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Manna, Joan Bransdorf, Marie Moran, Les Powell, Pam Chamberlain.
The PhD: A Problem in Costs
The costs of a college education have sky
rocketed so much in the last decade that an old
joke may soon become true if something isn’t
done about the situation. Yes. a PhD after man’s
name might well mean "Poppa has Dough” if
costs are not curbed.
The New York Times has conducted a survey
of 35 colleges and universities with reference to
the rising costs and rising fees. The survey
shows tuition fees up 50 to 100 per cent in the
last 10 years. Yet, on the .average, these in
creases covered but half the cost of what is
offered the student. The total income from
tuition, endowments, scholarships, and tax
money—however these college and universities
received their operating money—is running be
hind the costs, the survey showed.
The Christian Science Monitor notes that the
Times survey "does not take into account the
hidden subsidy from faculty members who
teach for less thar. they might earn 'on the
outside.'"
The Monitor asks. "What is the answer. Raise
tuition and other fees until college' incomes
balance costs —let only those go to college who
can pay for it? .. . Expropriate the private col
leges and let tax money bring higher education
within the reach of anyone prepared and de
sirous of it?”
Most Americans pride themselves that this
land is the “melting pot.” that a butcher’s son,
assumingly, can one day become President, that
everyone has ’’equal rights.” The first question
posed by the Monitor is, to us, and we think a
good many Americans, out of the question.
Can we then “expropriate private colleges and
let tax money bring higher education within the
reach of anyone prepared and desirous of it”?
This surely would not win approval of most
Americans. Undoubtedly many would cry “so
cialism.” We do not think this to be the perfect
answer, for we believe we should keep our
balance of private and tax-supported institu
tions. However, if we had to choose between the
two, we would side with this solution.
At present, there is a national drive in the
planning stages at the National Advertising
Council headquarters. The drive would en
courage businessmen—big and little—to donate
snore money to support higher education.
Leader’s Hirings and
As anyone who even lightly scans the news
papers iias noticed, the governor of our common
wealth has been a very active and much pub
licized man during the past few weeks.
Two of the top issues involved the Governor’s
recent purge of his own party’s office holders
which some people keep hinting was very co
incidental in that they were firings based on the
promise that the Governor was getting rid of a
few extravagant spenders, and which were fol
lowed Tuesday by the 1957-58 budget address.
Maybe ihe Governor does have good political
liming, but I like to think that Pennsylvania
finally elected a realistic political liberal who is
utilizing the best political thinkers in the Slate.
I don’t mean that the Governor is a socialist,
communist or even the leader of a new form
of government; just a man with a few ideas and
tin* intelligence.. tact and guts to push ahead.
As an example. I offer the Torquato firings.
The Secretary of Labor and Industry may not be
known to many, but he does control a position
that can make or break the state economy.
Torquato could be considered a. spoils appoint
ment in that the ex-secretary was, and still is
to the best of my knowledge, the big boss of
Cambria County. •
Whether Torquato got the heave-ho because
he was not the man the Governor wanted to run
that office or whether the Governor got a scent
of opposition "research" into the files of the
department and was forced to retire Torquato
lo get credit for the firing. I do not know.
ALL-UNIVERSITY ELECTIONS COMM
V Carnegie
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
The Ford Foundation should be commended
for its huge donations last year. However, busi
ness—big and little—seems to give most of its
donations to private schools, as anyone can see
by reading the list of institutions receiving Ford
Foundation grants. This is quite natural since
the businessmen feel that private institutions
are the underdogs since they receive little in
tax money and have to compete for students
with state-supported schools.
Take Pennsylvania for example. Lehigh,
Gettysburg and the many other private colleges
would have an easier time attracting students if
there were no tax-supported Pennsylvania State
University. Even the other state-supported
schools complain that Penn State gets “the
lion’s share” of tax support.
This drive for money from businessmen should
aid'the private institutions somewhat, but they
will still probably have to continue raising
tuition fees lo meet costs. Just pick up any news
paper and you can read headlines like "Prince
ton Raises Tuition Fees." Last summer you
read. "Penn Slate Ups Tuition Fees." and there's
a good chance you will read it again before too
long.
The public institutions are sure to be left out
in the cold when it comes to donations from
business—big and little. The public institutions
therefore must lobby, plead and even play poli
tics to-some extent to obtain hard-come-by tax
money. This comes on top of increased costs of
running state governments and the hesitancy
of state legislators to raise taxes to meet rising
costs.
It's like the old saying about the weather.
"Everybody complains about it but no one does
any thing about it.” Everyone wants services,
such as the services from a land-grant institu
tion, but no one is willing to pay for 1 hem.
More money—from businessmen for private
institutions and from states for land-grant in
stitutions—seems the only answer.
The problem is immense. The complications
are a nightmare. But more people—businessmen
and taxpayers—are just going lo have to dig
deep to keep that PhD from meaning "Poppa
has Dough.”
Firings
But I do know the Governor played his cards
right and showed the politicos his desire for a
better administration by his choice of a replace
ment for Torquato.
