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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
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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
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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
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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.
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