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Vol. LXIB, No. 19 Thursday, March 19, 1970 Housing Committee Recommends Procedures

by Ann Lt-ntl "Jl co-op dorm may, if the dorm cannot for remodeli~. Architects hired by cause money must be appropriated an , ption, not a neces · y; a corri­ be implemented next year or if they the Board of Trustees are doing feasi­ for any remodeling, the committee's dor system has been suggestedto The Housing Committee is writing are not admitted to it, later apply to bility studies in these donns. recommendations must be approved implement this. Within each donn a recommendation concerning this live <>ff-campus. by the Board of '11rustees. there will be both 24-hourand non- year's Be­ procedures for rooming. Possibilities for the dorms are 24-hour parietals corridors. Freshmen cause arrangements for such options Remodellnc CoDBldered shortening corridor length by instal­ 24-Honr Parietals will be roomed on non-24-hour pariet­ as a CO-Opdormitory are still tenta­ The committee is discussing re­ ling double doors, reserving double The housing committee has also als corridors. In any case, unlimited tive and because the number of men modeling which could be done over rooms for living rooms, installing been concerned with the implementa­ parietals cannot begin until every who must be roomed a.t Wellesley the summer. Tower Court and the compact kitchens, adding carpeting tion of 24-hour parietals. They feel student's room has a lock on the door. is still unknown (the deadline for ap. new dorms are the probable targets and changing corridor lighting. Be- that the extended parietals should be plication to the Twelve College Ex­ The committee 's decisions are not ~ is March 21.; it will be even final; they must be approved by the later before the number of men act­ Board of Trustees. Their plans for ually coming to Wellesley is lmown), roomi~ are necessarily tentative. rooming has been postponed until after spring vacation. These "un­ The Housing Committee is open to knowns" also naturally present pro~ new ideas on rooming. Its members !ems in developing a procedure for are Kathy Brigham '72iLinda 0nm rooming and in estimating the size '70, Lucy Crane ·n, Helen Hilliard '70, of the freshman c!IISIS. Ann Lents '71, Pixie Loomis '70, Sue Siegfried ·n, Ann Sutphin •n, Penny ott-Oampm Dousing Williams '71, Mrs. Gillespie, Mrs. Marsh, and Mrs. Joan Melvin, Dean The Board of Trustees has accepted of Students. Please give them any the committee's recommemation that suggestions that you may have. the oft-campus housing option be open to sophomores, juniors, and seruora next year . Students who intend to live 1>tf-campusmust fill out an ap. College Bowl Team plication form before Aldl 8. Bouts With Faculty

by Amy '72

l ., docs not commit a stu asked Mr, George Stambolian at ably to ~ oft-campus, however. first faculty-student college tx l Students who are interested in the match held here last week Captain Ellen Bass, '70, led teammates Sandy Ferrari, '72, Trudy Hamner, '71, MIT Researchers Glenda Starr, '70, and alternate Lisa­ lee Wells, '70, to victory in the first round. Neither they nor the faculty Examine Exchange players . Mr. Patrick Quinn, Mr. John photo by Paul Birnbaum Graham. Mr. Thomas O'Brien, and An MIT student research group Pictured at a rece:it practice is the We>llesley College Bowl team !from left to right): coach George Stambolian, Miss Eva Engel were able to answer sponsored by Profesor Thomas Allen student co-ordinator Amy Sabrin '72, and team members-Trudy Hamner '71, Glenda J. Starr '70, Ellen A. Bass the Houdini question. of MIT's Sloan School ls CUfl'eDtlyex. '70, !captain), Sandra Ferrari '72, and alternate Lisalee A. Wells '70. ambling the Wellesley-MIT cross­ The match was in preparation for registration program in order to pro. the team's filming of the real thing vide submantive feedback for the in New York City on Saturday, March Joint Cbmmittee and the Wellesley 28. They do not know who they will Omunission. The study hopes to aid Future Survival Necessitates face. The final score of the first the structuring of current and future round against the faculty was 66-54, relations between the two schoou. Tile teachers won the second, briefer round 16-8. The results of the study will be Changes in Growth Concepts used to streamline f.lte existing pro­ Doc8 Anybody KnowT make regis­ gram. They will hopefully by Joan Love1J'Tl with "progress" - a concept that ters . He envisions four huge clusters tration procedures shnpler and re­ The match got off to an amusing Think back to the last time you must change if we are to survive. of uninterrupted stretches of houses, start as no one could answer any of move present quota "impositions." boarded a WhiEperjet at Logan. As Equally impm-tant to Dr. Ehrlich factories, people, highways and rail­ The study also hopes to determine the first three questions. As things you fastened your seat belt, the plane are the changes of the psychic en­ roads including "ChiPitts" from Chi­ got under way, several questions student and faculty response to mea­ taxied down the runway, ascended, vironment as effects of adapting to <'ago to Pittsburgh; "SanSan ," from sures such as exchange residence evoked audience respome. When shoved through the brown lid of urban environments. San Francisco to San Diego, "JaMi," programs, cross-a.warding of degrees Miss Engel identified the author of smog over Greater Boston, and 'AnthlU8oclety' from Jacksonville to Mlami, and and the P0$Sibility of exchanging pro. "Cinderella, " someone exclaimed, "I fessora. gasped for blue skies. When you It is precisely this problem of "BosWash" from Boston to Washing­ didn't know that!" Trudy Hamner's looked below you may have watched adapting psychically and physically ton. amazingly quick reply to "Who were stretches of empty land pass by and to the profound urban population e:ic­ Some of the problems that would Donald Duck's three nephews?" perhapg you sighed in relief that so plosion that is concerning federal brought loud applause. Most of the relevant response will much space is still untouched. But government officials. Secretary of result are sharp increases in con­ have to come from current and put don't be fooled - below is a popula­ Commerce Maurice H. Stans warned gestion, pollution, and crime since The students have also faced a cross-registrant. The group tenta- tion of 203 million threatening to in­ that Americans will be jammed to­ local governments, increasingly un .. well-trained Norfolk County Prison tively plans to distribute question. crease to 300 million within 30 years: gether in an "anthill society" unless able to deliver services, could dis­ team. This team is famous for its nalres to cross-registrants on the MIT a population that will be forced to business and government join in a integrate. This would lead to a vast range of knowledge and bas pub­ buses in early April and perhaps have · spread across those green fields. national growth policy. Mr. Stans "megalpolitan government with lished a book, Questions from tbe Wellesley professors hand them oot It's a greedy population too. You stated that 85%of the nation's 300 sweeping powers approaching those Rockplle, which is a compilation of 1o both Wellesley and 1.fi'I' exchaqre can COIDlton those 100 million people million people will live in· urban oen- of a police state" according to Mr. this knowledge. Wellesley beat their students in their classes. .A spokes- to demand their share of land and ;;;;.;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;:;;:;;;;;:;;;;;:;;;;;::;;:;;;;;;;;;;;;==-~Stans. . second team but was defeated in a man for the group, 0igo Schwartz, resources. More people naturally ELEOl'ION R:ESULTS: Avoiding Real Issoe close match with the first string. MIT '12, explained that the project's mean more houses, more cars and NEW CG OFFICERS One of the Beat influence on both schools' administra- highways, more air and water pollu­ PR ES ID ENT: Sue Irving "11 Unfortunately, Mr. Stans' solutions, tions will depend on the magnitude tion. which reflect current government pol­ SENIOR VICE-PRESIDENT: The prisoners, who have faced sev­ of response r~ered by students. icy, attempt to cope with, rather than Too Late Already? Joan Lister "71 eral other teams before they ~ prevent oncoming disaster. He sees As a result, the group hopes to According to Dr. Paul Ehrlich, Pro- JUNIOR VICE-PR:ESIDENT: peared on television, agreed that Wel­ three ways to achieve the goal of a widely publicize the proposed evalu­ fessor of Biology at Stanford Univer- Page Talbott '12 lesley was "one of the best" they'd "viable, manageable size" urban ation which should give hnpetus to sity and author of "The Population CHIEF JUSTICE: seen. Their previous matches were center by building new cities, expand ­ CUITent revision and initiate review Bomb," the U.S. has already exceed- Lee Flournoy "11 against Tufts University, Marriott ing small cities into larger one:;, and of more cornpreheMive plans. ed the number of people our land CHAIRMAN OP HPC: College, and Boston University, to discouraging further growth of pres­ can support comfortably at our pres- suo Siegfried "11 name a few. Other members of the research ent standard of living. TREASURER: Anne Shere '73 ently large urban areas . Mr. stans iJWP include Ken Bauer '71, John Dr. Ehrliclr feels that our society NSA/SEC: Edltb Georgi '12 expects government to contribute The team and coach, Mr. Stambol­ Hueter '71, Sam Pierce 'Tl, Mlke sees man's role as dominating na- BURSAR: Betty Bahlke '12 through such incentives as invest­ ian, will trav el to New York Cicyon Wildennuth 'Tl, Jerry Berstell '71, ture.ture insteadOur culture of harmonizing equates "growth"with na - ._ SECRETARY:______Bonita staoton"'II _ ment tax credits, highways to dis- and Olariie Bahne 'Tl. (Contfnued on page t) (Continued on pap •> Page Two Thursday, March 19, 1970 Better Homes ... feedback Once again the housing issue comes before us. will be some shorter halls each with carpeting, a citement of students who not only Its inherent problems are twofold . Any major living room, and possibly its own kitchenette. A swell Farewell challenge but combat me, who tight housing decision has implications fur areas out­ Granted, there must be a beginning, and a every inch of the way before ac­ side its immediate sphere. Also, a change in the modest start somewhere; the question remains, To the editor: quiescing in my beliefs. I have talked housing system must be at once responsive to what will these proposed partitions really ac­ I wish, first, to express my pro­ with administrators who make the found gratitude to all the members the requirements of the student community as well complish? The traffic in the halls and through quality of instruction in the class­ of the college community who worked room their chief concern rather than as workable. The changes which iappear to be in suites will still be considerable. The partitioned oo hard to reverse the tenure decision order for next year are to some extent coinciden­ corridors are neither unified as a hall nor as a the defense of entrenched positions in my case and, secondly, to explain and the protection of established group of suites. Unless these proposed changes are tal with those anticipated a couple of weeks ago publicly why I have decided not to routines. I have sat in on discussions by Mrs . Melvin and the rest of the Housing really initial effoIT1:sthat will not have to be stay at Wellesley but to accept the of­ of faculty concerned with substantive Committee (see News March 5, 1970). "undone" when a more complete suite arrange­ fer of an Associate Professorship with­ intellectual issues instead ot peripher­ As previously projected, the off-campus housing ment becomes feasible, they are of little value. out tenure at Haverford College. It al academic details and administra­ program will be greatly expanded nex!t year to The consequences of Monday's Senate meeting is to the students that this statement tive procedures. I have listened, not aJlow an unlimited number of sophomores, juniors, are far more disturbing . As suggested before, is chiefly addressed, since without to peevish anxieties about the sanc­ and seniors to live ofif campus. (See box p. 7 for housing decisions must necessarily be c0nsidered the student agitation in my behall, tity of departmental "empires," but the faculty and administration, it is application procedure). The plan for a co-op dorm in the context of the whole dormitory situation to persuasive arguments for the clear, would never have reexamined abandonment of traditional curricu­ is still alive though not in its earlier form. Instead including parietals rules. Unfortunately, the parie­ the decision. The principle of a stu­ of reconverting Munger to its original status tal debate has reached undue proportions. Senate's lar divisions and departments in the dent voice in the awarding of tenure interest of more flexible approaches as a cooperative house, the College is negotiating latest legislation on parietals is jus,t further evi­ has been clearly established; never to knowledge, more sensitive re­ for the purchase of a house on Washington Street dence of this persistent controversy. The presence again, one may hope, will the col­ sponses to the ways the mind orders (near the golf eour~e). The Housing Committee or absence of 24-hour parietals is to be determined lege decide upon the merits of teach­ and adapts itself to experiences. On felt that a h(luse for twenty-five to thirty-five girls by individual corridors in eaoh dorm . Therefore, ers without consulting those who are the basis, then, of these fortuitous w.as a far more realistic and viable arrangement each girl, in choosing a room this spring, will do and have been taught by candidates encounters, I have made my decision for co-op living than a dormitory housing over a so on the basis of prior knowledge of the probable for tenure. The students can be proud to leave Wellesley, not with the ex­ hundred. Though the acquisition of this co-op social rules of the corridor. Freshmen will not be of the unusual efforts they have ex­ pectation of discovering El Dorado pended in this cause; whether I stay house is an admirable plan, there arc, unfortunate­ offered the choice of Jiving on a corridor with on the Main Line, but in the hope of or leave, they will have affected the ly, some obstacles still to be overcome. The pro­ 24-hour parietals. being more toughly and consistently future of the college for its and their stimulated than it now seems likely posed co-op house would have to be zoned as Some may feel that this was the least grievous own good. The leaders of the move­ a rooming and boarding house. Under the zoning compromise between ilie much disliked sugges­ I shall be at Wellesley. Let me em­ ment for reconsideration !mow that phasize, however, my gratitude to tion that circulated for a few weeks, to put fresh­ laws of the town of Wellesley the location of the I never committed myself to staying those students and colleagues at house is not in the rooming and boarding house men in separate dorms-and an almost equally at Wellesley in the event the decision Wellesley who have made teaching zone. The college must, therefore, receive special disl!asteful thought (for some) of exposing fresh­ were reversed, but I can affirm that here a pleasure. It is on them and permission from the town before the sale can be men to girls who entertain men at any hour. it has been difficult to choose another on those who nourish and honor them finalized. Both the expanded oppor,tunities for stu­ Unfortunately, however, Senate has segragated college in the face of the very moving that the future of the college depends. dents to live off campus in an apartment or in the next ye3r's freshmen for not one term, but two. testimonials published about me in The decision taken in my case, as the Wellesley News. I feel particular­ quasi-dorm situation of a co-op house arc to be T,he restrictive legislation for fre<-hrnen well as other recent developments ly indebted to and uneasy about the that have improved the atmosphere commended for their responsiveness to the evolv­ makes their system of social rules uncoordin­ commitment of black students to my ot the community by encouraging ing housing interests of the student body. Hope­ ated. By not allowing freshmen to decide at the cause, since they were concerned, frankness and openness, promise well fully, the co-op housing pro~al will be acted end of the first semester whether they wish their not about the general principle of a upon with speed so that it will be a formal rather corridor to have 24-hour parietals or not, they are student voict in tenure decisions, for the future. The college can have nothing to fear from changes that than a tentative arrangement. not given the same options as upperclassmen, but about the specific question of continuity within the black studies open lines of communication, that Other aspects of the "housing package" as it though in other areas of social life, they arc. lead to a sharing of the burdens of has sometimes been called, cannot be so praised . Instead of the comprehensive housing program. The entire matter of the role of blacks within the college com­ decision making, and that help to ~ As architects examined the dorms and the Housing package once proposed, we are left wi:,h mere tablish the community as a real par­ Comm;ttee appeared optimistic, it almost seemed remnants. Except for those who will Jive off cam­ munity is one I am deeply troubled about; Wellesley is going to have to ticipatory democracy. as though the rumored suites would actually re­ pus nex,t year, everyone will face a somewhat decide in the immediate future Sincerely yours, place any corridor singles and doubles, next less than satisfactory housing pl:ln. Some will be whether it is serious about wanting Duncan Aswell September. However, the dream is not to be re­ waiting for locks to be installed, o'.hcrs wishing a pluralistic community and whether Assistant Professor ot English alized. The current report from the Housing Com­ to live in the co-op house will probably have to it is prepared to commit itself to all mittee admits more conservative changes. The wait until sometime this summer before they know the implications of such a definition, Good Job? tentative arrangement is for the long corridors if tthe p~an will be definite. But the f ..eshmen arc or whether it wishes to remain a in Tower and the new dorms to be partitioned with hurt the most as tihey arc reduced to a second college