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Show Pag Tuesday September 27, 1966 Westminster PARSON Two Editor's Stand - TIIE CAlviPUS ... CAPTURED U.N. Twentieth Session by Tom. Dawson For Educators May Have Dim Future This last week the General Assembly of the United Nation convened the twentieth session, of what could be the most important assembly in the short life of Imthe world organization. ison Vietnam debate the portant Red China of the acceptance sue; to the Security Council; and the apartheid problem in South Africa will highlight the session. Whether the U.N. has any power to solve these problems is another question, but at least they are being discussed before an assembly of great diplomats. The problems of the United Nations from within are many. Many nations do not keep up their and because of this payments the U.N. is in debt up to their knees. It seems the only country that is keeping the world organization alive is the UnitedStates. Therefore the U. N. is, in a way, obligated to the United States for the financial help. In other words the United States controls t the PRINCETON, N.J., September 23. College seniors preparing to teach school may take the National Teacher Examinations on any of the four different test dates announced today by Educational Testing Service, a nonprofit, educational organization which prepares and administers this testing program. New dates for the testing of U.N. in almost every phase of If the United States operation. doesn't want any talk on the Vietnam problem to the point of passing a resolution' that wiU affect our policy, it can easily be defeated.Thls makes the U.N. very ineffective, because it is not a world government, but a United States Government of the world. This, in turn, brings on bad relations with the nations of this world. Why? Because sooner or later the smaU countries of the United Nations "foill pull out and their own little United form No nation because of Nations. sovereignty likes to be controlled directly or indirectly by ANY nation. Yes, this will be an important assembly, but the odds are it wiU be very ineffective, and wiH bow to the wants of the United States, and therefore the Vietnam problem wiU still be far from resolved, and Red China wriH probably not be accepted. Beck's Editorial Seems Loose and Inconsistent (by JIM HAIG) It is not my usual custom as a columnist to take issue with the editor of my own newspaper, however, I feel Mr. Beck has overstepped his bounds and made irrational statements in his last Last year there was a struggle by many students to extend the weekend library hours from 2 to 9 p.m. on Sundays and the opening of the library on Saturday. The students finally won their battle and could once again be full time students. This year it seems the same fight is going to occur and the Parson is Joining the fight. The fight is over expanding the hours on Saturdays and Sundays. The hours on Sunday should be from 2 p.m. and on Saturdays 10-- 5 p.m. The students on this campus are not just part time students, but fulltime students. Weekend study- - Middle Line- - Economy May Or May Not, Johnson View (by MIKE MITCHELL) After months of tampering with inflation, President Johnson has finally acted, and he has acted in a very Johnson way. That is to say he has dealt with the politics of the problem but not the problem itself. On September 8, in a special message to Congress, the President called for the following: (1) Suspension for 16 months of the investment tax credit allowed to businessmen for spending on equipment. (2) Suspension for the same period of the law that lets business claim speeded up tax deductions on building. (3) Cutbacks in nonwar spending by the government. The President was getting hurt politically by giving the impression of indecision. He was being accused of waiting for the election This was the before action. politics ofthe problem, and he has dealt effectively with this, for he reefed a program that looks good from the economic surface. has con?. The suspension of tax incent- - . ing is studying without inter -uption of classes and, for many, a great advantage to get ahead of class work. A lot of town students come to the library just because they cannot study at home, and the same goes for the dorm students.. Our library has a very nice atmosphere to study in and the students should feel lucky, but they cant feel lucky, if it isnt there to be used. Lets get the library open full time on week ends. for business investment conand in new equipment struction will eventually reduce employment in the construction ives trades and hurt the low skilled construction workers. But the slowdown in construction will not be felt for at least six months, long after the November voting. Another criticism of his request to suspend tax incentives for new plant equipment and construction is that it is unselective. Some expansion is some places urgently needed, for example; copper production to keep copper prices inline. Trans-Wor- ld Airlines, which ordered 410 million dollars worth of new planes from Boeing on September 2, could lose nearly 29 million dollars for not having made the deal two days earlier. Looking at the other side of the problem is war in Viet Nam. The problem is that we are fighting a very costly war, now running at a rate of two billion dollars a month. One cannot pretend that this can be done and that the finance of everything else as before, without change or sacrifice or inflation or unemployment or restraints on wages and prices, can be done. The America that Mr. Johnson talks so frequently about cannot go on living on unreality. It has to deal with the problem and not just with the politics of the problem and this is the . dilemma. Four Dates Set On Examinations column. Mr. Beck has