Volu"'6 12 • No. 9

Wodnesdoy, Fob. ZS-, 1970

THE OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF STERN COLLEGE FOR WOMEN

Emergency Meeting at Stern In Protest of Wrongs to ; RS Program to be Reconstrllltld; Picketing Scheduled Today··~. Dr. Appel- Heals-New Ceallfttee The Ad Hoc Committee to Pro- everyone to attend rallies Mon- The opportunity to structure a fallen into the dean's lap; due to Chin, a first year student whose test Arab Terrorism has an- day, March 2, when French Pres- new religious studies program at lack of a religious studies depart­ credits from Michlala give her nounced plans to picket several ident George Pompidou arriv~ in Stem was anngunced by Dean ment head. junior standing, and Ch,qa Spatz, airline offices on Fifth Ave. today N.Y. One rally will take place at Mirsky on February 4. Additional members chosen for a senior who spent the past year and tomorrow from 9-5 and to the U.N.'s Dag Hammerskjold The appointment of a three­ the larger committee are Rabbi at Hebrew University. stage a rally in front ot the Arab Plaza from 12-2 p.m., and the other member executive committee con­ Morris J. Besd:jn, Director of Miss Horowitz explained her Information Center tomorrow at at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel from sisting of Dr. Gersion Appel, James Striar School and Rabbi strong interest in serving on. the 4:30. 5-9 p.m. _ chainnan, (SCW), Rabbi David committee by saying that she had Today's picketing will be direct- Bleich (SCW and RIETS), and applied to Stem hoping to take an ed mainly against British Over- French Are Pro-Israel Rabbi Norman Lamm (EMC} has intensive .religious studies pro,.. seas Airways Corp. Airline em- ·- J Dr. Yehoshua Be'ery related that been confirmed by President Sam­ gram. During her first semester ployees in London refused yester- there would also be a rally Sun- uel Belkin. she took only one Hebrew and one day to service planes bound for day night at ~unter College. He The co·mmittee has a two-fold philosophy course. Her greatest Arab countries. The pickets will stressed the significance of large purpose. It will begin immediate­ disappointment came in meeting attempt to influence BOAC to atteqdance. -- R-egarding the Pam- ly to coordinate courses and con­ a friend who had entered Yeshiva adopt a ban on all flights to Arab pidoll rallies, Dr. Be'ery stressed duct advisement for students. The College at the same time as she nations as official company policy. the importance of peaceiul demon- committee's longer range purpose entered Stern. They had similar backgrou.nds, but he was already Memorial Demonstration ~!:e~onth! ; ~:c~~: ~e:~ !s!:t~:f:iz;r:u~arf:· :;::~:~ 6 ~~· able to study Chumash on his own, At the Arab Information Center populations is pro-I~l There- and reconstruct the Judaic stu­ while she was still studying on tomorrow, Stern students will join fore, it is imperative to establish dies program. the most elementary level, demonstrators from YC, National that the rallies are not against the The committee held its first Miss Horowitz feels that Stern Council of Synagogue Youth, the French people, but merely against meeting February 11. Beginning should offer diffetent pr.ograms !~:nt~:~a=~e<;o!~~!:~s aa:: ;:~;~ government policy. Consequently, it this week, the Rabbis will be for students of different back­ is felt that any violence would de- available for consultation. Rabbi grounds just ~ ~~va. h~ .dif- groups for a memorial service to feat the purpose of the rallies. Appel will hold office hours on :i:e d:~~tr~~io:a~;e;:~~ Dr. Meir Havazelet summarized Monday and Wednesday, 2:15- 2 from the Center, at 405 Lexington ~'cin!e~:~\~1!:~:gth:h;:w~eiss~:~ :;!~· !:,~~!::;, ~~;:;0, :~~ :~tab M~ha~~~=~~· Dean Ave., to the Isaiah wall at tbe UN. right to scr\am," just as the Rabbi Lamm on alternate Wed- Student representa.Uv~ __will Rabbi Ste'!'en Riskin ...'Will speak,· had ,jone. in: Egypt: vayi~ we' nesdays, 5:00-6:00. They- will also su~p-~t -~·;,~.~~~:,: ;S~ ., ~ -=~.=-.~.s.·~.;,... ::.,.:.1fi· :'ed•:~m~~~gr:!t ~~\;::- !:P~:~~--.~-~:~~=~ -~~~~~;···e1;.:~ , __,Em:tJ.cseYffi__girl~ will. ~?ITY__J_ort__y ___ :_r~, a~~---~~~e answer~-~~--~~:___ questions Which, until now, have mentary Hebtew level, Chanli ~:!~0 [~~:~.°;;,n~l::u~~.;.~::z Faculty Airs Cruciarlssues- Stern's participation in the rally Unlimited cuts, calendar chang­ lowered for excesslve absences. Mrs. Laurel Hatvary explained had been urged at an emergency es, £rading practices, and teacher The faculty representatives agreed that under the present system stu­ meeting called Mondai to discuss evaluation were among the many that while teach~rs have the right dents who might have deserved a the French government's pro­ crucial issues brought before the to demand a student's attendance C- had to be given a D+ because Arab policies and the repeated faculty-student committee at its on a particular day to give an their achievement did not equal Arab bombing of Israel bound air February 16 meeting. · oral report or take an exam., they that of others who had received craft. Dr. Morris Epstein, chairman of ' cannot arbitrarily reduce a stu­ a C. Rally Against Pompidou the committee, reported that the dent's gr~de for merely overcut­ The faculty evaluation, begun ferent schools with various levels Rabbi Avi Weiss opened the pass-no-credit system scheduled ting. The committee recommended last spring by the student body of religious emphasis. meeting with