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NOTES AND COMMENTARY NESCAC: Sculptures To the editor: On Ant Granted, that snow sculptures are fun ways to make this supposed "oasis" To my dearest authors and poets bright. POST SEASON BLOCK more pleasant. However, trying to make Who grace the Garnet with your vision's If you have ever had visions of Bales playing in post season basketball a recognizable shape out of a most light; I sing your praises and extend your tournament, the baseball team getting an NCAA bid, or even the cross uncooperative snow-pile on the fame; That all who love, and write, in President's lawn is no activity for an Virtue's name May your worth recall in country team taking a national Division III title, you can forget it. The ostrich. dark future days. When tired Art reason has nothing to do with the caliber of the teams. Despite the fact On the Saturday morning of succumbs to evil ways. Then shall your that Bates sports has been much maligned in the past, we have had some Winlerval, Ihe people of Lewislon were works inspire poetry, Redeeming Art fine teams (Notably last spring's baseball team, this fall's undefeated cross not zooming down College Street, from deepest lethargy! swearing at the unfriendly students But, lest I laud you more than you country team, last year's ski team, and several of the last few years field behind the Bates College fortress. deserve, And be accused of lacking hockey teams). It doesn't have to do with money either, although this is a Instead, they were slowing down, taking proper nerve. To tear away your faults factor, especially for smaller teams. What it is, is a piece of paper known as pictures, and even getting out of their and lay Ihcm bare. So that your follies the New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) cars to observe the fairy tale characters can be judged wilh care; I have more closely. composed some sketches short and true. agreement. NESCAC is an agreement among eleven of the "high quality" Even though some of the kids That I (poor silly bard) now offer you. small New England (and New York) colleges to keep intercollegiate thought that the mice pulling With visage grim and sneer of cold athletics "in harmony with the essential educational purposes of the Cinderella's coach were lions, we still got command,* Stern Ernie Hadley lakes institution." The essence is an attempt to keep recruiting in line and some kind of message across. Batesies Despair in hand; And wilh sad death, read fairy tales and enjoy playing in the False Art's complacency. He asaults our preserve the athletic balance among the schools so that the academic snow. minds with despondency. Jeff Burton's authority in each college is in control of its athletic policy. The sculptures will melt, but, while next: the voice of many woes. In youth One of the provisions states thai teams may enter only those post they were being built and as they siand he's old, older, the worse he grows. season competitions which are judged in advance to be consistent with the guard around our walls. Bilbo, Rapunzel Around his neck his load of griefs is and Ihe rest serve as small bridges to hung For old men drowned and spirit of the NESCAC agreement and that each competition must be transcend that townie-Balesie interaction graveyard dirges sung. Now comes Paul approved by three-forths of the Presidents of the member institutions. dilemma. What could be a more unlikely Haskell, weakest of the three; To him all Thus, the Presidents of Tufts and Bowdoin, for example, get to vote on attraction for an oasis than wide-eyed things deserve his sympathy. Toy whether a Bates team goes to a post season playoff. Not only is this a road kids directing their parent's attention to tractors too, by children dispossessed, Smaug's long tail? Perhaps Ihese fellow Are objects of impassioned interest. block, but the provision states that "team participation is expected to be snow-farers will think more kindly of us Ensuing Paul those greater wits advance. the exception rather than the norm." This year's cross country team, for even when we have only castles in the air Whose faults, though less, still greater ills to offer. „. , example, was told that it might be alright for two or three of the runners Sincerely, enhance (lor when there's skill, more to go to the NCAA's and compete as individuals for individual honors (i.e. Abigail Sanborn good or evil's done. Than when there's not, extremes there being none). Boldest make Ail-American), but that if any more than that went it wouldlooklike of Ihese, John Griffiths, is sublime As he Bates was sending a team, and that was forbidden. So to sum it up. rants and he raves in mangled rime; And NESCAC does not allow Bates' teams to go to post season competition. New Exams with his prophet's voice, "Fools, Fools!" Dear Editor: proclaims. Condemning himself with Why? What is it about this competition that is so harmful? What is the In response to Mr. Patterson's matter with letting a team that has proven itself go to a tournament? I those he defames. Sincerely, tenderly, concern about the cost of GREs, the Carleen LePage Sings sad and maudlin cannot see what in the concept or spirit of post season competition is Psychology Department is using the songs about old age. To feel and to harmful to the principle that athletics should be kept in line with the Advanced Test as a comprehensive lament what she knows not Is this good educational purposes of an institution. In fact it is one of the principles of examination this year because we have poet's one and only blot. Full many not been satisfied with the results and others, equally sincere. Fail to make a both education and athletics that competition is mentally, spiritually and effects of deparlmentally devised, good impression here. They cannot write physically rewarding. We are taught that striving for a goal (such as an examinations in previous years. By when they do not possess Enough invitation to a playoff) is good. What NESCAC seems to be saying is that it conservative estimate, 100 man hours creative force and artfulness, To blend is alright to strive, but that succeeding may be harmful. were spent constructing, giving, the music of the written word With correcting, deciding, informing, Widsom's thoughts from other worlds EDB consoling, re-giving, re-correcting, deferred. soul-searching . . . time therefore Gary W. Fogg unavailable for happier day-to-day •My apologies to the memory of Percy Schaefer Reproved contact .vilh students. Bysshe Shelley Dear Editor. Richard V. Wagner This letter refers to Charles Schaefer's electronic accoutrements as the only column in the last edition of the Bales thing "worthy" indeed constitutes a More on Early Arrival Student. In the article, Mr. Schaefer contemplation of the "good life," then essentially voices his dissatisfaction with my conceptions are mistaken. Mr. Dear Sir: the fact that his well-formed but usually Schaefer writes; "For the performers, In response to the recent comments concerning the availability of rooming tangential sophistry is not appreciated. making music implied a microphone. For facilities for early arrivals ("Cold Reception to Bates ' and "Sorry, No Room") . . . In the past, I have read his articles the audience, music was inconceivable We would like to express our opinions, and make a few points. First, Dean Isaacson's with the impression that they are written without a loudspeaker." May I suggest letter, supposedly a response to the argument (hat some students find it necessary to without feeling, indeed with a certain that Mr. Schaefer's premises are false; arrive early due lo incompatible transit schedules (or miss classes), offered no indifference. His last article only that neither the audience nor the intelligent reply. Her remark