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T" TMP t ,-•-.•. Duffey' Barbarism7 •> I HA1.", i- Quote Found on Tape by Jan Gimar A tape of last year's Duffey-Buckley whether the U.S. was keeping the "bar- debate has revealed that U.S..Senate can- barians at bay" in Vietnam. In the formal didate Joseph Duffey actually referred to debate, each speaker used the term once. "barbarism" on the part of the United • It,,was later, in .the question and answer States in Vietnam. period, that Buckley reacted to a question The tape supports the contention of about the October Moratorium by Duffey's opponent Lowell P. Weicker. elaborating on his original use of the term. Weicker, in a debate last Sunday, called on He claimed that the North Vietnamese used Duffey to explain why he branded the United barbaric tactics in destroying Hue or when States as barbarian during the debate last they "disemboweled a village chief." year. Duffey denied that he ever used the It was -in response to Buckley's term and challenged Weicker to reveal his elaboration that Duffey referred to source. American "barbarism." He then went on to Weicker produced a year-old issue of the say that the war was a terrible mistake and TRIPOD which carried a story of the the American people were ready to admit to debate. In a by-line article, Steven R. that mistake, although he did not carry the Pearlstein '73 wrote. "On.the subject of the" -!term-"barbarism" into his diagnosis of the Oct. 15 Moratorium, Duffey said it American mood. demonstrated that the South Vietnamese Weicker charged ;Duffey with doubtful and the U.S. are also the barbarians and the "credibility" that contributed to the ( Photo by Kevin North) people of this country are ready to withstand "divisiveness that causes the violence that any humiliation in admitting it. lias plagued our Nation." He called Duffey's Duffey's actual statement, found on tape remark •'foolish." Mead Lecturer Sees High in the WRTC-FM library, was, "I'm sure Duffey has made no formal statement or Mr. Buckley is sensitive to the barbarism of rebuttal since the source of Weicker's the South Vietnamese government and our charge was revealed. School 'Break Up' By 1980 own government in this war." Poarlstein has* charged Weicker with "American high schools are going to break up within the decade," according to Alan F. The term "barbarian" was first used in lifting the paragraph in question (rom its Westin, Mead Lecturer in political Science, speaking to a capacity crowd in McCook the debate by conservative William F. original context. He said in a written auditorium Wednesday night. Buckley. He said that ten per cent of the statement, "Mr. Duffey was clearly using Westin, professor of public law at Columbia University, centered his discussion of student Gross National Product was not too much to the repetition of an important word as a unrest on the high schools because a great deal of "the crisis in our colleges" is a result of keep the "barbarians at bay." rhetorical devise. The one paragraph does "experiences that young people had in high school. Duffey responded with a query as to not indicate that usage." The director of the Center for Research —----—•—-------->—>---------—----->—----—-—-- and Education in American Liberties at Columbia, Westin used as the basis for his lecture a series of studies taken by that group to determine the attitudes of high school students toward their school. Ac- cording to Westin, most of their attitudes are anti-school and these attitudes are not a new development. ; According to Westin's study, sit-ins, demonstrations, and boycotts have figured fflie limit]) iripoi in high schools since 1880. Most of the issues involved, he said, were identical with those- of today: dress codes, moral conduct, military training, and racial strife. The findings of Westin's group displayed Vol. LXIX No. 11 TRINITY COIXKCJK, HAHTFOHI) October r>. students as a more liberal group than a previous survey. According to Westin, six polling organizations surveyed students in 1969 and found that the majority was pro- system, pro-private property, anti-radical Academic Affairs Pane] Rejects left, and pro-competition. Westin, said the survey resultecin this conservative, silent majority view of students because it asked for specific at- Student 'Equal Representation' titudes. The Columbia survey, he said, was "open ended" and allowed students to ex- by Steven Pearlstein press their general ideas on school policy in The Committee on Academic Affairs "The proposal was defeated by an alliance former Dean responded to student'pressure specific instances. rejected Tuesday a motion to increase the of mediocrity," Green said in an interview The reaction is being led by hard hats on th The survey found "the truth," according number of its student members from three Tuesday. "The decision is yet another faculty and lower echelon administrator to Westin, "about the silent majority." Most