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EDITOR'S NOTE: This article, the organism, lack of knowledge about the reeighth in a series of nine articles about lationship of variations in this system to
drugs, reports what some experts in the complex human behavior, lack of knowlarea of drugs say can be done to alleviate edge about complex human behavior itself. It is a problem of tyranny of opinion,
drug problems.
attitude and belief in the absence of
By RAY HILL
Kernel Staff Writer
knowledge."
Most students don't have a particular
Problem Of Semantics
philosophical orientation when they start
The drug problem is one of semantics,
Dr. Abraham VVikler,
taking drugs, says
she says, "of trying to talk, think and act
UK psychiatrist and drug researcher.
he says, "sometimes become rationally in an area in which almost every
"Drugs,"
is entangled in so much myth and
potent reinforcers for people looking for term
identification with a particular group." emotion and such a variety of implicit
"The big problem is, why do people assumptions, beliefs, and attitudes that
disturn to drugs?" says Dr. Harold Conrad, futile argument replaces dialogue and
director of the narcotics hospital near cussion because the participants are
neither talking the same language nor
Leestown Pike. "There should be enough
in other areas. If there isn't, proceeding from the same assumptions."
gratification
and evidently there isn't, something is
"It is a problem of communication,"
she continues. "Among scientists in difwrong."
That something, says Dr. Helen Nowlis ferent disciplines, between scientists and
in her book "Drugs on the College Camlayman, between parents and children,
pus," is "a problem of ignorance lack of between a generation brought up before
knowledge about the action of chemical
automation, television, jet travel, nuclear
substances on the complex, delicately balenergy and the hydrogen bomb, megapolis,
anced chemical system that is the living multiversity, and the affluent society and

a generation which has known no other

condition."
"To improve the situation," says Dr.
Martin Gebrow, a Lexington psychiatrist,
"we must have education. Education is
very important. I think our young people
are very bright. We have to make the

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facts available to them and let them
make their own decision about drugs."
"I think people turn to drugs for
relief from anxiety," he continues. "They
use them to find a better way of life.
They say 'I didn't make this world and
I don't see why I have to put up with

Another psychiatrist, Dr. Thomas Buie.
in the Student Health Service, believes
the hazards of drug use have been underplayed, that adequate education is lacking. Anyone who uses drugs, he says,
is taking a chance. Dr. Buie, along with
many ot'iers, believes thorough public
education will go a long way toward
solving the drug problem.
Detective Sgt. Frank Fryman of the
Lexington Police Department, who spends
much of his time fighting illegal drug
traffic into Lexington, also believes education is the answer. "Until everybody
starts working together to solve this
thing," he says, "we're going to have a

mess."
"We need public education at the
public school level and at the college
level on a yearround basis," he says.
"It must be classroom type instruction.
And it must show both sides of the coin."
"We must have total involvement in
community education by educators and
those in the other professions, and civic
organizations. The drug problem is a

it.'"

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UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY, LEXINGTON

Wednesday, Jan. 28, 1970

Vol. LXI, No. 77

Col. Davidson Says
Numbers Not 'Safe9
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Kernel Staff Writer
Col. Taylor Davidson, director of Selective Service in Kentucky, said Tuesday night that
"the whole principle of the draft
lottery is, Is your number reached
or isn't it?"
Col. Davidson answered questions concerning the lottery and
students' personal draft problems
in Room 245 of the Student Center.
Under the old system, Davidson explained, men were drafted
according to age, with the oldest
going first. Since the lottery was
held Dec. 1, draft boards have
been filling their quotas according to numbers.
Student deferments have not
been revoked by the lottery, Davidson said. He added that another
lottery will be held in December
1970 to cover 1971, and that
men with numbers in the current
lottery, whose deferments expire
in 1971, will be drafted along
Men who are
with
this year but are not called
by December 31 will go into the
lowest selection group next year.
Col. Davidson said that no
number was definitely "safe."
He called "misleading and confusing" a White House press
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Spring semester means soring sorority rushing. Prospective pledges
are attending parties this week at the houses, such as these coeds
Pictured above at the Delta Zeta party. Less than 100 coeds are
going out for rush this semester, but the rushees and the "sisters"
still manage to have good times.

