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THE OBSERVER
v o l . i v , No. i v
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Serving the Notre Dame and Saint Mary’s College Community
W e d n e s d a y , N o v e m b e r 12 , 1969
NDprofs propose draft amendment
by Dave L am m ers ■
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rt (.h
® „ e to
th e Hr„
d ra ft
change
to th
th ee ss tu
tu dd ee nn tt
P rofessors William
L ew ers,
b o d y p resid en ts and cam p u s
n e w sp ap er e d ito rs a ro u n d th e
C .S.C ., and T h o m as S ch aeffer o f
c o u n try . Last m in u te a tte m p ts
th e Law S ch o o l, and P ro fesso r
to sta rt a p e titio n drive th is
C h a rle s
M c C a r th y
o f th e
w eek en d in W ashington are
Program fo r th e S tu d y and
being m ade b y N o tre D am e
P ra c tic e
of
N o n -v io le n t
s tu d e n ts travelling th e re . It is
R eso lu tio n o f H um an C o n flict,
h o p ed by th e s tu d e n ts involved
are in th e process o f d ra ftin g an
in th e p ro p o sa l th a t stu d e n t
a m e n d m e n t to th e p re se n t d ra ft
su p p o rt fo r a selective C O. law
law . T h e a m e n d m e n t w o u ld
can be o rganized here a t N o tre
a llo w
selective c o n sc ie n tio u s
D am e and aro u n d th e n a tio n .
o b je c t o r s - th o s c
peo p le
w ho
P resen tly o n th e ag en d a o f th e
o p p o se a p artic u la r w ar o n a
S u p re m e
C o u rt is a case
n o n -re lig io u s
b a s i s —t o
be
by
th e
fe d e ra l
included in th e c o n scie n tio u s a p p e a l e d
o b je c to r classificatio n o f th e
g o v e rn m e n t fro m
th e
F irst
p resent d ra ft law . P resen tly , th e
C ircu it C o u rt o f A ppeals. In th a t
c o u rt Ju d g e W yszanski declared
c o n s c ie n tio u s
o b je c to r
th a t an a th e ist could receive th e
d e fe rm e n t is lim ited to those
C O . classificatio n . W yszanski
w ho o p p o se all w ar o n a
d ecid e d th a t it w as in v io latio n
religious basis.
T he a m e n d m e n t w ould be a io f th e F irst A m e n d m e n t to th e
C o n s titu tio n to base th e C O.
sim ple one-line a d d itio n to th e
present d ra ft law. H ow ever, th e sta tu s o n religion o n ly .
The
N a tio n a l
S tu d e n ts
la w y e rs
have
been
doing
A s s o c ia tio n ,
w hose
lo c a l
extensive w ork on th e legal
re p re s e n ta tiv e
is
M ik e
p reced en ts involved in th e d ra ft
S h au g n essy , has d ecid e d
to
law change. T he h isto ry o f
resch ed u le its n atio n a l steering
selective co n scien tio u s o b je c tio n
c o m m itte e m eetin g , o riginally
in th e U nited S tates an d E u ro p e
p lan n ed fo r T hanksgiving, fo r
has also been investigated fo r th e
n e x t S u n d a y , so th a t th e
bill w hich should be finished by
p ro p o sed d ra ft change can be
T h u rsd ay .
discussed.
S tu d e n t s o n cam p u s are
T he
se le c tiv e
C. O.
p resen tly engaged in startin g
a
m
e
n
d
m
e
n
t
w
ould
be
effectiv
e
w rite-in cam paigns in favor o f
even if th e p ro p o sed
se d lo tte r y is
passed b y th e C ongress, th e
p ro p o n e n ts o f th e d ra ft change
said. P ro fesso r C harles M cC arthy
said, “ Mr. K ingm an B rew ster isi
m istak e n . T o d a y ’s y o u th see th e
lottery
alone
as
no
im p ro v em en t. T h ey k n o w it is at
best a su p erficial sm o k e screen.
T h e ro o t issue, b eing fo rced to
kill against c o n s c ie n c e -b e in g
fo rced to d e stro y h u m a n beings
w hen th is is seen as n e ith e r right
n o r good n o r j u s t - t h i s issue is
‘a c c id e n ta lly ’ being ignored. A
lo tte r y
w ith o u t
s e le c tiv e
c o n sc ie n tio u s o b je c to r p ro v isio n
is ju s t a callous an d gross
d isresp ect o f th e co n scien ce o f
th e A m erican y o u th .”
W ide su p p o rt fo r a selective
C O . law has arisen am o n g
c h u rc h circles in th e p ast year.
T h e U n ited S tate s C o u n cil o f
B ishops in N o v em b er o f 1968
said: “ We urge th e m o d ific atio n
o f th e d ra ft law , m aking it
.possible, a lth o u g h n o t easy, for:
p e rso n s
to
be
s e le c tiv e
c o n sc ie n tio u s o b je c to rs, w ith o u t
fear o f im p riso n m e n t o r loss o f
c itiz e n s h ip .”
R ig h t-w in g
t h e o l o g i a n s Jo h n C o u rtn e y
M urray an d P aul R am sey have
einn ud o rrssee ud
th
selective
CO.
u iee
se
lec tiv e
classification. T h e W orld C ouncil
of
C h u rch es, T he
N ational
C o n fe ren ce o f C h ristian s and
Jew s, an d various P ro te sta n t
c h u rc h o rg a n iz a tio n s have also
in d ica ted th e need fo r a selective
C O . law in th e U.S.
Professor
McCarthy
e m p h asized th e n ecessity o f th e
selective C.O. proposal. He said,
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Prof. McCarthy proposes draft am endm ent
First SAS session uneventful
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by Jim Graif and Rich Sm ith
Stay Senator Tom Thrasher
SI3P Phil McKenna
Senate
delibera
Afro-American budget
d issent th a n alread y e x ists, an a
suggested th a t it should strik e a
T h e S tu d e n t S en ate convened m iddle g ro u n d o n th e b u d g et.
last evening fo r th e p rim ary
SBVP F re d
D edrick th e n
p u rp o se s
of
resolving th e m oved th a t a sum o f $ 2 5 0 0 be
c o n tr o v e rs ia l
A fro-A m erican a llo tte d to th e A fro-A m erican
b u d g et, and o f finalizing a S o cie ty , claim ing th a t th e b lacks
d e c is io n
on
th e p ro p o sed deserve th e fu n d s in o rd e r to
U niversity F o ru m .
c o n d u c t m in o rity en ro llm e n t,
Due to th e great a m o u n t o t p r o v i d e
f o r black
cu ltu ra l
d is s e n t
to u c h e d
o ff
b y fu n c tio n s o p en to all stu d e n ts,
disag reem en ts co n cern in g th e and gen erally e ffe c t a b e tte r
A fro -A m e ric a n
b u d g e ta r y u n d e rs ta n d in g
b e tw een th e
allow ance, th e issue w as referred races.
to
th e
Human
A ffa irs
T he m o tio n , as p ro p o se d by
C o m m itte e for in -d e p th stu d y . D edrick was carried by a v o te
A t th e
last m eetin g , T om o f 24-17.
T h rash er, as C h airm an o f th e
A re so lu tio n fo r th e ap p ro v al
C o m m itte e ,
a d d re sse d
th e o f th e U niv ersity F o ru m as
and aa dd m
m itte
Sen ate last night and
itte dd in tm (j uee(j a t a p rio r m eetin g by
th a t an accep tab le so lu tio n fo r F r Hesb u rg h was th e n b ro u g h t
th e
S ociety
had
n o t b een tQ th e flo o r -phe re so lu tio n
reach ed .
_ c o n ta in e d th e pro v isio n s th a t th e
T h r a s h e r sta te d
th a t th e S en ate sh o u ld a c c e p t th e F o ru m
tw
e lv e - m
an
C- o m m
^ ppiur>L
ro p o sed by H esb u rg h , and
1 " -» • -----. ,itte e hadt as
em erged from co n sid e ra tio n o [h at th e S en ate should review
th e b u d g et w ith tw elve d ifierm g
p o ru m ’’s o p e ra tio n at th e
by Steve H offm an
“ H ow can th e m oral fibre o f th e
c o u n try be a n y th in g b u t rip p ed
asu n d e r w hen th e g o v ern m en t
itself, by a sim ple exercise o f
b ru te p o w er, fo rces a large
seg m en t o f its y o u t h - b y p en a lty
o r th re a t o r p e n a l t y - t o reject a
p rim a ry te n e t o f co n scien ce,
‘T h o u shall n o t m u rd e r,’ th a t is,
kill unjustly.”
T h e S tu d e n t A ffairs S u b ­
c o m m itte e o f th e B oard o f T ru s­
tees m et y e ste rd a y in w h a t was
te rm e d
an
o rg a n iz a tio n a l
m eeting. T h e c o m m itte e d e te r­
m ined its m em b ers an d th e basic
co u rse o f a c tio n it will follow
fo r th e y ear.
T h e s u b c o m m itte e will consist
o f fo u rte e n m em b ers. T hese
in c lu d e
eig h t tru ste e s.
Dr.
T h o m as C arn ey , ch a irm an , Mr.
Paul H e lm u th , Mr. J.W . V an
G o rk o m , Mr. N e w to n M innow ,
F r. C h arles M cC arragher, c.s.c.,
Mr. J o h n S ch n eid er, Mr. J o h n
R yan,
and
M r.
L e o n a rd
S kogland.
The
fo u r
u n d e r g r a d u a te
s tu d e n ts o n th e su b c o m m itte e
are: S tu d e n t B ody P resid en t Phil
M cK enna,
S tu d e n t
B ody
V ice-P resid en t F red
D ed rick ,
A fro-A m erican S o ciety P resid en t
Arthur
M a c F a r la n d ,
and
R e se a rc h
and
D ev elo p m en t
C o m m i s s i o n e r
John
Zimm erman. The tw o graduate
stu d e n ts on th e su b c o m m itte e
John
are
D ave F o ltz and
Q uenneville.
Dr. C arney o u tlin e d th e th re e
m a jo r
o b je c tiv e s
of
th e
s u b c o m m itte e .
F ir s t,
th e
c o m m itte e w ill try to id e n tify
p ro b lem s in th e s tu d e n t affairs
area. T h ey plan to discuss issues
w hich are relev an t to stu d e n t
affairs. S e c o n d , th e c o m m itte e
w ill co llect in fo rm a tio n w hich
deals w ith th e su b ject being
d is c u s s e d .
F in a lly ,
th e
com m ittee
wi l l
make
re c o m m e n d a tio n s
to
th e
le g is la tiv e
b o d ie s
o f th e
un iv ersity .
S tu d e n t m em b ers
o f th e
c o m m itte e
p resen ted
various
areas o f stu d e n t affairs w hich
th e y felt sh o u ld be discussed by
th e
c o m m itte e
in c lu d in g
c u rric u lu m refo rm w hich was
discussed
by th e c o m m itte e
y e ste rd a y . T he b u lk o f th e
discu ssion was carried on by th e
stu d e n t
m e m b e rs
o f th e
co m m ittee w ho presented the
iv<i n o n In
c a p s u le
nrvn/' 1 11ntvvrvc
c o n clu sio n s
oT
f
f nI
th e
C u rric u lu m R efo rm C o m m itte e .
T h e gen eral co n sen su s o f th e
g ro u p w as th a t m ost s tu d e n ts are
dissatisfied w ith th e p resen t
setup.
However,
the
subcommittee
m ade
no
re c o m m e n d a tio n s since it w as
m e r e ly
in te n d e d as a get
a c q u a in te d m eeting.
A t th e n e x t m eetin g , w hich
w ill be held in Jan u a ry b efo re
finals, th e c o m m itte e will discuss
co -e d u c a tio n at N o tre D am e.
H a ll
life
and
b la c k -w h ite
rela tio n s will be th e tw o to p ic s
discussed at th e M arch and May
m eetings respectively.
Dr. C arney e x p lain ed th a t th e
s u b c o m m itte e w ill discuss o n e
su b ject p er e ach day-long session
w hich will last fro m eight to
nine h o u rs.
T h e fu tu re
m eetings will
follow th e sam e p ro c e d u re o f
having a closed session follow ed
by an o p e n session and a
q u e s tio n an d answ er session. T h e
(c o n tin u e d on page 2)
r
Sub-com m ittee for Student Affairs o f the Board o f Trustees in open session yesterday
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W E D N E S D A Y . N O V E M B E R 12, 19 69
S o p h o m o r e merger okayed
b y A nn C onw ay
L ast night at a m eetin g in
C arro ll H all, th e new ly fo rm ed
co m b in ed assem bly o f th e N o tre
D am e, St. M ary’s S o p h o m o re
C lasses v o ted to ra tify a new
c o n s titu tio n .
T h is
m ove
c o m p le te d th e m erger o f th e tw o
classes b egun in S e p te m b e r.
