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PAGE 2—EDITORIALS
Up to Student Leaders
The Campus Chal
Wednesday. November 4, 1964
Interest Can Decide
Compact's Success
When the s *nat«? approved tin- Mi«-
nouri Vallev Student Compact last
week. I'SNT leader* took another step
toward buildinK what they hope will
l e a letter ami stronger Missouri \ al-
ley Conference.
The compact wan pn |H swl Oct 1"
at a conference in Wichita with six
members of the MVC attemlinjf
The purpose of the compact will l>e
to create more cooperation, i xi hange
of idea* and competition between the
conference schools in areas other than
sjxirts. I'SNT Vice-President I>an
White said that this t\pe i.f coopera-
tion in the conference could also brinK
the schools closer together and "Im-
prove the athletic competition between
schools that are a jrreat distance
apart."
The real advantaKes to the compact,
however, will probably lie within the
three other areas of exchange >et up
by the conference arts and debate,
student jfovernnient and journalism.
In the area of debate, the confer-
ence appointed North Texas to plan
a Missouri Vallev debate tournament
For journalism the conference pro-
IKJsed that itn exchange program be
started between the \'alle> schools so
that a central information center can
lie established
Other proposals by the conferenct
included awarding a traveling trophy
to the school showing the most spirit
and sportsmanship and compiling a
road trip pamphlet that will be dis-
tributed to all schools in the confer-
ence
CS.NT President Jim Hitfhtower ex-
plained that each member school will
contribute money from its student
government funds and as stain as the
chairman school, Bradley University,
starts receiving funds, work will bejrin
on the various projects
Both Hiv'htouer and White are hi^rh-
Iv optimistic about the compact and
are confident thai it will help improve
relations and competition between the
schools in the valley.
With most of the schools in the
.Missouri Vallev Conference separated
by great distances, some formula has
been needed to liring the schools closer
together in competitive spirit and co-
operation The conference schools now
have a chance for tin- with the pro-
posed Valley < onipact
If the compact is successful and
strong projects are initiated and con-
tinued. it might even help the Valley's
i^tittu- .inuinir other conferences in
the nation.
Whether the compact and its pro-
jects will be -uccessful, however, de-
pends wholly on the student leaders
of the participating schools and wheth-
ei they have the interest to carry out
Mich a program.
Stan Houston
It s About Time
■ i |
Campaign's Finale Brings
1' * j
Pedce, Relief to Campus
The 1%-I political campaign is fi-
nally over, and it's a great relief. Now
the name-calling, the arguments and
the barrage of propAi&uda may cease.
Campus life will probably erm very
peaceful after this disturbing cam-
paign. (tone will be the sound trucks,
the bumper -dickers and' the personal
antagonism that jeopardized friend-
ships.
This campaign has been most
emotional of our lifetime IWause of
the bitter nature of the attacks on
both sides, our live.* have been a little
harder to live for four months.
Regardless of our personal feeling
about the outcome--be it joy, indif-
ference or disappointment we can
find a large consolation in its coming.
The winner should receive our loyal-
ty. He has the world's heaviest job
on his shoulders The loser- should
have our encouragement To them goes
the job of providing conscientious, ef-
fective opposition over the next four
years They must provide the construc-
tive criticism that helps moderate the
18th Olympiad
majoritv parts All professional poli-
ticians play an ini|«irtant part in gov-
ernment
Those of us who went to the polls
I'uesdav also played an important part.
This campaign served one good pur-
pone in that it awakened a sleepy elec-
torate and inspired a great deal of ac-
tive interest.
Kven students who could not vote
this year have had a good priming for
their presidential balloting debut in
I '.Mis The harsh, well-publicized politi
cal combat of this vear made many
minors determined to cast their vote
as soon as thev are eligible
Now that the campaign is over, it's
a good tirne to patch things up. A good
attitude now may erase some of the
dirt of the combat.
Perhaps remembering some of the
lessons of this campaign will help us
participate intelligently in the next
one energetically and actively, but
also prudently.
Temple Pouncey
Competition Gives Insight
To International Cultures
The 18th Olympiad, which recently
ended in Tokyo, ha- given the people
of the world a new insight into the
understanding that can be gained
through athletic competition
Although the Olympics have in re-
cent years been called a propaganda
struggle between Ka>t and West, then-
value in increasing understanding and
friendliness among every nation com-
peting cannot be overstated
Since the games were revived in
!x!i6, they have become an established
tradition in promoting and aiding this
understanding between nations
through common association of ath
letic representatives.
Through living together at the
Olympic Village anil competing to-
gether in the various sports, the ath-
letes of more than 90 nations can
learn and appreciate the problems and
wa.vs i,| life of other countries.
