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Volume LXIX: Number 129 1. J .v.

Wednesday. April 5. I978
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Want to keep Evans

Honors students

protest decision
to oust Evans

By DEBBIE MCDANIEL
Kernel Staff Writer

UK Honors Program students
marched on the Administration
Building’s lawn for three hours
yesterday to protest a recommen (kid
removal of Robert Evans as
program director.

Honors Program undergraduates,
alumni and Student Advisory
Committee members marched in
the group that averaged 25 mem-
bers.

The Honors Program Evaluation
Committee, appointed by Dean of
Undergraduate Studies John
Stephenson, designed a Honors
Program evaluation report, con
taining 21 recommendations for
improvement of the program. The
controversy surrounds two
recommendations in the still con-
fidental which urge joint ap-
pointment of Honors faculty and the
selection of a new Honors Program
director.

Evans submitted his resignation
to Academic Affairs Vice President
Dr. Lewis Cochran on March 23,
after learning the report’s contents.
He still has received no
acknowledgement of the
resignation. Cochran said a decision
on the resignation will be made
when Stephenson returns this
Thursday from Alaska.

Carrying posters bearing slogans
such as “Throw Report Out, Keep
Evans In," and “Don‘t Mix Politics
and Academe," the demonstrators
urged observers to support Frans,
while administrators looked out
their windows.

The twohour midday protest was
authorized by Frank Harris,

associate dean of students, ac-
cordingto Adrian Pellegrini, Honors
Program psychology senior.

Pellegrini scheduled the protest
yesterday to coincide with the Board
of Trustees meeting, which meet in
the Patterson Office Tower. “This
was talked about last week along
with theletter writing campaign to
Dr. Cochran. We hope this will make
the Board of Trustees aware of
what’s going on and make them
aware this is a crisis of sorts,” he
said.

Several Honors students watching
the demonstration said they came to
UK because of Evans and the
nationally-ranked Honors Program.
They said they strongly opposed the
Committee’s recommendations
which led to Dr. Evans’ resignation.

Mary Jane lnglesby, an Honors
exchange freshman from the
University of Maryland said, “If it
weren‘t for Dr. Evans I wouldn’t be
here. If these changes go through I
don't want anything to do with this
Honors Program or UK."

“Students need more input,” said
Mike Whitlock, Honors political
science junior. “If students feel Dr.
Evans is doing a good job, he should
be retained"

A position letter was distributed to
passers-by which read in part:

“As concerned students of the
Honors Program and the University
of Kentucky we strongly protest the
recommendations of the review
committee. If the committee had
intentionally set out to destroy the
effectivr‘n ess of the Honors Program
they could nd have found a better
way.

“The presumptuous nature of the
committee report suggests an

Hall’s name returns

Trustees raise dorm rates

BY JEANNE WEHNES
Copy Editor

Room and board for students
living in residence halls will in-
crease in the fall as a result of action
taken at yesterday's Board of
Trustees meeting.

Rents for students living in other
University-owned housing
(Shawneetown, Cooperstown,
Commonwealth Village, Linden
Walk and Rose Lane apartments)
were also raised.

In other action, the board passed
the following resolutions:

— To name the basketball dorm
after the team’s coach, Joe B. Hall;

~ To‘ immediately increase the
number of eightneonatal beds at UK
Medical Center, prior to expansion
of the UKMC facilities.

w To appoint four faculty
members as University Research
Professors.

Jack .Blanton, vice president of
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rates were the major reasons for
housing fee boost. Salary hikes and
employee transfers from the
Physical Plant Division to housing
and dining services have increased
labor costs, he said.

A new meal plan was also added.
Allen Riernan, director of food
services, said the three-meal, five
day plan was dropped a number of
years ago. Ilowever, there were
student requests to reinstate the
plan. Riernan said the computerized
meal cards have made its rein-
statement economically feasible.

Became the housing and dining
services are self-supporting, all
costs must be absorbed by the
students. Blanton said the rate in
crease “won‘t make anyone here «at
the meeting) popular with the
students, but it is necessary to keep
the costs in line."

The naming of the basketball
dorm ends a month of questions
concerning the disappearence of
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an independent student newspaper

UK engineering freshman Gary Shropshire takes part in
yesterday's demonstration on the Administration Building's
lawn. The two-hour protest was in response to a recommendation
to remove Honors Program Director Robert Evans.

inability of the present director to
implement the recommended
changes. In point of fact, Dr. Evans
has advocated most of the corn-
mittee‘s recomen dations previously,
but has not received cooperation
from the University.

