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with a chance for scattered
afternoon and evening thunder
sho•;:ers. High near 80. Mild .to
night; low near 55. Partly cloudy
and mild tomorrow with a few
showers. High near 70. Chance
of rain near zero this morning,
40% this afternoon through to
morrow.
VOL. 68, No. 120
e)ir3aseeq3 UMOG amsdn eiddoeubd
PORTRAIT OF an agile young man who took to heart the sign beside the "Dadaism"
booth on the ground floor of the HUB—a project of USG's 1968 Spring Arts Festival.
The festival continues through Saturday. More information on page 4. -
Faculty Says Pass-Fail
Dec-ision of Each College-
By KITTY PHILBIN
Collegian USG Reporter
Faculty members at a forum last night on
compulsory physical education courses said
putting such courses on a pass-fail system
will ultimately be a decision of individual
colleges.
L. P. Greenhill, assistant to the vice pres
ident of resident instruction, told the group
that guidelines set up by individual colleges
on the pass-fail system going into effect next
fall ignore the question of physical educa
tion. Colleges do not say whether it would be
permitted, Greenhill said.
Pass-fail is designed to involve only free
elective courses which precludes required
physical education.
Student responses at the forum was out
spoken, ranging from the opinion that "Ideal
ly, phys ed shouldn't be graded at all," to a
'request that the courses be mandatory pass
fail grading, and required for more than four
terms.
Not Academic
The argument was raised, that physical
education is not an academic subject and
should not be ranked in grades.
The goals of the physical education pro
gram were outlined by Robert J. Scannell,
professor of health and physical education.
According to Scannell, the courses are
designed to give students "immediate fit
ness," plus imparting "attitude, desire, un
derstanding, and skill necessary to keep them
in good health throughout life."
Scannell said schools throughout the
country are in a "constant state of flux" in
regard to grading their physical education
courses.
"Schools put it on, and take it off grad
ing; 85 per cent of the schools in this country
have it graded, although we can find the ex
ceptions very easily," Scannell said.
The exceptions include the Ivy League
News from the World, Nation
U.S. Troops Sweep Saigon Outskirts
SAIGON Under intense fire, U.S. troops swept into
the southwestern outtkirts of Saigon yesterday to head
off enemy forces trying to break into the capital.
The U.S. Command said that since the enemy attack
opened Sunday, 2,000 Viet Cong and. North Vietnamese
troops have been killed in what one officer called the
enemy's "peace talk offensive."
In the far north, North Vietnamese rockets struck
South Vietnamese installations at the big allied base of
Da Nang and Quang Tri, but the enemy made no attempt
to follow up with a ground attack.
This followed the pattern of the widespread attacks
Sunday on more than 100 South Vietnamese cities and
tary installations. The allies believe the blows were in
tended to strengthen North Vietnam in talks. in Paris
this week, and they braced for more such attacks.
Pontiff To Attend Eucharistic Congress
VATICAN CITY Pope Paul VI will fly to Latin
America-in August for his sixth trip aboard and history's
longest journey by 'an pontiff of the Roman Catholic
Church, 11,650 miles both ways.
The jet trip to a- world Eucharistic Congress and a
meeting of Latin-American bishops in Colombia will take
a Pope for the first time to predominantly. Catholic South
America, a continent beset' with social and religious up
heaval.
' The journey, planned to last :two or three days, will
serve to stress the Pope's concern with this upheaval and
with strengthening the Church's message to the world of
salvation through obedience to the teachings of Christ—
the theme of the congress., ' „
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The trip comes against a background of concern over
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schools and military academies.
Larry Spancake, student member of the
Senate Committee on Resident Instruction,
rationalized pass-fail on the basis that it is
not an academic subject and is therefore
"qualitatively different from other courses in
the University."
Spancake also said rather than teaching
skills that can be used later in life, grading
physical education works against students
trying to learn since other students take
sports they are already proficient in.
A student questioned the success of pass
fail in physical education, and asked whether
merely discussing the problem without ac
tion was "just a waste of time."
Scannell said any student can win per
mission to speak on the floor of the Senate,
and can introduce a bill with the aid of one
of the 200 senators.
Scannell questioned the amount of con
cern on the part of students, noting that only
10 attended the forum.
Jon Fox, past vice president of the Un
dergraduate Student Government, noted the
results of USG's poll on the issue, indicating
that the majority of students prefer a manda
tory pass-fail system.
Scannell said he was "shocked by the
figures" of the poll. "They are completely
different from the survey we conducted last
spring," he said.
More recently, Scannell said that yes
terday George W. Harvey, head of men's re
quired physical education, asked 550 men reg
istering for the second five weeks of physi
cal education whether they'. would prefer
pass-fail grading.
Harvey said that of the 550, 25 indicated
a preference for pass-fail. In a second period
of registration, 43 of over 500 preferred pass
fail.
Student complaints at the forum dealt
mostly with specific instancr , f alleged un
fair grading or teacher practices.
from the associated press ‘,.
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—Collegian Photo by Pierre Be[Belot
'Shocked'
the health of the 70-year-old pontiff and of opposition
by some Catholic groups in South America.
Kennedy Plans Repeat In Nebraska
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, D-
N.Y., is ready to duplicate in next Tuesday's Nebraska
primary with the men, money and movement formula
that landed him on top in Indiana's three-man, Democratic
presic.antial contest.
But the .outcome in Nebraska of his basic contest
with Sen. .t.ugene J. McCarthy, D-Minn., could be even
less clearcut than the results of the massive effort which
gave the New York senator• 42 per cent of the Indiana
Democratic vote.
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President Johnson's name remains on the Nebraska
ballot, despite his March 31 announcement that he would
not accept renomination. Friends are working quietly to
mount a write-in campaign for Vice President Hubert H.
Humphrey.
In the Nebraska foray; to be concentrated in weekend
rounds, Kennedy will carry with him the controversy over
the money he is spending in an attempt to duplicate the
primary sweep that helped his brother, the late John F.
Kennedy, win the party nominatoin in 1960.
Pentagon Silent on Vietnam Infiltration
WASHiNGTON The Pentagon is remaining close
mouthed on how North Vietnam- was able to 'infiltrate
80,000 to 100,000 troops into South Vietnam this year
despite a $1 billion obstacle system below the DMZ.
Defense officials have , apparently chosen to ignore all
questions about the effectiveness of the anti-infiltration
setup, announced last Sept. 7 by Robert S. McNamara,
then secretary of defense.
McNamara ordered officials at 'the time not to discuss
operational details which might help the enemy learn how
UNIVERSITY PARK, PA., THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 9, 1968
Pass-Fail Plans Announced
By PAT GUROSKY
Collegian Administration Reporter
Seven Colleges of the University
yesterday announced their plans for
implementing the new Satisfactory-
Unsatisfactory grading system.
- Agriculture students may sched
ule up to 12 credits on the S-U basis,
with not more than one course on the
S-U system in any one term.
Courses required by the College
of Agriculture for all majors. as out
lined under the heading "Basic Min
imum Requirements for Graduation"
in the catalog of Baccalaureate De
gree Programs, may not be scheduled
on the S-U basis. In other words, at
least 12 credits in speaking and
writing skills, 25 in biological and
physical sciences, six in mathematics,
12 in social sciences or humanities.
and four in physical education, must
be scheduled under the conventional
(A-B-C-D-F) system.
Courses in the student's major
specifically prescribed by prefix and
number in the Baccalaureate Degree
Programs catalogue may not be
scheduled on the S-U basis.
College of Arts and Architecture
A major in the College of Arts
and Architecture may schedule any
course for which he is eligible under
the S-U program except those
courses in his major subject.
College of Business Administration
College of Business Administra-
Confusion Plagues
Ritenour Question
By DENNIS STIMELING
Collegian USG Reporter
The confusion about the over
night bed charges for University stu
dents at Ritenour Health Center in
creased yesterday.
- Near the end of Winter Term,
Steve Gerson, chairman of the
Undergraduate Student Government
Administrative Action Committee,
Jeff Long, USG president, William
Cromer, USG liaison to Harrisburg,
and James Kefford, USG presiden
tial assistant in charge of the tui
tion hilts.trav„eled-11ADgrisburg to
‘talk — iVith 'irate legLslafois about the
proposed tuition increase and the
Ritenour situation.
