PAGE SIX Editorial Opinion Rifles or Understanding? The Saturday Review in its December 14 issue supposes for a minute that America will be successful in its pres ent quest for scientists "and classrooms will be bulging with physicists, chemists, biologists, mathematicians and engineers of the highest talents." It supposes even fur ther that America is able to devise "not only super inter continental ballistic missiles but a master switchboard that is the final triumph of war fought by automation." After all this supposing, It comes down to a simple 2-word question: 'What thenr "When we succeed in doing these things," the maga zine says, `•we will still have left the largest part of the problem facing America. For what this nation needs today more than scientists is men of wisdom and vision. It ur gently needs men with the clear and full view, men who understand what is happpening in the world and who are not continually being taken by surprise by living history and by the effects of recognizable causes. It needs men who can cope with communism in terms of a hard, work ing knowledge of what it actually is rather than what they find it convenient to think it is. Most of all, it needs men who are not afraid to bet their public careers on big ideas and who are as much concerned about the safety and rights of the next generation as they are about their own." Realizing, therefore, that a "master switchboard" will not bring peace, the Saturday Review goes on: "Our job is to help create a great debate in the world. Once we define the need for a pooling of sovereignty in the creation of a design of world law—adequate to prevent aggression, stop the nuclear arms race, and provide a basis for Justice in settling the disputes among nations—once we do this, we create a stage for the long-overdue great debate that the age requires." The magazine realizes that such a debate may not auto matically end communism as a world threat "or any of the other insistent problems in the world; but at least it can enable us to focus on our real problems. Whatever chance we have of solving a problem depends first on our recognition of it and second on the amount of dedicated support that can be rallied behind it." The Saturday Review, apparently realizing this is not In the immediate future, says the American universities "in the meanwhile" can serve "the nation best not only by giving increased attention to the need for scientific knowledge but to the need for knowledge about the world itself. Education for Western civilization is not enough: beyond Europe lies the preponderance of the world's peoples. Who are they, what they believe, and what they want—rather than what the Russians alone or the Americans alone say or want—could determine the outcome of the great debate." Here is a challenge for our universities. it is a challenge for Penn State. Admittedly, the University does offer some outstanding courses—lnternational Understanding 300, for example—in this line, but definitely more could be done, especially by making these courses available to more students. We think this la a bigger challenge—a bigger service —for a university to perform than teaching its male students how to drill and carry a rifle. 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 t Battu Tuittglatt Successor to The Free Lance, est. 1887 rildslidsimd Tuesday through Saturday morning during the University year. The Dan, GDaelan le a student-operated newspaper. Entered u secend•elau matter July 0. 1131 ed the Seats College Pa.. Peet Office andel the art of March 1. 1171. Kati doborriptiem Primes $3.01 per semester SS.II per pear ED DUBBS. Editor Managing Editor. Judy Harkisoni City Editor. Robert Franklin; Sparta Editor. Vireo Cancel; Copy Editor. Anna Friedberg; Assistant Copy Editor. Marian Rutty; Assistant Sports Editors Matt Mathew and Loa Prato: Make-op Editor. Ginn, PbWltie; Pha tagrapba Editor. George Harrison. Amt. BUa. Mgr.. Soo alortensons Local •d. Mgr.. Marilyn Asst. Local Ad. Mgr, Rosa Ann Gonzales: National Ad. Mgr.. Jean Wallace: Proraotion Mgr., Marianne Maier; Personnel Mgr.. Lynn Glassbarn; Classified AL Mgr.. Stir,* Blllstehis Circulation Mgrs.. Pat !hernial and Richard Lipp's Remora and Records Mgr., Barium Office Secretary, Marlene Marks. srarr THIS ISSUE: Copy Editor. Dicl. Drayne; Wire Editor. Pat Erans; Assistants, Mary !Frau Cowley. Jeff Pollack. Diane Hock. Judy Sollenheravr e Neal itiedtuan. LAW //mbar* mart: Aturvb.y. Any iiatenu l / 4 31. Er" Xstsoa. *'l•P STEVE HIGGINS, Bus. Mgr. NE DAILY COLLEGIAN STATE COLLEGE PENNSYLVANIA Other Opinion The Students And Freedom The current crop of college stu dents, we are told. is a conserva tive lot, bent more on acquiring a corporation berth and the re spectability of suburbia than on breaking new ground with the radical thinking and progressive action that characterized the un dergraduates of a generation ago. The evidence to confirm this judgment is weightier than we like to consider, and only recently a fresh bunch of proof turned up to add to our dismay. The Bill of Rights. America's charter of individual freedom, is , certainly no radical docu ment. But a scientific survey of undergraduate opinion has dis closed that less than one per cent of the students agree with, or accept with reservations, all of the historic liberties, enumer ated in the Constitution's first ten amendments by the con servative founding fathers of our Republic. Professor Raymond W. Mack of Northwestern University and Pro fessor Robert McGinnis of, the University of Wisconsin, both soci ologists, polled a cross-section of student opinion on the individual safeguards in the Bill of Rights and came up with the shocking conclusion that "even the most highly educated segments of our population cannot be courited on to defend the principles of human rights set forth in the first ten amendments to our Constitution." The response among students at private, conservative North western was not greatly differ ent from that among the stu dents at the state-supported, more progressive University of Wisconsin. And there was no significant difference between those who classified themselves as Democrats or