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ON 'U' CAMPUS:
Is Science Gaining At Expense
Of 'Undernourished' Arts?

IT WAS recently said at a meeting of the
Princeton National Alumni Association
that overemphasis of the physical sciences is
resulting in aparallel lack of interest, or "un-
dernourishment," of the liberal arts.
Such a claim can be verified only by inten-
sive study of the question. Any answer has
been, up to date, purely hypothetical. This
writer hopes only to state his personal opin-
ion and present certain aspects of the ques-
tion which pertain to this University.
The complexities of the issue are stagger-
ing. A quick examination of statistics leads one
in circles. It is the quality of work done, not
the number of dollars, or the number of schol-
ars, that gives strength and respectability to a
field. One can only hope that an examination
of statistics will indicate what is being done in
a study area.
O START off, it is bad that advancement of
the physical sciences be, unproportional to
development of the liberal arts, if there is
such unproportional development? How is one
to judge how much activity there should be
in the two areas?
In the fields of the physical sciences, is the
advancement of one particular field to be
judged on the quality of a few scientists or the
quantity of technicians and less highly train-
ed scientists which meet the growing de-
mands of society? Is the amount of money
poured into the field a fair measure of its
development? Is the advancement of a scien-
tific field to be judged by the demands thata
society places on it?
Likewise, is the status of the liberal arts to
be judged by the quantity or quality of the
people involved? Is the number of approp-
riated dollars, in proportion to money granted
to the physical sciences, a fair standard of
judgment? Are the liberal arts to be, judged
on the basis of criticism of past achievements
or on contemporary participation and crea-
tive activities? Most of these questions are
impossible to answer accurately, if they are
answerable at all.
It is believed by this writer that one strength
of American society is the interdependent rela-
tion between the humanities and the sciences;
no more consideration will be given the rela-
tive merits of the two general areas.
THERE is a national trend in American uni-
versities toward field specialization, that
is, intensive study in technical study areas.
This trend results, perhaps, in a fear that the
arts and humanities are being neglected, a
fear that has, most probably, only weak jus-
tification. The United States has a highly ma-
terialistic culture, and the demands of indus-
tries for skilled men are increasing.
Nationally, 12 per cent of the degrees award-
ed on the baccalaureate level in 1953 were in
humanities and arts, while the natural sciences
trailed by approximately 2 per cent. However,
in the humanities and arts, the per cent of
total degrees awarded had dropped about 15
per cent since 1901. In the natural sciences
the percentage drop was only about 3 per
cent. We might possibly regard the baccalaur-
eate percentages as a measure of the number
of people educated in the two fields.
On the doctoral level, 12 per cent of the
degrees awarded in 1953 went to the humani-
ties and arts, while 37 per cent of them were
awarded to the natural sciences. Perhaps the
doctoral percentages indicated the quality of
men in the two general fields.
HOWEVER, contrary to these statistics, men
in the humanities and arts in this Univer-
sity feel no lack of high-calibre students. They
expressed the opinion that the faculty also has
improved in the past few years. In the physi-
cal science departments faculty members said

