VOL. 63.‘ No. 67
Trustees
Steorga n feat ion
Of Departments
The establishment of a Col
lege of the Sciences and an
Institute for Science and Engi
neering, as well as the reorgan
ization and transfer of several
departments between colleges,
was approved by the Board of
Trustees in Harrisburg Saturday.
Most of the changes will become
effective July 1.
The College of Sciences is the
second step of a plan to improve
the University’s organization. De
tails of the new college’s duties
and format will be submitted for
approval at a latgr board meeting.
The first stage of the Univer
sity’s reorganization began last
September with the establishment
of the College of Arts and Archi
tecture.
This was part of a master plan
which calls for the establishment
of two more colleges. The other
two will, be the College of Hu
manities and Social'Sciences (lib
eral arts) and the College of the
Sciences.. .
WHILE DETAILS for the pro
posed College of the Sciences
have not yet been completed, it
is expected that it will include
bacteriology, biochemistry, bot
any, chemistry, mathematics,
physics and zoology with the pos
sible establishment of a. new de
partment of statistics and com
puter science.
“The professional or vocation
ally oriented schools and colleges,
working with these three colleges
of the arts and sciences, will con
tinue to furnish both undergrad
uate and graduate programs de
signed to meet the needs of' stu
dents. the society and the econ
omy, 1 John R. Rackley, vice presi
dent for resident instruction, ex
plained.
The departments involved in the
shift include ..the Department of
Economics from the College of
Business. Administration to the
College of the Liberal Arts;, the
Department of Psychology from
the College of Education to the
College of the Liberal Arts' and
the Speech and Hearing Clinic
from the College of the Liberal
Arts to the College of Education,
USG To Consider Bills Proposing
Revisions in Elections Procedures
Two bills, one proposing a re
vision of the elections code and
the other calling for an amendment
to the constitution of the Under
graduate Student Government,
will be submitted to Congress
tonight by Jon Geiger (fraternity).
The USG Congress will meet at
7:30 in 203 Hetzel Union Building.
THE REVISION bill calls for
the area council to break a tie
occurring between two or more
congressional candidates in an
area, thus eliminating runoff elec
tions.
-. Elections Commission Chairman
George Jackson said runoff elec
tions have in the past been ex
pensive and time-oonsuming,
while they have drawn little stu
dent participation and interest.
' The bill proposing a constitu
tional amendment -states - that a
vacant seat on Congress shall be
filled .by the runnerup. If there is
no runnerup, 7 the area council
president would appoint a. re
placement with the approval - of
the council. ,
;..The constitution now states, that
a vacant congressional- seat" must
be filled by a special election
within two weeks after the vacan
cy occurs, •" • - -‘' '
UNIVERSITY PARK;
Three departments in the field
of geological sciences will become
.wo departments, effective Friday.
THE DEPARTMENT of min
eralogy will merge with the pe
trologic and geochemical elements
of the Department oir Geophysics
and geochemistry to form a new
Department of Geochemistry and
Mineralogy, The present • geo
physical activities of the Depart
ment of geophysics - and geo
chemistry will be transferred to
a new Department of Geology and
Geophysics.
These two shifts will eliminate
the Department of Geophysics and
Geochemistry headed, by B. F.
Howell, Jr. However, Howell will
continue on the faculty as pro
fessor of geophysics.
“The organization of the Uni
versity for instruction should be
as clear and simple as possible in
order to achieve its aims,” Rackley
said, ;
The Institute of Science and
Engineering will coordinate and
facilitate the work of a growing
number of interdisciplinary re
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Committee Hits New Setback
Preventing Decision on Froth
• By WINNIE BOYLE
Another in a seemingly, long
series of delays prevented a de
cision by the Committee of Stu
dent Organizations yesterday con
cerning the future of . a new
humor magazine.
Yesterday’s delay was caused
by. the lack of several, official
okays which are necessary for a
position on Froth’s Board of Di
rectors. .' '
A POLICY instituted by the
committee this term requires that
each person who is asked to serve
oxi the board must first have the
approval of the organization
which'he represents or that of
his direct-supervisor.
