.PAGE FOUR oaily CnUcgtau Sieimir e. THE FREE LANCE. mU 1887 PahlisM Tacnlay through Saturday morning* inclusive lirisc th • Cottage fear b j the staff of The Daily Collegian if'Tbt P«9xurhaai« State College. Entered m second-class matter July 6. 1934* at the State College, Pa., Post Office under the act of March 3. 1879. - Collegian - editorials represent the viewpoint o t the writers, not necessarily the policy of the newspaper. Un •igned editorials are by the editor. Dave Pellmte Franklin,S.Kelly Editor Business Mgr. Ike’s Speech Plots Long Range Plans To quote the Milwaukee Journal, President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s State of the Union ad dress to Congress was “sober, constructive, and cautious.” However, the first fifth of the Presi dent’s speech revealed some very surprising changes in future American foreign policy. Prom the emphasis President Eisenhower placed on European unity and his proposed withdrawal of the Seventh' Fleet from For- _ mosa, it can be assumed that the United States ' is- going to place more responsibility for the defense of the free world against communism in the. hands of its allies. Therefore, it was not so surprising that the President asked for an extension of reciprocal trade in an effort to bolster European economic stability without the necessity for increased direct American aid.. ■Does this mean that there will be fewer American boys overseas and a subsequent letup in the draft? Does the release of the Chinese Nationalists from Formosa signal an all-out invasion of the Chinese mainland in an effort to end the Korean crisis? At the moment the answer to these questions would have to be no! These are merely long range plans that the new President may not be able to see completed during his administration, or at least by the important 1954 congressional elections. ' First of all, the question arises whether our European allies are ready or willing to achieve real political or military unity. So far not one European power has taken the initiative to join either the Schumann Plan or to fill its NATO quota. Secondly, who was the Seventh Fleet protecting from whom in China and Formosa? It is still doubted as to how effective the Na tionalist force's would be against a Communist army equipped with modern weapons of war. As the Charlotte News says, “If Chiang de cides to invade *the'mainland, will we furnish him transportation? Will we supply him if he lands in -China? Will we go to his rescue if his landing attempt fails? And what will we do if China attacks Formosa with its modern jet planes? Will we retaliate? And, what will our allies do? Despite President Eisenhower's fine inten tions to end the Korean war and take the offensive in the Soviet cold war, he is facing tough sledding. Unless the President can work put some definite program with his slim ma jority in Congress, he may not even have a majority in the following Congress where some long range planning may be ready for maturity. ÜBA Sales’ Jump May Help Future It looks like the fact that the Penn State Book Exchange will just “never say die” has proven beneficial for the success of the BX as well as for a more effective student service. The division of the BX which operates the self-service Used Book Agency has come a long way this year. Previously the ÜBA was limited to a small room in the Temporary Union Build ing, where lines would often form all the way to. the main door of the TUB.,' Bui, as a result of a plan drawn up at the first annual Student Encampment, at Mont Alto last fall, the ÜBA was able to obtain the ballroom of the TUB. The purpose was to enlarge the sales service and to eliminate lilies. ÜBA officials were proud last semester when sales were 133 per cent higher than the 1951 fall semester. But, the ÜBA still had a problem not enough students were bringing their books up to the TUB. With more concentrated effort this semester, the' ÜBA advertised and advertised until the books began to flow more rapidly into the_ TUB. Monday, it might be said, the ÜBA hit the jaickpot, - with a total of $3500 in sales, the highest amount ever recorded in the six-year history of the ÜBA. Yesterday, sales were , still soaring to a new all-time high. And the books were still coming in and going out. Today is the last day for students to take their books to the TUB. If students continue to bring in books, the ÜBA will continue to be busy and provide a useful service to students until Saturday, when it closes. Perhaps the success of the ÜBA, the success that has been growing, will lead to the reali zation of the sale of new books when the book exchange gets its proposed salesroom in the new Student Union Building. The ÜBA will have impressive statistics to serve as influ ential evidence for the sale of new books. —Mimi Ungar —Byron Fielding THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA Reporting Can Stop Future Exam Leaks (This is the second in a series of three edi torials' dealing with