The
v o te
to ra tify th e
d o c u m e n t,
3 6 -3
w ith
7
a b s e n ta tio n s ,
cam e
a fte r
d iscussion w as co m p le te d o n a
ra tio n a le
fo r
th e
m erg er
p re se n te d by G reg S tep ic, an
assem bly m em b er.
S te p ic sta te d th a t “ th e new
C o n s titu tio n says n o th in g . Class
g o v ern m en t has d o n e n o th in g in
p ast years fo r th e class o r
s tu d e n t g o v ern m en t as a w hole.
We ow e a reason w hy w e ex ist to
o u r class and to th e u n iv e rsity .”
A cco rd in g to S te p ic ’s ra tio n a le ,
th e m erger can o n ly be ju stifie d
by a tw o -fo ld a rg u m e n t: “ one,
th a t
th e
m em b ers o f th e
A ssem b ly feel th e re is no
o rg a n iz a tio n o n cam p u s capable
of
re a c h in g
th e in d iv id u al
stu d e n t, and tw o , th a t every
m e m b e r sh o u ld have an eq u al
o p p o rtu n ity
to ex p ress his
o p in io n s in regard to issues
w h ich a ffe c t his daily life.”
D iscussion o n th e p ro p o sed
ra tio n a le c e n te re d o n th e actu a l
need to m erge th e tw o classes
and th e b e n e fit each class w ould
a tta in th ro u g h m erging. T h e
m o tio n to pass th e ra tio n a le was
d e fe a te d
24-8 a fte r it was
brought
out
that
th e
C o n stitu tio n itself c o n ta in e d th e
goals o f th e m erg er and th u s it i
w as n o t necessary to p re se n t th e
goals in a n o th e r fo rm .
A f t e r ra tific a tio n o f th e
C o n s titu tio n , th e q u e stio n o f th e
necessity o f a ra tio n a le fo r a
m erger w as b ro u g h t up again an d
was again d e fea te d d u e to a lack
o f 2 /3 m a jo rity . S usan W ay,
SM C
so p h o m o re
P re sid e n t,
a b sta in e d sta tin g th a t “ T h is
m erger is an e x p e rim e n t. If we
Pres. Joe Stankus
h it peo p le w ith p rin cip les, ideals,
an d ra tio n a le s, it w o n ’t w o rk .
ce n te red o n th e u n d e rsta n d in g
T h ey n eed so m e th in g c o n c rete
o f th e St. M ary’s re p resen tativ es
o r so m eth in g w h ich p roves o f
as to th e disposal o f th e $900
p re sen tly in th e tre a su ry . O ne
service to th e m to show th em
th e success o f th e e x p e rim e n t.” St. M ary’s rep re se n ta tiv e asked
Jo e S ta n k u s, N D S o p h o m o re
to be allow ed to change h er vote
P re sid e n t, disagreed w ith S usan,
fo r th e C o n s titu tio n statin g th a t
and v o ted fo r th e ra tio n a le ■’th e girls she re p re se n te d would,
sta tin g , “ 1 feel w e n eed to show
never
have agreed
to th e
th e class th a t we are going in C o n stitu tio n if th e y had k n o w n
som e d ire c tio n . We need a goal, th a t th e $ 9 0 0 w ould go in to a
and th a t’s w h at th e ra tio n a le w as co m b in ed tre asu ry fo r th e use o f
b o th
N o tre D am e and
St.
- a sta te m e n t o f o u r g o als.”
A n o th e r q u e stio n b ro u g h t up M ary’s. A v ote w as ta k e n o n th e
of
th e
a fte r th e ra tific a tio n w as th e m i s r e p r e s e n t a t i o n
q u e stio n o f th e fin an ces o f th e i T reasu ry issue at w hich tim e tw o
m e rg ed
c la s s .
D i s c u s s i o n m em b ers changed th e ir v o tes fo r
Day
Veteran's
(D P I)—A m erican s
observed
V ete ra n s D ay y e ste rd a y w ith tr a ­
d itio n a l cere m o n ie s h o n o rin g th e
n a tio n ’s w ar dead a n d c o ast to
co ast show s o f su p p o rt fo r P resi­
d e n t N ix o n ’s po licies to en d th e
w ar in V ietnam .
M em bers o f w h a t th e Presi­
d e n t has called “ th e g re a t silent
m a jo rity ” w o rk ed to tu rn an
o fte n ig n o red n a tio n a l h o lid ay
in to a massive p u b lic d e m o n s tra ­
tio n o f fa ith in h o w th e g o v ern ­
m e n t is han d lin g p eace e ffo rts.
T h o u sa n d s o f A m erican s tu r n ­
ed o u t fo r p arad es and c e re m o n ­
ies, drove cars w ith h ead lig h ts
tu rn e d o n an d flew th e flag in
fro n t o f th e ir h o m es an d busi­
nesses.
T h e ac c e n t o n su p p o rt o f th e
n a tio n ’s 1969 fig h tin g m en a n d 1
th e g o v e rn m e n t’s po licies in
V ietn am was h e ig h ten ed by a n ti­
w ar d e m o n s tra to rs’ plans fo r a
new
ro u n d
o f “ M o rato riu m
D a y ” a c tiv ities in W ashington
and across th e c o u n try la te r th is
w eek.
Budweiser
N ix o n and his w ife, P a t, sp e n t
an h o u r c h a ttin g and jo k in g w ith
p a tie n ts a t th e lo cal V ete ran s
A d m in istra tio n h o sp ita l, an d a
p re sid en tial w re a th w as laid at
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T h e P resid e n t visited th e
v e teran s h o sp ita l becau se, as he
had said earlier, he w a n ted to
“ let th e m k n o w th a t th e n a tio n
has n o t fo rg o tte n th e ir service
and sacrifices.”
E x p ressio n o f U n ity
“ T h e u n ity th a t h as alw ays
been th e b e d ro c k o f A m erica
n e e d s ex p ressio n to d a y m ore
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th e c o n s titu tio n changing th e
original v o te fro m 38-3 w ith 5
a b ste n tio n s to 37-3 w ith 7
a b sten tio n s.
S tan k u s, w ho v o ted against
th e
ra tific a tio n
of
th e
C o n stitu tio n as rep re se n ta tiv e o f
H oly C ross H all, s ta te d th a t
“ Personally I am c o m p le te ly fo r
th e m erger. T his e x p e rim e n t w ill
w o rk . T h e reason w hy it is
lagging a t p resen t is th a t it is
caught o n te a c h n ic a litie s w hich
w e re alleviated
at to n ig h t’s
m eetin g and sh o u ld ru n m ore
sm o o th ly w ith th e ra tific a tio n o f
th e C o n s titu tio n .”
c e n tu r y ,” said D onald E. John-i
son, a d m in is tra to r o f veterans
affairs, b efo re a full cro w d o f
3 ,0 0 0
perso n s waving tin y
A m erican flags at th e A rlin g to n
C em etery a m p h ith e a tre .
O p p o n e n ts o f N ix o n ’s V iet­
n am peace p lan , Jo h n s o n said,
“ w ould have o th e rs th in k th a t
th e y alone u n d e rsta n d an d a b h o r
th e suffering and savagery o f
w ar. T h ey do an in ju stice to
A m erica s 40 m illion veterans,
living and d e a d .”
mar
F re e d o m R ally
A t th e W ashington M o n u ­
m e n t, site o f a p lan n ed m ass
rally o f an tiw a r d e m o n s tra to rs
on S a tu rd a y , several th o u s a n d s
m ore to o k p a rt in a “ freed o m
rally fo r fre e d o m in V ietn am
and in all th e w o rld .”
R ep. J o h n B u ch an an , R - A la .,
said he w as co nvinced th a t
N ix o n ’s p o licy w ould succeed
and ad d ed : “ B o th th e stre n g th
and th e v irtu e o f th e S aigon
regim e have been g reatly u n d e r­
e stim ated by its critic s.”
Subcommittee's first session
marked by quiet discussion
(c o n tin u e d fr o m page 1)
interv als b etw een th e m eetings
w ill allow th e m em b ers to
co n sid er th e n e x t su b ject to be
discussed.
A fte r th e re p o rt o n th e
m eeting, th e session w as th ro w n
o p e n fo r q u e stio n s, w hich were
lim ited to issues su rro u n d in g
acad em ic refo rm , c o n tra ry to
th e p revious re p o rts th a t q u es­
tio n s w ould be to ta lly o p e n in
n atu re .
T h e first q u e stio n co n cern ed
th e p ossible overlapping o f th e
resp o n sib ility o f th e S tu d e n t
Life C o u n c il’s ju risd ic tio n w ith
th a t o f th e S tu d e n t A ffair’s S u b ­
c o m m itte e . Dr. C arney replied
th a t th e su b c o m m itte e ’s role w as
n o t th a t o f decision m aking b u t
ra th e r o f su b m ittin g reco m ­
m e n d a tio n s to th e B oard o f
T ru stees. H ence, th e re w o u ld be
no c o n flict b e tw e e n th e SLC and
th e su b c o m m itte e .
N e x t, th e q u e stio n con cern in g
th e o v e r—em phasis o n sm all is­
sues such as p arietal h o u rs was
b ro u g h t u p . T h e q u e stio n e r
asked w hy th e p a rietal h o u rs
issue was n ever fo rg o tte n and
m o re far reaching q u e stio n s c o n ­
sid ered. Dr. C arney rep lied th a t
his su b c o m m itte e never co n ­
sidered th e p arietal h o u rs q u es­
tio n .
He said th a t th e su b c o m m it­
te e w ould co n sid er o n ly th o se
issues w hich th e s tu d e n ts c o n ­
s id e r
im p o rta n t.
M cK enna
a d d e d , “ T h e w o rst th in g w e can
N e w Jersey Club
TH A N K SG IV IN G BU S S A L E S
- C H R ISTM A S P L A N E S A L E S
Wednesday November 12 7-8 PM Coke Bar
Rathskellar
do is to get h u n g up on an issue
like p arietal h o u rs .”
T he p o w er o f th e s u b c o m m it­
tee and its re c o m m e n d a tio n s was
q u e stio n e d by o n s tu d e n t. Dr.
C arney re ite ra te d th a t his su b ­
c o m m itte e ’s ro le w ould be a d ­
visory, th o u g h th e ro le w o u ld be
an in flu en tail o ne.
S peaking privileges w as th e
n e x t o rd e r o f business. C arney
said th a t th e c o m m itte e ’s size
w as d elib erately lim ited to fo u r­
te e n p e o p le , b u t th a t an y o n e
w ho had any in fo rm a tio n w hich
m ight c o n trib u te to th e su b c o m ­
m itte e ’s m aking a m ere ra tio n a l
decision w ould be d em an d e d to
a p p ear b efo re th e su b c o m m itte e
and speak.
T h e su b c o m m itte e will act as
th e B oard o f T ru ste e ’s screening
committee
as
w e ll
as
re c o m m e n d in g
c o m m itte e ,
acco rd in g to C arney. S peakers
w ill have to su b m it p o sitio n
p ap ers b efo re th e ir sp eeches so
th a t th e m em b ers will have m ore
k n o w led g e o f th e su b ject to be
discussed.
Dr. C arney felt th a t since all
o f th e m em b ers are in te re ste d in
w ork in g on th e su b c o m m itte e ,
th e y could play a significant p art
in u n iv ersity affairs. H e also felt
th a t having fo u r s tu d e n ts o n th e
S tu d e n t A ffairs c o m m itte e is
p re fe ra b le
to
having fo u r
s tu d e n ts sit o n th e B oard o f
T ru stees.
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during the college semester except
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W E D N ES D A Y , N O V E M B E R 12, 19 69
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N o action planned against orderly GE p r o te st
by Mark Walbran
T h e d e m o n s tra tio n against
th e G eneral E lectric C o m p a n y ’s
interview s staged y esterd a y o u t­
side th e N o tre D am e P lacem en t
B ureau w as a sm all b u t o rd erly
p ro te st. T he p ic k e te rs at m ost
o n ce n u m b e re d 25 , b u t usually
o n ly eight to te n p ro te ste rs w ere
o u ts id e th e b u reau at o n e tim e.
“ In th is c o u n try th e re have
been very few s tu d e n ts involved
w ith th e w o rk ers’ c au se,” said
C huck L eone, acting C h airm an
o f th e C o alitio n fo r P olitical
A ctio n (C .P .A .) w hich sp ear­
head ed th e p ro te st.
L eone
h oped
th a t
th e
p ick etin g w o u ld shed lig h t o n
th e u n iv e rsity ’s re la tio n sh ip w ith
its o w n w o rk ers. He said th a t
th e ir a tte m p ts to u n io n ize had
p roved fu tile.