the comment that for evaluation this year has been that any . student who has been but never compiled, was recalled One- sew alumna wµl be ap­ the Jews are constantly disillu­ extended through next January. penalized unjustly for absence at the meeting. The evaluation pointed by Dean :Mirsky. In dis­ sioned with a world which is sud­ The unlimited cuts system will be should report the incident to the team's failure to present a com­ cussing the committee's role, Rab­ denly quiet when .Jews are attack­ examined this spring. dean. pleted report was blamed on lack bi Appel said that the ideal sit­ ed. But we will not be guilty of Students have recently com­ No Calendar Change ot response, and the inability of uatiqn would. be to have two silence. Rabbi Weiss encouraged plained that their marks were The committee appointed Eileen the chairmen to meet during the groups; a large 'idea-gathering Garfinkel to meet with the regis­ summer. group, in close contact with stu.. trar on,- the possibility of altering Dr. Epstein read a letter writ­ dent feelings, and the smaller, the spring semester -calendar, ten by Dr. Samuel Belkin to the have an understanding of present YU Bound by Blaine A•ndment lengthening the Passover vacation faculty student commi~stating recommendations. The committee The power to grant doctorates, The necessity\ to retain a non­ or shortening the finals period. that a critique of courses or teach­ will also consult the Judaic stu­ master's and bachelor's degrees in sectarian classification was widely Miss Garfinkel later discussed the ers was not in violation of any dies faculty and other department.a the areas of religious education emphasized by administrators last problem with Registrar MoITis precept of Judaism. A subcommit­ for advice with specific prob- and Hebrew literature was for­ semester as the university waited Silverman, and was informed that tee was chosen to study evalua­ mally removed from Yeshiva Uni­ final decision on its request for the calendar could not be short­ tions conducted at other colleges le~e larger commit~ ·is not versity last .month when the New a grant under the Bundy Prograin. ened. For each unit of. credit a such as Columbia, CCNY, and intended as a p·ermanent body,_ ·York State Board of Regents ap­ Decision on the allotment of funds course yields, it must meet at Yale, and institute an organized Its purpose is to determine the proved the petition for a charter is controlled by the Blaine least 14 times. Elimination of any faculty evaluation at Stern. (Continued on l'll&"e 3, OoL Z) amendment. The same amendment Amendment to the New York day of classes would make it im­ grants the university, the power to State Constitution which prohibits possible to satisfy this require­ confer two new degrees, the state aid to "any school . . . in ment. Washington Protest Bachelor of Education and the which any denominational tenet A discussion on revision of the Bachelor of Science in Education. or doctrine is taught .. .'' grading system produced two op­ "Somewhat VIOient" According to Dean David Mirsky, Although both houses of the posing viewpoints on the coune of Twenty five Stern women joined ception in front of t.ge National this does not necessarily mean state legislature have voted within action to be taken. The ineQuity approximately 1,000 pro-Israel de­ Press Club where President Pom­ that Stern will offer the degrees, the past two weeks for repeal of of the present system that in­ monstrators ill a Jewish Defense pidou wrui scheduled. to spp1t. JDL but it is legally entitled to insti­ the Blaine Amendment, this ac­ cludes plusses but not minuses was League sponsored rally in Wash­ representatives delivered opl)(Mliq tute B.Fp. or B.S. in Ed. pro­ tion will have no immediate ef­ generally agreed upon, btit wheth­ ington D.C, yesterday. The protest speeches outside the club building. grams if it so chooses. fect on Yeshiva's position. In or­ er to solve the problem by ex­ was directed against French Pres­ During the afternoon, protestera The University had requested a der to be repealed, the amend­ cluding plusses or by adding mi­ ident Pompidou's Middle-East pol­ kept up ~ady picketing in front change in charter last November ment will have to gain the 'ap­ nuses was debated. icy, of the Fren~h Embassy. after .the Board of Regents an­ prOval of the 1971 legislature, and The recomme,nd~tion finally A representative of the Iaraeli The .JDL had ezpected the pro­ nounced that the BR.E and BHL be submitted for statewide refer­ adopted by the Commi~. how­ consulate in New York had re­ test to be entirely ~ By ever, called for a more specific quested Monday that students not w~e religious degrees inappro­ endum. Even if the measure is mid atternooµ, however, approx­ priate at a non-sectarian institu­ grading system, including both join the Washington protests be­ imately 20 demonstretors had been . passed by both the newly elected tion. If programs at Stern and plusses and minuses. The faculty cause any violence would prove arrested fn what was described by Erna. Michael were not sectarian. legislature and the voters, it could representatives felt ths.t ~nb detrimental to the Israeli cause. WNBC as a "somewhat violent"" the degree\ should be renamed. not become effective until 1972. would benefit from this system. The rally began with a mass re- series of incidents. TBB OBSBRVBR

