Non-violent program greeted with approval

By Dave Lammers and Practice of the Non-violent Re­ lence 111d non-violence. As a result, C.S.C., who has spent his life involved Last spring a new program of study solution of Human Conflict became hundrt'ds of interested alumni wrote with the communications media. As a congratulatory letters, while only two and action began at Notre Dame, reality, Professor McCarthy received result of h1~ influence the Mutual, condemned the program as part of tlie namely the Program for the Study and over three hundred personal requests Broadcasting Network, 6,000 indepen­ Cummunist takeover. One grad re­ l'radicc of the Non-vioknt Resolution1 for entrance into the two seminar dent radio stations have donated sponded by making his first contribu­ of human Conflict. The program em­ sections, including some sixty or sev­ twenty-six, three and one-half minute tion to Notre Dame. The Chicago anated from a collegiate seminar meet­ enty requests from St. Mary's girls, in spots to the concept of non-violence in inr, of Professor Charles McCarthy, and spite of the fact that the seminar was Police Journal reprinted the Alumnus the basic family situation. Th.e stations was presented to Father Heshurgh by a not listed in the spring course booklet. interview in its entirety. Ave Maria intended to. have the radio scripts non-partisan group of student leaders. As a result of this student response, magazine devoted a cover story to the written by professional writers, but The response to this idea is fascinat­ Paul Douglass, a Hawaiin theologian program entitled, "Can you see Christ McCarthy insisted that Notre Dame ing; it is more than that, it is living and author of The Non-violent Cross: going down with his guns blazing?" students were capable of writing the proof of the power of an idea come of A Theology of Revolution and Peace, Over a hundred newspapers have re­ scripts. Anyone who is interested in age. The response is evidence that was enticed into coming to Notre ported the founding of the program. working on this project should contact" many Americans are convinced that Dame. Douglass is presently teaching 11111111111111111111111111111111111111111 Mr. McCarthy. three sections of the non-violent sem­ violence is dead as a means of resolving 1 Interest in the program for human conflict or achieving positive inar. Mario Corradi, an 1talian who OBSERVER INSIGHT non-violence has come to this com­ taught philosophy here last year, is social change. Very simply, the life of 11111111111111111111111111111111111111111 munity from veterans, housewives, stu­ a non-vioil'nt person is founded on the now at Yale studying non-violence, dents, college administrators, and the Irv Kupcinet, the host of the Kupp convktion that all human beings must with a grant from Notre Dame, and uneducated. Many other universities Show in Chicago, heard about the be treated as persons and not as things, will return to Notre Dame next year to have asked for information so that a program in Rome, and interviewed tools, or instruments for personal grat­ teach in the program. Also of interest similar program can be started. And a McCarthy on his evening conversation ification. is the fact that the administration of twenty year old from Cambridge, Mas­ program in early September. In June, Observe. Two weeks after the pro­ the program is handled by a com­ sachussetts, John C. Birmingham III, McCarthy spoke before The National grain was proposed to Father mittee of which there is one more sent a three page telegram of congratu­ Catholic Layman Association's con­ llesburgh, the Gulf Oil Corporation student member than faculty member. lations. vention in Cleveland. In Trivoli, New granted $100,000 to Father Hesburgh The response fro· ~ outsicle of the Perhaps this entire response is an York, the American Pax Association to . he used for the founding of a Notre Dame-St. Mary's community has awakening of conscience among Amer­ respnnded to the program with a program of non-violence. In addition, been equally impressive. icans. It is exciting to realize that, here resolution congratulating Father l-Ies­ constant, behind the scenes, support The Alumnus magazine of last Aug­ and now, we are involved in a rebirth was given by Father Hesburgh and his ust devoted one (Jf the longest articles burgh. of that life-style that Christ and staff to the program. in its history to an interview with One of the most imp0rtant reac­ Ghandi preached and live(! : Love your When the Program for the Study Professor McCarthy concerning vio- tions came from Rev. Patrick Peyton. enemy.