that there was a lack of high-calibre students.
It was confessed, however, that a multitude of
hands were needed in the scientific fields. Gen-
erally men in both areas recognized that, al-
though there was demand for humanists and
artists,' there was a greater, and speedily grow-
ing demand for scientists in this country.
Newspaper play-up of grants to scientific re-
search development may persuade readers that'
the humanities and arts are being starved
financially. Such a belief, concerning the Uni-
versity, is a misconception.
THE first place, the physical sciences de-
mand more money than do the humanities
for the plant with which to work. The writer,
with the exception of money for such purposes
as travel to do research abroad, needs only
pen, paper, and a sharp mind. The scientist,
on the other hand, needs costly equipment to
carry on his work.
In the second place, the men of neither
the humanities and arts or the physical
sciences feel that there has been unjust ap-
propriation of funds. The University budget is
divided, in proportion to requests and obvious
needs, evenly between the various departments
In the past few years there has been little
change in the proportion of this distribution.
Moreover, considerable grants are given for
research in the humanities and the arts. $35,-
0& of the 1954 $109,984.71 Michigan Alumni
Fund was spent for the purchase of the Stell-
feld Library of Musicology of Antwerp. Out
of a $78,294.70 collection of funds for research
and research equipment, generous amounts
were designated for research in Language, Lit-
erature and Art.
THERE is some belief in the Literary College
that there is not enough opportunity for
participation in the Arts. For example, at the
student level it is said that there is little op-
portunity for students to seriously participate
in dramatics. At the teacher level it is felt
that there is a lack of funds for research work.
Such opinion, however, is not confined to de-
partments of the humanities and the arts.
It is impossible to know what balance there
should be between the humanities and arts, on
the one hand, and the physical sciences on the
other hand. It is agreed only that there
should be a balance. Even if it were known
what the balance should be, it would be diffi-
cult to measure the status quo to see what
the present relation between the two areas is.
'What we have to fear," commented a Rut-
gers University professor at a national meeting
of Phi Beta Kappa, 'is that man today, in
this country of scientific magic and techno-
logic advance will take the products of train-
ing and skill as a satisfactory substitute for the
aesthetic values that have been sacrificed or
sublimated in producing them; ...
He continued: "I think we are in grave dan-
ger that our education mill may undergo .. .
streamlining until we are grinding out an edu-
cation that is utilitarian, highly practical, and
likewise lacking in cultural flavor."
Similar belief was expressed by prominent
members of the Literary College faculty con-
cerning research level scholarship.
IT IS the opinion of this writer that the phy-
sical sciences in the University are not
excelling at the expense of the humanities and
arts. If the physical sciences are presently
taking strides forward, the arts and humani-
ties art taking parallel ones.
There is intense interest in all aspects of
intellectualism on this campus, and any dan-
ger to the liberal arts is certainly long-range.
Starvation of these arts will surely spring, not
from the insufficient efforts of the University,
but from something more fundamental in our
society, from some attitude of the people.
-Henry Finney

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"Couln't You Sometime Lock the Door First?"
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DREW PEARSON:
Dulles, Ike Split on War
Over Quemoy, Matsus

DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN

WASHINGTON- President Eis-
enhower sits down with Con-
gressional leaders today to try to
get American foreign policy back
on a bi-partisan, even keel. As he
does so, the legislators, plus the
public, have been confused by a
rash of completely conflicting
headlines.
First headlines proclaimed that
the Chinese Reds were expected to
attack Quemoy and Matsu on or
about April 15 and that this would
probably lead to war.
Next day headlines announced
that diplomats did not expect the
Chinese Reds to attack that soon,
or perhaps at all.
About the same time came an
announcement from Foreign Min-
ister Lester Pearson of Canada
that much as Canada loved the
U.S.A. it would not back us up in
case of war over Quemoy and Mat-
su.
Naturally, the legislators have
been confused.
Behind the Headlines
TO THE best of this writer's abil-
ity, here is a report on the
background behind the confusion.
Background No. 1-Adm. Robert
Carney, Chief of Naval Operations,
a fine sailor but no diplomat, gave
a briefing to newsmen that the
Chinese Reds were expectedto at-
tack on or about April 15. The Ad-
miral was quite alarming. Of
course admirals shouldn't talk.
They're not supposed to execute
foreign policy, merely formulate
it. However, the Admiral mistak-
enly let himself get euchred into
this briefing and newsmen were
justified in coming out with alarm-
ist headlines.
Background No. 2-The State
Department next day played down
Admiral Carney's remarks, said
the Reds were most unlikely to go
to the Bandung Conference of
Asian-African powers with blood
on their hands. This was the rea-
son for the second series of head-
lines.
Background No. 3 -- Secretary
Dulles, earlier, had gone to Can-
ada and dropped some remarks
that scared the Canadian govern-
ment half out of its wits. This was
the reason for Foreign Minister
Pearson's statement divorcing Ca-
nada from any American war over
Quemoy and Matsu.
What Dulles indicated to Cana-
dians at a closed-door session of
their Canadian big-wigs was that
the United States would definitely
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defend the small offshore islands
so close to the Chinese mainland
that a good swimmer can swim to
them. Second, he said if the Chi-
nese attacked, the U.S.A. would
use atom bombs to make mince-
meat of Chinese troop and artil-
lery concentrations on the main-
land.
Dulles was brutally frank. Ac-
cording to Canadians, he assumed
that war was a foregone conclu-
sion. He didn't even take much
trouble to explain that assump-
tion. His Canadian listeners were
shocked and dumfounded over his
apparent willingness to start a
world war over two little Chinese
offshore islands.
This was why Foreign Minister
Pearson issued his U.S.-Canadian
divorce statement, also why he
sent a cable to Foreign Minister
Anthony Eden that he was con-
vinced the United States would go
to war over Quemoy and Matsu.
That is the background for last
week's scare headlines. Now let's
look at some more background.
Background No. 4-Does Mr.
Dulles represent the view of the
Commander - in - Chief, President
Eisenhower? As far as this writer
can ascertain-and, I have every
reason to believe it's accurate-
Dulles does not.
No later than last week, the
President complained in a staff
conference that he did not want
to go to war over two sniall islands
without allies and that he was
convinced the United States would
have no allies if we tried to defend
Quemoy and Matsu.
The President indicated that he
knew something about the import-
ance of having allies in wartime.
He said he thought we would have
allies if we defended Formosa
alone, but not if we defended Que-
moy and Matsu. Thus the Presi-
dent was in definite disagreement
with his Secretary of State (and
also his Joint Chiefs of Staff, ex-
cept for General Ridgway, Army
Chief of Staff).
Background No. 5 - The next
puzzling question is why Secretary
Dulles, hitherto in disagreement
with the Joint Chiefs of Staff re-
garding the defense of the off-
shore islands, now agrees with
them.
The answer is that when Dulles
flew to the Bangkok conference,
he also visited Formosa-at the
insistent demand of Chiang Kai-
shek. There he had various talks
with Admiral Carney and other
other American officers. They ar-
gued that the United States had
retreated enough, that we could
retreat no further.
We had backed down at Dien-
bienphu, they pointed out, and in
every other negotiation in the Far
East. Dulles had talked about mas-
sive retaliation and Vice-President
Nixon had talked about using land
troops. Nevertheless, after waving
the big stick, we had ignomini-
ously retreated. So they argued we
could not back down again.
Dulles vs. Ike
SECRETARY Dulles was convin-
ced. He came back siding with
the admirals and opposing the
President. This is unusual for the
Secretary of State, but he has
stuck to his position.
Eisenhower, meanwhile, still has
not made up his mind definitely
as to what he will do about Que-
moy and Matsu-unless he has
done so in the last 48 hours. As
early as last September, a special
meeting of the National Security
Council was held in Denver to try
to decide whether we should de-
fend these small islands. The Joint

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SUMMER PLACEMENT REQUESTS
Treffry Air Service, Michigan invites
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Patner's .Restaurant, South Haven,
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Cashier, Hostess and eight Waitresses,
Contact Mr. Philip at 114 Dyckman St.,
South Haven. for further information
and application forms.
Camp Kinderland, South Haven, Mich.
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$25 per month bonus to remain through
Labor Day; 'Bell boys, salary $35 per
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All positions include full maintenance
LETTERS
To the Editor
Civil Defense ...
To the Editor:
THE AUTHOR of the interesting
articles on civil defense as-
sumes that it is possible; so do the
CD authorities. But is it? No coun-
try in Western Europe thinks it is.
Coventry, England, a city which
has had its fill of air war, has of-
ficially scrapped its civil defense
program. It says that a war will
doom all its people. And what are
our own hopes? Do we hope to save
a tenth, or a quarter, or half our
people? And can we persuade our-
selves, against Oppenheimer's Wis-
dom, that the survivors will be hu-
man ... or what their chilgren will
look like? Is this the kind of cal-
culus in which wehreckon? Just
what is it we hope to defend?
The illusion that we can ward off
destruction in another war leaves

