tittg VOL. 63, Wo. 74 UNIVERSITY PARK, PA., FRIDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY'B, 1963 Constitution Amendment eeded for Recognition f State University Status The only way the University - can gain continuing recog nition as the state university of Pennsylvania is through a constitutional amendment, President Eric A. Walker said Tuesday night. Walker made this Statement during a question and answer session after dinner at Theta Xi fraternity. THE UNIVERSITY could have achieved recognition as the Com monwealth's state u n iv e r sity during the administration of former Gov. David L. Lawrence, he_ said. However, such recogni tion would entail placing the Uni versity faculty, staff and admin istration on the state payroll, state approval of all purchasing and the possibility that the state would set tuition. _ • He said he would not accept recognition as the state university on those terms. Walker was also asked whether the University would ever operate a medical school. He replied that there are al ready too many medical schools in the state. - His judgment was based on the' Potential student populations of _the existing schools, he added. There are six medical schools in _Pennsylvania at this time, he said, while Delaware and ConnecticUt Universit Theatre Paper M ake By DONNAN BEESON Collegian Reviewer It's a simple little story; the moon., is_ a paper one; the wall imaginary; the- rape contrived. But all the talent and fun that went into last night's 'opening of the University Theatre's "The Fnatasticks" is real. USING CENTER' Stage for the last time, actors, actresses, direc tor, musicians and company take the facilities and the audience into a world they will never for- "YOU'RE STANDING, IN MY KUMOUATSI" snips David Arm bruster at Jo Sbarbaro, Peter Norman and Frank Wilson in last night's* opener- - of "The Fantasticks." FOR A BETTER PENN STATE By TONY FOGUO have none and New 'J,ersey - has only one. - Walker also said that a good medical school must have a rel atively large hospital nearby with which it is affiliated, so that medi cal students and nurses can gain professional experience: The University can not have a medical school -in Centre County but has been requested to operate one in Harrisburg or_ Pittsburgh, Walker said. This type of operation would be too expensive to be feasible, he said, adding that it might well drain the University's financial resources. _ When asked whether the Uni .versity might consider establish ing a'law school, Walker replied it would not be as expensive as a medical school but he, was not sure if it was needed. AN ECONOMIC need for an other law school is not apparent because the profession is not drawing students as readily as before, he—said, The income of lawyers 'is low, averaging about $7,000 per year, he said. Moon, Fantasy, Talent 'Fantasticks' Fun Real get. It's_ a fast-moving one, but bright. Spurred- by the hope that their progeny will eventually fall into the arms of. _Love, two _ fathers contrive to - build a wall that will entice the two adolescents into an undying curiosity about it. They are successful. Boy and Girl played by Frank Wilson and Jo Sbarbaro, very- sneakily (so they think), proceed to tryst while the trysting is secret and fall in love. Miss Sbarbaro's voie e, whether belting out a bluesey re frahL or soaring through a sweet Tutirgiatt , FIVE CENTS PI BETA PHI sorority's entry (shown above) placed first in the Greek Week Poster Con test, along with Kappa Sigma fraternity. Poster Winners . Kappa Sigma fraternity and Pi Beta Phi sorority won first placeS in this year's pre-Greek Week poster contest, Harold Ishler, co-chairman of th e event, said last night. The second and third place winners in the fraternity cate gory were Kappa Delta Rho and Delta Chi, Alpha Epsilon Phi and Delta Delta Delta took those positions in the sorority category. Ishler said. Twenty sororities and 14 fra ternities entered the - contests, he added. love song, is delightful. Wilson's voice, although occasionally un sure, balances out the love-struck pair. Overwhelmed by the success of their subterfuge, the two fath ers, Dave Armbruster and Allan Just, then must find a way to bring the two together without losing the romantic touch. Ron Slawson, playing a bandit at this particular moment, prom ises to help them out by staging a scene in which Girl is threat ened with unmentionable harm and Boy comes to rescue. Art Sokolove and Lawrence Cameron play his assistants, what with swords and general abuse. Both sail through their roles superbly, Cameron almost taking away the show with his mock destruction. ARMBRUSTER and Just were never prouder fathers. Finally their children have given "them as much satisfaction as their vegetables . and flowers. And Slawson has never carried off a better bounty.-All three carry off (Ccrntinued on page three) USG By-Lows Amendment Discussed The proposed amendment to the by-laws of the Undergraduate Student Government constitution calling for all congressional candi dates to submit signed petitions will not eliminate political parties, Jon Geiger (fraternity; sponsor of the bill, said last night. Speaking on the USG Report over radio station- WDFM, Geiger said that the amendment will force the candidates to meet their con stituents. It will also "stop a per son from riding in on a party's name." EARLIER THIS WEEK, Liberal Party Chairman George Gordon said, ''The by-law amendment runs directly counter to the con Cub tun Pro e To Co tin e (See related story on page 2) WASHINGTON M—Senate investigators refused yester day to accept the Kennedy administration's argument that the Soviet threat in Cuba is waning. - - "We are going right on" with an investigation of what the Rus sians are doing with men and equipment still in Cuba, Sen. John Stennis, D-Miss., said. Stennis is chairman