PAGE FOUR Editorial Opinion A Much Needed Explanation President Walker undertook a major public relations effort within the 'Uni versity, yesterday which we believe suc teed ed In an unprecedented move President Walker spoke at a specially called faculty meeting. [-[is speech was apparently de signed to mollify faculty opposition to college realignment plans which would organize the technical and professional de partments around three "core colleges." The President also informed faCulty mem bers of the present and future status of the University. The Board of Trustees approved the first of the departmental shifts which will gradually lead to the core college set-up last weekend. These were the moves of the Depart ments of Economics and Psychology, from the Colleges of Business Administration and Education, respectively, into the Col lege of the Liberal Arts, and the shift of the Speech and Hearing Clinic to the Col lege of Education. These moves were pre viously approved by the faculty of the departments involved. We heartily approve of this realign ment. When Walker evaluated the Uni versity's present departrnental organization as "irrational" and "horrible," he was abso lutely correct. We hope that the faculty of this Uni versity will forget any petty differences they may have and approve and/or improve realignment plans to better equip Penn State for high level education. Related to the overall problem of-meet ing the 60's, President Walker commented on the department-by-department evalua tion now being conducted, He termed the results of the half-completed evaluation not greatly surprising, but said that some are "disturbing." ' We see this department evaluation' as perhaps the greatest contribution to Uni versity improvement in the last five years. At last the academic departments of this University are being given careful study both from within and without. The results of the evaluation will serve as guidelines for the academic building of this Uni versity. Walker listed three general deficien cies that have been found . among depart ments already studied: spotty coverage in some fields, curricula which the professors do not understand and the lack of a satis factory plan for graduate students. These deficiencies, along with the spe cific deficiencies of individual departments, must be remedied. - Increasing faculty and student tensions was another object of Walker's concern. He did not offer any solutions, but hinted that tensions are - a universal problem among colleges and universities. He associated faculty tensions with the evaluation program. With departments dis• covering their weaknesses, faculty . mem-t Successor to The Free Lance , est. 1887 - Published Tuesday through Saturday morning during the University year. The Daily Collegian Is a student-operated newspaper. Entered as second-class matter July 5, 1934 at the State College, Pa. Post Office under the act of March 3, 1879. ANN PALMER Editor A StitclentOperated Newspaper 58 Years of Editorial Freedom ~hC Elatill Tottgrtiatt Mall Subscription Prfeel Member of The Associated Press @"9`~" i THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, UNIVERSITY PARK, PENNSYLVANIA bars are constantly striving to correct them and this "is not an easy goal." - With regard to stud en t tensions. Walker referred to the number of students taking an overload of credits (from 15 to 17 credits) which he called "unreasonable." This item, we believe, could be a major cause of many student tensions. It can be solved. However, under the existing grad uation requirements, it is impossible for most students not to be over scheduled some of the time and still graduate in 12 terms. Sometimes this is because the college requires more credits than can be taken in an 11-credit term----the definition given for the average load. But, in most cases over loads are caused by the nature of courses. It is difficult to find many worthwhile one or two-credit courses. Thus, in most terms students must either take nine credits, not enough to graduate in 12 terms; or 12 cred its, an overload. In addition, persons faking a double major or the advanced ROTC option find that they must take an overload to com plete their requirements in the regular time period. We believe many students' tensions can be relieved by adjustments in the term system such as the addition of a final exam period and curriculuM revision: President Walker achieved his desired aim in his speech. The faculty deserved a thorough explanation of college realign ment plans and a progress report on the department evaluation. We hope that in the future the admin istration will continue this practice of publicly explaining its progress and plans to all who have the right to know the faculty and students of this University. Kicks OH U.N. We wish the best of luck to the Model U.N. It is a worthwhile experiment in international understanding in this section of rural Penns.ylvania But the general student body can be assured that the. most valuable aspects of the project need not be confined to dele gations. The - Liberal Arts Student Council, 'sponsor of the Model U.N., has arranged for highlights of the three-day program to be televised into Sparks. Students should not neglect this op portunity to make the Model U.N. a truly campus-wide project. We hope that the delegations develop the project to its utmost and that no one groupp - unduly monopolizes the Assembly's time—even though the members may feel that they are best-prepared and niost qualified to speak. - Delegates—and students—it is up