PAGE FOUR
Editorial Opinion
Looking Back
...and Forward
The school year is almost over. We don't 'know
whether to mumble a slow, tired "thank God" or to•heart
ily shout "too bad it's all over—it's been an unforgettable
year!"
Although this year has probably made a different
.impression on every student who attended the University,
there can be little doubt that this year has had terrific
impact on all involved.
We are now completing the final days of the first
_year of the term system.; This educational system was
devised by Penn State for Penn State. It would be an un
derstatement merely to say that it his been controversial.
The system with its four terms per year, its 75-minute •
periods, its lack of a final exam period, its emphasis on
fewer subjects studied over a shorter period of time, its.
long Christmas vacation, its lack of a. four-day Thanks;
giving vacation and an Easter vacation and many other
situations have made many heads spin.
Although students have voiced both good and bad
points in the four term system, few will deny that there
has been a' certain excitement attached to being "the
guinea pigs."
the term system With, we hope, certain modifica
tions becomes more deeply entrenched on this campus and
similar plans are adopted by other schools we can always
look back as the ones who suffered the initial shock - of the
"noble experiment."
We have seen what appears to be the beginning of an
awakening of an intellectual spirit on campus. Overflow
crowds attended the speeches made by Vice
. President
Johnson, former U.N. General Assembly president Chailes
H. Malik and the debate between Senators Hubert H.
Humphrey and Karl E. Mimdt which was followed by two
hours of concentrated slibtlent questioning.
Students watched and listened with avid interest to
the orbital space, shots of John Glenn and Malcolm Scott
Carpenter. They reverently witnessed the deaths of Dag
Hammarskjold arid Sam Rayburn. They studied with:ln
terest the President's reaction to the steel price hike and
watched the recent movements in the stock market.
In student affairs at the University we : have also
noticed drastic changes, during the past year.
Student government adopted a new system of repre
sentation and a new name. The football team received a
bid to the Gator Bowl and came hOme victorious. La Vie
began work on an entirely new format. Plans for a Home
coming float parade were made. Organisations all over
campus have developed projects which are indeed credit
able to the student body.
While it has been a year of change in many cases, it
has been a static year in other areas. After a long debate,
our state budget request was not approved. The expansion
of ,the University has been frozen due to lack' of funds.
Plans for a student bookstore have been shelved. Little
concrete action has been seen on downtown hVilsing. We
still have compulsory ROTC,
It has indeed been an interesting year, It profitable
year, an unforgettable year, We glance baclAvard with
mixed emotions, but look forward with great optimism to
the future of our graduating seniors, our University and
our own future as a student newspaper—For A Better
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THE,DAILY COLLEGIAN. UNIVERSITY PARK. PENNSYLVANIA
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HERBERT WITMER
Business Manager
meandering
What happens to the old
Penn State spirit? When fresh
men first come to State, they
are enthUsiastie - and full of
spirit but somehoW in four
years this all seems to be lost;
Graduation is often looke
upon as a final release from
four-year prison p term. Seniors
are so apathet
about State tY
most of thi
just can't w
to get out
the plaice.
used -to tal
about half
year, to rid 1
freshman of
Orientati
W e e k-instil.
spirit but wit.
the speeding up
of everything MISS MEHAN
under the term system, it only
takes 10' weeks now to make
him apathetic.
The sophisticated sophomore
focus
Hong Kong: No Vacancies
In a recent letter to the
Editor of the Daily Collegian
a student complained of the
treatment to the refUgees of
the communist government on
the . mainland of China who
have, in !the past few weeks,
tried to enter, illegally, into the
British - colon:
For years n(
the British hr
been letting t
escapees E fry
the commun
enter Ho
Kong. In
Jost sever
weeks the fl
has been stet
med and
most recent ro
ugees are be
rounded up
ter they cross COLEMAN
the border and being shipped
back to !the Red Chinese.
Fort the Chinese who man
aged to escape into Hong Kong
life has been far from easy.
The author of the letter stated
that the conditions in Hong
Kong are overcrowded. Over
crowded is hardly the word , to
use. The conditions in the sec
tion of , Hong Kong in which
Campus Beat
The Ccitnpae
Well, it is • almost sum
vacation time for those of
who are , not 'attending the - sum
mer term. I am taking a schol
arly leave of absence this sum
mer and will be conducting'
some research in Ocean ,City,
N.J. If you're in the area, drop
in. I'll be in.the ocean.
Did anyone happen to see
the . little item in the Centre
Daily Times, the State College
newspaper, which concerned
whether or not' some of the
University coeds ought to pull
down their window shades at
night. Hmmm .. I wonder
where the. staff of the CDT
have, been spending their
nights.
