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Editorial Opinion
'Campus' Expansion
Now in State Hands
Yesterday the University released plans for tripling
the capacity of the University's Commonwealth campuses.
i
Neither the idea nor the time schedule ' new, but the
detailed plans are. They were developed bytie University
at the request of Charles H. Boehm, state s perintendent
of public instruction. _
We wholeheartedly endorse these plans as the only
practical means for the University to fulfill its duty to
educate a large proportion of the youth of Pennsylvania.
• The Commonwealth campus system has proved to be
Penn State's "hidden reserve" in educating the ever in
' creasing number of young people seeking a college degree.
This campus is approaching its saturation point. There
isa limit to the number of students that can economically
and efficiently be taught in_.a qualified manner on this
campus. But, the growth of the Commonwealth campus
system will certainly help to expand this physically im
posed limit.
- At the prbsel# time, 3,500 students are enrolled at
these branches of the University. In order to expand this
number to the scheduled 10,000 by 1970, a tremendous
amount of capital must be expended.
The University will ask the state for an additional
'512,800,000 for the construction, of more classrooms and
other academic buildings on these campuses. In the past,
the physical plant of these campuses has, due to lack of
funds,. been almost totallj , ignored. dramkiEally
and s6mefully shown in - the - picture above which'; is this
University's existing "campus" in Allentown.
Additional funds from the state would help to
elimitiste this building as a—Penn State campus and to
build new facilities in Upper Bucks County to provide a
campus which would serve the Allentown-Bethlehem-
Easton area.
, Also, an additional $1,250,000 to $1,750,000 in annual
operating funds would be required in 1970 :to run this
wax:Kiwi ,Commonwealth campui system. -
- 'Funds lo cover the bulk of these additional expendi
tures must come from the state. Students cannot bear the
entire expense of expansion, nor should they. Private
ces
sour , although instrumental in the "establishment of
man of the Commonwealth campuses; cannot and should
not e expected to carry the entire financial burden of
this proposed expansion. • ' - ;.
The Federal government cannot 'be counted on to
aid the expansion of the state's educational facilities.
. Thus, by elimination as well as by moral obligation,
- the main responsibility for financing this expansion rests
where it should, with the state.
. The various states were given the duty to educate
their citizens. As the demand for college graduates grows
and as more and more young people demand a college edu
cation., the state must provide the funds to educate those
who want a college 4egree.
In the future a large part of Penn State's role in
educating this wing number of students in Pennsyl
vania will come through the expansion of the Common
wealth campus system.
The University has laid the plans. NOw the state must
accept its educational responsibilities . and financially
support these plans which directly serve the educational
- interests of both the young and old in the state of
Penniylvania.
THE DAILY CCXLEGIAN,- UNIVERSITY PARK. PENNSYLVANIA.
Litsl I i 'w' • i I 0
i l tme to Talk Ln. aos
(Rene-Gegrges Inagaki , now stationed in Tokyo, has spent much of the last two years in Laos .
He has reported the repeated crises, military and jpolitical. in that Communist - threatened
jungle kingdom.) I
By RENE-G4ORGES INAGAKI by Western forces So they
TOKYO OP) Fight, talk Probably will not prxpand their
recent militarysuccess in
fight talk. I northwestern Laois into a gen
That has / been the ,. Commu- eral offensive
mst patterni in Laos for seven This is particularly so since
years i the United States is moving in-
Based on past performanc the e to adjoining Thailand with a
and resent statements, combat force of about 5 , 000 men
p and planes
Pathet Lao and its Communist Sudden Pathet l Lao thrusts,
backers in North Viet Nam and backed by the North Vietna
Red China now believe the mese, have throWn the royal
time has come to talk again. Laotian army into panic sev
Prince Souphanouvong's Pa- eral times in the past. The at
that Lao would like nothing tacks have always been local
better than to take over the and unexploded
control of all Laos at one Last week while the royal
swoop. But its leaders know army and the population at
this cannot be done without the Houei Sai fled pell well across
great risk of direct r etaliation the Mekong River to Thailand .
Charles de Gaulle continues
his rebellion against the Anglo-
American monopoly of control
over the xuclear defenses of
Europe and against any thought
of changing the Allied position
in Berlin.
Unfortunately for the aging
De Gaulle, -his voice could
barely be heard against the
beating of tom toms in South
east Asia. lie still•seeins to be
relying upon misconceptions
about French power and what
it might produce.