Kven though the I'nited States and
Kiis-ia dominated the games, every
nation present had its own specialty
and won at least one medal. Hikila
A be be of tiny Kthiopia became the
first man to win the 26-mile marathon
twice, thus gaining a mea> ure of recog-
nition for his country.
I he closing ceremonies particularly
characterized the atmosphere of the
games \ group of New Zealand ath-
lete- showed the spirit and enthusiasm
of everyone when thev broke ranks
and loped around the track in one
last ceremonious romp, waving and
grinning as they went.
The Olympics are truly a graphic
illustration of how all nations can un-
derstand and appreciate the culture
and way of life of others.
Lehman Holder
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feeerjr Wednesday and Kriday < during the Ion*
term* flaptemhar thmuifh May and weekly
'every Friday j durintr th* aumvner imiIoii, June
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U.S. Two-Party System Here to Stay
Dr. Gantt Says Third Party Has No Chance for Success
H> JIMMIK ( K VK.
Kvcry fnur ye rs th*- American votrr
watcheK the Hpectacle of l imlltical partlva
tilfhtunf i|v |h iately for VShitf Muiine con-
trol Octaiionally a thiol Kr<>uj> xu|>|>ort« a
i anilnlatr, hot with almotit no chance of mie-
res*.
1'oen the future hold any major change*
in the political party ay litem which flutters
uch rouirh rivalry? Could our form of
government iturvive without the two-party
system ?
These are questions which political oh-
servem are conaiderini these days.
t'11ntori Kossitei. political historian and
author of "l'a.-tie and Politics in America,"
i sure of one thinv the parties are here to
stay "The essence of demot rai y is politic*,"
he write* in his hook, "and politic! without
purties in a widespread and diverse com-
munity is really not politics <it all."
1>i Fred (iantt of the North Texas irov
ernment faculty, who teaches a course on
the political parties, points out that Ameri
cans should expect no drastic changes in the
political party system.
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"We will prohahly have the same party
system for a Ionic time," he said
I>r. (iantt explained that the t,-. S con-
stitutional system is geared to two parties.
"Our system wouldn't work in u multiparty
system," he pointed out "I don't think any
third party will have a chance "
In (iantt explained that the major iin
portame of the third party is to brunt up
political issues not to elect presidents. "The
I 'roh i hit ion I'arty," he said, "is a good ex-
ample of a third party that forced an im-
portant political issue "
Aaron Henry, chairman of tin Mississippi
Ki lom Hemmiatic I'arty, said when lie
spoke here Oct 7 that he didn't lielieve that
his party had any possibilities of becoming
a major political party. However, he did
add that it achieved one of its goals of
arousing the public's concern for racial (lis
criminal ion in Mississippi.
Political moderation will be the most si^r
nifleant change in the future of politics, I r
(iantt predicts.
Itepuhlicans, looking to the future, are re-
ported by wutei Rossiter to have made
these predictions
I. The continuing rise in income, status,
education, average age and proportion of
women to men in the American electorate,
all of which art* forces that are known to
push voters gently toward the respectable
conservatism of the Republicans.
L' The growth of the suburb as a steady
counterpoise to the Democratic city and to
the increasingly unpredictable country.
:t. The growing habit of many Southern-
ers to vote Republican in presidential elec-
tions.
I The possibilities that the organization
of American workers into unions may have
reached the saturation point and that a
healthy fraction of these workers will al-
ways vote Republican no matter how heavi-
ly their leaders swing to Democrats.
For comparison, Rossiter lists three
courses that have been predicted for the
Southern Democrats They include:
1 To form some kind of third party the
••real" democracy that would continue to
govern each Southern state as it is presently
governed, hold the balance of power in the
electoral college and make the U-st bargains
it can with the most willing party currently
in Congress.
2 To follow the path staked out in the
presidential elections of l',i5J and 1956 and
into a genuine two party pattern, first in
states like Texas. Virginia and Florida and
eventually in South Carolina and Mississip-
pi
:> To hold on as long as possible to the
present situation, certainly until the North-
ern Democrats force a final disruption by
eliminating both the filibuster and the sen-
iority rule, which they may never lie able
or willing to do.
Regardless of the direction the political
parties take in the future, most political
authorities agree that the problem of what
the American people expect of a political
party will arise.
"Let us ask more of our politics than we
have hitherto received," Rossiter writes.
"Hut let us not make the mistake of asking
more than it can give
"Our party system will continue to serve
us well as long as we keep the old definition
firmly in mind: Politics is the art of the
possible."
Reviewing Pivotal States in 64 Election
Dr. Fred GanH lookt over a chart showing the states that are always main targets
for presidential candidates. The candidates try to win their support because they
have 13 or more electoral votes. Dr. Gantt sees no future changes in this type of
campaigning or in the two-party system.
