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Vol. 26, No.3 Tu6day, F.b re ary 25, 1969

Three New Deans Appointed STUDE T· TRUSTEE CTTE.MEETS; Following Administrative Shifts DOW PETITIO STUDIED President Charles E. Shain an- he recently was awarded a and ,\ a.:. sent by the Xatlcnal nounced last Thursday the names $68,000 'IH grant to support her Science Foundation as United of the new deans who will assume four-year study of pigment cell States Scientist to the 7th Inter- office on July 1. Their appoint- growth. national Cancer Congr in Lon- ments were approved earlier that A graduate of Talladega Col- don in 1958 and to the 8th day by the Board of Trustees at lege, Alabama with 1.S. and Congress in \Ioscow four years its regular meeting on the campus. Ph.D. degrees from ew York later. Dr. Jewel Plummer Cobb, pro- Specializes in Irish Lit. fessor of biology and head of the ~Iiss Johnson, the new asso- cell biology laboratory at Sarah ciate dean-designate, has been Lawrence College, will he the new academic advisor to Freshmen Dean of the College and professor since 1958. of zoology. She will succeed Dean As associate professor of Eng. Gertrude E. Noyes who retires at lish she teaches expository writ- the end of the present academic ing, a seminar on the creative year. imagination, and has developed a Dr. Alice E. Johnson, now new course in Afro-American r- Dean of Freshmen, will assume literature which she is teaching at new responsibilities next year as the College for the first time this Associate Dean of the College. In semester. this capacity she will be academic ST DE TS AND TRUSTEES meet to discuss matters relating Miss Johnson is expecially in- to the college. -photo by kane advisor to sophomores and jun- terested in irish literature and two iors, retaining her faculty rank of years ago spent a semester in The first meeting of the Stu- hattan Bank. Katie stressed that associate professor of English. Dublin doing research for her dent-Trustee Committee convened the petition was supported by McKeon to Teach Full Time coming literary biography of last Wednesday night after a joint over one-third of the student Dr. M. Gertrude McKeon, the Matthew Carey, the Irish- dinner at Lyman-Allen museum. body. present Dean of Sophomores, is American printer and publisher Following introductions and Dow Chemical Discussed relinquishing this administrative during the early years of the stude~lt recommend,ations of A discussion ensued concerning post in order to devote full time Republic. tI.1Ose Issues they c~nsldered cru- the need to establish a policy on to teaching as an associate profes- Miss Joan C. King Miss Johnson is a past-presi- cial, the g~oup was Inf~rl1led that college securities. sor of chemistry. University, Dr. Cobb has been dent of the Connecticut Associa- ~he comml~lee would In no ~.,.~y tressing their position as one Miss Joan C. King, now acting assistant professor in research tion of Womens' Deans and Coun- JIltc.rfere With faculty or adminis- of responsiblity to the College, the dean of East House at Radcliffe surgery at selors and had taught at the Uni- trauve channels and powers. Trustees iterated the need to COn- ~ollege, has been named Dean of Post-Graduate Medical School and versity of Tennessee, Boston Student Petition Submitted sider Dow in the context of col- an instructor in anatomy at the University and \Vellcsley College At this point Katie cc 70 lege finances. They stre ed the University of Illinois College of before her 1958 appointment presented the petition circulated inability to separate Dow [rom Medicine. here. early last week requesting that the the I ng list of life-destroying Mrs. Cobb is a fellow of the Miss Joan C. King, the new trustees withdraw our holdings in industries. New York Academy of Sciences (Continued 10 Page 4, Col. 3) Dow Chemical and Chase Man- Moral ResponsibJity tressed Students emphasized the re- sponsibility of thc College to take .1 moral stand concerning the pro- duction of napalm. New Community Affairs Office Agreeing that the issue entailed further investigation of all college holdings, as well as the establish- Headed By Margaret Kahler ment of policy on such i ues, the by Pat Strong petition was pa sed to the Board of Trustees for further considera- Mrs. Margaret Kahler of Gro- delinquency and mental iIIJ;ess. tive program would involve sociol- tion. ton has been named by the Col- Still in Planning Stage ogy majors working in New Lon- The trustees agreed to presen t lege as the director of the newly- Many aspects of the Office of don, possibly doing original and explain the college budget created Office of Community Community Affairs are still in the research. and allocations of funds at the Affairs. planning stages, but more inform- She had high praise for the next joint meeting. They also Mrs. Kahler is presently serving ation will be forthcoming in the Conn students already working in agreed to elaborate on their role as the Director of Community next few weeks. volunteer capacities in New Lon- in the college community. don. Dr. Jewel P. Cobb Services for the Winthrop Project New programs involving Conn Objectives Determined in New London. students wilJ probably be added Mrs. Kahler added that some Freshmen to succeed Miss John- After much discussion, it was She expects to be in her new to supplement the programs Conn students frequently stop by son. decided that the main objective of office by the end of March or the already in existence. her office to ask if they can help Conducts Cancer Research the committee will be to study beginning of April. Conn students are presently in any way. Mrs. Cobb is a research biolo- the long-range goals of Connecti- The Office of Community involved in such programs as Confidence Expressed gist and teacher who has been cut College and its role as an Affairs, which resulted from a Operation Headstart and tutoring She expressed confidence that studying and writing about cancer American educational institution. recommendation by the Summer elementary school children on there are many ways in which the viruses for nearly twenty years. Planning Committee, will function Monday nights. College and the I ew London Reports of her findings on as a liaison between the 1 ew Mrs. Kahler said that a pro,pee- (Continued to P,ige 4, Col. 2) tissue cultures, chemotherapy, London commun.ity and the Col- Additional and neoplastic diseases have ap- lege community. peared in professional