”We therefore urge the ad-
ministration to support the min
statement of Evans to insure the
future integrity of the Honors
Program.“

Copies of the letter were taken to
the Patterson Office Tower’s Board
Room and put at each Trustee’s
place.

nameplate on the building. The
name had been placed their by the
financiers of the dorm. But
University policy gives the
responsible for naming structures to
the Committee for Naming of
University Buildings.

President ()tis A. Singletary said it
is an obscure policy “only to those
who don’t want to pay attention to
it." The basketball dorm was built
with privately-donated funds, but
deeded to the University upon
completion. After being named by
an “outside group," Singletary said
the name had to be removed.

“The policy (of naming buildings)
was deliberately ignored by those
who put up the sign," Singletary
said. He said when his request to
remove the name had not been
followed, he sent the order to
remove the nameplate from Wildcat
Lodge.

A recommendation was then made
to Singletary by a group of varsity
basketball players that the name be

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This last-chance effort was made
since the Board of Trustees meets
only four times each year and the
controversial resignation situation
willbe resolved before they meet
again.

No action was taken by the board
concerning the Honors Program.

During the demonstration, a
petition was circulated amOng
Honors students asking that the joint
appointment and Evans resignation
be reconsidered. 0f the ap-
proximately 738 Honors students
over 200 signatures have been
collected.

reinstated. Singletary said he sent
the recommendation to the naming
cormnittee, which then made the
proposal to the Board of Trustees

“The whole thing has been kind of
silly," said Singletary. “It was also
unnecessary . . . naming a
basketball house doesn’t get high
priority."

The board appropriated funding of
$205,000 for expansion of the
neonatal care unit at UK's Medical
Center from 31 beds to 39 beds. The
alterations will be on the fourth floor
of UKMC. Complete expansion of
UKMC facilities, which Singletary
said has a long-range goal of 50 beds,
will take place when additional
space is constructed in what he
termed “Phase II” of the hospital
expansion.

The appointments to the
University Research Professors
program will allow the faculty
members to conduct full—time
research while in residence at UK.
The program was established last
year at the recommendation of the
University Senate.

The four professors appointed
are: Richard C. Birkebak,
mechanical engineering; Thomas
Chapman, mathematics; Malcolm
E. Jewell, political science and
Marcus McEllistrem, physics and
astronomy.

William B. Terry Sr., Gov. Julian
(,‘arroll's recent appointee to the
Board of Trustees, was not present
at the meeting. Terry's appointment
raised questions concerning a
possible conflict of interest because
of 'l‘erry’s position as Chairman of
the Board at Blue Grass CocaCola
Bottling Co. A bill passed in the state
legislature this year allowed Terry
to assume the position.

Terry was reported to be ill, and
will be sworn in “at a later date."

llomer W. Ramsey and Frank
Ramsey Jr. were swom in as
members of the board at the
meeting.

University of Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky

Accredidation need
Hospital group asks
for supervisor panel

By RICHARD McDONALD
Copy Editor

A Board of Supervisors for
University Hospital will be created
if the entire Board of Trustees
follows the recorrunendations of its
Medical Center Committee.

In its meeting yesterday, the
committee called for the creation of
such a board in order to meet the
standards of the Joint Commission
on (Hospital) Accredidation (which
will inspect the hospital in June) and
to establish a body that will actively
supervise the operation and plan-
ning of the hospital.

In other action, the committee
approved new bylaws for the
hospital’s medical staff and heard a
report from President Otis
Singletary on the medical staff
salary structure.

The proposed Board of Super-
visors would be a “significant step
forward,” said Singletary, since it
would be the first governing body
the hospital has had.

In addition, it could give the Board
of Trustees advice on hospital
problems such as indigent care and
emergency room difficulties.

The board would have 13 mem-
bers, who would be appointed by the
trustees. Three of its members
would be trustees and four would be
laymen chosen by Singletary, one of
whom would be a UK student.

The original proposal didn’t in-
clude student representation on the
Board of Supervisors. Jim
Newberry, Student Government
president, however, called for a
medical student representative to be
recommended by SC and appointed
by Singletary.

Judge Calton, hospital ad-
ministrator, said he doesn’t believe
such representation is necessary
since the board will deal primarily
with the performance and com-
petence of the rnedicai staff and
collegefaculty and not with matters
that will directly involve studeits in
the Medical Center.

Newberry replied that students
currently are members of boards
that vote on faculty appointments.

Singletary said, “I don‘t think the
evidence at this institution is against
students on governing boards. This
would be more of an educational
experience for the individual student
than a contribution to the com-
mittee —‘ but I'm not against it.”

He added, “We’ve crossed the
bridge at this institution; students
are now part of all standing com-
rnittees.”

Singletary said, however, he
would prefer studeit representation
not be limited to medical students
and not necessarily be recom-
mentkzd by SC.

Calton cautioned that the Joint
Accreditation Commission prefers
separate governing bodies for
medical schools and affiliated
hospitals. He said the Board of
Trustees should ask the commission
before taking any action.

Singletary quickly replied, “We
should be able to appoint the board
the way we want."

The committee then voted
unanimously to amend the proposal
to include a student representative
and sent it to the full board.

It also voted unanimously to send
the proposed medical staff bylaws to
the full board without change. The
bylaws would establish new

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state

IIIGH STAKES CARD GAMES may be legal under Kentucky's while at
the same time illegal under federal law, complained Kenton County
Common wealth Attorney Frank Trusty yesterday in the wake of a federal
gaming probe in Northern Kentucky.

“He's probably right," said Kentucky Attorney General Robert
Stephens. "And if that's true, we probably ought to consider tightering
arr laws, but that would be for thelegislature."

Trusty said a 1975 state law now reqw’res police to prove that an
operator of ,a card game profits from the game. Card players cannot be

charged for merely participating.

KENTUCKY AGRICULTURE COMMISSIONER Tom Harris
yesterday announced the easing of restrictions on the breeding of

thoroughbred horses in the state.

The action came just one day after the US. Department of Agriculture
placed travel restrictiom on horses bred in Kentucky became of the
outbreak of a highly contagious vaiereal disease.

The USDA ban, which prohibits th orough tred horses bred in Kentucky
from being shipped to other states, remains in effect until the disease ~
contagious equine meritis, or CEM -— is brought under control.

nation

STRIKING MINE CONSTRUCTION WORKERS ratified a new cat-
tract yesterday and union officials said most would return to their jobs

today, ending a lmday wallkout.

Some 160,000 UMW coal miners ended a tllday strike on March 27
after ratifying a new contract of their own. However, an estimated 10,000
miners stayed off the job last week became of pickedng by construction
workers. who still were without a new contract.

PRESIDENT CARTER HAS tentatively decided against production of
the neutron bomb, a weapon designed to kill enemy troops with radiation
while limiting destruction of the surroundings.

There was no indcatlon of a cinnge in his thinking after talks
yesterday with a West German diplomat who wants the weapon in the
NATO arsenal in case of Soviet tank attack on Western Europe.

Carter conferred yesterday with West German Foreign Minister Hans-
Dietrich Gerscha', who arrived earlier in the day to press his govern-
ment's support for production of neutron weapons.

CIVIL RIGHTS IIYMNS from the 19605 rang out again in downtown
Memphis as some 2,000 people marched yesterday to mark the 10th an-
niversary of the slayingof Dr. Martin Luther King Jr

Led by a platoon of religious. labor and political figures, the march
began at the old (‘layborn Temple AME Church where King made his
famous "I have been to the mountaintop" speech the night before he was

slain.

The marchers, most of whom were black. numbered about 700 when
they stepped off from the old chuch. But as they walked down the midde
of the streets, their numbers were swelled by people from the sidewalks.

weather

nosru SUNNY AND MILD romv. Highs in the low 70-. Partly
cloudy tonight with low: in the low 50;. Increasing cloudinaa with a
chance of thmttrshowers. Highs in the mid-7Q.

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Honors case isn’t closed

The demonstrations at the Administration
Building yesterday are ample proof that the
Honors Program controversy has not abated.

What is now a major campus issue began last
week when Honors Program Director Robert
Evans submitted a letter of resignation following
the disclosure of a review committee’s report
that recommended a new director. In the ab
senoe of his superior, Undergraduate Studies
Dean John Stephenson, that letter has yet to be
accepted

Because of the many objections to Evans’
resignation, because of criticism of some ot the
panel’s other recommendations, and because of
the awkward way the matter has been handled,
we urge University officials not to accept Evan’s
resignation until there has been more discussion
of the panel's report.

Until, the Honors Program Review Com-
mittee’s recommendations are given further
study by students, faculty and administrators,
they should go no farther toward being im-
plemented.

