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UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY, LEXINGTON

University Senate Abolishes
By JEANNIE LEEDOM
Assistant Managing Editor
Mid-tergrades at UK have been abolished.
A recommendation which was
passed at the University
Senate meeting Monday stated that the "University's
requirement for the collection of
grades
be suspended for the period January 1, 1970, through
May 8, 1971."
mid-semest-

Senate action also provides that "the Undergraduate
Council study the effect of this suspension of the practice,
and that the results of this study be reported to the
University Senate by the Chairman of the Undergraduate
Council no later than September, 1971."
One amendment was suggested during the meeting
to retain mid-tergrades for freshmen either submitting
grades for all freshmen courses or for all registered
freshmen students but this amendment failed.
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The present rules of the University Senate state that
grades shall be collected for all students
in the undergraduate colleges. These
grades
shall be considered to be unofficial in that they are to be

used for information only and are not to become a part
of the student's record.
"No other unofficial grades shall be solicited from the
instructor during the semester. The Registrar is instructed to: place in the University calendar dates at
which
grades shall be due; install and maintain a system for the collection of
grades;,
distribute
grades to the students' advisors,
the Dean of Students for use of fraternities and sororities
and others, who, in his opinion, have a legitimate need
mid-semest-

mid-semest-

for

grades."
Although these rules still remain, they are being
pended for 18 months on an experimental basis.
mid-semest- er

Grades

sus-

Monday was also the beginning of a new term of office
the University Senate Council and for Dr. William
Plunknett, associate professor of chemistry, the new
chairman of the senate.
In his acceptance speech, Dr. Plunknett suggested
that a senate ad hoc committees be formed to study the
classes twice
possibility of scheduling two
a week for three hours credit rather than three
classes. Through this proposal, he said, the University
might be able to eliminate Wednesday and Saturday
classes.
He also mentioned forming work-stud- y
programs as
prerequisites for degrees in many areas.
Dr. Plunknett asked, "Does the present usual four
years of concentrated study without work experience
in the field provide the best education? It would seem
possible and perhaps desirable to require internships
in some areas of study."
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Assistant Managing Editor
Robert Goralski, NBC news
criticized the
correspondent,
American people for "relying ex-- :
clusively" on the television medium as a news source Wednesday night.
..Speaking to a small audience
in the Student Center Theatre,
Goralski claimed that many
Americans are not supplementing television newscasts with'
enough reading.
"Sixty percent rely exclusive--;
ly on TV to find out what is
happening in the world," he said,
adding that newsmen on television do not have sufficient time
to go into as much depth as
needed for many stories.
The newscaster must contime lapse
tend with a
between the actual occurrence
of the event and the time it
appears on the air, Goralski said.
He is also limited to approximately one and a half minutes
of air time per news item.
The NBC correspondent said
that, as a result, television cannot possibly cover current topics
as thoroughly as they should
be dealt with.
Wants More Depth
"We don't do stories enough
in depth to influence people,"
he stated later, adding that
s" Rowan and Mar-"Laugh-I- n
24-ho- ur

Kernel Photo by Dick Ware

Memorabilia
UK student Eric Williams, as did others across the country, wore
black arm bands Wednesday to mark the anniversary of the birth
of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Across the nation, schools were
closed, religious servios and marches were held in observation
of the 41st anniversary of his birth. For story, see page 8.

Toward Educational Change

Kernel Staff Writer
The battle for "relevance"
in the classroom is being continuedoutside the classroom.
The newest group to organize at UK calls itself QUEST
Questioning University Education by Students and Teachers.
Craduate student Spud Thomas, who was a prime figure in
the recent Free University dispute, met with about 10 others
in the Student Center last night
to discuss organization.
Altltough the group has not
put forth any definite agenda for
future actions, they discussed a
bundle of ideas.
Which ones will be aced on
remains to be seen.

On an informal idea sheet,
Thomas listed about 25 ideas
which he also brought up for
discussion.
Some, like the plans for abolishing the gradirg system completely and for eliminating foreign language requirements, are
difficult
admittedly lonr.-rangprograms.
Others could be a bit easier
to implement.
The group waits to try to
affect the "academic machinery"
on campus by recomm ending curriculum changes in each area.
e,

Also, it wants to make efforts
to "research the channels for
change which are available" on
campus.