T h e p ic k e te rs d is trib u te d lit­
e ra tu re ex p lain in g th e ir alliance
w ith G .E . w orkers. A n o th e r
m im eo g rap h ed
leaflet
th ey
h an d e d o u t listed G .E .’s tra n s­
gressions against lab o rers.
L eo n e said th a t th e G .E . re­
p re s e n ta tiv e s
and
about
tw o —th ird s
o f th e stu d e n ts
p ick ed u p th e ir in fo rm a tio n .
Jo h n M c ln e rn e y , a sen io r in
A erospace E ngineering w ho was
in terv iew ed by th e G .E . re p ­
resen ta tiv e s, said th a t th e d e ­
m o n s tra to rs w ere free to p ro te st
b u t th a t “ th e w hole th in g was
b u ilt u p o u t o f p ro p o r tio n .”
M cln e rn e y ad d e d th a t th e re was
n o th in g u n u su al a b o u t a co m ­
p any going o n strik e w h en c o n ­
tra c ts w ere u p fo r ren ew al. He
said th a t he d o u b te d if th e
peo p le strik in g w ere starving
w ith th e w ages th e y now receive.
F r. Ja m e s R ieh le, D ean o f
S tu d e n ts, said th a t th e p ick etin g
w as n o t reg istered w ith him .
T h is is in v io latio n o f th e U niver­
sity ru le w hich re q u ire s th a t all
d e m o n s tra tio n s
be
registered
w ith th e D ean ’s o ffice. H e did
n o t k n o w w h e th e r any a c tio n
w ould be ta k e n against the
d e m o n s tra to rs, how ever.
R ieh le said th a t th e d e m o n ­
stra tio n v/as “ n o t a big thing and
n o th in g to get e x c ite d a b o u t.”
He ad d ed th a t it h ad n o t been
d isru p tiv e.
Mr. A rth u r N. Pears, D irecto r
o f S e c u rity , said y e ste rd a y th a t
he had no c o m m e n t on th e
d e m o n s tra tio n . “ A s far as I can
see,” he said, th e y a re n ’tjb o th e r-
m g an y o n e.
F r.
L ouis
J.
T h o rn to n ,
D ire c to r o f th e P la c e m e n t Bu­
reau said he had no c o m m e n t on
th e p ick etin g e ith e r. “ We d o n ’t
k n o w w hat th is th in g is going to
d evelop in to to d a y ,” he e x ­
p lained.
T he
p ic k e te rs
began
th e
d e m o n s tra tio n y e ste rd a y m o rn ­
ing at eight o ’clo ck . L eone said
th e d e m o n s tra tio n w ould c o n ­
tin u e u n til fo u r o ’clock in th e
a fte rn o o n .
I WOULD RECOMMEND
MR. ADAMS, COMPLETE
REST. TRY TO RELAX
BOTH M IN D AND BODY
FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS
DOES THIS MEAN,
DOCTOR, NO
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stu d en ts
picket
GE
recruiters
in Administration building yesterday.
Moon voyagers ready to go Friday
C APE
K EN N E D Y
(U P I)A pollo 12’s a stro n a u ts eased o ff
th eir rigorous train in g sch ed u le
y e sterd ay an d g o t a go ahead
from w eath erm en fo r th e ir F ri­
day b la sto ff to th e m o o n . Miss­
ion c o m m an d er C h arles “ P e te ”
C o n rad , R ichard F. G o rd o n and
A lan L. Bean sp e n t m u ch o f th e
day relaxing in th e ir q u a rte rs
and review ing flight p lan s for
th eir jo u rn e y . T he space fliers
w ere c o n fid e n t th e y are read y
fo r th e risky ten d ay m ission.
“ We’ve b een read y to go fo r a
long tim e ,” G o rd o n said rece n tly .
“ I th in k w e’re w ell en o u g h
train ed . If th e h ard w are h olds
to g e th e r and w e d o n ’t have to o
m any p ro b lem s, 1 th in k w e’ll be
able to do th e jo b .”
A t th e o ceanside lau n ch pad
w here th e 36 sto ry c o m b in a tio n
o f th e S a tu rn 5 ro c k e t an d th e
sp a ce c ra ft was poised in its ser­
vice to w er, g ro u n d crew s had a
16 h o u r rest p erio d b efo re a c ti­
vating th e sp acecraft fu el cell
b a tte rie s early to d a y , a c ritical
step in p re-lau nch p rep a ra tio n s.
C o n ra d , Bean and G o rd o n are
sch ed u led to b la sto ff a t 11:22
a.m . E ST F rid ay o n A m erica’s
second m o o n landing m ission,
w hich C o n rad calls “ th e o p en e r
o f th e n e x t g e n e ra tio n .” ■
W eath erm en fo recast satisfac­
to ry c o n d itio n s a t lau n ch tim e
d esp ite a cold fro n t e x p e c te d to
m ove th ro u g h c e n tra l F lo rid a
T h u rsd a y . T h e p re d ic tio n is for
p a rtly c lo u d y skies, m o d e rate
n o rth e rly w inds and a te m p e ra ­
tu re or a ro u n d 6 0 degrees.
M ission p lan s call fo r th e as­
tro n a u ts to o rb it th e e a rth once
a fte r b lasto ff, an d d u rin g th e ir
seco n d o rb it to fire th e S a tu rn ’s
th ird stage engine a seco n d tim e
to p u t th e m o n co u rse to th e
m oon.
C o n rad , th e 39 y ear o ld v e te r­
an o f tw o G em in i sp aceflig h ts,
and B ean—th e y o u n g est o f th e
trio at 3 7 - s h o u ld land o n th e
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tw o w alks o n th e lu n ar su rface.
T h ey head h o m e N ov. 21 fo r
a sp lash d o w n in th e P acific
O cean N ov. 24.
Mental Health Association M eeting
7 :4 5 PM 123 Nieuland
Thursday, Nov. 13, 1969
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FOUNDED NOVEMBER 3. 1966
NOTRE DAME. INDIANA_______
D ra ft la w
C o n s p ira c y S e v e n
The prosecution is planning to end its argum ents against the Conspiracy Eight (Minus
One) late this week or early next week. The defense, despite the fact th at Mayor Daley will
be one o f the first witnesses called, may be anti-clim actic.
Bobby Seale has had a mistrial declared after being convicted o f 16 charges of contem pt
and has been sentenced to four years in prison. Judge Julius Hoffman apparently tired
being called a “ racist” and a “ pig” by Seale.
The force o f Seale’s com m ents could have been softened however if Hoffm an had allowed
Seale’s request to defend him self in the absence o f his lawyer, who is recuperating from an
operation. Seale repeatedly declared th at William K unstler, the chief defense law yer for the
other seven defendants, did not represent him. K unstler agreed. Hoffm an blindly refused to
recognize the fact.
When Seale tried to cross-examine witnesses in his own defense, H offm an had Seale
restrained. At one point in the trial Hoffm an had Seale bound and gagged.
The net result is th a t Seale will now be represented by his own law yer at a new trial in
, April, which is exactly w hat Seale asked for in the first place.
It m ight be said th at Judge Hoffm an is guilty only o f bad judgem ent. But this is exactly
the thing th at the defendants are seeking. The tactics they are employing in the courtroom
are essentially the same as those th a t sparked their arrests. They seek to engender sym pathy
for their cause by making the governm ent and those who adm inister its policies look foolish.
The sad thing is th a t the governm ent has not yet learned to apprecicate this fact. The
Walker R eport criticized M ayor Daley for being inflexible in his handling o f the convention
dem onstrations. It also criticized the police for overreacting to provocations, such as those
o f which the defendants are accused, and being part of a police riot.
This week, the Nixon A dm inistration has been dickering over the details fo the
M oratorium dem onstration ju st as M ayor Daley did in 1968. And incredibly, Deputy
A ttorney General Richard Kleindienst one of the chief negotiators, adm its that he hasn’t
even read the Walker report.
We are amazed th a t supposedly intelligent people could miss the significance o f these
tactics and over react to the point where their policies becom e inconsistent with the tenets
o f the justice and fair play that their positions should symbolize.
We are also am azed th at the Judicial process, which is supposed to be a model o f integrity
and neutrality, could be bullied into m istakes. Some people content that the results o f the
trial will m ost likely be overturned and an appeal granted. All because o f the lack of
foresight and intransigence o f a 74-year old judge.
We hope the Justice D epartm ent and all governm ent officials will strive to be flexible
when dealing with those m em bers o f society th a t are alienated from our current structures.
If n o t they will continue to look foolish in the eyes of the world and will only serve to
fu rth er alienate those people who oppose current governm ental and judicial procedures.
Perhaps there is more at sta k e -fo r if those procedures and structures continue to prove
unsym pathetic to the feelings o f the people th at they are supposed to be serving they may
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Three N otre Dame lawyers have w ritten a bill th at would am end the current draft law
so th at a person could obtain conscientious objector status on the basis o f moral
objections to a particular war. Under the present draft law, a person can obtain the C O.
classification only if he is opposed to all war, and if his pacifism is based on his religious
beliefs.
The present law, we believe, ignores a great m any m en who are not total pacifists or are
not m em bers o f a particular religion, b u t do object to a particular war on the grounds
that they believe it to be unjust, and who base their objections on m oral argum ents not
connected to a particular religion.
In short, we believe it to be imperative th at the governm ent respect the individual’s
right not to kill, n h's conscience considers the
tc b - v uu t and ir:m oral. The
conscience o f the atheistic hum anist m ust be protected under the law ju st as is the
conscience o f the M ennonite or the Quaker.
Presently, the selective conscientious objector has no legal protection under the draft
law. He may voice his moral objection by tearing up his draft card risking prison and
social ostracism, he may leave the country, he m ay perjure him self by claiming a religious
foundation to his objection, he may hope to hide his moral objection by joining the ranks
of those who hold educational or occupational deferm ents, or he may violate his
conscience ancfparticipate in the war th at he has judged unjust. None o f these alternatives
■allow for the honest expression o f the nature o f his objection.
_
The legal provisions that now protect the individual consciences o f some m ust be
extended to include all conscientious objectors, so that those who object to a war will not
be forced to circum vent or violate the law in order to follow the dictates o f their
conscience.
All thinking persons have the obligation to judge the m orality o f a war that tiieir
country participates in. Those called upon to fight the war have a special duty to decide.
As Thoreau said, “ we cannot turn our consciences over to the legislators.” The Church
has said in Schema X II1 o f the Vatican Council th at all Catholics m ust determ ine th at a
war is just before participating in it. By “ju s t” the Council m em bers said th a t the war
m ust be based on the proper authority o f the state, the war m ust have a ju st cause, and
the means o f waging the war m ust be proportionate to the cause. To fight in a war th a t a
Catholic conscientiously considers unjust is in violation o f conscience and therefore
imm oral.
Most o f the European nations, including Germ any, have had selective conscientious
objector laws for some tim e. In America, m any and various religious groups, including the
Am erican Catholic Bishops, have called for a selective C O. law.
The Observer supports the action on the part of Professors William Lewers, Thom as
Schaeffer, and Charles M cCarthy, to give protection to the right o f the individual to exert
and express his conscience by am ending the present draft law to include selective
conscientious objectors.
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Letter
E d ito r:
It has been a little over tw o
m o n th s since 1 e n te re d these
hallo w ed and sacred halls. I can
still re m e m b e r my first glim pse
o f th e G o ld en D om e, th e ivy
covered w alls, and th e U niversity
itself. I w as e x cited b ey o n d
w ords.
F ro m th e m o m e n t I se n t in
m y a p p lic a tio n I lived fo r N otre
D am e. I had h eard th a t this
sch o o l was a gatew ay fo r q u ality
e d u c a tio n , fo r tre m e n d o u s f o o t­
ball gam es, b u t, first an d fo re ­
m o st, fo r th e ty p e o f s tu d e n t
w h o cam e here. T h ey w ere
q u a lity m en - alive and d y n a ­
m ic. T h ey w ere m en in te re ste d
in th e ir ow n a d v an cem en t as a
p erso n , a h u m an in vididual; and
also th a t o f o th e rs. T h ey w ere
frie n d ly , easy to talk to , and_
alw ays eager to help y o u . T he)
carried w ith th e m an “ e le c trify ­
ing s p irit” th a t charged a n y o n e
w h o cam e in c o n ta c t w ith th em .
A nd I w an ted d esp erately to
b eco m e o n e o f th em . B u t, n o w ,
a fte r being h ere fo r aw hile, th e
c u rta in s o f d isillu sio n m en t are
draw ing aside. I am to ld o f a
P ro b lem - racism .
T h is p ro b le m is being ech o ed
in m y hall, in m y classes, in
th e S en ate, an d in th e verbal
o u tb u rs ts o f m any fellow ND
stu d e n ts. A t first, I naively
asked: W hat is th e p ro b lem ?