publica- Housing tions. Advisory Board to be Formed An advisory board, consisting The National Cancer Institute of faculty, students and members awarded her a two-year post- Voted For of the New London community, doctoral fellowship for work at Harlem Hospital Cancer Research will be formed as a policy-making Faculty arm of the Office of Community Foundation. by Carol nn Hunter Affairs. She subsequently received two The Trustees voted to accept a Th e first program to be research grants from the National proposal calling for the construe- initiated by the new office will be Cancer Institute and two from the tion of 14 new Iaculty housing a series of conferences. U. S. Puhlic Health Service for units at their meeting in Decem- The first grou p of conferences various aspects of cancer research. ber. will center around problems of On a special research fellow- This request \\a::. necessitated the environment: pollution, pre- ship from the National Institutes as a result of tile current expan- servation of open spaces and re- of Health Mrs. Cobb spent seven sion program of the U.. Coo.:5t months during 1967 doing ie- gional planning. Guard eadem). The second group of confer- search at the International Labor- MRS. MARGARET KAHLER i, the newly appointed Director "en home~ belonging to the atory of Genetics and Biophysics ences will concern human pr9P- of Community Affairs. -photo by kim (Continued to Page 4, Col. 5) at Naples, Italy. lems: unemployment, juvenile Tuesday, February 25,1969 ConnCensus Page Two

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by Mary Graff by Barbara Keshen The Caucus of Connecticut leadership is at present notoriously will become rigid and fail to "~Iost Blacks in America have Three-fold Function Democrats is a new coalition of par t y-oriented and Bally-con- accomplish its objectives. been victims of a racist society." in William ~ estimation religion Connecticut liberals, many of trolled. Specific Issues So tated Preston Williams of has a three-fold function. whom supported McCarthy or Co- founders of the ew Lon- The delegates to the assembly the Booton niversity hool of First of all, religion enables a Kennedy for the presidential nom- don chapter are Philip A. Gold- discussed several immediate goals Theology at a lecture sponsored person to "establish a sense of ination. berg, Assistant Professor of and means by which they could by the religion department last personhood." The group is to be a faction of Psychology, and Ronald Glassman, he achieved. It was decided that Tu day night. It also helps people bear suffer- the Democratic Party to push for an electoral reform including open \\ illiams elaborated on this log b)' attempting to provide an- liberal reforms in the state legisla- primaries, the 18 year old vote, theme to say that the Black men swers to the problem of existence ture and to elect liheral candidates and stale income tax reform be in America have always pursued a of evil in the world. for local, state and national among the top priorities. program of "assimilation-integra- Lastly, religion offers trength offices. An examination of the rela- tion ". and comfort to those \·0'110 are New Britian tionship of the CCD to the regular Essen liaJly asslmilation-inte- burdened now by offering them The first open meeting of the Democratic Party was presented gration is defined as the "incor- eschatalogical and other-worldl y CCD was held in New Britain on by Earl Craig. Executive Director porarion of one body of materials hopes to carry them through. into another." In this case it Sat., Dec. 14,1968. It functioned of the ew Democratic Coalition. Black Religion is Responsive as both an informational and means the incorporation of the Movement Black culture into the white cui. Black religion, especially that an organizational convention. Craig suggested that politics of the luslims, has been espe- rure. Workshops on such topical and demonstrations are not mutu- cially responsive to these three issues as education, migrant Two Cultures lerge ally exclusive. needs. workers, fiscal policy reforms, The CCD can work within the A merger of these two cultures. The Black luslim religion pro- environmental problems, and the system, but the system will have the one complementing and rein- poses that the white man's exist- 18 year old vote were held in the to expand itself a little to incor- forcing the other, would have ence is consequent upon the morning sessions. porate it. profound effect on the total cul- existence of Black man. Ronald Glassman, delegate to Experts in these various sub- He further stated that the CCD ture that would emerge. It further declares that when CCD -photo by keshen jects were present as seminar lead- is not just an organization but a It would be a thoroughly inte- the white man was created from ers and lecturers. movement and stressed that when grated and all-encompassing cul- the Black man, "all humanity was In the afternoon Sen. George Assistant Professor of Sociology. a structure is created, it must be ture, and therein would lie its grafted out of him." McGovern, and Black presidential At the meeting Mr. Goldberg was done so that it can grow organ- strength. "6000 Years to Rule" nom.inee Rev. Channing Phillips elected chairman of the local ically and become a lasting move- Religion, stated Williams, plays were among those who addressed organization, and Mr. Glassman ment with maximum possibility an integral part in this process of Allah, the Islam God, gave this the assembly. and Leo Smalley, prominent New for growth. assi mila lion-in tegration. white devil 6000 years to rule. The end of the white man's rule is Local Chapter Formed London attorney, were elected imminent. The first meeting of the New delegates to the state assembly. Even though Black religion has London chapter of the CCD was State Convention Israeli Ambassador To U.S. Says been responsive to these three held on Thurs. Feb. 13. While On Fri., Feb. 14 the first Dele- human needs, it has failed to re- only about 20 members attended, gate Assembly met in New Haven spond to further expressed needs the membership rolls include at to adopt the provisional by-laws Prospects of War Exaggerated of the Blackman. and elect officers. Rev. Joseph least 70 local residents. Williams stated that to some The group consists of Repub- Duffey, attorney Joe Lieberman, by Emily Eisenberg '70 extent "religion undergirds the and Ann Wexrer, co-founders of licans, Independents