When the group returned, Ger
son said, "The Ritenour problem is
solved." At that time Gerson ex
plained that two of the most influ
ential state senators had agreed to
co-sponsor legislation that would
"permit us to substract the Ritenour
charges from the general deposit."
Gerson and Cromer explained
that in the spring of 1967, the stu
dent body had "overwhelmingly
voted for this action" in a referen
dum. Gerson added that, "probably
beginning next year (Fall Term,
1968) the Ritenour charges will be
subtracted from general deposits.
Gerson said the legislation
would provide for approximately $3
per year to be subtracted from each
student's general deposit to cover
Ritenour fees.
The two senators who Gerson
said had agreed to sponsor the
necessary legislation are Sen. Pres
ton B. Davis, chairman of the Senate
Education Committee and Sen.
George N. Wade, chairman of the
Senate Appropriations Committee.
Collegian Wins First Class Rating
The Daily Collegian has been
awarded a First Class rating by
Associated Collegiate Press for
Fall Term 1967.
The award, second highest
given by ACP, was determined
in competition with other daily
collegiate newspapers. Collegian
scored 3,510 out of a possible 3.800
Seven Colleges Define Regulations
Lion students may take not more
than 18 credits on the basis
from among the following groups of
courses in the CBA curriculum:
• from the free elective category
—any course
• from the science arts, human
ities, foreign languages. social sci
ence and the directed elective cate
gories—any course which requires as
prerequisite at least one other spec
ified course in the same field.
The intent of the latter require
ment is to prevent students from
electing and concentrating S-U
grades in fundamental introductory
courses in the sciences, and .orial
sciences, and to encourage them to
use the option for intermediate and
advanced courses in these fields as
was the intent of the University Sen
ate action.
All other courses such as the
business core, the major field, and
mathematics requirements must be
taken under the conventional grad
ing system.
Health and Physical Education
Students in this college will be
limited in nine credits on the Satis
factory-Unsatisfacory system with-in
their graduation credit count.
Students who desire to utilize
the S-U system for courses which
are not a part of the specific degree
program may schedule up to the
maximum number of credits (1S) on
the S-U basis.
Gerson said last term that "two
such influential men sponsoring this
legislation will almost certainly re
sult in its being passed."
Last week. The Daily Collegian
found that neither Sen. Davis nor
Sen. Wade says he knows anything
about the Ritenour problem or about
his sponsoring a solution to the prob
lem.
When asked about the proposed
legislation, Sen. Davis replied, "I
don't have any idea what you are
talking about." To the same query,
Sen. Wade answered, "I don't know
whal — Srati - mean. I never heard of
this before."
Davis said he "vaguely" remem
bered a conversation with some Uni
versity students "some time ago,"
but added. "I don't recall anything ,
about a Ritenour problem or any
such promise."
Both Davis and Wade said they
wanted to help USG. Both promised
to give the matter their immediate
attention, but Davis added, "We can't
do anything without knowing the
facts and knowing what you want us
to do."
When informed of the senators'
statements, Gerson said, "There must
be some misunderstanding." He
added that the legislation "might
have been given to a subordinate
for action."
When asked about this possi
bility, Wade said, "If such a thing
happened, it would be in the files
and we have no record of it."
Gerson and Cromer both said,
"There must be some mistake." Ger
son added that he will send a letter
to both legislators to "find out what
is going on."
points to win the honor. A score
of 3,300 is necessary to qualify
for the First Class Division.
ACP Critical Service rates
each newspaper in three broad
categories coverage, content
and physical properties. Each of
these categories is further rated
so that 24 separate divisions are
evaluated.
to overcome the system.
But the Defense Department has extended this cloak
of secrecy to cover such questions as how much tax money
has been and will be spent on the barrier, and whether
the, system is having any discernable effect on infiltration.
Rescue Near for West Virginia Miners
HOMINY FALLS, W. Va. The spirit of 15 coal
miners, entombed since Monday in spaces that allow only
a few to stand erect, remained high yesterday despite word
that officials had been over-optimistic in predicting their
imminent rescue.
