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Published Tuesday through
Saturday mornings during
the University year, the
Daily Collegian is a student
operated newspaper.
Entered as second-class matter July a. 1934 at the State College, Pa. Post Office under the act of March 3, 1879.
DIEHL' McKALIP, Editor
Managing Ed.. Mary Lee Laurier; City Ed., Mike Fein
silber; Copy Ed., Nancy Ward; Sports Ed., Dick McDowell:
Edit. Dir., Peggy McClain; Radio News Ed., Phil Austin; Soc.
Ed., Marcie MacDonald; Asst. Sports Ed., Herm Weiskopf;
Asst. Soc. Ed:, Mary Bolich: Feature Ed.. Edmund Reiss; Ex
change Ed., Paddy Beahan; Librarian, Bill Pete; Photog. Dir..
Ron Hoopes: Senior Board. Bev Dickinson. Ann Leh.
STAFF THIS ISSUE: Night Editor, Inez Althouse; Copy Editors, Nancy Fortna, Don Shoemaker; As
sistants,' Sally Sykes, Mike Moyle, Larry Jacobson, Jane Casselberry, Tom Shiels.
UMT: What It Means to Nation's Youth
(This is the last of two articles on Universal
Military Training. Information here was
taken from the New York Times and Sabot-.
astic Magazine. Yesterday's article gave
arguments favoring UMT.)
First and most important of arguments against
Universal Military Training is that the training
of many thousands of 18-year-olds for a six
month period every year would be highly im
practical because of the increasing complexity
of modern warfare. What a trainee learns this
year might be largely useless in two or three
years, necessitating his training all over again
in an emergency.
.
A second argument concerns the various
types of dangers which might result from the
proposed UMT program. Since most 18-year
olds are claimed very impressionable, it would
be bad to put them under military discipline at
the time they should be learning to think for
themselves. The danger exists, it is argued,
that UMT may make robots out of trainees
when they become used to direction and begin
to depend on it. The Army, too, is a great
catch-all which inevitably will affect trainees'
moral development, it is argued.
Along with possible dangers to individuals,
some dangers to America are put forth by
UMT opponents. They fear that * UMT will fur
ther an already apparent trend toward an in
creasing influence of the Armed Forces in
American life.• It might help lead, they say,
to complete military control of our national
affairs.
Also, just the existence of a UMT program
will lure the country into a false sense of
security leading to a neglect of other essential
lines of national defense. It is also claimed
that UMT will have an adverse affect on the
Youngsters and Ice
Youngsters in the State College area should
be allowed to enjoy the new ice skating rink
as often as possible. But, this enjoyment should
not be at too great a risk.
Youngsters under high school age should not
be permitted to skate at the same times stu
dents are skating. The only exception to this
ruling should be those times when the number
of student skaters can definitely be predicted to
be low., Sunday afternoons are not such times.
Sunday afternoons the rink is crowded with
students, faculty, townspeople—and youngsters.
A large number of youngsters, not even waist
high to the average student, are just learning
to skate. They stop and start unexpectedly, they
fall, and they get in the way of students whc
may not be too handy on skates themselves.
No serious skating accidents have taken place
yet. But there is a grave possibility that some
time in the future one of the three or four
year-old skaters will fall in front •of a husky
six-foot student who can't get out of the child's
way and will fall on top of him. This may
sound absurd, but anyone who frequents the
rink while youngsters are skating realizes how
very possible such a situation is.
"An ounce of prevention . . ~" a revision of
the times at which the rink is open to young
sters, will help both the youngsters and stu
dents to more safely enjoy the rink's facilities.
—Ann Leh
Gazette ...
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WILLIAM DEVERS, Business Manager
Asst. Bus. Mgr., Benjamin Lowenstein; Local Adv. Mgr.,
Fay Goldstein; National Adv. Mgr., John .Albrecht; Cir 7 '
'eulation Mgr., Richard Gordon; Promotion Mgr., Evelyn
Riegel; Personnel Mgr., Carol Schwing; Office Mgr., Peggy
Troxell, Classified Adv. Mgr., Dorothea Ebert; Sec.,Gertrude
Malpezzi; Research and Records Mgr.. Virginia oskery.
economic life of the country by the withdrawal
of several hundred thousand teen-agers from
the nation's labor force for six months.
Education; too, will be affected by UMT, it
is claimed. A mass withdrawal of 18-year-olds
once a year will interrupt college plans and
when the training period is over, much of the
desire to go on to college will have been lost.
It is suggested that the minds of these young
men will be dulled, that their habits of study
will be diverted, and general college work
will be more difficult• than ordinarily it would
have been.
On the international scene, opponents of UMT
claim that such a plan would be like telling the
world that the United States no longer expects
or believes in peace and that, under cultivation
of communist propaganda, it is an imperialistic
power, seeking domination and war.