H ow did it sta rt? b u t m ore
im p o rta n tly , Why is it here on
m y cam pus? T h e answ ers are
slow in com ing, and to th e
u n e x p e rie n c e d F re sh m e n , are
very h ard to c o m p r e h e n d , if n o t
to ta lly
am biguous. We com e
here n o t to fo rg et W atts, H ar­
lem , a n d rio ts; b u t to show th a t
th e y do n o t have to ex ist here..
M aybe w e e x p e c te d to o m uch?
My a tte n tio n w as b ro u g h t to
th e P roblem in tially by m y
S tu d e n t B ody P resid en t. R ead ­
ing The O bserver, it q u o te d him
as saying th a t he fe lt he was
u n ab le to re p re se n t th e W hite
c o m m u n ity
an d
th e
Black
c o m m u n ity b o th . I w as then
in fo rm ed o f th e so-called, “ u n ­
ju s t” Black S tu d ies Program
w h ich has n o t, as y e t, sta rte d .
David Breen, Business Manager
Timothy J. Dineen Ad. Mgr.
News Editor: Glen Corso
A s s o c ia t e
E d ito r s: Cl i f f
Wintrode, Ann Conway, Laura
Haferd, Jeanne Sweeney
Layout Editor: Mary Beth
Crimmons
Photo Editor: Phil Bosco
A nd th a t th e A d m in istra tio n has
rep e a te d ly failed to recognize
th e Black c o m m u n ity . A lso I
fo u n d o u t th a t th e re was a
special o rie n ta tio n fo r th e Black
N o tre D am e F re sh m e n , an d a
hall w hich hou sed th e Black
c o m m u n ity .
I again
ask ed ,
“ W hy?” only to receive th e
s te re o ty p e d answ er: b ecause o f
th e P roblem . It w as also ru m o r­
ed th a t th e re w as to be a Black
A rts Festival fo r o n ly
th e
m em b ers o f this c o m m u n ity
w ho h a p p e n e d to b e B lack. A nd
finally th is situ a tio n has been
b ro u g h t to a clim ax w ith th e
re c e n t c o n tro v ersy co n cern in g
th e
A fro-A m erican
so ciety .
A fte r voting n o t to allo cate a
certain sum o f m o n e y , th e ir
p resid en t b lasted th e S enate as
being u n fa ir — and tu rn e d a
m o n e ta ry issue in to o n e o f a
racial issue. A nd lastly a com ­
m itte e w as in s tru c te d to review
th e ir case, n o t ju s t in th e light o f
m o n e y , b u t th e “ w h o le ” P ro b ­
lem .
It is h ere 1 am fo rced to tak e
p en in h and and re n o u n c e th is
n au seatin g an d repulsive idea o f
a P roblem . B lack c o m m u n ities.
W hite c o m m u n itie s. I cam e to
t lis sch o o l to be a p a r t o f th e
N o tre D am e c o m m u n ity . A
c o m m u n ity m ade o f p eo p le —
n o t segm ents o f co lo red skin. I
did n o t brin g th is P ro b lem here
w ith m e. I never a c c e p te d it, n o r
d o I w an t to n o w : I will never be
divided am o n g p eo p le. I call on
m y fellow F resh m en to re ­
n o u n c e th is P ro b lem w hich is
being ja m m e d d o w n o u r th ro a ts.
A nd I also ask th e P resid en ts o f
th is s tu d e n t b o d y an d th e
A fro-A m erican so ciety and all
o th e r P ro b lem “ m ak ers” to keep
th e ir P ro b lem , an d leave us
u n p reju d iced
an d
u n fam iliar
F resh m en to fo rm in g th e real
N o tre D am e c o m m u n ity . A nd I
earn estly ask , and seek , all
o th e rs in te re ste d in su p p o rtin g
th e “ G o ld en D o m e ” im age to
re je c t th e P ro b lem . A nd th e n w e
can prove th is is o n e c o m m u n ity
— th e m en o f N o tre D am e.
Steve Jeselnick
209 B reen-Phillips
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Life, love, and litter at the restaurant
by ICen Walsh
Y ou can get ju s t a b o u t a n y th in g y o u
w ant from A lic e ’s R esta u ra n t in th e way
o f satire, trag ed y , sex w ith and w ith o u t
love, and som e a ctio n and m u sic-o n th e
side. But y o u are alm o st ce rta in to leave
it w ith th e k n ow led g e y o u ’ve seen and
had a good tim e. A rlo ’s arrest scene and
his d ra ft in d u c tio n escap ad e are tw o o f
th e fu n n iest b its o f film I have seen in a
long tim e. A rlo ’s “ to le ra tiv e-co o l” in his
dealings w ith B arney F ife o f S to ck b rid g e
was a p erfect a ttitu d e . He to le ra te d th e
e n tire farcical situ a tio n as he sh o t o u t
o ne-liners, breaking up th e a u d ien c e,
along w ith his m atte r-o f-fa c t relatio n o f
th e w hole scene, especially O b ie ’s re ­
m oval o f th e seat o f his cell’s to ile t sto o l
to p revent A rlo’s suicide (o v er litterin g ?
C om e on , O bie!)
T h e d ra ft in d u c tio n scene w as p a in ­
fully fu n n y , especially a fte r y e ste rd a y ’s
to u c h fo o tb a ll gam e. In th is ep iso d e o f
o u r h e ro ’s jo u rn e y s,
he ex u d es a
“ c o n fu se d -c o o l.” He d o e sn ’t k n o w w hich
line to fall in to , b u t he k n o w s th e y w ant
him a t W hitehall S tre e t and th e y ’ll keep
him th e re u n til th e y ’re d o n e w ith him .
Why sw eat it?L et th e m g ro u p him w here
th e y W ant.
T h ere are to o m any high p o in ts in
th ese scenes to single o u t m any o f th e m
because th e y are on such high com ic
p lateau s. T hese scenes are acco m p an ied
by sm aller b ites, m any o ne-liners, and a
few o n e and tw o digitals t h a t 'k e e p th e
laugl level high.
B ut all up p ers com e w ith th e ir ow n
do w n ers. T h e film is h o n e st en o u g h to
show th a t life in th e “ C h u rch in th e
W ood” is n o t all th a t h eavenly, m ainly
because it is still in h a b ite d by hum ans.
T hese h u m an s have th e sam e q u alities
th a t have m ade all u to p ia s im possible,
and m ost “ loving c o m m u n itie s” : passion
and possession, and an in ab ility to face
life as it is, as p o rtra y e d b y Shelly.
C o m m u n al living m a y w ork o u t, b u t it
d o e sn ’t lo o k like co m m u n al loving will,
even if y o u ’re all b ro th e rs and sisters
living in a c h u rc h . IT ’s still so m e b o d y ’s
c h u rc h , if y o u read it th a t w ay, and y o u
can read it th a t w ay o r find y o u r ow n
book.
E v e ry o n e ’s m oving, b u t n o o n e ’s
g ettin g a n y place, fro m th e c o u n try to
th e city an d back again. T h e y ta k e th e
re m ain s o f a feast in to th e city to be
d u m p e d , an d bring back th e rem ain s o f a
frie n d , n e a tly packaged in his ow n,
p e rp e tu a l garbage can. T h ey m ove on
m o to rc y c le s and h o rses, in m icro-buses
and flo w er cars, and a lth o u g h th e y ru n
over d iffe re n t ro a d s and courses, th e y all
end in fro n t o f a ju d g e ’s stan d .
We m ee t Alice an d R ay a t th e
d e-sacrilizatio n cerem o n y
o f an old
ch u rc h an d w hen we leave th e m , it is at
th e en d o f th e ir w edding c e rem o n y . T his
w as
an
in c o n g ru o u s
“ personale sta b lish m e n t” scene in
w hich th ey
resacrilize th e b uilding th e y had so
eagerly w aited to be secularized. What
d iffe re n ce is th ere if it is c o n secrated by
an in s titu tio n , o r a g ro u p o f p eo p le w ho
w an t to m ake it so m eth in g sp ecial?It’s
still a circle.
A rlo ch o o ses n o t to jo in th e “ ch u rch circle” , b u t he and his “ c h ic k ” are still
going o n th e ir o w n jo u r n e y , try in g to find
th e ir o w n “ th in g .” H ere th e re w ere a few
Arlo’s chick,
Ray and Alice
mug it in front o f their ex-church.
su p e rflu o u s scenes, such as A rlo and girl
beside th e fu rn a c e , m using o n fleeting
q u a lity an d p u rp o se o f life. A t least the
scene w as sh o rt, an d if ta k e n w ith a little
salt, sw eet. T his p o in t was w ell m ade
w hen A rlo visited his fa th e r fo r th e last
tim e and said, “ N ow th a t I ’m n o t doing
w hat I ’m supposed to be doing, I’d
b e tte r find o u t w hat I w an t, an d i t ’s liable
to ta k e m e a w h ile.” D o esn ’t it fo r all o f
us?
A rlo w as A rlo, choosing his ow n
jo u rn e y s and circles, an d th a t m ade the
film , in its coolness, fu n n in ess, sadness,
and relevance. It w as his s to ry , h e played
it, and to ld it w ell. I advise seeing it and
co m p arin g y o u r s to ry , n o t in an y sense of
a c o n te s t, b u t fo r w h at it m ay be w o rth
to you.
In W h ite America...
by Dan Shaw
Contemplation of resignation
1 feel like I’m w alking u p a dow n
e scalato r o ccu p ied by every N o tre D am e
s tu d e n t w ho has set fo o t in L a F o rtu n e ’s
S tu d e n t C en ter. R esig n atio n s seem to be
th e th in g this y ear, an d as a resu lt o f th e
latest ro u n d o f go o d -b y es a t th e O bserver
o ffic e , I find m yself —m o te d (th e re has
been
co n siderable discu ssio n as to
w h e th e r pro- o r de- is th e p ro p e r p refix
here) to a p o sitio n w hich ev ery o n e b u t
m yself realized involved to o m u ch w ork
to h an d le.
«
As is tru e w ith ev ery o n e else w h o sta rts
o p tim istically in to so m e th in g new , I have
g reat designs in m ind and o n p a p er w h ich ,
if n u rtu re d in to re a lity , will u n d o u b te d ly
send lie follow ing th e fo o ts te p s o f T om
E h rb ar (re m em b er?) to N ew Y o rk an d
th e glories he has describ ed as a w in n er o f
th e P ulitzer.
F o rtu n a te ly , th e p u b lish e r g ra n te d me
tw o free d ay s th is w eek b e fo re I w as
forced last night to begin w ork in earn est.
T o d a y ’s lead is a review o f o n e o f th e
m ore w o rth w h ile m ovies to be screened
at a S o u th Bend th e a tre th is y ear. T h e
a u th o r, Ken W alsh, never did a c tu a lly
v o lu n te e r to w rite th e review . He ju s t
seem s to k n o w w hat h e ’s d o in g in his
review s w ritte n fo r E nglish co u rses, so it
was o n ly n a tu ra l th a t th e new ly nam ed
fe a tu re s e d ito r, searching fo r m ate ria l to
fill a page, w ould tu rn to th e p erson
sittin g n e x t to h im in th e th e a tre and say
“ W rite a review .”
Also appearing to d a y is a preview o f
F rid a y ’s p e rfo rm an ce o f L ouisville’s West
E nd P layers. T h e w o rk involved in
bringing th is tro u p e to N o tre D am e began
w ith a le tte r sen t by R ich R ossie in
F e b ru ary o f last sch o o l year. A lth o u g h
th e a c to rs are n o t p ro fessio n als an d are all
o f high sch o o l age, th e ir prev io u s
p e rfo rm an ces across th e M idw est have
been g reeted w ith very favorable no tices.
If n o th in g else, th e articles u pcom ing
on th e fe a tu re s page at least prom ise
v a rie ty .
M a r ily n
B ecker, erstw h ile
p e rc e p tio n ist o f th e E h rb arian E ra, has
pro m ised to c o n tin u e c o n trib u tio n s on
life a t St. M ary’s. Sue B u ry , th e lib erated
w o m an , will officially e n te r th e life o f
fe a tu re s w ith a lo o k at N o tre D am e’s
co-ex ch eerlead in g corps.
P at C lin to n has ro b b e d th e m ail and
com e up w ith a len g th y le tte r w ritte n by
Jo h n Y u rk o to F ra n k Z a p p a, fo rm e rly o f
th e M o th ers o f In v e n tio n . T his in te re stin g
lam en t over a new a lb u m will a p p ea r
so o n . C lin to n him self m e n tio n e d th a t
several long a w aite d discs have re c e n tly
been released and are in need o f review
by th o se ir th e k n o w , a lth o u g h I ’m still
a n x io u s to h ea r so m eth in g o n th e latest
c re a tio n o f th e Led Z ep p elin . Also in th e
field o f m usic, review o f M ick Jagger and
Co. in C hicago should a p p e ar n e x t w eek.
