleton will be joining a group of American colleges and universities planning to accept approximately 200 stu dents from at least six African Little Man On Campus By Dick Basler Si sm ° 4;GEN AND Nar HAD act) yta)Mtr aN A "SlVoatrwee OR SHALL I PLAN Vag., ArAVrriVs So YOU'LL RNIAGO Qtritalia fvue •fteigsr SATURDAY, APRIL 8. 1961 project, the proposed Congo confederation, may be shelved. Diplomatic sources say Tshom he blames the world organiza tion in part for the growing collnes toward the confedera tion idea. Against this background the United Nations decided to send Indian troop contingents into Katanga. Tshombe's troops tried to seise the Elisabeth vine airport from Swedish UN soldiers. The UN then threat ened to send Indian troops into Elisabethville itself; so far it has not. Tshombe was angered for two reasons: • He feels that India is hos tile to his policies. He has placed little trust in Rajeshwar Dayal, Indian diplomat and UN special representative in the Congo. • It is apparent that the United Nations brought Indian units into Katanga to block any potential military move by Tshombe against rival politi cal factions in the Congo. This undercuts t o some extent Tshombe's bargaining power in Congo politics. nations, including Nigeria, Uganda, Kenya, Tanganyika, Nyasaland, and Southern Rhodesia. Recommendations of stu dents for the program will be made by an American college traveling admissions group, which is now on the African continent. These men will con fer with African educators and will attempt to measure aca de►nic eligibility of the stu dents. One measure will be the re quirement that students have met requirements for entrance to British universities. Final choice of the students will be up to the participating schools. The agency will chan nel groups of eligible students from which each school will select its degree candidates. VgVOI-VAAe-k ti COUNSW
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