Vol. 21 No.2 Emmanuel College, Boston, Mass. February 21, 1969

Forum Pinpoints Progress Suggests Future Dimensions

. . by Joan Chiara Despite the fact that the and greater financial assistance. responsibility could come from

Student Government. Open The Commuter Council has class meeting situations. It is very Forum, held last Thursday, already become a standing necessary that we don't cut Fe bruary II, during the committee of StuG. ourselves off from the rest of the

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assembly period was poorly Eileen Leary, a junior students." attended, it oeveloped into a representative on IDC explained Moving on the problems in provocative discussion of the council's decision to remain academic areas, such as the cut student power at Emmanuel and independent of StuG until system and teacher-course

JACKIE FERREITI where it's at or where it's going. The concerned people who did attend spoke candidly and were res.P9.nsible for a stimulating session.

StuG secretary Joanne Quinn opened the forum · by introducing the Academic Advisory Committee report. Mary Jane Larese, chairman of AAC explained the structure of the committee and its relationship to the · Curriculum committee: the five members of AAC have voting privileges on CC.

Recently AAC has been working on the issues of theology courses and the cut system. While work on changing or eliminating the theology · requirement has temporarily come to a halt, it still exists as a major point which will be confronted this semester. The problems of the cut system arising from the recent trials before the Judiciary Board (see Vol. 2, No. I of Focus for a fuller treatment of the matter) have resulted in a symposium to be held in a few weeks. At this time members of the faculty, administration, and student bod y w ill present position papers. The object of this symposium is "to foster deep consideration and discussion of the cut system," which will hopefully lead to action.

N ex t Nancy Kleniewski, NSA junior representative gave a brief description of the Biafra teach-in sponsored by NSA. The purpose of the program was t9 be "mainly educational and to present a balanced view of the Nigerian-Biafran crisis."

Following, came a brief explanation of the proposed incorporation of the Commuter and the In ter- dormitory councils into StuG. Joanne Quinn explained that this incorporation of the councils into the central student power structure would benefit the commuters and residents in that they would receive more bargaining power

February of 1970 when its evaluation, Jackie threw the status will be re-evaluated. In the discussion back to the audiency. process of restructuring and From this point , the forum redefinition the council has been became a lively and heated faeep with many · power-decision exchange .of ideas, observations problems. Having evolved a new and experience. policy and constitution, IDC Ginny Spillaine, a -senio·r members would like the history major, explained how opportunity to meet issues as an her department moved to autonomous body. The feel that abolish · comprehensive the new structure will enable examinations Maureen them to function effectiyely_ McCarthy, a junior English

Presently IDC -is seeking major, described recent attempts administration approval of a new of the junior English majors to pol icy con c ern i n g organize and seek voting self-determked curfews. Other privileges in the English faculty recent IDC activity included the committees. Other description drafting of a constitution which of organizational attempts came will give IDC control over all from Jeanne Manson, senior matters not covered by the StuG representative. Honor Board. This constitution Discussion also moved into will be ready for student and the area of communication gap adm i nistration approval which seems to be " a panacea

Delegates to NSA conference (from ~ft to right):

sometime in April. for everything that happens The final item on the agenda here," as one student put it.

Janet Hufnagel, StuG representative; Sheila Brennan, IDC; Joanne Quinn, S tuG secretary; Eileen Leary, IDC.

for discussion was StuG's There was a feeling eXPJessed by handling af the slack referendum some students at the forum that Joanne Quinn pointed out that s u f f i c i e n t lin e s 0 f the main issue of the matter was cummunication froin the confused by the administration students through the faculty to which termed the ' prpcedure a the administration have already gap in communication rather been established; the direction than an issue of student power. now should be toward open Receiving negative response confrontation. On the other from a call for' further hand, some students felt that we discussion, Joanne was about to must keep working at channels close the forum when Jackie of communication, in order to Ferretti, StuG president avoid future misunderstanding appeared. N ina Fortin, sophomore

Jackie elaborated on the sociology major brought up the hypothesis that StuG has question of student passivity become an "elitist" group. "We . versus student apathy . haven' t gotten the students Comments following seemed to involved entirely. I am thinking, run along the lines that student in terms of dissolving Student apathy, if it exists in large Government as it exists in a year measures, would be a major ~r two. Perhaps ·more student block to the theory of student

'Aquarian Age' by Bonnie Quesnel

power, while student passivity might be channeled into activity ·by means of participation on lower levels.

From February 21 to 23 the United States National Student Association will sponsor the National Conference on the Legal Rights and Problems of Students at the Chase Park Plaza Hotel, St. Louis~ Missouri. Emmanuel delegates to the conference are Joanne Quinn and Janet Hufnagel of StuG and Shiela Brennan and Eileen O'Leary of IDC.

The National Conference of Ule Legal Rights and Problems of Students has been planned to permit meaningful contact between lawyers and students who have worked or are willing to begin working to expand students' rights in relation to their institutions and communitits. Pre-conference preparation submitted by the Emmanuel delegation includes a ten-page analysis of present campus problems involving student legal rights.

The conference will include a number of major speakers. The

United States; William Gassett, President of the American Bar Association, and Robert Powell, President of USN SA.

The majority of the delegates' working time will be devoted to experimental learning activities . There will be numerous seminars led by

• attorneys and students dealing in the major issues of a legal nature presently confronting students.

In addition, attorneys and­the NSA staff will be available for consultations with delegates during the entire conference; a

. special session has been set aside just for this purpose. Finally, a game simulation of a complex campus students' rights situation will be held, the first of its kind. It is designed to provide a particularly active learning experfence to extended role-play.

"This time is apt -to be as exciting and eccentric as Alice's Wonderland. There may be more social activity than you've had recently ... "GLAM­OUR magazine's March prediction for Aquarians may well be realized in The Aquarian Age,tlre new coffee house opening Sun day evening in the

Paula Duggan made statements to the effect that StuG efforts to realize student power have been directed toward the administration rather than down to the students.

tentative list is as follows: . "'-O •• ocIaUllett. Robert Carter, past General Lr.4

Campus Shop. Organized by juniors Sharon ·

Davignon and Eileen Leary, The AquariaJ.1 Age will unfold every Sunday from 7 to II p.m. Local

The positive outcome of the forum seemed to be a general acceptance that the direction of the student body now for academic reforms should be toward departmental organization which hopefully will filter through StuG to the administration.

Counsel of the NAACP; Mrs. Consta n ce Baker Motley, Federal Judge(S.S., N.Y.); Edwin Newman, WNBC-TV Reporter and Social Critic; Kenneth Keniston , Yale Professor and Researcher on Students; Ramsey Clark" former Attorney General of the

folk -rock per sonalities will ......... ,.,.,""",.,.,""",.,.,""""I"P'I""""I"P'I""""I"P'I""" ................................... ,.,., ..... ,.,.,"""'Pt"rI entertain - singers such as Bob McCarthy, Paul Geremiah, and Paul McNeill who have set Charles Street soaring and who will be here opening night. There will also be an opportunity· for aspiring campus performers and artists to gain recognition.

A meeting of student supporters in St. Ann's smoker February 13 served to drum up a promotion program. Membership cards priced at $2 will assure card-owners seats for only $.50 a night per person and

. $1 .25 per couple. Without cards, folk buffs will be charged $1.25 each.

The Campus Shop will pour forth from its kitchen assorted blends of coffees and teas. To

. satisfy regular cust9mers the campus shop will have take-Qut service only.

The Faculty, Staff and Students

of Emmanuel College

are cordially invited

to attend

The Jubilee Mass of Thimksgiving

February 26,1969

10:30 a.m. in Marian Hall

His Excellency Richard Cardinal Cushing, Presiding

Buffet Luncheon

In order that all may attend, there will be no classes on this

A Massachusetts Intercollegiate Government is being established among the Massachusetts colleges. The purpose of the M.I.G. is to stimulate among college students a further interest in government and to show through a democratic process the political desires of youth.

The Massachusetts Intercollegiate Government will meet on March 20 and 21 at the State House in Boston. Four representatives from 115 degree-granting institutions are eligible to participate in the two-day session. Participating from Emmanue,l are Kathy McCormack, Janet Hufnagel, Justine McCabe and Mary Hammond.

Each partiCipating institution is eligible to submit a legislative bill which will be screened by the executive committee of M.I.G., channeled to various committees and acted upon - after lobbying on the floor of the State House. Bills which survive the Intercollegiate floor action will be submitt ed to th e General Court of Massachusetts.

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CONTRIBUTING STAFF

. Marilyn Miller . •. . Joan Chiara · .. Helen Drew · Paula McFarland · Bonnie Quesnel

Mary Kathryn Harrity Diane Karolkiewicz

. . . . Denise Rondeau

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Judy A~amprese, Jud~ Br?wn, Paula 'Duggan, Mary Hammond, Lynne Krolides, Kathleen M. Murphy, Jacqueline Nolan, Sheila 0 Leary, Mary Damon Peltier, Dianne Zalewski.

Opinions expressed in feature articles are not necessarily those of the editors. Editorial comments represent the consensus opinion of the Editorial Board, unless otherwise stated, not official college policy or administrative opinion. '

Focus on StuG Because of discussion at the recent Student Government Open Forum and the

coming of elections, we would like to comment on the idea that StuG is becoming '·elitist. "

Apparently, elected representatives of the student body feel that they face situations and make decisions without majority. involvement. Whether this is due, as suggested at the assembly, to student apathy or passivity or StuG's failure to "sell itself' to students is immaterial. Rectifying the situation is the important task. Jeanne Manson (see Sounding Board, this page) poses a general solution to the problem: organization on departmental and class levels. Small groups tackling "local" issues could efficiently unite under Student Government when faced with a campus-wide dilemna.

Such small pressure groups could work independently on the same problem (e.g. comprehensives, pass-fail) in many departments. They would attract more students; they would be working not in generalities, but in particulars which affect each and every student in the department. Participation of all students in this department would be necessary to convince faculty and administration that a criticism was legitimate. Personal incentive ("I don't want to take comprehensives") would involve more individuals.

We urge the student body to consider these suggestions. Our conclusions, after consideration of the situation, are as follows: elitism is an abuse which should not exist; the , solution of StuG, i.e. the creation of departmentalized orgattizations, could effectively combat the problem. Organization is the key to combating dissatisfaction with existing structures. It is the only means of presenting a united front to those who question the very existence of unrest on the part of the majority of students. IDC,. examihing the curfew issue, some departments, dealing with comprehensives, have already shown that this well-defined power base is vital.

When StuG officials emphasize small-group ,oriented effort, they undermine their own power-they reduce the Student Government to coordinator and leave the actual job of spearheading action on a specific issue to others. We commend their well-reasoned appreciation of student power. We call to your attention their vision-their ability to look beyond their own organization, to criticize this organization objectively, and to consider the best interests of all the students. . '

In this month's elections, we encourage everyone to vote for those who seem best-suited to continue this open-minded attitude. Each vote is a beginning-an approval of the delegation of more responsibility to more students and an agreement by the voter to accept this responsibility, to act.

Letters to the Editor Focus welcomes and prints all letters from its readers. To be considered for publication, letters must

be signed and accompanied by the writer's class or position. Letters should be concise and are subject to condensation when necessary. To be printed in Friday s issue copy must be received by Tuesday noon.

Sophmores: The Sophmore Student

Government' representatives are holding an Open Forum this coming Thursday, February 27th, in the Student Lounge at 1:30.

There are many issues which are pertinent for discussion but we need more than discussion -wen e ed constructive organization and programs.

. Many of the major issues on campus are the same ones that have been 'discussed since we were Freshmen and before we were Freshmen. If we want to see Emmanuel progress while we are present, we have to start to implemtmt our desires. Our class has the perfect opportunity to seek and demand the full ' potential of Emmanuel College and to reap the rewards. Let's all get together Thursday and try to organize constructive progrmas and proposals. .

