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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