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By TON! MILLER
College Press Service
It s happening on practically every campus. More
and more, the campus ministry is playing an active
a leading one-- in
aggressive political
and moral stands on the war, Selective Service, racism
and community development. And, like other movement factions, anti-worganizations centered around
churches are groping for new issues to pursue while
the Paris talks deflate anti-wa- r
sentiment.
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Alignment with radical causes is relatively new to
campus churches on such a large scale. Before the
mythical "new morality" came into vogue, college
ministries would often be filled with retired missionaries whose benevolence would often extend to permitting bake sales to go until midnight, appearing
in "Is there a God?" panel discussions, and serving
as advisers to fraternities.
Comes now the myth of the "new morality." People are "swingers." Speak openly and honestly. Turn
on, but keep your prospective. And above all (to borrow
an old Quaker maxim) let your lives speak.

So there has been a change in the attitudes of a
good many campus chaplains. All of the feelings which
are now out in the open in society have always existed,
covered up. Now that they are exposed, the campus
"ministries," often with the younger chaplain in the
forefront, are involving themselves Just as political
groups are.
National church organizations were neither structured nor equipped to handle this new mood. While
the National Council of Churches had a lot of the
same sentiment, its
constituency
wouldn't really allow it to move rapidly into such
specialized activity.
It was inevitable that some group would arise. It
did, during the Christmas bombing pause of 1965 when
a group of the country's
pastors and their
lay supporters formed Clergy and Laymen Concerned
about Vietnam (CALCAV)..
CALCAV has a lot going for it. First, its name:
nothing militant, simple "concerned." Another advantage is the facade of the cloth. For some mystical
reason, no matter how aggressively a clergyman takes
;a stand on an issue, he gets a much less negative
reaction than other protesters because of his profession.
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CALCAV, though, seems already to have reached
its peak and it is now looking for new things. The
r
activity. They may
"glamour" is fading from
have found a new focal point in working with draft
resisters and military deserters. If what went on at
their third annual meeting in Washington recently is
any indication, militant pacifism and resistance work
might catch on.
There were considerably fewer participants in this
year's conference than last, despite CALCAV's 25,000
membership. But the stalwarts were there, and a sizeable number of philosophy and theology students showed
up. There were of course, two of the founders, William
Sloane Coffin, Jr. and Rabbi Abraham J. Hirschel. Both
spent most of the three days giving encouragement
to those clergymen who came from isolated areas and
thus "are forced to fight the good fight alone," as Coffin
puts it.
Just as the inaugural demonstrations marked the
demise of continuing
so did
the latest CALCAV meet show that
r
gatherings
don't produce the same fire they once did. Yet CALCAV,
by the nature of its constituency, does not share many
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ICmtocecy KERNEL
Wednesday Evening, Feb. 26, 1969

UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY, LEXINGTON

Vol. LX, No. 104

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Bonnie Cox, editor of The Kentucky Review since fall 1967,
formally announced her resignation as editor in a letter read at
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the Tuesday night Board of Student Publications meeting.
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The letter, dated Feb. 14 and addressed to board chairman
Dr. Cifford Blyton, cited academic demands as the reason for the
resignation.
its College Press Service, will
"During the last four months
;
it has become increasingly evi- link the Kernel with Washington
dent to me that the demands and New York offices of CPS
of my last year of study for doc- and about 10 other universities
toral exams will no longer per- across the country.
Kernel Photos By Rick Burns
The service, used by the Kermit me the luxury of editing
A military recruiter fields questions from "SDS
will provide much
The Kentucky Review," the letter nel in 1967-6juvenators" Tuesday about the psychological effects of read.
information on nationmilitary service and freedoms of the individual seral and international academic afviceman. Military service recruitment booths are manned
While the letter did not state fairs.
in the Student Center basement.
other reasons, Miss Cox's resigThe board, in addition to innation came after a Feb. 12 board
creasing student salaries, decided
meeting in which board member to
study the possibility of offerHerbert Creech challenged Miss
ing scholarships and grants to
Cox's knowledge of her field.
student editors of the Kernel.
Miss Cox, at that time, said
The board also approved a
the attack stemmed from person145,515 budget for The Kentuck-ian- ,
al disagreements, but the board
from $43,000 for last year.
voted to further discuss Review Also up
approved were policy
military service, but he added philosophy major in college. This policy at the Tuesday night meet- changes which will, according
ing.
that one knows and accepts the helps clarify my opinions."
to adviser Reynolds, make the
Miss Cox, a graduate student book more salable.
restrictions before entering the
The Marine recruiter said,
armed forces.
"Actually we're pretty liberal. in English, did not attend TuesThe book now will include
He added that "I enjoy quesWe'll talk about anything they day night's meeting.
an attempt to picture all classes
The board decided at the and most student
tioning from students. I was a want to ask."
groups and
meeting to postpone selection generally offer a return to traof an editor to replace Miss Cox ditional
yearbook format.
and to make a general study of
literary publications and their
handling by universities across
the country.
The Review, a scholarly pubCARSA plans to "picnic" at noon Wednesday, not in a
lication, has enjoyed only limited
success on this campus. Of the
grove but in the Student Center Grill.
The picnic is a move to exert economic pressure on the Uni400 copies of the autumn 1968
Kirwan II dormitory governissue printed, only about 150 ment officially endorsed Student
versity to end the sale of California table grapes by University
Food Services.
have been sold.
Government's reverse housing
A secondary motive in the
Those participating in the
In other action the board ac- boycott at a meeting Tuesday
boycott will bring food from home picnic boycott is to persuade cepted the proposed budget for night. .
to become The
or other restaurants and eat in "pseudo-liberals- "
Kentucky Kernel after inthe Grill. Plans call for picnic active in campus issues. Don creasing student salaries by 5
Representatives of the more
than 150 women residents put
baskets, table cloths and insect Pratt, a CARSA member, said, percent over last year and addrepellent to authenticate the "The point of this thing isn't ing a $045 appropriation for a the body on record as urging
whether it is convenient or in student wire service. The acstudents to send in their housing
event.
the best interests of the student cepted budget stood at $100,500. applications April 1 in order to
be distributed to
Leaflets will
voice opposition to the Board of
buy food in the grill.
The original budget, subthroughout the day to invite stu"He can buy a nutritious,
Trustees' new
podents to join the "picnic."
well balanced meal in the grill. mitted by publications adviser licy.
Charles Reynolds, called for
In what may be a move to The point is that the UniverSue Dempsey, president of
counteract the boycott, the grill sity sells California table grapes $98,833, up from the $93,000 budget approved for the Kernel last the do mi government, said that
for 15 cents
will sell hamburgers
and that UK students buy them.
while the Kirwan II group was
the week of March 1. The lowered
"The fact that we're asking year.
The major portion of the inendorsing the "boycott" move,
price could increase the volume people to go through a little
it has no plans actively to camof sales on hamburgers and other inconvenience will expose the, crease is due to proposed printrelated items such as coffee, soft pseudo-liberal-s
paign for it.
ing cost increases.
on this camdrinks and french fries and pus who don't really give a damn
The student wire service, opKirwan H's action follows a
could offset any losses from the whether grapepickers in Califorerated by United States Student similar step taken by Kirwan
Press Association as a part of Tower week.
nia starve or not."
boycott.

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Students Confront Recruiters
On Military Effects, Freedoms
Several students who plan to
Join and revitalize SDS challenged Marine and Navy recruiters here Tuesday about the
psychological effects of military
service and freedom in the military.
About 30 other students gathered around a recruiting table
in the Student Center to listen
to the exchange.
Dick Pozzuto, a sociology
graduate student, said he began
questioning the recruiters because "in the service they train
people for violence and murder
them for ciand don't
vilian life."
de-trai- n

A Marine recruiter replied,
however, that military training
leaves no lasting effect on people who serve in the armed forces.