operated for and by a cadre To the editor: two sets of double doors. Rather than suites there class social position . of elite whites. I recognize the re­ Now that Renaissarce 70 and other sponsibility of whites who feel as I groups have finally succeeded in do to educate those in positions of bringing the fight to abolish grades ,. authority as to the needs and griev­ into the spotlight ot mass attention Enfranchised? ances of black students, faculty, and here at Wellesley, I find it necessary administrators. and I hope my de­ to sound a reluctant note of caution. Far away from the problems of housing Wel­ the age should be lowered by constitutional am­ cision to leave Wellesley will not be I have always counted myself among lesley students, Congress is deliberating a b:11which endment, not by Jaw. Mr. Celler has stated that interpreted as an easy, thoughtless those dedicated to the adoption of a will, nevertheless, affect college students across he thinks the courts would find the legislation un­ abandonment of that responsibility. total pass-fail grading system as the country. Last week, the Senate passed by a constitutional. He terms the possibility that the When, to the above considerations, soon as possible. But last week some­ 64-17 vote an amendment, introduced by Senator teenage vote could provide a victory margin for are added the benefits of a secure thing happened that nearly changed Mike Mansfield (D-Monl!ana), to its version of the President and the Supreme Court later de­ position within a distinguished de­ my mind. partment, the likelihood of an impor­ A paper was returned to me in a the voting rights bill which would lower the voting clare the amendment unconstitutional " 'catas­ tant role in the moving of Wellesley .age from 21 to 18. The House passed its version trophic' " (New York Times, March 17). How­ course I'm taking on a "pass-fall'' in new and exciting directions, the basis, on which the professor's com­ of the bill earlier. which did not inolude the voting ever, there is no way of practically determining certainty of continuing to attract ments totalled three words: "Good age amendment. Many House members are upset whether the teenage vote or some other vote pro­ challenging and responsibile students, job! Pass." There were no other re. because .the House did not hold its own hearings vided the necessary margin. Questions of constitu­ the advantages of Wellesley's celebra­ marks concerning my ideas, my treat ­ on the amendment. Both versions, with the amend ­ tionality properly belong to the courts, not to Con­ ted proximity to Boston, one might ment of the subject, or even my ment, will go into House-Senate conference soon. gress at this point. ask bewilderedly, Why, then, leave grammar; nothing, in short, that Other opponents of the amendment state that it is Wellesley at the very moment when would have been at all helpful in fur­ Jt should be stated at the outset that the amend­ an invasion of the States' l'ight to determine voter the battle has been won and the fu­ thering my understanding of the ment incorporates a long overdue change in elec­ eligibility; this opposition does not necessarily re­ ture looks so promising? I hope I course. shall not be accused of frivolity if I toral procedure. In addition to the traditional and present an attack on the lowered voting age ( 4 This is exactly the kind of situation answer. in part, by saying that the Wellesley must avoid when (and no. rather overused argument that youth who serve states presently allow residents under 21 to vote) . the country militarily should be allowed to vote very security of my position at Wel­ tice I say "when," not "if," for I am Others are concerned that a conference fight over for its leaders. the fact remains that today's college lesley seems to me a major reason still optimistic) we adopt a pass-fail the amendment could jeopardize the civ'il rights students are able to be as well-read •and politically for striking out for new ground. Hav­ grading system. provisions of the voting rights bill itself. Propon­ ing previously argued strenuously aware as any older age group - and are often I do not bring up this point now to ents of the amendment were encouraged this week against the American tenure system, chide any one professor or any one more motivated to be so. Arguments like the one when Mr. Celler, head of the House conferees, I should scarcely be expected to de­ department, because I know the ten­ Rep Emmanuel Celler (D-U.Y.) presented in the who is strongly opposed to the amendment, said cide my future on the basis of the dency to disregard pass-fail work New York Times (March 17) - 18-year-olds that he would accept the voting age proposal, if alternative that offers the greatest is already more widespread than are " 'too subject to emotional appeals, their minds comfort and safety. Education, to my the House supporlted it in a full House test vote this, and because I think this is a are too malleable' " - are themselves emotional mind, has nothing to do with settling problem we must grapple with now this week. He had previously opposed a full House appeals, geared to evoke images of a nationally down, in any sense; the teacher as we try to plan a better Wellesley. vote. irrational and irresponsible youth. should be, like Emerson, the unset­ A comment like "Good job! Pass." The issue of a lowered voting age must not be tier of all things and should accom­ means nothing to a student as any Unfortunately, but perhaps realistically, politi­ obscured by the politics of legislative process. modate himself to disruption, sort of evaluation of her efforts. It cal considerations, and fairly valid objections con­ Many Congressmen are afraid to speak too strong­ displacement of every sort. The is not presumptuous to say that most cerning the legality of the amendment and its ly against the amendment because they are reluct­ teaching profession in this COWl· students probably have a good idea of effect on states' rights, have eclipsed the intrinsic ant to Jose the youth vote. Even this reluctance, try would be in a healthier state it whether a piece of work is a "good worth of the proposed measure. It is not a strictly concerning an unpassed amendment, represents an instructors voluntarily committed job" or not before they hand it in. increase in the political influence of youth. With themselves to periodic removals, UP­ But now jg the time for professors partisan issue as some might expect; the voters to stop treating pass-fail people as the vote, the Federal government would have to heavals, if they lit out every few added under the amendment would not necessarily years for fresh territories. second-class students. As we all lmow, respond more substantially to the political desires be predominantly Democrat or Republican. The l am the first to admit, however, there are many reasons tor taking greatest opposition comes from those who think of college-age citizens. that if Wellesley had granted me a course pass-fail, and few of them tenure in December, I should, in all have to do with a student's lack of probability, have settled in to my interest in her own education. One WELLESLEYNEWS hill-top eyrie next to the telescopes, can elect to take a course pass-fail for life, as it were. When I first heard and still be interested in the subject matter, and in developing her own 0..... s,aut", •• ,.w---, ...tt, .. 1\-4uy, ..._.,_ ...... , Editor Emettltus: Su• He ·ineman11 '70 last fall about the possibility of a in do ....,...... ,,. 4ari119 Cllri.+aa, ••' spriut qutiea 4'•riat •••iHtiH Editor•i11-Cllief Candy Fowler '71 teaching position at Haverford, I gave abilities that area. But to this, no thought to it in the complacent she needs the guidance of the pro­ ...... "r -. Well•l•y C.11... "-s, effi- ia lilliap Hull, Well•I-, Ma11agl119Editon: Betsy Bowman '71, CeJ.,WeH•ley, w.... DZl61. T.i.,lleH IH-0141 ••-' IM -OJ20, ....._ certainty that no place could surpass fessor. tia 170. Clrs•latiH 1100 t. ,tM .. ta lillchnlM ia tuitieal aMI +. faulty, Conn-ie Kallman '72, Debbie Lodg• If papers and exams are, as they '73. Wellesley in advantages to instruc­ ,_. IOI ..... ri,tiou. IOO effice cepia: S11... ,i~- ,1 .00 ,- eHu111: tion. Since then I have visited four should be, part of the educational pro­ News Editon: Judy Rousuclc '73, Amy ._ ... cl- , ...... paMI at loctoa, w- .. .. _, ~ act uf Weru I, I HJ. American colleges and universities cess, teachers must treat them as I .. ,..... - Neti••' A.ft..tiei.. .., Natl•••' S-ic• IN: Sabrin '72. educational tools. True, there is a ~i.. hc:hcmge Editor: Amy Levin '71 and have taken full measure of my .... i...... - •• ,.. - ... ··-·"" ~ ., ... (Continued on pqe 5) u,ans • Layout Editor: T.,mmy Devine '73 naivete. I have rediscovered the ex- Thunday,______March...... ______19, 1970 WEI,I.ESLEY NEWS Page.....;:_ Three Council Moves to Revise Depts., Curriculum

