SUBSCRIBER'S ADDRESS Black Power THE COWL Page 6 I PROVIDENCE I COLLEGE VOL. XXXI, No. 8 PROVIDENCE COLLEGE, PROVIDENCE, R. I, NOVEMBER 21, 1968 TWELVE PAGES New Disciplinary Board Rules Congress to Challenge ROTC Academic Credit Monday night's Student Con• the Army. Also, Clark described of whether or not there should gress meeting witnessed the how ROTC has a separate code be a military program on camp• passage of a major bill, drawn of dress than the college as a us. up by non-congressman Roy whole. Fr. Petersen said that it Clark and introduced by Dan Clark's second reason for the should be taken into considera• Graziano, which called for the bill was that the total subjection tion that if Providence College elimination of academic credit of the individual to such rules does away with academic credit for ROTC beginning with the and regulations was contrary for ROTC, and if the Army, as class of 1973. to a liberal arts education. a result, decided to discontinue Clark gave two primary rea• Fr. Thomas Petersen, O.P., their program at PC, then the sons for his bill. First, he Dean, was present at the meet• student who wants ROTC would stated, that ROTC, as it now ing, "not to defend ROTC,," he suffer the loss. existed, is outside the power said, 'but to point out the facts Fr. James Murphy is the newly elected Prior of the Fr. Petersen attempted td and discipline of Providence concerning ROTC." Fr. Peter• Dominican Comunity. establish what he called a parity College. Clark gave several ex• sen also commented that the between ROTC and other cours• amples of this. He said that the merit of academic accredita• es of study. He stated that just curriculum of ROTC was pre• tion of ROTC should not be as ROTC's curriculum is in• Murphy Elected Order's Prior; planned by the First Corps of used as a cloak for the question fluenced by forces outside of the college, so are other courses; for instance, biology is influenced by the American Post Differs From V.P. Job Student Overseas NotesMedica l Association. Last week the present Vice- ning to operate in a helpful way Fr. Petersen commented that President for Student Relations, with student groups and indi• "if it is the aim of a college to Fr. James Murphy, was elected vidual students. European Concern for US free men's minds and instill as Prior of the Dominican Com• The office itself provides a By JIM SHAFFER would be (although some were virtue, then maybe, with this confused as to how George Wal• idea in mind, a liberal arts munity at Providence College. much needed link between the Fribourg, Switzerland, Nov. lace could have become so pop• college could make the attempt Fr. Murphy views his election student body and the adminis• 4—It's a strange feeling to be ular), but instead were curious of humanizing the military." as a great honor in that he rep• tration. It has attempted to on the outside looking in as about my position on things resents the voice of the Domin• provide a special means of America prepares to elect a Congressman Al Pepka then that bother them. ican Fathers and recognizes the counseling here at the College new President; with the election asked Clark if he knew whether demanding responsibilities it in conjunction with state aid. only one day away, I decided to Switzerland is a neutral, any schools had eliminated carries with it. It has worked closely with the see how students at the Univer• peace loving country and the academic credit for ROTC and This new position as reli• Placement Office in providing sity of Fribourg feel about what Vietnam war is one thing that whether the army had with• gious superior is totally differ• office space and facilities for is happening in the United disturbs them and, as I found drawn from them or imposed ent from his duties as Vice- interviews. It deals with the States. Aside from curiosity out, it also disturbs other Euro• punitive measures on the President for Student Relations. Athletic Department in attain• about their feelings, I also peans. My feeling is that the schools as a result. In his brief term as Vice- ing facilities for club football wanted to see how their opin• Swiss are primarily concerned Clark responded that Boston President, Fr. Murphy believes practice and improving intra• ions and attitudes compare (Continued on Page 8) (Continued on Page 8) he has gained invaluable in• mural fields. The office also with what I found in Germany sights into the functions and acts in conjunction with the several weeks ago. possibilities of this relatively Office of Student Affairs in pro• moting club activities, assisting One of the best places to new post. When the office was meet students is in the Univer• Yale U. Professor Relates formed last year, much discus• in social functions and arrang• ing the lecture program. sity cafeteria, so I went there sion arose over the need for at lunchtime to see what I