Faculty, Student Trustees Supported

Senate Committee Hears Futrell

maining senators are publicly opposed to the bill.
Assistant Managing Editor
Mazzoli said the bill would
Letters, phone calls, teleStudent Government Presi- grams and
visits are come before the education comdent Tim Futrell addressed the tactics being personal the lobbiers, mittee for a vote next Tuesday
used by
state Senate Education CommitFutrell noted, adding that stu- morning. Futrell said he feels
tee againTuesdaytoanswer ques- dent
government presidents at confident the bill will be retions concerning Senate Bill 75. other state institutions are enported favorably from the SenThe legislation would give couraging people to write their ate Education Committee to the
Senate.
senators.
voting power to student and facBill Is Unique
Senators Pledge Support
ulty members of the governing
boards of
colleges
three
Following the main part of
According to Futrell,
and universities.
his address, Futrell
commembers of the eight-nufour points in his original
"Both statute and tradition mittee publicly are in support
statement of support for the bill.
make the student and faculty of the measure. They are reported
"The bill is unique in that
trustees representative of their to be:
it would substantially help one
Francis M. Burke
constituencies," Fuparticular
element of our citizenry, students,
trell stated.
Clyde Middleton
and Romano Mazzoli, without substantially harming
"We are concentrating our
None of the re
another element of our citizenry.
lobbying forces on the eight-nuBy PATRICK MATHES

state-operate-

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"It would remove from our
governing boards current second-clas- s
members who are known to
feel half-o- n
their
and half-of- f
institution's governing boards.
"The bill would provide for
greater internal participation in
the government of our state's
higher educational units without removing the supremacy of
the taxpayer in governing all
public institutions.
"This measure which affects
over 45,000 students, at least
35,000 of whom are eligible Kentucky voters, would acknowledge
the maturity and responsibility
which Kentucky collegians have
.demonstrated in the past few
years."

release which said men in the
lowest third were sure to go,
those in the middle third uncertain, and those in the highest
third probably safe.
"Just imagine if there were
no deferments," Col. Davidson
said. "Then there would be a
lot of safe numbers because a
lot of men with low numbers
would go. The more deferments
there are, the higher draft boards
have to go to fill their quotas."
The Selective Service head
emphasized that deferments and
postponements are not synonymous, and that graduate students
still have to serve if their numbers come up after their "year"
is over.
A public school teacher may
request a deferment, Davidson
said, but his school board must
convince his draft board that his
place could be filled only by an
emergency teacher. Such a deferment must be justified annually, Davidson added.
"Selective Service boards in
Kentucky hoped that deferments
would attract teachers to the
poorer school districts in the
state," Col. Davidson said.
Voluntary enlistments are not
credited in filling quotas, and
even if a local board had enlistments equal to its quota, the
board would still have to draft
the same number of men. Col.
Davidson admitted that he felt
this was unfair, and said he
intended to recommend a change
to national Selective Service

headquarters.

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The Old Use Of Gloves Ain't What
Once upon a time, as early
1361, there were gloves.
They're still around today but
gloves don't have the social significance or the symbolism they
once had.
An early relic, six centuries
old known as a gauntlet glove,
was unearthed in Scotland 35
years ago. It was designed at
first for protection in battles.

civilizations have their own

as

cus-

toms concerning gloves.
For example, a guest entering
a home in ancient China would receive a leather glove as a gesture
of warm welcome.
In Greenland, gloves have
been fashioned from the hair of
departed relatives as an object
of respect. To shake hands while
wearing gloves in Ethopia is an
insult where it has resulted in
duels. This custom has carried
over into Western civilizations
where a slap with gloves means

Legends about gloves have
been handed down through the
centuries. Countries and various

It

Use To Be

Catherine di Medici promoted
to challenge another to a duel.
In Europe during the 17th the wearing of gloves for women.
century, when a woman pre- Before her reign, it had a limited
sent ed her glove to a suitor, it acceptance only for men. Today,
indicated that she accepted his buttons on the sleeves of suit
r
of when
marriage proposal. At one time in Jackets are a
history, a groom would give one gloves were once buttoned to
to sleeves.
glove to his new
Because of their rarity, the
show his ability to take care of
value of gloves in earlier days
the bride
Royalty also had its hands in was beyond estimate.
But today gloves are not rare.
the wearing of gloves. King
Charles VI was so fond of gloves Their value is just that of a
that he wore out 225 pairs of fashion accessory. And their place
in fashion is no longer a demand
gloves a year.
hold-ove-

father-in-la-

single-hande-

d.

of society, but a decision of the

individual.
Mrs. Charlotte Bennett, clot
and textiles professor in the
School of Home Economics, offers some advice to those who
aren't sure when they should wear
h-i-

gloves.

