The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 58, No. 25, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 22, 1971 Page: 4 of 8
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McCarthy, Schlesinger highlight UH Issues conference
When can I walk beside you
I have come here to lose the
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And I feel to be a cog in
something turning-
Well maybe it is just the time
of year
Or maybe it's the time of man
I don't know who I am
But, you know, life is for
learning
A good question. Can I walk
beside you? Will you walk be-
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side me? These and other
queries lie at the root of the
larger question examined at the
recent World Issues Conference
at the University of Houston,
29-31 March. Those in attend-
ance listened to a panel of
speakers including environ-
mentalist Garrett Hardin, Un-
der Secretary General of the
U.N. Chief S.O. Adebo, colum-
nist William Stringer, Senator
Eugene McCarthy and histor-
ian Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. ad-
dress the theme of the confer-
ence, "The State of the World:
Development of the Internation-
al Man."
Chief Adebo, the principal
speaker on Monday, stressed the
role that international organiza-
tions, particularly the U.N., can
play in the world community
emphasizing-, as most important
now, educational effort. In his
own view, the only viable man-
ner of producing the interna-
tional man is to proceed in the
same way we presently attempt,
on the national level, to pro-
duce the national man. This
process involves education, iden-
tification and conditioning, in
short the development of a par-
ticular consciousness. Just as
the national man is produced
over and above the familial, re-
gional man, so, too, Adepo
pointed out, must the interna-
tional man be nurtured.
Realizing that only a limited
number of individuals would di-
rectly benefit from this educa-
tional institution, chief Adebo
conceded that international ed-
ucation is not a panacea for
the myriad difficulties plagu-
ing starship earth. However, he
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stressed the significant contri-
butions made to mankind by
exceptional, supra-conscious in-
dividuals in the past, as in the
present, and the hope that those
who attended an international
institute might be particularly
instrumental in the creation of
a larger spirit of international-
ism and cooperation, going be-
yond mere tolerance towards
understanding.
Senator McCarthy, the major
speaker of the second day, pre-
sented an e\*aluation of Ameri-
ca's foreign policy directions,
with its tremendous impact on
the international system, and
the contemporary state of
American society.
The past twenty-five years
has been a period in which
American ideology and myth
structure have ben expounded
demonstrably on a global scale.
These developments have re-
vealed many 'assumptions lying
at the foundation of our for-
eign relations, which have been
unclear, obscure, or disconnect-
ed with the past. The notion
that men of goodwill will al-
ways act correctly, that Amer-
ica can do everything for ev-
eryone, is now being ques-
tioned. Americans are begin-
ning- to face the disconcerting
realities of American life and
power. Of course, there are sev-
eral responses to this revelation.
One can deny its reality and
pretend that all is well, scape-
goats for our woes can be
sought out and castigated, or
we can reexamine our policies
and priorities in an"^i'ttempt to
meet our problems realistical-
ly. America has been over-
committed ideologically and
militarily; a mentality of fear
has nurtured the Military-In-
dustrial establishment that
threatens to become a republic
within a republic. The military
has not been given clear policy
direction and control, and has
become an unwanted party in
policy making and a self-sus-
taining organization, protective
of its status and powers in so-
ciety. Army spying is but one
notable indication of the ex-
panding scope of the military
establishment.
McCarthy cited the trends to-
wards personalizing the office
of the presidency, through
which the president has become
a type of the divine right mon-
arch. Concomitantly, the con-
sumptions behind our foreign
policy. A growling sense of per-
been abrogated by the president
and his advisors.
In the seventies we must be-
gin to challenge the military
and question the principal as-
sumptions behind our forfeign
policy. A growing sense off per-
sonal responsibility, especially
in political spheres is in order;
all governmental organizations
must become less remote from
the people. As government be-
comes responsive, citizen re-
sponsibility will develop. Mc-
Carthy compared the Calley
trial to the Dreyfus case point-
ing out the parallel impact on
the fibre of this nation. The
Indonesia debacle has laid bare
some of the illusions and delu-
sions that have distorted Ameri-
ca's international consciousness
and set our policy on a morally
and pragmatically untenable
course.