and asso- Black man's desire to become a ciate members under voting age, the state CCD and active McCar- Yitsbak Rabin, Israeli ambas- Israeli war. The Russians are cer- full member of society" by as well as registered Democrats, thy supporters were among those sador to the United States, spoke tain that Israel would win again. thus making it a true representa- elected to the executive com- at the Norwich Synagogue on Hope To Deter War tive of a concerned citizenry. mittee. Wed., Feb. 12. He was the last et Rabin emphasized that terror- The expressed purpose of the Rev. Duffey, in his opening a series of speakers sponsored by ists, located mainly in Lebanon local chapter is to change the statement urged that the assembly the Synagogue. and Jordan, do not represent a character of the local Democratic remember the New Hampshire pri- Rabin, who was chief of staff real threat to Israel's existence. Party by broadening it, base of mary and the Democratic Conven- of the Israeli forces during the However. Israel will keep its participation, thus making it more tion in Chicago in the hopes that June, 1967 war. wiJI soon be committment to the cease-fire open to change and responsive to this organization will not become retiring from his position as only for as long as the Arabs will the needs of the people. The town so obsessed with consensus that it ambassador. reciprocate. In a prepared speech, Mr. According to Rabin, another Rabin spoke about the Arab- war can be prevented onJy if israel Israeli conflict and later answered remains strong, and if the free Unconscious Fusion of questions [rom the aduience. world makes it clear to the Soviet In his speech, the ambassador Union and Arabs that it will not enumerated three prerequisites for tolerate another war. Experience Sets Mood for peace with the Arabs. The ambassador further asser- First, Me. Rabin asserted, the ted that the American press and Arab states must recognize Israel. American officials exaggerate the the Poetry of Mark Strand Secondly, there must be recon- imminence of another war. ciliation between Israel and the Rabin assured his audience by Emily Sagan Arabs. that, despite Israel's small popula- Preston Williams Finally, Israel and the Arab tion, she is capable of defending concern by the first-person narra- _ photo by kane On February 16, poet Mark states must initiate commercial herself against the Arab world. Strand read selected works from tive of many of his poems. relations, accompanied by Iree Rabin main tained throughout smoothing over his legitimate com- his personal collection to a size- The poet noted that the self- traveling of peoples and exchange his speech that the Israeli's aim is plaints with this world, while giving able group of Connecticut College expressed in the poem is often not of views. to build a Jewish state coupled him a false feeling of content- students. the self which the individual with Western civilization and dcm- Wants Real Peace merit." Mr. Strand, who lives in New wishes to acknowledge. Israel has now fought three ocracy. York and will teach at Columbia Explains Own Poetry . Promotes Assimilation wars without securing a lasting University next year, explained Strand explained that his However, rather than a detri- peace. Israel is presently ~eek.ing a that his poetry is not strictly poems represent the uncon~cious ment Williams affirmed that reli- lasting peace and securtty, not Ultimately, the people will regional and that his themes in- fusion of isolated experiences gion 'has in the long run been a "real estate," Rabin contended. respond to leadership if they sense clude comments upon city and which provide the mood or the help in promoting a imilation- The ambassador explained that it is in their larger interest country life as well as odes to setting for his poetry. . . and if the President is a good integration- Initially, the poet maintained, that, in return for a negotiated trees and concrete. enough teacher. That is why the In conclusion Williams affirm- the creation of poetry is not hard peace, Israel is willing to give back Mr. Strand emphasized the office of President, is above all, a ed that the "Black church has work but becomes more complex parts of the lands captured by the importance for the student of kind of pulpit, a place for a great always been on the side of assimi- as the student must devise a style israeli army in June of 1967. poetry to read the works of con- teacher. lation-integration, but they have which satisfactorily expresses 1£ no peace settlement can be temporary writers to gain cultural Editorial, ew York Times also wanted Lo retain the highest reached, Israel will assume that awareness and contemporary per- those experiences and personal ob- December 1, 1968 in the Black culture." the Arabs are preparing for spective, and to work backwards servations which he has collected. another war. Under these circum- towards the works of earlier Mr. Strand divided his poetry stances, Israel will not return any poets. into three categories for the bene- S FOR HO SEFELLO\ SHIP of the territory. APPLICATIO Urges Study of Poetry fit of his audience. FOR 1969-70 Uses Diverse Themes Ambassador Rabin pointed out The poet maintained that that there has no change in Arab His themes, he said, included J lORS WHO ARE INTERE TED U ERYl G A HO E- "poetry begets poetry" and said policy since September, 1967. He bourgeois life, internal life, and FELLOW DURING THE YEAR 1969-70 ARE 'VITED TO that by teaching poetry, as he will blames, in part. the Soviet Union do next year, and by reading the political concerns. "'lAKE APPOlNT~IE TS A EARLY A PO lBLE FOR In "My Life," one example of for backing the Arabs. it TERVIEW WITH ~Il W TSO . APPUCATlO WILL BE collections of other poets, the Although Rabin contends that student can collect ideas and his bourgeois poetry, the poet RECEIVED U 'TlL SPRl 'G VACATlO . THE N ~IBER OF becomes a toy which is played with Soviet support official peace OPEl G IS U CERTAlt, B T co !DERATION WILL BE adapt the styles of the masters. could have been achieved, he is with by the various women in this GIVEN TO ALL THO Ell TERESTED. Strand explained that he quick to point out that the USSR life. believes poetry is a personal art does not want another Arab- and demonstrated his personal. (Continued to Page 4, Col. 2) Tuesday , February 25, 1969 Conn Census Page Four Vietnam Mobilization Views During Editors' Conference To Combat Apathy