Montgazette, Vol. 03, No. 17, 1969-06-06

              Montgazette
Montgomery County Community College
FINAL
5 STAR
Vol. 3 No.
Conshohocken, Pa.
June 6, 1969
ASSEMBLY MEETS FOR LAST TIME
On Wednesday May 28, the
Student Assembly held its last
official meeting. Unlike many of
the previous gatherings, the final
meeting was orderly, quiet, and
almost stoic. The assembly
members realized that the time
had come to end this year's work
and make preparations for a well
earned summer vacation. They
had earned it.
In the few short months that
the Student Assembly was
officially operating, a number of
important decisions, rule changes,
and new laws were made. The
revised election procedures which
paved the way for a more
effective student government for
next year was just one important
contribution made by the Student
Assembly.
Another important factor that
will make next year's government
more effective was the Assembly's
constant insistance that student
funds be controlled by the
students. Perhaps Barbara Strohm,
Staff Positions Open
The Montgazette is presently
accepting applications from
students who wish to work on the
staff during the fall, 1969
semester. Any person who is
interested in the newspaper field
is urged to apply.
There are openings in the
following areas for your specific
talents.
Assistant Editors
Columnists
Feature News Reporters
Interviewers
Pollsters
Photographers
Photography Technicians-
Advertising Personnel
Cartoonists
Typists
Secretaries
News Reporters
Sports Reporters
Accounting Personnel
Lay-Out personnel
Circulation Personnel
Your are invited to pick up an
application in the Montgazette
office in the Student Center at
5th and Harry Streets.
Latitudes Needs
Manuscripts
Next year's Latitudes Staff
wants manuscripts. Students are
encouraged to sharpen their
literary skills during the summer
and if they would like, send any
manuscripts to:
Latitudes
Care of Linda May
Morris Road
Ambler, Pa. 19002
Upon consideration, these
manuscripts may be published in
next year's Latitudes.
Latitudes is also anxious to
receive any photographs,
paintings, or other material that
can be printed. Students who wish
to submit such art forms should
also send them to the above
address.
next year's Treasurer, will have a
more important role in student
affairs as a result of the Student
Assembly's persistance.
A bill which stated what
students were free to do was
revised and passed. This bill after
some extensive revision, provided
the students with a piece of paper
that would protect them from any
future unjustices that might be
committed by the administration.
(The Responsibilities, Rights, and
Freedoms of Students" is on Dr.
Worthington's desk at this time. It
is expected that it will take effect
some time next year.)
All things condidered, it had
been a productive year for the
Student Government on
Montgomery County Community
College. But the members of
Student Government are not the
ones who will benefit from the
changes made; students who
attend Montco in the years to
come will be the ones who reap
the harvest planted by the
farsightedness of this year's
governmental body.
Pandora's Box
By Scott Wolfe
For the past two semesters the staff of the Montgazette has
continually found itself under fire from either the student body, the
faculty or the administration for the content of its articles or the
attitudes of the written material which appears in said publication.
It seems that all parties concerned feel that the entire purpose of
this newspaper has been, and intends to continue to be an arbitrary
cutting block for any and all major and minor mistakes made by every
and any constituant of this college.
The question has on various occasions been put to us, "Why aren't
there any nice articles in the newspaper. Everything you write seems
to be a cut on some one. There must be something happening at the
college that you could write about in a nice light."
This dear readers is absolutely true. There are many things at
Montgomery that do warrent fair coverage and ample credit, and on
such occasions when these events and deeds have been made known,
the Montgazette has in fact given the proper consideration to all
parties involved. We are not in the least bit squeemish or reluctant to
give credit where credit is due, nor are we attempting to put things in
a worse light than they already are, but this staff shares one common
asset with bigger and better publications. We do refuse to elaborate on
wonderfulness where no wonderfulness exists.
Believe it or not, or like it or not, this is a college newspaper, not a
fourth grade reader. You will not find within these pages the lingering
nicities of a fantacy world or the repugnant flattery of a social
calendar. What you will find here is the truth, honestly and sometimes
too realistically reported. But that is our job.
Like any other newspaper, large or small, we have a responsibility
to you the students; and we have a choice. We can either present you
with an idealogical picture of absurdity, or we can give you an actual
account of events and happenings. In short we can lie or we can tell
the truth.
We do not and will not make excuses for the actions of anyone at
this college. We feel that to do so would be a drastic injustice to
anyone who reads the Montgazette.
