, - PAGE SIX , . THE DAILY COLLEGIAN STATE COLLEGE PENNSYLVANIA 'WEDNESDAY. 'NOVEMBER 13, 1957 ....—.... - - Editorials , Safety Valve Little Man on Campus by Dick Bible/ Education,ROTC. 1 .. /,- ........, The Rebels Will Vote •, I i SMUT 1:11404 ---- :- t ( v. 14 — -11111100 k ;Not Compatible! A small group of freshmen and sophomores plan to , TO THE EDITOR: The recommen-1 \ (? - / - 4 -1 ‘ vote for their class officers today and tomorrow. We i dations of the Senate Committee) wonder why. - on Educational Policy regarding, ire • ~• , ____.- 4 7 academic military affairs at Penn; ( ': j . ; ? After all, this small group of freshmen and sophomores ;State I feel are unacceptable to' __../ — ic any University's system of edu-1 is in the minority. There is a much larger- group of fresh anon. '561 14 f •-....,,,..... • men and sophomores who do not plan to vote. The goal of the ROTC program; • -RxiiteELP 'is to train future officers for the; wiT to ti And practically noboby these days, it seems, wants to military. service and the means to; ._ 10r ... .., 1 • - Be in the minority. Conformity is the fad. So-why does this goal are incompatible with, ...,- 1 the means to the traditional goal,' ire , _ 'this small group of freshmen and sophomores' want to , of a University. Military Programs! ,•••• ...v , -;:' -7,- ..,.,-- - - • . . • . 7 ' ./. • — • • . .. - be rebels? - are accomplished by enforcing; :' • ,--" i rigid conformity to military regu-1 Well, it could be that the students in the small group Nation and unchallenged obedi-; , ~ ,- :. --,. :ence to superior officers; whereas' ----- . I --' - ...- ,-. • *----, / ../ care about which members of their classes represent them. • ;the University hopes to encourage' ; . , . . ~.. _ _ . .. But this is indeed unusual. After all, apathy also is the fad.' !sincere independence in thought 1 „ ._. . . _ land deed by offering opportuni- . :: ~.i This is not being apathetic. And not being apathetic puts Ales for the expression of chal-; •11, • them in the minority again. And, again, who wants to be llenging views, and urging the de-1 j ------ _..------ I ivelopment of individual f r e e-! ; ---......_‘___... - . in the minority these days? . ; thinkers. ' / , . 1 , ; How then, can these two ex- j There must be another reakon. Well, it could be that 1 tremely opposite means be any- ' . -they feel student government needs the best possible !thing but incompatible within the • I same system? gl.e. k 5. i t persons. But this too is unusual. After all, student gov- l' The Committee's recommends-;i ernment never does anything and never will, as the much ! tion that ROTC become a part of. i ~• : ' the College of the Liberal Arts ° . - .' . larger group believes. I would mean that this monster of . . - • - . . . iconformitj:woul be unleashed . in' "If ya ask me—it has always had‘a 'FUNNY' taste." ell. maybe this small group of freshmen and soph- 1 the very "house"of its strongest; . omores who plan to vote realize that small voting per- ladversary—into the center of dem-I —lnterpreting the News ocratic princof education. cents es hurt the effectiveness of student government. : The Senate CoCmmittee's basis But why should they care about the effectiveness of ! for the new, broadened, compul sory ROTC participation is that their student government. The majority group which there is a great need for "civilian ow the Democrats • won't vote doesn't care. . iii defense training" and "citizenship i education." • ' . Well, maybe the freshmen and sophomores who corn- Apparently the Committee has ;little faith in the adequacy of prise this small group which plans to vote feels it's their an Watch the Cat present courses in sociology, psy-, democratic duty to vote. But again, this puts them in the :chology, history, political science,' By J. M. ROBERTS l courses apparently doesn't feel this way. (American very basic "stuff" of thel -Adlai E. Stevenson has reserved his right to help the American society. These courses. Democratic party make an issue of the Eisenhower iidminis- There's one main thing we want to tell these freshmen !are specifically designed to de and sophomores who comprise this small group