In the few days since Evans' mailed his open
letter of resignation to students in the program,
there has been conside'able protest against the
changes that the review committee advised
should be made. Many professors, students in
the program and officials in honors programs at
other schools have questioned the committee
report. °

The most frequently criticized aspect is the
recommendation that Honors professors be
appointed to both a position in the program and
the department of their academic discipline.

UFO's: A modern myth

Honors professors now serve only in the Honors
program, and critics of the report say that is
needed to keep the program unified. Professors
disagree on the joint-appointment recom-
mendation, but this

Critics of the report have also asked that
Evans continue as director, arguing that the
program has become one of the nation’s best and
best-financed under his leadership. Almost
everyone agrees that the Honors Program does
have an excellent national reputation, and that
Evans is held in high esteem by his peers,
students and colleagues.

University officials emphasize that Evans was
not fired, but would be the first victim of
“rotation” in leadership, another of the com-
mittee‘s proposals, which it advised should be
carried out every four years.

The committee argues that new leadership is
needed to carry out the recommendations, but
trying to enforce an ex post facto regulation is a
strong indication that some people on the review
panel urgently wanted Evans removed, and
would warp the rules to justify it.

University officials have placed great em-
phasis on the new “rotation” scheme both
privately and on the record; so much emphasis
that it seems as though all the facts are not being
told. If the review committee has additional
information to explain its recommendations,
then it should release it. Under the present
situation, the longer the many rumors about the
“truth” of Evans' resignation are allowed to
continue, the more damaging they will
ultimately be.

The Iolbwing 's excerpted from
“l-‘u'lngSaucers: AModern Myth of
Things Seen ii the Skies," a section
of the book “(‘iviization in Tran-
sit'nn." volume 10 in the Bollinger
Fwndaion series of the colected
works of (‘arl Gustav Jung.

By (‘AR L GUSTAV J UN G

UP‘O’shave become a living myth.
We have here a golden orportunity
of seeing how a legend is formed,
and how in a dfficult and dark time
for humanity a miraculors tab
grows up of an attempted in-
tervention by extra-terrestrial
“heavenly” powers and this at
the very time when human fantasy
is seriously considering the
possibility of space travel and of
v'siting or even invading other
phnets.

Whatas a rule is seen is a body of
round shape, disk-like or spherical,
fbwing orshining fierfly indifferent
colors, or more seldom, a cigar-
shaped or cylindrical figure of
various sizes. It is reported that
occasionally theyareinvisble b the
naked eye butleave a “blip" on the
radar screen. The round fades in
particular are figures such as the
unconscious p‘oduces in dreams,
visiors, etc. in this case they are to
be regarded as symbols represen-
ting, in v'suil form, some hought
tlvit was not thought consciorsly,
but is merely potentially [resent in
the unconscious invisible firm and
attains visitility only through the
process of becoming conscious. The
visible form however, expresses the
mcanirg of the unconscious content
only approximately. In practice the
meanirg has to be coupleted by
amplificatory interpretation. The
unavoidable errors that result can
be eliminated only through the
principle of “waiting on events";
that is to say we obtain a comb tent
and readafle text by comparing
sequences of dreams dreamt by
diferent indviduals. The f'gures in
a rumor can be subjected to the
same principles of dream in-
terpreta tion.

If we apfly them to the round
object whether it be a disk or a
sphere we at once got an analogy
with the symbol of totaity well
known to all students of depth
psychology, namely the mandala
(Sanskrit for circle). 'l‘h's is not by
any means a new invention. for it
can be foundin all epochs and 'n all
places, always with the same
meanirg, and it reapprars time and
again, micpcndcnlly of tradition, in
modern individuals as the
“protective" or apotropaic circh,
whcthcr in the form of the

prehistoric “sun whee ” or the
magic circle, or the alchemical
microcosm, or a modern symbol of
order, which organizes and em-
braces tle psychic totality. As I
have shown elsewhere, in the course

the centu'ies the mandala has
’ yeTt'iped' into a definitely
'cal totality symbol, as the

history of alchemy proves

Insofar as the mandala en-

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influences and seeks to unite the
inner opposites. it's at the more
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supposed to have the form of a
sphere, on the anabgy of Plato’s
world-soul, and we meet the same
symbol in modern dreams. This
symboL by reason of its art'qu'ty,
leads us to the heavenly srheres, to

Plato’s “supra-celestial pla ce”
where the “Ideas" of all things are
stored up. Hence there would be
nothing against the naive in-
terpretation of UFO‘s as ” souls.”
Naturally they do not represent our
modern conception of the psyche,
but give an involuntary archetypal
or mythological picture of an un-
conscious content, a rotundum, as
the alchenists called it, that ex-
pressesthetotality of the individual.
I have defined th's spontaneors
image as a symboical represen~
tation of the self, by wh'nh I mean
notthecgobutthetotalitycon'posed
of the corsc'nus and the un-
conscious.