that MANY sludents return to Bates after pleasure trips, confirms my opinions. Mr. Schaefer performers were at all concerned with expecting free accommodations, is inconsistent with the fact thai 3S% of Bales implies that he is concerned with the equipment. Rather, they were sludents are recipients of financial aid, not lo mention a sweeping generalization, for thinking "critically about what concerned with the music, something which we're sure our Dean has no concrete evidence. Furthermore, it is insulting to constitutes the good life." yet his article which obviously does not interest Mr. those students who find it necessary to spend large amounts of money to meet seems to negate this intention. If, to Schaefer in his attempt "to think travelling expenses. attend a musical performance, ignoring critically about the good life." Granted, the expression of her concern for the dangers inherent in a few students' the art and beauty of the music and to Please think again Charley. occupation of a dormitory applies to situations where previous arrangements have center attention on an evaluation of the Offendedly, not been made. However, no provisions for such arrangements were obtainable prior Al Green to this Christmas vacation. We cannot believe that Bates College is incapable of opening one door in one dormitory for students who must return ahead of the scheduled date. It would entail a few signatures of students whose rooms would be occupied. As for security, we were told that security was doubled the night prior to EdltOf THE STUDENT Eric Bauer students' return to keep them out of the dorms. Excellent medical facilities are ten Business Manager Chris Richler minutes away at CMG or Saint Mary's, and we are sure that most students have the News Editor John Howe presence of mind to pull a fire alarm in case of an outbreak of fire. Administrators numbers are listed al each phone should a situation arise where their help is Tech Editor jjm Bunncll Layout Editor Ij, necessary. urc Rlxon In terms of fuel, we are mystified as to where Bates is cutting down on Sports EdilOf Steve McManus consumption. The heat in our rooms is only at a tolerable level with a window wide Feature Editor Torn Paine Copy Editor | open. (Yes, we HAVE reported it . ..) Plus, the administrators declared that heat was A Pescjk turned up only on Jan. 6. Did we sleep Sunday night without heat? Then, surely, Production Crew Steve Wice. Barbara Giessler. Saturday night could have been endured as pleasantly. Paxton Roberts, Rick Johnson, If all the above arguments are not acceptable, may we offer another possible Barbara R. Griffin. Kevin Mclntirc solution? Could the facilities made available to returning varsity learns (cots in I he Bales Student is published weekly b> the Publishing Association. Box J09 Bates Women's Gym and showering facilities) be opened lo Ihe early sludents? College. Lewislon ME 04240. Subscriptions are S7.00 foi the academic year. Printed If Ihis is not feasible, then may we pose these questions once more: What should by rwinClty Printery. Lewislon. and 2nd class postage paid in Lewislon. Hello Mom. the student who cannot afford hotel facilities do? How should he choose between arriving early and missing classes? Volume 102, no. 4 February 6, 1975 Brenda Flanagan Jean Shirk 130 3

" \ "iECK. '1 HH COMMENT: 9 Viq £ SUCCESS EXPOSED V Hercules could not believe it. A vision of Zeus had appeared to him, by Paul (inn As I sit here in the library it is easy to telling him to go lo Bates College and clean up. After he finished the sense an atmosphere of something less lX? 1 difficult tasks awaiting him there, he could truly call himself great, and he than complete concentration. Some would be ready for anything. A noble challenge that would really test his people are whispering, some giggling, r*\ meddle, and Hercules wondered whether he could produce. some throwing pennies up to the third Hi* \M LT> floor level, some daydreaming, thinking "Oh, why was I born destined for greatness?", he pondered, headed up about present or potential sexual the Glorious Highway of Neverchanging Scenery. "Sometimes it is really a companions, some flipping pages y ■ j^3 curse to be so magnificent." aimlessly and skimming the first £/* JMB' M 1 1 Nevertheless, he strived through four years of Bates College. There were sentences of every other paragraph, some twelve tasks that presented themselves to him, and in his heart he knew trying to study but fidgeting in our seats, m ^w L. that Zeus wanted him to meet the challenge of each one. He shovelled some rustling papers, books and coats ,^"y\c getting up for our half-hourly study dung endlessly from September to December, then from January to May breaks to the bathroom, the listening '(» n in the Hyper-Boring Stables. Twice he labored into June, although by then room or the den. It seems we just go he was shovelling dry dung. This was to.make him learn to think for along with the basic belief that if we stay li/J J himself, and he did learn. He thought that he was tired of shovelling the in the library long enough, flip enough rf fn?1

pages, fill enough notecards and empty -^--^ *■ same old shit. enough yellow, pink or blue highliters He sweated in the Better Furnace Library, melting knowledge down, then we rightfully deserve at least a "B" or a "C". But does this have to be what students are in a sense just as responsible and pouring it into the molds given to him by his instructors. He learned constitutes "learning"? Could we ever for "academic pressure" which we at how to scrim in the Podado Room of the plush Chaste Hall, because the possibly study things we care about, least in part impose upon ourselves as automatic responses that were developed in the kitchen were impressive to things that are interesting, enjoyable, "they" are, and concurrently we are just have on his record, and the pay scale taught him humility. He also was even mildly important or relevant to our as capable of offering and demanding own lives? constructive changes. Sure there are taught the value of flexibility, because all doors are not shaped the same. Why do we have undying faith in the people like Tom Fiorentino or Lorraine This lesson served him well, because while at Bates it was not wise to credibility of our diplomas or in our Jones or Peter Brann who, (whether we mention rednecks or Christians or other fringe groups as types that he visions of grad school, med. school or agree with them or not,) consistently hung around with, and when he was away from Bates, he knew there was a law school as free tickets to success beat their brains out in making when, given the state of the economy as suggestions which seemingly fall on deaf curse against those who mentioned Bates to strangers. This curse would well as the sheer number of students ears, and sure there are a lot of profs and bring upon those who defied it a disease, and their temperature would rise who graduate from colleges and administrators who do one hell of a job to not cool. universities these days, it takes an M.A. in spite of the fact that they, too, are Hercules mastered his mind, and trained it to make moves as gracefully to get a secretary's job in the Army? constrained by the institution. But why as basketball players, weaving dexterously between two opponents for the Why do we prod ourselves along daily must the rest of us go along thinking for the deceiving "reward" at the end of that every one of those guys "up there" score. He learned patience at keg parties, first going through the ordeal of each semester of three, four or five is more (potentially) intelligent or the Harpoes, who would swoop down and bump into him before he could letters, no combination of which can worthy as people than we are, or so finish his beer, which would be spilled onto the