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Armed Forces Day
Saturday is Armed Forces Day. ROTC
cadets, national guardsmen, and reservists
from the army, navy, and marine corps (and
many kids with their pets) will take aprt in
a parade to commemorate the event.
Chances are that a lot of the marching men
will be out of step — the parade certainly
won't have the grandeur and precision of one
staged by armed forces regulars.
But before you laugh, stop and think of
the short time it would take for these men
to get in step, and into action, whenever the
need should arise.
Those outfits you'll see in the parade have
a tradition that is a part of the American tra
dition—one of voluntary participation in the
defense of their country. Two or there hours
a week doesn't make perfect soldiers, but it
does bring the men to the point where they
can become the bulwark of their nation’s de
tense in a short tune.
Take the ROTC—General William i-)ean
of Korea fame is only one of a great number
of outstanding officers who started his mili
tary career on a college campus. ROTC offi
cers, after further training, form a great pool
of trained officers who can be mustered in a
short time in case of emergency.
The Army, Navy and Marine reserves were
also key players in the Korean conflict —
they provided trained non-commissioned of
ficers and offcers to prepare the multitude
of raw recruits for combat duty. And many of
the reservists themselves participated.
The two national guard companies which
will participate in the parade have a tradi
tion too—their regimental crest bears the
motto “First to Assemble.”
It is a slogan that was earned in three con
flicts. The regiment, the 162nd Infantry, was
first to assemble for the Mexican War, the
First World War and World War II.
Many of the present officers and non-com
missioned officers of the Oregon National
Guard were confused reservists who had been
rushed to Fort Lewis in 1940 — when war
was still just a series of pictures and charts
in newspapers and magazines for most
Americans. The 41st Division, of which the
162nd is a part, was the first Army unit to
take the offensive in the South Pacific in
1942.
What does it all add up to?
This day has been set aside by the Presi
dent to honor our Armed Forces, the forces
which must be ready for cold or hot wars for
many years to come if the peace is to be main
tained.
And these reservists, guardsmen, and
ROTC students are among those who will be
the leaders if the day should again arise when
they are needed.
To Stay Out...
To stay out or not to stay out that is the
question. Members of Heads of Houses are
slated to tussle with the dilemna of 2 o’clock <
closing hours Monday afternoon. The idea
was opened again this spring in the AGS
platform.
At that time a party member stated that
he didn’t believe that the morality of Univer
sity women is being preserved by making
the women be in by 1 o’clock. We agree, but
how about their health? A steady diet of 2
o’clocks would be difficult for the already
tired student to bear. However, one a week,
or a specified number to be used when the
student desires, might well be a good thing.
The need for the extended hours is becom
ing greater. Frequently even show dates have
to be cut short in order to make it back by
the bewitching hour. Special events, such as
house dances and all-campus events, make
it even harder to get in on time. And yet in
the past, the extended closing hours have
been granted only for such occasions as the
Junior Prom.
There seems to be a fear that if 2 o’clock
hours are granted that social pressure will he
great for staying out until the last minute.
We doubt the validity of this fear, for with
last week’s 2 o'clock, numerous women were
signed in well before 1.
Alternatives suggested include a mid
week J1 o’clock and making the extended
hours an upperclass privilege. Somehow we
feel that an extra hour on a weekend will do
less harm than an extra half-hour on a school
night. And as for making it a class privilege,
the most vociferous supporters of 2 o’clock
closing hours are freshmen.
It all comes hack to our pet theory. College
women should be mature enough to decide
for themselves what time they wish to come.
There shouldn't be any need for regulating
their hours.—(S.R.)
Payoff Time
I low'd you like to get a check for $10 or
$15 sometime final week? He a nice thing to
use to pay for gas on the way home or splurge
on a final big party wouldn’t it?
Then don’t forget to turn in your Uni
versity co-op receipts today. Deadline is
5 p.m. and we’d hate to see you drown
yourself in the Millrace if you miss it.
