PAGE FOUR Editorial Opinion We Say It Again For the third consecutive term the University h l as re quiied all students to pay their tuition and - fees a month before the start of the term. Students whb fail to comply will he assessed a late charge of $25. The financial burden'that this early fee-payment im: ^;. poses on many students - has been discussed before and need not be repeated. What does need discussion, however, is the fact that there is no need_ for continuing this practice. The policy of 'early fee payment was instituted last summer when 'the University was ;beset with .financial trouble. The official reasons given for the pre-payment of fees were the wish to avoid the last minute fee payment rush and the need for an accurate count of expected residence hail occupants for the next term. ' We feel that neither of these arguments can justify • -; the policy of requiring early fee payment. Since the number of . Payments to be processed remains the same regardless of when they're made, we cannot see • how the early payment of fees ,reduces the University's work load. • An accurate count of residenCe hall dwellts-=-- tbe other reasongiyen for the new policy—could bcy ,deter mined by less elaborate means. It seems to us that a: $lO depOsit with the signing of a residence hall contract. would suffice for this purpose.. The idea is to commit the stlident to an investnjent of money to insure that he will return for the next term. The amountrAs irrelevant. A small deposit will achieve the objectiVe just as easily as *a bill of $175 or $440. And a hardship not be worked on the student. We again urge the administration to abolish the, policy of pre-payment of fees; and allow students to pay their tuition and room and board charges any time' prior to registration. Save the Trouble USG may as well scrap their textbooks tax CarMiiittee before it starts, The committee was voted into being three weeks ago at the first Congress meeting. Its stated purpose yams to gain support for the bill introduced in the State Senate to eliminate the four per cent sales tax on textbociks. The USG president, has never flamed a chair Man for the textbook tax committee. The bill in the State .Senate has never come out of the finance committee. The legisla ture expects to adjourn, by the end, of next week. A Student-Operated Newspaper le Batty Totteniatt . : Successor to The Free Lance. est. 1887 Published Tannlay Ottoman Saluda, morning daring tke li tilir 9l3l t9 9 9113 . Th• Daily Collegian la • atadoot-operated newspaper. Latered as eitrotul-close wetter July S. 1934 at the State College. 'Pa Post °Mtn satuiet the art of Mardi 3. 13.31. Mail Subscriptlea Priers *6ll a Tear Illa Hint Additions Boa till. Ilia*, Calif.. Pa. JOHN BLACK Editor Member of The Associated Prc.a City Editors. Lynne Ccretics arid Richard Leighton: Editorial Editors. Teichhotta sod Joel hirers: ; Near Editor. Pools Drawn: Pummel and Training flintier. Karen Hynetiteali Assistant Personnel and Training Director. Susan Eberly; Sports Editor. James Midi Assistant Sports Editors, Dean OSSA and John Morris; Picture Editor. Jim Swum ' • Local Ad Mar. , Karts Dentist: Assistant Loral Ad Ulmlartin Zenist Nal:leak! Ads Kier. Marry Cress; Credit Mfr.. Ralph Friedman: Assistant Credit Mir.. Kathy Kassa*leas; Classified Ad Mgr.. Ratkla &batman: Circalabor Mgr.. Massa Chewer; Preemie,. Mr. Jane 1 rrroMar; Pere...noel Mar.. AMU( HMI: Office Mar.. Lynn Murphy. • ---- , WAYNE HILINSKI Business Manager olifilo. THE DAILY COLLEGIAN UNIVERSITY PARK. ;PENNSYLVANIA If the U.S. and the Sayiet Union show genuine interest in pooling their resources for the exploration of space, a firm foundation for ;an eventual friendship between these 'na tions could be established. The exciting area of space explbration: could obtain ,this nearly impossible goal because of several complex reasons. The study of space is a vast and costly project: Individual ly, most nations cannot afford to conduct space exploration, but together significant knowl edge and useful materials might be obtained. The United States and the Soviet Union have already in vested billions of dollars space explora tion, and many more billions are committed in the years ahead. Because of different ap proaches, an d goals each na tion _ has ob- tained *k no w- ledge that MTV be very valuable to the other.' The Soviet Union which took an early lead in the space race Letters Jr. Defends Firefighters TO THE EDITOR: ,In regard to the column in y Wednesday's Collegian, written by Jn h n Beauge entitled FIRE DAN . GER—if Mr. 13eauge thinks that the firefighters are glory, hunters, he obviously has never been, to a fire , or known any firemen. A man does not hunt glory where there is none. What glory is there to carrying mangled; and charred bodies film an inferno, coughing- our guts out trying to get rAd of the , smoke that is tearing at,' your lungs? Is 'there glory In lugging' a- 2 1 / 2 -inch hose 'up' a . ladder to a two or three storyt window? I think not! • The firefighter must ,be pre pared to meet any emergency that besets him. He 'must re spond immediately' with all possible equipment so that he can adequately handle the situation. He. cannot depend on the screams of a hysterical woman or the beckoning of an old timer who says that the fire is a "mite too big for his gar den hose." Thousands of lives have been" lost because a little grass fire could. not have been handled by a small company of unprepared firefighters. Mr. Beauge 'would probably be the first to complain if his home burned _ down because only one pumper came to such an insignificantly small fire. We should be grateful that the Alpha Fire Coknpany responds fully prepared. -.