WEDNESDAY, SEPTI::MBER 24, 1969 Members disagree with

• SU ticket policy change By Tim Treanor made the same decision in a ._,._. i The decision of Student similar situation. There are Union Director Dennis Clark to certain people who receive release for sale fifty tickets for nothing for their services." This, ...;,~ - .;. Saturday's Purdue game which alleged Vecchi, was unfair. were being held for special sale Clark's top officials were by '" to the Student Union Staff has no means unanimously opposed :.~~ apparently met with less than to his decision. Executive unanimous support from the Secretary Jim D'Aurora Student Union memhership. enthusiastically endorsed the In an interview Comptroller action. "It's been due for a long Jay Fitzsimmons expressed fear time," he said, "I'm glad we that the action would undercut finally did it." - the morale of the Student Union D'Aurora discounted volunteer staff. speculation that the move would ''It definitely took some significantly impair the morale motivation from the people at of the Student Union workers. Student Union," Fitzsimmons Student Services said. "They are unpaid Commissioner Robert Pohl who volunteers who work ten to will be directly affected by the twenty io!ours a week. They like move, is less than optimistic c: to feel that they are special about the program's beneficial J: .!:! people, and this action deprived effects. He contended that Father Joyce signed a proclamation declaring "India them of this feeling." "people who will be working on Week at Notre Dame" "We're worried about the low the lottery tonight are going to the week of September 29th. Story on page 2. men on the totem pole," he be deprived of a certain amount continued, "the people who are of self-satisfaction." selling tickets. We can't pay "It was Denny's (Clark) and N D Science alters requirements them. They get nothing out of Tito's (Trevino) decision," Pohl sitting there and selling tickets - continued. "It was a good Ir the trend in the past has m<~thematil:s," he added. "Many more stringent requirements of a job that can't be classified as decision, a tough decision, but it been increasing specialization, of these science interdisciplinary the major program help prepare fun. How are we going to keep could have been a better the road of tht: future may well fields are on the frontiers of students for graduate work, and them working?" decision. 1 think that it's ht: toward ''double rese01n.:h." eventual research." Fitzsimmons also stated: "I necessary to put aside some specialization." To accommodate this n~:w Waldman explained that the agree with the concept and the tickets - perhaps ten tickets - At Notre Dame, the College breed of student, the College of new concentration program was idea behind the decision, but I for the people who work on the of Science is making room in its Science will alter its created "to meet tht: needs of a believe that the Student Union lottery. The hard workers program for the new double requirements this fall to include new breed of student." This must find some new way to deserve options on the tickets." spel'i01list, or interdisciplinary a new, more flexible student. he said, demands that motivate its workers, or else "From a public relations maJor. "concentration" program. Dr. his courses be "relevant," and we'll have a hard time getting angle, it's a valid decision,'' Pohl I "The hoy who wants to !-:mil T. lloffman, assistant dean worries about solving the people to work with us." stated, "a very good move. But a I combine science with writing, of the college and chairman of problems of society. Fitzsimmons said that he was student's chance of getting i ~ business, law or edu~.:ation oftt•n the Colll•ge Curriculum This was demonstrated consulted by Clark on the idea tickets is not greatly increased." has a good career waiting for Commillee. describes the new recently wht:n a talented Notre before the decision was made, Pohl, along with Stay Senator him upon graduation t~ven with program as "less rigid," and Dame student turned down a and he expressed the same and Assistant Academic 1 just a hat•ht•lor's