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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
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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: