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Editorial Opinion
WUS in South Africa
The. World University Service, which provides aid to
students in underdeveloped areas the world over, has in
coiporated a plan to aid the Negro students of . South
Africa—a plan which grew from the, South African gov
ernment's application of Apartheid to education.
i The government's position on racial discrimination
in , educ - ation was clearly and, we think, abhorently stated
bY Dr. A. F. Verwoerd, Prime Minisfer.
"When I get control Of Native Ethication. I will reform
•
ft iso that the Natives will be taught from childhood to•
realize that equality with Europeans is not for them ..."
. When, in 1959, acts were passed to make education a
racially segregated experience the "Digest of South_Afri
can Affairs," printed by, the Government Information
Office said:
"From an ideological.point of view the biggest achieve
ment of the separate colleges will be the cessation - of the .
particular liberalist indoctrination which is a prominent
feature of the open Universities."
The closing of the "open" universities to Negro stul
dents, strongly opposed by both white and Negro students,
severely limited the opportunity for . Negro education.
In order to combat :this, a small :group of South Afri
cans founded the South African Committee for Higher
Education (SACHED),which has as its purpose simpl3i ,
"the furtherance of post-Matriculatiqn higher, education
for South Africans." -
SACHED is currently providing tutorials for native
South Africans and with the aid of the World University
Service is attempting - to raise both; money and books to
continue and enlarge the program.,
The cost of educating a student in the SACHED • pro-
gram comes to $2130 per year.'WUS gathers funds for this
and other -programs from universities throughout the
United States. WUS also accepts boolis in their campaign
to furnish the library shelves of neve% Universities through
out the world.
Although the annual WUS drive to aid improverishea
studerits in impoverished lands haS not yet begun, students
might begin to think now of what they can do to aid• this
worthy organization.
AWS—A New Trend
In the past year "AWS has reoriented itself from - . a •
primarily rule-making body to an organization promoting
Social, cultural, recreational and governmental oppor
tunities for women students. .
The AWS primaries will be held next week and women
students should make every attempt to acquaint them
'selves with the candidates to ascertain that their repre
sentatives will effectively further the new AWS trend.
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Letters
SOcialisrn,
Communism,
And Myers
TO THE EDiTO.Ft: Thursday's
article by Joel Myers was prob
ably the most ludicrous piece
of writing I have ever laid my
eyes on. . •
For the past two years Mr.
Myers has been writing prej
udiced, one-sided articles, that
are entirely subjective. They
contain few•faCtii and the facts
that are given are wrong. I do
not mean - to infer that 'Mr.
Myers is a prevairicater; he only
tends towards one.
This recent article was , the
ultimate. Never have I heard
such a misrepresentation of The
facts. He says "The wasteful
and possibly scandalous accum
ulation of surplus material
under the Eisenhower Admin.:
istration."
I deeply resent the use of
the word scandalous. There has
been no evidence of scandal,
that the former President has
not acknowledged; and ii you
want to find scandal you only
have to, turn _to the corrupt ad
ministration of Harry S. Tru
man. Between the mink coats
and the - freezens, I often wonder
how Mr. Truman ever accom
plished anything.
But ~'what really "takes the
'Cake,' :Is Mr.: Myers' saying
that _he 'thinks the Democrats
are going to make a sweeping
victory..this .fall, According to
a recent• survey by •the U.S.
News and World Report Maga
zine,. the American public is
about ;to • make a vote of ; ap
proval for Republican philo
sophy..
This is to 'be shown by Re
publicans winning many of the
Congressional and State of
fices. don't know which poll
or survey Mr. Myers turned to
but eVidently•he has the facts
wrong. Evidently. be is so pro-
Democrat that he can't see the
facts 'straight.
If we as Penn State students
want ; to become socialists and
then :Communists all we have
to do is. follow the road eluci
toted: by Mr. Myers.
' Follow the road toward so
cialized medicine; follow the
road Ito socialized schools and
socialized farming; follow =the
road'towards unbalanced bud
gets,l lack of efficiency and so
on.
If we want - to be socialists,
all we have to do is believe the
words of Mr. Myers—a man
very much misinformed.
—David 11. Johnson, '64
'Think' Signs
Stolen from HUB
TO THE EDITOR:, "Scratch a
student and you - will find a
potential thief!" Make you
mad?
This past week, as a service
to students, several members of
the faculty wArked many extra
hours to .41tovide an IBM
graphic design exhibit for the
HUB gallery. -Within 24. hours
after the above person strag
gled home for a well-earned
rest, several "persons" stole
five items from the show and
defa6d one of the displays.
As to the quole at the be
ginning of " this letter, the
source should remain un
known. However such gay
sentiment could easily he pre
vented if students would laic*
gentle action. to prevent Theis
weaker
."'bucldliss' from pollut
ting the mainstream of student
end faculty life.