degree," Dr. perfect for the boy who wants National Science Foundation sentiments to him. Commissioner, Rich Hunter, 1 Bernard W01ldrnan, dean of the to end his science education fellowship for graduate study, Social Commissioner Dave Transportation director Tim I college, cxplaint:d. with a B.S. degree. and wt:nl to leach in the Vecchi, who claimed to have Collins, and J irn Gattas, as "We also haVl' to consider the "However," Hoffman adds. innn-rity. Waldman noted, been also ~.:onsultcd on Clark's organizers of the student lottery studt•nt who wants to combine "stutknts with a clear 1<1knt for "This shows us that we have a decision, was rcludant to were scheduled to have received I ~ h is h i o I o g y major with resean:h will still ht: encouraged different group of students now, comment. When pressed, he tickets before Clark's decision to chemistry, physi~.:s or to try our major program. The (continued on page 2) admitted that "I would not have (continued on page 2) PAGE 2 THB OBSE/WDt WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1969 Following South Bend proclamation India. Week is declared at Notre Dame by Fr. Joyce

Father Edmund Joyce, Acting Gandhi was a life dedicated to is entitled "Gandhi: The instructor in non-violent studies. evening of classical Indian dance President of the University, freedom, self-sacrifice, Relevance of his personal and Tentative plans also include a performance. Mrs. Sudha signed Monday a proclamation non-violence, racial equality, and political philosophy today." representative of the black Chandra, an internationally declaring the week of ~eptember religious tolerance. It is fitting Prof. Chakravarty teaches people. The panel will discuss acclaimed performer, will dance, 29th as "India Week at Notre that the University of Notre philosophy courses at the State Dr. Chakracarty's speech with accompanied by her mother Mrs. Dame." Mayor Lloyd Allan Dame community join in University of New York at New special emphasis in its relevance Jaya Doraiswami. Mrs. Chandra signed a similar proclamation for celebrating the memory of this Paltz. to the United States. will be coming to Notre Dame South Bend last week. great man and the principles The pane I discussion On October 3rd, the award from Canada. India week is designed to which guided his life ... " afterwards will include Dr. winning Indian film "Ram Aur commemora~e the I OOth anni­ The India Association has McCarthy, head of the Shyam" will be shown in the The India Association has 60 versary of the birth of the Indian organized a week long series of Non-Violent Studies program, library auditorium. members, of which about half leader, Mohandas Gandhi. events to honor the memory of and Mr. James Douglass, an October 5th will feature an are students. The proclamation reads in Gandhi. The first will be two part, "The life of Mohandas exhibitions of books and Broden urban studies pictures on India that will be to coordinate REDISCOVER displayed at both the Memorial Thl~ appointment of Thomas of study and teaching, research, Library on campus, and the 13rod~:n, rrofessor of law, to and service. He expected most TAP£ downtown South Bend public ..:oordinlu:size applied science

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1969 PAGE 3 • Performing arts IS topic of speakers OPEN! 1/l.'il Known eJucators. Nancy upon till' importance of utiliL.ing the 'Jovember 7-'J symposium final llll'l'ling of the group on M.:1'ormick Rambusch and the pt•rforming arts as a medium on I he topic kat uring Karl January 21. allendees will be Maurice Belanger, are slateJ to of the cJuc:.