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Ediforial Opinion
For the Sake of Money
Money is in the wind again, but, oddly enough, this
time the issue centers around NOT utilizing the University
factory to its fullest.
This sudden reversal in the efficiency "party line" oc
curred when the Philadelphia Inquirer Sunday printed
a story saying that athletic officials from Army and
Penn State decided to schedule the '62 and '63 matches of
their teams in the city of Brotherly Love.
Penn State Athletic Director Ernest B. McCoy said
yesterday that he and Colonel'Emory S. Adams, Jr., Ath
letic Director at West Point, had discussed the issue but
had taken no official action.
"This matter is still in the embryonic stage," McCoy
That '63 match was to be held in our new multi-million
dollar Beaver Stadium, which holds a piddling 46,000 com
pared to Philadelphia Stadium's 102,000.
And although plans are only made for the next two
games we fear the beckoning receipts will keep the game
in Philadelphia in years to come.
Of more immediate consideration is the question of
student admission to what would have been a home game.
Will students be permitted to enter the field by virture
of the fact that they are Penn Staters or will admission be
charged?
And, of course, in an effort to fill Municipal Stadium
which holds 102.000 comfortably, will the students be
granted a most "unpractical" and utterly "sentimental"
holiday from the carefully allocated and prodigiously
guarded hours of the four-term plan?
Under the semester plan students were able to wrest
such a half-holiday (although they made 'it up on a free
study day) from the University Senate.
There doesn't seem to be any doUbt that the merchants
and innkeepers of Philadelphia would enjoy the patron
age of those who follow the West Pointers and Nittany
Lions—always a good drawing card. Or that the adminis
tration would be so presumptuous as to keep the students
from spending their money in Philadelphia on a weekend.
The move evidently has to be worked out by Phila
delphia officials and then rubber-stamped by the Senate
Committee on Athletics and by Prexy.
We wonder if the students would stand a better
chance of having a recess from classes for an Army-Penn
State game in Philadelphia than they do for the Pitt game
on Thanksgiving weekend this year.
Be it sentimental and impractical, the old Penn State-
Pitt rivalry, is not being shown such magnanimous con
sideration.
Sports for the sake of money is the key in the Army
weekend.
This is apparently more important than tradition for
the sake of tradition, or recess for the sake of studying—
even if they are vociferous student demands.
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The Ultimate in Education
Penn State can seize the
initiative' and single-hand
edly start a revolution in
education throughout the
nation and possibly the
world.
But, it will take daring far
beyond that demonstrated in
the development of the four
term system. It will take
greater imagination than that
showed by the new "tight
squeeze" monetary policy, and
more initiative than our "lob
byists" demonstrated during
last year's budget time
This new plan
which I will
propose is true-
ly revolution
ary, but certain
ly within the
potential of a
flexible u n
versity like
Penn State. It
has built in ad-
vantages for ad
ministrators,
professors and
possibly st u-
I call this proposal the 12
term plan.
It wouldn't waste one minute
of this valuable physical plant's
time, with the exception of
a few well scattered holidays
which will be used for "ad
justment".
There would be two shif ts—
a night shift and a day shift,
and each would be divided
into six terms making 12 terms
in all.
The day shift would run
from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. and the
night shift would cover the
other 12 hours. Students on the
day shift could use the resi-
Letters
'Unoriginality'
Of LP Spirit
Noted by Jr.
TO THE EDITOR; When walk
ing through campus last week,
one once again saw the herald
of Lion's Paw crying out with
tremulous voice,
"Look! We do exist after all!
We are a meaningful organiza
tion dedicated Tor a Better
Penn State' . . ."
The herald was, of course,
the black "Beat PSU, Go Ar
my" exhortation painted on the
very conspicious Mall bulletin
board not by Army but by . . .
Guess who?
Indeed, the voice of Lion's
Paw does quake—with the cer
tainty that once again Lion's
Paw has outdone itself.
Now, I suppose one wouldn't
really mind the attempt of
Lion's Paw to arouse school
spirit, if it hadn't made the
same apparent attempt last
year by painting the Lion
orange, two nights before the
Syracuse game.
I mean this repititious un
originality is getting monoto
nous. This makes one ask the
perennial question, "What next,
fellows?" —John Weld, '63
Gazette
TODAY
Angel Flight, 7:30 p.m„ Wagner
Angel Flight pledges, G:2O p.m., 104
Wagner
Air Force recruiting, 9:30 a.m., RUB
ground floor
Block S, 9 a.m., HUB lobby
Chimes, 3:45 p.m., Phi Mu suite
Education Student Council, 6:45 p.m.,
215-216 HUB
German Department, 9 a.m., HUB main
lounge
fillet Social Committee. 7 p.m., 21 4
HUB
Mineral Indufitries Student Council, 7
p.m.. 21£k HUH
Newman Club, 10 a.m., HUH ground
floor
Penltel, 6:30 p.m., 203 HUB
P.S. Bible Fellovi - ship, 12 :15 p.m., 212
BUS
P.S. Camera Club, 7:30 p.m., 214
P.S. Figure Skating Club, 4 p.m., HUB
ground floor
Pershing Rifles, 7 p.m., 201 Wagner
Sigma P 1 Sigma, 7:15 p.m., 212-213
HUB
Simmons Series Lecture, 7:30 p.m.,
HUB assembly hall
TIM movies. 1 p.m., HUB assembly hall
Young Democrats. 7:30 u•m.. 2L7 HUB
dence hall at night, and stu
dents on the night shift could
use them in the day.