Republicans. Both surveys showed that more than 70 per cent of the students would deny an accused person the right to confront his accuser, that more than 40 per cent believe there are situations where star chamber proceedings are prefer able to a public trial, that 40 per cent believe there are groups to which the right of peaceful assem bly should be denied, and that 75 per cent believe there are cir cumstances in which an individ ual ought to be subject to double jeopardy. Dr. McGinnis broadened his! study to include 500 secondary i school teachers. Their response; was remarkably similar to that of! the students. The teachers, in fact,i showed a significantly greater, proportion of acceptance on only one of the 14 items in the Bill of Rights on which they were ques tioned. The Ninth and Tenth Amend ments reserve to the people and the states all powers not ex plicitly granted to the federal government. Sixteen per cent more teachers than students agreed with this provision. But, as Dr. McGinnis pointed out, "approval of this item seems to indicate more a belief in states' rights than civil liberties?' Part of America's propaganda campaign overseas consists of a proud display of our charters of liberty:notably the Bill of Rights. Certainly th e McGinnis-Mack findings emphasize the more ur gent need for a vast educational effort here at home to inspire American youth with an under standing and appreciation of the source of - our strength and the citadel of our freedom—the in dividual liberties guaranteed in the first ten amendments to the Constitution. Three Engineer Groups To Hear Nuclear Talk A joint meeting of the Institute of Radio Engineers, American In stitute of Electrical Engineers and the Electrical Engineering So ciety. will be held at 7:15 tonight in 219 Electrical Engineering. Richard D'Ardenne, field en gineer for the Nuclear Systems Group, Leeds and Northrup Co., will speak on "Instrumentation for Nuclear Reactors." 6:45: Sign on. news and market reports: 7:00: The Home Ea. show: 7:15: Folk Music: 7:50: State news and national sports: :00: Invitation to Relax: 8:00 : Open to Question: 9:00: Campus news and sports: 9:15: As You Relieve: 9:30: Cabi net Reports; 11:00: National and inter national news: 11:06: This World of /duals: 11:304 New. and sizn•att. —The Progressive TONIGHT ON WDFM IMF:‘..t. s tiEL. somera DD YOU HAVE A GOOD TIME YESTERDAY) ev... low WASN'T YESTERW Goo! ) BEETHOVEN'S BQTI4DAy? GRIEF. MA MA MA MA MA HA . _ A„,„,„ ALL YEAR LCN6 HE WAIN FOR BEETHOVEN'S BIRTHDAY. AND TNEN,LOHEN IT FINALLY COMES, NE FORGETS IT! 71 C-*".:: 91 11.„‘ tai Curious Creature, The White Mart WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 (IP)—Curious man. He quickly developed a contempt for Indian and his ways. Yet what has happened? NVe now have reached a spot in our by working like fools, we may be able to set aside enough so that in our leisure we can do what the Indians did full time: Go hunting, fishing and camping. This is well illustrated today in a new exhibit at the Smith ' sonian Institution that com pletes a study of the American Eskimo and Indian from the far north to the tip of South Amer ica. One can see, as he drifts among the exhibits, many of them life size and astonishingly lifelike, what the Indians wore, what they ate, how they worshipped, what kind of a life they lived. One reporter's viewpoint: It wasn't bad. Apparently that's what the Smithsonian experts think, too. One placard saps: _"The New World peoples showed a high degree of imagination and skill in using the resources of their environment." • Possibly the biggest surprise comes in the variety of the cul tures. The Eskimos, for example, worked out clothes that not only are warm but also are extremely attractive. The Northwest Indians went in for fancy masks, and the Smith sonian, who seems to get gayer as it grows - older, has arranged a spectacular display of them. Lights have been put inside the masks, and as they glower— or, worse, grin—from a dark ened display it certainly is ef fective enough to scare off any evil spirit. And that goes dou ble for the mask representing a monstrous bird that ate human brains. Some of the Indians had habits that weren't exactly attractive. The Jivaro Indians of Ecuador thought that after you captured an enemy you ought to be able to 'rove it, So why not whack off TUESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1957 YESTERDAY? (a-IY7 LONAT WAS YESTERDAY? _. C i• 17..--- • ~. 0 ,„,f i ., Exi m v.. zt ... ...* cf 44,1,64. P . 711. 1 FORGOT! ‘•••••• • -- C,4'ge'.2.. Tit Alt THE FUNNIEST DUNG I'VE EVER HEARD! HA 14A 144 MA HA MA 14A 41 0 1,54 ' 1 44 14es a‘( 44.. 2J HAHAHAHAi .Sc.,w4d.z_ By ARTHUR EDSON his head and shrink it for evi- dence? The Smithsonian, ever thor ough going, has dug up the re cipe for head shrinking, which we won't go into here.- But it takes 20 hours, and judging by the r esults of the speci mens on display, Is scarcely worth the effort. If you want to work up a full portion of . envy,- consider the Grizzly Bear Indians. They also are known as the Yosemites, and each summer those fortunate peo 'pie camped out in what now is thenational park bearing their name. Now a word about the Indians• religious beliefs. The Hopi snake dance is a prayer for rain, and the Smith sonian has a display in which the Indians are busily whooping it up. One Indian has a rattlesnake in his mouth. • The Smithsonian has a note saying no one is sure why the Indians weren't bitten more of ten, but that two theories have been advanced lazy rattle snakes, or was the poison milked out before the dance be gan? Anyway, no one believes in this sort of thing any more. But a curious thing did happen. The display was opened—and it rained steadily here for three days. Gifts for Larry Balance __34 43.00 New Contributions (and pledges) ' University Christian Assn. _._3 25.00 Friends —__— 39.04 Alpha CM Sigma -- 35.00 Cody Manor Theta Phi Alpha Leonides Young Republican Club Atherton. ground floor 9.00 Acacia Kappa Alpha Theta and Sigma Alpha Ma Napo* Sigma Total to data creature, the white the alleged savage civilization where
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