~tional process. ~lt•nninger, S.l. llay! Story or the Art." and a widely at·k nowkdgeJ OCTOBER 6, !969 tonight at SMC ex pert on the Montessori :>n December 3, 1969, for more information sec ., philoscphy of teaching, will prl'<;eding the oresentdi'J:1 of 1'rot'cssor l;dward Fischer of Mike Mastej in Room 2 spl~ak lll October 1 S. Her topic Norman !kilo Joio's special the llniversity of Notrt• Dame, will be "The Montessori Ft·sLI" I ~';.s:; o·1 '"'eccmher 7 LaFortune Student Center Department of Communic.:tion Paradox." :1nJ H, l·:muw Kountz, concert Arts, will he thl' hynott' speak'~r (' n Octobn 22, Maurice pi;onisl :.lllJ visiting lecturer at at St. Mary's College tonight in Belan)'er will speak on 'The Johns llopkins University in the opening of the College's Ser­ Piaget School: A Theory of l91lH, will discuss religious music aes, "Dialogue: Trends in ('on­ Kno\"ledgt•." Belanger, recently in I he church. Uer !opic will be tl'mporary hlucalion." SENIORS nam,·d Profl·ssor Agregt' at the "Tradition Trivia Triumph in Professor l;ischer will address Uni. ersity of Montreal, was Contemporary Church Music." his comml·nts to the unJerlying formerly at llarvard. thenw of the entire series, "Uti­ "TV: Who Cares?" will be the Professor hi ward Fisclw r, of li7ing the J>erforming Arts as a s,1bjel'l of Curtis W. Davis, I he University of Notre Dame's direl'lor of cultural programs, Th~ 1970 Senior Fellow CPmmittee is now Learning Fxpnknce in <1 Civic Deprtment of Communication acr,epting nominations for the 1970 Senior {'ommunitv." ]·~ational Fducalional Television, The meeting will be held from 1\r•s. will speak on the keynote on Den: 111 be r I 0. Fellow Program. 7:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. in the thune tonigilt at 7:30. The fin<1l dialogue on January Madeleva Memorial Building's r)n October 1, a panel 14, 1970, will precede the Carro11 flail. d';;cussion on "l.anguagc, January 17 pcrformar··:e of the Fischer, who teaches courses in Symbol, Reality" w'!I preo..:ede De('orrnier Folk Singers. At the design, writing, speeo..:h and film Any member of the Senior Class of 1970 studies, is the author of The may nominate a fellow. Rationales need not ScreC'n Arts and has written more SNEA be induded, but are welcome. than 600 magazine articles. He has been a juror at eight film festi­ HAS A NEW LOOK ... vals here and abroad and has Send nominations to: made eight motion pictures. PART OF IT. In addition to his own creative BE Michael Kelly, Chairman activities, Professor Fischer has All interested SMC-ND students come to 1970 Senior Fellow Committee lectured at the Salzburg Seminar St. Mary's Coffeehouse Thursday Sept. 25th 420 Breen-Phillips Hall in American Studies in Austria, at at 7:00 p.m. Dartmouth. Purdue, the Univer­ Notre Dame, Indiana 46556 sity of Oklahoma, and the Univer­ sity of llawaii. He has been on the * Association Hoard of Directors for the Univer­ sity Film l>roducers Association I- and is a member of the American Fly your c 0 Sm:iety of Cinema tologists. ·;::e own jet! 0 Grace stu dents .....: g discuss govt. ·;:: !I ;:• a. <( E The residents of Grace Tower ii 3 mel last week to approve a FI.Y NAVY .. c 0 constitution and to set up an z• Repre~entative will be on campus .. 11 .. interim towN govl•rnment to run :I ..... !!: Sept. 24, 25, 26 0 'i 0: the hall until its members move .... ~ into their rooms. The meeting was held REFRIGERATORS FOR RE-NT primarily to insure that Grace Tower would meet SLC requirements for hall parietal hours. The interim government UNLIMITED SUPPLY THE NORCOLO MODEL NO. E201 met immediately following the < 11, Notre Dame 7757 or 1180 Ind., 46556. Second class post11ge 4th floor LaFortune 'laid, Notre Dame Ind. 46556- or 3ll FlonnPr Tower PAGE 4 THE_ OBJIBIIIB. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1969 Scrambler Phipps must beat N D blitz

Recall. if you will, the head­ 390 yards. He compkted 11-24 point interesting to the Irish, Purdue's offensive line. Of the Big Alex Davis plays a lot of line in Sunday's South Bend passes for 286 yards and scram­ now ranked 8th by UPI and 9th sewn men on the front line, defense in Purdue's 4-3 or 5-2 Tribune: "Phipps, Brilliant bled for I 03 more. Purdue, by AP, it was the weakness of only three own letters and three defensive alignments. At 6-5 and Again, Frases Record For Yard­ which rolled up SH3 total of­ arc sophomores. Phipps was 265 pounds, Davis holds down age as Purdue Wins Wild Tilt." fense yards (a school record) forced to snamblc frequently the middle guard spot in tht: 5-2 That just about says whBob Griese's single deficit. l'eivers, but Phipps