Faculty Studies Saturday Classes
A t t h e faculty m e e t i n g of D e cember 7 , 1964, t h e faculty
overwhelmingly approved a resolution proposed b y D r . Charles
N . Somers t o examine the p r o b lems of block scheduling and
scheduling of Saturday classes at
t h e college. T h e resolution as
presented b y D r . Somers reads:
" . . . . that the committee
or
committees
appoint
a Faculty
Committee
on scheduling
to be
charged with examining
Saturday and Block
scheduling
of
classes at the college, and that
the committee
further
its reports, findings, and
recommendations to the faculty for transmittal to the administration
for
implimentation."
T h e members of the new c o m m i t t e e just beginning Its examination are: D r . C o r b i n , D r .

Ozalins, Mr. Powell, Mr. Wisor,
and the chairman. D r . Somers.
T h e c o m m i t t e e has promised its
co-operation w i t h the students,
and this newspaper will serve to
make student opinion k n o w n to
b o t h the committee and t h e administration.
W e at the Eagle Eye have been
carrying on our o w n examination of the laws concerning Satu r d a y classes. W e sent a letter
to D r . George W . Hoffman, Act i n g Superintendent of Public
Instruction.
O u r letter reads
as follows:
Dear D r . Hoffman:
Recently, on our c a m p u s ,
there has been m u c h discussion
on S a t u r d a y classes; and, as
would be expected, we at the
publications office are c a u g h t between t h e t w o opposing sides.

T h e a r g u m e n t arises over the interpretation of t h e law concerning Saturday classes, with specific reference t o an excerpt from
t h e Policy Decisions of the Board
of Presidents. This excerpt is as
follows:
"}2.

Calendar

32,000
Preparation
(5 8-3295)
(64-3713)
In order to permit each college
to meet its local problems,
each
college will prepare its own calendar.
The calendar will
include one hundred eighty
(180)
days counting Saturdays as half
days. Calendars will be approved
when they are submitted
to the
Department
of Public
Instruction with the statement
of the
President attached, that there are
at least one hundred
eighty
(180) days of college
instruc-

tion included
in the
calendar.
The Department
of Public
Instruction will send copies of each
college calendar
to the
other
thirteen State
Colleges."
T h e A d m i n i s t r a t i o n interprets
this excerpt as s t a t i n g t h a t
school m u s t remain In session for
180 day sand t h a t half days
m u s t be included.
Some of the faculty members,
on t h e other hand, Interpret this
as meaning t h a t o n l y the 180
days are required b y law and
t h a t it is left t o t h e discretion
of the college w h e t h e r it wants
t o hold classes on Saturday or
r u n t w o extra weeks i n t o J u n e .
Still other faculty members do
n o t look upon the board of Presidents as the l a w - m a k i n g body
of t h e colleges, b u t Insist t h a t
the State Board of Education,

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However, n o information s u p p o r t i n g such a contention has
been presented t o this oflice, n o r
has our reference editor been able
t o find any support for such a
contention.
—Continued Page 4 , Col. 3

ELEMENTARY
PROFESSIONAL
SEMESTER
INVESTIGATION
Page 3
Friday, February 12, 1965

LOCK H A V E N STATE C O L L E G E , L O C K H A V E N , PENNSYLVANIA

Guitars Alive Thursday

w h i c h sets u p t h e rules for seco n d a r y and p r i m a r y schools, also
passes laws for the colleges. Since
t h e r u h n g of the Board of E d u cation, regarding t h e 180 day
year names only the primary and
secondary schools, t h e y feel t h a t
there is no law regulating t h e
n u m b e r of days a college m u s t
be in session. They contend t h a t
t w o other state colleges maintain
classes for less t h a n 180 days
o m i t t i n g Saturady classes, and
t h a t these colleges are n o t breaki n g any law.

FRESHMEN AND SOPHOMORES
PLAN WINTER WEEKEND

Frosh Enrollment
Skyrocketing

A t six o'clock every m o r n i n g ,
in t h e bungalow at N o . 5152
Maplewood A v e n u e in Los A n geles, a m a n reaches under his
bed and p u l l s o u t a $1,000
guitar. While still stretched o u t
on his back, he plays J o h a n n Sebastian Bach. H e seldom stops
before eight, and w h e n he does,
it is the signal for his three sons,
w h o sleep down t h e hall, t o reach
u n d e r their beds for their o w n
guitars. T h e family plays t o gether until ten. T h e n t h e father
laces o n some sneakers, and leads
his sons in a r u n five t i m e s
around the block.
T h e R o m e r o sons are m u c h
like R o m e r o senior. '"His hands
and our hands are just t h e same,"
explains Celln. ""If It's good for
him, it's good for u s . " More imp o r t a n t , Celedonio got his sons
their first guitars w h e n they
were three, and had t h e m In t h e
concert hall by t h e time they
were eleven. Four years ago, an
American s t u d y i n g w i t h Cele-