Mary Hammond Student Government

Representative

Open Letter to: Emmanual Students, Faculty, Administration, and Trustees.

Many of us in the white community who have a total commitment to integration do not view the Black student focm as a hindrance to individual academic achievement. This is the moment, it would seem, for thoughful people to re-examine many faulty premises so that colleges may deal more justly with Black youth who are now attempting to expand those opportunities so recently opened up to them.

Unlike the' past, today it is the minds of our young that constitute our country's reserve of "undeveloped land." Undeveloped minds represent no potential land bank, but rather a guaranteed future drain on the social and economic wellbeing of every person in the nation.

Bach student must participate to create a climate that will enable him to develop his "own piece of land." It ,is an

affront to good 'sense to assume that students will forever submit to patterns that do not serve them adequately. It is equally absurd to assume that students, one step away from the Black ghetto, in a highly competitive academic world, are voicing a blind rejection of integration when they wish to set up a "family" community with the campus community. The Black student's need for increased sense of personal identity in a new and frequently harassing experience has solid historical precedent.

It is useful to recall that the majority of immigrant- family children went to college as commuting students. They participated little in the social and extracurricular life of the campus. Traveling on public transportation with former highschool friends, their personal lives remained tied to their childhood community throughout their college years. hconoJDlcs alone did not dictate

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who wishes to address the entire Emmanuel community. To be comidered for publication, articles mUlt meet the Tuesday deadline. Please contact any member of the Editorial Board. '

STRUCTURES OF STUDENT POWER

At the last Open Forum, questions were raised about the role of StUdent Government in relation to students, faculty and ad ministration. Members of Student Government expressed the' opinion that this organization was becoming an "elitest group", that is, there is little involvement or understanding of the student body as a whole on issues dealt with this year, and therefore that decisions were made by a small group ,of students separate from the student body.

organization -because social, religious and cultural programs are also important aspects of student life. Therefore, if Student Government is to be the foremost organization of stud~nt

One of the chief goals of Student Government this year has been to acquaint students with the concepts and validity of the student power movement as a means of engaging people in issues that affect them. This goal has clearly not been met . Rather than engage in the fruitless argument of whose fault this is, a more positive approach would be to examine some problems as they exist, and to propose some possible solutions.

In order to achieve the goal JEANNE MANSON of engaging students in issues participation, it cannot be that affect them, certain criteria totally a political, issue-oriented must be established. First of all, body. political organizations must exist At what level, then, should that are issue-oriented. Student the issue-oriented organization Government as it now exists can exist? In order to answer this hardly be called a political question" a second criterion organization . Most of its must be introduced, and this is members are in offices requiring t hat ani s sue - 0 ri e n ted them to organize events ··organization must be composed concerning ' religious, cultural, of interest STOUpS. Issues, by social and international (NSA) , their nature, are controversial, affairs, or are preoccupied with and must arise from partisan the internal functioning of groups. Examples of interest Student Government itself. Only groups which exist on catnpus- .

, the class representatives and the are the academic departments, Academic Advisory Committee the classes, dubs such as SDS can give undivided attention to and Young Oems, the Commuter: the promotion of issues. As a Council and Inter-<iormitory result, most members of Student Council. It is at this level ' that Government are over-extended, the political, issue-oriented and are unable to sustain the groups should be developed. All ' concentrated effort necessary of the , above groups, with the for the promotion of issues. exception of the academic

It ca~ be argued, howe~r, departments, are structured to that this events vs. issue deal with issues as th~y arise, orientation is a necessary :tlthough they do not frequently dichotomy in a representative (Continued on Page 4) ,

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BIAFRA TEACH·IN INFORMS EMMANUEL by Joan Chiara and Helen Drew

Early in December, . motivated by a sermon by Fr. Logan, concerned students organized themselves into a group to raise funds for starving Biafrans. As interest grew, the idea for a Biafra teach-in, to inform people of both'the m.oral and political issues involved in the situation, was formulated. Needing funds for the teach-in, the group turned to Student

. Government for aid. StuG decided to form the Ad hoc committee for the Biafra Teach-In. Arrangements · were made to have NSA and' the

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Religious Committee 'sponsor and fund the program. -

Held Thursday, February 13, at 7:00 p.m. in the gym, the B i a ha Teach-in drew a good-sized audience from Emmanuel and local colleges. The program was presented in a threefold manner: a film followed by two panels with interveing periods of entertainment and questions. , Reva Giese, of the Biafra Rescue Organization To Hasten Emergency Relief, BROTHER, acted · as panel moderator. She

. opened the teach-in by reading a telegram from Senator Edward Kennedy commending the Emmanuel students for-their excellent planning of the teach-in.

REALITY IN SIGHT AND SOUND

The film entitled "The Biafran Tragedy" depicted the

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mute, saucer eyes of withered Ibo children, symbolic of the conflict. The narrator of the film enumerated fatal statistics: a child dies every fifteen seconds, one out of every three children suffers from protein insufficiency. Victims of kwashiorkor (protein malnutrition) were shown-emaciated bodies with swollen bellies and feet, the last ironic symptons of the disease.

Following the film, Reva quickly moved on to introduce the first panel, Starvation and Relief Efforts. The Right R everand Andrew P. Landi spoke first on behalf of the Catholic Relief Services. Monsignor Landi, involved in welfare work for over thirty years, was in Biafra from September to October of last year. After a brief description of the history of the crisis (the starving Ibos and refugees are packed into an area only one-tenth the size of the originally declared. Biafra Republic) Ule Monsignor explained relief progress.

The main problem in getting food and medicine to the six to twelve starving million is a logistical one. Only two flights per day are allowed into Biafra, then it is another three-hour trip by riverboat into the critical area. Planes bring a limited amount, 100 to 150 tons of food; they are forced to fly at night in order to avoid Nigerian gunfire. At the beginning of this year the U.S. government made available to the Church World Service and the International Red Cross eight C-97 cargo planes with the stipulation that they be used exclusively for shipping of food and medical supplies to non-combatants.

HOPE IN RELIEF

, 17 million dollars worth of surplus commodity, channeled through private and religious organizations to Biafra. Private industries such as ' Bordens, Heinz, Beechnut, and Parke-DaviS have sent fooCt and drugs. UNICEF has sent 13,000 medical kits, which is only a starting point, Mrs. Williams pointed out, to combat disease.

The final speaker of the first panel was the Reverend Dennis Gavin, a Holy Ghost father, and missionary at Port Harcourt for a period of two years, "If you're to understand the problem, you must understand the people and their motivation," the Irish priest said. The Port Harcourt area is a bustling town, center of oil industries. Fr. Gavin described the four divisions of Nigeria: the North, predominantly Moslem, and peopled mainly by Housa and Fulani ethnic groups; the West, half Moslem and half Christian, :with many smaller ethnic groups; the Midwest, heavily Christian; and the East mostly Christian, predominantly lbo, with several minority tribes.

The lbo, as described by Fr. Gavin, are a progressive intelligent people looking for ,independence and now fighting for their very existence. Their conviction of their own su.periority has made them .ardent for a unified Nigeria: They are the headstart of the rest of the country which was rotten from the inside and fell.

The second panel took as its focal point the history of the conflict and political involvement. Chinweizu Ibekwe, who is President of the Biafran Student's . Association and currently doing graduate . work in philosophy at MIT, spoke first. He . explained how critical the situation is by emphasizing

MR. IBEKWE

Federation of Nigeria, or as true members of "their country" since they are treated as second-class citizens. In short, the Ibos · and the 'pe"ople in nearby regions have been rejected by the majority of the state in which they live. Mr. Ibekwe stressed the self-determination that the Biafrans consider necessary for freedom and African unity.

ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVE

Following Mr. Ibekwe, Ed Stokes, Director of African Affairs for the National Student

"Association, spoke on the role colonialism has played in the history of Nigeria and on the economic situation. Mr. Stokes

"flew in from Washington to be on this panel. Right now, several nations, including the United States, have vested interests _ in the oil deposits in Nigeria and so are hesitant to make more than token gestures to the Biafran people. It seems tha~ there are too many "Joe Palmers" in diplomatic circles who allow their political objectives to be blocked by big business pressure. From butter and guns the matter has become one of oil or' lives.

N ext, from Wellesley College, Dr. Annemarie Shimony, an anthropologist spoke on the socio-economic factors of internal migration. Because the time was running out, Dr. Shimony spoke briefly on one of the major fears of the U.S. has now in taking a stand with Biafra. That is, the danger of other African secessions. Here, it seems that the prospect of the Domino theory becoming a reality on the continent of African is more fearsome than the impending genocide of the Biafran people.

BEYOND RELIEF

The last and perhaps the most emotionally vehement of the pannelists was Paul Connett, President of the American Committee to Keep Biafra Alive. He read a peom by a Biafran student that in essence said that relief alone is not the answer. As a British subject, Mr. Connett felt ashamed that British interest in Biafra was an oil interest with no consideration for the plight of the people. He blasted those politicians who float from "one cocktail party to another" and forget their responsibilities.

Payments are due now in the . the following that it 18 not

In his opinion, Biafrans . are offering the first hope of real African economic independence. Other nations, however, are not helping this along, for "black Africans are being ·killed by English bullets and Russian I

lIIc.a.m.;p;.u.s.S.h.O.P • . _____________________ , Slmply a question of Biafra

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Registration February 20, 21 9:00-4:30 StuG Office Open Forum February 25 Primary February 28 Coffee Hour March 3 Final election March 5

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'Federation of Nigeria became independent in 1960 there have . been five governments and a reduction of political unity with each. The people of Biafra have been subjected td"systematic and organized elimination of 30,000

. eastern Nigerians. No longer can they feel safe within the

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bombs." . Mr. Connett sees several means

open by which America can give true aid to Biafra. These involve the U.S. using her influence to stop other nations from sending arms to Nigeria, U.S. recognition of Biafra as having the right to life and self-determination, the removal of pressures that the U.S. has put on other African countries, and aid through investment.

The Biafran teach-in lasted three and one-half hours: more pieces of the puzzle were · examined but how these pieces are eventually put together is the challenge that is ' still ahead. "The political a.nd humanitarian I

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aspects of the situation are interlocked and inseparable, the unhappy prospect is that Nigerians and Biafrans face still more suffering and that hUJllanity will continue to be haunted by the war's most familiar image: Starving Biafra Children. "

former Under Secretary of State Katzenbach

Between the two panels the floor was open to questions. Several students, including those from Nigeria and Biafra, got up to question, and, in some cases, to clarify the things that were said by the panelists. While one Nigerian student was correcting a panelist on the quality of education in the different sections of Nigeria, another student, from Nigeria got up and grabbed the microphone saying "you've had enough time". (Just as I was leaving the hall after the panel I found that the student who had rudely interrupted orderly prQcedure had recently lost his family and friends du. to the fighting in Biafra.) The following student, also Nigerian, who rose to speak, apologized for the interruption and the panel continued. One other question was raised by a student. at this time and that was in essence: it is really worth while to save the lives of a few Biafrans while substantial gains are made by Nigerian troops, and while the nations who send in relief supplies, must pay a pirate tax? Here was a question

: concerning values akin to oil or lives ...

The Emmanuel Focus QUESTIONERS

February 21, 1969 Page 3

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Organize your departments! - Came the continual and almost plaintive cry from StuG members at their meeting Feb. IS. The meager attendance at the Open Forum on February 13 prompted a serious discussion of the lack of interest and involvement of the majority of the student body in student affairs.

It was generally agreed upon that members of StuG must make a personlJl effort to foster student involvement by contacting members of each department and working with the m to organize their department in order that issues pertaining to a particular group will have a chance to reap effective action. It was suggested that the initiation of issues and. formulation of questions at department levels and their, perhaps, consequent development by StuG would result in a greater student involvement and eliminate the stifling notion of StuG as an "elitist" group. Members of departments should be able to demand answers to questions they have about their departments and . tbe way it is run - hiring and firing of faculty members etc.,and hopefully student department organization wI th the help of Student Government would accomplish this ,end. Therefore, representatives from all departments are going to be-

invited to ·attend the StuG meeting nextTuesday night to. 1iscuss this issue.

Other items on the agenda included the distribution of "Student as Nigger" leaflets which present the argument that universities employ subtle ways of discriminating against students in much the same way as society does Negroes.

An amendment to Student Government By-Laws was passed to the effect that academic averages will be eliminated in all future elections as a requirement for eligibility for candidacy, as it is felt that this limits the number of ,StuG members to a certain group.

March 3 has been established as a tentative date for the Symposium on Cuts at which Sr. Marie of the Trinity, a speaker from SDS, a faculty member, and a student will present their positions on this issue.

A report was delivered by Mary Hammond concerning next year's school calendar. At a meeting with Sr. Marie of the Trinity students were allowed to assist in the setting up of the exam and holiday schedule .

It was also decided that StuG would propose a postcard system: students would pass in a self -addressed post card to faculty members at the end of the semester which would be sent back to her indicating her marks.

Chamber Orchestra Sunday, February 23, at

7 :00 p.m. the Emmanuel Chamber Orchestra will pial' a joint c'oncert with the Northeastern University Chamber Orchestra at Emmanuel. Sp9~Ied by the Student Government, the event will be held hopefully in the dining hall, as a Candlelight Cafe Concert.

Madeline Foley, cellist, pupil and protege of the famous cellist, Pablo Cassals, and artist in residence at Brandeis University, will be the cello

'soloist in the Boccherini concerto. She will be accompanied by the combined orchestras of Northeastern and Emmanuel. The two groups will also join forces in The Faithful Shepherd suite by Handel

A woodwind quintet from Northeastern will playa quintet by the celebrated twentieth ,century composer, Hindemith. The group has been coached by Dr. Colleen Bicknell, professor of music at Northeastern and the conductor of their chamber orchestra.

Lead by Mrs. Dorothy Bales, its conductor, the Emmanuel Chamber Orchestra will play a 'concerto for four violins and strings. The other violin parts will be played by Esther (eonelli,' . Sr. Cynthia Ann Rouleau and Mary Mahaney.

Faculty, students, thell friends and families, are most cordially invited. The program, about an hour long, was first presented at Northeastern on February 13.

Pil:raplegic Veterans Teach ReInedial Reading By Marilyn Miller

A few weeks after its inception, Sister Marie of the Trinity's educational program with paralyzed veterans and disadvantaged children is proceeding most satiSfactorily.

Nine years ltgo, at her first encounter with a paraplegic, Sister sketchily envisioned the endeavor; with only private endowme,nt, she has executed the plan. It has already prompted requests for a written report from the U. S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare.

Miss ViIjean Parker, an experienced teacher in the field of remedial reading, taught six hospitalized paraplegic veterans how to tutor in this area~ Just before Christmas, six children from Mission Church School were brought to Emmanuel for private instruction from the veterans. The pilot program uses progressive methods and has already resulted in surprising improvement on the part of the tutored boys.

Sister cites benefits to all concerned. The paraplegic veterans are pleased to be intellectually active and socially involved. Each boy has adopted "his" veteran, and looks forward to the next visit. Emmanuel students have worked on the program, assisting in many phases, and correlating practical experience and their fields of study.

Formerly held in the art department on the fourth floor of the administration building, the project has been moved to the convent's sunny recreation room, where veterans, advisor and students meet Monday and Wednedsay afternoons.

Although the present group of veterans works on a voluntary ' basis Sister Marie hopes to extend her program this summer to employ 20-30 veterans paid by means of a government grant. Her ultimate goal is the establishment of a nationwide network of such mutually rewarding hospital-college-school relationships.

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function. An example of the consequence of their action is the slacks referendum, which originated from Commuter Council. It is- the academic departments which have the greatest need of development, and also the greatest potential for dealing with issues on the basis of individual involvement. It is here that such issues as pass-fail, hiring and ' firing of teachers, theology requirement, comprehensives, etc. , have the most significance.

The next question is the relationship between Student Government and interest groups.

prevalent issues, but don't know how to go about it. This letter was written -with the , intention of pointing out the existing channels of action and the need for a more basic type of organization , than already exists. In . my opinion, mobilization of inl,1ividuals within departments is the most valid starting place, and point of departure.

Jeanne Masson Senior Class Representative

REPORT ON EDEX The EDEX committee of

'Emmanuel College will begin their program at st. Clement's School in Somerville during the middle of March. Three classes of seventh grade girls will participate on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons with Emmanuel students conducting t he classes. The curriculum committee has created six units which will carry through the program: word, art of writing, books, mass media, communications in space, and c~mmunications with the future.

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A third criterion can be introduced here, which is that those students most directly affected by situations should be the ones to deal with the issues ar18mg from the situation. Student Government has attempted to meet this criterion with the formation of ad hoc committees. Any interest group can be temporarily incorporated into Student Government to work: on an issue, and thus have access to the trained people, the comm unications media, and financial resources of the central organization.

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th'is pattern. The largely prosperous, white, P.rotestant milieu of the resident college population presented a threatening and exclusionary scene that inhibited immigrant family children from attempting life in the dormitory even when economically feasible.

That Black students do not cite such facts, but express their concerns in the rhetoric of Black Power is only a popular excuse for complaint. Far more distressing and warranting complaint is the poor memory of educated adults, especially faculty and administrators, who ignore the facts of their own history - am! miss the point at issue.

There is no more 'galling experience for a college student than to be told "lies" which is their term for rationalizations advanced to obtain compliance with adults'. desires. Most adults congratulate themselves that they want a more integrated society and more opportunities for all. But Black students know that our well-educated society has been woefully inefficient in pursuit of these goals. Pious statements from these adults suggesting that Black centers re present , a re tr eat from

(Continued from Page 2) democratic ideals just do not ring true to them.

It is important to state clearly what is true: that dormitory arrangements are, traditionally. largely elective -the one exception, freshman dormitory assignments. What is the record here? There is no indication that the age-old practice of assigning Jewish roommates to incoming Jewish freshmen has changed in the last quarter century. Nor is there any evidence ' that residence deans ever tried to discourage students of a single nationality or religious affiliation from seeking, as fr;iends, common housing.

In addition, it should be emphasized that faculty and administrators alike have long considered it academically beneficial to set up dormitory corridors as language centers. These provide their language skills and to permit a more informal exchange on the the history and culture of the country under study. Familiar? Why is this program aceeptable when faculty sponsored, and an "unseemly d e mand" when suggested by Black students? It has NEyER been suggested that such cent e rs isolat e the participating students to their

detriment, or that such centers do violence to the democratic complexion of the university.

Even more pointedly in contradiction to the prevailing view, . .i.s the acceptance of Newman Clubs, Hillel Centers, etc. for whose purposes the colleges have occasionally set aside scarce office space. In some instances there haS been an outright allocation of land for buildings. Who is rationalizing what?

If our younger citizens are to accomplish those goals toward which we have made but the barest beginnings, then we must be willing to permit them to try their own ways and stop pretending that ,those ways are so different from traditional practices or so threatening to some fantasy of democratic life.

The ad hoc committee will remain a nonfunctional part of Student Government untD the interest groups on campus make themselves felt.

The sequence of promotion , of an issue can in this way start with individuals, move to interest groups, then to ad hoc committees, where it can be connected to Student Government , and, if pertinent, to the whole campus. This process would be· the exact reverse of the one already existing, where an eli test group formulates and builds an issue, and then negotiates with faculty ana administration for its recognition.

The impression I received from the last Open Forum was that many students are in the position of wanting to act on

It is time, indeed, to trust to free Professional enterprise in the university -Sewing society , assured that poor enterprise will fall of its own - Tailoring weight. Black and white students - Alterations alike will learn to construct better enterprises year by year, At reasonable rates examinging their own previous Cru-u/ Riggoll errors or progress, as every S I. ill tJ I II (/ If generation of students has done.

Mrs. Jacob (Marilyn) Gottler R oolII 42(i

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