by Ann Lents "71 the host college is higher than this be taught by each member of the de­ black representation on the Commis­ cil. Academic Council opened March 12 amount, the host college bills the stu­ partment. sion -will have to wait until the trust­ Mrs. Schafer, the Chairman of the with a series of announcements. Miss dent directly. These differences are ees' meeling in April to be decided. Board of Admissions, moved that the Curriculum Accepted Adams reported that it was the de­ usually around $100. Sue Irving pointed out that the issue Board's student members be allowed cision of the chair, based on Rob­ SRO Propo!l&l Paued The curriculum proposed last week was raised before the trustees' Janu ­ to read and vote on applications. ert's Rules of Order and the Articles A revised SRC proposal on the · ex.mines the card of "Cowboy," portray•d by Robert La Tourneaux at a 9ay birittd1y haze (a wasteful product of the party in Cinema Center Films' "The Boys in the Band." The movie, based on Mart Crowley's celebrated play, "Great Society' ) which for so long shitting its ettorts from enforcing the stars all nine acton from the original New York cast. rights of southern blacks to repress­ ------ing the rights of political dissenters. PALM SUNDAY MUSICAL The Chicago 8 are convicted of hav­ The morning service ln Houghton ing seditious states of mind, while 'Boys' Mixes Humor, Tragedy Memorial Chapel, on Palm Sun­ movement lawyers are being held in day, March 22, wllJ be held at 11 contempt for conscientiously repre­ by Marcie Kaplan "71 the power of enlarging and intensify. fairy-and if it takes me a while to a.m. and will consist of music and senting their "undesirable" clients. When The Boys In the Band opened ing. The Boys In the Band is a pull myself together, and if I smoke devotional readlnp. While hundreds of thousands of Am­ in New York almost two years ago, troubling movie with comic lines that a little grass before I can get up the it faced (and it faces now) a serious don't quite belong. Mrs. Harold Melvin, Jr., ericans are starving, wealthy farm­ nerve to show my face to the world, w. problem which is often overlooked Misplaced Humor Dean of Students, Florence McCuJ­ ers receive large subsidies for not it's nobody's goddamn business but by audiences tfiat want only to be The film has sacrificed consistency loch, associate pro f es so r of growing food in order to maintain my own." Cliff Gorman's Emory is entertained. The play tries to speak (even at a shallow level, there is French, Paul Barstow, director of economic parity. The media are being so effeminate that he makes the in both comic and tragic languages, something to be said for consistency) others look straight. Laurence Luck­ the WeDesley College Thea111e, intimidated, the environment is being but the alternation between the two in favor of intensity. The pathos is inbill's Hank, a school teacher in the Unda Kllbum, president of the polluted, the list extends ad nauseam. is so confusing that while one doesn't there and can't be ignored. The process of getting a divorce, and Wellesley College Choir, and the As can be seen from the above quite trust the humor, one can't humor is there and most of it Keith Prentice's Larry are jealous Rev. B. Paul Santmlre, Chaplain example, the scales of justice are no really believe the pathos. The jokes rhouldn't be. The tone of the play lovers who, because of Larry's pro­ of the College, will be the readers. longer in balance. We now have a are clever and fast, but once you is light, and serious dialogue--with miscuity, are forced to compromise Under the direction of William legal system which favors rich over poor, white over black, corporations ~ear yourself to an evening of light nothing to anchor it down-is out of their demands on each other to try A. Herrmann, the Wellesley Col­ laughter, the tone shifts, and you place. The tone of the movie is heavy, to make their relationship work lege Choir, assisted by the l'tlarld· over people, etc. The reason for this perversion of justice is that the laws are asked to understand. To under­ and night club humor-more presen­ Donald, played by Frederick Combs, gal Group and student soloists and stand what? you may well ask, for tational than representational-is in­ believes he has been brought up to organists, will perform the musical have been enacted and interpreted by and for those in power. The re­ until this moment you have been congruous. be capable only of failing; Reuben portion of the services. Included enjoying some good humor, not some If you separate the two-the funny Greene's Bernard is not only homo­ will be works by PA.lestrim, Per­ sult of this perversion of justice is a legal system which serves as the rul­ good humans. But fair enough, you and the serious-you find that Crow. sexual, but he is also a black "boy" golesl, Bach, Faure, Poulenc and think, I'll adapt (because they cer­ ley is an immensely capable play­ who has always loved the son of his Vaughan Wllllam11. ing .class' most effective weapon to supress dissent and maintain the tainly won't) and you become en­ wright. He is a clever humorist (one mother's Grosse Pointe employers. The public ls cordtally invited meshed in the problems of homosexu­ "status quo." good thing about masturbation , one Robert La Tourneaux's Cowboy, who to the service and to remain for ality. But just when you're beginning or his characters notes, is that "you is Emory's birthday present to the coffee hour which follows. Fortunately, however, laws are not immutable; they can just as easily to be deliciously moved, CRACK­ don't have to look your best") who Harold, is a dumb-blond homosexual serve the people as the corporations. another joke-and once again there's is painfully sensitive. His (play and) prostitute; and Alan, played by Peter a nine man comedy team, here to­ screenplay concerns a birthday party What is needed now are more lawyers White, is Michael's old roomate from night for your enjoyment. to which eight homosexuals are in­ PYRAMID RESEARCH like Kunstler (Chicago 8), Lefc:ourt Georgetown-as preppy and seeming­ Cheap Sorrow vited, and one heterosexual comes What Iles Inside the Egyptian {Panther 21), Hirschkop (D.C. 9), ly unprepared for this situation as At the root of the problem is play­ unexpectedly. The possibilities for they come. The acting is, in every pyramids? Luis W. A~, nu­ Garry (Black Panthers), Kinoy (civil wright Mart Crowley's confusion of humor in this situation are innumer­ case, exceptional - particularly Nel­ clear physicist and profess

WASHINGTON (CPS)-SANE has called on Senator Sam J. Ervin, Jr. to hold hearings into the U.S. Army's domestic intelligence work. The peace Coeds Riot in Dining Hall, group, known as the National Committee for a SANE Nuclear Policy, com­ mended Ervin. Chairman of the Senate Subcommittee on Constitutional Rights, for challenging the constitutionality o[ the Army's surveillance of Reject Lettuce Syndrome citizens it considers to be potential participants in civil disorders. Christorher H. Pyle, a former captain in Army Intelligence charged in by Amy Sabrin '72 quate food was the immediate spark were geared for females. "I can't the January issue or The Washington !\lonthly that the Army broadened W<'llesley, March 1971 - exclusive of the rebellion, but other .factors think of anythir.g I'd like better than in domestic spymg in 1967 to include "the political beliefs and actions of lo the Times. were cited as leading up to it since to perform in a water ballet," he quipped sarcastically. · 'There are individuals and organizations active in the civil rights, white supremacy, Male students went on a rampage the arrival of men here last fall. here today as they staged a food riot Yellow Aprons? twenty-one of us here and five don 't black l)O\ver and anti-war movements." in the largest of Wellesley College's "This place just wasn't made for like baseball and two can't play; we can't even gel enough guys together WASHINGTON (CPS)-The Nixon administration is taking steps to dining halls, Tower Court. No injur­ men," complained Wes Leyan '71. "I ies wel'e reported, but a dietician was have to kneel in the shower to wash for a good nine innings!" At this revive the Subversive Activities Control Board (SACB). the federal agency point Williams injected, ''And they that played a prominent role in government witch hunts for subversives plastered with cottage cheese and my hair, and the beds are six inches too short for me! '' Sam Herst '72 won't let us play poker in public dur­ <.'Onducted during the McCarthy era. The President has asked Congress two security guards were knocked unconscious by a flying plate of heavy added, "Watching TV is a real battle ing tea, but they let those broads to ~ppro~e the allocation of $789,000to the five-man board over a two year play bridge." period-fiscal 1970-71-and the Justice Department is currenUy perfecting ravioli. The guards were ineffective here: we take a vote - old mushy an executive order to give the board new authority to classify as subversive in quelling the melee, so female stu­ movie or the hockey game - and Another eo-ed complained, "If we being the minority, we always lose. any group advocating violence as a means to bring about change in the cients had to rely on their own pow­ want lo get aut of here for a week­ U.S. government. The executive order considered by the administration will ers to calm the twenty-one males. I'm getting sick of soap operas!" end, its almost impossible - all the "Some things just have to change broaden the SACB's scope to include, for the first time, organizations such Damage was light, and no more food rides are going to men's schools . . . around here," Williams explained. as the Black Panther Party and the Weathermen, which do not represent was wasted than usual. Even shopping in the Vil is a pain; Will Williams '72, chief instigator of "For instance, I don't mind doing themselves as being affiliates o[ the Communist Party. This has been you can never find what you want urged by legislators who fear that non-Communist violent-action groups o.f the action, was brought with other bells, but wait-on, and in yelJow because all the stores are aimed at C(H!