Masters of
Humanities Offered
A new graduate program in human
ities will be offered during the Fall
Term at The Pennsylvania State Uni
versity’s Capitol Campus.
The program, leading to the degree
of Master of Arts in Humanities, is
the fifth graduate program offered
at Capitol.
In announcing plans for the new
graduate offering, Dr. Nancy M.
Tischler, head of the campus human
ities program, said the graduate pro
gram seeks to discover means to in
tegrate knowledge and is aimed at
individual needs.
“While many graduate majors
work toward increasingly specialized
knowledge,” she said, “this program
is based on developing skills and the
understanding of relationships be
tween facts.
“Students will be assigned an ad
vising committee when they are ad
mitted, and, with the committee, will
determine individual needs based on
individual goals and weaknesses.”
The program will begin on a part
time basis, with classes offered in the
late afternoon and early evening
hours.
Noting that many graduates of the
program may want to teach in two
year colleges, Dr. Tischler said plans
are being made to add an option for
junior college internships in the 1971
academic year.
“This option,” she added, “will re
quire an extra term of work and will
involve the student in teaching hu
manities under supervision at a two
year college, and in participating in
a seminar on the two-year college.”
Dr. Robert J. Brown, assistant
dean of faculty and Graduate School
representative, said applications for
admission to th Master of Arts in
Humanities program currently are
being accepted for the Winter Term.
Other graduate programs offered
at the campus are Master of Admin
istration, Master of Education, Mas
ter of Engneering, and Master of Re
gional Planning.
Details on applications and class
schedules may be obtained by con
tacting Dr. Brown at the Capitol
Campus Graduate Office.
William Penn
Memorial Museum
Exhibit Schedule
September 5 through October 11
A three-man exhibition:
Landscape and toy paintings by
Roger Clough of Philadelphia
Sculpture by Ruth Ancker of
Washington D. C.
Portraits by Gennaro Guluni of
Harrisburg, Penna.
October 17 through November 29
The Muriel and Philip I. Berman
Collection of Eastern European
Art
October 11 through November 22
Ceramics by Raymond Gallucci
October 11 through November 22
Art of the Decov
THE CAPITOLIST
Dr. Poore Heads
Grad. Program
A former Duquesene University
Professor has been named head of the
graduate program in administration
at The Pennsylvania State Universi
ty’s Capitol Campus here.
Appointment of Dr. Daniel M.
Poore as head of the Master of Ad
ministration program and associate
professor of administration was an
nounced by Dr. Richard H. 'Heindel,
dean of the faculty.
Dr. Poore had been a member of
the Duquesne faculty since 1960,
serving from 1962 to 1967 as chair
man of the Department of Quantita
tive Methods in the School of Busi
ness Administration.
A graduate of Lafayette College
with a B.S. degree in industrial en
gineering, he received his M.S. de
gree in industrial engineering from
Lehigh University and his Ph.D. in
business from the University of
Pittsburgh.
He served as an industrial sales
engineer with the Westinghouse
Electric Corporation until 1954 he
joined the faculty at Lafayette Col
lege. In 1957 he became assistant
professor of industrial engineering at
the University of Pittsburgh and
served there three years until join
ing the Duquesne faculty.
Author of articles for professional
journals, Dr. Poore currently is work
ing on the manuscript for an intro
ductory text in quantitative methods
for administration. His research has
centered on an empirical study of de
cision-making behavior in the firm.
A registered professional engineer
in Pennsylvania, he is a member of
the Academy of Management, Amer
ican Society for Public Administra
tion, Industrial Relations Research
Association, and the American Eco
nomic Association.
Dr. Poore, who was a Ford Founda
tion Fellow in 1964, served as direc
tor of a 1968 Penn TAP project on
management development for smal
ler manufacturers.
He and his wife, the former Doris
Lessmann, are the parents of three
daughters.
Gift Pax Coming!
Fall is here again and so are our
free Gift-Pax Kits. Teeth and hair
will will be brighter this semester
and it’s free as always. Our campus
will again be distributing the free
Student Gift-Pax Kits of toilet artic
les as over 2,000 other colleges and
universities throughout the United
States have done for the past fifteen
years. A good will promotion of lead
ing U. S. manufacturers packaged
by Gift-Pax, Inc., West Hempstead,
N. Y., who makes them available to
us each semester.
Free Student Gift-Pax will be a
vailable to the student body in Ad
ministration Building WlO4, there
are coed assortments and male or
iented product assortments as well.
Come early (while the supply lasts)
and bring your identification (I. D.
Card) to receive your student Gift-
Pax.
September 24, 1970
A Fading
In The Middle
by Richard Donahoe
There seems to be a trend in the
American mood that is particulary a
larming if the lessons of history are
any predictors of the future. The
trend is that of polarization. The
once great amorphous mass known as
the middle of the road, the political
center, the silent majority, whatever
label you choose, is becoming smaller.
This shrinkage would seem to be
precipitated by the events of the past
decade that have perhaps aproached
a very dangerous ground. People are
finding themselves faced with a mor
al issue. What is worse, is that it is
an uncompromisable issue. The point
at which the actions of a political in
sitution are in direct opposition to
the heart and head felt belief of the
members of that political institution
is the point at which compromise is
impossible.
I see this situation as the most cri
tical challenge to the idea of democ
racy since the uncompromisable feel
ings of the Civil War which placed
brother against brother.
Consider the political security of
fered by the amorphous blob that
was the majority. You might have
people of strong political ideas at
each end of the spectrum but there
has always been a majority that
could serve as a stabilizer or shock
absorber. This is a result of the prin
ciple characteristics of the middle;
they don’t get involved, they don’t
have revolutionary ideas, but prop up
old ones and make them work in spite
of deficiencies. The middle is pro
gressive, but not really. The middle
is conservative but won’t admit it, in
effect, it can’t be reached. But this
fact of complacency might well be
our salvation. If the middle doesn’t
find an issue that they consider un
compromisable, the art of compro
mise will flourish. We will keep the
two-party system and there will be
no danger from the fragmentation
that menaces governments in other
parts of the world.
In effect, the government must a
void at all cost involving its people
in issues that have strong subjective
value. The result of not heeding the
advice is observable in the events of
the past two months.
I am one of those sensitive souls
that becomes alarmed at the sight of
arm bands of any color. lam forced
to carefully consider the amount of
natural light available before I use
the headlights on my car, less this
act be misconstrued, What I am say
ing is that I reject symbols but I see
they are becoming increasingly popu
lar. The proliferation of symbols is
interpreted as evidences of concern
and commitment in the mass. If this
is a correct interpretation there is a
real danger. The middle is fading. I
respectfully advise those, who have
control over situations that provide
fertile soil for polarization, to take
heed.
Shall We Overcome Someday?