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fillemorium
'Lois F. Mark
On Monday, 21 October 1974, The Capitol Campus of The
Pennsylvania State University lost a valued colleague, a
dedicated teacher, and a courageous woman, Mrs. Lois F.
Mark, who died after a prolonged illness. Mrs. Mark's
usual knowledge and understanding of urban children
-nd schools have been invaluable to this faculty. Her rare
i=bility and insights into teaching and classroom situations
' ave contributed greatly to the education programs. She
as left an indelible imprint upon the Elementary
Education Program, and its students in particular, and all
•f us will miss her strong personality and commanding
presence. On behalf of the Provost, the faculty, and staff, I
ish to extend our deepest sympathy to her family and to
-xpress the great loss to the world of public education and
he University community of an esteemed associate and
dear friend.
Henry Adams once wrote, "a teacher affects eternity;
(she) can never tell where (her) influence stops."
Mrs. Mark epitomized these words of Daniel Webster's:
"If we work upon marble, it will perish; if on brass, time
will efface it; if we rear temples, they will crumble into
dust; but if we work upon immortal minds, and imbue them
with principles, with a just fear of God and love of our fellow
men, we engrave on those tablets something which will
brighten through all eternity."
We will not forget her
XFI REPORTER
Illegal Blocking! Illegal Blocking! Illegal Blocking! Those were
the famous words of a ref on Monday, Oct. 21 at the one evening
ft)otball game between the XGIs and Spread Eagle Inn. So What,
Who needs them anyway? We still plucked the feathers of Spread
Eagle (36-12). Our next engagement will be a bit on the tougher
side so watch the paper next week and see the results!
Win! Win! Win! Yes, you can win big in the XGI Raffle which
will begin on October 31. Tickets will cost 25c each or 5 tickets for
$l. You will have a choice of prizes too! For instance:
First ($4OO Retail) - Port. Color TV or a Stereo, or a Reel to Reel
Recorder .
Second ($250 Retail)
Sailboat.
Third ($l5O Retail) - Polaroid SX7O Camera or an Elec.
Typewriter or a set of 4 Auto Tires.
Fourth ($75 Retail) - 125 gals. of Gas or a Calculator or a 10-
speed Bicycle.
The Drawing Date will be December 13, 1974. The more tickets
you buy the better chance you will have to win! Tickets will be
available from any member of the XGI Fraternity or can be
purchased in the XGI Lounge in W-114.
The next meeting of the XGl's will be held on Tuesday evening,
Nov. 5 at 9 P.M. at the Tiltin'-Hilton Hotel in Highspire. Also
remember, Nov. 5 is the last day the reduced rates on dues will
apply. If you would still like to join the fraternity, applications are
always available.
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The Cepitel Campus Rimed*,
• The C. C. Reader is published by the students of the
Pennsylvania State University at Capitol Campus,
Middletown, Pa., and is printed by the Middletown
Press & Journal' during the Fall, Winter and Spring
Terms.
Opinions expressed by the editors and staff are not
necessarily those of the University Administration,
Faculty or Students.
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Associate /1. Photography Editor
Business Manager
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Staff
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Frank Daloisio, Phyllis Schaeffer, Patrick McClure,
P.R.J. Smith, Mike Mitchell
Doug ai Jim & Frank & Phyllis
Mike McAllister, Russ Hogg
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Dr. Betty Thorne
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Advisor
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Jim Bo llinger
Doug Gibboney
Fred Prouser
Ken Hessian
. Horace Jones
Joe Minnici, Gene T. Eddy
The pace of things slows
down at Capitol at night. Lights
go out and smart people get
some sleep. For others, night is
a time to write, watch TV, or
do what they enjoy the most
whatever it might be.
The night started out like
many others with a printing
session in the darkroom.
Routine stuff, nothing spec
tacular- just a few images for
the paper to get in under
Monday morning's deadline.
But still it was pleasant. It's
very quiet in the darkroom at
night. The only sound is that of
the water running as it washes
the prints. Ocassionally
something unusual comes
about. You go in thinking of
doing one type of print and
come out with something
entirely different. But not
tonight.
Prints are ready for the
printer. Now there's a paper to
write. A friend is working on
the same assignment. It's nice
to know that there are other
people who stay up this late
also. The hours go by. The
national anthem plays on
several stations. The TV goes
to static. Quiet descends as
words find their way onto
paper. Conversation between
pages- school, home, life;
thank God the paper isn't due
till this afternoon. Hours have
gone by- and pages have been
written- the paper is almost
finished. No use going to sleep
now.
