. . _ . , I • Weather Forecast: ‘ it * A Much Needed - If f.f.:5, ~ gi a tt aoudy, ' ' 1, 1 1 ,.! , .,/. 1 , .. Exp/anation Cold OttV Ct Lig , "... `, Coltr --See Page 4 VOL, 63, No. 69 ADDRESSING THE FACULTY, President Eric A. Walker .spoke yesterday of the University's plans for the future before an audience of about .500 in Schwab. He noted the University's in rexy Discusses Budget, Student-Faculty Problems By ROCHELLE MICHAELS (See Related Editorial)- In many curricula, the —cover age of the particular-discipline or science is frejuently "spotty and sometimes without reason or pur pose," President Eric A. Walker revealed yesterday in discussing results of the University's evalu ation program: During a frank, 30-minute ad dress to - about - 50U' faculty mem bers, Walker commented -on the departmental evaluation ,p r grams, University reorganization, tension on students and faculty, state budget appropriations, en rollments and other problems. ,_ SUGGESTING a remedy -to the curricula coverage pr o b l e m, Walker said: • "Unfortunately our coverage in any area is too often determirred by the interests of the people whom - we happen to 'employ.' He noted that various depart ments needed to add "new peo- Congress Sets . Up Honesty Committee A Committee on Academic Honesty under the Educa tional Affairs Commission will initiate a program to encourage academic honor among students., The bill establishing the . committee_ was passed Wednes day night by the Undergraduate Student GovernMent Con gress; Donald Macalady, a student member of the Senate Sub committee on Academic Honesty, was- appointed- chairrrian, Robert G. Berbreuter, special assistant to. the President for stu dent affairs, and Laurence H. Lattman, chairman of the Senate Subcommittee on Student Affairs, ex - pressed interest at the .USG encampment last summer in a student-motivated program to in creak academic honesty, Nancy Grace, sponsor of the bill, said. Since then, President Eric A. Walker and Dorothy J. Lipp, dean of women, have also voiced interest in such a program, Miss Grace added MISS GRACE, a newly ap pointed student member of the Senate Subcommittee on Aca demic:honesty, said the Academic Honesty Committee will strive to serve and cooperate with the sen ate subcommittee. . • Under committee reports, Su zanne Royter,, chairman of ..the Student-Faculty_„ RelationS Com mittee,` said student representa tives are gathering facility sup- OA - for - an associate pregram to promote interaction among stu deriti:and faculty .menibers. UNIVERSITY PARK, PA., FRIDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 1, 1963 creased rate of growth in the last 10 years and the special problems that haye arisen from it. But, we are doing "very well," he concluded. ple competent in the areas not covered." Walker also remarked that the evaluators had found that "too often • a curriculum is a hodge podge of courses put together at a number of levels" and not one determined by the entire faculty of the department. "This failing appears to be a . common one at Penn State. Cer 7 tainly it is one which all deparf ments must make every effort to correct," Walker said in one of the few direct' instructions to the faculty he gave during the speech. Discussing the realignments of the University's colleges, Walker assured the - falulty'that "no de partment-. is "gfing to be moved unless it wishes to move - and demonstrates that wish by a nia- , jority vote." In trying to determine some causes for the increased tensions to which students seem to be sub; jected, Walker noted that "cer tainly the increased -stature, in- At a•meeting last month among Miss Dianne C. Hunt, associate dean of women, two faculty mem bers and Miss Royter, it was con -eluded that there is a "definite lack of interaction between stu dents and faculty," and that an associate program would prove a distinct advantage. . • STUDENTS and faculty mem bers interested in supporting and contributing to the start of an associate program will meet Thursday to make concrete sug gestions and bring the_ Commit tee out of its primary stages, Miss Royter said. In other business, a bill calling for USG to denounce -the policy of apartheid as being "incom patible with the democratic prin ciples of the rights of the indi iridual without 'regard to race, religion, or creed" - -Was postponed until a petition signed_ by. at least 500 students asking Congress to debate the issue is presented. Under a bill passed by Con gress, USG can •debate a national or international' issue "orily`atige request of such a petition: — ';-= FOR A BETTER PENN STATE creased intelligence and increased capability of the student body is a very large factor. -- "Yet in many cases, our stu dents have overscheduled," he explained. "This is unreasonable and it should be curtailed." THE FACULTY; too, is under added tension, Walker said. "Some of the tension resulted from in creased pressures on the depart ments because of the evaluations, and because the departments in general are consciously doing their best to improve the quality of their instruction-.