Agnew criticizes Democrats CHICAGO (AP) Declaring, that many of the Democrats' social change programs of the 1960 s were empty failures. Vice President Spiro T. Agnew last night said the Nixon administration measures its programs “in one way only results." But in order to carry through his goals President Nixon "must overcome the inertia caused by the current morbid fascination with America's warts, com monly known as the Watergate syn drome." Agnew said. He sa.d to do this. Nixon needs “the help of c .-“ry American who is concerned that the major issues of today the Young Republicans admit guilt WASHINGTON (AP) Two Florida Young Republicans yesterday told the Spoate Watergate committee they were hired by political saboteur Donald H. Segretti to disrupt Democratic campaigns by pulling pranks and showing dissension in party ranks. Martin Douglas Kelly, 24, of Miami listed a number of dirty tricks he sponsored or took part in, including paying a girl $2O to.run naked past a hotel where Sen. Edmund S. Muskie, D- Maine, was staying and yell “Muskie, I love vou." Ed in boro paper loses funding BvGLENDA GEPHART Collegian Staff Writer Charging poor journalistic practices, the Edinboro State College Student Government Association Congress last month impounded funds for the student newspaper. The Spectator. According to Joan Cooper, Spectator managing editor, the charges were brought before the SGA Congress Sept.- 24 by SGA President Larry Hill. The group voted in favor of impoundment, allowing for a last issue Sept. 28. Hill cited harrassment and innuendo used by the publication, Cooper said. But said neither the Spectafbr nor the SGA Congress ever received a formal list of charges. With the decision to impound the paper's funds, the dispute was sent to the Publications Board, re-activated after Start the weekend right P.S. Inside today and every Friday On for Drugs struggling service survival By JKFF DeBRAY Collegian Senior Reporter On Drugs, Inc. is fighting for its survival. After serving Centre County for three and a half years, this State College based, 24-hour drug crisis intervention, educational and referral service does not have enough -money 'to continue operation past Oct. at. Funding to carry OD through the next year already has been approved tentatively by the Governor’s Council of Drug and Alcohol Abuse. There is only one catch before OD can receive its $26,000 slice of the $90,000 pie okayed by the state—the. Centre County Commissioners. If Centre County is to get the $90,000, the commissioners must appropriate 10 per cent in matched funds, which they have not don. yet. OD, feeling the commissioners are not going to comp with the money, announced at a press conference News analysis Wednesday that they would - be discontinuing services. Only a Sunday night hot-line will- continue operation Sunday through Oct. 31. “We don’t want to keep this thing going on a day-to-day basis,” -OD President John Elliot said. Chief Commissioner J. Doyle Corman claims the reason the county has not agreed to pay its part of the social services program is because it just does not have enough money. Corman told OD members that based on his own investigation of the agency, he lound it to : be “quite effective in its functioning as the sole drug program in the entire county.” But Elliot said Corman is somewhat displeased that OD services mainly the State College area and not the surrounding areas as thoroughly. This is because there simply are not enough staff members, Elliot said. Elliot is obviously skeptical about the commissioner’s rationale for not providing the funds. “It is somewhat ironic to the Board of Collegian the daily economy, the energy problem, health, foreign policy and others atre not to be left dangling while Pat Buchanan gives a TV lecture on ‘dirty tricks/ however in structive and fascinating it may be.” Agnew’s prepared remarks, for delivery to - a $125-a-plate" Republican fund-raising dinner, contained no references ttf'his .own problems stem ming from a federal grand jury’s in vestigation of alleged political kick backs. There was no indication from Agnew’s aides whether the vice president, ad dressing a partisan audience for the second time in six days, might again go Robert M. Benz, 25, of Tampa, who testified during the afternoon session, said he hired young women to infiltrate headquarters of Democratic candidates running in Florida’s presidential primaries and gather . political intelligence. . He said he paid one women $75 a month to supply him with campaign literature, political strategy information, stationery, schedules and analyses obtained from Muskie headquarters. two years. Its role is to act as a mediator,, reviewing the situation and deciding what action to take. Cooper said. Spectator Editor David Rutherford and Hill then met to discuss the problem, Cooper explained, and agreed to issue a joint statement to the Board. In this statement. Hill dropped 1 all charges against the Spectator. At the Oct. 8 Congress meeting, Cooper said the Board will recommend Hill be allowed to retract his accusations. It then will be up to the assembly whether or not to uphold their previous decision. When asked about the probable out come of the conflict, Cooper said,.