donio In Spain, persuaded the
family t o move t o California,
where they soon set up a guitar
school. As for t h e profits, Romero senior has a patriarchal
concept of money: he takes all
of it, doles it out t o his sons in
small allowances.
A f t e r a m o r n i n g of playing
the g u i t a r and a day of teaching
it, t h e Romeros get together in
the evening to play a little more.
A n d to fight. Says Celin, the
most voluble: " W e fight with
our father more t h a n we fight
w i t h each other because he has
a s t r o n g temperament and likes
to c o m m a n d . In the end we do
It his way. T h e n we get happy."
So d o the audiences.
These unusual guitarists will
be appearing In a c o m m u n i t y
concert In Price A u d i t o r i u m
next T h u r s d a y , at 8 p . m . Tickets will be a v a i l a b l e at the
bookstore. Students are urged to
get their tickets early as only
750 seats are available.

As American college and u n i versity enrollment this year a p proaches t h e massive total of five
million students a g a i n s t last
year's 4.5 million. D r . Garland
G. Parker, University registrar
and dean of admissions at the
U n i v e r s i t y of C i n c i n n a t i , declares:
" T h e capacity of the nation's
institutions t o handle this great
influx of students Is a t r i b u t e t o
t h e m and those w h o s u p p o r t
them. All t h e resources and educational m a n p o w e r t h a t can be
mustered In b o t h public and
private areas will be needed t o
take care of this host of collegians."
The final freshman count will
probably show t h e largest percentage increase of this decade
and may be as m u c h as 15 per
cent or even more. Dr. Parker
believes. H e also expects fulltime students In accredited universities and four-year colleges
t o number more t h a n 2.9 million
in contrast t o slightly more than
2.5 million reported last year.
'"The p a t t e r n in b o t h freshmen and full-time students suggests not only t h a t m a n y of the
small liberal arts colleges could
accommodate no more students
b u t also t h e continued drift of
a higher proportion of students
Into the large public and private
schools," he commented.
""This Is n o t i m e for complacency," D r . Parker concluded,
""because freshmen this year are
. . . only the front line of a vast
t h r o n g of students on their way
t o the colleges i n the years just
ahead.

THE FABULOUS EL 'DANTES
Friday, Saturday and Sunday
of the week beginning February
19 is designated Freshman-Sophomore weekend.
Events are
being co-ordinated by t h e freshm a n and sophomore presidents.
Buck Frezza and Jon Masood, respectively. T h e first event of
the weekend Is a dance in Roger's
G y m at 8:15 featuring the El
Dantes from P e n n - W o r l d A t tractions In H a r r i s b u r g . Admission will be 50(* per person. Satu r d a y night will be oldies b u t
goodies night in t h e union.
A
selection of some of t h e old favorite records will be played from
the collection of F r a n k Sponhauer.
F u r t h e r details will be
reported in future issues of t h e
Eagle Eye.
O t h e r events are also scheduled by the sophomore class for
the second semester. O n Saturday, March 6, the sophomores
will sponsor a hobnob in Rogers
G y m at 8 p.m. A n o t h e r Interesting event will be t h e sopho-

more class t w i r p .
T h e brain
s t o r m of president J o n Masood,
t h e day involves a t u r n about
favoring t h e sophomore c l a s s
males. All coeds will be expected
t o carry their mates' books and
p e r f o r m other such tasks and
maybe dress i n boyish attire.
T h e main spring e v e n t will be
a sophomore class p a r t y at W o o l rich Park.
There are facilities
at the park for swimming, t e n nis, b a s k e t b a l l and baseball.
O t h e r recreational activities are
being planned.
Originally the w i n t e r weekend
was reserved for the sophomore
class b u t J o n and B u c k got t o gether and decided t h a t with the
addition of the freshman class
t h e weekend could be twice as
successful.
T h e El ' D a n t e s is one of
eight groups managed by Penn
World Attractions.
T h e y are
very popular around the H a r risburg area and have played at
m a n y colleges and fraternities.

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THE EAGLE EYE

o Letters To The Editor o

THE EAGLE EYE
Volume V I

Number 2

Friday, February 12, 1965

Dear Editor:

Co-Editors
ROBERT J. REMICK — MEL HODES
Faculty Advisor—Mr. Joseph R. Peck, II
Student Advisor—W. Rodney Fowler
ASSOCIATE EDITORS

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by students of Lock Haven State College, Lock Haven, Pa. All opinions
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Organizational N e w s
Tau Kappa Epsilon
T h e brothers of T a u Kappa
Epsilon recently held an open
smoker at the chapter h o u s e .
T h a n k s Is extended to the sisters
of Sigma Sigma Sigma, w h o a c t ed as hostesses for the event.
W e would also like t o acknowledge the splendid job of Bob
Kievit, this year's rush chairman.

