Oberlin Review (Oberlin, Ohio), 1958-11-04

              Russian Government IV Runners Gridders Win Denounces Pasternak Editorial Page 2 In 2 Ear I ham Contests Sports Page 3 Six Compete Friday Dissenttorn I AC N A ames Areas In Oratory Contest V CTO WjJ I lJ OBERL1N OHIO FRIDAY NOVEMBER 4 1958 NUMBER 15 I 1 Students Discuss Nuclear Arms Ban Students surviving the pre liminarv eliminations for this I years Class of 1915 Public i Discussion Contest will speak 430 pm Friday in Sturges Hall on varying aspects of the i general topic Shall We Pro hibit by International Agree ment the Further Develop mcnt of Nuclear Weapons Judging the contest will beColi cje faculty and administration i nwmbirs Three prizes of 50 30 i ami SD will bo given by an 1 anonymous member of the Class f 1915 i The six selected speakers and their tuples are Betty Boyd What arc the Alternatives to Seniors may vote tomorrow noon at their dining halls for Senior Assembly speakers from the faculty who will address the student body in a series ofassemblies next spring Seniors may also vote after lunch until 2 pm at Student Council Lmincr in Wilder Hall Council Elections Committee Chairman Gary Johnson told the Review he hoped for a big vote in tomorrows balloting Erdii Nuclear ArmsDevelopment linger BufTctt Is a Ban on Nuclear Arms Development Through International Agreement Feiiuh James Hamilton Does a Continuation of Nuclear Arms Devclniiniiit Constitute a Moral Crime Against Society Janet Jieed The HealthHazards Accompanying Continued Nuclear Anns Development Ned Saeaivr is InternationalInspectin of N clear BombTesting and Prociuciiin Feasible John Vouiii The Military Implications the United States of Stopping Nuclear Arms Development Review Slates First Session On Journalism The ii t f a series of sessions to explain the nature ofpublications work will be held 130 pm Saturday at the Review office The Review workshop will attempt to explain three or four key areas of the newspaper fir Matr positions andproniotions will be discussed Anexplanation of production willfoliow dealing with copypreparation proofreading editing and writing Editorial policy and the tonal board its function work ald SLUction of its members will SJ be discussed U time permits Review staff members will speak about thedis1tive aspects of a news story ts anting differs from other of writing and what should included in such a story OIIUAIII thpsp rnlMinnE will be a general discussion at which euinpluints or questions of neviews organizational pub policy can be aired sponsored by a group ofediJ W members from the Review UIli and Yeoman the series j meetings are intended toexPain the policies and problems I three publications tointernal i1 stuUeiits Review Editor Dl Page in nr c UllS Wfjlk shrm iirifn tVw u uaiauig in puD anon Work anrl uhn V t cipated in publications activ ua campUSi as well as begin tiff members of the three wtions to attend the con Ill Yeoman and HiOIU will Jw the same type of work each future weeks Editors of n Publication will be present at le meeting Socialist To Speak Jim Wohlforth 55 currentedict the Young Socialist will d at an Arch Seven 7 pm snn Slalsi Memorial Arch sponsored by the OberlinSocialknow toht IIis Pic is un n but a member of thenewrmed club said that other curb f the or8anzation were ci what aspects of so a he wud discuss orV0bcrlin Wohlforth helped a szthe Eugine V Debs Club grouD t1 aCtin and discussion out of organization passed existence a few years ago n J1 Rarhy Joseph Polly gives some tips on flute fingering in a drama opens 8 pm tomorrow in for nonstudents Labor Protagonists Air Views on Right To Work Right to work Ohios hottest election issue was the topic of the Students for DemocraticActionsponsored debate Fridayafternoon Dick Gelwick SDA secretary and moderator of the debateintroduced the two protagonists Damon Jones lathe operator and member of a labor union and a Lorain right to work committee and C Franklin Carrrepresentative of the Elyria division of the United Auto Workers Because of the appearances of the two men many of the audience firstpresumed that Jones clad in his work clothes and Carr dressed in a business suit represented Die views of labor and management respectively Of course theyrepresented two opposing views inlabor Jones explained his casual attire by saying that he had to go directly to work from thedebate Gelwick stated the resolution that union membership should not be a mandatory condition foremployment and gave Jones the floor Furnaces and Christmas Trees Coops Adopt Inspections In Answer to Complaints A thorough inspection of Grey Gables and Pyle Inn last April brought complaints about cooking and sanitary conditions faulty furnaces and the presence of a Christmas tree on Gables roof As a result both coops are currentlybeing run under a newlyadopted inspection system A three person subcommittee of the Residences and Dining Halls Committee conducting