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Title: What do you think
Language: English
Source: The Carolinian Volume XV (Issue No. 9) October 1951
Year: 1951
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Fulltext: What Do You Think NOTE: On dishing out the topic question for this issue we had to dip our noses into a lot of hokey-pokey and come out with nothing a bit interesting than Hirohito's indifference to the four freedoms or Mama's special dish of spaghetti. Until we bumped into a statement that appeared in the Reader's Digest (July) coming from an acclaimed soldier and citizen of the free world . . . "Everyone has a plan for peace. These plans look good on paper, but we ll never have peace as long as there are hungry people in the world." That was Dwight D. Eisenhower. Let's hear now from among ourselves. About this Question of Peace . . . • Mr. Adrian Miciano, College of Engineering, says: If it is pos sible to profess the same religious faith to all peoples of the world, there will be a congruence of the same fears and the same ends. Let that be and the United Na tions will run out of business. Adrian Miciano—Engineering • Mr. Cesar Jamiro, College of Commerce says: Bigheads in the UNO have for some time pooled their brains together with as much flavor on diplomacy as was safe enough; they have done a lot of bickering with each other bear ing on the least conceivable de tail in an effort to thresh out a little peace settlement or nego tiate some kind of a treaty until facts underwent heavy twisting, wrangling and distortion, winding the whole mess into such an un happy conclusion as to cause them to start all over again. All I can say is, small potatoes that we are, we ought to stand aside and pay our taxes. That ought to let them go on hankering. They'll be so busy tossing their tonsils all over the place, they'll forget about war. Meanwhile, peace. Lux Evangelista—Education • Miss Luz M. Evangelista, Col lege of Education, says: The word peace is not as big as it sounds. Peace should start at home. If every family stays together with love and faith, the community will remain happy and contented to such a proportion as would invite the whole country to remain as ideally peaceful. Being thus, all elements of the nation become united. There is strength in any unity. Strength bears results, one of which is capacity to defend and remain safe from aggression — thus, peace. Cdsar Jamiro—Commerce Conducted byz JAY VERLE '' Francisco Borromeo—Lib, Arts • Mr. Francisco S. Borromeo, College of Lib. Arts, says: There is no such thing as lasting peace. All along the years, history has recounted tales of bloody wars. Tribes and armies clashed against each other with such ferocity as did render human lives less val uable than thrones qnd lands. Kings and dictators saw no way to avenge each other's lust for dominion than by the use of arms and man power. Today, Russia wants supremacy which the rest of the world refuse to give her. It is the same old story which must conclude in the proverbial arena and not, absolutely not, behind desks. It is a helluva waste of time. • Miss Luz Sepulveda, Secre tarial Course, says: It is just like going fishing in a no-fish water. One can't get fish except direct from Almighty God. (Continued on page 35) Page 8 THE CAROLINIAN ROTCHATTER (Continued from page 14) sent were high military officials and sponsors of the different corps. All in all the evening was wonderful and delightful. A series of radio programs will be regularly presented by the Cadet Corps twice a month. As a starter, a radio program was aired last week and among the participants were Mr. Danny Holganza popular radio songster and Staff Sergeant Romeo Sta. Cruz of the USC Unit. Songs, light comedies, humorous anecdotes and portrayal of ROTC personalities and news usually form the repertoire. Cebu City's ROTC units have been requested to participate in these programs. They have been sponsored to ap praise the people of the importance of the ROTC training of our youth and to bring the masses closer to our Armed Forces. As part of the ROTC orientation training, the Supreme ROTC Frater nity spearheaded by Frank Borro meo, agreed to have an observation tour to neighboring provinces to ob serve the doings of other ROTC units. If plans do not miscarry the trip will be pushed through some time in December. HERE'S NEWS FOR THE SAD-SACK: Coming from the Commandant's office is on order requiring all cadets to wear proper uniforms whether they are in or out side the parade grounds. OD's and FOD's are given instructions to check on these sloppy cadets and give them demerits. An other special order is that beginning next semester squad leaders will have additional duties aside from being squad leaders. They will have to attend special classes to orient themselves with the different phases of commands and to enhance their efficiency in leadership. The USC "sad socks" will no longer go straight to the drill grounds without attend ing