Sigma Pi
T h e Sigma Pi house has undergone m a n y changes both physically a n d fraternally.
Over
s e m e s t e r break, many of t h e
brothers took it upon themselves
to make Internal Improvements
on the house, such as p a i n t i n g
their rooms and making m u c h needed repairs. O u r biggest a c complishment was the insulation
and f u r n i s h i n g of t h e a t t i c ,
which now houses five brothers.
W i t h i n the brotherhood, t h e
newly Initiated brothers, T e r r y
Shultz, David R o g e r s , James
Murray, M a r t y Rouen, R i c h J a kobs, D a v e D o n o v a n , D e n n i s
Sweely, and William Mosser, are
now participating a c t i v e l y in
fraternity life.
W e are n o w actively engaged
in our rush p r o g r a m , headed b y
T o m L y n c h and Jim Baler,
Pledgemasters.
T h e brothers wish to extend
their congratulations to brother
Joe M o n t o v i n o on his marriage
to P a t t i B o w m a n last Saturday.
ED. NOTE
The staff of the Eagle Eye
a d d s its c o n g r a t u l a t i o n s t o
those of Sigma Pi.

Lambda Chi Alpha
O v e r semester vacation t h e
men of Lambda Chi cleaned and
repaired their house in anticipation of a successful rush period.
There are plans t o completely redecorate the first floor in t h e
near future.
Lambda Chi A l p h a will be
having a valentine p a r t y Friday,
Feb. 12 . Music will be p r o vided b y the I v y m e n from C a r lisle, Penna.
F o u r new brothers were admitted to Lambda G a m m a C h a p ter of Lambda Chi Alpha on
J a n u a r y 8; Brennan Patterson,
T o m Smith, Ronald H e n n e y and
William Wehrle.

Kappa Delta Rho
K D R ' s p a s t week has been
highlighted b y several smokers.

through which the brothers have
met this spring's rushees.
T h e brothers would like t o
welcome their new advisor Mr.
Beaver, who has recently accepted this position.
Also, congratulations are extended to brother George Stroup,
w h o h a s recently become engaged to Dodie Bayer of Tyrone,
Pennsylvania.

Pix
T h e photographic c l u b here at
college win hold Its second meeting of this semester on March
fifth, in U l m e r H a l l , room 308.
T h e r e will be a demonstration
of developing and p r i n t i n g b y
Bob Remick, President.
Election of s e c o n d semester
officers will also be held.
ED. NOTE
This o r g a n i z a t i o n
needs
student s u p p o r t or it w i l l be
abolished.

This Week
February 12 to February 19
FRIDAY—February 12
V a l e n t i n e Parties
Sigma Sigma S i g m a —
8 p.m.
L a m b d a Chi A l p h a —
8 p.m.
K a p p a Delta R h o —
8 p.m.
Sigma P i — 8 : 3 0 p.m.
Tau K a p p a E p s i l o n —
8 p.m.
Sigma K a p p a — 8 p.m.
SATURDAY—February 13
Wrestii n g — h o m e
Millersville (V & JV)
6:30 & 8 p.m.
S>vimming—home
M i l l e r s v i l l e — 7 p.m.
Hob Nob
N e w m a n Club & YM-YW
Rogers G y m — 8 p.m.
S U N D A Y — F e b r u a r y 14
SORORITY FORMAL
RUSH WEEK BEGINS
Panhellenie Council T e a —
7 p.m.
TUESDAY—February 16
s e c Officer N o m i n a t i o n
A s s e m b l y — A u d . , 8 p.m.
THURSDAY—February 18
C o m m u n i t y Concert
THE ROMEROS, Guitarists
Aud., 8 p.m.
F R I D A Y — F e b r u a r y 19
SOPHOMORE CLASS
WEEKEND BEGINS

LUIGTS
SUB S H O P
124 Bellefonte A v e n u e
We Serve: —
M e a t b a l l s , D e r f b u r g e r s , Pizza, Ham BQ's, Pepper
Steaks, French Fries, Lettuce a n d Tomato, T u r k e y ,
Tuna, H a m , Cosmo, H a m b u r g e r a n d Steaks.
"Sold in the Dorm every Tuesday and Thursday"

T o d a y was a blustery, six-degree-above-zero Sunday.
Many
students had planned to walk t h e
freezing street down town t o attend c h u r c h services. Transportion to t h e churches is very limited. Most campus students d o
not have cars of their own. O c casionally, one of the townspeople is good enough to offer a
student a ride, b u t many of the
churchgoers are left t o devise
their o w n way of g e t t i n g t o
church. Some of the services are
held late In the morning.
Attendance at t h e service makes it
impossible for the student t o
arrive back on the campus in
time for the Sunday noon meal.
I suggest t h a t an inter-faith
chapel be established on Lock
Haven's campus. T h e duties of
the services could be taken b y
clergymen of all denominations
and the students themselves. O u r
own Price A u d i t o r i u m c o u l d
serve as the chapel building. I
am sure t h a t a campus chapel
would be welcomed and s u p ported by Lock H a v e n students.
Margret L u t z
Editor's N o t e : Since the buildings on campus are state-owned
public buildings, there would be
a great deal of difficulty in arranging denominational services
on campus due t o regulations
stipulating t h e s e p a r a t i o n of
church and state in our state
and national constitutions. This
separation is p a r t of our heritage of freedom.
H o w e v e r , t h e Inter-Faith
Council could investigate a plan
whereby the individual churches
In t h e c o m m u n i t y would establish car pools t o provide the
students w i t h transportation t o
and from c h u r c h . T h e churches
would probably have little difficulty In a r r a n g i n g such a service
through t h e i r
congregations.
T h e students would leave from
designated places on campus at
specified times, as t h e rides were
arranged, and would be returned
In t h e same fashion on time for
the noon meal. W e recommend
that such a proposal be b r o u g h t
before t h e I n t e r - F a i t h Council
or the S t u d e n t Co-operative
Council. A n o t h e r suggestion is
that you find some w a y t o a t t e n d
one or t w o services and then inform the pastor of your plight.
M. H .

