PAGE FOUR Editorial Opinion Holiday Without Strings Since the University has accepted the Liberty Bowl bid. it should encourage students to attend the game, and an extra half holiday before the Christmas vacation would certainly help. The University Senate will consider the half holiday at its meeting tomorrow. The SGA Assembly has recom mended that the vacation begin at the close of classes Dec. 18, rather than at noon, Dec. 19. However, the SGA request will have a tag on it—that the half day be made up on the free day between the end of classes and the beginning of final examinations next month The half holiday would eliminate quite a few classes. However, the free day before final examinations, which was won by student government, is to be set aside to pre pare for finals. It would appear that losing one half day of classes Dec. 19 would be better than losing an extra half day to study just before finals. The University should accept the responsibility to pro vide an opportunity to attend the bowl game by granting the half holiday. But it should also preserve a study day before the beginning of exams. Other Views Philosopher vs. Physicist Educators are becoming increasingly concerned over the fate of the student of philosophy in the age of the sputnik. At a recent convention of the American Association of Land Grant Colleges and Stale Universities delegates warned that, because of the cold war technical competition, the humanities were being slighted in favor of the physical sciences. It was pointed out at the convention that the great bulk of federal grants to colleges and universities were made expressly for research projects in the sciences. The importance of these governmental grants is demonstrated by the fact that they account for 15 per cent of all operating expenses for institutions of higher learning in the United Stales. Sociologists have long observed that cultural achievements tend to lag behind technology in modern civilization. The re quirements of the cold war are widening this gap, particularly in the vital area of higher education. Aj» one delegate to the con vention noted, graduate students are often treated as if they were so many nuts and bolts." It would bo foolish to allow ourselves to be panicked into a system of higher education entirely subservient to our lechno logical needs. The logic of survival demands that we nourish the philosopher along with the physicist. A Student-Operated Newspaper 55 Years of Editorial Freedom Sty? iatlg (EnUwptt Successor to The Free Lance, est. 1887 PuhlWi-d Tundaj through Suturdaj morrtlni during Iho llnlrersltr retr. The ■ «t» d «nt-ojie r »te<t newepeper. Knitted •• lecond-cleiii matter Jutr I. 19S1 at tha State Collett, Pa. Pott Olflco under tha act of March I, 1379. M,l ‘ Bubicription Prlcti. 13.00 per atmeattr 15.00 per rear. DENNIS MALICK GEORGE McTURK Editor Business Manager STAFF THIS ISSUE: Night Editor, Jim Moran; Copy Editor, Katie Davis; Wire Editor, Carol Blakeslee; Assistants, Meg Teich lioltz, Karen Hyneekeal, Norm Farrell, Robert Kraft, Dennis McConnell, Edie Smith, Emily Nissley, Pat Haller, Kay Mills, Loina Kiiek, Dianne Lamb, Saralee Orton, Skeets Zane, Sue Tayloi, Margie Zelko. Inside Washin< Commie Mistakes Spurred '56 Revolt By J. M. ROBERTS Associated Press News Analyst Well, it now develops that Communist mistakes, not capitalist subversion, permitted development of the 1956 revolt irKHungary. Soviet Premier Nikita Khru shchev himself says the pup pet l tilers had undermined tire party's directing lole and weakened the dictatoiship of the proletariat. That situation enabled the rebellion to ‘cause disturb ances in the country,'' Khtu slichev says. Khrushchev is referring to the split in the Communist par ty throughout the world which occurred when he denounced the Stalinist cult. His reference to it at this time loads one to wonder just how much that split still af fects Communist affairs, and whether it has any influence THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA —The New York Times on Khrushchev’s efforts to re lax world tensions. One thing that becomes more and more obvious is Mos cow’s inability to direct or con trol Peiping policy, which is to stir up disputes just when the Soviet Union is advocating peaceful coexistence. Has com munism become so divided that it must seek time for recuper ation? The big mistake in Central Europe, of course, was Khru shchev's underestimate of the strength of the people's desire for liberty. His suggestion that there could be decentralization of control, with different peoples permitted to approach commu nism in their own way, set the spark. In Poland and Hungary the people very nearly ran away with the whole apple cart. It took the Red army to stop it in Hungary, and some permanent gains were made in Poland. This was right down the al ley of Yugoslavia’* Marshal f (OCLL.TWCN } THEBES SWUWE l FOR W,CHARLIE. T KNetd j’mblAhL IF YOU RECOGNIZE THIS IN YOURSELF, THEN THAT'S THE FIRST STEP OP FROM KAHDOM 1 . CBIAHDDM?) fj /zfr | Gazette TODAY AIM, 7 p m„ 203 HUB Assoc. of Childhood Educators, 7 pm, Home Economics living center Camera Club. 7:30 pm, 214 HUB Chem. and Phys. Student Council, 7pm, 1011 Osmond Chess Club. 7 p.m , HUB caidioom Christian Fellowship. 