the recent final exam “scandal” and what can he done about. it.) While the administration must take part of the blame for the leak in final exams because of its laxity in taking pains to see that no exams got out, the students who took part in the affair should not go unchastised. • The most perplexing question to come out of the whole business is why are so many students resorting to such methods to pass their courses? It has been suggested that the current tight ening of draft exemptions might have played an important role in this problem. But surely there are more aspects to the situation than this. The whole mess makes-one wonder just why many students come lo college. It is known that some are here just for a good time. It is unfortunate that earnest students must he turned away to accommodate people, but of course things like Sthis cannot be de termined in advance. Are these fun-seekers chiefly responsible for the recent exam epi sode? Who knows? The vast majority of students, however, are here to get an education. Most of them, we are sure, realize that they would be learning little by obtaining a copy of an exam beforehand and then passing the course with a two or a three. When the names of some of those involved in the buying and selling of exams _ become known, it is' quite disillusioning to find that people, students included, who hold fairly re sponsible positions on campus are mixed iip in the- business. If these students cannot be trusted as far as academic honesty is concerned, it is sad indeed. But what can the average, honest student do to protect himself when the mushroom-., ing effects of an'exam leak begin? Some feel they must also strive to obtain a copy of the exam in order to keep abreast of fhe tide.. Others more sensibly notify their profs that . the exam has gotten out. The latter solution 'seems to be the best method for students to protect their own in terests. Their reporting of an exam leak nee.d not involve names and therefore cannot be con sidered tattletale interference. Most profs spend many hours working out f.heir final exams to make them as fair, yet as comprehensive, as possible. Naturally, if the day before an exam the prof learns his final is out, the. substitute exam may not be as fair, but at least the honest students are better off than those who were attempting to cheat. The weapon of reporting exam leaks seems to be .the chief, method by which students can combat the problem in the future. When an exam gets out. a large number of students usually know if. If a student offered 'an exam for "a price" is aware that there is a good chance fhe leak might get back to the prof, arid subsequently that the exam -might . be changed, he is likely to consider- the offer twice. Academic honesty at Penn State has suffered a serious setback. It is up to both the students and the. administration to take positive steps to restore the College’s high standing.- But apparently. all'is not yet lost. The other day at the Used Book Agency, a student came to the cashier with a book he wished to pur chase. The price its former owner had asked 'was $l, but the .student said he would give him $2 since all the other prices ranged from $2.50 to s3'. Such incidents are encouraging, especially after, the- blackness of the exam affair. Gazette.... Wednesday,' February 4 CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION, 7 p.m„ 304 ; 01d Main. PENN STATE WOMEN’S CHORUS, 7 p.m., 1 Carnegie. ' • RIDING CLUB, 7 p.m., 317 Willard. WRA BOWLING CLUB, 7 p.m., White Hall alleys. v WRA MODERN DANCE CLUB, 7 p.m,, White , Hall dance room. COLLEGE PLACEMENT Camp Mentona, .Maine, will interview men Feb. 5 and 6. All types of openings. Sign up for interviews 112 Old • 'Main. North Aviation,. Inc. will interview spring and . summer ••'engineering for positions at the company's Los Angeles, . and Columbus, Ohio plants, March 19. General Railway Signal Company will interview June and summer B.S. candidates in E.E., Feb. 9. .. Delaware Pdw et & Light Company will interview June and summer B.S. candidates in E.E. and M.E., Feb. 9. 1.8. M. will interview June ancL summer B.S. candidates in Arts and Letters, Economics and Commerce, Account ing, E.E., 1.E., and M.S. and Ph.D. candidates in Physics Feb. 9, 10, and 11. , Philadelphia Electric Company will, interview 5 * June and summer B.S. candidates in E.E. and M:E. Monday, Feb. 9. Mathieson Chemical Company will interview June and sum mer B.S. candidates and M.S. and Ph.D. candidates in Chemistry and B.S. and M.S. candidates in Chem Engr. Monday, Feb. 9. , Arthur Young & Company will interview June and sum mer B.S. candidates in Accounting, Monday, Feb. 9. Sears Roebuck & Company will interview June and sum mer B.S. candidates in Wood Utilization, Chem Engr., E.E., 1.E., M.E., and Accounting, Feb. 10. Vitro Corporation will interview June and summer 8.5., M.S., and Ph.D. candidates in M.E., E.E., Chem Engr., Chemistry and Physics, Feb. 10. New Jersey- Zinc Company will interview June and sum mer B.S. candidates in M.E., E.E., Metallurgy, Min. Engr., Geology, Chem. Engr., and C.E., Feb., 10. The Ethyl Corporation will interview 8.5., M.S.j and Ph.D. candidates in Chem Engr., Feb. 10. North American Aviation, Inc. will interview. June and sum mer 8.5., M.S., and Ph.D. candidates in Chem. Engr., Physics, Aero Engr., C.E., E.E., 1.E., and M.E., Feb. 10 and 11. Lybrand Ross Bros. & Montgomery will interview June and summer B.S. candidates in Accounting who are in terested Mn C.P.A. work, and Juniors interested'in intern ships next winter,. Feb. .11. •• International Nickel Company,will interview June and sum mer B.S. candidates in Chemistry, Chem. Engr.