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Thursday Evening, Nov. 21, 1908

UNIVERSITY

OF KENTUCKY, LEXINGTON

Film Calls Viet War
'Unilateral, Egotistical'

ReevesLooks
To Future

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Of Parties

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By DEBBIE TASSIE

By CAROLYN DUNNAVAN

Democratic

.ini

and Republican

parties Wednesday in a speech
before the faculty meeting of
FOCI.
Reeves pointed out that although there was a change in
parties, there was no real change
in party alignment.
"Although the Democratic
coalition is not winning elections," Reeves said, "it is still

intact."

He termed the present situation of a Republican president
and a Democratic Congress as
"not ominous. I should think
that Mr. Nixon will get along
just fine with the new Congress."

attributed thistothenum-be- r
of conservative Democrats in

Reeves

Congress who would probably
align themselves with the Republicans.
Speaking of the future of the
Democratic party in this country, Reeves said, "There is a
movement of a new Democratic
coalition. The old Democratic
Continued on Page 3, Col. 1

'Dialogue'

Kernel Staff Writer
is a filmed speech by David Schoenbrun,
lecturer at Columbia and former CBS correspondent, denouncing
U.S. involvement in Vietnam.
A withdrawal that would pre- The finale of the film alter- ervt. tlfP thre vaults rmirp
r
naieu nasnes oi ueiormeu boaies in DCiioenDrun s opinion,
being dragged from the battlea cease fire,
field in Vietnam with
a coalition to work at comjoviality and waiters munal government,
clearing dishes and linen.
elections and
About 75 students attended
the creation of a new type of
the program in the Presbyterian
society.
Student Center.
He attributed Johnson's resigIn the film, Schoenbrun sumnation to the patriotic dissidence
marized briefly the history of of the
young, the poor and black
the conflict. He cited the 1954 protestors.
agreement between France and
After the film. Dr. George
Ho Chi Minh which agreed to a Edwards of the Louisville Presbyfree and independent country
terian Seminary, confirmed and
above the 16th parallel and added to Schoenbrun's
position.
promised free elections in the
"Even though there is a massouth.
sive move in the public mind and
He said that because Ho among some
representatives in
would have won a clear majority Congress
against the war, there
in the south, these elections were is a gross gap between the reality
never held.
Continued on Page 8, Col. 1
He called the conflict that
resulted the Vietnamese War
a "unilateral, egotistical, projection of our own fear."
"The United States wants to
withdraw without a loss of honor,
face or prestige. Could it lose
Sigma Nu fraternity will kick
more face by leaving than by off preparation for the annual
Kentucky-Tennesse- e
game with
continuing the fighting?"
a pep rally Thursday night and
a "spirit run" to Knoxville for
the game.
The pep rally featuring A.B.
(Happy) Chandler, interim presfor me. And I ident A. D. Kirwan, Coach Harry
"it's good-by- e
know that a lot of the other guys Lancaster, and Coach Bradshaw,
,feel the same way. We can't
will be held at 7 p.m. at Haggin
field.
play for him."
If this is the general attitude
After the pep rally, 31 Sigma
of the team, then maybe the Nu members will begin their
Athletics Association should take marathon to carry the game ball
a closer look at the other applito Knoxville. They will run in
shifts 130 miles to Jellico, Tenn.,
cants.
where they will surrender the
If a football coach is to produce a winning team, he must football to Sigma Nu members
establish harmony among his from the UT chapter. The UT
staff and players. Apparently
Sigma Nu's will then carry the
Claiborne could not establish
ball into Knoxville. The esti-- !
such harmony.
mated time of arrival in Jellico
Claiborne has done a fine is 4 p.m. Friday.
The runners will spend Friday
job at Virginia Tech, but with
such adverse opinion in the night at the Sigma Nu house in
University athletic structure it Knoxville and the combined
would be as hard for him to chapters will carry the ball into
Shields-Watkin- s
Stadium for the
produce a winner here as it has
kick-of- f
at 2 p.m. Saturday.
Charlie Bradshaw.