.... - neither necessary nor appropriate to the par· Don't Mock The System ticular course. In many history and English for example, the student can gain last ~OUl'Ses, The Pass-No Credit svstem initiated much more from a paper than from a final. only one .drawback, and that T_J,e Arrangement vear has shown Secondly, if teachers are given the preroga­ of students rather than has been on the part tive of not administering the final, the Ex- 117 MDYLE B. CBERRICK _ administrators or· teachers. .· ation Committee will find preparing the In order to insure unbiased grading, the ·• examination schedule much less com­ registrar's office does not forward the names plicated. In short, we suggest that each indi­ ori the P or N system to their in­ of students vidual teacher should be allowed to make his grand announcement of the solution to all that ails the religious When final letter grades are sub­ The structors. own decision as t4I, the nec~ity or a final hardly m~t with enthusiastic acclaim. After all, tpe the registrar's office records them as studies department mitted; exam in his particular cour~e. isfanother committee destined ·to sit jn Pass or gives no credit. one thing Stern doea not need Students who flaunt their pass-no credit endless debate never· achieving any reform or innovation. Th N d newly _appointed rell- status as an excuae for not making an effort Meeting e ee Dare we hope for dramatic action from the to be-pessimistic, to in clua are ,nerely jeopardizing their credit The Observer woul(l, like to commend the glous studies commlttee7 It Is easy, and fruitless, as lessening the chances of retaining of the medi~e program now as well English Department for inviting student rep- say there will neve$e any amelioration this progressive system. construcUve, to determiµ,e resentatives to the Department meetings. This offered. It is more difficult, but tar more 9Xactly the extent ot the· council's power and the most effective way innovation will help promote a better rapport of utilizinl this power. List Seminar with two function&. It Is en­ Dean's between faculty and students and will alfow Dean Mirsky charied the committee Dean Mirsky upon care of the routine matiers The O!Jaerver applauds students-to participate in departmental fune- couraglng to note that the first, "IO take of the extra-<:unicular seminar of counes and advisement his initiation tions. It is our hope that other departments affecting Jewish studies such as coordination f!CVI Dean's List studenta, being held in for in establishing a closer of students," already promise to be fulfilled. The fact that Dr. Appel, homes of college administrators. This pro­ will follow this example the Rabbi Lamm and Rabbi Bleich Immediately accepted the responsibility gram is without precedent at either YC or relat~nship with their ~tudents. a guidance systems, deserves wholehearted praise. Stern. T!iepies of each of" the three lectures ~ ---ot establishing enlarge itseU in the series revolve around the interaction • h d But what of the committee's second function - to D I d G d W the faculty, student bodJ,, and alumni7 Here between the university and the community. . e aye ra e . elg e inlJigjinL!jitscLJtaskmaterial. The issues have already been expounded. Anyone who is' familiar with the basic problems of the religious studies department ,---,------_;.;.=,.;~,.;;;;;.;;..r~iainA:r!a-,-r--r..-a.,..,,-.-.,,...~a--,a----~--J··-wtt1rm1cattending lbe - mooting bas no...right.M__v!ng on the com- · PROTEST ARAB mittee. There is no need to waste hours or even months comini tothe - conclusion that something must be don'e. in a reunification of Stern stu.dents, faculty, and administra­ 3:30 p.m. The picketing will culminate It is not enough to make speeches in favor of the into one department. Each tors hai•e accepted a posit-ion of kadership demonstration to take place on Thursday philosophy, sociology, and Hebrew courses of must ""Come prepared with a concrete propasaJ the fight to alert the public to the crimes afternoon, February 26, at·4:30 in front member of the committee in should be organized and should be abJe to offer terrori.'lm. The following state­ the Arab Information Center, 405 Lexing­ of how the depart;ment of Arab suggestion of a qualified. individual to head the department. by the ad hoc committee at ton Ave. Rabbi Steven Riskin will address at least one ment. drawn 11p It is not enough to daydream of a dual program with religious sub­ Stern, was distributed to the news media. the assembly. morning, secular studies the afternoon. Anyone to jects occupying the The Observer 11r11PR all members of the Ye­ "The demonstration will then proceed advocating such a sy;,tem must also demonstrate its feasibility. How shi-t1a Uni11ersity rommunity to consider the Isaiah Wall at the United Nations for a many hours ·each week could be devoted to religious studies? ~at the seriousnl'Bs and w·gt•nry of this cause memorial service. The purpose of the dem­ maximum and minimum number of credits could a student carry? 