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Minnesota’s Plan
Greek Week (a 10-day affair) is currently
in progress on the campus of the University
of Minnesota.
“The Ivory Tower-” a magazine supple
ment to the campus newspaper reports,
“Campus Greeks, generally considered to he
frivolous and funseeking, are buckling down
to serious business this week.”
.. And this year they are taking the lead
again as the first college sponsors of the Cru
sade for Freedom and Radio Free Europe.”
(For the past three years, the proceeds from
Greek Weeks have gone to the Minnesota
Heart Fund — a total of $15,000 has been
contributed).
Displays, including tape recorded broad
casts, on Radio Free Europe will be shown
during the 10-dav period. Proceeds from a
variety show and'Greek-solicited contribu
tions from firms in the Minneapolis area will
be donated to the Crusade for Freedom.
Social Serv ice Day is an innovation of this
year’s celebration. Top acts from the variety
show will appear at the Veterans’ hospital,
and two or three members.from each chapter
will tour social service agencies like the Big
Brothers and the Society for the Blind.
Continuously interwoven are social activi
ties. including exchange dinners, the "Minne
sota Olympics,” and faculty dinners. Pro
gressive parties will be held in five fraterni
ties.
The Tunic Twirl, an all-Greek dance, and
a traditional banquet will conclude the affair.
One of the largest institutions of higher
learning in the country, Minnesota can easily
stage such an affair.
Size notwithstanding, the service aspect of
the observance is cetrainly equal to the social
aspect.
It’s food for thought.
A Good Investment
Skepticism and cynicism appear to be
among the signs of our time. The dictates of
fashion have elevated these characteristics as
marks of maturity.
Certainly a dash of skepticism to temper
youthful idealism is a desirable thing, but
we believt that few minutes time devoted to
contemplating the words of Douglas Mac
Arthur can be a good investment.
Celebrating his 75th birthday in Los An
jjeles, tlie soldier-statesman said in his main
address:
“Youth is not entirely a time of life —
it is a state of mind ... It is a temper of the
will, a quality of the imagination, a vigor
of the emotions ... When the wires are all
down and your heart is covered with the
snows of pessimism and the ice of cyni
cism, then, and then only, are you grown
old ...”
Presumably, the college students of today
are the leaders of tomorrow. If this is to he
the case, it would he valuable for the college
students of today to carry MacArthur’s
words with them into the complex, troubled
world in which we live.
d Good Move
We’re glad to see that the offices of the
athletic department are soon, to he moved.
They have always seemed to he stuck off in
the area of McArthur court, which would
better serve as storage space.
The new offices will be located in the new
addition between Mac Court and the Physi
cal Education building and will be a great
improvement over their present facilities.
The area which is now occupied by the
ticket office will be made over into a Letter
men’s Lounge. This cannot be done until
there are fewer activities in the building and
the remodeling would be less disturbing.
It will be nice to go up to Mac Court and
be able to pick up the term's athletic card in
what can be called an office instead of a
■'hole in the wall.” — (P.K.)
Footnotes
It must have been a trusting soul who left
their bicycle parked out by the librarv all
night Monday. Or was it one of the women
of Susan Campbell hall who couldn’t find
room in the parking lot at closing hours?
* * *
We spoke too soon about the SU service.
It's.back up to 14 minutes to get a hamburger
and 16 minutes to get a grilled ham and
cheese.
* * *
Overheard during radio news broadcast
the other noon. The announcer told of an
exhibit on campus to be in the school of
"agriculture and allied artists.”
INTERPRETING THE NEWS
SEATO's Vast Military Problems
Expected to Create Dissension
By J. M. ROBERTS
Associated Press News Analyst
The SEATO nations, meeting
at Bangkok today with the idea
of setting up their new organiza
tions and perhaps getting an
economic program started, now
find themselves with a military
problem.
The British, particularly, with
large number of troops still tied
down by Communist guerillas
in Maylaya, had been hoping that
military implementation of the
pact could be left in a paper
work stage at this meeting.
Thailand’s announcement that
she was threatened with inva
sion by a so-called “Free Thai”
army based in Communist
China sounded however, , very
much like advance notice that
the Asiatic members of the
new organization were anxious
to give it a military form im
mediately.
Prime Minister Pibulsonggram
did not say that an immediate
attack was expected. He just
said the threat was there, with
20,000 troops headed by Bjmr
mer Thai Prime Minister Pridi
Phanomyong, whom the Thai
government has been accusing of
seeking Communist cooperation
for a comeback.
Pibulsonggram said his gov
ernment could handle the situa
tion unless the Chinese Red army
did cooperate, but wanted a
strong SEATO organization.
Prior to his statement, the
Bangkok discussion had been ex
pected to center around estab
lishment of an economic aid pro
gram flowing from the Western
members to Southeast Asia.
This discussion, too, comes at
an unfortunate time, when the
Washington administration still
has not settled its internal dis
pute over what should be done
about an Asiatic aid program.
Secretary of State Dulles and
Foreign Aid Administrator Stas
sen favor a broad program.
Treasury Secretary Humphrey is
trying to hold back on the money.
. t . t :
There In a division, too,
within SEATO as to how the
program should be approached.
The Asiatic members want to
make it a direct treaty proj
ect, with economic and mili
tary aid tied together. The
Western powers, particularly
Britain, would prefer to en
large the Colombo plan on
the economic side and keep
military aid separate.
As delegations began arriv
ing for the meeting, observers
were wondering if the military
questions might not produce an
other division.
The Asiatics are interested in
immediate establishment of a de
fense front. Britain and the Uni
ted States have no intention of
forming a treaty-managed force
such as that of the North At
lantic Treaty Organization in Eu
rope.
The whole situation poses the
question of whether discord may
not be the first fruit of at
tempted accord in the far Pacific.
LIFE SHORTENED
Delayed Effects Of
Atom, H-Bombs Told
WASHINGTON AP A Sen
ate subcommittee studying the
effects of atomic and hydrogen
bombs was told Tuesday that a
"possible delayed effect” of ra
diation exposure "Is a statistical
shortening of life expectancy."
• Dr. John C. Bugher, head of
the Atomic Energy Commis
sion's biological and medical sec
tion, told the armed services sub
committee headed by Sen. Kr
fauver (D-Tenn):
*'A ... possible delayed effect
of radiation exposure which has
been demonstrated In anlmuls
Is a statistical shortening of
life expectancy. This phenom
enon does not result from any
specific cause of death hut ap
parently from a general ac
('deration of the aging process.
Whether this factor can be
recognized In a human popula
tion is as yet unknown."
Opening the hearings, Kefativ
er said:
"The last thing this subcom
mittee wishes to be is alarmist.
But it is our view that for the
maximum safety of the people
that it is time that the facts re- !
garding these problems should
be brought more fully into the
light."
The committee is searching for
means to protect the public in
the event of atomic attack.
The AEC medical chief said j
while there is suggestive evidence ‘
that atomic radiations can cause
genetic "mutations” as heredi
tmy effects, it is Htill uncer
tain what effect thin would have
"on tha welfare and survival of
populations."
He said "reckless" pronounce
ments have been made that are
"based upon assumptions which
go far beyond our knowledge."
“We have dire predictions of
■riuny monsters and even the
obliteration of mankind itself
from radiation exposures
which are only u small frac
tion of that from cosmic radia
tion, from the radium and ruu
dun of the soil and air, anil
from the natural radloactl\e
potassium and carbon of which
we all are partially composed,"
he said.
"It is most essential that we
keep our perspective In such mat
ters and base our generalisations
upon substantial evidence."
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