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University Daily Kansan Tuesday, Feb. 5, 1957
Ike Statement 'Unwise' Too?
It seems paradoxical that President Eisenhower should, with one hand, flay Secretary of Defense Wilson for making a "very unwise statement" about the National Guard, while with the other hand patting the back of Secretary of State Dulles, who has made statements which may be recorded as the greatest diplomatic blunders in the history of the United States.
Mr. Eisenhower made the comment at a press conference when asked about Mr. Wilson's statement that some of those who enlisted in the guard during the Korean war "dodged the draft."
At the same press conference the President defended John Foster Dulles, vehemently denying that Mr. Dulles had ever taken any action that he had not approved in advance.
Politically, perhaps the President's comment is a "very unwise statement" itself and could have twofold effect on the Republican Party.
An investigation by Democrats may well be launched to force Secretary Wilson to admit that he made an unwise statement and an apology requested.
If this occurs (and it is probable that it will) other embarrassing questions may be asked which could lead to the purging by Democrats of Mr. Wilson similar to that by Republicans of Dean Acheson some years ago.
Should Secretary Wilson be forced to admit that
he made a "very unwise statement," the painful question "but Mr. Wilson, do you think that the secretary of defense can afford to make unwise statements?" may be posed by some merciless Democratic inquisitors.
Mr. Eisenhower's rebuke is certain to add fuel to the coming conflagration being prepared for Mr. Wilson. The resignation and retirement of Secretary Wilson will come as no surprise to many observers of the political scene.
Coupled with the praise and support of such things as Mr. Dulles' statement about "massive retaliation" and his slam at our British and French allies in the Near East, the President's comments seem at least contradictory. It may lead to serious difficulty for the GOP in the immediate future.
Of a more grave nature, it may damage our position internationally in the delicate balance in the Near East and elsewhere, since the term "mas-sive retaliation" is now used in many places to describe United States foreign policy. The President's support of Mr. Dulles' statements make it seem more than ever an endorsement by the American people of what much of the rest of the world regards as alarming policy.
Indeed, Mr. Eisenhower's comment may have been a "very unwise statement."
Value Of English Reasserted-
—Jim Tice
A Modern Tower Of Babel?
Are our universities building a modern day tower of Babel?
A university is failing its students if it provides them only with the technical skills needed to create a livelihood.
"College students should take a course in English so that they'll be able to speak a language different than their own"-it has been said.
Recently a survey among 13,000 college graduates in the employ of one of the nation's largest corporations was conducted on the most valuable course to study in the pursuit of higher education.
The winner? You can guess, but don't believe it?—English was voted the most valuable course.
A subject on which Chancellor Murphy is always willing to speak is what it takes to become a truly educated person.
Chancellor Murphy believes that a basic need of a truly educated man is competency in English, both written and spoken.
"A person may turn in a learned and factually correct technical paper," he said recently, "but if it is not written in such a manner that it shows that the student knows good English, it cannot be satisfactory."
Few could disagree that English is one of the most immediately practical and profitable subjects offered by institutions of higher learning. Practical knowledge of English and proficiency in its use are vital to communication.
We are in danger of building a present day tower of Babel. Any economic or scientific gains our nation may make in future years are in jeopardy if Americans lose their ability to communicate intelligently with one another and the rest of the world.
Both educators and students who realize that the value of English must be reasserted and do something about it are to be commended.
—Jim Tice
"The birds have been nesting for two winters in the top of a greenhouse pine tree," Blitch said. "We have let them fly around among the bougainvillaea and banana plants, but we do not like them eating and killing the white orchids."
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The average rainfall in Texas ranges from more than 55 inches in the extreme east to less than 10 inches in the west.
Beethoven's 'Freshest Work'
There is some controversy among reviewers as to whether this movement is an experience of pleasure or pain. The most we shall enter into this controversy is to say the Fourth Movement is certainly a thunderstorm.
The Fifth Movement is a shepherd's song of glad and grateful feelings after the storm. In this hymn of gratitude everything is happy.
Next we are led to a joyous peasants' reunion where there is dancing and laughter. The dancing is moderate at first, but becomes animated, noisy, furious, with the arrival of mountaineers in their heavy sabots (Movement No. 3).
Thunder in the distance causes the dancers to flee. Movement No. 4 is the musical account of the thunderstorm and tempest.
YELLOW SPRINGS, Ohio — (IP)
— Five courses are being taught by two methods this year at Antioeh College in an attempt to establish which is the more effective method of teaching. The controlled study has been made possible by a $12,-500 grant received from the Fund for the Advancement of Education.
Lecture, Reading Methods Under Study
The five courses will be selected in different areas of the curriculum, but mainly at the advanced level. Each course will be taught by the same professor to two groups of students, one in each division. One group will use the lecture-discussion method. For the second group the course will be designed chiefly as a reading course, involving less teaching time.
'Mom' And 'Dad' Eat Orchids
"Mom" and "Dad" have been accused of killing white orchids in a crime which has been baffling University greenhouse authorities for weeks.
A man lies on his back in the grass of the wooded environs of Vienna. His eyes are lifted upward, his ears intent. He is fascinated by the myriad vayring hues of light and sound.
"Return To Nature"
The work begins cheerfully with a remarkable landscape and moves to a scene by a brook. Shepherds appear in the fields and move nonchalantly, playing their pipes, which are heard near and far. The scene by the brook (Movement No. 2) is one of contemplation.
Peasant's Reunion
The music he heard and saw in that Viennese woods became the now famous "Pastoral Eymphony" (No. 6, Opus 68).
The year is 1808; the man, Ludwig van Beethoven.
The dead orchids were discovered by Harold Blitch, landscape foreman, who described the crime as an "inside job."
BIRD TV-Radio Service
But the white orchid killers will not be tried for their crime because "Mom" and "Dad" are two "defenseless" redbirds. As a penalty, the birds will be exiled from their winter home, the greenhouse.
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The science of tree moving had its inception more than 3,500 years ago when Egyptians and their neighbors traded in exotic trees, according to Davey tree researchers.
Lust For Light
Today on a remarkable hi-fi long playing record (RCA Victor, $3.98) the late Arturo Toscani and the NBC Symphony Orchestra bring to music lovers the genius Beethoven's masterpiece.
This is perhaps Beethoven's freshest work and may be enjoyed as background or studied carefully for full meanings.
Jim Tice
Beethoven sincerely loved nature.
"I love a tree more than a man," he is supposed to have said.
In this "return to nature" Beethoven's apparent devout spirit would lend us to believe that it was profound, but naive, inclination of his soul toward a mystic, medieval God which is expressed in his symphony.
Beethoven was slightly self-conscious about his music which he described as "more an expression of feeling than portraiture."
There exists a passion for comprehension, just as there exists a passion for music. The passion is rather common in children, but it gets lost in most people later on.
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