M ark W albran, w ho was q u ie tly sto len
fro m G len C o rso ’s new s sta ff last w eek,
will p rovide his im p ressio n s o f th e D C.
m o ra to riu m activ ities, if he d o e sn ’t
decide to stay th e re . A s a p re-m o rato riu m
o ffe rin g L arry O verlan will re-exam ine
o u r P re s id e n t’s N o v em b er 3 speech o n
V ietn am .
F rid ay will see th e re ap p ea ra n ce o f
N o tre D aipe’s m an w ith a m ission, T om
E h rb a r. B ecause we are able to p rin t Jim
M urray o f Los A ngeles o n th e sp o rts
page, clea ran ce has also b een o b tain ed
to cab le in th e n ro fo u n d th o u g h ts of
E h rb a r fro m N ew Y o rk .
In sum , review s, preview s an d h u m o r,
th e m ain stay s o f th e fea tu re s, will rem ain .
1 h o p e also to ad d serio u s c o m m e n t by
kn o w led g eab le p eo p le in ju s t a b o u t every
area im aginable. T h e best th in g a b o u t a
fe a tu re s page is th a t it e x clu d e s on ly
c u rre n t re p o rte d new s, ed ito rials, and
sp o rts. So if y o u have a p a rtic u la r area o f
in te re st w hich d e m a n d s th e e x p lo ra to ry
ta le n ts o f y o u rse lf o r so m eo n e else, call,
w rite , o r run to th e O bserver o ffic e and
let so m eo n e k n o w a b o u t it.
—Dave Stauffer
Features Editor
realism and s p o n ta n e ity , h ow ever, has
h ard ly posed a p ro b le m , as th e players
F rid ay N o v em b er 14, a t 9 :0 0 p.m . in have had first h a n d e x p erien ce in th e
W ashington H all, th e West Side Players c o n d itio n s and situ a tio n s th e y p o rtray .
w ill p resen t In W hite A m e ric a , a tw o -act P revious p e rfo rm a n c e s have dealt w ith rat
play w ritte n by M artin D u b erm an . T he in fe s ta tio n , racial s te re o ty p in g , and th e
p lay itse lf is a d o c u m e n ta ry review ing the d i f f i c u l t i e s
c o n fro n tin g th o se w ho
black h isto rical e x p erie n ce fro m slavery a tte m p t to estab lish o rg a n iz a tio n s aim ed
d a y s to
th e
p rese n t.
Billed as a a t a ffectin g change.
Dave K rashna o f th e S tu d e n ts A gainst
s o c i o - d r a m a , th e p e rfo rm a n c e will
a tte m p t to convey th e h u m a n e m o tio n R acism , w ho are co-sponsoring th e event
w h ich is an in teg ral p a rt o f th e black in c o n ju n c tio n w ith th e A fro-A m erican
S o c ie ty ,
and
th e
S tu d e n t U nion
e v o lu tio n /re v o lu tio n h is to ry .
T h e W est Side P layers th em selv es w ere A cadem ic C om m ission, sees th e d ram a as
fo rm e d in May 1967 o n th e w est side o f a c o n tin u a tio n o f th e e ffo rt o f black
to
show
w h ites th e ir life
L ouisville, K e n tu c k y . T h e k ey o rganizers p e o p l e
w ere a p air o f V ista V o lu n te e rs, C arroll J. e x p e rie n c e , to have w h ite s “ re a d ” them .
S ch em p p an d R ich ard D. W albridge. A lth o u g h in th em selv es th e y c a n n o t solve
T h e ir e ffo rts w ere aim ecf at o fferin g th e p ro b lem s, K rashna sees th e m as a m eans
y o u th o f th e area a new m o d e o f activ ity o f g e ttin g w h ites to get rid o f th eir
a n d a m eans o f creatin g o r stim u latin g an hang u p s a b o u t blacks.
T h o se w h o had a ch an ce to see The
in te re st in th e a rts w here o p p o rtu n itie s
w ere scarce. It w as also h o p ed th a t th e B lack E x p e rie n c c e in S o n g a t SMC last
o rg a n iz a tio n
w o u ld
p ro v id e creative m o n th can tell y o u th a t th e re is m uch
m in d s
w ith a ch an ce to
express read in g to d o . H ow ever, ju d g in g by the
th e m s e lv e s and
to gain leadership p e rfo rm a n c e o f th e B elievers in The B lack
E xp erie n ce, th e feeling and e m o tio n
ex p erien ce.
T h e tre n d o f past plays has been to p o rtra y e d c a n n o t be carried seco n d h an d .
p resen t ex istin g social p ro b lem s to th e S tu d e n t adm ission to th is ev en t is $ 1.00.
a u d ien ce in a m a n n e r th a t w ill be b o th In W hite A m erica sh o u ld pro v id e at least
m e a n in g f u l an d realistic. P ro d u cin g a d o lla r’s w o rth o f reading.
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W olfe’s taste
T his is in resp o n se to Chris
W o lfe ’s c o lu m n o f N o v e m b e r 5.
D ear C hris
R e c e n tly I read y o u r co lu m n
w ith g re a t in te re st. I t ’s tru e
w e’ve b een o n d iffe re n t sides in
th e p a st, p o litically speaking,
b u t th a t did n o t in itself cause
m e to th in k p a rtic u la rly low o f
y o u . T h is la te st lite ra ry e ffo rt
changes things how ever. Y o u
speak o f o b jectiv e tr u th . . . did
y o u ever h ear o f ta ste ?
I realize th a t N o tre D am e is a
C ath o lic
In s titu tio n , w here
C h ris tia n
c o n sc ie n c e reigns
suprem e. N everth eless, th e re are
th o se few o f us w h o d o n o t
agree w ith th e p re c e p ts o f th e
R o m an C h u rch . We see som e
things in a d iffe re n t light. We do
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USEYOURMHKCARO!
n o t a p p re c ia te y o u r lovely little
“ o h so clever” illu sio n s to
“ A d o lf” ; w e d o n o t like y o u r
g o d d a m n sta tistic s e ith e r. T he
six m illio n are sta tistic s fo r y o u .
. . th e y are m y p e o p le , so w atc h
y o u r language. M aybe y o u m ight
feel d iffe re n tly if y o u r relativ es
w ere m elted d o w n to soap.
M aybe y o u w o u ld b eco m e ra th e r
to u c h y a b o u t th e su b jec t. M aybe
R ich ard L ib o w itz
P .S .
C ount
o n e callo u s
C h ristian c o lu m n ist p er m in u te
and
lo o k in g
th r o u g h
th e
O b s e r v e r , th e re i§ a BIG
O N E.
GE strike
E d ito r:
In reg ard s to a le tte r c o n c e rn ­
ing th e e n d to G en eral E le c tric ’s
re c ru itin g o n cam p u s d u e to th e
p re s e n t strik e , it seem s to m e
th a t su ch n o te w o rth ie s as Phil
M cK enna e t. al. have tire d o f
D ow C hem ical, th e C IA , and
C alifo rn ia grapes. In fighting
th e ir “ n e v er en d in g b a ttle fo r
tr u th , ju s tic e , a n d th e A m erican
w a y ,” th e y fail to see w h at
h a p p e n s if G E is rep laced by
N o rth V ie tn a m an d th e strik e rs
b y th e U .S.A . T h is re p la c e m e n t,
as I see it, gives a fairly g o o d
p ic tu re o f th e p re se n t V ietn am
situ a tio n . N ow th e ir line o f
reaso n in g w o u ld te n d to m ake
N o rth V ietn am th e “ bad g u y s.”
B ut, w ait a m in u te , th e y say th e
U.S. is w aging an u n ju st w ar
against th e p eo p le o f N o rth
V ietn am . T h e re c o u ld n ’t be a
c o n tra d ic tio n , c o u ld th e re ?
Bill M uno
130 F ish er
Fed-up-to-the-neck
E d ito r:
Speak in g as a single, fed-upt o - t h e - n e c k - w ith -th is-n o n sen se
s tu d e n t, I w o u ld like to d em an d
th e resig n atio n s o f S tu d e n t B ody
P re sid e n t M cK enna an d S tu d e n t
B ody V ice-P resident D ed rick , e f­
fective im m e d ia te ly . I have sat
b y w hile th e y have in su lte d
S en ato rs (s tu d e n t, as well as
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U .S.) an d p ro flig ately sp e n t
m o n e y th a t S tu d e n t G o v e rn ­
m e n t sim p ly do es n o t have o n
o rg a n iza tio n s th a t d o n o th in g
fo r a n y o n e (i.e. N SA ) o r are
o p e n ly racist (i.e. T h e A fro A m e ric an S o c iety o f N o tre
D am e), b u t th is le tte r calling fo r
a d is ru p tio n o f G e n eral E lectric
re c r u itin g in terv iew s is to o
m u ch . It is th e m o st tru m p e d u p , u n re aso n a b le, m is-b eg o tten
c o n g lo m e ra tio n o f h a lf-tru th s,
in n u e n d o s a n d n o n -seq u itu rs
th a t I have ever seen. A nd in
th re e y ears h e re I’ve seen q u ite a
few .
If I w ere to p e rfo rm a to ta l
d issectio n o f th is b ea st, I w o u ld
b e w ritin g to th e en d o f th is
m o n th . In ste a d , I’ll m erely p o in t
o u t a few item s.
Ite m : W hat m ak es y o u so
su re, Phil and F re d , th a t th e
U n io n ’s d e m a n d s are ju s t? Isn ’t
it p ossible th a t G E ’s m an ag e­
m e n t sim ply c a n ’t k eep th e
p la n ts o p e ra tin g a t a p ro fit if th e
d em a n d s o f th e u n io n are m et?
If a p la n t isn ’t p ro fita b le , th e n it
m u st be closed d o w n . (G E
d o e sn ’t have F r. H esb u rg h and
th e A d m in istra tio n to p ick up
th e ir d e fic it!) If th e p la n t closes
d o w n , th e n w here will th e em ­
p lo y ees fin d a new jo b ?
Ite m : W hat d o y o u m e a n , Phil
an d Fred.
w hen y o u say th a t
th e w o rk ers have n o say in th e ir
o w n fu tu re ? Isn ’t th a t d efin e d as
being able to m ake a choice?
A re n ’t t.ie y m aking a ch o ice by
d em a n d in g h ig h er p a y , m ore
fringe b e n e fits an d less w o rk and
refu sin g to w o rk unless th ese
d em an d s are m et? A nd sh o u ld n ’t
o th e r p eo p le be allo w ed to m ake
th eir ch o ice , if th e y th in k th a t
th e p re se n t ra tes are g ood?
Ite m : By refusing to allow
g ra d u a tin g en g in eers, research
scien tists, a c c o u n ta n ts, in d u stria l
re la tio n s stu d e n ts, e tc ., th e rig h t
to decid e fo r them selves w h e th e r
o r n o t th e y w ish to see a re ­
c ru ite r fro m G en eral E lectric,
a re n ’t y o u se ttin g y o u rse lf u p as
a little tin F u h rer?
T h e o ffices o f SBP a n d SBVP
are su p p o sed to be filled b y
s tu d e n ts w h o re p re se n t th e ir fello w -stu d e n ts an d e x p e d ite th e
services th e ir fe llo w -stu d e n ts are
p ay in g fo r. T h ey are n o t su p ­
p o sed to be filled b y m en w ho
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use th e ir o ffice to satisfy th eir
ow n little egos and hyper-sensi­
tive c o n c e p tio n o f black-w hitesty le rig h t an d w rong.
D isgustedly,
S te p h e n N oe
4 3 7 S ta n fo rd
P S. Y es, I k n o w th a t NSA got
o n ly fifty dollars; t h a t ’s still
fifty dollars to o m uch.
Bloodless religion
E d ito r:
In rep ly to y o u r ed ito ria l o f
N o v em b er 3, in w hich I am
re p o rte d to have sp o k en of
“ tearin g N ixon d o w n ,” an d o f
“ tak in g
over W ashington if
W ashington co n tin u e s to opp ress
th e T h ird W orld,” le t me say
th a t I believe I have been
m isq u o te d . I do n o t speak from
n o te s, b u t it is alw ay s my
p ractice to re fe r to th e P resid en t
as Mr. N ixon.
I agree w h o le h e a rte d ly w ith
y o u r ed ito ria l w riter in th a t we
sh o uld a tta c k issues and n o t
p eo ple. I agree w ith C hrist, to o ,
a lth o u g h I th in k it w as a la te r
c o m m e n ta to r w ho m ade th e
d is tin c tio n a b o u t h atin g th e sin
an d loving th e sinner.
Q u ite seriously, I w as h e a rte n ­
ed by th e sensitivity to the
values o f no n v io len ce ev id en t at
N o tre D am e, a n d b y y o u r
e d ito rial,
(an d
by
T im
M acC arry’s o b itu a ry o f B ro th er
David D arst o n th e sam e page).
