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Editor cal Opinion
Homeless ROTC
The faculty of the College of the Liberal Arts re
cently voted down a proposal to include a School of
Military Affairs in it 3 college or any other college of the
University. Dr. Harold K. Schilling„ dean of the Graduate
School and chairman of the Senate Committee on Educa
tional Policy, yesterday declined to comment on whether
the LA faculty's veto would affect the move to bring
ROTC into the College of the Liberal Arts.
We hope that Schilling's "no comment" means that
the move has lost its impetus and will be dropped. The
Liberal Arts faculty took the only sensible action possible
in, vetoing the proposal; the University should support
the faculty decision and let the issue sink into the oblivion
it so truly deserves.
A school of Military Affairs does not belong under
any college of the University—particularly the College of
the Liberal Arts. Military Science has nothing to do with
the traditional aims of a liberal arts college. It is ridiculous
to try to reconcile the techniques of parade drills, M• 1
disassembly and chain of command with the study of
English literature, foreign languages and Journalism.
One of the arguments used in favor of including
military training under the College of the Liberal Arts is
that it provides citizenship training, and might well fit
into an LA program. The value of the citizenship training
which results from compulsory military training is
debatable.
The argument was aptly countered at the faculty
meeting by two faculty members. Dr. Ruth C. Silva and
Dr. R. Wallace Brewster, both political science professors
—who should certainly be experts on the citizenship
subject—took a dim view of the ability of citizenship
training's ability to justify ROTC in the LA college.
Another of the arguments employed to Justify ROTC
under the liberal arts program was that it "does not fit
anywhere else." This is tragically true—it does not fit
anywhere. But this is hardly a reasonable argument for
placing it in the LA college.
The College of the Liberal' Arts can never attain the
increased prestige it needs if it allows itself to become
a catchall for departments which do not fit elsewhere—
and we must have a solid liberal arts college if we are to
have a great University. If compulsory ROTC does not
fit anywhere, perhaps it will occur to someone that it
could be logical to eliminate it. •
H we must have compulsory. ROTC, the University
should not try to intrude it in any of the colleges. Com
pulsory military training is by nature an independent
field; it is certainly handled as such, with its system of
demerits, uniforms and credits, which is not used in any
other department of the University.
ROTC should remain at the fringe of the University's
academic setup—including it under one of the colleges
would only lower the prestige of the University and the
college concerned. .
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Mrs. Smith Is
'Easy on Taxes'
By ARTHUR EDSON
WASHINGTON (Th—Sen. Mar
garet Chase Smith (R) of Skow
hegan, Maine, confidently reports
that she is the least costly senator
we have.
That's because she is a lone wo
man among 95 men, and many
of the fancy facilities set up for
them aren't available to her.
Speaking of her male colleagues,
Mrs. Smith said:
"They have a swimming pool
from which I am barred. They
have a gym from which I am
barred. They get free haircuts and
free care of their hair, and I have
to oay for the care of my hair.
"There are many other similar
free services and facilities that
they get and I don't because I am
a woman."
And is Mrs. Smith complaining,
and are there tears m•her baby
blue eves?
"I like it this way," she said,
"because I don't want those free
facilities which the taxpayers
have to pay for.
"I like it this way because it
establishes beyond the slightest
doubt that I am the most econ
omical member of the Senate. I
cost the taxpayers less than any
of the other 95 men senators."
Mrs. Smith's remarks are a part
of an experiment by Folkway
Records. Howard Langer. manag
ing editor of the Scholastic Teach
er magazine, has been asking var
ious leaders how they go about
their work.
The resulting photograph rec
ords, Langer hopes. will be par
ticularly useful to high school
pupils.
Last fall he interviewed Justice
William 0. Douglas on the Su
preme Court, and now comes Mrs.
Smith on that strange and won
derful institution, the U.S. Senate.
Should women take an active
role, ioin political clubs and cam
paign?
"Very definitely," Mrs. Smith
said. "All women cannot go to
Congress and cannot go to the
Legislature. But women can serve
on local committees. Women are
the house cleaners. If politics are
to be cleaned up, what more nat
ural people to do it than women?
Homemakers are naturals for gov
ernment makers."
