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AcademicFreedomAimed
At Wrong Goal--Cronin
"Ideological unanimity, only possible among intellectuals
where clubbiness, self-interest and conformism enter the pic
ture, converts professors into just another pressure group
bent on freedom for the sake of power."
So says Morton Cronin, assistant professor in . English
at Los Angeles State College, ini
the Jan. 7 issue of The New Re
-250 Award,
College faculties that are al
• • most entirely self-governing, he
Appiications I says. often generate within them
selves such coercive pressures to- }
ward conformity that the range
Avcdlable of opinion that is effectively ex-I
pressed among them is decidely
narrow.
I What the appeal for academic!
freedom boils down to, Cronin,
!emphasizes, is the insistence thatl
la college faculty have exclusivel
right to determine the criteria ,
'according to which it will recruit,
retain, promote or discharge its
members.
Colleges Not 'Sanctuaries' ,
"The popular conviction that]
colleges are sanctuaries where'
men escape from the tensions off
rivalry is naively rooted in the!
fact that professors give up the
possibility of making much mon-1
ey," he says.
"In the academic world the con
testants keep score primarily with
rank, publications, and the good,
opinion of their colleagues.
"What provokes this good opin-1
ion? Well, • too often the only
magic necessary is an amiablel
disposition and, most crucial of
all, a willingness to espouse the
current prejudices of the club,
whether these be social, political
or merely professional."
Sees Freedom Curtailed
Cronin believes that college de
partments are either piously and
complacently liberal, or they are
stolidly and stubbornly conserva
tive. In either case freedom is cur
tailed, he said.
This is especially true in the
academic world, because a fair)
definition of a conservative cam-1
pus, he continued, at least if it isi
not sectarian, is one where con- i
troversial questions of a non
technical nature simply do not
excite much discussion.
The public might find it easier
to stomach Communists, he says,
if professors made better use of
their own opportunities to pro
mote effective debate on all
im
portant questions.
'Formidable Circumstances'
"The objective circumstances
which nourish conformity ... are
formidable indeed. But they can
be conquered if enough profes
sors decide, as David Riesman
would say, that henceforth they
are going to be inner-directed.
"The traditions of individual
freedom and responsibility still
exist around which they can in
tegrate themselves. In fact, they'
pay lip service to them—a not
entirely useless kind of service—
all the time. They need only pre
vent their devotion to them from
becoming so incandescent that the
light blinds them to the reality it
is supposed to illuminate."
Applications for eight leader
ship scholarships will be accepted
until Feb. 15 by the trustees of
Delta Upsilon Educational Foun
dation.
Letters of application are to be
addressed to the Foundation, .1.
Paul McNamara, secretary, Room
301, 50 E. Broad St.. Columbus,
Ohio.
$250 Scholarships
Purpose of the $250 scholarships
is to give financial aid in educa
tion to male undergraduate stu
dents in colleges and universities
in United States and Canada.
Students must show leadership
potentiality and must have dem
onstrated some actual constructive
achievement on the campus.
The applications should be type
written and include a biograph
ical outline, transcript of college
record and full information on
college activities and honors.
Need To Be Included
The financial need of the ap
plicant including information on
other scholarships and grants now
being received, and a brief state
ment of the reasons the applicant
believes he is worthy of a scholar
ship should be presented in the
applications.
A picture of the applicant must
be included and the applicant
should have his dean, adviser or
.other member of the University
administration write directly a
letter of comment on his applica
tion.
Contract Letting
To Be Probed
WASHINGTON, Jan. 4 VP)—
The staff of the Senate Investiga
tions subcommittee today was or
dered to determine whether there
might he a conflict of interest in
the award of an Army contract
to a firm headed by the wife of
a top defense official.
Chairman John M. McClellan
(D-Ark.) said he ordered a "pre
liminary inquiry" into an $834,-
150 clothing contract awarded to
Wynn Enterprises, Inc., of Knox
ville, 'Tenn., which is headed by
the wife of Assistant Secretary of
Defense Robert Tripp Ross.