-a goal which is not won easily." airing his speech, Walker an nounced that administration has requested a $24.8 million budget appropriation from the (Continued on page six) 1;600 Undergrads Make Dean's List About 1,600 undergraduates at tained the fall term dean's list, Robert G. Bernreuter, dean of ad missions and registrar, announced yesterday. A term average of at least 3.5 is required for dean's list. The total for fall, 1961 was 1,335 students on dean's list, and for 1960, 962 earned the citation. Bernreuter said the increasing scholarship' is further evidence that the four-term system is an arrangement for academic effi ciency. Of the 1,596 on the list, 272 attained 4.0 averages. This is also an increase over the 219 with per fect averages last year. The total includes students on all campuses. Of them, 1,484 are enrolled in a four-year curricu lum and 112 in a two-year pro gram. Model U.N. Assembly (See Related Stories on Page 5) A United Nations .official and a member of the Russian embassy in this country will launch the University's first Model United NatiOns General Assembly at 7:30 tonight in Schwab • when they address Some 1,200 student dele gates and observers. THE SPEECHES ,of Andre Bovay, assistant to the director of general services- of the United Nations; and K. G. .Fedoseev, • a member of the senior council on political affairs at, the, Russian embassy in New York,' will be televised over a closed-circuit hookup in all rooms on the ground. floor, Sparks. A special broadcast of-the Model Diefenbaker Hits U.S. 'lnterference' OTTAWA (/1') Prime Minister John G. Diefenbaker, under rising pressure to clarify Canada's defense policy, yesterday ac cused the United States of "unwarranted intrusion" into debate on whether Canada should accept nuclear arms. Diefenbaker told the House of Commons that Canada will not be a satellite and will not be "pushed or accept external interference in making decisions." Opposition parties echoed Diefenbaker's resentment at the U.S. State Department's declaration Wednesday night that criticized Canada for delay in accepting nuclear weapons. But the opposition blamed the government for provoking - the U.S. action, and forced an emergency debate last night on the arms issue. IN THE RUSH of anti-United States feeling, it. was uncertain whether the opposition parties, Liberal, Social Credit and New Democratic, would try to topple the Conservative government. House rules do not allow a vote of no-confidence during an emer gency debate. Such a vote could not come until next week. • Diefenbaker told the House the U.S, statement was released to the press half an hour after it was delivered to the Canadian Em bassy. "The government of Canada;" *he said, "does not consider that open public pressure by way of press releases or otherwise are appropriate methods of exchanging views between equal sovereign nations and allies." Canada, he added, "is determined to remain jt firm ally, but that does not necessitate that she should be a satellite." Diefenbaker declared that Canadian Ambassador Charles Ritchie will be recalled from Washington for consultation. "This action by the Department of State of the United States," said Diefenbaker, "is unprecedented, and I weigh my words when I say that it constitutes an unwarranted intrusion in Canadian af fairs." BUT .THE PRIME minister ran into renewed criticism when he declared his government "sees no need to modify the views" he expressed last Friday, when he said greater emphasis should be placed on • conventional forces. T. C. Douglas, leader of the New Democrats, said Diefenbaker's statement clashed with one issded Monday by Defense Minister Douglas Harkness. In an interpretation of Diefenbaker's words, Harkness said the prime minister had voiced a policy aimed at eventual acceptance of nuclear arms. Euwenia Proposes LA College Under An experimental plan designed to group the departments of the College of Liberal Arts under four larger divisions or councils was proposed recently by Ben Euweina, dean of the college: THE PLAN calls for humani ties, communications, social sci ences and language divisions to abgorb many of the existing de partments, he said. The plan may be put into ef fect next September, on a- trial basis, for a' year, Euwema said. Academic considerations, not ad ministrative, prompted the re grouping. The principal goal of this re vision is to improve channels of communication within the col lege, he said. A more significant "inter departmental relationship" may Will Begin Tonight United Nations at Schwab Audi torium will be presented at 7:30 tonight over WDFM radio. - 13oVay, formerly an administra tive officer at the U.N. Congo headquarters for the late Secre tary General -Dag Hammarskjold, will speak on "The United Nations and the Congo." —Fedoseev will address the group concerning Soviet reaction to the results of the 17th session of the United Nations General Assembly. The Model U.N., with about 700 delegates, will be sponsored by the Liberal Arts Student-Council this weekend. Later this evening and all day Saturday, delegates will group into five principal committees to discuss tonics such as disarma- Plan To Divide Four Divisions result from regrouping these de partments since the structure of the college will be greatly sim plified, Euwema said. As an example of such fication, Euwema said one facet of the proposal might place the School of Journalism and the Department of Speech under a "communications" division. Several of the college's depart ments have not yet been assigned to one of the proposed divisions since their scope encompasses two or more of them, he said. THE MOVE was not an indict ment of the department system, Euwema added. The department still remains as the basic administrative unit in an educational institution to develop and perfect a discipline and impart knowledge of It to students, he explained. ment and the Cuban situation (political committees); technical assistance programs to the world's underdeveloped areas (economic and financial committee); the question of Southwest Africa (trusteeship committee); and the reogranization of the Secretariat (administration and budget com mittee). AFTER A RECESS Saturday evening for an "International Night," or social gathering, the delegates will conclude work Sun day with a final General Assem.- bly .session. At this concluding session delegates will vote on the resolu tions produced at Saturday's com mittee meetines. FIVE CENTS
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