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Bridgewater State University Virtual Commons - Bridgewater State University The ommeC nt Campus Journals and Publications 1968 Campus Comment, November 26, 1968 Bridgewater State College Volume 43 Number 6 Recommended Citation Bridgewater State College. (1968). Campus Comment, November 26, 1968. 43(6). Retrieved from: http://vc.bridgew.edu/comment/242 This item is available as part of Virtual Commons, the open-access institutional repository of Bridgewater State University, Bridgewater, Massachusetts. Vol. XLIII, No.6 BRIDGE.WATER STATE COLLEGE, Bridgewater, Massachusetts November 26, 1968 LA CAUSA .. Worthy Speaks On Black Power BOYCOTT GRAPES by J. Robert Mancini by Dick Brown Tuesday, November 12, began wi th On September 8, 1965, in Delano, an unusual Assembly Committee California the farm workers began presentation at Bridgewater State their strike against grape growers. College. They struck for their rights to have The Black and White Teach-In a recognized union and collective started at 10 a.m. with William bargaining. Farm workers have Worthy, Jr., a graduate of Bates been excluded from the National College, wHo has traveled around Labor Relations Act which provides the world three times and visited for rights to a fair wage and unions 46 countries. The topic of his to fields of labor outside ofagricul speech was BLACK POWER and the ture, In the past three decades World Revolution. farm workers seeking to begin labor Mr. Worthy gave a history of unions have gone on strike over 500 Black Power movement and very times. Yet every time they have little of his own opinions during the been stomped on. Now under the Assembly hour. He referred to an leadership of Cesar Chavez, direc anecdote by Dick Gregory - "I sat tor of the United Farm Workers at a counter for eight years until it Organizing Committee, the workers was Integrated and then they didn't are moving again to form a union. have what I wanted." The reason that the strike has Worthy was very open in his at begun with grape pickers is because tacks on the CIA, whom he blamed of the longer working months. for the assassination of Malcolm X Grapes require eight to nine months and other "Inconvenient" men of care in contrast to the shorter throughout the world. He accused seasons of other fruits. More the CIA, or the invisible government, people then remain in one area of being a counter-revolutionary longer, allOwing a better chance for force and a branch of U.S. imperial organization. This does not mean Ism. that Injustices against grape Through pertinent quotes, Mr. PRESIDENT RONDILEAU CROWNS MARY NAYLOR HOMECOMING QUEEN, 1968 workers are not present In other Worthy expounded on the relation forms of agriculture. ship between U.S.. military and The terms they seek are ones economic imperialism and the race that the average non-agricultural problem In America. References Homecoming' 68 Scores Success worker Is already well-accustomed were made to Vietnam, the Philip to. The union asks for job se pines, etc., as examples of Ameri On Friday night, November 15, Mary Naylor, a sophomore elemen cheerleaders finalJy got a response. curity, overtime pay, sanitary ca's exploitation of weaker nations. homecoming weekend began with a tary major, was named queen and The highlight of the Homecoming toilets and drinking water, health He expressed the similarity of pep (?) rally and a bonfire at Great her court consisted of Maureen Rad Weekend, the crowning of Bridge insurance, grievance procedures American occupation of colonies Hill Dormitory. However, sprink ley and Susan Saluti. The team was water's Homecoming Queen, took and rest periods. They have none with cops In the ghettos - both ling skies and cool air put a damper introduced and the cheerleaders place amidst the decorative atmos of these now. Despite strict state colonial occupation. on the enthusiasm of the students; once again tried to rouse a spark of phere 'of the Homecoming Dance. laws in California the owners them In 1905 the first president of what else could .have accounted for life in the crowd. The traditional soiree was filled selves dictate working policy. NAACP stated that the U.S. takeover the lack of spirit shown by indif The bonfire then began as the with the music of the Ruby Newman In 1965 there existed a labor of the Philippines was responsible ferent students who were content to crowd moved from the steps to the orchestra. Ruby Newman was a plan devised by Willard Wirtz which for the trouble at home. More re stay upstairs away from the drizzle desert of Great Hill. Forming a master of ceremonies par ex allowed for legal use of Mexican cently the National CORE stated and gape out the windows rather than semi-circle around the pile of wood celance. Nationals or braceros to help at that all