As an Afterthought
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Outdated Beatnik Tries
To Explain 'New Man'
"The \ristos" b> John Fow lev Little, Hrown
and Co., 216 pp., November 1964, $5.
The labyrinth of a human mind is a
strange, usually unexplored area into which
few men dare to venture. Kver since Socra-
tes described these few explorers in his met-
Clergy's Inability May Cause Rebellion
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njjht to rdlt whrn ni" r - ry |,rttrm should Iw
atoned.
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at :h* r.* t Office at lirnt.-n, Tea a*, under the
Art of March .V lt7t
Kei>re« nted hy National Advert lain* Serviraa.
Inr Hulnicription raU-a.
delivered ! • mail M
Hy TOM SHI FORD
In a recent Chat article several Denton
ministers reported the tendency of college
students to ignore church activities.
Most of the ministers interviewed felt
the basis of the
problem lies in a
student's attempt to
find his own social
position during his
college years The
rebellion against
church attendance,
they general! y
agreed, is only a
small part of an
over-all rebellion
against authority
One minister
doubted that a stu-
dent's rejection of
the church "includes a valid evaluation of
what the church is doing or trying to do."
lb pointed out that the church wants "to
speak to tin student on his level on the is
sues that concern him in relation to the
world."
However, the clergy itself may be partial-
ly responsible for the gap between collegians
and church activities Recently the clergy
received severe criticism in a Parade maga-
zine article for its inability to -ope with or
even understand the problems of a modern
\mencan society
I he critics, far from being outspoken
atheists or agnostics, were leading clergy-
men of the Catholic, Protestant and Jewish
religions, the three predominant faiths in
A merica
IN DJVINITV SCHOOLS
l'hey point out that poor education in
divinity schools leaves many ministers un-
able to communicate with ordinary people
about everyday problems and even less
equipped to help emotionally disturbed peo-
ple
The late Pope Pius XII, who led the way
tft modernizing" the Roman Catholic Church,
declared in that seminaries needed to
develop a more modern outlook and a less
isolated environment for the education of
young men.
A Protestant writer, the late Rev. Samuel
N Shoemaker of the < alvary Kpiscopa!
Church in Pittsburgh, said, "The problem
of the seminaries has always lieen that of
scholarship divorced from life " A rabbi, Dr.
Neil (iillman of the Jewish Theological Sem-
inary in New York, lielieves the clergy's
major problem is lieing unable to "attack
some of the deepest difficulties of the com-
munity, primarily the personal problems of
the congregation "
College students in late-hour religious dis-
cussions among themselves sometimes ex-
press dissatisfaction with the clergy's fail-
ure to talk alxmt today's moral issues in the
pulpit They find their ministers unable to
discuss anything except theology.
Some of the problem may come from the
minister's inability to meet college students
on their true educational level. Kducational
preparation for the Kilo or so seminaries in
the United States and Canada vain - great
ly. Some denominations, believing anyone
inspired by (iod capable of preaching, require
little or no formal training Others require
a college degree and from four to six years
of seminary training for ordination.
MINIS'! IsRS 1 NPRKPARKD
However, clergymen are beginning to
realize all these systems of education fail
to prepare the minister, priest or rabbi for
his expanded role in modern society.
Other leaders, who feel that a minister
hould know something about his congrega-
tion's personal and business life in order to
help guide it spiritually, urged studies in ad-
ministration, organization, economics, labor
and race relations and educational psychol-
ogy.
"A steadily increasing number of priests
are enrolled in universities and colleges for
further studies, which range from the pure
Behind the News
sciences to the humanities arid professional
education," said the Very Rev Paul ,! Hal
linan, archbishop of Atlanta.
A program started by the McCormick
Theological Seminary in Chicago sends stu-
dents out to work in factories and on labor-
ing jobs in the summer so that the future
ministers may gain an insight into the lives
that some of their congregations may lead.
"The object," declared Rev. Arthur McKay,
president of the seminary, "is for these
young fellows to learn to understand the
men they work with and not to prejudge them
or their problems. We hope they'll under-
stand how a man's work affects his spiritual
life."
These programs and the Ideals to which
they are geared could tremendously upgrade
the position of today's ministers If carried
out, they not only would narrow the wide
gap between the college student and the
church hut also cut the distance between the
minister and the rest of his congregation.
A minister could become an effective force
in American life.
President Faces Issues
H> OLIVIA McCLARAN
The presidential election is over, but the
issues remain.
The American people have this week not
solved or compromised any of the situations
which the nation faces. In the election >,f the
president, the electorate has only decided
from which angle to approach the problems
this administration will face.
On the home front, the president and his
cabinet will be confronted with maintaining
the present momentum in U. S economy.
That may take some fresh federal action,
according to the Wall Street Journal Posi-
tions will have to be taken on such topics as
U. S. balance-of-payments, which the Chicago
Tribune reports to be a little out of balance
Further tax reduction and improvement of
the tex system are under consideration. Kx-
panding world trade and promoting responsi-
ble price-wage decisions need deliberation.
