PAU FOUR
Editorial
They Haven't Forgotten
James 13;an's photographic exhibit to begin Sunday in
the Hetzel Union Building will remind us of those days
last October when thousands of Hungarians lost their lives
and homes in their fight for freedom.
But the people of Hungary need no reminder, as the
Janos Kadar regime well knew this week.
The regime in Hungary was taking no chances on a re
peat performance this October.
Hundreds of citizens considered by the government to
be "uncertain elements" in the population were put in
temporary detention and guards were placed around the
cities where the historical revolt began.
Mourning was prohibited in the country. Stores were
forbidden by the regime to sell black flags or ties and
persons having recent deaths in their families were
cautioned not to wear mourning since their gestures
might be "misinterpreted" by the police.
By these and other "precautionary" measures, the So
viet-controlled regime in Hungary has admitted that the
people are not satisfied and have not forgotten the,Soviet
tanks, men and artillery that shed their blood last October.
Nor will they forget that Janos Kadar is their executioner's
representative.
Light Up, Unlucky
Although there is believed to be some link between
smoking and lung cancer, Americans are still buying more
cigarets than ever.
Last year Arne; Leans purchased 399 billion cigarets at a
cost of about $4 billion. It may be higher this year.
The American Cancer Society reports that on an aver
age heavy cigaret smokers die eight years younger than
the average of their age group; heavy cigar smokers die
three years younger than average; heavy pipe smokers
die three months younger.
Dr. E. Cuy ler Hammond of the Yale University Medical
Society and associated with the American Cancer Society,
expressed the opinion that "the evidence shows that heavy
cigaret smoking is a causative factor in lung cancer, but
presumably not the only cause." Dr. Hammond spoke on
campus Tuesday night.
Be concluded his speech: "I can't see why people par
take of the habit of smoking—but I personally like it."
So do millions of other Americans who might be
bothered somewhat about the claims of a link between
smoking and lung cancer but not bothered enough to..
quit smoking.
Until definite proof is given—and maybe even after—
Americans will probably continue to spend billions of
dollars a year fdr tobacco.
If you are worried, just put your trust in the boys from
Madison Avenue—and continue to light up, unlucky.
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Safety Valve
Kilpatrick Talk
Draws Criticism
TO THE EDITOR: Laughter of
the audience punctuated Dr. Wil
liam H. Kilpatrick's quotation of
the first sentence of old grammars
of the late nineteenth century.
The idea that orthography, ety
mology, syntax and prosody are
innately concerned with a sen
tence was amusing for this rea
son: the school hoy did not un
derstand the words!
Speaking as a past instructor
in a university, I might wish
that a modern grammar had a
comparable first sentence. Many
of my students declared that
they had never seen these
words, that they had never
heard them pronounced and of
course they could not define
them.
Some of the. same students
could not spell or sometimes pro
nounce common one or two or
three Syllable words; in addition
they were incapable of writing a
coherent sentence. To obtain a
definition of prosody was almost
unheard of.
The fact that Dr. Kilpatrick
quoted so voluminously and
preposterously led me to be
lieve that he did not have much
to say. But more distressing. he
look 75 minutes to say it.
He stated that memorization
was passe and he quoted Plu
tarch's suggestion of this form of
learning. This was hardly a bona
fide comparison. What other form
of learning was available to peo
ple who lived during the first
hundred years after the birth of
Christ?
He apparently overlooked the
date of the printing press. He
quoted a simple fragment from
Seneca: Non enim vivere bonum
est sed vivere bene is a noble
thought but we know that Sen
eca prostituted his high ethical
ideals. The worth of a man's state
ment lies in its fulfillment.
Dr. Kilpatrick stated that
molding characters is the job
of teachers and superintendents.
He neglected to define charac
ter just as he neglected to de
fine other terms which he used;
but we may safely assume that
he did not mean mental disci
pline!
Some of my liberally educated
friends emphatically say that they
as parents feel capable of mold
ing their own children's charac
ters, that they prefer teachers to
fulfill their position: give infor
mation; teach boys and girls how
to think. Character building - and
moral life in the narrow sense of
the word, and social life have long
been duties of parents; improve
ment of minds has long been the
duty of teachers.
Dr. Kilpatrick said that a high
school graduate should have a
philosophy of life. Does this mean
a love of wisdom as the word
philosophy originally meant? If
so. I hope each graduate does
have a philosophy of life. But I
fear that the expression has de
generated in meaning.
Dr. Kilpatrick me n fioned
that education is for an "im
' provement of civili ration."
Again, no definition of terms.
Does this mean superficial bet
terment —better food, housing,
appliances—or does this mean
better thought than Aristotle,
better writing than Shakes
peare. better art than El Greco?
(Thank you, Rebecca West).
But the "good" life had no true
definition, either. As a matter of
fact, Dr. Kilpatrick used words,
words, words which had no fac
tual meaning because he was not
explicit in definition or expres
sion.
More painful was his persis
tence in talking down to his "ed
ucated" audience.
—One of the "Uneducated"
(Name Withheld)
Junior BusAd Student
Receives Scholarship
Jean Ogden Crandley, junior in
business administration from
I
Philadelphia, has been awarded a
5250 scholarship for both her jun
ior and senior years.
The scholarship is one of the
William Elliott Foundation schol
arships, sponsored by the Phila
delphia Life Insurance Co. and
awarded to students majoring in
insurance.
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Phsst—did ole muscle-mouth take roll today?"
