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Show CAMPUS CRIER Published by the Assoiiated Students of Westminster College, on the first day of each month during the scholastic year. Member Intercollegiate Press Assistant Editor .. Business Manager U1 ill LOWELL MILES It seems only yesterday that the talk of Walter Miller Jack Harmston Joan Lamus FEDERAL EDUCATION During the first session of the 80th Congress, two bills were Introduced, one in the Senate and the other in the House of Representatives, whose outcome should be watched by the American people.t S. 472 and H. R. 2953 or as their title states, Federal Aid to Education, are the bills which deserve the careful consideration of each and every one of us. In a nut shell, these bills would provide for federal financial assistance to the states for public education. Or about three hundred millions of dollars would be provided to raise teachers salaries and to aid in many other services. The bill states that federal control is prohibited. Limited aid would be granted to private schools in the states which permit it by statute on Constitution. admit that teachers salaries are low, and that there are many services which could be, and need to be accomplished. Yet is Federal Education the way to do it? These bills state that federal control is prohibited, but will such be the case in actual All will Spooks to Walk Soon The annual Westminster Halloween and Party is to le held on Oc- Dance 11 EDITORIAL STAFF Editor The International bridge or battleground was the inner thought of man. Today it is still more evident with the current stimulating important controversial discussion of the Foreign Policy. The Marshall corollary hammers home the point, which should have been implicit in the Truman Doctrine from the beginning, that American support of Greece and Turkey and of any other independent countries threatened by Soviet Russia, is not a crusade against progressive regimes or any set of doctrines or isms. Secretary Marshall said that it was a crusade against hunger and collapse, and there is no cause to quarrel with that. This psychic . mystery, second wind. Everyone has heard of second wind the sudden, apparently causeless recovery of stamina by one almost broken from who has physical exertions. The fireman in a heat and toiled through smoke to is about and drop, blazing building renews his vitality and works on for hours more. The long distance runner who feels he is all in, finds to his amazement, that he can still push on just when collapse seems imminent. The into a shapelfantryman with feet swollen ess mass, whose agony is mounting to the insupportable, finds his misery gone and is able to complete the push to the front. needs Today, as never before, Europe Some a breath of this second wind. think it will come with the Truman Doctrine, if so it cannot stop in at merely wishful, preventive measures Euof whole The and Turkey. Greece rope must lie taken into consideration, not piecemeal, but as a unit no less than and economically intergrated compact than the United State. Only through some program of federation that will permit collective effort, and do away with trade barriers, blocs, spheres of influence and competitive armament, can the continent be restored to health. Secretary Marshall knows this and says it clearly and honestly. The idea is not a new one; European union has long been the goal of the more unselfish Continental statesmen. The movement had great impetus after the First World War, but it was shattered by the opposition of Britain and France, who figured mistakenly that a weak, disunited Europe wouid be a I eaceful Europe. Under the eloquence of Winston movement was Churchill, the near to being galvanized into new life a few months ago. The far visioned Englishman said, What is Europe now? It is a rubble heap, a charnel house, a breeding ground of pestilence and hate. Ancient nationalistic feuds and modern ideological factions distract and infuriate the unhappy, hungry populations. Evil teachers urge the paying off of old scores with mathematical precision, and false guides point to us paring retribution as the . pathway to prosperity. Without a United Europe there is no prospect of world government. It is the urgent and indispensable step toward the realization of that ideal. tober 25, 1917, in Payne Gymnasium. The affair is under the direction of Bruce Lamus. From what we hear this should be a highlight of the social season at Westminster College. We suggest to all the men that they keep a keen eye on their Girls as they pass through the spook alley. Its going to be good. As all Halloween parties are costume affairs, this affair will be no exception. We dare a student to think up an original costume which will keep all guess- ing. Lets see if it can be done. Poetry Anthrology To Be Published It has just been announced that the National Poetry Association, 3210 Selby Avenue, Los Angeles 34, California, will publish their ANNUAL ANTHOLOGY OF COLLEGE POETRY late this fall. Students who desire to submit manuscripts for this work should do so before November 5, 1947. For further information, consult with the editor of this paper. Lets help to gain more recognition for Westminster by submitting works of exceptional merit to this association, and have them published in this prominent book. f INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS CLUBS TO HOLD REGIONAL CONFERENCE During the last week of October, the International Relations Clubs will hold their regional conferences on the campus of the University of Utah. The I.R.C. is affiliated with the Carnegie Endowment for International Relations. All who are interested in world affairs are invited to attend this conference, whose time, place and subject matter to be discussed are to be announced at a later time, are cordially invited to attend. Also why dont you come to the meetings which are held on this camis a It pus? very good way in which to keep yourself informed on world affairs, which each and every one of us need to be today. 4 ly Pan-Euro- practice? In the past, that body which has supplied the funds has dictated how that money was to be used. But if either of these bills becomes law, would it be possible to keep an educational monopoly out of the hands of the government? We would be in a fools paradise to think such a happening even possible. We should also remember that the power of education has been reserved by the Constitution of the United States to the states in the union. This system has its faults, but great as they may be, they are not half so bad as the evils of federally controlled education. The United States has been moving slowly in this direction since the middle of the last century. Laws have been made which are slowly but surely bringing the national government into the field of education. Is it wise on the part of the American citizens to allow such a practic to go on? It is not. Should such measures be allowed to slip by unhindered the powers of the government will become so broad, that we will find ourselves with a gowernment monopoly of education. The very thing which we have fought so long to prevent will have come to pass. Maybe out of this confusion of war there will come to Europe some kind of a psychic second wind that has always come to the weary countries who are born of war and hate. down-trodde- DAFFYNITION S DENTIST The only man who can tell a woman to open and close her mouth and get away with it. CAMPUS CRIER A weekly gazette read by the staff and other students who like to see their names in print. We resent that remark. PONY What you ride hopefully on to class, only to have it fall out of your sleeve as the prof walks by. rathCEMETERY DRIVE-Ordina- rily er dead but quite lively at night. Did you hear what one bug said to another as he hit the windshield I have- nt got the guts to do it again. Let each and every one of us do everything in his power to destroy these measures. For they are in reality the opening gun in a war on our basic American principles and traditions that we have su long cherished. If we are to have an America like we want to have, then let us not be lulled to sleep by suave propaganda that is being issued from many sources, but be constantly on guard for an encroachment on our liberties and freedoms. If we fail, we may find ourselves without these freedoms in the future. 4 , |