Show 1 2 — STUDENT LIFE MARCH 1 ' V Things 'Books For Those Crying In Beer Oder Sat Loss To Utah We lost a basketball game let's not run the flag at half-ma- st There are those still crying in their beer about Saturvarday’s loss to Utah The tears are being shed for a iety of reasons Some say it was the officiating Some say the Aggies gave up at halftime Others say we lost the 30 seconds we needed to win in the scoreboard mix-u- p AND THE TEARS continue to roll So we lost USU will still undoubtedly end up with the best basketball team in its history when the Skyline scorebook closes If Utah doesn’t stub its toe against Colorado State in Salt Lake City this weekend the worst that should conceivably happen is that the Ags will enter the National Invitational Tourney at season’s end instead of the NCAA THE AGGIES played an inspired game for the first half Saturday Admittedly they played slightly less than that the second half But they weren't necessarily beaten those last because of it Utah's shooting was white-ho- t 20 minutes If you had to pick the best team of the two you’d get votes on both sides But it’s hard to argue with those extra two points Utah had Saturday Utah won That’s the way it is and that's the way it will stay The Aggies should look ahead to Denver New Mexico and the NIT We lost a basketball game let’s not run the flag at half-ma- st Campus ‘LIFE-H- ue " Blasts Noise In Library Editor STUDENT LIFE: Does the sound of bells tjTpewriters and people talking ever interupt your studying? This is a problem which confronts most of us who like to study in the library As I see it the problem lies in the fact that there is a flaw in the organization of the library system Why “organization?’’ Well how often in other university libraries will you find a current Periodical Room supervised by someone pounding very loudly at a typewriter? It's not too often that one runs across a library study hall accompanied by the chimes of Grandfather Clock every fifteen minutes You can rest assured that this type of organization is not too popular I recently visited the University of Utah where I purposely observed their library facilities and organization Comparing it with ours the difference amazed me The main study hall is always in complete silence with a staff of librarians always on hand to enforce it A room apart from the main study hall is available for verbal study and discussion The results are obviously noticeable We could get results by throwing out our old system including Grandfather Clock and introducing what could possibly prove to be a profitable scholastic future My’comparsion stems from my desire to improve our library university and students 1 hope that my letter creates some interest in this matter s Dennis Neilsen 3rd Finger Left Hand? new method of producing diamonds artifically from graphite under vigorous conditions (high pressures temperatures etc) Therefore we would suggest that certain of these anxious young ladies develop a project on campus to empty all the pencil sharpeners and create their own diamonds After all isn’t this a country? This w ay we may have a chance to find out which is the most important the diamond or the giver Is P P Roussis L R Sherman H J Coburn P S The graduate students of the chemistry department are available for technical consultation on this matter al-w- ay Cla ims Foresters Must Be Failing CE 81 Editor STUDENT LIFE: The foresters’ reference (’L1FE-lin- e Feb 26) about “the three 2 X 4’s with that silly little microscope setting on top of them” was very amusing to me They should think their question of why “that carrot on a string” was hanging from the 2 X 4’s an important one because the College of Forestry recommends they complete CE 81 (plane surveying) This course is “primarily for students” forestry Pencil Try Sharpener The foresters inferred they do Editor STUDENT LIFE: not know the difference between With reference to Miss Par- a transit on a tripod and a micson’s latest column ‘Want A roscope on three 2 X 4’s Thus Diamond? W’ork Girls” allow us they suggested they learned little to add another suggestion in CE 81 or have not completed In recent years the General course (Perhaps they aie Electric Company has devised a the freshmen) s FROSTOP DRIVE INN (East of Campus) AGGIE LUNCH 44c Includes Hamburger With Chips Root Ceer and Sundae Allen W Leigh Here's Letter Rules For 'LIFE Readers STUDENT LIFE welcomes letters from students and faculty and from on issues directly affecting the public Letters under 250 words will be given first consideration Tlie editor reserves the right to edit any letter over this length Jjc tiers obviously or in poor taste will rvtt lx primed Established 1902 PAUL SWENSON Editor-in-chi- that of llcgcl s s' j j j ef DEAN OLSEN Business Manager Asst Bus AdverUsjng'ilanagS411 Campu Asst t feature sons WaLT0R HlG®t$ Co-Ed- it ONKS’ barbara PAH Society Editor Asst Society Eduor CRONQRigj DIckYa??'1 Sports Edit or Copy Editor previous week it occurred to me that one of the greatest issues him: that even the most reliable ' Tags? COLLEGIATE SO' Recently at a meeting' of the USU Philosophical talk to ciety instead of what I originally was going about I discussed something a great deal more funda mental While thinking about other problems during the f Liu MEMBER By DR JOHN PATRICK ’LII'E LHerature Writer facing us today has to do with the collapse of philosophy f o lowing the work culminating in STUDENT ! Yen To Philosophize? Avoid Three Pitfalls Printed dural?1? 