(]s before an immediate session aprons - well that's just too much!" the New Left are more of a threat to U.S. security than traditional grrls." A fellow co-ed confirmed this. Girls here had previously not given in communist groups. Opponents contend that it is absurd for taxpayers to of House Council. He stated that the "Do you realize," he pointed out, on this matter because it was felt pay five men $36,000 each per year and Ten Civil Service employees action was spontaneous and inevit­ "that there are eleven shoe stores in able . "When hunger strikes, we that men should do their share of $14,000each per year in salaries to maintain a board whose operations Wellesley and only one sells men's !">trike!"he bellowed. "We just can't dorn1itory work. are of dubious constitutionality. shoes?" survive on cottage cheese and lettuce Art Mouth '72, bemoaned the fact PROVIDENCE R.I.-Donald F. Horning bas been named fourteenth like those girls can." Lack of ade-- that most extra-curricular activities Needled by Knitting president of Brown University. He will take over the president's duties Angry males reported psychological following June commencement this year. Horning is a scientist with a Sc.B. abuse as well as physical discomforts. and a Ph.D. degrees from Harvard in dlf!!ll1istry. His wide experience "I'm nervous here," Leyan bhrrted includes: work on the Los Alamos atomic bomb project, teaching at out. "How can I help it? Women's Brown and Princeton, and government work as Special Assistant for Science Lib is always on our backs because and Technology in the Johnson administration. we're the only males around ... In class, everyone hangs on my every NEW HAVEN-1Wayne Willis and Michael Slater, two recent Yale gradu­ word as if I were the spokesman for ate~,. are entering the New Haven Police force and will shortly enter a the entire male population . . . " trammg program for patrolmen. Slater said he became convinced that M. I. Tute, out at Wellesley from "a police officer can serve the inner-city poor." Cambridge, added, "Most nerve-­ wracking o( all is the knitting - can't those girls ever just sit and talk? I start fidgeting with them . . . I can't Skippers and Crew Emerge knit, so I fiddle with my slide rule." "We had to let it out," Williams explained to the House Council. "How From Winter Hibernation could we take it? Every day we 'd pass a sign on the female suite next Mains may not hound hereabouts, taken anytime by applying to Office door that said 'Love Thy Neighbor,' ar.d Lake Waban may not be the 3, Mary Hemenway Hall. and we knew darn well they were a Sargasso Sea, but it has a definite Mr. Ben Lombard will give a short non-24-hour parietal floor. After all," advantage over any available mud­ course (two nights: Mon., March 2l. he pleaded for understanding, ·•man puddle. Especially if the sailing bug and Wed., March 25, at 7:30 p.m., in cannot live on cottage cheese alone." has left you scarred. the Rec Building), on piloting, knots, In other words (the vernacular?)­ and charting courses. A good chance Avast, ye hearties, heave ho! and the to brush up on your terms and tech­ College Bowl . .. like. For AA Sailing is imminent. niques while waiting for the ice to (C-0ntinued from page 1) As soon as the Sprites are launched melt! Easter weekend, where they will be from their winter's hibernation, AA Heavy Schedule treated to the theatre and hotel ac­ Sailing will be held every Mon., April and May are on the right commodations by General Electric. Wed., and Thurs. afternoon from tack: they abound with sailing oppor­ The first filming will be that Satur­ 3: 15-4:15. tunities. Besides the regular sailing day, and if victorious, a second game Chart Your Course periods mentioned above, the AA will go before the cameras the next This year, helmsmen's tests will be schedule also invites intra-college Survival day. The show will not be aired in in two parts: Mrs. Staley will admin­ races, regattas with other members • • • New England for several weeks, how­ ister the practical the week after of the New England Women's Inter­ (Continued lrom page 1) one that it becomes socially unac• ever. spring vacation; the written may be collegiate Association, and a tenta­ perse population, planned decentrali­ ceptable to have more than two chil­ At the time of printing, another tive away meet at Bowdoin: zation of government facilities, and dren. The group also rejects the idea faculty match took place, which we, PHOTO EXHIBIT April 12-NEWISA Regatta at BU continued assistance to new com­ that population growth is necessary unfortunately, could not report. An exhiblHon of photographs by April 17-Faculty Race munities. Business, said Mr. Stans, for a growing economy, and opposes May 1-First Annual Open Regatta Allx Campbell. of Natick, will should urge private construction, de­ advertising of business designed to INOCULATIONS FOR FOREIGN May 2, 3-NEWISA Regatta at Rad- mark the opening of a new ex­ velop products needed for quality bring additional persons into already TRAVEL hibition gallery at Hathaway cliffe urban living, pollution control and overcrowded areas. The Wellesler College Health Serv· House Book Shop in Wellesley on May 9, 10--NEWISA Regatta at MIT longer-range planning. Anyone who wishes to support the Lake Waban awaits the fevers of ice has announced the following Sat., .\larch 21. Not one word in his proposal even goals of ZPG may contact Robert schedule for inoculations for for­ Robert Hale, manager of Hath­ spring to melt its ice. So when the suggests the need to curb the popu­ J enkins, lPC, Museum of Compara­ eign travel: away House, has anno1U1cedthe sailing bug bites - don't fight - lation explosion he foresees. Govt>rn-­ tive Zoology, Harvard University, Tues. through Fri. from 8:30 a .m. showing of the works of this prom­ sail' ca!! Sue Post, in Stone if you ment officials must admit that solu­ Cambridge. 'l\rn dollars is the stu­ to 11:30 a.m. Beginning Tues., lrogram the like. istically effective only when part of bers may be enrolled for five dollars In order to «ave time, students are for the new gallery ln which he a larger, vital population control pro­ Conc('rn at Wellesley rl"quested to pay for all lnocuJa­ plarn; to feature the works of other gram. Only by convincing tho1;e in Currently all of the interest at Wel­ tiom1 when they receive the last local artists ht various media. BEWARE!!! government of the urgenC:'\' of a wt'II· lesley in population control has been one. The nuf'!0 will schet>kingexposure, Bt'auti­ can we make positiv e gainb In saving cerns group of the OUting Club, At a the prints and reproductions on ful People Who Want to Be Seen, will not bo given to any person the existing poplliation from a low­ recent meeting Mrs. Virginia Ross, not having had breakfast. ~le at Hathaway Hou..e, there will and other'!: WEl,LESLEY NEWS qua llty environment. MIT biophysicist and ZPG member, wlll 'SOT print on April 9 (the be, from time to time, special Zero Population Growth Mrs. Nancy Bernholtz, member of wrck after spring vacation). Pub­ t'xblbltions of paintings, sculpture, "Zero Population Growth" (ZPG) the National Organization for Women wood carvings, t'eraml<''I, and lieit~· in N":ws for events prior SWIJ\I SHOW is an organization o( individuals who and active in the Massachusetts abor­ This year's swim show, "Qty other art works. k April 16 must therefore go In are convinced that soclal, economic, tion hearings, and Mr. Ernest Wall­ Slickers," will be presented by l\liss Campbell was a 1966 grad­ next werk's NEWS - deadline psychological :ind environmental work, instructor in religion, discussed Swim Club tomorrow and Saturday uate of Natick High School, and ;\Jon., Mar. 2.'J, 12 noon. problems are aggravated by soaring some of the problems of population, at 8 p.m. in the Rec building. The has attendNl Boston University increases in population. Working social and political attitudes toward ;,how, coordinated by Mrs. Dort>thy and the Art Institute of Boston, through political and educational ac­ abortion, and theological arguments :\lllne, has the city as its theme. whero she is presently studying THE ACADEMY OF tivities, ZPG encourages measures that have been used against liberaliz­ The seven numbers carryl.og out photography. Her first show, Al\lERICAN POETS an that will reduce the number of births ing abortion and contraception laws. this them«' deal wltfl various as­ expression of the varied vision of PRIZE of $100 to the number of children actually de-­ J eanne Hjermstad '70, president of pt>cts ot eit) · IUe. "Submerged ln a young photographer, ranges the Outing Club, urges anyone con­ for the bei,t poem or sired. ZPG supports legislation to Smog," directed by Mrs. Milne, widely in subjlX't and treatment, cerned ,vith the population problem group of }loems provide a realistic birth-control pro­ concerns air pollution. "Traffic from towering buildings to dew­ to sign a petition in the El Table for by a student gram, to abolish anti-abortion and in 4/4," a march, ls being direct­ touched vegetables ln tile early the establishment of a Population and will be awarded by anti-contraception laws, to estab­ ed by Nancy Arneson and Nancy morning market, and from quiet Environmental Council into the form­ THE ENGLISH DEPARTMENT lish Federal tax laws and welfare B)Tlle, both '71. Another number, compositions of light and shadow al structure of the United Nations. at the close of the spring term. programs that discourage rather than under the direction of Phylis Hav• to more exotic ex11erln1ental tech­ Jeanne explained that the proposed '.Vlanuscripts should be submitted encourage large families. ens "71, depicts children playing nique,. council would be at the level of the priol' tu April 14, 197(1 ZPG stresses that families should In a park to the accompaniment "Beginning," she say11, ''is the five major organs in the General at U.1 Founders Hall have no more than two children if ot tho B~·rds' "!