B ut I feel I m ust rem in d y o u
th a t no n v io len ce is n o t m erely a
w eap o n o f “ n ice” p e o p le , n o t
m erely a “ w itn e ss,” an ech o o f a
b lo o d less religion.
I sp o k e o f th e N ovem ber
M o bilization in W ashington as a
legal, peaceful a n d n o n v io len t
a c tio n , p o in tin g o u t, by th e w ay,
th a t th ese term s are n o t sy n o n y ­
m ous. T his w ill reach y o u a fte r
th e ev e n t, b u t y o u m ay be sure
th a t th e organizers o f th e M arch
will d o all th e y can to keep it
th a t w ay, as th e y have p ro m ised .
I did n o t sp eak o f tearing
a n y o n e d o w n . B ut it is clear th a t
Mr. N ixon is follow ing th e sam e
p a th th a t led Mr. J o h n s o n back
to ran ch in g . I did fan tasize a bit
a b o u t w h at m ight h ap p en in
1965, w hen in a c o m p le te ly
n o n v io le n t a c tio n 15 ,0 0 0 o f us
m arch ed to w a rd th e C ap ito l
w ith th e a n n o u n c e d in te n tio n o f
g ettin g as close as possible to it i
in
o rd e r
to h o ld a c o u n te r
“ congress” o f th e u n re p re se n te d
peo p le o f th is c o u n try an d o f
th e T h ird W orld, in o r n ear th e
place w here d ecisio n s are m ade
w h ich vitally a ffe c t th e ir lives,
an d w here th e y have very little
o r no re p re se n ta tio n . If su ch an
a c tio n co u ld be m o u n te d n e x t
year, w ith far larger n u m b e rs
an d w ith th e sam e o r g reater
degree o f d e te rm in a tio n , and
m ost im p o rta n t, if th a t d e m o n ­
stra tio n co u ld be carried o u t as a
n o n v io len t
d e m o n s tra tio n ,
it
w ould have a very p o w e rfu l
effe c t. T h e p ro b lem is, are we
m atu re en o u g h to escalate th e
seriousness o f n o n v io le n t p ro te s t
in such a m an n er? I do n o t
kn o w .
T hose o f us w ho espouse
n o n v io len ce, n o t m erely as an
e x p e d ie n t ta c tic , b u t as a philo­
so p h y and a w ay o f life, m ust
su m m o n th e im ag in atio n an d th e
courage to increase o u r level o f
m ilitan cy an d o u r w illingness to
pay th e price. O th erw ise we will
surely
leave
th e developing
struggle, w hich we have helped
to g e n erate, to th o se w ho d o n o t
share o u r c o m m itm e n t o t the
in te g rity o f th e p e rso n , peo p le
w ho d o p u t ideology o r “ causes
befo re p e o p le .” If th a t should
h a p p e n , w ho w ould be to blam e
b u t th o se w ho J a ile d to show
th a t th e b e tte r w ay really is
b e tte r?
V ery b est w ished.
F ra te rn a lly ,
T o m C ornell
N atio n al C o-secretary
The
C a th o lic
F ellow ship
Peace
Murray’s parody
E d ito r:
Jim M u rray ’s o b v io u s p a ro d y
o f Lew A lc in d o r’s S p o rts Illu s ­
tra ted sto ry is a disgrace to
sp o rts w riting. It tak es genuine
courage fo r a b allp lay er to b reak
th e m old o f th e college “ rahra h .” If he m u st face th e w ra th
o f w riters w ho a b h o r th e tr u th ,
carry a p erso n al v e n d e tta against
th e local star o r re so rt to su b tle
(?) racism , th e n his b u rd e n is
d o u b le d . Jim M urray should
sw allow his in d ig n an t p rid e and
a c t p rofessional.
Jo h n A bow d
234 B adin
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su m m er if Mr. N ix o n d o es n o t
change his w ar p o licy drastica lly .
I w as th in k in g b ack to th e
A ssem bly
of
U n rep resen ted
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W E D N ES D A Y , N O V E M B E R 12, 19 69
^ ^ " % M ^ u d e n t affairs] N e W
I acclaim th e decision o f th e m em b ers o f th e S tu d e n t A ffairs
c h an n el to call fo r a te m p o ra ry su sp en sio n o f all m eetings. B ut, my
reaso n s arc very d iffe re n t fro m th eirs.
It seem s to me th a t th e fau lt o f n o t being able to effectiv ely
o p e ra te as rep resen tativ es o f s tu d e n t o p in io n is due prim arily to o u r
in c o m p e te n t leaders. T hese girls are in c o m p e te n t because th e y d o
n o t k n o w how to tru ly re p re sen t th e ir fellow stu d e n ts and because
th e y lim it th e ir legislation to o n ly th o se ideas w hich will em b arass
th e a d m in is tra tio n . It is o b v io u s to m e th a t th e S tu d e n t
“ R e p resen tativ es’’ have d o n e n o th in g o f co n stru c tiv e w o rth this
y ear, and th is lack o f any real reaso n fo r S tu d e n t A ffairs is th e ir ow n
fau lt.
T h e ty p ical rep rese n tativ e s o f o u r S tu d e n t G o v ern m en t at SMC do
n o t know w hat th e s tu d e n t th in k s because she d o es n o t k n o w how
to o b ta in th is kno w led g e. O ur re p re se n tativ e s are u n d e r th e
im pression th a t if th ey pick a night and a p a rtic u la r h alf h o u r, th e y
can call o n e o f th eir halls m eetin g s a n d , voila, th e stu d e n ts will tu rn
on th e ir m inds fo r th is h a lf h o u r and let th e re p re se n ta tiv e k n o w
ex actly w hat she th in k s o f s tu d e n t g o v e rn m e n t and w h at she w an ts
stu d e n t g o v ern m en t to do.
Why c a n ’t these re p re se n tativ e s learn th a t as effectiv e
rep resen tativ es o f the stu d e n ts, th e y should learn w h at th e y th in k by
listening to th em . T his listening sh o uld be p e rp e tu a l. T h e
rep resen tativ e should k n o w h e r c o n s titu e n ts well en o u g h an d have
talked w ith tth e m e n o u g h , to in te rp re t th e ir o p in io n s an d k n o w w hat
th ey w ant. T h e re p re se n ta tiv e ’s c o n ta c t w ith h er fellow s tu d e n t in
class, social situ a tio n s, in n u m e ro u s o th e r w ays sh o u ld b e an
effective guide to w hat th e s tu d e n t is th in k in g . If o u r rep re se n ta tiv e s
w ere c o m p e te n t th ey w o u ld strive to k n o w th e ir fellow s tu d e n ts
seven d ay s a w eek in stead o f a h alf h o u r o n o n e p a rtic u la r n ig h t o f
th e w eek.
T h e n e x t fau lt o f o u r rep re sen ta tiv e s is th a t th e y d o n o t k n o w
how to p ro p o se co n stru c tiv e legislation. T h e SMC s tu d e n t assem bly
is a very good exam p le. Led o n by o u r V ice P resid en t, th e assem bly
d o es n o t kno w how to d o a n y th in g b u t th in k up legislation w hich
will serve to em barass th e a d m in is tra tio n . N ow th a t all o f th e rules
o f o u r g o v ern m en t have been co m p le te ly ch an g ed , th e re are
obviously no m ore rules to change. T h e re fo re th e leg islatu re, at ai
loss because th eir m in d s c a n n o t fu n c tio n if th e y are n o t arguing
a b o u t changing rules, leave th e p ro p o sal o f legislation u p to o u r Vice
P resident. T he p ro b le m w ith th is is th a t o u r Vice P resid en t d o e s n o t
tru ly rep resen t th e stu d e n ts. She do es n o t realize th a t w e m ight be
pleased w ith th e s itu a tio n a t SMC and d o n o t w an t c o -h a b ita tio n or
drugs o n this cam pus. F o r e x am p le , w h at c o u ld be m ore c o n stru c tiv e
o r e a rth shaking tn a n h er n ew est piece o f legislation to allow ,
d rin k in g o n cam p u s fo r girls tw e n ty -o n e y ears o f age. T h is really is
relevant to th e needs o f o u r s tu d e n t b o d y and to th e changing
cam p u s situ a tio n aro u n d th e w o rld . W hat a b o u t c o n stru c tiv e
th in k in g along th e lines o f sch o larsh ip s to bring in m ore d iversity at
SMC, o r w orking fo r o ff cam p u s housin g , o r a n y th in g w hich will
p ro m o te th e w elfare o f SMC. 1 c a n n o t blam e th e a d m in is tra tio n fo r
delaying m ost o f o u r leg islatio n , because m ost o f it is w o rth less
an y w ay .
1 also, as a regular at th e stu d e n t assem bly m eetings, w o u ld also
like to say th a t I d o u b t if y o u rep re sen ta tiv e s w ould k n o w how to
p ro p o se legislation even if y o u did have an idea. A lso w hen y o u do
try and d o so m eth in g sig n ifican t, it is never an original idea, b u t a
co p y o f w hat o u r frien d s across th e ro ad have d o n e . F o r ex am p le
-when y o u w ere arguing w h at k in d o f sta te m e n t y o u w o u ld m ake on
th e m o ra to riu m , the only ideas w hich cam e fro m o u r legislators
w ere, w hy n o t w rite a sta te m e n t like C o lu m b ia ’s, o r w hy n o t o n e
like th a t o f th e ND th eo lo g y m ajors? T he fru stra tin g p a rt o f it is th a t
y o u r sta te m e n t was so co m p le te ly m eaningless it was lau g h ab le. If
y o u ju s t tried to sit back and observe y o u r m eetin g s w hich usually
get n o th in g accom plish ed e x c e p t learn a b o u t a c o u p le o f “ o f th e
re c o rd ” goodies, you w ould realize th a t h alf o f th e fa u lt o f o u r
stu d e n t g o v ern m en t lies m ainly in y o u r in e p t lapses.
I th e refo re c a n n o t see w h at bad e ffe c ts y o u r su sp en sio n will have
on o u r school, because as things exist now y o u are d o in g n o th in g
w o rth th e s tu d e n ts ’ “ su p p o rt, o r in te re s t.” If I am w rong in m y
views, it is because I am m isin fo rm ed an d if th is is so, th is is again
y o u r fa u lt, because it is y o u r jo b to in fo rm me as to w h a t y o u are
doing.
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S c h o o l s W i t h o u t W alls
M ini-schools w h ich a b a n d o n
th e c o n v e n tio n al space an d tim e
b o u n d a rie s o f m o st in s titu tio n s
can help m ake e d u c a tio n m ore
re le v a n t, a sch o o l p la n n e r fro m
P h ilad elp h ia to ld th e c o n feren ce
on “ N ew Lives fo r E xisting
E d u c a tio n a l F a c ilitie s” at th e
U niversity o f N o tre D am e yes­
te rd a y .
Dr. G len I. E a rth m a n , a m em ­
ber o f th e S ch o o l P lanning
D e p a rtm e n t o f th e S ch o o l Dis­
tric t o f P h ilad elp h ia, sp o k e on
“ S ch o o ls W ith o u t W alls” to over
150 in d u strialists, a rc h ite c ts and
sch o o l a d m in is tra to rs a tte n d in g
th e c o n fe re n ce in N o tre D am e’s
C o n tin u in g E d u c a tio n C en ter.
E a rth m a n , d escrib in g th e ex­
p e rim e n ta l p ro g ram
o ffically
called “ C o m m u n ity E x p erie n ce
S c h o o l” called th e new p ro je c t a
“ m arriage b e tw ee n th e sch o o l
a n d th e c o m m u n ity .” T h e m in i­
sch o o l has n o fo rm a l b uilding at
all, he e x p la in e d , and has a b a n ­
d o n e d th e tra d itio n a l “ sch o o l
y e a r,” an d “ sch o o l d a y .” S tu ­
d e n ts learn all y ear, full tim e —
by ex p lo rin g re so u rces available
in th e w orld a b o u t th e m — th e
c o m m u n ity .
T h e first m ini-school m et in
F e b ru a ry o f 1969 w hen 140
s tu d e n ts g a th e red in an a b a n d o n ­
ed o ffice in d o w n to w n P h ilad el­
phia. T h e ir ac ad em ic c u rricu lu m
con sisted o f th re e p a rts:# in stitu ­
tio n a l o fferin g s, basic skills
o fferin g s an d electives, E a rth ­
m an said.
E x a m p l e s o f in s titu tio n a l
o fferin g s in clu d e a biology class
ta u g h t by o n e o f th e c u ra to rs in
th e M useum o f N atu ral Science
and an a rt class in th e P h ilad el­
phia A rt M useum , h e ex p la in e d .