of an Armed Services Preparedness subcommit tee which met behind closed doors for the second time in two days with Central Intelligence Agency Director John A. McCone. "I don't see any lessening of the military threat," Stennis said. IN THE HOUSE, Rep. Armi stead Selden, D-Ala., announced his subcommittee on inter-Ameri can affairs . will open hearings Feb. 18 on "the nature of the Cas tro-Communist subversive appara tus" in the Western Hemisphere. Selden and Stennis, like Sever al other Congress members of both parties, indicated they were far from convinced by Wednesday's extraordinary r a dio- television presentation by Secretary of De fense Robert S. McNamara. McNamara , and an aide pre sented a graphic series of aerial reconnaissance photographs i n support of the secretary's conten tion that, "Cuba is a lessening military threat to the extent that the military personnel of the So viet Union and their equipment are being removed." He and McCone both said in substantially the same words that Record 250 Apply For Study Abroad By STEVE CIMBALA A record 250 applications, ap: proximately 50 more than last year, have 'been submitted for participation in the 1964 edition of the University's study abroad program, Dagobert de Levie, di rector of the program, said yes terday. The deailline for filing such applications with the Study Abroad office, 212 Willard, has been extended to Feb. 20 to ac commodate the flood of applica tions, De Levie said, This year's program will send 116 students to the Universities of Strasbourg, France; Cologne, Germany; and Salamanca, Spain, beginning March 25. Qualifications for admission to the program, open to all students in or beyond their seventh term, include an All-University aver age of -at least 2.5 and a back ground in at least one foreign language. Costs for the term abroad parallel expenses for a regular term at'University Park, De Le vie said, with the exception of the round-trip airplane fare and a $35 registration fee. Students who applied for this year's program and were not selected must renew their appli cations at the Study Abroad of fice if they wish to be considered stitutions of the three parties•' If the amendment is passed, Gordon said, "Liberal party will insist on a referendum on the question of political parties and the USG•constitution." In a letter to The Daily Col legian last week, University Party Chairman Francis Conte said his party "enthusiastically supported" the amendment. Campui Party Chairmari.Robert Perugini was unavailable for com ment. Geiger said another reason he proposed the amendment was that the proposal received support from Elections Commission Chairman George Jackson and all • three party chairmen when discussed at "we are convinced tcypnd reason nble doubt that all olfensive rola siles and bombers known to be in Cuba" have 1)(11 withdrawn :since the showdown last October be tween President Kennedy and So viet Premier Khrushchev, "Director McCone undoubtedly will be recalled later as we push ahead with our inquiry," Stennis told newsmen. DESPITE McNamara's state ment that "there appears to be some continuing movement out," Stennis said there is no evidence of continued withdrawal of Soviet forces from Cuba. He said his sub committee wants to know "just why they are continuing this un usual military threat." Senate Republican Leader Ev erett N. Dirksen of Illinois said the one impression he gained from the Defense Department in telligence briefings, as it was shown on television screens throughout the nation, was "that Cuba is a Soviet base from which they will continue to operate" for penetration of Latin America. Sen. Kenneth B. Keating, It- N.Y., who has protested for months that the administration underesti mates Soviet military power in Cuba, said it is "patently absurd" to contend the Russians cannot ex port arms from Cuba to other Latin American nations. Keating said Wednesday's state ment by McCone "verifies my contention that the Soviet bastion in Cuba is at least ten times stronger now than it was in July." "The Soviets have not brought thousands of troops and millions of rubles worth of equipment into Cuba merely to bask in the Cuban sun," he declared. for next year's program, De Levie said. Plans to extend the program into the Near East, Far East and England are currently being con sidered by the Liberal Arts Study Abroad Committee, Ben Euwema, dean of the college, said recently. The committee feels the pro gram in England could begin next year if agreements with the proper British universities can be made, Euwema - said. The committee, chaired by De Levie, also includes Richard C. Maloney, associate clean of the college, and six liberal arts pro fessors. Edelson's Illness Remains Unknown Steven Edelson (2nd-I ibe r a 1 arts-Rockville Centre, N.Y.) re mains on the critical list at, Geis inger Medical Center, Danville, Dr. Herbert R. Glenn, director of Ritenour Health Center„ said yes terday. Diagnosis of Edelson's illness, suspected to be meningitis, may be made today. However, Edelson is seriously ill and will remain so for over a week, Dr. Glenn said. Meningitis is a disease of the nervous system characterized by inflammation of the protective brain coverings. USG encampment. At that time, Anne Morris chaired Liberal Party. The by-law amendment bill, which received its first reading Wednesday night, will be voted on next week. All by-law amend ments require a two-thirds ma jority vote lor• passage. GEIGER EXPRESSED disap pointment at the defeat Wednes day evening of his bill calling for the area council to break a tie in a congressional ele r ption. Countering previous arguments that vote by the area council would not be representative, Gei ger said the small turnout for runoff elections is. not represen tative either:
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