pagf four Editorials Cabinet: Let's Represent All-University Cabinet two weeks ago almost went against the wishes of the student body. Cabinet, the official spokesman for the student body, almost refused to request of the administration an exten sion of the Christmas vacation (so students won’t have to return just for Friday and Saturday classes). Th* vola was only 14-10 in favor of seeking the ex tension. The fight to defeat the motion seeking the vacation exle9*ion wa* led by a lighily-knit group of Cabinet members. Their reason for opposing the motion was quite ridicu lous. .Their mam reason: Thev didn't think the extension was possible to maintain. So lbe new purpose of student government In the opinion of some Cabinet members, appears to be that student government should ask for only what it knows lor sure the administration will accept. We think student government should represent the students. So tonight Cabinet will be given another test on wheth er it wants to represent the student body. We believe—and the test votes seem to prove we’re correct—that the student body would like to see Cabinet say ‘'no" to the question of whether the ROTC program should be compulsory. And we don’t give a gosh darn whether the adminis tration favors it or not. The only way io find this out, lor sure, is for Cabinet to put the question lo the Board of Trustees. Cabinet members will have before them 10 pages of evidence that point to only one conclusion—that for the good of ROTC and the good of the student body, the program should not be compulsory. But also, and just as important, it will have behind it the majority of the student body, which we believe feels ROTC should not be compulsory. Voluntary ROTC- tCor!i?'ned from page one) inclined to elect the advanced course, since their esprit do corps would not have been injured by the other students who became disgruntled because they were forced into .scheduling the course. Too, the program would cost far, far less. This stands to reason, since the millions of dollars spent on that 91 per cent do not produce officers. And with.the White House trying to squeeze out another $1.5 billion for the defense budget, this saving would-come in might}' handy. ' The program is wasteful in other ways. Between May 1, 3954', and April 30, 1955, according to the Liberal Arts Student Council report, 13,633 AFROTC advanced cadets ■were graduated. Since only 9016 of these were needed by the Air Force, the remaining 4647 were deemed “surplus to Air Force needs’’ and received “certificates of com pletion in place of commissions.” W* cannot escape the fact that this is about a 30 per cent waste, certainly not an insignificant one. The report also shows that 9 per cent of students taking the basic course become available to the armed sendees as officers, or 398 men. tVe agree with the council's conclusion —that it is “un just. damaging to the education of the majority, economi cally wasteful, and unnecessary to apply compulsion to all” in order to acquire this 9 per cent. As to the effectiveness of voluntary ROTC. the coun cil shows that the non-compulsory program at the Uni versity of Minnesota has produced more officers than it did under a compulsory system. ■ Officers teaching ROTC at that school, according to Vice President Malcolm M. Willey, have attested that “the best motivation for the advanced course comes with the esprit de corps that is the result of voluntary enlistment in the basic course." What about citizenship education? Only the Air Force includes it in a list of ROTC objectives. Besides, can anyone really expect ROTC to replace the social sciences and the humanities in the field of citizen ship education? The Department of Defense does not see a need for compulsory ROTC. Should we, then? As a matter of fact, the Departments of Defense. Navy and Air Force have all shown indifference to whether ROTC programs are compulsorv or voluntary. Let's stop wasting the students’ time and the govern ment’s money and get something reallv effective —a volun tary program to produce more enthusiastic officers and better specialists. THE DAftY COLLEGIAN STATE COLLEGE PENNSYLVANIA Safety Valve Student Wants Insurance Plan TO THE EDITOR: After reading of the recent death of a Penn State student and recalling the, near fatal accident involving: Larry Sharpe, it would seem that some serious thought should be! given to the possibilities of imple-j meriting a student insurance pro-: gram at Penn State. j The facilities provided for stu-j dent health at Penn State are adequate for short-term treat ment of minor maladies but for longer treatment, the University assumes no further responsibility, and the student is expected to con tinue treatment at his own ex-' pense. And, as we have seen, there 'are instances when the illness is icritical and the treatment over whelmingly expensive. It is at limes such as these ! when student health insurance ! would be warmly welcomed, ; But unfortunately, no action j has been taken. One of our sen ior men's honorary societies (Lion's Paw) has considered this problem for a number of years and has consistently failed to gel it away from the talking stage . . . The thing which is most puzzling of all is that there are several; insurance companies eagerly awaiting some opportunity to in-! stall this program here at Penn State. The programs are quite reasonable and offer excellent protection yet those stu-; dent groups which supposedly carry the banner for a better, Penn State are wasting precious time in implementing such a pro- 1 gram. I urge that responsible stu dent groups lose no time in put ting into use a student health insurance program so that Penn; State may be just a bit better, j —Edwyn Henrle, '5B j • Letter cut Gazette AIM Judicial Board of Rericw, 7 p.m., 218 HUH Delta No Alpha. 