PAGE FOUR
Editorial Opinion
A Plan Is Needed
Governor Lawrence, in offering Temple University
the status of state university, has added to the confusion
of this state's already complex higher education structure.
The adoption of this proposal will mean many new
problems for Penn State and the State Colleges.
What will be tile scholastic relationship between
Temple. Penn State and the State Colleges? Will students
be able to transfei Indiscriminately from one to the other?
Will one school suffer because of lower scholastic
standings at another?
}ow will Temple's new role affect-the future plans of
•Penn State and its GiMml:mwealth campuses?'
, The answers to these and many Other questions will
remain unknown until the Legislature takes action on the
Governor's recommendation, but University officials
would be wise to begin thinking about the consequences
of such action.
The extra funds for Temple indicate that Pennsyl-
•ania is finally_ awakening to the need for state supported
higher education in a system bridging the state.
Rapidly rising costs of education have placed a college
degree beyond the reach of many of the Commonwealth's
citizens: A further increase in tuition could have a serious
affect on the states future
When this fact is cou.pled with the bnom in college
applications that is expected to begin in 1964 as the - post
war babies reach college age, the urgency of this need
becoiries clear.
With this in mind, Governor Lawrence and his
predecessor, George Leader, established special education
committees to stud and make recommendations for the
improvement' of Pennsylvania's educational system.
A report released last year by the committee appoint
ed by Gov. Lawrence called for the expansion of the
state's higher education network using Penn State end the
State Colleges as a nucleus of this growth.
•
Lawrence has disregarded these suggestions, which
were the result of painstaking and exhaustive work.
. Before the state's higher education structure becomes
more complicated, a concrete plan of expansion and devel
opment is needed.
Such a plan whiCh woul& work toward the standard
ization of higher education in Pennsylvania should be
drawn up immediately.
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University Dealt Weavy
Persons who have won
dered whether relations be
tween Old Main and the
state Capitol were strained
need ponder the question no
longer. - .
Governor Lawrence's propo
sal to extend state university—
status to Temple University
a heavy blow to the plans o
President Eric Walker.
Walker's long range plans for
the University and its Common
wealth ...c„,a m- -
puses, which
were endorsed
last year year by tl-
Governor's Spi
cia). Committ4
on Educatiot
called for ti
expansion
the University
facilities to a,
commodate 3'
000 students
1970, in a sys
tem blanketing MYERS
the state.
Lawrence ignored these plans
Campus Beat
New Hazard
—Treemen
Welcome back friends and
students for round two! After
spending that long month away
from State College it was won
derful to walk down the Mall
yesterday and see that the Uni
versity fathers are watching
over us. The sign along the
way said "Warning, Men In
Trees." No, they .weren't drop
ping olive branches.
I heard that the sights were
none too pleaiant at Willard
at 9 a.m. the day after finals.
The big stampede was to
get those grade cards in by
deadline so thal,lbe IBM could
decide who would graduate the
next day. The lights burned
in Willard but those of you
enrolled in Hobology got de l
ferrrnents. Those term papers
written on napkins are so hard
to read. :..
I'm hoping all the freshmen
are ready to be indoctrinated
• • to the glamours of the twist,
the limbo, the steps of Boucke,
. the rain. the ice. the snow and
hubbing it with me in the
Lion's Den, if you're too young
to make wit to the local pubs
for TGIF ; sessions, If you're
'careful about the men in the
trees, you too may reach 21.
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when he compiled the state
budget.
Although the University ad
ministration hal attempted to
remain politically neutral, its
association with the rural areas,
which are traditionally.Repub
licen. and the political leanings
of certain adMinistration fig
ures have given the University
a GOP tinge.
This, together with last year's
"back the budget effort," Which
irked Lawrence, apparently
prompted the Governor to slice
S 4 million from Walker's budg
et request of $24 million.
The Governor's deal with
Temple University and his pro
posal to greatly increase the
state allotment to another
Philadelphia institution, Drexel
University, may have political
overtones.
Bill Green, Influential Phila
delphia Democrat, is under
pressure to yield a Philadelphia
ri Other Cam•uses
Arizona State Students
To Select Voting Areas
Compiled from the Intercollegiate Press
TEMPLE, Ariz.—Students at the Arizona State Uni
versity will select the area in which their government
will act,'-through the establishment of a plebiscite..
Dr. W. P. Shofstall, dean of students, is credited for
this innovation which will de distributed , among the
student body , throughout the
year, enabling new campus
issues to -be Presented to
Associated Student officers
In the fall, the student body
president asked for the follow
ing pieces of legislation:
•establishment of a Student
Public Relations Board
• establishment of a Political
Academy similar to Notre
Dame's to give students a bet
ter understanding and exposure
to current events
•revision of the election
code, especially in the area of
general qualifications
- •establishment of a student
check cashing service
•re-evaluation of intramu
rals with possibility of setting
up campus physical fitness pro
gram.
•framework -for setting up
campus-wide plebiscite.
In Course Honors
WHEATON, Ill—The newly
instituted "In-Course Honors"
program at Wheaton College
provides for:
• honors sections, especially
at the lower division, level
• interdivisional seminars at
the upper-division level
•senior independent proj
ects
Graduation hongrs are con
fined to those participating in
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HIS BELOVED BLANKET..
SATURDAY, JANUARY 6, 1962
B low
by Joel niyers
Congressional seat in the corn
ing. reapportionment. .
The extra funds for Temple
and Drexel may represent part
of a "pay off" to Green in order
to get him to surrender that
seat.
From a practical - standpoint
it would seem ,more logical to
expand the Ogontz Center of
Penn State than Temple Uni
versity.
Tuliple is lobated in a run
downesidential district not far
from )he center of Philadelphia
and building costs include - the
purchase of relatiVly expeh
sive real estate and' the demo
lition of homes located on the
site of construction..
. Just alert miles north of the
city in one of the most beauti
ful areas in Penniylvania is
th e sprawling grounds of
Ogonts Center.
Construction! there would be
cheaper than in.center city and
the atmosphere is much more
conducive to study and aca
edmic events.
the second and third above
mentioned programs. Partici
pants are carefully selected by
the Honors Program Committee
at the end of , their sophomore
year.
The college' reports the pro
grams stemmed from three con
victions.
•Academic: hon Ors mean
comparatively little when earn
ed by accumulating grade
po,ints in courses .with some
what heterogeneous levels of
academic expectancy.
•The needs of the superior
student are not always met in
routine-type education. • •
•Emphasis; on academic ex
cellence must' increasingly per
vade the entire campus.
The University of Colorado
hai for a number of years em
plbyed the In-Couise procedure
in their Honors Program, allow
ing one or two hours additional
credit for independent research
projects in established courses.
DePauw University encour
ages independent study in reg
ular courses to allow the stu
dent to study some aspect of
the course more thoroughly.
The students may earn one
credit hour for such independ
ent study in the second sernes
ter of the freshman •year and
both semesters -of the soph
omore year. '
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