# and Metallurgy# Feb. ll* Little Man on Campus Interpteting the News Ike Seeks to Beat Reds in Cold War By J. M. ROBERTS Jr. Associated Press News Analyst v. President Eisenhower is setting out on a definite course to seize the initiative from Soviet Russia in the cold war. John Foster Dulles, the new secretary of state, says the Presi dent’s action in lifting the ban on Eormosan attacks against the Red Chinese mainland is merely the first of a series of steps toward the end. ■ .• 1 Early European press and ’diplomatic reaction was that this first step is definitely risky. Speculation was immediately aroused as to whether the new President was planning : ahy general application of the policy of "calculated risk" with which he was so familiar as a soldier. Russia has used the “calculated risk” many times in her policy of expansion since the war. It worked well for her in every case until she tried it in Korea, against a government created under the United Nations. Then it backfired, But it was the policy which had kept the free world off balance for five years. It gave her Czecho slovakia, East Germany, and Chi na. She calculated so well that she was able. to withdraw from Greece and Iran when the risk became too great. And the back fire in Korea was more against her satellites than against her, actually permitting her to profit through interference-with the gen eral defense program'in Europe. Just what steps in this cate gory are possible to a non aggressive nation is another question. Some of the non-Com munist nations, particularly In dia, think the Formosan decis ion overstepped the bounds. The free nations generally seem to be frightened by anything that goes beyond defensive reaction against Russian initiative. And this despite the fact they have been assured by both Eisen hower and Dulles that the U.S. Phys Ed Council OK's Radio Fee The Physical Education Coun cil voted unanimously in favor of the proposed radio fee at Mon day night’s meeting. A proposal to stage an all school Play Day was , also dis cussed at the meeting. This event, if approved, will be sponsored by the PhysF Ed Council, Lakonides, honorary women’s physical edu cation- society, and Phi Epsilon Kappa, honorary men’s physical education society. This. proposal was tabled for further discussion; Ruth Kronenwetter was select ed as the council’s representative for Religion in Life Week. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1953 contemplates only peaceful means in non-shooting areas. The quickness with which Dul les was able to allay a good part of France’s fears about American intentions' toward Chiang Kai shek suggests that he speaks with assurance when he tells them that Eisenhower is not going off half cocked- about anything. Now we’ll see if he can-do the same with the British, who are far more dis turbed. They are not only inter ested: in this particular situation, but their entire Asiatic policy is different from America’s. Every time anything happens there they have to think first of all about the possible Effect on Hong Kong. The French think, “What will it mean in Indochina? Will it tend to make the Asiatic fighting more general and bring China down on us?” The Germans, not worried about Asia, think, "What will,it mean if Eisenhower decides to fight fire with fire in Berlin? Will Germans be locked for ever in separate compartments,, or will calculated risks be mis calculated, turning us into a new battleground?" . Neutralization of Formosa was a unilateral action, and modifica tion of the policy had to be uni lateral. Yet the Allies consider themselves fully entitled to con sultation. Their attitudes will have to be prifne considerations at al most any other point in the world. Borden Company - Renews Award The Borden Company Founda tion, Inc., has renewed until 1959 the Borden Scholarship in home economics. President Milton S. Eisenhower stated the renewal was approved at the ' weekend meeting of the Board of Trustees when a grant of $l5OO to support the scholarships was accepted/ The award provides $3OO an nually for the senior in home eco nomics who has acquired the highest grade average and has in cluded work in foods and nutri-. tion in his or her program, of. 1 study. By BibJer
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