7:30 p.m.. m Bouek® International Relation* Clab. 7:SU p.m.. Chapel Lounge Marketing Club. 7:59 p.m.. Sigma Phi Ep stlon Ntu Bavarian Schuhplittitri. 1 Whita Newman Club. 7 p.m.. 104 Chapel Nittany Grotto. 7 p.m.. 121 MI Pollock Council. 6:30 p.m.. Nittany 20 Rtdin* Club. 7 p.m.. 217 Willard Theta Sizmm Phi. 7 p.m., 9 Carnegie Wealey Foundation. STE chapter, 7 p.m., foundation Wealey Foundation, Kappa PM cabinet, 6:30 p.m., foundation WoaJey Foundation. Kappa Phi chapter, 7 p.m.. foundation j Zoology Clab, 7 p.m.. 113 Frear Job Interviews I.onr laland Lighting Co: Dee 16 83. MS. PhD in ME. CE, EE Campbell Soup Co: Dee 15 BS. MS. PhD in Acrtir. Bus Ad. LMR. LA. lE. ME. - ChE. AGBioChem Owena-Corninr Fiberglaai: Dec 16 BS in Chem. Phys. Cer. Metal, ChE. ME. AeroE: MS In ChE. ME. AeroE: PhD in Min. ChE. ME. AeroE Metala & Controls Corp: BS. MS. PhD in Metal The Carborundum Co: Dec 16 BS. MS in Cer. ChE. Chem. EE. lE. Phya. ME, Metal. Min. Prep, Enr: PhD in Cer. ChE. Chem. Phys Republic Steel Corp: Dec 16 BS. MS. PhD in Cer. ChE. CE. EE. lE. ME Metal. Aect? Procter ft Gamble C®. (Manufacturing) will hold a GROUP MEETING December 17: at 7.00 in 208 Willard Hall for June ft August Grads in ME. lE. EE. CE. ChE, Chem. Phya, Math. The topic of conver sation will be “Factory Manczement op portunities at Procter ft Gamble.** The Cincinnati Sharper Co: Dec 17 BS in CE. EE, lE, ME. Metal; MS In EE. lE.' Potomac Electric Pow*r Co: Dec IT for Bs! in EE. ME. CE j Wyandotte Chemical# Corp: Dec 17 BS, 1 MS in ChE. Chem: PhD in Chem Bessemer ft Lake Erie Railroad: Dec 17 BS in EE. lE. CE. ME Combat Operations Research Center: Dec 17 BS in Phys: MS in Phya. Chem; PhD in Econ, Exp. Psych, Phys. Chem New York Naval Shipyard: Dec 17 BS. MS, PhD in EE. ME. CE. IE Pittsburgh Grosp Companies (Columbia Gas Systems) De." 17 for BS in Acctf, CE. PNG, ME, Home Econ THE DAILY COLLEGIAN Sacceasor to THE FREE LANCE, ost. ISB7 Published Tuesday thronrb Saturday moraines inclusive ctarint tho University year by the staff of Tho Daily Collezian of Tha Pennsylvania 6tate University. Entered aa second-class matter July 6. DR, at ths Stats Collect, Pa„ Post Offlee under ths art of March 3, 1871. ED DUBBS. Editor STEVE HIGGINS, Business Manager STAFF THIS ISSUE: Night Editor. Mary Kelly: Copy Editor, Bill Jaffe: Wire Edi tor. Denny Malice: Assistants, Jeanette «axe. Diane Hock. Lucy Thiesaen. Rollin Bereer. Jeff Pollack* Sandy Bibee and i Linda Secas. J Little Man on Campus b » Ditk The news filtered into the Daily Collegian office a few days ago that the Hetzel Union Building was going to be condemned because a huge limestone cave was discovered under the foundation. It was said that any day now the HUB might completely collapse into the ground. This was evidenced by a depression. in the street in front of the $3 million building. TODAT Editor Dubbs approached Dr. Walker: “No newspaperman lets any rumor go unchecked regard less of how ridiculous he may think it i 3. I heard the other day that . . , , Walker’s reply, needless to say, was expected. It was the first he had heard about it. In fact, he 'said, if it- were true there would be men drilling holes into it now. “The Great HUB collapse” was just another - - ' rumor—one of the many that drift into the office of any newspaper. With the vivid imagination of | many students, however, it seems that Collegian collects more than jits share. ' He found out two things. First, lit was impossible because one at- | tic was higher than the other.] (Second, the news source recon- "Awwww, College ain't so lough—l'da got a straight "A" if it hadn't been for that stupid shop course." Sand in my Shoes Great Hub Collapse'— Never a Dull Moment Not 100 long ago we heard -that Jordan and Thompson Halls were connected by a sec ret attic passageway. After a small battle between several reporters as to who was going to check the story, one illus trious male set out to explore. mmgl DO VDU CEAuy THINK JHATS true, CHARLE BfiOUN? I iil I/the WHOLE\ ~ /.z i , WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 4. 1957 By Judy Harkison sidered and claimed it was a sub basement tunnel. The reporter gave up. All kinds of rumors flour ished during the flu epidemia we didn't have. But the best one gained ground right on our own premises. A reporter was standing in I front of the office nosing for news [as usual when a friend of his iwas coming from the infirmary and going toward his fraternity (house. The friend was holding a : piece of ammonia-soaked cotton under his nose. The reporter asked him how he [was feeling. The student proceed ed to explain that he had arrived at the infirmary just in time to faint, so he was Srent home with ■‘ammonia.” The reporter, misinterpreting it as “pneumonia,” marched into the newsroom with a big story exposing the negligence of the infirmary. It was checked with' Dr. Glenn. Luckily as well as all' the rest, it never appeared in the newspaper. 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