us readier to take the "calculated
risk" of it. There is no defense
against the bomb but the end of
war, and our civil defenders, in
reckoning otherwise, are doing vi-
olence to the cause of peace.
-William Paul Livant
* .* *
Lecture Conflict...
To the Editor:
I WOULD LIKE to express my
disappointment over the con-
flict which arose between the lec-
ture given by Prof. Otto Brendel
on the subject "Picasso and An-
cient Art" at 4 :15 Thursday,
March 24, and the lecture on Po-
etry by Prof. Weaver which was
given at the same time.
It seems to me that the two de-
partments should be able to work
in closer cooperation in schedul-
ing their lectures. I do not know
who was responsible for this un-
fortunate situation, or indeed if
there was anyone responsible, but
I do think that it is a crucial mat-
ter and it should be called to the
attention of someone who is being
paid to see to it that students at
this university are given a maxi-'
mum opportunity to attend as
many of these types of lectures as

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above address. (Phone 2-4444).
Position open for a young lady to as-
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and helping with light housework dur-
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with adjacent bath, meals taken with
the husband, wife and child. Salary
of $22 per week with at least one and
one-half days off a week. There is a
possibility for one or two other girls
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neighborhood if applicant wishes to
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Mrs. Robert O. Fine, 343 Park Place,
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Michigan Camping Assoc. has sent in
a listing of 53 camps that are request-
ing applications from candidates for
counseling positions, etc. Some of these
camps have already been listed with
us while others are new. You may see
this list at the Summer Placement
meeting in Room 3G of the Michigan
Union from 1-5 p.m. on March 30.
Camp Cheerful, Home Road, Strong-
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cripled children requests applications
from male candidates for the following
positions: Cabin Counselors, $230; Arts
& Crafts Instructors, $240-270; Dietician,
$250-275; Registered nurse, $350. For ap-
plication blanks & further informa-
tion contact Dick Hiler, Alliance High
School, Alliance, Ohio.
The Marine Corps. (Women) Captain
Agnes Sopeak, U.S.M.C. will interview
candidates for the Marine Women Of-
ficers Training Class on March 30 in
Room 3G of the Mich. Union from 1-5
p.m. Sophomores & Juniors who enroll
will take part in a six-week indoctrina-
tion course during each of two summer
vacations. Seniors & recent grads com-
plete their training during one contin-
uous twelve-week session. Grads of the
summer training program will receive
commissions of Second Lt. in the Ma-
rine Corps Reserve and will serve on ac-
tive duty for two years in the U.S., Eu-
rope or Hawaii. Officers are currently
engaged in administrative, teaching, ac-
counting, public relations, and commu-
nications positions.
Lectures
Monolingual Demonstration, by Ken-
neth L. Pike, professor of linguistics.
Auditorium C, Angell Hall, 3:00 p.m.,
Wed., March 30. Public invited.
Undergraduate Zoology Club presents
"Epidemiology of Dental Caries-The
Effects of Fluoride and Diet," illustrat-
ed lecture, by Phillip Jay, DDS, pro-
fessor of dentistry and consultant to
the U.S. Public Health Service on
Fluoride Studies. Wed. March.30, 3:00
p~m., 1139 N.S. Open to public.
Academic Notices
Doctoral Examination for Ronald Staf-
ford Johnson, Business Administration;
thesis: "Economic Justification Analy-
sis of Public Construction for Resource
Development," Wed., March 30, 6th
floor Conference Room. School of Busi-
ness Administration, at 3:30 p.m. Chair-
man, O. W. Blackett.
Zoology Seminar. Dr. James V. Neel
of the Institute for Human Biology will
speak on "The Genetic Control of He-
moglobin Synthesis in Man," Wed.,
March 30, at 4:15 p.m., in the Natural
Science Auditorium.
College of Architecture and Design
mid-semester reports are due Fri., April
1. It is only necessary to report "D"
and "E" grades. Please send them to 207
Architecture.
Sociology Coffee Hour, 4:00 p.m., Wed.,
March 30, in the Sociology Lounge.
Sports and Dance Instruction. Women
students who wish to elect physical ed-
ucation classes may register Tues. and
Wed., March 29 and 30 from 8:00 a.m.
to 12:00m. in Barbour Gymnasium. In-
struction in tennis, intermediate golf,
life saving, swimming, diving, modern
dance, tap dancing and riding.
Geometry Seminar will meet Wed.,
March 30, at 7:00 p.m. in 3001 Angell
Hall. Prof. K. B. Leisenring will speak on
"Some Aspects of the Grassman Calcu-
lus."
Attention Pre-Med Students: Tonight
at 7:30 p.m., in Auditorium C, Angell
Hall. Dr. W. Newlander, resident doctor
in charge of house staff at University
Hospital, will speak on 'The Medical
Student through Internship." Movie,
"The Doctor." Medical College Require-
ment Books will be sold for $2.00.
Students, College of Engineering: The
final day for DROPPING COURSES
WITHOUT RECORD will be Fri., April
1. A course may be dropped only with
the permission of the classifier after
conference with the instructor. The fi-
nal day for REMOVAL OF INCOM-
PLETES will be Fri., April 1. Petitions
for extension of time must be on file
in the Secretary's Office on or before