11.nd to join the pickeftng and d.emonstm­ onstration is to mourn the innocent victims Should some day offer longer hours of religious courses and others tion. of these crimes, to protest against Arab shorter hours to keep laboratory classes from being conducted late at "T.he Ad Hoc Committee Against Interna­ government that harbors such criminals, night? the mur­ public opinion,. the It is not enough to comment on the benefits or evils of the exjsting tional Arab Terrorism, appalled at and to arouse world with a speci1ic Israel and the governments through­ curriculum. Each committee member must be prepared der of 47 people bound for UN, and responsible extending various programs, oh the number route to an immediate in­ suggestion on upgrading or aborted bombing of an airliner en out the world to demand the criteria for placement on these levels, and on the passengers of Arab countries of leveJs and Israel and the bombing of El Al ternational air boycott requirements for each level. at the Munich air-port. shocked at the si­ aiding terrorists. Within two months the 1970-1971 ca~edar will have been prepared: mistake lence of the world community, and outraged 11The ad hoc committee is composed of There is no time for delay. The cornmi must not make the 11 mechanics will be at the failure of airlines to announce an students and faculty at Stern College for of saying we will formulate the theories but the immediate ,_1nd total intemational air boy­ worked-out later by the dean, the registrar, or whoever shows interest." Women, Yeshiva College, National Council a cott of A!a1' st~ltes, has organized students Rarely does a college have an opportunity to completely revamp other youth or­ confidence ot the entire to picket .t-he BOAC airline office, fi30 Fifth of Synagogue Youth, and program so many years after its inception. Jf the studies committee is betrayed. Ave. on Wednesday. February 2fi. 1970 at ganizations throughout the city." school in the potential ot the religious now - there will be no second chance. Letters to the Editor a ing the girls enough credit for The obseRVeR To the Editor: not to have a place to go isn't pleasurable experience. The dor­ their talking as is given to the Publl•hed bJ llern Coll~. an undfferaduaw cllvtaion of been in the dormitory worth • Yablva Unlvenlt:J" Having mitory is supposed to be our home. boys. Are . the boys' words four years, I have observed · nm ClUa Rat.tns Prtn~ bJ Cottt Pr.- for If it had to be closed, we should more? l>ubl~ed tv..., Two WNO - lublaipt&m ta.OO per yeu. innovations. m a n y beneficial at least have been informed. What Rendered Speechless and other rules 141tor-ln-Chld ...... Me17le Cherrlek Strict curfews was done was done, but hopefully presentably flexible. ha'Ye become· thls won't reoccur. Unfortunately, there are still Jeri Flelaeher "JO v:.::.·.···:::: ...·::::::::::::::: .. ::::::::ic~ here at · ,.....aetloll: Uttor- ..... , .... , . : ...... !-Mlchelle Felcenbaum manY iliustlces existing = Stern O,Uege. It was established N-~ .- ..... , ...... Carmel ll'rledman To the Edltor: that the dormitory would be open A SPECIAL during intersession. I went home We would like to voice a com~ l'M :-...:,r .. .-.::::::: :::: ::: :::: :::: :: :·.:: :::~..=1::.: to Portland, Maine and returned. plaint com:ernlng the credits in do - ...._ ...... •...... Marilyn Schaeffer FridaY. I had piaMed to lspend 1:he Speech Department. Why credit for Ulton ...... ltutrovltz!Q', Judy the week.end in the dormitory, but we receive '.merely· ·one ~ -er meets two hours NOC Kl-NOSH -anz whfch ...... when I arrived at 1:00 P.M., I a class ...... that the dormitory would weekly, while the boys at Yeshiva ,- , . found ...... be closed at 1 :30 P.M. College receive two credits for the ...... Gina Zw elzlllt ~---...._ 1Nllon am not alone in my · -xact same course? It appears I certainly ,__ ....._ ········r········· ...... :... PauJa Alpert teellnp. To travel HO miles arid that the Administration is not giv~

;, ~';\,,¢ ) t 1111 Ct;~, ...... '.!;-'!;·~:~~~~:!!,,,,_--~t'."'~~, _F_ob_,_••_•_,_•_•=· ='"=7-6------~TC.CH~E:.__~O~B~S~E~ll.:_V!._!E'_lll~------_,:------2 -TO T&LL. TH•- TRftllPH Are the Arabs really wrong in and other Arab towns and villages which to dietat0 any terms,. SIICh of old', and 'gates ot old' and omy. To thOSe who do not accept their attack on Israel? Perhaps and driving the iDhabitants from as tbe withdrawal of br&ell s~.llar expressions which emploY the validity of this argument, one we have been viewing the Arab­ theif home11, with adding to the troops; 3) to demonstrate tba.t' Is­ this word rendered above 'for matr use the same tactics as the Israel conmct from _a slanted per­ refugee problem by aeta of van~ rael ea.n outdo the Arab forces a.t ever' or 'everlasting, 0 Ar~bs to prove the Im-aeli claim spective. Abundant material has dalism, terror and confusion, with their own game, i.e., a war of at­ The Israeli counteraction is that to the land: been published to suggest this. firing at or. over the heads of ref­ tritiol'.l Politically the new pollcY the Arabs have ignored certain "If the Ara.bs ny that .Jews liave Whether the students of Stern Col­ ugees to prevent them from re-­ is devoted to weakening President basic :facts. '1,'hey argue that prac­ no rirht to Israel, th.m Ute-y 'IIIUt has lege accept its validity, or merely crossing the Jordan and return­ NaBSer's position in the Arab tically the only time Palestine agree that the Anbe have no r1ght reject it as "Arab Propaganda" is ing to their homes." world." been a self-governing territory. in to Jordan. A.a. latael la .the result is an ap­ IC 'ts the of less concern than its effect on In this speech, there Another facet which the Arabs of Bttthlh _AHl'easlon. of Jontu the l'Mlllt ·o, other members of our population. peal to the emotional nature attack i:r'ihe Jewish claim to the etate· of from the Acarffllkln. ·Both of them It is s~fe to aSJJ+Qle th···at Stern man, It is far different land. The Arab pamphlet "Zion­ British to his people ~. If &be College 1s proilstael. Jiow.c:.ver, words Hussein spoke ists and the Bible" asks three basic were Turkish a Research arid of Nation& ·iw.4 no rlcht what is tl;le effect ot-anti-Isft'ael ( reprinted in questions: 1) To whom were the League segments ·of of the Anti­ guarantee .Jewiah righta In literature on other Evaluation report promises made? 2) What was the to of B'nai B'rith lt had no rlrht to K'llar~ our society? Excerpts from various Defamation Leagu~ extent of the land which was l:'aleatlne, Arab rlrhta elthM... promised? 