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Brinkley.
He said that we are the most
technically advanced nation in
the world but "we are not concerned with the people who live
in the ghetto."
"We want to excite people
enough for them to not be satisfied with just TV, so they will
then turn to other media," he
continued.
"We must get people to read
more newspapers and books."
Goralski said that he felt more
feature type programs like the
three hour shows NBC attempted
a few years ago would give viewers a more complete look at curand news
rent controversies
items.
"We are concerned with the
sharp decrease in the number of

Thomas said he hopes QUEST
can function as a central organization for educational change,
just as the SDS serves "as a focal
point for people interested in po-

litical action."

'Work Through Channels'
Doug Poulter
stressed the importance of "working through the channels."
QUEST exists in order to "attempt to mobilize student power
into things that affect the students' life," Poulter added.
In its meeting last night, the
group agreed to apply for official
recognition by the University'.
QUEST will meet regularly
at 6:30 p.m. Thursdays in the
Student Center.

things." Goralski said he believed
that television news coverage

should include more editorial
comment and interpretation.
Goralski has covered both the
Mid-Eawar and the Vietnam
war. He was the White House
correspondent during the Johnson and Kennedy administrations
and covered the revolution in the
Dominican Republic.
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documentaries."

TV's Shortcomings
Biafra, Vietnam and the Sen.
Edward Kennedy inquiry are
three recent shortcomings of the
television medium. He explained
that not enough time was provided by the network to follow
up the stories sufficiently, and
that "we should be criticized for
covering up the Kennedy in-

quest.''

Mentioning the recent attacks
on television by Vice President
Spiro Agnew, Goralski said that
"this may lead you to believe,
that he is not a fan of televi-

sion."

QUEST Battles For 'Relevance9
By TOM BO WD EN

tin have more influence on the
viewing public than Huntley and

"If

he (Agnew) criticizes us
more, perhaps we will know we
are doing a better job."
"We should play a more democratic role in this country by
putting spotlights on certain

ROBERT GORALSKI

S. G.

Insurance

Accident and sickness insurance will again be available to
e
all
students through the
Student Government.
Rates will be adjusted for covfull-tim-

erage for one semester, from January to August, rather than a
full year. Additional information
is available in the Student Government office, on the second
floor of the Student Center.

Drug Series Coming
Twelve percent of UK students
are estimated to be habitual mar
ljuana smokers. Of this 12 perare estimated
cent, three-fourtto have used other drugs.
Last October, Kernel reporter
Ray Hill began researching the
drug problem on the UK campus
and the kinds of drugs being
used. During the past months
he has talked to pushers, users,
psychiatrists,
physicians, lawyers, law enforcement officers and
others involved in the drug

Beginning Monday, the Kernel will print the first of a series
of nine articles and photographs
revealing the findings of Hill's
research.
In spite of all ths publicity
given drug abuse recently. Hill
found the average student, faculty member and even users knew
very little about drugs. This
series, will present the latest
medical facts about drugs as well
as the viewpoints of many different people involved in the
drug abuse problem.

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Friday, Jan. 16, 1070

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State Sclkools Want UK's
Dy MART NELL
SUTHERLAND .
Kernel StfT Write
The four Kentucky regional
universities Western, Eastern,
Murray and Morehead are considering plans which would give
these universities academic calendars similar to UK's.

Pre-Holida-

which has gotten complete agree- finals just after return log from the
ment from faculty, administra- Christmas holidays.
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tion and students on the
The administrators will have
a longer period of time to evaluate each student's progress than
Two Advantages
under the old calendar.
Dr. Crayton said that two of
the most Important advantages
Though no final decisions
under the new system will be: have been made concerning the'
The elimination of having other universities, Morehead nd
sub-ject-

Under the present system the
students at the regional universities do not return to their classes
In the (all until the middle of
The new system
September.
would have the students returnCAMBRIDCE, Mass. (AP)-- A
ing to classes near the end of
band of some 200 demonstraAugust, thus finishing their first tors smashed through a door
semester before Christmas vacaThursday and seized the offices
tion.
of the top officials of MassachuRay Crayton, academic vice setts Institute of Technology. The
president at Western, said "West-eftroup, many of them MIT stuhas been the only one of the dents, demanded abolition of the
four regional state universities
MIT discipline committee and

Finals

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Eastern seem to be favoring the
change.
At each of those universities,
committees have been formed
which are considering the proposed academic calendar. Their
recommendations will be made
In a few weeks to each of their
Boards of Regents, which will
make the final decision.

