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Vol. LVI, No. 107

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University of Kentucky

LEXINGTON, KY., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 14,

Tau fraternity initiates
leadership program for underprivileged
boys: Poge Two.

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Dedication set Friday for laboratory
at Medical Center: Page Two.

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Committee Attacks
Discrimination Here
By KEN HOSKINS
Kernel Staff Writer
Attacks and possible remedies
were leveled at racial discrimi-

nation in University athletics and
town housing Tuesday night by
the Campus Committee on
Human Relations.
A three-pahousing survey,
compiled by the group's housing
committee, was presented by the
chairman, Henry Tribble, junior
in the College of Law.
Tribble explained that the
survey was based on a list of
apartments and rooms from the
University Town Housing Office
and from a random sample of 16
The Kentucky Kernel
Robson Duncan Mclntyre, professor of economics, last night preforeign students and 15 white stusented an honorary membership in Beta Gamma Sigma, national dents, whose situations were
honorary fraternity of business and economics, to Kentucky Gov. compared with the 15 Negroes
Edward T. Breathitt. The presentation was made at a banquet in living off
campus.
the Student Center honoring 19 initiates of Beta Gamma Sigma.
The survey showed that of the
Gov. Breathitt was the keynote speaker.
52 landlords responding, 24 re- rt

Breathitt Relates
Education With State
Gov.

By STEVE ROCCO

Kernel Staff Writer
"We must remember that
as a state can never be
swifter than our progress in education. That is why it is so important that we strive to obtain
greater excellence, not only in our
universities and colleges, but in
our elementary and secondary
schools as well."
These were the words of Kentucky Gov. Edwart T. Breathitt
as he spoke Tuesday evening at a
banquet in the Student Center,
sponsored by Beta Gamma Sigma, national academic honorary
fraternity for men and women in
business and economics. About
70 persons attended.
The banquet was given in

our-progre-

honor of 19 initiates for the fraternity. Gov. Breathitt was made
an honorary member of Beta
Gamma Sigma, in keeping with
the fraternity's policy of naming
one honorary member each year.
"When you came to this University," said Gov. Breathitt,
"you were a product of one of our
high schools or of one in a sister
state. You came as a product of
your community, shaped by its
characteristics, measured by its
limitations. You came as a product of your family, influenced by
its interests and aspirations, disciplined by its attitudes and beliefs.

"You came as a conformist
to whom church, home and school
society in general had pro- -

Candidates Present
Campaign Platform
platform was presented Tuesday by Winston Miller and John O'Brien, candidates
for president and vice president
of student government.
The
platform
statement came fresh on the heels
of an announcement last Thursday by Student Congress President Steve Beshear and his special assistant Larry Kelley that
the present administration would
stay "independent" of the spring
political race.
No other candidates have announced in the two races. The
deadline for filing is April 21. The
election will be held April 27.
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The platform's first point is
on academic freedom. In it, Miller and O'Brien state their support for an academic board of

faculty members that would adjudicate student academic disputes, a continuing faculty and
curriculum evaluation committee
composed of students in each of
the colleges, a student discipline
code, and due process in all student judicial disputes.
The slate's platform calls for

better student participation in
student government.
The slate also calls for participation of students on administrative committees as well as standing committees. They abo advocate student representation on
the Board of Trustees.
In other points, the platform
advocates:
1. Government administrative
committees to carry out the work
of the student government.
2. A renewed emphasis on programming.
3. A University move to create
a standard credit system in all
Kentucky colleges.
4. Academic
assistance for
freshmen who need andor want it.
5. A better recruiting and orientation program to bring more
Kentucky high school graduates
to UK.
6. Expansion of UK's intercollegiate athletic program both
on an academic and competitive
level. This would be coupled with
an expanded intermural program.
7. Coordination of campus financing.

