PAGE FOUR 2life Sally Collegian Successor to THE FKEE LANCE, est. 1887 Published Tuesday through Saturday mornings in* elusive during the College year by the staff of The Daily Collegian of The Pennsylvania State College. Catered as second-class matter July 5, 1934, at the State College, Pa.. Post Office under the act of March 3, 1879. Collegian editorials represent the viewpoints of the writers, net necessarily ’he policy of the newspaper. Unsigned edi torials are by the editor. Dean Gladfeller Ediior Managing Ed.. John Dalboe; City Ed., Herbert Stein; Sports Ed., Ray Koehler; Edit. Dir., John Ashhrook; Wire Ed., Art Henning; Society Ed., Dcanie Krebs; Feature Ed., Janet Kosen; Asst. City Ed., Jack Boddington; Asst. Sports Ed., Joe Breu; Asst. Society Ed., Bettina dePalma; Li brarlans, Dorothy Laine. J oyce Moyer; Senior Board, Bill Detweiler. Asst. Bus Mgr.. Thomas M. Karolcik; Advertising Dir., Harold L. Wollin; Local Adv. Mgr., Norma Gleghorn; Pro motion Mgr., Laura Mermelatcin; Circulation Co-Mgrs., Edward W. Noyes, Gerald F. Yeager; Personnel Mgr., Edwin Singel; Classified Adv. Mgr., Shirley Faller; Office Mgr., Sue Halperin; Secretary, Winifred Wyant. STAFF THIS ISSUE Night editor: Bob Schooley; copyeditors: Ron Bonn, Lee Stem Dot Bennett, Laura Badwey, Jack Cunningham, Lavier Procopio. Ad staff: Barbara Potts, Bob Koons, Cordy Murtha. Need For Hearings On Proposed Oaths Although the College Advisory council did not go so far as the local chapter of the Ameri can Association of University Professors in its action on the loyalty oath, the decision an nounced by that body is worth noting. THE AAUP CHAPTER backed a national AAUP condemnation of loyalty oaths, approved in 1950 by the national organization. At the same time the advisory council, composed of representatives of the schools of the College, asked the state House of Representatives to hold public hearings on the measure. The purpose of such open hearings, the council contends, would be to determine whether the bill would have any constructive ' purpose. That the House state government committee .should hold open hearings on such a vital mea sure would seem to be in line with the demo cratic process. Yet a proposal to hold public hearings on the same bill when it was before the state Senate was dealt a 29-20 defeat. SO, WHILE IT WOULD seem that the action of-the advisory council lacks the vigor of the AAUP resolution, its importance cannot be over looked. The action of the advisory council places the faculty of the College as opposed to hasty action on part of the legislature. Looking toward opening hearings on the loyalty bill, the action of the advisory council appears to be wiser. The AAUP has prej udiced its case before the legislature by going on record against the bill prior to hearings. The advisory council, or its representatives, can go before the committee as an unprej udiced body that simply wishes to present its views. It is to be hoped that the House. committee holds open hearings on the loyalty bill. It is also to be hoped that the advisory council, or the College Senate, takes its views to the legis lature. THE REQUEST OF the council for open hearings, unaccompanied by the intention to present faculty views before the legislature, would be meaningless. Lacrosse Games Attendance at Penn State lacrosse matches' has been discouragingly poor in recent years. Probably the main reason for this situation is that the students do not know what the game is all about. Most students probably know that lacrosse is played with a netted i*acket and a ball. For the most part, that is about as far as their knowledge of the game goes. Many of the students are under the mis apprehension that lacrosse is a dull, unexciting game. They were never so wrong. If you prefer an old-fashioned, rough-and-ready game, then come out and watch a lacrosse match. Penn State’s lacrosse captain, Phil Benedetti, will readily verify for the roughness of la crosse. “The Western Maryland game this past week-end was rougher than many of the foot ball games I’ve seen,” according to Beneditti. The Lions won this fray by the lopsided score of 17-0, then dropped one to Navy, 10-1. Under the direction of Nick Thiel and his capable assistant, John McHugh, the Lions will open their home season today against a powerful Loyola of Baltimore team. So this afternoon at 2 o’clock, come over to the lacrosse field on the golf course to see a top-flight contest. —Tom Saylor Owen E. London Business Mgr. —Marv Krasnansky THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA Changes Necessary In Elections Code As is the case with almost every campus election, lessons have been learned in this election that should be;applied in the future. IN THE PAST, the elections committee has learned and, has made appropriate revisions in the code that governs campus politics. There is no doubt that the election committee, ably head ed by Edwin