| Show Air Crash Victim Essay Praised 1 EDITOR'S At Monday's Board of A. Ray Olp n commented on the 16 mid a r of Utan over New York City which took the lives of three University Rebecca Frank and wu were aboard the jetliner which collided another killing nomination The President told the Regents of a. blue book written by Miss a in Letters and which had come to his He praised the essay quest written for a which told of Youths Miss Woodward's family and the University have given permission its and the Chronicle take pleasure in reproducing it By REBECCA WOODWARD I believe that America's youth's major problem is centered around immaturity and in not standing up for what they The problem is a general one and certainly not concerning all but because it does pertain to a large portion of I will write in Being a University I will deal with incidents which I have encountered here on campus and also through previous The other day when I walked into the 1 saw a group of my friends sitting at a table near the I walked over and joined From the way in which they had their heads huddled together and from the earnest expressions on their I gathered that they were in some deep philosophical As I sat for a few moments and listened to what they were I was amazed and Were they talking about the possibility of evolution through Old World Were they talking about the latest accusations made by Were they discussing the latest political stands made by President-elect Were they even discussing the crummy material published by the They were trying to decide wether it was better to have pre-marital sex relations or to wait until after I am not one to prohibit discussions about sex and but this situation has not arisen one but many In the lounge at I don't get in discussions about classes or politics but and It is the rare person I have met that discusses anything PERHAPS THIS gives you the impression that I am raising myself above the level of the average college In a way I guess I but probably if you caught me talking in a it would be about sex or If I didn't talk about these I probably wouldn't talk about anything I've often wondered what most students think about when they are by other than fact that they think they ought to study So m v of my friends can hardly stand to be alone and is particularly true of the Instead of stav 1 in their rooms and they go down to and get les I wonder how many of the young really do stop and not on terms of now n tonight but on terms of next five years from m now and ten years from So many of the fellows I most of whom eventually get married and have families are their opportunity for higher They studying for finals at p.m. Sunday night w they were a little more mature and looked at Hf other than living it for the they would hav realized that they should have been studying 15 What is even more distressing about th situation is that most of them don't really car It's kind of like a When freshmen first com up to the they have great goals and are determined to do They study hard and the What is the reaction of their friend what are you trying to prove ol bookworm and so The poor student is given the once Because he wants to be well-accepted bv his friends and to be a part of he accents their apathetic attitude about Whereas at the first of the he was digging and he now relaxes and gradually slips back to the point where he is no longer even a good THIS HAPPENED to one of the fellows up at Ballif He is a brilliant student with above average intelligence but because his friends gave him such a bad time about his average his first quarter as a freshman and because he had just barely turned he succumbed to their ridicule now makes blossoming Students seem to adjust to their environments very regardless of whether the environments are good or There are so many students who could do top notch work but because they care too much about other people and what these people think of they lower their standards until they can feel What I would like to is the students around this University getting some backbone and standing up for what they believe is This is a part of maturity and definitely a part of If a student can't believe in what he stands what can he believe |
