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Editorial Opinion
Home Study Course
. In order to capitalize on the eagerness and enthusiasm
01 incoming freshmen toward their college careers, we
propose that the Inter-College Council Board adopt plans
to coordinate a "home study course."
Such a course would consist of reading assignments
from highly-recommended books in many and varied
ffields.
These summer assignments would serve as an intro
duction to college-level material as well as help stu
dents in the fields both related and unrelated to the one
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they choose.
The Daily Collegian suggests that ICCB, working
ith the individual college . councils, prepare a brief
ibooklist covering a wide range of topics and - interests to
,be mailed to accepted freshmen early in the summer
(before their first term.
Each college council could place one book on the list—
making a total list of ten books.
The newly-accepted freshmen would be urged to read
some or all of the books during the summer before they
enter Penn State and then to participate in discussion
groups on the content of each book held during Orienta
tion Week.
The women's orientation committee is Currently con
sidering ibis type of Progilam on a smaller scale. Accord
ing to tentative plans, the- titles of two books would be
mailed to women accepted by the University during the
Discussidn groups on the books would be planned
for Orientation Week.
We feel this cultural addition to Orientation Week
would be as great a benefit to incoming men as women and
that the program should be expanded to be more effective.
We feel ICCB - should coordinate these activities with
the orientation chairmen so that students would be able
to attend more than one of these discussions.
We urge ICCB, the individual councils and the orien
tation chairmen and committees to give this proposal
prompt consideration. Such a program would not only
widen the horizons and academic interests' of incoming
students, but it would add the often-neglected element of
• academic pursuit to freshmen Orientation Week.
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Students who have eneoun-
tered a tightening:of academic
requireMents with •,.the four
term plan should realized that
the step-up in scholastic activ
ity is not a result of the !term
system.
The switchover to the! four
term system merely precipi
tated an upgrading of academic
levels, which -
had become
overdue be
cause of the
widening ga p
between the
plateau of, in
struction at► d
the level of stu-
dent ability.
Many instruc
tors who had
been slow to
adjust their
course material
to the steady increase in the.
mental aptitude of the'student
body during the past few; years
were forced to revise their
courses by the changeoxer to
the term system. In doing so,
many professors made their
courses tougher.
As Dr. Eric A. Walker blunt
ly told graduating seniors in a
Letter's
Danger-Seen-
In ' Complexes '
TO THE EDITOR: For I those,
like the Young Americans for
Freedom and others, whine at
tention is directed too 'partic
ularly -against communist ag
gression a clarification must be
made. The massive military
industrial complexes ni tOe
several nations axe the greatest
deprivation of freedom' today
and will be the great st po
tential destroyer of fr om to
morrow.
'Th e s e complexes, ides
eliminating freedom in the com
munist bloc, have also,' it first,
strained and now strangled the
rest of mankind, thus making
peace a Illea2ll2loleu vision. Of
the 100 to 125 billion dollars
a year (exact figures are un
known) spent on defense find
arms in the, world, this nation
spends at least a third. I
However, the future outlets,
from the viewpoint IA the
United States, for this !capital
are not likely to be used.
Since consumer wants are
generally satisfied here, and
the possible investment)of cap
ital in war - ruined
,economies
is neither desired nor existent,
only several solutions remain.
•Private investment] in un
der-developed countriep with
out the well-known side effects
is rarely attempted bi- some
what justifiably timid business
men who prefer safer Markets.
•Public funds for !general
economic welfare (as everyone
at this University reahzes)
often made insufficient ay those
individuals whose desire to in
crease appropriations would not
grow after the signing of a dis
armament treaty.
But the most frightful spec
tacle is the typ of tyre T , that
would arise where is power
vacuum existed before the use
of an excess off 100 odd billion
dollars.
Consequently, thole who
singly devote ihemselvrs to at
taining a disarmamen treaty
with Russia or to increasing the
arms race a;; a -mans of
national defense are leading
themselves to mutual destruc
tion. •
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recent address. ' many 1962 ' than . the..ones they faced four
graduates wouldn't have been Or five years ago.
capable of passing this Tear's 1 Arkher reason why the pla- 2
entrance 'requirements. i , -teau :of learning has remained
. A tremendous increase in the well below its potential can be
number of applications ' for ad- traced to the substandard qual
mission accompanied bye a rela-y of the faculty in eertaii!
.tively slow rise in state appro.- departments. ,
priations had allowed the Uni- In order to assess the weak
versity to become much more
,nesses in each department and,
selective in its choice of , new prescribe remedies for im- -
students. - i
• i I provement, the University is
In 1952, 63
_per cen of the icondUcting an evaluation pro- ,
students who" applied' I for ad- ; gram. . '''' 1
mission were aQcepted.an 1955, 1 The administration is also
the percentage fell to 39 per i encouraging the hiring of top
cent, and this year it is about : rate professors and educators.
