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Is it complacency or fear of expulsion that quells uprisings on the part of the student? The days of freedom of expression are long gone—bulging enrollments and overcrowded classrooms leave no room for behavior contrary to administrative "suggestion."
KYLE ROBINSON
Michigan State University
East Lansing, Mich.
Sir:
As a college senior, I find the situation alarming. There is mass apathy, nothing creates an impression, no one cares about anything but themselves. One must conform to these apathetic tendencies and others or else be labeled a nut, a "turkey."
WARREN SCHWARTZ Hobart College Geneva, N.Y.
Sir:
The question that faces today's student is "What can I get with my degree?" rather than "What have I become when I get my degree?" After all, it is grades that count when applying for grad schools. Why get excited and involved in irrelevancies such as "knowledge for knowledge's sake?"
J. P. SNAPPER
Calvin College
Grand Rapids, Mich.
Sir:
All is not lost. Heard on campus the other day—girl student, seriously, to male student: "I couldn't live without my slide rule."
BOYNTON S. KAISER
University of California
Berkeley, Calif.
Man's Best Friend
Sir:
Your Nov. 18 issue carried the most depressing article I have ever read. "Dog Story" recounts with hilarity a little dog's flight into space. It is sickening to think that there were only gags, guffaws and wisecracks.
RUTH HORNBROOK
The Wood County Humane Society
Parkersburg, West Va.
Sir:
All that yowling about Laika gave me a pain. Do these dog lovers know that every day in our own grand and glorious country thousands of poor, worn-out old horses are driven up ramps to the slaughter—to provide food for their lousy pets?
E. W. THISTLETHWAITE
Independence, Calif.
Ghastlies from Georgia
Sir:
Unfortunately, here are some more "Hilarious Horrors" [Nov. 11] or, as we call them down here, "ghastlies":
You look a little pale, Socrates. Better drink this pick-me-up.
Oh, I wouldn't worry about Nathan too much, Mrs. Hale. He's probably still hanging around the East somewhere.
Didn't it just make your summer, though, Mrs. Trotsky?
Mrs. Hamilton, meet Mrs. Burr.
How's your wife's pneumonia, Lord Godiva?
DWIGHT W. CARR
Fort Benning, Ga.