"It may be perfectly legiti
mate," McClellan told a news
man. But he said the matter calls
for at least a staff check on "any
possible violation of the conflict
of interest laws."
Highway Slaughter
Mark Set in '56
CHICAGO u4l—The nation's mo
torists set an all-time record for
highway slaughter in 1956, the Na
tional Safety Council says.
The number of traffic dead was
placed yesterday at 40.020 231
more than the old record of 39,969
set in 1941, and a 5 per cent rise
in the 1955 total of 38,426.
The council said it based its
figure on the actual count for the
first 11 months of the year, plus
an estimate for December. The
toll for the first 11 months was 36,-
000.
Collegian Called Chief
Campus Communication
The 1929 LaVie contains the
following comments on The Daily
Collegian: The Daily Collegian is
"the chief instrument in keeping
the students, faculty, alumni and
friends of the college in touch
with activities and accomplish
ments of the year.
"Besides serving as an excellent
medium of publicity for the col
legs., it strives to support all
movements for the good of Penn
State."
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
Engagements
Oprendek-Reid
Mr. and Mrs. Frederic J. Opren
dek of Gibsonia have announced
the engagement of their daughter
Anita Francis to Mr. John B.
Reid, son of Mr. and Mrs. John
M. Reid of Lancaster.
Miss Oprendek is a senior in
home economics and a member
of Alpha Ni Delta.
Mr. Reid was graduated from .
the University in 1954. He is a
member of Tau Kappa Epsilon
and Sigma Detla Chi, professional
journalism fraternity. He is serv
ing in the Navy at the Little
Creek Naval Base in Norfolk, Va.
A fall wedding is planned.
Smith-Surovchak
Mrs. Stella Smith of Monessen
has announced the engagement
of her daughter Marcella to Mr.
Richard Surovchak. son of Mr.
and Mrs. Joseph Surovchak of
Monessen.
Mr. Surovchak was graduated
from the University last June,
and is presently employed with
the Pittsburgh Steel Co. He is a
member of Theta Kappa Phi fra
ternity.'
The wedding is •planned for
Jan. 21.
Bible Prof
Will Give
Hillel Talk
Dr. Samuel Sandmel, professor
of Bible and Hellenistic literature
at Hebrew Union College-Jewish
Institute of Religion in Cincin
nati, will give a public lecture
on "A Jewish Understanding of
the New Testament" at 8 p.m. to
morrow in the Hillel Auditorium.
New Testament Specialist
Dr. Sandmel is a specialist in
the New Testament and its rela
tion to Judaism. A graduate of
the Hebrew Union College, where
he was ordained in 1937, • Dr.
Sandmel was appointed to the
faculty of his alma mater in 1952.
Dr. Sandmel went to Vander
bilt Univerity after serving from
1946 to 1949 as director of the
Hillei Foundation at Yale Univer
sity. Earlier, he served nearly
four years as a Navy and Marine
Corps chaplain in World War IL
Fellow of National Group
In 1951, he was elected a Fellow
of the National Council on 'Reli
gion in Higher Education in rec
ognition of his contributions to
religious education at the grad
uate level.
He was awarded the President's
Fellowship by Brown Univei n ;ty
and prepared a book on the New
Testment, "A Jewish Understand
ing of the New Testament," pub
lished in the spring of 1956. His
book "Philo's Place in Judaism"
appeared in the summer of 1956.
He is working at present on a
book to be called "Judaism and
Christianity."
Authority Sees
Sex Anarchy
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. Jan. 4 (JP)
—Prof. Pitirim Sorokin of Har
vard University, an authority of
human behavior. says Americans
are drifting toward sex anarchy.
"Americans," he said, "are vic
tims of a sex mania as malig
nant as cancer and as socially
menacing as communism."
Prof. Sorokin's views on the
subject are contained in a book
titled "The American Sex Revo
lution," due in the book stores
next Monday.