Classes would run continuous
ly day and night, day after day
and night after night through
the weekends.
The Thanksgiving Vacations
would be further reduced io
one half day and one half
night. Christmas, Easter, July
4th, Memorial Day will be
marked by a 24 hour holiday.
New Year's day could be
used for comprehensive ex
aminations to test students on
their knowledge of University
rules, regulations and basic
policy.
February 29, which appears
once every four years will be
used for special one-credit, all
day courses.
The obvious monetary sav
ings due to the increased use
of all University facilities
would be a boon to University
financers. Room and board fees
would double and since it ap
pears as if cleaning women
are already being abolished,
the added use of the rooms
under the 12 term plan would
n't necessitate the hiring of
extra help.
However, the University
wouldn't be able to capitalize
on tuition, since extra pro
fessors and Dean's would have
to be employed. But, ambitious
professors could earn extra
money by teaching around the
clock.
MYERS
Energetic students, under
the 12 term plan could complete
their entire education in a
year and a half, if they sched
uled classes 24-hours a day
through the year. The admin
istration should encourage that
type of devotion to work.
But, for the less active stu
dents requiring some sleep and
World
Allied Plans
For Berlin
Hit Snag
WASHINGTON VP)
Plans for Western talks to
develop a common negoti
ating position on Berlin
proceeded in some disarray
yesterday with the outcome
in doubt.
The State Department said
the talks would be held In
Washington and that Llewel
lyn Thompson, the U.S. am
bassador to Russia, would de
lay his return to Moscow in or
der to sit in.
Thompson, who has been
here a week for consultation,
was originally scheduled to re
turn to the Soviet capital in
time to hear Premier Khrush
chev's policy speech at the
Communist part y congress,
opening today.
Press officer Lincoln White
announced that the United
States, Britain, France and
West Germany have "decided
to continue the Western consul
tations on Berlin" that have
been held regularly "with such
augmentation of the ambassa
dorial group as is deemed de
sirable by each foreign office."
Railroads Told
To Desegregate
WASHINGTON (Al Atty.
Gen. Robert F. Kennedy said
last night three major rail
roads have ordered racial de
segregation of all their facili
ties in the South.
The railroads are the Illinois
Central, Southern, and Louis
ville & Nashville.
A statement from Kennedy
confirmed a news conference
announcement by the Rev. Mar
tin Luther King, Negro leader
from Atlanta who held confer
ences with both President Ken
nedy and the attorney general.
TUESDAY. OCTOBER 17, 1961
by foe' myers
a yearly vacation, the new reg
ulations will permit students
to take one term a year vaca
tion.
The innovation of this plan
will necessitate much stricter
regulations than those experi
enced during the "era of Wes
ton", since students will have
little time to think of any
thing but their studies. To en
force these new strict rules,
junior and senior residents
will make military-like in
spections of all rooms each
hour.
Because of the sharply in
creased concentration on stud
ies football players won't be
able to miss too many classes,
and all post-season Bowl pos
sibilities except for the Liberty
Bowl should be excluded by
the Senate in a statement of
"basic policy".
The doubling of enrollment
will cause a corresponding in
crease in business in State Col
lege, which is expected to be
sufficient to prevent the bor
ough from being officially de
clared a depressed area.
The intensified parking prob
lem that will result from a
double enrollment will work
hardship on University plan
ners.
However, now that th e
Army-Penn State game has
been shifted to Philadelphia,
only four more home games
need be shifted to surrounding
cities and towns before Beaver
Stadium could be turned into
a giant parking lot.
Once ROTC instructors can
solve the problem of teaching
their pupils how to drill in
the dark, the 12 term plan will
itself be out of the dark, and it
should draw the admiration of
time and motion men from all
corners of the world.
Roundup
JFK Greets
Finnish Chief
In Washington
WASHINGTON (IP)
President Kennedy confer
red yesterday with Presi
dent Urho Kekkonen of Fin
land, a country that has
maintained strong Western ties
despite the influence of its
powerful neighbor, the Soviet
Union.
Kekkonen and his wife ar
rived for a two-day visit.
Kennedy praised Finland for
its "determination to maintain
freedom and integrity."
The first day of the visit in
cluded an official welcome at
Andrews Air Force Bas e,
luncheon at the White House,
the formal conference between
Kennedy and Kekkonen.
Corps Angers
African Students
LAGOS, Nigeria (iP) The
Nigerian government tried yes
terday to calm down African
students demanding removal of
the 37 'U.S. Peace Corps volun
teers in Nigeria. The Ameri
cans themselves were reported
getting cool treatment gener
ally.
The government said in a
statement that the "friendly
and cordial relationship be
tween Nigeria and the United
States must not be jeopardized
or affected by the foolish writ
ings of one adolescent school
girl."
High Court Orders
Louisiana Integration
WASHINGTON (RP) The
Supreme Court for the sixth
time in nearly two years has
knocked down attempts by
Louisiana to block racial in
tegration of its public schools.
The decision yesterday let
stand a lower court ruling.