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•ilfy;Page TwoEditorialsGRADUATION- GATEWAYTO C WMLEN&EInsecurity Not Always BadIt's that time of year again when classes are over, preparationfor graduation are made, and the inevitable commencementaddresses are given. The challenges offeredby guest speakers are sometimes good, sometimes bad.What can one say to the young at heart and spirit in aworld as volatile as ours in the late 20th Century?Perhaps one of the best ideas expressed was stated byan educator recently: Let us prepare our people for a lifeof insecurity. Sounds contrary to all thinking, doesn't it?But examine the rest of what was said:A feeling of security results in eventual mediocrity. Afeeling of insecurity will result in challenges that will leadto invention, discovery, and a search for better answers.How does this work ? Very simply.Dismiss any connection of the idea of insecurity fromits emotional concept.physical challenges.Now apply, it only to mental andSuddenly the idea becomes quiteclear.If the scientist is insecure about his results, then he isforever'seeking improvement and bends his efforts towardnew horizons. The writer who is insecure will always say,"This is not good enough. I'll have to try again."This idea of insecurity also could be called a feelingof non-complaisance. Self-satisfaction often leads to theacceptance of anything presented, merely to avoid diss*pleasure. Non-complaisance will cause one to find betterways, newer ideas, greater challenges, and eventually newdiscoveries.So the idea of insecurity isn't so bad, after all. Perhapsour graduates should head in that direction. TheywiM \$& winners if they do.Treasures Found in BooksOne finds Earth's richest treasure in books. They areships loaded with cargoes of ideas that come floating downthe stream of time.Reading them will educate you, entertain you, broadenyour mind, and will save you for times to come. Thereis no other pleasure in life so full of immediate satisfaction,so devoid of later regret; no other pleasure can be lookedupon with equal pleasure.A book is one of the few things one can buy that canbe enjoyed again and again with renewed interest.Through reading one can visit any country in the world orfeel as if you were there at some great event in history.Charles Dickens once said that reading was one of thebest defenses against temptation. With them, he felt thatanyone would be out of touch with the world.Man is always striving to learn more and more, andthe easiest way to learn is to read. Without reading, noknowledge' would be passed on exactly as it really was andwould eventually have to be re-learned again as if it werenew. So if you're really interested in learning, read.Honors Awarded EC BricklayersTwo Evening College studentsreceived top honors in the statebricklaying competition held inTorrance last month.Defeating 18 other 'bricklayersfor the state championship, DonaldG. Hamilton, a member of SanDiego Bricklayers Union Local 11,was a recent winner of the countybricklaying apprentice contest.Hamilton, an employee of theSiraitline Masonry Company, received$100 cash and several trophiesfrom the California MasonryContractors Conference.Clayton Jongetjes placed secondfor the second time in the statecompetition. Jongetjes, a memberof Local 11, and an employee ofFaber Masonry, was a runnerupto Hamilton in local competition.Jongetjes received $75.THE KNIGHT OWLJun e 6.Opinion Po(['Student Revolt' Blamed on LjI Home Life, Need for Identity1Demonstrations today on manycampuses, called the "student revolt,"(the revolt against presentmores, including established sociological,political, and economicpatterns) is of great concern tomany. The Knight Owl asked studentstheir opinions for the causeof the undertone and the possibleresults.Maria D. Wallow: "I believe thealarming rate of student revoltsis the result of over permissivenesswhich began in the home andthen was extended in the schoolYouths of today have so muchfreedom, they don't seem to knowhow to cope with it. Basic 'Freedomof Speech' has been abused,misused, and misinterpreted. Thereappears to be a complete breakdownin communications. If problemsexist, students should beheard and an attempt made to correctthe situation; however, constantrevolt and rebellion can onlyresult in a breakdown of existingsystems vital to growth and progress.A solution would be forthe masses of rebels to directsome of their misguided fervorand energy towards helping tosolve some of the crucial problemsaffecting others in this world."Student LeaderInterest Needed,Says AS PresidentIn an effort to enlist more EveningCollege students in studentgovernment, newly-elected PresidentAlice L. Lipscomb has. voicedher opinion on the need for greaterstudent interest and participation.Her statement is printed below:"The other night, while on abreak, a student said to me, 'Youare on A.S., why isn't there a cigarettemachine on campus?' Thisquestion is repeated at least 100times a semester. Do you knowthe answer?' Unfortunately, that section ofthe Education Code that applies tojunior colleges is the same sectionthat applies to high schools."In April, 1967, 500 Junior Collega students in the State of Californiamet in Los Angeles to considerwhat action junior collegestudents could and should take