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The opinions expressed in the RATTLER
are those of the editor or the individual
writers, and do not necessarily reflect the
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views of the University administration.
Of strings and
other things
BY RICK CASEY
Good God I’m a
floating balloon
and everywhere I go
are children
who follow me laughing
and loving
.and not thinking about
the ground on which
they run
until a wrinkled old lady
reaches up
and sticks me with her cigarette
satnt uv*e_
A man was walking along the road to Jerusalem. And
on the way he was beset by robbers who beat him and
took his possessions and left him in the ditch. Now a Re-
publican was walking down the road and seeing the man,
paused. And the Republican said, “Arise man, and walk.
Have you no initiative? Quit moaning and lift yourself out
of the ditch. ” And the Republican went his way.
A little later aDemocratpassedby, andhearing the cries
of the man, he stopped. “This is outrageous,” cried the
Democrat after interrogating the man. We shall initiate a War
on Robbery to augment the Great Sobriety.” And the
Democrat left the man with a promise to champion his
cause in Jerusalem.
Still later, a bearded young man in blue jeans, boots
and a blue work-shirt with buttons on it happened upon the
victim. “I realize that since I have not been beaten, I
can’t really speak for you,” said the young man, visibly
moved to compassion. “But man, there must be something
I can do.” So he painted a sign and marched up and down
the road. And the sign read “Stop Guerrilla Warfare at
Home First.”
And all the while the man lay bleeding by the side of the
road. And nobody could understand — not the Democrat,
the Republican, nor the bearded young man — why the man
finally cursed loudly and yelled, “I hate every goddam one
of you!”
Ur
It’s a small thing
to some, but
I’ve always wondered
if adult balloons
minded the strings attached.
That is, I always wondered until
I asked one
and she said,
depends on who is
holding it,
do you mind yours?
The
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1 NOTES AND COMMENTARY
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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1967
LITTLE MAN ON CAMPUS
We, in the role of students, have become aware;
we care; we feel; we are confused.
Many students may owe these experiences and
feelings in large part to the “Action Days,” the
student Mission.
To those who have helped bring this to the cam-
pus we are thankful.
Perhaps the most relevant and important speech
in the history of this University has been given
at the close of “Action Days” by the Student Coun-
cil President, Bob Pride. For those who missed
the speech, we have reprinted it in its entirety
on the opposite page.
Its relevance lies in its grasp of the problems
that are facing this University. Pride well under-
stands the frustration that faces students and stu-
dent leaders who attempt to make wide changes
in such areas as student power and liberalization
of educational philosophy and practice.
The speech mirrors this frustration, this con-
fusion. To Pride the solution aims at two general
areas: the “involvement” and “commitment” of
students and faculty and the need for “dialogue”
between students, faculty and administrators.
The first area, that of student involvement and
commitment, goes beyond that of the old-style
“school spirit.” Its realm encompasses students
that voice concern for their education. It encom-
passes those who care and manifest this caring
by questioning old and new ideas of their academic
and non-academic lives and by criticizing and
evaluating the University and its role. Sincere
criticism is the highest form of concern and love.
HopefuUy, the campus abounds with those who
fit in this category but hold back or suppress their
opinions. It is these people that Pride hoped to
reach.
The second general area of concern dealt with
communications between students, faculty and ad-
ministration. Unfortunately, the University is now
memo-to-me mo oriented rather than person-to-
person. This happens when a University becomes
larger and it follows that the time for informal
student-teacher and student-administrator conver-
sations is drastically reduced. The personal flavor,
the reason for the existence of a private college,
gradually fades and dies.
Possibly the only way to open personal channels
of communications lies in planned informal meet-
ings for interested students, faculty and adminis-
trators to talk. In this area Pride uses the word
“dialogue.” Despite its overuse today, the word
“dialogue” is appropriate because it means a two-
way communication. It does not imply that there
must be solutions reached in a “dialogue.” The
purpose of a dialogue is to bring an awareness.
It is hoped that because there is an awareness
the two or more parties will go their way some-
what changed by this awareness and it will be
reflected in their actions.
It would follow that an open dialogue between
students, faculty and administrators would only be
a means to an end and that end being an education
with relevance, academic freedom, true quality.
Pride’s speech should serve as a stepping stone
for higher goals for the University and a precedent
for vocal criticism and evaluation.
We must now move ahead not only with new
buildings but more important, with new ideas in
educational philosophy.
Flower child
September’s Man of the Month award went to
St. Mary’s females in residence. This month, the
award has to go to the freshman who was squarely
faced by a big mean sergeant when he arrived
late to Corps Day.
Asked brusquely why the tardiness, the reluc-
tant young soldier replied, “I stopped to smell
some flowers, sir.”
New freedoms
Not all administrators wear black hats. Wit-
ness the heroes:
• Announcing that Georgetown University has
given its student organizations “complete free-
dom” from faculty or administration control in
inviting controversial figures to address the stu-
dent body, TTiomas R. Fitzgerald, S.J., academic
vice-president, said, “We have found it is better
to formulate our policies in a period of peace than
to wait for pressure to mount.”
