puget sound TRAIL UNIVERSITY OF PUGET SOUND TACOMA, WA. 98416 JANUARY 18, 1974 Well stoke our lives on ft: Count Dracula noted for cruelty Editor's note: The TRAIL master of fiendish cruelty. particularly in Transylvania— went to press before we could "This was a time of lead the historians to say that cover Thursday evening's widespread terror and war, but the Count never nipped a neck. presentation of "An Evening Dracula refined toture to almost The creation of Dracula, "the with Count Dracula and His an art form," says McNally. vampire," is clearly owed to Friends," by Prof. Raymond T. Most of his horror came via the novelist Bram Stoker who McNally, so instead of a story on stake; hence his sobriquet 'the married the horror theme to Contemporary portrait of Count Dracula McNally 's performance, we offer Impaler.' Transylvanian vampirism which the story of his search for Count is, even by 'East European hospitals in Bucharest ever since. also a horror movie buff and has Dracula. IMPALED TURKS standards,- ---particularly rich. To It seems that despite the a special interest in the folklore "Once he made a virtual forest this day, peas-ants use garlic to serious and scholarly efforts of of the vampire in Europe. The legendary Count Dracula, out of 20,000 impaled Turks. ward off vampires and the two professors to identify It was the viewing of the Bela fictional nobleman who rose Another time he assembled the ultimately drive a stake through the real, perhaps demented but Lugosi vampire of the 1931 film from his coffin nights to drink sick and poor in a mansion and the suspected vampires' hearts. not vampirical Dracula, the which, McNally says, started his blood from the necks of put a torch to them to assure Professors McNally and horror remains. Recorded in wondering, some 15 years ago, Victorian ladies, was inspired by that only healthy and rich Florescu are convinced of the local folklore in the villages about the historical basis of the a real person—ghoulishly cruel, people would remain in his authenticity of Dracula because within a 20-mile radius of castle film and Bram Stoker's 1897 but not a vampire. realm." of what they term the "striking" Dracula, the stories of the real novel, Dracula. Evidence that Dracula was Dracula's reputation spread similarities of Dracula Dracula assembled by Florescu McNally has studied and more than a creation of novelist across several countries. He built documents collected all over and McNally are as exciting and traveled extensively in Europe Bram Stoker and filmmaker Bela the walls of the fortress of Europe. Archives in Russia, chilling as the fictitious monster and Russia, studying at the Lugosi has been compiled by Bucharest, he founded other Germany and Romania, official that has terrified generation University of Paris, Fordham two Boston College professors, castles and churches across a court histories in Turkey and after generation. University and the Free one of wham traces his heritage wide area and was the first Hungary, Slavic, Romanian and McNally, professor of history University of Berlin, where he to Dracula's times and has Romanian ruler of whom an German folk tales all coincide in and director of the Slavic and received his Ph.D. in Russian tracked the vampire's trail authentic contemporary painting terms of theme and plot, even East European Center at Boston history in 1956. He also did throughout Romania on three exists. But his name and his down to details. College, went on a Fullbright post-graduate research at separate occasions. modern identity as a vampire is But Dracula's castle still grant to Romania in order to Leningrad University. entirely unknown in Romania. enjoys ill repute among the pursue the shadowy, Aside from In Search of Dracula, however, is a villagers in the area and the local bloodthirsty subject of his new Dracula, he has written two - FT CLIFF 300 national hero, despite his peasants do not visit it too book, co-authored with Dr. books and many articles on cruelties. One of the most often. Even in the course of the Florescu, In Search of Dracula. Peter Chaadayev, a Russian Going up the Arges river to famous lines of Romanian scholars' expeditions to the His field of specialization is writer virtually unknown to the its source in the mountains of poetry laments, "Vlad the castle, Dr. Florescu's uncle was Russian and East European West who was the Pasternak of Wallachia, near the Impaler, where are you when we seriously injured and has been in intellectual history, but he is Russia in the 1830's. Transylvanian border, Professors need you?" Raymond McNally and There are varying reasons for Sen. Jackson: Romanian-born Radu Florescu his Draconian cruelty, the finally found Dracula's castle in historians believe. Some were 1969. "maniacal" acts of a Jack the Surrounded by dense forests, Ripper nature. Oil mongers blamed for crisis its walls rising straight up from "He'd slit the bellies of his the U.S. must be more the sides of a 300-foot