solved the entire war and the secret to peace in our time through a series oi contradictions . For example; If the govMr. Beck stated, ernment of any country cannot defend herself against the enemy, then the system of government is not effective for the people. Maybe Mr. Beck could have told the people of Norway, Finland, Denmark, Belgium, Netherlands, Czechoslovakia, . and Austria that their governments were not effective after the Nazis had overrun them. Mr. Beck, however, was probably not referring to the last example I have given, but rather to Vietnam. In any case, he has made a loose and very general statement while giving no specifics or substantiation. In the future, I certainly hope Mr. Beck clarifies himself campus news, but items of local and state interest also. As a policy, let me say that I will state a liberal --conservative approach to all stories and issues so as to offend as few people as possible. As Junior Class President, I take this opportunity to welcome all the incoming Freshmen and wish you a very successful year on behalf of the Junior Class. your comments and opinions. A major point of interest that is very important in my mind today is that of the double standard in a great number of fields, professional fields, and just how much this double standard is becoming detrimental to the pub- In my column this year I wiU attempt to be as diversified as possible by touching on not only (From Pg. 1, - lic interest. The major professional field I speak of is the doctors. Now thats a simple statement. What I refer to is that if you ask a medical student, or the faculty of a medical college asks this student for what basic purpose does he want to be a doctor. The response is that he wants to help injured people from their Col. 3) convocations. For the coming the has Administration year esto an to them hold promised sential minimum. In the light of this it should not be too much to ask that we attend the few required meetings that we will The Administration has have. further agreed that required convocations wiU be advertised as such at least three days prior to their scheduled dates. The advertising ' wiU be extensive enough as to render excuses on ignorance of the based event ineffective. If the Student Government Association is to be an effective governing body the rules governing the coUege community must be enforced and the unpleasant ones are no exception. If you choose to break the rules, I trust you will be willing to accept the responsibiUty for your course of action. ey clear logic, and there havent been any suggestions sent in for printing in this column. Although I am sure that after you read a few new regulations that have been set up. by some one, you will be sure to write in better. CONVOCATION there it is. The "" that I was telling you about in the first issue of the Parson, a fine example of good WeU, weU, Austin-Heal- - pain and make them welL But when one looks at the medical profession today the majority of these fine doctors should have said that they were interested in the monetary gains that the job provides. Yes, it is just that, a job. One of the finest fessions f man. The great humanitarian" ideal of relieving another humans suffering becomes deeply woven in many doctors today, but the doctors in reference here are those who do not feel, live by, and simply use the Hippocratic Oath in their job. Just recently the American Medical Association gave its ap- - prospective teachers are; January 7, March 18, July 1, and October 7, 1967. The tests wiU be given at nearly 500 locations throughout the UnitedStates, ETS said. Results of the National Teacher Examinations are used by many large school districts as one of several factors in the selection of new teachers and by several states for certification or licensing of teachers. Some colleges also require all seniors preparing to teach to take the examinations. Leaflets indicating school systems and state departments of education which use the examination results are distributed to colleges by ETS. On each full day of testing, prospective teachers may take the Common Examinations, which measure the professional preparation and general cultural background of teachers, and one of the 13 Teaching Area Examinations which measure mastery of the subject they expect to teach. Prospective teachers should contact the school systems in which they seek employment, or (EXAMS, Pg. 3, Col. 3) proval to doctors to raise their rates to persons who were re-ceiy- ing Medicare. In some instances of specialists this increase was THREE HUNDRED PERCENT! Funny, but I used to wonder-v'.ierthe old solid humanitarian doctors went, and now I think I know. They are working very directly with the people. There are some of these doctors in Viet-Na- m for two years with no pay. Amazingly, though, with all the doctors the schools turn out. how many get through with exactly their double standard of humanity? Again, for the career-seekistudent, another good publication for you to send for: Career Information Service, New York Life Insurance Co., Box 51, Malison Square Station, New York 10. N.Y., will be sent to you for e ng free, if you will just write to them. This paperback tells only about the different careers, and what have for you should them. There was only one job that I couldnt find, (Doctor?. . . No,) and that was an Indian Chief, what else? According to Paul Steiner in his book caUed Useless facts about Women, under British law, the English wife must be married at least three years before she or her husband can seek a divorce, except in cases of extreme physical cruelty. A thought to ponder . . . The whole campus is your audience when you use Want Ads of the PARSON to get your selUng message across! See any member of the staff for information! |