Mostly sunny and continued cold today. High near 25. Ciear and cold tonight. Low around 10. Mostly cloudy and lot as cold tomorrow with wchance of some snow at night. Probability of snow near 0 today and tonight, 20% tomorrow; 50% tomorrow night. VOL. 68, No. 49 p ; .,,„„ oai from the associated. press News Roundup: From the State, Nation & World The World Cambodian Discussions Described as Cordial PHNOM PENH,. Cambodia Cambodian officials re ported yesterday that the first meeting of U.S. Ambassador Chester Bowles and Prince Norodom Sihanouk was "frank and cordial" but they disclosed no details of the hour long conversation. Bowles arrived in Phnom Penh Monday on a mission for President Johnson to discuss the use of neutral Cam bodia as a sanctuary by Communist troops fighting in Vietnam. There was a possibility the talks would range over the broader issues of Vietnam peace talks. An informed source said Bowles probably would con fer with Sihanouk again today and leave Phnom Penh tomorrow. Informants said Sihanouk spoke to Bowles in English and expressed the Cambodian position with his "habitual affability." The meeting was at the prince's modernistic Chamcar Mon Palace, set amid luxuriant tropical gardens. Cambodian officials said "useful points of view were exchanged." Viet Cong Battalion Destroyed in Fight SAIGON Defensive fire of an American infantry outfit and its artillery virtually destroyed a 350-man Viet Cong battalion yesterday. A five-hour fight 31 miles northwest of Saigon pointed up the price the Communists are paying in blood for their ofensive efforts of the new year, win, lose or draw. U.S. spokesmen announced 103 of the enemy died— many from howitzer shells that gunners call "Killer Jun iors"—in a human wave assault on a bivouac of the Ist Battalion, 27th Infantry, 25th Infantry Division. On this basis, since military statistics show for every one killed in such wide open operations, only a handful of the Communists could have emerged unhit. Five Americans perished, two in a bunker struck by an enemy shell or rocket, and 28 were wounded. The Viet Cong battalion, which a prisoner told interro gators had North Vietnamese as replacements for half its ranks, could be written off at least temporarily as a fight ing force. No Reason Given For Transplant CAPE TOWN, South Africa Dr. Christian N. Bar nard said yesterday he can give no reason at this stage why the three human heart transplants in the United States have all encountered early postoperative difficulty while both of his transplants made good initial progress. Two transplant recipients in the United States died within hours and the third was in critical condition four days after his operation. The world's first human heart transplant patient, Louis Washkansky, made good progress at first after Barnard's team gave him a new heart Dec, 3, but died 18 days later from pneumonia. Barnard's second patient, Dr. Philip Blaiberg, was feel ing fine - eight - days — after — the 'operation. Barnard said he doubted if the small size of the donor heart was responsible for the death yesterday of Louis Block at Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn, N.Y. The Nation Surveyor 7 to Photograph New Moon Area P,B,SADENA, Calif Surveyor 7's human controllers got set yesterday to scratch the moon's rugged hide in a new and wildly different area—the south-central highlands near the crater Tycho. The three-legged spacecraft, loaded with instruments to satisfy scientific curiosity, landed softly Tuesday night and televised 1,225 pictures of a science-fiction landscape; ragged ridges, huge boulders, treacherous craters. Most interesting of the instruments is a hand-sized scoop on an extendable arm, a twin of that carried by Surveyor 3 last April which dug several trenches and helped prove the lunar surface is strong enough to bear the weight of manned landings planned as early as next year. It also will be used to move from spot to spot a small box containing a device to analyze the soil by radiation. Surveyor 7 is the last of a $5OO million series of me chanical moon scouts and the fifth successful one. They have televised more than 67,000 pictures. Youth Corps Slashes Number of Dropouts _ PITTSBURGH The Neighborhood Youth Corps is slashing the number of school dropouts and surprising educators. A survey taken by the Board of Education shows that youngsters in the corps are dropping out at half the rate of their classmates. "This was contrary to what might have been ex pected. Quite frankly, we were surprised at the results," said Dr. Louis J. Kishkuras, assistant superintendent of schools. He said the federally-financed program, which pro vides pupils in poverty areas with part-time jobs, is in tended to keep kids in school. But the response is far greater than expected. "By