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Editorial Opinion
Is Everyone Blind
To Education's Needs?
An editorial appearing recently in the Allentown Call
commenting on meetings of Governor Lawrence's task
force on higher education to discuss the establishment
of tax-supported community colleges reached the warped
conclusion that: • •
"Anything but a recommendation that would add
many millions of dollars to the bill Pennsylvania tax
. payers already pay for one of the largest and finest
educational establishments in the 'nation would be a dis-
iinci surprise.
The surprise would, of course, be a pleasant one."
It is not completely clear what they mean by the
unsupported generalization, "one of the largest and finest
educational establishments in the nation." But if they
mean to include the higher education system of the state
perhaps they had better check a few figures.
Pennsylvania spends less than $4 out of each $lOO
of tax revenue for running its public colleges and uni
versities. And Pennsylvania college students or their par:
ents still pay about five times as much as the state con
tributes to their education. Whereas, in such states as
West Virginia, Indiana and California, the state pays more
than half of each student's cost.
While Pennsylvania is the fourth wealthiest state in
the nation it is 42nd in expenditures for the whole field
of health, education and welfare.
It's bad enough that Pennsylvania citizens, too well
endowed with hypersensitive views about the "virtue"
of thrift, are blinded to the needs of higher education in
this state.
But to see a newspaper, an instrument supposedly
dedicated to being an enlightened guiding beacon to the
people, flagrantly editing against the state fulfilling its
educational responsibility and junking its outdated, stunt
ed system of financial aid makes one lose faith that Amer
ica will ever survive the educational race.
The editorial also took a swipe at Penn State's presi
dent Dr. Eric A. Walker, a member of the committee,
whom it depicted as some sort of tyrant devoted to a plan
of dominating education in the state. Evidently the pri
vate colleges, for whom this paper seemed to be crusading.
don't share the same view for they elected him president
of the Pennsylvania Association of Colleges and Univer
sities last year.
The editors in referring to "Pennsylvania State Uni
versity" do not even know the name of their own state
institittiln of higher learning, which is the case with
many citizens of the state. Few could tell you whether
their state school is the University of Pennsylvania or
Penn State.
Five years ago Penn State capitalized the article "The"
in front of its name and made it part of the official name.
It appears that the significance of the addition of this
article is the thing that is missed by most citizens and
taxpayers in this state.
An identification with his state university is going to
have to be made by every taxpayer. He is going to have
to forget his outmoded, conservative groanings, realize
what other states are paying for their education system
ancVmakea realistic contribution of his own, if this state
is to come anywhere near meeting the educational de
mands of the coming years.
I DON'T CARE WHAT ANY OF
YOU SAY! I M GONNA WITCH
WHAT I WANNA PITCH!
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SUMMER COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
interpreting
Each Thinks
He Stands On
Political Center
One of the great American ac
tivities every election year is the
apportionment of political labels.
Let's discuss liberals and con
servatives for example. .
Opposition to the liberals sel
dom comes from consert,atives
for example.
Opposition to the liberals sel
dom comes from conservatives
anymore, there not being near
enough of them left to go around,
if you take their owii evaluations.
Barry Goldwater is one of the
few conspicuously admitted con
servatives.
The meaning of the liberal
tag varies greatly, depending on
the point where you are stand
ing. If you stand in the middle
of a road, a man nearby but
just to your left may be a mod
erate liberal. A little farther
left, he is a liberal. A little far
ther left he is a leftist and per
haps dangerous.
A man a little on your right,
even up to a considerable dis
tance away, is a conservative.
Just a little far
ther away he be
comes a rightist,
and again, to
some schools of
thought, a pos
sible menace,
The terms left
ist an d rightist
are becoming too
dangerous for
general use, be
cause when a ROBERTS
man gets that far off center, he's
liable to be called a Communist
or a Fascist.
By dictionary definition, a
liberal should always be seek
ing changes in political institu
tions, liberal changes, of course.
Nietzsche said "Liberal institu
tions cease from being liberal
the moment they are soundly
established." Some philosophers
say there is no such thing as
liberalism, for to be a liberal
you must be !olerant, but to be
a liberal in the United States
you must be intolerant of
things like McCarthyism, and
if you are intolerant you can't
be a liberal.
