>AGE FOUR Editorial Opinion Importance g Scores of research projects aimed at expanding the horizons of man’s knowledge are being carried out on campus, yet they remain relatively unnoticed by many of us who pass daily by the laboratory’"doors. These projects, which employ jthe services of many hundreds of professors and graduate students, represent an integral part of the University and contribute many useful ideas and concepts to scientists throughout the world. . Some of the studies seek to find; basic information about the nature of chemical compounds or of forces shaping the earth. Others deal with the performance of flower seeds, consumer behavior, the influence of the topography on weather, inheritance of blood types, live* stock and poultry diseases.'ibe legends of Holy Grail and countless others. Indeed, ‘.‘to develop new arts and industries, new techniques, new applications of science and philosophy and new truths in all fields of knowledge” is one of the stated functions of research at :the University. This research also aims to meet the first obligation of the University, that of advancihg knowledge “for the benefit of society." j . Research can open intellectual sand occupational doors for both faculty and students. £ach new discovery or new application creates even'more fields for investigation. Because of the mushrooming importance of basic and applied research in our, increasingly complex society, U might be wise to work Out a closes’ relationship between undergraduate students and the research-minded profes sors and graduate students. This could be achieved by encouraging undergrad uates to attend seminars and project conferences and by allowing them to sit-in, audit or regularly schedule grad uate courses. . Undergraduate courses devoted exclusively to inde pendent scientific investigation would also be a good. Way of introducing students to research. ' Thsss coursss might ersats extra work Jot some professors, but tbs enthusiasm and interest in research that such a program might generate would pay dividends in" the long run. ' By exposing students to the' tools, techniques and methods of scientific investigatory it is likely that many qualified persons not bent on a career in research might be encouraged to enter this increasingly important !"area .of society. . . A Student-Operated N eio rpaptrr 67 Years of Editorial iFreedom ©fye Hathj (EoU?nfan 1 o Successor to The Free Lance, est. 1887 riMIM Ml) ariNck KatanU; •• nnUm «*rtn| ttw 'I «t vanity-rmr. Tlk ®iwf C*»«fUa li • nrvi|Mpit Bnurtd u ■>tn»4 rUn dMttn Jmlr *- I M •> rfUU C+IZZ. Pa.fW Of fir* .* •? lEr*tTS? ' ' Matt B«WcH|»tl«a fricti ‘ • rnr Mattina Addreaa - Box Hi. BLot* Collars. Pa. Member of The Associated Pre s JOHN BLACK Editor Ctlr Mlten, LrRM Ccnflrt urf Rickard Laiafctou: Edltsrial Editor. Jori Myara; News Editor. Paula Dranar: Sparta Editor. Jauiaa Kart; Aaalatant Bporta Editors. Daan 'Bllltck and John Morris; Pirtaro Editor. Jain Beanat. Local Ad Mcr, Mar«r Downer: Assistant Local Ad IH*r.. Martin Zanls; National Ad M*r„ Marry Cress: Credit Mrr- Ralph Priedmsn: Aaalatant Credit Mar, Kathy Natopaloaa; Claaailied Ad Myr.. Kathte Ihbotaon; Cirrolallon Mcr.. Mason Cbeaater; Personnel M*r.. Anita Holt: Off ire Mcr.. Lynn Mnrphy. of Research WAYNE HELINSKJ Business Manager ; THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. UNIVERSITY PARIC' PENNSYLVANIA the dentist, but if the treat- menl I receive!! there is. any indication of the way jihe rest of the infirmary operates. I'd die before I’d go crawling back for help. snowed ' J Colleges jUnder American universities and! college*, once a', seedbed of! democratic principles and thought, have beenj transformed: into bureaucratic ; institutions; which are helping to destroy; the cherished rigtjts and liber-! ties guaranteed by the consti-; tution. ' ! The growing restrictions on; college students ape condition-1 ing them, so that t'iomeday they; might come to a society, similar to that described in “1984” or ‘.‘Brave New World.'; Many right the constitu; state and loa law are tak< away from student as soo> he enti college. Unfi judicial s y terns, the bridgement civil rights ai. even the fm position of un- democratic n ulatidnsj defended college administrators as neces- efficier,t operation. The right bf assembly is guaranteed by thp first amend ment to the constitution and Nazis hold rallips in Jewish sections of New; York under its protection, but university students in macy schools are prohibited from [holding mass meetings or peaceful demon strations unless organized and i supervised by administrators: : Students refusj to jeopardise Letters Tooth.Collectoi Hit by Jr. ' TO THE EDITOijI: You can add my‘name to th£ list of thpse unfortunate victjms of our Uni versity's health/center. In the future I'll go elsewhere for any medical treatment !l may need. 1 After Lynn Sjrotkin’s letter, appearing in Friday’s Colleg ian, I had to |<ut in my two cents’ worth. My only experience is with I had a tooth extracted by the dentist oh duty, last term, and he did such a boor job. it be cace badly infected. When I went to a towrf dentist for ad vice because I didn’t feel I was getting the correct treatment, the University dentist told me it was a "disgrace” r and he '“washed‘his htinds of me.” He said I could just go back to the town dentist and pay for my tre&tnvjent So I dii I’d much rather pay for good medical care! . : To lop this ijrhole thing off. It turned out that the so-called dentist at the health center had removed the wrong tooth to begin with. So !t am now minus two teeth. All I can say is. if anyone wants to get ri I of their teeth, be sure to see fihe little man at Bitenour' on. tl e second floor. He collects t’jiem! —Mary Kauffman '63 WDFM Schedule WEDNESDAY *roo Nm 6:os OiDMr Dii« S;SS Wettbmeon * 7:00 CAMPUS Bf AT *i ; 7:00 Washington trport* * 1 » 7:16 Album Rerit.r ' , X :JO TkTbftt'i tbs i roblea ! 8:00 Mm ! 8:08 Jaxs Ptouttfu '* 9:00 Student Go*fnawßt ! o.*ci Waxworks j • t ’ 9 :S0 ltuicbteoreTllk Spoken 'Word , 9:48 Nm, Wettlbr and Sports * 10:04 Virtuoso [ I U:9O Sigu*<*tt i • ' j , f »1 r '< j . * . * f t * f ine Democracy — by foot myers, -—j their chance it earn a college to conform! which gives -dig degree hr demonstrating nity, worth and, individuality against such un-democratic to man." | practices as lo rally and Hie blame tor, the abridge^ abridgement oi academic free- ment of basic rights in colleges dom by appropriation-conscious doesn't rest entirely upon ad administrators. ministrators and 'students, but Colleges, which should serve partially a manifestation of as the battlegrounds tor con- «« age. which frowns upon dis troversial opinions and views, { .. i . , . „ too often shun the unorthodox Public opinion is f being in order to protect a “good channeled into a narrower and name-," American institutions la f pathway. The tratd are tending toward the lowest 13 to orthodoxy and conformity, comrtxon denominator of ! ac- "Hie growth ot large buxeauc-, ceptable viewpoints on social, racies in American government; economic and political issues. industry, labor and the military Courses and subjects that has aided the movement toward could become alive are stripped c ®®* on ! convention of explosively ’ controversial alify- Th® bigness of these material and presented in a STroups causes an ambitious dull, diluted way. wiih-unoflh odox ideas. Professors who express radi cal views are often dismissed, hopes to achiave success, controversial persons are : often These four mighty forces refused, permission to appear America are' gauging, power at on campus, and certain student the expense of, the indiyidiials political organizations are in freedom. The luxury provided many cases suppressed by the by technological; advancement' ever-quivering finger of • col- has served to cushion the pain lege administrators. 1 our society is experiencing due These restrictions are accept* loss of fundamental This nation’s history ispunc- Jf theS^riSdom' tuated with many changes in , in £d£ to direc u tion l ° f t an u P *h ' oblaSTdUptoSa. i “Spby. ** traditionally, the college campus has been the . Today's students aren t will- . place where these changes are ' ing to risk'losing their degrees evaluated-through discussion by protesting outrageous | and • and debate. ; unconstitutional regulations jhe unconstitutional:restric that the colleges impose upon tions that limit the freedom of them. In short, they refuse to tomorrow’s leaders on today’s dissent. - ' . campuses are helping to under- William Douglas, associate mine thei'• intricate structure justice of the U.S. Supreme that has allowed American Court once said “It is the right, democracy to survive, for al of dissent, not the right or duty • most 200 years. ; . j World At OAS Terrorists Attack Hospital ALGIERS (AP)-A band of 15 Secret Army Organization (OAS) terrorists marched into a quiet hospital yesterday and methodically sprayed Moslem patients with gun fire as hor rified doctors and nurses watched" -<*■ - Nine Moslem, patients were ’ killed apd seven wounded many while they lay screaming in their .beds. Before driving away in four sedans, the terrorists set off a' blast that wrecked one Iwing of the clinic. The attack lasted less;than 10 minutes! It was one of the most savage in the Secret' Army’s last-ditch terror {cam paign to block Algeria's inde pendence. i , Most of the victims hadj been patients for months or years, suffering for a variety of ail ments unrelated to the rebel lion. i Viet Nam Troops Kill 40 Rebels '! ■. , SAIGON, South Viet j Nam (AP)—-About 8,000 Vietnamese troops combed a 10-square-mile section. of ' the Mekong River. valley yesterday in the biggest! single operation against Com munist Viet Cong guerillas. A dispatch from the scene 30 miles south of the Cam bodian frontier' saicT two American-built ADS fighters strafed and killed about' 40 fleeing rebels. The operation was based at Cao Lanh. The. ground force was sup ported by; boats. There .was no indication- whether any U.S. servicemen or helicopters took part, though U.S. military ad visers usually accompany large missions: .The aim was lo elm the area of elements of a Viet Cong battalion, a unit-of perhaps 600 < Several prisoners were taken. One government casualty was reported. WEDNESDAY. APRIL‘4j 1962 A Glance Soviets'Use Of Test Ban Questioned ' GENEVA (/P) British Min , is ter of State Joseph B. Godber picked up a possible klip, of the tongue the Soviet delegate at the disarmament conference ahd sought yesterday to de molish the;, argument against international inspection of a nuclear test ban. j •“Soviet Deputy Foreign Min ister Valerian A. Zorin said Monday it is known!that only one underground test has been conducted' by "Soviet [scientists. . Emphasizing Zorin’S use- of the word ;• “known,? Godber, said he could not help but wonder if; other underground • blasts had been touched off m , the Soviet Union 'with the out side world'none the [wiser.-; The U.S. Atomic* Energy; Commission has announced the ; dttection of but one Soviet test which apparently took place underground during the mam moth series!conducted last falL ' The Russians [claimed they de liberately set! that one off to see if it woiild be detected. By drawing the line on what is known and what is not, God . ber ' sought to demonstrate what the "West considers to-be a hollow Soviet; argument that ' national detection systems built around seismographs and other instruments are adequate .to prevent cheating j on, a test ban pact. | I ; • ' . Ihe Soviets flatly! refuse to accept international inspection, calling it an [attempt to intro duce a spy network into the Soviet Union. 1 1 New Orleans Schools Ordered to Integrate NEW ORLEANS (AP)— Fed eral District! Judge !J. Skeliy Wright yesterday desegregated all New Orleans public schools through the sixth’grade. The order becomes! effective next ■ fall, • • f !
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