Senators, like other mortals. ap
proach their chores with varying
degrees of enthusiasm and con
scientiousness. But Mrs. Smith—
the only woman ever to serve both
in the House and Senate—says a
legislator has no problems about
keeping busy.
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AYI Colloquium, 3:10 p m., tour of lab
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Chem-Phys Student Council, 7 p.m., 209
HUB
Chess Club, 7 p.m., 7 Sparks
Christian Fellowship, 12:45 p.m.,
213 HUB
Collegian Advanced Reporters, 6:30 p.m.,
1 Carnegie
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Commentary on Haydn'a St. Caecillae Mass,
8 p.m., Chapel
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Freshman Class Advisor,* Board. 7:30 p.m.,
303 Willard
Graduate Mining Seminar, 4:15 p.m., 24
MI
Hillel Elections. close at 3 p.m., Hillel
Foundation
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Foundation
Home Management Extension. 9-5 p.m.,
218 HUB
JCR, 8 a.m.-7 p.m , 209 HUB
IFCPA, 7 p.m., Sigma Alpha Mu,. junior
and senior boards
Metallurgy Seminar, 4:10 p.m., 317 Wil
lard
Neu Bayrischen Schuhplattler, 7:30 p.m.,
3 White
Newman Club. Choir Practice. 7:30 p.m.,
Our Lady of Victory Church
Newman Club. Lecture Series, Prof. Case,
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Phya Ed Council. 8:15 p.m., 212 HUB
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UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL
Little Man on Campus by Dick Giblet
165
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Behind the News
Werner's Writings
Will Be Missed
By Bob Franklin
With only 16 days of classes left, students more and
more are looking toward summer vacations.
But the students apparently aren't the only ones who
seem to be in the mood to take a rest from their usual
activities. William L. Werner, professor of American
Literature, yesterday announ
ced a vacation from his news- standing alumni in his column;
paper column-writing in The has sought more culture for the
Centre Daily Times. University community and has
Werner, who regular Tues- proposed returning the Bar
day column is reported to be card statues to campus from
widely read among faculty their resting place at the Uni
members, is popularly known versity dump.
as a "gadfly," something we He also has praised this
believe the University needs. newspaper's coverage of cam-
His column will be missed. pus affairs. In his column in
He announced his vacation the Times last week, he wrote:
in his Times column yesterday "We are sorry to see Ed
"We are in- f. Dubbs, Collegian editor, end
formed that in 7 t his term of office. The past
recent months year's Collegian has been the
there have best in twenty years. Reporters
been increas- ' went out and dug up news. We
ing complaints liked the interview with James
about this col
umn's 'attack
on individuals
and even jn
stitutions.'The
Times' policy
is to be at all
times con
structive. Our relations for the
last 25 years have been polite
and perfectly free. Now it
seems time for a vacation."
Werner told the Collegian
yesterday he does not know
when or if he will resume the
column.
Werner often has expressed
beliefs echoed by many faculty
members, particularly a group
in the College of the Liberal
Arts.
He has supported moves to
strengthen libraries, particular
ly the University Library; has
plugged for higher salaries and
more recognition for raculty
members; has recognized out
I FEEL.
a ON EDGE
TODAY.
er.rtook.m low.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 7, 1958
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NEVER- 1
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Hp GOT PROMOTED TO
FULA. PRoFESoI2
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Iffl=l2
Long, new president of the
board of trustees. We liked
what Judy Harkison w r ote
about the inadequacies of the
University Library, and Larry
Jacobson's series on open meet
ings of trustees. We liked Ralph
Manna's report on the Liberal
Arts faculty meeting (which re
jected the idea of incorporating
ROTC into the LA college.)
"Since University publicity is
so limited and innocuous, some
better arrangement should be
made to distribute the Colle
gian more widely. (In another
month we'll have almost no
campus news for the three
month summer period). The
Times does give vital statistics
and some items of general in
terest, but something additional
is 'n eeded— something that
gives detailed campus news
that is of no interest to people
in Bellefonte and farther
away."
I FEEL ALL NERVOUG
AND "Pr345El
-
Allk
PSYCHIATRISTS WILL TELL YOU
THAT THERE'S NO BETTER WAY
TO RELAX THAN TO LE WIN YOUR
READ IN YOUR WATER DISH!