Dear Sir:
The recent cheating scandal at
our Air Force A c a d e m y has
caused a w a v e of indignation
that spread across t h e country.
Everyone Is shocked at the moral
decay in these intelligent cadets
who are t o become the future
leaders of the United States. N o
one can seem t o discover the reason for this shameful acquisition
of grades.
Could the reason perhaps be
not with the cadets, b u t in the
grading sytem t o which they are
subject? Could too m u c h emphasis be placed in t h e almighty
2.0 average? T h e nerve-racking
fear of receiving a below-grade
in a c e r t a i n subject causes
anxiety In even the most Intelligent scholar.
This emphasis in grades Is n o t
only found In the Academy b u t
can be felt also at Lock H a v e n .
Students are c o n s t a n t l y u n d e r
pressure t o obtain a good " g r a d e "
In a test and fail to s t u d y a subject simply for the enjoyment
and later benefits. Some Instructors do n o t help to relieve this
tension. H o w m a n y times has
a student heard a professor say,
" I don't care whether or not you
come t o m y class — just so you
pass m y t e s t s ? "
I n order to correct this misguided approach to education,
the grading system of a few of
our schools should be renovated.
Students should be evaluated on
attitude, i m p r o v e m e n t and oral
participation, n o t primarily on
test grades. T h e n , perhaps, students will not have t o resort t o
such d e s p e r a t e maneuvers as
cribbing and stealing exams t o
be sure of passing a course.
W i t h t h e a t t e n t i o n removed
from grades, perhaps, disgraces
similar t o the Academy's cheating scandal can be avoided —
even in Lock H a v e n .
Sincerely,
A College Student

Dear E d i t o r :
D u r i n g the past few weeks I
hav noticed a great weakness in
o u r educational system. I am
speaking of final examinations. I
think t h a t final exams, as such,
should be abolished, or at least,
modified. T h e reason for their
existance is t o fulfill a purpose,
t h a t of testing the students'
knowledge of their subject.
But this purpose is n o t achiev-

Mra. McCormick works on t h e 100,000th acquisition to Stevenson L i b r a r y . T h e acquisition, made J a n u a r y 2 1 , 1965, is
a two volume set of Z a n g l a n d ' s Piers the P l o w m a n and
Richard t h e Redeless. T h e two books w e r e p u r c h a s e d through
s t a t e funds.

ed in most cases. T o o m a n y s t u dents don't s t u d y during t h e
semester except for occasional
quizzes or tests. T h e n , the n i g h t
before their final, they stay u p
all night and cram.
Cramming
is n o t h i n g more t h a n memorization which is forgotten as soon
as the student leaves the e x a m ination room.
A n o t h e r fault w i t h this Is t h a t
most students have t w o o r three
e x a m s scheduled on one day.
Because of this t h e y have t o
c r a m even more. As a result,
most students s t u d y the entire
night for m a n y nights in a r o w .
A f t e r about a week of living o n
N o - D o z tablets w t i h no sleep or
recreation, students can h a r d l y
be expected t o give their v e r y
best t o their exams. Sometimes
drastic things happen, such as
the student discovering his m i n d
is a complete blank from c r a m m i n g or even sometimes missing
a final due t o t h e t r i u m p h of
much-needed sleep over t h e individual.
Because of t h e failure of final
exams to accomplish their p u r pose, something should be done
about them. E i t h e r a substitute
way of e v a l u a t i n g a student's
knowledge should be found or
else t h e existing e x a m system
should be changed.