George L. Donovan,. chairman
of the committee, said this pro
vision is necessary because the
- Also on tonight’s agenda is the
appointment of Nancy Grace,
chairman ,of the Educational Af
fairs Commission, to the Senate
Subcommittee on Academic
Honesty.
A third bill to be submitted by
Geiger calls for the establishment
of a USG National and Interna
tional Affairs Awareness .Commit
tee. ■ . . - ; ■
Last week Congress postponed
indefinitely a bill calling for USG
to condemn the House Un-
American Activities Committee.
The opposition felt that congress
men do not know the feelings of
their constituents on national and
international affairs. ' -
ANOTHER BILL concerning in
ternational affairs will be pre
sented by-Harry Grace (town). His
bill proposes that'USG. denounce
the; policy of apartheid as being
incompatible, with the democratic
principles-of the rights of the. in
dividual without regard to race,
religion, or creed.
Apartheid is ; the practice of
strict- segregation- and discrimina
tion against the native Negroes
and other colored peoples as
practiced by the government of
the of South Africa.'
FOR A BETTER PENN STATE
PA,;- WEDNESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 30; 1963
Subzero Temp
Hits Campus
Once Again
The mercury skidded io rec
ord ; low temperatures well
below the zero mark for the
second lime within a week
early yesterday.
Reliable observations on and
around, the campus indicate
the mercury was generally be
tween 15 and 21 below zero at
dawn.
A slight warming trend be
gan yesterday afternoon as the
mercury inched upward to a
high of 19 degrees.
However, a storm that is
slowly taking shape in the
south-central states is likely
to bring snow to the Common
wealth today and tonight. An
accumulation of 2 to 4 inches
of new snow is expected by
tomorrow morning.
Temperatures,should dip be
low zero again tomorrow night.
The forecast for this area
calls for mostly cloudy skies
through tomorrow. Occasional
snow is expected today and to
night and snow flurries are
likely tomorrow.
Today's high temperature
will be about 28 degrees, and a
low of 15 is. seen for tonight.
A high of 20 is predicted for
tomorrow.
people are asked to serve by vir
tue of their respective positions
rather- than as individuals.
. The committee is still waiting
for official notification from the
Association of Women Students’
Senate, which, approved the posi
tion of its president, on the board
Saturday.
Also the committee' is holding
up its decision until it is officially
notified that the head of .the art
department has been approved
by the dean of the College of
Arts and Architecture. Jules Hel
ler, dean of the college, was out
of town yesterday and could not
be reached for his approval.
The final verification which is
needed is for the director of stu
dent affairs for commonwealth
campuses, by the assistant to the
president for student affairs, Rob
ert-G. Bernreuter.
Bernreuter said yesterday that
he 'would not give his approval
in this case because he did not
feel it was necessary. He , also
pointed out that if he gave of
ficial approval it would seem as
if the person filling the post were
representing him.
When informed of this develop-
Senate Confirms
Charmbury, Purdy
For Cabinet Posts
HARRISBURG (/P) Lawmak
ers rounded out Gov. Scranton’s
cabinet yesterday by confirming
appointment of two new depart
ment-heads.
Confirmed by the Senate after
two weeks delay were E. Wilson
Purdy, St. Petersburg, Fla., as
state' police commissioner, - and
H. Beecher Charmbury, State Col
lege, as secretary of mines and
mineral industries.
' Charmbury was confirmed
unanimously and Purdy was con
firmed with only Sen. John J.
Hs.luska, D-Cambria, opposed.
-He objected to the appointment
because Purdy is not a Pennsyl
vanian.
Sen. Robert P. Casey, D-Scran
ton, -had questioned Charmbury’s
qualifications for the position and
expressed fears he may not be
wholeheartedly in favor of the
kind of strict mine controls called
for in both Republican and Demo
cratic platforms. - ■ •» j - -) L' < - ■
State Committee
May Advise
increased Aid
An additional $B5 million in
State aid, which would include
more funds for the University,
will be required to meet edu
cational needs for the 1963-64
year, according to a prelimi
nary report by the Governor’s
Committee of 100 for Belter Edu
cation.
This committee was instituted
under the administration of Da
vid L. Lawrence, former gover
nor.
THE REPORT proposes in
creased tax measures be enacted,
if necessary, to meet these de
mands, the Harrisburg Patriot-
News stated.
