PAGE FOUR Editorial Opinion Seniors Go Shopping Tbe sf-:Jor class is be:pnning to jingle about $9OOO as the search for a el:is:, gift begins once again Suggestions for the gift are being sought from Jan uary graduates through selection boxes placed in the Hetzel Union Building. Today is the last day for nrzni nations. The final gift suggestion, however, will not he de cided until June graduates vote in May. The $lO.OOO gift last year was a collection of books for the Fred Lewis Pattee library. The gift will be financed by an accumulation of a SO-cent general damage fee, tacked onto University tui tion each semester. At the end of four years. every senior wfil have about a $4 investment in the gift. The first suggestion that comes to mind for this year's gift is money toward the proposed AM station. Progress toward the realization of the station was stopped last year because of the lack of funds to finance it. The total cost is estimated to be between $15,000 and $20,000. If the seniors support the station it would mean $9OOO. And if the class of '59 follows suit, the money to build the station would be available. Th'e second obstacle which the proposed station faces is whether or not the students really want it. During the past few years the bulk of interest and research came from a few individual students. The issue has recently been handled with hesitation by All-University Cabinet, the administration and the Student Encampment work shop discussing it. The reason for the hestitation is that no one seems to know just how strongly the student body is in favor of it. However, if students demonstrate support by voting it as the class gift, there should be little doubt as to the enthusiasm. In addition to the proposed AM station, other sug gestions are: • Funds for the proposed Stone Valley Recreation area. This project was put into the planning stages last year to provide swimming and recreation facilities. • Furnishings for the proposed Helen Eakin Eisenhower Memorial Chapel. These could include an altar that could be lowered through the floor in the Chapel or stained glass windows for the meditation chapel. • Self-service photo copy machines for the library (at $3OO each). The machines would photograph pages of books and magazines. • Collection of books for the library. Although this was the $lO,OOO class gift last year, the library is still far from being adequate to serve a University of such size and scope. • Scholarship fund. A fund would be established in the class name and referred to the University scholarship coordinator. These suggestions are Just a few that have been mentioned in the past. To give students a broader range of ideas, we welcome reader's suggestions through the Safety Valve column. Although today is the last opportunity for January graduates to place their two cents in the ballot boxes, thinking ahead will do no harm for the June graduates. The dissenting opinions of one generation become the prevailing interpretation of the next.—Burton J. Hendrick 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 Mg• Battu o.ll3llrgtan Successor to The Free Lance, est_ 1887 rebtishao Tuesday through Saturday werrilog during the Utriwersity year. The Daily c a u ag i a a e a a atagoat.ogarated neerapaper. Entered as sersed.claas 'Ratter July I. 113 d lat 4 1 4 5 t0 Callum Pa. Poet °Melt 111:14e1 the art ot March 31 ED DUBBS. 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THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA Safety Valve Readers Reply To Mr. Rod;II TO THE EDITOR: Mr. Rodill's let ter of sympathy with the Com munists cannot be successfully at tacked on the grounds of senti ment, for Communists do not recognize sentiment. It can be at tacked in the painstaking chan nels of pure logic. A case made for and against socialism must be weighed on the basis of complete evidence. Mr. Rodill, it is certain that an overwhelmingly great majority of The Daily Collegian welcomes letters from its readers on topics of public in. • Serest. Letters should be brief and to the point ■nd all are subject to editing for apace requirements and good taste. All ' letter. roust be dgned. and the withhold ing from publication the names of writ ers, when requested. will be left to the discretion of the editors. the Hungarian people disagree with you—the only resistance to their revolt came from their Com munist leadership. It is certain that the Russian people disagree with Mr. Ro dill by their overwhelming re sponse to a recent trade fair held in Moscow. Their progress from "backwardness" did not show in their faces as they looked at ordinary American canned goods. I would like to know, if we are warmongers, what does Mr. Rodill consider to be the international position of a nation' with a fleet of over%6oo submarines and an un known air power which is being added to at the rate of 56-engine, 6-man jet bombers per month— and which has, in the past 40 years. enveloped within her bor ders 18 nations covering over one million square miles and contain ing one-third of the world's popu lation—applying direct shot and shell force where diplomatic in filtration has failed in every case. What