precipice, mistresses when they became by Alan Smith Until the United States can the castle was every bit as pregnant," says Florescu. become independent of other self-sufficient. imposing, isolated and sinister as The scholars say that some of countries for petroleum Currently, the Congress is Sen. Henry M. Jackson told considering a Jackson bill which the man, Prince Dracula, who his cruel nature stemmed from UPS students Monday afternoon products, the senator continued, lived there. his imprisonment by the Turks it will have to contend with would allocate $20 billion that tax loopholes and dollars for research into energy Evidence from folkloric as an adolescent, when he was profit-hungry international oil energy problems. Thirty-five per stories in the castle area probably tortured together with cent of U.S. oil, he said, is source alternatives. companies are chiefly to blame Jackson said that ultimately combined with exhaustive his brother. In a later jailing by for the energy crisis. imported. Only 6% comes from research in East European the Hungarians, he also the Middle East. we will need to find other The Washington State sources of energy, which might archives indicates that Dracula exhibited his depravity; he asked senator, who sits on the Board He accused the oil companies was a 15th century Romanian his jailers to bring him mice and of neglecting home oil fields in include solar or hydrogen fusion of Visitors of the UPS School of sources. In addition, it will prince, also nicknamed Vlad the birds and he impaled and tore favor of lower-cost oil from the be Law, said the energy crisis will necessary to develop Alaskan Impaler. the feathers off of them. Middle East. (It costs $2.40 to not be eased much by a and Continental Shelf oil His name, Dracula, meaning "The mistreatment of his produce a barrel of oil in the settlement of the conflict in the reserves, and learn how to "son of the Devil," was derived mistresses, the use of U.S. and four cents a barrel in Middle East. convert various other substances from his father, Dracul, which is stakes—possibly potency Saudi Arabia.) He said it will only be eased to fuel without accompanying the word for Devil in modern symbols—strongly suggest some Oil companies have also by developing our own resources pollution. Romanian. kind of sexual inadequacy," says and by seeking alternative benefited handsomely from tax "We have no doubt that there Florescu. sources of energy. loopholes, which Jackson ENERGY BINGE really was a Dracula," says According to Slavic lore, opposed in Congress. Most of all, he said, we must Oxford educated Florescu, "and Dracula was killed near Consequently, the senator conserve. the count was as fiendish as his Bucharest fighting the Turks. In WARNING explained, prices have entered "We have been on an energy fictional reputation, except he the best Dracula tradition, his the stratosphere, and the binge for too long," Jackson said wasn't a vampire." body was gone when his crypt Calling for a nation with economies of Western Europe, at a UPS press conference The Dracula lore collected by was exhumed in 1931. But the "economic growth and Japan, and many emerging Monday. "We have to try to do a Florescu and McNally reveals absence of Dracula in the environmental quality," Jackson countries are in danger of better job of saving oil." him to have been a great war vampire lore of the said it is possible to have an "catastrophe." But in the meantime, we hero, praised by his subjects for peasants—who still believe America in which all citizens are Jackson, who chairs a Senate should be looking into the his valor, although he was also a strongly in vampires, employed and can enjoy the subcommittee on investigations, "areas of infinite supply," he "bounty" of this country. said the Senate will begin warned. Jackson is the author of the Monday to study the oil National Environmental Policy On American-Russian foreign problem. Hopefully, he said, a policy, Jackson said he wanted a Act and, in the words of UPS review of the oil business' "real detente—not a phony Vice President Richard Dale policies will lead to the creation one." He claimed the cause of Smith, has been concerned of governmental regulations world peace was not helped by about conservation and the which oil companies must the "Great Grain Robbery of environment long before anyone recognize if they wish to 1972," which cost the American else could even spell them. continue to do business. consumer $1 billion in wheat He also authored the bill A large portion of the Senate which created the Redwood and hearings will be to determine prices. Jackson said he would not North Cascades Parks. whether the companies have vast oil reserves in America which support economic assistance to Jackson, who was a the Soviet Union until it agrees presidential aspirant in 1972, they are neglecting, waiting for the price of oil to rise. to limit its strategic arms and claimed he tried to warn people grants its citizens the right to