definition, an NYC enrollee is a potential drop out," said Kishkunas. "But we rechecked our records and came up with the same figures. The results are valid." The report showed that of the 20,941 pupils in the city's 16 high schools in the 1965-66 school year, 2,077 were in the youth corps. The drop-out rate for non-youth corps pupils was 8.43 per cent versus a drop out rate of 4.24 per cent for youth corps members. * * * The State Cause of Student Illness Remains Unknown LOCK HAVEN, Pa. A medical official at Lock Haven State College said yesterday it may take days or even weeks to determine the cause of the illness that affected 175 students. The students, representing about 9 per cent of the total enrollment, took sick Tuesday night and early yes terday and reported to the college infirmary for treatment. In the absence of official diagnosis, there were un confirmed reports that the students may have suffered from food poisoning or a virus infection. College officials tended to discount the possibility of food poisoning, but tests were being conducted with the results not expected for at least 48 hours. • _ . Dr. Kenneth L. Brickley, college physician, added that a virus infection was "difficult to isolate" and if one were present it might take several weeks before a complete diagnosis could be made. Brickley described the illness as gastro enteritis, or inflamation of the stomach and intestinal tract. The symp toms included nausea, diarrhea, weakness and in some cases fainting. MEMISETIMIZEM:77.In "7' ' What's Inside SORORITIES PLEDGING INTERNATIONAL GYM LIONS WIN VIETNAM VISIT ....... 8.56 * * * * * * * * * * * 6 Pages Quarterly System To Stay —Collegian Photo by Pierre Benicht' NORTH HALLS residents listen to University President Eric A. Walker discuss Uni versity policies. Expressions on the listeners faces indicate "that man in Old Main" is really human. Senate By JANE DAVIS Collegian USG Reporter The University Senate's ap proval of a "pass-fail' grading system drew prais, from the Undergraduate Student Govern ment yesterday, as Vice Presi dent Jon Fox called the Senate action "a great step forward in student government." "The approved "pass-fail" system shows what hard work, determination, and continuity can do in carrying through a project," Fox said. "It is among the first on state uni versity campuses." Work on the project began last September at USG En campment. James Sandman, former chairman of the Edu cational Affairs Committee, in troduced the bill to USG. From there it went to the Senate's Committee on Resi dent Instruction. A modified bill was passed Tuesday, but the details of the system will be defined by the individual col leges. "USG, in conjuction with the Faculty Senate,: plans to dis tribute a handout at spring reg istration describing the pro g_•am," Fox said. Under this program, students can take courses outside of their major without affecting their all-university average." The "pass-fail" bill is only one of a series of academic programs of USG. "Bounce AWS Considers Elex, Dress Code This term's executive elections, off-campus visiting permission for coeds and coed dress regulations were dis cussed last night at the first Association of Women Stu dents Senate meeting of the year. Faith Tanney, AWS President, announced that elec tions for the six executive positions of AWS will be held campus wide on Feb. 14 and 15. Any coed with at least a 2.25' all-University average is qualified to run for all these positions, except that of president. A candidate for this position must have served on the AWS Senate. , Further election information will. be announced at a later date. The Senate discussed the possibility of changing the existing off-campus permission rule for coeds, which stipu lates that coeds must not be in a male's apartment after the closing hours of the residence halls. Senate members decided to take the question to the individual dormitory councils for further discussion, before a resolution is made. Coed dress regulations for the Sunday noon meal currently require women students to wear "a dress and heels." This rule was criticized by several senate members who advocated changing the requirement to less formal dress making it the same as that for dinner meals during the week. This question will also be taken to the area councils for discussion. Miss Tanney read a letter to the Senate in which Otto E. Mueller, Director of Housing and Food Services, informed her that at the present time it would be impos sible for individual telephone lines to be installed in each dormitory room, and for each room to have its own tele phone. Mueller explained in the letter that the Bell Tele phone Company is presently not equipped for such a move, but said that the plan is being investigated. Collegian Captionists Conjure