1939_02 The Daily Collegian February 1939

              THE FRESNO STATE COLLEGE COLLEGIAN
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YOUTH PREPARES FOR WAR
As a result of action taken by Fresno State
College officials, students attending State next
year may sit comfottably in the cockpit of the
modern war machine—thc airplaive^rhd praoicc
itvbccoming bigger and better KILLERS!
Thus thc educational institution1 of the famed
San Joaquin Valley will probably become famed
for thc brand of war fodder that it turned out in
the years of thc Roosevelt National Defense Pro-
For lately it has become known that the administration of thc college has put on file with
the Civil Aeronautics Association an application
for funds with which thc training of college students in thc ways and ' " ~~
tray begin.
At the present time a $350,000 experiment in
the training of students under army rule is taking
place in various educational institutions of the
-nation. Included in thc National Defense Program
now pending action of Congress is a substantial
amount devoted to that one cause—the training
of 20.000 air pilots in thc colleges and universities
of thc nation. Thus, as an advance stage of R. O.
T. C, militarism, as known to the regimented
youth of Europe, is prescribed for young America.
tirdy optional with thc students—in the beginning. Such was thc case of the R. O. T. C in many
universities and colleges, but
of the curriculum of such institutions.
Military academics have undoubtedly proved
their worth to those in warfare as a profession.
However, it is our impression as well as that of
many other students that an educational institution is devised and operated for thc best
of the students who attend and thc state in which
they have to live. Wc fail to see thc difference between thc regimented R. O. f. C and air training program which hog-tics youth in Europe.
Educational institutions have been built in the post
for the purpose of education in thc ways of life
and peace, not in thc methods of destruction and
Dictatorship is the model of those who
would bind and fetter thc youth of today in chains
of war.
Lesser   Without;   Greater Within
Pointing toward even a lesser college is the
mood of the era!
From the Carnegie Foundation report compiled by Dr. Walter A. Jcssup. president,
the word that the ideal college possesses an enrollment of about 500 and that a 2000 registra-
tion becomes unwieldy and inefficient. These
words, derived from Dr. Jessup's report, indicate,
a revision of the system that has been fostered
and ballyhooed by colleges.
Stressing thc ideal that thc college shoojd improve thc product (thc student) rather than the
institution should go without saying, but thc
practices of Big Production 'have prevailed and
All factors of college administration drive
toward thc augmentation of the enrollment with
large classes and a low paid Ph.D. handling thc
massive groups. This system created a type of
student who is known as thc itinerant or fleeting
According to Dr. Jcssup a college to this
dent is a cafeteria wherein the opportunity is
forded not only to pick and choose within a r
institution, but to transfer in and out of ir
tions and departments. Fresno State College
its 21 per cent of out-of-town students wou'
guilty of Dr. Jessup's charge.
All emphasis is placed upon growing
'  out while insufficient importance is placed
excelling within.
BUTTERMILK TO BRAILLE
iccpresident drinking butte,
rvous indigestion suff,c,
placated to tolerate a tn-weckly ctsckt.nl |„.r
would not be unusual. But should this tame cxecu
live deliberately pour ihis same buttermilk onto
thc mirror surface of his mahogany desk, wipin.
up the curdy mess only after it had begun to Unit would probably bring a raised eyebrow fmnj
his secretary and a variety of mild oaths from tnc
office boy.
However insane such an action might seem
to an uninformed office force, thc first vicc-pres,.
dent would in thc minds of eye health expem
be doing a very sensible thing—he would merely
be taking obvious steps to cut down desk ejlte
and therefore eyestrain as well.
Why thc buttermilk? Simply because thc lactic
acid this innocent dairy product contains is i
weak, but effective luster-dulling agent. And why
cut down on eyestrain? Simply because tnnx.
fourths of our sense impressions arc predicated
on normal eyesight.
Thc eye health survey and program retenrit
inaugurated at Fresno State College will m-
doubtcdly produce some interesting and hup: ,1
results. Perhaps the commission will be able M
get some of the class room windows washed for
thc first time since they were installed dirty
windows cut out -10 per cent of thc liglu ulnj,
through, says experts
Or perhaps thc commission will be able to
bring pressure to bear which will outlaw the
practice of some departments  of  miiltigraphiai
with purple ink on yellow paper—a crime « :
student eyesight if there ever was one.
Or perhaps a movement may be started to pet
individual reading lamps for the  reserve  room
Because, some 180 students   of   thc  present
00 enrollment will suffer severe loss til visual
acuity by the time they graduate, thc prcwut eye
health program   in.! :
heeded, prove of incalculable benefit lo those who
Medical Center Plans
,*£? by0'Bnn,n7*B.'rr,K7n,n'r.-I*on' New'.Equipment Purchase    *£ «£«* JST^*' ££
Growth to a point is necessary.
n^^anii-al limitations have been reached the
finemenr of the existing structure seems to be
important cWetopment. Let Fresno State
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