3) Was the promise ir­ antee since rights have been revocable or was it conditional? However, to both sides, various In answer to these questions, the granted have. arisen. One of the Arabs claim 1) "It is generally problems considerations is the ref­ supposed that these promises were major ugee problem. The Arabs play on made to the Jews, and to the and emotion in describ­ .Jews alone. But that is not what sympathy of their displaced the Blble says. The word "to thy ing the plight The Arab Infonna­ seed' inevitably includes Arabs, countrymen. claims: both Muslims and 'Christians, who tion Center are both human tragedy can claim descent from Abraham "There dynamite in·the tens through his son Ishmael." In an­ and political of Palestinian Arabs swer to the second question, the of thousands fleeing eastward across the River Arabs profess that "Everyone is "The Holy Mosque of Oma.r De­ Jordan from the territory noW un­ aware that the process of attri­ secrated by Jewish Zionist Tr00ps" der Israeli military oecupation. In tion went on until the kingdom of literature denounces Israeli Arab Jordan alone there are over three­ Judea was confined to a few hun­ aggression. of a million Arabs .faced dred square miles of land around quarters with the anguish of deciding , and even this was lost all of its history was when it was whether to nee from the invader to the Babylonians in 597 B.C." a Jewish State. Even after the fall or to stay put under him, The third question was dealt with of Jerusalem, Jews continued to re­ "Of the 1948 exodus ot Palesw in this manner: "Everlasting is main in Israeli territory. Further­ tinian Arabs from their homes not the proper meaning. The word more, throughout the centuries, and lands, the fair-minded Amer)... olam. means 'a long time', 'anti­ the Jews did not only cultivate can Jewish scholar, Don Peretz, quity', 'futurity' and we read the 18Jld, but played a major role t) 'days of old', 'from of Old' 'place in the development of the econ- (Continued on Page 4. Col

"This ought to finish him." Chicago Sun~ Times featured this cartoon The Gallery Of Israeli Art: denouncing Arab aggression. n~w Arab pamphlets will provide in- July 8, 1969): "Our nation A. New Viewing Experienee" ~ct.sion d~;; _~i~~t i_nto the ~uestion "Are the realizes that the - a sprinkling the lines and the black ink on sacnflce By BELLA _FARKAS consists of 26 pieces Ai"abs reatty-wrong?R.- ... ----- '----on-.iorce,._the._readi,n_e~JQ. --~hite pa_J>e.i' combined with_ a bold~ ----NeW-YOlK<:;iff-1ias on~a-gam-----4--se-Ylptw.e....and.23....I}aint:ings~..£.o...w: As an example, consider por- and the weapons at the :r;~n_t,,;--- - glimpse through artists of four different decades use _0:fColoT-Prodiice--ar:feffecrof address to In_ a later speech, ,defense min- given us a brief In this tions of King Hussein's an- are represented in the exhibition, continuous movement. on ister Moshe Dayan explained why her crystal ball, revealingset al~ the U.N. General Assembly ,Joseph Zaritsky (1892), Aviva Uri manner, she ventures .into an raids Arab territory. other obscure, little publicized art June 26, 196'7: Israel Tumarkin (1935), most pop world. of the new Is- gallery bearing the imposing title (1927), Yigael "I could not explain the Arab "The objectives did 'Yigael Tamarkin, equally well of the Gallery of Israeli Art, part and Irit Itzhaki (1944). One position adequately if I did not, at raeli defense policy are both mil- as a painter and a sculp­ America-Ist"ael Cultural not have to try too hard to imagine known express our astonish- itary and political. Militarily, it of the using let­ the outset, is housed in that he was standing in the Mu- tor, is an assemblagist, failure of the is designed I) to forestall any House. The collection object" rnent at the recent 54th St. seum of Modern Art, proving the terism and the ''found im- major Arab build-up along the an old mansion at 4 East Security Council to condemn of art jg which are the source Qf a symbol­ River; As I entered the building, I notion that the language mediately the Israeli aggression Snez Canal or the Jordan are ism bordering either on pop art expected to see an assemblage of universal. All of the works demand that Israel give up 2) to prove. from time to tune that He is famOUB and to I was rather abstract. or on surrealism. she occupies. the enemy cannot hope to estab- truly great works. including at once the territory showing As for the, artists' styles.