Floor of Everincreasing spell "feel", "play", "soap", "food" or important that we can't be granted an "love"? audience with them? Do we have to wait Stickiness, ruining many Dances of the Hopeful Pickups, and Dances of Why do we always rely on the ideas until the total cost of our enrollment is the Just For Fun. Hercules only began a ritual dance after the symbolic of others, piecing together their quotes $6,000 before we ask whether some of Drenching of the Resevoir of Fortification. In layman's terms, this was the as if they were professionally certified to the arrogant, unprepared or unorganized manufacturing of spherical objects used for sporting events. a superhuman level of existence, signing clowns we so unquestionably give our He had to face the challenge of the Amazon Queen, with whom he our names to the title pages of papers money to are earning it, or whether and the covers of testbooklcts which enough of our teachers are concerned successfully negotiated without signing any treaties. While he was strong, ultimately contain nothing beyond an about teaching US, (as opposed to he saw many comrades fall in this test, victims of that percentage-quoting accumulation of their thoughts? Why do reciting their presently favorite Fate, Probability. Their desperate moves met only with his scorn, as he we constantly live through other subject-matter as if in another world to a proved himself to be beyond mental contact with these female warriors. people's experiences in books, movies, group of uninspired paper-margin spectator sports, art, radio, records and doodlers and anxious clock-watchers,) or The Night of the Live Dead did not fluster him either. Purchasing the television and still feel starved for is this place just a stepping stone to full Holy Albums, he often sang parts of the Wonderful Scripture, for "Lo, if stimulation, and why do we so often feel professorships and publication royalties? thou hast partaken of the Dead Live, thou knowest that They are the need to escape, relax or loosen-up It is my guess that if we've been immortal." The Stones were hurled at him in local watering holes, yet he with a few brews or a pipeful of good passively sitting on our fatted rumps for Jamaican dupe? (I, by no means, exclude as long as we've been in schools straight said he liked them, and even his ears became flexible. myself from being accountable to these up until now, even though the buildings, Communication, the stormy weather which had driven many of his questions.) the climate, the routine and the faces fellow travellers into the Sea of Despair and Sorrow, was no problem for It is my opinion that we've been so will change when we finally graduate, we him, because he was strong and could resist the taxing lure of Sincerity. He washed out (or waxed over) by going are going to be the same unless through the motions of studying and somewhere along the line someone said his "Hell, Bates." and, after his graduation, he came back for the,One analyzing everything from the grand makes the effort to connect our learning, Year Umbilical Cordial Period. And, looking back on his four years and his theories to the infinitesimal details of our responsibility, our interests, our Twelve Tasks, he felt proud. what it will someday be like to be alive needs, our experiences, our feelings and Hercules raised his arms and shouted to the sky, "It's me and I did it! without giving enough recognition to or our future with our present. Why be opportunity for our own experience that indifferent to ourselves? So, Zeus, Father of the gods, I have shown you my worth. Is it not we can't even see how the way we view ordained that I should find a place waiting for me, at least in the foothills those "little-bastard townie kids" who of Mount Olympus? Am I not a fine specimen? For there can be no other use our pool tables, mess-up our facilities RESPONSIBILITY reason for my completing the Twelve Tasks, each harder than the one and eat our food for free in Commons has anything to do with the way we may Dear Students: before it. In truth, they have rounded me out." someday raise our own children. Why do Failure to purchase at least one car a Whereupon, a gentle fog engulfed Hercules, accompanied by a soft rain. we so enthusiastically sign-up and even year is clearly an act of irresponsible And Hercules could swear that he heard light, beautiful music; music that pay money to participate in off-campus criminal negligence. Every sane man was not music, for he had never heard anything so void of physical short-terms which emphasize the knows that such deliberate omission experiential over the academic like the represents a clear and present danger to presence. He did not hear the voice, rather the words formed in his mind, New York City religion course or the all leadership, law and order. "Rounded, indeed." Still the music kept up, playing a melodious game Augusta State Mental Hospital sociology Indeed was it. not Master Jesus with his ears, and also chipping huge chunks of wax from them. "You have and psychology units when many of the himself who said: "Father in Heaven, waded where I wanted you to plunge, Hercules. The brown spots on your people living in those respective places give us this day our daily car for thou art would do nearly anything to get out of the petrol and spark plugs for ever and apple are visible to you, but I wanted you to cut them out. By pushing them? Such is certainly not to criticize ever. Amen." He was addressing a joint them, you only make them bigger. You have learned to imitate and use, the merit of these courses but rather to annual meeting of the Carpenters' Guild while I wanted you to create and be. Opportunity, like sex, became ask why they seem so much more and Nazareth Chamber of Commerce. perverted to you. You pursued both of them, but you revelled in their valuable than the regular semester work. No one can deny that anarchy in car So who deserves the blame for the consumption is an act of high treason filth, instead of appreciating them as good things. And if you lacked lack of quality in our education and who and must be dealt with accordingly. opportunity, or sex, you either complained, or built them out of plastic, is worthy of praise when something Therefore all citizens who fail to meet and then you had the gall to attribute them to me. Your Twelve Tasks positive happens? It seems to me that we their consumer obligations must be mean nothing. Oh, they might make a good resume in the foothills of (myself included) too often pass the arrested forthwith and indicted for high buck on "Bates", forgetting that it is we crimes and Miss Demeanors. Olympus, but those foothills don't look so hot from here. And my Holy who are Bates. At a college where Awareness Pigeons are hard at work, seeking out the flexible-plastic-rubber people, students, faculty and administrators are J. Arthur Pretzelburger, OBE because only my people have a right to be clean. Why don't you wash your very often no more than a five-minute Retired Field Marshall hair, and then we can talk?" walk away from each other, we as 16 Ospringe Road London NW5 2JE TWP ri_ix Young and Kottke by David Brooks Head Chase Hall Poll I don't know aboul you. but there is a satisfying ending. A . . . Also, we might get a chance to every once in a while Hales gels lo perfect vehicle for Bogart and by John Howe book a band known to be popular, me; and when this happens (aboul Becall to just be Bogart and Becall. Bates students participated in a but whose name does not appear on five limes a week or so). I need which is about all you can ask for Chase Hall Music Poll a week ago this list." some form of escape. [The Student from a movie. A fantastic way to designed to "find out which bands Listed below are the ten groups forget the fact that you're wasting