could negatt' time for Saturday. Marvel missed game total yardage record with If the game highlighted one the powerful Irish linebacker last season due to injmy, but in 111111111111111111111111111111111 IIIII 1IIII11UIItllllllllllll llll""l blitz witl; his running. his junior year he made 20 de­ The Boilermakers also got fine fensive stops against the Irish. performances out of some key A less tangible force battling untried personnel. Junion half­ the Irish Saturday will be the back Randy Cooper rolled up "Ara-neve.r-wins-the-big-game" 117 yards on the ground, while theory. Purdue coah Jack Mol­ sports so ph end Ashley Bell caught two lenkopf owns a 9-4 record a­ parade gainst Notre Dame, while TD passes. Stan Brown hauled in By Milt Richman, UPI eports columnist three passes for I 08 yards, in­ Parseghian is 3-5 against Purdue. cluding a 67-yard TD toss from The last Irish victory in Ross­ 11111111111111111111111111111111111111111.111111111 Phipps. Cooper. Brown and full­ Ade Stadium came in I 961 hack John Bullock replace super (22-20). Perhaps more favorable Pressure All-American Leroy Keyes, All is the fact that the last ND win over the Boilernwkers was when Nl·:W YORK (UPI) This guy was a nail biter, one of the red hot Big Ten Perry Williams, and Jim Mike Phipps, do-everything Purdue featured a senior quarter­ worriers. Kirkpatrick, lost through grad­ Purdue signal-caller, tests the uation. back ( 1966, Griese). Phipps is a He wasn't hitting at this particular time, which was always Irish defense this Saturday. senior. something of a full blown crisis with him, and the fact his manager was showing uncommon good sense by not playing him every day converted what might have been only a routine calamity into an • utter catastrophe. Our boy wasn't taking this lying down. No sir. He was standing Sailors w1n opening regatta right up there at the bar planning his next course of action alternately feeling sorry for himself and resentful for everybody else: The Notre Dame Sailing team in the Midwest by Michigan, al meet last fall and should do well again this year. While mulling over the whole thing at the bar, Rudy Red Hot began the fall season with a Indiana, Oshkosh College, and chanced to notice the patron alongsidt: him at whom he suddenly victory at Milwaukee, Wisconsin Wisconsin. The goal for the fall If anyone missed the booth snapped: this weekend breezing by Mar­ will be the Timme Angston on activities night, there will be a meeting tonight at 6:30 in "And what do you want?" quette, Oshkosh (Wis.), Wiscon­ Memorial Cup Regatta held in Room 204 Engineering Building. "I'm the manager of the hotel your ball club is staying at," the sin, Lawrence (Wis.), and Iowa. Chicago on November 30. Notre man said, recognizing the ballplayer. Returning skippers Richie Dame placed third in this nation- New members are welcome. "Hotel manager!" our hero sniffed contemptuously. "What Doyle, Mike Morrissey, Chuck problems do you have? None. The only problem you have once in Taylor, and Bill McElroy led the awhile is making sure that couple checking in without luggage are fleet in the event. really man and wife. That's the only trouble you ever have. What do This victory capped a success­ you know about problems? Do you ever have a TV camera on you ful summer for members of the all the time? You don't have people calling you a burn when you team. In June, ND represented strike out? You don't know what pressure is. What do hotel· the Midwest Collegiate Sailing managers know about pressure?" Association in the North Amer­ The hotel manager said nothing. He had been around a long time. ican Championships and placed Long enough to know when to keep quiet, and long enough to know eighth in the nation. Three ND any "guest" in his hotel was right even at such times when he was helsrnen took third in the team dead wrong up there at the bar. racing division. Team captain There's no question that major league baseball players operate Doyle then left for the British un_der pressure, extreme pressure. They are not alone. They only Isles to sail with the US Col­ thmk they are. Surgeons, diamond