A Student

Dear Editor:
T h e problem t h a t most Lock
H a v e n State students seem t o be
f a c e d with at this particular
time is grades.
Many of t h e
students feel t h a t they should receive a copy of their grades
along w i t h t h e one sent t o their
parents. I t is very hard t o find
o u t w h a t grade you have a t tained In a course through a receiver w i t h a bad connection and
from a parent w h o is only interested in t h a t " D " you received In something or o t h e r
called Bad., Golf, and A r c h .
W e feel that t h e Initial shock of
grades should come through t h e
mail t o each s t u d e n t personally
r a t h e r t h a n over a telephone
from a raging parent.
T h e l a c k of knowledge of
grades also p r e s e n t s another
problem to the already frustrated
students. H o w should we greet
a professor of last semester w i t h out knowing
first-hand
what
final grade he gave us?
Even
the teachers are troubled w i t h
this problem. Students are constantly streaming i n t o the poor
professor's office questioning h i m
about grades. It's a big e n o u g h
job t o get his grades o u t w i t h o u t
having to face t h i r t y or f o r t y
anxious students on t h e first day
of second semester at the entrance t o his office.
M a n y colleges have a policy of
sending a copy of t h e semester's
grades t o the s t u d e n t and t h e
parents.
If there Is a major
reason w h y this c a n ' t be done
here at Lock H a v e n , a good
suggestion m i g h t be t o hand o u t
all grades on registration day.
Since we are t h e ones that w o r k
all semester for the grades, we
feel that we should n o t have t o
wait to the last t o know w h a t
they are. C a n ' t there be somet h i n g done about this?
A bewildered s t u d e n t

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THE EAGLE EYE

Elementary Professional Semester
Investigation Made
At Student RequestFull Report Below
by M e l Hodes

T h e Elementary Professional
Semester is a totally integrated
emotional, social, intellectual,
and perceptual experience for the
student. I t provides an opport u n i t y for the Elementary D e p a r t m e n t t o evaluate t h e future
Elementary School Teachers in
terms of character, personality,
g r o w t h since matriculation, integrity, creativity, teaching ability, sensitivity, philosophy, and
g r o w t h in t h e course. It also
provides this same o p p o r t u n i t y
for t h e student's self-evaluation.
In the E P S , t h e students take
16 semester h o u r s of courses.
T h e y sit in classes three t o four
hours per d a y for five days a
week. Classes are held on the
days Akeley School Is in session.
T h u s , there are no S a t u r d a y
classes. T h e students a t t e n d these
classes in either a m o r n i n g or the
afternoon section. Students In
the Professional Semester do n o t
attend classes for more o r fewer
hours per week t h a n a n y other
student carrying an average 16
hour load.
T h e ESP consists of methods
courses in Language A r t s , Social
Living, Science, Mathematics,
A r t , Music, H e a l t h , and Audio
Visual Education.
During the
Professional Semester each stud e n t participates in a teaching

situation in t h e Akeley Elementary School for about 20 hours
per semester. I n this situation
the s t u d e n t has t h e o p p o r t u n i t y
t o p u t t o work his skills and
abilities as a teacher before he
embarks on his Student T e a c h ing.
D u r i n g this semester, various
instructors require each s t u d e n t
t o prepare a few teaching m a terials. These teaching devices
are required of t h e students so
that t h e y will acquire skills in
c o n s t r u c t i n g teaching materials
for their future teaching assignments. T h e teaching devices, in
most cases, are left, in design, t o
the discretion of t h e student b e cause t h e instructors w a n t t h e
students t o utilize these teaching
materials In their experiences in
Akeley S c h o o l and in their
future teaching position. T h u s ,
if t h e students d e s i g n their
teaching devices w i t h their o w n
purposes in mind, they will be
more useful t o the students.
Assignments Not OverBurdening
Reading assignments, teaching
aids, and reports due during t h e
semester will never require a s t u dent t o lose a n y sleep . . . p r o vided t h a t t h e student remains
" c a u g h t - u p " w i t h his assignments. Reading assignments are
not "stiff."
Although m a n y
books are used in t h e course of
the semester, most reading assignments are given far in a d vance so t h a t s t u d e n t s have
plenty of time t o prepare. There

The ENQUIRING EYE
by Franki Moody

General Question: Is the American policy on the Vietnamese crisis adequate?

Jenine Altimus

Donn Wagner

Jenine Altimus, Johnstown,
Social Science
" N o . As the situation stands,
and has stood for several years,
the best we have been able t o do
is m a r k time. W e w i n a few
skirmishes, and we lose a few.
W e do most of our fighting w i t h
the people w e are trying t o help,
and we are being condemned for
this. T h e whole mess seems u n solvable at t h e present time; o u r
policy isn't at all w h a t It should
be, b u t what are we t o d o ? "
Donn Wagner, State College,
Elementary
"If one had t o take a negative
or positive stand on such a critical question, it would be a very
difficult t h i n g t o do. H o w can
I as an American t r u l y reply t o
y o u r qeustion ? H o w can a n y
answer t o this problem in o u r
foreign affairs be answered w i t h
justt one word or a n y words?
N o foreign policy b y t h e U . S.
can be adequate e n o u g h t h a t
there is n o t room for improvem e n t . W e can not stand alone
or apart from the world, as has
been characteristic of o u r past
foreign policy. If we do, w e
will find ourselves w i t h o u r so-

