"Capitalist Societ Poor"
Lectuier Airs
Marxist Views
"A capitalistic society according to Marxist doctrine is
a bad society because it frustrates, distorts and corrupts the
human material of which it is composed," said Dr. Paul M.
Sweezy, authority on Marxist economics and former profes
sor of economics at Harvard University Thursday night.
Sweezy spoke on "The Mean
ing of Marxism Today." This was
the first program of the Graduate
School Lecture Series for the fall
semester.
Sweezy said he believes that
this basic criticism directed at
capitalism is the most radical
and most important part of the
Marxist critique of our society.
"A Marxist sees no direction
of economic order in a capitalis
tic society," Sweezy said. "Every
one is for himself in a business
market and men do not meet as
whole persons do to satisfy their
needs."
"In such a community others
are used as a means to one's per
sonal ends. The consequences of
such a society reach into the lev
els of the individual personality
an d conscience. According to
Marxism, a man becomes alien
ated from his own true self," he
said.
Sweeny quoted sources from
leading American economists
which reflect - a feeling that the
United States has reached a
dead end. Americans have no
Idea what to do with their
wealth and fear facing total
meaninglessness or alienation,
he said.
"Americans need new values,"
Sweezy said. "There is a search
ing of aims and discovery of mo-
Pitt to Inaugurate
3-Semester Year
PITTSBURGH (2 1 P) The Uni
versity of Pittsburgh will inaugu
rate a three-semester academic
year next September, it was an
nounced Wednesday.
At the outset the 3-semester
plan will operate for the fresh
man and sophomore classes. It
gradually will be extended to up
perclassmen and finally to post
graduate programs.
Under the 3-semester plan
the academic year Nyill be divided
into three 15-week reriods. There
will be one month of vacation.
Participation in the new plan
will be voluntary. I
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PAUL M. SWEEZY
Authority on Marxism
By KATIE DAVIS
tives along with our increases in,
wealth," he continued.
Sweezy pointed out that Marx,
realized these deficiencies in capi-i
talism and thought he saw how;
our society would be superseded
by a new society.
"Marx's error was that the
revolution he foresaw did not
come in the western countries
as he thought it would," Sweezy
said. "The advanced countries
of the West expanded much
longer and farther," he said,
"than one in the nineteenth
century would have believed."
"But," Sweezy concluded, "the
message of Marxism today is that
capitalism's economic successes
are empty until we add a new
dimension to our social struc
ture."
"Capitalism must overcome the
results of fragmentation a n d
competition - and until we can do
this we must suffer the conse
quences of an alienated society of
total meaninglessness," he said.
COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
ATO Leads
In Bridge Play;
PiPhi Second
Alpha Tau Omega is leading
with 32 points for the Fraternity
Trophy of the Penn State Bridge
Club.
In second place is Pi Kappa
Phi with 18 points, and Alpha
Epsilon Pi is in third place with
15 points.
Richard Goldberg and Craig
Miller are tied for first place with
23 1 / 2 points for the Graduate Stu
dent Trophy. In second place is
Michael Bolgar with 20 points.
Leading for the Independent
Trophy are Robert Bishop with
22 points, Dennison Fairchild
with 21 1 / 2 points and Raymond
Wiesen with 21 points.
The winners of the bridge
tournament played Thursday ev
ening are Jack Neifert and Ray
mond Wiesen, North-South, Sec
tion A; Bolgar and Jed Diem,
East-West, Section A.
The winners of Section B are
Robert Bishop and David Gold
berg, North - South; William
Mount and Fairchild are tied
wiTh — Carolyn Portnoy and Ma
thilda Scott, East-West.
There were 64 members play
ing in Thursday's tournament.
HMO to Show Film
"The Eddie Duchin Story" will
be shown at 8 tonight in the Hil
lel Foundation auditorium.
The movie stars Tyrone Power
and Kim Novak and the showing
will be open to everyone.
Penn State's Armory, built in
1890, served as the University's
first gym.
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To Address SDX
Frank N. Hawkins, associate editor and chief editorial
writer for the Pittsburgh Post Gazette, will speak to the
Penn State Chapter of Sigma Delta Chi, men's professional
journalism fraternity, at 6:30 p.m. tomorrow.
Hawkins will speak at the fall initiation banquet follow
ing initiation ceremonies for four undergraduate and two
professional members at 4:30 p.m.
at Theta Delta Chi fraternity. The
banquet will be at the Autoport
Restaurant.
Hawkins, who has been with
the Post Gazette since 1946, began
his newspaper career as a report
er for the Macon, Ga., News in
the 1930'5. He was named man
aging editor of the Macon News
in 1941.
He was a reporter for the New
York Herald Tribune in 1943
and 1944, and was an editorial
writer for the Atlanta Journal
from 1944 until he'went to the
Post Gazette in 1946.
Presently living in Sewickley.
Hawkins is a member of the Se
wickley Board of Education, and
a trustee of the Pittsburgh Child
Guidance Center. He is a guest
lecturer at the University of
Pittsburgh School of Jouralism.
Undergraduates who will be in-1
itiated at Sunday's ceremony are
William Deibler, junior in journ
alism from Altoona; George
French, senior in journalism from
Sewickley; Paul Scheckler, senior
in journalism from Palmerton;
and Wayne Schlegel, senior in
journalism from Springfield.
Professional initiates are Ed
'ward J. Garrity, managing edi-
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Officers of the Penn State
Chapter of Sigma Delta Chi are
Louis Prato, president; Matthew
Mathews, vice president; William
Jaf f e, secretary, and Robert
Thompson, treasurer.
Sigma Delta Chi was founded
at Depaw University in 1909. The
organization is made ul3 of both
undergraduate an d 6rofessional
members who are employed in
the news and editorial field, or
who plan to enter the profession.
Two of the major projects of
the Penn' State Chapter are the
publication of "Who's Who in
the News," and the presentation
of the annual Gridiron Banquet
each Spring.
Adviser for the organization is
'John D. Vairo, instructor in
journalism. Founder of the Penn
IState Chapter was Professor
Franklin Banner, professor emer
itus of journalism.
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