PAGE POUR Editorials First Things First Ti.e ma j fq - 11:.- of the thernhers of All-University Cabinet :-.eerned confused 6 - 1 i the real issue.facing The real issue was not whether a School of Military Science should be included in College of the Liberal Arts. The real issue w•as not whether civil defense training should be incorporated in the ROTC program or in the physical education program. The real issue, simply. was: Should ROTC be compul sory? This is not an issue which needs weeks and weeks of study before it is debated. Before we can decide on v..hether ROTC should be compulsory we should take a look at the reasons courses should be required. •Courses should be required if they contribute sig nificantly to the general education of a student. *Courses should be required if they contribute to the well-being of the student. •.And some courses should be required if they contribute to the well-being of the country as a whole. The reason for compulsory ROTC falls mainly under the third reason: contribution to the well-being of the country as a whole. The main reason for ROTC is to turn cut officers for the armed services. Therefore, the question boils down to whether an elec. live ROTC program would significantly decrease the ntim ber of officers the services receive from Penn State and whether the benefits from an elective ROTC program to the armed forces outweigh the benefits of a compulsory program. We feel that an elective ROTC program need not significantly decrease the number of officers the serv ices receive from Penn State. Maybe the services would have to do a better selling job to get the students to elect the program. but the students who are interested in oh , taining a commission will probably elect it. with about the same number of officers being turned out. However, we feel the main advantage of an elective program for the services lies in the possibility of obtaining better officers. If ROTC had only the students who wanted to be officers in the program, the quality of the instruc tion could undoubtedly be raised. There is also a better chance for the services to obtain more career officers. And what really gets us is that the Defense Depart ment doesn't appeared to be too concerned over whether ROTC programs are compulsory or elective. It leaves this decision up to the colleges and universities which provide the program. At least two land-grant colleges just "offer" the program. Then, this issue—should ROTC be compulsory?—must be answered by Cabinet before the other aspects of the issue can be studied and debated. Once this question is answered, then Cabinet can turn to the minor aspects of the issue and decide them, in accordance with its original decision on whether ROTC should be compulsory. Cabinet should take first things first Men are generally more careful of the breed of their horses and dogs than of their children.—William Penn Editorials are written by the editors and staff members of The Daily Collegian and do not necessarily represent the views of the University or of the student body. A Student-Operated Newspaper Olte htt Qlu!trgiau Successor to The Free Lance, est. 1887 rublished Tuesday through Saint-day manning daring the University year. Thu Daily Collegian is a student-operated newspaper. Entered as second-clan matter July 5. 1934 4 1 tote College. r 0... Post Office under the art of March 3. 15711. Mao .1194•4149/1•• ?Met $3.00 per semester $3.00 per year ED DUBES. Editor litaaatlng Editor. Jody flariison: City Editor. Robert Franklin; Sports Editor. Vince Corned: Copy Editor. Arum Friedberg: Assistant Copy Editor. Marian Bratty; Assistant k3r♦orb Editors. Matt Mathews and Lou Prato; Make-up Editor. Ginn" Pkillipat Pho totraphy Editor. Geom., Ilarrison. Asst. liana Mgr.. Site Mortensont Local Ad. Mgr.. Marilyn Elias: Asst. Local Ad. Mgr.. Rose Ann Gonzales: National Ad. Mgr.. Joan Wallace: Promotion Ker.. Mariana, Maier: Personnel Mgr.. Lyon Glasehurn: Classified Ad. Mgr.. Stew* Milstein: Co. Circulation Mgrs.. Pat alternicki ■nd Richard Lippe; Research and Records Mgr.. Maribor. Wall: Office Secretary. Marlene Marks. STAFF THIS ISSUE: Night Editor. Dave Fineman: Cony Editor. Barb Martino: Wire t'Atitor. Mike Mas.weP. • Assistants. Linda Segar. Jeanette Saxe., Phyllis Westcott. Marcy Murphy. Jim Bruee. Ben Bronstein, Judy Sollenberger, Bari, Greeneald, Lolll Neu harth, Camelia La Spada. STEVE HIGGINS. Bus. Mgr. THE DAILY COLLEGIAN STATE COLLEGE PENNSYI VANIA Safety Valve 1 !ROTC Criticism 'Called 'Prattle' TO THE EDITOR: The Liberal !Arts Student Council and The :Daily Collegian display definite !syrriptom,t of prattling kneepiiint ,liberalism. Their criticism of the present and proposed ROTC-CD .nrograms has the impact and con itent of a ping pong ball dribbling from it; own momentum in a i gravity-less vacuum. The solution to the unsatisfac tory ROTC-CD program does not lie in negative attacks . upon a proposal which is generally wor thy hut specifically inadequate. The contemporary and prob able future world political structure emphatically points up the necessity of a program whic:a fulfills the very impor tant responsibilities it implicitly embodies. These responsibilities are (1) preparing individuals to accept the jo b of maintaining and strengthening America's position in the world power struggle, inso far as our posture of military strength applies, and (2) prepar ing individuals to exist and sur vive at home should we be plunged into the ashcan of an atomic incinerator. Perhaps the solution lies in an improved all-service version of the Navy's program of concentrat ing all' the instruction. training facilities