8. Continuation of some form
of student insurance.

fused to rent to Negroes because
of personal reasons, and another
14 refused
Negroes because of
neighbors' objections.
These figures brought numerous suggestions from the group
in an attempt to combat definite
indications of discrimination.
A survey of white students and
their opinions about living in the
same apartment buildingor rooming house with Negroes was suggested by Claudia Jeffery, junior
in the College of Arts and
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Sciences.
Miss Jeffery reasoned

that if
the other tenants did not object,
the landlords might be more willing to rent to Negroes.
An alternative proposal by
Tribble suggested that possibly
the University could bring pressure to bear on landlords wishing to use University approval
lists or gain University backing.
Though many ideas were discussed concerning the town housing situation, no definite action
was decided upon.
Turning to another area of
controversy concerning discrimination, Alan Shavzin, instructor
in the Department of Philosophy,
condemned the present! method
of Negro athletic recruitment.
His main objection was that the
University seemed to follow a
policy of attempting to recruit
only one Negro athlete each sea-

gested that copies of these letters
could be sent to President Oswald and Vice President Johnson.

dissenting note was issued
by Dr. Jack Radabaugh, visiting
professor in the Department of
History. Dr. Radabaugh said he
would hesitate to encourage the
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Group Plans
To Discuss
Government
The Student Centennial Committee's subcommittee on the
evaluation of student life will
hold its second Conference on
Organizations at 1 p.m. Saturday in the Student Center
Theater.
The conference is a follow-uto the March 6 meeting that
proposed a reorganization of student government to create a UK
Student Association.
Copies of the proposed reorganization plan were circulated
by Larry Kelley, a special
assistant to the president of Student Congress, to all organization
presidents.
The copies were recalled by
Kathy Kelly and Mike Stanley,
the cochairmen of the evaluation
committee, because, they said,
the language was unclear and
needed to be cleaned up. A revised plan was to be circulated
today.
The plan will be presented
and discussed at the Saturday
conference.
The committee hopes to gel
final approval of its reorganization plan with hopes of implementing it next year.
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vided all directions, all the
to make you measure up to
should
what a 17 or
be. You were expected, most likely, to follow your parents' religion, your parents political
to practice togetherness,
to be a member of the team.
"If you rebelled too seriously son.
at some of the things expected of
The Rev. Doug Sanders, chairman of the human relations comyou, you were considered a disciplinary problem. If you rebelled mittee, offered a solution.
completely, you were a delin"If the whole situation (Negro
quent."
recruiting) should be thwarted
Gov. Breathitt cited the role
this year," he
of the university as an agent "to again could each said, "maybe we
gain knowhelp youth dispense with comledge of capable athletes in our
pulsive conformity."
home areas, then write Coach
The Commonwealth's chief Bradshaw."
executive asked that conformity
The Rev. Sanders also sug
among college students be replaced by "new disciplines from
within," and that they "do not
fear controversy."
Status seeking was flayed by
the governor as one of the "real
enemies of society today." A3
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lthough it may result in the lack
stuof status among peer groups,
dents should not be afraid of any
idea that might seem foreign, the
governor feels.
Gov. Breathitt cited the need
for the Voting Rights Bill now before Congress as being "necessitated by the fact that many AmerV.
icans refuse to regard the worth
of their fellow Americans by any
standard other than the color of
their skin.
"1 hope that for your future
happiness you are not burdened
by such
judgments of
people or ideas that you automatically reject without givingyour-sel- f
O
the satisfaction of getting to
know an individual or thought
better.
"I hope that while you are
here at this University, you are
developing an appreciation of the
power of knowledge both what
it can do for you personally and
how it can propel mankind across
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Cov. Breathitt added, "We
must switch offthe television and Prospective members of the newest University sorority, (iamma Beta
I'hl. view the pins which charter members will wear. Gamma Beta
renew our library card."
I'hl will colonize here this semester, taking its first pledge class
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Zeta Beta Tail Fraternity Starts
Plan For Underprivileged Boys

By CARLTON WEST
Kernel Staff Writer
Zeta Beta Tan fraternity is
initiating a program of leadership
for 12 underprivileged boys aged
six and seven.
The boys, second graders en-

rolled in Lincoln Elementary
school, live in I rishtown , a blighted area of low
status near the UK campus.
The ZBT's will carry on the
program independent of the University and Lincoln school. However, Mrs. Edward Elam, teacher
of the children, will help coordinate their work.
The project is planned to get
under way as soon as the fraternity gets permission from the parents of the boys. Immediate plans
call for an
outing in Lexington's Woodland Park Sunday.
Activities will include a picnic
and games.
Bruce Cohen, project chairman and originator of the idea,
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of any University
organization for the Bulletin Board
must be turned in at the women's
desk in the Kernel office no later
than 2 p.m. the day prior to publication. Multiple announcements will
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ANNOUNCEMENTS

