PAGE FOUR Editorial Opinion Capital Paper Cites University's Fund Need Excerpts from an editorial loath appeared in The Harrisburg Patriot, Sept. 21, 1962 The .11 Central Pennsylvania colleges and universi ties have hit a. new peak in enrollment this fall, close to 30,000 students, but yet,' as many college-officials them selves would admit, the, enrollment is not high enough. The projected increase of college qudents through the nation is 8 per cent,: but the 11 schMls - in this broad area of Pennsylvania have been able to boost their capaci ties only by 2.3 per cent over last year. Eight of the II schools . have set enrollment records for themselves. But their gains, coupled,with ilia increases at Franklin and Marshall College and Lebanon Valley College, are not enough to offset the standpat enrollment figure - at (The) Pennsylvania State University, -7- Penn State, because of budget problems, cut its fresh man .Class by 800 students to 2,850 this fall. The drop was serious. It means, among'other things, that while six col leges in Central Pennsylvania have larger—freshman classes than they've ever had before, the overall number of freshmen in this area's schools is down from last year by almost 600 students, to 6,445. A smaller freshman enrollment this year than last? It seems a strange statement An estimated 4one out of every two of June's high school graduates in the nation, or 58.6 per cent, is in college this fall. Pennsylvania's mark is much lower, 30,200 of the 103;000 graduates, or 29.3 =per cent. Fortunately, one reason why Its (Penn State's) fresh man class is amaller this year than last is on the positive side . . . Penn State hadl fewer flunk-outs waft drop-outi\ this past academic year than it normally has .. . • i f The second reason . . . is its losing battle for state funds. The University received only $2O million from The Legislature. This appropriation, though $l l / 2 million high er than last year's, was still $5 million under the univer sity's needs. It is for these statistical reasons, if no other, that the expansion program at Penn State must be supported . . . Certainly the demand for higher education is here. But all expansion costs at Penn State Just cant be met by ;higher charges to the resident students at University Park. Their education now is expensive enough. The next Governor will find the problem maiting_on his desk. Before his term of office is up, the problem could become far worse. Many more young Pennsyli , anians will .be seeking admission to college. This is no idle "popula tion boom" estimate. These students- are in the ninth- and tenth grades now, and they can't just wait around until Pennsylvania puts its higher education house in order. A Student-Operated Newspaper SE Years of Editorial Freedom gllto Bally Tnittnian , : Successor to The Free Lance. est. 1887 Published Tuesday through Saturday morning' during the University year. The Daily Ce!legion Is a student-operated newspaper. Entered as wend-clam matter July S. 10811 at the State College. Pa. Pest Office ander the act if March 3. 1378. MAU Ralessription Priest . MIN a gear Mailing Address Rex 2gl. Rialto Cenci.. Pa. Member of The Associated Press ANN PALMER Editor 41ES•-. City Eiiltera. Joan Mohan and Darid Balbach: Noma and World Affairs Editor. Kay KlM:litorlal Editor. Carol Klinkloran; Sparta Editor, Jahn Morris: Assistant Sport.' Editor. Ken Denlinyor: Phatatrao , 7 CM-sditaro. - Tom BrISMINI and Don Coleman; Personnel Director, Sante* Drina— ) Local Ad Mgt., Jean Rahl Assistant Local Ad Mgr., Jan. Silverstein; National Ad Mgr.. Barbara Brown; Credit Mgr., Ralph Friedman; Assistant Credit Mgr., Harry Haack; Promotion Mgr.. Barry Levitz: Closoltiod Ad Mgr.. Cathrrin• Saumor: Cirealstion Mgr., Phil Canot: Perwnel and Office Mgr.. Lynn Murphy. I - :11 lodif `•";;:,-;0' . 0604 41 1 ) MANIC vilgrAh,l&4 ‘ ,4.4 * * * HERBERT WITMER Business Manager THE DAILY COLLEGIAN,• UNNERSFY PARK. PINt7ISYLVAMIA Letters Frosh Urges Class Spirit,, TO WHOM IT MAY CON CERN: As the second day of cus toms came to a close, I:found my self facing the Customs Board. The rule, broken, in this case, is rather irrelevant, for I was not only chastised for my. error, but also given a new outlook on Penn State life; specifically,, the value of customs and the building of school spirit. After listening to tit/ questions and comments of these esteemed upperclassmen, I -reMized r that the two subjects •wete insepar able. Customs is not toimake . fools out of freshmen but to: help them. to feel part of a group. When this idea is instilled in the frosh, the acquiring of school spirit fol lows naturally. The entire purpose is not getting masses to be ,"rah, rah, team," but to _ enable the newcomers to appreciate the as sets of a higher education, a pro cess of learning which extends past the textbook. • In all humility I Submit this letter and sincerely hOpe my fel low classmen will learn to deeply appreciate The Pennsylvania State University as I am now beginning to do. An appreciative as well as castigated frosh. —E. Lee likchall. '6B Value, Tasks Of