Basic skills o f read in g , w riting
and m a th e m a tic s are ta u g h t by
certified teac h e rs w ho pro v id e
b o th rem ed ial a n d advanced
m aterial. E lectives m ay be stafftau g h t o r in s titu tio n a l courses
— o f w hich th ere are o v er 100
— o r m ay be in d iv id u al stu d y
p r o je c ts , service w ith
co m ­
m u n ity
a g e n c ie s, o r w ork
e x p erien ce gained w ith a c o o p ­
eratin g business.
T h e s tu d e n ts re p re se n t a w ide
range o f a b ilities and e th n ic
g ro u p s, E a rth m a n said, since
th e y are selected by lo tte ry fro m
ap p lic an ts. In a d d itio n to u rb a n ­
it e s , th e sch o o l h as som e
stu d e n ts fro m su b u rb a n and
p aro ch ial schools.
W hile P h ilad elp h ia o ffe rs a
p e c u lia rly
ric h
ra n g e
of
m useum s, h isto rica l m o n u m e n ts,
businesses and g o v e rn m en t agen­
cies to en rich th e e d u c a tio n o f
y o u n g lives, E a rth m a n stressed
th a t a n y c o m m u n ity can serve as
a la b o ra to ry fo r learning. T he
im p o rta n t fa c to r, he said, is th a t
th e c o m m u n ity ex p a n d s the
life-space o f th e s tu d e n t by
rem o v in g him fro m crow ded
classro o m s an d e n h an ces his
cap a city to learn fro m e x p e r­
ien ce b y o fferin g him in te ra c tio n
w ith o th e r p eo p le an d w ith his
im m ed iate e n v iro n m en t.
A lth o u g h
E a rth m a n
n o ted
th a t it is to o early to evaluate
th e m ini-school p ro g ram , he a d d ­
ed th a t p relim in ary sam ples have
show n th a t m ost s tu d e n ts are
e n th u s ia stic a b o u t th e program ,
calling it highly relev an t. Many
said th e y w ould be d ro p o u ts
fro m an y o th e r in s titu tio n .
E a rth m a n also n o te d th a t no
te a c h e rs have asked fo r tran sfers
fro m th e sch o o l, and n o stu d e n ts
have d ro p p e d o u t. In fa c t, tw o
g ra d u a te s asked to re tu rn fo r
“ p o st-g ra d u a te ” w o rk . Phila­
delp h ia n o w has th re e o p eratin g
co m m u n ity ex p e rie n c e schools.
Lavin: Patriotism is not dead
presses support of country
Love fo r th e n a tu ra l b e au ty o f
th e lan d an d resp ect fo r th e
a b stra c t values o f lib erty and
law , free d o m and d u ty co m b in e
to fo rm th e essential q u a lity o f
p a trio tism . C ol. J o h n Lavin, p ro ­
c e s s o r o f m ilitary science a t th e ’
U niversity o f N o tre D am e yeste id a y to ld an au d ien c e o f v et­
era n s’ g ro u p at th e S o u th Bend
C ity Hall.
Lavin, speaking in observance
o f V e te ra n s’ D ay, stressed th a t
p a trio tism is n o t m erely frenzied
b u rsts o f e m o tio n , b u t a stead y
d e d ic a tio n to o n e ’s c o u n try in
tim es o f peace as well as in tim es
o f w ar.
In h o n o rin g th e fighting m en
w ho have d e fe n d e d A m erica fo r
alm o st 2 0 0 years, th e head o f
N o tre D am e’s A rm y R O T C p ro ­
gram stressed th a t “ o u r d u ty b o th to th e m and to o u r c o u n try
- is to h o n o r th a t p e rfo rm a n c e
in k in d : by securing th e fu tu re
o f o u r p ro s p e rity .”
H ow ever, Lavin d o es n o t b e­
lieve to d a y ’s so ld ier lacks such
courage o r c o n v ic tio n . “ No sold­
ier in h is to ry has b een given a
m ore co m p reh en siv e and e x a c t­
ing m ission th a n th e A m erican
so ld ier o f to d a y ,” he said. “ By
his reso u rcefu ln ess, versatility
an d courage he c o n tin u e s to
re fle c t th e h eritag e o f 194 years
o f service - a h eritag e th a t grow s
b rig h te r each y e a r.”
Members chosen
PI T A U SIG M A , n a tio n a l e n ­
gineering h o n o r fra te rn ity , has
ch o sen five sen io rs and seven
ju n io rs fo r in d u c tio n in to N otre
D am e’s Sigm a B eta c h a p te r. The
fr a te rn ity , w hich recognizes su­
p e rio r sch o larsh ip and exem ­
plary c h a ra c te r am o n g M echanic­
al E ngineers, has selected seniors
D ennis F . D u cate, E d w ard J.
F itz p a tric k , J o h n N elson, Jo h n
F. P a ro lin , and R o b e rt A. Posival
an d ju n io rs S teven W. C ouch,
He urged y o u n g p eo p le to
fulfill th a t d u ty o u t o f p a tr io t­ L ouis R. M arkovich, T h o m as A.
M artin, Ja m e s A. M atas, J o h n L.
ism an d in resp ect to r tra d itio n
o f m ilitary service th a t is a fu n ­ M cK elvey, W illiam R. M oran,
d a m e n ta l re sp o n sib ility o f c iti­ an d Jo se p h A. U tz.
zen sh ip . “ If we lack th e courage
to sta n d firm fo r o u r beliefs, o r
if we lack beliefs we are d e te r­
D ean E d w a rd J. K lo n k a o f the
U n iv . o f Ill in o is C o ll e g e o f L a w
m in ed to u p h o ld , th e n w e do
will b e c o n d u c t i n g I n t e r v i e w s fo r
n o t deserve th e h eritag e w hich is
prospective
students
on
ou rs, and are u n w o rth y o f th e
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W E DNESDAY , N O V E M B E R 12, 19 69
China Night called political activity
D ear
F ellow T aiw aness (F o rm o sa n )
stu d e n ts:
As y o u m ay alre a d y have seen o n th e
p o ste r o n cam p u s, th e re w ill be a
so-called “ C hina N ig h t” o n N ov. 14-16,
1969.
A t a glance it lo o k s like a C hinese
s tu d e n t affair, b u t if y o u w o u ld like to
spend a little b it o f tim e to th in k a b o u t it
and co m p are it w ith th e e x p e rien c e w hich
y o u have h ad u n d e r th e iro n ru le o f th e
on e p a rty to ta lita ria n C hain K ai-shek
g o v ern m en t in T aiw an , y o u w ill see th a t
it is a p o litic a l a c tiv ity p ro m o te d b y th e
paw ns o f th e d ic ta to r u n d e r th e b e a u tifu l
nam e o f C hinese c u ltu re , e th ic al ties, and
even an ti-co m m u n ism .
Past patriotic support
W hy d o es “ C hina N ig h t” have to
m atch its sch ed u le w ith th e a ctiv ities at
S t.
M a r y ’s C o lle g e ? T h e H isto ry
D e p a rtm e n t o f St. M ary’s has sch ed u led a
talk “ C hinese re v o lu tio n o f 1 9 1 1 ” given
by a C hinese a t “ C hina N ig h t.” Will th e
d e p a rtm e n t invite a T aiw anese sch o lar
from th e Ivy League to ta lk ? T h e le c tu re
given at “ C hina N ig h t” is a su b jec t good
to refresh th e m inds o f th e overseas
C hinese o f th e ir past p a trio tic su p p o rt o f
th e rev o lu tio n led by Dr. Sun Y et-shen
an d ask a new g e n e ra tio n o f overseas
C hinese and even th e A m erican p u b lic to
su p p o rt C hiang K ai-shek’s d ream to be an
e m p e ro r o f C hina in th e nam e o f th e
successor o f Dr. Sun.
“ Chiang d ynasty”
It is n o t a secret in T aiw an w h o th e
“ C row n P rin ce” o f th e “ C hiang d y n a s ty ”
is. C hiang C hing-K o, th e eld e r so n o f
C hiang K ai-shek is a fo u r sta r general and
defense m in ister in c o n tro l o f all in te lli­
gence agencies in T aiw an . R e ce n tly he
was p ro m o te d b y his fa th e r to vice-
m im iiiiiiiM iiin im iim im im iiiii
p re m ie r w aitin g in th e ev en t o f his
fa th e r’s d e a th to tak e over th e go vern ­
m en t.
“ C hiang D y n a sty ” in T aiw an is b e n e ­
ficial fo r his ro y al fo llo w ers an d it is also
very co o p e ra tiv e an d c o n v e n ie n t fo r th o se
w ho are n o t going to q u e stio n C hian g ’s
d ic ta to rsh ip su ch as m issionaries, foreig n
m in isters, an d to u rists fro m ab ro a d .
T h e E ast A sian R esearch In s titu te is
n o t a ffiliate d w ith an y college in th e U.S.
W hat ty p e o f research are th e y doing?
Y o u can guess fro m th e fa ct th a t a t th e
sam e ad d ress th e re is a sm all p u b lish in g
c o m p a n y selling th e d ir e c to r’s b o o k s and
th e sam e lin e o f b o o k s w ritte n b y o th e rs
su ch as frien d s o f th e late p re sid e n t Diem
o f S o u th V ietn am . It is p ossible th a t th e
E ast A sian R esearch In s titu te has n o b o n a
fide research ers a t all. It m ight be th e
k in d o f p riv ate fo u n d a tio n an d in s titu tio n
w h ich th e U.S. C ongress is try in g to sto p
fro m a b u sin g th e ta x p a y e rs m o n ey .
Political activity
W hile “ C hina N ig h t” h ere a t St. M ary’s
an d N o tre D am e is fin an cially su p p o rte d
an d blessed b y b o th th e C hinese E m bassy
in W ashington, D C. and th e C hinese
C o n su late G en eral in C hicago, every
T aiw anese s tu d e n t a t K ansas S ta te U ni­
v ersity received a le tte r fro m th e C hinese
C o n su late G en eral p ro h ib itin g th e m fro m
p e rfo rm in g a pro g ram in th e in te rn a tio n a l
w eek as T aiw anese. T he c o u n su la r dares
to risk th e v io latio n o f free d o m o f e x ­
pressio n g u a ra n te e d b y th e first a m m en d m e n t to th e U.S. C o n stitu tio n . T his gives
y o u clear evidence w hy “ C hina N ig h t” is
a p o litical activ ity .
F u rth e rm o re , an advisor to th e “ C hina
N ig h t” p ro g ram is a “ life-tim e ” gen eral
assem bly w o m an o f th e C hiang K ai-shek
regim e elec ted in m ainland C hina in
1 946. She d o es n o t have c o n s titu e n ts and
has lived h ere in S o u th Bend fo r m ore
th a n a d ecad e. She was given fr e e trip s to
T aiw an every “ P resid en tial e le c tio n ” in
T aiw an at th e ex p en se o f th e T aiw anese
ta x m o n e y to cast a v ote in an elec tio n
w ith o u t a ch o ice since C hiang K ai-shek is
th e o n ly o n e o n th e b allo t. T his is th e
so-called “ free e le c tio n ” and “ d e m o ­
c ra c y ” in T aiw an to d a y .
Propaganda films
It is n o t necessary to say th a t y o u will
be lu c k y if y o u are n o t fo rced to see
som e k in d o f “ d o c u m e n ta ry F ilm ” b efo re
a m ovie o r c u ltu ra l show a t “ C hina
N ig h t.” T h e film is usually o ffe re d by th e
agency o f th e “ C hiang D y n a sty ” free o f
charge. It has n o th in g to do w ith C hina.
It is a p ro p a g a n d a film to m islead th e
A m erican p u b lic in to th in k in g th a t T ai­
w an is “ fre e ,” “ d e m o c ra tic ,” and “ eco ­
n o m ically s o u n d ” c o n tra ry to w hat is
h a p p en in g in T aiw an.
ta k e n by th e paw ns o f th e C hiang regim e
fo r p ro p ag an d a to th e ir advantage.
W ith a firm stan d o f o u r co n v ictio n s
an d a p ro u d h o n o r to be T aiw anese,
frien d sh ip m ight be m ain tain ed w ith
som e C hinese. B ut th ere is no excuse fo r
re tre a t fro m o u r co n v ictio n s w hen y o u
are challanged in p u b lic by th e p reju d iced
C hinese. Y ou can tell y o u r frien d s th a t
T aiw an is an assignee! te rrito ry by in te r­
n a tio n al law . A cco rd in g to th e San F ra n ­
cisco Peace T re a ty and th e S ino-Japanses
T re a ty o f Aug. 5, 1952, Ja p a n re n o u n ced
all rig h ts an d title as well as claim to
T aiw an. H ow ever, th e final title to T ai­
w an still rem ains u n se ttle d o fficia lly . B ut
n o b o d y can d en y th a t T aiw an is de fa c to
an in d e p e n d e n t c o u n try w hich belongs to
all T aiw anese. T aiw an is th e g enuine
o b s tru c tio n to th e esta b lish m e n t o f d ip lo ­
m atic re la tio n s b e tw e e n W ashington and
Peking.
