PAGE FOUR
Editorial Opinion
A Fair Compromise
‘ The’ University !is abandoning its unfair pblicy on
refunding tuition to students forced to withdraw =from the
(University, and it is apparently considering a sofleniiig
of the regulations concerning pre-payment of tuition.
Under the semester system, students forced to with
jdraw from the University because of financial
(problems, sickness or death in the family or scholastic
difficulties could receive an equitable refund of tuition.
tf the student withdrew during the first week, he got
190 pfer cent of his tuition back, if he left in the second
week he got 80 pdt cent back, and so on through the'
tenth week. ,
With the start of the four term system, a much more
stringent and unfair regulation of tuition refund was
jadopled. According to it, if a student was forced, to with
draw during the first two weeks of the term only 50 per
icent of his tuition was refunded. If he withdrew during
the third v/eek or after, he got nothing back.
A new and more equitable policy concerning tuition
'refunds will go into, effect this summer, It provides a
refund of 80 'per cent of the tuition for withdrawal during
.the first week, 60 per cent of tuition for withdrawal in the
week and so on through the fourth week.
The Daily Collegian- thanks the administration on
behalf of the student body for a fairer regulation on fee
prefunds.
We suggest that it also softens its very tough policy
on prepayment of tuition and room and board fees.
Before the start of the four term system students
could pay their fees anytime prior to registration. Under
the present system, they must pay tuition,and room and
board charges a month prior to registration or face
assessment of a $25 late fee. '
This harsh regulation Eposes an additional financial
burden to already hard-pressed students. We urge that
the administration once again allow students to pay their
-charges anytime prior to registration.
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Managing Editor. Carol Kaakleman: City Editor*. Joon Mehan and David Bolkarfc:
-News and World Affair* Editor. Kay Mills: 'Nov* and Featarm Editor. Sandra
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THE DAILY- COuIeGIAN. UNIVERSITY PARK, j PENNSYLVANIA
HERBERT tHTMER
Business Manager
Letters
La Vie Editor
Explains
Coverage
TO THE EDITOR: In recogni
tion of this problem of listing
student activities from Cojn
monwealth campuses which
had previously’been broughtjto
our .attention. La Vie has estab
lished-a committee to investi
gate the matter and report to
the senior board of the 1963 La
Vie.
This group is composed :of
the-Managing Editor, the Sen
ior Editors, on-campus students
who had previously attended
the Commonwealth Campuses,
and myself. Dean Campbell has
been contacted and is '■willing
to see' if be can clarify the
problem, or even if it is in the
realm of his office. j
The report should be com
plete by May 25th and ready
for release around the same
date .
It should be realised that the
problem Is not a simple one
and most certainly an intricate
one. It is my understanding
that each of the campuses does
provide activities for their stu
dents and now the only ques
tion is what are the major
activities? How are we 1 to ; de
termine without prejudice and
without being able to observe
just which activities merit in
clusion- along with, the major
University Park activities?
Certainly they .do not; all
merit mention just as’ all j the
clubs and organizations on jthis
campus do not receive a page
of coverage in the book. Fur
thermore, it is my understand
ing that some of the campuses
do produce their own yearbooks
and I am sure that they cover
-the activities of the campus •
quite capably. . |.
More problems arise when .
one stops to consider the base
with which we are supposed to • -
be able'to compile a list of Caseys nerves were taut as
activities from these campuses, he turned from the radio.
. Furthermore,- what distin- "Qh, God,’/ he said,-- in an
guishes an outstanding attempt to reach out to the
student from any other trans--" heavens. "I always told him
fer student? Where are we to never to ; ride with wild kids,
draw tpe line? Do-we include ■ Now look what hr ned.
only officers, or all. the mem- - “Oh, /Lord.” r
bers? „ , The did polk
—Howie Goldstein radio.'crack!
Editor, 1953 La Vie on again. Mi
•Letter cut men needed
(Editor's note: The Collegian r q' u j e trail;
editorial of May IS did not ad- around the -
vocate that La Vietncltide sep- cident.
arate pages for Commonwealth ,-/ ca jj
campus activities as implied in / station. It ca
Mr. Goldstein's letter . Our,. th _ „ _ ‘
point is that La Vie should list three kids ”
both the major University Park' ~ t >
and major Commonwealth ~ _■•/,. ;
campus activities of a gradu- mster C asey, : miss mills
at We dTfZel that obtaining a £f lw d SR u \ y Said h „ S w
list of. the major- activities of Only . . .Only the bodies
each campus would ndt be an are too cut U P to tell w h° they
impossible undertaking, j j Stu- are. If you want to .. .
dent Government Associations !
on each campus could be 'asked
to compile such a, list or OSGA
could centrally establish; and
maintain an activity list for
each campus.) -
Col legion
Coverage Hit
TO THE EDITOR- It has been
stressed: at Collegian Publicity
Workshops that the space avail
able in! the Collegian is so
limited that the ropy must' be
of concern to a majority of the
students. Jhis is understand
able and reasonable.