If the round shining objects that
appear in the sky be regarded as
visions, we can hardly avo'd in-
terpreting them as archetypal
images. 'lhey would then be in-
voluntary, automatic projections
bascdon instinct, andaslittle as any
other psychic manifestations or
symptoms can they be dism'ss ed as
meaningless and merely fa'tuitous.
Anyone with the requisite historical
and psychological knowledge knows
that circular symbob have played
an important role in every age; in
an own sphere of culture, for in
stance, they were not only soul
symbob but “God-inages."'l‘hereis
an old saying that “God is a circb
whose center is cvcrywhereand he
drcumfermcenowhere." Godin his
omniscience, omnipotence and
mmipresmce is a totality symbol
par r-xci-lmce, something round,
complete and perfect. Ep'phaniesof
this sort are. in the tradition ofbn
assoc'ritedwithfireandnght.0n the
antique level. therefore, the UFO‘s
muldcasilybeconceivai as “gms.”
’l‘hey a re i up rcssive manifes tations
of totality whose simple, romd form
portrays the archetype of the self,
which as we know from experience
phys the chief role it miting ap-
parently irreconcilable opposites
and is therefore best su‘ted to
mmpcnsatc the suit-mi ndedness of
our age. It has a particula ry im-
portantrdctoplay among the other
.nrchctypcsin that it is prina rly the
regulator and orderer of chaot'x
states. giving the personality the
greatest possible unity and
wholeness.

The present world siuation is
calculated as u ever before to arouse
expectations of a redeeming,
supernatural event. If these ex~
pectalions love not dared t) show

 

The world is calculated
to expect the extraordinary

themselvrs in, the open, this is
simply because no one is deefly
rooted enough in the tradition of
carter centuries to consider an
intervention from heaven as a
matter of cause. We have 'ndeed
strayed far from the metaphysical
certainties of the Middle Ages, but
not so far that our listor'cal and
psychological background '5 empty
of all metaphysical hope. Con-
sciously, however, rationalistic
enlightenment predominates, and
this abhors all leanings towards the
“occult"

'l‘he possiblity of space travel has
made the unpopular idea of a
metaphysical intervention much
more acceptable. The apparent
weightlessness of the UFO’s ‘s, of
course, rather hard to digest, bit
then our own physicists have
d'scovered so many thirgs that
border on the miracubus: why
should not more advanced star-
dwellers have discovered a way to
wunta-actg-avitationandreachthe
speed of light, if not more?

Nuclear physics has begotten in
thelayman‘shead an uncerta inty of
judgment that far exceeds that of
the physicists and makes thirgs
appear possble which but a short
while ago would have been declared
nonsensical. Consequently the
UI'U's can easily be regarded and
believed in asa physic'sts’ m ‘racb.
I still remember, with nisgivings,
the time when] was convinced that
something heavier thanair could not
fly, only to be taught a painful
lesson. The apparently physical
nature of the UFO‘s creates such
'msolubb puzzles for even the best
brains, and on the other hand has
buit up such an impressive legend,
that onefeels tempted to take hem
as a 99 percert psychic product and
subject than accordingly to the
usual psyclological inerrretation.
Should it be that an unknown
physical dimomenon is the 0 award
cause ofthem yth, th‘s world detract
nothing from the myth, fir many
myths have meteorologiml and
other natural phenomena as ac-
companying causes which by no
means cxpain them. A myth is
(ssentidly a product of the un-
mnscious archetype andis therefore
a symbol which requires
psyclnlogicd interpretation.

For primitive man any object, for
'nstancc an oil tin that has been
thrown away, can suddenly assume
the importance of a fet'sh. This
(ffcctisobviously nothherentin the
tin, but is a rhythm pmdtct.

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Reflections on an old photograph

It was an old motograph,
curled and yellowing, lying in
the bottom of a drawer; Louis
had found it, buried under
several years’ worth of old
school work and
correspondence, as he was
packing his belongings to
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The photo was of two boys
standing together in identical
baseball uniforms. The boys
themselves looked quite
alike: their hair, eyes and
facial features were iden-
tical. Only upon close in-
spection of the photo would
one nttice their differences.