\fr. Tambourine theme. ii there i11one. And it may Assembly. Those who are interested (l\liss Berkman's office) the U.S. is to achieve population sta­ Mao." or ma.r not be symbolic that so in ZPG activities on campus or ac­ Rules #2, 3, and 4 for English bility; a family desiring more than Everyone ls welcome - tickets many of the pictures are concern­ tions to support the abolition of Mas­ Department Prizes should two could adopt all further children. are fifty cents from Swim Club ed with windows. I hadn't really sachusetts abortion laws may contact be followed The urgency of limiting family sire members or at the door. been aware ol it before this." shollid be made so obvious to every• Jeann e for additional information. Thursday, Mareh 19, 1970 WELLESLEY NEWS Page Five outside line . . . Honeywell Production Unites Radical Women by Caldwell Hahn ''70 people or "nail" 1 them to trees. Most damentally entrench countries in war. cancellation had come after the Information Lacking A group which will J1enceforlh be of these weapons have no effect on The complex array of aircraft, sea­ Car('er Services Office had mentioned. Eventually discussion turned back known as Radical Wellesley Women military structures and have been craft, missiles, incendiaties, frag­ the protest leaflet. Discussion turned to an original cause of the meeting: met Thursday, March 12, to discuss greatly developed during the 1960's mentation bombs, infantry weaponry, immediately to other means of pub­ the lack of information provided by the impending visit of a recruiter "as U.S. military priorities shifted chemical and biological defoliants, licizing the unconscionable role of the Career Se1vices Offices. Much from Honeyv,ell at the Career Serv­ from nuclear deterrence to counter­ herbicides, and weapons for use on Hollf'ywell in particular and of Am­ oritici9m centered on the billing ices Office. Honeywell is one of the insurgency.":, Mention of the wea1)· people are the sophisticated weapons erican business in general, since it given Honeywell in the appointments largest U.S. war contractors and is ons, their larg<' orders by the Penta­ - ''products " - which an advanced was felt that Honeywell had can­ sign-up book, and it was felt that the notable for the number and kind of gon, and their use in Vietnam has technological society can produce if celled lo avoid public raising of the Career Services Office should provide weapons they manufacture. As listed appeared in such places as News• there ar<' large government funds issue as much as to spare their rep­ the service of checking out and de­ in a pamphlet published by the '\m­ week. earmarked for military uses and if resentative a protest. '111egroup par­ scri bing fully the firms whose re­ erican Friends Service Cornn ,ttee Description Distorted firms arC' willing to bid (the stand­ ticularly felt a responsibility to make cruiters it received. At least one called "Weapons for Counter-Insurg. The description o[ Hone)"vell pro­ ard procedure) [or military contracts, clear the grounds and plan of their girl, it was !mown, would not have ency: ch<'mical, biological, anti-per­ vided by the Career Services Office to build new factories, and to assign protest to the girls who had signed signed up if she had read the leaflet sonnel, and incendiary," Hone)"vell to inform seniors seeking employ­ research and development teams to up to sec the Honeywell recruiter. first. A more general discussion of has government contracts for: ment stated simply that Honeywell worl-fog up e\'er more effective, spe­ The scheduled recruiter visits of the Career Services Office began, and 1-Development, production of Rock- produced "controls for home, indus­ cialized weapons. The honest re­ Institute for Defense Analysis and it was decided to send that office a eye II bombs .. .. $15 mil. try, aerospace, automation, comput­ sponse of companies presented with Arthur D. Little, Co. were men­ INter stating these criticisms: 2-"Guava" bomblet metal parts ers, precision switches." Lack of quest ions about these products is tioned, since the same criticism of 1-That the descriptions of companies ...... $8 mil. mention of Honeywell's military that. in business, morality of prod­ war-prolonged work could be leveled doing war-related work was in­ 3-Steel balls for bomblets .. $5.5mil. products was no small distortion of ucts is not discussed, profit is. When at them. The group decided to pub­ adequate; 4-Cluster bomb dispensers that company's image, since over 1/3 Hone)"vell issued a statement in re­ licize the results of the mobilization 2-That most of the jobs about which ...... $40 thous. of its production is war material and spor.se to ProiPct Honeywell (a Min­ against Honeywell and to call an- they provide information do not 5-Fuse safety o.nd arming devices they gained $352 million in 1968 for neapolis anti-war group organized to 0ther meeting to discuss similar dem­ use the abilities of Wellesley grad­ for 2.75-inch rocket .. $190 thous. war production. protest Honeywell's war involvement) onstrations against the other firms: ual f'l fully; 6-Grenade Fuses ...... $1 mil. Corcerned Wellesley Women had that as long as our boys were over Several women emphasized that the 3-That businesses were dispropor­ i-System concept studies and en­ compcsed a leaflet containing the lhert'. they should have the best to demonstrations were not planned to tionately represented, specifically gineering investigations of air-to­ excluded information and calling a fight with, this was a misrepresenta­ discourage recruiter visits by "the to the exclusion of community surface area denial missiles ....? meeting for people who wished to dis­ tion of their crC'do, which is: as long disruptions of a handiul of radicals ," service work opportunities, in 8--Nose fuse metal parts ....$48 thous. russ confronting the Hone)"vell re­ as the government pays, we produce. but rather were planned as educa­ which many girls would be inter­ 9--BZ bomblet (bomblet containing cruiter. Plans had focused on a non­ The protest of the Hone)"vell recruit­ tional and publicizing projects aimed ested. physically and mentally incapaci- violent sit-in at the Career Services er at Wellesl<'y was thus considered at bringing a majority of people on A change in policy regarding de­ tating gas BZ) ...... ? Office to talk to the recruiter about an anti-war protest, pointing out the campus to project such companies' scriptions of companies was request­ Items 1-6 are classified in the trade his personal thoughts of Honeywell's real impetus behind the war more polil"ies toward war-profits. In line ed, as was a reply to this request. as antipersonnel weapons, (U.S. Air role and to protest against him as a precisely than a Moratorium Day. with this aim the suggestion was Force dictionary definition is "de­ representative of Hone)"vell. Support­ made that time be planned during 1-Wt>apomJ for Cowller-lnsurgency: Honeywell ('ancelled signed to destroy or obstruct person­ ers felt that a demonstration was the April Anti-War Strike for work­ chemical, biological, anti-person. nel"), 1 a category ranging from necessary to publicize that it is the The Thursday meeting began with shops on the re lations Jx>twE'enbusi­ net and incendiary, p. 40. "bombs which spin thousands of kill­ policies of firms like Honeywell, the unexpected announcement that ness and government during this war. ~-Ibid., p. 40. ing and maiming pellets over an area rommitting their resources so heav­ Hone)"v('II had cancelled earliC'r !hat and on the nature and extent of :;_Ibid., p. 40. 2 10 football fields Jong," to projectiles ily to war production that they be­ a[ternoon over the telephone. The chemical and biological warfare re­ 1-Ibid., p. 40. that "shred"

