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The Unfettered Soul
President Truman, when he can restrain him
self from using certain mundane frontier phrases
which upset Drew Pearson and others, often says
stimulating things. For example, while accepting
an honorary degree from Rollins College last
week, our non-college President said:
"Education is our first line of defense. . . .
America's hope, our hope, the hope of the world,
is in education. Through education alone can we
combat the tenets of communism. The unfettered
soul of free men offers a spiritual defense, uncon
quered and unconquerable."
Now Mr. Truman did not specify whether the
all-redeeming force of education should come by
the methods famous at Rollins where coeds
frolic all day in rather informal and unhampering
attire, and where classroom lectures are passe.
If he was serious, and he should have been if he
wasn't, the President probably was upholding edu
cation in general. Later in his speech, he said that
neither communism nor fascism "can survive el;-
amintion by . . . men and women free to search
for truth."
It is a moot point whether education alone is
the answer to world unrest and strife. Education
should be given a chance, however, provided we
can agree on what education is.
Another phrase uttered by Mr. Truman strikes
us as having key importance—the unfettered soul.
That is essential. If it is impaired, "education"
may come to mean "finding the truth to be what
ever the ruling powers of the moment say it is."
May all attempts to clamp down on academic
freedom meet vigorous opposition from unfettered
souls.
51,, Salet 9 Valve
Books for Democracy
The following letter, slightly condensed, is
published with the hope that charitable read
ers will respond to the plea expressed by the
president of Legarda Memorial College in the
Philippines.
I send this letter with the hone that its contents
may be taken up with your more fortunate stu
dent body and faculty who embrace the same
ideals and ideologies as the student body and
faculty of my institution.
While your government has been generous
enough to undertake rehabilitation work in my
country, the destruction wrought by the war is so
great that no amount of government aid could
reach the most deserving. It is for this group that
I am appealing to you and to all your students
and faculty for help in the form of a book dona
tion to the Legarda Memorial College.
My school needs books very badly but the stu
dents do not have the means to buy them. Text
books, supplementary reading books, home read
•ng books, of elementary, high school and colle
giate levels can be shipped to Legarda Memorial
College at Sisa and Calabash Streets, Sampaloc,
Manila, Philippines.
These books in the hands of students who need
them will go a long way towards the preserva
tion of American democracy in the East where
communism may take root if not immediately
challenged by leaders of thought.
• Persons who wish to donate books to this
cause may leave them in the office of Ralph W.
McComb, College librarian.
Edit Briefs
• Sunday's newspapers from New York and
Philadelphia were not delivered until 11 a.m. due
to an "unavoidable train delay." Student News
Agency says every effort will be made to prevent
surh delays henceforth.
That's a neat trick . , preventing the unavoidable
THE
ALLENCREST
TEA ROOM
Our annual "St. Patrick's Day Candle
light Dinner" will be served Thursday
evening.
You will enjoy the pleasant, homey
atmosphere . . . and the delicious,
St. Patrick's Day specials.
The 4tt
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Tea Room
—John Bonnell.
—D. P. Villaflores
Ballet Russe
Class Gift Suggestions
Seniors who are vitally concerned about using their class gift
funds for the best ultimate good for the greatest number of students
for the longest time, have until 4 o'clock this afternoon to submit
theii gift suggestions at the Student Union desk.
After screening by the class gift committee to eliminate specious
proposals, the slate to be voted upon will be approved at a meeting
of the class in Schwab Auditorium at 6:45 p.m. Sunday.
Individual efforts should be made to submit as many worthy
projects for consideration as possible; the wider the choice, the
better chances are that an outstanding gift will ultimately be chosen.
Screening should separate the wheat from the chaff, the feasible
from the impractical, the useful from the decorative, the widely
beneficial from the restricted usage.
Empty the Camps in 149
With the contributions obtained in the 1948 United Jewish
Appeal campaign, the nation of Israel was created. To anchor the
infant nation economically today is but one of the major objectives
of the 1949 drive.
Seven goals are listed by leaders of the campaign, among
which are
Liquidation of the problem of the Jewish displaced persons be
for the end of the year. More than 100,000 homeless Jews remain in
camps and D.P. centers.
Immigration into Israel of a minimum of 180,000 Jewish refugees
from D.P. centers.
Launching of a housing program in Israel to absorb a flow of
immigration averaging no less than 15,000 a month and to house
more than 40,000 newly arrived immigrants.
Increased assistance to the larger number of refugees expected
to reach the United States under a revised D.P. act.
Adequate relief measure to cope with the rapid deterioration
of the position of 1,000,000 Jews in North Africa.
Countless lives depend on immediate support of the 1949 United
Jewish Appeal campaign.
IFC Meeting, 219 EE, 7:15 p.m.
NEWMAN Club Discussion Group, Church Rec
tory, 7 p.m.
PENN STATE Bible Fellowship, 417 Old Main,
4 p.m.
WRA Badminton, WH gym, 6:15 p.m.
WRA Bowling (beginners), WH, 6:30 p.m.
WRA Modern Dance, WH, 7 p.m.
WRA Modern Dance Concert Gro u p, WI!, 8
p.m.
INTERNATIONAL Relations Club, N. Lounge,
Simmons, 7:30 p.m.
DEUTSCHER VEREIN, Home Economics Liv
ing Center, 7:30 p.m.
COLLEGE PLACEMENT
Arrangements for interviews should be made in 204 ONI fbN
st once.
Linde Air Products Co., March 16 and 17, June
grads in Chem Eng, ME, EE, CE, lE, Metallurgy,
Chemistry, and Physics. Also M.S. and Ph.D. can
didates in Chemistry and Physics.
Shell Oil Co., Inc., Tulsa, Okla., March 17, June
grads in 8.5., M.S. in Geology and Mineralogy,
Mining Eng, Petroleum and Natural Gas. Eng
Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Co., March 17,
June grads with 8.5., M.S., and Phi. in Chem
Eng and Ph.D. in Chemistry.
Carbide & Carbon Chemicals Corp., March 17
and 18, June grads with B.S. and IVI.S. in ME,
Chem Eng, and Chemistry. Major number of op
portunities are in operations and laboratories.
Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, March 18 and
19, June grads receiving 8.5., M.S., and Ph.D. de
grees in Chem and Physics, also men with 2.0
averages in EE, Chem Eng, and ME.
Air Material Command, Wright-Patterson Air
Force Base, March 21 and 22, June grades in Aero
nautical Eng, ME and EE, receiving 8.5., M.S.
and Ph.D. degrees. The work will be in conjunc
tion with the U.S.A.F. research and development
program.
Bailey Meter Co., March 18, June grads in ME
and EE.
Philadelphia Electric Co., March 21, June grads
in EE and ME. Also a few juniors for summer
employment in above curricula.
The Texas Co., 'March 21 and 22, June grads
with 8.5., M.S., and Ph.D. in EE, ME, CE, Chem
Eng, Chem, and Physics. Opportunities are in re
search,• development, engineering, processing, and
foreign service.
Men who filled out preliminary applications for
the Pennsylvania Railroad should report to Col
lege Placement Service at once.
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., March 24 and 25,
June grads in Chem Eng, ME, RE, and lE. Need
for Chemical Engineers lies chiefly in the fields of
product and process development. The majority of
mechanical, electrical and industrial engineers
will be needed in the field of production manage
ment. A few men will be required for plant engi
neering, machine design, and product develop
ment.
Lukens Steel Co., March 25, June grads in ME,
EE, and Metallurgy.
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