their periodicalinspection last April discovered several instances of what they m termed housekeeping not up 10 College standards ine nouses were not placed on probation but members were warned that they must develop a continuedawareness of responsibility Working with theFacultyCoop Advisory Committee headed last year by Prof Paul Boasecoop members devised a rigid code of inspection which includeddetailed work checklists Aninspection team consisting of the house resident the workchairman a memberatlarge and a member of the other house now checks each coop weekly Comments of the coopers have indicated that this system is at present working quite well Some glaring faults have beenunearthed and corrected AnnHorton Pyle house resident feels that there is now moreawareness on the part of individual members of the problems ofkeeping their house clean Miss Gladys Swigartmanager of Residences and Dining Halls and a member of theinspecting subcommittee commented Things ought not to get out of hand We have great hopes that this arrangement will besatisfactory and I think it will be ri i V v v John Patterson Tilly a lecture on his musical deficiencies and scene from ODVs He Who Gets Slapped The Andreyev circus Hall Auditorium Admission is free with activity cards and 90 cents for 15 minutes After apologizing for his lack of experience inpublic speaking Jones proceeded to give a calm and poised account of his position States Fundamental Issue He called the fundamental is sue which he accused foe of the amendment of deliberately ob scuring compulsion vsvoluntaryism Interpreting history as a continuous effort by man to free himself from tyranny Jonesimplied that right to work was a step in the same direction He decried compulsory unionism as a repugnant precedent contrary to American concepts and asked whether we would force some one to join the Democratic Party or the Methodist Church He read a Cleveland Plain Dealer editorial which endorsed his view Captive Workers Jones then referred to recent disclosures of the McClellansenatorial committee to show that See DEBATERS p 4 Ryerson Ed ISolc Tins is the twelfth in a scries of articles hy returned Shansi Reps Gail Baker and CharlieRyerson By CHARLIE RYERSON Kerala 136 million people packed into 14980 square miles of beautiful backwaterscocoanutstudded groves ruggedteaplantationed hills and sparkling sandy beaches Kerala new linguistic state created by StatesReorganization in 1956 Kerala ancient outpost for the traders of China and Syria and later colonialcenter for Portuguese Dutch and British imperialists Kerala with the highest literacy rate in India 54 per cent the largestpercentage of Christians 33 per cent and the greatest poverty average annual income 24 Kerala disfigured by terrible factions Roman Catholics vs Syrian Christians and allChristians vs the Hindus Moslems against all and powerful Hindu 1 Rtvifw photo by Ron Gicrc Illegal Smoking Stops Con Use The Conservatory is now closed for practicing and music listening in the evening Due to evidence of smoking in unauthorized places after previous warnings theadministration of the Conservatory has ordered the practice rooms closed after 6 pm The record library which is also used by College sudents has been cbsed because ie Oonstr eatery administration feels that everyone who uses the Conservatory has the same responsibilities to it Conservatory students havereacted to the closing with thecomments I guess it was necessary but I hate it and It shows the administration means business James S Ballinger assistant to the Conservatory director stated Because the primary material in the construction of theConservatory is wood which has been well saturated with oil over the years it would burn very rapidly if a fire ever started Any violation of the no smoking rules threatens the existence of the Conservatory the many valuable instruments iteontains and the safety of thestudents Mr Ballinger explained that smoking is therefore restricted to the student lounge adding that the honor system applies to the observance of the smoking rules and it is up o the students to enforce them The Conservatory will bereopened for evening use when the administration reaches a decision concerning the enforcement of the smoking rules ELECTION PARTY Young Democrats aresponsoring a TV Election party from 812 tonight in the Student Union Lounge Wilder Dean of Women Mary Dolliver has granted 12 pers to all women attending the party Refreshments will be served Interviews Kerala Chief castes warring among themselves Kerala first state of the Indian Republic to elect a Communist government to power During the Independence Day ceremonies of last year I went on a pilgrimage with a faculty friend to this problem state which lies just across the mountains from Madurai The pilgrimage was to interview the High Priest ofKerala Communism E M SNambudripad Chief Minister of the State Indian Intellectual E M Sankaran