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EDITORIAL
Concerned Students
Should Get Involved
Not included in our brief list of comments made by
people during the course of our readership survey
(page 8), was one student who said:
“Despite publicity and lip service to the contrary,
the atmosphere and teaching methods at Capitol
Campus tend to be quite conservative and traditional.
Perhaps the C.C. Reader could editorialize on the
possibility of bringing our school into the America of
the 1970’5?”
Sir, your comment is the familiar one to anyone
who’s ever complained about how the “system” works,
in universities in particular.
I began college during the late 1960’5, and during
that period students were concerned with a lot of
things, not the least of which was the quality and
methods of their particular institution. Life magazine,
among others, help keep this concern alive by regularly
regaling America with photos of students dissenting
against their university as well as their government.
Over a decade has passed since the opening shot of
this period was fired in California with the Free Speech
movement’s protests at Berkley. And in the time that’s
elapsed since then, I no longer picture student dissent
as taking over the college president’s office, and
having the protest leader sit at the president’s desk
with his feet propped up on it, smoking the former
occupant’s cigars. Instead, I’ve come to see it as a
necessary and ongoing process of responsible
criticism, debate, protest and wrangling. And, as an
obligation to participate by all students.
You may be right in any criticism you have of
Capitol Campus, but to merely make such a comment
oa a readership survey and to leave it at that is to forget
the process and a hard learned lesson for American
Academia.
Just bitching to each other never helps. Get
involved!
During the Winter term a “concerned students”
meeting will be held, where students will be able to
exchange arguments and ideas with Messrs. Dressier,
South, McDermott and Deardorf. It’s at that time and
all such others that concerned students, formed
around any idea, should organize and present their
case to the university.
To present any new idea requires ’time and,
“bringing pressure to bear” is the best way of speeding
it up.
Letters to
Your article, “Professor
fights retirement,” (Novem
ber 20) is indeed disturbing,
but to better appreciate the
situation a broader perspec
tive has to be established.
The pertinent question is
not “whether Ambrose Klain
is harassing the Regional
Planning Program” but
“whether there is a path
provided by the University
for Ambrose Klain to
process his grevance.” In
fact, there is no well-defined
procedure which will enable
Ambrose Klain to obtain due
process dor a decision of
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Faculty participation in the
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istant. Grieved faculty
have two choices: submit
and vanish, or question and
be considered bothersome.
Ambrose Klain is not the
troublemaker portrayed in
your article, but a capable
faculty member seeking due
process and his civil rights.
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The Truth
During the observation of
the two hundredth anniver
sary of the birth of the
United States as an inde
pendent country, we find
ourselves conjuring up im
ages of the founding fathers
compelled to resort to arms
to oppose a misguided, if
not quite tyrannical ruler,
George 111. Any thoughts of
radicalism are too reminis
cent of the unpleasant 1960’s
to be a part of our
bicentennial celebration, yet
the strategies of the patriots
of 1776 were similar to the
radical tactics of the recent
past. A brief review of the
strategies of mass meetings
and urban guerilla warfare
during the years 1765-76
illustrates the parallel be
tween the American Revolu
tion and our experience
during the 1960’s when
radicals called mass meet
ings to demand immediate
changes in American public
policies, an end to a
government unresponsive to
the people and premeditated
assaults and kidnappings of
individuals who were con
sidered enemies of the
people.
Initially, the revolutionary
radicals held mass meetings
to demand changes of
British policies which they
deemed unacceptable. Their
strategy was to produce a
display of power which
promoted these ends. The
use of mass meetings,
which implied a threat of
violence if change was not
forthcoming, demonstrated
popular sentiment for
change and made clear to
the British government the
consequences of delay
would be additional turmoil.
The first demonstration of
Dear Editor
I read your article in The
Reader dated November 6,
1975, subject: “N.O.W.
Puts Heat on Banks.”
I feel that N.O.W. has
been a sacred cow but I am
so tired of hearing claims
from them, I’m going to
make a few comments.
Exactly what they accuse
the banks of doing (catering
to males) they are now doing
through their “feminist
bank” (or credit union). They
are advocating a financial
institution that caters to
females.
Any female who has
anything to do with this type
action is being used. I am a
male, and I will deal with
that institution that pays the
best interest and gives me
the best service. The
average and above average
“person” will do the same
and not be bilked by a few
self-serving females (who
are being duped by a few
shrewd individuals willing to
take advantage of a lot of
name-calling).
The woman who claims
she is being “bilked”, “used”
and “down-trodden” by the
fair sex (or someone
pretending concern for
them).
.Robin Platts
Dr. Mehryn Haber
They are both negative in
their approach.
C.C. Reader
About 1776
...And More Letters—
Now, Now, N.O.W .
colonial solidarity in oppo
sition to British policy came
in protest to the enactment
by Parliament of a Stamp
Tax in 1765. Mass meetings,
which were held throughout
the colonies, called for the
immediate repeal of the tax.
Several months after these
mass meetings, Parliment
repealed the Stamp Tax.
Thus the radicals were
encouraged by this act of
Parliament to utilize this tool
to protest other unpopular
British policies. But the
boldest use of mass
meetings came in Pennsyl
vania where the radicals
went beyond protest and
called for the end to the
proprietary government.
Declaring the Pennsylvania
colonial government unres
ponsive to the will of the
people, a mass meeting met
in the spring of 1776 and
organized a revolutionary
government of the people.
Another useful tool of
radical strategy aimed at
destroying the political
government in Pennsylvania
and elsewhere, urban gueril
late 1760'5. This strategy
eroded the political authority
of government officials and
their civilian supporters
outside the government.
The tactics used by the
revolutionary guerillas in
cluded direct physical at
tack, intimidation and arrest
of alleged enemies of the
people.
The earliest victims of
physical assault were cus
toms officials. In Provi
dence, Rhode Island tactics
included beating, stripping,
It is time we all united
under a common banner of
helping one another in this
world that is so concerned
with selfish motives. With
so many adults running
around with selfish motives,
how can we expect children
to be different.
I know many of you will
call me a male-chauvinist
pig. I will still hold the door
open for you, ladies. When
you “grunt” instead of
saying “thank-you”, I’ll smile
and say “you’re welcome”. It
is my nature to be polite -
but not hoodwinked.
Organize politically -
not for someone who will
cater to men OR women - but
who will serve all of us
honestly and fairly.
When you go for true
equality, that is one thing.
When you want rights
without equal responsibility,
that is another thing.
I see where women are
now going to the military
academies. They will not,
however, have to have their
heads shaved like the men,
and they have also modified
the physical training (ex
ample: push-ups). In plain
language I ask if this is true
equality. Honest persons
will say “no”. Why isn’t
N.O.W. demanding that all
women in the academies be
January 22, 1976
tarring, feathering and
strangling of the unfortunate
Jesse Saville. Other
enemies of the people were
eventually brought before
committees that persuaded
them to reconsider their view
towards radicalism. These
meetings were always
cloaked with the rhetoric of
constituting bodies that
derived their authority from
the people. Yet the accused
were summoned without
warrant and evidence was
usually scant regarding the
alleged violation of the
people’s rights. By 1775,
these committees also as
sumed the tasks of arresting
and silencing considerable
numbers of citizens.
Thus by means of radical
strategies aimed ar revolu
tion, the colonies experi
enced a breakdown in law
and order which ultimately
led to the overthrow of the
legitimate government in
America. Therefore, when
we speak of the bicenten
nial, an awareness of just
how radical that era was
needs to be kept in mind.
The proximity of the
turbulent 1960’s to our own
life and the similarity
between contemporary
strategies and the founding
fathers should help us
maintain a balanced per
spective of what 1776 was all
about.
by Dr. Lem Molovinsky
Assistant Professor Ameri
can Studies and History
treated EXACTLY the way
men are treated?
If you really want
equality, you should be
willing to accept the same
hardships, heartaches and
pain. Anything short of this
is NOT equality but equal
rights without responsi
bilities. If you accept that,
then the males will not have
equal rights because you will
be asking for more from
them (which they give in
most cases now).
If I saw a woman getting
less pay just because of her
sex, I’d be the first to come
to her rescue and help
anyway I could. If her job
description is modified even
slightly, it is NOT the same
job.
All I ask is open
mindedness from you
readers - maybe we should
have a Saturday workshop to
organize in a united way - for
good and useful purposes.
If N.O.W. would really
believe in equality, they
would have no trouble
getting support. Their
caustic attitude breeds
retaliation. You’ll attract
more bees to your hive with
honey than vinegar. Try it -
we like it.
Robert Kelley
Cumbertand-Perry
Technical School