PAGE FOUR ditorial 0 sinio Join Now Can you count the number of times you sang "For the glory of old State" in the past four years? Of course you can't! You sang it in the residence halls when you were freshmen, before Rodger Kochman made his now-historic run against SyracuSe in 1958 and perhaps on the beaches of Newport or Ft. Lauderdale. If you thought about this song as the words were uttering from your mouths, you would realize that you are in debt to the University. For despite the often-heard complaints of rising tui tion costs, the benefits of a state-supported school have saved each graduating senior inure than $2500. Despite the cries of "mass production," Penn State's academic standards continue to climb. Despite the nights of cramming and boring lectures, many professors have provided lasting inspirations. 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PENNSYLVANIA Letters C D Termed Patriotic Duty Of Americans TO THE EDITOR: I read the letter to you on Saturday, May 6, 1961. It was written by Eliza beth R. S. Richards and con cerned the Civil Defense exer cises held last week. Miss Richards, your show of stupidity for a graduate stu dent is absolutely astounding! To begin with, how can teach ing in the art of self-protection and -preservation be giving the American people a false sense of security? In case of an atbmic attack, the first people in the world to "put down" our American Government would be the very people who won't go along with practical life saving measures such as those outlined by Civil Defense. True, not 100% of we Ameri- cans can be saved by bomb shelters and "ducking in door ways" but, if just 10% are saved the cause is worthwhile. Secondly, yo u evidently haven't heard any newscasts or read any newspapers or maga zines recently (say in the past 50 years?). How long has our Govern ment been trying to meet Rus sia and Mr. "K. to try to talk over peace-time uses of Atomic Power, and cutting down of arms? How long have we been sending food, farm ing tools, clothes, etc, over-seas to help those less fortunate than us? The trouble with many Americans today is that they are too complacent. When our Government does something that may inconvenience them for a few minutes, and perhaps save their lives in the future, they as much as say they'd rather die. , True, you should feel an ob ligation as a patriotic Ameri can—to 'save yourself and the lives of your fellow Americans. —Mrs. Joseph V. Cioffi County Director Comments on C D TO THE. EDITOR: In regard to the student protest during the recent Air Raid Drill the Centre County Director of Ci vil Defense states that protests are in order as long as no Fed eral, State or Municipal laws are violated. It is therefore prudent for everyone to comply with the publicized Civil Defense in structions since they are for self-protection. The drills are authorized under both Federal and State laws, and severe pen alties can be imposed for non compliance. —George S. Denitorne, Director, Centre County Civil Defense Council Gazette Accounting Club, 7:15 p.m., Pi Lambda Phi Alpha Kappa Psi, 7 p.m., Theta Chi Angel Flight pledges, 7 p.m., 10 A Wag. ner Bible Fellowship. 6:30 p.m., 212 HUB Cwens. 9 a.m., 217-218 HUB Five O'Clock Theater, 5 p.m., Little Theater, Old Main Froth circulation, 7 p.m., 217-218 HUB Geophysical Seminar, 3:15 p.m., -121 M Grad Student Association, 8:15 p.m., 218 HUB 1.C.G., 8 p.m., 203 HUB 1.V.C.F., 12:45 p.m., 212 HUB LA Lecture Series, 7:30-8:30 p.m., HUB assembly hall Machine Records Conference, 1 p.m., 214.218 HUB Machine Records Conference, 3 p.m., IlUll main lounge Meditation Chapel Choirs, Concert, 8:30 p.m.. Chapel Navy Recruiting, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., HUB r4ll, Ir. Ili rle. ground floor Panhel, 6:30 p.m., 203 HUB Penn State Figure Skaters Club, 7 p.m., McElwain lounge Philosophy Dept. 9 ;30 p.m., HUD reading room Philosophy Dept. lecture, 8 p.m., EE Physics Colloquium, 4 :15 p.m., 117 Os mond Schuhplattlerm, 7 p.m., 204 Engineer• ing B Science Fiction Society, 7 p.m., 218 HUB SGA Reorganisation, 7 p.m., 214.216 HUB !Social -and Recreational Adv. Comm., 4 p.m., 212-213 HUB TIM Movie', 12:30 and 6:30, HUB as oembly hall - Young Republicans, 8-9:30 p.m., 218 HUB Letters Anthony Letter Disputed TO THE EDITOR: Mr. An thony, in his letter to the Col legian, tries to lump two as pects of Civil Defense into one. He wants to - get across the im pression that preparation for a war and natural disaster serv ice are one and the same. On the basis of this, Mr. An thony says that those who pro tested the civil defense drill were uninformed. But, it would be uhfair to let Mr. Anthony say this. Those who protested the CD drill are fully aware of the many good services that the CD program provides. Those who protested did so because they felt that the aspect of CD that prepares the population for war is a bad aspect. It conveys to the popu lation the expectancy of an inevitable war. Civil Defense also breeds a false sense of security. There will be little, if any, warning of a nuclear attack. The speed of present day missiles, 18,000 mph., means that atiy place in the U.S. can be destroyed with in 30 minutes of the launching of an attack, Even with the most perfected warning system available, the maximum warning time that could be given to the popula tion in time of nuclear