Editorial 0 • inion We've Still Got Shinie'st Tailfins But The "Your education money is in the tailfins of •a lot of new cars What a sordid truth it is—this statement made by Dr. Robert A!. Christie Tuesday night in Schwab. By now Christie must be pretty nauseated by the implications of the statement, for he's been banging his head against it for several months now. He is executive director of a committee set up by Governor David L. Lawrence to investigate the educational system of the state. The. committee's chief finding seems to be just an other manifestation of the imbalance in the general Ameri can attitude toward what is importan,t and what is not. Another speaker the same day, Gerald L. Wendt of UNESCO, reported that the Russian classes be had ob served were superior to American classes, as if it had to be called to our attention again. But we seem to have a chronic amnesia about such matters. The United States has passed into a stage of develop ment where it is ready to maintain the status quo. While the United States was rising to its level or standard of living, world conditions were / very different flying machines, objects of curiosity and rockets to the moon inconceivable. Now Russia is on her way up. She too wants tailfins on her cars but the world is a different place and the knowledge wihch must be amassed and used in order to achieve this goal has reached huge proportions. The field of education has grown broader and broader and in order to maintain a place in the world, each country must pay particular attention to this all important aspect of life. In short, for the United States to maintain the present status quo in education (or anything else) is impossible. In a while our "highest" standard of living would become one of the lowest—not that we would stop producing garbage disposals but rather something better would have taken its place. In the realm of national survival, progression is the key word. It must take place and in order for it to take place we must have an educational system capable of pro ducing those who can progress. All too many Americans feel that what was good enough for them, ought to be good enough for their chil dren. Unfortunately their children will not be living in their world. All the material possessions amassed by parents for their children will be of little use if they have not had a good education to maintain or utilize them. Junior may drive a car with tailf ins while a Russian youngster may only have his books and lecture room but someday the Russian youngster may drive the car with tailfins and junior may be working on a collective farm, A Student-Operated Newspaper ttatlittr Tatirgiatt Successor to The Free Lance, est. 1887 Puhlished every Tuesday and Friday from June 14 to September 2. The Summer Collegian ls a student-operated newspaper. Entered as second-class matter July 1, 1991 at the State College, / Pa. Poet Office under the act of March 3. 1879. Mail Subscription Price: One dollar for 21 iasuss JOHN BLACK Editor STAFF THIS ISSUE: 'Assistant Editor, Nicki Wolford; Wire Edi tor, Margie Zelko; Photography Editor, Rae Hoopes; Assistants, Dorothy Drasher, Eddi Kroll, John VanderMeer, Mike Powers, Nadine Kofman, Aaron Konstam, Rebecca Metzler, Bob Rut schow, Warren Slothower. OH, WHAT A GREAT POWER FOR GOOD THIS CARTOON WILL ESE! V tt.------.7 . ill ' -'7l-7-21-7-- i :,-_- A , •-, --...c„,. r r L CHESTER LUCIDO Business Manager THEY PRINTED AY POLITICAL CARTOON IN 114 E PAPER! c E I V k p) 10. 1 a -11 , --.-- ! .......m...... DON'T YOU JUST FEEL THE WORLD GETTING BETTER ALL ARO,UND YOU, CHARLIE 13ROAV c 4 -4,...„........ i ....... A .... i s : 1 k Wili WAR CI) •-•-vti , -*- ___,..nt -r."' .... --."'•-• New Type of Politician Rises Editors Note: This is the last of a three-part series on Sen. John F. Kennedy. By ARTHUR EDSON LOS ANGELES OP) With this presidential campaign, a new breed of politician dom inates the American scene. Both Sen. John F. Kennedy, the Democratic residential nomi nee, and Vice President Richard M. Nixon. who will be the Re publican choice, came into poli tics after World War II Both are young, eager, forceful, relentless fight ers, Both like young assistants around them. Bothworry about the public image they pro ject. This is es pecially true of Nixon. Both keep a thoughtful eye on that new fangled political demon —the public opinion poll. Both are such careful planners Interpreting Khrushchev May Think He Can Win By J. M. ROBERTS Associated Press News Analyst Is the Communist sphere merely pursuing a new tack on its old course of zig-zag, with hot and cold applications of propaganda against the West, or is it trying to manufacture a record with which it might later on try to excuse a war? Prime Minister Nehru of India, after a recent trip to Europe and the Middle East, told his people that a resump- lion of commu nications a f ter the summit con fe r ence break between East West, mare "talk and peaceful ap proaches," was the only alterna- live to wai The cagy In dian leader, who ROBERTS usually speaks with the voice of pacifism, told leaders of his Con gress party they must realize the world was on the brink of war. That was June 5. Since then, the United States and the Soviet Union have fallen into a battle of bitterly worded threats over Cuba involving the Monroe Doc trine, over the shooting down of another American plane, over the Congo, and over East-West rela tions in general. Prime Minister Harold Macmil lan of Great Britain, who went to Moscow last