and economic benefit upon those students who desire it and are capable. The Navy has proven students are willing to voluntarily ac cept a rigorous curriculum com petently instructed if the eco nomic consideration is sufficient and the program meritorious. The Daily Collegian and the LA Student Council should exer cise the responsibility of positive action which accompanies intelli gence instead of engaging in im mature sensationalism. —Edward W. Erickson, '59 Collegian Partial During Election? TO THE EDITOR: We would like to thank you for the election you have just handed the Campus party. We feel that your articles concerning compulsory ROTC had a tremendous effect on the out come of the recent election. We are not writing this letter from the viewpoint of "sore los ers," but we believe if the articles had not appeared the outcome of the election would have been dif ferent. We feel that vou have lowered our once great news paper's standard by your action. —Signed by 18 students Gazette "Carnival of Thieves Stage Dancers of India. 8:30 p.m.. Schwab Audi torium Chapel Service. 19:55 a.m., Schwab Audi- torium Organ Recital. George E. Ceiga, p.m Schwab Auditorium Hillel Log and Bagel Brunch. 11 a.m Foundation Hillel Folk Dancing. 2 p.m.. Foundation Newman Club Open House. 8 p.m., Student ISMENIERM Wesley Foundation Fireside Forum. 6:15 p.m.. Foundation Lutheran Student Auociation. G:3O p.m., Student Center • Protestant Service of Worship. 9 a.m. Chapel Reception and Art Exhibit. Samuel C. Sa ban. 3 p.m., liettel Union galleries MONDAY Faculty Luncheon Club, noon, dining room **A" Hemel Union French Club. 7:30 p.m.. HEc Living Center Ilillel Freshman Council. 6:30 p.m.. Foun- dation Hillel TV Film Forum Series. 7:30 p.m Foundation auditorium WEEKEND ON WDFM Saturday Ereninz-6:45: Sign on and News: 7:00: Hi Fl Open House: 9:00: Campus Beat: 11:30: News and Sinn-off. Sunday Evening-6:45: Sign on and hews: i :Ott : The Third Procramme; 11:SO: News and Sign-off. Monday Evening-6:45: Sign on. News and Market Reports: 7 :00: The People Act: 7:25: Behind the Leeturn : 7:50: State News and National Sports: 8:00: Sounds in the Night; 8:50: Greek Quiz: 9:00: Campus News and Sports: 9:15: First Freedom: 9:30: Marquee Memories 10 :00 : National and International News; 10 :05: Symphonic Notebook; 11:00: News and Sign-off. Professional Engineers Hear Perez at Meeting Lawrence Perez, professor of 'civil engineering and assistant dean of the College of Engineer ing and Architecture, last night addressed a dinner meeting of the Pennsylvania Society of Profes sional Engineers at Bethlehem. TODAY 3 p.m., Center TOMORROW Little Man on Campus by Dick Bible/ VEIW , TTLL) ONLY VW '....., E - n.q. Tv CAMERA Dori 140 r of YOU 6ou6lft6,Treerm AND idail., oNG T.E CO , V. si , 0000•0 u "Yeah?—well you shoulda smelled this locker. room before TV." Fourth for Bridge The Bridge Club had its biggest turnout of the year, 15 tables, for its master point game Monday evening. The game was conducted in two sections with Stephen Billstein and Sheldon de Satnick the Section A winners and Donald Stitzel and Anthony Anastasas winners in Section B The hand below was one which proved disastrous for the declarer when he gambled on the type of a preemptive bid which some times pays off handsomely and other times backfires badly. West dealer; north-south vulner able. North S—KQJIO3 11—J988 D—Q92 C—Q West S-72 East 5—A98654 H—AQIO.I H—K3 11-10854 D-8 C-1083 C-3752 South 3—none H-872 D—AKJ7II C—A.1984 Bidding: North East South West Pass Pus IS Pass Pass Double All Pan After passes by west and north, east took note that the opponents' were vulnerable and his side was not. He also pieced together the' thoughts of the two passes up tol him and his six-card spade suit,i broken down though it was. He decided that south most holds some real values and also that his side could not have sufficient values to make a game contract. East bid three spades as an at- 1 tempt to make it is difficult ash possible for the 'opponents to reach their best contract. South had some good values, as suspect 'ed. but not enough to come into the bidding at the four level. North was most happy to double the three-spade bid. South led the diamond king SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 16. 1957 By Roger B. Saylor and followed with the ace, which declarer ruffed. East cashed his king, queen, and ace of hearts, discarding a club on the last of these: Then he led a club towards the king, hop ing to find the ace in the east hand. However, north played the queen, declarer the king, and south won with his ace. He then led another diamond which de clarer ruffed. Now the ace of trump was led, and the horrible trump break was revealed as south unloaded a small club. That was the end. De clarer got no more tricks for down three and a minus 500 score. It was small consolation that north-south could, as the cards .I:ere located, make three no-trump ' for a plus 600 score (100 for tricks plus 500 for a vulnerable game). Only one north-south pair got in to this hard-to-bid contract. Preemptive bids have long been considered two-edged swords, and this hand resulted in the user being hurt. Blue Key Society Initiates Eighteen Eighteen men have been initi ated into Blue Key, junior men's hat society. They are: Richard Rost, Gerald Carlson, Thomas Burns, Arthur Bell, Marvin Resnick, Samuel Flem ing, Arthur Cooper, Mar 1y n Babenold, Phil Bostley. Charles Goodling, Lamartine Hood, Melvin Rex, Joseph Patton, ,David Morrow, Louis Phillips, 'David Allison, John Yeosock and IDarLiel Friday.
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