C. E. Richardson, president of the company that owns
the flooded mine, could not set a new target time. He said
it probably would not be before Wednesday midnight. Of
ficials had hoped lo have the miners out early in the day.
Confusion developed yesterday on the identities.of the
men trapped in three separate groups. No word has been
received from the men farthest into the mine when waters
from an adjoining mine poured in Monday. They are
feared dead.
Company officials have not released a list of the men
in each .group, but said there were 10 two miles deep
in the mountain, two at a point 1 1 / 2 miles in, and 13 one
mile from the mine entrance.
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Rairstown Dam Project Hotly Contested
WASHINGTON A $4.5 million item in President
Johnson's budget for the proposed Raystown dam and
reservoir in central Pennsylvania was opposed and sup
ported before a House Appropriations Subcommittee yes
terday. -
Support came 'from three members of the state's con
gressional delegation ' and, a 60-member group from the
area. Opposition forces were led by Gene Henry of Martins-
Health and Physical Education
majors may schedule free electives
and Humanities electives on the S-I3
system.
Recreation and Parks majors
may take one cultural art. or tree
elective course in each of their 7th,
9th or 10th terms on the S-U basis.
Park Administration option stu
dents may take the same courses
during each of their 7th. 9th or
12th terms.
Outdoor Education option stu
dents mad• take a cultural arts, arts
or free elective course during each of
their 7th, Bth, 9th or 10th terms.
College of Engineering
A student in the College of
Engineering may take up to 12 cred
its under the S-U grading program.
These credits may be selected from
the biological science group, the
social-humanistic group or from the
elective courses other than in the
major. Technical electives in the
major may also be selected with the
approval of the head of the student's
department.
College of Human Development
Students in the College of Hu
man Development may schedule as
many as 18 credits in any course on
the S-U basis. Courses graded for
all students on a Pass-Fail basis, such
as GFS 311, will not apply toward
the 18-credit maximum.
Students will not be allowed to
schedule more than two S-U courses
in any one term.
Advanced standing students will
be restricted to no more than nine
credits if they have transferred nine
or more credits from another institu
tion.
College of Science
The faculty of the College of
Science voted that each department
will administer its own S-U grading
system that will operate within the
outlines esablished by the University
Senate.
Department of Astronomy: nine
credits of only unrestricted electives
on a S-U system.
Biochemistry: up to 18 S-U cred
its of courses that are not required
by number in the catelog statement
of the biochemistry major, plus phys
ical education.
Biophysics and Botany: Nine
Students To Present
IDA Petition to USG
By JIM HARVEY and
MIKE ALEXANDER
Collegian Staff Writers
Students protesting the Univer
sity's affiliation with the Institute
for Defense Analysis met last night
to discuss documentation of specific
IDA activities. Neil Buckley, travel
ing correspondent for Students for a
Democratic Society, addressed about
100 students who discussed IDA and
methods of ejecting it from campus.
An IDA fact sheet described the
organization of IDA and some of
its alleged projects. The main re
search and development facilities are
located at Arlington, Va. Here, the
paper claims, weapon mock-ups and
simulation models are constructed.
IDA computers, used extensively in
the processing of data for counter
insurgency work, are located at
Princeton, N.J., the fact sheet states.
The aspect of IDA most vitally
connected with the 11 universities
involved is the Jason Division, a
large number of professors actively
recruited by the universities to do
part-time IDA work, the statement
claims.
Economic Fact
"The reasons IDA is accepted by
the universities is two-fold," Buckley
charged. The most obvious reason is
the economic funds come from the
federal government much of it
from the military ,he said.
"Another fundamental reason
for trustees' supporting IDA." Buck
ley said, "is their personal holdings
in corporations which rely upon in-
& State
burg.' He estimated his group numbered about 50.
Henry said he objected to the project on the ground it
would be mainly for recreation rather than for flood con
trol.
Sen. Hugh Scott, R-Pa., who sided with the proponents
as did Sen. Joseph D. Clark, D-Pa., and Rep. J. Irving
Whalley, R-Pa., said the project offered the promise of a
better life "for the people in this large area of Pennsyl
vania's Appalachian region."