That money—a percentage return on all
the money you spent in the Co-op during the
past year—has a way of coming in handy.
(We even bought a Father's day present with
it one year—Dad was so surprised he darn
near fainted).
We all tend to take the Co-op for granted
during the year. That is except at the begin
ning of each term when we complain bitterly
about the rising costs of textbooks we don’t
want to read anyway.
But the Co-op is doing us a real favor.
In a sense it’s making money for us. That
is those of us who are members. It’s the
poor sucker who didn’t join who gets the
short end of the deal.
$o don’t forget to turn in your receipts by
5 p.m. today—and if you’re not a Co-op mem
ber, better join next year. It pays off.
-(J-W.Rj
Footnotes
A local campus coffee dispensary has taken
on the cosmopolitan look, what with its side
walk cafe, and all. Coupled with the country
club umbrellas at the Student Union, some
one might be fooled into thinking that Spring
has sprung.
* * *
Add interesting signs of spring; on a door
at Carson: •
Spring has sprung,
The grass has riz ;
Please show me where
The river is.
* * *
Kttgene's Parkside Lounge was rather
crowded Wednesday afternoon with most of
the SU Hoard and some of the seniors who
were “relaxing" before the annual senior
leaders’ banquet. For the SU Hoard it was
probably a celebration-type afternoon but
for the seniors—well, you know seniors.
* * *
We wonder if Oregon’s SAK’s are as versa
tile as their brothers at the Agricultural ex
tension. Oregon State SAE’s recently took
first place in the annual campus flower show.
* * *
Still more on the institution to the north
—one senior is angry because a field trip for
Camping Education 263 has been scheduled
for the weekend after classes for spring term
seniors are supposed to end.
* * *
We had a chance to sample the coffee at
OSC’s Memorial Union the other day—and
SU coffee isn’t so bad after all.
INTERPRETING THE NEWS
US Leaders Reaffirm
Interest in Satellites
By J. M. ROBERTS
Associated Press \i'H» Analyst
President Eisenhower and Sec
retary Dulles have chosen the
occasion of the Austrian treaty
and the projected Big Four con
ference to re-emphasize their
interest in Russia's satellite
states.
Dulles said Tuesday night
the satellites have now seen
the Red Army rolling back,
for the first time In 10 years.
“It Is going to create a de
sire, on the part of these
|M'oplc to get the same free
dom from this type of occu
pation.'’
Dulles has stressed, since tong
before he was Secretary of State,
the importance of keeping the
idea of eventual liberty alive
among the ;>eoples of Eastern
Europe.
Wednesday morning the Pres
ident returned to the theme, in
dicating that the United States
might go into a,Big Four con
ference with the idea of trying to
roll back the Iron Curtain.
One of the important and so
far insoluable factors of the Al
lied position in Europe is that,
no matter how negotiations
might go, the Western democ
racies cannot just walk off and
forget the* subjugated nations.
There have even been sugges
tions that they might agree to
some sort of neutral zone In
Kin-apt*, inrlurllng Germany, If
KumhIh would throw In the sat
ellites under Home arrangement
which would truly free them
from the Interference of Inter
national Com munlsm.
Thla business of international
CommnniHm ih. of course, the
one concrete, lusting fact at th*
bottom of all efforts to arrange
.settlements. As long as It re
mains a prime weapon of Rus
sian policy, so long will it be Im
possible to consider Hiihhih any
thing except an enemy.
That means any settlements
will ta* temporary, subjeet to
constant Communist maneuv
ering, with the fear that (tus
sle will revert to force gen
erating perpetual new ten
sions. That Is why Klnenhnw
er and Dulles have presented
their new hopefulness for some
break In the eold war with re
peated i|iialif leaf ions.
The theme of keeping strong,
keeping alert, hoping for the heat
but determined not to be sur
prised by the worst, has been
made more important than ever
by the new situation.
Worthal in Concert
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