“They (SGA Congress) are so unpredictable I really can’t say. They’re infamous for making motions one meeting and re scinding them the next.” The Spectator, a weekly paper serving 7,000 students, was granted one more issue by an SGA Congress ruling Oct. 1. Cooper explained today’s issue was allowed because this weekend is homecoming and SGA Congress mem bers involved in fraternities and sororities felt a homecoming issue was needed. Monday’s meeting will decide the im mediate fate of the Spectator, she said. If the SGA Congress agrees to. Hill’s retrac tion, publication will continue. If not, the problem will return to the Board. Directors and staff members of On Drugs, Inc. that the Commissioners felt it necessary to refurnish, the county courthouse last year at a cost to the county of $90,000 while the need for a much smaller investment in social services for the citizens of the county is questioned,” Elliot said. And State College hasn’t felt obligated to aid the organization which has been serving predominantly the. borough. Elliot said most revenue sharing funds already have been allocated. Of State College’s about $220,000 in revenue-sharing funds, $200,000 is expected to be used for curbs, sewers and new street signs. Visible improvements, in other words, which borough officials can point to easily. OD is the type of organization that helps people improve themselves, and often saves lives, curtailing possible suicides, according to Barbara Wakshul, OD’s training coordinator. OD’s Wednesday press conference, with about six local media representatives, was a last ditch attempt to pull the organization from its pending demise. OD is hoping the announcement of its closing, eventually will cause the public to bring pressure on the commissioners to appropriate the matched funds. Or possibly they are hoping for enough contributions to carry the organization through another couple months, until another source of money may crop up. In any case, OD’s future does not look very bright. Already some staff members are looking for other jobs. The organization that has helped many State College and Centre County residents through some rough times now is looking for a helping hand so it can continue to aid others. Weather Showers ending early this morning becoming partly sunny by this afternoon, high 68. Tonight clear and-cool, low 42. Saturday sunny and mild, high 73. Satur day night fair and cool, low 40. Sunday variable cloudiness, high 70. ' beyond his purely political speech. A spokesman for Agnew said earlier the Chicago speech would be “something of a sequel” to his address in Los Angeles last*' Saturday in which he ex temporaneously attacked his accusers and declared his complete innocence of the charges, which he said stem from perjured testimony. • Nixon Wednesday said Agnew’s stated decision to remain in office even if in dicted was “altogether proper.” Nixon also defended Asst. Atty. Gen. Henry E. Petersen, whom Agnew had singled out as having major respon sibility for news leaks about the Benz said the stationery was used for printing fake letters and press releases designed to confuse ' Muskie campaigners. One piece of intelligence indicated that Muskie planned a private dinner with supporters in Florida so Benz’s workers announced the party via a press release and caused it to be canceled, Benz claimed. He said he was paid $l5O a month plus expenses to recruit hecklers, pickets and Cooper said there is general disagreement in the SGA Congress with the paper’s editorial policy, which she said she felt caused the accusations. “A lot of them (SGA Congress mem bers-) were uninformed. They really don’t understand the role of a student newspaper and its editorial policy of being able to criticize Congress’ actions and the president,” she said. okays evaluation form, recommends adoption this term Council By STEVE OSTROSKY Collegian Staff Writer University Council yesterday ap proved a final draft of a University-wide course evaluation form and will recom mend to University President John W. Oswald that the survey be adopted for use this term. The form will consist of 24 multiple choice questions, six open spaces for in dividual instructors to ask questions and open-end questions on what the student liked best about a course, what he liked least and how the course can be im proved. The form eventually will have three parts: One for all University students. Another consisting of questions developed by each college' and depart ment for its own use, and a thirdJor the individual instructor’s questions. The Council recommended that each Women Editor’s note: following is the last in a three-part series on the status of women in engineering. Today: interviews with professional women engineers. By DIANE NOTTLE Collegian Ass’t City Editor Attitudes toward women engineers in the profession itself have changed considerably in the past several years. This, at least, is the consensus of four women engineers, all Penn State graduates, who now are working actively in fields ranging from aero nautics to environmental engineering. “In 1951 they (engineering firms) wouldn’t allow a woman to represent them at conferences,” said Jane Jones, a 1948 Penn State graduate now employed in structural testing with Rockwell International. But an increase in the number of women entering technical careers as well as government pressure for non discriminatory hiring is opening more opportunities for women engineers, although not without creating some new problems.