DON'T LOSE YOUR COOL SHADES OF RAY CHARLES The reader has doubtless heard the expression mentioned above. For those of you who have heard the cliche used before but don't understand it, an explanation is in order. I think most of the Behrend students could take a lesson from the explanation be cause most have not even acquired their 'cool' as yet. Sociologically, we speek,of one as 'losing his cool' when he acts irrational and completely against the standards and values of the institutionalized group of which he is a member. Why have the Behrend students not acquired their cool as yet? The answer is relatively simple, yet many people overlook this factor in their complaints about the lack of a "uni fying spirit." The answer is that the Behrend students have not as yet been completely institutionalized. We hear students speaking about "not waiting till I get down to State." That is because they know that their chances for entering associations are multitudinous. Yet belonging to an associational aggregate and knowing how to act and react in said aggregate brings to bear quite a contrast. This is a point which Behrend students would do well to learn before they descend to the depths of the "happy valley of higher learning," otherwise known as State College, otherwise known as the "armpit of the nation." On small Commonwealth Campuses such as Behrend, it is necessary to band together into a unified institu- Guest Editorial by John tional body in order to fi one's cool. Then, after o quired a sufficient amount this student has learned to react within the aggregate For your sake- -Don't lose NIT TAN Y EDITOR: RUTH BROT ASSISTANT: CAROL STAFF: Jan Puzar Paul Wilson Judy Fong Jim Michali Londe Balog John Prettyman Mike Mellesh Jane Gates Gail Bracalento Carol Engeiskirge Fay Roller Mitzi Hansen Sally Clayton John Jackson Tom Lackovic
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