"Vietnam Dialogue"

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Kernel Staff Writer
Jack Reeves, former UK political science professor, gave his
views about the future of the

Vol. LX, No. 62

Dr. George Edwards spoke to about 75 students at the Presbyterian Center following a
fikn, "Vietnam Dialogue," Wednesday night.
He said that part of the blame for the war.
rests with a public that "doesn't know and
doesn't Care."
Kernel Photo By Russell King

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Cliandler Here
For Pep Rally

Why Claiborne Won't Be Coach

By JIM MILLER
Kernel Sports Editor
The process of finding a successor to Charlie Bradshaw has
begun. Since Bradshaw resigned
four weeks ago many people have
offered many names as possibilities for the coaching position.
Homer Rice, George Blanda,
Charlie McClendon and Vito

Commentary
"Babe" Parilli are among the

more
names, while
Paulie Miller, Doug Shively and
n
Roy Kidd are names not so
in major college coaching circles.
ClaibOne other name-Je- rry
orne-has
been mentioned.
well-know-

n

well-know-

Claiborne, in the opinion of many
closely associated with university athletic circles, has the inside track.

Played Under Bryant
Claiborne who played at UK
under "Bear " Bryant, has compiled an impressive record at
Virginia Tech. Claiborne's wins
at the Blacksburg school are
more than twice his losses. He
is a dedicated coach and is a
graduate of the "Bear" Bryant
school of tough football, which
brings us to an interesting point.
Because of this, several Wildcat players and officials in the
UK Athletics Association have
voiced their displeasure over the
possibility that Claiborne might
be named to the UK job.

One Athletics
Association
member said recently, "We don't
need another Bryant type at UK.
We need someone who is acceptable to the people as well
as the players. The players
wouldn't take another 'Bryant'

coach."

Several players have voiced
disapproval of Claiborne.
"If the (Claiborne) came here
I'd quit," said one. "It would
be just like Bradshaw' s first year
here," said another. A mass
's
exodus of players marred
first year at UK (1962).
The tag "The Thin Thirty"
didn't do the team justice, as
there were actually only 28 players who finished the year.
"If Claiborne comes here, "an
underclass player said recently,
Brad-shaw-

'

Shows Open -Housing Violations
Survey
By LINDA HARRINGTON

Kernel Staff Writer
"There is a clear and flagrant violation of the open
housing law involved here."
"Here" is Lexington.
The speaker, Dr. David Ross of the Economics Department, is referring to evidence produced by his
Life and Culture Class in a study done
on the presence of discrimination in Lexington.
Eight members of the class approached a Lexington
rental agency in couples to find out if the color of the
prospective renter made a difference.
It did.
The first couple explained that they were married,
both attending school, and that they needed an efapartment that was furnished
ficiency or
and cost no more than $150 a month. They were offered
several unfurnished apartments in black neighborhoods.
Asking if any apartments closer to the University were
open, they were told there were not.
Both students were black.
One hour later, another couple approached the
agency with the same story. They were offered three
different apartments and accompanied by the proprietors to look at the one nearby. All the apartments
were furnished and the highest in rent was $131.50 a
month.
The second couple was white.
Two hours after the first isit, a third couple arrived
Afro-Americ-

one-bedro-

seeking the same type of apartment. They were told
there was nothing available anywhere in town.
The boy was white and the girl was black.
One week later, one of the apartments offered to
the white couple was offered again to a white coed.
When her "husband" joined her, one of the proprietors
informed them there were no apartments available
at all. Pointing out that she had just been offered an
apartment, the coed was told that the apartment preX
viously referred to, at X
Apts., was actually
a house and not an apartment.
The coed's "husband" was a Black.
Although this incident was what Dr. Ross called
"a flagrant violation of the open housing law," he
didn't feel anything could be done about it through
the courts, because the students involved were not
legitimately interested in looking for an apartment.
Dr. Ross was "disappointed" that the students had
investigated "only one real estate agent." Nevertheless,
he felt "quite sure they would have gotten similar
results if they had (investigated others)."
Several students in the class also looked into the
housing situation in the ghetto areas of Lexington.
They concentrated mainly on such spots as Pralltown,
Smithtown, and Jimtown.
They discovered that the people in these sections
of town were pay ing from $70 to $'J5 for small, often
dilapidated buildings. Some of the houses only lave
slight defects, while others were described as being

