Vol. 1 No. 7
MCDERMOTT-OSWALD
CITE CURBS ON WASTED ENERGY
ORGANIZATIONAL FAIR
No one came to the
Organizational Fair. On
Thursday, October 1, the
Student Center was filled with
music, tables, enthuastic
presidents, and a little bit of
hope. One thing was missing -
interested students. This was the
reason for the Fair, but no one
came.
The C.C. Reader spotlights
the Organizational Fair because
it was a tremendous let down for
the students who want to make
the clubs work. The clubs
labored to create an attractive
display in order to attract new
members. The disappointment
was great when it was realized
that no one was coming.
The Reader cites various
reasons for why the
Organizational Fair failed to
materialize. Many of the reasons
are characteristic of event given
here at Capitol. The major
reason is the complete lack of
prolonged . advertising and
effective- publicity. The notice of
the fair was only displayed a few
days before the event. Mike
Leasher, the vice-president of
SGA, was to drum up some
interest and to create some
publicity for the Fair. He spent
hours creating attractive signs,
and announced in the paper and
Hot Lion. The only thing that
Mike did not do is to offer rides
over to the Student Center.
A second reason may be the
lack of desire on the student’s
part to want to do anything but
go to class, get high, and
graduate. It seems that students
do not want to participate in
anything and are not motivated.
Many of the presidents do
not want to admit it, but their
attitude may be a third reason.
Some leaders are compelled to
influence their followers by their
own personal whims and ideas.
Too often, the mind of the
leader may become closed and
unreceptive to new ideas. Also a
leader may not bestow enough
trust on people and feel that he
or she must do everything in
order for the club to function.
The Reader hopes that the
clubs are not too dismayed and
plan to have another Fair early
in the winter term. That way,
they can draw the new students
entering Capitol Campus and
possibly pick up some students
that would have joined fall term.
Even we, the Reader, needs help;
WZAP needs people; XGl’s need
help.
The Reader does not want to
simply label the entire situation
an apathy. We are a little more
hopeful than that. Maybe we are
doing something wrong and
don’t realize it and have driven
away some ideas ourselves. Have
we?
President’s
Council
meeting
Tonight
November 26
7:30
Gallery Lounge
Let’s help out
Date: November 15, 1973
From: Robert E. McDermott
To: Faculty, Staff & Students
Subject: Energy Crisis
In view of the National and
State publicity and guidelines
which have been issued regarding
the energy crisis, it is now
important to make our own
assessment which will
significantly reduce our energy
consumption.
President Oswald has issued
certain preliminary policy
guidelines, which apply
immediately:
(a) Day-time (normal)
operating temperatures of
buildings will be reduced to 68
degrees F. Temperatures will be
lowered during evening and
overnight hours further wherever
possible.
(b) Heat will be lowered in
storage areas or similar areas to
50 degrees F - 55 degrees F.
(c) No windows shall be
opened to relieve conditions of
overheating. Instead of opening
windows, call the Physical Plant
personnel to lower temperatures.
(d) Portable heaters are
prohibited.
(e) All University vehicles are
restricted to a 50 MPH speed
limit, where lower posted limits
do not already govern.
It is to be noted that the
above immediate measures
concern themselves with
conserving heat and vehicle fuel.
Further guidelines covering
other aspects will, I am sure,
quickly evolve. Some of the
other measures are self-evident,
and I solicit faculty, staff and
student assistance in pursuing
positive action under the
following additional policies or
guidelines:
(a). TURN OFF ALL
LIGHTS NOT REQUIRED. IN
PART ICULAR, THE
COOPERATION OF THE
FACULTY IS NEEDED IN
TURNING OFF CLASS-ROOM
LIGHTS AT THE END OF A
CLASS PERIOD. OFFICES
VACATED THROUGH THE
LUNCH HOUR SHOULD
Graduates Beware
Commencement ceremonies
for Summer and Fall Term
graduates are scheduled to be
held Saturday, December 15, at
1 p.m. on campus in the
auditorium of the Main Building.
