Rider University - Shadow Yearbook (Lawrenceville, NJ)

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QQ RIDER 1- 4 R .. K. ' MF. and universities in the decade ahead will be those which have not simply reacted to the environment. We pledge to take those steps necessary to ensure continued aca- demic growth as the College enters its second century of service. Early in December, the Carnegie Commission on Higher Education released its report on college financing and stated that, A new depression has struck American colleges and universities and their deepening financial plight can be overcome only by a massive national ef- fort. The national effort, the report continued, would cost an additional several hundred million dollars annually. Commission chairman Dr. Clark Kerr warned that higher education was facing the greatest financial diffi- culty ever, with two-thirds of the United States' colleges and universities in either grave financial difficulties or headed that way. The commission further points out that if the in- stitutions are to survive, they must receive more substan- tial funds from the federal and state governments. Also, institutions must help themselves by cutting costs. fi 33

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1 TYWQQQQE at:s-- At Rider we are constantly striving to utilize more ef- fectively existing facilities on a year-round basis. The an- nual visitations to our campus by groups such as Educa- tional Testing Serviceg Lybrand, Ross Brothers and Montgomery, and the American Institute of Real Estate Appraisers helps to augment our operating income. But these groups are in residence for short periods of time. Therefore, we need to devise new ways to bring addi- tional organizations to the campus, especially during the summer months. We are now investigating the possibility of having interested members of the alumni spend sev- eral days at a time or even longer periods on campus attending lectures and seminars in a program of contin- uing education. We think a statement made on April 21, 1966 by Mr. John A. Brown, Jr., Vice President and Dean of Faculties at The George Washington University is significant. Mr. Brown stated, Astonishing accomplishments at Rider have been made over the past ten years. To move a col- lege, develop new physical facilities and strengthen it academically all at the same time and to do this without a major financial gift is an accomplishment that has not of- 32 ll ,. gl l is ten been matched. There are few institutions that will not change in the next ten years because all will be affected by the general movement of the times. The most successful colleges

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Under The Lights Have You Ever Worked, Raised A Family, Gone To Classes And Studied-All At The Same Time? Night School Students Do lt' my ti i-lu.-was by Barry J. Zadworny, Evening Senate Vice-President Attending the Evening School program for over eight years means any and for all of the following: fighting to beat the five o'clock traffic rush and hoping to grab at least a sandwich before going to a Pe- riod A class. . . . arriving on the campus at 6:25 p.m. and looking for a parking spot close to Memorial Hall in order to make class on time. .. . buying coffee and a donut from Nick between classes so as to make up forthat dinner you lost. . . . fighting the mass exodus from the parking lot to Lawrenceville Road right after classes. . . . looking over the grades in the Mail Room after the end of each semester and, at the same time, wondering what courses to take the next time around. . . . standing in line outside the Evening School office during registration to fill out forms, pay tuition and some- how managing to find time to get to the Book Store. . . . buying a book at the start of the semester and find- ing out that the professor won't even use it. . . . studying at work during lunch hour for the eve- ning's class. . . . studying in the stairway of Memorial Hall between classes. . . . arriving home late at night and trying to study for tomorrow night's class. . . . struggling to finish a term paper, while staying up late at night Cnothing unusualj, typing and re-typing. . . . spending more time with the family during Christ- mas and spring recess to make up for the time that had previously been promised, 34