The Telescope 19.15

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Draft increases quota

Grades better be what they oughta By TERRY MOON Vietnam may seem to be a vague, distant place to men with a 2-S draft deferment, but for those ranking low in the class, Vietnam may be closer than they think. About 40,000 men were drafted last month and more will be drafted in the future . According to the officials at the Selective Service Board in San Diego, a student deferment will be granted only to those college students who, since high school, have successfully completed a full-time course of instruction and have made normal progress and will complete a four year course of study in four years. This rule, however, is not absolutely rigid; if an accident or a serious illness keeps ·a student from attending school ·the board will take these circumstances into consideration. Definition of a full-time course of study rests with individual colleges, but one must not be a math major to figure out how many units are necessary per semester to attain the right amount per year (including summer school if necessary) for graduation. Rather than resume its threeyear policy of deferring all fulltime students who are passing, the board wlll begin reclassify-

"IT'S LATER THAN THEY THINK" Draft card ~alders are being inducted as requirements for military service become more lax.

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ing to 1-A those with a lower class standing. Freshmen must rank in the upper half of the class , sophomores in the upper two-thirds , juniors in the upper three-fourths, and seniors will be eligible for induction upon graduation. A deferment test will be offered onavo-lunteer basis sometime soon (June or July), but as of February 9, the local draft board has received no official word on these tests. Schools notify the draft board when a student drops below the deferment requirements, however, the draft board makes the final decision. This has all come about due to marked increases in draft quotas during the last six months. On a nation-wide scale, over 40,000 men were inducted last month. Lt. General Lewis B. Hershey, National Selective Service Chief, said that he was actually emharassed by the fact that over fifty per cent of those called by the draft are rejected for physical and/or mental reasons. He said, "In a country such as ours, more than half the young men should be fit for military service." Hershey was also quick to point out that it was the Defense Department that was doing the rejecting and not the Selective Service System. "Congress decides who

is liable for service, the Selective Service beards decide when they will be available, and the Defense Department decides who is acceptable." He went on to say, "I would like to see the standards lowered, but that's because I'm the procurer." Hershey coulct not explain some of the Army rejections of athletes for low intelligence scores or physical ailments that don't seem to hamper their careers. "But you can't measure human beings like you measure potatoes," he said. Recently the passing score in the intelligence tests was lowered to place many men previously classified 1-Y into 1-A. Heav-Yweight boxing champion Cassius Clay is now facing induction because of this change. Hershey was asked if he thought the present deferment s ystem requiring full-time study was discriminating against students working their way through college and being unable to carry a full load. "I feel very bad about part time students," he said, "but we can't allow people to take six or seven years to do what can be done in four . We're deferring people so they can become college graduates, not so they can he college students." There are over 150,000 19year-olds coming up each month

ETELESCOPE

San Marcos, California Volume 19, Number 15 February 21. 1966

Vets will get _$1 00 a month under ~veterans Readjustment Act of 1966" The United States Congress passed into law a bill that could invest as much as two billion dollars in the education of vererans within the next five years alone. Under the "Veterans Readjustment Benefits Act of 1966" any veteran who has served more than 180 days of active duty since January 31, 1955 may receive $100 a month as a full time student for a maximum of 36 months in school. As a full time student he may receive $25 for each dependent he has, within a total allotment of $150. Part time stud-

ASB budget weekly report In order for students to be informed as to the monies spent and received through A. S, B. funds a weekly budget· report will be printed in the Telescope. Kim Mitterling, A.S.B. Treasurer heads the budget committee which includes Steve Wozniak, Doug Rosetta, Beverly White, and Sheryl Roberts . Weekly Expenditures Athletic events (golf, basketball, baseball) $217.62 Humanities Lecture 125.00 ~Freshman class loan 100.00 Refunds (A.S.B, Cards) 15.00 -Insurance 61.25 37.00 Speech Total Expenditures $555.87 Gross Receipts -- $16,331.92 (Figure does not reflect cost of bookstore sales.)

