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Vol. 69, No. 136
Valien Explains
Program Switch
By LAURA WERTHEIMER
Collegian Staff Writer
The acting Assistant Commissioner for Higher Education
claimed that the Upward Bound program will not be adversely
affected by its move to the Office of Education.
Preston Valien, speaking before the National Conference
on Higher Education for Disadvantaged Students last night,
stressed that the program, originally under the jurisdiction of
the Office of Economic Opportunity, will be continued and ex
panded by his department.
Upward Bound, which will formally become part of the
Office of Education on July 1 was started by the OEO to help
disadvantaged students prepare for successful college careers.
Valien outlined the direction of the Upward Bound pro
gram. Much of the program, he said, would simply be con
tinued. "The focus will still be the creation of the best
educational experience for students," he said.
"Attempts will be made: however, to encourage host col
leges to admit and assist their own disadvantaged students,
and provide tutorial and guidance services for them."
Two changes, involving the sponsors and the amount of
stipend costs of the program, will be made, but Valien
asserted that "the program will not basically change."
Valien praised the decision to move Upward Bound into
the Office of Education as "an opportunity to bring together
services with differences in emphasis that will reinforce each
other."
He presented a three-pronged program. There will be a
concerted effort to search out talent, that is disadvantaged
students who are unaware of the programs available to them;
the Upward Bound program will be continued to give pre
college experiences to some disadvantaged students; and a
new program, Special Services, will be instituted.
Special Services
_ . .
Special Services consists of individual counseling, place
ment, summer enrichment programs and compensatory and
ethnic studies.
According to Valien, it is the only new program of his of
fice to receive a recommendation for funding from the Nixon
Administration.
"We have these programs which I believe will support
each other. We need capable people to administer them pro
perly, and we are in the process of recruiting right now," he
said.
According to Valien there is a new law which prohibits the
administration of these programs through outside agencies,
but we are snaking every effort to utilize the expertise of
educational foundations which have done work with this pro
gram.
"Despite the current preoccupation on the political scene
with campus unrest we are still working actively to involve
students with the administration and planning of our pro
grams," Valien said.
Students Appointed
He added that "since I've been involved, we have ap
pointed students to national advisory boards, and to par
ticipate in policy decisions."
• Valien mentioned one conference which was attended by
students from Harvard, Columbia, San Francisco State,
Tuskeegee Institute and other schools. He said the students
came up with "the usual non-negotiable demands." one of
which was that students constitute at least 51 per cent of all
Office of Education committees. When asked if their demands
Were really non-negotiable, the students admitted they were
not.
"They were a fine bunch of students, and we have
developed channels of communication that are being kept
open." he said.
Valien spoke briefly about the secretary of ,the Depart
ment of Health, Education and Welfare, Robert Finch. HEW
is presently headed by a person who appears to have the ear
and confidence of the President, which is not without value in
(Continued on page eight) •
TIM Arbitrates With Landlord
To Settle Student Complaints
By DON NAUSS
Collegian Staff Writer
Four representatives of the Town In
dependent Men's Council will meet today
with Neil Donohue, owner of apartments
located at 138 S. High St., in an attempt
to arbitrate with him the complaints of
his student tenants.
TIM began an investigation into apart
ment conditions after receiving a petition
of grievances from Dave Druker (9th
accounting-Silver Springs, Md.) with the
written support of eight other residents.
The petition cited excessive rent, poor
heating, faulty plumbing and building
construction, excessive parking charges
and irregularities in the leases among the
complaints.
In a report prepared by TIM, the
tenants stated the lease tends toward the
invasion of privacy, is not of proper legal
form and deals with some absurd points,
like cleaning the apartments and keeping
pets.
The report also listed several students
who claimed Donohue has failed to return
their damage deposits. State law now re-
Palladino: Engineer and Educator
By MARGE COHEN
Collegian Feature Editor
Reflecting on student unrest that has marked the
nation's campuses throughout 'the year, one
simultaneously recalls the charges weighed against
the universities at almost all the rallies "the
military-industrial complex," research rather than
revitalization in the university community.
Colleges of engineering were especially attacked
as perhaps the most visible deviation from a
humanitarian world for their u n q u est ioni ng
pedagogical stand on societal issues.
The College of Engineering at the University was
no exception. When University President Eric A.
Walker was called an "engineer" instead of an
"educator," the charge reverberated in the walls of
Hammond and in the office of Nunzio J. Palladino,
dean of the college, in particular.
Man's Biggest Benefactor
"Engineering has been the biggest benefactor of
mankind over several hundred years," Palladino
said. Yet, he continued, criticism is not spared
toward the College of Engineering. Products that
emerge from the fields of study within the college
that work for the good of man are overlooked, he
said
If engineering is to be criticized for anything,"
Palladino added, "possibly it is the ability to move
faster than social scientists for, coming to grips with
,problems."
What many people fail to realize, Palladino con
tinued, is that when an engineer plans a bridge, he
designs with the present as well as the future in
mind. The "public interest" is the base for any build
ing that is conceived or research that is conducted by
any engineer, he asserted.
This "concept of safety" cannot be overlooked,
Tilt Paitg Tiiittrg.
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quired the landlord to return damage
depoists with an itemized list of any
deductions within 30 days of lease ter
mination.
Several students alledgedly have been
threatened with eviction, for their part in
the petition. Druker, originator of the
petition of grievances, has already been
evicted, apparently for his "involvement
with the petition" the report states.
The report also claims that Donohue
charges the tenants S4B dollars a year,
payable in advance, for a single parking
space. The apartments do not have gar
bage disposals or air conditioning.
"The general consensus of tenants in-.
terviewed and investigated is disgust
with the rent they pay for the facilities
they receive," according to Ted Leßlang
(9th-general arts and science s-
Philadelphia) who drafted the TIM
report.
"Through the arbitration TIM hopes to
achieve feasible rental adjustment 'and
improvement of conditions. Now the con
ditions in the apartments are barely stan
dard," Leßlang said.
Donohue is planning a rent increase of
25 per cent for Fall Term, according to
Palladino explained. "But, at the same time, the in
teraction of socialogical and technological forces
should be viewed in the proper perspective," he said.
"Many students call for university community
oriented programs, like architectural engineers re
building city slums. While various departments at the
University are engaged in community work, com
munity-university ties must be carefully defined
before tying the knot too tight," Palladino said.
But he has no answer for the depth of university
involvement: Palladino only possesses "preliminary
and fragmentary opinions."
A member of' Walker's University Council for
Academic Program Coordination, an organization of
deans, and Old Main administrators that meets twice
a month to discuss basic problems of the University,
Palladino explained his stand.
. "The university is a very overt source of social
and technological information that would enable peo
ple to make better, judgments," he asserted. While he
"would not refrain from making factual studies in a
university," Palladino said, "advice perhaps comes
better from faculty members as individuals than as
representatives of the university."
He was referring to research conducted by facul
ty for government or private enterprise projects, of
ficially, merging not only faculty committment, but
also University committment.
"It is better if the government seeks a man for
expertise, but not have the university as a part of a
political force," Palladino explained, citing himself
as an example. Palladino is a consultant for the Ad
visory Committee on Reactor Safeguards. and, as a
result, will not Work on the reactor at the University.
Yet. Palladino said, "there is no question that the
University must increase its public service." How
large that increase' will be has yet to be determined.
Once alleged to be a candidate to succeed Walker
in the position of University president, Palladino was
PRESTON VALIEN
Upward Bound Director
AP News Capsule
The World
SAIGON U.S. paratroopers pressed a search yester
day for the enemy west and south of Ap Bia Mountain, and
the elusive North Vietnamese attacked a South Vietnamese
command post to the northwest.
The size of the force left by the U.S. 101st Airborne
Division on the mountain, conquered last week after 11
bloody attacks, was in question.
A division spokesman said the paratroopers began mov
ing off the crest at daybreak, leaving behind a command
post, to "continue their reconnaissance in force mission"
of looking for the North Vietnamese.