onmatters of primary concern totheir constituents; such as the'cigarette machine problem.'"There is, however, only so muchthat the elected officers and councilmembers can do on your behalf.YOU must do something. YOUmust act, not leave it for 'theother guy.'"Student government has a threefoldopportunity. First, participationcarries one credit per semester(maximum three credits).Second, it will contribute to youroverall development as an individualand contribute much to theeffective government of yourschool. Third, student governmentis a speech arts class, whichshould be of primary concern toevery student expecting to dealwith the public in the future.'In reality, Student Governmentis a class in parliamentary procedure,politics, psychology, sociology,democratic processes,' andfinance."Consider that participation inStudent Government is a vital partof your college life. Consider thatif Student Government did not exist,accreditation would not existand no units of credit would betransferrable to a state college ora university."Join Student Government andbe a decision maker. Student Governmentneeds you."Kenneth w'^u Smith: smith: "The cause, in bed to their cause, the!tached to their cause, the*my opinion to begin with, is therecognition. Probably 3lack of discipline in their earlierlives. They are against everything,for to be for something is to bea conformist. But they are conformistsin the worst possible,mindless way. Patriotism is passe.They want to enjoy all of the freedomsbut they want us to winthem . . . they will use them. Theyrebel against the draft because itplaces them under authority andbecause soma of them are just 'plain mama's boys . . . they'rechicken.'No good is going to come ofall of this. They are turning publicopinion against them. No oneasked them to go to college; ifthey don't like the way the collegesare run . . . get out. Don'tlet them cheat deserving and conscientiousstudents out of theircollege space by taking up enrollmentspace just to carry on riotsin universities."Shirley Wright: "I feel that waris one thing we can't stop. Surewo want peace for ourselves only.But I don't think we should beselfish with our freedom. Thereare others who are striving forthis right and we should aid othersto obtain theirs also. Many havedied to help us gain our freedomand likewise, we should aid ourbrothers."Robert N. Smith: "The cause ofthe 'undertone' is nothing new . . .merely a continuation of the basicWallow Smithdissatisfaction which has probablyalways existed with that age groupwhic his discovering that they,too, are capable or originalthought and expression. The palpableresult of this expression isamplified through the improvedcommunications of this age. Also,the 'rebels' are in reality seekingto identify—the more notority at-in fifty will carry thesebeliefs into their mature"The present 'revolt' is Jycouraged by the increasingmissiveness of our modern Lof philosophy, as evidenced urecent emphasis on civil aakWright Sniand the trend toward the!lion that anyone is entitled!rights regardless of the deresponsibility, civic, mslotherwise, exhibited byson. I believe, or at least fehope, that the result of |will be an effective mowthe American people to]the growing trend toward Iirresponsibilitygovernment."andThe KNIGHTThe KNIGHT OWL it o lobodmental newspaper of the Son DieajCollege Journalism Workshop.funds ore used in its publication.:is maintained through Associated]funds and paid advertising.Editorials are the opinions ofond do not reflect official policyDiego Evening College. All "UKEditor" must be signed and rinlregistration number included.All correspondence is to be didEditor, San Diego Evening CollefUOWLrCALIFORNIA NEWSPJW|mUSHERS^afeASSHJMember:California Newspaper PublisherJournalism Association of Jr"Editor-in-Chief —Page Editors - Jean Thomas,Maxine Davis, HEditorial Staff~4^—Barbara Munson, SandalAdvertising; ManagerAdviser — - '.'-lei*'Student Activities Of|Staffed By New PersonAn expanded student activitiesprogram has called for the employmentof two activities officeclerks who will watch programcontinuity during the regularschool year as well as during thesummer session.Replacing John Lovi at Citycampus is Mrs. Helen Teague. AtMesa campus is Mrs. Jan Kochersberger.She replaces Bob Bunkerwho has joined the book store staffat California Western University.Both women will oversee, the detailsof the student activities programsat the two campuses.Teague KochersbergerSan Diegan 18 YearsMrs. Teague, a soft-spoken motherof four children, is married toa retired newspaperman. Comingfrom Connecticut, the Teagueshave lived in the San Diego areafor the past 18 years. An activePTA worker who also served onthe Committee of Citizens for BetterSchools, Mrs. Teague is a memberof the League of Women Votersand is also active inof community service, Ibies include oil paintinging. She worked as ain private business mmental agencies prior tjEvening College.Hails From New ZeafajJFrom "way down untjMrs. Kochersberger. \Auckland, New ZcalaaJbeen in this countryjin San Diego nearly twojer of three children,from 5 through 7 ye*Mrs. Kochersberger mmuch time for outsijWbut she enjoys switennis. -?An attractive brufl^Kochersberger has anphilosophy, "I try not Jworry me for there artlutions to problems. Led by her strong sense