- in for his stage settings, iish military superiority with disappointed. The entire re- "W.e have heard the admitted Zaritsky's paintings, attention is designs for Bertold Brecht.. In aggression described as self de- focused on the continuity from cent years he has grown in~eas- d He fense against navigational inter- N RS c Add his early pre-abstract phase until ingly interested in SCl.llt)ture. security ., e silvery finish.. ests vital to the national e·w ourses his recent abtsract expressionism. uses bronze with a much of the enemy. This, although main themes - ·the Frequently he contrasts inner and from Page 1, Col 5) will meet on alternate Wednes- The artist's is made of it, cannot be a serious (Continued with the hills outer structures to emphasize tex- at Stern day nights. roofs of contention. The Strait of Tiran goal of Jewish education ture, color, as well as content. Rabbi Appel remarked that this of Ramat Gan on the horizon, and never open to Israel until the College and then to recommend a born on a kibbutz, was op~rtunity for joint flowers near a window - provide fJrit Itzhaki, 1956. No vital inter- program to implement the goal is "a: unique ~ely aggression of fac- him with a wealth of material ; projects a complex image through expanded curriculum and creative effort by students, ests suffered. There has not beell- of expressing an in- , found in an agrarian environtnep..t. structured sequence ulty and administrators to attain, and a means an Israeli ship through this strait faculty and a from An uninternrpteJ\;H, OR OTHER SIMCHA raelis with the widespread use of GET DATES FOR A YEAR WiU'tl:; napalm and fragmentation bornbs, FOlt. JNFOM'A'tlON AND QUKSTlONNAlltl: Reau,nabJe Rates Contact: 42>4-1231 with Inhuman and indecent treat­ ESSAY • Dept. S 7~ IO p~. Daily or IL 7-7140 ment of prisoners of War, with P.O. Box 202 . loffem Station • Brooklyn, N. Y. 11225 Inquire looting a.nd destroying Jordanian ·rnE OBSERVER F'ebru.ary 25, i1no PNf!Four Tired of Semicha Preparation? Touching Style Conv~ys Become a 'Mail Order' Minister Story of Orphaned·Youth Just for the y._,u've heard v! m.iil order upon a more economfcal publicity an ordained minister, ln°New Claude Berri Film program. The. chu#h/now distrib­ asking and a free :will oft.ering to g:uns, mail ordel' high school and provide delightful comic touches. utes news releases' which the support the Church. Fox tells, By BARBARA BARAS N11ege diplomas, and mail ordc-r Marie Marc deserves special no­ rn>wspapcr is entitled to publish 'Over 265,001) ministers have al- Claude Berri ( "The Two of Us"), bridt'S. Now there's an exciting o::­ tice for her engaging portrayal without having to waste time and ready been ordained.' He adds, together with Frant;"0is 'I'ruffaut wcll as pra<"'ticul newcomer to tlw of the S!harming dowager, though effort billing the" ULC. "I:IF ULC has no doctrine itself.' and Bag Bodard, has produced 1.i.p-cndC"d way: uf life - mail the rest of the cast delivered very Anyone wh·o can The latest press release reminds '11te ordination papers are legal another touching, understa~ nrdel' ordination. skillfu1 performances as well. enough capital for the editor that the Universal Life and are recognfy:~ by alt 50 st.ates study of a young boy. The Fren~h Scnipe' together Most important, the -couple a six cent st.amp nnd a $20 ''free Church has received front page and several foreign countries.' He title is "L'Enfance Nue," the truly cared for Frarn;ois. They ,di! offeri~g" is entitled to bt•- coverage in the Wa.11 Street Jou.r­ also says, 'You may perform mar- naked childhood. Malheuresement, were the first to sincerely b.elieve in the- Universal . nal, television coverage on NBC, riages, baptism, funeral, dedica- Fleetwood Films has American­ cnnH'" a minister in his personal wortl-r.-4'bey rec- Life Church ABC, and CBS, and was the sub- tions, "visit hospitals and jails.' ized this to "Me_~' not a very lt mav sound unbelievable, but ject of feature stories in Time and Kerekes reVea!s, 'Many modes of original or alluring' title. it's true· -- and legal. For the past Newsweek. The release describes transportation offer reduced fares The success of the film lies not with st'\'eral months an organization the exploits of two church lead­ when you show the pocket license so much with the story as called tlw Universal Life Church, ers "that hundreds of thousands issued. W.e will help you start_your the acting and directorial quality. ten h{':1ded by the Reverend D. Fox, of people are interested in hearing own church if you want to; plus The movie follows Fran~ois, a has bccn requesting advertising about." we also issue Doctor of Divinity year old orphan, as he is shuttled sp;ice in newspapers across the "Rev. Art Fox, D.D. and Rev. degrees for a free will offering from one foster home to the next. country. One ad, which The Ob­ Dick Kerekes are two young ac­ of $20. He is a "problem case" and wreaks server unfortunately did not find tors from the Miami, F?orld.11 area "The two 'MAIL-ORDER MIN- destruction wherever he goes. ISTERS', have now begun a The story is inherently maudlin, 'WHITE PANTHERS' program on,, but the movie is saved from be­ behalf of their Church. They tow coming melodramatic by ,the light their 'VVHITE PANTHERS' can- touch of the director. Maurice teen trailer into ghetto areas and Pi.alat. He refrained from empha­ distribute sandwiches, coffee and sizing the pathos of unwanted donuts. 'This is a stopgap pro- children, the ensuing psychological gram,' says Kerekes, 'to tide these damage to a young mind, 'the people over to payday, over the tragedy of an unloved human be­ rough spots, until the government ing. All of these elements were provides a way for all A.Jnericans conveyed but in a moderate, ob­ to have adequate food.' He adds, jective style. 