ents will receive aid in proportion to their work loads; thus a bachelor student with a threefourths load could receive $75 a month. The bill ir.cl"Md an c.:;timate that' 327,000 veterans will receive approximately 240 million dollars in educational aid in the fiscal year 1967. As a junior college, Palomar should have

Master Plan Hthinks .big" A master plan which is to cover 25 years of Palomar expansion was r evealed at the February 8 meeting of the board of trustees . This plan requires an investment of over $2 million. This includes a new stadium, theater, gymnasium, auditorium, swimming pool, library, art center and museum. Twenty two acres would be added to the present campus said Assistant Superintendent John D. Schettler. The master plan includes the addition of more than an acre of parking space per year. This is on the basis of 53 cars per 100 students, the present growth rate of Palomar. "Our present library." said Dr. Schettler, "will be to small in four years." The plan calls for a three-story master library . A swimming pools also is in the plans for the immediate future along with $185,000 of athletic facilities. The ultimate enrollment of day students under this plan is 8,000. I

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awards"grossed

at weekend speech tourney Palomar debators returned from a tournament at Long Beach State this weekend with a total of 11 excellent awards in individual events. Vicki Meredith, Kim Mitterling, and Doug Rosetta each received two excellent awards in oratory and oral interpretation. Excellent awards in extemporaneous speaking went to Karen Runyon and Bob Hicks. Donna Elder took her award in oral interpretation, and Steve Woz-

niak and Len Avila received excellent ratings in oratory. Contrary to their success in individual events, the team took no awards in debate. Donna Elder and Bob Hicks won two and lost two rounds, as did Karen Runyon and Vicki Meredith. Leonard Avila and Kim Mitterling lost three and won one round of their debate. Ratings of superior and excellent only were given .in each category.

on Folklore

Board approves land appraiser

Trimester system considered for 1968 or '69 A committee has been appointed with Marjorie Wallace, dean of women, as chairman to plan the trimester system. According to Dean of Admissions, Robert Burton, the trimester system would become effective around 1968 or 1969. A trimester system would mean that s tudents could obtain their AA degrees in a year and a half if they attended school all year round. Twelve weeks would constitute a term and the school would operate on a quarterly basis. · Eventually all the colleges in California will change to a quarter system.

This week is Circle K Week! Kite flying, tug-of-war, tricycle riding contests, will be held in the student union patio.

Dr. Wtlgus lectures Friday

more than its share of the coming influx of veterans, because, as Dr. Frederick Huber, Palomar president, pointed out, "They can get more mileage out of their allotment at Junio.c college." Dr. Huber said that a marked increase in veterans should come even this summer, boosting enrollment as much as ten per cent in the summer session, since the bill will become effec..tive June 30, 1966. In the fall of 1967, Dr. Huber said, veterans may forseeably add about 100 students to our present student population.

The Palomar Governing Board recently approved the employment of an appraiser to present the board with an estimate of the land value of a 22 acre parcel of land west of the campus . Included in his report of the master plan, Dr. John Schettler, assistant superintendent in charge of business, told the board of the availability of the land ano the uses to which it might be put. Actual purchase of the land has not been discussed by the Governing Board. ''There seems to be pretty strong evidence that we should have the land," said Dr. Frederick Huber, President, but he has not yet made a recommen!.. dation to the board that the land be purchased.

but over 60 per cent are rejected and many more are irt college, so, with the quotaat40,000, some men must be inducted from the two fringe groups. A large number of the rejects classified 1-Y because of minor law violations will be drafted soon to discourage draft worriers from breaking the law to become undraftable. Also, passing scores on the intelligence test have been lowered from 31 to 16; this will make more men 1-A rather than 1-Y. College students who dropped out in the fall semester will probably be among the first to go since the draft board is currently checking on them. Any student who is currently on probation may hear from the draft board by the end pf the semester or during the summer if he doesn't improve his grades . A student not satisfied with his classification may appeal it. Within 10 days he must go to the state board. This board is made up of five people from different areas of the state, they start over at the beginning and classify him as they see fit. If he still isn't satisfied he has an automatic appeal to the national board, from here, if he has a legitimate complaint, he can see the state director, then the national director.

