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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
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of The Daily Collegian and do not necessarily represent
the views of the University or of the student body.
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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
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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
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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.
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• 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
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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
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