'We are also planning a program Documentary Quality to see that the community elders, "Me" has a documentary quality on fixed rn,comes, g-et enough about it. The sentiments of the food. Many .. -Of the aged are ac- boy, the difficulty he has in ad­ tually starving to death.' Fox tells, justing to his shifting reality, the 'We hope to open chapters all unfortunate plight of the "aban­ ognized the good heart hidden be­ over the country. College students dones" are expressed in a series neath the defensive exterior and he in turn revealed more and more space to run, stressed the advan- . They attend acting workshop are becoming 'Ministers' on many of revealing vignettes, glimpses people into Fran(.'ois's life in two of the his good nature. 1a~t'S of joinin~ tlw clerg) in the area and have appeared in campuses plus many other several productions, TV commer- from all walks of life.' He also homes in which he was placed. The movie doesn't have a fairy- Would l'ou Like to Become cialA, been guests on local talk says, 'The White Panthers have The first home establishes Fran- ending, but it is a positive reacted violently to ---~------, __ -----~A...Minlst.etl_ __ ~ ·----- __ SbJ).w._s __~1tlJ..-~!.~l!.!'.~_!ntJy"~-heduled. n_o ~fficiB,~_ ~onn~tio_n___ "'_ith _the_ \';_O_is __ as_?!}-__ ~_gg_~~siv_e misfit. The Fran<;ois family that raised him Was con- the grandmother's death and was ORDINATION 18 without question to appear in a TV pilot. - 'Black Pantllers--,- altliotlgli We-a-re d school. The · ao-4--·,or-Hfi:-LEGAL7hall""- so-· -,_..'..'..'l.'h.ey ___b_~i;i_;!~--~r_~~~-~~~- -~ 8~'!_atby with tbeir ca~~ au vivial but rather cold. They simp- placed in a reform to_ his st.at~s and most tor-elgn countries ters by mall aTid were granted. a plighT. ~--stresses,---lt---is- -1y-Uidtr't-know--h6w-·-to---eepe-with- -m.le.__ £Il.dsi".~ith_hi_s~--~.!:!~r I Pe-rform legal marrlag-es, ordlna: charter to start their own church; time to 'conle togetber,' right him. Pialat ·quietly suggests that foster parents. "Dear Parents, think of tioM, and funerals. Receive dis- Universal Life Church of Custer now.'" they favored their own child and have made a friend. I s_~ms, i~ kn_owing that Fran<;ois was understandably you every day. I will be good until counts 00 some fare&. Over 265,- St. In Hollywood, Flor.iday They - HUr:-;v ill !lie procedure of over Deir Yassin as admissions of sin by ,Zionist Terrorists.'' :-,·t11n1: up ;111(1 1JJw1:a1ing a nnn­ .guilt, ignoring the incontrovertible OPEN TILL 8 P.M. Dt•ir Yussin has been a major pn1!"!1 '•· ih!\i1_\ r1f a 41) drnft Ar;1bs playerl a large role in the d,-f,·n1,1'1:t You might nwsc-acre. the ADL claims. LE 2-5232 ESTHER'S KOSHER DAl~Y RESTAURANT it, i]H' ('hll\Th "But t!w true horror in the vie- 165 MADISON AVENUE (Near 33rd St.) N.Y.C. 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Tllll OBREltVEit Women of the World- Unite!-­ Realize Your Total Potential By SHERRY FYMAN expected. to give the same somber ~elpless, irresponaible, dependent, such things as "What are" you women com­ consideration to and In need of guidance and pro~ capacity that their plaini~ about anyway? You've potential or tection, it seems reasonable to ask. and capaCity got it made." "But what's wrong brothers do. Potential how many of these traits result fol' a woman. with the way women are treated are not important only from nn ~ntirely artifiCial is that she in this country?" "Being a wife What is import.ant role as.signed by society _ a role acquiesce to all the ~·c.o­ and mother is very fulfilling." will willingly which most women spend .the-tr and ambitions "Women who want careers goals, aspirations whole< lives trylnt to enact. c.01-1...i:::c-r forgetting or 'never shouldn'rget married, or at the of another, Therefore, to the in.ltlll lngedy any thought at all ;).oo very least, shouldn't have chil­ having givell of unexplored Pot,ential lllld ig.. to her QWn. Abmrr SL.1PS dren." "Why don°'t you become nored capacity ls ~ the pus. a kindergarten teacher - it's a On one level this situation !JUl'e of having tG conform to a. job for a woman." might appear to be a model of stereotyped role. By GINA ZWEIG very practical And on, and on, and on. admirable selfless care and devo­ The process of 80clallzation, by Stern College is a small S<:hool. and hands it to the Banker. If the tion but' on a deeper level it in­ wh!eh the woman learrlS to play However, as little as our adminis­ student is lucky, the Banker will dicates that women have been her role, leeks her in.to speclf1ed a approve this form.' However, he tration is, they have devised How many times, beginning, it conditioned to consider themselves reaction pattem,. Instead of re­ active. might tell the girl to go directly game to keep the students seems, with the moment of birth, as mere appendages and comple­ lating to men;. or other womm, ,Dean's Office. The name of the game is Human to the have we all heard these kinds of merits to men. tor that matter, ·on a blJJllaD, Jn­ the confines ot the MonopOly. Within remarks and the attendant well­ The term "conditioned" has ser­ div!dual basia, oh• la forced to re­ Office, amidst the window­ The game commences at the Of­ Dean's intentioned advice? That advice ious implications but usage of the late to !hem lhrouah an arlUldal the student has time fice of the Registrar where the less walls, being, of course, to plan your life term i.s thoroughly j~ed. We role. no.. this ...... , conduelve to What is she going to head of the Registration Depart­ to