Georgetown’s new speaker policy states that
“any recognized student organization may invite a
speaker on the campus.” The handbook suggests
that the faculty advisor of the sponsoring organiza-
tion “should be consulted before hand,’’but it states
explicitly that “he shall not have a power of veto
over the invitation.”
• Die new chief administrator of Catholic Uni-
versity said last week he would have joined the
five-day strike there last spring protesting the
removal of liberal theologian Father Charles
Curran,
“I don’t think the goal of a university should
be unity of opinion and I think the university’s
boycott was in a sense creative, though it is un-
fortunate that it had to occur,” he said. “One
thing we can’t stand in education is the kind of
mediocrity that comes from fear of making mis-
takes.”
Asked about “pressures from the hierarchy,”
the new rector said, “lam worried about the pres-
sures, but with the help of God I’ll respond as I
should respond.”
• Dr. Robert Cross, new president of Hunter
College in New York, has issued a standing invita-
tion to the college’s 24,170 students to join him
for lunch any Monday.
He said it would be a “non-appointment” ar-
rangement with students bringing their own lunches
and sitting down for a talk. When he was reminded
that the over-all student body at Park Avenue was
16,500 and at the Bronx campus 7,670 he said:
“My biggest worry is that they may not come at
all.” _
We inadvertently overheard the following re-
mark from a little old lady with a big hat as she
walked out of a sacred doctrine class the other
day; “Oh .my God, he’s advocating creeping ecu-
menism.”
Jesus said love your neighbor. Most people
agree. It’s just that they want to be able to
choose their neighbors. Right, Father Groppi?
WASHINGTON (CPS) — At
a press conference at the An
Quang Pagoda in Saigon on
Aug. 14, three most powerful
and widely respected Buddhist
leaders, Venerables Tri
Quang, linen Minh and Thien
Hoa, told newsmen of a new
struggle against the military
junta.
The New York Times of
Sept. 2 reported that “Thich
Tri Quang has told visitors in
recent weeks that they can
expect an “explosive three
months” following the ballot-
ing of Sept. 3.”
The explosive situation
Thich Tri Quang referred to
is not only the logical develop-
ment of the illegal, unfair Sept.
3 elections, which are con-
sidered by the Vietnamese
people as the legitimization of
the military junta for the con-
tinuation of the war, but also
and especially to a new de-
velopment in the United
Buddhist Church of Vietnam,
since July.
On July 18, General Nguyen
Van TTiieu, South Vietnam’s
head of state signed Decree
Law 23/67, abolishing the
Buddhist Charter approved by
Decree 158/SL/CT of May 14,
1964. In “free” and “demo-
cratic” South Vietnam, the
majority religion operates un-
der government-approved
charter.
The 1964 Buddhist Charter
(the revision of which was
approved by Decree Law 005/
66 of Feb. 26, 1966 signed by
General Nguyen Van Diieu
himself) was the outcome of
an agreement reached by elev-
en Buddhist sects throughout
the country in a general as-
sembly. It was also the result
of years of hard and bloody
struggles by the Buddhists
during the French colonial
regime and the NgoDinhDiem
administration under which
Buddhism was relegated to
the status of a “club.” As
such, die Buddhist Church was
forced to obtain advance po-
lice permission to hold public
ceremonies even the celebra-
tion of Wesak (equivalent to
Christmas). It was forbidden
to own land and build schools.
Catholicism was at that time
classified as a religion and en-
joyed all freedoms and rights.
President Ngo Dinh Diem was
a Catholic and was overthrpwn
by the military in 1963 after
a nation-wide Buddhist cam-
paign.
With the 1964 Charter,
Buddhism, which has existed
in Vietnam for 2000 years,
was recognized as a religion.
Once its rightful position was
regained, the Buddhist Church
participated as it has always
done (especially during the
Ly-Tran dynasties from 11th
to 15th centuries) in the build-
ing of the nation.
Contrary to certain myths
still entertained in the West,
Buddhism is not a pessimis-
tic religion, a faith based on
renunciation. Buddha was born
2511 years ago for the suffering
of Man. Buddhism therefore
is engaged in life and helps
man discover the causes of
his sufferings. Buddha, as the
Vietnamese say is “in the
heart of man.” True to its
essence, Buddhism, which has
no rigid dogma, faces the hu-
man problems.
It is only natural then that
the newly emerged and en-
gaged Vietnamese Buddhist
Church recognized that the
sufferings of the Vietnamese
people were and are caused
by war and dictatorship. The
Buddhist Church opposes both.
Since 1964, it struggled for
the rights of the Vietnamese
citizen and for the end of the
atrocious war which ravaged
the country for over 20 years.
It proposed the organization
of free and fair elections by
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Out of ashes,
an interim government and de-
manded the resignation of the
military junta. As an answer
to these Buddhist proposals,
several governments since
that time began to suppress
Buddhism.
