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' M EDFORD Tribune j OCT10N MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, JUNE 23, 1958 10 Pages Requirements for University Stiffened by Russian Reds Br COLtTTK SLACrMOORC UmlJ le International Moscow (UPI) The Sov iet Communist Party has nar rowed th fates leading into college? It has transformed the short hop from hi$h ffchool to uni versity into circuitous, obstacle-ridden course designed to test th mental stamina of even the worthiest teenagers. : From Jiow on, only the most intelligent, sober and po litically reliable of its youth will enjoy th benefits of a college education. Some four fifths of all places in Soviet universities nd institutes will be reserved for applicants who hav vorked at least two years in g factory, an office or on fl firm, according to new regulations of the Ministry of Higher Jducation. Ex&rroi iiffr Morovir, entrance txamin O ation ftr to become much gtiffer. Prospective students will now be judged not oniy by pjoftssort nd university administrators, but by the local Communist Party com mittee. Thio Ti9v yrocedure, volv ing for over 8 year, amounts to something of a revolution in the Sov$t higher education system. The more rigid regulations came about because the par ty's leaders have plainly said they are not satisfied with some of the graduates which their colleges and institutes are turning out. In addition to well-trained, devoted young Soviet citizens all ready to go out and join the ranks building Commu nism, the country is also get ting a small but irritating number of diploma holders who think that life is already a bowl of cherries. Handed Youths Practically everything avail able in the Soviet Union has been handed these youngsters on a silver platter, including a full-fledged university edu cation tuition, room, board and all. And now, in the eyes of the Communist Party, they seem none too eager to pay back their debt to the state. ' The students are reproached for their "improper" attitude toward hard work and social responsibilities. Just a few months ago the newspaper "Komsomolskays Pravda" cit ed the example of a girl study ing at an agricultural institute who would milk cows only with her gloves on. Change Courses The Soviet authorities com plain that other students change their schools and pro fessions as light-heartedly as they change their clothes. They can't decide what to do with their lives, said "Moscow Pravda," and settle on a par ticular institute 'just because it is "close to home" or "their friends are studying there." Disgraceful, so-called im moral behavior which takes in drinking, spending time at the movies, throwing too many parties, chasing girls and vice versa, is thought to be far too widespread in the universities. The drinking bouts of the college teenagers are one of the favorite objects of lam pooning by the youth news papers and student bulletin boards. Not long ago, a regional conference of the Communist Youth League disclosed that of 100,000 students studying in Leningrad higher institu tions, 4,300 were expelled for failing to meet academic standards. Wide Approval The new university en trance regulations will prob ably find wide approval among prospective engineers, technical specialists of all kinds, doctors, nurses and other professions where a lit tle practical experience be fore study is a good thing. But already, many parents whose offspring want to take up languages, history and What Is The Law? This column it prepared as a public service by lh College of Law. Willamette University, Salem, to explain basic legal principles, not to provide legal advice. The reader is cautioned not to apply these cases io his own problems without an attorney's advice, for differing facts may change the outcome. WHEN ARE WILLS VALID? Old Hiram Hill, eccentric, deaf and physically ill, had been confined by court order in the state mental hospital for observation and treatment when he executed a will which gave all of his property to charity and disinherited his children. When Hiram died, the will was challengd by his children who claimed that he did not have the capacity to make a will when the will in question was executed. The court upheld the will as valid. To make a will, a person has to be 21 years of age and possess the ability to under stand the nature and extent of his property, the general na ture and effect of a will, and the natural objects of his bounty; and he must be able to interrelate these factors. If he meets these requirements at the time he executes his will, the document has legal force and effect. As in Hiram's case, these requisites may ex ist even though a person has been judicially declared incompetent. similar subjects, and indeed the offspring themselves, are complaining that two years of required labor will simply be time wasted. Undoubtedly, the authori ties will x run into numerous difficulties at the start of the new system. But they hope to iron them out in the course of time. Case Not Typical One should not believe, however, that? Hirams "case is typical. Normally, when a person is confined in an in stitution, it is quite easy to prove lack of capacity to make a will. Statements by witnesses to the execution of the document that the testator was rational, alert and knew about his property and his family may save the will from fatal attack. - Despite the "court's decision, the fact that Hiram disin herited his children in favor of charity is strong evidence of incapacity. Normal individ uals 'are usually concerned with the welfare of those nearest to them and will give most of their worldly posses sions to their immediate fami lies. When the wife and chil dren are cut out of an estate the situation is Unnatural and tends ,to , indicate lack of ca pacity or fraud. One may have capacity to make a will even though he does not have legally recog nized capacity to enter into an enforceable contract. The courts are particularly liberal in the area of wills because of their belief that the right to dictate the manner in which one's property will pass upon death is a very important right which must be pro tected. The mental capacity of the testator at the time he exe cutes the will is the determin ing factor in testing a person's Lumbering Machine To Usher in Jet Airliner Service By CLAIRE COX United Press International New York (UPI) The great multi-billion-dollar jet era, heralded as the greatest transportation deve lopment since the change from sail to steam, will begin with the roar of a giant vacuum clean er. A lumbering machine will roll down a New York Idle wild International Airport runway picking up rocks and other particles that could gum up the works of a jet engine. Flight Number One Then a big swept-wing jet plane will suddenly sprint down the airstrip, vault into the air and in-29 minutes be cruising at 29,000 feet over Nantucket Island. This will be Pan American World Airways jet Flight No. 1, leaving Idlewild at 11 p.m., (e.s.t), on or about Nov. 1, bound for Paris with 140 pass engers and a crew of eight. It will be the nation's first commercial jet flight, usher ing in an age that has been ability to make a will. Wills made during periods of ra tional behavior are normally vaiid regardless of the tes tator's mental condition. Prov ing that the testator was in capable of making a will im mediately before and after the will was executed will not necessarily "break" the will but does go a long way in convincing the court that ca pacity was lacking at the time the will was signed. in the making since World, War II,. at a cost of billions to airlines, airports and local, state, and federal govern ments. Pan American's tentative inaugural flight plan calls for cruising at altitudes ranging from 30,000 to 40,000 feet at a speed of nearly 600 miles an hour. In a little more than seven hours, the passengers will be strolling on the Champs Elysees. - r Other planes and other air lines will follow this single jet into the stiff competition for passengers. 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