If a change Is to be made,
administrators do not know when
the new system will go Into effect.
At Murray State, the movement is not so strong. The registrar reported that if a change
did take place, it would not be
school year..
before the 1971-7- 2

MIT Group Seizes Disciplinarians9 Offices

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cancellation
of punishments
meted out to students who took
part in previous unruly demon-

strations.
The door to the office of MIT

President

Howard

W. Johnson

The invaders ignored an order by MIT Provost Jerome B.
Weisner to leave the building.
MIT has 7,700 enrolled, half of
them graduate students.
The faculty was called into
an emergency meeting but adjourned after three hours, reach

was broken in by four skimasked
men using a battering ram made
of two four foot pipes welded ing no decisions except for adop- together, with hand holds on tion of a resolution condemning
the invasion and recommending
the sides.
involvwl te disV
The ram was dropped at the
scene and the
quartet fled after forcing the door,
Dr. Paul Cray, associate proan MIT campus policeman said. vost, said the faculty supported
The others in the group, chant- a previous stand taken by Johning antiwar and other slogans son that no negotiations will be
.occupied Johnson's office and conducted "in the face of an
also the nearby office of MIT ultimatum."
President Johnson, who was
Corp. Chairman James R.
out of town when the occupation
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began, returned in time to preside at the faculty meeting.
As the evening wore on, the
invaders remained in Johnson's
and Killian's offices. A crowd of
more than 50 sat in the corridor
outside listening to speeches. The
activity was peaceful.

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Would Prevent
Contempt Trial
(AP)-A- lan
WASHINGTON
McSurely, two,
former poverty workers, petitioned the U.S. Court of Appeals
Thursday in an attempt to head
off their contempt of Congress
trial next week.

and Margaret

The

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panel is exto reach a decision in
the case sometime Friday.
three-judg-

pected

The McSurelys were active in
g
organizing protests against
during the summer they
worked in Eastern Kentucky. After Pike County officials raided
their home and confiscated most
of their library and personal papers, the McSurelys were charged
with sedition.
strip-minin-

RCKs

many-tentacle- d

computer does time sharing plus regularccmputing.
It's a
generation ahead of its major competitor.

Once there were only monster
computers that did big batch
jobs like payrolls.
Then came the whirling
dervishes of time sharing that
let a lot of people work at once.
Now there's a new kind of
creature that does time sharing
and batch work together. So
lots of people can use it
efficiently.

"

the Spectra 7046.The
Octoputer.THere's nothing
else quite like it on earth
or under the sea.
The Octoputer's arms are long
and strong. It sits in the
middle of your company and
reaches helping hands out in
It's

because communications

not more efficient to
See
same work on your own
do the
if it's

is what

RCA is famous for. It'll keep us

ahead of our competition.
It can keep you ahead
of yours. Step up to the
Octoputer and shake
hands hands hands
hands hands hands...

Octoputer. And get batch
processing, too. One
more Ihing.The Octoputer concentrates
on remote computing
because that's what
you're going to need
that's where the

A panel of federal Judges later ruled the Kentucky sedition
law unconstitutional and ordered
the papers returned. They were,
along with new subpoenaes from
a subcommittee in the U.S. Sen-

ate.

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled
the subpoenaes Illegal, but the

McClellan group issued new
es, and that's where the
case stands now.
sub-poe-

The McSurelys axe employes
of the Louisville-baseSouthern
Conference Educational Fund,
which has been active in organizing poor people and has been
controversial for a number of
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years.

industry is going.
We got there first

COMPUTERS

No Forum
The

"Legislators-to-Stu-dents-

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forum, which was to be
held Wednesday, Jan. 21, has
been cancelled, the Student Gov-

ernment

all directions. Suddenly, your
company works harder. More
of your people use the computersolving more problems,
finding more facts, writing
more programs.
And it does your big batch
jobs in its spare time.
The Octoputer does a real
armload of work for a handful of change. Check the
bills from your timesharing services.

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Kentucky legislators of the most
important issues of the current
General Assembly, was cancelled
due to conflicts in the speakers'
schedules.