attack would be 30 minutes. This warning time would be greatly reduced if the missiles were launched from submarines The shelter program in large cities is admittedly of no value. A,ten-megation bomb exploded at ground level has a radius of blast destruction of five miles and a radius of fire destruction of 25 miles. If the bombs were exploded above the ground, the fire alone would easily cover 5,000 sq. miles. Within the vicinity of explosion of the bomb there could be no survivors. People who do not live near large cities seem to feel that bomb shelters provide tqm Freshman Examines CD TO THE EDITOR: In your April 28 issue' there appeared a letter calling upon the stu dents to demonstrate against the Civil Defense drill in order to show that the only defense against nuclear attack is peace When I first read this letter, I felt the cause was worth join ing. However, on re-examin ing the article I decided not to join. My first reason for not join ing was that the basic hypoth esis there is no escape from nuclear attack is not true. According to an article in Time magazine (January 2, 1961) on a book by Herman Kahn, physicist and adviser to the Atomic Energy Commis sion and the Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization, a nu clear war would not necessarily destroy civilization. The article says, "It is a part of U.S. Atomic Age folklore that there is ?to use trying to prepare for nuclear attack, that once deterrence fails all is lost. This attitude largely accounts for the feebleness of the U.S.'s civil defense programs." According to Mr. Kahn's fig ures "advance preparations could make a difference be tween, say, 20 million and 80 million casualties." Thus the issue of civil defense is not cut and dry, there is evidence that preparation would help. Another point Mr. Kahn Cold Classes Draw Complaint TO THE EDITOR: As I write letter, I shall go out to pur this letter, my classmates and' chase some cold pills. I expect I have just returned from our to see several of my classmates required women's physical ed- at the store for the same pur ucation class. Today (May 2nd), pose. when it is 40 degrees (accord- This incident is not without ing to the WMAJ weather re port) and very windy, we spent precedent, and it applies to an hour and a half on the more than one class. Why can't i archery field, t be stopped? When I finish writing this TUESDAY. MAY 9. 1961 with 'adequate protection against the danger of a nuclear bomb. While the shelters would 'protect them against the direct blast of the bomb, it would not protect the inhabitants against the numerous other dangers. Radiation emitted by a nu clear attack would blanket the U.S. within 24 hours. This means that the people in a shelter would have to have an independent supply of air for two weeks, the minimum time before it would be possible to venture out from the shelters. What these people who sur vive the blast, fire and radia tion would eat is another prob lem. There would be no source of outside food. With the ground contaminated by radia. Lion, no food could be grown. If no shelter facilities had been provided for animals there would be no live source of food that was uncontami nated. Anyone who possibly survived all the other dangers of nuclear war would surely find himself with a desperate lack of food. The damage that would be caused by radiation from a nu clear war is not fully deter mined. Scientists agree that any radiation is harmful to the hu man body. The effects of radi ation on human genes means that extensive and harmful mutations would occur. The Human Race would never be the same. Lack of men, machinery, food, government, community. lions and the spread of fear, disease and hate gives very little hope to the people who do come out of their shelters alive. There would be nothing to live for and no way to live. I think' it would be wise for Mr. Anthony to take another look at his CD program. CD fully serves the community in its natural disaster services, but CD does not serve the com munity by preparation for war. War is suicide. This deception upon the people cannot go on. —Sam Rotenberg '64 makes is that in Russia civil defense training is compulsory for each citizen. Mr. Kahn goes on to point out that should war come, Russia with her prepared population would be in a far better position than the United States. The second reason why I did not join this demonstration is because I feel the motive was wrong. It is not reasonable to protest against a civil defense test to point up the necessity for a lasting peace. The demonstration was not against any offensive group connected with fighting a war, but a group that has the job of frying to help the population if a war should come. Civil de fense would, according to my source, lessen the horror of nu clear war. Why should these peace loving students demonstrate against such an organization? Had this group advocated just a demonstration for peace or a sane nuclear policy I would have joined them, but I do riot believe it's right to demonstrate just for the sake of demon strating. It is my hope that these stu dents were motivated by their belief that they were doing the right thing and were not being used by those who would stand to gain by our civil defense be ing weakened. —Andrew Lindgren, '64 —Name Withheld
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