- ‘‘The attitude toward women in general has changed,” . said Janice Margie, a 1968 graduate working in water pollution control with the Pennsylvania Power and Light Co. in Allentown. “When the Department of Labor issued its affirmative action directive in the late 1960’5, prime government contractors were legally coerced in setting aside goals and timetables for placing qualified minorities women into all levels of their work forces,” Margie said. “Much of what has resulted can be called tokenism.” Even hiring quotas have not eliminated discrimation against women Maryland kickbacks probe. In his prepared text, Agnew said the “essential lesson” of the 1960 s was that the measure of success of government programs “should not be and cannot be either sex appeal or the sound of loud cheering.” He said the war on poverty spent billions of dollars on a- variety of programs designed to “legislate every American, regardless of talent, initiative or ability, into an egalitarian Utopia.” “The tragedy was that little of the money filtered down to benefit the p00r...” he said. infiltrators for Segretti’s dirty tricks campaign. Benz said he did most of his work in Florida but once was sent to Pittsburgh, Pa., to set up a similar dirty tricks organization for Segretti. Kelly emphasized the dirty tricks campaign was designed to divide the Democratic candidates. “These things weren’t done to influence votes at all,” he said. Both Benz and Kelly said they received $l5O a month plus expenses from Segretti. They said they (fid not know Segretti had been hired by Dwight L. Chapin, then President Nixon’s appointments secretary. Benz said the money was not his main incentive. “I felt if the Democrats got a little dose of their own kind of activities, they would be a little reluctant to do this to us in the future,” he said. He claimed Democrats played dirty tricks against him in 1970 when he was the county campaign manager in the unsuccessful U.S. Senate campaign of Rep. William Cramer, R-Fla. department and college develop the second part in conjunction with the University Division of Instructional Ser vices. These questions will not be on the form this term and are not expected to be com pleted until Fall Term 1974. The Council also recommended the Faculty Senate Committee on Academic Affairs review its 1970 action on course evaluations and consider allowing in formation on in-class course, evaluations be released to department heads, Com monwealth campuses and student coun cils. The Senate’s November 1970 ruling said in-class course evaluation results could be given only to the class in structor. The, instructor could pass the in formation on to administrative heads at his discretion. The Senate ruling makes note changing attitudes engineers, according to the women interviewed. Discrimination is not always expressed openly but is shown nevertheless by individual workers or even company policies. “Yes, I believe the profession discriminates against women —-but moreso the company itself than the personnel,” Jones said. “I’ve never had any trouble with my fellow engineers or with shop personnel, and I work with them constantly.” “Discrimination against women in the engineering profession is not rampant but does exist in some firms and industries,” said Christina Clarke, a sanitary engineer in Ann Arbor, Mich. “This discrimination does not take form as lower wages, non-hiring policies or the like but takes shape as reluctance to put a woman on a construction job or to ask a woman to assume the same responsibilities as other engineers,” Clarke said. According to Clarke, women engineers experience more discrimination after being hired than in looking for a job. “The disadvantages of being a woman in the engineering profession occur after being hired, the toughest being to overcome proving yourself to the men you are working with,” she said. But, Clarke said, “most of the men are pretty fair and give you every chance to exercise your knowledge of the field.” “Anyone who is genuinely interested in her chosen field won’t have any problems after the novelty of having a woman in the office has worn off,” Clarke said. Like Nunzio J. Palladino, dean of the College of Engineering, the women attributed women’s reluctance to enter engineering to conditioning during the early years. “It is our society’s concept of who should do what that is to blame for Friday, October 5, 1973 Vol. 74, No. 42 12 pages University Park, Pennsylvania Published by Students o( The Pennsylvania State University OFFICE OF STUDENT AID CHECK_ WITH RECEPTIONIST , a— km »■«— mmftm CmAAmAet ftwlkn» U Qtm m+mm* i«in»t —*»lt wNmar fc— y* ——l * mo % M—»«l—dal—kihrwv Ciln* Am W lutfc i>«> t+iM+rnm. fcp* *+ turned Um Mhai*i»k Umm Am. mm* m* Um*m> +4 *• mm+r *—*■ jS*<*m*ll*imr***t*immA tmm w»lA»m* m* *i - * iiT*fi ***7 **!