such an innovation and in par• Individual Views to World Fr. Murphy also offered his could find out. I talked to a ticular the man who was to staff own views of the office and dozen students, not all of whom In his lecture last Wednes• ual must ask himself this ques• it. Fr. Murphy is aware of the how it should be administered. were Swiss, and I got an inter• day evening in Harkins Hall, tion: Of what use to me are my initial student resistence to his He believes that the primary esting variety of opinions. Al• Robert Edward Lane, professor political ideas?" appointment due to the "image" purpose of the post is the para• though it may be wrong to gen• of Political Science at Yale Uni• In order to answer such he had gained in the past. doxical duty of dealing with eralize, I found that where the versity, stated that political questions, Mr. Lane explained, the individual must examine He feels, however, that the non-academic matters while try• Swiss are interested in what consciousness is not only the office of Student Relations has ing to impose academic units. happens in the States, they individual's awareness of his developed into a vital organ in In other words, the better the aren't especially concerned with political views, but also his re• this stage of the growth of the Vice-President of Student Rela• what we do. The Swiss students alization that these particular College. He also sincerely be• tions and its affiliate offices per- I talked to were not worried views are important and useful lieves that the office was begin• (Continued on Page 7) about who the next President to him and to his outlook on the problems of the world. The recognition of these views and their significance to one's being is achieved, accord• ing to Mr. Lane, by a self ex• Seymour Lipset Speaks Tonight amination of one's identity and his motives for living. This was the theme of Prof. Lane's lecture on the subject On American Protest Movement of "Political Consciousness in Dr. Seymour Martin Lipset of movements and tendencies in should afford us with a repre• America." The lecture was the Harvard University will speak the United States as seen sentative analysis of student ac• second of three, sponsored by on "Protest Movements in through the Wallace movement. tivities." the Student Congress, on the America on November 21. He will elucidate the results of Dr. Lipset's lecture, sponsored topic of "Politics and Protest." Dr. Lipset is professor of the recent national election and by the Providence Forum, is the Mr. Lane emphasizes the abil• sociology and is a former Di• discuss the present political sit• last in a series of three con• ity of the student to perceive rector of the Institute of Inter• uation. In addition, he will spec• cerned primarily with contem• his own political views. How• national Studies at the Univer• ulate on whether the system has porary student politics. Through• ever, he stated that the student sity of California, Berkeley. been strengthened or weak• out his career he has written should know more than the fact PROF. ROBERT LANE Commenting on Professor ened." many books, some of which are that he has these views; he Agarian Socialism, Social Mo• must know why he develops his "self," his identity and his Lipset's lecture, Dr. Zygmunt Dr. Friedemann concluded, Friedemann, chairman of the bility in Industrial Society, and these particular views and not motives for living, because it is "Professor Lipset will also speak the Political Man. others. The student must also Political Science Department, from these conceptions of his on the current leftist movement ask himself not why are his noted that "Dr. Lipset is a The lecture will begin at 8 "self" and of the world and of views better for the world, but life that his selection of his specialist on comparative stu• among college students today. p.m. in Harkins Auditorium. Ad• why they are better for him. political views emanate. By dent politics. His talk will be He is an eminent scholar and mission is free for all college Mr. Lane stated, 'the individ• (Continued on Page 8) concerned with the rightist his experience at Berkeley students. 2 THE COWL, NOVEMBER 21, 1968 Tom Bourke Elected DES President; Trinity Presents 50 New Members Initiated at Meeting Induction ceremonies for It was also announced by come the wave of optimism and Theta chapter of Delta Epsilon Brian Nolan, chairman of the enthusiasm which followed the Warren's 'Brother' Sigma, National Catholic Honor nominating committee, that the Second Vatican Council, by in• Rhode Island's resident pro• Kneeland, a well-known member Society, were held last Thurs• members of the society had troducing a more "balanced se• fessional theatre, the Trinity of the Trinity Resident Acting day evening in Aquinas Lounge chosen by write-in vote the fol• rene perspective" to help bring Square Repertory Company, will Company.