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* THE KENTUCKY KERNEL, Friday, Jan. 16,

Woody Allen, J. Bond
Provide Highlights Of
Holiday Movie Fare
By BRAD CRISSOM

Kernel Staff Writer
Among the holiday movies!
seen by this reviewer was "Bob
and Carol and Ted and Alice,"
a perverse, undisciplined comedy which I thought was pretty
good even though I misunderstood it.
What it wants to do, I think,
is laugh at the sexual freedom
and bogus feelings of our age.
It proceeds from some elaborate
clowning by Elliot Could and
Dyan Cannon to a
scene of "B&C&TorA" in the
same
out, and extricates from that conclusion a
very hard and unfunny feeling.
A lot of ambiguity creeps in:
we want to laugh at the film's
psychiatrist, for instance, but we
also somehow deeply respect
what he is trying to do. That
may be the fault of our attitudes
as much as, or more than, those
of the movie.
A more serious ambiguity (and
what waylaid me) is the first and
last bits of the film, which seem,
like an inglorious and refreshing'
now-famo-

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love, honesty andtheEsalen

Institute.

kind of comedy
is "Take the Money and Run,"
which I also liked. It may well
be that some day we will look
back on Woody Allen's character
here
Virgil
Starkwell with a great deal of
fondness.
Allen gives us a lively portrait of larcenous ineptitude like
Alec Cuiness' bumbler, but with
more absurdity thrown in. The
film is memorable not for the
profusion of slick Johnny Carson
Jokes ("wanted for murder, robbery and illegal possession of a
wart"), but for some superb visual
ones: a resolute Virgil, for instance, steals a pistol and tries
to shoot his way out of a police
trap only to discover that his
weapon is a Zippo.
"The Reivers" is an adaptation of a late Faulkner novel
and it too is pleasant, antic
and enjoyable. It has a hard
A different

time recreating Faulkner's universe. By this I mean to say
Jefthat its
ferson, Miss., with a dusty road
to Memphis and a host of
toba-

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characters, is rich and believable enough, but that Faulkner's sense of action, mood and
motivation, some of which is on
the screen, strains the viewer's

instinctive equipment.
That's not the fault of the
movie, I think, but Just a profound

difference

between

film

and literature, what Agee called
the camera's inability to lie. What
this movie gleans from Yoknapa-tawph- a
is a gentle essay on coming on age in the old South,

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with some feverish clowning by
Steve McQueen.
Alfred Hitchcock likes to make
a very brief and gratuitous appearance in each of his movies;
in "Topaz," in the obscurity of
an airport crowd, he is pushed
up in a wheelchair, and promptly gets us and abandons it.
That's the only Hitchcock
touch I can recall from "Topaz,"
and I had to work hard for it.
His bits of business used toserve
a purpose: When they didn't give
us nifty little insights or perspectives, they riveted our attention to a particular set of events
and thereby transformed them.
g
This movie, based on the
novel about behind-the-scenespionage during the Cuban missile crisis, fails in any
respect you care to mention. The
color is dull, the story is lifeless,
there is no sympathy won for
events so close to us.
best-sellin-

STROBE

Ddiah Ilawkins dances in Student Center Theatre as part of Glenn
Cleixner's "Happening" Thursday night The production is presented
as part of the "Orgy of the Arts." Robin Horton, not pictured, also
danced in front of the Strobe lights.
Kernel Photo by Dick Ware

SC Presents 'Happening9

Most important, I think, is the
cardboard acting. What used to
be a virtue in Hitchcock films-us- ing
unknown and even mediocre players to focus on the action
instead of the stars seems to be
a vice now that Hitchcock is
unable to forcefully catapult us
into ominous situations.

Film, Sound Montage Featured

By DAN COSSETT
Arts Editor

The real beauty of "happenings" lies in the fact
that the loosely structured nature of the thing
Nuance of gesture and credi- allows the creator to pass off any and all of his
bility of speech, as distinct from mistakes and shortcomings as part of the "creawhatever it is that constitutes tive effort." If the lights fail, it was designed that
"character" in drama, is some- way. If there is absolutely no continuity to the
thing easily taken for granted presentation, it was all part of the master plan.
when it's competent and unobtrua
Fortunately, Clenn Cleixner's
sive. In most films we rightfully "happening" in the Student Center Theatre is an
expect some sort of minimum.
exception. Cleixner, a senior in telecommunicaThe latest James Bond movie, tions, originally set out to prepare a sound track
"On Her Majesty's Secret Ser- - for the Laurel and Hardy film "Putting Pants
vice," like "Topaz," willfully on Phillip" as part of the Student Center's "Orgy
ignores this minimum, but the of the Arts." Cleixner, with the help of Vic
lack is not felt so sharply. Action Meena, kept adding things until he came up with
is sufficient here; in fact,, the a 40 minute montage of old commercials, original
chases over snow and ice, in taped dialogue, film clips and some very imagcars and on skis, are slick and inative personal performances. Oddly enough, the
finished product contained only the opening credits
good.
multi-medi-