at the time that an energy crisis leave the country, if they wish. was shaping up. He said no one BLACKMAIL would believe him. The senator pointed out that He castigated President Nixon Jackson decried the Russia's two great living for not acting on his warnings tendencies of Arab countries to dissenters —novelist Alexander about a possible Middle East oil use their oil as a political Solzhenitsyn and physicist problem, and for delaying his weapon to force heavily Andrei Sakharov—have both request a year ago that an energy dependent nations to bow to endorsed the Jackson czar be appointed. their political demands. He said Amendment which would deny Jackson is considered a the United States should never trading privileges to the Soviet • leading contender for the get itself into a position where it Union until it revises its Cheryl Doten Democratic Presidential can be "blackmailed" by domestic policies concerning Senator Henry M. Jackson nomination in 1976. Arabian "potentates." He said human rights. 'Loudmouthed fool' helps people know the enduring value of Women Studies
Why must we at UPS be constantly forced to fight for the things which should come naturallyat a liberal arts college? The whole question of,Women Studies at a school which claims to offer a broad base of knowledge about all aspects of the human existence is ludicrous. I hope that the members of the Faculty Senate read Daniel Thompson's letter in the December 14 issue of the TRAIL. It is unfortunate that the letter was not published before the Women's Studies course, "Growing Up Female in American Schools," was unfavorably • reevaluated. It is ironic that a letter like Thompson's would seem to be worth one hundred letters like Karen Rudolph's intelligent observations in showing the need for Women Studies by simply exposing the kind of warped mentality which still exists. Thompson would have us believe that woman's only function in history has been to provide entertainment for men and to thereby increase the population. (What an absurd assumption. To refute such a statement would be only admitting some degree of rationality in his arguments.) Women's degradation lies in man's idea of his sexual rights. Our religion, laws, and customs are all founded on the belief that woman was made for man and our educational system has done ,nothing but perpetuate these unfounded attitudes by Daily Evergreen ignoring the misconceptions behind them. (An interesting note is that all negative votes cast by the Faculty Senate came from men. And why not? Ignorance is much easier to control and exploit than awareness.) I was initially appalled by Thompson's letter. He Scoop not good enough for educated vote did not even bother to go the usual, more subtle role of bemoaning the lost days when men were bastards He's an unglamorous chap, shorter than you'd dragging its feet. (gentlemen) and women were stunted eunuchs (ladies). imagine him to be, stocky of carriage and stodgy of Jackson scooped all his fellow Presidential However, each successive reading of Thompson's speech, the kind of senator you'd want to describe aspirants in predicting trouble in the Middle East; he has Treatise brought more cause for joy to my heart as I as—well—senatorial, just the sort of man you'd picture long opposed the flow of Soviet arms into that region. realized the blessing in disguise we women at UPS had succeeding Richard Nixon. He has also won points (and the endorsements of been given, quite unintentionally. What better example He is "Scoop the Poop" Jackson—the 61-year-old Alexander Solzhenitsyn and Andrei Sakharov) for his could we have to show that rape exists not only in the senator from the Evergreen State who has been called hard-line criticism of U.S. grain deals with Russia, and lusty, physical form in dark alleyways, but in the mental "the most powerful man in America" (although there for his proposed legislation to deny trading privileges to and emotional exploitation of human souls in bourgeois are many idiots vying for the honor). Russia until Jewish emigration restrictions are relaxed. bedrooms? It is not just the socially deprived, or the And he wants to be President. (So what else is Big labor, the defense industry, American Jews, blue-collar Archie Bunkers who are insensitive to new?) and the Democratic pros are all behind Scoop Jackson womeri as individuals, but the intellectual elite are also On the positive side, it certainly could be said of and his Presidential bid. wallowing in ignorance. We've come a long way, and Scoop Jackson that he is a personage to be respected in But his longtime support of U.S. involvement in thank God that we have loudmouthed fools like the halls of Congress. He holds, of course, some very Vietnam, and his defense-spending posture as a cold Thompson to remind us we still have a long way to go. important committee assignments, and a Ralph Nader warrior, may have killed his chances of winning the Perhaps there is hope for the Daniel Thompsons. poll