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UMT —Outdated !
Universal Military Training is not only an out-dated
method for providing the United States, or any nation for
that matter, with the most effective means for preserving
its existence in the international field, but it is also, ideolog
ically speaking, a cultural anachronism.
For three centuries Universal Military Training and its
attendant aggressiveness has given the world only turbu
lence and depravity. Blood and iron have been its tradi
tional norms. Militarism has been the old way; the three
century path to self-destruction. Experience should be a
teacher. Have we learned nothing from our very thor
ough pedagogue?
The Oongress of the United States, if it passes any type
of Universal Military Training bill, will be telling the peo
ples of the entire world, as our representatives, that the
citizens of our nation believe several things:
1. We believe that the best way to prevent war is by
the old way; by a display of might and war potential.
2. We believe that the United States' ideals of peaceful
settlements of international disputes sound fine. But we
really do not think they will work.
3. We believe that the United Nations is a farce. We
have lost faith in its ability to keep the peace, and it is
therefbre useless.
4. We believe war is inevitable, so we might as well
join the international armament race.
Are these the noble ideals that we proclaimed so ad
mirably during the war to a world sunk in despair? Are
these the credos found in the Atlantic Charter, the Decla
ration of the United Nations, the Moscow Declaration, the
Yalta Declaration, the Dumbarton Oaks agreements, or
among the principles and purposes of the Charter of the
United Nations.
They are not. And the world knows that they are not.
America must, even more so now than in , the past, be
the fountainhead of the ideals and practices of peaceful
settlements, ,rights of individuals, and fair play. If we of
the United States, who are able to lead the way, fail in
trust, the world too fails. For we are the only ones left.
Either we are now barren of those great ideals of peace
and freedom that made our country in earlier times the
- New World," or we are incapable of the efficient propa
.ation of these positive peace ideologies.
Universal Military Training, if adopted by the United
States, will be indicative of our willingness to return to the
"old way;" the way that has spelled international disas
ter for the past three-hundred years—Peter Warker.
Letter to the Barbers
I have been following with deep interest the various
Letters to the Editor" and the ads sponsored by CORE. I
iuggest to the barber, who refused to cut the hair of a
Negro World War II veteran and a student of the College
dot because he objected to cutting the hair of a Negro but
because he feared the disapproval of his patrons and fellow
iarbers, to read Sam Walter Floss' poem "The Calf Path."
The poem states that a wandering ,wobbly calf trying to
_'ind its way home at night through the lonesome woods
nade a crooked path which was followed the next day by a
one dog. Then a bell-wether sheep pursued the trail, draw
ng behind him the flock. At last the path became a country
. oad, then a lane that bent and turned and turned again.
['he lane became a village street and at last the main high- I
ray of a flourishing city. The poem ends with: "A hundred
housand men were led by one calf, three centuries dead."
It is easy to go where everyone else goes; it is something
Ise to blaze out a new trail and go it alone. You, Mr. Bar
ier, have been given the opportunity to lead the way toward
'etter race relations in a city that was founded on much
ifgher principles and in which is located a State college
hat has become renowned throughout the United States
or its treatment of the race question. There is something
bout being an individual besides suffering for it. A strong
udividual will tell pretty well who a person is and what he
vill be in the years to come.
I respectfully submit the following as a guide to all fu
ure problems concerning race in State College and else
vh ere:
"If you discriminate against me because of my manners
'retorted one whose color is not white) I can improve. If
)ecause of my intellect, I can learn. If because of my eco
iomic station, I can do something about it. But if you dis
riminate against me because of my skin color (which God
ave me) I am helpless."
NSA is sponsoring a legislative
lye to get Congress to retain
NI laws that exuire Maron 31.
fie is the Maritime Commission
, 2.4. The Commission operates
adent ships that would take stu
nts on summer trios to Europe.
NSA Notes
The other is the Coast Guard
Waiver which sets un stringent
r.fetv regulations for ships. If the
waiver is not renewed most ships
That now might be used to trans
port students this summer would
have to stay in dry-dock all sum
mer to refit.
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA
E. G. MILLER
"I know you're getting $73 a month now but you'l) have to find
some place else to hide your, savings!"