violence by Blacks in the partiCipate. Those few who were the crowd awaited the ceremonious The beautiful Bridgewater maid harvesting fruits. This is a peak U.S. was a reflection of the vio courageous enough to brave the blazing of the fire, but it took ens maintained a proper air of dig season and a great influx of workers lence In Vietnam. weather stood huddled on the steps several dousings of kerosene before nity throughout the ceremonies. The is necessary. The plan failed, These are only a few examples apparently too disinte·rested to cheer the flames finally caught. Helmeted high spot of the evening was the however, and was disbanded. Now cited by Mr. Worthy, an advocate along with the cheerleaders. cheerleaders depicted a team drill crowning of Homecoming Queen, in a. strike area when times are of Black Power. To many he may Jack Pacheco, president of the session complete with jumping Mary Naylor, by President Rondi critical, rather than recognize the have sounded quite radical and dan Senior Class, presented the Home jacks and dummy-tackiing. Thanks leau to the music of "Pomp and union, the grower transports strike gerous, but on the contrary, he coming Queen and her Court. Miss to the actual team members, the Circumstance.' , breakers illegally into the country. brought out many faults in the so These workers are normally not called "American way" which many people are far too proud to admit. (Continued to Page. 6, Col. 1) BRIDGEWATER CHORALE GIVES PERFORMANCE by Anne Borowiec The first concert given by the chorale was held at Barnstable High School, Nov. 17,1968, for the bene fit of the Mid-Cape Jaycees. They performed together with the Musi cal ·Troupe, and a three piece en semble comprised of an organist, a vocalist, and a percussionist. Bob Vaillancourt sang· the first number, "Rolling Stone", which he accompanied on guitar. He was PROFESSOR GARFUNKEL OF BU ON BLACK POWER followed by Natalia Lebre playing the accordion. Elaine Mello then sang HAPPENINGS HIT HIGH "59th Street Bridge." This part of by Jerome Pearson BLACK AND WHITE ATTITUDES the program was concluded by Bob They were 45 minutes late but 45 When the music was fast, the Vaillancourt in a guitar solo, "Don't times better for it. The HAPPEN- audience couldn't refrain from clap- DISCUSSED IN BSC TEACH·IN Think Twice." INGS ran onto the stage to the wel- ping their hands and swaying in The B. S. C. chorale then took over come applause of the anxiously wait- their seats. The mood changed Yes, Friend, America does have thy, who didn't come across as the the program with two psalms #20 ing audience. The music began and with the slow ballads, that hushed racial attitudes. If you attended all most dynamic speaker in the world, and #121. The mood was changed by the audience started to swing. the listener into quiet enjoyment. or any of the 5 hour program which then left the stage and the Teach a fast moving melody, "When Allen After every number the applause The HAPPENINGS didn't stop for took place in our auditorium Nov. In continued. a-Dale Went a-Hunting," followed was thunderous and the HAPPEN- 90 minutes, but continued to woo the 12th, you came away thinking. Other outstanding speakers in by Disler's piece, "Just Ere Tbe INGS continued with many of their audience with their ultra-talented The Teach-In began at 10:00 with cluded Dean Lee Harrington, Ron Dawn of Day", and "El Teloc6te", hits, "See You In September", I performance. When they walked off an address by William Worthy who Turner, Doctor Robert Daniels of which was sung in Spanish. The Got Rhythm", etc. They incor- the stage, the audience shouted for just finished an hour long program our Art Department, and Doctor ,mood was again changed by a Jean porated both talent and comedy in more aild the HAPPENINGS returned of his own sponsored by the Assem Barbara Chellis of our English De Mouton arrangement of "Ave their performance including riotous to a standing ovation to sing their bly Committee. After delivering a partment. Maria". The specialties were Bill take-offs on the Beach Boys, Bob top-chart hit, "My Mammy". short address on the continued theme Dr. Daniels' expOSition of the re Johnson singing "Old Man River", Dylan, the Four Seasons, and the The response to the performance of Black Power and World sults ·of a poll sponsored by the Elaine Mello with "On a Clear Day" Rolling Stones. was overwhelming and the HAPPEN': revolution, Mr. Worthy accepted Bridgewater Fair Practices Com and Christine Fernandes Singing Every song was highly polished INGS deserved every bit of it. It questions from the audience. mittee on local racial attitudes and "Sunrise, Sunset." The progra'ln and performed with professional is rare that a live performance When asked for a solution to preferences was informative and was concluded by a moving Hebrew greatness.