"in critical condition." Many of the houses didn't
have indoor plumbing and were still using outdoor
privies.
One poverty area, Jimtown, was recently facilitated
with running water. Some of these houses were owned
by savings and loan or real estate companies, but over
half were owned by people who lived in suburbs or
were prominent citizens in the Lexington community.
Several of these individuals owned one or two houses
on each street.
The value assessments on the houses fell between
$1,000 and $3,000. One woman said her rent had been
raised recently because the house had been painted.
Food prices in ghetto areas as well as housing conditions were studied by the students in the 300 level
course. The results showed no substantial difference
between the large chain stores in the suburban areas
and those in the ghetto areas.
The smaller groceries were naturally higher in price
than the large chain stores but again, there was "little
differentiation" between those small groceries frequented
by Blacks and those in suburban areas.
Another student pointed out tliat "the fact remains
that ghetto stores are more expensive than supennarkets
which are normally not located in the center of the
ghetto area. Also, these iople lack transportation to
get to these larger stores and even if transportation
were available, they would probably not be able to
buy in the volume required."

* 2 -- THE KENTUCKY KERNEL, Thursday, Nov. 21, 19G8

Beneath tlie mass and stone
Where liquor flows like open
wounds drain,
Where Lovejoy's wife is on
a trip
And slits her throat,
Instead of the rope she thinks
she's hanging on.
Where the women of scarred
thighs are evening 'dates'
And their best perfume is
sweet cold sweat.
That is where. Where
e
We suck in the clear
of life
And cry for God on
mornings,
And bolt fast the pine church
doors at night.
Keith Brubaker

Global Village, reluctant tribe
Five squalling San Fran siblings
wail to some virgin in Boston.
And we're all growing up,
image orthicons on the world.
Take Dallas, Texas.
November 22, 1963, 1:33 p.m.
And You Are There
You're really there
you will always be there

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Has Erwin Trowbridge, greeting card writer extraordinaire, fallen asleep on the
Erwin has fallen in with the fast company of
Charlie, Frankie, and Patsy, professional gamblers unextraordinare. Erwin' s
ability to pick winning horses, a hallmark in his vocational career, leads
him to this sinful state of degradation. It's all from Three Men On A Horse
which will be produced November 22, 23, December 6, 7, & 8 by the Department of Theatre Arts, directed by Professor Raymond Smith. Bruce Peyton
(right) portrays Erwin, while the dastardly gamblers, pictured above, are
David Mabee, Howard Enoch and Barry Bleach. Tickets available through
Kernel Photo by Dick Ware
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Reeves Sees No Change In Party Alignment

Continued from Tage One
coalition was suited to the needs
of the 1930's-mai- nly
welfare
handouts. This is no longer satisfactory to large portions of people.
"The new Democratic coalition will appeal toyouth, Blacks,
poor farmers and poor people.
If these people can work, if they
can educate the poor people,
Blacks, blue collar workers they
could win again."
Beeves also talked about the

possibilities of Nixon's chances in
the next presidential election.
"Nixon is a smart politician.
I think he will make an effort
to appeal to somebody to get a
majority in the next election. He
will have to appeal to someone.
I think he will go to the
right
and appeal to the Wallace vot-

ers."

Speaking of the effect of Wallace on this election, Beeves said,
"Wallace got a big vote in areas
where there are a large number

of blue collar workers. This hurt

"McCarthy did talk as if he

Humphrey."

He also said that the loss of
Wallace support at the end of
the campaign was due in large
part to the influence of labor
union leaders actively campaigning for Humphrey. "It is probably true that if the labor leaders
had another week they could
have brought over more support
for

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Making a projection on

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TODAY and TOMORROW

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7:S0 p.m. tw

Today
An exhibit by the faculty of the UK
School of Architecture Is on display
dally, 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.. In the
gallery of Pence Hall until December 8. The exhibit includes architectural drawings, photographs, models,
paintings, and sculpture.
"Textiles '68" a textile exhibit and
pieces of art from women in
ton and Louisville will be In the Student Center Art Gallery from November 10 to November 22.
Dr. Daniel Mazia of the University
of California
will give a seminar
entitled "The Mitotic Cycle" on
and Thursday in Room
Wednesday
148. Chemistry-Physic- s
Building.
Violinist Peter Schaffer will appear
In recital on Thursday in the Agricultural Science Auditorium at 8:15
p.m. The concert is free to the public.
Keys Honorary will meet
at 6:30 p.m. In Room 3U9 of Thursday
the Student Center. A banquet will follow at
Adams Restaurant.
Professor Samuel Eldersveld, U. of
Mich., will speak at a Political Science Colloquium on Thursday at 2
p.m. In King Alumni House. He will
also meet with Interested graduate
students at 10 a.m. the same day In
Commerce 327.
There will be a general meeting of
SDS at 7 p.m. in Room 245 of the
Student Center.
The Institute of Traffic Engineers
will meet in Anderson Hall at 7 p.m.

per person and reservations for the
dinner can be made with Mrs. Ruth
Gordon, Ext. 2931, Station 289. It is
not necessary to attend dinner in
order to attend lecture.
The UK Amateur Radio Club will
hold its final meeting this semester

on Monday, Nov. 25. in Room 453-- F
of Anderson Hall. The guest speaker
will be Dr. Keith Carver of the Electrical Engineering Dept. He will speak
on antennas and all interested person are invited to attend.
The New Democratic Coalition will
meet Sunday at 2 p.m. in Room 245
of the Student Center. Coalition candidates for office in the Democratic
structure will be Introduced
' party
and further organizational plans will
be made.
The Lexington Peace Council will
me
Sunday at 7:30 p.m. in the
Presbyterian Center. to All persons interested are urged
attend.
UK vs. Eastern Kentucky Univeron
field hockey
sity in women's
Satruday at 10 a.m.

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Tomorrow
The deadline for submitting applications to the fifth annual competition under the Undergraduate Research and Creativity Program Is FriInterested
day, Nov. 22. Room 301 of students
should stop by
the Administration Building or call extension 2266.
The Reverend Louis A. Frighton
will give a seminar on "Current Research in Bible Translation" on Friday at 4 p.m. In Room MS505. Medical Center.
"Born Free" will be shown In the
Student Center Theatre on Friday and
9:15 p.m.,
Saturday at 8:30 andAdmission is and
50c.
on Sunday at 3 p.m.
"Three Men on a Horse" opens at
the Guignol Theatre for two performances. Friday and Saturday. Both performances start at 8:30 p.m. Phone
extension 2929 for reservations. It
will play again December 8, 7, 8.

Coming Up
Dr. Gertrude Cox will speak at a'
Statistics Seminar on "International
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p.m. The lecture will be preceded by
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The charge for the dinner is $3.50

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Register Friday for an appointment
on Tuesday with Covington Schools,
teachers.
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Liberal Arts ma'ors interested in
applying for a position with the National Security Agency should contact the Placement Service for information
the Professional
regarding to
be given on
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the national authority for all U.S.
communications security activities and
utilizes liberal arts majors in fields
such as data systems programming,
langufage, research, and library services. Deadline for submitting PQT
applications is November 22.

The Kernel will
meetings tonight.
Several members
will be on hand at
speaker series. The
public.

3 Wednesdays

Open forum
Tuesdays

be the topic of discussion at two separate
of the staff, including Editor Lee Becker,
6:30 p.m. as a part of Sigma Phi Epsilon's
session at the Sig Ep house is open to the

Also, the YMCA Tavern Talk will center on "Responsible
Journalism: The Kentucky Kernel Controversy."
The discussion will be presented by the new Human Relations Panel at 9 p.m. on the third floor of Maria's Pizza.
Panelists are Joe Westerfield, Don Burkholder, Nancy Baker
and John Simon.

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probably remain in the party,
run for senator and win.
Reeves siunmed up the last
weeks of the campaign by saying
"Humphrey kept getting better,
IieMay continued to get worse,
and if Agnew was doing anything
you couldn't have noticed."

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* 'Students are niggers. When you get that straight, our schools begin to make sense
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It's more important, though, to understand why they're niggers.

