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Editorial Opinion
Study May Foster
More Realistic Attitude
• A federal survey -shows that some 40 federal agencies
spend about $2 billion yearly on education programs.
A Washington reporter for the Christian Science
Monitor, Josephine Ripley, said in a recent Column that
this fact so shocked legislators that most of the - edOcation
nOw pending in the House are being held back while
;a study is conducted to see how much overlapping is in
volved in these projects.
Representative Edith Green, chairman of ai House
Subcommittee on higher education, said thatmore money
fs being spent on•education and research by Mei" various
agencies than by the Department of Health. Education
and Welfare.
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This expected study of educational expenditures by
'government agencies should reveal to many Congressmen
*hat many educators and 'forward-looking coi-porAtions
;have known for some time: that educational training and
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research . st i mulate a more efficient and prodUctive opera
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The educational expeditures by federal agencies
merely reflect the growing importance of research did ed
ucational training in many and varied fields.
. These agencies have apparently found that thesekau
cational expenditures in their area result in a more pro
ductive long range operatjon.
That th.is should come u a shock to many Washington
!ogislators merely points up the. lag that often exists be
tween the need for legislation to keep up with advances of
science and society and the realization of this need by Con
gressmen.
We hope„ that Congressmen, after overcoming 'their
Initial "uneducaled" shock, will begin to take a morelreal
- istic view - of the expanding importance of research and
• educational training on all levels.
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Pitture-Tczking Problems
Few people realize the work that the Collegian photography staff goes through to
get some of the pictures which appear in the paper.
A good illustration of this would be the one which appeared in the paper last week
of John -- Witmer reading a magazine in the Ritenour Health Center after he learned
he was,elected president pro
temport of the USG Congress.
That picture, which would'
normally require less than five
minutes to take, took almost
two hours. Here is how it hap
pened.
Snowed •
Demonstrate Now
by Ici , el myers
Rise up students of Penn State and meet the challenge
of the sixties! , •
We must prove to the great philosophers of our age
that we do not shun the responsibilities of revolution;
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demonstration and physical ation.
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Grab your soapboxes, light your torches, raise the
banners and.prepnre to demon
strate.
Of. course we - must choose
the theme of our demonstra
tions carefull,
or the philor
pliers mi g
call us fru!
trated crusar
ers, the HU.
might brand
Communise
the publ
-might call
radicals a
the administi
tion c.ou
brand us as dis
obedient sons tennt 9
and daughters and throw us
all out of school.
After toying with, several
more radical pc4ssibilities, I
concentrated my thoughts on
the fcillowing noble - campaign
ideas:
OA mass demonstration •to
abolish.ROTC once and for all.
All students not enrolled as
"play soldiers" vtould march
to the drill field whenever a
leadership laboratory is sched
uled and stage " a sitdown
strike, thereby blocking, the
field and ruining•the drill.
A protest against the park
ing problem, which would con
sist of all :%studeints driving
their cars on campus at 8 a.m.
and 5:10 p.m., thereby catching
professors and administrators
in a massive traffic jam.
*A protest against the popr
seats assigned freshmen at foot
ball games. which. would take
the form: of 'a giant rally out
side Beaver Stadium on the
day of a specifically chosen
home game.
Cheering freshmen would
make it impossiblp for paying
customers to ent(Pr the park
causing - mass confusion.
screams of "wel - want our
money back" - azi,l a signifi=
cant drop in attehdance. The
result of repeated demonstra
tions would be 46,000 seats for
16,000 students and good seats
for all. •
• A carefully i engineered
plan- to aid the WCTIJ, which
would, have thousands of stu
dents • frequent al pre-selected
local beer establ ishmen t All
Letters !
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Grad Quei lions 'The Lton Roars'
TO THE EDITOR] Friday, the or "that the state stands above
Collegian cited lit[r. Diem in aid is more important than
"The Lion Roars" with "the any individual"?
"the highest of C4llegian Crib- Doha CarapbelL Graduate
utes." for_ "his conviction that,
(Ed.l Note: No. We meant
the University stands above . 1 ..
nfir. Dtem sacrificed' his own
and is more iniportarit than f
positioe. to Uphold the principle
any individual." i - that this =University should
i
Can this be interpreted to function fol. the best interests
mean' that the Collegian would of the whole, rather than vested
cite with' the highest of Col- interests of one individual.
legion tributes a person whose University in this context did
conviction Ii "that;
. the ruling not refer to any ruling body
body standsiatxrve t and is more but to the sum of all individ=
Important than any individual." eels that comprise it.)
other beer joints in State Col
lege would be boycotted. After
a • few days, the frequented
establishment would probably
have greatly increased its stock
land then the throng of beer
'drinking students would - move
ion to another bger
Th i s ingenious campaign
.would not only cause all beer
establishments to greatly. over
stock, which could lead to fi
nancial ;failure, but would not
deny beter to :Pneedyn students
'for the; duration of the anti
liquor dampaign.
