“Tol WW, No. 8 SKADALON Tpril 21, 1966
GENEROUS PROPOSALS
by Thomson Littlefield
Considerable opposition has been expressed in New York City and by so-called
liberals throughout the state to bills enabling the city colleges to collect fees
for tuition,
However, as has been pointed out repeatedly in the public press and by ex-
perienced educators, the expectation that students should make some contribution
towards the cost of their education is not only sound psychologically but con-
sistent with both classical economic theory and democracy as reflected in the
Internal Revenue regulations, It is sometimes said that the best things in ‘life
are free, but the fact remains that people value what they have earned far above
any hand-out. A man is ‘bound to respect the wife wham he supports more than some
Little chippy he picks up in a bar or on a beach, who gives” herself away for the
fun of it, Subsidy always breeds restraint and impairs the operation of the free
enterprise system, and government for the people implies the extension to all of
equal opportunity to pay for free education as much as it implies the broadening
of the income tax base,
That the introduction of tuition fees is a general trend, a sign of the march
of democracy, has been parent for some time, Many state universities, including
our own, have moved in this direction, and it is only a matter of time before the
trend will manifest itself in high school and elementary education. Many of the
problems of the blackboard jungle will resolve themselves when boys and girls
realize that they are paying for the privilege of attending school, The careless
free-ride attitude will give way to studious concern when children realize that
their parents are making some sacrifice to send them to school, when they them
selves may have the opportunity to give up some titbit at the family table in
order to help pay for their own education, Instead of free school lunches
cluttered with unhealthful fa ts, it will be lean and salubrious dinner tables,
And how much more easily a child can learn when he is not struggling with the
problems of overweight}
There is no occasion for alarm that this extension of educational democracy
will inflict hardship o the very poor, No family with an income of less’ than
$1,800 a yeare-well within the poverty margiu--will be requir ed to pay the fees,
dnd if children from such families suffer from the ignominy | of getting for nothing
what their more fortunate mates pay for, it is to be remembered that children
from such families are unlikely to have genetic endowment. for taking advantage of
the democratic economic opportunity of which they are deprived.
Any tendency towards glutting the labor market with the in-flow of young
people who interrupt their education at the school-leaving age because they are
unable to foot the fees for higher education will be more than offset by the out-
flow from the labor market of parents, who, because they have been convicted of
violating the compulsory schoel attendance laws and been imprisoned, It is cer—
tainly, by the wey, only a matter of time before democratic opportunity is pre-
sented to the inmates of our state penitentiaries, and they are permitted to make
payment towards the cost of their reformation, How much harder a man will strive
to prepare himself for parole when he is charged a daily fee for his tutelage at
the rock piles
In one or two respects society may seem to be moving ina eg ee eae,
but history is never a steady stream, The Medicare legislation does seem to pur-
sue a different principle freom that by which in education we see the inequity of
making the old and childless support the education of another nants son, But if
Medicare seems to involve an -tindue burden on the young for the medical care of a
favored minority group, democracy reasserts itself in the extension to everyone
of the increased life insurance premiums that will result from the actuarial
changes consequent upon increasing longevity.
The other situation looks at first glance more serious, Whereas Americans
are being’ extended the privilege, mcre and more, of paying for their democratic
education, many who had achieved the privilege of paying for their right to vote
have in recent years been deprived of it, Certainly no right is more fundamental
or mere sacred in a democracy than the voting franchise, But the mills of history
grind as slowly es those of the Gods, and no less fine, A temporary setback in
democracy will not halt free enterprise, Just as tuition fees at the public uni-
versities show the way to tuition fees in the public schools, se these rights, oce
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of his right as a citizen to stand on his own two feet | and lay down the just
payment for his right to vote.
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REVIEW: Tiger at the Gate
by Jean Giraudoux
Delightful is a word not often found in the vocabulary of a college
student, especially in relation to anything their faculty does, However,
last Friday night was an exception to many rules. In reviewing the play,
Tiger at the Gate, at the Golden Eye, we found ourselves using this word
repeatedly and meaning it more each time, 7
Although the Trojan war allegedly took place over 2000 years ago, the
portrayal of this event carries a message of the insanity of war that is
meaningful even to a generation such as ours that has never really experienced
war, The meaning is so graphic that one can draw parallels throughout history.
