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-]'- TELEVISION CLASSES All PSC students are exposed to that educational en- tertainment form, TV classes. Most endure them and register no complaints. Some bask in the anonymity TV classes provide and are supporters. But those who find fault are vocal and express their discontent loud- ly, often blaming TV for the gamut of educational maladies including their own inadequacies. No division has escaped the pervasive influence of TV. Everyone meets the Droning Demon in Health 150. Spring term 1,364 faced it again in four survey courses. Ceology enrolled 175 in three sections; World Literature, 229 in four sections; philosophy, 280 in two sections; and psychology, 666 in seven sections. ln Health alone there were 6-16 in eight sections. TV will continue to spread. Student discontent came to a head winter term with a petition circulated in Ceology 202 by a disgruntled upperclassman. The petition, signed by 89 of 233 geology students, was widely publicized and brought a spate of pro and con editorials on TV classes. The student appeal claimed to be a reaction against "machine age education." lt protested multiple-guess tests using IBM sheets, too much information being thrown at the students, and rapid-fire lectures. Some of the gripes have been common ever since educa- tion was forced to adjust to crowds of students. But TV bore the blame. 19