Economy is the third major question raised
by opponents to UMT. A plan of this type
wouldn't save the nation much money—the
draft, although slowly being cut, will continue
and money must be spent for lengthy refresher
training in event of an emergency. Also, they
argue, since it will be a multi-year program
and will continue to grow, more and more
expenses will be spent on pay, allowances for
dependents, subsidies for education, plus equip
ment such as arms and ships for transport, if
realistic training is to be offered. Many persons /
feel that such added expenses could be spent
toward furthering public health, education, and
scientific research.
The question has also been posed whether
the proposed six months training will be a suf
ficient amount of time to mold teen-agers into
soldiers.
Safety Valve
Clarifies Proposal
TO THE EDITOR: In both the story printed
following last Wednesday's, All-University Elec
tions Committee meeting and the editorial Fri
day, a few additions should be made to more
nearly represent the proceedings.
First Mr. Famouth specifically stated that the
change of penalties for violation of the elections
code was not his idea and that he neither sup
ported nor opposed it, but was merely passing
on to the committee a• proposal made to him by
someone else. This was not made clear in either
'he report or Ile editorial.
Secondly, my proposal was quite changed by
a faulty explanation. I proposed a compromise
oetween the two alternatives of docking all
•andidates votes for an infraction, or fining
he party a specified amount of money and in
.his way not directly affecting the candidates.
My proposal was that in case of an infraction
the offending political party be fined an amount
of money to be decided by the Elections Com
mittee to correspond with the severity of the
violation and, in addition to this, if the viola
tion were due to the conduct of one particular
candidate or his representatives, that he be
docked a number of votes to be decided upon
by the committee . . .
()Letter Cut
A little philosophy inclineth a man's mind
to atheism, • but depth in philosophy bringeth
men's minds about to religion.—Francis Bacon
It matters not what you are thought to be,
but what you are.--=Syrus
Thomas Davis, Francine Fineman, John Harlan, Charlotte
Klippel, Winifred Kuashay, John Kuntz, Harriet Learn,
Jules Levine, Gwen Neiditch, Arthur O'Connor, Joan Rapo
port, John Serrian, William Serrian, William Fehr, Eliza
beth Savidge.
Editorials represent the
viewpoint of the writers,
not necessarily the policy
of the paper. Unsigned
editorials are by the editor.
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"You know how fast . he
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last night we short-sheeted him."
Third Times , a Charm'
Adam's - -Other. Rib
The idea of a campus third. party gets ; dragged over the coals
at least once before almost every .elections campaign. This fall the
idea was circulated twice before the .campaign for , freshman and
sophomore class officers—the "airnost':'lq'ittany party encouraged by
John Lyon and the brief University 'salty, initiated by Rudy Lutter.
Snack Bar rumor and the like;
has it that campus politicos are
now considering, a third attempt .
at starting a new Party—lnterest
ingly enough, plans are more ; . sec
retive than vague this time ; and'
show some signs of being success
ful.
The question comes up, though,
of what would make a third party
successful on campus; and the an
swer always boils down to. - the
chief prerequisite that there. be
a need for a third, party, and that
potential clique members recog
nize this need. • .
- Take fora instance the previous
attempt to form the Nittany narty
in September. After one clique
meeting, Mr. Lyon said he would
discontinue his efforts for a third
narty because he had received
-,upport from some freshmen lnly.
It's hard to say what motivated
these frosh to attend one clique
meeting, or Mr. Lyon to hold it
in the first place. But obviously,
none we r e so thoroughly con
vinced of a need for an addition
to campus politics that they could
inject their enthusiasm into many
students.
Again, take the instance of Mr•.
Lutter's University party in Octo
ber. A multitude of campus poli
ticians were supposedly linked
with this attempt, but it too got
no further than the first clique
meeting, because it did not have
strong enough support from the
students.
This is not to say that success
ful third par,ties are impossible
to create. Both the present parties
are results of such revolutionary
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movements. In the spring semes-,
ter. ; of 1947 State Party replaced
the Campus Key party, which
died after taking only one seat
in the- 1946 elections. State party
became so •strong that year it left
its,. opponents, the Nittany Inde
pendents, . out in the cold. The
next. year Lion party pushed out
the Nittany Independents. It made
a weak entrance, but evidently
its-need-was felt because it grew
into its -present role in - campus
politics. ,
liewever, the success of these
two movements cannot be consid
ered complete indication of :.sue,
cess for a third party -at this.stage
of the game. At that time; in:the
1940!5, - student voters' could:•..not
split their votes between - parties:.
Until Lion and State took over,
it was a straight ticket, either,
C-K or N-I. This factor alone
created a need for some new'
blood.
At present there seems - . little
need for a third party,. as - su,dh;
on campus. Even now t l . l 9:"tviP
parties have considerable - trouble'
finding candidates to fill _them ,
slates. Because of the politica:Viet,
up here, these candidate's" , must
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