The Pennsylvanian whom he chose to be his
new Secretary of Labor and Industry has de
voted a large part of his life to government
service and proved to be a capable administrator
of labor, commerce and the now-famous Toledo
Industrial Development.
His name is William L. Blail Jr. Besides help
ing make the Toledo project one of the prides
of industrial organization, Blail has a long back
ground of service in labor, commerce and for
eign aid for the Federal government during the
reigns of Roosevelt, Truman and Eisenhower.
The newly appointed 40-vear old secretary also
served as senior economist *fo rthe President’s
Committee on Foreign Policy (Randall Commis
sion 1953-54.)
Blatt is the type of man to whom I am refer
ring when I speak of the Governor’s utilization
of the best administrators, advisers and liberal;
thinkers. Also included in this group is the likely
choice of an engineer, Dean Merritt Williamson,-
to help run the Turnpike Commission and even
such unsung advisers as Leader’s secretary,
David H. Randall (contrary to Rep. H. G. Am.
drews’ thinking) and the political science profs '
who have been spending more 'and more time
in the capitol.
Keep at it Governor.
Gazette
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—Ed Dubbs
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Of Course
The Best Valentines
are froip.
120 West Beaver Avenue
Little Man on Campus
's Mr. Haywick—he'» in charg* of freshman orientation."
Instruction to Start
In Post-Natal Care
Classes in mother and baby
care will begin Monday under the
sponsorship of the State College
area chapter of the American Red
Cross.
The course consists of seven
two-hour lecture demonstrations,
an evening of film and a trip to
the maternity division of the
Centre County Hospital.
Classes will be held on Mon
day nights from 7:30 to 9:30 at
the Associated Services offices,
330 W. Beaver Ave. The course
is being taught by Mrs. Marjorie
Rix, community nurse, and is
given free of charge.
Open Houses—
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s ity from other colleges or the
centers, and for students who
were ineligible to rush previously
because of their averages.
Moore also said that this third
open house will give students
who have not joined a fraternity,
a chance to look at other houses.
Open houses for fraternities in
Section I will be held from 7 to
8:30 p.m. Monday. These frater
nities are Alpha Chi Rho, Alpha
Epsilon Pi, Alpha Gamma Rho,
Alpha Rho Chi, Alpha Sigma Phi,
Alpha Tau Omega, Beaver House,
Chi Phi, Delta Chi, Delta Tau
Delta, Delta Upsilon, Kappa Delta
Rho, Lambda Chi Alpha, Phi Ep
silon Pi, Phi Kappa. Phi Kappa
Psi, and Phi Kappa Tau.
Also Pi Kappa Alpha, Pi Lamb
da Phi, Pi Sigma Upsilon, Sigma
Pi, Theta Delta Chi, Tau Kappa
Epsilon, Theta Kappa Phi and
Theta Xi. '
Moore, also reminded rushees
and fraternity men alike that a
student must have a semester of,
an All-University average of 2.0
to be eligible for pledging.
Tri-Delt Grant Forms
Available to Women
Application forms for.the Delta
Delta Delta general scholarship
competition are now available at
the dean of women’s office.
Any woman student may apply
for the scholarships, which will
be forwarded to the winners at
the beginning of the term for
which the awards are granted.
The scholarships may be used
for the 1957 summer session. Ap
plications are due Feb. 23.
FRIDAY. FEBRUARY B. 1957
by Bibler
Grads Schedule
Three Lectures
For Semester
| Three lectures have been sched
uled by the Graduate School for
j the spring semester.
The first speaker will be Dr.
! Henry Margenau, Eugene Hig
[gins professor of physics and nat
ural philosophy at Yale Univer
sity, at 8 p.m. Feb. 13. His topic
will be "Philosophical Perspec
tives of Modern Physics.” This
lecture will be co-sponsored by
a science society. Sigma Xi, and
will be held in 10 Sparks.
“The Older Worker in the
American Economy” will be tha
topic of a lecture by Dr. John
W. McConnell, dean of the Grad
uate School of Cornell Univer
sity. at 8 p.m. March 11 in 10
; Sparks. This talk will be co
sponsored by the Colleges of
Business Administration and the
Liberal Arts.
The third lecture will be given
at 8 p.m. May 21 in 10 Sparks.
The speaker will be Dr. Max A.
Lauffer, dean of the division of
the natural sciences, University
of Pittsburgh. His topic will be
‘‘Horizons in Virus Research."
The College of Agriculture will
be the co-sponsor.
Hungarians--?-
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rolled in electrical engineering,
jone in chemical engineering, one
[in metallurgy, and one girl who
is still in one of the New England
[schools will be enrolled in the
[College of the Liberal Arts.
Other colleges and universities
iin the United States are also ar
ranging for the admission, and
support of refugee students.
In the Chicago area 30 colleges
are taking 300 students, New
York University is granting sev
eral full scholarships, and Dickin
son will enroll one refugee for
every 300 American students.
Text on Machine Tools
Written by Professor
William H. Armstrong, profes
sor of industrial engineering, has
written a textbook, “Machina
Tools for Metal Cutting,” being
published by the McGraw-Hill
Book Co. ';
The book concerns machine tool
laboratory equipment and manu
facturing processes.
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