20 per cent. ' To encourage the more am-
A comparison of entrance i bitious and higher quality in
tests indicates a sharp rise in t s tr ut: ton the University • uses
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student quality during the past sa la r y
I as a lever. Of course
few years.
i the extent to which this lever
Although the-four trm 'Ts- I can be applied depends on the
tern has • apparently hed the ; money the University has avail- .
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level of many course require- J able.
ments " ward • theadministr a'. ; Thus, it can be seen that the
lion s till seems somewhat nn 1 term systein represents merely
happy' that manT. . iliftruCtol I one of the ) many steps being
haven't materially
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!changed 1 taken to upgrade Penn State's
their course work for many
, educational levels.
years. 1
I • Many_ less noticeable . steps
Part of this " sluggishness' will probably be taken in the
stems "from the failure of many' years ahead by a quality-eon
professors to realize that the scious administration in an ef
students to which they are lec- . fort to build a top-ranking
turing today are much brighteri University.
World it At
Kennedy Pushes
For Full Inimity
Info Estes Case
WASHINGTON (OP) Pres.
dent Kennedy said three tims
yesterday his administration
brought the scandalous Billie
Sol Estes case to light and that
it is staying right on Mr. Estes'
tall"—with 75 FBI agents .
Kennedy said his administra
tion is pushing a complete in
quiry into operations of the
Texan whose financial dealings
have touched Congress and the
executive branch ;
The President assured a nelus
conference that any fedefal
employes who have committed
improprieties four already
have quit or been fired vyill
be subjected to immediate is-
In developments on Capitol
Hill, a fuliscale Senate inves
tigation has been , ordered into
Estes' political and finanbal
manipulations.
The probe was voted yes er
day at a closed-door session of
the Senate's Permanent Inyes
tigations Sub committee head
ed by Sen. John L. McClellan,
D Ark
How soon the bearings will
start was left undecided. Mc-
Clellan was reported hoping to
get them under way late this
month if sufficient groundTork
has been prepared .
McClellan reported there
was no sign of any partisaA dis
cord among the Republica and
Democratic .members of the
subcommittee.
Estes, who piled up a com
plicated financial empire which
collapsed in a welter of scan
dal and fraud charges, has been
subpoenaed.
Kearns Declines Asking
Primary Vote Recoint
WASHINGTON (AP) 4 Rep.
Carroll D. Kearns, R-Pa.; said
yesterday he won't ask lot a
recount of the vote in which
he failed to win nomination
in Tuesday's primary election.
"I wouldn't even bother,"
Kearns told a' reporter "I'm
not interested."
His lass, Kearns said, as
loss to Pennsylvania's 24 'dis
trict, due to his' position as
ranking Republican on the
House Labor Committee j • -
"If they're that stupid to
throw that seniority away, let
them beg." said K ere r ns.
"They'll never get" this • ppor
tunity again."
FRIDAY. MAY 18. 1962
A Glance
African Crash
Mars Plans
For Orbit Try
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.
(IP) Preparations astro
naut Malcolm Scott Carpen
ter's orbital flight marred
by a tragic plane crash in,
Africa . — progressed yesterday'
toward a. launching tomorrow
as the weather- remained a
major question mark.
A U.S. Air Force transport
plane flying a supply run to
a Project Mercuky contingency
site at Nairobi, Kenya, crashed
and burned near that city.yes
terday, apparently killing all,
14 persons aboard. • . • ,
Th e National *Aeronautics
and Space Administration
maintains 16 such contingency
areas around the world in case
the astronaut's capsule should
land in an unscheduled/ spot.
Manning these rescue ,control
centers are planes, pare-rescue
men and frogmen ready for.
instant deployment in an
emergency.
All aboard the plane, based
at Evreux, Air Base, France,
and assigned to the 322 Air
Division, were Air Force per
sonneL
NASA said the crash Will not
delay Carpenter's flight.
_House Committee
Okay's _Trade Bill
WASHINGTON (AP) The
last controversial provision of
Presiderit Kennedy's sweeping
new trade legislation ' was
okayed by the House Wayi and
Means Committee yesterday
while Cabinet. 'members and
others plugged for itsenact
ment,
Kennedy himself arranged
to speak last night at a bipar
tisan conference of about 2,000
persons arranged by backers of
the program, which envisions
giving the President broad new
authority to negotiate tariff
reductions.
-The Ways and Means Com
mittee, which has been working
on the legislation'in closed ses
sions for weeks, approved by
a one-vote margin Kennedy's
recommendations - on benefits
for workers who would be af
fected by the program.
Housg leaders expect to.call
the bill up for action early
next month. The Senate will
consider it later.