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Editorial Opinion
Apathy, Apathy, Apathy
Apathy, apathy, apathy!
The annual war cry of the . student government apolo
gists and political organizers once more has become a by
word of the spring elections campaigns.
For some unknown reason, almost every year the
leaders of student government and their would-be succes
sors feel a burning need to prove the value of their major
activity.
Perhaps this is because less than half the student
body gives tangible support to student government at the
polls. Perhaps it is because student government often
appears to give little of tangible value to the students.
A complete turnover in the organization of student
government has further muddied the waters this year.
The new system needs only the approval of a majority
voting students to replace the decrepit ideal which has
"governed" us for 20 years.
But student government—old or new—can fall into
the same "apathy" trap if student leaders of the future
persist in linking the word to every failure of students
to actively support their existence.
There is In fact no ouch thing as apathy on this cam
pus.
Students will continue to vote as they are affected
by a personal interest or a personal ideal in each campaign
—be this good or bad.
But the student body as a whole will continue to give
overwhelming support to student government every time
Its members attend a Spring Week carnival, an Artists
Series program, a Lecture Series speech, sit at a home
football game, go to a class dance, read the Student Hand
book—or simply walk into the Hetzel Union Building.
Money,
A lot will be at stake today when President Eric A.
Walker goes before the Senate Budget Committee to ask
for the University requested $43.9 million bienniel state
appropriation instead of the $34.2 million recommended
by Gov. David L. Lawrence.
There are two sides to the state budget story—how to
raise the money and how to spend it. During the past week,
the stale has been facing primarily the more painful side
of finding means to raise money.
Lawrence, in a press conference yesterday, said no
department heads are satisfied with what they were
allocated. He said further that what the state needs is
support from all groups that hope to get funds through
lobbying.
Lawrence's statement is a true one in that the state
must look to all possible methods of raising the funds it
needs to carry out necessary programs.
But the state should consider its educational problem
and the necessity for improving its institutions of higher
learning and secondary schools. So far it has not given the
public higher education needs enough emphasis within the
proposed budget.
The educational crisis has been cited both nationally
and state-wise in the last few years as being of primary
importance. The University as the official state university
of Pennsylvania has an obligation to admit as many eligi
ble high school graduates as possible in order to alleviate
the crisis in this state. Increased enrollment cannot be
realized until sufficient funds are granted for expansion.
The state government must be willing to grant neces
sary funds
. and the citizens of the state must be willing
to pay higher taxes to allow educational institutions to
open their doors to many more young men and women.
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ROBERT FRANKLIN
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Director. Patricis Evans; Copy Editor, Lynn Ward; Assistant Copy Editor, Dick
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Letters
Gift Chairman
Blasts Officials
TO THE EDITOR: Your articles
concerning the recent contro
versy over the fate of the 1958
senior class gift have been most
distressing.
There seems to be an element
In the administration at the Uni
versity that has successfully nur
tured a confusing paternal atti
tude that attempts to mold the
students' thinking into "good
copy" rather than develop stu
dents under those goals with
which the University was origin
ally founded.
If you gave a token of deep
appreciation to a dear friend you
would feel the sentiment lost in
deed if the friend was to ask for
something else instead.
The University has seen fit to
alter our token and accept it only
on its terms. I'm afraid that in
the alteration the officials re
sponsible have managed to kill
the spirit in which the token was
given.
It's very sad that when so many
people are involved in matters
such as these at Penn State, the
spirit which should be underlying
the activity is lost completely.
I am truly grateful the Class
of '5B is no longer at State to wit
ness what has been done to this
gift. In my four years at State
I have witnessed many cruel in
justices, but certain officials have
acquired the master's touch, in
deed, and in a very short time.