Alex Morris

Janet Kepshire

Alex Morris, Bellefonte, Social Science.
"No.
I feel t h a t the A m e r i can policy toward Vietnam Is far
from adequate.
This problem
could be remedied by sending
more troops, weapons, and a m m u n i t i o n t o South V i e t n a m .
These weapons and a m m u n i t i o n
could be used along w i t h t h e
American advisors b y tho South
Vietnamese t o h e l p take t h e
offensive against t h e Viet C o n g ,
instead of fighting a defensive
war w h i c h they have been d o ing."
Janet Kepshire, Patton, Spanish.
"No.
A l t h o u g h the U n i t e d
States has given m u c h aid and
support t o this crisis, I d o n ' t
think t h e support has been adequate. M a n y American soldiers
have lost their lives in t h e guerrila-type warfare, and yet t h e
So. Vietnamese are still plagued
with t h e C o m m u n i s t Viet C o n g .
It seems t h a t these men are d y ing In vain, b u t just w h a t t h e
effective policy could be I d o n ' t
know."
called " a d e q u a t e " foreign poUcy
clutched in the R e d h a n d . "

oil. Provided t h a t students keep
up with their reading assignments, teaching materials, p r e p aration, a n d their w r i t t e n logs,
no student need ever go t o bed
past midnight. Logs of p a r t i c i pation experiences are often n o t
completed until t h e n i g h t before
they are due. T h u s , these foolish students must stay u p most
of the n i g h t t o complete these
assignments.

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dozen short reports d u e d u r i n g
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Most students in t h e Elementary Professional Semester have
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Students have an o p p o r t u n i t y t o
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student a chance t o evaluate his
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his conviction of dedication t o
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Participation experiences are divided
over t h e t w o nine-week periods
of t h e semester. Each s t u d e n t
participates on both t h e p r i m a r y
and Intermediate levels.
Impossible to "Brown Nose"
T h e Professional S e m e s t e r
offers a s t u d e n t the distinctly
different o p p o r t u n i t y t o let h i m self go In class and in his teaching. This lets the t r u e personality of t h e individual s h o w
through.
It Is impossible for students
to " B r o w n N o s e " their w^ay
t h r o u g h t h e semester for one
reason.
" B r o w n N o s i n g " reauires a s t u d e n t to establish a
rather close relationship with an
Instructor.
However, In t h e
EPS as the student lets himself
"loosen u p , " he Is expected to
take his questions and problems
to his Instructors.
H e is expected t o strike a relationship
w i t h his instructors.
In t h e
Professional Semester students
w h o remain aloof are those w h o
have t h e poor professional a t t i tude. T h e professional a t t i t u d e
of those In t h e EPS falls u n d e r
close scrutiny. A student Is s u p posed t o be professional in his a t tire, behavior, philosophy, and
interests.
Myths Exploded
H e r e are a group of m y t h s a n d

rumors about t h e E l e m e n t a r y
Professional Semester t h a t are
absolutely unfounded and u n true.
R u m o r has it t h a t students
T h e Eagle E y e felt t h a t this
are given their final grade for Investigation was rather i m p o r t t h e course o n t h e first day t h e y ant t o t h e s t u d e n t body because
a t t e n d class on the basis of f a v of all of t h e r u m o r s on c a m p u s
oritism.
This is u n t r u e . T h e about t h e Professional Semester.
grades for all courses in the P r o - T h e Information was compiled
fessional Semester are combined. by the a u t h o r t h r o u g h c o n t a c t
T h e r e is only one grade given of students w h o have had the
for t h e E l e m e n t a r y Professional Elementary Professional SemesSemester.
T h e grades are o b ter, instructors w h o teach in the
jectively obtained. A t t h e b e - E l e m e n t a r y Professional Semesginning of t h e semester each ter, and t h e a u t h o r ' s o w n perstudent receives a book for s t u - sonal experiences in t h e recently
dent evaluation which they h a n d
completed E P S .
t o their Co-operating Teacher.
Any students
feeling
that
This book contains m a n y classi- there are unfair practices
in
fiactions for each class t h e s t u - courses at this college should see
dent takes d u r i n g t h e semester. someone on the Eagle Eye staff.
Each teacher fills in his area of
If your inquiry warrants
investit h e evaluation b o o k and rates gation, the Eagle Eye will
fully
each s t u d e n t w i t h a one, t w o , o r investigate
and report its findthree n u m b e r e d grade for t h e ing in this paper.
m a n y sections he fills o u t . T h e n ,
t h e grades are all added on an
adding machine and divided w i t h
What's In A Name
a calculator until a grade p o i n t
compiled by A . L. M C L E O D
average Is reached. Finally, an
evaluation committee considers
- I n N e w Y o r k C i t y there Is a
each s t u d e n t on the basis of total
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performance. This procedure of
- T h e G o v e r n o r of T h e Bank of
grading Is v e r y similar t o t h e
Canada a few years ago was
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tendent of t h e T o r o n t o Boy's
one grade Is given is that i t offers
R e f o r m a t o r y Is M r . Bashem.
t h e o p p o r t u n i t y t o rate students
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grades would n o t permit. Separate grades would not permit
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THE EAGLE EYE