1 school year by AssooiS dents ot Utah Stat?°n?ied Office room 213 Student' rebVnlo knowledge of sciences is relative dependent on the state of contemporary knowledge and subject to change But relativism is not really philosophy — an attempt to gain an perspective a greater unification of knowledge Positivism we decided was also more a collection of general attitudes than a true philo- i uilding Entered as laiter SK secona at LoglS £ept-act1908 of March - Ubh I Acceptance for mailing rate of postage' is 7nB accoK with postal laws and regffij? Subscription rates for done by the gal- axy of important thi n k e r s vv ho ruled the sophy Dr Patrick 19lh century No statement is true say the Today as we all know science positivists that cannot be veridominates llie western world its fied by scientific experiment unlimited successes seeming to But note that this statement too promise a utopian future Yet rests on undemonstrable or g also the threat of assumptions — (1) That war hangs cn — and this too the world is of one kind only seems partially a product of the and (2) that of knowledge nocontrol of man’s thing is relevant except facts The Great Marco President Easter Magical Society 240 Riverton Street New York 2 N Y world-devastatin- scientific Letters To The Editor — thought As the recent revival of interest in philosophy shows science has progressed to a point where it obviously cannot find the solution to all its problems and men again are beginning to ask the great human questions: A What can I know? B What ought I to do? C For what can I hope? D What is man? E What am I? In formulating satisfa c t o r y answers to these present-daot questions a the facts of daily experience seems to be called for since modern man has somehow lost touch with reality It is likely that the more life becomes the complex more a simple explanation of the world is demanded and this is in fact the function of philosophy — this search for meaning in experience The need for a of what we call “facts” is also particularly desirable today in view of the ideological conflict in progress between the West and Communism Can we prove easily today that Democracy for example is preferable to Communism? Our discussion at the meeting of the Society brought out that sound philosophical inquiry always begins with an examination of ihat which is “given” — or taken for granted Today in the 20th century we can of course look back on 2000 years of such speculative endeavor but we ourselves must nevertheless examine the world of sense as ’’naively” as possible —study things from all sides— and then determine the approach we want to take for ourselves We must in other words rid ourselves of prejudice Prejudice is “previous judgement” considered etymologically) but also in the literal sense In discovering what phenomena actually in truth are we must beware of all forms of prejudice —even tliose philosophical ideas that may influence what vve may know — since the metaphysics of (he past has greatly affected the intellectual climate in which we live today It was also concluded at the meeting that those of us just beginning the study of reality should particularly avoid three ways of looking at the world dangerous because of the negative characteristics they scepticism relativism and positivism Scepticism of course claims that no knowledge exists and therefore defeats itself “No proposition can be affirmed” the skeptics say Even this truth cannot he proven then! On the other hand relativism suggests that man can see only wbnt his own smses Can show y us-uid- ly con-lai- ‘ I -v that can be observed to occur a number of times Facts which occur only once as in history suggest the positivists are of no value! Remember these pitfalls to avoid if you wish to become philosophers — the relativist’s argument that absolutes are fiction — that all is relative the positivists claim that science can answer all questions and the skeptic’s thesis that man can actually know nothing Books on this subject are legion One good one which I recommend is John Wild’s “Introduction to Realistic Philosophy” On the 32nd and 33rd days it your tour you’ll be in Venice Here you’ll visit the famous Campanile and St Mark’s Square relax in a Gondola and see the most unusual city in the world entirely surrounded by canals These are just a few of the manj unusual sights you’ll enjof throughout the summer on tbs all inclusive TOUR OF EUROPE Call or write for colorful and descriptive folder SHOE SHOP SAVE YOUR SOLE Christensen's 74-d- to STUDENT TOURS M5 Street San Francisco DALY 18 West 1st North Geary Calif telephone: ORdway CAMPUS INTERVIEWS FOR ENGINEERS On 9 March I960 Civilan Career Positions With ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS Graduate Civil and Electrical Power Engineers ANGELES in LOS SAN FRANCISCO AND SACRAMENTO engineering Attractive training program in world-wid- e Flood control design and construction organization and rivers harbors Army ’and Air Force bases missile other projects Opportunities for initiative rapid vancement on merit and sound experience with top ad Pr0 fessional engineers n: On-sp- offers not written exam liberal fringe benefits and moving expenses Extra pay for top gradsment covered by Civil Service regulations Sign Up For Interview At Campos Placement Office - Employ |