Each graduate attending will
receive two tickets for guests.
Special requests for additional
tickets will be granted if
possible.
“Rule E-10 Academic and
Administrative Rules for
Undergraduate Students, reads
as follows:
‘Each candidate for a
degree must be present at
the commencement
exercises to receive his/her
diploma in person, unless
excused by his dean and
the Records Officer, acting
as a committee of the
Council of Academic
Deans. An excuse for
absence from
commencement will not
ordinarily be granted
except where absence is
clearly unavoidable.’
Capitol Campus has
C. C. READER
HAVE THE LIGHTS TURNED
OUT.
(b) Open Venetian blinds and
use available natural light in lieu
of artifical light whenever
possible. It is realized we are in
need of some changes to the
electric switches to help
accomplish this.
(c) Turn off appliances and
office equipment when not
needed. COFFEE URNS
SHOULD NOT RUN ALL DAY;
their operation should be
scheduled.
(d) Repair leaking faucets
promptly; most especially,
leaking HOT water faucets.
(e) Consider re-lamping to
lower wattages.
(f) PAINT HALLS
LIGHTER COLORS AND
REDUCE HALL LIGHTING.
(g) Consider eliminating or
placing timers on some street
lights, and walk-way lights.
(h) EXAMINE PARKING
LOT USAGE, AND LIGHT
ONLY THE AREA
NECESSARY FOR NUMBER
OF CARS PARKED.
(i) Form car-pools.
(j) Do not keep vehicles
'idling unnecessarily.
(k) Consider better
scheduling of facilities.
Consolidation of schedules could
lower heating requirements - in
the auditorium for example.
Some organizations are even
considering a 4-day week, or
summer schedules instead of
winter, etc.
(l) Cut down on outside air,
and fan circulation while
buildings are unoccupied.
(m) Shut off exhaust fans
when not needed.
(n). CAN SOME LIGHTING
OVER LIBRARY STACKS BE
CUT DOWN?
(o). Close doors; report door
closers which need repair.
Your comments,
recommendations and your own
conservation - of - utilities ideas
are solicited. It is planned to
form an Energy Conservation
Committee to review and
recommend adoption of ideas
which appear to be promising
and capable of implementation.
commencement exercises in
December and June. Students
graduating at the termination of
the Fall Term are required to
attend commencement
December 15, 1973 unless prior
approval for absence is granted.
Applications for “Graduation in
Absentia” are available from
Mrs. Hippie in 104. They should
be filed by December 5. If
graduates approved for absentia
desire to have their diploma
mailed a check for $5.00 must
be submitted with the
application to cover the
administrative cost. Students
who fail to apply for graduation
in absentia and who do not
attend commencement will be
charged the $5.00 fee which
must be paid before the diploma
will be released.
The above ruling applies to
both Undergraduate and Master
Degree Candidates who graduate
in December and June.”
Please feel free to contact the
Office of Public Information if
you have any questions.
** * *
"THE SPY
OF ATLANTA”
in Production
By Douglas Gibboney
AM ST 4988 AMERICAN
POPULAR THEATER -
Exploration of American
Experience through the
production of a popular
late-nineteenth - century drama
dealing with the Civil War. -
from the Fall 1973 Master
Schedule.
It is late into the semester
and the midnight hour draws
near for the Capitol Campus
production of “The Spy of
Atlanta.” Working with 18 more
or less enthusiastic students,
Doctor John Patterson hopes to
stage the play shortly after
Thanksgiving, about the time
this issue of the Reader appears.
The going has been rough.
Putting together a play in ten
weeks, with less then twenty
people, is a trying, time
consuming task, even more so
when it is going to be an
unconventional production.
Slides of 19th century
photographs will replace the
usual backdrops and props will
be kept at a minimum. As
Patterson puts it, “We’re using
20th century technology to get
back to the spirit of the 19th
century.