Nambudripads story is wellknown in India Born a wealthy Nambudri Brahmin as exclusive as one can be he sacrificed his fortune and social standing for the Communist cause He has been imprisoned andbeaten by both the British and the Congress governments and has long been recognized as one of the foremost Indian intellectuals I was shown into an airy and Revote Includes South America International Affairs Committee voted yesterday to submit three areas Russia the satellite countries and South America to the student body in a referendum to guide the Committee in selecting an area for the 1959 summer representative This action of the Committee is tentative pending Student Councils review of the decision The voteyesterday was in line with Councils direction at its meeting Sunday night that the Committeereevaluate its original finding Last week the Committee voted to place Russia the satellitecountries and Southeast Asia on a student referendum and reported this decision to Council Sunday night Because of some dissension within the Committee during the discussion at the Council meeting Council approved a motion toreturn the report to the Committee for reevaluation The first main consideration of the group yesterday was todecide whether to include four areas on the referendum in order toaccommodate more interestsrepresented on the Committee or whether to have three areas The Committee voted for three areas and then proceeded to have brief summaries of the relativeadvantages of eight different areas in order to select three for thereferendum The following regions were described by members of theCommittee briefly discussed in rela Career Conference Diversifies Expands Since 1936 Founding Students will have anopportunity to learn firsthand about the availability of careers inmanyfields and the academicrequirements for success in them during the Womens Career Conference Nov 2022 The Conference was founded in 1936 with the encouragement of then Acting Dean of WomenKatharine von Wenck and wasfollowed several years later by a similar Mens Conference which alternates biennially with the one for women A womens career conference has been held 11 times and has always been sponsored by the womens student association and planned by student committees In 22 years its format has varied See CAREERS p 4 Lapp Talks Thursday Physicist Ralph E Lappdirector of the Nuclear Science Service will speak on TheScientist and Society Thursday noon in Finney Chapel Dr Lapp served on theManhattan Project whichadministered work on the atomic bomb during World War II and asconsulting scientist for the Bikini bomb tests He is a formerscientific advisor to the WarDepartment General Staff and head of the Nuclear Physics Branch of the Office of Naval Research Dr Lapp is the author of Must We Hide Atoms and People and The Voyage of the Lucky Dragon westernfurnished upstairs study and Indias first Communist Chief Minister came forward to greet me He is a short slightly chubby and somewhat rumpled figure and was wearing western style dress As we sat down I noticed on his desk two recent editions of the New York Times My questions were answered frankly andpleasantly The Chief Minister speaks excellent English but he has asevere speech defect The following is a summary of the main points of the 30 minute interview I should caution that while the ideas are those that he expressed the words in many cases are not his exact words Land Reform Question As you know Vinoba Bhave has just completed a tour through Kerala What do you think of his land reform program and how does it differ from that of your government Answer Bhaves movement is tion to each other and voted upon Southeast Asia NorthAfrica South America South Africa Central Africa Russia the Middle East and the satellite countries Student Council President John Graybeal and Vice President Jim Owens sat in on the IAC meeting yesterday Graybeal when asked by Committee Chairman Roberta Meserve gave a brief statement of why Council had directed IAC to reevaluate its report Students To Serve In Childrens Ward At Mental Hospital Motivated by the limitedhousing insufficient medical facilities and generally untrained staff of Cleveland State Mental Hospital Tom Mayer has organized a group of 30 students to assist in the therapeutic program of theHospitals childrens ward According to Mayer the aim of this program is to inject a little more meaning into the barren lives of these children who will probably spend the rest of their lives in a mental institution Since lack of interest patterns is one of the chief problems of the mentally sick the program as set up by the hospital will attempt to stimulate interest in four areas education recreation music and occupation Studentsparticipating in this program plan to work with the 40 patients in the childrens ward The groups tentative visiting days areMonday Wednesday and Thursday Mayer urged all interestedstudents to