which velop individuals who will seek,ltration's defense policies during next year's 'congressional who will challenge, and who willi 10l CaMain plans to vote: Go to the polls in the Hetzel Union Build- easily adapt to new circumstances. - - ' In reality, are not these courses in' He has declined to accept any responsibility for policy frig with a smile of pride on your face. I "citizenship"? ;making in connection with that And, remember, you can split your ballots if you wish, There is no place in a Univers-;President's desire to offer a new Icold while Britain snuggles closer ity for a military training pro . iprografn of centralized scientificjand closer to the United States gram. Only after realizing this , d f , e ense effort at next month's atomically conclusion can we hope that our ' Is.ATO meeting in Paris. He will! Unless the President can give educational system will fulfill the! Art for Our Sake expectations of a University. make, suggestions. ;dramatic assurances at Paris, this —Roderick Happel, '59 Ordinarily, when the Presi- European nervousness will be en . •Letter Cut dent calls, men have to answer. hanced in a few weeks when Con- Collections of great art will be brought to the University Stevenson was given an out in igress meets and all the vocal guns this year by the newly-formed Artists' Series. 'D ' on t Drop FM', this respect when the offer I (Continued on page seven) came through Secretary John 1 - Now on exhibition In the Hetzel Union Building is the i • Foster Dulles fora role in the I G azette second of several collections from the Guggenheim Mu- ;Lion Party Told State Department. The role I would have been quite similar i ITO THE EDITOR: Let me first, to that played by Dulles during 1 seum. New York City. It will be shown for six months— TODAY say that I appreciate the support; the Truman-Vandenberg non- I Accounting Club, 7 p.m.. Phi Sigma ;canna. :American Society of Agricultural Engineers. an extended loan basis. lof Lion party in seeking to obtain!, partisan foreign policy period lAM facilities for WDFM. 1 7 p.m., 206 Ag. Eng. This is in accordance with the plan of the Guggenheim Computer Applications Seminar, 4:10 p.m, 1 This is the type of support L I 10 years Dulles ag o. T homas E. Dewey's. p.m.. 209 Willard. Alpha, 7:30 p.m., Phi Kappa . Tau. Foundation to make long term loans to centers where 'urged in my last letter to Thelchoice for - secretary of state if !Pit Nu (Daily Collegian. Beginners Hebrew, 7 p.m., Mild. 'the Republicans had won in 1948, Industrial Education Society, 9 p.m., Tan paintings of the type they feature are not commonly However, the portion of this 1• • - ;joined the department under I Kappa Ermiion. • available to the public. This particular collection contains particular plank which suggest- Dean Acheson to give the appear- ; 3lsrketing Club. 7:30 p.m., Sigma Nu. ed that in the event AM is un- '' ' Newman Club No. ma, 7 p.m.. Our Lady the work of Braque, Feininger, Kandinsky, Klee, Leger, obtainable, FM be dropped .a nte of a united American front of Victory Church. ' , in the early days of the cold war. Lecture Series, 7 p.m., 104 Program Marc, Moholy-Nagy, Schwitters and Xceron. seems rather foolish , i llis chief assignment was com- Center. This rather drastic step would. His Choir Practice, 7:30 p.m., Our Lady of In the Mineral Industries Building is an exhibition now {eliminate all campus radio, some- ioletion of the Japanese peace' victory Church. -on display from the Carnegie Museum, Pittsburgh. It con- !thin which I sincerely believe' treaty. iNtiu White Building. 7:30 p.m. President Dwight D. Eisenhower {Outing Club Ski. Division. 7 p.m., 241 Res would lower, at least somewhato 'tarns a series of pictures representing "God-Made Matter: the overall stature of a university; needs a strong figure from the; Hall . . . Phi Stems 7:30 p.m., 113 Freer . Man-Made Form." of this size. i opposition party now to reassure • 7 • 1 s P e i na Lambda Theta, p.m., 215 HUB. !America's allies that proposed !Senate am the first to admit that Sen ate Courses of Study Committee. 