Of individual freedom in the
military, the Marine recruiter asserted that freedom of speech
is upheld and that mail is not
censored.
But he conceded that any enlisted man who was to write and
circulate antiwar literature could
be reprimanded by his commanding officer.
A Navy recruiter said he believed no one would deny that a
person enjoys fewer freedoms in

CARSA9 s Grille Picnic
To Protest Grape Sales

tree-studd- ed

Kirwan II
Joins Boycott

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IV Students Mobilize To Keep School Town Vote
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BLOOM INC TON,
Ind.
(CPS) Indiana University
are preparing a large-scalobbying effort to persuade their
state senate to vote down a bill
which would deny students at
college in Indiana the vote in
their school towns.
Brent Barnhart,
of the Indiana University Voters'
Union, said last week that efforts
are under way at the state capital
to amend a bill which has permitted students to vote in college
towns, even if it is a temporary
residence.
The legislation as it now reads
says, "The residence of a single
person shall be considered to be
stu-den- ts

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where he usually sleeps." The
amendment which has already
passed the House of Representatives without any news coverage
whatever says: "except such
single persons who make temfor the
porary establishment
of attending an educapurpose
tional or vocational institution."
Barnhart and fellow
Alfred Towell explain that in
last May's McCarthy-Kennedprimary, and again last November, blocs of student voters swayed or significantly altered elections in college towns throughout the state. Towell thinks he
is the real reason for the new
legislation.

...

Students living in University housing only, your zip code is 40506.
Students in
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proper zip code.

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of DePauw University, was the
site of legal hassles last May1
and again this fall when local
authorities repeatedly tried to
thwart students from registering:
and voting. They were success
ful for the most part.

SG Committee Fails To Meet;

GUIGNOL THEATRE

February 21, 22, 28; March 1,
Admission: $2.00; Students (with I.D.) $1.00

ADULT COMEDY!

By SUE ANNE SALMON

"Bryan and Futrell don't want
to be quoted; they don't want
to fight issues. Southard wants
to ignore the bill since he doesn't
like the reorganization idea."
Juul also accused the three of
persuading administrators and
other possible speakers not to
speak at the meetings since "they
don't want to turn the reorgan

ization bill into an issue."
Southard, reached by phone
Tuesday night, denied "knowing
anything" about Juul's invitation
to speak. Southard attended a
meeting of the Student Center
Board Tuesday night.

Kernel Staff Writer
Student Government special
"committee of the whole" meeting was cancelled Tuesday night
when the scheduled speakers
failed to appear.
Committee chairman Thorn
Bryan and Futrell were un-- i
Pat Juul said he had invited VVal:
vail able for comment.
ly Bryan, SG president; Tim Futrell, SG vice president; and John
Southard, Student Center Board
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president, to discuss the proposed bympllOTUC 11(111(1, MISS
SG student activities reorganiza- tion bill.
Juul said the scheduled speakers had missed previous "comPhyllis Jenness, contralto, and Nathaniel Patch, piano, will
mittee of the whole" meetings feature the Songs and Proverbs of William Blake set to music
when they were invited to dis- by Benjamin Britten in a concert this Wednesday night at 8:15
cuss the proposed SG bill on p.m. in the Agricultural Science Auditorium.
The Britten work was first
reorganization.
to Juul, Futrell has performed at Aldeburgh in 1965 at 8:15 in the Student Center.
According
been invited to speak at three by Britten and Dietrich
The Band, under the direcThe poems were semeetings and Bryan and Southard
tion of William Harry Clarke, is a
both have been invited to speak lected by Peter Pears from sevselect organization for the most
at two meetings.
eral Blake collections.
proficient players of the UK
Asked why the schedule
The University Symphonic Bands. The
e
piece wind
speakers did not attend, Juul Band will play its first concert ensemble will present a variety
of the year the following night of band music
charged
including Bach's
"Prelude and Fugue in G Minor,"
Cese's "Little English Girl,"
Joio's "Variants on a Mediaeval
Tune" and Hoist's "HammerA

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And Patch Schedule Concerts

Directed by Charles Dickens

noon daily.