The BOT, that's the Board
of - Trustees for you outsiders,
is meeting this weekend. They
are holding one of their quar
terly meetings. But, we won't
know everythingthat takes
place until the middle of the
summer. The Board does not
allow ,anyonstr from a news
paper or anyona outside the
Board itself to attend its meet
ings and the lit:live:sib , drib
bles omit the new( of what went
i S ery
on over a cou ' months.
In fact, tone o er said he
thought the rd met year
*rouncL Ile said that it seemed
that everyday something crime
from the Depart Tent of P9bilc
N ' . ; t .
n State Spirit
feels that, he is above the dull
humdrum of the University and
the junior• is just 'putting in
time.
What causes this apathy?
Well,. during Orientation Week
freshmen are welcomed by
everyone from the President of
the University to the sopho
more living next door to him.
This is often. the last time any
one makes him feel welcome.
Many students spend four years
at Penn State without ever see
ing President Walker or a Uni
versity official again; unless
they find themselves in either
academic or disciplinary diffi
culty.
Students in the same college
usually get together twice in
four years; once atf the Presi
dent's Convocation and again
at graduation. Between 'these
times, students, have little con
tact with the University except
for professors in classes. Only
in formal situations do the low
ly students meet with the up-
the refugees live are somew h at•
akin to those of the proverbial
sardine. •
This section is nothing but
a mass of wooden shacks with
no sanitary or other modern
conveniences. In many cases,
more than one family lives in
a room smaller , than a dorm
room here at Penn State. Pos
sibly a dozen or more, people,
living, eating, sleeping, and
carrying out their other day
to-day routines in one room. -
The student-asked why the
government has not set up
quotas for refugees. If such
quotas had been set up. it is
very possible that many of the
People now in Hong Kong
would not be there.
The Chinese Nationalist gov
ernment- on Taiwan has offer
ed to accept some of this influx.
Taiwan is not a rich country
an from first hand observation
I `can tell you that Taiwan is
also overcrowded.
Taiwan, that island in'the far
Pacific is more rock and moun
tain than anything else, and it
has enough problems trying to
support the native population
without caring for its brothers
from across the East China Sea.
The• reader now asks why
at• a Peek
er Information on what the Board
has done.
It seems as .thoughl the re
luctance of the fraternities to
participate in the Homecoming
Float Parade opens the door
for 'the dorm units and the
town independent men to put
on the parade.
It's that time of year again
when all sorts of people re
oeive college diplomas. Be
sidesairding degrees to those
thous di of qualified students
who have spent rutrs in school
to earn their degrees, almost
every college and university in
the nation gives honorary de
grees to persons from members
of the President's cabinet .to
movie stariLle
I sort of admire this Univer
sity in resisting this gimmick
which is designed primarily to
guarantee a speaker. for the
commencement exercises.
I'd like to say - goodbye to
the past Collegial' editors. They
caused 222 e a few headaches at
times but they sure were a
great bunch!
It looks as if this school year
will end with the mystery of
the big red feet still unsolved.
See ya next year.
by loan mehan
per echelons of Umversity
ficials
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If more prdfessors would.,
have informal sessions with
their classes and at least try to
learn the names of their stu
dents, students would feel more
a part of the University. Even
if a prof divided a large class
into smaller sections and had a
l'coffee and doughnut !session"
in: the Lion's Den after class
this would bring about a closer
relationship. I don't think that
undergraduates are so horrible•
that a prof couldn't stand them'
for a few! leisurely minutes. •
This wouldn't completely
eliminate the problern but at
least'it would help. Vibo knows
—maybe some of our alums
would be proud that they were
once a part of Penn State. Per
haps at graduation at least a
few seniors would be sad to
leave "old State." It wouldn't
be as if 64195901 were gradu.;
ating but a Penn State student
whose name is known by some
one besides himself. ,
by den coleman
the United States does _not ac
cept these refugees tin large
numbers. The answer is rela
tively obvious. Aside from the
economic nroblems this under
taking,
might ;entail, the major
consideration' is-.the nature of
the refugees themselves. The
Chinese culture, considered by
some to;be inferior, hits endur
ed for many hundreds of years.
You just don't" tak a poor
downtrodden China iban and
move him arid his fainily into
the complex, world of America
in the 20th century. 1
He has been relatively un;
touched by the advances of the
• 20th century.
For centuries the Chinaman,
has been content to live the
simple, uncomplicated life of
his ancestors and earn a living
in the ancestoral rich paddy.
• If he were uprooted and
placed in our cdhiPlex world
he would. haye- / a hard time
adjusting to - the '!American
way of life'. '-- •
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