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Each Bond movie dramatically changes the setting and extends the premises; here we have
007 's marriage, the death of his
wife, and the promise of revenge
in "Diamonds Are Forever."
Such ephemeral stuff can sustain
us, even jolt us, in its moment
of passing. The departure of Sean
Connery from the main role seems
almost irrelevant in the context
of the action.

and the last few minutes of the Laurel and Hardy
Elm.
Much of the first half of the montage consists
of taped dialogue following several topics accomfilm of a UK football
panied by an
game. One of the major players in this sequence
is Clay Nixon whose deep Gary Owensesque voice
lends itself very nicely to "spot announcements"
such as "We interrupt this program for an urgent
bulletin. Communist China has just Invaded Rhode
Island."
The high point of the production was an
interpretive dance by two members of Tau Sigma,
the UK dance honorary. With several colored strobe
lights flashing, Robin Horton and Oeliah Hawkins
danced to rock music, casting shadows against
a white screen.
Cleixner's montage will be presented again
Friday night at 8:30 p.m. in the Student Center

Theatre.

tudent Center Board

"On Her Majesty's Secret Service" was the surprise of the

season for me. I easily become
and ofserious, incredulous,
fended in theatres, but I'm not
dishonest enough to repudiate
the Bond genre because it's interesting. The moral argument
against spy pictures is questionable anyway, and the "Ah, plethora" argument doesn't seem
to apply here.

Guignol To Hold Auditions;
30 Parts Will Be Filled
Auditions for William Shake- vide various varieties of playing
speare's dark comedy, "Measure levels and combinations.
for Measure" will be held SunAUDITIONS
day, January 13 at 2 p.m. and
Monday, January 19 at 7:30 p.m.
Deportmen of
in the Cuignol Theatre, Fine
Theotre Arts
Arts Building. There are roles
MEASURE For MEASURE
for nine men and five women
plus a chorus of 16. The pro'l
William hAiipiir(
duction will run February 25
Sundjy, JanV It 2:00 p.m.
through March 1 with a Sat7:30 p.m.
Monday,
urday, matinee at 2:30 p.m.

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The Embarrassment
Spiro T. Agnew is a too much maligned man. The Vice President's
recent Asian goodwill tour has convinced us that the time has come
to balance this adverse comment our hard working veep has received.
Mr. Agnew has suffered some great handicaps during his tenure in
national office which have made it difficult for him to be considered
seriously by an intelligent American public. News reporters who report
too accurately what the Vice President says have been a constant thorn
in his side. Even worse have been the news commentators who think
who are
too deeply about his
comments. Radical
continually pestering him about his stand on urban slums, his attitudes
toward youthful demonstrators, etc. have caused Mr. Agnew much
embarrassment. But last week Spiro experienced the ultimate sacrifice-- he
was forced, while in the service of his country, to miss the Super
Bowl game.
man was stranded on a far away
Yes, our nation's number-tw- o
Indonesian isle, hundreds of miles from radio or television contact
with his heroes who were deciding once and for all which was the best
team in the nation. Mr. Agnew need not have worried, for his boss
was watching the outcome closely. Nevertheless, the sacrifice he made
was a concrete token of his benefit to his nation.
But when the moment of truth arrived our vice president was not
found wanting. In Vietnam Mr. Agnew was introduced to a soldier
from Minnesota at which time he showed his depth of concern for
the situation by saying, "They've got a helluva fine football team.
Cost me a lot of money already."
Missing the year's final football games was not the only sacrifice
the vice president made for his goodwill tour. He also was unable
to find much time to work on his golf game. Although he held a very
high score in the game he played at Kuala Lumpur, Agnew was not,
petty about it. He readily confessed that "I'm afraid I have embarrassed
the United States."
Indeed you have, Mr. Vice President.
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Full Speed Ahead
President Nixon's task force on that colleges and universities require new sources of Federal support, particularly if they are to proMost of its work has already been vide places for the children of poor
done by the Carnegie Commission and even middle-incom- e
families
on the Future of Higher Education,
unable to meet rising tuition costs.
which published its recommendaPublic institutions are increasingly
tions last year. Other studies and caught in the squeeze between taxproposals are readily available, inpayers revolts against education
cluding Dr. Jerrold Zacharias's plan levies and state governments' infor an educational opportunity bank ability to keep pace with the deto permit some students to pay for mands for public services. Private
their higher education out of sub- institutions, forced to rely on Federal research funds for a substantial
sequent income over a
period.
part of their budgets, are in danThe priorities are not difficult ger either of distortion of their misto define. Dr. Clark Kerr has sion or fiscal collapse.
It is perhaps politically essential
pointed out that only 7 percent of
all currently enrolled college stufor the Nixon Administration to put
dents come from families in the botthe imprint of its own task force
tom quarter of the national income on its program, and the group
headed by Dr. James M. Hester,
scale, with the obvious implications
of gravely limited opportunities for president of New York University,
ethnic minorities who are overrep-resente- d is composed of able and representacatein the
tive experts. The task force would
talent is not best serve the public by saying:
gory. Surely, potential
so exclusively the mark of the relaDamn further studies full speed
ahead.
tively affluent.
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the priorities for higher education
should not have to labor very hard.