Cost o f freedom
Taiwanese rights
F e llo w
T aiw anese, som e C hinese
b ey o n d th e T aiw an S trait are ch an tin g
th a t th e y are d e te rm in e d to lib erate us
fro m ty ra n y . A n o th e r g ro u p o f C hinese
o n o u r island are also sh o u tin g th a t th e y
are o u r leg itim ate m asters. C an ’t we
h an d le o u r o w n affairs? Seeking selfd e te rm in a tio n to w a rd in d ep e n d e n c e fro m
tw o su ch claim s is no lo n g er a m a tte r o f
sim ple p o litics. T his is a severe struggle
fo r o u r basic rig hts as h u m a n beings. Y ou
c a n ’t sit an d w ait to see som e o f o u r
fellow s tak in g th e w hole 16ad. O u r silence
m ig h t be c o n stru e d as a c c e p tan ce o f th e
d e m a n d o f th e tw o sects. T h en how can
w e as in dividuals aid th is struggle? C learly
id e n tify ourselves as T aiw anese and c o n ­
vey th e tru e fac ts and a sp iratio n s to o u r
A m erican classm ates and frien d s. It is
e x tre m e ly necessary th a t we are carefu l
n o t to asso ciate w ith a n y C hinese o rg an i­
z a tio n because o u r presence m ight be
It is tru e th a t th e cost o f fre e d o m is
alw ays high. Y ou m ay be w orried a b o u t
th e safety and p ro p e rty o f y o u r fam ily
back in T aiw an and even y o u r ow n.
H ow ever, o u r sm all e ffo rt w hich w e are
alread y to sta rt will rew ard th e necessary
price y o u have paid . As R ich ard N ixon
said in his policy s ta te m e n t on N ov. 3,
1969, “ E v ery th in g is n eg o tiab le b u t the
right to se lf-d eterm in atio n by th e people
o f S o u th V ie tn a m .” It is th e U.S. policy
ap p lied to all th e p e o p le in th e w orld
especially in T aiw an and S o u th e a s t Asia.
It is u n tru e to o u rself n o t to fig h t fo r th e
se lf-d eterm in atio n in T aiw an . Let us do it
to d a y ! B o y c o tt “ C hina N ig h t” activities
an d th e “ C hinese S tu d e n t A sso ciatio n s.”
S incerely y o u rs,
T.C. & M.W.
P S. Please w ith h o ld m y real nam e b u t
p rin t th o se fo u r initials fo r th e sa fe ty o f
m y fam ily in T aiw an. T h an k y o u .
in
Widespread activities planned for China Day
The
o n e -h u n d re d
m em ber
C hinese S tu d e n ts A sso c iatio n o f
Saint M ary’s C ollege an d th e
U niversity o f N o tre D am e has
p lan n ed w idesp read acad em ic,
cu ltu ral, an d m usical activ ities
fo r N ovem ber 14, 15, an d 16,
1969, called C hina D ay. T h e
e n tire ev en t, an enlarg ed version
o f a sim ilar fu n c tio n , C hina
N ight, sta rte d on a single evening
in F e b ru a ry , 196 7 , is d ed ic a ted
to th e o b serv an ce o f S aint
M ary’s 1 2 5 th A n n iv ersary an d to
p ro m o te c u ltu ra l ex ch an g e.
T he in itia l even t in th e th re e day c e le b ra tio n , will be a free
lectu re o n C hinese h isto ry w hich
will be p re se n te d as a p a rt o f th e
Saint M ary’s C ollege H isto ry D e­
p a rtm e n t’s “ F re e d o m a n d A u ­
th o rity S eries” . T h is m ee tin g , to
be held a t 4 :3 0 p .m . o n F rid a y ,
N ov em ber 14, in C arro ll Hall o f
M adeleva M em orial B uilding on
th e SMC cam pu s, will fe a tu re
Dr. S te p h e n C. Y . P an , d ire c to r
o f th e E ast A sian R esearch In sti­
tu te . Dr. P a n ’s to p ic w ill be
“ T h e C hinese R e v o lu tio n o f
1911.” A lso o n F rid a y , a sh o w ­
ing o f th e C hinese classical
m ovie, F irebulls, an d a d o c u ­
m e n ta ry film o n C hina have
been sch ed u led fo r 7 :3 0 p .m . in
th e N o tre D am e E n gineering
A u d ito riu m . T h e re will be an
adm ission charge o f $ 1.00 fo r
th is p e rfo rm a n c e .
O n S a tu rd a y , N o v em b er 15,
from
7 :0 0 -8 :3 0
p .m .
in
O ’Laughlin A u d ito riu m o n th e
SMC C am pus, th e C hinese S tu ­
d en ts A sso ciatio n has sch ed u led
a cu ltu ra l p erfo rm a n c e fe a tu rin g
C hinese fo lk d an ces, songs,
m usic, and p o e try .
W hile th e tra d itio n a l L ion
D ance
w hich is p e rfo rm e d
th ro u g h o u t C hina to cele b ra te
th e N ew Y ear w ill b e th e finale
o f th e sh o w , th e rib b o n and
D rin k in g D ances should- prove
u n u su al en o u g h to be o f in te re st
to th e au d ien c e.
In th e fo rm e r, Alice K ung o f
P u rd u e w ill k eep long c o lo rfu l
silk rib b o n s tw irling w hile p e r­
fo rm in g a tra d itio n a l C hinese
dan ce. She will also p e rfo rm th e
D rin k in g D ance in w hich tw o
sm all C hinese w ine cu p s are held
b etw e e n th e first th re e fingers o f
e ach h a n d a n d m ad e to p ro d u c e
a ca sten e t-lik e e ffe c t as she skips
ligh tly across th e stage.
M usic will be p ro v id ed m o stly
b y g ra d u a te s tu d e n ts fro m N o tre
D am e. A m ong th e se lectio n s will
be h arm o n ic a solos b y C hen
C heng-jean o f th e P hysics D e­
p a rtm e n t a n d a series o f fo lk
songs sung b y a g ro u p o f seven­
te e n . T hese tu n e s will have
th e m e s stressing love and th e
b e a u ty o f n a tu re .
F a c u lty re p re se n ta tio n will be
p ro v id ed b y P ro fesso r V ic to r
Nee o f th e E ngineering D e p a rt­
m e n t w h o w ill p lay th e violin
acc o m p a n ied o n th e p ian o an d
cello by G inger an d E ugene
Y ang, c h ild ren o f P ro fesso r
Y ang.
T h e lite ra ry asp ect will n o t be
fo rg e tte n as Dr. Jo h n K iang o f
S o u th B end will d e m o n s tra te
tw o k in d s o f C hinese p o e try
w hich, w hen re c ite d , p ro d u c e a
u n iq u e sing-song e ffe c t. T he
w o rd s o f th e p o em s will be
w ritte n in huge b ru sh stro k e s on
p a p e r w hich will be d rap ed over
an easel o n th e stage.
T w o o th e r p a rts o f th e p ro ­
g ram are a fash io n sh o w o f
c o n te m p o ra ry an d tra d itio n a l
C hinese dresses m o d eled by
seven C hinese girls an d an o v er­
seas pro g ram fea tu rin g s tu d e n ts
o f C hinese a n c e stry fro m m any
d iffe re n t lands.
In c o n ju n c tio n w ith th e vari­
ous o th e r activ ities p lan n ed for
th e w eek en d will be an a rt e x h i­
b itio n fe a tu rin g C hinese p ain tin g
an d h a n d ic ra fts. T hese ite m s will
be o n view in th e S aint M ary’s
S tu d e n t c e n te r C offee H ouse o n
S a tu rd a y , N o v em b er 15, 9 :0 0
a.m . to 7 :0 0 p .m . an d S unday
N o v em b er 16, 9 :0 0 a.m . to 5 :0 0
p .m .
P aintin g s w ill be th e m ost
n u m e ro u s w ith 80 selectio n s in ­
Senate
Ic o n tin u e d fr o m page 1)
p u r p o s e o f d e te rm in in g its
im p le m e n ta tio n fo r 1970-71.
T h e fin an cial c o n sid e ra tio n s
o f th e F o ru m revolved aro u n d
its
g e n e ra l a c c e p ta n c e , th e
o n e-y ear lim it fo r ap p ro v al, and
th e
p ro c e d u re
fo r selecting
m em b e rs to sit o n th e F o ru m .
B reen-P hillips S e n a to r T im
F eeley p ro p o se d an a m e n d m e n t
th a t w ould d elete th e y e a r trial
basis fo r ap p ro v al o f th e F o ru m .
S e n a t o r s speaking against
F e e le y ’s a m e n d m e n t observed
th a t th e in itiativ e ta k e n b y a
s t u d e n t in ap p ly in g fo r a
p o sitio n o n th e F o ru m p roved a
p o sitiv e a ttitu d e to w a rd s its
fu n c tio n . F e e le y ’s a m e n d m e n t
vas th e n d e fea te d b y a v o te of
24-14.
O p p o n e n ts
to
th e m ain
m o tio n o f th e a d o p tio n o f th e
re s o lu tio n
o rd e re d
th e ir
d isap p ro v al o n th e p o in t th a t th e
s tu d e n ts will receive n o tangible
b e n e fits fro m th e F o ru m . Since
H esburgh affirm e d th a t th ere
w ould be n o legislative p o w e r in
th e F o ru m , several S en ato rs
m a in ta in e d th a t th e s tu d e n ts
w o u ld
g a in
n o th in g
fro m
c lu d in g
s o m e a n c ie n t and be o p e n to th e p u b lic and, w ith
a u th e n tic originals.
th e e x c e p tio n o f th e C hinese
O th e r pieces o f a rt include m ovie, th e y will be free o f
o p e ra m asks, la n tern s, statu es charge.
and b a m b o o plates. P u b licatio n s
D istinguished g uests w ill be
o n e x h ib it will fe a tu re a co lle c t­
io n o f C hinese C hristm as cards, a M ayors A llen an d P ric k e tt, to p ran k in g fa c u lty an d a d m in is tra ­
cale n d ar, and postage stam ps.
P erhaps th e m o st u n u su al divi­ tive s ta ff m em b ers o f b o th co m ­
sion o f th e A rt E x h ib it will be a m u n ities, th e B oards o f T ru stees
classification o f 27 e m b ro id ered o f each in s titu tio n , and th e re p ­
a rticles such as pillow s, ta b le ­ resen tativ es o f th e C hinese E m ­
c lo th s, and c lo th in g o f various bassy in W ashington, D.C. and
th e
C o n s u la te -G e n e ra l
in
sorts.
All events o f C hina D ay will C hicago.
approves
s tu d y in g g eneral, a m o rp h o u s
p ro b le m s o f th e
U niversity
vis-a-vis so ciety .
P ro p o n e n ts o f th e F o ru m
c o u n te re d th a t th e p rim ary good
of
th e
p r o p o s a l w as th e
opportunity
for
d ir e c t
c o m m u n ic a tio n
b etw een th e
s tu d e n ts a n d th e adm inistrative,
org ans o f th e U niversity. In
a d d itio n , som e S e n ato rs h in ted
th a t th e F o ru m w ould be the
first step to w a rd s a U niversity
S en ate.
A fte r len g th y d eb a te o n the
m o tives an d b e n e fits fo r th e
F o ru m , th e S en ate acc e p te d the
Student
A ffa irs C o m m itte e
recommendation
for
the
U niversity F o ru m by a vote o f
27-13.
S BP
Phil M cK enna th e n
appointed
a
Screening
C o m m itte e fo r th e p u rp o se o f
in te rv ie w in g
and
selectin g
stu d e n ts to sit o n th e F o ru m . Ed
M c C a rtin , C h airm an o f the
C o m m i t t e e , said th a t any
u n d e rg ra d u a te m ay a p p ly in
w riting to th e S ecretary o f t'.e i
S enate. N o m in a tio n s will be
acc e p te d u n til T u e sd a y , Nov.
1 8 th at 5 :0 0 P.M ., an d th e
n o m in ees w ill th e n be c o n ta c te d
by th e S creening C o m m itte e .
In m in o r business, M cK enna
gave his E xecu tiv e R e p o rt o n th e
re cen t a p p o in tm e n ts to
th e
Ju d icial B oard and o n th e
discussion
c o n d u c te d
at
y e ste rd a y ’s m eeting o f th e B oard
o f T ru stees.
M cK enna o p e n e d th e flo o r to
d e b ate o n th e p ro c e d u re fo r
conducting
th e
im m i n e n t
F resh m an Class electio n s. T he
Senate
v o te d
to
a u th o riz e
im m ed iate F re sh m a n elec tio n s
an d a p p o in te d a c o m m itte e to
o rganize e le c tio n p ro c e d u re .