"If the gloves do not serve
some
functional
purpose
(warmth), or do not add to the
aesthetic quality of an outfit (coordination), then there is no reason to think they should be
worn."

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can be worn year around. Mittens are good for warmth. The sporty cut-ostyle is
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adapted from racing or driving gloves. And the short, white glove is for more formal
occasions.
Kernel Photo by Dick Ware

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For this recipe you'll need:

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Sugar, granulated or confectionery

Canned biscuits
Aren't there times when you

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halls cause there's nothing to cure
those midnight hunger pangs?
Here's a swinging idea that's
really up to par for the nineteenth hole or for the gang while
playing bridge or studying.
First of all, fill your popcorn
full with
popper three-fourtcooking oil or shortening. Turn
on the popper to heat the oil.
While the oil is heating, open
the canned biscuits. Form a hole
in the centers of each biscuit.
When the oil is hot (bubbling),
drop the biscuit in. Cook until
golden brown. Remove and drain.
To coat the doughnuts, sprinkle with sugar. For more even
distribution, shake in a paper
bag.
A great drink with these is
hot chocolate. The easiest way
to fix this is to warm up cartons
of chocolate milk from the dorm
vending machine.

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THE KENTUCKY KERNEL, Wc!ncslay, Jan. 28,

Laws Restrict 'Thumbers'

Anti-Hitchhiki- ng
By MIKE WINES
Kernel Staff Writer

Spring is approaching, and
with it will come the seasonal
exodus of
hitchhikers seeking lifts home from charitable drivers.
Students at the University,
however, may find that the most
difficult part of hitchingon weekends is not getting home, but
merely getting out of Fayette

that, in general, county police
"do not rigidly enforce the law."
With city police, however, it's
a different matter. A representative of the municipal police department said "none that we see
are allowed to hitchhike."
He related the story of a group
of students attempting to make
their way back to Eastern Kentucky University by hitchhiking

along Richmond Hoad. "We explained the dangers of hitching
County.
City and county police appear to them," he said, "and if we
to enforce Kentucky's
happen to be going that way a
law more rigidly than the short time later and see them
state police, who have jurisdic- doing it again, we charge them."
In Fayette County the minition of the interstate highways
mum fine for hitchhiking is
most hitchhikers use.
Lieutenant Jerry Cilbert, of $28.50, including court costs.
the Fayette County Police, said Fines can run up to $100.

Fayette County police
"suspicious-looking-

look for

people that

"

might be involved in "interstate
flight" from the law, Cilbert
said.

The same criteria apply to
state policemen's judgement of
hitchhikers, but Cilbert said there
were so many "forms to fill out"
that few arrests were made by

picking up two boys on Christ- mas Eve, received severe cuts
from a knife attack.
Another was robbed and his
throat cut "from ear to ear," the
policeman said.

The same sort of fate may
await the unwary hitchhiker who
accepts the wrong ride, the repre- sentative said. Even the most
driver may not
peace
be above theft, he observed.

representative of the city
police cited three instances of
the dangers of motorists' picking
up hitchhikers. He noted that
drivers in Somerville, Ca.; Lansing, 111.; and Springfield, Mass.,
were attacked after picking up
hitchhikers, and that one, after

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JANUARY

28, 1970

Editorials represent the opinions of the Editors, not of the University.
James W. Miller, Editor
Bob Brown, Editorial Tage Editor
Frank Coots, Associate Editor
Dan Gossett, Arts Editor
Don Rosa, Cartoonist

George II. Jepson, Managing Editor

Robert Duncan, Advertising Manager
Chip Hutcheson, Sports Editor
Gwen Ranney, Women's fagc Editor

A Commendation
On few occasions has Student
Government President Tim Futrell
deserved strongcommendation,but
yesterday was such a day. During
a noteworthy reappearance before
the Senate Committee on Education Futrell testified on the im--i
portance of passing Senate Bill 75
which would give the presidents
of the state's universities a vote
on the Board of Trustees of their
school.
In his initial appearance before
the committee Futrell was asked a
number of questions which had no
easily accessible answers. But Futrell learned his lesson well, for yesterday he was fully equipped for
whatever the committee threw at
him.
A high point of the interview
came when Futrell was asked why
a student who attained office in an

election in which participation was
so meager could pretend to represent the views of a majority of the
student body on matters of importance to the Board of Trustees.
Futrell replied by pointing out that
the latest student government election involved a greater percentage
of eligible voters than the elections
of those senators who were questioning him.
his argument
Futrell
by showing the committee a copy
of the controversial bill "That All
Might Participate" which recently
was passed by SG to allow for
greater voter turnout.
The outlook is now more encouraging that students will at last
gain a particle of what they deserve and Futrell should be commended for his efforts toward that
end.

