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THIRTY-FOOT UNCLE SAM greets 77,000 fans (left), six-foot Bob Campbell (23) thrills them (above) and the two-foot Orange Bowl trophy return s Jo Penn State , symbolizing a most fantastic football victory A Bowl Win, an Undefeated Season, a Dream Fulf illed...See Sports Section Mostly cloudy and cold today and tonight with occasional snow or snow flurries. High Bookstore? near 25. Low 12. Partly cloudy, windy and bitter cold tomor- row with temperatures in the 2 teens. t Satlu (Mlrntatt —See Page VOL. 69, No. 49 16 Pages UNIVERSITY PARK, PA., TUESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 7, 1969 SEVBN CENTS Letters Sent to Senators Discovered Keeler s Protes t s Bookstore Report By JIM DORRIS opposed by Swanson, the Senate to the assurance of an adequate worth as shown on page 17 of campus. cen trally located , non- * ' " commercial bookstore." Collegian Staff Writer has recommended that the supply of books Bennett the t bookstore) report University establish an on-campus. contended that "' a careful reading In response to these charges, The first benefit would be better The University Senate ap- University owned and operated of the report will show, m tact , Bennett saui that "the t.tel.s i.ituer control ut orders and inventories. proved the report of the Sen- bookstore. that this very problem to which than the opinions furnished to the The report states that t h e When shown a copy of the letter, Mr. Swnason points is ui\c of the committee by the consultant were downtown merchants do not want ate Bookstore Committee last Peter D. Bennett, chairman of the strongest reasons tor the proposal what we held with greatest to inform each other concerning ordered or month despite objections former bookstore committee and that the University have under its leunimacv " Concerning t h e tii<- number of texts associate prolessor of marketing, con trol a store providing the hulk accuracy of the Ernst and Ernst th e number in stock and , therefore. raised by a bookstore owner called Swanson's opinion "blatantly of the textbooks f or the students. repoi t Bennett sua thai "a c.uvlul a Uni ver.siU bookstore would be in a letter sent to a number of false." -saying that 'this accusation The improved comniiinication that reading of the I) n o k s t o r e able to eoneot shortages more of intellectual dishonesty on the comes with this control , as well Comitloe Re|>orl uil] j mi ul out «:;r.ily and «* lticiont!> Senators before the Dec. 3 pari ol committee members by as the ability to insure liberal that the committee was well aw < tre Another benelit would be better " si-t\ ice tu mi. dents and faculty Senate meeting. Mr. Swanson is unfounded. buying practices, speaks for , not of ''if relnthc accuracy "I Mich Conservative View Taken ag ainst, a University bookstore." studies There is no c 1 a i m following ttum heller control of Ben Swanson, president o f " in ventories .mri ordering Thi> will Bennett stated that a number Questioned Appropriateness an\ where that any ot thc- e iiguies Keeler's charged that the bookstore of deliberate attempts were m^rie are entirely precise. They were in clude the ,'imms of reference report "was not an objective, to insure that we were not moving Swnnson Muted tlui t . as a all iiN cd as points ' mm vhu h as wnrki* and Iismuv reading alotiR impartial analysis of the problem toward a recommendation tha t contributor to and receiver of the accurate as possible estimates wi th textbooks and .supplies (or but an accumulation of somewhat could not be supported b y Ernst and Ern.si a c c o \i n t i n g were made " couii-e woi It. questionable data to support a " He pointed surveys, 'well acquainted with Intellectual Atmosphere substantial evidence. he is In the bookstore rejxirt . which predetermined conclusion.** the validilv and omissions in Th e :Jnrd main benefit i* thai out that "th e assumptions was a pproved at the Dec. 3 mrctlnn The Daily Collegian discovered these compilations' the book More would be a welcome underlying nearly all of the cost and that he of the Senate without > n ny a copy of the letter late yesterday. "observed and investigated the add ition to the intellectual and and revenue data were made in has discus.sion. f he c o m m f t t e e " and accounting practices of several cultural Mmo.sphere of the !The Collegian was also able a most conservative manner, concluded that " an on campus institutional bookstores over the Univers'ty. The committee to learn that the letter was sent that "a similar conservative view University owned and operated last ten years and feels justified contended that a lnt'Ko supply ol to a number