Juul Charges Evasion Of Issues

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process diockcu,
dents might indeed look elsewhere to make sure their voice
is heard, Towell thinks.
Senate sponsor of the bill is
Green-castl- e
Jack Harrison, from the
area. Greencastle, home

He adds that legislators are
afraid that San Francisco State-typ- e
demonstrations will occur
in Indiana, and are "constantly
looking for ways to avoid mass
student activity." With legitimate participation in the political

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Computer Poses Challenge To Academia
EDITOR'S NOTE: The authors
of this article are now
developing
a computer-basenonverbal approach to the teaching of Creek.
By DILL and
CYNTHIA WHEELER
College Press Service
The computer represents the
single most crucial challenge
facing the intellectual community
right now.
This needs to be said firmly,
positively, loudly and clearly for
two reasons:
The computer represents a
fundamentally new development
in human intellectual experience;
d,

and

For a variety of reasons, it is
easy to neglect this new develop-

ment

em thought

such terms as

in

"complex,"

"cognition,"

"mythopoeic,"
"continuum,"

"gradient," "increment," "deviation," "determinant" . . . the

list quickly fills a massive thesaurus of abstractions, the precise

meaning of which may differ
from discipline to discipline and
often varies from speaker-write- r
to listener-readeUnambiguous Discourse
We are not deploring the
existence of such an intellectual
vocabulary. Discursive thought
often depends upon the development of adequate terminology.
Nor do we mean to say that
communication has
so far been insignificant; far from
it. But the fact remains that
Western intellectual life is
and that learning and
communication are sometimes
greatly hampered by the ambiguity and the abstruse complexity
of our verbal formulations.
The computer represents a
new, general, powerful means of
communication which is nonverbal, relatively unambiguous, discursive, and capable not merely
of representing, but also of deand commonstrating
abstractions.
plex
That it can serve as an effective mode of expressing intellectual concepts was the testimony of the director of the Illinois Institute of Technology
puter center. He reported that
r.

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Ever since the emergence 6f
the university in Europe in the

Middle Ages, its mode of conceptualization has been basically
verbal. Even when the leading
edge of Western thought has
focused on
aspects of
human experience, as perhaps is
true at present, the intellectual
community preserves whatever
rational coherence it has by
means of verbal formulations.
In the intellectual tradition,
we have developed a rich vocabulary of highly abstract terms.
Drawing upon the resources of
the classical language of the university, namely Latin, and with
liberal borrowings from other
foreign languages, we possess at
present a wonderfully varied
vocabulary which enshrines the
conceptual innovations ofVVest- non-verb-

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high-ord-

graduate

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research

munication. No more than minor
editing is required to adjust the
performance of the program to
the mechanical constraints ofthe
classroom.
In essence, the researcher formulates and describes his thesis
by writing a program which is
actually a working model of his
concept. By studying the program
in operation, perhaps playing
with it by varying the data, any
user can soon come to understand the nature of the thesis
and its various implications.
Model Not New
The notion of a
model is certainly nothing new.
Every professor who draws lines
or circles or boxes or blobs on
the blackboard is using
models to assist in the
explication of his thoughts.
Nevertheless the computer is
a genuinely novel factor in the
intellectual dislogue, because it
provides for the first time the
general capability of producing
working, manipulatable models
of any conceivable specific apparatus of thought.
Thus the person who promulgates his thought by writing a
computer program not only can
express the concept unclouded by
verbal ambiguity, but can at the
same time offer the unlimited de
non-verb-

