PAGE EIGHT Hope Seen For Growth Of Libraries By NANCY McCORKLE Within the .next 10 years the libraries on campus hope to expand their present capacities by about 1,500 seats in order to accommodate th e expected rise in enrollment. Mrs. Margaret K. Spangler, assistant librarian, said yesterday. At present there are always empty chairs in Pattee Library,. Mrs. Spangler said. In the Agricultural Library and the Mineral Industries Library, however, conditions are over crowded. These lihraries hold only 98 people and 38 people respec tively, but Pattee has 1,000 seats: so there is always room for more students. Mrs. Spangler said that Pattee Library is usually crowded Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday afternoons and evenings. Few people study at the library in the mornings, .and there is no seating problem; so the library can serve the students more ef ficiently and quickly then. Mrs. Spangler 'explained. Therefore it would be a good idea for students who have out side readings which are always in demand and consequently so diffi cult to obtain, to use the library in the mornings. The total capacity of the campus libraries is presently 2,231. Since the libraries are to be used mainly for reference work, this should sufficiently serve the campus. The plan of various college student councils to open several classrooms in some campus buildings to give students a place to study ought to allevi ate crowded library conditions even more. Now many students use the libraries for this purpose, instead of just for reference work. Mrs. Spangler also commented on how many of the library books are mutilated or stolen. Mostly periodicals and books on the open shelves are abused. Although some of these books are replaced at the end of the term, the students ought to want to "protect these books for themselves as well as for others," she said. A more thorough check on the stacks is starting again to protect the books. Graduate students and faculty must still sign in and out as they enter and leave the stacks. 12th Ag Hill Party Set for Tonight _ The 12th annual Ag Hilt Party will he held at 5:30 tonight in Recreation Hall. The party, which was attended by 1,000 students last year, will, feature a buffet-style dinner, awarding of scholarships, crown ing of Miss. Agriculture of 1961,. bingo. entertainment and square . dancing. Tickets for the party are $1.25 and are available at the lietzel Union desk and in the offices of all department heads in the Col lege of Agriculture. Tickets will also be sold at the entrance to Rec Hall tonight. Field Day Opens Today The annual Forestry Field Day, sponsored by the Forestry Club, ()pens at 1 p.m. today in Hort Woods. Events scheduled include log chopping, power sawing and log throwing. Winners of these events will represent the University against West Virginia in the spring t oe ffi BIKE REPAIRS PARTS ACCESSORIES Western Auto 200 W. College Ave. THREE COLLEGIAN COWARDS substitutes, nalissn from Bel Air. Md.l and Peggy Rush. Molla Edelstein, sophomore in journalism from junior in secondary education from Uniontown, Pittsburgh: Joan Hartman. sophomore in jour- practice diversionary tactics. Constitutions Flexible—Wiseman S By MET AXILBUND i withhold self-government un -1 Th e bas i c constitutionall Zit the African states have . of the Western I achieved a high level of civilize.- principles i lion. Iworld are applicable in other! The longer the period of tran- , Isition and the less the amount of ; parts of the globe if proper'self-rule in this period, Wiseman' ;attention is given to local con-;said, the greater will be the prob-' Ilem of ultimate release from co-: cli.tions, Dr. H. V. Wiseman, lonial domination. . senior lecturer in government; The tests of a successful Afri-; I ;can government, are the main -I at. Leeds University, England,itenance of a degree of law antil ,said 'order, a start on the improvement Thursday night. - 'of living standards and the pros-1 Wiseman was the second lee-;pect of a period of relative poll- , tuner in the current Graduate tical calm, he said. :School series. His speech on the; While the British, who have adaptability of Western constitu-I supplied the model of more con 'tional experience to new nations.' stitutions than any other na -1 with emphasis on the emerging' lion believe that "political meth- African states, was co-sponsored ods are the -most appropriate 'by the political science depart- I methods for solving the prob. ment.lems that arise out of living 1 It should be realized from U.S.! together," they do not expect history that the fundamental prin-1 the immediate establishment of 'ciples of government operate dif-; a two-party system, Wiseman iferently in varying circumstances. , said. 'he said. "The form or kind of; They realize that the African ;government must be related to cultare does not provide for a the social, economic, religious,i loyal opposition. Rather, the frag racial and tribal conditions in the:mented, isolated separatist move !area concerned." Iments are anticipated. "The successful beginning of I African political leaders in par independent se 1 1-government ticular should not be judged by i demands a certain amount of Western standards. Wiseman said. i training." he said. In reference Our hasty branding of them as 1 to Africa. he said. "we must not I"Communist-inclined" represents Recent Works: School Until Nov. 17 GRAND OPENING OF SPE'S NEW PARTY , ROOM SUNDAY AFTERNOON HOUSE IS OPEN TO ALL FRESHMEN THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, UNIVERSITY PARK, PENNSYLVANIA of the Arts Faculty in the HUB Gallery SATURDAY NITS FRESHMEN INVITED sophomore year, it will be un a fundamental misunderstanding'necessary to procure additional of African nationalism. "money, When we charge these leaders , • with being Communists, he said, Boat docks and a landing for we fail to take into account the 'the lake at Stone Valley Recrea fact that - t h e emerg i ng Afr i. !lion Area were the class gift from can leaders are frequently given the class of 1961. charismatic attributes." The late ' Suggestions for this year's Patrice Ltunurnba, first premier - gift include contributing money of the Congo Republic. remains i to The library. supplying infor highly esteemed in Africa. metion turnoffs and sponsoring "Most of the Congo tragedy a scholarship, Miss Ilanigan could have been avoided if we. said " • • • . did then for Lumumba what we "However, no decision will be are doing now for his successor,", mane on the gift until we see Wiseman said. i what other suggestions we re . A constitution is the best gifticeive when we open the boxes the Western world can g i ve to a 'next week," she said. newly emerging African nation,l Richard Kelley is co-chairman ,he added. {of the committee. SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 4. 1961 nior Gift Suggestions Requested Suggestion boxes for senior Class gift ideas have been placed at various locations on (campus, according to Judith Hanigan, co-chairman of the Senior Class Gift Committee. The boxes are located in the Pollock, Waring, East, South and North dining areas and on. the ground floor of the Hetzel Union Building. Miss Hanigan said. They will remain there until Tuesday. Seniors are encouraged to make suggestions, she said, but any sug gestions by underclassmen will be welcomed by the committee. "This year we have approxi mately $4.300 in the gift fund. - Miss Hanigan said. "It is the first time that a class gift will be bought from funds complete ly contributed by a class." In past years, the amount of money 'collected from a class has been matched by the University, she said. Because the class of '62 started collecting funds in its
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