Prof. Sorokin said the nation's
"sex obsession" is reflected in the
mounting divorce rate, the up
surge in sex crimes. "the empha
sis of sex in radio and TV pro
grams, stage plays and movies,
popular songs. pictures, reading
matter and advertising."
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worth a call to LewiEtown for :1950. Phone
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VOW/ OFF original price on 1556 41-foot
2 bedroom trailer. large bath, and kitchen.
Owner will finance. Call EL S-2972.
FOR RENT
ROOMS FOR Rent for male students in
private bene, fl 2 W. College. COI AD
F-9460.
TWO BOARD-ROOM lacaneies at Marilyn
Hall. 317 E. Beater—spring semester.
Reserlations being taken by Mrs. Elleard.
lIESEEVE YOUR room for spring semes
ter now. Near campus blocks—clean.
comfortable. 56.00. 619 We•t College.
LOST
PERSON WHO took topcoat on Edward's
bus in Pittsburgh. Dec.2l please con
tact Jerry AD F-6427. I bare Sours.
K&E.SLIDE RULE—near Ree Hall bowling
alleys. Reward. Ileaee return to John
Stohler. 215 McKee eat. E 4,5.
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MISCELLANEOUS
GRADUATING SENIORS, Lefore you Im‘e
cannon., remember to join the Fenn
State Alumni Association. Special senior
membership fee. only 3200. Come to
Alumni Office. 104 Old Main.
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232 South Allen Street.
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if so. call AD 7-2492 or bring muddies
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Ag College to Seek
Student Recruiters
The College of Agriculture will ask its students to take
part in a high school recruitment program over the semester
vacation.
Dr. David R. McClay, acting assistant dean of the college,
said he would like to find 50 students who would be willing
to speak in their hometown high schools.
There will be an explanatory
meeting for those interested in
the program at 7 p.m. Thursday
in 206 Armsby.
McClay said that while the ov
erall University enrollment was
climbing the enrollment in the
agriculture college had remained
static for the last few years. He
also said that there are many
more jobs available in agricul
tural fields than there are grad
uates to fill them.
To Receive Pamphlets •
The students representing the
college will speak about the op
portunities in agriculture and will
be given a packet of pamphlets
telling about the majors and short
courses offered by the College of
Agriculture.
They will also be given infor
mation concerning the college
such as the fact that it is the fifth
largest in the nation. Other items
included are types of work that
graduates go into, total- enroll
ment and number of graduates
and majors offered.
/ Why should \
I
YOU pay
I, electric sei
in Tennessl
•
N.,.........
In almost all of Tennessee, and in the other areas
of the II S. served by federal government power
systems, a strange twist in federal law puts sev
eral million families and businesses into a special
"privileged class." Your taxes help pay their
electric bills!
Here's what happens: Unlike independent
electric light and power companies, federal gov
ernment powei systems pay no federal taxes at
all and pay little or no state and local taxes. This
means that customers of these federal power sys
tems don't pay the taxes on electricity that you
pay. As a result, you have to be taxed more to
make up the difference—and to'build the federal
power plants in the first place.
Shouldn't the basic unfairness of this kind of
subsidy and tax exemption be given thorough
study and discussion? We think so. That's why
we bring you this message.
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SATURDAY. JANUARY 5. 1957
The average yearly cost, pro
cedure in applying for scholar
ships, how to apply for admission,
and the percentages of those stu
dents currently enrolled in the
college coming from both rural
and city. home environments will
also •be explained.
High school students will also
be given a form to fill out which
will indicate their school year, the
curriculum which interests them
most and whether they would
like -more information about ca
reer- opportunities, a University
catalogue, an application of ad
mission, or an interview with a
faculty•member of the college on
campus.
'What's This?' Answer
The clue mentioned a ring.
which is what this- does. The
clue mentions Nary, which is
where this is from.
It's the top of the bell of the
USS Pennsylvania. situated in
the Helsel Union courtyard.
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