.VOL. 62. No. 84 UNIVERSITY . PARK. .PA.; THURSDAY MORNING. FEB. 22. 1962 FIVE CENTS First Solar Observatory May Oibit CAPE CANAVERAL, Flai (?P)—The United States plans to launch the world's first or- biting solar observatory next "week to probe basic mysteries of the sun and how its rays , af fect the earth. , The satellite, nicknamed Oso,, ma provide man with his first undistorted' study of the stn. THE AIM IS to send Oso whirl ing in an orbit 350 miles above the earth. At that altitude the in struments aboard will make solar studies uncluttered by the blan keting veil of the earth's atmos phere. The, National Aeronautics and Space ' Administration reported the 440-pound satellite was the fir . it of several such observatories scientists plan to send aloft dur ing the neat 11 years. Eruptions of flares on the sun occur In 11-year cycles. Each , cy cle ranges from maximum 'to minimum activity ? and then a new one starts. Scientists say We are presently about at the mid point Of one of the periods. NASA hopes to " chart the rest of, this cycle and - at least half of the next one. THE SPACE AGENCY said a ion of Oso satellites .could .1 4r e l l ) ranswes such questions as how the sun controls the upper atmosphere, the origin and his tory of the solar system and the structure and evolution of the stars and galaxies. The answers could lead to bet- ter explanation of how the sun determines the earth's weather, upsets radio communications and changes the composition of the radiation belt girdling our globe. Ruling Supports University Claim A court ruling made 'by - Judge W. Wallace Smith Aug. 24, 1939, serves as additional support to the University's claim that Penn State is a state university. Tile' University's status, which has never been defined by an act of the legislature, has been Ithe topic of much recent controversy.' • The University maintains that Penn State is a state university while Gov. David L. Lawrence, Charlet Boehm, superintendent of Public Instruction, and Rep: J. -Dean Polen, chairman of the House Appropriations Commit tee, have • held that it is. not. IN HIS , RULING Smith said, "It seems clear that Pennsylvania State College (as it was then called) is an institution of such public nature that its prOpertjr and activities art not subject to local taxation." The ruling was occasioned by ,an equity suit filed during the Novemb.u. 1937 term of the Centre / County courts. The suit involved the ,I.Tniver- city versus Centre County, R'. N. -Brooks,' Centre County treasurer, ,College • Township, the College , Township School District, the 1 Poor District of College Township • and Samual Eberhart, tax Owes _ sor for College Townghip. IN 1935 SHOO= assessed llni yersity-owned farm lands in Col lege Township. In 1937, when the taxes wera not paid, Brooks put FOR A BETIM PENN STATE JOHN H.; GLENN JR. ... smiling after three orbits of the earth USG New to Consider Election Code The newly proposed elections code win be introduced to the USG Congress at 7:30 tonight in 203 HUB. The code, which was written by the by-laws committee headed by Anne Morris, congressweiman from North Halls, outlines the structure of the 'elections commis sion and recognizes political par ties and candidates running inde pendently for office! "There is -very little difference between' this code and the one under which elections were held in prevoius years," Miss Morris said. yesterday. "AFTER A commission chair man is appointed by the. USG the eight tracts of land up for Treasurer's Sale. The University maintained that it was a state institution and therefore not subject to local tax ation. The county and the township, considered the University a pri-1 vate institution and therefore sub-1 ject to local taxation. Smith granted a preliminary court order to restrain the sale of , the land and later made the order permanent THE COUNT NOTED that Penn State was founded by the Com monwealth and maintained by the [public, receiving its appropri2!- tionS from the state legislature., The court said that the Univer sity's status rested on the grounds that it is a public agency of the Commonwealth and that it is an educational 'institution and "as such a purely public. charity." To refute this view. the county and the township maintained that the University was "a private corporation 'for educational pur poses with state aid." THEY SUPPORTED their view by referring to- a private land grant the University received from Gen. James Irvin when it was first founded. The defense based a central part of its argument on the fact that between 1878 and 1889 the University received no state funds. Smith's ruling confirmed the University's claim that Penn State "is a public agency of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania H d that u such Its property is not liable, to local taxation." Totirgiatt president and approved by the Congress he is given pretty much of a free hand in running the elections, as long as they 'remain legitimate. "But, if the Congress feels She chairman is not doing a credit able job, they can remove him from office," she said. USG appropriates money for political parties, Miss Morris said, but the parties are not under USG's control. They are com pletely on their own under the proposed._. code as' long as they stay within the University regu lations. "THE PROP3SED code permits persons to run for USG offices either through political parties or by petition. No average or class requirements for stuclenti run ning for USG ate defined in the proposed code," she said. The code as it. now stands per mits sophomores to run for USG executive positions president, vice president and secretary treasurer. Any student with a maximum of Sour 0 a minimum of eight terms remaining is per mitted to run for an executive 'position, she explained. Under the old code, only juniors could run for USG executive offices. - (Continued on page eight) 6. Ohio Sc By ANN PALMER • (This is the fourth in a series of articles examining various systems o d estate-supported col leges an universities in the United States.) . . pro, ,aeir own interests. , stu.ent eac year were conin.er- i The State of Ohio has a vol.