Fri., April 1.
English 32, combined classes, Thurs.,
Mar. 31 at 4:10 p.m., in Aud. A., Angell
Hall. Prof. Frank Huntley will play the
"Old Vic" recording of T. S. Eliot's
"Murder in the Cathedral."
Seminar in Organic Chemistry. Thurs.,
March 31 at 7:30 p.m. in Room 1300
Chemistry. M. Eugene Rowley will speak
on "Raney Nickel Desulfuriration."
Seminar in Analytical - Inorganic -
Physical Chemistry. Thurs., March 31 at
7:30 p.m. in Room 3005 Chemistry.
George E. Grenier will speak on "The
Effect of Particle Size on Low Temper-
ature Thermodynamic Properties."
Engineering Mechanics Seminar. Prof,
Jesse Ormondroyd will speak on "Vi-
bration Instruments" at 3:45 p.m.
Thurs., March 31, in Room 101, West
Engineering Bldg.
402 Interdisciplinary Seminar on the
Application of Mathematics to Social
Science. Thurs., March 31, Room 3401
Mason Hall from 4:00 to 5:30 p.m. C. H.
Coombs and R. C. Kao will speak on
"Non-Metric Factor Analysis."
Seminar in Applied Mathematics will
meet Thurs., March 31, at 4:00 p.m. in
Room 247 West Engineering. Prof. C. L.
Dolph will speak on "Some Summation
Techniques for Green's Function Exter-
ior to a Cylinder."
Seminar in Mathematical Statistics
will meet Thurs., March 31, 3:30-5:30O

