1960_02 The Daily Collegian February 1960

              EDITORIAL COMMENTS
Loan Merits Outweigh Faults
The Collegian has watched with interest in past months
as colleges throughout the country have expressed opinions
concerning loyalty provisions in the National Education De¬
fense act loan program.
The loan program is designed to provide needy students]
'   with loans which can be paid off over a long period at low-
interest. This semester alone, Fresno State College distrib¬
uted some ?17.0oo through the program.
Many colleges have refused the federal loans because stu¬
dents are required to sign an affidavit of non-allegiance to
any organization seeking overthrow of the government in
addition to the usual oath to the constitution.
Students and administrators have voiced their strong
criticism over this "double" swearing of allegiance. They ask
why other citizens who lxirrow from the government do not
have to submit to such a process.
Some colleges say the signing of the "extra" affidavit is
contrary to letting students make up their own minds as to
what is truth.
While we see obviously good arguments for those who
would abolish the affidavit, we also sec obviously poor argu
ments in those schools which tum down the loan funds.
What it amounts to is this: the affidavit has no practica
value. It would not stand in the way of a Communist. And
does seemingly infer that college students arc not to 1
trusted and so need two loyalty statements before they a:
declared "clean."
Recognizing this, we still hold that the program is t<
good to turn down. It is undoubtedly the best thing that hi
happened to enable students with limited incomes to finish j
school. Its repayment program may be spread over 10 ;
We are in favor of abolishing the extra loyalty affidavi I
but disapproval should not be voiced by rejection of the|
program.
Colleges which shun the loan program are probably hurt
ing their own students. If the program is to be turned down
it should be done by the person who is affected — the
student
—Th* Fresno Stat* Colleg. Colleglcn-
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Manager Voices Complaints
On Bookstore Shoplifting
By Chuck Zimmerman
The Fresno State College Bookstore is apparently no dif
ferent from off-campus retail stores when it comes to loss
because of customer pilferage and "petty thievery."
Vernice Holmes, bookstore manager, said, "There has been
pilferage by students and a few have been caught. They arc
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