women's lib Continued from Page 1 Hip women in cities like Lat timer and Hazleton‘‘now called odius men "male chauvinist pigs" rather than those "assholes I .'" Men were on the defensive again and the more outspoken felt called upon to speak on subjects like "Obnoxious Croner in Print," "Feminism Causes Tooth DecayV" "Women in Revolt or Just Revolting ¥omen?j? and "Women's Role in Society.? Speaking of Dr. David Smith, noted Highacres educator and spokesperson for the male chauvinist point of view, you missed an interesting lunch last Tuesday if you caught his talk on "Women’s Role in So ciety." Dr. Smith presented a tightly reasoned case for mar ital fascism as part of Higb acres Women's Week. Drawing from his extensive research in feminist literature, he main tained that the crux feminist theory holds that women also rate the fulfillment found in the search for knowledge and truth rather than slaving over steaming pots of Bon Vivant vichyssoise. Dr. Smith coun tered this contention with a blood curdling cry of "Garbage" and on to assert women's fun damental physical, biological, and behavioral inadequacies for real he-man type work like stock-broking and declaring war on obscure but resourceful countries. Dr. Smith's most telling blow to "llbbies" was developed from the startling fact more males take his chemistry courses than females. Using either the CHIPPER uaH uporu US SCO 10. teui the, joyous (Hues di Maim. Ji£oeftJb€AcC&!ia oM ittoiouqlb tfe (LCuvrifuls. "fallacy of composition" or .? "post hoc ergo propter hoc rhet orical strategy" (either I for get or don't care;, Dr. Smith firmly but gently put women in their rightful place...'fee two story frame Americana, w/2 car garage and 50 year mortgage. You could almost hear the death rattle of feminism in Northeastern Pennsylvania when the true role of women was pre sented. (i sort of lo.st track of things here, because I under stood that the "true role" was either changing diapers or doing dishes, or imparting the spir itual values of our culture jbo the next generation. Semantics! Take your pick.) Assuming Dr. Smith meant the two to be identical, he went on to maintain that it is in good old rightesous housework that women will find the pot of gold—life fulfillmentwise. Citing a passage from either OCCUPATION HOUSEWIFE or THE SOYBEAN FUNERAL, Dr. Smith proved conclusively that women really have more fun doing the floors and taking kids to school (fulfilling women's work) than playing fast and loose with interna tional exchange rates, regu lating natural gas prices, or deciding who the next pres ident of Chile will be,(ful filling men's work). All of this, by the way, at an income differential whtat would make George Meany gum his dentures to the consistency of cream cheese. Like I said, you would have missed an inter esting lunch. Buy From Collegian Advertisers Mote ? ~, HaJui. Urnj. v'c. qot to he, tddU, ii The Highacres Collegian, Feb. 25, 1975 ~ Page Classroom Smoking University uounoxi, meet-: ting, at noon Thursday, contin ued discussion of the matter of smoking in the classroom. The matter was first dis cussed at the last meeting, on Dec. 19* having been referred to the Council by Dr. John W. Oswald, president of the Univ-.\ ersity, who suggested there may a need for University wide regulations on smoking "to protect those individuals who don't smoke and who under stanftingly object when in an environment which is polluted by smoke." To study the problems, Dr. Bussell E. Larson, Council chairman, appointed a sub committee comprised of Dr. Walter H. Walters, Dr. Helen A. Guthrie, and Kevin N. Wright; Mr. Wright is a graduate student, recently appointed to the Council to succeed Kenneth M. Novak. He attended his first meeting of the Council on Thurs day. Dr. Larson said he also would name an undergraduate stu dent to the Committee, explain ing that undergraduates to be considered for appointement had now been nominated and that the President of the University is expected to make the appointment in the near future. Coiuncil members on Thurs- day expressed concern about re ported faculty practices that . are directly related to quality of instruction the student re# oeives. They plan to discuss the matter at greater length at the next meeting, scheduled for February 20. /f'l “ 0 6 'I 'I hose, joyoos jjust tta vit- IbUj tohoope oP tliD (.de/d: oln loodfeu
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