3:10 Through this program of art exhibits the Artists' our audience is not what it i c ommitments in atomic stockpil- 1 p.m., 220 Sparks. should or would be with AM fa- ing and scientific pooling will not I I AI ichatUNIVERSITY .sfi H rtt SP i llT ra Al : Hugh Series is making an outstanding contribution in an area w ither with the end of his ad-inams e y, Gerald Vanim, Gerald %enter. vilifies. However, even with our which many feel has been unfortunately neglected. - present FM facilities we do ,ministration. 'Mariorie Warden. Martha Wilson. Melyn. reach a surprising number of In Europe is already nervous. da Albrecht, Stanley Petrick, Carl Grenlich, William y Ro The University has done its part. Now students students must people, a good Many of whom i Rifts with Britain and FranceEbe rsole Fabis, Charles lieu , Palmer Rush, and Robert Ranochak. show enough interest so that the program can be con- are students. The latter fact is ! over Suez have not been en- TONIGHT ON wileat : i :2 7 T o a rigtee s: t 7 :0 a 0: ,d T tr n nat io 'ti w 'tinned and, e hope, expanded. evidenced not only by our mail- , tirely healed. This is especially ing list but by telephone re- true in France, where America's Is:lona; 8:150: - Ja . Panorama; 9:00: anal. quests on musical shows and ! stock remains very low. !National and Wo rld u News: 9:16: At Your through correspondence. 1 France is also jittery because IService; 9:20: Music of the People; 10:001 I 'News; 10:05: Virtuoso; 11:30: News and In order to make a recommen- she is more or less out in the isign-off. Editorials ere written by the editors and staff members dation that FM be dropped, al ,„„,, ..,„ of The Daily Collegian and do not necessarily represent l ot the station should have been OFFERENTLY, YOU LARGE f-lOLIGES..CrrHERS LIVE. undertaken. , I Did the originators of this KNOW, , IN ONLY VER'I I 6MALL FURS. plank realize that the individual _... •U. A Student-Operated Newspaper student's yearly contribution to i iii c ':''?- WDFM wouldn't buy even a . „..,,, _ 011 t Battu Tuilegiatt pack of cigarettes? Do the originators of this plank • , illiiM4lo, !know WDFM's programming? Did' ____4 it ; Successor to The Free Lance, est. 1887 they study what is being offered? MIN kA‘a* ihman.n.4 Tuesday throogh Saturday seeming during the Cralyersity year. The Datii:HOw do they know it wouldn't 711 . 1.1 7 t ll 5..1 4........ . ► - Collegian to a student-operated newspaper. Entered as second-class matter July I. 1554 1. . r: as t h. "-is College, Pa.„ Post Office under the art of Starch 3. 1571. pay them to dash out and pug- Mall ellebseetptioa Prima /3.01 per semester $5.011 per rear chase an FM radio? Our listeners, • and I estimate that there are ~........,............,.=..z. LOTS OF PEOPLE EAT AND ED DUBBS. Editor .n •.t--. STEVE HIGGINS, Bus. Mgr, about 500 FM radio sets within ROM-our broadcast area, cons i d e r SLEEP IN THE SAME ROM- I , Managing Editor. Jody Bariumia: City Editor. Robert Fronklint Sports Editor, deer WDFM an oas i s i n th e d esert o f cameo: Copy Editor. Ann* Friedberg: Assistant Copy Editor. Marian Beatty: Assistant , ! Risen. &titan', Katt Mathews and Lou Prato; 24. 0 „... p Edi tor. Gu nny Phillips, Pb.. local commercial radio. Rather . tioaranny Editor. George Harrison. :than eliminate this extra area of ' ; ' 11 140 - il l C I Aid. Stu . Mgr.. Soo stonerwal Local Ad. Mgr., Marilyn Elias: Aut. Local Ac l possible student information, edu- . I aut.. Row Ann Con:alto: National Ad. BM. Joan Walton: Promotion Alm Marlaano'cation and entertainment, let's , Make: Personnel altrr.. Lynn Glassboro: Classified Ad. Stm Stow' Motets: CAri . f 1 41*.st ~.,.._--..... i Circulation Mgrs.. Pat Miera i cki and Richard Lipner Research and fueerd s Mgr hold on to it, and move on from i t IR Barham Wall: Office Secretary. Bedews Marks. -there, S. 1 —Dick Schilpp, '5B ).- - - - Milni- i s- r —_---_ liim STAFF THIS ISSI:E: Copy Editor. Denny ltdaiirkt Wire Editor, Pat Evans: Assistants' • 1\ ~ Marcel Vau Lierde. Cathy Fleck, John Steiner, Norm Lockman , Marlete.Milmal, Mar. WDFM Station Manager . , 0 • \ i , .;,/ 1e.../.1 1 - % , -,,i. , Arazug We* Janes Duritine , Mary Los Rassall. l *Lefler Cut , ► . —... •—.......--... sates .
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