PAGE FOUR Editorial Opinion Education Council Needed To Coordinate Branch Colleges 'I he field of highei education is expanding with more and more young Americans wanting to attend college.-' ]n this stale the boom in higher education is being met largely with the establishment of branch colleges. This University has long had a .system of centers and campuses throughout the state. At the.present time there are 13 Commonwealth Campuses of The Pennsylvania State University. The University of Pittsburgh has had a branch college in Johnstown for; nearly 20 years. It had several other branches thirty years ago, but dropped them after several years of operation. Within. the last two months P,itt has announced significant plans j for the establishment of two more branches. Pitt officials have also announced plans for .a $6 million improvement program for its Johnstown branch. -Temple University has one branch. ' j And in recent years, especially in recent‘months, the istalc colleges hBV|e set up branches, many of them night schools for adultsj in many of the smaller cities and towns sof the stale. The establishment of all Ihese Branch colleges has been the unilateral action of the schools involved. We believe it'is' time for a unifying „and guiding hand to be applied to these necessary expansion plans., - Pennsylvania is blessed with arr extensive system of colleges and universities* both public and private. Many of them, including some private schools such as Pitt and Temple, receive state aid. - j , But each of:these schools has been making its own dechicns on expansion.- Even with the numerous institutions of higher learn ing i:i T ! ' nnsylvania there is an outstanding need for more cdi ea r n«! facilities. Less than 30 per cent of the state’s hight'-cii'dl graduates are going on to college. This figure is we* I below the average of otner large industrial, states. T'’e problem is bigger than any one college or tini versity c n'solve. Unification is needed to fulfill all of the demand-: for, education. A working state-wide plan for j higher e location is heeded. . • Frc- : 'Jent Walkter has lonq backed such a proposal. Governor-elect Scranton has promised that a'state board of er’uc’tion. outside ihe political arena.,will b£ organized to covrrn'Pennsylvania's entire educational system from kindergarten through graduate schools. We hope that a separate council of higher education composed of educators and other civic leaders concerned with giving some guidance to the expansion of higher education of this state, will be. included within the board. We urge President Walker to continue and give new life to' his campaign for an effective Council of Higher Education. We suggest that he convene, on [his own au thority as the president of The Pennsylvania State Uni versity, a meeting of the presidents of all thejcolleges and universities of the slate which have braneft expansion plam-. This group could art as a lobbying forge in Harris hur" to promote the establishment of an effective agency to insure eoord ; n-‘’ -n & r efforts. • A Sttiden'-Gurrated Newspaper 58 Years of Editorial Freedom Satltf (EnUenfan Slip Successor to Th« Free Lance, est Itt? PoblUhed Tutaday through Saturday morning during tht UnlY»r»Uy your. The Dull* 4'otlegian it a atudent-oporatod nmapapor. Entered M maittrr Julr 4. l*« mi the KlaU College. To. Toot Office under Um act of March I. |B?9. 'Mall Subscription Prior t SC.M a gcur Mailing Addreaa Box -Ml, State College. p*. ANN PALMER Editor ■ ■€£s*•• Member of The Associated Press SHE SPEAKS A WHOLE Yj NEld LAN6UA6E THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. UNIVERSITY PARK. PENNSYLVANIA HERBERT WITMER Business Manager OH,‘/£5...5HE AND HER 6iRL FRIENDS HAVE A.6OODTIAE. ITHEV DRiNK COFFEE AND PLAV POOLAUOSTEV?WMORNIN6.. LAST NI6HT SHE SAID TOMS, "60 TO 86&,E154T-BALU*_ soft fouch The Optimists and / The State College Optimist Club has proclaimed this week to be “Youth Appreciation Week.” Isn't it wonderful to feel as if you are appreciated? For this entire week, we can raise'our youthful h<_ads and strut around on our youthful feet with appreciation just oozing out of our "Pat 'em on the IRpBHHh back,” the posters _say. We can pate sore backs at the end of this S : ** **£•■■ glorious week, can at • v I JB9 we not? Ah, I Cn it hard to express Tbl^v'. : how indebted I am ■*'.,{ I to the local crew "V "* ' ' ■; of optimists for t * ’V making such a miss beeson designation. And optimists,they are to think that said pats on the badr-wiU be forthcoming. Many people, out of sheer habit,, will be unable to recognize us for all-jhe good deeds we have