Penn State receives much state aid.
Behrend Campus, as a nart of this system
naturally receives state aid. Tl'is state
aid is the reason our tuition rate is a
very low $l3O.
Now Behrend is going to construct some
new buildings. Part of the cost of the
new buildin=;s is 'oeinT raid by governmental
funds; the community is bein; asked to give
a half-million dollars.
The point is that the 'Treat majority of
the funds are beinT paid by people who are
not directly affected by the campus.
However, those who are diredtly affected
by the campus have more of a responsibility
for the future of the ce-Irl:s. the
this campus, are the ones who
students of
should really care.
The Sl. Thnd Drive is riven_; us the
opportunity to shnw that we do care. Then
an saA member contacts you, show him, and
yourself, that you do care about your
campus by ma]:infr, a pledge. It's the least
you car do for , rnur campus.
LETTERS TO
Dear 1, - ro Fdittr,
:any of us were pleased by the recent
installatinr o' the cuhlic address system,
howe7er, cl7:asure was short-lived.
Why? *.e- —as the last time that the
system was used? ",an rmerbr? The
P.A. system can be an asset to this
campus only if it s utili,ed correctly.
Allow me to eualif'y this. We all realize
that the cafeteria is no'sy enough :A lunch
time without havin7 the additional racket of
records played on the P.A. However, it
could be used for vital announcements, e. s.
of a ctivities.
Perhaps an SGA or Club member
could be responsible fcr making the
daily announcements. Once this person
is appointed, anyone wantin announcements
made could contact this individual.
Let's ;et sore action.
Dear Ir. Editor:
The :.rianv
pesters
recently around fiehrend concerning the
1956 Bits of Behrend yearbook have no doubt
been effective in the solicitttion of this
EDITOR rAL
F: v;TD TO. R.
Peter Kauffman
annual. Through past experience, how
ever, I can't help but be reluctant
about making a payment on this book.
Not that I am trying to castigate this
7ear's staff, but due to an obviously
incompetent management I ahve yet to
receive my 1955 yearbook which was paid
for a year and a half ago. There are
other students in this same situation
and I hope it will be remedied in the
future.
The distribution of the 1965
yearbook is the responsibility of the
SGA. lam well aware that -any stu
dents wh7 , paid for yearbooks last year
did not receive then?; the SGA is also
aware of this as evidenced by the fact
that they have a list of all students
who paid for yearbooks and have not
received them. The pncblem is lack of
communication -- students who paid for
yearbooks don't know where to get them
and the SGA has not made a significant
effort to inform these students that
their yearbooks can be picked up at the
SGA Office in Erie Hall.
The slipshod handling of the distri
bution of the yearbook is just the
latest lapse in a long series of lapses
which ar- res . consible for what seems to
be a gradual but definite decline in
the quality of the yea . book.
7r. Patterson, who is ostensibly
only the ad -- is or for the yearbook, hhs
in fact been both advisor and complete
staff of the yearbook for the past
three years. It seems that he alone
realized that a yearbook must be put
out, primarily as a record of what
happened during the ye-r, and secondly
because of the vital role a yearbook
plays in forming and perpetuating the
spirit and tradition of the campus.
Yr. Patterson has done a remari-able job
a job which will be appreciated more and
more as the years go by.
And yet it's obvious that this is not
the type of job a faculty member should
be do:ng. This is the task of a year
book staff made uI of students. One
Behrend student with more than average
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