cutters, bankers, and bus drivers legiate All-American team. In work under pressure, too. So do plain everyday housewives and four major regattas with British hotel managers at various times. schools, the US team won 16 out What brings all this to mind are some of those ballplayers who of 20 team racing matches. said they couldn't take it anymore and left their clubs without word The prospects for the season this season. There was Joe Pepitone, and Willie Horton before that. are excellent, according to Com­ Both later conce.ded they had made a mistake. Everything modore Morrissey, as all the top between Horton and the Detriot Tigers apparently is okay now and skippers return from last year. Horton's buddy, Gates Brown, might have supplied the most Tough competition is promised significant footnote to the entire episode when he said, "It takes a special kind of person to be a ballplayer and I thought Willie understood that." Irish 8th Gates Brown makes a good point. It does take a special kind of NEW YORK (UPJ) - The person to be a ballplayer, the kind with a high tolerance for United Press International top performing under pressure, for ignoring the occasional hostility of 20 major college football teams fans, for putting up with a gruelling type schedule that would make with first place votes and even a Sampson seek some rest, and for dozens of other pressures won-lost record in parentheses. white collar workers rarely face. FIRST WEEK But guys like Willie Horton aren't interested in being white collar Team Points workers: they want to be ballplayers. Willie Horton doesn't blow up 1. Ohio State ( 24) 0-0 283 or lose his cool that easily, but like most ballplayers, or like most 2. Penn State ( 1) 1-0 236 people of any kind for that matter, he is tense and nervous at times 3. Texas (3) 1·0 223 and sensitive to outside pressures. In other words, William Horton is 4. Arkansas (8) 1·0 201 human and when they booed him for striking out one night on top 5. Southern Cal (21 1·0 201 o_f what he later referred to as his own "personal problems," he 6. Oklahoma 1·0 133 Simply felt he had enough and walked out. 7. Georgia 1-0 111 He's not likely to do it again. Not because of the money it cost 8. Notre Dame (1)1-0 103 him so much although that's always a factor, hut because he is a 9. UCLA 2·0 71 professional and professionals are not supposed to act that way. Not 10. Florida (1)1-0 67 Zimmerman through more than once anyway. 11. Indiana 1·0 59 12. Missouri 1-0 53 Fullback Jeff Zimmerman, who sparked NO's ground game as a Look at it this way: Punjpsie Green and Gene Conley can get off soph and who was hobbled by injuries last year, will not play at all the Boston Red Sox team bus in midtown here and they can even 13. Mississippi 1·0 37 14. Purdue 1·0 32 this season. A scrimmage injury two weeks ago sent Jeff in for coo~ up plans to hightail it to Israel, once, hut if they start making a precautionary x-rays. It was discovered that he had a congenital habit of It, well, then, the Red Sox see to it that they begin getting 15. Michigan State 1·0 31 16. Stanford 1·0 malfunctioning kidney (unrelated to the football injury.) Doctors their mail in Tel Aviv, not Boston.· 20 17. Auburn 1·0 19 have advised that he not participate in contact football. Ara Nobody escapes pressure and that goes for those ballplayers in 18. Arizona State (1)1·0 18 Parseghion announced that Zimmerman has been awarded the "game both the top and bottom brackets. 19. Louisiana State 1-0 13 ball" from last Saturday's win over Northwestern. P~te Rose, Cincin;~tti's Ch:1rlie Hustle, won the National League 20. Wyoming 1-0 10 hattmg title last year but will have a tough ti111e repe;~ting this year. 0 t hers re ceJv!ng votes: That means pressure but Rose isn't kiting it get to him. Michigan 9, Alabama 4, South "If I took it horne everytime I went hitless I'd go crazy or wmd Carolina 3, Florida Stall' 2, up m the nut house," he says. "One thing about this game. There's Tennessee, Miami (Fla.), Ohio always a tomorrow." Univ., Georgia Tech, Texas Tech Which isn't a had philosophy. For a ballplayer or a hotel manager. 1.