contact him at Barrows for further information RULES VIOLATION The Judicial Committee of OAWS recently tried and tookaction on two violations of womens rules Yales Niebuhr Predicts Less Religious Diversity By KAY WOODRUFF Just as national patriotism and individuality can exist andincrease within a nation so unity and diversity can exist andincrease within a church asserted Dr H Richard Niebuhr Sterling Professor of Theology andChristian Ethics at the Yale Divinity School in an interview Sunday Dr Niebuhr predicted that there will be a reduction in the diversity of Americas religions The present tendency towardemphasizing the liturgical ceremony the everpresent theologicalmovements and movements inrespect to moral issues bridge the diversity of Americas religions an interesting experiment and I hope for its success But we must keep in mind that there is nodoctrinaire Bhave movement Vinoba is continually rethinking his ideas as his experience and insight deepens For example he is now emphasizing Gramdam gift of an entire village rather than his earlier Bhoodan individual gifts of land Land reform programs must be continually evolving and both Bhave and I can learn from each other and from other people I believe there must be landreSee KERALA CHIEF p 4 NEGRO COLLEGE EXCHANGE Students interested inparticipating in the Colleges exchange program with three Negrocolleges must apply to Prof Milton Yinger by Friday Nov 14 Those accepted will spend the secondsemester at Fisk UniversityHampton Institute or AtlantaUniversity Debates Choice Before Council By CARL BEWIG The question of whether to consider three or four areas of possible destinations for next summers foreign representative became the topic for heated contention at SundaysStudent Council meeting as two factions ofInternational Affairs Committee engaged in a spontaneous seesaw debate on this matter The IAC report presented by chairman Roberta Meserveoutlined three proposed areas for the 1959 summer rep program It also proposed to educate the student body on these area possibilities through Review articles anddining hall forums since the campus will have a voice in the finaldecision through a referendumadministered by the Committee However several IAC members argued that South America as a fourth possibility or a substitute for one of the three regionsalready decided upon should bereexamined The Committee had voted before selecting specific areas to limit the numberpresented to the student body to three Internal Irresponsibility Some members later felt that because of the closeness of the vote this matter should bereconsidered Miss Meserverepeatedly maintained that theCommittees selection of three areas was supposedly final and that anadditional area or areas could not be handled In view of this dissension and what Miss Meserve termed theinsubordination of the Committee Council members passed amotion to return the report to the Committee for reevaluation and further discussion of the areas to be included on the studentreferendum Earlier in the meeting Steve Treffman 60 was appointed from a slate of five candidates to fill a vacancy on IAC Faced with the ticklish problem of filling six vacancies on theNational Student Associationsubcommittee from a list of seven candidates Council afterextensive deliberation appointed Barbara Bovee Pete Kahn Vaughn McKim Paul Potter Elaine Solomon and John Stamas Potter was tentatively appointed coordinator pending a written statement from him next week He also noted that newmovements tend to be national incharacter It is questionable whether one denomination can meet the needs of all people Dr Niebuhrcommented Diverse culturalbackgrounds and regional differences create the variety of worship in America This variety he claimed is the function of the American melting pot though he noted that the melting pot works more slowly in church than inindustry Religious Enterprise Dr Niebuhr explained that there is a certain amount of free enterprise in American churches so that new groups arise as new needs arise Each group grows as the people with specialinspirations gather others around them This phenomenon is notpeculiarly American Dr Niebuhrcautioned though it is more active in America because of theprotection afforded through theconstitutional guarantee of freedom of religion Dr Niebuhr noted As long as we dont become static wellprobably create new groups Thisdiversity is not bad It is diversity that is dogmatic which is difficult to get along with Necessary Distinction This distinction needs to be made in the case of mission work he stated Missionaries frequently have difficulty in separating Christian faith from the American way of life Groups must be given the opportunity to developChristian ethos in independence He added Indigenous leadership is necessary in missions Following the interview Dr Niebuhr spoke on TheConversion of Our Religion for the first AllCollege Vespers service