Congressman, Student Exchange by Linda Rosenzweig Student: 1 didn't say that. Lis- Editors' ote: The following tions are the only things we have. Student. But those institutions ten, I know how slow change is dialogue between Congressman when you're in institutions like Rogers 10rton(R,Maryland) and a are no good. Morton: Yes, I know that the Congress. college student occurred at a 1 bet the bulk of the people in national editors' conference in Congress has weaknesses. Congress believe that change Washington, D.C. on Feb. 14-16. Student: A hell of a lot of comes so slowly that they are Five Conn Census staff members people feel they're not being reconciled to little change at aU. represented. attended. Morton: I would like you to Morton: Ishare your hope that Marlon: I agree. A lot of come testify for the Ways and war can be laid aside as an institu- people aren't being represented. Student: That's what happens Means Committee to tell us how tion. some of your ideas can be imple- Student: But if the U.S. con- in a system where money and mented. tinues its present tactics. .We profit make the decisions, rather Student: Get rid of the senior- will force Vietnam to deny its than the half-million people you ity custom. That's one thing. nationalism and to rely on its represent. Morton: Come up with work- historic enemies, China and the This is the Keynesian theory in able ideas that we can use with U.S.S.R. That's our fault. operation. Congressmen represent our rudder. Morton: If you were in my the needs of the economic system. Student: What if I, and those place, what would you do? Morton: I hope you can toler- Student: For a start, I'd let ate the people who like the sys- who believe as I do, don't like REV, BARRIE SHEPHERD conducts Vietnam Forum Red China into the United tem. It's impossible to just wave a your rudder? -cphoto by keshen Nations. That's really beside the magic wand and expect the situa- Morton: Then you're in a by Nancy Benjamin point, though. tion to become the way you spaceship somewhere up in space. When you're in the system, would like to see it. Student: No. Maybe you are. A seminar conducted by Rev. conference which these six con- you can only act to perpetuate Barrie J. Shepherd and five Conn- cerned people are trying to con- ecticut College students who had vey to the Conn campus is the that system. U 1 thought 1 could do things recently attended the Mobilize- effort to combat apathy. tion of the Clergy and Laymen Some forms of direct action that way, your way, I'd be a Concerned About Vietnam in were taken at the conference, politician, not a radical. Washington, D.C. was held Wed., such as seeing and discussing the I'll tell you something else. Feb. 19. problems with the U. S. Senators. There has not been a man on any The five students who attended Other suggestions that could be level of government who has the conference with Rev. Shep- implemented in local com- represented me yet. Represent- herd were Diane Levy 70, Amy munities, particularly in those atives are chosen from on top, Nolan '71, Pat Oglesby 71, Jane near military installations, as represent the top - not the Difley 71, and Maggie Mcintosh Conn is, would be to help men people. '72. now in the service, by opening You had better create ways to Each of the six from the col- coffee houses, visiting war resis- represent your people. You have lege delegation discussed one ters in prision, and draft educa- to build up your institutions, or aspect of the conference. Mr. tion, particularly at the high they will be torn down. Shepherd spoke first about some school level. Morton: I think that maybe 1 of the speakers and events at the Plans are now being discussed should leave you now. The institu- conference which has been called for a possible all-night teach-in at by several Senators and national Conn, perhaps focusing specific- DEANS magazines the most influential ally on the draft. Michael Ferber, (Continued from Page 1, Col. 3) lobby against the war in Vietnam. who was arrested along with Dr Dean of Freshmen, is a specialist Sp eakers included William Benjamin Spock and Mr. COWl REP. ROGERS MORTON in discussion with student, in the French Theatre from the Sloane Coffin, Abraham Heechel, for counseling draft resisters, hal 16th through the 20th centuries. Rev. Thomas Hayes, Michael Fer- been asked to speak here. 'I'h. An alumna of Boston University, her and Sen. George McGovern. teach- in is being tentatively she holds M.A. degrees in French Prevent Future Vietnams planned for sometime in March Hatfield Introduces Bill theatre from both Columbia and In the opening speech, Sen. KAHLER Harvard Universities and is a can- McGovern spoke about the con- didate for Harvard's Ph.D. to Abolish Draft cern of the group for prevention (Continued from Page 1, Col. 4) commun.ity can gain mutual of future Vietnams. He also dis- for pass- rewards from this new program. WASHINGTON (CPS)-Scna- the added inducements cussed the problems in converting She added that the Connec- tor Mark Hatfield of Oregon last age of the bill. the war economy to a peacetime ticut College community will have month introduced a bill that economy, and the study of the HOUSING "to decide what it wants from would abolish the draft and seek establishment of a Department of to make the armed forces more (Continued from Page 1, Col. 5) Peace. such a program. " attractive to potential volunteers. College have been condemned by Rev. Shepherd explained that Because programs of this type Supporters range from conser- the federal government to allow the emphasis was on the convey- are new on college campuses, they vative Barry Goldwater, the for the growth of the Academy ance of facts and the education of are largely in the planning stages. Therefore, members of the defeated 1964 Presidential can- campus. These buildings accomo- the participants. didate just returned to the Senate dated a total of 13 families. Amy Nolan discussed the draft College community and New Lon- don residents will be encouragcd by Arizona voters, to liberal According to Richard S. Lewis, resistence effort, and the position to contribute their views and sug- George McGovern. treasurer of the College, construc- of men who have deserted the Sen. Hatfield feels this spec- tion of the new facilities will service and are now living in many gestions when the program goes into full operation this spring. trum shows the broad basis of begin as soon as weather permits. countries