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Difference in Philosophy/
Placement Service Move
Cause Leetch Retirement
Claiming that he differs with the administration on the
•philosophy which- should guide the University Placement
Service, George N. P. Leetch, placement director since 1943,
yesterday said he will be retired April 1.
“My retirement stems from a basic difference in philoso
phy between what I think placement should-be, and what the
administration apparently thinks,”
Leetch said
He said placement’s move to its
present location in Temporary on
Jan.' 8 was “the last straw.”
“I think this change will defi
nitely harm the image of the
University held by the companies
which come here' for interviews.
I could not be a part of. this.” _
THE MOVE to Temporary was
necessitated by the fire which
gutted part of Graduate Hall last
summer, Robert .G. Bernreuter,
special assistant to the president
for student affairs, said yester
day.
i Plans for. reassignment of offi
ces in Qld'Main, announced May
17, 1062, called for the Placement
Service to occupy the .part of
Grad Hall which was later dam
aged by fire. After the fire,
Placement was assigned the quar
ters in Temporary which it now
occupies. ...
of alleged space limi
tations in the new quarters,
Leetch said that “two of the com
panies have cut out. interviewing
non-technical people, for this year
at least, because they need tech
nical people more.”
BERNREUTER said he had no
knowledge of such a move.
“I believe that the interviewers
of the various companies will
realize that these are temporary
quarters made necessary by a.lire
and not an attempt to reduce
Sams Clarifies Froth
By WINNIE BOYLE
Any suspicion that an inten
tional misrepresentation of fact
took place in the Froth situation
was allayed yesterday by Henry
W. Sams, head of the Department
of English..
The proposed constitution of the
humor magazine included the
head of the English department or
his representative as one of two
advisers.
Andrea Buscanics, co-editor of
the now defunct original Penn
State Froth, had stated ,to the
committee reviewing the consti
tution that she had the assured
co-operation of the English de
partment-on the matter. ■ ,
. AS TIME neared for the Com
mittee on Student Organizations
to recommend final approval of
the document, it was discovered
Prexy Establishes Committee
To Study Student Tensions
A committee, to study the ten
sions and pressures to .which a
student is subjected has been es
tablished by President Eric A.
Walker, M. Nelson McGeary, as
sistant to the president, said
yesterday.
- McGeary, who chairs the com
mittee, explained that the group
will not duplicate the work of
the professors who are studying
the term system,
t “We are looking at all sorts of
tensions,” he said, “from lack of
sleep to family pressure on the
student , who doesn’t really want
to come to college.” ' :
Explaining the procedure his
committee is using, McGeary said
they will first decide what the
tensions are that bother the stu
dent, if any. They- will then dis
By MEL AXILBUND
GEORGE N. P. LEETCH
facilities or service,” he said.
A permanent location for
placement is under consideration,
Bernreuter said, and' one. possi
bility is the academic services
building _ slated • for. the. eastern
portion of the campus. ;
Leetch said he is now on leave.
The Board of Trustees, how hold
ing its annual meeting in Harris
burg, will decide today what fur
ther status will be given Leetch.
that the English department did
not want to be associated with
.the magazine. ; ' .
VI don’t think she (Miss Bus
canics) was trying to pull the
wool, over anyone’s eyes,” Sams
said, “as It was too innocently
done.” -
In elaborating on the situation,
Sams said, he. felt this was a case
where Miss . Buscanics “so ardent
ly desired” to get the magazine
back on its. feet that when the
English department said “no,”
she heard a "yes."
This probably happened, he
said, because of the department’s
general encouragement for all
efforts to re-establish the maga
zine,
QUESTIONING the Univer
sity’s requirements that a maga
zine should have a control board,
cuss and try to-recommend defi
nite procedures to President
Walker.
“We are not very far along
yet,” McGeary said. “Right' now
we’re-just .talking .and listening
to students and administrators
who' are directly connected with
students; such as associate deans,
health center personnel and fac
ulty.” .
McGeary said his committee’s
report, will -probably- be :sub
mitted to Walker about March 1.
Penny-A-Minute Night
' . Penny-A-Minule Night will
be held tonight. Coeds may
stay out until 2 a.m. by paying
a penny for each minute after
1 a.m. - •
UNIVERSITY. PAR*. PA’.. SATURDAY MORNING,. JANUARY 26. 1963
Stennis To
Buildup in
- WASHINGTON (AP) Sen.
. John'Stennis, D-Miss., Said yester
day his Senate Preparedness sub
committee will investigate what
he sees as a-"rapid-buildup of
military might in,Cuba"—a situa
tion which many Republicans
claim is a grave military threat
to this nation.
-The Mississippian thus, in ef
fect, sided with those who claim
the Soviet missile withdrawal of
last autumn did not end the Com
munist-run..island’s menace to the
United States.
And the move appeared to ar
ray him against the views of Pres
ident Kennedy who only Thursday
told a news conference there has
been no recent offensive buildup
in Cuba.
Stennis acted a few hours after
administration leaders had given
a . secret briefing to the Senate’s
Latin-American Affairs subcom
mittee.