It is significant here to note
that four of the items stolen
from the HUB were elegant
signs -bearing the inscription,
"THINK." ,
Well?
No KiddiOg
TO THE EDITOR: I think
everyone will agree that the
_Cartoon , series, 'Campus Com
edy,' is something less than
amusing. Why not get rid of it?
Ammerman ,'62
(Editor's Note: Money: It's al
ready paid for.)
—Bill Hanson,
Instructor in Art
EVE
!lomat Snowfall
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Th
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law of averages has finally caught up, with the
west era pattern, and the ,total 'winter snowfall reached
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the orrnaryesterday for :the first time this winter.
D 1 pile , a weather pattern that has been basically
fivoi - abliS for snow and cold
w e alt hf r in. Pennsylvania
through post of December and
January,; snowstorms vier e
noticeably absent. . - .
• W 'll-developed storms pass
ed t the east' and west of the
state '
causing heavy :snow in
the idiwest and south. New
re s ;for heavy snow have
sire y ibeen established over
wid areas of the nation. •
U fbrtunately for ski enthu
siast and snow lovers, most
of e i storms ,
that I did
,pr
near Penns
vania failed
developi i n
signific.int pi
cipkation pi
ducOrs. 1
This mom
has beep some
what more fa'
orable•for snt
in Pennsylva_
la, and yester
days ;storm MYERS
brought the total for the first
nine days to seven inches.
' The ireeord-breaking snow
fall( of (last - year has accentu
ated the lack of snow during
Letters
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Jr Proposes
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TO THE EDITOR: As all of us
know, the term system here at
Penn State has created many
prnbleins tor both the student
and the tuiministration alike.
Some : of .these problems have
been solved'but there are many
others: Which still remain.
bnel of the more serious
prl a blerns still plaguing us is.the
fin 1 exam system, whereby
miry ;students find themselves
faced with. three, four, and
soitetimes more _final exams
on; the same ,day:
I kdow 'that the administra
tion is fully aware of this situ
ation and intends to rectify it
next tear, but this will be of
little aid to those students Who
find themselves over-burden
ed) with - finals this term or in
thli spring term.
Since -I am one of those who
fad.e four final exams on the
same !day, this term and, in all
prpbability, next term also, I
haVe looked into this problem
and come up with what I con-,
sider be a very feasible plan
foi final exams.
'his plan is very simple and
ha been used successfully at
th University of Pennsylvania.
Al
itentails is that those cl,asl
es meeting during the 6dd
numbered periods of the day
f i
(1 ,517,9) give their final ex
a sqn the next to the last day
o classes, and the even-num
jxlred classes (2,4,6,8) give their
ea?uris on the last day of class
es 4 I •
,
This plan would have many
advantages:
*The students with all their
RDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1962
the first half of the winter.
Heavy snow storms were
common in each month of last
winter and when the last storm
had ended in mid-April, the
season's total Wia a fantastic
92.4 inches. Less than 24 inches_
has fallen so far this year.
iAi encouragement for frus- •
frated skiers, the winter oftwo
years' ago might be recalled.
'Up until mid-February, a
mere 6 inches of snow. had
fallen and some weathet - ex
perts suspected that the win=
ter might be the least snowiest
in history.
The weather pattern changed
radically in mid-February And
the last two weeks of February
and all of March were marked
by an abundance of . snow.
Forty-two inches of snow
fell in those six weeks. and the
winter's total exceeded the
normal seasonal amount.
It is impossible to predict the
weather for the next six weeks:
But, if the basic - Weather pat-.
tern remains unchanged and
the law-of averages Is operative,
Several • more significant -snow
storms are likely. .
Exam. Plan
Classes on Mon., Wed., and
Fri. will not have all their
finals on one day.
•The students with classes
every day will have their fi
nals spread over four.days in
stead of only two.
*The professors would have
their exams spread out and
,would, therefore; have more
time to grade them and turn
them in on time. '
This would enable the ad
,ministration to have' all the
transcripts ready on' time" also
and would save much general
confusion and rush.
I have contacted Dr. Walker
concerning this matter and in
his reply to me - he stated that
he discuss the matter
further with the Deans. One of
his staff members commented: .
"Those staff members, who
saw fit to.adopt this procedure,
or a similar one, would ha free
to' do so without preuure."
Those who do not agree with
this idea "woukl be under no
obligation to do so. - .
I hope 'that by placing this
proposal before the - students
acid faculty it will gain the-at
tention it deserves. This plan
will not only considerably de
crease the unfair pressure on
the students, but will also make
things easier for the faculty,
This plan does not have to
be adopted as a permanent
practice, but it .would be ex
tremely helpful if used until
a better one is found.
--Benjamin Zuckermann :63
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