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Editorials
Speak Up, WDFM
it z.t.r.rns logical that the rna:n support for obtaining a
student-run AM radio station should come from little
iteat d
tiol.vever, this has not been so.
The main support for an AM radio station has come
only from a few individual students working independ
ently and only loosely connected with either WDFM or
student government.
Ever since the idea of a station was advanced mare than
two years ,ago, its progress has suffered because WDFM
has not provided the main support for the movement.
Action taken last year was mostly technical. A Uni
versity student assisted the engineering consultants in the
search for an available frequency. The final report on the
availability of a frequency was optimistic so President
Eric A. Walker and a.committee met several times to plan
the next -step—that of applying for a licenSe from the
Federal Communications Commission.
Since this series of meetings no action has been taken
either way. No decisions have been made. The admin
istration aparently believes that students have not shown
enough enthusiasm for the project.
WDFM still says an AM station would be nice but the
staff hasn't done much about it. All-University Cabinet
thinks it over once in a while but has done little else.
The Student Encampment Communications and Culture
workshop this year recommended that a "detailed investi
gation" be made of the proposal and then Cabinet will take
a 100 per cent stand either for or against it.
If it is favored, then it is recommended tha the AM sta
tion be among the suggestions - the class of '5B votes on for
its gift. •
If the seniors support the station, it would mean $lO,OOO.
And if the class of '59 selected the same, the station's
financial worries would be over.
WDFM can make or break the dream.
Instead of expecting individuals to carry on the work
with hit-and-miss support by Cabinet, WDFM should •
compile the requested report and present it to Cabinet.
By doing this the station staff will save much time since
it alread}• is aware of the questions and answers of• es
tablishing and operating a station. It will also show that
WDFM wholeheartedly wants the station.
Then Cabinet can judge from the report whether or not
an AM station is feasible and if it merits the full support
of the students.
From the outcome of this action, then, the administra-
tion will clearly see the attitude of the students and
availability of resources.
But a final stamp of approval will need a "powerful lot"
of WDFIII as well as Cabinet push.
Short Takes
The latest issue of Froth, on sale tomorrow, may be
plump but probably not pleasingly SO . . .
The National Association of Manufacturers—fighting
for a cut in governmental expenditures—notes that fed
eral, state and local governments are spending more than
$214,000 a minute. We remind this organization: beep ...
The student health situation was called `'normal for the
season" last week by the University Health Service. Since
Dr. Herbert R. Glenn, director of the service, noted a
"definite improvement" in campus health yesterday, we
must presume the situation is now much better than
normal . . .
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THE DAILY COLLEGIAN_ STATE COLLEGE PENNSYLVANIA
Safety Valve
ROTC Termed
'Of Little Value'
TO THE EDITOR: From the cur
rent. rather bilateral discussion of
ROTC in the Collegian, at least
tw•o facts seem evident:
•It is possible to get a good
education at Penn State.
•ROTC causes a very real dis
ruption of some classes.
The question with which we
should concern ourselves is "do
the benefits derived from ROTC
outweigh the annoyance and dis
ruption caused by ROTC?" This,
of course, can only be a value
judgment. However, I should like
to propose the following:
•The primary value of rigid
military discipline is for those oc
casions in which close concerted
action must be taken by large
groups of people acting under
such extreme conditions of stress
that the. ordinary desire to follow
orders fails.
•The majority of assignments
involve skills with distinct civil
ian counterparts, i.e. vehicle re
pair supervisor, food service of
ficer, supply officer. etc. These
jobs can be done better by a
civilian who has these• skills and
must learn military skills after
entering the service than by a
person with an excellent military
background but none of the tech
nical skills.
•Thp character of warfare has
changed so 'markedly that initia
tive and intelligence are of great
er value than blind military obe
dience.
Does ROTC and, in particular,
drill fulfill the precepts above?
My value judgment is no.
Certainly, it did not prepare me
for active duty. I am a ROTC
graduate and served two years
in the Air Force as an officer
before entering graduate school.
I would say that it was of prac
tically no value to me or to
most of the ROTC officers with
whom I served.
Therefore, if the assumptions
and conclusions are valid, drill
must at least be moved and then
steps taken by those in charge to
find a different training program
which will meet the needs of the
military.
Genetics Prof to Speak
On Atomic Fallout Ethics
Dr. Donald F. Mitchell, assis
tant professor of genetics, will
speak on "Some Ethical Issues
Faced in the Atomic Fallout" at
the vesper service at 4:30 this af
ternoon in the Helen Eakin Eisen
hower Chapel.
The Meditation Chapel choir,
directed by Willa C. Taylor, will
sing.
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Carnegie
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Willard
Delta Sigma Pi. 7:30 p.m.. at Alpha Sigma
BRIMEMM!I
Office
Gamma Sigma (sisters only), 6:15 p.m
205 Willard
History Round Table. 7:30 p.m.. 217 Wil
lard
Skating Division of Outing. Club. 7:30 p.m..
317 Willard
Vespers, 4:30 Helen Eakin Eisen
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Vi'SGA Judicial Board. 5 p.m., 218 RUB
IWSGA Judicial Board Tea, 8 p.m.. Sim
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—Farren H. Smilh
Graduate Student
TODAY
TONIGHT ON. WDFM
Little Man on Campus by Dick Biblet
"It was my turn to sit behind Biffo—you slept
Sand in my Shoes
Too Many Shout—
Instead of Think
Mr. John Q. Public has been jostled out of his easy chair
t.vice in the past several weeks. Newspaper headlines scream
ing of segregation and Russia's Sputnik have caused him
much consternation and a few white hairs.
His reaction has been called immaturity, poor sportsman
ship, puerilism, childishness, and many other things.
The announcement cf Russia's
beeping ball knocked the wind out
of many people. The Little Rock
segregation incident evoked bit
terness and resistance from "solid
American citizens," and from oth
ers, disgust at the behavior of the
whites.
It is a difficult thing lo admit
error in ourselves. It has been
much easier to attribute error
to the growing pains of a young
people.
But perhaps the major human
problem raised by the tempo of
today's society is that it leaves us
so little time to think and to view
in perspective just what we are;
doing and where we are going.
We confuse movement with ;
progress, and activity with ac-1
complishment. There is too much;
pressure to "get things done," ands
we rarely stop to think if they;
are worth doing or if we are do
ing them the right way.
The ideal, in our age, is the
.busy man—the man who trav
els. who makes decisions, who
races along the orbit of his life
without ever recognizing that
he may be traveling in circles.
Action cannot be a substitute
for thought. Too often the world
has been plunged into disaster by
men who did not take the time
for slow, thorough thinking. It
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behind him in history!"
.By Judy Harkison
seems so much easier to do some
thing than to unddrstand its im
plications.
Louis Carroll's Red Queen
had to run as fast as she could
just to stay in the same place.
This was a shrewd premonition
of modern man's predicament.
A little thought itself might
have helped the emotional,
screaming Little Rock mobs who
forgot that Negroes are citizens,
too.
And a mature mind would real
ize there is no law that prohibits
any man or country from winning
a worthwhile and hard-earned
goal.
Hillel Resets Time
Of Hebrew Course
The meeting hour for the course
in conversational Hebrew offered
at the Hillel Foundation has been
changed to 7 p.m. on Tuesdays.
New registrants for the coarse
may attend the next session on
Tuesday. Textbooks will be pro
vided.
The course also will incorpor
ate students enrolled for interme
diate Hebrew.
GOTTA' NO!DONT GIVE UP
GET THAT._ NOW! YOU'VE GONE
BLANKET! THIS FAIMON'TGvE
NOW!! PlWrilk;ria, UP-