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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, ORE. THURSDAY. JUNE IS. 1960 Loyalty Oath To Obtain Student Loan Felt To Be Unnecessary Editor'! note: Tht following ar ticle was written by a June grad uate of the irhool of Journalism at the University of Oregon as an "editorial summary" of the con clusions developed In the senior thesis required of earh graduate. The opinions are those of the writer. By MURRAY C. HIGGINS (Eugene, Oregon) On Sept. 2, 11)58, Congress approved the National De fense Education Act, thereby making a total of $90 million available to education over a four-year period. This money Is to be used, together with the funds provided by educa tional institutions, to make loans to students who need financial assistance to com plete their schooling. This action by Congress recognized education as the first line of defense in a free society. Under the provisions of this act special consideration is given to students who intend to go into the teaching field and students who intend to enter the fields of mathe matics, engineering or physi cal sciences. This preference Js designed to stimulate Inter est in these fields in the hope of training more scientists and teachers sorely needed throughout America. Charged 3 Per Cent Students are charged 3 per cent interest on the loans starting one year after gradu ation. Those students who in tend to teach in elementary or secondary schools may have as much as 50 per cent of their repayment obligation re scinded. As beneficial as this act is and can be to education, a loyalty test provision contain ed in the legislation has serv ed to alienate a large number of American educators. This loyalty provision contains two parts: (1) a disclaimer affi davit, popularly called the Girl Scouts Party Given The seventeen Brownies of Troop 88 attended a party at Hawthorne Park as their last meeting of the year. They honored their leaders, Mrs. Bill Whit and Mrs. Ted Wiley, by presenting each with a pa- per weight in the form of the Girl Scout emblem. The girls recently attended Pre-Vue day at the new Day Camp site at Tomlin Forest in Little Switzerland. They also held a cook-out In the Congregational church yard where they were Instructed in game songs, knot tying, and trail blazing under the guidance of girls from Troop 192. Deral Wiley Reporter. "THE MOST INTERESTING PEOPLE I'VE MET" BY QUENTIN REYNOLDS Fomily Weekly this week presents Mr, Reynolds pick of hit most interesting friends with intimate in sights into each. Humphrey Bogart 111 lasaaM.e-Ti Pw" Vi niton Churchill l leo Dutocher I lL:.A1. Morlsne Dietrich 311 Erntst Hemingway Beatrice lillit MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE non-Communist oath and (2) an affirmative oath of alleg iance, similar to the pledge to the flag. Educators have pro tested against the first sec tion, the negative disclaimer affidavit. At present, a loan applicant must sign both of these loyalty provisions when applying for a loan. The purpose of the loyalty provision is to insure that all who participate In the loan fund program are loyal to the United States and its demo cratic form of government This is not the first attempt to insure loyalty by use of an oath. In the late '40s and early '50s educational institu tions in several areas of the country required instructors to sign a disclaimer affidavit. The only alternative to sign ing the affidavit was to leave the institution. Many fine in structors did leave in protest to the requirement, to the detriment of the institution and its students. It is interest ing to note that the require ment was not imposed upon those who had given evidence of disloyalty, but upon all in structors to 'Insure' their loyalty. The University of California at Berkeley, for ex ample, lost many fine instruct ors as a result of this require ment. Participation Refused In protest to the disclaimer affidavit requirement in the National Defense Education Act, 16 institutions of higher education have refused to par ticipate in the loan program. Among these Institutions are Princeton, Harvard and Yale. Many other similar institu tions are on record in protest ing the require m e n t. The American Association of Col leges reported that the major ity of its 175 members favor ed the repeal of the disclaim er affidavit provision of the NDEA. Many of these institu tions are accepting funds under the loan program at the present time. Basically, there are five main reasons why the protest ing educators are opposed to the disclaimer requirement in the National Defense Educa tion Act: First, the disclaimer affi davit violates the principle of intellectual freedom. Loyalty is a feeling, a belief, which emanates from the mind and heart. Loyalty must come freely. To force a manifesta tion of loyalty Is to usurp the intellect of the individual. Affidavit Unnecessary Secondly, the affidavit is unnecessary. By taking the affirmative oath of allegiance. one states that he is loyal. The disclaimer requires him DAIRY MONTH Don't Miss the Family Weekly COOKBOOK SECTION tAu tutei fax (t& annual aa(uie (a "DAIRY MONTH" Gt&tx family itad QUIPS AND QUOTES JUNIOR TREASURE CHEST I im J "SUNGLASSES GO GLAM OUROUS" byAllynRkt BE SURE TO READ Family Weelcly June 19th-wffi your to say that he is not disloyal. This is merely repetition in a negative manner, and adds nothing. Third, the disclaimer affi davit is ineffective. No com munist would hesitate to sign it. By signing "the affidavit, a communist could place him self above suspicion of dis loyal activity. Fourth, the disclaimer