Two Violins by Grant Beglarian,played
by Patricia Ricks and Jane Stoltz; Pi-
ano Sonata, by Fred Coulter, and per-
formed by the composer; String Quar-
tet, by George Crumb, played by Pa-
tricia Ricks and Jane Stoltz, violins,
Jean Hon, viola, ind Camilla Heller,
cello. Performance followed by discus-
sion period. Public invited.
Events Today
La Sociedad Hispanica meets Wed.,
March 30, at the League at 8:00 p.m. Li-
dia Miguel will speak on "Aspectos de s
vida y cultura de Chile." Refreshments.
Student Zionist meeting We., March
30. Rehearsal of the Isrheli dance group
after the meeting.
The University Club will have its an-
nual Tea and Coffee Hour Wed., 4:00-
5:30 p.m., March 30 in the University
Club Lounge. Incidental music, infor-
mal group singing.
Lutheran Student Association. Wed.,
Mar. 30, 7:30 p.m. Lenten Vesper Serv-
ices, meditations on the Sixth and Sev-
enth words, Service of Holy Commun-
ion. Corner of Hill St. and Forest Ave.
Episcopal Student Foundation. Break-
fast at Canterbury House following the
7:00 a.m. Holy Communion. Student
and Faculty-conducted Evensong Wed.,
March 30, at 5:15 p.m., in the Chapel of
Saint Michael and All Angels.,
Hillel. Wed., 8:00 p.m. Hillel lecture
series presents Palmer A. Throop, prof.
of history, "Influential Jewish Philoso.
pliers of the Italian Renaissance."
Third Laboratory Playbill will be pre-
sented by the Department of Speech
and the Department of Physical Educa-
tion for Women tonight at 8:00 pmm. in
Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre. Pirandel-
lo's SICILIAN LIMES, a dnce inter-
pretation of Prof. Marvin Felheim's
poem, "They Who Wait," a dance ver-
sion of the Chinese legend, "Why Chi-
nese Boys Have Short Nmes," and
Moeller's historical comedy, HELENA'S
HUSBAND. All seats are reserved at 30c
each. The Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre
Box Office is open continuously from
10:00 a.m.-8:00 p.m.
Linguistics Club will meet tonight at
7:30 p.m. in the East Conference Room
of Rackham Building. James W. Mar-
chand will speak on "Internal Recon-
struction of Phonemic Split," and Prof.
Herbert H. Paper will speak on "A
Problem in Translite'ation."
Pershing Rifles. Meet at TB in uni-
form at 1930 hrs. Wed., March 30 for
regular company drill.
University Lutheran Chapel. Lenten
Services, with Holy Communion, Wed.,
7:30 and 9:15 p.m. Sermon by the Rev.
Alfred Scheips, "Jesus-Bruised Bur
denbearer."
Frosh Weekend. Wed., March 30. Cen-
tral, 6:30 p.m.; Finance, 7:15 p.m.; Dec-
orations, 5:15 p.m. League.
Newman Club will serve breakfast In
the Father Richard Center immediate-
ly following the 7:00 and 8:00 a.m.
Masses through Fri., April 1.
First Baptist Church. Wed., March 30
4:45-5:45 p.m. Tea at Guild House.
Wesleyan Guild. Wed., March 30. Mid-
week Tea in the lounge, 4:00-5:15 p.m.
Mid-week Worship in the chapel at 5:15
p.m.
Ullr Ski Club, Room 311 of the Union
Wed., March 30 at 8:00 p.m. Movies.
Last Meeting of the Co-Recreational
Badminton Club will be held at 7:00
p.m. Wed.. March 30, in Barbour Gym-
nasium. Women's Campus Badminton
Tournament, Wed., Mar. 30. 7:00 p.m.
Larwin and Pahl againstgUebel and Le-
roy Sabo asl Hantel against Cunning-
ham and Schweitzer. 7:30 p.m. Maddox
and Smith against Doerr and Hoffmann.
Johnstone and Farrell against Teutsch
and Estes. 8:00 p.m. Armstrong and
Smith against Lelando and Fralick.
Congregational-Disciples Guild. 8:00
a.m.-5:00 p.m., daily, Douglas Chapel is
open for meditation through the re-
mainder of this week. Prepared devo-
tional material is available for your use
in the chapel.
Coming Events
Holy Communion will be celebrated
especially for students at the Presbyter-
ian Student Center uinder the sponsor-
ship of the Westminster Student Fel-
lowship Thurs., March 31 at 7:15 p.m.
Pre-Communion supper at :00 p.m.
Thurs., March 31 in the Student Cen-
ter, cost 50c. Call NO 2-3580 by 12:00m.
Wed., March 30 for reservations.
Christian Science Organization Testi-