Customi Questioned TO THE EDITOR: perusing Wednesday's Collegian, I ' came upon an- item to the' effect that a freshman was given thi. task of writing a short essay c.ri the value of Cuitorns and school spirit. This seems to me to be a very worth while task. However, since any such, docu ment prepared by a freshman can be no more than a simple regurgi tation of that which has; been avowed by the Customs Board (for obvious reasons), and , since this does not, to my mind, fulfill the above objective, I take Smith Corona in ,hand to attempt to rectify" the situation. Just what is the value of • cus toms? Let us explain the stan dard answers. We are' told that it builds a spirit of class pnity. Whether or not unity 'is desirable is deba table. However, without going - into that. I wquid like to ask if anyone, who has gone through Customs can seriously say that they feel any bond with the other several thousand people who went through it with, them. The thought of uniting a class of that sin with anything as juvenile as Customs is absolutely silly. . We are also told that Customs is of value because it encourages freshmen to learn the location of buildings on campus. There may be a certain value to this, because the upperclassman who does . not knOw just exactly Where id" the boondocks his next class is may ask directions. • However, after Customs is over, the freshman will do just what his upperclass contemporaries do, i.e, he will remember only the location of those buildings- with whiCh he is concerned or which lie upon his normal route of travel, which he already knew. That Customs `builds school spirit is evidenced by the sea of humanity which stood in front of the HUB last .weekend making a ridiculous din and looking for all this world like the crowd in front of a burning parochial school in tht.ir little blue hats. This type of school spirit is what will t kelp this university exactly what it is: Farmers' High Sawa. •to the umpteenth degree. But then-that's traditional. and Customs is sup posed to instill tradition; Finally let us look at the en forcers of Customs. Not. the ob vious sense of duty, the genuine desire to help the fresiunen, which radiates from their kind and sensi tive face. Here we come' to the real reason and the, purpose of Customs. It's a dandy: way for the fourteenth graders to, have fun at someone else's expense- Dennis lfirirtisa 1113 for the record Soviet-Cub The usually unsavory smell of fish may become even more un pleasant to the United States when the Soviet 'Union begins its surprise trading pact with Cuba for the commodity. The pact, announced Tuesday by Prime Minister Fidel Castro, provides for the building of a fishing port in Havana Bay 'for Russian trawlers. Castro said the .port facilities would provide headquarters - for a ' joint Cuban- Soviet /Ulan' fishing fleet. addition to usual fishing galia, a radio s tion will be p. vided, he said. The Soviet Ui ion, in turn, w] eventually t u over 115 to trawlers to __ Cuban govern- ment after So- KUNILESIAN viet crews have trained Cuban sailors to operate the vessels. Castro emphasized that the port and facilities - will remain in Cu ba's control and that the Russians will have ,their use for about 10 years. But regardless of the , time limit or who is in control of the port, the fact remains that • the Soviet Union again is one step closer to the shores of the United States and the realization 'of its dream Jar world conquest. And CAMPUS COMEDY C . Deft iltlf* 4 1IE'S A REAL TRIPLN THREAT lAN. WHEN HE GET* THE _EAU. YQL) PONT KNOW WHETHKR NE WILL IVWN, OR Rim me worm wit 1 LITTLE MAN ON CAMPUS THURSDAY: SEPTEMBER 27, 1962 n Pact by carol kunklema this Could mean that we. too, will soon 'be smelling Russian fish. Another fact makes the rea lization even - more meaningful. Our state department knows , that many of the Soviet Union's trawl ers are anything but just fishing craft', They're known to be carry ing ;radar and other electronic devkes which they have used to monitor U.S. missile test shots at Cap Canaveral and to . observe our fleet maneuvers. • Observation of the U.S.-Soviet race! for friends shows that food and the trading of food is a great weapon. The need for food i§ a desire to capita li ze on, sine s it sustains life, and most of us have the desire to live. We also, like the Russians, have learned that by teaching The peo ples of the world how to grow more food (by sending trained technicians - and agricultural ex= parts abroad) we can create more good will than by appropriating money and equipment they don't know how to operate. , • The radio station planned for the port is yet another evidence that! the Soviet Uninii plans to saturate as- much of Cuba and the surrounding area as possible with its propaganda. White President -,Kennedy was vigorously criticized for his state ment that he would send arms to Cubs if necessary, we cannot •ig nore, this possibility—or else the senators in Washington now ar guing about what to do about Cuba will find they're eating a truly Red salmon.
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