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non-verb-

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The Associated Press

faculty and student body at Northern
Kentucky Community College each apparently will have a representative on the Board of Regents of Northern Kentucky State
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What most such potential
users do not seem to understand
is that they them selvesmust bear
a large share of the responsibility
of developing computer languages appropriate to their disciplines. It seems much easier to
underrate the computer than to
spend the time and effort required to make it usable.
Such an effort is not only
worthwhile but actually crucial
to intellectual growthv
Like any other tool, the

people or to help them. But in
contrast to most other tools, a
computer is a specific means of
increasing the power of the
rational mind. We can use it to
provide precise, illuminating dialogue about education.

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Regents has agreed informally
to recognize a student and a
faculty representative from the
community college in an advisory capacity. The decision is to
be ratified at the April meeting
of the board.
Charles Wiley,
of the board, said the arrangement will present "no real difficulty" since the representatives
vice-chairma- n

the faculty, staff and student
body of Northern Kentucky Community College in the development of the new institution,"
Wiley said.
He said UK, which has administrative jurisdiction over the
community college, "is in full
agreement" with the action.

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monstration of an operational
model.
The computer lends itself to
the development of very complex models, any one of which
may include a large variety of
dit a stnictures and operational
formula. It thus becomes the
vehicle of specific conceptualization.
The most universal language
used for talking to the computer
is a
language
(FORTRAN). But there are other
ways of using the computer as
a general
device.
lanUnfortunately,
as universal as FORTRAN
guages
do not exist for the linguist, the
artist, the musician, the educator, the anthropologist, or any
of the other nonmathematical

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* Legion Of Fear
It is ironic that a veteran's organization here, American Legion
Post No. 8, is seeking to persecute
a UK law professor, Robert Scdler,
for defendingunpopular views. This
move unfortunately is characteristic
of the American Legion but is nonetheless ironic because the men who
make up its membership are former members of organizations
which supposedly protect freedom.
These organizations are our
armed forces.
Perhaps there is no better argument against the actual effects of
our armed forces than that provided by the American Legion. In

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stead of protecting freedom, these
men seem determined to stamp out
any variations from their narrow
and rigid conceptions of what is
right.
It is all too easy to find those
who are indoctrinated into the
status quo to such an extent that
they cannot tolerate independent-thinkin- g
individuals. Persons willing to defend political dissenters,
such as draft resisters, however,
are all too rare.
The University is fortunate to
haveSedler in its midst. The American Legion it can do without.

Prisons And Men

'It's Not Safe To Go
Without Your Helmet.'

Dr. Bruce Jackson's speech here last Friday on "Prisons and Poor

People" focused attention on many of the inequities involved in our
penal system.
His talk also forces one to consider the overall role of prisons in
our society. The only excuse for their existence is to restrain criminals
from violating the rights of others and, hopefully, to rehabilitate them.
Prisons should not be seen as tools of punishment, other than for
purposes, because sociology informs us that criminals are
made by our society, not by themselves. These institutions therefore
should be operated on a civilized and humane basis, something which
in most cases is not true as of now.
Society just does not have the right to impose inhumane conditions
on an individual whom it is responsible for warping.
crime-deterre-

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Howard Mason, Photography Editor

Editor-in-Chi-

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Darrell Rice, Editorial Page Editot
Jim Miller, Associate Editor
Chip Hutcheson, Sports Editor

KERNEL SOAPBOXES: Defending The Bill Of Rights
By DR. MICHAEL ADELSTEIN

Committee Chairman
On behalf of the Student Affairs Committee, I wish to thank you for your comprehensive and incisive editorial on the
proposed Bill of Student Rights. The committee requested that the bill be circulated widely to students and faculty members in the hope that it would be examined
in such detail and that it might provoke
such criticism and suggestions for improvement.
I will try to respond to all the points
raised in the editorial.