Sand In my Shoes
ROTC 'n
Here to Stay?
The value of ROTC has been hotly controversial in the
Safety Valve column during the past few weeks, but it seems
the controversy has been raging at Wisconsin, too.
There compulsory ROTC has not merely been attacked
by readers on an editorial page—it's been voted down by
student government.
The University of Wisconsin; Then he read Hammond's con-
Student Senate voted 27-3 this; elusion—"l can't see why people
week to do away with compulsory 'partake of the habit of smoking—
ROTC on campus, i but I personally Ilke It!"
Maybe they read Safety Valved "Whew," muttered. the stu-
Or maybe during dent and, apparently comforted
classses students ' . by Hammond's own choic e,
an d professors , . , -., . ..; reached for another "cancer
were jarred into '-1 ~ stick" . .
consciousness. Or "• • *
may b e coeds _ C..,.. - Overheard on campus the other
were awakened -- - - v<-- day. . "The only way I can
at 6:15 a.m.. too .. 0
_Juil-^N ow ,,, ,z- • ;work . up any enthusiasm Over a
** • MO' . *.• course is to flunk the firsts blue-
This is only - a '. , • ':"-. book .. ." .
personal pr e j u- - -;.. -.
.. ‘' Several entries in the Ugly
dice but why do -.. .! - ; Man Contest seemed to pick up
1 (loctors. special- ~_: ,:,, ....;.. ; the timely theme of the flu and
lists and authori-• 1-', • ; i parody the infirmary. 0n e
:ties expound on' ; which particularly caught our
;the deathly effects of cigarette; eye was titled "The Flu Epi
'smoking and then, in the next: demic We Didn't Have."
breath, start puffing one them.; The ice cream menu in the
(selves? 'Lion's Den has taken OR anew
Dr. E. Cuyler Hammond of the twist. Instead of the usual, the
Yale University Medical Society ;names of the flavors have been
said Tuesday that cigarette smok - ;misspelled, upset, or given new
ing is .definitely a cause of lunginames. For instance Orange
cancer and it also puts an added; Sputnik, fudgie wudgie, choclit.
strain on coronary artery dis_ea-se.'vanula and cherry rippelated.
He went on to quote the high
er
lung cancer death rate among I ros
Fh N ominations
smokers, the effect on the ner- Due
vous system and then the fact !For Bus Ad Council -
that the amount of nicotine in 1
Tomorrow is the last day for
one cigarette is enough to kill 1
;freshmen to turn in Self-nomina
a person if taken in one straight
Idose. tions for the Business Adminis-
We watched one student turn:tration Student Council at the
green as ,he read the Collegian'
general admissions office in Boue
report of the speech, choke a few
'ke Building.
times, and swear that he would; Elections will be held Oct. 30
never indulge again_ land 31.
TODAY lanne Fries.
Hillel Sabbath Eve Services, S p.m. l Gail Gill. Frank Cuthier. Nancy Greene,
Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship, ::30,Dasid Hitchinics. Carl Hoffman, Irene Hor
p.m.. 111 Sparks Ivath, Robert Howe. Arthur Johnson. Ruth
Lutheran Student Association, Spook PartylJones. Edward Junker, Nary Kammere,
at Watts Lodge. JJames Kerr, John Lasky. Janice Leonard ,
Newman Club Square Dance, 8:30 p . m., 'John Marko, Bruce McEuen, Judith Mills.
Church Hall. !Thomas Mills, Blaine Minhinnick, April
Outing Club Halloween Party, Forestry' Mombrea, John Nagy, Harry Newburn.
Cabin.l • Rimer,
Rosalind Rabino Virginia Mar.
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PLACEMENT SERVICE Roche. Anne Rollins, Roy Rosenberger.
Food Mach. & Chemical Corp: Nov 8, BS !Donald Rudolph. Michael Sabokik. John
MS. PhD in Chem. ChE. ME Sapia, B.S.R. Sastry, Charles Schutt. An-
Preston Laboratories: Nov 8. BS. MS, PhD ' nor. Mary Shey, Stephen Smack, William
Hazeltine Electronics Corp: Nov 8. ES. MS Smith.
PhD in EE. ME. IE, Bus Ad.!
Ronald Springman, John Stoner. Arthur
Whirlpool-Seeger Corp: Nov 8. MS. Phl)!St. Once. Subagio Ismaun, Bette Subil.
in Cer. Chem. EE. ME. Metal. Phys !Steven Tomko. James Traynor. Karl Trem.
UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL 'ha. David Ullom. Stanley Way. Patricia'
Jerome Abractinskas. David Alexander.' Zadrota. Carolyn Zuchoveski. WiUiaa¢ Zurlo.
Howard Allison. Abdul Awan, James! TONIGHT ON WDFM
Blatchford, Camelia Blount. Laurence Buck,) 6 :45 : Sign on and News: 7:00 "A" Train:
Lester Boyer. Peter Cooke, Jack Crosby,l7:so: State News and National Sports;
Curis Carroll. Preston Dent. Judith De-; 8:00: Hubzapoppin'; 8:30: Friday Night
Poneeau, Lena Detoma, Elisabeth Eagel-!News Round-up: 9:00: Just For Twol
man. Sairatore Ficarro, James Furniss.!lo:oo: News: 10:05: Light Classical Juke.
Sharon Gallagher. Hard Fontans. Mari-1bn:: 11:30: News - and Siga,otL
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25. 1957
n Campus by Dick Bibl
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By Judy Harkison ---J
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