FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 5. 1960 Europe Views U.S. in Light of Problems America's inability to communicate the essentials of her way of life to other peoples, her racial problem and her fail ure to raise the world-wide standard of living are the main :he "sophisticated" European, If European history said yes- criticisms of this nation by Dr. Kent Forster, professor I terday. Speaking on "Europe Looks at America," a lecture scheduled as part of the Spring Semester's Orientation program, For st e r went on to explain that Europe's future view of this nation will be increasingly bated on the ex tent we are able to solve these problems. Any evaluation of one coun try by the peoples of another must take two things into ac count, Forster said. "These come down to the facts the people are exposed to and the basic attitudes they form, on the stereotyped American." Because of the financial diffi culty most Europeans have in getting to America, they judge us by the exports which find their way overseas. "The wild G. 1., the uninformed and Materialistic holi day visitor, the Hollywood films and the disinterested ambassadors are the products which influence this view," Forster added. For many reasons the European has a rather critical and unsympa thetic attitude towards• America. Envy of our wealth, fear of our power, and the realization that we have been spared the havoc of war, lead to an emotional, probably unconscious hostility, he said. Well traveled and educated Europeans do recognize the strong points of American civi lization however. There is an unspoken comprehension by all Americans of social democracy, in that they are not strictly class conscious. Nor do they see an imperialistic or preditory na tion. Qur production methods have given us a wide distribution wealth and an unparalled stand ard of living, Forster said. Forster also said that our Euro pean evaluators see and appre ciate us as a vigorous nation with an omaded approach to life which is a strong contrast to their own nationnl dispositions. Tribunal Rates Men's Conduct The conduct of men living off campus was good last semester if the number of cases referred to Off-Campus Tribunal is any in dication. The stiffest penalty given was a suspended suspension from the University - last October. Four stu dents were given Tribunal warn ings and two others were acquit ted of charges. The student given a suspended penalty (which means he will be immediately suspended from the University if he is involved in another case brought before Tri bunal) and a friend who was given a warning removed a stop sign from the alley between Pugh and Allen Sts. They were caught with it by a borough policeman and held over night at the borough office. They were released on bail and fined $61.50 each the next morning. The three other students given warnings were involved in traffic violations and showed bad atti tudes toward campus policemen when they were caught. The two men acquitted of prowling charges were reported by a hostess of McKee Hall who thought they were acting suspi ciously. Nichols' Biographies Published in Britannica Dr. Edward J. Nichols, profes sor of English composition, is the author of three biographies that will be published in he Encyclo pedia Britannica. They are biographies of Philip Henry Sheridan, Union general in the Civil War; Andrew Gregg Curtin, governor of Pennsylvania during the Civil War and a native of Bellefonte; and Henry Winter Davis, from Maryland, an anti slavery- political leader during the Civil War. THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA Phys Ed Head Named Martha A. Adams, assistant pro fessor of physical education, has been named in charge of the re quired health and physical edu cation program for women. She succeeds Marie Haidt, who retired, effective Jan. 30, as pro fessor emerta of physical educa tion after heading the women's program for 36 years. Eisenhower Invites Prof To Washington Meeting Dr. William A. Williams, pro fessor of industrial education,, has been Invited by President Eisenhower to attend the Press dent's Conference on Occupation al Safety, in Washington, D.C., March 1-3. The Conference will bring to gether more than 3000 leaders from American industry, labor, agriculture, federal, state and local governments, insurance, education, health and private safety organizations from all parts of the country. EUROPE We'll see the usual PLUS. You're not herded around. A college tour that's different. EUROPE SUMMER TOURS 255 Sequoia, Box C. Pasadena, Calif. IF YOU MISSED US IN SEPTEMBER See Us NOW: During Registration at •Rec Hail desk •HUB desk Until February 15 at •HUB'main desk •Doty & Hench S. G. A. STUDENT ACCIDENT and INSURANCE PLAN AND DICK MASLOWSKI They're transmission engineers with Michigan Bell Telephone Company in Detroit. Burnell graduated from Western Michigan in 1951 with a B.S. in Physics, spent four years in the Navy, then joined the telephone company. His present work is with carrier systems, as they relate to Direct Distance Dialing facilities. Dick got his B.S.E.E. degree from Michigan in 1956 and came straight to Michigan Bell. He is currently engineering and administering a program to utilize new, transistorized re peater (amplifier) equipment. Both men are well qualified to answer a question you might well be asking yourself: "What's in telephone company engineering for me?" SAYS DICK: "There's an interesting clay's work for you every day. You really have to use your engi neering training and you're always working with new developments. Every time Bell Lab oratories designs a new and more efficient piece of equipment, you are challenged to in corporate it in our system effectively and economically. For example, I have been work ing on projects utilizing a newly developed voice frequency amplifier. It's a plug-in type —transistorized—and consumes only two watts, so it has lots of advantages. But I have to figure out where and how it can be used in our sprawling network to provide new and improved service. Technological developments like this really put spice in the job." „i. SAYS BURNELL: s., "Training helps, too—and you get the best. Through an interdepartmental training pro gram, you learn how company-wide operations dovetail. You also get a broad background by rotation of assignments. I'm now working with carrier systems, but previously worked on repeater (amplifier) projects as Dick is doing now. Most important, I think you always learn `practical engineering.' You constantly search for the solution that will be most economical in the long run." There's more, of course—but you can get the whole story from the Bell. interviewer. , He'll be visiting your campus before long. Be sure to sit down and talk with him. ~ BELL TELEPHONE COMPANIES 4;
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