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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 31, 1942)
Capitol to Campus By JAY RICHTER Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON-—(ACP) —Tens of thousands of men are learning ]to fly at some 600 of the-nation's colleges this year, preparing to ■Serve in army and navy aviation. However, not all the pilot (trainees are regular students— college facilities have been opened to all who can meet requirements of the Civil Aeronautics Admin istration. Any man who can pass the mental and physical exam inations is eligible, although all trainees must enlist in the re serve of tiie army or navy air forces, Most navy reservists are slat ed to be combat pilots and must meet the standard requirements of naval aviation cadet selection hoards. They may be college stu dents taking training under the IVT or V-5 plans. AI/. army reservists in the CAA program take their training on a full-time basis and must be men who are ineligible as combat pi lots because of their age or mi nor physical defects. Age limits are 18 through 36. If he's under 27 an applicant must have been rejected for combat pilot training. In the CAA-Army program five types of pilots are being trained: Glider, Liaison—spotter for field ar tillery and other similar jobs. Instructor — transport co-pilot either for the army air trans port command, or on one of the airlines working with it. Service pilot towing targets gliders, short hauls of men and materials. i- n- >:■ C’ A A trainees progress through elementary, secondary, cross country, link-instrument and flight officer or instructor courses. After call by the services they may qualify for a commission, JOJBS Both army and navy aviation technical branches are after in structors in airplane mechanics, radio operating, engineering and general shop work. To get a “student instructor" job. which pays $1620 a year, you must have completed one year of college — although a CAA ground instructor’s mertificate or satisfactory practical experience may be substituted for the college For a “junior instructor” job, which pays $2000 annually, a bit more experience—or college work -—is required, No written test. There’s a catch, though, for many under graduates—you must be 20 years old. Application must be made through the civil service commis sion. Get blanks at your post of fice or by writing the commis sion in Washington—801 E street, N. W. If you've taken some engineer ing courses and have some prac tical electrical, mechanical or shipbuilding experience you may qualify for a job in the navy de partment as a ship inspector. They’re badly needed. Pay ranges from $2000 to $2000. Apply to civil service commission, EDUCATION ELSEWHERE The Nazis termed it an “out standing event for youth as well as for the party” when the 1924 age group of Hitler Youth was taken under the wing of the Na tional Socialists a few days ago. Lucky kids. * * * Also the Nazi high command has decided that all school chil dren shall have the privilege this year of hearing three military lectures and making one visit to some military base — “outside school hours." An elective course, no doubt, Bulgarian teachers have been informed they can’t resign, and those who have been AWOL be cause they objected to Nazi schooling for Bulgar youth “will be immediately subjected to civil mobilization.” Job security at last. Parade of Opinion By ASSOCIATE COLLEGIATE PRESS 'Piere is one basic requirement •for successful development of the educational process, and that is freedom. The unique service of the small liberal arts, coeduca tional, church-related or indepen dent colleges is in my judgment tlu> maintenance and preservation of freedom, Perhaps some Idea of the ideal si'ii' for a small college may be obtained by considering the size of the “colleges” or “houses” into which the great universities nr breaking up tlieir college de partments in an attempt to re capture the virtues of the small college. It is believed that the very fact that a college is small makes for freedom and individ ualism. Menial Emphasis The study of the liberal arts in iiself means that emphasis is being placed on mental training father than on the imparting of information or still less on spe cialization or technical training. To learn “how to think, not what to think.” is the goal of the study of liberal arts; Its effect is to tram the min Id for any emergen cy. Coeducation means adaptabil ity It means doing the same thing for growing young men nnd women that the skillful for ester does for trees, that ‘is to say, growing them as far a3 pos sible in the altitude and envi ronment in which they will live. They will work together in life, why not in college? College af fords a unique opportunity for the development of mutual un derstanding between men and women. No State Control A church-related or indepen dent college means first of all a college free from any kind of state control. It is submitted that the maintenance of this type of college is absolutely essential to the preservation of “The Amer ican Way.” This is not an attack upon our great state universities or other state-controlled institutions of learning, which are just as es sential in our national life as are the church-related and indepen dent Colleges. Eliminate the non state college or impair its free dom, and the freedom of the state institution will disappear and there will be no freedom any where. This is not to say that any type of educational institution is absolutely free. Possibly it would not be for the best that any one educational institution should be absolutely free from any influ ence from any quarter, but it is essential if education is to re main free that no single influ ence should control all educa tional institutions. Church Colleges Finally, a word should be said as to the place of the distinctly church-related college. Such an institution brings its students into contact with what unbeliev ers as well as believers must con cede to be one of the great mo tivating forces of human life, re ligion. It is certain that the Christian college which seeks to produce men and women who love their country so much that they are not only ready to die for it but to live for it, needs to rest, and so far as it properly may, to make it easy and natural for its stu dents to rest upon the “everlast ing arms."—:Wm. Cullen Dennis, president, Earlham college. Nathaniel Blaisdell, graduated from Brown university in 1883, recently was elected president of the Brown Club of Alta, Cali fornia, for the forty-fourth year in succession, WJ. Holland States Points Walter J. Holland, seeking re election as county commissioner, made the following campaign statement Friday: “Having been born and raised in Lane county, taught in its rural schools, operated a farm and a sawmill, and served as a county commissioner for eight years, I have become thoroughly familiar with our nearly 1,500 miles of county roads, a like number of county bridges and with the county's business in gen eral. “My knowledge of any experi ence with the county’s affairs should be of special value to Lane county in the years ahead when war conditions will prohibit prac tically all new construction and limit its activities to maintenance of our roads and properties. % im pairs and maintenance can al ways be handled best and most economically by the person who is familiar with the thing: being repaired and maintained. “If re-elected I will continue, as I have in the past, to use my best judgment in the handling of all county matters and to render courteous, fair and efficient serv ice to the entire county to the best of my ability.” Patton para, located on the Muskingum college campus, cov ers less than 1-350 of an acre. It is the home of one tree, three stones and approximately 200%) b blades of grass. Suppose '■"•rrSUr or He rnc or He ^<7 Got This Letter Hi Leilas— Wednesday Starting tomorrow, you will receive a copy ev ery day of the Oregon Daily Emerald. This is my short-cut method keeping my prom ise to see that you know everything that goes on hack here on the campus. Letter writing is just about out. I’m taking a tough course so I can make the grade and join vou ‘‘over there.” The Emerald has promised that vou will be mailed a copy- every day even if you move from Australia to New Guinea or hop over to Ireland. Ill write, too, but the Emerald will keep you in daily touch with us Webfoots back here. I'll be seein' va. JOHNNY DUCK. n LET'S WRITE HIM THIS TODAY .00 .50 a term $2 a Year