Confusion Well, have we finally got Yesterday, we mis-labeled the captions in the correct Ernest C. Pollard head of the places•? • Department of Biophysics as No, readers, the editors of D.S. Hiller, director of the Uni- The Daily Collegian are not versity's Dußois Campus. giving up. We're working on But we re straightened out the big things, such as putting now. From now on, mus'cians the right words under the right will not be called science build ings. And we'll try to correct ly identify our own faculty sar.nma7v.alsa , PAGE 3 . PAGE 5 . PAGE 5 . PAGE 6 pictures Two days ago, we labeled the Bach Aria musicians as a new science building. UNIVERSITY PARK, PA., THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 11, 1968 USG Started Pass-Fail Action Praised Back," another program, will be a new attempt to stimulate and change the academic en vironment of the University. According to Joseph Chirra, chairman of the Academic Awareness Commission, stu dents here are experiencing an "intellectual lethargy." "One reason for this situation is location," said Chirra. "We are somewhat isolated from mess media. Students aren't aware of what is going on, or if they are, they don't want to voice an opinion." Chirra said that another rea scn for the present intellectual atmospnere is "the influence of sororities and fraternities. "It is not 'cool' to debate and talk about issues," he said. "Dormitory life is also intel lectually stifling for students," he continued. Work is being done by a USG committee to investigate the situation in Uni versity dormitories. Incoming freshmen have to be hit to encourage them to voice their opinions," Chirra said. "Juniors and ... •-hors are already indoctrinated into the present atmosphere.' 'Bounce Back," scheduled to begin this term, will be a five fold program. First, there will be union debates on University and national issues. Professors and students will compose the teams. The first By PAT GUROSKY Collegian AWS Reporter members. Thanks for your patience debate is scheduled for Mon day, Jan. 22 at 8:00 p.m. in tha Hetzel Union Building Ball room. There will be no admis sion fee. The second area of the pro gram concerns East Falls' ex perimental college. Two USG delegates will attend the lec tures in East, then examine possibilities of expanding the program to •an all-university level. Isolated An intramural deba, xi team will be the third part of Bounce Back. Nittany Union Debating Society, similar to the proposed organization. dissolved several years ago. A fourth area will investigate the "decline of humanism" on th- campus. "The system is too technically oriented in some areas," said Chirra. "Students should be taught to deal with social problems, not just to do a job. The Uni versity should develop people who are going to be responsible citizens of the world well as the nation." • An effort to make the under- • graduate curriculum more flex ible will be the concluding part ans f i dd s ays p ursui t of Bounce Back. The main ob jective ts t will ta ke b e a t to r n atpermite courses'stu - t bad unlikely for some required courses. Applications Set For Orientation Students interested in be coming Orientation I.eaders, Area Coordinators or Com mittee Chairmen of Orienta tion for 1968 can pick up ap plications at the desk in the Hetzel Union Building. Appli cations are to be returned by Jan. 19. Orientation Leaders intro duce new freshman and trans fer students to activities, stu dent government, fraternities and sororities, and other fa cets of University life. They also guide the new students in meeting professors, dis cussing campus issues,' and learning about the classroom situation before actual classes begin. NEW YORK (AP) Black Power militant H. Rap Brown took sanctuary inside the Cu ban Mission to the United Na tions last night, after a police man sought to arrest him dur ing a pushing incident on the street outside. By telephone, Brown told a newsman: "This happened on mission territory. My rights are in a gun . . . . They have no right to question me." Police Capt. William Lake man was barred by the mis sion's claim of diplomatic im munity when he tried to enter the building on Manhattan's upper East Side. He then held a sidewalk consultation outside with Brown's lawyer, Stephen Hyman. It was decided that , the com plaining officer, Patrolman Richard Gleason, would obtain a summons in night court, charging Brown with "harass ment" of a police officer, a criminal charge. This could be served on the 24-year-old firebrand leader of the Student Nonviolent Coordi nating Committee at any time, without requiring a physical confrontation and arrest. Lakeman said the incident East Halls College Cubans Shield Brown Police Harassment Walker Discusses PSU; 'We've Lost Our Character By RICHARD RAVITZ Collegian