-1 At the time it wi.s - formed, the ably higher in the two larger 1 untarily formed association Governor of Ohio. a Kent State universities than in the smaller lgraduate, began to develop higher ones 'which, ,since 1?42, has com-reducation in the state. However.l The report explained the' 'dil.. piled the budget requests of heseemed to concentrate his ef-iference by the - fact that the two : forts on Kent and the other state ; larger universities offer graduate the six state-suppOrted schools universities felt that the. one-programs which have higher 'unit and submitted a coordinated ap- sided. development was hindering costs than undergraduate pro propriation request to the state their. own expansion programs. .grams do. budget offifials. . 1211 1139. the six presi-! Recently the Council has under dents made an agreement to form;taken educational research :n ed. The six state-aided school's in the Council. The voluntary assn- dition to its role as a - fiscal ; Ohio are; Ohio University, Miami ;University, Ohm State University,. Miami became official with the-agency. ratification of its constitution in , LEGISLATION WAS recently -IKent State University. Bowline 194 7 . passed in Ohio.which permits lo !Green State University and Cen- : Itral State College. FrOm the early beginnings of cal governments to establish two-• Each of the six has its own been Council, its main purpose has . year community, colleges and tech-- bee th ecoordination of ap- nical institutes. n , ^ :6- ; board of trustees and has nevec:proptiations to the state-aided W. B. Coulter, executive iecre been held to' compulsory coordi4, sc h oo i s , 'tary of the Council said in iii !nation by the state except foa l Coordination was carried on, letter to The Daily Collegian: loccasions l acts of the legislate !until recently, in a "round table": "I would have to say_ that nd . or state fiscal authorAy. However !method of negotiation. Although master plan exists in Ohio. Twit 'none of the six =hoops has con-!much politicking entered into this,studies have been made vo..•thi- Istilutional Independence. :procedure, it proved more effec-,past several years by comniinsiont -1 IN 1101, the Ohio legislatur tive than no coordination at all. ; operating under legislative man: enacted a statute Which ma i IN 11,59, THE Council began s e date to examine higher education , 4 Ohio State University Abe • 'study of moss scientific methods needs. " . " - .'K' taitds Astronaut By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Premier Khrushchev led Soviet cosmonauts and scier; tists yesterday in praising the first U.S. manned orbit.), space flight. Khrushchev told President Kennedy the ear% did not seem to be, so large any more.; and suggested the two nations pool their efforts to explore outer space. -. An obviously pleas'ed Kennedy;said the prospects for Soviet- American cooperatioh in space may be improving as a result of John H. Glenn's spectaCular triple orbit of the earth. ICHBUSHCHEV DID NOT enlarge on his proposal fol. pooling. U.S. : and Soviet efforts in space for peaceftd purposes. Both the United States and the Soviet Union have advanced similar pro posals for intern:llion:4l space cooperation for nearly four years at the United Nations. They have been stymied by cold war .1 7 considerations. Maj. Yuri A. Gagarin, the first Soviet cosmonaut who flew around the earth . once last April, in congratulations to Glenn said he welcomed ."the friendly competition in the research of the secrets of the cc.smos." . Leonid Sedov, a membpr of the Soviet Academy of Sciences, paid, tribute to Glenn's "great willpower and courage." He pre dicted big, new steps in the Soviet space program- soon. AM HAPPY TO GIVE your courage and skill its due," said - Maj. Gherman S. Titov. who orbited the earth 17 times.laxt August. in a message to his fellow astronaut, Lt. Cot John H. Glenn Jr Kennedy, wha is flying to Florida to bestow a Distinguished Service Medal on Glenn at Cape Canaveral Friday, said he looks forward to "yi!giting' with Col. Glenn on Friday and welcoming him to Washington next Monday." Thera will be a reception at the White House followed by a military parade with marching bands along Pennsylvania Avenue and a congressional reception at the Capitol. DISCUSSING WHAT he called Soviet premier Khrushchev's "moat encouraging" proposal for space cooperation. the Presi dent! commented: • • !'We, I might say, now have more_chip . 3 on the table than_ we did some time ago. So perhaps the prospects are ithproving." . He added that if there is any cooperation it. "must be wholly bilatieral." or two-sided. TIM to Take Activity Survey, Mc;il Ist Newsletter Next Week The Town Independent Men's Council Is preparing a newsletter which will be mailed to all town independent , men next week. The first edition of the news letter, will explain the council activities and opportunities for TIM -work. A questionnaire on locial,and'athletic interests which, i to be completed and =returned! to the council will be included :ith the letter. COMER WILLIAMS, represen-' Live to the council, was ap-, inted editor of th newsletter,! hich will be publiihed at regu ar intervals. Barry Rein, parliamentarian, re rting for Williams on the town ()using situation said that a Tet er explaining the downtown Lousing problem and : a copy of , .• • • , .i.oois ReceLve ALd . , i . great s state-supported center of by which to compile individual 1 advanced graduate study and highlbudgPt askings. Although results i evel professional education. ' lof this survey , are not yet corn. ! Th. Ohio Inter l University'plete, preliminary reports re-1 Council was formed by the presi- leased in 1060 showed that the? i dents,of the six state-aided schools average costs of instruction per ! to - "test their iwn interests. student each year sider- Williams' report had t been sent to-the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry. Williams' report states - that many of the downtown housing facilities do not meet the mini mum state safety requirements and urges that action be taken to rectify the problem. - Letters have also been sent to the State Department of llealth inquiring about minimum safety requirements and to the American Civil Liberties Union asking for help with the situation. Rein said. IN OTHER BUSINESS last night the council elected Arthur Pergam, senior in pre-med from Abington, vice president and Da vid • Wasson, sophomore in busi ness administration from New Kensington, secretary.
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