Samuel A. Reimert, of Huntingdon, said the dam is
unfeasible and impracticable and would be "a complete
waste of the taxpayer's money at a time when our nation
is practically bankrupt and we are conducting a costly
Vietnam war."
Private, Parochial School Aid Approved
H/LRFUSHURG An historic bill that would authorize
state financial aid to private and parochial schools was
passed by the House yesterday over the opposition of the
Republican leadership and in the face of a possible guber
natorial veto.
The roll call was 105-80, as proponents from both sides
of the aisle joined to muster a constitutional majority with
three votes to spare. The measure was sent to the Senate
where it faces new administration attempts at amendment.
The bill, 'the first of its kind to be approved by either
chamber, was strongly backed by the Pennsylvania Catho
lic Conference. An estimated 600,000 Catholic school chil
dren would bE the major beneficiaries of the legislation.
Most Protestant and public education groups opposed
the measure either on grounds that is was unconstitutional
or that there was not enough money to finance adequately
the state's public schools to divert funds to the nonpublic
schools.
A Cornpromise
---See Page 2
credits of only unrestricted electives
Chemistry: a maximum of 12
credits on the S-U basis selected
from the unrestricted electives and
the social science and the humanities
requirements.
Computer Science: students may
take up to 18 credits on a S-U basis
of all courses except for computer
science courses. Speech 200. English
1. 2 or 3 or Electrical Engineering
471.
Mathematics: students may take
18 credits on a S-U basis subject to
the following restrictions: a maxi
mum of six credits in the sciences
excluding Physics 201, 202, 203, 204.
221, 222. and 224. A maximum of
six credits in the Humanities, Social
Sciences and the Arts. Any other
S-U credits can be only unrestricted
electives.
Medical Technology and Micro
biology: students may take un to 18
credits on the S-U basis in physical
education, the arts, humanities, and
social sciences and unrestricted elec
tives. ,
Physics: students may take up
to 18 credits on a S-U basis except
in physics, mathematics and chem
istry.
Premedicine: up to 18 credits on
an S-U basis of only unrestricted
electives.
Premedical-Medical Program: as
this is an experimental program
under the joint control of both the
Jefferson Medical College and the
University. no courses may be taken
on a S-U basis.
Science and Zoology: up to nine
credits of only unrestricted electives
may be taken on the S-U basis.
Not Yet Released
Plans for the Colleges of Earth
and Mineral Sciences, Liberal Arts,
and Education have not yet been
released.
"Satisfactory" in a course sched
uled on the S-U basis is defined as
the equivalent of "D" or better on
the conventional A-B-C-D-F grading
system in that course. Quality points
for S-U courses will not be tabulated
toward the student's grade average.
but credit will be recorded toward
his total credit requirements if he
passes the course. An unsatisfactory
grade will receive neither credit nor
quality points.
stitutions such as IDA to prevent in
surgency in underdeveloped coun
tries where these companies have
markets, access to raw materials,
and cheap labor to work in their
factories located there."
"We know Penn State is formal
ly affiliated with IDA," Buckley said.
"We also know of defense-related
projects being carried out at this
university. We must make value
judgements as to the direction and
goal of these projects," he added.
Peiiiion
Following the formal ' meeting,
groups were dispatched to residence
hall areas to get signatures for a
petition to be presented at a Under
graduate Student Government meet
ing tonight. A petition to be con
sidered by USG must have a mini
mum of 2',000 signatures and be pre
sented before 7 p.m. the day of the
meeting. . .
The circulated petition contains
two articles:
•The University shall make
available as public record all docu
ments in its possession relating to
Penn States IDA work."
•The Board of Trustees shall
convene in emergency session to vote
to disaffiliate the University with
IDA.
Speaking about the chances of
USG passage of a bill against IDA,
USG town congressman, Terry Klas
ky, said, "I can see USG supporting
the idea of obtaining documents
which will indicate whether IDA
projects actually are on campus."
He added that he foresees a USG
demand for disaffiliation with IDA.
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