Isn’t an event which is honor
ed by the presence of Dr.
Walker and his family, Dr.
Rackley, Colonels Cain,.Richie
and Smith and their ROTC
staffs newsworthy? Isn’t an an
nual event iri which over,2oo
students participate as pi cul
mination of a year’s work for
the Air Force and Navy js'tand
ard 'and trick drill teams, as
well as the Pershing Rifles So
ciety worth Snentioning jin the
Collegian? ■ i ]
■ I think that the President’s
Cup Drill Competition is def
initely worth a few i column
inches! And, in case you hadn’t
hoUced. the DSG apd -the hat
societies, although [important,
are not the only active campus
organizations! - ! ..
—Rochelle M. Gould* *64
- Snowed j-_
Old Mam's Reaction
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1' i • 1 ,
1 by foe/ inyers
The four term system, which ' attempt, to obtain a Thanks*
is nearing its first birthday at 7 aca %°?
„ , ... has had and v still causing
Penn State, apparently has the fa adminiktratiT.
necessary qualifications to sur- policy.
vive the stringent requirements Aj comprehensive. survey of
of moderh day education; student opinion has been, un
fortunately however, some ■ effort to avert a repeat
of the idealistic plans , that of j£ t j all>s outburst of K
University feeling. t
SJ T The question students are
Jf™, ,"f v ® f l ' being asked cover a wide radge
fnrJLi °f topics from student govem
merit to a student-run book-
J. m,n *f tratlon store to another boost in tui
that often ex- t j on ; /
s . tu The administration has also
bornes3 in the moved to ease some y of the
j .. tough regulations that went
t ,Tf . into effect with the start of the
four tem plan! system. /
Old Main pol- , r ?s? l^ on % r t
icyipakers ini- * un * °* hn^on /for students
tiated new rules and regula- f° r °®d to withdfaw from the
tions of fee payment, deposits, University has/been softened,
refund of fees-and observance " nd i there- U unofficial evi
of “national” holidays. d ® n .F« lhat “O" equitable
Some of these regulations, pol J “7 ° n Pte paymenl of fee.
which.were apparently adopted tuifionmight go into effect
to promote greater efficiency, ta11..,-
are too idealistic and impracti- Fjurthefr f action that might
fcal. One, namely the failure to generate favorable student re
provide ’for a vacation for actior/ might be taken after
Thanksgiving and Easter, the student survey. has been
proved to be very unpopular, completed and results- com- 1
with students and some faculty pildd.
members. /Although the fight for a
Despite Old Main’s cutward /Thanksgiving vacation like the
appearance of invincibifity, the / Hungarian rebellion was in it
adminfstrators do watch and,- 7 self -unsuccessful, its.-Effects
react to student opinion. / might prove to be widespread
, The strong but unsuccessful and\long-lasting. . :
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A Short Subject
WEDNESDAY
S:M Meetly Moaic
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(:l& Dtaner Date
I:SS Wcstbtncepi .
7:19 Wtahiafflon Repertq U the Ptapli
7:15 Aifcam Rrritir
7:59 What’a the Pnblea
•:H Neva Headlines
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9:M UBG Repert .
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19:99 Virtaoae
12:99 Big—Oft
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WEDNESDAY. MAY 16.1962
by kay mills
f'No. I'll stay here."
‘‘We’ll call you when we
know anything.”
j“Yeah'...”
He fried to smoke, then he
tried to forget. Nothing came
but- racing images of him
Johnny. "You tell him and you
tell him. You know he doesn't
listen . . . You know this mo*
ment has to come but so
hard, so brutally quick."
The telephone ringing chilled
his thoughts, cut into his heart
like an icicle. “Oh, God.”. That
quick prayer, again. -
.‘‘Dad . ... Dad, this is Johnny;
I just heard about the accident
I told them to cut it out. I told
them. I remembered what -you
said, Dad; Th.ey laughed at me,
but I made them'let me-out
Right there by the side of; the
toad . . . Dad,, . . Thanks . .
r “Dad:. . .?”
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