appeal to the greatest number of used to be good for ihis. but as il found to be most popular of those gels better, il looses its escapist time and money here at Bates, and students." The three most popular listed on the survey. value. It's rather difficult to drown it's also a good weekend filler. bands of those listed on the poll are Then later in the week, brought your troubles by reading an issue Jesse Colin Young and Leo Kottke. Yes No which discusses the morality of to you by the Film Board and the The New Riders of the Purple Sage, Votes Votes Net using vacuum cleaners on wombs, Psychology department together, and John Sebastion. the skyrocketing price of cabbage (here will be Henry Fonda. Lee J. A two group combination, Jesse Jesse Colin Young and the disgusting vesliges of Cobb and L. G. Marshall in Twelve Colin Young and Leo Kottke. is the and Leo Kottke outworn liberalism as demonstrated Angry Men. most popular according to the poll, 323 8 315 by the use of speakers in the Den.] This is an extremely unusual with an affirmative vote by 51% of The New Riders of And that. I personally feel, is film, in that it involves a murder those completing the survey. the Purple Sage one of the great beauties of movies: trial, but doesn't have a Perry Approximately \% of the voters 334 45 289 they are virtually the ultimate form Mason-type character forcing the said they would not like to have the of escape. I'm sure this statement confession out of the true killer two appear in concert. This John Sebastion will be hotly debated by film buffs three minutes before the credits translates into a net affirmative 280 24 256 who will claim that movies are an begin, thus saving the honor and vote of 315. Poco art form, and are vital and good name of the much maligned Second in popularity are The 287 36 251 important in their own right, and accused. New Riders of the Purple Sage, with Linda Ronstadt that anybody who watched movies In fact, there's no hokum 53% voting yes and 1% voting no. 251 43 208 to escape the real world is on the penetrating cross examination at netting 289 affirmative votes. same level as somebody who reads all; the entire film is shot in the Third is John Sebastion with Dave Mason Nietzsche's Thus Spak Zarathustra jury room, and deals strickly with 44.5% yes and 4% no. netting 256 20" 202 for the dirty parts. But that's the the interactions between the jurors yes votes. Fleetwood Mac way I feel, especially when it comes as they wrestle with the extremely Following close in fourth place 229 38 191 to something like this week's first difficult case presented to them. is Poco with 469? yes and 6% no. movie, which is the amazing Henry Fonda gives an excellent and a net popularity of 25 1. Miles Davis Humphrey Bogart in The Big Sleep. performance as one juror who just The survey included groups in 185 17 168 I personally am a big fan of wants to get at the truth, while the $2000 to SI0.000 range who Tom Rush and Bogie's: I think he is the ultimate struggling with the nebulous would "most likely be touring from Orphan hero. He's not one of those actors concept of "reasonable doubt "and this March to this May." The survey 176 23 153 that is so good looking he makes the other jurors. If you've only seen had one qualification: "there is no you gnash your teeth as the girls on him in Westerns roping cattle, and guarantee that we will be able to Bonnie Raitt cither side of you swoon every time have wondered where his produce the most popular names. l')3 152 he appears; but he does have so reputation as an actor comes from, much charisma that he's truly you'll understand after you see this admirable. There will be other film. Robert Redfords and Burt Lee J. Cobb and Kd Begley. EUROPE Reynoldses. but there's never going among others, give equally good to be another Bogart! performances of the other jurors BOUND And then add to that the fact who attempt to decide the fate of a IN 75? that The Big Sleep also has Lauren man's life while coping with their Becall. and you've got reason to see own personal problems and it four times. Lauren Becall is one prejudices. wouldn't you rather come with us? of those actresses for whom I This movie is not a method of Last year over 200,000 students summered in Europe. And the would gladly throw myself in front escape; in fact, it would provide travelwise flew on charters because it costs about HALF! Thij year a 1 - (> week ticket to London is $512.; 2-3 of a runaway bakery van. She's a ample ammunition for the film buff weeker $S<)7. And its $767. for over six week:; from New fantastic actress, a beautiful woman mentioned above in terms of film York. (That1.-, what the airlines say now. Last year there and an asset to any film. Put her being an art form in itself. It's were two unforcar.t increases:) alongside Bogie and you've got an really a stunning film. I didn't think Not only do you fly with us at half, but you can Juot -i bout incredible duo. it would be able to pull off being have your choice of dates for/., 5, <>, 7, 8, 9, J(i week lur- ation during the summer. And a 11 you have to do to qua lify Like most Bogart films shot all in one room and dealing all is reserve your seat now by sen ding 1100. deposit, pliio $10. (excepting, of course. The Maltese with one subject, but there's no registration fee. Under recent ly new W. 5. Government reg- question that it does. As an ulatlons we must submit all n ir.hi participants name; aml Falcon), the plot isn't too terribly full payment sixty days be I' each fj ight. If you ' ike the important. Bogart plays a Sam examination of the morality and June 21 - August 19 flight to l.on don for example, deposit re- Spade character, in this one. 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IE AT E § BASE" BALL: Although the Bates team has bats, concentrating only on putting only played this team once, it is by Tom Paine but struck many hits from the third out the D's batters. This resulted in evident that before any more The following is an example of position in the batting order. historical fiction. It is an attempt only three errors on our part, and matches are scheduled, some rules Lombard covered the third base all of these were quite excusable. are going to have to be agreed by the Student to make a Bates very well, and quickened the heart baseball team of nearly a century Clason, at first base, handled twelve upon. The score does not reflect of no few opposing pitchers. All of throws from his teammates without the strange conditions imposed ago come alive today. The facts are the boys deserve some mention, but making one mistake. He also made upon our nine, who batted 1.000 in all extracted from Bates Students space allows only a few to "step of that day. A few of the two fine stops of ground balls and composure. To start off, the K.K.K. out of the box", and be praised in tagged the base himself. announced that this would be a descriptive phrases are also from prose. Record must have been the those newspapers, while the rest try BATES 1 320 1" 0000-7 night game (a 'rally', they called it). finest catcher in all of Maine this DIRIGOS 000010000-1 In order to see, the players had to to capture the spirit of the time. year. As for his hitting, we need Where facts are sparce, efforts have May 26; Bates 14 ■ Colby I; Ught some crossed torches which only remember the May 26th game This game was similar to the first were scattered around the field. It been made to report plausible against Colby when he hit a long interpretations of the actual games game that these two teams played, was easy for the Bates club to see line fly far past the leftfielder, and both games resulted in easy their opponents when they ran the (with a couple of notable which stopped, however, when it exceptions). But Oakes and Record victories for Bates. Although a bases, because they had on long struck the ground. If I may, I'd like Colby did score, he was fairly put white robes as uniforms. This did really played for the Bates in 1877, to add here the name of Sanbom. and ten errors by one team in a out at second base on a throw by not help their base running, as they the right fielder, who has shown by Record, as the Colbys acknowledge, would often trip on their hems. No game was a reasonable amount (In his base-ball talent, and his base-ball one game against Bowdoin in 1880, but the umpire did not see it. We doubt the Bates were lucky that an spirit, that his name will long be do not want to claim that (he umpire from another town was the Bates team committed remembered in Maine base-ball twenty-nine errors, the biggest of umpire. Ned Lord (Colby '77). let hired, because the opponents circles. his wishes enter into his decision, looked like they were going to add all being the decision to take the At this point, a review of the field to begin with. Bowdoin won but the possibility is there. There some more new rules pertaining to season would be appropriate. The are many problems to being an the introduction of pistols into the 15-3.). So imagine that you are at most interesting games will be Bates in 1877, and you are reading umpire, though, and Mr. Lord game, when the umpire made a commented on. handled himself admirably on most special ruling giving them three runs the Bates Student, a couple of April 26, 1877: Bales 15 - Androscoggins 2; delightful propositions. occasions. Oakes did not allow any in the sixth innings, even though May 2.; Bates 9 - Colby 0: bases on called balls, and he caught none of the K.K.K. players reached two balls from the bat, one a swift the first base that inning. Oakes liner. It was in this game that performed magnificently, striking Record struck the long hit out one man four times in thai mentioned above, and although he sixth, because he refused to leave committed three errors, these are the home plate and no one was dwarfed by his eleven put outs. anxious to argue with him. Record BATES 4 2 2 110 2 2 1 14 made six scores and played very COLBYS 000000100 1 well behind the plate, despite the May 30; Bates «V Portland Dirigos 3; return of his injury which first A large crowd was present for bothered him while the Dirigos this game, on the Androscoggins were losing to our nine. Foul play is grounds in Lewiston, because of the suspected in the recurrence of this fame of the two teams, and the injury. promise of a repetition of the earlier Bates victory by the score of 15 to 2. The gap was not quite so wide between the clubs this time, but again Bates dominated play. A quick lead was earned by five scores in the opening inning, a number sufficient enough to last the whole game. Both Record and Cambell (the D's catcher) were injured V slightly while behind the home plate, although they continued to At the end of a victorious This game was marked by a lack oaseball season, it is pleasant to play fine base-ball. Six of the of scores for six innings, until the Colbys were fooled three times by look back with satisfaction at the Bates seventh, when seven men fates which were dealt to opposing Oakes, and sent back to the bench crossed the home plate, without even having the satisfaction nines by Bates. This year's demoralizing the Colbys. Two more campaign was particularly of hearing wood meet ball. Fine scores were added in the eighth successful when you compare the plays were numerous, as Record innings. Barker, the Colby center games won with the games lost, caught two difficult foul tips, and fielder, impressed everyone with DATES 1 10 3002723-28 with twelve of the former and only the seventh innings saw Clason five catches and three hits plus a K.K.K. 0 00003000- 3 two of the latter. The Colbys failed fielding a ground ball to first finely base given on balls in four attempts July II: Bates 6 Portland Reds I; to top our nine twice, losing by the and Noble denying one Colby a BATES 01 1000004-6 to hit. Four Colby scoring tries scores 9-0 and 14-1. Bowdoin fared good attempt at reaching base by PORTLAND 000001000-1 better than them, but only because were turned away by throws to the chasing down a long fly ball in left July 12; Bates 20 Biddeford Reds 10; home plate by. Bates fielders. The field. This was the first year that BATES 0253025 1 2-20 they were only downed once in as BIDDEIORD 402000031- 10 many games, Bates winning by the pitching of Oates and the catching Bates met the Portland team in of Record earned the respect of the July 14; Bates 7 Our Boys of Boston 11; score of 8-2. The Bates ended the diamond competition, and it would Bates 5 Portland Reds I; Colbys. not be surprising if no more season 3-0 against these two rivals, Had the nine been defeated in BATES 000000720-9 meetings took place between these who promise to be tough for many the second game instead of the May 19; Bates 7 - Portland Dirigos I; two clubs, as the Dirigos must years to come. first, the excuse that they might Some tough competition was desire a good record of wins against All results do not appear in mere have been tired could have been expected of the Dirigos, but they losses, and it is now apparent to offered in their defense. But the season records, however. The play were not equal to their reputation them that a game against our nine is of many of the individual members records show clearly that Bates was against our boys. After the fifth a tough game to win. of the Bates base-ball team should innings, the Bates men did not BATES 500010110-8 denied a perfect record by Our be singled out. Oakes not only attempt to run, indeed in the ninth DIRIGOS 01 0002000-3 Boys of Boston in the early game started in the capacity of pitcher, innings they refused to use their July 4; Bates 28 - K.K.K. ofGorham, N.H. 3; (in fact, in the first inning), and the DON'T MISS! 1811 STYLE KOGAN- THE WONDER BOY Richard Kogan, pianist and ever to win the Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra concerto competition, Reds were defeated by our nine in which the scores of the Lowells winner of the Portland Symphony and he subsequently toured Canada the second game. Our Boys is a very were remarkably few in number. Orchestra Young Artists as soloist with the orchestra. good base-ball team, witb sharp This was definitely a game worth Competition, will perform Sunday, In addition to his piano training. plays in the field combined with forgetting, which unfortunately February 9 at 4:00 p.m. in the Mr. Kogan is an accomplished excellent use of the bat. Their makes it harder to do so. Bates College Chapel. The winner pitcher hurled the ball at incredible of the Portland Symphony piano cellist, a former scholarship student speeds, causing Record to exclaim BATES 10 0 10 0 2 0 2-6 competition appears at Bates at the Juilliard School of Music pity for the plight of their catcher. LOWELL 0 3 0 2 10 2 2 4 - 14 College in a solo recital each year as Pre-College Division. He has also Unfortunately, the pitcher was also a part of the award. The public is been the recipient of many academic honors, including a quite erratic, which resulted in Bales 7 - l.ewiston 6: invited to attend. Admission will be National Merit Scholarship and the many of the Bates scores and The dates of the final three charged. Whitaker Scholarship for highest numerous changes in the batting games are not clear to us, nor is A 19-year old sophomore at stances of the Bates players. In all, average in his class at Harvard. anything else beyond the scores. Harvard College. Kogan began his a fine effort by Bates could not Bates 8 Bowdoin 2 musical training at age 4 and has beat Our Boys, although the Bates 18 Pine Trees 4 been a student of Nadia Reisenberg opposing players felt that we could With these final three victories, since the age of seven. Since then, do very well against Boston teams. the Bates record was lifted to he has appeared in recitals and as twelve wins and two losses, which is soloist with orchestras throughout ON - BUT FOR BATES 2300 0 0011 7 highly creditable for a team only the United States. At the age of 14. OUR BOYS 902 0 0000011 completing its third year. The first he received an award of merit for HOW LONG?? With eight wins and a fresh loss season, in 1875, ended with four outstanding performance from the behind them, the Bates nine wins and two losses, and the 1876 National Federation of Music Clubs soundly beat the Portland Reds, season record was ten wins, four and two years later won New by Stan Dimock and, despite the tiring efforts of the losses. So, at the end of three years. Jersey's statewide concerto As you have probably noticed. earlier loss, the Bates outfielded Bates can boast of the most competition sponsored by the the carillon atop Hathorn Hall is and outhit the Portlands by a wide successful team in the state, Colonial Symphony. He spent the once again operating on a regular margin. In front of a diminishing undefeated against Maine rivals this summer of 1973 in Fontainebleau, schedule. Under the system crowd, our boys beat the Portlands year, and respectable against out of France studying piano with Nadia instituted this week, students are five to one. The game might have state competition. The next year Boulanger. While there, he received playing the bells at 12:55. and the been a scoreless one for Portland, can promise more good results if unanimous first prize in his division tapes are set to be played at 4:00 but in the ninth innings one of the some underclassmen take over the of the Robert and Jean Casadessus every afternoon. Reds managed to touch home plate positions left by those who are Memorial Piano Competition. Mr. However, this situation is twice in one time at bat. This was graduating. The spirit of Bates is Kogan became the first freshman probably only a temporary one in but another example of the one of the team's best assets, and an effort to discover the students' gentlemanly attitude of the Bates, this undying flame could be relayed reactions to Mr. Waterman's who did not want to be cruel hosts down through the years, assuring SMUT... disapproval of the "cheap" tapes and block every attempt of the College of perpetual victory, on Donna Mad rapist wishes to which used to be played regularly Portland to score. the base-ball diamond and off. encounter you on the ice at Lake here (and which some students BATES 0 1 10 0 1 10 1-5 Andrews look for a Polar Bear. truly enjoyed). PORTLAND 000000001-1 Mr. Waterman hopes that July /#. Bales 6 - Lowell 14: UPCOMING PRODUCTIONS student interest in the carillon will Defeat was hard to accept in (his increase to the point where those game, but easy to understand. Our comedy. The play is said to have The Bates College Theatre will playing the bells will become a nine combined terrible fielding with been first produced in I 593 for the present William Shakespeare's close-knit and dedicated group. A futility at the bat. while Lowell was Earl of Southampton. England. "Love's Labour's Lost," Thursday Bates' production of the comedy student poll which is forthcoming making some dazzling plays in the will be the major factor in field and batting more than through Sunday, February 13-16 at will be set in the elegance and style 8:00 p.m. in the Schaeffer Theatre. of the I920's. Professor Donald determining the fate of the carillon adequately. Oakes spent more time on this campus. facing the field than he did facing Directed by David Sumner, the play Lent will be in charge of Design and has a cast of 15, including both If you believe in this tradition the home plate, and Record could Norman Dodge will be Technical students and faculty. There will be don't let it die. Not only is an be seen flashing smiles of relief Director. an admission charge. Tickets will be unused carillon a wasted expense when the ball touched his palms. "The Three Penny Opera" by available at the Box Office Bertold Brecht will be presented for the college, but its permanent Too often, that did not mean play disuse would guarantee, some feel, was dead, however, as the catcher 7:00-8:30 p.m. beginning February Thursday through Sunday. March 10. 13-16. Directing the play will be a gloomier atmosphere on this bobbled many easy chances. He was campus. not alone in his ineptitude, though. According to Director Sumner, Martin Andrucki, instructor of In all the team committed "Love's Labour's Lost" is perhaps Theatre and Speech. Design will be twenty-two errors, considering Shakespeare's most neglected by Norman Dodge.

HEY PAULl WANA/A 60 THROW HOW ABOvTSOME BACftaMHON? fOk CASSAKtS! bOH'l 10V WAMA THL FRU0EE AROUND f HQ.mtl- /H HOT IHTO DO AW THING? A COHHEItSLOTH! NOT WE,MAM... flO/WD GAMES. A TOTAL VEGETABLE! UKE, />< HOT INTO AHHH... I'H HOT PWG pane ? HAVE Ho INTERESTS AM7HY. WTO FRISBBE, I#VW,I1AH.J'M|W AT ALL i YWZ. inm Acrtwy. TbTALLV ATATHSTlct 2 Ski Success by Rose Anne Wyand this event followed by Colby. The Bates Women's ski team put The cross-country race, held on a fine performance this past here on campus, resulted in the best weekend as they finished second of individual showing by Bates nine teams in their first Division II competitors in the meet as Dori meet of the season. The University Carlson finished 4th followed by of Maine (Orono) won the meet Linda Jones who finished 5th. Kris which was held at Lost Valley for Kosciusko and Val Lee finished the Alpine events and here at Bates 15th and 16th respectively. U.M.O. for the cross-country race. took the first three places in this The Bates team placed third in event for a score of 100 points. the slalom competition held Friday Lyndon State finished second with morning. Val Lee, who finished 4th 90.19, and Bates finished third with in the competition, was the first 87.74. Bates finisher. She was followed by The final results of the meet Pat Brous 13th, Rose Anne were U.M.O. 291.56 points. Wyand 14th, and Colleen Bales 267.12. Keene Stale Peterson 15th. in a field of 253.61, Lyndon Slate 215.68 approximately fifty racers. U.M.O. foflowed by Castleton State, Colby. won the event with a score of 94.13 Windham. Green Mountain, and out of a possible 100 points, Franklin-Pierce. This weekend followed by Colby 91.43, and Bates will travel lo Franklin-Pierce Bates 88.23. in New Hampshire for ils second U.M.O. again won the giant Division II meet. slalom in the afternoon with 97.43 points. Bates finished second in this Ski Team Waxed event with 91.15 points. Val Lee finished third in this event followed by Joren Madsen by Debbie Kupetz 11th. Rose Last week the Bates ski learn Anne Wyand 14th. Colleen traveled to the University of Peterson 15th, and Pat Brous Vermont to compete against the 20th. Keene State finished third in top eastern teams in the tlrsl Carnival meet of the season. Lack of experience and bad luck Bates, Glenn Bacheller came up hindered the 'Cats, and the results with his second consecutive 29 did not live up to the learns point night. Kevin McMaster, Jim standards or abilities. Marois. and Mike Edwards all hit Late starts, broken skis and the double figures in a fine offensive Jim Marois in action against Clark. Photo by Joe Gromelski wrong wax combined lo ruin the effort by the "Cats. cross-country team's attempts to Saturday afternoon Clark came score points for Bales. Mark into town sporting a I-I I record, Hofmann was the first finisher for Hoopsters Hope Fades their only win an upset of Colby. Bates with Todd Webber second. For the first fifteen minutes of the by David Plavin the gitt anu worked hard for it. The alpine members had a little Another week of It is games like this one that game Bates treated Clark like a I-I I club, rolling up a 21 point lead. By more success. After the first run of disappointment, and even disbelief, prevent Bates basketball teams the slalom, both Dave Mathes and from being successful failure to halftime that lead was down to has passed in the Bates basketball Joren Madsen placed in the teens seven, 53-46. A 21 point effort by season. Losing to Brandeis was win the games they should. despite poor runs. Mark Hofmann. Bacheller was the highlight of the understandable, but to Bowdoin Bowdoin hustled, Bates lacked Drew Dedo and Chris Smiles were first half. was ridiculous. Then to have to pull desire. Often Bowdoin, a much mere seconds behind. it out of the fire against Clark was smaller team, had three or more Before everyone was seated for Costly mistakes plagued the nothing to be proud of, either. This uncontested tips. The Bates defense the second half Clark was virtually Bobcats second run, lowering their season has turned into one of was horrendous. The offense had even and the game stayed close overall positions. mediocrity that can only be saved no unity as the Bowdoin zone made right up to the end. Bates Haunted by winning most of the remaining 7 the Bobcats look confused. This a small lead at the end of regulation In the giant slalom Mathes placed in the top ten. greatly games. team has yet to show any sign of time and the teams were tied at 80 In one of the worst playing well against a good zone. after forty minutes. improving the learns position in performances ever by any Bates They do not use shooters, but big Bates broke on top, and stayed respect to the other schools. athletic team Bowdoin stunned the men rebounders. who rarely cut on top in the overtime period, The jumping team fared well Bobcats, 85-80. It was an incredible through the middle to look for winning it 91-84. Tom Goodwin considering thai only one member upset as Bowdoin had about as easier inside shots. There were no had his best game of the year had ever jumped before. Al much of a chance as Vermont did bright spots. Even Glenn Bacheller*s scoring 22 points and grabbing 16 Maxwell and Bob Lincoln were the against N.C. State last year. There 29 points were somewhat tainted, rebounds. Edwards came up with top finishers for Bates. (An interesting side note; (he top 5 was absolutely no excuse for what since most of them came on many key rebounds late in the breakaway layups. Bates deserved game and played well. It was Jim places were all taken by happened at Brunswick. Europeans.) The game started off resembling what they got, the most humiliating Marois, however, who made the Overall the Bales team took a good "C" league contest. After of humiliating defeats. Bobcats click, scoring 18 points and ninth in the meet. Next week's nearly four minutes Bowdoin led A couple of nights later the controlling the game. meet is al Dartmouth and the learn 4-2 in what had the makings of a Bobcats wasted one of their This was not a game Bates infrequent good performances of should have had trouble winning. is expecting bigger and better 39-38 thriller, or something of that things. nature. Bowdoin picked up the late, losing to Division III New Clark was not as talented as the tempo to take a 43-32 halftime England leader, Brandeis, 95-88. Bobcats, but made up for it with This week s Bates was in this one most of the hustle. Actually. Bates was lucky to "Athlete of the lead. Week" award goes way, but trailed the entire contest. win despite its awesome display to junior guard Surely Bates would come back, Brandeis led by only four, 49-45, at early in the game. Glenn Bacheller. but they never were able to take halftime. Bates hung close for a The team now stands at 7-7 with Glenn scored better the lead. Early in the half Bates was while, but Brandeis increased the two-thirds of the season gone. This than twenty points within five, however, Bowdoin in each of the three lead and held on for the win team has been too inconsistent to games the Bobcats jacked the lead back up again. Not without serious threat. make any judgements about the played last week. He had 29 points in until late in the game did Bates Brandeis All-America candidate, remainder of the season. However, losing causes at both Bowdoin and rally again and in typical fashion Mike Fahey had a field day, scoring the Bobcats have been so Brandeis and 23 in Bates' narrow victory the Bobcats failed. Bates made 24 over Clark. He was 35 for 58 from the 37 points. It seems that opposing disappointing this year that what floor for the week, 60.4% shooting. turnovers and played as if they guards have been playing extremely was once a ray of unguarded Glenn is averaging 16.1 points per game wanted to give the game to well against Bates this season, optimism has been turned to a on the season making him Bates' leading Bowdoin. Bowdoin gladly accepted although Fahey is exceptional. For flicker of hope. scorer. IT 8 Nordic Site Proposed by Bob Larson Mr. Reynolds does concede that Representatives of the Bates the complex could have a beneficial Nordic Training Center Inc. have rub off effect in attracting talented announced the proposal to nordic skiers to the area. construct a Nordic event complex The area would be constructed of jumping hills and cross country to fulfill the standard specifications trails which would be available to of the NCAA FIS. A completion any high school or college within date has not been determined. The driving distance of the rate of money input would development. determine this. The area will offer three jumping facilities: a 25 meter, a 55 meter, Mr. Reynolds again stressed that and a 75 meter jump. A 15 klm. the project was a community one: collegiate cross country trail as well no college funds would be used. as other facilities will be built to When the development becomes a provide the necessary elements for reality, it will provide Nordic skiing top notch competition and facilities for all ski organizations in instruction of nordic skiing. driving distance of Auburn. In developing this project, the INTRAMURAL developers are expressing the desire to reestablish nordic skiing as an 3ASKET3ALL important sport in the Central Maine area. The only other major ski jump in this area is an 80 meter A LEAGUE: W L Success For Speedsters facility in Berlin. N.I1. winners. This, by the way, is the One aspect currently being Smith 3 1 by Fred Fenton considered involves snowmaking The Bales track (earn soundly first time in quite a while that Bates Adams 3 1 picked up 9 points in this former equipment for the trails and WMHR 2 2 thrashed the University of mechanical grooming of the bread and butter event. RSC 1 3 Vermont, 79-39, in a dual meet Clyde Lungelow had his usual jumping hill. Snowmaking for this held last Saturday at Bates" Grey good day with a win in the 45 yd. type of skiing is a new concept and PH 1 3 Cage. hurdles. This is Clyde's sixth would assure good jumping Bob Cedrone was the top Bobcat conditions at the center, while 3 LEAGUE EAST: performer with two first places. straight win in his specialty. Marcus Bruce also had a good day, placing other facilities would be without Bob won the weight with a good snow cover. Adams II 3 C throw of 57'3". Mike Bolden second in the 45 yd. dash to Looker of Vermont. Looker's start Mechanical grooming would be Adams 1 2 1 placed third. In the shot Cedrone an operation controlled by Otto lead a Bates sweep with a meet was so good that most say he beat SS 2 1 the starters gun. Chris Taylor (of Wallingford. Vice President of Lost RW I 2 1 record toss of 51 '!4". Bolden placed Bates by the way of White River Valley Ski Area. second with Chuck James third. In Jet., Vermont) lead teammate Scott The site of the proposed RW II 2 1 the long and triple jump. Bates had