to you ,to prove that . worthwhile activities 'such as this can-exist even under the term system $6.00 a year HERBERT , WITMER }justness Manager meandering The Forgotten Box The senior class president is currently selecting feasible sug gestions for the senior class gift. These suggestions will be nar rowed down by.his advisory board and three or four will appear on the ballot at both March gradua tion and Spring registration. All seniors will be permitted to vote, Lists of suggel tions have be( obtained' from tl President's offi+ and the Alum: office, as well o t h e r interests and influential a, ministrators However, I fe that senior cla president, Rank Carter, and his ak visors have over- - looked one impor tant possibility. They do not plan, at present, to have a suggestion box for every-day, ordinary seniors to offer thoughts on their gift to the University. The reasoning be hind this seems to be that since suggestion boxes set up by other senior class presidents have proven unsuccessful, such boxes are a waste of time. To consider this problem we should look into time it will take to set up such - an operation. First of all it would take only one person to gain the required per mission from the Associated Stu dents Activities office and this same person could easily place the box of the Hefzel Union desk. He could also pick up the suggestions periodically (surely any student finds himself in the HUB at least Letters Simmons Girls Protest Cold Lunches As Inadequate on Winter Afternoons TO THE EDITOR: We are not ernment cutting us out of its Sur students to complain, We chose plus budget?' Is President Walker to attend this wonderful Univer- aware of what we're beingserved? Is he aware of what we're sity, although it is quite some being subjected to? Is he aware? distance from any booming We'd persohally like to subject metropolis. We never raised one him, 'er, invite him to one of our word of .opposition in regard to meals in Simmons Hall. But not being students to complain . • the marvelous laundry facilities. Though wrapped in our blankets —P. Karen Hill, '65 il Whitaker, 65 ' we didn't complain when we were Barbara Ga Morris, '65 without heat for two weeks in Patr i cia Chavis, '64 this zero degree weather. Our lips remained sealed when it became compulsory for us to wear heels to the "savory" dress-up dinners we are blessed with on occasion. But now, after remaining quiet over a long period ,of time, we find it is of utmost importance to our survival through this long winter to speak out and protest the cold cuts, ice-cream bars, and tuna fish salad, The thought of having tuna fish salad in the winter on Fri day is poor enough. But on Tues day! Is it a religious holiday? Are we ignorant of some Na tional Fasting week? Is the gov- Campus Beat One of my brighter students has finally answered that age old student question "Why am I behind even though - only one week of the term has gone by?" The simple answer "is• that all profs, myself included, work out a lesson schedule for the entire term or thirty sessions: Thus when a student reports to class the. first day he realizes that the prof has an assignment listed for that day. So everyone starts• out one day behind schedule. I know some students who never recover from this initial setback. =Prof Wayne WDFM Schedule FRIDAY, FEB. 1, 1963 :1:10 "The Philadelphia" Liszt: "Hungarian Rhapsody" No., 1 Enesco: "Roumanian Rhapsody" No. 2 Strauss: "Fledermaus Suite" 6:00 Dinner Date 6:00 Washington Reports: news the capitol. 6:18 Weathericope: ffoel -Myers, 6:20 Ballet Theater: •• " -- Offenbach: "Helen Of Troy" Chopin: "Lea Sylphides" Berners: "The Triumph of Neptune" 7:30 Special Broadcast of the Model' United. Nations .in Schwab _ 9:00 Send Off : .Tez Liu Playing pop music 12:00 Night Sound: Big Sounds in music till 2:00 FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1963 by joan .nniehan twice a week.) The time and ef fort, therefore, is practically non existent. Sure, the suggestion box Could prove, as in the past, that many seniors don't really care about their class gift. However, perhaps a worthwhile suggestion might be forthcoming.. One never knows, no matter how much power -he wields. After all, the senior - .clasp fund came from many people who do not _sit on, the advisory board. They should at least be permitted to offer suggestions before the narrowing -down process for bal loting occurs. I have faith in the board and I think that at least a few members might be interested in hearing from some of the less influential members of the class. The suggestion box procedure has proven successful in many large companies. The general philosophy seems to be that em ployees, although not in an execu tive position, might possibly have workable suggestions about the company's operation. These sug gestion boxes do not always pro duce feasible ideas but sometimes they do and for that reason have become an important practice in these firms. Somehow it. does not seem too far-fetched that a member of the senior class (most spend 4 years at this University) might come up 'with . a._project that he would like to have his donated dollars help finance. At least in a:demo cratic society he should have an opportunity to offer suggestions before he votes on pre-selected gift ideas. • - W14 1 1 1 16 - . 1 , 1! 4 ;E t SIIX rota CUH(e (6 11 THAT AS 600 N As A, PERSON STATES Hl g AMBITION, EvEROJETRiEs TO DISCOURAGE WA? WH ( e COULDN'T I BE A Pala: , HEREFORD RANCHER? 0E50E5 THAT, I MEAN!
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