To • oversimplify, - h e now
classes the dissolution of the
French empire as a "disengage
ment" so that France - can con
centrate on development of her
own strength, particularly nu
clear strength, for a return tot
great power status. k
He publicly. confesses the
right of the United. States, a
point.on which President Ken
nedy seems to be adamant, to
conduct exploratory negotia
tions with the Communists over
Berlin, but reaffirms his en-
Interpreting
De Gaulle Continues Rebellion
By J. M. ROBERTS
Associated Press News Analyst
The _French 'president staged
what appears to have been• a
carefully arranged press con
ference Tuesday, with pat
answers prepared for a set of
questions . after a brief preli
minary statement. You have to
search beneath the:surface for
much that is new, and even
then you find little.
I WAS
AFRAID THIS
WOULD
HAPPEN..
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at JUST TOO
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ONCE I START
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tente with West Germany
against giving these negotia
tions any substance. Berlin's
status has beei established
once, he says, by the World
War II victors, and . no change
is required or desirable.
In that he is supported by a
considerable nonofficial opin
ion in Britain and the United
States, but not in the White
House or London. -
- Where De Gaulle gets on the
most questionable grqund is his
thought that, it Frence can
have an independent nuclear
Letters
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Good Acoustical Auditorium
Backed by Gr'd Student
TO THE EDITOR: The follow
ing is a reply to the article
"What - ton Asks Committee to
Study Possibility of Building
Auditorium." (Daily Collegian,
Tuesday, May 15th.) %
I quote: "Wharton said he
learned that if the capacity. is
more than 3,000 persons, maxi
mum acoustical facilities must
be sacrificed. 'The question in
our minds,' he' . explained, 'is
should we sacrifice acoustics
for more seating?'
"Wharton / said that with the
growing size •of the student
body, it ~ w ill eventually ~be
necessary to hold several show
ings of single - events.
"'ln that case,' he said, 'do a
few more seats really mean
anything?' "
is my answer!
I/ believe that the two ques
tiOns raised by Wharton must
be dealt with justly, as they
are of prime importance. After
all, what are the two major
characteristics of a good audi- •
torium? The best possible acou
stics and visability.
Therefore, it seems rather
ridiculous to spend enormous
sums of money to erect a mod
ern auditorium which will be
far less •superior acoustically,
than it potentially could be,
mainly because a ;sacrifice, of
enlargement was made to ac
commodate an overflow of stu-'
dents! . .
A capacity of 3,000 per Sons is
more than double the present
capacity of Schwab: For events
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RSDAY.' MAY 17. 1962
the pursuing -force, though vir.
tunny, unopposed.. never at
tempted to go into the border
town.
The Pathet Lao may do so at
a later date, but so far it has
avoided taking any town almig
the Mekong, where the river
forms the border with
• Thai- -
land, because of possible inter
vention by the United States
or the Southeast Asia Treaty.
Organization. ,
With the capture of Muong
Sing and Nam Tha, the pro-
Communists have cleared
northwestern Laos of royal
army resistance and once again
Made their point—that the gov
ernment had better resume
talks.
deterrent; she will • become
once more, automatically, a
great
_power.
Firsi, one requirement for
classification as a great power
is national duty/which France
does not have and has not had -
for many yearS.
There is also a suspicion in
some quarters that despite the
knowhow of atomic weaponry.
France lacks the people.. the
space. and the industrial ca
pacity either for establishment
of a big nuclear force or Wits
use as a separate deterrent
such as Artist Series concerts,
guest lecturers, etc., the pres
ent "first-c om e first-serve
policy" would no doubt be ade
quate for an auditorium which
is double the size of the pres
ent one.
I believe .this policy is not
unfair, and one can note "it
exists in most all major thea
tres and concert halls every
where.
For any worthwhile event
there is always more demand
than can -be accommodated.
I. am aware of the fact that
-the University's enrollment in-;
creases each year (however, the
incoming enrollment has been
drastically cut for September'.
1962) .but must we foolishly
throw away" the pleasures of a
first-rate auditcirmim for the
present, in anticipation for con
ditions in the future? For we
must realize that .if standards
are not optimum now, they
will never be, regardless of the
student body size.
Then too, we must realize,'_
some of the world's. leading
scholars, musicians, and theat
rical ..groups visit .our campus
each year.
Shouldn't we provide them
the best vehicle of presenta
tions possible, as well as prq
viding ourselves with the mot
rewarding and stimulating ex
perience conceivable
• ;
Again, I say, don't sacrifice
quality for quantity!
;
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—Phillip Mille
HERBERT WITMER
Business Manager
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Grad Studezit