Page 12 Letters to the Editor Is Efficiency the Goal of Human Endeavor? Dear Editor Well, here I go again. .Somelimes 1 feel like the only person left alive (or mobile) who likes to walk. I'm referring to the artielc titled "Proposed Library Learning Center Comes Under Fire," and the question of the proposed location of the build ing. 1 find Student Court Chief Justice Todd Hammaker guilty of extreme laziness and rational ization. Mr. Hammaker claims that "half of the time (of a free class period) will be spent going there (the new library) and back (to the Olmsted Building)." It just so happened that I picked up the paper while leaving Olmsted to walk (heaven forbid!) to the CRAGS Building. Being an engineer led me to perform a quick experiment. First, I checked my watch as I passed the current library. Then, I tried to w alk at a pace that a student w ould if headed somewhere to study. Upon arriving at the CRAGS Building, the total elapsed time was 3 minutes and 35 seconds. Assuming a 50 minute class and two 10 minute periods for transfer, a round-trip w alk would take 7 minutes and 10 seconds, or 10% of the available time. Considering the increased alertness from the fresh air and the enjoyment of the short walk, I conclude that there would be little net impact on "efficiency." I suggest that Mr. Hammaker (and those with similar concern) read one of the books mentioned in the same issue of the Capital Times, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. Machines can be made more efficient, but is efficiency the goal of human endeavor? Andrew Lau WAN Break representatives for Collegiate Tour & Travel. Earn free trips and cash too! Call 1-800-328-8322, ext. 579 and compare where you * annow * o: ter fnmC 944-2400 100 brown st., downtown mall Jp fyion. - Sat. - 9 a,m. - 9 p.m. MIDDLETOWN, PA. Tan FREE on your birthday Ef FREE tanning sessions for bringing your friends with you to tan Ef No annual membership fee Ef Large, dean, private tanning rooms OS' A dean linen towel in each room Ef Large 32 bulb tanning beds Ef Built in AM-FM stereo cassette player with headset. Tan to your own kind of music E? Attendant always available to answer your tanning questions Ef We dean the tanning bed after each use Put a touch of class in your tanning experience. Student Finds Not Everyone Is Rude I would like to add my More importantly, we own two cents to the recent spate should recognize excellence when of letters concerning the quality we see it. My nomination would of the office people and ad- be for Mrs. Flo Salinger, who is ministrators we find here at temporarily in Dr. Townley's Capital College. Ido not wish to position as administrative head oppose or ridicule the attitudes of Heindel Library. I had turned held by any of those who have in a book, and a misunder written, but to merely present standing resulted when it was my own point of view. misplaced somewhere within the I feel it is proper for us confines of the library. The cost to examine the nature of those I was assessed for it was con we are dealing with, and report it siderable, so I sought out Mrs. if there are any serious abridge- Salinger. I found her willing to ments of our rights, but re- listen to me, impartial, and gardless of the way we are exceedingly polite. In short order treated, we should always try to the book was located, the entire behave in a polite, Christian process by which it was found manner towards them. Try it explained to me upon its re sometime. If nothing else, you covery. I was even offered an will have the satisfaction of apology, which I thought was being able to say, "At least I unnecessary, as these ladies were didn't descend to her level." Try merely discharging the duties to figure out why the lady is given to them. It is very difficult behaving in the manner she is as to derail oneself from the track of well. We do not show our best sides to everyone we meet and work with at all times, so why should a secretary be expected to do so every minute of the day? Blame it on gas or indigestion, i Spring and offer her a Turns or Rolaids out of consideration. >£■ll li|l»U PUTYOUR COLLEGE DEGREE TO WORK. Air Force Officer Training School is an excellent start to a challenging career as an Air Force Officer. We offer great starting pay, medical care, 30 days of vacation with pay each year and management opportunities. Contact an Air Force recruiter. Find out what Officer Training School can mean for you. Call 1 -800-USAF-REC AIR_W ■ Ef Tanning programs as low as $3.00 per session Ef Convenient hours 9 am-9 pm 6 days a week Hi Guaranteed appointment times Capital Times established bureaucratic proce dure, which is the path they fell it necessary to follow, as one de railment usually leads to more and could be possibly disas trous. Mrs. Salinger has one valuable trait that made the resolution of my problem so agreeable: empathy, or the ability to place herself in another's position and thus feel her duty more keenly. This allows her to treat those she deals with as equals, which any good secretary or administrator will do, rather than hide behinc an egotistical disdain for those who come to them for help, which the more venal types will do when given any office, no matter how small, because it makes them feel larger than they truly are. So hats off to Mrs. Salinger! So don't forget these two things. Compliment those who do well, and behave cheer fully towards our administrative personnel. They may reciprocate. And if they don't, that smile on your face will drive them crazy. Roger A. Sheddy $60.00 PER HUNDRED PAID 314 Wrisberg Hall for remailing letters from home! (A small town person with a Send self-addressed, stamped Bachelor's degree) envelope for information/ap plication. Associates, Box 958, Roselle, NJ 07203.., SPRING BREAK SIZZLES AT DAYTONA BEACH. Concerts, games, parties, exhibitions, freebies, golf, tennis, jai alai, greyhound racing, great nightlife and the best beaches in Florida. It all happens in the Daytona Beach Resort Area, home of the National Collegiate Sports Festival. Pack your car, hop on a tour bus or catch a flight on Delta, Eastern, Piedmont or Presidential Airlines. A travel agent can make all the arrangements at no added charge. So, call 800-535-2828 or 800- 854-1234 (in Florida) (or more information. FREE POSTER OFFER: For a 17* x 21* Daytona Beach poster, send your name and address to: Daytona Beach Roster Offer, 500 Third Ave. West, Seattle, VW 98119. Feb. 25,1587 Blumberg (continued from pg. 7) most about what's going on. I tend to be involved with broad policy issues and not . . . scheduling of individual pro grams. Again, we have eight hundred and some students and... six majors right now, and I'm just not in touch with all of them. But we have people who are," said Blumberg. He said that these other outlets include the advising center and Beth Jones, coordinator of undergraduate Business programs. Dr. Khosrowpour said that many minor problems can be solved by going to the advising center or Beth Jones, and he added that there are six program chairs with expertise in their respective fields. Of Dr. Blumberg, Khosrowpour said, "He's the last person, you know, that you should go to. .. . You go to see him when you [have] exhausted all your other re sources." [Part 11, covering the February 4 forum, will be in the March 18 issue of the Capital Times.] Bt»« ILL nmmmmrnmmrt . •••■#%•
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers