PAGE FOUR atm "Daft CuUegian iirteesaser te THZ 'REX LAMB, M. lin Publicised Pnesday through Saturday moraine., illeittiliVe staring the College year by the staff of rhe Daily Collegian of The Pennsylvania State College. Estate/ as seeond-elass matter July 8, 1984, at the State College, Pa., Poet Office wilder Übe ad of March' 8. 1879. Collegian editorials represent the viewpoint@ all. writ. ars. not necessarily the polity of the newspaper.. ihudgner editorials are by the editor. Mary KrasnanskY Edward Shenker, Editor . .—.amwr - ' Business Mgr. Managing Ed., Ron Bonn; City Ed.. George Glazer; Sparta Ed.. Ernie Moore; Edit. Dir.. - Bob Fraser; Makeup Moylan Mills; Wire Ed.. Len Kolasinski; 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. Joan Kuntz; Exchange Ed.. Paul Beighley; Senior Bd., Bud Fenton. STAFF THIS ISSUE Night Editor, Mimi Ungar; Copy, Editors, Dick Rau, Dave Pellnitz; Assistants, Chiz Math ias, Phil Austin, Sally Sapper. Ad Staff: Bette Agnew, Ed Steel, Gail Shaver. NIT Rejection Now Justified Although there was some complaining, among the student body when the College turned down a feeler for the National Invitational Tourna ment, Thursday's acceptance of a bid to play in the National Collegiate Athletic Association basketball playoff further justifies the previous action of the College. We supported the College's stand on the NIT feeler on the grounds that the good gained from Penn State's participation in that tourney would be offset by other factors. Among the factors we felt would hurt the College were that participation in the NIT would come right on the heels of a season which had left the team physically exhausted; that the NIT was a strictly commercial venture with an outside promoter getting a large share of the gate receipts while the NCAA was a tournament sponsored by a Collegiate athletic conference of which Penn State,was a member; that a bid to the NIT might be followed by an NCAA offer and that the hours athletes may spend off campus is limited by the College regulations; and that participation in the NIT might necessitate the cancellation of a regu larly scheduled game with Irucknell. r With a good rest behind them, the team should do a better job of representing the College in the NCAA's than it could have done m the NIT. Pechan Hysteria Begins Snowballing' In Scranton recently, the pay check of city employees were held up until they took the loyalty oath. If an employee was ill and could not pick up his check, someone authothed -to administer the oath was sent to the person's home, where. the oath was given and the check handed over. In another city, an elementary school teacher told her class during a history lesson that American troops at the battle of Bunker Hill during the Revolutionary War had been forced to withdraw from the hill and that the British took it. Within three days, a delegation from the American Legion, called on the teacher to see whether she was a communist. It seems that one of the children in the class had gone home and told his parents that the teacher had said the British had won the battle of Bunker Hill. These are only two of the reported instances of , the mass hysteria which seems to be sweep ing the state, and they don't sound to us like the type of democracy we've been used to in the United States, or the kind we've been preaching to the peoples of the world. We've got to be careful that we don't let happen here what happened in Germany before World War IL The first loyalty oath required by Hitler there demanded only that the German teachers keep faith with the Fatherland and honor the laws and constitution. The next one demanded allegiance to Adolf Hitler. • • Actually the oath proves nothing. Many of those who voted for its passage, did so only because they feared for their political futures if they didn't, not because they really believed in it. Many who have to sign the oath will do so only because they don't want to lose their jobs, and they will do so regardless of whether they are communists or not. Many who aren't required to sign it will do so only because it seems the thing to do. For instance, Joseph Clark Jr., mayor of Philadelphia, called the oath "a lot of un necessary red tape that will do no good in routing out subversives in government," but stated he "supposed" he would get around to faking it "one of these days.' Being an elected official, he is not required to take the oath. On the other hand, Richardson Dilworth, Philadelphia district attorney, branded the oath as an "outrageous" procedure resembling , meth ods of the Spanish Inquisition which is only an attempt to "force people to' conform to .some cockeyed, unknown standard of ' behavior with the knowledge that if they deviate from it in some way they're going to get walloped." Also an elected official, Dilworth refused to have anything to do with the oath. Now that we've got the loyalty oath, there seems to be nothing we can do about it. But for our own protection, we've got to see that it goes no further. —Dave PeUnita THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNBYLiAMA Bad Publicity Can Hurt Greeks Yesterday we saw another example of how fraternity shenanigans can get out of hand. The case involved five University of Pennsylvania students who were arrested on a charge of kid naping. What, actually had happened was that the "victim" was a pledge at a-fraternity where a few of the brothers were out . for a little fun. We wonder if these boys realize that the publicity their actions got will only bring down more criticism on the fraternity system. It's too bad they had to counteract in this way all the favorable publicity given to several other Penn fraternities earlier in the week. These fraterni ties had changed their "hell meek" program into a "help week" by sending their, pledges out on constructive missions. Since local fraternities seem to be concerned ' over the comparatively low scholastic averages they have, we wonder why they don't seem to realize that "hell week" activities certainly - don't help grades any. We also. wonder if_ some pf the ludicrous pledge activities engaged in by too many fraternities don't drive away a lot, of the more intelligent students who might other wise be interested in fraternity membership, and who would, be a great. asset to the frat ernity system. We hope that at Penn State, at least, the constructive work done by a few fraternities ' won't be outweighed by the bad, publicity the many are letting themselves in for by con tinuing their outlandish "bell. week" stunts. ' —D.P. NATO Wheels Turn, But Slowly The alphabetical term NATO has been added to European postwar vocabulary, which is al ready top-heavy with such expressions as Schu man Plan; Council of Europe, Point Four, UN, Marshall Plan. Although the term was born nearly three years ago, its mention still arouses' a hazy' mental image in the minds of' many persons on both sides of the AtlantiC. • The initials NATO stand for North Atlantic Treaty Organization. This organization was born with the signing of the North Atlantic Treaty or Pact on April 4, 1949, in Washington, C. The association was formed by 12 nations as a regional defense grouping to protect West ern Europe against military aggression. • The char ter members were the United States, Canada, Great Britain, France, Italy, Portugal, the 'Netherlands, Belgium,. Luxem bourg, Denmark, Norway and Iceland. Greece and Turkey were added recently, and Ger many was promised future membership, de spite France's strong disapproval. A very clear image of NATO is drawn- by the Treaty's Charter. The fact that it favors peaceful negotiations to achieve Western 'Eu rope's security is emphasized in its opening sen tence. Article I states: "The Parties undertake . to settle any international disputes in which they may be involved by peaceful means." Article 111 was the reason for the detailed planning at the NATO Council meeting in Lis bon, Portugal last month. That Article reads: ". . . the Parties . . . will: maintain and develop their capacity to resist armed attack." Perhaps the keystone of the Charter is Article V: "The Parties agree that an armed attack against one or more of them . . • sh4ll be con, sidered an attack . against them all; and . . . if such occurs, each ... will assist the . . . attacked . . . by taking such action as it deems necessary, including the use of, armed force." During the three years since its birth, the NATO Council has met nine times. Its most recent session in Lisbon last month produced momentous decisions concerning the 14-nation NATO army: the number of troops to b'e furn ished by each member nation, the hierarchy of military command, armament, and financial support. ' • The , NATO' wheels of Western European Defense are turning, although slowly, never theless turning. „ Gazette ... Saturday, March 15 - LIBERAL ARTS MINER COMMITTEE, Old Main lounge, 1:30 p.m. RADIO GUILD TRYOUTS, 304 Sparks, 10 a.m. Sunday, March 16 ALPHA DELTA SIGMA, speaker and field trip plans, Phi Gamma .Delta, 7 p.m. BRIDGE LESSONS, TUB, 6:30 p'm. LUTHERAN STUDENT ASSOCIATION, Dr. Harvey Hoover sPe.sker, Lutheran Student House, 6:30 p.m. Monday, March 17 ELECTRONIC WARFARE UNIT 4-3, 200 En gineering E. 7 p.m. - HILLEL , HOUR casting, Hillel, 7 p.m. INTER COLLEGIATE CONFERENCE ON GOVERNMENT, s p e ak e r—Dr. Ferguson on Civil Rights, 313 Willard Hall, ,7:30 p.m. RADIO GUILD announcers workshop, 304 Sparks, 8:30 p.m. RADIO GUILD engineers workshop, 304 Sparks. 4 p.m. COLLEGE HOSPITAL Adrienne Alderman, Garrett Barnes, Charles Brill, Patricia Colgan, Paul Crofford, Thomas Davis, Jerry Fritz, Theodore Gracia, Dorn How lett. Howard Killian, Robert Mann, Donald Mat lack, Bruce Nelson, John Pfrommer, Ronald' Ritts, Audrey Rothchild, John Stoudt, Peter Urka, Robert WWI.- - . Little Man OxL ampus, GEES O: F Le-2o i 'l s unnerstan 'ole Prof Snarf made so much dough on . hiS book, 'The Evils.of Capitalism; that he's writing a new one denouncing it: Interpreting the News West's Austrian Resembles Germany • By J. M. ROBERTS JR. Assdciated Press News Analyst ' One or two clauses in the Allied-proposed peace treaty for Ans. xia make it pretty clear, although the ~diplomats say they . aren't thinking that far ahead yet, that tfiey are working toward political arrangements ' there -"similar' ,to 'those which have been, made in Germany. • In other,words, an interim'partition of Austria pending overall agreements with R - u sSia now seems likely. The Allies seemed to•recognize the prospective• failure of • their proposal even as -it was being made. The U.S. State department went so far as to issue a simul taneous denunciation of Russia's attitude and her ~ failure to: keep her 1943 promise -to cooperate. in re-establishing Austrian indepezi;- denCe Although Russia has agreed tb withdraw her troops from Austria if a treaty is reached, she has' always raised ob jections at other points to keep that from hap p enin g. With drawal 'from Austria would also remove the legal justifica tion for Red troops in the for mer German satellites now con trolled by Russia. But the one main clause in the proposed treaty which is expected to block the whole thing before .it ever gets started -is the one re quiring all the 'occupying pOwers to • surrender . to Austria all prop erties they had claimed as former German assets or war booty. The Allies once agreed to. let Russia have • some such properties, al though technically it was merely passing on loot which Germany had extracted from Austria, first. This' agreement, hoWevq, was. Gazette.... COLLEGE PLACEMENT • Curtiss Wright Corp:-(Propeller Division) will interview June graduates in Aero.E., M.E. and•E.E. Wednesday, March 19. Rohm and Haas Co: will interview June graduates in Ch.E. Chem. and Phys, Mon day, March i 4. ' United Aircraft Corp. will interview • June graduates in M.E. and Aero.E. Mon ' day, March 24. Liberty Mutual Insurance Co.-svill inter view June graduates in A&L and C&F interested in either sales or claims work on Tuesday, March 25. Phillips Petroleum Co. will interview June graduates in Ch.E., M.E., E.E., P.N.G. and Metal. Saturday, March 15. ' S. S. Kresge Co. will interview June graduates in A &L, C&F and any other fields interested in management, Tuesday, March 25. Westinghouse Electric Corp. will inter view June graduates. in. M.E.,. E.E., 1.E., Ch. B.. Metal., Cer. and Phys: Tuesday, • March 26. They will also interview M.S. and Ph.D. candidates in E.E ., 'Metal. and --AUCIRDAY, - MARCH 115, ,//' / /, 1 - conditioned on Russian_fulfill ment, of the entire Austrian settlement which she has - con sistently refused to do, and so the Allies are withdrawing the agree merit. , An immutable Russian rule is to mobilize the industries ano:lre sources of controlled territories for_ her own benefit, primarily for military purposes. That proposal practically as sures 'that 'nothing can come of the treaty move. So•far, the Allies represent their move merely as a climactic effort to • get a settlement on Austria. They talk of continued fou r p6wer occupation if it fails. The -pattern of practice, how ever, seems' fairly clear. - Once all hope of a peace treaty has been ' abandoned, the Rus sians will be frozen out of control councils as they affect Western Austria just as they. were-in-West ern Germany. Whether a Western Austrian government will be formed, or whether some other arrangement will be fol.md better under local conditions, remains to be seen.• But the ultimate effect will be the same. ' Vienna will become anOther Berlin, with big difference: - the Allies will have a corridor of their own for access between the capital and the West zones, something they so short-sight edly failed 'to provide in Ger many. Phys. and Ph.D. candidates in Phys. Chem .1. C. Penny Co. will interview. non. technical June graduates interested in re tailing Thursday, March 27. Koppers Co., Chemical Division 'Will, in. terview Juni graduates in Ch.E., M.E., and ,Chem. Wednesday, March 26. They will also interview juniors' in M.E..,and Ch.E. • . , - Standard Oil of Indiana will. interview June graduates in_M.E. and C.E. Wednos. day, March 26. Allis Chalmers Manufacturing Co.: will interview graduates-at all levels in M.E., E.E., Metal., Min., Chem., C.E:, ger..and Phys. Thursday,' March 27. t Pennsylvania Glass Sand Corp. twill in terview June graduates , in C&F,"L&L,' and Cer. Thursday, March 27. Pennsylvania Salt Manufacturing Co. will - interview June' graduates in Ch.E. Thursday, March 27. • Shell Oil Co. (Manufacturing Dept.) interview graduates at all levels in Chem. and 'Ch.B.. and B.S. and flit.S. candidates in M.E. Thursday, March 27. , Weslaco Chemical Division will inter view graduates at all levels in.Claeni. - 'aisl Ch.B. Wednesday, Mara By 13iblOr Plan
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