in Europe, as well as support for this bill, but not much Canada. The completion date is set for chance is given on Capitol Hill for Jane DiOey spoke about the STRAND mid-summer. passage. problem of the money which (Continued from Page 3, Col. 2) Architect for the project is The pessimism is due in part to ~vowd be freed from war spend- Richard Sharpe of Norwich. initially most difficult to write, traditional opposition to the all- mg. Dean Alice Johnson The homes will be located in and he read one selection in which volunteer army concept, and also i\liss King has done summer the area bordered by Mohegan Go Back to Military he used "canned language." due to the appeal expected for a study at the Sorbonne and the Avenue, Nameaug Avenue, and As it is considered profitable to Strand, who was born in Nova bill to be introduced this week by University of Munich. She re- Deschon Street. Thirteen struc- produce arms, Jane stated, the Scotia and lived briefly in Brazil, Sen. Edward Kennedy. The Massa- ceived a Fulbright Fellowship to tures will be erected, containing money will probably go back into used the two locations as poetic chusetts Senator seeks to reform support a year's study in Paris and 12 two-floor family units and two military arms and defense pro- settings. His "Eulogy 1969" was the draft, not abolish it. from 1966-68 held a teaching bachelor apartments. grams rather than urgently needed adapted from the Brazilian work, Sen. Hatfield's bill calls the fellowship in French at Harvard. social causes such as poverty, the "Eulogy 1938." present Selective Service System The college's new freshmen urban crisis, and education. Over Strand's poetic settings inciud- an "undesirable infringement on dean also has had extensive ex- half of the American's tax dollar ed Nova Scotia, Brazil, the Mid- personal liberty, militarily ineffi- What is life but a series of perience in academic administra- now goes into defense. west and New England. cient, inherently inequitable to inspired follies? tion. Since 1960 she has been at Other topics discussed were the Demonstrates Effectiveness draft-age Americans, and produc- G. Bernard Shaw Radcliffe College, first as assistant Anti-Ballistic Missile project However) he used regional tive of low morale in the armed which was started under Johnson, and acting dean of residence, later landscapes only as a backdrop for forces. II ostensibly to protect against the as acting dean of South and East psychological gestures, and insis- Innovations for the military The campaign manager of one Communist Chinese. Houses. For two summers she ted that the recreation of a land- suggested by the bill include of the once-hot Presidential con- Another problem about the served as dean of women for scape is boring. adjusting standards so that pre- tenders once said, "You can look war is that many in the military Harvard's summer school. Mr. Strand maintained that the sently unqualified persons could like you're going to win, but the think that the Americans should For three years Miss King was poet should "keep things whole." he accepted and either rehahilita- line between a hero and a jackass be in Vietnam and are proud of assistant dean of women at the His poetry demonstrated the ~~d or put in non-combatant pos- is very narrow. . .We've got to the American soldiers for being :-ffectiveness of the well-organ- College of William and Mary and mons. win." My question is: Does win- "good killers." ieed, sensitive, and at times earlier served as assistant director Increased educational benefits ning really erase that narrow line uproariously funny fusion of ex: Combat Apathy of the college union at the State and pay boost of $100 per month between hero and jackass? One of the basic aims of the perience and _personaJ expression. University of New York at Paltz. for enlisted men are included in Harper's Bazaar Tuesday, February 25, 1969 Conn Census Page Five Youth Moves to Lower Voting Age; Poor Attendance Mars Liaisons with Congress Significant Opening Convocation

For Passage of New Legislation by Pat trong

WASHINGTON (CPS)-In the they had no part in making. " effect" on the nation, and n. last six weeks, two groups have Proponents of the 18-year-old j avits says the most compelling organized to start a nationwide vote advance other arguments now. reason to lower the voting age is push for passage of laws lowering Sen. Mike Mansfield (D-Mont.) that "American politics needs the the voting age to 18. feels the lower voting age is "more transfusion younger voters would One, begun by students from pertinent now than ever before give. " the University of the Pacific in because youth is better equipped In a study for N A, Roland California, is called LUV (Let Us to exercise this responsibility." Liebert concluded that if the vot- Vote). It claims chapters o~ more ing age were lowered, "political Youth More Responsible than 200 college campuses and participation would increase, the 1,500 high schools. . "The 18-year-old has emerged, political spectrum would broaden Another handful of young ~n this new world of learning and slightly, the parties would gel people from the National Educa- Information-gathering, far more more enthusiastic support, and tion Association (NEA)'s student ready for responsible citizenship the depth of American political affiliate have formed a Youth than the 21-year-old or even the criticism would increase." Franchise Coalition. With the sup- 24-year-old was in my day," says Sen. Gale McGee of Wyoming. port of other student groups, they History of Frustration More than six million young claim to be the first national The history of efforts to lower people are taxed without repre- organization working toward the the voting age is full of frustration sentation. People over 18 are sub- 18-year-old vote. and failure, dating back to 1942 ject to the same penal codes as when Sen. Arthur Vandenberg in- Support Urged those over 21. Young people can Sen. Iavits and West Virginia's enter the U.S. Civil Service at 18. troduced the first recent resolu- tion to extend the franchise. Sen. Jennings Randolph (who has "This demand for youth YES after her speech at Convocation In that session, Congress DEAN GERTRUDE o fought for the lowered voting age power, or student power ... stems -photo by adams lowered the draft-induction age to since 1942) have written their from a growing sophistication 18, but refused to lower the vot- Congressional colleagues seeking