affi davit requirement is defeat ing the very purpose of the Act. Sixteen institutions of higher education have refused to accept federal funds for which they are eligible under the NDEA. While serving no apparent purpose, the affi davit is causing needy stu dents to do without loan funds, to the detriment of their education. ' Students Felt Suipect Fifth, the disclaimer affi davit is discriminatory. It singles out specifically those students in need of financial assistance. Farmers, pension ers and shipbuilders are not required to sign a disclaimer affidavit in order to receive federal funds. Why then does a student? Apparently, stu dents in need of funds are considered poor security risks. Early in the second session of the present Congress a bill to repeal the disclaimer affi davit requirement was intro duced. This bill would retain the affirmative oath of alleg iance. When the bill does come before the Semte, it will be interesting to see if t h e educational institutions will be penalized for their stand on principle, or if a use less provision will be stricken from the National Defense Education Act. Valley Girls Are Attending Girls State at Salem Salem When Oregon Girls State, the school of citizen ship of the American Legion auxiliary, opened at Willam ette university here this week Medford was represented by Miss Mary Jo Batzer, 933 South Holly St., a junior at tending St. Mary's High school. Also attending from this area Is Barbara Gipin, Phoe nix; Nancy Hlnman, Judy Sims, and Mary Frohnmayer, all of Medford. The 250 girls from Oregon who are attending Girls Slate will constitute a mythical state for one week and will assume the duties of citizens by electing officials and set ting up their own city, coun ty, and state government. Guest Speaker Gov. Mark Hatfield Is to be the guest speaker when a Girls State Governor Is elect ed and inaugerated in the House of Representatives at the State capitol. State senators and repre sentatives arc also to be elect ed In accordance with Ore gon law. The girls group will also Introduce, debate, and pass bills In their mock leg islature. Ulher activities include a visit to the State Supreme Court with speaches by the Chief Justice William McAlis- tcr and Attorney General Rob ert Y. Thornton. Near the close of the ses sion, two girls will be chosen to attend Girls Nation In Washington, D.C. California Towns Get Dial System Yrcka - Siskiyou Telephone company last week established full dial operations and use of microwave for toll calls for (he communities of Etna. Fort Jones, Hamburg and Happy Camp. About 90 guests at a buffet dinner at Fort Jones Commun ity center witnessed the cut- over. First long distance call over the microwave system was placed to Congressman Bizz Johnson in Washington D.C, by Sen. Randolph Col lier. After midnight Saturday subscribers began placing steady stream of long distance calls to all parts of the coun try. Two operators on the Fort Jones switchboard were kept busy until daybreak Three operators were needed Sunday as calls continued to flood the long distance board HELIPORT READIED Paterson, N.J. -HPD- The new Paterson Heliport, first in the nation to be built with matching city and federal funds, will be dedicated June 23. Mail and cargo helicopter service between Paterson and New York. New Jersey and Connecticut airports will be Inaugurated by New York Airways a short time after the dedication. I. Z ' , ? - NOT AN ORCHID What looks like a close-up of an orchid flower, is actually an aerial view of an iceberg shown as the explosion of a 1,000-pound bomb inside its crater throws a geyser of water into the air. The bomb was dropped by a Coast Guard plane conducting aerial iceberg destruction tests off Newfoundland. Sixteen direct hits on the berg caused what the Coast Guard called "insignificant" damage. UPI Telephoto) Pickin' Pears By SID HOLLINGSWORTH Something is happening at Central Point! In the midst of an awaken ing this spring to the need for a step or two out of the past and into the future, the town suddenly became famous. Everyone in this part of the country knows the John Days. Their ranch near Table Rock is something of a showplace. One of the few herds of American bison graze on the Day property. Then the wires buzzed with the news that John Day, of Central Point, Oregon, was one of a party of mountain climbers injured in a fall while scaling Mt. McKinley in Alaska. The rescue of the party was news for days. Mrs. John Day, who is ac tive in Red Cross work in Medford, is a little upset by the publicity and does not want to discuss the incident. But people from far and near now want to see Central Point. Quite a few plan to live there. But this does not account for what is happening there. There wasn't a great deal of attention paid to this part of the greater Medford area dur ing the centennial celebration last year. Jacksonville was the drawing card in this respect. It should be remembered that Central Point came be fore Medford. Two stage routes crossed at this point before the coming of the rail road, hence the name. Its Main Street" today is a typi cal small town main street and no one expected it to change. A start has been made. however, and the city hall is moving into a bright new building with modern fix tures, abandoning the old bank building which is in adequate for handling the business necessary to run the town. A little building boom is under way with two new sub divisions and 200 new proj ects under construction. When it was learned that building permits aggregating $100,000 had been issued, citizen remarked "What on earth