The boy on the right was
Louis, thin and suntanned at
age ten, just back from
summer camp. He was
smiling broadly, his arm
around the shoulders of the
other boy. In his left hand he
gripped the handle of a
Louisville Slugger which
rested on his shoulder.

The other boy was not
smiling. His expression was
restrained, selfconscious,
and his arms were crossed
over his chest. His head
rested on Louis’ shoulder.
Standing next to Louis, he
looked pale though, at 9, he
was heavier and stronger
looking than the older boy, his
brother.

Louis treasured this
photograph — heand Bill and
just been named to their
Little League‘s “All-Star"
team, and were to be the
starting battery in an up-
coming game against a
similar team from another

I V. .lsfat‘élfi ii i - ' -
' This, Louis remembered,"

was a time when he and his
brother were closest. This, he
remembered, was before
their stormy adolescence,
before thy were old enough to
have to deal with cliquish
peers, shared girlfriends—
and their parents’ divorce.

Louis and Bill had gown up
so close togther in age that
they were natural com-
panions; they played
together, invented games.
together, got into trouble
together, plotted little crimes
together behind the backs of
their parents.

When they chose to play
with other kids in their neigh-
borhood, which was only
occaisionally, they were
natural leaders. Thinking and
acting together, they used
their fraternal bond like a
weapon against others. When
one got into a playground tiff,
the other was always there.
Even the older and bigger
kids in the neighborhood were
reluctant to cross one of
them.

  
   
  
    
   

   
  
    
 

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PAUL DAVIS

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Ever in school they stuck
together. Bill was an ex-
cellent student, and was
permitted by his teachers to
skip a grade early in his
elementary schooling. These
same teachers rcognized the
supportive bond between the
two, and were careful to place
them in the same classrooms
after that.

Now, 15 years afer ther All-
Star summer, as he drove
toward his father’s house on
Bill’s birthday, Louis had the
picture beside him in the seat
of his car. He had put it a
small, gold frame the day he
found it, and had always kept
it where he could look at it: in
his dorm room at college, on
the mantle of his apartment,
then, finally, on his desk at
work.

Louis loved Bill very much,
but for much of the time that
had passed between the day
the photograph was taken and
this day, they had not been
close. During the shared
early years of their puberty,
they had grown apart and had
often fought bitterly.

Louis could remember
periods of days sometimes
weeks —-— when they had gone
without speaking. They
shared the same bedroom
and bathroom and ate at the
same dinner table. but they
would ignore one another.
These periods of silence
varied in length, and neither

By their very nature and by
the very nature of that period
of their lives, teen-aged
children have a tendency to
become the most unfeeling of
beasts: passionate, super—
serious, pseudo

sophisticated.
The urge to compete
becomes almost all-

consuming during high
school. Be it in sports, in the
classroom. or in courtships,
teenagers compete with one
another almost ruthlessly.
For kids who just see one
another at school and who can
go home and get away from
their peers when they choose,
that sort of rivalry is painful.
For two brothers as much
alike as Bill and Louis were.
that rivalry can be night-
inarish.

For Bill and Louis. their
high school years were just
that— nightmarish. They
were as much alike inwardly
as two people could be, but
they somehow chose different
paths in adjusting to their
peer group.

Louis, the older and more
intense of the two, handled it
badly. He lost all sense of the
importance of school and
chose to occupy his time with

could ever remember how

they ended. They would trade

apologies at some time when

it suddenly seemed silly, and
then forget about it. But each
of these feuds took their toll,
drawing an ever-widening
line between them, erasing
little by little the memories of
their younger years together.

When their paren;s
separated, Louis and his
brother were separated also,
Louis goig to live with their
mother, Bill with their father.

This actually seemed to help " '

their relationship. Apart for
the first time since Bill was
born. they missed each other

sorely, and they relished the ‘

time they spent together at
school. Thehnew domestic

arrangennt was a shock to -

both of them and they relied -
on one another for support '_
during the adjustment period. :

mother ,
left the

When their
remarried and
country and Louis went to live
with Bill and their father, the
two rejoiced in their reunion
as, once again seemingly
inseparable, they prepared to
enter high school together.

There is something about
the highly sensitized at-
mosphere of high school life
that is unsavory. Something
about the overly-dramatic,
adolescent intensity of those
involved in it makes a high
school cormnunity at times
the most brutal of all possible
worlds.

    
 

   
   
   
  
  

 

things he felt were more
important than school. He
became in