George D. Wolf
Dean of Faculty
Head out to the diner to get
some breakfast. The sun is
starting to rise, an hour earlier
now due to the clock change.
The frost glistens on the corn
stalks. Cars shuttle by
headlight on, diffusing the mist
in the air. The diner is quiet,
eggs come and go. Coffee is the
only word heard repeatedly.
Where do all these people come
from? They can't all be
breadmen.
XGI Reporter,
Al the Dutchman
Driving back, the sky is
colored in muted yellow and
purple. The sun pierces
through the clouds, reflected
by the rear view mirror. The
6:30 train speeds by, a blur of
commuters off to points
unknown.
Arriving in the Heights,
things are still. Blackbirds and
squirrels on the lawn minding
their own business.
Home. Take out the trash
and discover that ants have
been feasting on garbage all
night. Don't they ever get full? I
guess they've got to exist too.
Delta Tau Kappa, In
ternational Social Science
Honor Society, is sponsoring a
brown bag luncheon-discussion
to be held Monday, November
4th at 12:15 in the Gallery
Lounge. The speaker this week
will be Dr. Stanley Miller,
program head of the education
department. The topic to be
discussed is "Equality and
Inequality in Education". All
students, faculty, and staff are
encouraged to bring a lunch
and attend.
C.C. READER
Late
Night
Notes
by Fred Prouser
DTK
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We Need
Positive
Action
Although student organizations on campus are in a better
physical shape this year than they have been in recent memory,
they all face a serious crisis when it comes to money and the
financing of events. In an article in our last paper, Doug Gibboney
reported the problem as stemming from several different sources.
He told us that funds from the Park were lower this year, that we
have no money carried over from last year, and that new
University regulations may make it illegal to hold bake-sales and
other common fund-raising events.
Almost all these problems are attributable to issues that are
national in scope. Inflation has apparently cut into the Univer
sity's budget and left little room for the branch campuses in their
master plan. The energy situation has necessitated our change to
oil, and excesses from last year left us with nothing to work with.
The bake-sale regulation, though, something can be done about,
but not here at Capitol. This is a University Policy problem, and is
something we serfs who live on the Commonwealth manors can
only speculate about.
All this, then, has resulted in a very dark-looking picture for the
future of student activities. Our budget from the park has
remained constant in the last several years, despite a national
trend of prices which have been. skyrocketing. It is now nearly
impossible to get anything done right when it comes to arranging
events. Clubs have to settle for cut-rate everything, and the
financial situation has practically forced some clubs out of
existence.
Here on the Reader, our own plight is as desperate as any. Our
budget was cut 25 percent from last year's, leaving us with a
budget that will enable us to print, as things now stand, only 15
issues this year. That means one-and-a-half terms of the C.C.
Reader. In order to cover our costs, we have to sell advertising.
However, this year, because of the economic situation, many
businessmen are reluctant to advertise in something which has a
relatively small circulation.
For us, however, there is an alternative: we can cut our costs by
doing our own typesetting, which we will do as soon as we get a
working machine. But there are other worthy organizations on
campus that do not have this recourse. Take away bake sales, and
what do organizations like the Ski Club and D.T.K. do for money?
Go underground? Form their own versions of a Campus' Mafia?
There has to be a better way.
And there may just be one. After talking to Pres. McAllister and
Jerry South, a plan was proposed whereby the SGA could sell
Student Activities Cards on a voluntary basis. These cards would
cost perhaps $lO-term and would entitle the bearer to 1 / 2 -price
admission to all campus organizations events. A discount plan
could be set up to allow a student to buy a year's worth for, say $25.
This money could then go into the SGA general fund for later
reallocation to the various organization accounts.
Of course, that plan has one major drawback - it's voluntary.
And, at Capitol Campus, voluntary usually means no response.
What then? Well, the only alternative is to go to the Park and try to
get them to change another one of those bitchy University
Policies. And that would be the policy covering Student Activities
Fees.
It is presently illegal for any branch campus to charge a student
activities fee to their students. In times such as these, this is an
obvious anachronism. If the branch campuses are to remain vital,
they need money for their organizations, and to raise that, the
University has to stop working at cross-purposes.
Let the branch campuses devise their own Activities Fees and
administer them. This is not a delegating of autonomy (an un
necessary luxury for us in the eyes of the Park), but rather a
necessity of the '7o's. I just hope the people up there in Happy
Valley realize this before their branch campuses meet a slow and
agonizing demise.
NOVEMBER 1, 1974