think. "realistically," that is, plan it with live in a society that tells us in tuH!lling human reJatlcnsblps or a man to whom she has ment acts as banker. Each par­ say to the ultimate goal, marriage, in countle$S subtle ways how a wo­ pe-sonal growth and develop. How can she pos­ ticipant must approach him to col­ never spoken? mind, man should think, act, and per­ ment? Hardly. admit slips. However, the sibly explain the discrepancy in lect her Somehow all decisions and com­ form i:t she wishes to consider Solutions to problems as com­ take a ride her schedule to the austere head banker may tell her to mitments are made flexible herself a "real" woman. Sh'e must plex as this one are certalnlJ, financial of the school It really appeared. on a train to receive enough to allow for the chance wear the right clothes, smile the hard to come by, Some womeri can neither too trivial. Only the knowledge cle&rance. The player have become staunchly anti-male that unless she stayed she would pass "go" nor collect her 200 ad­ and anti-marriage In order to cor­ no longer be in the game keeps mit slips. She must go directly up­ rect the lnju~ices done them. This her steadfast. After all, what town. solution, while viable, Is neither she do with 200 admit Meanwhile, our banker is taking would necessary nor desirable. The em­ $5 from various participants who slips? phasis· should not be on tearing Finally, it is her turn. The dice are further along in the game. down men, but on building up now rolling and the partici­ The next day, the student ap­ are wom~n. It is crucial tQ us to re­ hopes that they are loaded proaches the place of commence­ pant examine ourselves, our motivation her She enters the of­ ment with her financial clearance. in raVor. and our own aelf-image, Hope­ trying to find the right words Now she is permitted to pass "go" fice fully, as a result of this fundamen­ to explain her predicament. But and collect her 200 admit slips. tal re-examination we- will be able registering However, to her disma;;r, she dis­ how can you explain to develop a stronger sense of does not exist covers that the class she had reg­ for a class that personal identity, a deeper sense anymore? One can not explain istered for had been cancelled of sei:f-respect, and ultimately the sparse intersession. the total lack of organization that during her capacity to enter into ~ ration­ of Back she- goes to the Office of the currently exists to the head al, satisfying, and productive bu. -on--th~ hand, one -l'tegistrU Wbere·-me ·J3arutey-··ts -- systetrr.- -oui-er , -ma-n 1'1!!'laticnships. ::!o~~~;:~7!p::~ :t::s g:: ~:;::i::e;e;! t~:r:~~=~a~. ~-- -- The·-·student--then-----gees-- -over---to -intersession__ c.la _i;;.§_e:_s ____d_iSf!~cµ', the Community Chest where the time slots are changed, and teach--­ various forms are kept, and talting ers are replaced. rt is ,not conceiv­ Ashes I Sllllt1- a chance, draws one, fills it out, able that after preparing registra- meeting of your husband,, to be. right smile, stand and sit the right · Uon·-tor a month;· and--registering.-a- _ Gir~.,a.:r:.~. _SlJi:?!):t _ta_ugJ:i,t __ to _~.

s you are aware, To Enlightened English Department sponsored by STOLLMAN day, January 15. Professor Morris partment's proposal to allow ma- Stem for many years. At this time By S~ be- Epstein, chairman of the depart- jors to take electives concurrent­ the.institution is in desperate need The English Department has ~e meeting and ly with English 3-4. Because of ·of a new dormitory building and gun to invite student representa- ment, opened. welcomed the student representa- the number of general prescribed has turned to us for tncrcased aid. majors find that tives to departmental meetings, tives. The agenda included ·a di\- courses, English 1 alt\ asking our student body taken in an effort cussion of the pass-no credit sys:\their requirements ,conflict with to extend itself to raise additional The action was and of the annual seminar many of the English electives of­ Ototh. lt is my to promote a close relationship be- tern, monies for Beth this fered each year. The problem is to tween English majors and mem- instituted. by the department feeling that if each girl were the fact that most hers of the English faculty. Of year. The seminar will be given Jcompounded by in alternate the four girls selected, alumnae ea ing on electives are ~ed. representatives are Rochelle Ma- a dif!erent writer or poet each years only, representatives -jermnJ----Esther-~~with..s~~!:.:__~~ester's seminar, The atihnnae Mrrs1ty,·expr~-Dotecf Th8t-wimie'1'reeiasis!iteel'lln>tilv"ri,a~---I give them a sum that would .make Malka Krumbein and Marcia taught by Dean Joyce a?d quires 30 credits JJ~yonct_English n significant difference. Kagan representing the senior and the. w_o.rks of James 2 for a major in this ar'ea, grad- · n th t we have ·unior classes respectively. their influence upon modern lit- ____ - uate work requires a much strong- fl moral obligation to help an The first Englis ~-~--: discussion at the er background in English litera­ instituti'>n to which we have an meeting attended by student· rep- The principal around the de- ture. on~.,i1q relationshtp. We haVC' resentatives tc~k place on Thurs- meeting centered adopted Beth Oloth and are ob­ to help ligated to do our utmost OLEG CASSINI WIGS them cspcciully when they have qELlER-hOWJ{RC).,j_t:c>. financial difficulty. 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