more feedback • • • (Continued from page 2) We plan a survey of married women "We urge, therefore, that you weigh in our opinion that coverage was adf'­ BetterGrades - on and off campus to precisely more heavily personal contacts and quate and accurate. certain amount that can be learned clC'termine these needs. But we are written statements. Call us person­ by reviewing for an exam or prepar­ strongly agreed that one essential ally with any questions." We also feel that dissatisfaction LessStudying! ing a paper. But that process can­ need - that for adequate child care with News should be expressed to Do you spend long hours studying not be complete without a dialogue facilities-is not being met. Previous Tiz Good, TCW New'! as well as to the community, and then cramming for an "xam? Are between student and teacher. efforts this year as well as last, Karen Hunziaker, Claflin despite the fact that election appeals your grades lower than they should to gain administration support for a Sue Irving, McAfee must be made before the Thursday bel Are you making great efforts for While we cannot achieve a one-to­ unsati sfactory results? Then, you need day care center have been dis­ Sheila Trice, Freeman paper. In this way, we feel, the bl'oad­ one student-teacher ratio, we should the "Study H~bits Inventory ". It couraged. We support the proposal est range of opinions can be ex­ try to approximate that ideal situa­ Ed. note: The above statement was quickly and clearly shows you how for the expansion of the Child Study pressed and the News staff can evalu­ Uon with as much student.teacher not submitted ta News. ,In fact, only you can study less and learn more. Center, but good, low cost day care ate criticism of '.\"ewsin order to bet­ dialogue as possible, whether that enc of the candidates made any at­ Thousands of other students have cut facilities for children 1-3 are also I er SC'rve its readers. their study lime and raised their dialogue be oral, or written, or both. tempt to inform News of its existence grade level. You can, too! To get this That means the inclusion of written dC'sperately needed here. Wellesley before it was released, and this ef- cannot continue to close its eyes and fantastic solution to your study prob­ comments on papers and tests, the ears to the serious problems we face fort was made on her own initiative ------­ lem, just send $2 cash, check or M.O. <'xpansion of individual conferences as women in this society; we are not not as a representative of the group. Appllcatlw. Uee••• titc. ($2.10 in Calif.) to: American Institute , which some professors already em­ A reply, however, seems in order P.O. Box 5488BG, Santa Barbara, Calif. disembodied intellects but whole Pwportfto&oa ..... ftot. ... ploy, and the returning of final ex­ anyway. Oallea ...... _ 93103. Because of the slow mail we ams to students. human beings. In her paper given suggest you add 2s, for Air Mail last week, sociologist/feminist Alice New!!I claims no doctrine of ex Rush Service . Order •study"' now Of course, these suggestions imply Rossi called for an integration of in­ Cathedra infallibility. We reserve IUIEllTS while you think of ill practical problems. Clearly lit is tellect, ethical sense, and political the right, however, to form and ex- action into our lives at Wellesley quicker and easier to figure out a press our own opinions, to maintain ;------• letter grade than to write a few College. We most begin now, with our integrity as a separate, self-con. ·Omllal·--,______... paragraphs of intelligent commentary. the problems we face now. tained interest group. Our editorials In large lecture courses as they are We need to know how other women represent the opinion of Olll' staff and presently structured, the job becomes on campus feel about Wellesley, and only our staff, and as such may be nearly impossible. But if we must Even conservative profs rebel we need help in particular in our critical of students as well as of fac­ re-structure large classes in order to against smear tactics on term demand that the college fulfill its re­ ulty or administration. abolish grades, then let's do it. If papers. You're always better off sponsibility to provide a day care We feel the Presidential candidates' we must develop new forms of ex­ center as soon as possible for the with erasable Corrasable• Bond. aminations or rearrange class hours, statement is misleading in that it women of the community (and with suggests that questions were asked An ordinary pencil eraser lets then let's do that now, as we begin their help.) to plan major changes in the struc­ to be answered in CG statements. you erase without a trace on ture of the College. We will have a meeting !or aJI The candidates had the opportunity Eaton's Corrasable type­ EATON'SconASABlE interested women (and even men) to write their statements in any wa;y writer paper. At college book­ TYPEWRITERPAPER The problem of the arbitrary grad­ at noon on Monday, March 23 in 300 they chose. The length limitation, stores and stationery stores. ing system is a large one, and one Billings. If you have questions or sug. necessary because of New&' space of immediate concern. But if Wel­ gestions call Terry or Harriett at limitations, may have kept candidates Only Eaton makes Corrasable ® lesley js truly committed to the pur­ 235-9094. from going into great detail, but EATON'S CORRASABLE BOND TYPEWRITER PAPER suit of education, it should not be should not have kept them from Eaton Paper Division of textronl Pittsfield, Massachusetts 01201 insurmountable. clearly and concisely defining priori­ S"mcerely, ties. News is sorry that the Presid en- Pat Nicely '71 From the editor: tial candidates were disappointed with our coverage of their interview; "We, the CG presidential candi­ dates, are extremely disappointed Smudge-ins Women Want with the election issue of NEWS. Action "We feel especially that the inter­ COMIIUNITY are out! view failed to capture the tenor of PIAYBOUSJC To the editor: the discussion.- The editorial criticism of our statements would have done Wellesle7 Bllla 236-00&1 We are a small group of students, well to examine the amount of space !acuity, and faculty wives concerned Wellesley Hills 235-0047 allowed us and the general type of Fri-Sat at b:30 & 9 about Wellesley's attitude towards us question asked. Other Eves. at 8 :00 as women, and in particular con­ NOW! Ends TUES., Mar. 24 cerned about the attitudes expressed directly and indirecNy toward mar­ OFF-CAMPUS HOUSING ried women with children. The cata­ lyst for the first meeting of our Dean of Students Mrs. Joan Mel­ group was the non-renewal of the vin bas armounced that oU-campus contracts of two pregnant facu]ty housing will be available to sopho­ women, but our discussion and con­ mores, junJors, and seniors nan cerns range over a wide spectrum of year. Application forms are avail­ problems. We feel that Wellesley able in her office in Green Hall. NEXT! Begins WED., Mar. 25 Completed forms will be doe on Hitchcock's "TOPAZ" !Ml College is not meeting the needs of its April 8. 'M:>men--students, employees, faculty. Page Six ~LEY NEWS Thursday, March 19, 1970

forei~ languages , philosophy, sociol­ ogy, etc. Former French Student Discusses Riots Two types of classes were provided . by Flore Bassenot Corridot.) the Renaissanc e '70 movemen t of families; the donns of the campus (Continued on page 8) (Ed. note: The author gradUated Wellesley. aCmmodate less than 25%o f the _;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;~ from the University of Nantene ln As a student of the University of To tell the truth, our movement students: Thus the main part of CO·OP DOUSING 1969 and currently rei;tdes ln Tower Nanterre , famous since the riots in star ted as early as the fall of 1967. I cam pus life is during the day . The college ls seeking to acquire Court as Direct-rice or the French May 1968, I feel very interested in will try to descri be the situation at The Universi ty grew as rapidly as property on the edge of the camp­ ------I that time, but first, let me give you a mushroom in the face of an in­ us on which there Is a house that a quick sketch of the place . creasing number of "bacheliers " would be Ideally suited as a co­ What is Nanterref (after Baccalaltt eat, the high school opt>ratlve dormitory. Tbls hou8e It is an industrial suburb in the degree) . Last academic year, finish­ will ac commodate twenty-six stu­ LONDON VIA TWA western part of Paris, a half hour ing touches were given to the seven dents, or thirty-six H it ls possible by train from the Gar e Saint-Lazare . buildings for humani ties and law and to install a fire escape for the The campus was previously a military to anoth er cafeteria. The mrnerstone tbJrd floor. Negotiattons are now ground and is far from the center of of the library was laid - however , In process, but It Is still uncertain ROUND TRIP FROM NEW YORK the suburb, next to a shantytown the omni-sport center, with its whether or not the college will be where refugee North Algerians live. olympic swimming pool, had been able to acquire the bOU!le. After 5 The University began to expand in open for two years . That fall 15,000 the house has been acquired , fire 250 1964. That fall about 500 students students were registered. During my regulations will have to be met att ended it in one building, and one four years at the University of Nan­ and zoning regulations appealed. cafeter ia was opened. In France, terr e, I always saw it in the process Any student Interested ln living most students attend the neares t uni­ of construction. In a co-operative house next year Wellesley Group Flight versity and continue to live with their Rigid Teaching System should fill out a preliminary form The fields of study were so divided at Mrs. Melvin's ottloe before that students could not take class es spring va<'atinn. This form will not Leaves June 22 for credit outside of the maj or. As be ln any way binding, but wUl a literature student, I could not take provide somfl Idea of bow many WellesleyFlorist an art clas,! The ar range ment of studen ts are Interested . The fJnal Returns August 30 the buildings themselves reflected form will be due April 8. The this division. Each of the five build­ tuition and roo m will be $2820. F lowe rs fo r ings was dedicated to one field - Students ln the house will deci de For Inform ation & Reservations among themselves how to go about buying food, preparing meals and All Occasions doing other dorm work. 