I • t Afterl having carefully con
!sidered !all of these demonstra
tion ideas, I decided that the
most noble demonstration
would,consist of a long hike
to Hartisburg in pursuit of
,more fin ds for Penn State.
Once t this Coxy Army-like
Imoh. of , students,reaches 'the
:Capitol4 a spontatous demon
stration would commence and
;then continue until the legis-
lature tendered- a decision on
the University's appropriation
;request;
If they grant us the addi
tional money, we could return
'home.
.
I However;Amce there is little
!chance of the close-minded
legislature paying any heed to
'part of its constituency. stu
dents would be wise to prepare
for a t ip further south.
We uld march to Washing
ton andddddd demand that Congress
Appropriate the extra $4 mil
lion that Penn State so badly
needs. Obviously Con gr ess
would ignore - such a precedent
pet t ing;prdposal.
But. riot wanting to go home
t having had one suc
c'e ssf it 1 demonstration. we
might Change our topic to that
of an Baster vacation. •
Being already one-seventh df
the way to Ft. Lauderdale we
Might just as well continue our
trip southward. With the entire
Student body in Ft. Lauderdale
Easter iweek, it's obvious that
the administration would lose
the battle of the Easter vaca
tion itiid • the demonstration
lof the student body
would be recorded for the
philosophers of our age to ad
mire.
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 6. 19621'
by john beitiuge
Early in the ev ening , the city
editor gave me the Assignment
to get a picture of the new
president pro tempore of the
Congress. I arranged with our
USG reporter to set up a plc
ture after the election at about
8 p.m.
About that time' I arrived at
.the HUB Meeting room.; The
election ;w:
process. Thy
porter info:
me that
mer, one of
two candidi
was not tF
The vote
taken and
mer won el
That was
the firs
many coi
cations. I _
a pieture_of the BEAUCE
complete Congress with the
idea that if I couldn't find
Witmer I could submit it.
My next- step was to find
Witmer. I left the HUB and
went over to the infirmary.
I asked the nurse at the'idesk
if he had been admitted. She
would not tell me until I told
her why . L wanted to know.
I explained the situation and
said that I wanted to get a
picture -of him in the, hospital.
Her first reaction was that•
it was against the rules and
• visiting hours were from 1:30
to 3:30 p.m. and I should come
back the -next day.
I persisted so she consented
to call , a supervisor. The super- .
visor said she did not want to
make a :ruling. and would
check with other authorities
and then call back. A few min,-
utes later she . called back. and.
said the answer was no.
asked the nurse whoin I
could call to seek permission
but she' said the .answer had
been given and I should. come
back the next day if I wanted
to talk to anybody.
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-II was nearing 9 as I walked
back to the Collegian office
through The falling snow. I diA
cusped the situation with the
city editor.
He suggested that I call Dr.
Edgar Krug, assistant director
of the health center. Dr. Krug
said that he would not sanc
tion any picture unless Witmer
would put his clothes on and
come down to thi lounge. I
agreed and at 9:IS started
back to the infirmary.
I asked if I could get a shot
of Witmer checking in, but the
nurse said no. Witmer sug
gested a picture of - him walk
ing in the front door. She also
denied that. '
She said that if I didn't take
the picture according to the
health center regulations,
couldn't take it at all. •
She said no hospita i li allows
pictures above -the t floor ,
except in - the case of ,babies.
I disputed this fact and she
said I'd better hurry up and
take the picture. . ,
The only thing that was left
was to* shoot Witmer reading
a magazine. The nurse 'said I
couldn't have anything in` the
background which would in
dicate that ft was taken in the
health center. - -
It was after 9:30 before . I
.was finally able to get my pic
ture, almost two hours after I
had first left the office on the
assignment
Of_ course, not all the pic
tures are that cififficult to take.
but the next time you see a
,fairly simple . picture in tbe
pa r, .remember it might hairs
q
kik longer to get than a com
plex one.