AUTHOR AND LECTURER ON NEGRO FOLKLORE "Negro Folklore" will be the theme covered by Dr. D.K. Wilgus, Friday, at the Humanities Lecture.

Speech department hosts • • tnterpretatton festival Palomar will host its First Annual Interpretation Festival under the direction of the Forensic Department on Saturday, February 26. All north county high schools have been invited to participate , and according to Ray Dahlin, speech instructor, "If one can judge by the preliminary registration, the turnout should be exceptionally good.'' The students will be able to choose from four main categories: Dramatic interpretation, humorous interpretation, orator-

ical interpretation, and original oratory. Contestants will be judged by members of the Speech 1-A classes and the faculty. In the four events, Kim Mitterling heads dramatic interp.; Karen Runyon, humorous interp; Bob Hicks and Steve Wozniak, original oratory; and oratory, Vicki Meredith and Len Avila. Trophies will be awarded for the first three places, certificates to all finalists, and a sweepstakes trophy to the high schoolwiththe most points accumulated.

Vaughan ineligible for office resigns publicity post Ralph Vaughan resigned his position as Publicity Chairman of the ASB Council last Monday The Council accepted his resignation and thanked hi'tn for the work he has done this semester. Vaughan gave as his reasons for resignation the fac t that he is not enrolled at Palomar College this semester; he is too involved in on and off campus activities to do the job we ll, and he did not meet the grade requirement for office holders

last semester. Vaughan's appointment as Publicity Chairman was made by ASB President, Bob Hicks, and approved by the Council earlier this semester. ''I was sorry to hear that Ralph was not registered this semester. I had assumed that he was. Publicity Chairman is a big job and the new appointment will take much consideration. Possibly we may have to resort to a whole new system," disclosed Hicks.

Dr. D. K. Wilgus, Regional Vice President of the California Folklore Society, will speak about Negro Folklore at the Humanities Lecture Friday. By speaking about Negro Folklore, Dr. Wilgus will be deviating from the general theme of the lectures said Joseph Malik, dean of student activities. Dr. Wilgus is an author on the subject of folklore. - He wrote Anglo - American Folksong Scholarship Since 1898, and articles and reviews for publication in magazines. He is also a lecturer, the founder of the Western Kentucky Folklore Archive, and the producer and director of the lJ. C.L, A. Folk Festival. He received his B.A. , M. A., and Ph.D. from the Ohio State University.

Astronomer defends ''trivial" research expense "If man hadn't tried to find the answers to th~ seemingly trivial, we'd still be riding around in a stagecoach,'' said Dr. Robert Howard, a member of the staff at Mt . Wilson and Palomar Observatories. He lectured at Palomar Thursday at ll:OO in an Astronomy Workshop in ES- 19 He has a special interest in studying the sun. "It costs $100 to $200 an hour to operate the Palomar and Mt. Wilson telescopes and some people believe this time and money should be used to explore the more obvious," said Dr. Howard. "But I believe that by exploring the smallest details of the sun and adding up what is found we can ultimately realize our place in the universe with a better perspective,'' he continued. Dr. Howard showed slides of sunspots and their various positions and activities on the surface of the sun. A motion picture was also shown picturing the exploding flares on the sun. "These explosions are more powerful than ten hydrogen bombs," said Dr. Howard. The lecture closed with a question and answer period. Dr. Howard is a member of the American Astronomical Society. This society makes it poss ible for s chools to have wellknown scientists c ome to their campus for seminars or lectures.


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