On The Inside Walsh elects executive board ...page 2 Polls show Nixon ahead •page 3 THEserving the notre dameOBSERVER - si. mary's community Vol. V II No. 12 Monday, September 25, 1972 Moynihan tabbed Brademas hints at appointment million pre-schoolers whose mothers work. By Ann Therese Darin The Higher Education Bill, which Brademas Campus News Editor claimed would benifit St. Mary’s and neigh­ boring Notre Dame , substantially will give aid U.S. Congressman John Brademas (D-Ind, to college students and colleges and universities 3rd.) hinted Friday evening that D. Patrick on the financial level. Moynihan, former domestic counselor to President Nixon will be appointed as director of the newly-created National Institute of Students firs t Education(NIE). In a speech which kicked off the th ird season of “ The Federal Government is definitely Am erican Scene lectures sponsored by the St. committed to a policy of students for higher Mary’s Education Department, Brademas education funding,” contended the Harvard highlighted education-oriented legislation graduate and Rhodes scholar. Specifics for passed by the 91st congress. legislation: the Basic Educational Opportunity As chairman of the House Sub-Committee on Grants Program and the National Student Loan Education, the seven-term congressman has Corp. ate still in the debate stage. In his sponsored legislation on child care, the National remarks, Brademas noted that private colleges Institute of Education, and the Higher Education apd universities educate 26.4 per cent of the B ill. He spent a m a jo rity of his 45 -minute speech national college student population. in Carroll Auditoriun explaining the mechanics After the speech, Brademas was questioned by of the proposed laws to an audience estimated at John Brademas Daniel Moynihan a student on whether there are jany provisions for 300. graduate students in the Higher Education Bill. Sandwiched in his remarks on NIE, proposed Brademas replied that there has been no change by President Nixon in 1970 as a “ vehicle for in present graduate student allocations. supporting research and development on every third of one percent is funded for educational Asked about what the government is doing to level of education,” according to the Sub- experimentation and development. insure that college graduates w ill have suitable Committee Chairman, was the reference to Congressman Brademas also revealed that employment after graduation, Brademas Moynihan. NIE will negotiate contracts and grants which responded that the matter wass still under universities and colleges to do research for the consideration in the congress. Institute. NIE : Moynihan’s Idea Straddled Parochiaid “It is significant because this was his Child Care Endorsed He straddled the parochiaid issue by (Moynihan’s) idea when hewas a White House Advisor,” Brademas said. remarking that “ the parochiaid issue isn’t being Endorsed by the Democratic and GOP treated as an education matter, but rather as a According to Brademas, the Institutecould National Conventions earlier this year, the Child tax issue.” close the gap between money allocated to Care Law, another recently-presented Brademas isolated the single drawback to all defense research and educational research. education-oriented law which Brademas singled parochiaid proposals as the Constitution. “ We’ve The newly-designated regent of St. Mary’s out, w ill be open to children on all socioeconomic got to figure out assistance that’s con­ college, quoted statistics which showed that ten levels. In Brademas’s estimation, the proposed stitutional,” he said. In Indiana, this year, percent of the Defense Department’s budget is Child Care Centers will be “ family-centered, parochial schools are receiving textbooks and- allocated for research, five per cent of HEW’s locally-controlled” units. These centers are budget is spent on health research. Only one- important, stressed Brademas, since there are 6 (continued on page 7) Woodcock new welfare Woodcock was touring Indiana by Art Ferranti speaking with U.A.W. members concerning the reasongs behind his a United Auto Workers In­ endorcement of the McGovern— ternational Union President Shriver ticket. Said Wood­ Leonard Woodcock voiced his cock, “We’ve turned the corner. I disapproval over the new welfare think it’s coming along We -still proposal of the Nixon ad­ have problems. The facts are ministration in a brief press beginning to register with the * conference last Saturday. working people. We re m oving.” Terming the proposal to Basing non—support concerning eliminate welfare in exchange for McGovern onthe fact that the a job at $2.00 per hour as presidential candidate “ is an “ regressive” , Woodcock said that unknown quantity” to the working “grave social problems” were people, Woodcock said McGovern involved since this would force has clarified his policies, par­ women with small dependent ticularly those concerning children to work. The implications taxation, full—employment, and of this action, said Woodcock, income support for welfare would be carried onto the next recipients due to the allegations of generation. his shifting positions and fence Adding that there is enough work straddling, and due to the misin­ in the country to get those on formation about him. welfare who can work employed, Woodcock held the conference at Woodcock said that if the “ private the Albert Pick Motor Inn in South sector can’t do it, then the Bend between speaking government as the employer of engagements at two U.A.W. halls last resort should.” in the South Bend—Elkhart area. Register that bike! . .details on page 6 2 the observer Monday, September 25, 1972 No Hall President Walsh elects executive She then hopes that com­ encouraging their fellow female by Bill McGinn munication between Walsh and students to join existing campus Observer Staff Reporter Badin could be improved. She organizations. They indicated that suggested that each hall exchange their priorities lie first with Walsh Ignoring the traditional offices of representatives at their Hall Hall, and then with the other Hall President and Vice President,. Council meetings in an effort to organizations. The board mem­ the women of Walsh Hall opted to achieve this goal. bers thought that their potential elect an innovative hall govern­ Executive board members also could be best achieved by starting ment structure in the form of an advocated an expanding role for with hall government and then executive board. Notre Dame women. They thought expanding outward to campus and The board elected consisted of this could be best achieved by community activities. Sue Anderson, Peggy Pollara, Kathy Cahill, and Terry Skeehan. Walsh voters also selected Lynn Larkin and Chris Burger for the - T "», words in customary positions of Secretary and Treasurer. Declaring a commitment to democratic principles, the executive board decided that their Chairwoman should be chosen by the members of the Hall Council. college! Since elections for section leaders are today, votes for the first Chairman will not be cast until Wednesday. All members of the new executive board will attend the HPC meetings, with the voting power being limited to the Chairwoman. At present the newly elected executive board has no definite programs or explicit plans to implement. Instead, the board, QUIZ FRIDAY according to Sue Anderson, w ill m k ___________________ present their many ideas to the The Executive Board of Walsh Cahill, Sue Anderson, Peggy residents of Walsh Hall for their Hall: Terry Skeehan, Kathy Pollara. final deliberation by referendum Such topics as regulation of on the next parietal hours, the establishment N S of a food class, the operation of a A concession stand, practice fire O drills, and alumni visits to the hall T I six chapters will be decided upon by a majority N vote of the residents of Walsh. R Board members stressed that END T communication (intrahall, in­ E terhall, and university-wise) is the M foundation for the realization of D SMC A Notre Dame women’s unlimited potential. A R Sue Anderson declared that the M THEATRE Y' board’s first priority is the E S establishment of communication within Walsh Hall. She illustrated Your average reading speed probably ranges that this could be done by section SEASON 1972 between 150 and 300 words per minute. Graduates meetings and inter section parties. of the Reading Dynamics course read and study at (An activity of the Cooperative Department l^ s t 3 to 6 times faster then that. And the average of Speech and dram a of the University of graduate of our course actually improves com­ Notre Dame and Saint Mary's College) prehension over 10 per cent. Thousands of college students are Reading Five Plays Dynamics graduates, including over 1,000 at Notre THE LION IN WINTER Dame, Indiana Universtiy, and Purdue. This is the by James Goldman same basic course that first received national Oct. 6, 7,12,13, 14 at 8:30 pm recogniton when President John F. Kennedy invited O'Laughlin Auditorium Evelyn Wood to the White House to teach her system to top level staff personnel. Recently,, Season Subscriptions President Nixon's staff took the Reading Dynamics Course. SUMMER AND SMOKE The best way to find out about the remarkable by Tennessee W illiams Reading Dynamics course is to come to a free Nov. 10, 11,16,17,18at8:30pm M IN I Lesson. At this you'll learn what it's like to be Washington Hall able to read and study 3 to 6 times faster. You Will seea short, enjoyable movie and have all your SPECIAL STUDENT RATE questions answered. from England AFTER THE RAIN JOHN MAYALL by John Bowen ATTEND Feb. 16, 17, 22, 23, 24 at 8:30 pm in concert _______ Washington Hall_______ F IV E PLAYS $6.50 A Free Speed Reading Lesson with THE MAGIC FLUTE by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Increase your reading speed (in association with SMC Music Dept.) DELBERT & GLEN April 6, 7,12,13,14at8:30pm O'Lauohlin Auditorium 50 to 100% on the spot.