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Alums Are Handy For Major Choice
Choosing a major, a problem confronting members of the class of '56, is universal at this time of year. Colleges throughout the country are planning special programs to aid their sophomores.
Some plan convocations; others, emphasize individual counseling. One college, however, attempted a unique experiment in educational guidance, which well might be used as a model for other universities.
Vassar college recently held a sophomore conference at which 36 alumnae returned to answer the questions of second-year students. This conference was not designed as a job-finding service, but as an opportunity for students to hear first-hand from alumnae how their liberal arts education offered a spring-board for later careers.
Formal speeches were dispensed with and all sessions were of the question and answer discussion type. The alumnae divided into seven panels each representing one broad field. The schedule was arranged so that students were able to attend several panels as well as talk individually with the women-
The panels included art, drama and music; business and advertising; government and international agencies; newspaper work and free-lance writing; research, scientific and technical fields; personnel and social work; and the professions.
The alumnae stressed the importance of forming a plan of related studies which develop the student's interests in more than one direction.
Perhaps this is one device that colleges could use more than they have—that of securing alums to talk with students who are making a final decision on a major; their advice is important, too.
Syracuse Daily Orange
Hypnotism Could Be Answer to Low Grades
Illegal voting was noted at North Texas State college, while at K-State President James McCain said that "any policy of athletic ticket price reduction to K-State games should be made by the entire conference," a graduate student hypnotist conducted studies at Oklahoma A&M, and University of Minnesota students conducted a carnival in their fieldhouse, in news across the nation's campuses this week.
North Texas State college—Sue Cearlye and Jerry Norman noted in a byline story in the "Campus Chart" that several students "voted many times in succession—each time with a different activity ticket" in the student council elections.
University of Minnesota—a crowd of 15,000 was expected to see the Campus Carnival in the large MU fieldhouse. Displays were constructed by the various halls and houses. One was a 34-foot lighted tower inscribed "Club of 66 Wages." Sigma Kappa and Sigma Pi Epsilon, co-sponsors of a display, marched the 100-pound St. Bernard pups adorned with space helmets around the campus to advertise their display.
Kansas State -President James A. McCain told the Kansas State
collegian that since each school in the conference shares in gate receipts from athletic contests, any changes in ticket rates should be made by all the conference teams. The statement was made after the government's lowering of excise taxes.
Oklahoma A&M- Twenty-eight students participated in an experiment as to whether hypnotism can be used to motivate study. No conclusions were drawn because of the limited size of the group, but results showed that hypnotized students taking a test scored 11 points higher than the mean for students in their sections. The possibility of chance bringing such a result was calculated as 100 to 1.
Graduate student B. J. Tillman gave the students post-hynotic suggestions to motivate study.
(Eds. note: This is the second of two articles on the background, similarities and differences of the Democratic and Republican parties by Letty Lemon).
Shifts, Similarity Mark Party Ideas
Today's Republican party began as a reaction to the measures of the Democrat aristocrats of the 1860s. It advocated high tariffs to enlist mercantile support. It has been enlisting it ever since. Republicans have always stood for business prosperity and avoidance of war. Although admitting in the last 10 years a need for welfare measures, business comes first.
But again, the policies of both have not been insoluble. Both have reflected changes within themselves.
President Roosevelt's New Deal in contrast with President Truman's Fair Deal illustrates the above principle. The first was a genuine uplift movement. It was an expression of a desire not simply to achieve social equilibrium but to improve and keep on improving the living standards of the entire country.
Later—particularly in 1934 during the "pump priming" Roosevelt era—the Democrats would have been sadly chagrined had their founding father's dreams been realized. It must be recognized that technological and social changes in the interim between 1800 and 1935 made strict interpretation impossible at the later date—but it is interesting to speculate on the eventuality of "what might have been" had Jefferson been able to stick by his guns.
The second seemed to have social equilibrium as its goal. If the entire Fair Deal program had been enacted, the effect would have been to insure that persons could not drop below an established minimum—not to increase the general material well-being of the people.
Although President Truman fought valiantly for personal and civil liberties, on the whole the left moved center-wise. And, the right moved leftward—as the Republicans in every platform since 1940 have accepted the substance of the New Deal. Samuel Lubell has said, "The New Deal both wrought and reflected great changes in American thinking, giving this country a permanent welfare-state majority."
The late Sen. Taft said on the Senate floor in 1952, "Our policy should be to maintain a minimum standard floor under subsistence, education, medical care, and housing. Tax policy, currency policy, control of bank credit through regulation of reserves and open-market operations, control of foreign balance and the flow of gold, all these must be coordinated to prevent the recurrence of such a collapse as occurred from 1929 to 1932."
As a matter of fact, the social and technological changes might never have occurred—because the Democratic party of the 1800s trusted only an agrarian economy and only the farmers and landowners. Jefferson repeatedly argued that only landowners should vote and hold office, and he envisioned an artistocracy made up of these classes.
Contrasts and paradoxes can be found in history, also. One of the earliest incongruities in past-day compared with present-day party policies came in the 1800s. Called the founder of the Democratic party, Jefferson came to grips with Hamilton because the latter, representing the Federalists, wanted liberal construction of the Constitution. That is, he wanted it to be interpreted loosely so the government would not be hampered in its operation.
Jefferson insisted that action could not be taken by the government unless is was plainly authorized by the written word in the U.S. constitution
Strong central government has been used—as was pointed out before—to the perpetuation of the Democratic party. In comparison, the Republicans have been the party of stronger and stronger state's rights. The Tidelands oil dispute of recent years is strong evidence, with the Democrats holding that the revenue should be distributed throughout the country, and the Republicans holding that the states should get the money.
And here we find a second paradox—only this time it is an indication of a shift in belief. Jefferson wanted loose interpretation because he felt it contributed to his ideal of a pastoral America. He was deeply opposed to an industrial America, which Hamilton greatly favored.
Hamilton was a Federalist. The Federalists died after losing the election of 1816, but they gave birth to the National Republicans or Whigs. The Whigs were called the American party in 1856—then joined the newly formed Republics in 1860. This was the Republican party of today.
Yet, to point up another difference in party belief and party structure, all of these instruments espoused by Hamilton have been most strongly utilized by Democrats in recent years. Industry has given rise to labor—and it is no secret which party labor has elected to support.
Thus, one of the fathers-or at any rate stepfathers-of the Republican party was for loose construction, strong central government, and an industrialized economy.
The ramifications of the party differences and the origins thereof are endless and infinitely engrossing. Suffice it to say, however, that where they exist, they exist. And that the process of being similar and shifting left and right, in and out, is bound to continue. —Letty Lemon
Girls ---- How Dare You
We should be so lucky!
At Oklahoma A&M college , two male students recently protested spring-time attire of A&M girls with the following letter:
"Have you noticed the many girls parading around the campus in shorts lately? These coeds loudly proclaim that this type of clothing is worn for comfort only? Who do you think they are kidding?"
The actual reasons for this attire, to name just a few, are to attract whistles, present a "sexy" appearance, and in general to tantalize the weaker of resisting male students. These girls receive no small amount of satisfaction from causing a boy to scream in delight and his eyeballs protrude.
"This vulgar display of feminine indecency should and must cease if our morals here at A&M mean anything to us at all."
Well, now, we wouldn't say that.
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