Later, however, a spokesman for the U.S. Command in
Saigon denied any implication that the mountain had been
abandoned, saying: "The point is that we still have a siz
able combat force on the mountain and they still have
tactical control of the top."
The Nation
Nixon Proposes Revised Foreign QEd Bill
WASHINGTON President Nixon proposed yesterday
a partially revamped. $2.6-billion foreign aid program with
a price tag of $9OO million above what Congress reluctantly
voted last year.
In his first message to the legislators on the perennially
embattled program, Nixon said his new administration's
aid review has "come to this central conclusion" so far:
"U.S. assistance is essential to express and achieve our
national goals in the international community world
order of peace and justice."
Pending a stem-to-stern aid study by a task force which
could recommend a major overhaul of the program a year
Leßlang. His rationale for increasing the
rent is improvement of conditions, includ
ing better appliances, more cabinet space
and carpets.
The report concludes with a com
parison of Donohue's apartments with
apartments of similar facilities (two
bedroom, one bath, three man, 5180-
month) in the State College area. The
other apartments offered air condition
ing, garbage disposals, free parking, a
thermostat in every apartment and free
bus service. Donohue's apartments of
fered none of these. Donohue's apart
ments were also shown to be smaller in
square footage in every room.
"It is our (TlM's) belief that the
rationale presented by Donohue for rais
ing the rent merely justifies his present
rent. In a comparison with an apartment
of similar facilities here in State College,
his apartments are deficient in every
respect," Leßlang said.
Rick Wynn, TIM president, Frank Lor
di (12th-accounting-Beaver), and Dennis
Stimeling (6th-history-Mifflinburg) will
also confer with Donohue in behalf of the
students.
Dean Calls for More Social, Technological Interaction
Source of Information
Published by Students of The Pennsylvania State University
University Park, Pa., Thursday Morning, May 29, 1969
obviously embarrassed by mention of the rumor.
Shaking his head, his face showing surprise, he
merely replied, "I am flattered, but I am not a can
didate."
He was not so shaken, however, when it came to
commenting on student unrest at the University nor
when it came to The Daily Collegian. Criticism that
came from the College of Engineering against The
Collegian contributed to the investigation into the
paper's operational policies.
"We are influenced by the image The Collegian
reflects," he said, "and we are interested in a well
balanced image." Palladino maintained that The Col
legian reflected an "SDS image, at least at one
time," and therefore, overlooked "constructive" hap
penings in coverage. He added that the paper "has
improved greatly."
Criticism was also leveled at some of the
language used in the paper as well as its coverage.
But Palladino explained that "it was not so much
because it is vi.o7;ar, but it represents the lower end
of the academic spectrum." He was referring to cer
tain four and twelve-letter words that have appeared
in Collegiari stories.
The charges were made by the executive com
mittee in the college, "without prodding from me,"
Palladino added.
Need "Effective Teaching"
Concerning student activists, Palladino said.
"people not on campus react very strongly: , The
need for "research into more effective teaching" is
superceded by the student demonstrations, he added.
To insure that at least alumni from the College Of
Engineering are aware of what is really happening on Engineering Dean
campus, Palladino, in a regular college newsletter,
explained the events of last term. Palladino
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USG Holds Hearings
The Inter-University Affairs Committee of the Under
graduate Student Government will draft a bill this morn
ing based on testimony about the National Student Asso
ciation.
An open hearing was conducted last night to determine
whether USG should become permanently affiliated with
NSA. USG has a one year provisional membership in NSA,
and the bill to be considered by USG tonight, will recom
mend whether the relationship should be made permanent.
NSA is an organization composee of college and uni
versity student governments throughout the nation. The
organization is divided into a political wing and a service
wing.
The political wing permits NSA to make policy state
ments on national and international issues and allows the
organization to act as lobbyists.
NSA's political wing is reportedly considered to be
left-oriented.
The service wing deals with legal affairs, academic
reform and consumer services. The consumer services in
clude a record club, book club, insurance program and
travel service.