The chief vehicle for this message was the biting, satirical commentary on the
insanity of war, found especially in the lines of Cassandra, Hector, and Ulysses.
Cassandrats satire was the bitterest because she could foresee the inevita-
bility of the war. Hector, on the other hand, having had to fight, could not
foresee the war because he knew all too well the horrors of war and the pointe
lessness of it. Ulysses was pathetical because, being older than Hector, he had
seen more of war and realized its inevitability as Cassandra did. Cassandra and
Hector were sarcastic in their commentary on war and the state of things in
general; Cassandra because she felt that Fate had decreed that Troy should fight,
and Hector because he knew that the people of Troy, spurred on by the threat of
the Greeks, would eventually turn to war. Both were striving to turn the hope
of peace into reality, but both were fully aware of the futility of their efforts.
The final scenes between Hector and Ulysses showed’ only too well the fact that
omce the machinery of war has been set into motion, no one is capable of stopping
it. :
Mention mist be made of the role played by the poet, Demokos, and the mathe~
matician, Abneos. Here we can see a prime example of the other face of w-r; not
the soldiers who go to battle, but the men who remain behind to reap the glory
of the dead. The poet and the mathematician are excellent examples of two romantic
old men, both too old to fight, yet each desiring war in an attempt to revel in
the glory that the young men died to bring to Troy and strive to undermine any
attempts made by Hector to ward off war. Fate merely uses romanticism of old men
to further the cause of war. ‘
The most outstanding feature of the play was the timelessness of the message
and the humor conveyed by author and the translator. The core of the message was
the insanity of war, carried magnificently by the humor in the play, The insanity
of war was portrayed by contrasting it with the rationality of peace.
The insanity of war was superbly portrayed by the lines between Hector and
the "neutral" expert of international law. The reasons for war, i.e., the
maneuvering of the Greek fleet and the flying of a banner upside down, only
helped to point out the complete madness of war, The very fact that the "expert"
could rationalize either war or peace lended to the further ridiculousness of war.
Of course the suecess of any play is dependent upon the delivery and ex-
pression of the actors, At this time we should like to mention some of the more
outstanding characterizations, Our criterion in selecting outstanding’ characters
was the actor's ability to convey not only the personality of his part, but also
to carry the meaning and humor of the play. é
Mr. John Reilly as Hector gives some outstanding insights into the evils of
war as a professional soldier and artistically uses the insanity of the "war
mongers" for his purposes as a "peace monger." Ulysses, as portrayed by Mr.
Arthur Collins, is the rational statesman who can look beyond war itself to the
Fate which drives men to it. His calm attitude towards the fanaticism of not
only those seeking war but also those seeking peace is particularly carried by
Mr, Collins, Paris (William Small) ond Ajox (Thomson Littlefield) can be classi-
fied as the lighter characters in the vicious eircumst:nces of war. Fr, Small
carries well the lackadaisical attitude of Parish whose only concern is his own
rapture of Helents "beauty," Ajax, on the other hand, takes pleasure in "my best
friends! wives." The ridiculousness of these two characters serves to point out
the insanity of war and its causes, i
Cassandra (Janet Grimes) and Helen (Grace Burian) as the two outstanding
female characters of the play present a contrast to one another in their whole
outlooks on the events surrounding the war, The sarcasm of Cassandra is re-
markably well brought out by Mrs, Grimes by her ability to ¢atch and "milk"!
every line of biting satire in her part. The part of Helen, though difficnlt
to portray because of its intellectual void, was well carried off by Mrs, Burian.
This characterization was successful because of Mrs, Buriants ability to portray
the scatter-brained female whose beauty is only skin deepes
Tn short, the entire cast was, without exception, an outstanding one and
should be congratulated on a fine performance and 2 job well done,
Christine Kirby and Elizabeth Gumper
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SKANDALON
Editor: James Ward
Copy Editor: Steven Brockhouse Publication Coordinator: Karen Clark
Political Affairs Editor: Richard Mack Publication Staff: David Bock
Ecumenics Editor: Babs Brindisi Diane Decker
Foreign Editor: Sandra Thomson
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Rendered us powerless in hia wake,
No sounds he made,
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His presence was enough
To freeze. our hearts.
And as we walked on,
We felt no longer
For our hearts were empty as the air,
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