among youth in evaluating our evaluations. however, the Special ing age. President Charles E. Shain support for the new effort. world, a growing realization that Studies Period is being tried again Since then, more than a hun- officially opened the second The Coalition's campaign to politics has an enormous impact, dred similar resolutions have been semester at Convocation on Mon. next year, but in a shortened lower the voting age will aim at and a growing desire to assume bottled up by the nation's law- Feb. 17. In his opening remarks, form. passage of a Constitutional "adult" responsibilities at an makers. Despite President Eisen- President Shain spoke briefly on President Shain added that the amendment easier. (Three-fourths earlier age," former NSA Presi- hower's support in 1954, a pro- the school calendar, Special academic calendar for next year of the states must ratify amend- dent Ed Schwartz testified, before posed Constitutional amendment Studies Period, Student-faculty will be the same as this year's ments to the U.S. Constitution.) Sen. Birch Bayh's subcommittee lowering the voting age failed by committees, and attendance at calendar, with a few minor studying the Ifl-year-old vote last changes upon which he did not Conference Planned five votes. all-college gatherings. year. A petition drive will be con- In the last session of Congress, Perhaps the most striking elaborate. ducted and a national youth con- well-meaning liberals let another aspect of this convocation was the President Expresses Optimism Vote Provides Channels poor attendance of students. The ference will be held to dramatize bill die without a fight after Presi- President Shain also com- Campus unrest and other dis- entire assembly seemed an ana- the interest in a lower voting age. dent Johnson spoke up favorably, mented on the student-faculty order stands to be lessened if the chronism, the faculty solemnly The Coalition also wants to but too late. committees, in particular the Stu- vote is granted, Senator javits and marching in wearing their aca- develop a speakers' bureau and a The 18-year-old vote issue has dent-Faculty Advisory committee, others argue. The National Com- demic robes followed by perhaps stable source of information on also been raised at least once in saying that he was optimistic that mission on the Causes and Preven- half the senior class. the subject. each of the states, but the voters student desires for representation tion of Violence has just reported These two groups echoed by- "For the first time," says Jim have consistently said no. Only in could be reconciled with faculty that violence occurs partly be- gone traditions, while the sparse Graham, campus affairs vice-presi- Ken tucky and Georgia have desires for professional pride and cause protesters believe they can- audience, clad in bell- bottoms or efforts been successful. privacy. dent of the National Student not make their demands felt effec- Wranglers, mirrored more ac- Dean Noyes, through the eyes Association, "we're going to go tively through normal channels. curately the Conn campus today. of a philosopher named "Waldo," really hard on this issue. This will The 18-year-old vote "will ease Never a Nationwide Movement Traditional Ceremonies Dying provided some valuable observa- be no children's brigade." the frustations of a generation The long struggle for the 18- tions on the Connecticut Colege obviously intent upon having a year-old has also been marked by Convocations and other tradi- Revitalize Appeal community as it has developed voice in the determination of their lack of organization and re- tional ceremonies seem to be a One of the main issues of past during the past forty years. own destinies," the Young sources. There has been no nation- dying thing on this campus, as campaigns that the students hope evidenced by lack of student in- She commen ted that Conn be- to redefine is the "Old enough to Democrats told the Bayh sub- wide movement at the grass-roots gan as closely-knit, socially in- committee last May. level to demonstrate youth's in- terest. fight, old enough to vote" argu- However, as President Shain volved campus III the latter ment which has had wide emo- When Gov. Ellis Arnall first itiative and influence like those 1920's, but gradually shifted to proposed lowering Georgia's when Negroes and women sought slated, all-college gatherings do tional appeal in wartime. not occur often and it is good to being a "week-end" oriented, voting age in 1943, he introduced the franchise. "Apparently it takes war to have the entire college community socially unconcerned student open the eyes of America to the the argument that young people "The nub of practical politics body during the early 1950's. have. a contribution to make. is that without assurances from together from time to time. injustice she does her young In commenting on Special Campus Change "Their fellow citizens need their organized college-aged groups that men," R. Spencer Oliver of the Studies Period, President Shain participation ... the fresh view- 18-to-21 year-olde really want the Dean Noyes felt that the cur- Young Democrat Clubs of Amer- said that the period will be evalu- p oint of these unregimented franchise, chances of passage are rcn t sweeping changes on this ica has said. ated extensively through both stu- voters ... their idealism." dim," Sen. Jacob javits has said. campus, though not as violent as "It is surely unjust and dis- dent and faculty opinion. The Coalition's proposal talks Youth, it seems, is taking his those on other campuses, are just criminatory to command men to Whatever the outcome of these about a possible "therapeutic - advice seriously. as all-encompassing in both the sacrifice their lives for a decision academic and social life of the Letters To Editor student. The College has shifted back to (Continued from Page 2, Col. 4) the socially concerned days which ~Iiss Noyes talked of with such quests for secrecy indicate an tees, concerned coalitions, etc., nostalgia. awarene that moral wrath and etc. She left students with the im- The upshot of this reasonable indignant protest might disturb an pre ion that the changes taking demand made in reasonable tones official reception of that agency. place on this campus are not The CiA's demand for con- however, seems most unreason- revolutionary as much as they are spiratorial silence only accent- able to me-ci.e., the resignation of revitalizing. a particularly