Rehearsals have been another
problem. The class only meets
twice a week on Tuesdays and
Thursdays and so much work
must be done on the outside.
Held in the auditorium, the
rehearsals are loose, informal
affairs with people constantly
wandering in and out. Beside
getting the play down, there are
numerous other things to be
done. Music of the period must
be researched, slides have to be
arranged and costumes must be
manufactured from the garbage
bags full of scrap material that
Things to Do
Want a break from worries?
Doing anything interesting
today? Would you like some
refreshing scenes of nature in its
fall slumber?
Answers to all of the above
are available, within walking
distance of your house or room.
First try legging through the
wooded glen between Meade
Heights and the Residence Halls.
The woods run parallel to a little
stream, from the shopping
center stop signs to the Fruehauf
property fence.
Occasionally you’ll find
semblences of paths, but more
often than not, crawling
underneath and around bushes
and trees will be the common
course.
Naturally, old clothes are best
Basketball schedule
DEC. 1 at Susquehanna University, 6:15 p.m.
DEC. 7 Delaware Campus PSU @ Capitol - 8:00 p.m.
JAN. 8 at Delaware Campus PSU - 8:00 p.m.
JAN. 11 at NE Christian Jr. College - 8:00 p.m.
JAN. 15 Spring Garden College Capitol - 8:00 p.m
JAN. 19 at Dickinson College 6:00 p.m.
JAN. 22 at Stevens Trade School 7:30 p.m.
JAN. 26 at Lebanon Valley College - 6:15 p.m.
JAN 30 at Bloomsburg College 6:ls>p.m.
FEB. 5 Lackawanna Jr. College @ Capitol - 8:00 p.m.
FEB. 19 at Spring Garden College 8:00 p.m.
FEB. 25 Stevens Trade School @ Capitol 7:00 p.m.
** * *
November 26, 1973
at Capitol
sit in Doctor Patterson’s office.
So far, trips to Gettysburg and
the State Archives have been
necessary to gather props and
find pictures. For what would
appear to be a cake course, a
vast amount of work is involved.
Even with these pressures, the
cast attitude is positive. In
American Studies 4988, there is
no cutthroat race for grades;
everyone is involved in a
different aspect of the
production. Patterson calls it, “a
place where people don’t have to
compete, but can work toward a
common end.”
But what of the play itself?
Why bother to revive something
that has not been popular in 100
years and is hardly a literary
masterpiece? Ask that, and
Patterson, who looks like a
typical 19th century anarchist,
will run a hand through his wild
hair and try to explain how this
offers him a chance to do what
he finds exciting in American
Studies. History is a living
process and he believes the
vehicle of the melodrama will
allow him to make a few
comparisons between then and
now. A long pause follows these
statements and then he says, “It
does seem to me there are things
you learn this way your could
not learn otherwise. You feel
things about the time...”
And so the cast works on,
using poorly xeroxed copies of
the original 1875 script. Going
over the hokey lines time and
time again is tedious, but
hopefully, the results will be
worthwhile. The goal is for the
students, the audience and even
Doctor Patterson, to capture a
little of the spirit of Post-Civil
War American. If it works here,
there is a possiblitiy of
performances being given at
HACC and Bucks County
Community College.
by
John Bradford Langdon
suited for this kind of
enjoyment, and a willingness to
gather a few scratches and a
little dirt.
A second helpful hint - be as
quiet as possible. Last spring, for
instance, I saw pheasants and
rabbits scurrying around, while I
was working through brush. But
even if playing “big-game
stalker” isn’t for you, there’s
always the stream to ponder.
Another “rural area” on
campus is the wooded lot behind
Flickinger Avenue in Meade
Heights. The rear of the woods is
bordered by the turnpike and
the Fruehauf fence, but it is an
easy way to get a close-up look
at nature without having to
drive.
Solace for the mind