On the closing day of the
conference, Mr. Arthur Schle-
singer, Jr. addressed to us com-
ments entitled "International
Man: Hope or Illusion." In his
view (and, no doubt, much to
the delight of conference or-
ganizers) the theme of the as-
sembly went right to the heart
of the question of war and
peace. Man's escape or perpetual
ensnarement by the ogres of
war, famine, ecological disaster,
and human division is directly
dependent on the success or
failure he will have in supplant-
ing the national with the inter-
national man. In a lengthy de-
scription and analysis of man's
many efforts to build an inter-
national consciousness and com-
munity, an effort shared by So-
crates, Kant, the framers of the
U. N., and even Ulysses Grant,
Schleisinger eventually arrived
at the conclusion that not only
will the development of inter-
nationalism be a long organic
growth process, but that all we
should ever expect is an ap-
proximation to, not a genuine
effectuation of, world commun-
ality. In other words, although
we might expect someday to
walk hand in hand, we should
not be surprised to find our-
selves wearing gloves.
Our motivation in attending
this conference was two-fold.
Aside from the conference
theme and agenda of speakers
personally attractive to us, we
found it particularly pertinent
to goings-on in the Rice micro-
cosm. Many people are already
aware of the College course to
be sponsored by Baker in the
fall semester. More publicity is
forthcoming as registration
draws near and the actual for-
mat of the course is approxi-
mated. The course is to be en-
titled World Futures, and will
deal with the creation of inter-
national institutions and agree-
ments so necessary today as we
confront insurmountable prob-
lems of war, peace, ecology,
famine potential, and nuclear
holocaust. Emphasis will lie on
individual creativity during
most of the course as students
devise their own relative Utop-
ias after an initial period of
historical / psychological analysis
of earlier human efforts to-
wards the world community.
Faculty sponsor is Dr. Charles
Doran of the Political Science
Department.
In closing we extend our
thanks to the S.A. for financial
support and invite those inter-
ested in further information to
contact us.
Is peace too much to asJc?
CHARLES MAYNARD
Baker '72 t*
CLIFF BAIN
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Davis says regalia to be required
Baccalaureate Services will be
held on Friday, May 21, 1971,
at 7:30 pm. The Fifty-eighth
Commencement will be 'held on
Saturday, May 22, 1971, at 7:00
pm. Attendance at both exer-
cises is mandatory. Academic
regalia must be worn at both
exercises. Regalia will be avail-
able at the Campus Store, Book
Department, starting Monday,
May 17, and must be picked up
by noon Friday, May 21.
Students must assemble in
the court of Jones College at
6:15 pm, >at .the latest, if the
weather is fair. Promptness is
vital since the Marshals must
place you in proper marching
and seating order. Cooperation
with the Marshals in assembling
the marching order is necessary
to ensure a smoothly running-
procession. Signs will be placed
in the Jones College cloisters
indicating division by colleges
'and alphabetical subdivisions
within colleges.
Undergraduates will line up
by rows of twenty as they will
be seated, but they will march
in the processional by colleges.
This means that during the
processional some rows will be
split, but students must fill in
the rows when they enter the
seating area. Students leading
rows will be tagged for easier
identification by the Marshals
who will assist in seating.
MS and MA candidates will
be lined up in alphabetical or-
der by degree in rows of 20.
Ph.D. candidates will be lined lowing the Baccalaureate Serv-
up in reverse alphabetical or-
der in the last rows.
Women students are encour-
aged to wear shoes that do not
have extreme spike heels since
the exercises will be held in the
grassy area in front of Lovett
Hall.
In case of rain, graduates will
assemble, as outlined above, in
the lower west corridor of the
gymnasium. The University op-
erator will be notified by 5:00
pm on the day of each service
if it will be necessary to move
to the gymnasium.
Academic regalia must be re-
turned immediately following
the graduation exercises. The
Campus Store staff will receive
the regalia at tables in the Me-
morial Center following Com-
mencement. If Commencement
is held in the gymnasium, re-
igalia should be returned
promptly to the area behind the
platform. ^
Graduates should remind
friends attending the exercises
that the area immediately in
front of the platform is re-
stricted to press photographers
and should not be entered by
other persons.
Degree candidates are re-
minded of the reception given
by President and Mrs. Norman
Hackerman for Rice graduates
and their guests to be held at
Cohen House immediately fol-
Sam H. Davis
Chief Marshal
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HONOR COUNCIL
By action of the Dean of Stu-
dents, a student has been placed
on disciplinary probation effec-
tive as of this date and through
the fall semester of the 1971-72
academic year. This penalty is
the result his violation of the
Honor Code. He is also to suf-
fer loss of credit in the course
in which the violation was com-
mitted.
Due to his violation of the
Honor Code, a student has been
placed on disciplinary proba-
tion for the remainder of his
academic career at Rice as well
as suffering loss of credit of
the course in which the viola-
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Mauldin, John. The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 58, No. 25, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 22, 1971, newspaper, April 22, 1971; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth245106/m1/4/: accessed July 1, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Rice University Woodson Research Center.