A Republican senator emerged
from’ that briefing to bear down
anew on his party’s theme of a
Cuban military peril and he re
ceived some support from a Dem
ocratic colleague. '
Stennis set no date for the hear
ings by ' his ■ subdivision of the
-Aimed Services' Committee but
said "reports, .which have come
to me indicate that the continued
presence and buildup of military
might in Cuba is rapidly convert
ing .Castro’s forces into the sec
ond most powerful military power
in this hemisphere.
"Since these forces were con
trolled by the hostile rulers of
Communist Russia it is impera
tive' that we examine carefully
tKe military aspects of the Cuban
situation from the standpoint of
the threat which it poses to our
security and the state of our own
military preparedness to meet
and counter this threat,” Stennis
said.
Sams asked: “Why shouldn’t stu
dents be allowed to say and print
anything they want to, the same
as every other'citizen?”
He said he would like to see' a
local application of state and na
tional principles concerning free
dom of expression.
This ■is related" to his reasons
for declining the position of- an
adviser. He has stated that he
does not want to act in a censor
ship role.
FOR A BETTER PENN STATE
Mixup
”• - - - —Collegian Photo by Wutf Knauecnberger
BEATNIK HAVENi Members of the Wesley (11 lh-elecirical engineering -Monroeville), 'The
Foundation last night participated in a Beatnik Rev. William Watson, director of student ac
pariy- featuring poetry, jazz and "expresso." iivilies, and Penny Low (2nd-home economics-
Shdwn above, from left, are Kathleen Brill Williamsport).
(2nd-liberal arls-Red Bank, N.J.), George Myers
Sens. George D, Aiken, V-Vt.,
and Stuart Symington, D-Mo., also
made clear to newsmen their ap
prehensions were not stilled at the
secret briefing by Secretary of
State Dean ■ Rusk and John A.
McCone, director of the Central
Intelligence Agency.
But the subcommittee chair
man, Sen. Wayne Morse, D-Ore„
supported the view expressed
Thursday by President Kennedy
that there has been no significant
buildup of offensive power in the
Communist-ruled island since So
viet withdrawal of nuclear weap
ons last autumn.
Morse said the session was top
secret and he refused to tell re
porters what Rusk and McCone
reported.
Increasing Thefts Among Students
Considered Alarming by Campbell
Theft of University and student
equipment as well’ as personal
property has been increasing at
an “alarming rate," Stanley .H.
Campbell, vice president for busi
ness, said yesterday.
Campbell noted the vastness of
articles stolen by citing a recent
theft which involved equipment
worth $7OO and clothing valued
at $500.'
. Among the items confiscated by
the police when the thieves were
apprehended were microscopes,
balance weights, drawing instru
ments, walkie-talkie radios, an
electric blower, books (including
expensive and limited editions of
literature and science), skis and
ski poles, tape recorders, records,
scales, dishes, a typewriter, clocks
and a stop watch.
CAMPBELL said that these
thefts are frequent and not iso
lated cases.
“In most cases,” he explained,
“the thefts are made relatively
easy by lack of simple security
measures by faculty and staff
members or students responsible
for the items.”
He suggested several measures
to reduce the opportunity for ar
ticles to be taken:
• Lock empty office's and lab
oratories, no matter how short a
time they will be vacant.
• Question a person’s' right to
be in certain areas if their pres
ence is not legitimate at first
glance.
• Take care in leaving personal
Probe
Cuba
Sen. Herbert H. Humphrey, D-
Minn., the assistant Senate ma
jority leader, also told newsmen
that Rusk and McCone “stand by
the President’s report of Thursday
that since October only ono So
viet ship that might have been
bearing military supplies has
docked in Cuba."
But Aiken said he “thinks
Russia has built an enormously
strong military and political base
in Cuba, much stronger than it
was six months ago." The
strengthening of this military
political fortress is continuing, he
added.
Aiken brushed aside queries
about whether he believes nuclear
weapons remain in Cuba.
items in unattended places. Hall
way racks in classroom buildings
should not be used when halls
are likely to be empty.
• Never -leave pocketbooks or
wallets in offices or laboratories.
Campbell stressed that each
person must "develop a con
sciousness of the need for effec
tive security measures."
20 Coeds Accept
Open Rush Bids
Twenty more coeds have ac
cepted bids from nine sororities
bringing the total number of coeds
who have been ribboned since the
beginning of the open bid period
to 57.
Alpha Epsilon Phi and Pi Beta
Phi have filed their quota leaving
17 sororities still eligible to extend
open bids,
Those ribboned are Alpha Kap
pa Alpha, Joyce Collier, Patricia
Hamel, Joyce Mahan and Marian
Simms; Alpha Sigma Alpha, Sally
Ann Aughinbough, Susan Bayley,
Dorothy Matthews, Sarah Wil
liams and Diane Yorly; lota Alpha
Pi, Elaine Felsenfeld and Sarilyn
Brass.
Phi Mu, Joyce Herr; Phi Sigma
Sigma, Joan Eisenberg, Carol
Linde and Linda Messer; Pi Beta
Phi, Ann Patterson; Sigma Sigma
Sigma, Barbara Schaefer; Theta
Phi Alpha, Susan Maynes; Zeta
Tau Alphas Diane Kapes.
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