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Editorial Opinion
Care College Plan
'] !.■; i;, <• -i‘ion la ;l V.Vi:«'.*3day night*of a new college
sc l , up within this University has finally ended fhe rumors
of a major'change, in Penn State’s college structure. ; =
.We .have been hearing unofficial reports for the last
six months of a-possible drastic shake-up in the. college
system
While full plans have not been released, the prelimi
nary statements by John R. Rackley. vice president for
resident insluction. indicate to us that lheplans will.greal
ly £i.T.plify the present college set-up while providing a
much improved education set-up. t
: The* major plan of a group of three core college? 1, .which
-will provide instruction needed for all professional and
vocational interests is an exi-ellont one. '■
; it will finally classify departments in a morfer logical
order. ... ; = : , =■ ;
j The present Colleges of Agriculture, Busings? lAd
mUiistrdtion, Mineral ilfidpstries. Engineering, Education,
■•Physical Education and. Home. Economics will 1 bel ar-
ranged "into this group of professional and A-dcatiOn
colleges. ‘ ; - - .. 'll
We.lend ourjull support to this change in the cofiege
system. We feel it is the best'way to arrange the university
into colleges. a - ’j
The change will avoid alienating colleges by gradual-
ly removing.dopartments from them in a slow shift 16 the
system. We believe this to be one of the significant reasons
. for lho major reorganization. '■ ■ •
The plans l ave been' approved by President Walker;:
ode rf the thiee core colleges, the College of Arts and
Arohhcctufe. has already been organized and will go into
operation wi'li the beginning of the winter term’. ; j
We lion;* thr. facility'will give speedy approval tb the
plans-iind send them on .to the Board of Trustees iCor a
likewise favorable decision. . \ i
Congressional Resignations
The resignation of two very able'and experienced
Congressmen within the month have left a gap in the
Congress which will be difficult to fill. 1
The first resignation was that of George Gordon, for
mer chairman of Rules pommiilee and a leader of 6ne of
■ythe opposition parties—the Liberal Party— in the Con
gress. ,
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Wednesday night Barbara Baer, a first-term Congress
woman, resigned because she was leaving school, j
Miss Baer had shown promise as one of the’ hardest
forking and intelligent new members of Congress. She
‘ "had taken an active part in the early debate and activities
of the Congress.
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. | Both Congressmen will be missed. Their respective
places will be hard' to fill. r
| We bopeUhatr someone will appear in the Congress to
fill the places left by these two able representatives.
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Letters to
Memo on Thanksgiv
Seen as Valid Policy
TO THE EDITOR: The'comments
of .Messrs. Shaman and Makadon
(Nov. 15, 1062) with 'regard to
Dean Malone y’s "proclamation
from above,” are exemplary of
those made by students in our
midst: who iri a fervent desire to
identify themselves with' a con
temporary campus issue, seize,
rather unfortunately, on* one
which betrays;a blatant lack of
information and plain reasoning.
Now exact!}- what have these
gentlemen ssa id?
The initial .assertion singling out
the College of the Liberal Arts as’
the sole unit involved -and. their
statement that” . . . members of
his own faculty are displeased"
are clearly illustrative, .of gross
misinformation.
If these gentlemen were so in
terested in presenting an objective
viev/ of this "vital issue" to the
student body, they would have
taken the trouble to .inquire .as
to what the other colleges are
doing in this matter. Had this
■ been ddntv Shaman"and Makadon
would have discovered, to their /''When they do arrive at the
'chagrin, that, oddly enough," their, game, they will doubtless .behold
.counterparts in mining engineer- a/ goodly number of .Penn State
"inn, interior design, and journal? students who will be neither
jism were issued a - similar" di- failed by professors nor suspend
] rertive ed from school as the result of
This discovery would/have' sub- , Dean Maloney's "legislative pen
sequently led our benefactors to allies."
the finding that Dean Maloney’s . Lastly, the suggestion of . pos
recommendations/vere in direct sible redistribution of our vaca
response to those ■of a similar tion time is one which might be
nature that pi received from the well investigated and is a campus
, President./ ' . issue to which Shamon and Maka-
Other/colleges. perhaps, have don might have been wiser to
not chosen to issufc policy state- address themselves,
ments of their own. but it will — Kennelh S. Spirer, *6l
soon be clear to all students that" —Mark Schwarz. '64
actions taken in this matter will
be quite the same^
These self-appointed spokesmen
for the student body have as-
sorted, without any apparent trace
of .evidential support,. that the
dean has acted "against the wishes
of the: student body. 0
A bit more lime spent by these
gentlemen on their extensive
study would reveal that the De-
partment of Academic Research
and Services has been able.. as
a result of studies taken on stu-
dent work during the fall, of last
year, to conclude with a reason
able degree of finality, that much
course work- resulting, in lower
grades for many, students, was
caused by. assignments missed,
done without interest, and in
THAT ISN’T “WNTIN6.?.
THATS "KICKINS-OFF"!
THE “MAD PATTER'
STRIKES A6A.IN!
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the Editor
some cases never given by profes
sors, during the sessions immedi
ale 1 y following Thanksgiving,
which incidentally, were a week
before finals.