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"We will meet your physical force - Montgomery to Memphis. Nearly with soul force." These words echoed two years after the assassination of hy the late Dr. Martin Luther King Dr. King, this filmed documentary were the real value of a man who will be given its world premiere at never stopped struggling for social 1,000 theatres in 300 cities across the justice. peace, and a united world in United States, Canada, and Europe. hrotherhood. A man of destiny who King: A Filmed Record - Mont. changed the course of American his­ gomery to Memphis is a document tory, King's life still speaks eloquent­ of a decade and a half of change, and >l.y to the conscience of mankind. of the struggles of a man and the On Tues., March 24, at 8 p.m., the movement he led. It is a powerful <.'Ompleteand authoritative story of motion picture which records the life Dr. King and the movement he led and work of Dr. King as a civil rights will be told in an extraordinary mo­ leader, as the forceful and active tion picture, King: A Filmed Record (Continued on page 8)

photo by Mark Stern l:amonn McCann, a radical Irish socialist, spoke in the Committee X Coffee House on March 5. A compatriot of James Bond 007 "Gaily, Gally" Bernadette Devlin, no discussed last year's Londonderry riots and the Irish civil rights movement. The current Irish "Her Majesty's Beau Bridges ferment began with a forbidden parade route and will not end, according to Mr. McCann , until his countrymen Secret Service" Brian Keith are all treated equ.:illy, r&gardless of their race, color, or religion. He cited the capitalistic industries and the I :30-4:20-7:00-9:35 Melina Mercouri prejudiced civil rights laws as the chief obstacles which must be overcome. The residents of Bogside, the Catholic· Color (GP) I :30-3:25-5:20- inhabited slum of Londonderry, suffer from poor housing, inadequate facilitit}S and schools, and low wages. Mr. 7:25-9:30 McCai,n hopes, in his present movement, to unite the many people of Ireland whose conditions are similar to those ($Pl of the Bogside residents. The young Irish radical s, he SoJid, were modeling thei r movement on that of the Black Panthers in the U.S. After touring American college campuses, Eamonn McCann will return to Ireland to continue his work for the civil rights cause.

QUESTIONS? Amr;wcl'!I at th., AIM:Jol~., Mooting 11pon.',On,dby the Welle11JeyCommJ9Slon on the tutun, ot the College 5:00 p.m., Monday, March 2S PencDeton W Held at 5:00 to accommodate ltudents and faculty wbo have late clasael.

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For the price of a stamp, we'll clue We'll tell you about a crazy little It's yours for the asking. Mail the you in on the British scene. $30 ticket that'll buy you I, 100 miles coupon. And see your travel agent. Naming names of the spots only of rail and boat travel. r------, we local folk are "in" on. And fill you in on all kinds of tours : British Tourist Authority : We'll tell you about our native planned especially for the college 1 Box. 4100, New York, N.Y.10017 1 haunts. The pubs. Coffeehouses. Dis­ crowd. I I : Send me your free book: Great : cotheques. Boutiques. And the like. We'll even show you how to make : Y<>11ngBritain. : We'll tell you where you can bed­ it through Shakespeare country. down for $2 a night, breakfast in­ : Name______: Even if you couldn't make it through I I cluded. And chow-down for $1. Shakespeare in class. 1 College______1 I I We'll tell you about the "doings" We've got hundreds of idea s. All 1 Address ______1 I I in the theatre. So you can see Broad­ wrapped up in our free book: Great : City______: way hits long before they break on Young Britain. 20 pages big. With : S1a1e______Zip_ ___ : Broadway. (Tickets: 90¢.) over 50 color photos. L------~ ·Page Eight WELLESLEY NEWS Thursday, March 19, 1970 Riots. King Movie ... • • (Continued from page '1) the nation, and all mankind. (Continuf'd from page 6) of courses, the opening of classes to University, which is crowded, is the advocate of a black people, as a man This motion picture shows, above ol peace. the publ!ic, the creation of night only place to attend after receiving all, that Martin Luther King, Jr., was The first consisted of lectures given school for students who earn their The film follows the development a man who was not afraid to act for in an amphitheatre for 200 or more the "Baccalaureat" at the end of living, interdepartmental majors, ot King's non-violence movement his beliefs, who consistently adhered students - a vC'rYhonored and com­ smaller classes, better college-com­ "lycee" (high school}. from the beginning of his career in to his philosophy, and who was ef­ petent scholar ~ould talk for an 1955 until his assassination and fun­ fective in his work for justice , brother munity relations, and greater creativ­ Why do the least academic de­ hour, and then everybody left - with ity. There are similar demands and eral in April, 1968.To quote Dr. King: hood, and peace. no discussion. The second kind of similar words in the Renaissance mands become political issues? The "l have a dream that one day this To look back , to listen, to learn of classes were "workshops" which movement here . twenty universities depend upon the nation will rise up, and live out the his teachings, to relive a decade could not be effective because there Minister of National Education, so true meaning of its creed: 'We hold and a half of history is a one-night­ were always more than 40 students We obtained seminars, interdepart­ academic problems are automatically these truths to be self-evident, that only chance. The entire $5 cost of the attending. mental classes, and choice of the related to politics. The specific case all men are created equal.• " tickets will go directly to carry on subjects for papers; instead of the In such a teaching system there of Nanterre is to be considered in A historical record, this film spares King's work. This film will be shown former system in which the final this light, since the students' move­ no truth. It contains scenes of the Tues. night, March 24, in the follow­ was no communication between pro­ exam was the only significant grade, fessors and students, either in the ment of 1968 was a step toward bring­ incredible b r u t a 1 i t y committed ing theaters: Boston: Abbey, Charle5, we now have the choice of a series ing down the existing system. Things against the movement; it recalls Savoy; BU: Hayden Hall; Cam­ academic life or in the extra-cUITi­ ol papers instead. cular activities. Students did not are in a state of flux now, and even monuments ot glory and ot tragedy; bridge: Harvard Square; Framing. dare to express their opinions, much Beyond U1cse immediate reforms an eyewitness cannot understand it portrays the mass marches, sit-ins, ham: Cinema I; Newton: Paramount, less their wishes. lay the question of whether the Uni­ what is happening. It has become a jail-ins; it records the solid achieve- and various other theaters around the versity was able to prepare students daily mixer, a theater for "happen­ ments won by Dr. King for his people, Boston area. 'Trapped' Students for life. After four years of studies, ings," and a target for reporters in searc h of sensationalism. The material problems were not a literature studC'nt complained that negligible: the temporary library he was not fit for any job besides HATHAWAY HOUSE BOOKSHOP closed at 5 p.m. and owned so few teaching. That point raised another volumes that it was a real struggle question: is it the aim of the Univer­ .&pplfea...... L\c I •• tlte. sity to teach practical things or to en­ .. ,,on...._ .... notoa.._ requests your presence to borrow a book; the surroumlings Omlaa ...... did not offer any diversion such as courage intellectual pursuit? On the lhe Latin Quarter offers the Sor­ other hand, is it possible for a per­ IUIEllTS at bonne; infrequent transportation and son to learn about literature without crowded trains made students feel writing, or to study art without em­ •o.1n11cne& trapped on campus . ploying his hands? The aim of the the opening of an These facts help explain what hap­ University remains a controversial pened in the fall of 1967. When a re­ question. Exhibition of Photographs form once again ignored the students' The greater problem of education NEEDHAM••• opinions, they revolted . Initiating a in France is the serious lack of col­ 444-6060 CINE}IA strike, they demanded the free choice leges and technical schools. The by

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