Former USG President Jim Werner, speaking at the
hearing, said, "One of the major reasons USG decided to
hence, Nixon stressed in his interim blueprint for the fiscal
year starting next July 1:
Technical assistance for backward areas; creation of a
public corporation to promote U.S. private investing there;
food production and family planning help; and joint giving
by economically advanced nations.
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WASHINGTON A backstage battle within ilu Ad
ministration over civil rights legislation threatens to bury
the Voting Rights Act that has produced dramatic gains
for blacks in the South.
Congressional supporters of the act are prepared to let
it lapse before accepting a whole new approach being urged
on the Administration by Southern senators and repre
sentatives.
President Nixon, who declared his support for the new
approach last week, apparently has had second thoughts,
and two scheduled appearances by Atty. Gen. John N.
Mitchell before the House Judiciary Committee to explain
the plan have been canceled.
The Voting Rights Act, passed in 1965, has been one
of the most effective civil rights laws passed by Congress.
Under it. Negro yoter registration has increased sub
stantially in the seven southern states to which it applies
—frprp 6 per cent, to 60 per cent in Mississippi.
Democrats Suffer Setback in L.A. Election
WASHINGTQN Democratic liberals have suffered
in the re-election of Mayor Sam Yorty of Los Angeles a
stunning setback that could bring a fresh assessment of
national political trends. ,
As a bystander, President Nixon could view the come.,
from-behind victory - cif - a maverick Democrat as a native
state 'confirmation of last November's indications that the
country has swung toward conservatism.
There was no question but that the Democratic liberal
community had been dealt a resounding blow in its efforts
to elect Thomas Bradley, a black city councilman, over
Yorty,
House Committee Keeps Cigarette Rules
WASHINGTON The House Commerce Committee
voted yesterday to leave existing federal regulation of
cigarettes unchanged except for a stronger health warning
on packages.
The committee-approved bill represents a victory for
tobacco-state congressmen and short-circuits advertising
curbs on cigarettes proposed by two federal regulatory
agencies.
The committee voted 22 to 5 to extend until 1975 the
cigarette law of 1965, which expires June 30, unless re
newed.
Under the bill , the present package warning "Caution:
Cigareete Smoking May be Hazardous to Your Health"
would be replaced by this stricture:
"Warning: The Surgeon General Has Determined That
Cigarette Smoking Is Dangerous To Your Health and May
Cause Lung Cancer or Other Diseases."
PITTSBURGH A tiff between a black pupil and his
girl friend that got distorted through rumor touched off a
brief walkout by about 100 black pupils at racially-tense
suburban high school yesterday.
The pupils milled about on the street for a short time
during the noon recess, then returned to classes at Wilkins
burg High School in an orderly fashion, a school spokes
man said.
The spokesman said the rumor, which actually sprang
from a disagreement between the boy and girl, had the
boy being attacked by other students.
Fights between black and white pupils broke out in
the high school on Monday.
Influenced by Collegian
Bill To Stem from Testimony
By PAT DYBLIE
Collegian Staff Writer
Left-Oriented
The State
affiliate wi..s that part of USG's function is to provide
services to students. I know of no other organization that
can provide the amount and depth of NSA services," lie
added,
Doug Cooper, former chairman of Young Americans for
Freedom, charged that the political Mands taken by NSA
"do not represent the political view of students as a whole."
Cooper proposed membership in an organization providing
services "but not taking students along for the political
ride."
Alternative Organization
The alternative organization proposed by Cooper and
several other students is the Association of Student Gov
ernments tASG). According to Cooper, ASG offers student
services but does not take political stands.
Don Ernsberger, YAF member, provided several ex
amples to allegedly show that NSA's services could be ob
tained from independent sources and contended that NSA
had provided few services to students in the past year.
"The argument that we should join to get services is a
bogus argument." he staled.