LEADERS TO MEET All campus organizations have been requested to send representatives
to a meeting of all campus leaders Saturday to decide upon the
proposed student government.
The conference will be held at
2 p.m. in the ballroom of the
Student Center.
VICE PRESIDENT Johnson will
hold an open Student Conference
at 4 p.m. Friday in the lobby of
Holmes Hall. Everyone is invited.

also plans to visit the families of thusiaslic support for the project,
the boys to Rain insight into their which began three weeks ago.
environment and to determine
Explaining the reasons forthe
how it effects normal child growth
project, Cohen said, "We are
and development.
motivated as a fraternity because
He said, "We want to know
we feel we can show these kids
why these children behave the a clean environment and the opway they do. Is it heredity or
portunities in life. We want to
environment?"
show them a good time."
With only 19 active members,
"If some of UK's students
ZBTis one of the smallest fratern- realized the
squalor these kids
ities on campus. Yet Cohen said lived
in, less than one mile from
his fraternity brothers have aswould be
their campus,
sured him of their full and en- - shocked. Their they
recreation areas
are junkyards,
dumps, and
streets," he said.
He added that it is alarming
to note that some of the children
The Alfred Blalock Surgical show little capacity for emotion.
However, Cohen cautioned
Laboratory at the University
Medical Center will be dedicated that it is not the aim of the proFriday as a part of the program of gram to try to impose middle-clas- s
values on these underprivithe American Society of Clinical
which will hold a meetleged children. "We just want
Surgeons,
ing at the center Friday and to motivate the boys to want more
out of life than they are getting,"
Saturday.
The laboratory is located on he said.
the third floor of the center's medWith the project still in its
ical sciences wing. It is named
e
infancy,
plans have
for a former president of the socinot been made. Cohen said imety.
mediate plans will include picDr. Blalock was one of the
nics, sports events, excursions to
founders of the American Board the
country, and parties at the
of Surgeons, and had been profraternity house.
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Membership in Beta Gamma
Sigma is limited to those students
who are juniors in the upper
three percent of their class, seniors
in the upper 10 percent of their
class, and graduate students recommended by their instructors.
Among honorary members of
Beta Gamma Sigma named in
previous years are the following:
Paul G. Blazer, Mark Ethridge,
Floyd I. Fairman, Ralph Fontaine, Frank Gay, Austin T.
Graves, C. Hunter Green, George
R. Kavenaugh, Garvice Kincaid,
W. Emmet Milward, Ernest R.
Mitchell, Earl R. Muir, Frank D.
Peterson, Gregory M. Sheehan,
and John E. Tilford.

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The 19 initiates honored at
the banquet were Clyde L. Irwin,
assistant professor of economics,
and the following students: Gary
Lee Adams, Donald Richard
Philip A. Beals, Charles
Gonza Blincoe, Raymond Riley
Davis, George Maxwell Dexter,
Jr., Jonathan Stuart Gaciala, Carson Bivins Harreld, Jr., Richard
Lee Hayden.
Allen Gillis Hester, Charles
Estelle Keller, Herbert Arnold
Ligon, Jr., Daniel W. Lynch,
William Michael Stanley, John
Cotton Talbott, Sharon Ree Terry,
Charles L. Wright and Harvey
E. Zimmerman.

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end the war in South Vietnam,
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London Look' Is New American Way To Think, Dress
"There's a new world coming. . .and it's called
the promised land."
To every person there is something precious
about the age in which he or she lives. It is reflected in the music, in the clothing sty les, in the
tempo of living-t- he
"pace" we hear so much of
today.
That special quality of an era is what makes
those who follow aware that the time ever existed
it is often what makes those distant viewers look
somewhat longingly to the past.
Our generation will be known for bringing
Europe -l- ock, stock, and barrel -- to America.
It started with Elvis Presley and a little thing
called rock 'n roll. Then it spread to England and
the continent, and, in parodying the American
sounds, the Europeans have come up with a music
all their own.
Here is the birth of the Mersey singers the
Beatles, Peter and Gordon, Herman and the Hermits. The Discotheque has become an "in" word
and if you're really "cool" you'll pronounce it
like the French deeskotek.
This is a frantic
with such words
as "camp," "alligator," and
"
itself. The
tensions oF nuclear warheads and space propulsion must find an outlet, and the Jerk, Frug,
VVatusi, and Barcelona and the Alligator are
the answer.
Even the clothes keep up the pace. They were
made to be worn by the
of London,
New York, Paris, and Los Angeles.
A
is a young woman, right out of
college or design school, who has more than
just a job.
This girl has an Enviable Position and is
"go-time-