mass on Sunday. The problem of cadets not attending mass was solved by the De partment with the requirement that Sunday drillers shall hove to attend mass on Sun day or be dropped from the roster of cadets. Officiating on these special Sunday masses is Rev. Father Schonfeld. NEWSETTES ON THE SIDELINES: From among the oomphious sights we made out all the luck in the world when a 19 years young. Miss Celeste Rubi, obligingly stood up to her full five-feet-four and winsomely honoured us with her con WHAT IS RUSSIAN . . . (Continued from page 34) "Because the graves are for our dead heroes," indignantly shot back the young woman. With biting logic the American shot back, "Well, you said Com munists haven't any souls, and so sent to be this year's ROTC Corps Sponsor. Miss Rubi from the Sec retarial stools shied from her inter viewers but missed to hide the sur face fact that she possesses about everything that ought to get this man's army clicking. So simple and unaristocratic, she will remain in an enviable pedestal before the boys and we won't be surprised to get a report one of these days about a guy in the ranks who broke his arm on that rifle just trying to im press her! We are proud to introduce here our Rose among the "sponsorial" array: Miss Rosario Mercader, 2nd Battalion. When we landed our first sight on her, Spain suddenly re vealed herself before us. And the 1st Battalion is coloured by a cute little package of heart ache in the person of Miss Editha Po. (Did I hear a moan?) Because of her cadet elbowed the man be side him and asked, painfully: Why weren't you born a pretty dame? Amen, brother, we say to you. Miss Luz Evangelista graces the Corps Stall. That feminine air, that look in her eyes, those cheeks, and . . . uhhh, that figure. Pardon me, but if you insist, she has also that frame of mind that'll floor you. The boys need that, especially in those times when blank is blank. And here, a declaimer in her own right, is Miss Dahlia Cadell, 3rd Battalion. M'gosh, fellahs, why don't you just get busy and hunt them up rather than screw me tight for adjectives. I ain't no Shakespeare! WHAT DO YOU THINK . . . (Continued from page 8) • Mr. Manuel Baylosis, College of Law, says: Get a load of this: Orator: ( remonstratingly ) Dear ... Wife: After everything, don't master your art on me. I've just about got my right foot home to mother. Orator: But dear . . Wife: Not a word from you! Orator: But . . Wife: Shaddup or I'll . . Orator: Lord, even unto mine home, cans't Thou bless me with peace?—Now what are we talk ing about? these heroes were just animals. Horses and heroes both fought and died for your Revolution. Both, ac cording to you, were animals. Why not erect- tombstones over both?" The young girl shrugged her shoulders—the argument was over Man Not a Free Agent In Communist Philosophy If there is no spiritual element in man, he is not a free agent. Free will is simply an illusion and a de lusion. If man is but an aggregate of material atoms, obeying the ne cessary laws of matter, he exercises no more freedom than the sun or the moon, than a plant or an irra tional animal. And since man, ac cording to Marxist philosophy, has no free-will, why all this invective against capitalists, who are no more responsible for their exploitation of the workers than is the lion -that devours a lamb, or the fire that burns grass? Why all this haran guing of workmen, of the proletariat, to struggle against the "bourgeoistic" or capitalists, since workmen in any case are following blind ne cessity and inexorable laws of matter and can make no free effort to liberate themselves from slavery or oppression? Why, the whole phi losophy and practice of Communism is a ridiculous contradiction of the very principles it so blatantly lays down! If man is not a free agent, but must, of sheer necessity, obey the blind laws of materialistic evolution, let Communists cease to air any grievances or advocate any effort, and supinely allow nature to take its course, for they can do nothing whatever to divert this course. Deny free-will, and human life becomes an absolute farce. Morality Fundamentally Impossible In The Communist Scheme According to their own "prin ciples" Communists must admit that there is no such thing as morality, and, indeed, we read in Lenin's own writings the following candid state ment: "In what sense do we deny ethics, morals?" "In the sense in which they are preached by the bourgeoisie, which deduces these morals from God's commandments. Of course, we say that we do not believe in God. We know perfectly well that the clergy, the landlords, the bourgeoisie all claimed to speak in the name of God, in order to protect their own interests as exploiters. Or, instead of deducing their ethics from the commandments of morality, from the commandments of God, they de duced them from the idealistic or semi-idealistic phrases which in substance were always very similar to divine commandments. (Continued on next page) October, 1951 Page 35