The Patriot said that the re
port recommends an additional
$2O million for colleges, $13.5 mil
lion of it for the University and
private state-aided schools.
According to The Centre Daily
Times, about $4 or $4.5 million is
proposed to go directly to the
University. Of this amount $1 mil-
ment last night, Donovan said the
committee may allow Merle' E.
Campbell, the person in question,
to sit on the Board of Directors
as an individual rather than as
representing his particular de
partment of the University ad
ministration.
Donovan said that he would
personally hate to lose the serv
ices of Campbell, because he felt
Campbell would make an out
standing contribution to Froth.
THE COMMITTEE will meet
again next Tuesday for consider
ation .of the constitution. Dono
van said yesterday that if the de
cision is made next week, it will
probably be accompanied by a
statement explaining why the
constitution was approved or re
jected.
JFK Submits New Education Bill
Re-designed To Meet Objections
u WASHINGTON (AP) Presi
dent Kennedy asked Congress
yesterday to approve a new kind
of federal aid to education pro
gram—designed to meet objec
tions that smashed his school bill
hopes in the past.
THE PRESIDENT quoted no
cost for his comprehensive, com
plex program, but administration
sources estimated the cost at $4.6
billion for the first three years.
In two major respects, the bill
differed from Kennedy’s past
educational proposals: First, it
lumped all the President’s educa
tion requests in one package; and
second, it cut and renovated the
key provision of federal aid to
public elementary and secondary
schools. .
Congress received the bill with
out any great show of enthusiasm.
Some menibers quickly criticized
the idea of putting all education
proposals in a single package.
Despite a new design, the bill
still features the program that has
provoked Roman Catholic criti
cism of the President’s proposals
in. .the past; a four-year, $1.5-
billiori plan of : federal aid to public
l rn would go to increase enroll
ment by about 1,000 students;
s z million would be allocated for
faculty salary increases; and an
additional $1 million would be
spent for research facilities, with
the expressed hope that the re
search be conducted to benefit the
commonwealth.
The report has been mailed to
all members of the committee for
comment. However, President
Eric A. Walker, who sits on the
committee, has not received his
copy yet, Wilmer E. Kenworthy,
executive assistant to the presi
dent, said yesterday.
If approved, the recommended
increase would raise the Univer
sity’s budget to approximately
$24.5 million. This is about the
same amount proposed by a re
cently suggested formula for shar
ing stale funds agreed upon by
Temple, Drexel, Pitt, Penn and
Penn State.
Tho Times said it is also be
lieved to be the same amount
requested by the University in its
budget presentation to the stale.
However, the amount requested
has not been officially disclosed.
ADDITIONAL major recom
mendations include creating a
state board of education to map
education policy. The board would
be subdivided into a council on
higher education and a council
on public education.
Govei'nor William W. Scranton
made a similar recommendation
last week in his legislative ad
dress to the General Assembly.
Another recommendation pro
poses increasing teacher salaries
on an average of $6OO over the
next two years using $4,500 as a
minimum pay base in 1063.
Creation of a state-aided sys
tem of community colleges and a
concerted effort to create tech
nical training schools on both the
high school and community col
lege level were also recommend
ed in the report.
David Gerard, executive secre
tary of the committee, said Sun
day that if "no major changes or
revisions of policy” are called for
by committee members, the re
port will be submitted by Gov.
Scranton in two weeks.
schools without similar funds for
parochial schools.
But the President cut this part
of his program considerably, and
he may have satisfied some Ro
man Catholic critics by going a
good deal of the way toward
meeting their demands on aid to
parochial and private colleges and
universities.
THE BILL Is long as well as
complex—some of its programs
lasting two years, .some three
years, one four, and another five.
Government officials said the
first year starting next July 1—
would cost $1.2 billion and the
first three years $4.6 billion, but
they would not estimate costs
beyond that.
Despite their experiences on
Capitol Hill in the past two years,
administration spokesmen pro
fessed optimism for the bill’s
chances.
The bill’s major new approach
came in its provision for a four
year, $1.5-billion program of fed
eral grants for public schools.
This was a sharp cut from the
$2.3 billion the administration
asked for a three-year program
last year. >- ■, >! • ■
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