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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?
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I would like to add my More importantly, we
own two cents to the recent spate should recognize excellence when
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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
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railment usually leads to more
and could be possibly disas
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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
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(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.]
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