to six. example of the ugly reactionary attitude with ball-point pen mentalities." cited specific instances where they thought The motion, introduced by David W. that currently persuade a great many He added that the "decision of th the administration had_ acted arbitrarily. Green '71, would have given students equal members of the faculty," he added. Academic Affairs Committee rcllccts th They saw themselves as "powerless," said representation with the faculty on the Green pointed out that the chairman of the pugnatious, conservatism produced by th Westin. He said they indicated that the daily committee. committee, Dr. Curtis Langhorne, sup- current balance of power." actions of their teachers and principals Green expressed considerable anger with ported the increase in student membership. The committee will meet Monday 1 counteracted the civic education they the decision and hinted that the Academic The members of the administration and discuss when the terms of the currer received in class which expounded the Affairs Committee may have forfeited the the faculty on the committee refused to members, including that of Mr. Green, wi glories of democracy. respect of the student body. discuss their votes on the issue, and'eharged expire. There was also, said Westin, evidence that Green with violating the confidentiality the high school protesters were not merely . procedures regularly observed by com.- "imitating" their elders on College cam- •Agnew to Face mittee members. Money Plagues puses, but were expressing feelings they had "It is absurd to suggest: that con- carried through junior high. fidentiality applies to matters such as the The Brooks Robinson of Political Science, Protest Crowd number of students on a committee," stated Mtaiiier Board according to Associate Professor of Political Green in dismissing the charge. by-Susannah Heschel Science and lecture host Clyde D. McKee, by John Mattus Green, who was elected to the committee Westin placed the cause of student protest A protest rally is scheduled today in two years ago by the Senate, claimed that The Mather Hall Board of Governo not directly with the students or schools but Bushnell Park across the street from the the administrators and faculty members voted 14 to 10 not to cancel this yeai rather on the community in general. Hilton Hotel where Vice President Agnew who voted against his proposal never ex- Homecoming concert on November 6 in t' Community conflicts, he said are being will address a Republican fund raising plained their positions. "The vote was taken wake of severe financial difficulties. "i-eenacted in the high schools." dinner. after only a few minutes of debate in which Concern with the crippling effect of Teachers, said Westin, are also becoming The protest rally is "to show no one raised serious objection to the major financial loss forced the Board ir more militant. Those in schools "facing dissatisfaction with Administration policies proposal," asserted Green. "Personally, I emergency session Tuesday night to cc demands of community control are and Agnew's repressive rhetoric" according interpret the negative votes as expressions sider the possibility of presenting a le threatened, he said, with loss of union of distrust and hostility." expensi\j program for the Fall weeker to. Michael Lederberg, '73, who helped Dr. Langhorne told the TRIPOD that the A loss of $5,000 was taken on the Delan status, and most don't want to jeopardize organize the protest. 1 their disciplinary control of their classes. members who voted against the motion and Bonnie concert by the Board. The 1< • Agnew is the featured speaker at the $250- were wary of the idea of equal represen- was attributed by the chairman to an almi Present at the lecture was the widow of a-person dinner and reception. tation on a faculty committee. Mrs. Majorie total lack of publicity, excessively lc the series founder Mrs. George J. Mead, The rally was organized by University ot V. Butcher, lecturer in mathematics, said Continued on page 2 . who remarked at the end of the lecture that Connecticut law students, students from that "The committee has agreed to keep the problem with the schools seemed to be other local campuses and members of the confidential how each member votes on any the lack of teachers who weren't cold and The Mather Hall Board of Governors Hartford community. issue, and accordingly I will not discuss how has cancelled the Jonny Winter Con- authoritarian. What we need to do she said A letter sent to Agnew by this group urged I voted or my reason for voting.as I did." is, "choose some decent teachers." cert. him to come to Bushnell Park or any other Green, in viewing the rejection of his In a meeting Thursday night, it was place he wanted and "enter into a motion in a broader perspective, suggested decided that a coffee house featuring meaningful dialogue with the public.

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