A search for definitions in this
field can be fun, if you don't
carry it too far.
You can make an argument for
the thesis that political liberalism
the search for change itself
produces conservatism, which is
the resistance of change, and
moderate conservatism, which is
the resistance of change until the
new can be clearly seen as better
than the old.
For years, political liberalism
in the United States has revolved
around the thesis that wrienever
something good needs to be done,
it is proper for Ole federal gov
ernment to do it. Recently this
has been complicated by the con
tention that the federal govern
ment should right moral as well
as economic wrong s. This has
faced many men with the prob
lem of being economically liberal
and racially conservative.
In such confusion, what does it
mean when a candidate claims to
be a liberal, or denies being too
conservative?
He's trying to outguess the boss.
You're the boss. Where the can
didate stands on specific issues is
the question.
Gazette
Boa! Barn Theatre, "All My Sons," curtain
time S:3O p.m., route 322 in Boalsburg
Mateer Playhouse, "The Playboy of the
Western World," curtain time 8:40 p.m.,
route 305 at Neffs Mills
Commencement, 6 p.m., on the Mall in
front of Puttee Library in came of rain
—Recreation Building)
Swimming for men and women, 4 /And 8
(llenninnd Pool
Boat Barn Theatre,
route 322 in Pottlaburg
Mateer Playhouse, "The Playboy of the
Western World." curtain lime 8 :40 p.m.,
route 305 at Neffe
- MONDAY
blateer Playhouse, "The Male Animal,"
curtain time t :40 Atli., route 805 •t
kleffs Mills.
By J. M. ROBERTS
TODAY
TOMORROW
MI My Sons," 8:30
Little Man on Campus by Dick Bibler
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CROSSWORD PUZZLE
ACROSS
Author of "The
Nazarene."
What old dobbin
was hitched to.
A man's pay.
Composer of
"Symphonim
Espagnole."
Relative of a
"ntome'rath."
Down to
(practical).
Stravinsky.
Dry.
Mountain crest.
Great quantities:
Coßog.: 3 words.
Old Dutch
measure.
Inward nature.
Triton.
Inhabitant: Suffix.
Grow together.
Stinging insects.
He takes the
blame: Colloq.
Part of pewter.
Status quo
Rumlike liquors
of India: Var.
Caroled.
17
18
39
20
Linn's—
Tubs.
Uncle Tom's
wife,
Italian violinist•
composer.
* Answer On Page Five •
FRIDAY. AUGUST 12..1960
CHESTER LUCID()
Business Manager
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45 Spoil.
46 Greek letters.
47 Supplies cattle
with food.
51 Eureka!
53 story (a
canard): 3 words.
56 Hollywood actor.
58 Play about Joan
of Are (with
"The").
59 Singer Sayao.
60 The opposition.
61 Nautical
direction.
62 Word in a
footnote.
63 Home of the ibis.
61 Tough,
65 Rocky hills.
DOWN
1 "--in Wonder
land.'
2 Poetic narratives.
3 Thick masses, as
of cream.
4 Gene Autry
films: 2 words.
5 Golfer's position.
6 Nomadic tribe of
Mongols.
7 Greedy.
8 Former name of
Tokyo.
9 Small animal.
10 Swiss river.
11 The Lord Chan.
cellor of Britain:
2 words.
12 Diminutive used
with girls' names.
13 Passenger on the
Ark.
21 Hill dwellers.
22 Midges.
26 Chafing dish
specialty: 2 words.
28 Relative of the
29 raccoon.
30 I sing: 140
3i Brink.
32 Distort.
33 Celebes or.
34 Fete for the
groom: 2 words.
35 Member of the
family: Collott.
88 Dispatch boat.
42 Queen or ten.
44 Most pleasant,
45 Meddle (with).
47 Suffix used with
sea and way.
48 Italian musician
and musical
theorist.
49 Older.
50 Certain residential
areas.
51 Wings: Dot.
52 Factory. is
China.
54 hammer.
55 Persian carpet.
57 Long-time
alwriberer.