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of human needs
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First let's see what $ bappning now. Let's look at the role
dents jplay fa What wd to to caU education.
Students as -- politically frsenrranchUed. They are in an academic
Lowndes County. Most of than cab vote In national ejections, but they
have no voioe jn the decisions wrilctl affect their academic live. Th
students are, it is TTts.ciJowed to have a ic
vernments, run for the
most part by Uncle Toms and canoemed rnrtpellywtth trivia. The
faculty and administrators decide what courses will be offcwl; the
rtndents get to choose their own Homecoming Queen. When student
leaders 'tt-?pitand rebellious, they're either ignored, put aff with
trivia! coivspJcns, or maneuvered expertly Ad position.
A student is expected to know his place. He calls a faevgty member
'Sir' or TWvArr rw 'Pmfpnf fSJVuU fall Utm ni
to txke. what taieadWhat to write, and, frequeDtly, where to set the '
marghtt oo 14 typewriter. They talLhim what's true and isn't. Some
teachers insist thst ibey cacourage dissent but they're almost always
every student knows It,, Tell the man what be wants to hear
or he'll fail you out of the course.
.When a teacher says "jump," students jump. Just last week during
the fort meeting of a class, one girl got up to leave after about 10 minutes bad gone by. The teacher rushed over, grabbed her by the arm
saying "This class is not dismissed' and led bet back to her seat. On
the same day another teacher began by informing his class that he does
not like beards, mustaches, long hair on boys, or capri pants on girls,
and will not tolerate any of that in his class.
Even more discouraging than this Auschwitz approach to education
is the fact that the students take it. They haven't gone through 12
years of public school for nothing. They've learned one thing, and perhaps only one thing, during those 12 years. They've forgotten their
algebra. They're hopelessly vague about chemistry and physics. They've
grown to fear and resent literature. They write like they've been
But can they follow orders! Freshmen come up to me with
an essay and ask if I want it folded, and whether their name should be
in the upper right hand comer; and I want to cry and kiss them and
caress their poor tortured heads.
Students don't ask that orders make sense. They give up expecting
things to make sense long before they leave elementary school. Things
are true because the teacher says they're true. Outside of class, things
are true by reason of our tongue, our fingers, our stomach, our heart.
Inside class, things are true by reason of authority. And that's just
fine because you don't care anyway. Miss Wiedemeyer tells you a noun
is a person place or thing. So let it be.
The important thing is to please her. Back in kindergarten, you
found out that teachers only love children who stand in nice straight
lines. And that's where it's been at ever since. Nothing changes except
to get worse.
What school amounts to, then, for white and black kids alike, is a
course in how to be slaves. What else could explain what I see
in a freshman class? They've got that slave mentality: obliging and
ingratiating on the surface but hostile and resistant underneath.
As do black slaves, students vary in their awareness of what's going
on. Some recognize their own put-o- n
for what it is and even let their
rebellion break through to the surface now and then. Others including
most of the "good students" have been more deeply brainwashed. They
swallow the nonsense with greedy mouths. They honest-to-Co- d
believe
in grades, in busy work, in General Education requirements. They're
pathetically eager to be pushed around. They're like those old greyheaded house niggers you can still find in the South who don't see what
all the fuss is about because Mr. Charlie "treats us real good."
College entrance requirements tend to favor the Toms and screen out
the rebels. Not entirely, of course. Some students want the degree or
the2-and spend their years on the old plantation alternately laughing
and cursing as they play the game. If their egos are strong enough, they
cheat a lot. And, of course, even the Toms are angry down deep somewhere. But it comes out in passive rather than active aggression. They're
d
and subject to frequent spells of laziness. They
unexplainably
misread simple questions. They spend their nights mechanically outlining
history chapters while meticulously failing to comprehend a word of what
is in front of them.
The saddest cases among both black slaves and student slaves are
the ones who have so thoroughly introjected their masters' values that
their anger is all turned inward. At Cal State these are the kids for
whom every low grade is torture, who stammer and shake when they
speak to a professor, who go through an emotional crisis every time
they're called upon during class. You can recognize them easily at
finals time. Their faces are festooned with fresh pimples; their bowels
boil audibly across the room. If there really is a Last Judgment, then '
the parents and teachers who created these wrecks are going to bum
in Hell.
So students are niggers. It's time to find out why, and to do this
we have to take a long look at Mr. Charlie.

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Tt&joUnwing essay, first printed in The Dally Bruin 'Spectra at the VnivcttUy of California at Los Angeles,
was scritten by Gerald Farber, an instructor in the University of California system. Tfus may, originally
titled "Student As A Nigger? has been reprinted widely ii ihottudent press, ft is presented hereltecause of

its relevancy, and comment upon its content in the form of tellers and soepbotes is encouraged:

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