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smart enough to keep it. She is the older sister
of the college woman, who is herself on the
brink of the big, frightening world.
Their fashion tastes say they have much in
common. Their clothes are a compromise between the past and the future and a reflection
of a vibrant independence. The stark, flowing
lines of dresses and coats seem to mirror the
simplicity of our most modern buildings. Yet
each line is broken by a ruffle or a bit of lace
that instantly reminds one of Victorian primness
and propriety.
Little boy hats are poised upon clusters of
curls one moment. The next, the hair is pulled
off the forehead in a severe chignon and casually
tied with a bright bandana.
The living pace is fast and the clothes are
as fluid as the movement.
Living also seems to be a constant clash c.
ideals and principles and a fervent search for
knowledge. And we look like it! Conventional
colors are out. One must wear red and orange,
orange and pink, or black and brown. Green is
unless it has blue accessories, and navy
blue is definitely in with pink or turquoise.
The rule for color? Break at least two color
taboos you've always followed.
For ease of motion, shoes are cut-oand have
heels. Jewelry is feminine, so
low, sling-bacwear it! Even barrettes for the hair are beaded
these days. . .hair that no longer is teased beyond
all belief. . .hair that now swings naturally like
it was meant to.
This style freedom did not happen of its own
accord. It took several daring young people in
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England to see that there was something uncompromising about the clothing we were wearing
and then do something about it.
Thus was created the London Look. Their
styles were not well received at first. . .now they
have difficulty designing enough to satisfy their
eager fans. They not only turn out dresses, suits,
and coats for their customers, but lace stockings
arc much in demand also "little boy" berets-li- ke
the Beatles wear!
For the demure woman who likes her clothes
conservatively fashioned and subtly lined, French
designers have the perfect thing. They have returned to the days when little French girls went
off to school in middy blouses and pleated skirts
and fashioned entire wardrobes from these few
basic ideas.
Only the prices and some minor details have
been changed. . .we now wear plaid dresses adorned with polka dotted bows.
American designers have not been left behind.
The notoriety of the Villager and Lady Bug labels
is proof of this. And these firms have been able to
do things with synthetic cottons, denim, and madras
that even the Europeans cannot duplicate.
Women's styles are getting shorter every
ch
to the chagrin of protective fathers and joy
of younger men. And with the advent of sunny
weather, legs are even more in evidence as the
new, carefree woman tries on her seemingly newfound individualism and seeks the sun!
The life is different. . .the dress is different. . .
and we would like to change the course of the
stars. Maybe we can't tomorrow, but, for this
generation, star gazing and moon shooting are
in and isolationism is Alligator!
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'Alligator' Is The New Word
For The Funny, Unbelievable
By SUZANNE BILLITER
Kernel Society Writer
"To be Alligator, or not to be Alligagator?", that is the question. . .or is the question, "What is Alligator?"
The SAE's think it's a dance, the biology department thinks
it's a reptile. Actually, Alligator is joke art often inside joke
art. It's having fun with what most people take seriously.
is for grown-up- s
and doesn't concern us here. Alligator
is for children at Ifeart sometimes nice ones, more often little

Non-Alligat- or

monsters.
College is Alligator, so is sorority rush. All kinds of things
can be Alligator people, places, works of art and old bicycle pumps.
If you've wondered about the mystique of paintings of soup cans
and Brillo boxes that's Alligator. Collecting bobby socks and ivy
league pant's buckles that's Alligator. Wearing striped stockings
to match your checked skirt that's Alligator too.
There are two kinds of Alligator, and the distinction is fundamental. First there is Deliberate Alligator. This means people,
places and things that were meant to be Alligator.
Then there is Accidental Alligator. This is much more interesting, since it allows considerable play of your own opinion.
Accidental Alligators are those creations that weren't meant to
be funny at all, but are considered outrageous by Alligator arbiters
and therefore qualify.
If you say, "Is he kidding?" and he is it's Deliberate Alligator. If you say, "Is he kidding?" and he isn't it's Accidental
Alligator.
Some examples of Deliberate Alligator: The Road Runner Cartoons. The Cat In The Hat and other books for children by Dr.
Seuss that adults like better than children do. James Bond. The
Adams Family.
Some examples of Accidental Alligator: Nancy Drew mysteries,
Bing Crosby movies, Frehmen Advisers (who are only sophomores themselves.) Physics in three credit hours. Law Students.
This category also includes things. Rule: Any funny looking
object from a past era that wasn't meant to be funny in the
first place is Accidental Alligator.
Examples: A plaster Venus with a clock in her belly. Splinter
Hall with a fire escape.
Accidental Alligator can also be contemporary. Examples: Bucket
seats at the Sports Center, Delta Tau Delta sweat shirts, Phi
Delta Theta formals, Campus Police.
Accidental Alligator is in the eye of the beholder and is tricky
to pin down. It depends on what you consider is "not to be
believed." This can work to your own advantage, since nobody
can prove that you are wrong. A practiced Alligator expert is
versed in the art of the fake out, and here is how it is done.
If somebody tells you that the Magnificent Seven and the
KA's are Alligator, looked bored. Come back with the University Choristers and the Sigma Chi's.
Deliberate Alligator is permanent. Elvis Presley, the Beatles,
Mad magazine will not lose their Alligator. Accidental Alligator
is fleeting. For example: Cut off blue jeans, ragged sweat shirts,
and weejuns without socks have lost their Alligator since they've
become standard collegiate equipment. Bed pushing, crowding in a
Buildtelephone booth, marathon showers and Chemistry-Physic- s
ing bomb scares have also lost their Alligator.
Other Categories:
Scotch and Seven-UDrinks: Scotch and soda is very
is Alligator. Even more Alligator: Scotch and
poodles. German ShepPets: Fancy dogs are
is very Alligator. Parakeets are
herds are Alligator. Ralph
Crows are Alligator. Crocodiles are not Alligator. Allithen, they would be!
gators are Alligator-b- ut
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Look Follows Mood
The new woman is constantly on the so and her
clothes must compliment her needs. Left is a simple
dress with fluid lines and a pleated skirt for freer
movement. Center, suits patterned after designs

Records Take Place

Chanel are the height of fashion today,
and the coat and suit, right, also follow the same

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basic idea of stylized simplicity,

Of Bands

In Latest Fad The Discotheque
By BLITHE RUNSDORF
Discotheques (pronounc- n
ed deeskotek), a Parisian pheno-me-

which crossed the Channel
to the isle that produced the
Beatles and the "Mersey sound,"
is the newest rage to corner the
American entertainment market.
These "danceterias" are clubs
where a disc jockey plays a continuous stream of records instead
of the managements hiring a band
for the evening. The result is a
pleasant off beat way to spend
a night out, low overhead, pleas
from the union, and
musicians, as the fad spreads
from New York to California and
all points in between.
On the wave of success the
Discotheques themselves have
provided, ride an ever growing
number of accompanying definitions.
Flower-huedresses in simple, basic lines designed for free
and easy movement, swaying on
d

stockinged in pattern
ed lace and rooted in
leg-ste-

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shoes, are the fashion designers,
"Discotheque girl."
Aided by beauticians and cosmeticians, the "look" is finished off with long, straight hair,
and almost
heavy eye make-uno artificial enhancement to the
rest of the face.
In virtually all the Discotheques, a glass cage, suspended from
the ceiling, encloses a girl hired
to perform the latest dances, and
provide entertainment if the evening starts to lag.
The latest dance spawned in
the clubs is the Bostella.
The list is endless and the Discotheque became a "what to
wear, when you do it in a what."
And a new American tradition
was born.
But whatever else it may be,
the Discotheque is fun. . .and
people all over are taking up the
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Lace stockings, an important asset for the new leggy look, are
also a must for many discotheque
wardrobes.