Some of the nation's industrial employers
fear that the recent I'nited Auto Workers
wage settlements will provoke other unions
to seek similar labor benefits They argue
that the profits of other industries don't
compare with the profits of the auto indus-
try. Steel, another pattern-setting industry,
begins bargaining talks after Jan I And
from the Wall Street Journal, there are in-
dications the United Steel Workers are going
to push for higher benefits to compare with
those won hy the CAW
(Questions on the monetary policy must
also be settled The Federal Reserve has been
warned not to tighten credit until li is sure
inflation or an excessive flow of U. S. funds
overseas is under way. Hut some economists
feel it is the Reserve's duty to jump in early
and head off inflationary "threats."
In matters concerning foreign policy, the
United States has suggested negotiations
over a nuclear test-ban treaty with Red Chi-
na, a government the I'nited States still re-
fuses to recognize The war in Viet Nam,
says the Wall Street Journal, may take on a
new look. The Communists appear to be re-
vising their strategy. They are abandoning
their plans for staging an all out military of-
fensive against the American-supported
South. Instead they hope to win control of the
country through stepped up political sub
ve rsion.
In the problem of integrating foreign trade
with foreign policy, the United States is
faced with the attitude of Hritain's new l.u-
hor government. Cordon Walker, foreign
secretary for Harold Wilson, has said that
even though Kngland will not sell arms to
Cuba, he does believe in noncontraband trade
with the smaller island government. Also in
the Hritish line of thinking is the possibility
thai the recent grain purchase by Russia from
Canada is for shipment to Cuba. And Hrit-
ain's new import tax, although said to lie
only temporary has hurt U. S. exports there
Clearly, an awareness of more than just
scandalous goings-on in a necessity to handle
the complex world politics.
aphor of the cave, they have been known
by a common name philosophers
Whenevei u person dips into the reaches of
Ins mind for the whys and wherefores of his
life, his discoveries must enlighten and pro-
voke the masses who remain outside. John
Fowled, upbeat author of "The Collector,"
furnishes a travelogue of his own mental
trip in his latest publication. "The Aristos."
Fowles' hook cannot be called a novel any
more than Plato's Republic" can It is simply
a set of 10 metaphysical topics that Fowles
discusses in epigrammatic sentences, each
numbered as though it were a verse in the
Bible.
I he fact that "The Aristos" is occasionally
an enlightening book proves that, a study of
any articulate mind would be worthwhile;
it any could be pointless, it would surely be
Fowles'.
RKHKLLIONS V(.\INS'| SOCII-m
" I he Aristos" is Fowles' attempt to ex-
plain himself, people like him and what they
believe Hut too often the explanations show
that he and his cohorts are simply outdated
beatniks, and their beliefs are well-worn
rebellions against society
Deriving most of his ideas from lleracli-
tus, Fowles defines "The Aristos" as "a new
man, an ideal and typical nonconformist.
"The Aristos is outside the Many the shep-
herd."
For the most part, the ideas of the Aris-
tos author are predictable oversimplified,
clouded in polysyllables and dogmatic. Fowles
seems so impressed with the sound of his
words that he often contradicts himself, di-
minishing the book to a bearded "Poor Rich-
ard's Almanack."
Of the 10 all-encompassing sections and
subheads, a few ideas are fresh and well
stated. "If fleas could think," Fowles wrote
under a two-page group modestly titled "The
t niversal Situation, "they would say man
had been created to support fleakind; man
has the flea s-eye view of the whole."
Other topics that Fowles skips over in a
page or two include good and evil, death,
Christianity, sex and education, each cram
med into a single sentence like an unpoetic
Knhli 1 (iibran or a KIXL think-it-over.
But perhaps it would be better to let
Fowles speak for himself.
On the universe: "The nonself of life is
death; the nonself that allows me to have
individuality and particularity is the It. So
behind every individual thing lies the It."
HOTKLS, NOT HOMES
On death: "Some people treat their bodies
as hotels, not homes."
On voting "An intelligent man is not the
same as an ignoramus: yet this is what the
polling booth says."
On the arts: "Science is always in paren-
thesis; poetry is not."
On population control: "If we claim we are
Oee to I like rabbits, then the War will
see that we die like them."
On sex: "The excessive commercialization
of sex is not the brightest jewel in capital-
ism's crown."
Occasionally a verse is not an epigram,
but just a fact, like "Three quarters of the
(Algerian) peasant population have an in-
come of under a year "
But for the most par' the passages are
opinions of an existentialist-Aristocrat who
perhaps described himself best in Aristos
1:16 "Men anti-all, ami pro-nothing."
HILL I'KRKINS
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