—Doileid Mclntyre '64 WDFM ,Schodule TRIPAT 6:00 News 6:06 Dinner Date 6:55 Weatheraeopa 7:00 Spotlight 8:00 Light Classical Jukebox • :DC Marquee Memories 9:45 News.:Sports and Weather 10 :00 Ballet 'Theatre 12:00 News 12:05 Night Sound l:00 Sign-off SATURDAY 1:00 Texaco Metropolitaa Opera 5.00 News . S :05 Saturday at States :55 WeathenieoPo 7:00 Open Noma 100 Offbeat 1:00 MTGOOS 1:11 sing•. Corso. SUIIDAY :Oa Chapel Servitip - C:00 Chamber Maxie t :SS Mormon Tater:sari* Choir 7:00 The 'Third Program:ow 1s:00 Slaoltt snowed a Lasting Peace For through the development of mighty rockets, will probably possess more powerful rockets than the U.S. for at last the next few years. , s f . The U.S. space program is more diversified and more widely based than the Soviet's. We have launched satellites for . commurtrations, weather observation, astronomical use, atmospheric study and even military spying. If both countries continue to follow their individual space programs, the United States may eventually- gain a signifi cant lead because of her more flexible and sweeping ap proach. However, it is more likely that• the field-of space explora tion would ultimately -be _sim ilar to that of nuclear weapons today. The U.S. would have a lead in an area where any margin is overshadowed by the incredible sum. In such a case, weapons would undoubtedly be an World At JFK to Present Medal fo Glenn WEST PALK,BEACH, Fla. ) (AP) President Kennedy. ac companied by the family .of ; astronaut John H. Glenn Jr./ arrived' here yesterday • from Andrews Air Force Base, near / Washington.' At Hangar S, where Glenn trained and spent the/final days in privacy, the President is to give NASA's „Dittinguished Service Medals 'to both Glenn and Robert R/Gilruth, Project Mercury director. Ahead i of Glenn still is an appearance before a joint ses sion or the House of Repre sentatives and the Senate in the ;Rouse chamber Monday, and a ticker tape parade' in Jsrew York City Thursday. Glenn's wife, children and , parents are expected to meet him at the baie this morning when he' flies in from Grand " Turk Island with vice Presi dent Lyndon B. Johnson and an , entourage of doctors, scientists and newsmen. After the ceremony' Glenn will hold a news conference.. U.S. Rejects Bid From Khrushchev For, Summit Talks WASHINGTON (1P) T h e United States rejected last night a new, bluntly worded bid by Soviet Premier KhriLih chev to open next inonth's Geneva disarmament confer ence with a summit meeting. . At the same time, the United States agreed with a Soviet proposal to discuss the nuclear test ban issue at the ;Geneva conference—but not on the basis of the Soviet atomic test ban plan. The U.S. position was made public in twin announcements a few hours after President Kennedy's receipt from Khrushchev of a 20-page mes sage and the Soviet announce ment in Geneva of its newest maneuver on a test ban. Khrushchev's 2,500-word note did not make clear whether he would go to Geneva or send his foreign minister, Andrei A. Gromyko. . SoViet sources in London . said Khrushchev would go to Switzerland even if his summit bid is not accepted by the gov ernment heads. ' Astronaut Invitad to London LONDON (AP) Lt Cot John H. Glenn Jr. has been in vited to London by Sir Fred ericle'Hoare. the lord mayor. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 19621 • by /eel myers integral part of outer spice , and the !war threat would be unbelievably more complex and threatening than it is today. If, rather than go it alone,'] both countries decide to co- 1- yperate in this exploration of • space, :the seeds for further,; cooperation and an eventual mutual friendship will be sown. 1 Knowledge and , materials gained from the joint explora tion of space would . not only cause a U.S.-Soviet Partnership to grow, but would provide these .countrit* with a mo nopoly of weapons that could n't be challenged by any would be aggressor nation. Maybe herein lies the 'hope for a lasting peace. In • any event, this , is the opportune time for a U.S.- Soviet - agreement to be ef fected. Each country has' enough of it's secret knowl-: edge and instrumentation to' contribute, so that such an agreement would be beneficial to both nations. A Glance French I)ecide To Demobilize Ma'slemTroops ALGIERS VP) nc h' headquarters for Al6ria, nounced yesterday plans .toile mobilize 140,000 Algerian Mos lems wearing the French` uni form. • The supreme commander in Algeria, Gen. Charles Ailleret, vowed 4 that "legitimate inter ests" of Moslems who have served France will be guaran teed. Bonuses, high retirement pensicrits, the possibility of re enlistment in the French army, and resettlement in France to those who want it were prom ised. The dramatic announcement, a clear hint' that• a cease-fire with the nationalist rebels is approaching,' was read to re pgrters by a tense army officer in the barricaded • central ad ministration building. Soviet Press Tells Of Powers' Return MOSCOW (AP) The fact that Francis Gary Powers' re lease Feb. 10 was accompanied by the return of a Soviet con victed' of spying against the United States got its first men tion in the Soviet press yes terday. The Russian was Col. Rudolf Abel •59, sentenced by_ a U.S. District Court in Brooklyn in 1957 to 30 years in prison on a charge - of stealing American military and atomic secrets for Moscow. The .government paper, Izvestia printed an open letter from Abel's wife and daughter. expressing thanks for "the humane act.of the Soviet gov ernment"' in arranging the ex change. Old Building Co!lapse's Near IndependenceNall PHILADELPHIA VP) A partly wrecked six-story build-. mg near historic Independence Hall fell apart suddenly yes terday with a roar, tumbling mass of debris pto an adjoin ing= furniture store. One man—a scavenger hunt ing salvage—was killed n tha collapse of • the three upper floors. Fire officials said two others may be trapped under the tons of twisted ruins. Reinoiral of the body visible in the wreckage and the hunt for other bodies may not be attempted- until today.
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