per formed this year. They are too Letters Coed Disputes Silver's View Of 'Americans' TO THE EDITOR: In reply to the letter of Edward Silver ’63, “The All American Boy,” I deduce that what it means to be a “good American” is to be from an “out standing American family,” attend a “fine American institution,” eat in the “fine dining halls” of the institution,, and wear “fine clothes.” I do not believe that the blind preservation of these “fine” in stitutions makes good Americans. If one endeavored to question the value and use of these. “fine” institutions, one might realize that they are : not only unnecessary; but sometimes harmful to the making of a “good American.” To cite an outstanding casa where "fine Institutions” were un necessary to making a good American, I might mention Abra- ham Lincoln. Abraham Lincoln was not born of an outstanding - American family, his mother died when he was nine yean old; the Bible was not read to .him daily in a "fine" American 'school; he did not receive his education paid for by his parents at a "fine" American university, and I doubt that he wore "fine" clothes at every meal.' Yet, it is impossible to deny that Abraham Lincoln was a good . American. According to Mr. Sil ver’s theories, “Abe” couldn’t be president in 1962, as he would , need an outstanding ‘American family, ten million dollars, and a Harvard degree. liT Abe’s day. however, to be a good American meant to act in behalf of the democratic princi ples of the Constitution. 'Nowa days, according to Mr. • Silver’s theories, it is only necessary to hate the Russians and espouse traditional American institutions —this possibly can be harmful to the " making of Americans. When one does not understand, the true meaning of'democracy blit merely gives lip service to its so : called institutions, one is being truly un- American. —Bonnie Benka '65 WDFM Schedule TUESDAY. NOV. t* • :00 Dinner Pet*:' X«icht 'Vocal* and instrumental* • :00 ThU Week at the U.N.' 6:lft Weather*cope with Joel Myer* 6:2fl Contemporary Claaalea 7:50 Highlight: Emil So#—IFC Freal dent 7:40 Sj>ort* .Farad* 7 :&ft Ne»r* • 8:00 Sound of Folk Music: Featuring Gui Caravan and Sandy Paton 8:A& Sport* Neva ■ 9:OQ Meet the Pmfeaaor:: Dr. Dennis Steven*. Tiiitlni -professor of mu sic 9:lft Mostly Music . ' 10:00 Symphonic .Notebook: Classical Period of Music: Mocart, Mendel*- ' ahon. and Becthora IZ'iOO used to blaming us for their frail ties and citing places where we have shown a definite lack of responsibility. Is it not youth’s prerogative to be irresponsible at times? Would it not be a sadder story if . these lapses were carried over into our Old Age? In addition, they are prehaps too bound up in their preparations for Mother’s or Father's or Elder’s or just JDay Day. No, I fear that we will not have to spend our .days this week dodging pats on our backs. This very fear is instilled in us by just those people who see no value in our action* and not only hesitate to praise but rarely take note. When are we not going to be "too young to know?” What has escaped many people’s thinking (and even our own at tiroes, I admit) is that we are their backbone and we will take over when they leave. Our thinking has been colored by theirs and after all, we Wouldn’t be here if it weren't for them. thing to remember during this hallowed week is that' Junior Laments Nixon's Defeat TO THE EDITOR: The American people, students in particular, were able to witness firsthand in the election just past, the magnifi cent exercising of the popular will. The power of the people in choosing their leaders, something which the United States displays to the world like a new car in a showroom, has'seemingly taken a reversal which is causing students to wonder if it is this same divine system they .are studying. The untimely, unfortunate ob literation of one of the most brilliant, ambitious political ca reers this nation has produced this century.' has been dealt by the same political system we extol and worship. Richard Nixon owes little to the Republican Parly, less to the stale of California, and nothing to the American people. Because his ambition and in tellect motivated him to run his campaign in 1960 singlehandedly, Policy on Attendance Blasted TO THE. EDITOR: I see by the of .the point of view that many release of a memo’to the College pebple choose to make Thanks of the Liberal Arts (Hat the ad- “P «**ended week-end'' - as- v ' holiday, regardless of administra* ministration has embarked on its jj on annual policy of appearing foolish Even .allowing that it may be a around Thanksgiving. net loss' to some student not to It is true