—Richard F. Zeller, '5B
Co-chairman, Senior Class
Gift Committee of the
Class of '5B
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Alpha Lambda Delta, chapter, 5:15 p.m-,
218 HUB: Wedges; 5:15, 212 BUB
Board of Drooledlc', 8:30 p.m., 215 HUB
Book Exchange. candidates, 6:39 p.m.,
HUB assembly room
Camera Club, 7:30 p.m.. 212, 212 HUB
Chess Club, 7 p.m., 7 Sparks
Christian Fellowship, 12:30 p.m.. 218 HUB
Cosmopolitan Club, 7 :30 p.m., HUB as.
aembly room
Dancing class, 6:30 p.m., ballroom
Delta Sigma Pi officer*, 9 p.m., Alpha
Sigma Pi
DOC Student Council, 7 p.m., 216 Willard
Penn State Grange, 7:80 p.m., 112 Buckhout
McKee spring week committee, 7 p.m., 218
HUB
P 1 Lambda Theta, 7 p.m., 211. 215 HUB
Priestly Lecture by Dr. Thomas K. Sher-
wood. 8 p.m.. 119 Osmond
Sophomore Advisory Board, 8:16 p.m, 217
HUB
WSGA, 6:30 p.m., 617 HUB
Zoology Club, I p.m., 113 Frear
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Cable. Janet Cohen, Walter Culbrith, Lee
Cunningham, Jane Eisenbrey, Josephine
Errigo, Ann rife, Miriam Franklin, James
Gilbert, Karen Hafer, Bertram Herman,
Henrietta Hertzog, Jane Hess, Henrietta
Howard, Mary Kahle, Alien Keiser, Alvin
K1103M511, Roberta MacFarland, Carol
Mapel. Thomas McMullin, Jack Parks, Ag
nes Rollins, Linda Rosner, Raymond
Schoch, Nancy Senior, Mary Signorine,
Lawrence Smith, Carole Steinberg, Keith
Straley, Justin Synneetradt, Elizabeth Tay
lor, Carl Tice.
Job Interviews
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Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corpora•
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New York Naval Shipyard: BS: CE, EE,
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Campbell Soup Company: BS & GRADS:
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Produce A
New Society
by lynn ward
Penn State faculty members are a prototype of social
status seeking university personnel in America.
This conclusion is one of many which Vance Packard
makes in this week's issue of Look magazine in an article
on the prosperous American's pursuit of status.
He says: "In college towns,
faculty members—for all their
presumed broadmindedness
are as careful about observing
rank in social matters as the
most anxious corporate execu
tive trainee. Some time ago,
while visiting Pennsylvania
State University, I was escort
ed to a party by a dean. I men
tioned to - him that I had heard
at the Univer- .
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of Michi- --,-
gan that deans - .
were expected
to arrive last ..‘
and leave first.
Helaughed,&ll. , '•
and said they :;; .;
didn't believe r :7r ,
in that sort of • 7,1
fancy protocol
at Penn State. •
"When we •
arrived, th e
party was in MISS WARD
full progress. I noted that no
guest arrived after we did. We
had been at the party for what
seemed a short time when the
dean said he was ready to leave
any time I was. There were
about 60 people present. We
were the first to go."
Packard also points to the
homes, cars, "friends" and
street addresses we recognise
and seek as prestige symbols.
He maintains that suburbs and
towns having military bases,
universities and industry are
the breeding places of our so•
cial stratification.
The problem which Packard
defines is not one of trying
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to rid society of status symbols.
He advocates the production of
a society which can live within
this framework.
One way, he says, "is to wid
en the gates of opportunity. If
we are going to make educa
tion the main basis for deciding
who should be considered for
high-status positions, we should
assure access to higher educa
tion for all with unusual po
tentialities."
He asserts that these people
with potential fail to go to col
lege because 1) the costs are
too high, 2) but more import
ant, society has not provided
the motivation for getting a
college education.
'We take issue with his sec
ond point, Certainly the de
sire for status, as empty a
motivation as it may be, is yet
a motivation for a college edu
cation. Throughout his article,
Packard suggests that the suc
cessful man gains the status we
hunger for. We associate the
successful man with the edu
cated man—bachelor degree or
higher is necessary for this
status.
The dean mentioned above
gained his social status from
the position he held as dean—
a job made possible by his col
lege education.
Hence, we believe the desire
for status is a motivation for
education, but will our present
quality of education produce
the people Packard sees neces
sary to live in this status strati
fied framework?
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