12:15 pm, 218 JtUB DfMclay, 7.30 p.m., 218 HUB Ifiliel, Bpm, Hillel Foundation Institute of the Aeronautical Sciences, 7 p.m , 105 Mech Engineering Nittany Grotto, 7 pm, 121 Mineral In- dustries Penn Stale Singers, 3 pm. and 6.30 p.m., HUB assembly room Sigma Theta Epsilon, 7 p.m., Wesley Foun- dation Sports Car Club, 7 p m., 212 HUB WSGA. 6:SO pm. 217 HUB Zoology Club Meeting, 7 p.m., 105 Frear Lab HOSPITAL Adiel Dalam, Lawrence Beighey, Maiie Busck, Elizabeth Cainwath, Diane Dernck aon, Shirley Fowler, Lai ry Gnrlock, Bar bata Hodge, Elyse Klein, Ruth Luff, Joseph MabtUak, Wendelynn Pais, Joan Rebol, Ronald Rose, Nancy Schlffman, Richard Smith, Rovert Sponeybarger, An drew Stynehula, Judith Wadleigh, Charlea Huntress. Job Interviews TODAY Jeffoiy Manufacturing: Jan Grads & 1960 MS. PhD cands. In ME, Mining E for Sales. Mcljimahan Company ME Jan BS grads in Factory Mutual Engineering Division: Jan US grads m Aero E, Ag E, Arch E, EE, Eng Mecb. ME, Eng Scl, San. Eng, Pet & Nat Gas Eng. DEC. 3 Magnasox Company: Jan BS grads In EE. Tito, who had obtained self determination for his country soon after the war. Tito claim ed some of the credit for the Polish and Hungarian develop ments. This brought strenuous efforts by Khrushchev to re move Tito as an active com petitor through appeasement. With Khrushchev men in the saddle, the Hungarian Com munists immediately began a purge which continues to this day. In China, Mao Tse-tung ex perimented briefly with the idea that communism's garden could be improved by many different kinds of flowers. He soon found, too, that it wouldn’t work. Both these leaders, therefore, have discovered that commu nism, by the nature of its regi mentation, must be supported by iron discipline if its subjects are to be kept in line. The love of freedom, not im perialist capitalist subversion. Is the great enemy of commu nism. Letters Pro, Con on Loyalty Oaths TO THE EDITOR: It is dis couraging to learn that many of the potential “leaders" of this country are far from being educated people. The plan of governmental assistance to wards needy students plays a more important role today than ever before, but there are still some who have chosen to re nounce this effort by more responsible members of our so ciety This plan calls for only one major commitment, this being that the student making appli cation for governmental educa tional assistance be subjected to a loyalty oath. If large uni versities and colleges such as Harvard and Yale wish to de cline this responsibility, then it is my feeling that the ma jority of the students enrolled in the universities have not matured to the point where they deserve to be called adult and responsible, let alone at tend an educational institution. Surprisingly, there are still a few of us "Old Soldiers" who have-had the opportunity to see the U.S. government in action, and know of the benefits that can be reaped from its assist ance. Many of the greatest scholars and leaders of this present age have achieved TO THE EDITOR: Needy col lege students are being dis trusted and required to make oaths about their private ideas and opinions—oaths which are not required of most citizens. Freedom of belief and con science is being challenged by a test-oath which lends, to change the hard-earned "per suasion by ideas" role of the University to one of "coercion by oath.” Freedom of administration by universities is being inter fered with by the federal gov ernment. It is absurd to think that a subversive person would be inhibited by a loyalty oath requirement. These are only some of the serious objections being voiced against the loyalty oath and disclaimer affidavit require ments of the National Defense Education loan program. Several schools including Princeton and Antioch imme diately refused to participate in the program because of the objectionable requirem ents, WDFM Program Schedule WEDNESDAYS WDFM 91.1 megacycles 6*55 Weatherucope 7:00 Marquee Memories 7*55 News Little Man on Campus by Dick Bibta WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 2. 1959 their education at the expense of the government. We should be proud to know that our government is one that has enough respect for each citizen regardless of race, color or creed, to foresee the needs m various ways of its people and attempt to channel them. Tf the apathetic college stu dent of today could see peoples of other countries who have not been blessed with a demo cratic form of government such as ours, I am reasonably sure that they could never be so picayune as to reject tak ing a loyalty oath. Persons not wishing to claim loyalty towards democracy should not then be permitted to live under a democratic gov erment. The arrogant assump tion that it is a privilege to bo an American living under a government "of the people, by the people, and for ihe people," is the greatest pitfall of our time. The adage of “United we stand, divided we fall,” could never mean more to anyone than it does today. Let’s all make our sincerest effort to assure the future of America for our children so that they too can know the joys of being an American. —James More wood, '62 • Letter cut Now, perhaps belatedly. Har vard, Yale, Oberlin and others have withdrawn. (Some of these schools participated dur ing the first year only because they approved the idea and hoped that Congress would eliminate the provision in ques tion.) I submit that rejection of the program as it stands by most, or preferably all, free dom-conscious universities is the only sure way to a quick revision of the law. The Pittsburgh Press edi torial printed here last week understates the problem, and urges a complacent point of view which must be rejected by thinking people who under stand the necessity of sacrifice as a guarantee of freedom. How about if. Penn Stale? (Being a “needy student," I am currently paying interest on a University loan in prefer ence to the non-interest fed eral one.) —Kenneth Carter. Graduate Student ft 00 Jazz Panorama 9.00 Forum of the Air 9.50 Artist B«rles Preview 9 15 News and SporU 10.00 Virtuoso 11:30 Sign Off
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