George Terell, chairman of USG's Legal Awareness
Committee, contended that NSA surpassed ASG in "the
invaluable legal service it provides." Terell said that by
attending an NSA conference in St. Louis, Mo. during
Winter Term, he had been able to gain information for in
forming students of their legal rights. He said NSA mem
bership should be renewed "for a school that does not have
legal service, a lawyer or a law school."
Several students questioned why USG should affiliate
with an organization whose membership is reported to have
dropped in recent years. When it was disclosed in 1965
that NSA was affiliated with the Central Intelligence
Agency, 260 of the 480 member schools reportedly dis
affilated. Approximately half of the 260 schools are re
ported to have re-joined.
Don Shultz. a YAF member, named several major col
leges and universities that have dropped out of NSA, and
asserted that present membership consists mainly of small
colleges. He questioned why a school as large as the Uni
versity should join NSA when other large schools were
severing ties with NSA. Shultz accused USG of trying to
"silently sneak NSA on campus."
'lndividual Whim'
Womer stated, "It is the whim of the individual school
as to whether the opinions of NSA correspond to those of
the school." He said that YAF and Students for a Demo
cratic Society were criticizing NSA because "neither wishes
to coalesce under a moderate group."
Womer praised NSA for three reasons: He said there
was educational value, "chiefly in terms of academic re
form." Womer contended that the Colloquy was "facilitated
to a great extent by USG's NSA affiliation."
_ .
Womer said nothing in the State equals student politi
cal rights and legal services as provided by NSA.
He said students are "being reduced to second class
citizens. What is needed is the effective forging into a
national union of students to engage in political action."
YAF chairman Charles Betzko told Womer. "NSA
claims to speak for students as a national lobbying force."
He asked, "Why is there no student referendum to let the
students decide who is going to represent this campus
nationally?"
Several other students also called for a campus-wide
referendum to determine if USG should continue its af
filiation. USG sources indicated, however, that a referen
dum could not be set up until Fall Term.
Womer answered the call for a referendum by corn
menting, "The student body hat elected representatives in
— AvtfOrif theyhaVe placed their faith to make decisions."
Photograph Shows
Moon Landing Site
SPACE CENTER, Houston 'show deep canyons. massive
(AP) The landing site on the craters and majestic moun
moon for the Apollo 11 tains on the moon.
astronauts is relatively smooth The photographs bear a
with small craters nearby, a striking resemblance to aerial
picture taken by the Apollo 10 pictures of the ice-bound an
spacemen and released yester- tarctic continent on earth.
day shows. Craters stand out as smooth-
The photograph, of the land- faced indentations in the white
ing site in the moon's Sea of lunar surfaces and rills, or
Tranquility shows a large deep canyons, resemble foot
crater called Moltke and some trails forced through snow.
distance farther a rille, or deep Craters Mark Surface
canyon, called Hypatia.
- - -
The key purpose of the
Apollo 10 flight was to survey
and photograph the target area
for the Apollo 11 mission, now
scheduled for July. The landing
is near the lunar equator and
in the east zone of the moon.
Bordered by Ravine
On the cast border of the site
is a small ravine, barely per
ceptible in the photograph. A
shallow crater about two miles
across is on the north border.
Other photographs taken by
the Apollo 10 astronauts, Air
Force Col. Thomas P. Stafford
and Navy Cmdrs. John W.
Young and Eugene A. Cernan,
—Collegian Photo by Pierre Selllclnl
DEAN OF• THE College of Engineering is Nunzio J.
Palladino. Palladino said that engineers must plan build
ings and other projects with the present as well as the
future in mind. The "public interest" is the base for -any
engineer's work, he added.
Mourn for All
--see page 2
Seven Cents
All of the surface shown in
the photographs is marked by
craters, some showing up only
as pinpoints while others
dominate the landscape.
Dr. John Dietrich, a space
agency geologist, said it was
too early to make a definitive
analysis of the pictures but he
said the•: definitely will be
useful in exploring the ap
proach path to the planned
lunar landing attempt in July.
All the still photos of the
moon released yesterday were
taken from the Apollo 10 com
mand module while it was in
orbit 69 miles above the moon.