Bierman to the tape in the 1000 development is adjacent to the Lost SM 1 2 to be content with second place yard run in the excellent time of Valley Alpine Skiing Development. finishes by Marcus Bruce and Paul Hedge 0 3 2:17.8. Both of these second year The land is that on the ridge to the SN 0 3 Grillo. Paul had a good day in the runners looked great as they simply left of the Lost Valley road as one triple jump, narrowly losing to the blew the Vermont runner off the approaches the Lost Valley area. 3 LEAGUE WEST: meets only triple winner. track to win by more than 10 Thomas Reynolds, President of Vermont's Bill Looker. Peter Kipp seconds. The same was evident in Bates College is the chairman of the J3 3 0 showed his versatility by placing the two mile, as Bruce Merrill broke corporation. He stresses that the Hedge-P 3 0 third in both the triple and high teammate Bob Chasen's two week Bates Nordic Training Center Inc. is Ml 45 2 1 jump. In the pole vault, Ken old cage record with a 9:21.6 not directly connected to the Queeney continued his winning clocking thanks to a fast second college or athletic budget. Mr. Page 1 1 2 ways with a good vault of 12*6". mile. Paul Oparowski and Chasen Reynolds believes that the Page II 0 3 Most of the excitement in this finished second and third in this development would help present Rand-Chase 0 3 event was provided by Pete sweep. the pleasures of Nordic skiing to RSCH .0 3 Slovenski, son of the famed Bates Bob Littlefield, Bill Coumbe, the community and the college. track coach. (People used to ask Marcus Bruce and Gary Richardson Pete, "Aren't you Walt Slovenski's were members of the winning mile son?", but now they ask Coach relay team. The Bates quartet was Slovenski, "Aren't you Pete's never behind as they won by almost father?") Pete, now at Exeter ten seconds. The two mile relay Academy, jumped just under 14'. team of Rick DeBruin, Chris Not bad for a preppie. In the high Taylor, Dave Scharn, and Scott jump. Rick Baker returned from Bierman duplicated the feat of the several excused absences to place mile counterparts by winning the second with a 6'6" jump. The event longer event. was won by Jeff Lindgren of Next week's meet is the most Vermont on the basis of fewer misses. important of the season, the Maine In the running events the Invitational. This meet which will Bobcats dominated completely, as be held next Saturday at Orono Vermont could manage only two used to be called the State Meet, first places. One of these came in but it still features the same old the mile, where Peter Weith set a enemies, Maine, Bowdoin and new meet record of 4:19.6. Russ Colby. It should be one of the most Keenan placed second in his exciting in recent years (and that's farewell performance in the Clifton saying something) as Bates has Daggett Gray Cage, while Rick really been coming on in recent DeBruin, who still has a lot of time weeks. Try to make it up to see the left, placed third. meet, the team could use your The 600 was a walk away, as the support. Well that's it for another week,, only Vermont entrant dropped out. but always remember that your pal Bill Coumbe, Gary Richardson and Fred Fenton wants you to keep Andy Lovely were the Bates place vour knees up. What does he mean? Photo by Jim Bunnell A Talk With Birch Bayh THE BATES COLLEGE Q. Senator, what is your feeling production ... we can drill in areas everybody . . . very inequitable about the financial control that is we are not now drilling if we are stopping consumption that way as expressed in this country by the big careful in terms of the well as disastrous to the economy. I oil countries of the Mid East? environment. I think the president's think we are going to have to come A. I am very much concerned suggestion that we open up the up with some hard, mandatory STUDENT about it. I feel one of the most naval reserve for oil production is a allocation or rationing. I'd start out important things that Congress has good one. We are way behind as far with allocation: if that doesn't EST. 1873 FEB. 7.1975 VOL. 102 NO.4 to do is to strengthen our anti-trust as research is concerned. . . The work. I'd prefer going with "You are about to embark on a three or four year experience." Freshman Handbook laws and I'm hopeful the administra- quickest solution. I feel, is coal. rationing than to go the way we're '69. tion will pursue vigorously the suit We would have some real going. Right now. the Presidents which has been brought by the problems if we don't • take the program is rationing. He didn't call Federal Trade Commission against technology that we have in the it that, because it isn't rationing by the eight major multi-nationals alleg- laboratory and hook it to the stamp. It is rationing by economic ing restrictive trade and price fixing. industrial process. And I'm status. If you're rich, you get all the and violation of the antitrust laws. convinced that we can. Other things gas you want, if you are poor, you I'm sure that we have a case against (Solar, tidal, etc.) will come later bear the burden.... those guys, but they are so on. Q. Do you think that ERA C.H.C. PRESENTS J.GEILS powerful and that's such a Nuclear energy has been a real (Equal Rights Amendment) is going to pass? complicated matter that it's going disappointment. And I don't see J. GEILS BAND "Premiata Forneria Marconi", Piazza (bass and back-up vocals) that as an answer unless we can to take five years. A. I hope so ... I was a Senate by Lyman Munson better known as PFM. has achieved and Mauro Pagani (violin, flute and sponsor. Q. Do you think that America have some significant advancements The Chase Hall Committee will wide recognition in their native back-up vocals). PFM has produced will break with Israel if it becomes in the state of the art. . . present the J. Geils Band, with Italy. In addition to playing on three albums. The World Became so unpopular with the big oil These things are going to take special guest stars PFM, at the 80-90 percent of Italian hit records the World, Photos of Ghosts, and countries that . . . time. Meanwhile, the most The Lewiston Armory, Feb. 10th at 8 in the last four years, PFM recently Cook, all of which have helped A. NO! immediate thing we can do is in the p.m. in what promises to be the swept the board of the annual poll them to become widely respected Q. What programs do you conservation end. I think the Church of Conservation i biggest concert in Lewiston this results of Qui Giovanni, Italy's top musicians. support that would lessen our President is kidding himself if he year. music magazine, capturing four A limited amount of tickets for dependence on foreign oil? thinks he can have the kind of Playing hard-driving rhythm 'n individual number one awards, two the concert will be on sale in the A. Well, we talk about energy Invites You To Be An conservation impact on supply and blues derivative of the early number two awards, and placing CSA Office and in the dinner line. self reliance or energy demand that he wants us to have Yardbirds and Rolling Stones, the high in all of the other categories in Advance tickets are S3.50 for Bates independence. . . You would have ORDAINED MINISTER just by uping the price. .. J. Geils Band features J. Geils on which they were eligible. students. Tickets at the door (if the to break that into two categories: I think this is going to very guitar and Peter Wolf singing lead The group includes Flavio show has not sold out) will be what we can do to develop a greater And Acquire The Rank f ■ inflationary, disasterously so. It is vocals. Other members of the band Premoli (keyboards and lead $5.50 at the door. Remember . . . resource ourselves which comes in going to assess everything to assess DOCTOR include Magic Dick (harp). 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