popular and re- uates its stealthy subversiveness spected faculty member despite and need to operate underground. Trustees Approve The administration's failure to overwhelming student opinion insist that freedom of recruitment Faculty Promotions favoring his retention. An unresponsive administra- be accompanied by corresponding The Connecticut College Board public awarene of such an event, tion leaves us with few "reason- of Trustees approved advance- recognizes the existence of moral able" alternatives. ment in academic rank for eleven dissent with such action. Failure To quote John F. Kennedy: members of the faculty on Thurs .. to acknowledge or comply with "Those who make evolutionary Frb.20. this dissent negates all claims of changes impossible make revolu- All promotions become effec- tionary change inevitable." freedom. tive with the opening of the usan S. Crocker '70 Elizabeth C. Tobin '69 1969-1970 academic year next September. Four Professorships Awarded To the Editor: Those faculty member The erA's recent visitation to The greatest good we can do for others is not just to share our awarded full professorships are this campus recently, manifests Dr. Glen Kolb, chairman of the riches with them, but to reveal the administration's attitude that df'partmt'nt of Spanish: Dr. ~Iary freedom of recruitment is just and theirs to them. Full Circle (Continued to Page 7, Col. 5) -by kane and koehne inalienable. Compliance with re- Tuesday, February 25, 1969 Conn Census Page Six FINE ARTS CENTE~EARING COMPLETION

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A new Iour and a half million of the music rooms, closed circuit dollar attraction is nearing com- television which will connect with pletion on the South Campus of Palmer, and a 350·seat recital hall. Connecticut College [or the May Controversy Over Color Scheme I NEWS NOTES I 10th dedication of The Joanne A prominent topic of discus- and Nathan Cummings Arts Cen- amics, has joined the art depart- sion on campus has concerned the Union College is planning a have joined the College for the ter which will highlight Father's interior of the Arts Center. Stu- co-educational experiment for one second semester. Mr. Jay Cudrin, ment. * * * Weekend. A news note in last week's dents claim that the architects, week, from March 31 to April 4. a clinical Psychologist, will con- During the week prior to that Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, Participating women students will duct a seminar on personality. Mr. issue announced the abolition of dale, the Arts Center will be the have insisted on brightly colored be accomodated in evacuated David Jackson, will serve as visit- airline youth fare. Students who site of the opening of an exhibi- walls for a considerable propor- dormitory and fraternity rooms. ing lecturer in the English Dept. wish to make known their opinion tion by Conn and Wes/yan tion of the art studios. Interested students should Mrs. Constance Kenna has of the airlines' decision on this students and will also entertain Members of the department are write for applications as soon as joined the faculty on a full-time matter may write to their Con- music, poetry reading and film against this, protesting that bright possible 10: Donald Kessler, 1301 basis as instructor of German. Me. gressmen, or to the Civil Aeronau- programs by Connecticut College walls will distract from and distort Lenox Road, Schenectady, New Poter Leibert, a specialist in cer- tics Board in Washington, D.C. students. student work. York 12308. The new Arts Center promises When interviewed, Mr. William GROTONSHOPPERS MART- 445-4432 * ROUTE 1 to be an exciting workshop of A. McCloy, professor of art, elab- Hugh Masekala, South African i magi n a ti on I creativity and orated on the controversy in calm jazz trumpeter, will appear at productivity. Designed specifically but excited tones. He said that it GROTON CINEMA Woolsey Hall, in New Haven, on for the administrative and teach- was indeed difficult to depart Sunday, March 16, at 8:30 P.M. ing needs of the art and music from the traditional coloring of Tickets are $3.50 for general -Dean Martin ~ departments, the center will also art rooms which have one bright admission and $4.50 for reserved accomodate modern dance, dra- wall such as yellow and one white section. "Mdtt Helm," matic productions, and public lec- wall, but he concluded that he Proceeds will go to the Narco- tures. was unable to design a solution Some of the rooms which stu- tics Addiction Research and Com- which was pleasing to him. ···rheWrecking Crew den t:s can look forward to are munity (Ipportunities, (NARCO, No One Really Unhappy woodwork, ceramic and sculpture INC.). This organization was I Shown Evenings At 7 and 91 workshops; a music library; listen- Most of the walls will be begun 10 help rehabilitate drug ing and practice rooms equipped neutral and ]\!IcCloy commented addicts. .> with tapes and records; and that he knew of on one who was * spacious art studios illumined by really unhappy wi th the building. "Stop Genocide in Biafral!" the artist's own precious north "We're getting exactly what we Bumper stickers and buttons bear- light. asked [or," McCloy added, ing this message may be-purchased "Facilities [or undergraduate arts for 25 cents a piece from Randi education and space-cnothing Freelon, Branford House, P.O. Aspects of the building that fancy, just space." Box no. 1802. All proceeds from 243 State Street New Londca CoDA. will satisfy the aesthetic's appetite In addition to the space, each sales and donated to the Bia- are a deck that will overlook an faculty member was able to [ran fund. outdoor sculpture-court yard, and choose the color scheme of his * * Shoes and Handbags ...by a scenic view of the college and * office. Four new faculty members New London. Other qualities of the center are a year round air conditioning Pappagatlo system, sound proofing of many FAR EAST HOUSE - GIFTS - 15 Green Street Compliments ot I New London, Conn. SEIFERT'S BAKERY 225 Bank St. 443-6808 THE IN HOUSE ON CAMPUS IT'S A GAS! EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY Hand·Made Clothes Leather Goods ~ROY ~~ Jewelry l.;'" LAUNDERING ~ DRY CLEANING Bank Street New London i COLD FUR STORAGE TEL. 442·8870 Tuesday, February 25, 1969 ConnCensus Page Seven

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Wednesday, February 16 Fasching Party - Costume Party - German Club - Student Lounge, Cro - 7 p.m.