is the freedom of a peo ple who are prevented from traveling voluntarily into other countries by barbed wire, dogs, and rifles? Mr. Rodin, you are correct in saying that armament breeds war. But you have neglected the fact that any alternative but those of preparedness or dis armament means unresisted ag gression—as in Finland, Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania, China, Hun gary. Czechoslovakia and a few others . . . —Thomas M. Barnes, '6O • Letter cut TO THE EDITOR: Certainly Mr. Daniel Rodill ("Soci"lism Is Su perior," Daily Colleg:an, Jan. 6) can't think too much of his Amer ican heritage if he continues to think like this. Sure, he may say, "... I sympa thize with the Russians." But, he says it while going to the univers ity he chooses, studying in the curriculum he chooses for the ca reer he wants, and being able to express his ideas and opinions freely. I think that if Mr. Rodill really wants it his way, there would be very little trouble in arranging his passage to Russia. He would think again, I feel, be fore doing this. —Paul L. Garwig, '59 Gazette Colierlan Business Staff, 6.10 10.° Willard Theta Sigma Pi, 6 :30 p.m.. 9 Carnegie WSGA Judicial. 5 p.m., 21S HUH Froth Art Staff Gamma Sigma Sigma 6:4& p.m., 119 Osmond Panhellenic Council. 6:30 p.m.. 203 HUB Newman Club Discussion Group, 7 p.m., 104 Program Center Froth Advertising Staff, 7 p.m.. Froth Off irr CoSedan Promotion Staff. 6:30 p.m.. 209 REMIEMEE officers. 7 p.m.. NA Burrowes Newman Club. Film, 'limed of Religion," 7 '.m, 110 EE Hamilton Chrixtian Association, 7:30 P.m, Hamilton Lounge American Society for Metals. speaker. James Morris. 7:30 p.m., Mineral Science Audi torium Vesper Service. '4:30 p.m., Chapel Economics Seminar, noon, dining room "A" HU B College of Business Astssigistration Faculty. 4:10 p.m, 111 Bourke Ph,sics Colloquium, 4:10 p.m.. 117 Osmond Laboratory WRA Bawling flab party. 8:15 p.m. to 9 p.m., White Building playroom TONIGHT ON WDFIIII 6:45: Sian on news and market reports: 7:00: The Home. Ea. show: 7:15: Folk Music; 7:50: State newt and national sports: 8:00: In citation to Relax: 8:00: Open to Question: 8:00: Campus news and wins: 9:15: Aa You BeUrea: II:30: Cabi net Reports; 11:00: National and inter. national news: 11:05: This World of Music: /lats. Num sad aiaaafti a 0 • - Little Man on Campus by Dick tibia Now that the 1957 chapter of the ROTC controversy is closed, it is interesting to note some of the events which— although they never made the front pages—helped light and fan the fires of the ROTC issue. The Senate Committee on Educational Policy, which rec ommended a compulsory women's ROTC-civil defense -pro gram, began its study nearly two years ago considering abolition of men's required ROTC But in the fall semester of 1956, a student, whose name is unre lated to the current controversy, wrote a personal letter to Presi dent Eric A. Walker. In it he sug gested consideration of required ROTC and civil defense for both men and women. The student, then a freshman graduated with national scholas tic recognition from an out-of state high school, saw a need for women's help in any total war - and for common civil defense knowledge. • • The idea was received quite favo'rably by some administra , • • • tion and faculty personneland A they began push - - ing for it through • the Senate Com mittees on Edu cational Policy and Military Af fairs. How much time and effort members of the committees put in on the question is not a matter of public record; but it is doubt ful that it equalled some of the student research on ROTC. At one time it was suggested TODAY =NM sister's meeting ir cu if 41111 11111111 1 n anINEIS IaIMMEMS, - 1 1111111111111 111 INIMMENIF lIIMENOr "You can keep the 'A'—because you were so clever that no time during th' exam was I able to detect how you were cheating." Facts Behind the News BusAd Refused ROTC; 'Name' Letters Withheld TUESDAY, JANUARY 7. 1958 By Bob Franklin that a proposed Schoo l of Mili tary Science and Civilian De. fense be included in the Col lege of Business Administra tion. This plan was quickly killed by BusAd officials. Lib eral Arts college officials did not object when the 'school was . mentioned for their college. The Senate Educational Policy committee's report has been called incomplete. Its page-and one-half barely outlines the basic ideas of the committee majority and is labeled a tentative report: Perhaps this was done to send up a "trial balloon" to test faculty and student opinion. Opponents of voluntary ROTC did not wait for Cabinet debate on the issue. In fact a group. of them even stalled consideration there to gain time and informa tion. Then two of thein visited the Pentagon during Thanksgiving vacation. They saw a number of important officials, but appar ently did not gain much informa tion they wanted to give Cabinet. Opponents of voluntary ROTC also solicited statements sup porting their stand from a num ber of "name" officials. One re. ply backing compulsory ROTC came from one of the most (Continued on page five) I'LL JUGT HAVEN TELL HER I DONT KNOW ANY REAL. DOGS.,
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