Administration Reporter University President Eric A. Walker ended speculation about changes in the aca demic calendar last night, saying he sees no change from the present quarterly sys tem to the former semester system. Speaking to an informal gathering of students in the Warnock lounge of North Halls, Walker said different proposals on the calendar may be submitted but "I can tell you what the vote will be" on any major change. Walker said the faculty has been un happy about the present system, but that it also disliked the alternatives. "We chose the system to make them the least mad," he re marked. The president spoke at length on finance, planning, and the character of the Univer sity. His audience was small and attentive. Students in the snack bar peeked in from time to time, casting glances at the chief administrator, whom many of them had never seen except in a formal atmosphere. Walker began his remarks with several thoughts on the financial situation. "I hope your tuition doesn't go up," he said. During the winter vacation the president considered sending letters to students' parents explain ing the need to raise tuition costs because of the delay in appropriations coming •from Harrisburg. $2OO Raise Considered One of the letters, which was not mailed, stated that tuition charges would mount to $350 per term if the state assembly did not act. During term break he received many letters from students and state residents, in cluding a letter from a coed who offered to donate $1 to help the fiscal situation improve. "It takes one-third of a million dollars per day to run Penn State. This is a lot of money and we don't get it easily," Walker said. He continued, "Twenty-six million dol lars is operating expenses—just to keep it running for a year. I often wonder where the money goes to." Citing specific expenses, Walker said $3 million goes to the library and $2 million is spent on computers. "We get about $5O mil lion froth the state, and $26 million from the Federal government, which is spent on fed eral projects. We get an equivalent amount from the students," he said. "It's been 40 years since we've operated on a deficit. We don't spend money that we don't have to and we have good .manage ment," the president told the students. "At perm State ypu're getting what the Ivy LeagUe colleges'claiM it costs $3,000 to produce. Actually, we think you're getting an education for $450 that costs three or four times as much to produce," Walker ex plained. Service Obligation The president added that the University has an obligation to provide services for the Commonwealth in return for monetary. sup port. He said the University maintains of fices for research throughout the state be- MIKE MANSFIELD began as Brown and an aide, lifted recently when he re- ' He is free on $lO,OOO bond Bob Smith, emerged from a turned from a visit to North in an indictment charging hini visit to the mission shortly be- Vietnam. with inciting to riot and arson fore 5 p.m. In the vestibule, Guerilla War - last July in Cambridge, Md. Lakeman said, Brown in pass- One of the most outspoken of While under that indictment, ing pushed Gleason, who was the Black Power militants, he is-accused of violating Fed in uniform an d on routine Brown has called for "guer- eral law by flying from New guard duty at the building. rilla war" by Negroes against Orleans to New York with a Gleason followed the two whites, and the "burning carbine in his possession. He down" of cities where Negroes has pleaded innocent to the Negroes to the street, where feel they ar e discriminated Federal charge and is free on Patrolman Alfred Smith, also against. bond from New Orleans. in uniform, was maintaining a . Brown was said to have been carrying a package and Glea son asked. "What have you got there?"' "Why don't you mind your own business and go away?" Brown was quoted by the policeman as replying. Pushing Match Gleason said a shoving match ensued as he tried to take Brown and Smith into custody. No punches were ex changed, and - the two Negroes ran back inside the mission, while an armed mission guard held - the door open for them. Brown last April succeeded Stokely Carmichael, another Black Power advocate, as chairman of the Student Non violent Coordinating Commit tee. Carmichael's passport warr. cause the people of the state support the University with their tax money. State legislators who bear the brunt of harsh criticism for, the state's problems, Walker said, perform a thankless task. He suggested students thank their representa tives for taking an interest in the University and perhaps a telephone call expressing ap preciation would be appropriate. He added the legislator "would probably swallow the phone" to hear kind words from a college student. The legislators are sometimes \ difficult men to deal with. "If he- gets lousy football tickets, or if his son or daughter doesn't get admitted, I'ni sure to hear about it." Walker said Gov. Raymond Shafer has not yet signed the appropriations bill, but on Christmas Eve he sent word that he would. The president suggested that a state in come tax would be the best means of filling the public treasury, although partisan dis putes would probably prevent passage of such a measure. "If the Republicans submit it, it's a Republican tax. If the Democrats propose it, it's a Democratic tax." During the crisis, which he described in December as the most "severe since the de pression," Walker said the University was borrowing at the monthly rate of $4 million. "By Christmas we had borrowed about $lB million from the banks. The banks con-, sidered us a good risk so we had no difficulty getting the loans," Walker said. Turning to the question of admissions, Walker said he was disturbed by the overly middle-class nature of the student popula tion. "We were established to teach practical things to the disadvantaged. It hasn't turned out this way, and this is unfortunate. I think we've lost our character." "Some people ought never to go to col lege. Some are too bright and don't need it, others are just wasting their time and the University's time. They should already be in some occupation where they can make their living and be happy. "We can't admit the disadvantaged be cause we would have to discriminate in favor of them in our admissions. We are forbidden by state law to do this." Disadvantaged Children - • Walker noted the College of Physical Education and Health had a program spori sored by a sportsman's club to bring slum children to University Park to get a touch of the countryside. The University does not select the children. Walker said in conclusion, "I'm not sure we admitted the" right people." The president said he felt a population of 25,000 students should be the maximum for this campus. Running a university any larger would create an impossible tangle in communications. "In a large business or university, every person ought to be able to go right to the top, short-circuit the lines of communica tions. And I would be foolish to object to this," Walker said. WASHINGTON (W) Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield said yesterday that conversations with President Johnson have convinced him the United States will not permit the pursuit of Communist forces from South Viet nam into neutral Cambodia. "It would be tragedy compounded on tragedy," the Montana senator said in an interview. "I commend the President for his unyielding attitude in that respect. "I think I have a pretty fair idea of the President's feeling on Cambodia," Mansfield said. "We have discussed it from time to time." Mansfield, back at the Capitol after a between-sessions vacation, said he believes the President "has been subject to very strong pressures" to authorize troop crossings into Cambodia and perhaps into North Vietnam. But he said he believes Johnson will resist either step. U.S. Ambassador Chester Bowles is in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, for talks with Prince Norodom Sihanouk on Communist use of that neutral nation's territory as a sanctuary from U.S. and South Vietnamese forces in the Vietnam war. Sihanouk had suggested that Mansfield might serve as U.S. emissary on the ,matter. Mansfield said Bowles is the best man for the mission. Mansfield said a policy of pursuing Communist forces into Cambodia would force the United States to boost its :Vietnam troop commitment to 700,000 or 750,000 men. Three Held on Drugs Three University students were arraigned before Col lege Township Justice of the Peace Oscar Buchenhorst at 2:05 a.m. yesterday, after a midnight narcotics raid Tues day night by the State College Borough Police and the Rockview State Police at an apartment at 428 W. College Ave. The students were charged with "possession, sale, and use of restricted drugs." In the Center County .jail, unable to post $5,000 bail, were Alan Michael Talbot, 21, (11th-Political Science- Phil adelphia), and Steven H. Pincus, 20, (11th-History-Phila delphia). The third student, Saul Neubauer, 21, of Philadel phia, was released after his mother posted bail yesterday afternoon. -The state police, who are now handling the case, were unable to, estimate the amount of marijuana confiscated, and reported that it is now in Harrisburg for laboratory testing. A hearing has been tentatively set for 1 p.m. Friday, January 19. Pincus was in the headlines last summer when he was convicted of disorderly conduct in connection with the anti-war demonstration staged July 4, 1967. Chance To Explore —See Page 2 SEVEN CENTS December Crisis
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