monial Meeting, 7:30 p.m. Thurs., Fire-
side Room, Lane Hall.
International Center Tea. Thurs., 4:30-
6:00 p.m., Rackham Building.
Sailing Club. Meeting Thurs. at 7:45
p.m. in 311 W. Eng.
Congregational - Disciples Guild.
Thurs., Mar. 31, 9:00-5:00 p.m., Com-
munion will be offered in the Guild
House Chapel, 438 Maynard Street. Stu-
dents are asked to serve themselves.
La Petite Causette meets Thurs.,
Mar, 31 from 3: 30-5 :00 p.m. in the left
room of the Union cafeteria. Scrabble
en francais.
Episcopal Student Foundation. Stu-
dent and Faculty-conducted Evensong
Thurs., March 31. at 5:15 p.m., in the
Chapel of St. Michael and All Angels.
Holy Communion at 7:30 p.m. Thurs.,
March 31, followed at 8:15 p.m. by the
last seminar of the series dealing with
various aspects of "Everyday Christian-
ity," in the Parish House.
Mid-Week Lenten Vespers in the
Sanctuary of the Presbyterian Church,
5:10-5:35 p.m., Thurs., March 31. Medi-
tation from Mark, "In Remembrance."
This is the last in the Lenten series of
vespers sponsored by Westminster Stu-
dent Fellowship and is a preparatory
service for Holy Communion which will
be celebrated especially for students at
7:15 p.m., Thurs., March 31.
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ROTC Loyalty Oaths Part
Of Larger Problem

BURIED beneath last week's stories about
Yalta papers and death-dealing storms, is
the little item about ROTC loyalty oaths.
Earth shaking events always take precedence
in news play; and the importance of such
events as the ROTC one only seem evident
after much observation.
As is presently required, all basic ROTC
students must sign Defense Department Form
98, stipulating that they have never held mem-
bership in any organizartion labelled subver-
sive by the Attorney-General.
Last week, at a meeting of the New York
State regional conference of the National Stu-
dent Association, representatives passed a reso-
lution asking for elimination or change of
the compulsory oath.
In defense of their stand, NSA representa-
tives pointed out that since many New York
colleges require all qualified males to enroll in
a two-year military course, the oath was inter-
ferring with these colleges' freedom of choice
of students; that many New York campuses
recognize several of the subversive organiza-
tions on the Attorney-General's list; that the
entire issue of academic freedom was at stake.
TAKEN as a single event, the entire ROTC
controversy seems rather foolish and petty.
But the event is not alone: it stands as a part
of a larger and greater problem, a nation-wide
movement toward restrictive thinking, read-
ing, and action. It is the sort of restrictive-

ton because of "the best interests of the Uni-
versity," and most recently the ROTC loyalty
oath problem.
Taken as a whole, the problem is almost
overwhelming and one which threatens the
basic tenets of democratic government.
WHAT happens to ROTC students who once
belonged to subversive organizations? If
their political attitudes have changed, how
will the government know, and, ultimately, will
the students be forever restricted from govern-
ment employment.
Then, one may wonder about individuals who
become ROTC students with the aim of even-
tual arity leadership culminating in the de-
struction of the Pentagon building by a time
bomb. Will these students hesitate to sign a
loyalty oath? It is just such ridiculous specu-
lation that adds to the ludicrousness of the
entire situation.
One may only hope that intellectual con-
formity will not be required more and more
for happy living in the United States. Any gov-
ernment needs the support of its citizens. But
such support cannot be acquired by signatures.
--Ernest Theodossin
N eBooks at the Librgry
Barnes, Eric W.-The Lady of Fashion: New
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