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A Contradiction
The recent innovation by the
University Athletics Department,
a statement urging UK basketball
fans to show courtesy to opposing
teams and officials, is good in intention but an insult to the intellit

of the evening. If the department
knows the fan will show respect,
then what is the purpose of insulting him by reminding him of it?
Do not mistake this hand slap- .ping. of the statement for an ad-- 1
gence of the average onlooker.
vocacy of cheers detrimental to good
We merely contend
The statement, in part, urges sportsmanship.
of this statement
that the
students to "maintain quiet while to several reading
thousand University stuan opponent is shooting a free throw dents and fans lowers the
situation
do not boo the referees," and
to one of an elementary classroom.
"show respect . . . like we know The teacher tells the students
they
you will."
are old enough to behave and that
she trusts them . . . about as far
The statement is a redundancy
that gains nothing but the first boos as she can throw them.
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By WAYNE II. DAVIS
Let's look at the Creat Wheat Clut
and its effect on the starving people
in this overpopulated world.
The major wheat producers of the world
are Russia, the United States, Canada,
Argentina and Australia. Russia, by far the
largest producer, does not supply the starving free world. In fact, she usually imports wheat from Canada. The latter four
nations are the world's only significant
exporters.
The harvest of 1969 was the greatest
mass of wheat the world has ever known.
This was due primarily to the chance
occurrence of favorable weather in all
the wheat countries, but in part to the
influence of better practices and new
strains in Mexico, India and Pakistan.
The result is a massive surplus and a
crash of world market prices. In Canada,
where storage bins were full with a record 850,000.000 bushels, a new crop of
650,000,000 bushels was harvested. Her
Communist customers canceled an order
for 400,000,000 bushels because their own
wheat crops this year fulfilled their needs.
One might think that this year the
hungry people of the world will be well
fed and able to produce a larger crop of
children. Rut the world's wheat surplus
will not go to feed hungry people. With a
wheat glut and falling prices the exporter
nations cannot afford to give their grain to
starving people even if they wanted to.
Wheat export is a major part of the economy of Canada, Argentina and Australia.
Only the United States has been able to
afford to give away grain.
The Canadian farmer is in serious

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Mining Concern
To the Editor of the Kernel
As a staff member of my college's
newspaper, I have had the opportunity
to read the Kernel at least once a week.
For the past four months I have looked
in vain for mention of the mining problems that plague Kentucky. At long last
my search has been justified by the lead
story in your Nov. 24 issue. .
Countless students in the New York
City area have become aware of the
mining situation that exists, and your
article has added to the debate. One
result of our talks is the conclusion that

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farm experts have now developed programs to use up the wheat which the
starving people cannot afford. Thus the
Farm Journal for October says to feed
wheat to cattle (p. B-- and in November to feed wheat to pigs (p.
It
also says that Canada plans to export
She brings
grain surplus as beef (p.
in feeder cattle from the United States,
fattens them on wheat, and sells them
back to us.
We also have hungry people in the
United States, generally estimated at
and why we are always hopelessly bogged about 15 million. They are hungry for the
same reason as are people in the rest
down in federal controls, price supports
of the world; they can less afford grain
and crop surpluses. The farmer's custoto eat than the affluent can afford it to
mers are every person on earth and everyone is daily provided for. With most of feed to pigs.
The White House Conference on Food
the world's people in grinding poverty
which deepens every year, the average Nutrition and Health on November 29,
customer cannot be expected to provide 1969, said that hunger in America is so
a daily margin of profit which could widespread and serious that President
be considered a generous contribution to Nixon should declare a state of emerthe standard of living of a Canadian gency under the disaster relief act. They
asked that such action be taken to profarmer. On the other hand, he who markets automobiles, Jewelry or furs has only vide funds to eliminate hunger in this
selected customers who are known to be nation in 1970 and poverty within the next
few years.
well off and his margin of profit is substantial. As long as our system demands
Implementing these requests would
that every person alive be fed but not that show the nation once again a strange
he be supplied with automobilesjewelry, paradox: you cannot eliminate hunger
furs, etc., the farmer will be poor while simply by feeding hungry people. When
the merchants become wealthy. This sys- food is supplied to hungry people they
tem holds for the United States as well as reproduce. Reproduction is as rapidly as
for the rest of the world.
the level of nutritional intake will allow.
So we will feed the wheat to farm They can outbreed the ability of this naanimals. Wheat is not a feed grain; feed- tion or any other to supply their food.
ing it exclusively leads to digestive prob- We learned this with public law 480
lems in livestock. But with the surplus with which we provided $15 billion worth
and prices falling below corn and milo of food to the hungry nations. The result