The most ruthless repres-
sions took place in May-June
1966. Supported by the U.S.,
the Thieu-Ky junta imprisoned
thousands and killed hundreds
of Buddhists among them
Armed Forces personnel, in
Hue and DaNang.
The standard and continuing
practice under the French co-
lonial regime or Vietnamese
dictatorships was to divide
the Buddhist Church by the
routine device of setting up
puppets and buying individual
adherents. On Oct. 23, 1966,
the Thieu-Ky regime per-
suaded five Buddhists to draw
a new Charter. Among these
five is Thich Tam Chau, a
refugee from North Vietnam,
usually referred in the Amer-
ican press as “moderate.”
On March 14 a new Charter
was written and on July 18,
General Nguyen Van Thieu,
head of state approved it.
The new charter clearly
violated the letter and the
spirit of the old. According
(See BUDDHISTS, Page 5)
life reborn?
(Ed. note: The parable below is reprinted from the Uni-
versity Christian Movement ma gazine 'MOTIVE . Many inter-
pretations have resulted from it and perhaps this then is a
“parable” in its finest sense.)
A certain Chief Administrator and his group of mana-
gers were set over a vast realm of vineyards, orchards,
flower gardens and forests to tend them. Word came that
a tiny neighboring estate, just beyond the distant limits of
the realm, was being plagued with weeds. Moved by fear
and anger, the Chief Administrator sent a small group of
experts to show his neighbor how to weed. The experts
were unsuccessful in stopping the plant from spreading, so
they asked for more help. Year after year the Chief Ad-
ministrator sent more experts and workers, but still the
plant spread. Finally he was vexed and said: “How is it
that I, who am in charge of a vast realm, cannot rid this
tiny estate of weeds?” And he ordered his managers to
send in bulldozers to, attack the plants. Still their spread
could not be halted.
Some of the Chief Administrator’s people came to him
and said: “Is it not foolishness to weed a garden with a
Bulldozer? Besides, some reports say these plants are not
weeds but only a sturdy native flower.” He replied: “I wiU
not be the first Chief Administrator to lose a battle with
weeds. The stability of our whole realm is the result of
such vigilance against weeds, and I will maintain this noble
tradition.” And he sent out an order to use the most sophis-
ticated weeding equipment in their possession against these
plants. So his experts and workers moved in with explosives
and flame throwers and fire bombs and chemicals, to com-
bat the so-called weeds.
The people mourned. They came to him and wept saying:
“Sir, we are grieved over the ruin of this lovely garden.
Beautiful flowers in full blossom are being scorched;
young shoots are being damaged and broken without the
chance to grow old; old perennials, the glory of any garden,
are being singed and maimed; seedlings are being trampled
and crushed.” The Chief Administrator replied: “Itgrieves
me as much as the next person to see them destroyed, but
this is the price we must pay to weed the garden.” So he
did not heed the cries of the people.
That tiny estate became the scene of great destruction.
The earth was wounded and torn and scarred. Die forests
and gardens and vineyards were levelled and burned, in pur-
suit of the so-called weeds. Finally that land was a desola-
tion. All to be seen were puffs of smoke rising here and
there; all to be heard was the sound of mourning. “Mission
accomplished,” said the Chief Administrator.
After a few years a lonely traveller, returning from those
parts, reported seeing here and there a new growth of
the so-called weeds, which seem to be nourished by the
ashes.
Ray Whitehead, Motive, XXVIII, May, 1967, back cover.
Dump Johnson’
move not national
WASHINGTON (CPS) — There is no national student
“dump Johnson” movement.
Although hundreds of college student body presidents
and editors signed anti-Johnson petitions this summer, an
informal CPS survey of groups most likely to promote such
a campaign reveals that there are individual state efforts
but nothing on a national level.
The group most likely to form such a movement is the
Alternative Candidate Taskforce, known as ACT ’68, which
got its start at last month’s National Student Association
Congress when 500 delegates, many of them student body
presidents, signed an anti-LBJ petition. Later 100 col-
lege editors at the U.S. Student Press Association Congress
also signed the petition. It was hoped that the effort would
become a national anti-Johnson campaign.
But Sam Brown, a Harvard Divinity School student who
took over ACT ’68 after he was narrowly defeated for the
presidency of NSA, says his group is almost defunct as
a national movement.
“We have decided that the shape action will take has to
be determined in the individual states,” says Brown.“What
we want to do is energize groups to start working in the
states.”
Brown says student groups working to “dump Johnson”
have already been formed in New York and Wisconsin, and
that a group will probably be set up in California soon.
David Hawk, who is working full-time in New York for
ACT ’68 and the Campus Coordinating Organization founded
by the group of student body presidents that sent a letter
to the President last spring calling an end to the war in
Vietnam, says the problem is money. He believes ACT ’68
will survive, however.
“I think we’ll be able to struggle by for a while,” he
said. “Then, when we begin to get organized and become
known, money will start to come in.”
Hawk said ACT '68 has been offered funds by supporters
of Gen. James Gavin, but has turned them down. “We don’t
want to be tied to a particular candidate.” he says.
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