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By ROBERT A. KUEHNE
strange thing about Wayne Davis

series of Soapbox articles on man versus
the earth is that they have gone unchallenged, in spite of the fact that he has
stated strong and presumably controversial opinions. Perhaps supporters of the
present trends are so convinced there is no
problem that they feel rebuttals are unnecessary. Or maybe everyone agrees with
Davis so completely that he could get
swept into Congress, if he only would
run. I think that most of us are just lazy
and are satisfied to know that the intrepid band of conservationists are actively fighting business, industry and politics. Just look for a moment at some
examples of how we all tend to be guilty
of indifference or mental lethargy about
environmental matters.
In his address to the University last
spring Dr. Elvis Stahr said that the greatest dereliction of the university system
in America was to present natural science
(once respectfully known as natural philosophy) strictly as a series of unrelated
specialties known as physics, chemistry
and the biological, behavioral and social
sciences. While developing a magnificent
technology we have lost ground in understanding man's interaction with nature
and have invited the problems of misapplied technology. Everyone applauded Dr.
Stahr, including the University dignitaries
on stage, apparently unaware or unconcerned about his assault upon their competence. The only tangible change at the
University has been the institution of an
environmentally oriented beginning to
Biology (suggested by Wayne Davis and
supported by biologists from various parts
of the campus) and the Environmental
Awareness Seminar, begun and admirably
sustained through the efforts of Jerry
Thornton, Stephen Case and other "relevant" undergraduates.
There is a growing but still small
body of law that deals with individual
or corporate obligations to the environment. The few men who pioneer in this
legal wilderness do so with little public
appreciation and the outright hostility
of politically and economically powerful
interests. The definition of legal terms
and ground rules are still being worked
out and tested at a time when the law is
amazingly complex concerning the rights
and obligations of individuals, corporations and government. Many people whe
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hides about their fellow man have no such
silly hangups about the environment,
which is fair game for personal greed.
Traditionally, the public makes the ap- -'
propriate reflex response bare the throat
and individual fortunes continue to be
made at public and governmental expense. For example, strip mining in Eastern Kentucky destroys timber growing on
adjacent private lands, kills fish in public
waters, results in damage to roads built
with State and Federal tax money and
speeds the siltation of publicly financed
reservoirs. But the escapade is accomplished with license and impunity because we let it be.
Some Federal and State agencies have
reversed earlier policies and started to
take the public interest on environmental matters, but other agencies have so
much bureaucratic momentum they continue to run in the opposite direction. In
the Corps of Engineers some progressive
thinking exists among younger members,
but they are mainly confined to lower
echelons and are yet unable to convince
the top brass that dams are not the sole
answer to every water resource problem.
The dinosaurs did not die out in a day.
n
The
concept of the
Earth as a gift to man has caught the
blame for our environmental muddle from
some conservationists. Both a minister
and a rabbi have denied such an interpretation to me, saying rather that man
is shepherd and caretaker of the land.-Sincthey can and did quote Biblical,
passages showing the concern of prophets,'
who am I to argue this point? But the
pr