The only clandestine and “un
democratic” thing about the en
tire, issue is the misinformed, one
sided and, consequently undemo
cratic View that these gentlemen
have offered to the students.' If
Ihe issue at hand-did indeed
lightly claim the gravity and
moment that Shaman and ;
Makadon have endeavored to im
part to it, their unsophisticated
threat of "general -uneasy rebel
liousness” is hardly the solution
required.
We hope that these gentlemen
will be able to disentangle them-
selves from i the into
which they have'Tbeeh forced'
whether to attend the Pitt game
or to academic obliga
tions tOi-y/hich they have already
voluntarily committed them
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Football Fans Hit
For Poor Actions
TO THE EDITOR: What kind of
reputation are the students of
Penn State' trying to make for
themselves and our Alma Mater?
Obviously, they don’t : care.
.Our so-called “mature young
adults" tried their hardest to
bring about a degradation of Penn
State at last Saturday's football
game against West Virginia. I refer
-specifically to the barrage of as
sorted paper missiles, coke cups
and megaphones levied against
the visiting bandsmen as they pre
pared to march onto the field, to
present part of the halftime show.
As they stood in formation near
student sections' NB and NC. the
“bombardment Was instigated by
ten or twelve "leaders of tomor
-4 row”'and was supported by per
haps as many as 200 others.
I assure you that by now the
behavior of these. 200 students has
. been related to the student body
at West Virginia by either an
editorial or letter like this one.
Students of Penn State let's
grow up! ■
—Norman Brodsky, 'SB
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Model U.N. Assembly
Backed by Sophomore
TO THE EDITOR: The, Model
U.N. General Assembly, which is
planned for Penn Slate in Feb
ruary, 1963,-offers all students at
the University Park campus an
excellent opportunity to learn and
to expand their knowledge of
world affairs. Since the Assembly
will be run by the same prtj-
as those which govern the
regular United Nations General
Assembly, students will gain
first-hand experience, so to speak,
of the functioning of the U.N.
When an organization commands
as much world attention as the
U.N: does in our present day sit
uation. it is imperative that we
acquaint ourselves with its opera
tions and procedure.
, Lynn Kelley.
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SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 17. 1962
Soph Discusses
Laotian Situation,
Military Warfare -
TO THE EDITOR: Your Nov. 7
issue contained a letter written by
Comer Williams which was writ
ten as.an answer to Peter Miller’s
letter questioning why we should
fignt. I find in this letter many com
vincing arguments that comm’juj
msm would not be desirable in
America. However. I still ask the
question “Why should we fight?"
If communism does take over
America, it w'ilj not be as a result
of military warfare. Conjmunism
finds a much easier and' less ex
pensive mode of- war; in psycho
logical, ’intellectual and
economic warfare. If we are to
win this evpr-piesent war. we
must recognise where the battle
ground is.
b - ; i v /—,
One of the many places which \
Gomer Williams cites as a place ',
where'we must be able to fights
is Laos.; I think that perhaps our
problem is that we ate-, too will
ing to, fight. William J. Lederer.
author of "A Nation of Sheep,” *
discussed the Laos fraud.
Cfur State pepartment had been
spending 35' million dollars per
year to stabilize Laos. The people
to v/hom _ we' were supposed, to
be giving this money saw precious
little of it. American officials
not even told' where the
went. -
When it was time for elections,
what we thought '■would' be a
Western landslide was a sensa
tional Communist victory. As a *
matter of fact. Laotians installed
in the Royal ; Cabinet a pro-Red
leader who controlled U.S. foreign
aid. American funds were actual
ly supporting two pro-Communist.
troops. ■ .
When the United States was
considering not sending any more
large' sums' of money to Laos,
Laos announced that '.it was the
victim of 'a | vicious '• “invasion" .
from a foreign Communist ag-/
gressor. Immediately, of'
weapons were airlifted into Laos.
It was not until several months •
later that correspondents got/intoi
the areas where the so-called war
was taking .place.
This was a war .with commu
nism the Communists were fight
ing. It was’a non-violenl war and
Iwe lost .it because we had no
| U.S. agencies with/ trained men
who were fluent speakers of the
language and who would go into
Lads and work with the people. ,
.• We have come to the point
, where we cannot afford to engage
in military warfare because it has
become too dangerous. Our, arms
have become so powerful and
capable of such destruction tljat
they are useless.
Why \ is the modern-minded
American so slow.' in realizing that
we must think in other terms
than the military and that we
must adopt -a new form, a non
violent form, of deterring any
threat to our welfare? ■>
—Lynn Hayes, '6s’
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Campus Beat
I’m sure you’ve all heard of the
Old Philosopher of recording
world fame. Well, darned if he
hasn’t moved into the USG office!
Got a publicity release just today
from him. Here’s how it read:
“Are you proud of Penn State?
Is your enthusiasm so overwhelm
ing that you’d enjoy praising her
glories tor others?” Is that'what’s
buggin’ you brother? Wfell. hop
right on the bandwagon and we’ll
all go out and kill the world and
we’ll . . .’
Maybe he’ll send musical ac
companiment with his next re
lease.
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