year in the hope of drawing East and West togeth er, voiced his exasperation Tues day over the latest Soviet tactics. "I simply do not understand your purpose as of today," he messaged Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev. The world may acci dentally slip into nuclear war if it continues, he said. The message went off even as President Eisenhower and his ad visers were meeting to seek some understanding on the point also. It did seetn that Khrushchev, daring to attempt to give orders to the United States about Cuba and the Congo and talking con tinuously about what he could do With his rockets might have fallen into the belief that he can win a nuclear war. The idea has been expressed more than once by himself and other Soviet lead ers, whether as boast or actual belief. In the primitive political psy chology of Soviet leaders there has always been manifest a belief that an appearance of power can be made through boasts and tough language. Adolf Hitler once got this per suasion of power, bringing devas tation to the world and more par ticularly as KhruShchev should recall to the Third Reich.. that long , before the nominating conventions they already were de vising battle plans for the fall campaign., Both have traveled abroad and can speak first hand of other na tions' problems. , Both speak fluently and readily on almost any issue, although often in generalities. Liabilities Turn Into Assets Both show an uncanny ability to take what appears to be a liability, and by rushing forward to meet it turn it into an asset. Let's cite some examples: When confronted with stories of political contributions in 1952, Nixon made his famous or in famous, from a Democratic view point speech in which, among other things, he stoutly refused to refund the family cocker, Checkers, Kennedy's Catholicism is con sidered a liability, but in Protes tant West Virginia he brought the religious issue into the open and won the presidential primary from Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey of Min nesota, 236,510 to 152,187. EDSON And while it can't be proved that his religion helped him at the convention here, it certainly didn't hurt him any. Aside from their political be liefs, possibly the greatest differ ence ' between the two is in the way they went about getting the nomination. Nixon won the support of the Republican Old Girard. Kennedy Takes Long Route Kennedy took the long, diffi cult, expensive route through the presidential primaries, And he won even though he had some of the most revered names in the ACROSS 1 Brief. 6 Historic fliers. 9 By itself: Lat. 13 Cooperstown shrine: 3 words. 16 Mulberry bark. 17 Ensign: Slang: 2 words. ' 18 Anatomy: Abbr. 19 Burns' " , Mouse.'.' 20 Bivouac. 21 Runners. 23 Heartfelt. 25 Elderly. 26 Pyrite, 27 Overcrowds. 29 Arches. 32 Author of "On the Beach." 33 Co fast. 84 Pommel of a saddle. 85 Obstructs. 36 Blood. 37 Umpire's call. 38 Shadowboxes. ( 39 Trimmed the lawn. 40 In a line and touching: 3 words. 42 Court. CROSSWORD PUZZLE 43 Thought ance: 2 words. 44 ___..'s Island, in 12 Feed bag contents. • the East River, 14 "___ Jacques." 48 Weak-kneed. 15 Excellent. 49 Beloved of 22 Contemporary Radames. playwright. 50 White .._..., 24 Connecticut: 51. Cabbage. Abbr. 52 Where to find 25 Oxtail and turtle. argentite: 2 27 Musical tone. words. 28 Bird tidbit. 55 D. D. E. and 29 Loafer. others. 30 Bakery item: 2 545 Surreptitious. words. 57 Evening: Ital. 31 Duveen, for 58 Size of coal. example: 2 words. 59 Gardeners. 32 Kiosk. DOWN 35 Accelerates; I Photos. 36 Satisfactory. 2 City in Indo. 38 Several, • China. 39 Elizabeth 11. 3 City in N.Y. 41 Singer Brewer. 4 Long John Sil. 42 Shore bird. ver's creator. 44 Split. 5 Rocks, 45 Energetic. 6 Enthralled, 46 Type of batted 7 Soul: Fr, ball. 8 Agitates. 47 Impudent 9 French name for glances. European country, 48 Alpine accessorte... 10 TV feature: 2 49 Actor Robert. words. 53 Chemical suffix. 11 Blowout insure 54 Mugient call. 1 • Answer On Page Four • Democratic party against him: Harry S, Truman, Lyndon B. Johnson, Sam Rayburn, Adlai E. Stevenson, Eleanor Roosevelt. Perhaps Kennedy's greatest charm is his readiness, yea, ea gerness, to break with the past. Only a couple of days before Kennedy was nominated he put it this way: "I have a feeling we're ap proaching a great . Period of tran sition. I think changes are going to be revolutionary around the world." The oldtimers in his party must feel a faint chill when Kennedy, only 43 himself, speaks approving ly of the bright young Democratic congressmen coming along. "A whole new group," he says, "is moving into power in the Democratic party in the 19605." And while the smoke-filled room is still there, politics now includes coffee hours, women vol unteers phoning every voter in the state, amateurs dashing madly about in a way that would have shocked Kennedy's politically minded forebears back home in Massachusetts. Aim Remain High I have traveled with both Nixon and Kennedy. listened to both or them speak formally and infor mally, and despite the claims of their backers this remains true: You know the direction each says he wants to go, but each remains vague on precisely how he aims to get there. But it's early yet. As we move along, our gladiators will be forced to step up the pace. For the brutal truth is this: One of these men has a brilliant fu ture; the other faces a galling defeat at a tender political age. Each will go all out for victory.
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