-' ' *7- uji—iiiu lii'kmi CaiJMini amrfHAmy CaaWwXWwpmi Hull nHire»toi*»o»H<t«A*Al*Wll lfHli«»fc»Qi mi » \M <■>■■■ < if ornmrn - Ml— M ■ —fc '• »i*Wlll ii inn ii i<Wi| «n <N-y . - A friend in need SCHOLARSHIPS, LOANS AND WORK STUDY programs are offered to students through the Office of Student Aid. See story page 5. no mention of providing the information to students. Charles J. Smith, Ogontz campus director and vice chairman of Council, saild Asa J. - Berlin, chairman of the Senate’s Committee on Academic Af fairs, indicated the Senate is considering reviewing the rules. Ronald Harshberger from Beaver 1 campus and chairman of the Council ; committee which helped develop the sur vey, said, “There’s a feeling on the part of some students and administrators that the results of the course evaluation sur veys are not being used effectively.” Tom Ingersoll, a graduate student on r the, Council and committee member, r said, “The Council would like to see the results distributed more widely so we can do something about course im provement.” The results can be distributed only to discrimination,” Margie said. “For example, how often do you find parents giving their daughter a toy truck to play with? Or when have you heard a little girl being asked, ‘What are you going to be y/hen you grow up an engineer?’ ” The women also agreed that no aspect of engineering inherently demands masculine talents. “Labelling any profession as feminine or masculine is ridiculous,” Clarke said. “Anyone who has a brain, is interested in the profession and is willing to work at it can be a success.” “I don’t consider engineering to be ‘unfeminine.’ The work is intellectual rather than physical labor, and the woman engineer’s attitude largely determines the manner in which the guys treat her,” said Karen Fleischmann, a 1971 graduate working in General Electric’s flight propulsjon division. Margie commented, “Engineering is unfeminine only insofar as 99 per cent of the ! engineers are men. A girl should not feel any less feminine being an engineer than she would if she were a doctor or a lawyer.” "il personally don’t feel that engineering is unfeminine, but then, I’ve always been a bit of a tomboy,” Jones said. “I get a big kick out of working in the shop. I would dread a job , that tied me to a desk or a drawing board.” Like Jones, the other women also said they have never regretted choosing r engineering as a profession, citing as one reason the current scarcity of non technical jobs. ‘!I enjoyed my assignments on the training programs and am now happy in my present job of building and evaluating ‘ the FlOl engine,” Fleischmann said. “I work with assemblymen, technicians and UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIPS 1 AemU ia mk «•*+ a* «v Am Om, <■»*»» instructors until the Senate changes the rules. Harshburger said it has not been decided how the departments could use the results of the survey. He mentioned that how the department might use the information to evaluate instructors could be decided only by the departments., Th'e Council will request the Senate’s Committee of Academic Affairs consider monitoring the survey and look for ways to refine and make the data more useful to the University. The Council is expected to send to University Provost Russell E. Larson a recommendation to have course evaluation survey results completed by graduating students at the end of Spring Term 1973 made available to appropriate department heads. engineers in an area that previously was strictly males, but I’ve found the guys co-operative, respectful and friendly to work with.” Asked what advice they would give women now studying engineering or thinking about it as a career, all four said they would encourage interested women. “I think .women who are suited to engineering that is, those who have logical minds and excel in math and allied subjects should try engineering or a similar field such as data processing,” Jones said. “I’m happy with my career choice, and I’m sure other women would enjoy the challenge of engineering, too,” Fleischmann said. “Women in engineering should not be overly concerned about competing with members of the opposite sex,” Margie said. “They ought to cultivate confidence in their ability to succeed as individuals. “They should be able to withstand criticism and teasing,” she added. “And last of all, but not least, they shouid maintain their femininity at all times.” Clarke stressed that only women can change whatever discrinfination they eventually may face. “The one thingl wouldlike to’impress on women is that discrimination in the profession can be undone only'by women active in the profession,” she said. “All the discussion about women’s liberation and equal rights has brought awareness of this problem to the whole world, but now it’s been talked to death. Women are going to have to get on with it now, quit talking about it and begin to actively solve the problem.” Photo bylra Jotfe
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