PAGE FOUR a* Batty Collegian Successor to ?HE MEE LANCE. set. ISU . Published . Tuesday through Saturday morn ings inclusive during the College year by the staff of The Daily Collegian of The Pennsylvania State College. Entered as seeond.elam matter July 4. 1934, at the State College. Pa.. Poet Office under the act of liarelt 14 1879. Collegian editorials represent the viewpoints of the writ. ers, not necessarily the policy ei the newspaper. Unsienee editorials are by the editor. d Mary Erasnansky Ed ß w in ar bless Eb ti an gr ka . Editor Managing Ed., Ron Bonn; City Ed., George Glazer; Sports Ed., Ernie Moore; Edit. Dir., Bob Fraser: Makeup Ed., Moylan Mills; Wire Ed.. Len liolasinskit• Society Ed., Carolyn Barrett; Feature Ed., Rosemary Delahanty; Asst. City Ed., Lee Stern: Asst. Sports Eds., Dave Colton, Bob Vosburg; Asst. Society Ed., Greta Weaver; Librarian, Millie Martin; Exchange Ed., Paul Heighley; Senior Bd., Bud Fenton. Asst. Bus. Mgr, Jerry Clibinoff: Advertising Mgr., Bob Leyburn: National Adv. Mgr., Howard Bolab , : Circu lation Co-Mgrs., Jack Horsford,' Joe SutovskY: Personnel 'Mgr., Carolyn Alley; Promotion Co-Mgrs., Bob Koons, .Glass: Classified Adv. Mgr., Laryn Sax; Office Mgr 4 Tema Maher: Secretary, Joan Morosini: Senior Board. Don Jackal, Dorothy Naveen. STAFF THIS- ISSUE Night editor: Bob Schoellkopf; copy editors: Ginger Opoczenski, Chuck Henderson; assist ants: Chiz Mathias, Sam Procopio, Dick Rau, Norma Zehner.. Ad staff: Joan Morosini, Dick Smith. Students Should Decide SU Policy •Although we don't believe the Student Union assessment was railroaded through in the spring of 1950, we do believe that a referendum at that time would' have been possible and might have given a clear-cut view of the students' opinion on the assessment. We firmly believe the principle of referendum is a valid aspect of democratic government, stu dent or otherwise. In many communities, methods of raising money for public ventures are referred to the voters on the election ballot. A recent case in point would be the bond issues floated by the Philadelphia city government. Also, many times an issue of such importance will crop up so that party lines are rearranged and there is no way of definitely telling just how much support the party in power has on the measure without some representation of the voters' opinion. A referendum would greatly help the party in . power to legislate, with the consent of the people uppermost in its mind. We are in favor of the Student Union assess ment and always have been. However, it has turned out to be such a controversial issue; no one can say definitely just how many students want the assessment and how many do not. Since the students recommended the fee, why not take a referendum which would prove con clusively once and for all whether the students want the fee? If All-College Cabinet considers any changes in the assessment, maybe the taking of an All- College referendum would be worth considering. —Moylan Mills Outlook Is Good For U.S. in 1952 The outlook for the American standard of living in 1952 looks good according to the crys tal ball gazers. There'll be ice cream and candy for the kiddies, a new car but without too many changes over the '5l model for. Poppa, and a new home Laundromat for Mamma. However, there'll also be more uniforms for Junior to fill, better weapons for him to fight with, and less time for him to enjoy . the • American way of life in America. Also, talk of whether women should be drafted. for the armed services will continue to be debated at women's club meetings. - < Even with an optisrnistic outlook for '52, the good old days are gone. Colleges will feel a pinch when higher draft quotas have to be filled. The arms race, now a marathon to see which country can produce the "mostest and the deadliest," will hit high gear. And taxes, now spoken about in a whisper before election time, will relieve the working man of a bigger slice of his pay. Worse yet, the scandals of 1951, which had an all-star cast headed by the Bureau of Internal Revenue, will continue its run in 1952. , In other parts of 'the world---Iran's Premier Mossadegh will retain his starring role in "The Terror from Teheran." Across the street, "For eigner in a Harem" with an all-Anglo-Egyptian cast will play to a full 'house. At Panmunjom, the truce talks will come to a halt to repair a leaky tent. Then .a dispute over which side should fix the leak• will deadlock the conferences. Charges will be leveled and denials made. Compromises and concessions will be offered by both sides; and finally, the matter Will be turned over to a UN Command-North Korean sub-committee. Neverthelbssi just as 1951 fooled everyone who said if was like a Hollywood marriage and wouldn't • last, 1952 - will - also . lick away into a new year. But we aren't taking chances. Does anyone know where we can buy a bomb shelter cheap? • "Gravity is a rnystery.'of the body; invented to conceal the defects of, Roch efoucauld. -.- , —Len ,Koiasinski 3.7rE DAILY - COLLEGIAN. : STATE Ce!rfi..EGE.. PENNSYLVANIA Salary Increases In Fine's Hands Now awaiting the signature of Gov. John S. Fine is a 517,500,000 appropriation for the Col lege. Until the governor's signature is affixed on the document, the administration and faculty will be holding their collective breaths. The state of the College's finaUces should also be a matter of concern for• the student body, for although students are' not directly affected by the monetary situation of the College, what happens to the appropriation will ultimately bear upon the students. With the General Assembly tied up over a tax bill in the longest session in the history of the legislature, no appropriation for the College was possible. The deadlock in the • legislature left the College's bankbook blank early in the summer. Since then the College has been operating on borrowed moneys. Although never confirmed or denied, it has been estimated that the College has had to bor• - row nearly $4,000,000 to meet operating costs since July. In the interim, most officials of the College and members of the faculty have been sitting tight, hoping that the tax battle would .resolve itself, leaving the way open for the appropriation. The original request presented by the Col lege called for a biennial budget for 1951-53 of $17,500,000 for present programs of the College and fair salaries, and an additional $BOO,OOO for new research and instructional purposes. At tempts were made in the Senate to reduce the appropriation to. $16,000,000. The $16,000,000 figure was favored by Gov. Fine, but upon final passage the appropriation called for $17,500,000. The governor must now decide if he wants to approve the- bill as it is. He • cannot in crease the appropriation, but does exercise an item veto;, that is, he may strike out from the bill appropriations he deems unnecessary. A large percentage Pf the increase over the 1949-51 appropriation, when the College was granted $10,886,000, will go toward increasing faculty salaries. Another large pdrtion of the appropriation will be used- to meet the increased costs made necessary by a larger physical plant. Faculty salaries at Penn State. are woefully deficient. The $17,500,000 appropriation will mean a substantial increase in salaries for fa culty members. Eor that reason alone, the gov ernor should approve the General Assembly's recommendation. Even Loyalty Bill Is Compromise The story of the passage of Pennsylvania's new loyalty oath law poses a rather unusual prpblem for students of representative govern ment: Can the democratic process successfully be applied even to undemocratic legislation? . A basic of democratic government is the compromising of interests of opposing groups, to the point where all groups are satisfied to a certain extent. The battle over the Pechan loyalty oath bill is an excellent demonstration of this process in action, pointing up as it does both the system's strong and weak points. Groups interested in this piece of legislation split directly' down the middle; there was little middle-of-the-road-, influence applied. Profes sional veterans' groups, notably the American Legion, wanted the measure passed in its ori ginal form, on the grounds that it was anti communist, and that this fact outweighed' any threat to individual rights, any dangers to the Constitution inherent in it. Opposition groups included teachers, civil rights organiations, and major newspapers. Their argument was that the communist threat was not a sufficient excuse for undermining in dividual liberty, and that the oath measure would have no real effect on communists any way, since they would unhesitatingly sign it. The satiation was a dichotomy, and here the rather surprising thing is the democratic process went to work on this rather startling piece of legislation. For at no time did either group suggest or, apparently, believe in compromise. For a time last stimmer, the opposition seemed to have triumphed; the issue appeared dead. Then Gov. John S. Fine • suddenly demanded passage of the measure. Oath-backers now seemed to have their head; the bill—revised somewhat at the attorney general's• suggestion that it ought to be made constitutional. at least—looked like a sure winner. Yet the roar from the papers, the American Civil Liberities Union, the American ASsociation of University Professors—this wave of protest brought a House deadlock on this hottest potato of ,the session .. And so a very strange piece of legislation emerged from committee. CoMpromise:- College professors weren't ex empted from lbyalty legislation; neither wake they forced to sign the oath. An - annual report from the college presidents was substituted. Compromise: State employees weren't ex empted from the oath; neither did their positions depend on a '"reasonable doubt" of their loyalty. Instead, a complicated appeal process was set up. And so a mongrel of strange markings • was signed into law by the governor. It's a half-bad measure; in that it exists, it is an unwarranted, attack on the democratic process; yet in the fact that it is far from the deadly thing it originated as, the new law is - a strange, unwitting confir mation of that process. So both sides made an unoffi cial gentlernan's agreement to summon only oldsters to arms. Thus began what was. later known as "the war of the cod gers." The first draft call was for men over 70. They made a fine, heart stirring sight as they' paraded through the streets in uniform, stamping their canes, bending-to kiss. their grandchildren farewell: • They fought their best. But they couldn't climb the hills., and the artillery was so noisy , at night it -kept them awake and wore down their strength. At the end of six months- the battle lines hadn't changed an Gazette . . Saturday, January 5 RADIO DAY production staff Candidates, 304 Sparks, 1 p.m. Sunday, January 6 RADIO DAY personnel and those interested, 3Q4 Sparks, 2 p.m. • Monday, January 7 - ELECTRONIC WARFARE UNIT 4-3, 200 Engineering E, 7 p.m. INKLING promotion staff, Col legian office, 7 p.m. PENN STATE ENGINEER, 418 Old Main, 7 p.m.- ' Co. Fidelity Mutual Life Insurance o will interview January graduates in C&F and L.A. Thursday. Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. will inter view January graduates in ;L.A., .C&F; and Journ . Thursday. . „ . North American Insurance' Co, will interview''January '.graduates in "D&F• Fri, day, January 18. • . Mound .Laboratory, operated .by. Mon santo • Chemical Co. will interview ' 1962 Ph.D. candidates: in Chem." TuesdaY.. Solvay 'Process Division. of Allied Chemi cal and . Dye Corp. will interview. 1962 graduates • at - the M.S. and Ph.D. level in Chemistry Thursday . Virginia Smelting . Co. will interview January graduates . ,-at the 8.5.. level . and 1952 graduates -at '.the ILS; and . Ph.D. level in ' Chemistry, and '.January B.S. candidates-.and 1952 M.S. candidates in Chem. Eng. Friday, Jan. 18.- STUDENT EMPLOYMENT , . . ,StudPrit for. pressing ..(part-time). -/Student for part-time barbering. • Busboy for Monday. and Thursday from 9 to 12 a.m. . .• Woman' for light housework live. days a week. Mechanieal. or Aeronautical Engineers, must be seniors, : for research ~ a nd • draft ing . • —Ron Bonn Little Man On. Campus "Boy, they have a rough I:me getting the ball away from old Fred, don't they?" Hal Boyle's Column Dream War Called 'War of Codgers' NEW YORK—(EP)—Once upon a future time a great war was declared. But this time the old men of both sides demanded "Why should the 'scarlet blood of youth be wasted? Why should young men in the flower of their promise die upon the battlefield to save us?. Our course is about run, anyway, and it won't make so much difference if we are lost. Send us into , battle." COLLEGE •PLACEMENT •, - SATURPAY,: . :72INIJARr '5; '1.952 -'~'"~ ..!,:; ......... ~._ .. L,..... inch. There were - more soldiers in the hospitals than on the front. The rheumatism cases outnum bered- the combat casualties 30- to-I. Six men over 80, convicted of desertion, said: "To hell with it." By another gentleman's agree ment both sides , then lowered the draft age to 60. Defense in dustries- quit making canes and began grinding out bifocal glas ses. But in another six months the army hospitals were full of sol diers who had come down with heart attacks after climbing the hills. And the people complained: 'Millions of pensions—but not a single victory? Is this warfare?" So the draft age was low ered again—this time to 45. For the first time real infantry fighting developed. Yet after six months the hospitals again were overflowing now with more ulcer victims than the bullet-wounded. One day a prisoner under 30 was taken. "I just sneaked along after my old man," he explained. "He's got varicose veins, and I just wanted to help him back if he couldn't make it. Well, yes, I was carrying a shotgun when yo u caught me. But was just looking for quail. You know . I wouldn't shoot -at you fellows—why, I'm too• young for' the draft." But the enemy commander didn't believe him, He flashed back word to higher headquar ters: 1 "The °the; side has' broken : the rules. They are slipping younger soldiers into -the line. Are we going to stand for this?" Soon both sides were ,put ' ting younger volunteers into action. And soon after that the gentleman's agreement collap. , sed completely. ' The bugels in both lands blew for all boys over 18. They kissed their: mothers and sweethearts— their wives and children and sis ters and marched in• long col umns toward the. front.' • . The blood of youth, again flowed,in a scarlet tide. And the war became like any. other . war. By Bibler 1~~ -D~,, ~~~
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