trouble because of, wheat prices. With
$65,000,000 in last year's loans still un-- .
paid the Canadian government has increased its cash advances against unsold
wheat to $6,000 per farm. Obviously the
Canadians must sell their wheat to the
highest bidder and take their losses. Thus
it will go to feed animals to produce meat
for Americans and Europeans.
Here we can see one of the simple
lessons of agricultural economics which
should help the reader to understand
why the farmers neVer get a fair deal

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the Kernel has barely scratched the surface. Particularly of interest are the conflicts in Harlan and Perry Counties, as
well as the town of Hazard.
Taking into account that a college
newspaper is least prone to distortion,
I look forward to reading more about
the economic and social situation in
southeastern Kentucky.
Thank you.
ERIC YVOLLMAN
SCEPTER
Kingsborough Community
College
Brooklyn, N. Y.

!was a dramatic increase in the number
of hungry people, lowering of per capita
food consumption and general living conditions, and a decline in the efforts of
these nations in trying to feed themselves.
Recognizing this fact, an editorial in the
February, 1969, Bioscience said, "Because
it creates a vicious cycle that compounds
human suffering at a high rate, the provision of food to the malnourished populations of the world that cannot or will
not take very substantial measures to control their own reproductive rates is inhuman, immoral, and irresponsible."
The above statement is just as sound
when applied to Americans as to Egyptians. To guarantee to feed all the
that the poor can produce is
to make certain that we cannot uphold
the guarantee. Not only will such a
program assure an ever increasing proportion of people on welfare (according
to Time the number in New York City
alone doubled during Mayor Lindsay's
first term) and the collapse of society,
but it blots out the chances of the hungry
ever to attain a decent standard of living. The more children in a family the
more the money required to raise them,
and the less the chance of the family
ever becoming
It is time we face our real responsibilities. Those who call for increased
food production in the world are asking
only that we make a grave problem
still more serious. We must oppose any
food distribution plan that is not tied toa
rigid program of compulsory birth control
and a genuine effort to help the recipients
break the poverty cycle.

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Wrrlnrulav. Tan. 28. 1970

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Sebastian Cabot 'Thrills, Entertains, Recites1"
By HAZEL COLOSIMO

Kernel Staff Writer
Memorial Coliseum was filled
Tuesday night with children of
all ages, ranging roughly from
And they
eight to ninety-eigh- t.
all had one nanny: Sebastian
Cabot.
As a featured guest speaker
for the Central Kentucky Concert and Lecture Series, Mr. Cabot, best known for his role as
the "gentleman's gentleman" on
the television series "Family Affair," charmed the Memorial Coliseum audience to "a few of my
favorite things" selections of literature from Whitman to Sandburg to Bob Dylan since Cabot
claimed "for feeding the mind,
there's nothing like books."
Complete with burly brown
beard and whiskers, Cabot told
his listeners "I'm in love with
the sound of the English language, it feels wonderful in the
mouth, so vigorous, so lusty."
Describing 1dm self to the audience, Cabot humorously commented, "What you see before
you is a Sebastian Cabot. What
exactly is a Sebastian Cabot?
A
decidedly,
an actor a bit of a rogue."
Arriving in the United States
in 1947, Britain-bor- n
Cabot entered the states by way of New
York. As he described it, "New
York it isn't American, it isn't
British, I didn't know what it
was and I still don't."
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When
(MGM) studios called Cabot in
1955 and asked him to come to
the states to star in "Kismet,"
he entered the country by way
of Hollywood. Having seen only
New York and Hollywood as his
view of the United States, Cabot
remarked "it's like seeing both
ears without the face." With this
present trip to Ke