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5 r a r t s t i SUN a i s T h e LAW k u h JL JLX JL JL Volume XCII — Number 24 Lawrence University, Appletop. Wisconsin Friday, April 27. 1973 l ! i MAY 7 1Q7' On Women by Bebe Yaffe The man, more robust, is fitted for severe labor, YOUR WIFE and for field exercise; the woman, more delicate, is fitted for sedentary occupations, and particularly for nursing children. The man, bold and vigorous, is qualified for being a protector; the woman, delicate, and timid, requires protections. Hence it is that a man never admires a woman for possessing bodily strength or personal courage; and women always despise men who are totally destitute of these qualities. The man, as a protector, is directed by nature to govern; the woman, conscious of in IOP THIS feriority, is disposed to obey. Their intellectual S h e G i v e s U p Ev r y t h i n g powers correspond to the destination of nature. Man’s larger brain. 3 pounds, 1.73 ounces, as op­ A C r o w n o f G o l d - posed to the average female brain size of 2 pounds, H e s W e d d i n g R i n g ! 12.83 ounces, gives him decided intellectual superiority. Men have penetration and solid judgement to fit them for governing, women have sufficient un­ derstanding to make a decent figure under a good government; a greater portion would excite dangerous rivalry between the sexes, which nature has avoided by giving them different talents. i_ysic 5v Women have more imagination and sensibility than An d p e u Do n n elly men which make all their enjoyments more exquisite; at the same time that they are better /Ippison Burkmardt qualified to communicate enjoyment. Add another capital difference of disposition; The gentle and MUSIC insinuating manners of the female sex tend to soften the roughness of the other sex; and wherever AL PIANTADOSl women are indulged with any freedom, they polish WRITER OF sooner than men. I Di d n t R a i s e My 8 o y To B e A S o l d i e r These are not the only particulars that distinguish I/m a t a W o n d e r f u l M o t m e r Y t X J D B e the sexes. With respect to the ultimate end of love, it is the privilege of the male, as superior and protector, to make a choice; the female preferred has no privilege but barely to consent or to refuse . Among all nations it is the practice for men to court and for women to be courted; and were the most beautiful woman on earth to invert this practice, she would forfeit the esteem, however by her external grace she might excite the desire, of the man whom she addressed. The greatest moral virtues which may be comprehended under the general term integrity are all absolutely necessary to make either men or women estimable; but to procure esteem to the female character, the modesty peculiar to their sex is a very essential circumstance. Nature hath provided them with it as a defense against the artful solicitations of the other sex before marriage, and also as a support to conjugal fidelity. From the 1800-1810 edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica). a years in Ins team strategy and Mr Black’s response to these The second phase of thjs weekend will feature the Peoples jßetiefrl to the (sdUtosi. .Theatre of Milwaukee who will d i? iCauirentian letters mav be ,submitted to the l.awrentian office <<> to stall nu A l<)mbits perform a play directed by Mr unsigned letters will be printed, although the writer s name may be deleted (¡erald upon Wallace The play entitled Vol. XCII • No. 24 request Copv deadline is 9 p.mB edncsday: letters must hi 1 1111 ' 1 Liberty xille, is an account of the spaced. Letters submitted late or in incorrect form may not appear in the issue of the following Friday. I he l.awrentian reserves the right to make nightminor before a Black man ac editorial changes or shorten letters without changing meaning. cused of rape is sentenced in a Published each week of the college year except during examination Southern town. It should prove to periods and vacations by I he l.awrentian of Lawrence University Printed by Timmers Printing Company of Appleton. Year subscription be quite an interesting gam e as SS; overseas airmail SIS; sea mail Sf) Second claw postage paid at Ap usual, the odds are against the pie ton Wisconsin S491!. overwhelmingly due to the Blacks. On whom would you risk Look into the Facts student’s active decision that your money? Bets can be made studying is not necessary for an on Friday, April 27 and Saturday, To the Kditor: education, and that time that April 2H at 8 p.m. Tickets can be Ms Webster’s article on “The should be spent studying is better purchased at the price of $1.50 for Four Committees” in last week’s utilized for alternative purposes. both nights and $1 (M) for one Whys and Wherefores Lawrentian is, in my opinion, Hut don’t believe me, Ms. night. The Black Theatre of fairly exemplary of the in­ Webster. I cordially invite you to Lawrence and The Peoples dividual who is given a few visit fourth floor Plantz. See for It seems necessary to explain why we felt an issue devoted Theatre of Milwaukee will help meager pieces of data and yourself. Then let me know what you “Take a Stroll Through Your to women is important and why we handled it the way we have. proceeds to analyze them to a kind of atmosphere ‘‘we’ve Mind.” The idea for the issue grew out of a smattering of requests, point beyond absurdity. She created. —WILLIE MIlMiK I T but only partially. Mostly, we decided to devote a l.awrentian states that “the attrition rates —JKFFBLE1L to the subject after we female staffers began to realize, much (for Black students) are high and to our surprise, that there were barriers and obstacles in our the number of academic way, even in an academic community such as Lawrence. probations is also high. This Black Man and the Mind A Story Naturally, the discussion of women on the national level seems to indicate that we are not hadn’t entirely escaped our attention. But we bought the myth following up on creating an at­ To the Lawrence Community: To the Kditor: that academia is the great social equalizer and assumed that, mosphere that is comfortable for In a previous article I at­ At last I have been freed from students to live and study.’’ given a comparable education, we would be able to enter Life tempted to give an account of the controls of the psychology The fact that attrition rates are what “Black Man and the Mind” department at Lawrence. As a After Lawrence on an equal footing with our male coun­ high for Black students indicates weekend was all about. It is to be senior of the community, I feel it terparts. only that attrition rates are high an account of a search through is my responsibility to warn What we didn’t think of was that the question wasn’t really for Black students. A method I’ve the minds of Black people all over others who are interested in one of equality (not that we’re intimating that there isn’t found most effective when faced the nation The program made up studying psychology here of the discrimination). More central, it seemed, was that men and with a question such as “why?” is of poetry, dramatic readings, inherent dangers of doing so, as women at Lawrence are apparently getting shuttled off into to look further into the facts—to dance, and some music is set up far as I am concerned. I shall certain behavioral patterns, careers or lack of, and whatnot observe possible causes for the to show some of the shackles that explain myself in the form of a without being conscious of what is happening to them. results. There is no doubt that the have enslaved the Black man for story. And so we began organizing a special on women, assuming attrition rates are higher for too long. It is not a direct I was hitchhiking in warm and Blacks. Yet the causes Ms. historical setting, though the rolling countryside a while ago, that discerning men could see how the issue must affect them Webster proposes are over­ also. continuity of the performance is and was offered a ride in an M(i simplifications and a bit too based on some chronological convertible. I hopped in ex­ We decided that the special should present an idea-that of general. For example, who are order. pressing to the driver my ap women as a worthwhile topic--rather than emphasize the “we”? The students? The The impetus of such an activity predation for the lift, and we women’s movement. In other words, we wanted our focus to be faculty? The administration? Or is such that members of the started on our way. The w ind was informative rather than political could it be the over used, over­ Lawrence and Appleton Com­ fine, as was the sun and all that il We also wanted the issue to be reflective of the Lawrence simplified and all encompassing munity often feel a need to ex­ touched.

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