TOM ELLING:
A David Among Goliaths
T h e average collegiate heavyweight wrestler of today, according to the latest facts compiled
by the N C A A and N A I A committee officials, resembles a m o d ern Goliath. H e stands, on the
average, between six feet-two
and six feet-three and weighs
between 220 and 230 pounds.
Lock H a v e n State's heavyweight, this year, T o m Elling,
resembles David more than G o liath, t o both T o m ' s and Coach
Simon's dismay. Elling, a 5'10",
170 pounder. Is b y far t h e lightest heavy-weight ever t o wrestle
for Lock H a v e n State.
Despite the distinct disadvantage T o m has in w e i g h t , he
makes up for it In his speed and
spirit.
Going into t o m o r r o w night's
m a t c h w i t h Millersville, T o m is
the owner of a 4 - 4 - 1 record. A
4 - 4 - 1 record Is n o t t h a t Impressive on paper, b u t when you actually k n o w the t r u e story behind the 4-4-1 record of T o m ,
one m i g h t consider T o m Elling
t h e best 1 7 0 - p o u n d heavyweight around.
T o date T o m has won t w o and
dropped four matches at heavyweight and scored t w o victories
against one tie at 191.
H e is undefeated against all
opponents he has faced t h a t have
not weighed over 200 pounds.
I n nine bouts T o m has only had
one fall scored against him. T h a t
was against Mansfield when L o gan, a 240-pound mass of weight,
flattened the ex-Moshanon Valley grappler.
A n o t h e r disadvantage besides
size is t h a t T o m lacks varsity

experience. This is his first year
of varsity college wrestling. Before this season, Elling wrestled
four years at Moshanon Valley,
where he compiled an impressive
22-3 record wrestling In t h e 138
and 145 weight classes.
Tom,
in 1962, wrestled in the District
6 quarter-finals, where he dropped a 4-2 d e c i s i o n t o Adam
W a l t z , w h o wrestled for Bald
Eagle-NIttany.
W a l t z is now
Lock H a v e n State's varsity 137
pounder.
T o m came very close t o bec o m i n g a basketball s t a r instead
of a wrestler. In the n i n t h grade
T o m was a candidate for the
basketball team, b u t because he
had t o walk four miles h o m e In
the snow after p r a c t i c e every
night, he decided t o strip his
cage suit and don a wrestlers
uniform because the wrestlers at
T o m ' s high school received bus
transportation home after p r a c tice.
Les T u r n e r , a g r a d u a t e of
Lock H a v e n State, T o m ' s high
school wrestling coach and G r a y
Simons, t h e Bald Eagles n e w varsity pilot and all Lock H a v e n
m a t fans, I'm sure are all very
glad today t h a t t h e basketball
team did n o t provide transportation for its court performers
at Moshanon Valley. For w i t h out T o m Elling on our current
undefeated wrestling t e a m , some
of t h e color and sparkle would
be gone. T o m ' s wrestling experience w i t h the Bald Eagles
may never be recorded in wresth n g history, b u t David's wrestling the Goliaths m a k e interesting w a t c h i n g .

INTHE

by Donn Wagner

F A C U L T Y STUDIES —
from page 1
I am writing t o you in an
a t t e m p t to resolve the situation.
1. Is the law recorded in Policy
D e c i s i o n s . . . interpreted as
requiring Saturday classes, or,
2. Does the law require only a
180-day academic year leaving t h e use of Saturday classes
up t o the administration of
each college?
3. Are there o t h e r c o l l e g e s
which are disregarding this
law, and if so, w h a t action Is
being taken or can be taken?
4. Is the Board of Presidents the
supreme law-making
body
with respect t o state colleges
or is there another l a w - m a k ing body?
W e would appreciate an early
reply and are indebted t o you
for your time and consideration.
W e also request the right t o p u b lish your reply.
V e r y t r u l y yours,
Robert J. R e m i c k
Mr. Hoffman rettirned a letter
t o us s t a t i n g :
Dear Mr. R e m i c k :
I have also received a letter
from President Parsons concerning the interpretation of the
college calendar. I a m w r i t i n g
t o D o c t o r Parsons giving h i m
m y t h o u g h t s on this m a t t e r . I t
Is m y feehng t h a t I should not
engage in a controversy which
seems t o exist on t h e C a m p u s
b y giving a reply which would
be pubhshed in y o u r newspaper.
Sincerely yours,
G . W . Hoffman