However, this claim is not a new one. It has been repeated in these
pages time and time again, but somehow it has been ignored by our
readers. Ignored, because to step forward and criticize the newspaper
face to face has always meant that an offer of service will be handed
out; and no one wants to help, only to criticize.
When this staff took over and our first two editions appeared there
were a few discruntaled students who claimed that they could do a
better job. But when they were asked if they would in fact do that
better job, they backed down.
Since then a key to the newspaper office hangs on our bulletin
board. It signifies the position of our editor. All anyone had to do in
these last seven months is to walk into this office and pick, up the key.
As of this moment that key is yet unclaimed.
And in all probability it will remain unclaimed as long as the five
people who now comprise this staff are will to struggle along.
There have also been rumors that a group of students intends to
take over the newspaper next year and make it a real voice of the
students. The probability of this ever taking place is also zilch.
Why? Because to take over this newspaper means work, time,
effort and strong nerves which can take the relentless stream of abuse.
From what I have seen here at Montgomery County Community
College, no such individuals exist, not on this campus at least.
Willingness to relinquish time and to put forth effort are just not
qualities on Montco students.
I could also say the same of several of the faculty members at the
college, but to do so would be rather unfair. I have only been in close
contact with a limited number of "concerned" faculty members. One,
who reniged on his advisory obligations, and two others who are
continually cutting the paper to ribbons in both then classes and their
outside associations. And these people fall into the same catagory as
the students. All eager to condemn, but very few willing to part with a
few precious hours a week to help.
Continued on pg. 2
Farewell To The Prince
It is a hard life being a prince.
Hard and thankless. As a youth
the Fair Prince believed that in
the hour of reckoning, those who
love truth, justice, etc. would
flock to his banner and follow
him from dawn to dusk or visa
versa. But from dawn to dusk is a
long time for anyone especially
when anyone happens to be a
peasant. The Prince sadly found
that peasants couldn't be
bothered with trivial matters
which will concern their wellbeing
in the future but have no real
importance now. It seems that
dreams and beliefs disintigrate for
princes too.
The hours of confrontations
between our hero and the higher
order of the monarchy had come
and gone. A battle had been won,
but the battle was only a holding
action. Holding actions don't win
wars; they only prolong the
agony. The agony that shredded
our hero was the complacent
attitude of the peasants. They
would rise and act for an instant,
but all too soon, dance, drink, and
dreams of mother pushed all
interest and zeal out the royal
gate. The Fair Prince was left
standing alone in the dust left
behind by the peasants. It could
be said that the Fair Prince had
been given "ye old royal shaft."
True to his metal, our hero
came back again and again. He
possessed boundless faith in the
will and the intelligence of his
subjects. It therefore seemed odd
to him that this faith would be so
rudely stamped upon and carted
off as so much fertilizer. Even a
prince grows tired of having his
faith thrown back in his face. It
doesn't exactly taste like kidney
pie. Disgarded faith has been the
downfall of princes since the
beginning of time.
Once not many years ago our
hero had a friend who also
watched   over   the   unknowing
subjects of his domain. His friend
journeyed to the limits of his
domain in search of evil, and like
the Fair Prince he too warned his
subjects of any impending'
dangers. One by one the subjects
became more and more
complacent until there came a day
when they discovered that all
freedom had been lost.
When freedom is lost, peasants
will do almost anything to
recapture it. They will even obey
those peasants who do not have
everyone's best interests in mind.
Before the peasants b e co m e
cognizant of this fact, a full scale
revolution is lost, it isn't the evil
ones that are punished. Quite
often they become folk heroes.
The innocent peasants and the
princes are the ones that feel the
executioner's blade.
The Fair Prince's friend felt the
blade rip apart his dreams. His
friend's mistake was not looking
up. The Fan Prince is not so
stupid. If the axe is to fall, our
hero's head is not going to roll.
The blood on the slaughter block
will belong to the peasants who
didn't give a damn until it was too
late. There is no place in society
for headless princes. Or headless
peasants.
The Fair Prince will leave
Suckerville and Idiotshire. His
chest will be covered with medals
that mean nothing more than the
fact that somebody made them.
He will be able to find future
employment. His neck will remain
intact, and the world will still
exist. But the peasants of
Suckerville will be dead and gone,
and rightly so. Peasants who do
not wish to live meaningful! lives
have no real right existing on a
sphere that is already bulging with
human protoplasm. They must be
eliminated. They will be
eliminated. But the Fair Prince
will go on.. So we will say farewell
to the Fair Prince and to Hell with
the peasants.