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...chaos of South Vietnam politics after the 1954 armistice it was difficult to distinguish French collaborators from genuine nationalists, and temporary allies of the Viet Minh from real Communists. The only non-communist political groups with any kind of grass roots following were the Cal Dai and Hoa Hao religious sects. But understandably American officials could not stomach any kind of permanent association with these tribes. And anyway they too had a history of collaboration with the French. Americans turned then quite naturally to the certain anti-communism and Western orientation of Catholics who composed a great majority...
...coming year are Raymond A. Sokolov '63, of Lowell House and Detroit, Mich., President: Christian B. Peper, Jr. '63 of Lowell House and St. Louis, Mo., vice-President; Joseph R. Kendler '64, of Eliot House and Brooklyn, N.Y., secretary; and Henry Schwarz '64 of Adams House and Los Angeles, Cal., treasurer...
...John J. Rhodes (R-Ariz.) became the second Republican Congressman to speak at the University in less than 24 hours yesterday. He quickly dispelled any other grounds of similarity to his Congressional colleague Robert Wilson (R-Cal.) who spoke before the Harvard Young Republicans two nights ago, by exuding a conservatism that contrasted strongly to the latter's middle-of-the-road view...
Reactions by official Washington were fairly predictable. Rep. Chet Holifield (D-Cal.), chairman of the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy, one of the leading proponents of renewed atmospheric testing, said the students were "full of baloney." Sen. John O. Pastore (D.-R.I.) vice-chairman of the committee, was one of the few Congressmen who would not even grant an appointment to the students. He told a student reporter he was against "emotional outbursts" in place of well-founded, knowledgeable democratic opinion" and was insulted at the students "questioning the ability of chosen leaders to make decisions...
...Learn or Perish." Cal's effort goes far beyond the old image of university extension programs, which had their beginnings in agronomy courses for farmers and evening classes for teachers. About 80% of Cal's extension students-who are mostly married, mostly men, and who average 32 years of age-have attended college: 60% have bachelor degrees; 10% have graduate degrees. They include, as one astonishing example, two out of every three California lawyers. The big motive is to keep up. "It's no longer possible for the educational process to stop," says Dean Paul Sheats, Cal...