Barnitz, will do likewise this spring. There are, however, several things that should hot be overlooked when the committee makes its suggestions to All-College cabinet. »First, this election has shown conclusively that the limit of $l5O for a campaign is far from sufficient. It would be difficult—it would indbed require the efforts of a full-time detec tive—to proye over-expenditures by either party. Since* Sl5O seems inadequate capital for the politicians, it would be wise to up the figure and then do as good a job as is possible to make the parlies stay within that limit. Another lesson that this election has taught is that a part of the permanent elections code should forbid the participation of non-students in campus campaigns. The elections committee has wide discretionary powers and there is no doubt that a party could be penalized for using non-student assistance in a campaign. THE MERITS OF SUCH a clause in the code seem self-explanatory, but it should be em phasized that the importance of such an addi tion to the code is that it would serve as a warning to politicians that in the future such action will not be tolerated. The elections committee would also be doing a long-range service to campus politics by establishing a definite method for the nomi nation of clique officers and candidates. Those who have had even the minimum con tact with campus politics are well aware that the party steering committees make nomina tions for every position. One party, however, announces that the nominations are being made by the steering committee and asks for addi tional nominations from.the floor. THE OTHER PARTY, makes the same steer ing committee choices, but has the nomination made from the floor, as if it were just any old other nomination. The farce is apparent to all, and the aura of secrecy does not do a bit of good for campus politics. The first method should be made mandatory. Gazette... Saturday, April 21 NITTANY BOWMEN field shoot, Forestry parking lot,' 1:30 p.m. Sunday, Anril 22 NITTANY BOWMEN field shoot, at Clear field, leave Forestry parking lot at 1:15 p.m. COLLEGE PLACEMENT Further information concerning interviews and job place ments can be obtained in 112 Old Main. Lybrand Ross Bros. & Montgomery will interview June graduates in Acct. Wednesday, April 25. ..Retail Credit company will interview June graduates in this type of work Tuesday, May 1. Daystrom, Inc., will interview June graduates in M.E., E.E., and Phys. Tuesday, May 1. Firestone Tire & Rubber will interview June graduates at the B.S. and M.S. level in Chem. Eng., M.E., 1.E., E.E,, and Acct. Wednesday, May 2. Dixie Cup will interview June graduates in I.E. Wed nesday, May 2. Kurt Salmon Associates, Inc., will interview June gradu ates in I.E. and , M.E. Wednesday, May 2. Standard Oil of Indiana will interview June graduates in M.E., C.E., and Metal. Wednesday, May 2. Fairchild Engine & Airplane corp. will be on campus to interview juniors in Aero. Eng. for summer work. Stu dents interested notify placement service before April 20. Reading Tube company will interview June graduates in E E., M.E., and Metal. Tuesday, May 1. Douglas Aircraft Coi, Inc., will interview June graduates at all levels in M.E., Aero. Eng., E.E., Math., and Phys. Thursday, May 3. Lukens Steel will interview June gaduates in M.E., C.E., Metal., and Adv. Thursday, May 3. •’ Procter & Gamble will interview June graduates in A&L. C&F, Adv., and Phys. Ed. Thursday. May 3. Standard Oil overseas personnel will interview June grad uates in Arch. Eng., Chem. Eng., C.E., and M.E. Thurs day. May 3. Guaranty Trust company will interview June graduates interested in a career in banking Thursday, May 3. Curtiss Wright corp. will interview June graduates in Aero. Eng. and E.E. if enough students are interested. If interested notify placement office. Signal corps. Fort Monmouth will interview June grad uates in E.E., M.E., and Phys. Friday, May 4. . Townsend company will interview June graduates in I.E. if enough students are interested. If interested notify placement office. Atlantic Refining company will interview June gradu ates in Chem. Eng., C.E., M.E., and P.N.G. Friday, May 4. Cornell AeronautUal Laboratory* Inc., will interview June graduates in E.E., M.E., Phys.,’" Math., Chem., Aero., Chem. Eng., Metal., and Bus. Ad. Friday, May 4. COLLEGE HOSPITAL Donald Boal, William Crummy, Harlem Evans, Herman Fielmann, Sidney Gass, Vance Genz linger, Lawrence Lindberg, John Miller, Edward Moran, Gretchen Newhard, John Note, Richard Oswald, Anthony Pavesi, Donald Purcell, How ard Salus, Jane Saylor, Thelma Shick, Robert Simpson, Robert Smith, Norbert Soldan, Kurt Zaspel. AT THE MOVIES CATHAUM: I Was A Communist For The FBI STATE: Up Front NITTANY: The Vanishing Westerner STARLITE DRIVE-IN: Fireball; Gun Smugglers • THE CLASS OF 1904 was the first to leave to the College a memento in gift form. It presented a “four-faced, eight-hour, eight-day clock, to strike hours and half-hours on the tower belL” Litt Interpreting The News General's Speech Repeats Beliefs General MacArthur’s dramatic and applause-producing appear ance before the joint session of. Congress has added but little, fresh meat on which Americans,can chew as they continue their nionths long debate on foreign policy. The General repeated, frequently almost word for word, what he has been saying all the time He says the free world is strong enough to oppose com munism on the. ; world-wide front, that sufficient. strength, can and should be allottedto win in Asia, and that stalemate canbe no substitute for. victory in war. —M. K. He says, correctly, that you can not appease communism in: Asia without undermining the Euro pean effort against it. But he im plies that all those whio oppose his ideas are appeasers, which- is not correct. HE REPEATS HIS CONCEPT of Pacific strategy and-, the-politi cal situation behind it, a. concept widely known and generally ac cepted. His suggested methods of implementation in the immediate case of the conflict- with . China are repeated: A blockade of the China coast, removal of restric-- tions on air activity in China,-and utilization of the armed strength of Chiang Kai-Shek.. MacArthur is on sure ground at the point where he .criticizes.dip lomatic failure to prodifee the new decisions . required ■ by Communist intervention, in Korea. There has been buck-pasSing' .arid Safety Valve . •. Defends MacArtfiur's Action TO THE EDITOR: Dean Gladfelter, while hardly a searching analyst in political affairs, is far from an idiot. He realizes that when one writes an editorial condemning MacArthur, he should also sup port it by publishing an: antirMacArthur letter to the editor right beside it. Your editorial Mr. Gladfelter in Thursday’s Collegian is a fine job of stacking the deck—nothing like’taking the bellowings of the Republican vanguard and using them to exact your sophistry.' Even Mr. Truman • could see through that type of name-calling. There is little that I can-say, that has not already been said in defense of General MacArthur. Suffice it to say, he has. been an other victim of Tj-uman’s diplo matic incompetencies. The battles evolved while originally centered on our lack of an Asiatic policy in the Korean war—a policy which could not tell General MacArthur to stop at tha 38th parallel, or the. Manchurian border, or the coast of China because it stated nothing—now depends upon the pressuring of the British and French governments to have the U. S. send “surplus” troops to Europe rather than Asia. The question at hand then is, are we (the U.S.) more afraid of a poten tial war in Europe than an actual spread of communism through the Korean war. It is the job of the House, after listening to General MacArthur to decide whether or e Man On Campus "Your hair smells so lovely tonight. Flo: I'll bet you just washed it, huh?" By J. M. ROBERTS JR. Associated Press Foreign Affairs Analyst _ J SATURDAY, APRIL 21, 1951 general vacillation on that, caused largely by the European desire to get rid, at almost' any cost, of Asiatic competition for American battle strength. MACARTHUR ALSO PUTS up some defense against the, idea spread by the Truman administra tion that his ideas, if accepted, meant general war. He says he had no idea of conducting a gen eral campaign in China, and es necially not with American troops. That had always seemed to me to be a twist given by others for political purposes. MacArthur has never, how ever, given any indication that ■ he understood that he has been fighting from a sanctuary in Japan which is very close kin Ip. China's sanctuary in Man churia. , The Japanese, who -might be bombed themselves if sanctuaries- start falling under the hammer, have been better . aware of this angle. . Anyway, MacArthur has had his . say. He attempts to make it S' valedictory, and proposes to -“fade away,” another proposal in which he is likely to be overruled. not it would be wise to advise ■Truman to call Russia’s bluff or continue to appease -the Chinese in a see-saw war. Let it be under stood, I do riot necessarily approve of either measure. But these are the problems at hand, Mr. Glad felter, not General MacArthur’s “unwillingness to carry out the policy of his commander-in-chief, or his, insubordination of the military to: civil authority.” With General MacArthur irt the field, the Chinese never knew just how far U.S. forces would go in trying to settle the Korean issue. Under our commander-in chief, she is certain we will never invade the soil of China. I have no doubt she will act accordingly. —Arthur A. Chadwick Ed. Note—The letter refer red to by the writer was the one relating to the MacArthur dismissal that the Collegian had received at that lime. It was published as soon as mechanical factors permitted. ibler
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