First, as to the vague phrasing, you are

indeed correct. The committee worked
long and hard to strive for clarity and
brevity, qualities that the Student Code
has often been criticized as lacking. Consequently, the committee was often forced
to settle for such general terms as "national interest," "indecency" and "proper
functioning of the University," to cite
the three mentioned in the editorial. If
these could be better defined in an additional phrase, sentence, or short paragraph, the committee would be more than
glad to modify the proposed Bill before
presenting it to the Senate on March 10.
If not, then more precise definitions of
these three terms will evolve when the
Student Rights Board is confronted with

statement that students presently working on numerous University committees
and boards are "complacent and
The students on our committee-Taft
McKinistry, Winston Miller and
Sheryl Snyder in particular fought vigorously for student rights and were not
the least bit intimidated by the faculty
committee members. And I would guess
that these students won more battles
than they lost.
Yet, in campus history, could we have
had students who have been more favored
by the Establishment? Furthermore, magnificent work is being done by USAC,
another group of students appointed by
the President. But perhaps these are exceptions. The editorial did touch on an
excellent point. Who are the student
leaders? Where are independent-mindestudents who are yet representative
enough to express student views? The
answer to these questions would be welcomed not only by our committee but by
many administrators and faculty members.
Finally, as to the entry into a student's
dormitory room without his permission or
a warrant. The committee believed that
dormitory regulations were written to protect health and property and to provide
a favorable climate for living and learning. Violation of a dormitory regulation
might not be a violation of a law for

cases concerning these issues.
Such a process is similar to interpretations of the Constitution by the Supreme
Court. After all, what is meant by "due
process" or "equal protection under the
law"? To define them adequately would
take many pages; to define the three
terms in the Bill adequately might transform it into a monstrous legal document
that would neither be read nor understood by most students.
As for the composition of the Students
Rights Board, I do not believe that the
faculty or administration would approve
representation. The
equal student-facultproposed bill asks the faculty and administration to accept numerous restraints
and to surrender certain privileges, some
of which have been enjoyed since the
Middle Ages. To propose further that
students have equal weight on a board
judging the faculty and administration
would not be politically feasible. My per--"
sonal feeling is that the Senate would
not accept several provisions in the bill
if the student-facultratio on the board
were changed to give students greater
power.
The editorial also criticized the method
of appointing students to the board, but
it stated that the writers did not have
any solution. Nor did the committee.
But we do not accept the editorial's

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which a warrant could be issued. Yet,
in fairness to the rights of other students
living in such a populated and close
communal system as a dormitory, the
offender should be restrained and punished. The committee felt that under the
provisions of a careful and deliberate
procedure, a University official should be
permitted to intrude into and search a
student's room without his permission.
Thus we have required a detailed written
authorization rather than a verbal one or
none. And we have required that it be
signed by a designated official, who we
believe would be a responsible person
and one instructed to respect the rights
of privacy.
I regret writing at such length, but
you raised vexing and profound questions.
And I am glad that you did. Faculty
members, particularly Jim Kemp, Ellwood
Hammaker, Bob Lawson, Dick Hanau,
Maury Hatch, and Tom Olshewsky, and
the student members mentioned, have
worked long and hard for two years on
the Bill. But we realize that it is not perfect. And so we have submitted it to the
academic community, hoping that it
would be studied and analyzed and questioned. Through such a process, we believe
that it will be improved. Thank you for
helping us.

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Calling For A Recognition Of Potential

By JAMES A. POWELL JR.
A&S Senior

Earlier this year I received a questionnaire from the Kentucky Commission on
Human Rights seeking information concerning my
employment
plans. It seems the state is interested in
men and
retaining more Kentucky-trainewomen who are qualified for positions
of respon sibility. The questionnaire is submitted to black graduating seniors in
Kentucky colleges in order to determine
how to utilize for Kentucky the academic
preparation of young Blacks who have in
the past sought employment in other
states.
I would congratulate the commission
for recognizing that qualified black people can