of influential members of the financial analysis was taken bookstore is both economically " in questioning the appropriateness uon required hooks , espcri 1 1 of the University Senate. from start to finish. feasible and beuclirinl to students > "the of their cost accounting." paperback books, could b<* kepi Asked for Support Swanson also wrote that and faculty. We therefore Concerning the second outside in stock to serve 'he needs ot In the letter, Swanson asked the primary causes of textbook recommend that the University " shortages have been inaccurate professional source of data for the th e .students and faculty. Senators for their active, on the establish such a store. '* floor support" as long time friends enrollment estimates coupled with bookstore report , Swanson argues The committee expects sales of Keeler's "to present our case an admittedly weak pre- that "Mr. Henry Berry is , as most The committee further from a University b o o k »s t o r i* and record of 42 years of service registration system." consulting expert s, a salesman recommended " tha t any profit* between s:< million and S2 5 million " Bennett said in response that selling two products — his services generated by this bookstore be used per year With sales of SI.5 million to Penn State. " Swanson was unavailable for the committee "never quarreled as a store planning desi gner but for the uenefii of the students or an ex penditure of StiO per Mudeut comment last night. with the fact that tfc?re are more important Mr Berry «,clis The 28-pn ge report points out per year, the bookstore committee Books Cost How Much ? In approving the bookstore report communications problems related store fixtures — a mere SI 75.000 throe main benefits of an "on- projected n pi of it of $9 ,000, Edit ors , Writer PSU To Increase Shopliftin g for 'Kicks Win Honors Its Black Role Ths University will accelerate its role in aid- Collegian Editor Paul Levine has won first place Linked to Students , will admit 2 00C and an S800 scholarship in the second of six monthly ing the culturally disadvantaged . By ROB McHUGH writing contests of the William Randolph Hearst additional students to the Commonwealth Cam- Collegian Stal) Writer Foundation. puses and will construct about $60 million in new Also the Daily Collegian staff members were among facilities in 1969. Shoplifting isn ' t what it used to be. selected by The Newspaper Fund hese a d o her oals were outli ed by Uni- 45 journalism students T n t g n in the good old days the sticky fin«ncd customer to participate in the second annual editing intern pro- versity President Eric A. Walker in an interview with shoplifting until ho left a store gram. They were chosen out of 80 nominations made by could not be charged with the Centre Daily Times during the term ,1 Pennsylvania colleges throughout the country. with stolen merchandise. However, under break. any a ttempt at concealing Levine received the honor for his story "Walk With expanding law enacted within the past year, a Blackstone Ranger...To Find a Friend in Chicago" "We're entering our second year of goods to avoid payment, whether or n«l they are removed Collegian' s Orientation which appeared in The Daily help offered to the underprivileged from our from the premises, can result in a sho plifting charge. Sept. 15. The article, which told of Levine's Issue, cities." Walker said. "We have an Upward Bound 137 shoplifting Blackstone Ranger two days before the Last year. State College police investigated run-in with a ' e s ndin admissions pe son el into before a justice Democratic Convention, was entered in the feature writing program, we r e g r n com plaints. Most resulted in convictions on shoplifti-m. competition of the Hearst contest. the predominantly black high schools in an effort of the peace , with a light line imposed more than 90 jxt The story received a nearly perfect score from to help students enter the University and we're The high conviction rate, estimated at ' reluctance to press charges the judges. Levine is now eligible to compete for another faculty cent, is a result of shopowners continuall y searching for qualified black eir favor. scholarship in the final championship round to be held members." unless evidence is conclusive in th in Washington D.C. in April. Last March, as Collegian appropria- Penalties and Procedures sports editor. Levine was awarded fourth place and An additional S10 million in state a S300 scholarship from the foundation for his full tions will be needed in order to add 2,000 students Shoplif ting penalt.es vaiy greatly , A justice of tha pljs- page report of the NCAA wrestling championships held to the Commonwealth campuses.