—The Daily Collegian Thursday, December 1, 1977
Youth may be becoming
. By DEBBIE SHEER
Daily Collegian Staff Writer
• America's youth have become
practical. They want an education and
most of all•they want well paying jobs.
• At least in the eyes of the news media,
these are the primary goals.
• In the results of a 10-year survey of
college freshmen published in the
September issue of "Psychology
Today," psychologist Alexander Astin
said he found a decline in idealism and
an increase in the desire for wealth and
status.
In 1967, Astin found that 79 percent of
males and 88 percent of females said one
of their goals was "developing a
meaningful philosophy of life." In 1976,
only 61 percent had this goal.
"Being well off financially" gained in
popularity. This goal increased from 50
percent to 61 percent among males and
28 to 45 percent among females from
1971 to 1976, according to the study.
Follow-up studies show that these
figures decline slightly during four
years of college.
A recent Philadelphia Bulletin article
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' • The Daily Collegian will hold can
didate, school for new reporters,
photographers and cartoonists at 7:30
Sunday night in 69 Willard.
The International Soccer Club will
hold its Winter Term orientation
meeting at 8 p.m. Thursday in the HUB.
The Students International Meditation
Society is sponsoring a free introductory
lecture on the transcendental meditation
technique at 8 Thursday night in 13
Sparks.
House committee
WASHINGTON (UPI) The House
Judiciary Committee Wednesday ap
proved a bill to enlarge the, federal
judiciary by almost 30 percent and allow
President Carter to appoint more judges
than any of his predecessors.
The bill would allow Carter to fill the
proposed 110 new district and 35 new
circuit court positions with Democrats
after eight years of Republican rule.
But the panel added to the Senate
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passed version an amendment calling on
Carter to make selections on merit, not
party.
Another amendment urged him to
name qualified women, blacks,
Hispanics and other minorities to the
bench, prompting Rep. William Cohen,
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cited similar results in a series of in
terviews with Philadelphia teenagers.
Almost every person interviewed ex
pressed a "glad to be alive and young"
attitude. They are fairly satisfied with
their lives now and are concerned about
future careers in relation to the job
market.
Also because . of concern over the job
market, more college students have
opted for careers in business in the past
few years, fewer students, however, feel
having their own business is as im
portant as working for a large company.
Politically, college students
frequently label themselves "middle of
the road," according to the study. Yet
they still hold' what are considered
liberal views on energy, pollution,
consumer protection, women's rights
and marijuana legislation. Eighty-six
percent of the youths Astin surveyed in
1976 opposed administrative control
over students.
Students now put classes first, 1975°
Yale graduate Frederick Iseman said in
an article in the September issue of
Esguire. magazine. He also said that
Student Counselors will meet at 7
Thursday night in the Walnut Center
Assembly Room. Attendance is crucial
for scheduling purposes.
The ARHS Book Sale registration will
be Thursday from 9:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. in
the HUB Ballroom. The sale will be held
on Friday and returns can be picked up
on Saturday.
The Fashion Industry Interest Group
requests that anyone interested in
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students don't care very much about
what goes on outside of classes. In fact,'
he said, many consider, the sixties and
early seventies as history.
In another article in Esquire, Lou Ann
Walker portrayed the Ivy League
college student as a person who works
hard and parties hard.
According to University psychology
professor Lance Shatland, the reason for
this change in priorities towards
academics and careers is the shortage of
jobs. He said the college graduate in the
sixties had a choice of jobs and had time
to spend on outside activities. Now, he
said, students have to work harder to
find jobs, so they point their college
careers in that direction.
Human development professor Judith
Lyness agreed that the tight job market
explained the emphasis on academics.
"The youth that we have today are the
last of the baby boom years;" she said.
"There's this huge cohort ahead of them
taking available jobs and resources.
Now there are more constraints on what
they can do and where they're going to
fit into the world." •
planning a fashion show should attend a
meeting at 7:30 Thursday night in S-131
Human Development Building.
The fifth annual Arts and. Crafts Show
and Sale, sponsored by the Epsilon Xi
chapter of Beta Sigma - Phi will be held
from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday at the
Westerly Parkway Junior High School.
The theme for this year's show is "You
Will Not 'Starve' After Visiting Our
Show, For Everything Costs $25 Or
Below."
Rep. Jack Brooks, D-Tex., the second
ranking Democrat on the committee,
was one of only two members to vote
against the bill, charging the panel
abdicated its chance to take Politics out
of the judiciary when it added more than
30 judgeships to the bill after it came out
of a subcommittee. •
"This is one of the best classic
examples of logrolling," he told his
colleagues. •
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Shabbat Services will be held at 8 p.m.
Friday and at 9:30 Saturday morning in
the Jewish Student Union. Hillel is
sponsoring a dance from 9 to 12 Saturday
night and a bagels and lox brunch at
11:30 Sunday morning. Both activities
will be held in the Jewish Student Union.
Since the Senate usually cpntrols the
nominations and confirms the nominees,
he said, "this would have been an ex
cellent opportunity for the House to
create judgeships on the basis of merit
alone instead of 'just decorating this
Christmas tree."
Brooks said, "If you write a book on
how Congress legislates, you ought to
have a chapter on this bill,"
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Lyness also said she has found another
priority in college students: a desire to
care for someone and to be cared for.
In an article for U.S. News and World
Report, George E. Jones described the
youth of the seventies as being more
troubled. He says suicides, violent
crimes, vandalism, pregnancies, drug
abuse and alcoholism have reached an
all-time' high in the teen-age group.
Jones blames these problems partly
on the tight job market, but also on an
increase in family break-ups' and on the
dominant role television'now holds.
Lack of an issue is the reason for the
decline in student activism, according to
articles on the subject. If students got
interested in a major issue, they would
become a cohesive pressure group.
In the meantime, young people. are
being practical, They said in these
articles that they think they can do more
through the system than outside of it.
Pragmatism in the seventies has not
destroyed student involvement
prevalent in the sixties. It has only
forced activism to become one of youth's
lesser priorities.
"Andromeda Strain," the first film in
the Student Film Organization's science
fiction Film Festival, will be shown at
7:30 and 10 Saturday night in the Arts
Building Playhouse.
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All gone?
A familiar scene at registration befalls Chris Sankey. (3rd-microbiology) as she
attempts to pick up a course.
Job aging
but his while still shines
WASHINGTON (UPI) President
Carter• is aging under the burdens of his
job, but is still as physically fit as most
53-year-olds, press secretary Jody
Powell said Wednesday.
Carter's appearance became a topic of
discdsion after his longtime Georgian
friend Charles Kirbo visited the White
House this week and noted the president
looked older.
"The president told Mr. KirbO this
morning he didn't look so good himself,"
Powell cracked.
He quoted Carter telling his associate
of 15 years, "I found out being,president
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trustee and has been, faced with the
problem of what to do with the Carter
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Powell said he, like Kirbo, sees the
president aging. r.•
"It's inescapable," he said. "It's a
burden on everyone who has held this
office.
"He does work hard. I don't think he
missed a stop during the campaign. No
matter what the day was, he'd say, Trp
going to do it.' "
Powell said . Carter continues to get 6 1 k
to 7 hours sleep a night, rising about 5:30
or 6 a.m.