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University Daily Kansan
Friday, Sept. 19, 1952
LITTLE MAN ON CAMPUS
by Dick Bibler
Students Bear Vital Role in Time of Crisis
Editorials
During times of crisis, there is a job for everyone. As another school year begins, our national emergency is becoming more critical. The jobs we have taken as University students must be regarded as important.
That the job is important is indicated by the very fact that we are allowed to stay in school during the emergency. However, as the crisis grows, fewer will be allowed to remain in school. Chancellor Murphy mentioned in his address at the convocation opening orientation week that he believed "the college deferment is becoming passe."
We have a responsibility both to our culture and to those who have been chosen to help defend it. We will be failing both responsibilities if we fail to recognize this as a serious era demanding serious devotion to duties.
Those who are allowed to remain with their studies carry an enormous responsibility that must be recognized and conscientiously heeded.
The role of student is now more important than ever and demands responsible people to play the part. This does not mean groups of long-faced, perverted scholars are needed in every classroom. It means we must see our duty as students as clearly as we would see that of our fighting men and perform it as earnestly.
—Roger Yarrington.
To answer questions of prospective and new college students and their parents, Calvin S. Sifferd, supervisor of counseling for men's residence halls at the University of Illinois, has written a 107-page book, "College and You."
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BOOK ON COLLEGE LIFE . .
Its information is presented as a series of 20 letters to a brother and sister. First they consider college, and then one enters a small college, the other a big state university.
Among subjects discussed are whether to go to college at all, choosing a college, small colleges vs. big universities, entrance requirements, costs, working one's way, freshman week, electing classes, sororities and fraternities, study habits dates and social activities.
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Goucher college recently announced the formation of a "French House" beginning with the new academic year. Participating students will pledge to speak only French within the confines of their residence hall.
Initially the group will be limited to approximately a dozen students who will live together. The principal prerequisite for admission to the French group will be to make the extra effort and exercise the self-control necessary to make the adjustment to speaking French at all times.
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Writer Finds Europe Cool to Ike
(Ed. Note: Roger Yarrington, editorial writer for the Daily Kansan, spent the summer months touring various countries in Europe. This is the first of a series of interpretive articles and images—the-street impressions of conditions as they exist there now).
On July 11 Dwight D. Eisenhower received the Republican nomination to be a candidate for president of the United States. The following day many American newspapers and radio commentators carried news of how the nomination was hailed by the people of various European countries.
The picture presented by these reports was not altogether an accurate one.
Eisenhower's nomination was welcomed in Europe because the threat of Sen. Robert A. Taft's nomination and an "Asia first" policy were erased with the selection of the General. Eisenhower's nomination insured a campaign that would spotlight European problems.
Talking to young people from many European countries in the weeks following the nomination I found that Eisenhower's candidacy was not as popular as the reports had indicated. Once the "Asia first" threat was removed, Ike had lost his main appeal.
Europe is tired of war and dreads another very much. They want attention, but careful and experienced attention. The people there respect
Of the people I talked to, a surprisingly large majority said they felt the General's election would be a step towards war. Typical were the remarks made by a young Oxford student as we talked one evening in Dover.
"A general's trade is armies, arms and war," he said. "We need protection in Europe and for that job he is best. But more, we need peace. For that job a man who is a diplomat and not a warrior is needed." $ ^{10} $
Eisenhower as a general and wanted him to remain in his SHAPE job. But Europeans seem to have a stereotyped conception of a general as a national leader.
Those from the countries which were defeated by the allies in the last war regard Eisenhower with a respect but there also is a slight feeling that can only be expected. Especially the Germans resent the part they feel he played in bringing about their country's present divided occupation.
People from the allied countries respect him as a capable general who is concerned about Europe.
Eisenhower's triumph over Taft was welcome, but Europe is not eager for his election.
Interpretive Article
—Roger Yarrington.
Intra-Party Factions May Decide 'Issueless' Election
What has been called the "issueless campaign" by Clifton Utley and other commentators, is brought to the fore by the bulletin, "Your Government," published by the Bureau of Government Research at the University.
The bulletin points out that both Gov. Stevenson and Gen. Eisenhower have had timely experience in foreign affairs.
In an article comparing the foreign policy platforms of both parties, the bulletin concludes that "it is apparent . . . (they) . . . are in agreement on most issues, at least in theory. The most controversial issues are the foreign aid program and the relative significance of support to the East and the West. The other differences are primarily contentions of superior ability to carry out policies approved by both parties."
Despite apparent agreement on the foreign policy issue, the bulletin adds, there is a serious split in the Republican party between those who favor a strong international policy and those who fear an overextension of U.S. commitments abroad. General Eisenhower must still beckon with this latter group.
The situation might well change as the campaigns progress, particularly if what Sen. Taft says is true, that he and Eisenhower in "virtual agreement" on basic issues.
But thus far, the fact remains that it is not the difference in policies of the presidential candidates that will cause independent voters to swing one way or the other. Of greater significance is the influence rival factions within each party will exert on the candidates. It may be one of these groups that will determine victory or defeat.
—Chuck Zuegner.
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