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qualified teachers and administrators from coming to the Uni-

versity.
In fact, the rule is actually an
obscure passage in the University
regulations "affecting teaching,
and research staff, and other employes of the University." It reads,
in part:
"No member of the Board of
Trustees and no relative by blood
or marriage of any member of the
Board of Trustees, or of any administrative office of the University, or of any member of the
University staff holding the rank
of assistant professor or highermay
be appointed to any position in the
University unless it is impossible
to fill the position with a quali-

fied person. "

blood relationship is a natural
fact, one over which each person
has no control. On the other hand,
political, fraternal, and other organizations are joined by choice.
It seems strange that one would
be discriminated against, on the
one hand, for a relationship over
which he has no control while a
chosen relationship, on the other
hand, is not a prohibiting factor.
There are numerous incidents
in the University's history in which
a qualified instructor, generally a
wife, was turned away because
of this rule.
If, as we suspect, the rule was
established to prevent political and
other pressures from being brought
to bear on appointments, we would
hope that such a safeguard is no
longer necessary.
The University should have
reached the maturity at this point
to be able to hire personnel on the
basis of merit alone, without considering an unnecessary rule which
turns away qualified instructors.

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However, the same rule states
just one sentence prior to that:
". . .appointments shall be made
strictly on the basis of merit. Political, fraternal, social, or church
influences shall in no case influence
We are not suggesting that the
. ."
or prejudice the appointment.
University set up numerous "husIt would seem to us that if all band and wife" teams. We are,
appointments are made on the basis however, suggesting that appliof merit, no nepotism rule would cants for employment be judged
The South' s Outstanding College Daily
be needed.
on their ability as teachers or adUniversity of Kentucky
In that case, a qualified person ministrators and not be refused ESTABLISHED 1894
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 14, 1965
Unicould find employment at the
William Grant,
employment simply because they
Sid Webb, Managing Editor
of his or her affil- are related to a ranking member David IlAwrE, Executive Editor
versity regardless
Linda Mills, News Editor
iations or relationship.
of the University family.
Walter Grant, Associate News Editor
Henry Rosenthal, Sports Editor

The Kentucky Kernel
Editor-in-Chi-

CULTURE JUMPERS:

PART-ON- E

Peace Corps: In The Race For Understanding

"A world community can only
exist with world communications,
which means something more than
extensive shortwave facilities scattered about the globe. It means a
common understanding. . .The task
is

overwhelming and the chance of

success is slight. We must take the

chance or

die."R.

M.

Hutchins,

"The Atomic Bomb versus Civil-

ization.'"

By THOMAS S. PLAUT
The above grim summation is

probably the simplest, if somewhat
negative, reason for the existence
of the Peace Corps.
The Peace Corps is not only providing manpower for economic development, it is an aid to mankind
in the race between understanding
and incineration.
The fact that the various peoples
of the world don't know much
about each other has never been
very acceptable because it challenges a commonly assumed level
of intelligence. Their resulting lack
of understanding leads to assertions
which make the other fellow lazy,
barbaric, and fat and rich, and
y
at Hiroeventually a
shima or a papertigerintheTonkin
gulf. The first skirmish in the battle
for peace, and the first hurdle for
the Peace Corps has not been for
understanding but for the recognition of the lack of understanding.
After a year of service, a volunteer in the Philippines complained:
"In training we received physical conditioning. But we found not
half-monke-

physical but cultural hardships.
We were not prepared for the (high)
status we would be given as Americans... .that we would be placed
among the highest citizens in a
town right up with the mayor and
the priest."
Peace Corps Director Sargent
Shriver was told by a volunteer in
the field that "the culture here is
deceptive for Americans. On the
surface it seems to be similar to our
own, but it is vastly different. . .extremely complex."
The Peace Corps has had to
learn how to prepare its volunteers
for the cultural, sociological lumps
encountered in becoming part of
another society. In the United
States, immigrant families often go
through several generations of assimilation to become Americans
instead of Irish, Italian, Polish, or
Greek. The volunteer must not only
adjust in a matter of months, he
must produce as well.
A dangerous and usually unconscious assumption in jumping across
cultures to catalytic positions in
other countries is "we are better
than they are." Nothing could be
more compromising to