that it is their privi- attend his classes next Friday, lege to tie the year into four.neat but why more of a loss than any uniform little packages and to de- other ordinary class "’sday; why clare thus and such days holi- should attendance be emphasized, days as they see fit. It is also on that day? Why not Jet the their privilege to ignore the students nake thgir own choice? wishes of a large segment o i the • (They ard going to anyway.) student body and faculty, the very Finally there has been a lot of people the administration was talk around here about student created to serve, bv not declaring • rights, a lot of it unfounded. How an extended Thanksgiving hoii- ever, there is; one right that the d a y- . , Students Should have,-and that is This year they have com- the right: to;expect responsible pounded their folly by attempting behavior from the administration, to force class attendance on one On this i: sue it appears that they particular day.- Friday. Nov. 23. are not g ling to get it. This most recent stunt is ludicrous —Kenneth Hanson and only emphasizes the validity Grad student I • j % Silver's Views on 'Dress' Rejected r TO THE EDITOR: Edward Silver, attack those whose viewpoint in his letter to the editor of Nov. differs from his own by calling 15, seemed to express the idea ' !^ em atheists. Name call- mg will never eliminate the op that dirtiness v, as related to. posite point of view - nor per a^e^h Il *‘ urt^ e ™ ore . pointed suade anyone that your viewpoint out that \ve were, indecent enough j s superior. I also doubt- very " ea i clothes suitable for peas- much that thiere.is any correlation t& between (dirtiness and atheism. S V? . t 0 under ‘ I think it imaryelous that .the sta T d .^°. l , h University considers us adult nnvfhiJH,*- i— 3l ♦u le . re IS enough to be'able to choose what r l 8 . ,V R L rehg i°s that S3yS to wear « nd I d °n’t feel‘that the , ‘ ' vrong - student body abuses this privi- In fact the Bible itself is con- i ege . | -Janet Blank ‘65 cerned mainly with peasants. This custom of "dressing up” is not a - reflection of proper religious upbringing, but rather a reflection of .our narcisistic and material istic society. Our dining halls are cafeteria style. It is therefore appropriate to dress casually, and is not in bad taste to wear slacks. Aside from the irony of his conception of religion being cen tered about “proper" attire, it- is also irreligious that he should TUESDAY. (NOVEMBER 20. 1962 by donnan beeson although wg’ve been working un der the dure3s of television and sports cars and General Suburbia. Vce have had a harder time get ting'the things that canm some what easily to those who went before us. Getting into college and staying there- was no prob lem in Those Days because there were not so' many youths to edu cate. | But now we are in competition. We compete for everything and it's stiffer than price competition between manufacturers. It is .not very, often (that we can get ! out of the competition and relax our" jangled nerves. Some students will throw their coveted high mark races out the window ana compete with their cohorts to see who can. cut*the most to go home for a holi day that opcurs this week. They will lose gny pats on' the back they .might have gotten by doing so. I am going to stay here In State College with the optimist and see if I can’t rack up more pats than anvone els<£. because! his pallid, worn-out visage, before the television cam eras betrayed the oppressive emo tional strain under which he suf fered. because he was. unwilling to sink to his adversary’s level in California |he now joins hands with the nation’s political “has beens.” unjable to. serve the state and nation for which he labored but from \Jhich he received noth ing- but repudiation. The American people will doubtless toon foTget the' already shopworn (view of Nixon before the cameras conceding victory to the mightier opposition. Y .But experts and students of politics alike will delve and probe into American political history of the past Half-decade and- will be at loss ta explain the apparent inefficiency and disappointment of a system and doctrine which has kept America prosperous and stable for nearly two centuries. —Mark Schwarz, ’64 Sfoppiness Criticized TO THE EDITOR: I was reminded Friday of the oyerpowering sense of responsibility' and foresight of some members of West Halls as thp pile jof discarded papers on the floor in j front of the mail boxes grew arid grew. Down with wastepaiper baskets! Keep up the great: work gang for a better Penn State. —Esther Kelly. *M
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