recently voted him Congress' most effective academic-liberal-young elements of his party. Scoop says His kind are dissatisfied with themselves and need to member. we need the "right kind of government and the right exploit; however, removing one set of victims will not cure the He has a squatter's claim on all the emerging kind of leadership," but liberal democrats are not deeper sickness which has also created other forms of issues. He began talking three years ago about an convinced that he fills his own bill. Liberal, educated discrimination and social ills. If our society is to change impending energy shortage. About two years ago, he democrats are more likely to be looking along the lines without violence it must be through education; there is began calling for more research into energy problems of an Elliot Richardson these days. no other way. And after all, that is why we are all here. and a new energy administration. No one—least of all the This may indeed be the Year of Scoop Jackson, President—would listen at the time, so Jackson is now in but he's not quite ready yet to swing the educated vote. Karen Huffman a good position to criticize the Nixon Administration for
Alan Smith Beat boredom--cancel Winterim puget sound First, I would like to note an outstanding effort with class only two hours a day are finding it hard to fill by SAC in combatting this year's Winterim doldrums. the other 22. They have coordinated a full schedule of events and have Upon examination of this problem, one will find, I done an admirable job of publicizing them. believe, the source of the trouble lies in the fact that this 2-j TRAIL I am expecting the frats to hold up their part and place was designed as a school; as such, it is impossible Editor—Alan Smith offer a few keggers to liven the campus up. The boogies for UPS to provide its students with non-academic Assistant Editor—Ron Cunningham are falling on unusual days and in unusual styles (snow activities for the 14 waking hours that one isn't in class. Business Manager—Wes Jordan and pajama boogies). For an analogy, let's take a ski resort. Given snow, Advertising Manager—Jerry McLaughlin The TRAIL has done its small part, we feel, by there are quite a few people, I am sure, who could spend DEPARTMENTS: EDITORIAL/NEWS—Seri Wilpone (Senior printing the WINTERIM DOLDRUMS CROSSWORD to 28 days at a ski resort and not suffer from one iota of Staff Writer), Rick Graham, Kathy Hemerick, Pat Dougherty, boredom. However, given snow only two hours a day, Liz Code. ENTERTAINMENT—Terri Roche (Editor), John take up a little more time. With all this and more, one of Black, SPORTS- Dann Tillinghast (Editor), John Boggs, Jim our writers was driven to make the comment, "My one would soon find a sever case of the Doldrums Balich, Gary White. RELIGION AND SOCIETY—Marcy Christiansen (Editor). PHOTOGRAPHY—Eric Spurrell, Bob goodness, who has time to be bored!S setting in. Finney. But as things happen, worst has come to worst, And here in academia we find many people with PRODUCTION: Nancy Gudger (Manager), Seri Wilpone, Jan Algyer, Karen Huffman, Carla Hall, Karen and after only two weeks some'people are feeling bored. only two hours of academics a day, if that much. With Barnes, Marilyn Summey. BUSINESS: Patty Simpson. the outmigration of sizeable portions of the student body Published by the ASUPS Student Board of In spite of the extensive schedule of activities, people Communications for the students of the University of Puget and faculty, the informal learning afforded by the Sound each Friday, except during the scheduled vacation and regular semester is harder to come by. It seems the only examination weeks of the regular university year. Brooks Hull, chairman; Randy Foster, president. thing the Winterim could possibly lend itself to is an R m. 2 1 4 , Student Union Building, Tacoma, in-depth study of 40 or more hours a week of interest to Washington 98416. Entered for bulk mailing at Tacoma, A Column's Inch Washington. Composed by student staff and printed at the student. Grange Printing in Seattle. Mail subscriptions $5 per year; Canada, Mexico, $5; other foreign, $6.75; airmail in U.S, by Alan Smith Arid so I say, since a school's a school no matter $9.50 how short the classes, perhaps we ought to join the Represented for national advertising by National Education Advertising Service, 360 Lexington Ave., New Scoop Jackson may not please many of the people others in the outmigration, cancel Winter and with it the York, N.Y. 10017. much of the time, but when describing Monday what he doldrums, and go someplace more suited to meeting our Advertising material presented herein does not necessarily imply endorsement by this newspaper. calls the "Great Grain Robbery of 1972," he said it all. needs for an exciting four weeks. Opinons expressed herein are not necessarily those of "I am looking forward to the time," he mused, "when the University of Puget sound. we won't have Butz to kick around." Ron Cunningham