Editor's Mail call
UM T Necessary
TO THE EDITOR: Eminent
military leaders. including Gen
eral Eisenhower, have often been
misquoted or. Universal Military
Training' and needs for National
Defense. The following words
from his final report as Chief of
Staff should be important to those
who desire to think clearly and
act wisely on this subject:
"At this writing, the United
States has taken no steps to aasure
itself the necessary numbers of
trained men who must be imme
diately available for the Armed
Forces and civil defense in a fu
ture war. This dangerous condi
tion persists although a Practical
solution. Universal Military Train
ing, has been discussed on a na
tion-wide scale for several years
and apparently has the endorse
ment of sin overwhelming major
ity of Americans. Of it. the Presi
dent's Advisory Commission says:
" 'We do not believe there is any
other way of guaranteeing that
the Armed Forces will be able tv
count on a sufficiently soeedY
flow of trained men to win a war
if large-scale fighting for bases or
invasion of the enemy homeland
are naeded. But, even more imme-
CALENDAR
Wednesday, March 10
PSCA Marriage Seminar. 405
Old Main. 6:46 p.m.
SIGMA Tau. 100 EE, 6:30 p.m.
WRA Bowling Club; WH. 6:30
n m.
LION Party Publicity Commit
tee. 1 Sparks. 11 a.m.
DRUIDS. 418 Old Main. 7 p.m.
CHIMES. Dean of Women's Of
lice. Old Main. 5 D.M.
THETA Sigma Phi. 412 010
Main. 6:30 D.M.
At the Movies
CATHAUM—Secret Beyond the
Door.
STATE,--Alias A Gentleman
NITTANY—Shoe Shine,
College Hospital
Admitted Monday: Marion Fos
dick.
Discharged Tuesday: Albin
.Johnson. Charles Bair. Lois Flynn
Winton Oshorne
Placement Service
Bakelite Corporation. March 10.
11. eighth semester men from
Chem. Eng.
Chrysler Institute. March
eighth semester men from Chem.
Eng.. Metallurgy.
Ohio-Apex Co.. Inc.. March 17.
18. eighth semester men fro',
Chern. Eng.. Chem.
New Jersey Zinc Company of
Pa.. March 17. eighth semester
men from ME. Chem. Eng.. Metal
lurgy.
National Advisory Committee
for Aeronautics. March 15, 1G
eighth semester men from AE,
CE. Arch. Eng.. EE. Chem.. ME.
Physics. Metallurgy. Mathematics.
diately and even more certainly.
these ',retrained young men will
be ready to cope with the uncre
cedented problems of internal se
curity which atomic warfare will
bring. problems of such magni
tulle that our failure to meet them
k.t once. wherever they developed.
might lose us the war overnight."
—Ben H. Chastain°,
Colonel Infantry.
Parking Problems
TO THE EDITOR:
Now I hear there is a oroblen,
About a walking man—
But who he is or where he
Well. I don't care a damn.
Of one thing I am certain tho—
And that I now relate—
The walking man does not reside
On the Caroms of old Penn
State.
There really is no room to walk
Across our Campus fair—
Because there are too many cars
Parked most everywhere.
Everyone must drive his car
Right uo to the door
Of the building where they work—
For walking is A bore.
On the walks the cars are parked—
With doors locked so securely
And if you give the drivers Hell—
They smile—so demurely.
Yes. parking is a problem—
Gets larger every day—
Someone should tell those trustees
That cars are here to stay.
Let's have more uarkine areas—
Maybe a fine or two—
And then the' parking problem
Will vanish in the blue.
—Captain Philip A. Mark.
Campus Patrol.
EUGENE O'NEILL'S
"THE
GREAT
Mar. 11, 12, 13 GOD
Curtain 8 p.m.
BROWN"
Schwab Aud.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10, 1048
NSA-
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exchange of students with Eu
ropean countries and exchange of
publications to stimulate inter
change of ideas and promote in.
ternational friendship.
Robert Troxell, All - College
vice-president is vice-presdent f
the state NSA region,
Included on the Cabinet agen
da submdtted by Thomas J. Lan
nen, All-College president are
appointments to the College safe
ty Committee, Pan American
Day Committee, Elections awn
mittee.
Reports will be made by the
Book Exchange Committee, Con
stitutional Revision Group, Stu
dent Agency Program comandttee,
and Elections Committee.
A motion to appropriate $26
for CORE which is now tabled
will come up for discussion.
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN
Successor to the rree Lance. eat urn
Published Tuesday through Saturday
mornings during the College year by
the staff of the Daily Collegian of the
Pennsylvar.ia State College. Entered as
second class matter July 5, 1934, at the
State College, Pa.. Post Office under the
act of March 3, 1879. $2.50 a semester:
$4.25 the school year.
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Donald W Ellis
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