EAGLE'S NEST
By Donn Wsgner

" E i g h t down and three t o g o "
is the c h a n t of Lock H a v e n
State's high flying Bald Eagle
grapplers as they prepare for t o m o r r o w night's e n c o u n t e r w i t h
Millersville State College.
Going i n t o their n i n t h contest the Maroon and G r a y m a t men will carry a perfect ( 8 - 0 )
slate and are undefeated In their
last sixteen dual meets.
The
Bald Eagles' last defeat was t o
University of Michigan early last
year.
Millersville, which enters t o morrow's meet w i t h a sub-par
mark, will a t t e m p t to knock t h e
Bald Eagles off their perch on
top of t h e Pennsylvania State
College Conference.
Millersville wrestling team's
main p u n c h Is concentrated in
the middle of its line-up. C h a r lie W a g n e r at 147 is rated b y
PSC officials as one of the t o p
147 pounders In the conference.
W a g n e r has been the only Millersville grappler t o win against
Lock H a v e n State in the past
t w o years.
Coach G r a y Simons is hoping
his wrestlers are not over-looking tomorrow's m e e t .
Next
weekend Lock H a v e n State will
face Bloomsburg State for the
conference title. T h e Huskies
are also undefeated in conference
action.
T h e Bald Eagles have
failed t o score a fall in their last
three meets, which must be some

kind of first for t h e normally
pin-happy Eagles.
Last Friday night C o a c h Simons wrestlers welcomed St.
Cloud of Minnesota t o T h o m a s
Field House w i t h a surprisingly
easy 18-6 s t a c k i n g over the
grapplers.
Jeff L o r s o n ( 9 - 0 ) , J a c k
Klingeman ( 1 - 0 ) , and F r a n k
Eisenhower ( 8 - 0 - 1 ) all looked
impressive as the Eagles sent St.
Cloud d o w n t o its second defeat
In twelve outings.
Last Tuesday, East Stroudsb u r g had its hopes of a conference upset victory over Lock
H a v e n State stymied as its grapplers were flattened by the Maroon and G r a y 2 1 - 8 .
East
Stroudsburg had previously finished only one point behind Lock
H a v e n State in t h e W i l k e s
Wrestling T o u r n a m e n t In December.

I w e n t t o President Parsons
and he provided m e w i t h this
information f r o m t h e l e t t e r
w h i c h Mr. Hoffman w r o t e t o
him.
D r . George Hoffman, A c t i n g
Superintendent of P u b l i c Ins t r u c t i o n , states:
"First, may I say that it is our
understanding
that the Colleges prepare their
calendars
based upon one hundred and
eighty (180) days of college
instruction.
If Saturdays are
included in the (180) days, it
would seem that we would expect the Colleges to be in operation during these periods of
time. If Colleges do not have
classes on Saturdays and have

included Saturdays as part of
their calendars, they are not
carrying out the provision approved by the Board of State
College
Presidents."
T h e minutes of t h e Board of
Presidents regarding college calendars m a k e the following statement:
"In order to permit each college to meet its local problems,
each college will prepare its
own calendar.
The
calendar
will include one
hundrefd
eighty
(180)
days
counting
Saturdays as half days.
Calendars will be approved
when
they are submitted to the Department
of Public
Instruction with the statement of the
President attached, that there
are at least one hundred
eighty
(180) days of college
instuction included in the calendar.
The Department of Public Instruction
will send copies of
each college calendar to the
other thirteen State
Colleges."
T h e college calendar u n d e r
which we operate and u n d e r
which all State Colleges are t o
operate, includes half days o n
Saturday; thereby, nine days per
semester or eighteen of t h e 180
school days are made u p by half
days on Saturday. If t h e Board
of Presidents' ruling regarding
half days on Saturday w^as u n necessary, we would t h e n need
to e x t e n d the academic year
eighteen additional days.
This
would decrease the vacation t i m e
nine days the first semester and
nine days the second semester,
or we could make u p t h e days
by s t a r t i n g college in A u g u s t
(this is never done) and closing
the second semester d u r i n g t h e
first week in J u n e .
I n other
words, we can't have o u r cake
and eat It too; we either require
classes half days on Saturdays o r
extend our calendar i n t o June.
Again, I quote D r . Hoffman:
"It is my impression that practically all of our colleges and
universities,
whether they be
public or private, have Saturday classes not only for graduate programs but for undergraduate programs as well. If
the State Colleges do not have
classes on Saturdays, it seems
to me the requests for additional facilities are not consistent with practice.
As you
know, there is concern
that
the facilities on our State College campuses are not
utilized

to the maximum
extent.
If
we do not use them on Saturdays, we are open to further
criticism by those who express
concern over maximum
utilization."
This was the extent of the Information p r o v i d e d t o us by
President Parsons.
It answers
m a n y of t h e questions raised, b u t
n o t all.
M a n y q u e s t i o n s are u n answered. N o mention is made
of the hours a college must keep.
For example, if classes extended
one h o u r each week-day, the
four hours provided b y Saturday
classes would be q u i c k l y engulfed. As for m a x i m u m utilization of space, does it really
m a t t e r if a room is used five
hours a day for five days, or four
hours a day for six days. O n
the other hand, In some departments there Is a space problem.
H o w can t h e three lab sections
of Inorganic II meet for t w o
three-hour labs a week w i t h o u t
one section meeting on Saturday?
W i t h a lab capacity of
only one-third the size of all the
sections, t h e problem is one of
maximum
space utilization
rather t h a n t h a t of m a x i m u m
utilization of space. W e wish
the faculty committee t h e best
of luck, because they are tackling a big problem, a problem
which m a y not be resolved u n til m a n y of the new building
projects have come into reality.
R.J.R.

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