Hillary ~g'weno r- speaker from Kenya ~ Government Club _ Main Lounge, era - 7 p.m. "Israel and Arab: Can There Be Peace" - Hillel Lecture - Chapel LIbrary - 7.30 p.m. International Folk Dancing - Gym, Cro -7:30 p.m. Thursday, February 27 "La Vie des Mots" - Mr. James Williston, instructor in French _ French Club Lecture - Bill 106 - 4:20 p.m. "Rescue of ~lood-Damaged Art in Florence - emphasis on fresco res~orabon - Lawrence J. Majewski, director of the Conser- vanon Center, New York University - Lyman All n Museum - 8 p.m. Y Friday, February 28 File for Student Government Offices Saturday, March 1 j"Seance on a Wet Afternoon" - movie - Palmer Auditorium - 8 p.m. Monday, March 3 End filing for Student Government Offices Tuesday, March 4 New York Camerata - Artist Series - Palmer Auditorium - 8:30 p.m. Sen. Eugene McCarthy

by Eugene McCarthy PROMOTIONS

Our days were yellow and green Some we found named ill, too (Continued from Page 5, Col. 5) we marked the seasons with respect, little or too much . Lord, classics; Dr. Edgar Mayhew, but spring was our's. We were shoots or in a foreign longue. art and Dr. Jane Torrey in the and sprouts, and greenings. These we challenged with new names. department of psychology. We heard the first word Space was our pre-occupation, Five Promoted that fish were running in the creek. infinity, not enternity our concern. Professor Secretive we went with men into sheds We were strong bent on counting, to Associated for torches and tridents the railroad tics, 50 many to a mile, Another five faculty members for nets and traps. the telephone poles. the can will become associate prafe Of'S. We shared the wildness of that week, that passed, marking our growth They are Charles Chu, chairman in men and fish. First fruits against the door frames. after the winter. Dried meat gone, of the Chinese department; Miss the pork barrel holding only brine. The sky was a kite, Zosia j acynowicz., music; Dr. Bank clerks carne out in skins, I flew it on a string, winding Hartune Mikhaclian, psychology; teachers in loin clouts, it in to see its blue, again Dr. Nelly Murstein, French and while game wardens drove in darkened to count the whirling swallows, Dr. Charles Price, in the art de- cars, and read the patterned scroll watching the vagrant flares of blackbirds turning to check partmenl. beside the fish mad streams, or the markings of the hawk, and then Instructors Promoted crouched at home to see who came and letting it out to the end of the Two present instructors in 'went, holding their peace, last pinched inch of string, in surprised by violence. the vise of thumb and finger. French, Mrs. Jacqueline Chad- bourne and Mr. James Williston, One day the string broke, We were spendthrift of time. will advance to assistant professor- the kite ned over the shoulder A day was not too much to spend ships n xt September. to find a willow right for a whistle of the world, hut reluctantly, reaching to blow the greenest sound the world back in great lunges aslost kites do, or as a girl running in a had ever heard. But such is the irresistible Another day to search to oak and reversed movie, as at each arched hickory thickets, to choose the step, the earth set Iree.Jeaps nature of truth, that all it asks, fork, fit for a sling. forward, catching her farther back and all it wants, is the liberty of Whole days long we pursued the the treadmill doubly betraying, appearing. spotted frogs and dared the curse Remote and more remote. Thomas Paine of newts and toads. Now I lie on a west-facing hill in New adams, unhurried, pure, October, the dragging string having we checked the names given by circled the world, the universe, MR. G's RESTAURANT the old. Some things we found crosses my hand in the grass. Ido FEATURING HELLENIC FOODS well titled blood-root for sight not grasp it. It brushed my closed eyes, I do not open. 452 Williams Street skunks for smell New London, Conn. crab apples for taste That world is no longer mind, yarrow for sound but for rememberance Telephone 447·0400 mallow for touch. Space ended then, and time began.

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