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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. Finally, by
1951, a total of about 230
U.S. operated jet planes, cap
able of .carrying up to 150
passengers each, and nearly
200 smaller prop jets will be'
plying the skies. Foreign air
lines will add heavily to the
maze of frosty white jet trails
streaking the world's skies.
What will this mean to John
Q. Traveler? It will slice his
world in half, double his hori-
TORVADO WARVING
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A tornado warning system in
each school building in Grand
Island is planned by the board
of education.
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at least, not until try airlines
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