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Dr. Willett Supports Off-Campus Publication Announces Fee Increase At Press Conference
Poland Revoking Increase
By VICKI BOWLING WARSAW: Poland's leaders Announcements and answers to have reversed sharp food price questions from the suggestion box increases which set off bloody highlighted Dr. Willett's press riots in the Baltin cities last conference, held Thursday, FebDecember and caused unrest ruary 18, in the Gold Room. elsewhere throughout the counDr. Willett opened the confertry. Primp Minister PioteJaros- ence by reminding students that levici announced that prices suggestions can be handled much would go back to their previous quicker if they are signed. A third level as of March 1. suggestion box has been installed outside of the InformationOffice. This is in addition to the ones 30 Reported Dead located in Lankford and outside of At CIA Base Dr. Willett's office. A new publication is in the proVIENTANE: Thirty men tribes- cess of being organized by both men were killed and 60 wounded, and Hampden-Sydney. according to Laotian military Longwood Not intended as competition for sources, after a bombardment of the existing publications on camthe Central Intelligence Agency's pus, the publication from the Land base at Long Cheng. of Oz will feature literature and It was released that Ameri- art reflecting students' personal can F-4 bombers mistakenly feelings. bombed Long Cheng while in an On the subject of obtaining attempt to break up what was change and cashing checks, Dr. called a siege of the base of Willett stated that the college has Pathet Lao and North Vietnamese looked into the possibility of purforces. chasing a change machine, but that it is not economically feasiHigh Schools Strike ble. There are two places on camIn France pus where students may obtain PARIS: Pans's main boulevards were the main scenes of a three hour march by 10,000 French students who were protesting condemnation of a young mathematics student who allegedly punched a policeman. More than 60 high schools went on strike. There was no violence, but Interior Minister Raymond Marcellin prohibited any further street demonstrations. Governor Foresees Alaskan Bankruptcy ALASKA: Gov. William A. Egan of Alaska testified that unless oil is flowing through the proposed Trans-Alaska Pipeline by mid1976 his state will face bankruptcy. A delegation of Alaskan officials has been in Washington for hearing by the Interior Department on the import that the 800-mile pipeline would have on the Alaskan environment. The pipeline would carry oil from the frozen North Slope to the port of Valdez on the Gulf of Alaska for shipment by tankers to the Puget Sound area.
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LONGWOOD COLLEGE, FAKMVILLE, VA„ FEBRUARY 24, 1971
Dr. Willett hopes that scholarship aid will be increased to help offset this. Federal grant money for next year will be increased. People have tried, unsuccessfully, to have the Virginia State Teachers' Scholarship raised. There have been many requests from students who want to start school early so that the end of the first semester and Christmas vacation will coincide. A committee has been formed to look into this, and also the possibility of having spring break and Easter coincide. In planning any change, student teaching must be considered. Dr. Willett wants to remain on the semester system. When asked if a half-day vacation could be given on Good Friday to enable out-of-state students to go home, Dr. Willett replied that it would not be practical to miss more class time on Fridays.
DR. WILLETT change. Tim Brown's office in Lankford and the InformationOffice keep small amounts of change. Mr. Harper in the bookstore will cash checks. Due to escalation of costs and Longwood's desire to maintain Student government commita top faculty, there will be a tee is now studying the alcohol $130 increase in fees next year. question. A number of students have expressed concern that some of the alumni will cut off funds if alcohol is allowed on campus. Dr. Willett said that this is to be expected of any
Grade Distribution Shows No
Significant Change From Past By MARGARET BLAIR An overview of grade distribution percentages for first semester of the 1970-71 session shows that students' grades at Longwood varied little from pervious trends. The percentage differences between first semester
Freshman Production Promises Talent, Humor, And Fun
By DEBBIE K.ABERNATHY The freshman class will present "Rock-In Together," a rock festival-type program, at 7:30 p.m. in Jarman Auditorium on Thursday, February 25. The cast will include three main characters - an old-fashioned, spinster school teacher played by Paula Joyner, emcee "Groovy George" played by Linda Harris, and news reporter Carol Knight. Seventeen additional students have speaking roles. The presentation features a rock hunt scene along a nature Calley Found "Normal trail with "hippies" and In Every Respect" "straights." Eleven talent acts include gymnastic routines,baton GEORGIA: According to Judge acts, pianist performances, folk Reid W. Kennedy, Lt. William groups, and vocal solos. L. Calley was found 'normal in every respect' after being examResidence Board ined by an Army sanity board. The three-month-old trial has Meetings Are Now resumed after a recess in which Calley was examined by three Open To The Army psychiatrists at Walter Reed Hospital in Washington. The Student Body. doctors' full diagnosis has not yet been made public.
1969-70 and the now completed first semester are statistically negligible. In the report the percentile for 1969-70 is listed first and 1970-71 second: %k -17.65, 16.59; TtB - 40.96, 40.22; %C - 30.95, 31.19; ,D 8.24, 8.67; %F - 2.21, 3.35; total grades given -10,139,11,290. As explained by Dr. Herbert R. Blacksell, Dean of the College, Longwood's grade distribution is about the same as those of other institutions of comparable status. There are 148 students Ot the Dean's List, and 14 of these girls made the maximum 4.00 grade average for the past semester. A little over 200 students did not make the minimum grade requirements; 2.00 for upperclassmen and 1.80 for freshmen. Statistical data for the comparison of grades between classes and for the exact number of students who went on academic probation have not been processed at this time. However, all students on AP and their parents have been notified. The girls who made 4.00 for the first semester of the 197071 session are Susan Carol Barnes, Doris Jean Black, Jennifer Ann Brown, Nancy Lee Goodman, Lucy Ann Gresham, Karen Lynn Haldeman, Brenda Kay Hamner, and Deborah Kinney Jackson. Lottie Jester Lawrence, Barbara Anne Lewis, Rosemary Ann Lohman, Joanne Arvilla May, Margaret Ruth Pulley, and Cynthia Anne Toggert also made 4.00's.
major social change, but that he hopes that any cut will not be sizeable. He does not believe it will affect Longwood's image in the General Assembly. In reply to questions concerning the curriculm. Dr. Willett said that there are not sufficient funds to offer horse-back riding. We are planning on adding courses leading to a degree in library science. Dr. Willett was pessimistic about having the clocks on campus set correctly. They requre the attention of an electrician. Individual questions were raised concerning obtaining individual locks in the Cunninghams, more trash cans on campus, having the antennas on Curry and Stubbs fixed, better lights in the dorms. These matters will be investigated by the proper personnel. Dr. Willett had several anIIOUIK•piii'-nts. Ms cautioned students to be careful when walking by the old Home Economics building, as it is being turn down. students were reminded h i i UM sidewalk WfatD walking the area behind Hiner. in. willett remained to talk with individuals who lad other questions.
sor ot the Psycholoi y ol \ rt in Harvard University, on July 1, 1968. He was VI Itini Professor at the Carpenter Center in 1%1, and again in 191 Born on July IS, 1904, In Berlin, Germany, Protessol Arnheim holds the Ph.D. degree from the University ol Berlin (1928). He in hi Guggenheim Fellowships in 1942 Ud 1943 and was I I nlbright Lecture! al Ochanomlsti University, Tokyo, Japan, In 19 19-40. In I%'.-f,8 ha held a Research Grant from the u. s. Office of Education. Before COml ng to Harvard, Professor Arnheim was i member ol the P ! [acuity, Sarah Lawren< , Bronxvtll., N, v., from 1943 to 19 , and during that same period ol time Lecturer and Visiting PlOOR. ARNIIEIM ti aoi "ii tii> Graduate I ai nityof the Nee School In lot la] Dr. Arnheim Speaks earcb, N< « York, N v. fa i%7 On Psychological and 19C8 tie was a Visiting Pro[< .or at Teacber'l I ollege, CoAspects Of Art lumbia University. By MARY ANN BENTLEY Hi || tin' author of "Art and Dr. Rudolf Arnheim, Pr< i Visual Perception," "Film as of the Psychology of Art, Harvard Art," "P Icasao's Guernica," University, will deliver two lec- "Toward J 9 ol Art," tures February 25 in the Bedford and "Visual Thinking." Building Auditorium. Invited Dr. Arnbelm la a brmei presithrough the VisitingScholar Pro- dent and trustee ol the Amei gram, Dr. Arnheim will speak at Society oi Aesthetic. and farmer 10:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. on president ol the Division on Pi ■"Visual Thinking" and "Visual < liology and the Arts of the AmerOrder and Disorder" respec- ican Psychological Association. tively and will illustrate his lecPi li oi and Mrs. Arnheim tures with color slides. livr- m Cambridge, Mass. Theii Dr. Arnheim, whose psycho- daughter is a tenter at saraii logical studies on the forms and Lawreno ( Hi •.lira.Arnheim functions of art are read ll iff" will accompany tier husband fa eral languages, became Profesnod.
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54c A Meal? Don't Complain By DONNA GIBSON Dining Hall Committee A system of meal tickets rather than a set fee for student meals was investigated by the Dining Hall Committee. From the suggestions of students in the fall, an optional system where the student would pay at each individual meal she attended was examined. Conferring with ARA Slater System and College Services Corporation, a seven-day, 21meal week was used in the calculations. The average meal cost under the complete option plan of using meal tickets would be $1.54 per meal if the Dining Hall was open for 21 meals per 'eek. Under the present system, the cost to each student is 54C per meal. Both of these per meal costs are the charges by ARA Slater and do not include the maintenance of the equipment, or payment of the waitresses' salaries, all of which are a direct expense of the students and college. By comparing the two prices, the optional basis for meals would be highly expensive as well as largely unworkable in our dining service.
The "Eye Spy" Case A rumor is a specific proposition for belief, passed along from person to person, usually by word of mouth, without secure standards of evidence being present. Rumors seldom fail to have personal and clearly identified victims, nor do they fail to specify clearly the character of the action or deed that provides the tenor of the tale. Hearsay reports of happenings, gossip, slander, and predictions are the concrete forms that rumor takes The central feature of the previously stated definition is the insistence that rumor thrives only in the absence ot "secure standards ot evidence" I his criterion marks off rumor from news, distinguishes legend from science, and separates gullibility from knowledge. However, this is not the situation at Longwood. Most Disciplinary actions on this campus have its souce in hearsay information and idle gossip It is common knowledge that several students have been "victimized" and pressured by Longwood's distorted tactics of discipline Colleges often use student or outside informers whose identity they wish to keep secret For one thing, this kind of information should never be used against a student unless the university identifies the informer and gives one the opportunity to challenge her information I know of several cases where students have been summoned to the Dean's office through a letter or telephone call which fails to explain why Appearing in the office without any prepared defense, the student is presented with a series of vague rumors concerning her behavior, passed to the administrator by unidentified "honorable students." The |udicial system functions quite the same way A student never meets her accuser, but she must suffer the consequences of her informer's gossip Judicial Board members approach a student, inform her of her suspicious hehavior, ond then do her the favor of "keeping a watchful eye' on h«i until her college career comes to an end Rumor is woven deep into the fabric of society, and it is impossible to remove it or the destructive forces of rumor What I am proposing, however, is that rumor cease to be a source of obiective information at Longwood — E. R
<§ tMt EDITOR Lite Worthington CO MANAGING Mary Frances Baldwin Ethel Rciter BUSINESS Patricia Liverman FEATURE Linda Vanhorn LAY OUT
PHOTOGRAPHY Joan Feathers
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Rusty Rowe CIRCULATION Ellen Dunn ADVERTISING Linda Lee Jones Mary Ann Bentley
REPORTERS Margaret Blair, Christine Sharpe, Vickie Bowling, Kay Biggs, Debbie Abernathy, Stephanie Sivert, Sarah Farrar, Belinda Brugh, Kathy Robertson.
Edkm htik <£fcbr A Waste Of Time?
To the Editor: How could the Freshman possibly be required to go listen to anything as useless as Mrs. Taliaferro's speech? If we had stayed in our rooms and studied much better use would have been made of our time. We were under the impression that the speech would be about the Honoraries and BusinessOpportunities. Instead it was about Mrs. Taliaferro's life with a throw for Women's Lib. If she thinks that the extent of business opportunities is television and airplane mechanics, then she is a far cry from a good public relations example for Longwood.
How embarrassing it must have been for President Willett to have her continuously speaking of the better girls* schools. Longwood must have something or why would we all be here? Also since Longwood is primarily a teacher's college, it sounded really great to hear one of the professors telling us not to be teachers. 1 hope that in the future required assemblies will be worth the effort of attending. Disgruntled Freshmen, Christine Sharpe Kathi Van Dyk Donna Serating
A Suggestion
hall I would like to make a suggestion to the students that would make a waitress' job easier. The dishes we carry on trays can be heavy and they get heavier when we have to thread our way through groups of girls talking and walking slowly in the main aisles. Probably many students have had near accidents with waitresses carrying trays and it is only because the waitress is trying to hurry and get somewhere where she can set it down. Clearing the aisles and moving to one side would save wear and tear on both students and waitresses and would result in food being served more quickly.
Dear Editor: As a waitress in the dining
Sincerely, Joanie Feathers
Students Push To Reform Codes Reprinted From Richmond Times-Dispatch A samplingof Virginia colleges and universities shows that more codes are being reversed right now than in all the decade past. The issues, it appears, have become more complex, and the revisions more philosophical. Constitutionality, due process are words the students of the •*70»s are using. Today, if a student feels his rights have been violated, he's apt to take his college to court. Today, the spot check showed, many institutions of higher learning in Virginia are making sure their rules and regulations are constitutional. In general, students at private schools seemed more content with their codes than did those at the state-supported colleges. And administration spokesman at Hampden-Sydney College said the student code there has been generally well accepted. "What we have is enforceable, but some rules need to be liberalized,'* said John Luxton of Waynesboro, chairman of Hampden-Sydney's student judiciary board. Students at Mary Washington
College, a branch of the University of Virginia, have proposed a bill of rights similar to that advocated by students at the parent school. The proposed Mary Washington bill of rights is to be acted on soon by the administration. "We are in a period of transition here," said Susan Cottingli.iin of Morrisville, Pa., judicial chairman of the Student Association at the Fredericksburg college. "We're working on a lot of new proposals." A group of association officers have been trying to decide whether students can make and live under their own rules, Miss Cut tin ft lain said.
Problems at Mary Washington have been worked out through cooperative efforts of the students and administration, said Marilyn Morgan of Staten Island, N. Y„ Student Association president. "We're fighting old traditions of a southern women's institution," she said. Recent changes in the Mary Washington code have included liberalized dress, drinking, and
residence hall hours, a college spokesman said. "We have always viewed these things (rules) in terms of constant review, constant change of circumstances," said Michael Houston, Mary Washington's assistant chancellor. "All rules and regulations are under a kind of constant scrutiny." Changes through student-administration cooperation also were cited at Longwood College in Farmville. "Our code is a little strict but I don't feel suppressed," said Mary Tabb Johnston of Blacksburg, chairman of Longwood's residency board. Miss Johnston, a senior, said the possibility of allowing alcoholic beverages in dormitories is under study by the legislative board. Amy Boiling, a freshman from Richmond, said the student code "works and I like it,'' although she favors a relaxation of room visitation rules. This past fall the College of William and Mary came out with its first really revised code in six years, although in between (Continued on Page 7)
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'Superstar' Mediocre Review from Decca Records
"Little Fauss And Big Halsy'* Reprinted from Paramount Press Book The thrilling sport of professional motorcycle racing is the background for Paramount Pictures' "Little Fauss and Big Halsy" starring Robert Redford and Michael J. Pollard. The Albert S. Ruddy Production, directed by Sidney J. Furnie, opens Wednesday at the Farmville Theatre. Producer Ruddly and director Furie go behind the scenes to explore the motives which produce the unusual breed of men dedicated to risking their lives in a perilous sport. The script by Charles Eastman centers on tliree young people who are part of the uncertain world of motorcycle racing. All scenes were filmed on location in Southern and Northern California and in Arizona. Shooting was done in San Francisco, Los Angeles and Phoenix, and in smaller towns like Lancaster, Rosemont and Willow Springs. The production operated like a traveling road company, filming in a different town every few
days. The motorcycle racing sequences were filmed at a variety of tracks, including the Willow Springs Raceway, 100 miles from Los Angeles; the Manzanita Speedway in Phoenix, and at the new Sears Point International Raceway in Sonoma, California, north of San Francisco. Filming at Sears Point was done during the running of the first national championship road races at the new paved 2 1/2 mile track. To give audiences the sensation of actually participating in the races, cameras were placed on special mounts attached to the motorcycles. Then stunt riders joined the pack of bikes and filmed the higti speed sequences at close range. A camera crew in a helicopter followed the action from above. In addition, a recorder was mounted on the speeding machines to capture the authentic sounds of motorcycle racing. "Little Fauss and Big Halsy" co-stars Lauren Hutton, Noah Beery and Lucille Benson. The film was photographed in panavision and color by Movielab.
"The Fox" Showing In Bedford Tonight At 7:00 P.M.
Blasphemy is easy to come by these days, it seems, and mediocre rock music is even more abundant; for those who have objections to either, there's a lot of objectionable material in "Jesus Christ, Superstar." This recorded "rock opera"makesan honest and often very interesting effort to do tliree difficult things: reinterpret the events of the last week of Christ's life, set the new interpretation into the idiom of mass culture with modern language and characterizations that carry parallels in rock-culture and contemporary politics, and put the result into the form of conventional opera, orchestrated with rock music. "Superstar" reacts to the notion of Christ as that willowy young man with the far-away look in his eyes, the meek but confident son of God who, disguised as Jesus, mildmannered converter to a great Middle-Eastern religion, preaches a never ending sermon for Love, God, and the Eternal Life. Webber and Rice fight the traditional characterization by being antitraditional: they put Jesus (rather uncertainly) into the role of a mass-culture hero, make Judas a sort of cautious road-manager, cast Mary Magdalene as a groupie in love witti Christ, and Simon Zelotes as a politico who wants to co-opt Christ into a revolution against the Roman occupation. The point of all this is to make it clear by analogy that Jesus was a man, a man who liad worries and faults, who had to deal with the same problems all men have to deal with, and who offered his flesliajid-blood body up to crucifixion in the face of very human doubts; the Superstar metaphor is just a more or less appropriate metaphor for Messiah. "Superstar" has a fundamental aura of reverence; Christ's last words are verbatim from the Bible, and the last song in "Superstar," an Iffl tnitneiilal piece that follows "The Crucifixion," is titled "John Nineteeo Forty-One," a reference to the point In John's Gospel where the narrative describing the discovery of Christ's resurrection begins. But it lias a lew hallconcealed Implications that are wide-eyed blasphemy for those who see the Last Supper, for Instance, B sacred event. Web-
ber and Rice, with a neat bit of circular logic and some imaginative rewriting, transform the Last Supper into an open fight between Jesus and Judas. While this goes on, the Apostles sit calmly by getting into their cups, oblivious of what is going on, singing a drunken ditty that gets more ragged each time they sing it and that implies that the Gospel accounts are inaccurate. The implication is that Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John were all hopelessly drunk at the Last Supper (and the overall implication that the Apostles were generally out of touch with what was going on) is very clearly blasphemous. Otherwise it's a needlessly clever justification for the liberties Webber and Rice take with a few scenes from the Gospels. The score of "Superstar," in its weakness, spells out the problems of any attempt at "rock opera;" the closer "rockopera" comes to the conventional opera, the more difficult it is effectively to employ rock music in the score; opera has to develop plot and characters verbally - with the words sung by the characters. The tendency, then, is for the music to become somewhat subordinate to, and tied to, the structure of the words, The "Who's "Tommy" avoided the problem by keeping very close to pure rock performance; but "Tommy's" pretensions to being conventional opera are even weaker than "Superstar's." Despite some capable back-up musicians and a particularly good performance by Ian Gillam as Judas, "Superstar" mixes rock with i op and produces too much schmaltz. The brightest moment Of the whole show is an intentionally schmaltzy one that comes when a chillingly ironic Herod mock-playfully chaUeo a lesus in a sleazy ragtime: So you are the Christ, you're the great Jesus Clin I Prove to me thai you're no fooiWalk across my swimming poo] 11 you do that for me tlien I'll let you go C'mon Kin: of the Jews.
Miss Bishop Exhibits In Pennsylvania By MARY ANN BEN 11 Barbara Bishop, chairman of the art department, recently invited to exhibit a her work I at I I Haven State College, Lock Hav • 11, Pa. opened on February 1 with a warm reception for Miss in, later delivered a lecture >iii the basli principle M intmaklni a th< • n latt I work. ttiDfl of twenty-three plei hlbit include prints and drawings. A wide varx ' media was Illustrated In hei dra transfer, and pencil an I forty) and accentuate the rich" work*. itn otinued through the ruary 2C, Miss glnla Commonwealth Ui n "A Mini-Co and Research in AM Education." Refli ition Aslatlon, tbi Re-
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Purchase Committee Makes Decision By MARY ANN BENTLEY The Committee for the Purchase of Art Objects by Contemporary Virginia Artists lias chosen for the Longwood collection two works by Lois Morrison. Upon invitation by the committee Miss Morrison's "Pattables" are now on exhibition in the Bedford Gallery. The sensitive drawing, "Tree," number 22, and the masterly trapunto, "Seated Pattable," number 16, (both marked by red stars) are the recent acquisitions which bring the total collection up to 31 art objects including paintings, drawings, prints, sculpture and a mosaic. The Purchase Committee adopts the Virginia Museum's definition of a Virginian as one having lieen born in Virginia or having resided for at least five years. Mi Morrison, presently of New Jersey, Is a Virginian by birth. Founded in 1951, the Committee for the Purcha ■■ of Art Objects by Contemporary Virginian Artists first functioned from private donations, Becau a it.nil iui-.imi ui tudanl funds .i 11 now allocated tp| the com mittee, the art objecl ar< dl played In widely traveled an i.e., the dorm , thi llbrai -, and the offices. The committi present!) attaching more plati and purcha e date to tin collet don which will then be red! tributed, involved ui the committee are Mrs. Janice Lemon, I halrman, Miss '■ Mr, Paul RouiUard, Mr, Cbarle Butler, Ml is F reida Myei . tudanl member are Kathy Bai Debbie Comper, Mary Ai. mod) and Beck) Kel . The i iin D Btnford palnl i to i" exhibited tl a retroi ,1 Mar, Washington ' 'II' '■ tW i I Hi alid been pbotogi I toi the
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Black Education At The High School? v "It Depends On The Person By LYNDA VAN HOltN Wliat is it like to attend a private all white academy' Wliat is it like to attend a public Khool with II almost total black enrollment' These were originally tlie pasttoa to U' .HI nrtd il IM I partially by tin article. It became ui'< v.v..t ry, however, after a BOWW of two week., ol telephone ii Md interviews, |D Chan • the complexion nl tin USlgDiii' lit and m tiet write an .illi
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ADMIN MKATOK INTERVIEW! last week, two appointments Nil matte with t. I o(. llt'Ulh. riieheailni.t-.ti l otl'rilice Edward Academv .said that he did not think tlut he could help with answering questions and reteri etl the interviewer tO Mr. ltol-.il Kethl, administratorof the I'rim «■ Edward School Dwlallll which handles tht affairi nf tlie private white school. Mr. Hetltl w,t wn helpful with tlie Blattltkl and pertinent detail al«>nt the chool, but said tlut it would be impossible for the students and/or tlie faculty to be interviewed at the ol. lie said that the school had already had much adv> publicity and had hence made it a policy not to allow the press to visit the school during school
hours. He did mention though, that ROTUNDA staff members could go out to the school in the afternoon at school closing time and be conducted on a tour of the empty school. The second interview was to be held thai s.imeafternoonwitliMr. Clarence Penn, the principal of Prince Edward County High School, Upon visiting the school it was found that Mr. Penn could not be available that afternoon but would be glad to set up a ond interview for a later date. This second interview was scheduled for the next week, but Mr. 1'eiin had to leave on an emer'ii I could not be available. He did, however, say that the student ,ii; t,■.,, h, | mid be interviewed and to feel free to go about the school speaking to whomever necessary. BACKGROUND OF COUNI\ HIGH M HOOI
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Unit in 1952, but not essentially black segregated until federal court ordered die I'm Edward County to open the schools in 1964 after being closed for a period of eight years. What effect did the closing have upon the Negro school population who were forbidden admission to the newly opened all white V i Edward Academy? The effects were crippluig and could only be determined through long range study. Dr. Robert Green, a member ol the education department at Michigan State, who came to
Prince Edward County to try to salvage black education, writes of the conditions: "Early school deprivation may have irreversible effects," he wrote in his report. "Ifthis is the case, then the rate of subsequent development should be substantially different for children who have experienced severe early deprivation. Terminal skill development of these children would never attain a normal level." He goes on to note tlut many of the black children had digressed to the point of having lost the ability to manipulate a pencil. Now, twelve years since the first closing of the schools, the schools are functioning and providing education to the black community. It must be made clear at this point that tlie school is not entirely black. There is a h.ui'lful of white children attend> parents for one reason or another did not send them to the white academy - the tuition costs for one year at the academy are $475. Mrs. Beatrice Mitchell, the black high school librarian, has worked in the Prince Edward County schools since 1964. At the beginning of this time she worked u an assistant in the "Free School" set up through private funds to serve as a "catch up" program to the black children. She was most emphatic as to her satisfaction within the school system. She feels the county is placing a good deal of emphasis on the library and other
learning materials. When asked if views. Some said that they did she felt in any way alienated not feel a prejudice existed and from the white community of that they were satisfied with the Farmville, she replied that she school curriculum. had heard about animosity beWhat is school like for a white tween the races but had experi- student in the predominanately enced none herself. In overaU black school? A few white stuview she considered her resi- dents, although relatively turd to dence in the county as a "profit- find, were also interviewed. able and pleasant experience." WHITE RESPONSE BLACK STUDENT OPINIONS A young ninth grader gave her Some of the black students did impressions after being in the not agree, however, with all of school for only one day. Her what Mrs. Mitchell stated. Sev- family had just moved into the eral felt that the curriculum was FarmviUe area and she was atlacking in enough black history tending her first day at the county and literature courses being school. She stated that her teachtaught in the school. One student ers all of whom were black were mentioned tliat an Afro-Ameri- very friendly but she did not feel can history course was offered anyone had really tried to put her and a sampling of Negro heri- at ease. First impressions?- "I tage was offered in English don't like it. There are just too classes, but he was not satis- many blacks." She said she had fied with the amount. been greeted by the black stuThe students were asked to dents by "we have another Pocacompare the white teachers with hontas here." Admitting thai the black. One Negro girl said felt fear at first entering the th.it there was almost an even school, she lamented, "They just distribution of black and white seem like they don't want to teachers and as to their success learn." as teachers, she said tlut genHowever valid these first imerally "it depends on the type pressions toward a true view of of person." racial relations at the school is Several of the black students hard to decide. There were those interviewed said they felt a defi- white students who were satisnite pattern of prejudice still ex- fied with conditions in the school isted in tlie community. They felt and felt that most of the black that it was liard to find good jobs students were friendly. since the majority of business Prince Edward County High men in the community are white. School is seeking accreditation by Many also said that they felt the the Southern Association of presence of Prince Edward Acad- Schools and Colleges. Even If emy as an outward sign of this denied this accreditation the prejudice. school has come a long way in There were those black stu- providing equal education for dents who disagreed with these blacks and whites alike.
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B B Teams Alive Remains Unbeaten By JANE GARRETT In their 60 to 24 victory over Dotty Bohannon 4 1 9 2 On February 16 and February William and Mary every mem- Nanette Fisher 6 10 20, the Varsity and Junior Var- ber of the varsity squad scored Janet Ford 2 4 sity basketball teams defeated points for Longwood. The team Bee Johnson Virginia Commonwealth Univer- was led by Nanette's 17 points LC Junior Varsity Y V.C.U. sity and William and Mary Col- and 18 rebounds. She was folFG FT TP 10 2 22 lege to bring their record to six lowed closely by Margaret Low- Kathy Talley wins and no losses. ery with 10 points and SueMana- Diane Pad) i U G 4 16 2 Sue Manahan and Nanette Fish- han and Barbara Cridiin with Joy King 0 4 Cindy Bradley 0 er led Longwood to their 42 to eight rebounds apiece. 0 0 1 The team led 20 to 2 after the Gail Gossage 5 7 28 victory over V.C.U. Sue connected for 14 points, while Nan- first quarter with 45 per cent Lulu Craven 1 0 2 LC Varsity Vs. WiM ette scored 10 points. Nanette shooting from the floor. They outgrabbed 33 rebounds and Sue scored their opponents 13 to 10 FG FT TP grabbed ten. in the second quarter and 15 to Margaret Lowery 4 2 10 2 Sue Manahan Photo by M 1 5 The team was 16 for 68 in the 4 in the third quarter. Perfect balance shows perfect form by a difficult move on 2 1 5 field goal department for 24 per The Junior Varsity team out- Dotty Bohannon 7 3 17 the balance beam. cent. The team's highest per- scored their opponents by 26 Nanette Filter 2 1 5 centage quarter was the first points to bring home a 46 to Janet Ford 2 1 5 as they shot for 37 per cent. 20 win. High scorers were Di- Bee Johnson 4 8 The Junior Varsity team de- ane Padgett and Kathy Talley with Debbie Carneal 1 2 feated V.C.U.*s Junior Varsity 17 and 15 points respectively. Barbara Cridiin 1 1 team by a score of 51 to 34. Shirley led in rebounding with 16. Becky Bailey 1 2 The team shot 32 per cent from Carol Chory snagged 12 rebounds Lucy Sale lel bars. Debbie Ellenbrandtwith the floor and 61 per cent from while Joy King grabbed nine. The LC Junior Vars ity Vs .W&M By RUSTY ROWE a score of 5.45; Martha Hicks with the free throw lane. FG FT TP statistics below show the field Last Wednesday night, Febru- 5.65; and Carolyn Paxton with a 5 5 15 High scorer for the team was goals, free throws, and total Kathy Talley ary 17, Longwood's gymnastic 6.4, outdid themselves. They are Kathy Talley with 22 points. She points. 7 Diane Padgett 3 17 team met with Stratford College. really something to watch when was followed by Diane Padgett Joy King 3 3 3 LC Varsity Vs. V.C.U. With Longwood swamping the they start moving. By the end of with 16 points. Cindy Bradley 2 4 FG FT TP Shirley Pinney meet, the final score was LC 78.7 this event they were well ahead pulled down 16 rebounds for the Margaret Lowery 2 1 Pam Williams 2 2 4 5 and Stratford 39.9. Competition of Stratford who had no chance to team while GailGossage had 12. Sue Manahan Carol Chory 1 1 3 6 2 14 included floor exercise, vaulting, beat Longwood now. balance beam, uneven parallel But Stratford wasn't all they bars, and tumbling. LC's highest were well ahead of, checking precumulative score came in floor vious gymnastics' scores showed exercise. The total was 18.55 that their previous high score at for the three gymnasts. Carolyn the end of tlie usual four events Paxton received a 5.75; Suzanne was 58.0. It was now already Morgan, a 6.3; andSuzanneStew- 62.95. Miss Fath was well satisart, a 6.5. This was an excellent fied witli the team's performance start and throughout the entire and said that they would try for meet LC kept pulling farther and an even higher total next event farther away coming up with some and keep on getting higher. She of their highest scores for the left the team staring at her with their mouths wide open. The unseason. The vaulting event showed even bars didnt end the meet, some pretty good scores, too. In- tumbling was added. Nancy Frost dividual points included Nancy with a 3.95, Carolyn Paxton scorFrost with a 5.0, Dana Hutchin- ing 5.6; and Curry Pettis with son with a 5.25, and Marttia 6.2, added another 15.75 points to Hicks with 4.8. Total score was their winning score to make a total of 78.7 points. 15.05. The gymnastic team members The sports editor would like to make a correction here, con- include Jackie Ashe, Linda Burgcerning last week's Gymnastics dorf, Diane Derrick, Debbie ElI'lmtu ll> tall article. She said the uneven bars lenbrandt, Nancy Frost, Martha A lunge and a legal touch gives to opponent one point against himself. were the hardest of all events. Hicks, Dana Hutclierson, Kitty Some of the gymnasts don't agree Lasserter, Karen Lewis, Suzanne Fencing Team Still with that. Though the bars are Morgan, Debbie Morris, Curry Pettis, Carolyn Paxton, Suzanne the most exciting, the hardest Improving, Record event seems to be the balance Stewart and Nancy Fowlkes as Now 2 Wins, 1 Loss beam. Even for a good gymnast, manager. The team has two more turning cartwheels, doing hand- meets scheduled for February By MARY BALDWIN stands, and tumbling on the beam 22 (Monday), here against WilThe Longwood College Fencing is really very hard. The total liam and Mary at 4:00 p.m. Team competed in their second points for this event were 11.85. There will be four events plus match of the season at LynchThe highest scorer was Nancy tumbling. The other meet is burg College the evening of the Frost. She did exceptionally well March 3 (Wednesday) at Strat- 16th at 7 p.in. The team won by a with a score of 5.55. Curry Pet- ford College at 5:30 p.m. There score of 10 to six. They had tis and Kitty Lassiter also com- will also be four events plus gained much experience and peted with scores of 3.8 and 2.5, tumbling. Everyone is invited to knowledge from their match at nd and watch Longwood's Randolph-Macon Women's Colrespectively. The best event of the meet was the uneven paral- gymnasts in action. lege the week before and did not let up their drive from the start of the match to the finish. The Longwood team led in the total number of bouts won throughout the match. Mary Frances Baldwin led tier teammates in the number of bouts won, winning three out of the I■».■. 1.. Il> Hu.t, four she fought. Close behind were Joanne Canada and Temple Tumbling is easy on the Hour, but when vou only have Harvey both winning two out of four inches, it takes strength and balance tu save yourself four. Jan Russell and Faye Ingfrom a fall. rain sharing on the number of bouts fought, finished with a 2-0 fenced Mary Washington College good coach to hi i; ; 10 dOM .' I ■ ' ]"' Of and 1-1, respectively. It was a before a good crowd of spectajiidl'.ini'. tin- homo DM) . most exciting match, and spur- tors. The final seres red the girls on for daily prac- tu t team won 8-1 and the sec- with the help of four indents tices on preparation for the home ond team 4-0. Longwood's rec- judging, it is lard. The next match will a trimatch against Mary Washington ord now stands at two win aii'l match held at IfidiM /liege College on Saturday, Feb. 20. one loss. 1 Pluto by Ruity Miss Sally Bush, the coach in which the Longwood fen 11 This home meet again proved will meet Lynchburg Coll geonce A difficult mount for the beginner; but excellent form and victorious for the Longwood fen- for the team, has been doing an grace makes the entire movemet exciting and smooth for a cers. The winning fever remain- excellent job. The team has a again. The rematch riKNl I prove ed throughout the meet as they lot of potential but needed a to be a very exciting one. varsity team member on the bars.
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By LYNNE WILSON Longwood students have made several requests for can or bottle drink machines to replace the cup vendors, but these machines are impractical in terms of capacity, maintenance, andexpense. Longwood now lias thirty-eight vending machines that gross approximately $50,000 per year. The Coca-Cola Co. of Lynchburg, which stocks the machines, feels that with an average investment of $1,500 per machine, the current level of sales won't justify additional machines. In addition a request for changing cup drink machines to bottle machines presents problems that would reduce gross sales to the extent that some of the machines now on campus would liave to be removed unless the vending operation was subsidized by the total tuition and fees of the students. In reference to the use oi bottle or can vendors on campus, the Coca-Cola Co. cites several disadvantages. First, there is always the danger oi broken bottles or of the metal can rings dropped on the Door. There is a maintenance problem in that the space taken up by a can or bottle is considerably
more than that of a cup. Another disadvantage lies in the fact that a cup drink macliine lias a capacity of 1000 drinks whereas a can or bottle machine can hold only 226 drinks. This means four times more service is needed, and there would be more interruptions by the service men in the forms. It is also easier to fill syrup containers than to bring in bulky bottles or cans. Since these factors would reduce the total efficiency of the operation by about 75ft, it is estimated that 20 to 25 cents would have to be charged for each can or bottle drink. Furthermore, the cost of a cup is only one cent while a bottle or can is about five cents. Finally, there is not enough space or electrical current to service the two to four bottle machines that it would take to replace one cup machine. Currently, there are five bottle vending machines on campus. They are in buildings and grounds, the science building, the library, Jarman, and the Lankford rec. These are justified in that the volume of business dispensed by these is small enough not to warrent the installation of a more expensive cup machine.
Miss Carmody Former Editor Teaching Art In Farmville Bookstore Will Keep Present Check Cashing Service For Students By LYNNE WILSON Although Longwood's snack bar cannot cash checks without a purchase, the book store will cash personal checks up to $5, or $5 beyond the cost of purchases made. hail i»in recent student discussion because the snackbar won't ca il checks. Mr. i arbone had lound it too large a task to take ran ol i nect cashliikiord, plan meals and banquets, and keep all the books straight. However, this doesn't mean a student .an'! cash checks on campus. Mi. Harp* r, tin book i, v.ill .ash student checks without a purcl up to a )3 limit. The limit is nece ai v because even now dail) check cashing amounts to over $500, and larger checks would net i Bsltate more trips to the bank and greater sums ol money on hand. Two party checks ran be cashed for an) amount as ton thr : null HI andorsi tin ■ ticck. I mi restrictions have beer. I la tore 'heckcasliIng. Should a student I ash in HI than mi.' nim-siil I icient fund Check, liei clucks will no longer be honored at the store. I'i. By there is no bsj i lor bad checks, but banks ctUU i $2 |n i Ch( Ck, and il Insufficient tiind cin C IU become rrequent,Mr, Harper ma', also bavi to initiate .. i bat U
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By VALERIE BLANKS The former editor of The Rotunda, Mary Alice Carmody, is now teaching at Prince Edward County High Schools. Miss Carmody, originally from Pennsylvania, graduated from Longwood in January and began teaching art courses to students from grades 7 through 12 at the high school in February. Prince Edward County High School, which was known as Robert R. Moton High School until recently, was without an art teacher for two years until this year. Right now Prince Edward is working for accreditation and Miss Carmody is busy filling out reports for the Art Department. Beginning in mid-March Miss Carmody will teach afternoon is at the high school arid advise the teachers of the four elementary schools in the county art resource teachers for the county. The high school will possibly hire a full time art teacher next year. Miss Carmody
By KATHY ROBERTSON Ur. David A. Breil, Associate Professor of Natural Sciences here at Longwood College, lias recently published in pamphlet form his study of "Liverworts of the Mid-Gull Coastal Plain." The study was originally published in the Fall, 1970 issue 'I r 1 n; BKYoLOGIST. During the three years of his survey (1965-68) Dr. Breil examined more than a,000 specimens ol liverwort flora, spa proNimately 2,500 of which he ' llected himself. Representaim.'iis of those included in his personal collection are now included in the herbaria of I 1'iila State University, Duke University, the New York lMamDespite claims by most colcal Garden, and the Smithsonian leges and universities that they Institution. include women m top-level adI'h. pamphlet is a study of the ministrative positions, women 107 species of known liverwort administrators seldom have maflora of ttie Gulf coastal plain. jor policy-making responsibiliI i ' id i ■' ii Dr. Uriel I ties, accordini hi a survey cona brief desi i iption of the physi- ducted by the ' ciacal and structural characteris- tioii of University Women. , including its habitat and Women also are under-repretJ n. "The need for such a ted in top-level faculty poguide has become urgent since ns and in influential student Ive devastation of vege, the survey disclosed,although 90 per cent of the insti(Continued on Page 7) tutions surveyed said their promotion policies for women teachers were the same as for men. "Come In And In adi a, women's jobs involve skills and attention See Our New to detail, not policy-making or Napier influence, the tion said. More than 90 per cent of the Jewelery institution.-, questioned indi that ttieir pollcj was to include women In top-level idministra* . The survey also found, however, that women are ially at the niKldle-management level or in stereo-typi. all.
may fill this position but has hopes of attending graduate school in the fall. She enjoys teaching at the high school level but believes she would like to specialize at the college level. When asked if she liad any problems with the students,Miss Carmody responded, "Not many, I am pleased with their obedience and good manners." She also commented on the talent of some of her students. But one problem tliat Miss Carmody as well as some of the rest of the faculty are faced with is that some of the students do not liave much time for doing homework. Because of the years when the ol was closed, some of the students were not able to go to school at the proper age. They now married and liave jobs after school. The teachers liave taken this into consideration and tried to lighten the load. But on the whole Miss Carmody is enjoying teaching at Prince Edward County High School.
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in h as deans of nursing. Women in administration are most likely to be head librarians, directors of placement, or directors of financial aid, the AAUW said, and least likel be presidents. Women fill more positions of responsibility at women's colleges, private institutions, and .nth fewer than 1,000 students, than at large and public institutions, the study found. Women were more likely to hold influential student posit at institutions with fewer than 1,000 student e, 18 per cent had women student body idents in the three year period, compared wit! at universities with enrollments 10,000. About 22 per cent of the nation's faculty members were women, according to the survey, men were full prol. impared with 24.5 per cent of faculty men.
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Change Machines Impossible To Maintain At Longwood month to warrant the installation By LYNN WILSON In answer to student requests, of change machines, but they fall the business office recently in- far short of this with an average quired into the possibility of of $800 per machine per month. In addition to the expense of putting change machines on campus, but the machines were found the change machines itself, exto be both impractical and un- perience shows them to be in need of repair at least two or reliable. Recently, Mr. Jim Blanton three times per week, and these called to Macke Co., which hand- repairs would require factory les the vending operation at VCU, trained service men. Since the to get some information on the machines are basically unrelimachines. He found that the able, it is conceivable that a change machines would cost $1,- girl might have to wait several 000 and an additional $300 per days for money lost in a faulty machine. month for service. Despite the fact that change Since there is no profit in the change machine itself, its pri- machines will not be placed on mary purpose is to boost the campus, change is still available sales from the vending machines. in the bookstore, the upstairs Our vending machines would have Lankford office, and information to gross $1,200 to $1,500 per office in Ruffner.
Students To Meet Legislators John Froins enphasixes the fact that organized action is needed to end the war.
Froines Speaks On War And Outlines Treaty Of The People By ETHEL REITER John Froines, a member of the Chicago Seven and a leader in the civil rights and antiwar movements since the early 1960's, called for a new, sustained movement to end the Vietnam War in his address to the Hampden-Sydney student body Wednesday night. Froines clearly set forth the purpose of his speech, "I want to talk primarily about the war, the Nixon strategy, Laos, and organizational forms to end the war." It is necessary to go back to the 1968 New Hampshire primary to find the beginnings of the Nixon strategy. McCarthy won in New Hampshire because of the growing antiwar sentiment. Therefore, said Froines, Nixon's aim is to win the war and end protest by decreasing the death toll in Vietnam. This involves a very simple strategy of forced urbanization of the peasants. There are three parts of this strategy: saturation bombing which is equivalent to three Iliroshimas a week; sensor devices which allow jets and artillery to zero in on anything that radiates heat; and terror weapons, such as pellet bombs and cloth mines. Froines believes that the whole thing has failed for one simple reason. The U.S. thinks that by using these weapons which drive all the peasants from the countryside, it is possible to separate the people from the fighters. However, the people are fighters and the liberation front has been brought to the cities. The war it not out of the city. The purpose of the Laos invasion is to remove public attention from the war in the cities, Froines stated. The Laos invasion is just another step towards further escalation. "I talk about these weapons and tactics because we have allowed technology to divorce us from the effects of bombing, the killing and the suffering.
Something is wrong when we have to define victory in terms of body count," Froines stated. To end the war, Froines said that a strong and sustained peace movement is vital, one that will not surrender to pressures as aU efforts in the past tiave done. He also proposed that the treaty of the people be taken to every single American for ratification. This treaty originated when a group of U.S. students met South and North Vietnamese students to formulate a peace document. It has been ratified by students of both parts of Vietnam. The treaty calls for a cease fire, :omplete and safe American withdrawal, the release of POWs, and a democratic election in North and South Vietnam to decide the question of government. "If the government of the United States has not stopped the war by May 1, 1971, the functioning of the government will end," declared Froines. There is a planned demonstration to be held in Washington, D.C. On May 2, there is to be a GI strike starting with Fort Bragg. Demonstrations will be ln-liI at every American embassy in Europe and Asia. Every major U.S. city will have nonviolent demonstrations. Washington is to be surrounded by a massive assembly of nonviolent demonstrators. Demonstrators will also assemble on Pennsylvania Avenue to "close down the Capitol." Vehicles wiU be left stalled on the entrance roads to the Pentagon and the CIA building. Froines ended his speech by saying that this massive nonviolent demonstration is our obligation to humanity and our only hope for peace.
In Statewide Open Forum Four Longwood students will attend the Virginia Student-Legislator Open Forum which will convene Friday, April 23, at the John Marshall Hotel in Richmond. The purpose of the meeting is to "develop a closer and more constant rapport between the college students and the state legislators of the Commonwealth of Virginia. The forum, patterned on a successful open forum held in Georgia, will include approximately 300 student representa:ives from 65 state institutions of higher learning. These representatives will discuss various topics with members of the Virginia and United States Senate, House of Delegates, and House of Representatives during the two-day conference. Topics to be discussed include lowering the voting age in Virginia in compliance with the Supreme Court ruling, discrimination on campuses against blacks and women, drug abuse
Dr. Breil Publishes (Continued from Page 6) tat inn by man has already eliminated many habitats of naturally occurring taxa in the Southeast."* No one else has done any major work in this area. The greater portion of Dr. Breil's research was made possible by a grant from the Tall Timbers Research Station, Tallahassee, Florida, with additional support from the Faculty Research Council of Longwood College. Dr. Breil hopes to do more work with Florida liverworts and presently has a grant from the Faculty Research Council of Longwood College for study of the liverworts of Southern Virginia. •Moore, Barbara Jo, 1968. The macrolichen flora of Florida. THE BRYOLOGET 71: 162-266.
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and rehabilitation, environment, higher education, reform of the state government, urban problems and welfare and health assistance. Food and lodging for all delegates will be paid for by funds raised by the Steering Committee of the Open Forum, headed by Wayne Kay, a student from VPI. John Pagan, Speaker of the Senate and member of the Open Forum Steering Committee, commented, "This is an opportunity for college students from every institution of higher learning in the state to speak in person with legislators about the matters that concern us all very much."
Students Push To Reform Codes (Continued from Page 2) time some changes were made. Restrictions against alcohol have been lifted, ttiose curfews extended, driving privileges liberalized and open visitation in residence halls permitted to a limited degree. There was turmoil at the Williamsburg school last year over the open housing rules, and the issue remains the "big hassle," according to Robert Ranson,Student Association vice president. (On Friday, the State Senate unanimously approved a resolution calling on administrators of state-supported colleges to make sure dormitory visitation rules are "in keeping with the moral tone of Virginia." A biU already approved by the House of Delegates would make it a misdemeanor to return to the scene of of a campus demonstration once ordered to leave by proper authorities. The American Civil Liberties Union has formally opposed both measures.) Dormitory sign-out regulations, Ranson said, are "flaunted in the face of the administration . . .'• He said there's a "very strong feeling that it should be up to individual students to run their own lives .. The college shouldn't attempt to regulate morality." Clothing Alterations Monograms FARMVILLE RECORD SHOP Phone: 3925044
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Colleges In The News Stotc Senator Charges Sex "Out Of Hand" In Dormitories
CHARLOTTESVILLE: At a recent session of the State Seriate, Senator Herbert H. Bateman, of Newport News, proposed a resolution that would tighten control over dormitory visits by members of the opposite sex. Mr. Bateman charged that sex among students at the state's colleges and universities lias "gotten out of hand." He referred to dormitories as "bawdy houses" and added that the situation was worse than he could describe. R-M Woman's College Joins In Fee Hike
LYNCHBURG: Randolph - Macon Woman's College has joined the ranks with those schools that are raising student fees for 197172 in order to correct rising expenses. Fees for resident students wiU increase $175 over the previous year. Although this is a 5% increase, it hardly keeps pace with the cost of living increase of the last 12 months. Faculty Committee Defeats Representation
BLACKS BURG: A resolution which would liave given students at VPI representation on tlie University Council, the (Milicy making body, was defeated by the Faculty Senate at a recent meeting. The reasons for ttie defeat of the resolution werethatthe membership of the committee would be too large and that the power of the faculty would be diluted. The Faculty Senate did leave open the possibility of support for increased student representation on University commissions and committeesand voted toallnw students to make proposals before the University Council.
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Peace Conference Prepares For April 24 Offensive By LISE WORTHINGTON A meeting of the Student Mobilization Committee to end the war in Vietnam was held at Catholic University last weekend. With more than 1,000 participants, the Peace Conference reflected the progress being made by the SMC in building its spring offensive against the war. The major idea that was stressed both in workshops and in mass meetings that the overwhelming majority of the American people are fed up with Nixon's war in Southeast Asia. Because people have reached the saturation level, the coalition group tried to emphasize the fact that students and others must organize the type of antiwar demonstrations that will draw into action the majority of Americans who have never before participated in the antiwar movement, and to remobilize those hundreds of thousands of activists who have been confused and disoriented by Nixon's rhetoric about 'winding down the war.' Perhaps one of the most important things that was voted on
News From Wesley Foundation "Protect Your Environment"
Dr. Elizabeth Jackson, Professor of Natural Sciences at LongWIMKI, will ,s|H'ak at 11 it- W« li Foundation OO February 24. Her topic will be "Protect Your Environment," the theme of la:-t year's "Earth Day," Which MB phaslsed the environmental cri« sis (acini on country. Dr. JackMiii will point out tone oi HM A t' i lonttOBI oi our environment tlial have occurred and are still occurring, and what the private citizen can and stouH do to prevent or stop these detorito prevent oi deter.' orations in ordei to preserve our environment tor the future. The program i>< In at 6: IS ami e»« Invited to attend. "Coffee House At Wesley Foundation"
tin Foundation will i' iiiin Uoa Hear) In a < "it.. house to be held on I-ndav, Febrwarj 21, beginning at ":3o p.m. i i merl) the leadei, public relation-, director, and i<-ad vocalist lor HM iolk music group, The Highwaymen, Mosehastrav<'i' 'i thn ugh Kit DM covntrj uslnr anisic, drama, and experimental media worship to help ■hoi viMini' people the place I Christ in modern society. He has served ai director, musical director, oompoaer.arran and producer ol man) comaier* Ciall loi radio and TV. He also itad the Famllj Album for Colnobia Records and has worked ill the field of motion pictures. His moat recent ventureiaacontract to write an off-Hroadw.n play, Also appearlm la the program will be several Longwood students indudlnj freahman Marie Wietner, Dmki Burner, Wanda Schullcr, and Carol Knight. The code, house is designed i0 provide an informal evening of fun and entertainment in which all l.ongwood and Hampden-Sydne\ students ire hwtladtosjuun . Admission la tree, and refreshments will be sold.
at this Peace Rally were the dates for the spring antiwar activities. It was voted that the first major activities will begin April 1-4. On these dates there will be nationwide and local activities such as hunger marches to dramatize hunger for housing, fasts, and teach-ins. On April 24, the mass walk on Washington is scheduled demanding immediate withdrawal of all U.S. military air, land and sea forces from Vietnam. When the dates had been settled, other representative speakers were given opportunities to speak. Each speaker could talk for five minutes, then could, il needed, ask for an extension foi three minutes. He was granted the three minutes' extension by a majority vote. One of the more popular topics was ' don't reform the draft." What was stressed was that the groups were not for mere revision of the draft, nor were they for mere reform. What they advocated was total abolition of the draft and the selective system that administers it. Representatives of other groups were present to give their views and to inform the crowd that had gathered in the gymnasium of Catholic University. There were several speeches from individuals representing the Gay Liberation Movement. What was emphasized was that the Gay Liberation movement is by no means merely a part of the "cultural revolution, instead
it is the century's overdue rebellion against male oppression and against some of the most dehumanizing superstitions ever known.'' In close association with the women's liberation movement the gay front represents a direct challenge to one of the major institutions in our society; the nuclear family which buttressed the capitalist system. It was pointed out that the gay liberation is a struggle against the fear of homosexuality which limits and destroys all human relationships in our society, including the heterosexual. Other topics discussed included a proposal for a 30 hour week at 40 hours pay, an end to political repression, the dangers of inflation and repression, the importance and growth of the Third War Party, and proposals for a general strike by the labor movement. It was hoped by the coordinators of this rally to raise funds and gather support for the next major rally to be held in Washington on April 24. When a student was asked her opinion on the overall impact of this conference, his response was: "Hell, I don't know. I just go where the action is."
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"Carpenters" Will Not Perform At Ring Dance Concert By CHRISTINE SHAH I'K wh.it happened t" "The Carpenters"? After having heard that "The Carpenters" were playing for the Ring Dance concert, this question is on the lips oi many Longwood students. In the February 10 edition of THE ROTUNDA it is stated that "The Carpenters" would appear on April 23. Why did the Junior Class allow one of its members to state that they would appear when u contract had been signed? The kmiora were trying to work l block booking arrangement for " i li* Carpenters" with several nearb) schoola. Then- agent never gave the class an answer because he was Working on a booknil in las Vegas for the grou] . Although the class did not have "The f irpenters" booked, a membei of the Junior Class released the news that they would come. Now after losing "The Carpenters" the Friends of Distinction or Brooklyn Bridge will play for the concert.
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There is no such thing as A TENDER TRAP Consider n . ri a one of the i irti Im most lovable creatures He is pan ot the woodland Ice and wonder of nature Favonle children's stories endow him with almost human qualities along with H • the lox. the beaver. Ihe muskral and other loresl dwellers oon is neither a friendly nor lovable occupation Forly million leg hold traps are sel out continuously in the United Stales and Canada alone The cruel lagged loolhed traps can crunch an animal s leg leaving him to bleed sutler and starve lor days before the trapper comes to deal Ihe final death blow The animals are so agonized :' -chew olf their own feet oons lo make one coat for a human 'dreds of dl immals may die before ihose tony pells are collected The traps snap at any turtles, eagles groundhog' dogs and cats A trap d and neither does a Ira:
You, loo, can help in Ihe crusade lo killing ol animals that keep our environment a . give |oy to our children You can refuse lo * of animals for preslige or pleasure You can speak out against these ungodly trapping practices in the name of the animals fhal still survive And you can DFDUCTIBLE CONTRIBUTION lo Friends of Animals which is doing something constructive about it truction DO IT Ni - m the knowledge thai you are helping to : *ildlife heritage - tor your children and Iheir
Mm Alice Harnnglon President Friends ot Animals Inc 11 Wesl 60IH Street Near fork. N 1 10023 I am glad lo enclose i Iparabli lo FoA and lull, tai deductible) lo hem atop Iha murder ol wildlile F-leasa add m» nun, |0 ,our mailing Ml
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