is happening here in Central Point?" There Is, of course, the new highway, with work resumed after a layoff during the winter months. It will mean much to Cen tral Point, reached now by a somewhat circuitous route. The seven miles of the new Highway 1)9 will remove the traffic from the streets of Medford and connect, even tually, with the present High way 1)9. near Ashland, accord ing to reports. Central Point has not been too fortunate with its news paper ventures. There was a weekly - the Central Point American-at one time. To keep abreast of the times, two companion mimeog r a p h e d periodicals have been issued by Patsy's Printery. Now Patsy says there arc to be changes which will dress up the paper both in printing and in content with more attention to news. A very up and coming paper, "The Times" Is published at Rogue River. Garden club members re cently visited a landscape gardening project outside of town along Bear Creek. Almost every type, of shrub and bush and tree suitable for decorative purposes around honH's and parks Is found there under cultivation. A reminder of other days, and not too long ago either, is the Central Point black- News and Notes From Camp White smith shop. Needless to say, it is not used for that purpose today. An artist's conception of the catastrophe which produced Crater Lake is found in four unusually fine paintings in the Pioneer club there. The first is Mt. Mazama, snow covered and resembling Mt. Shasta in size. Then, the volcanic action is shown, fol lowed by the lowering of the peak as it sank into the pit which was created in the holo caust. Finally, the Crater lake of today is shown. All of which proves the truth of the saying that one picture (in this case four) is worth a thousand words. Those who go to Crater lake this summer should see this picture story first. The artist signs himself H. S. Cleveland. There isn't much beyond the foregoing to see in Cen tral Point. But the people have a little quicker step as they move along the street. They seem to sense that some thing is happening there, but they can't tell you Just what it is. Central Point is the gate way to that fascinating re gion along the Rogue river which is less attractive to tourists and appreciated more by those who like to live amid its rugged contours. Among its residents have been artists and outdoor sports enthusiasts, not to men tion a few scholars. The educational focal point in this section has been Crater High school which graduated 134 students this year. An even dozen scholarships were awarded, seven of them to SOC, three to OSC and one each to Georgia Fox and Lewis and Clark. In reviewing the landmarks of this growing community, the establishment of the new Osteopathic hospital in Cen tral Point should not be over looked. With progressive schools and an organized fa cility for maintaining health, it is but natural for people to move in this direction. Stamp Store Here Plans Expansion The Sperry and Hutchinson green stamp redemption cen ter plans to add 2,000 square feet of warehouse space to its present facilities at 221 South Central ave. According to Mrs. Harry Hinman, store manager, in creased business during the four years that the redemp tion center has been at its present location necessitates the expansion. Owners of the property are Charles W. Bottjer and An thony J. Boltano. General con tractor for the project is Stan ley G. Parrlsh. Hatfields Pick Name If Baby Is Boy Salem -HTD- Gov. and Mrs. Mark Hatfield, expecting their second child "at any time," have indicated that if it is a boy. he will be named Mark Hatfield Jr. The Hatfields have a daugh ter, Elizabeth, born July 1, 1959. The governor said they haven't definitely decided on the name of the second child should it be a daughter. Call SAM JONES SP 2-9220 for quality used equipment CRATER LAKE MACHINERY Shasta Caves to Be Developed Shasta Lake - The B a I r d caves, famed Shasta lake land mark, will be developed and opened to the public some time this fall, according to Charles J. Gleeson, secretary manager of the Lake Shasta Chamber of Commerce and the Shasta Lake Improvement association. The caves, a 40-acre site now owned by a San Fran cisco group, are on the east side of the McCloud river, just across from the north end of the Pit river bridge. The open ing is near the top of the long scar in the mountain which is familiar to all lake visitors. Changes to be made at the area include changing ' the name to Cathedral caves, and building a dock near the wa ter's edge. Visitors, the own ers added, will have to come in their own boats or in rented craft at the present. A mile long road will be built up the mountain to 150 feet of the cave entrance which is about 1,000 feet above the water. Stairways will lead to the cave, and vis itors are to be taken to the entrance by jeep train. Historians say the first white man to visit the caves was James A. Richardson in 1878, and the caves now are named for Prof. Spencer. E. Baird, who in 1872 was named U.S fish commissioner. ' How is it you know you're taking no chances when you let a youngster take your shopping list? Isn't it for the same reason that you buy 70 of your family's food without actually seeing it? You know that A good brand is your best guarantee : ; . and that the name on the label is your best buying guide. You have learned to count on good Shose take up a good bit of room in a suitcase, so stuff them with hosiery, under wear, cosmetics wrapped sepa rately in washcloths, tissues, a bathing cap or anything else which seems stuffable. 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