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Pfcge Four
Friday, October 21, 1966
THE MEGAPHONE
_ «MEGAPHONE
ESTABLISHED 1908
It it the duty of the press to protect free expression of
ideas and promote freedom of intellect.
The Liberal Arts Challenge-
The University's Answer
The main problem facing the small liberal arts college, accord-
ing to Cornell University President James Perkins, is the competi-
tion presented by the large federally supported state university.
The role of the liberal arts college must be re-evaluated, said per-
kins last year in The New York Times, if its to remain an effec-
tive educational institution.
'President Perkins-as other educational leaders- sees the need
for the liberal arts college to expand its horizons and cease being an
“inward-looking, isolated organization.”
Southwestern is meeting this challenge. The University is in the
midst of a $12 million fund drive to not only maintain its present
standards, but also, with an eye to the future, to improve the Uni-
versity in general. Two million dollars in new construction has just
been completed. The four new buildings being dedicated Tuesday
are a dynamic example of the determination of the University to
keep pace with the changing demands of higher education.
Delayed Orientation-
A Need
A handful of people at Southwestern periodically express concern
that most students are more loyal to their social groups than to
the University. Without doubt, this view has justification. All a
student need do is observe the amount of time, effort, and con-
cern that others express toward their chosen social groups. In most
cases, these same students exhibit a devil-may-care attitude toward
Southwestern. All they want is a degree — any way they can get
it. The social group provides a pleasant pastime in the interim.
'It is an irony that an educational institution expends a great
deal of talent and work setting up an educational orientation for
new students at the beginning of each year, only to have all the
effort wasted when it gives equal time to the social groups to dis-
tract these students from the basic educational goal. This is like
leadings thirsty horse to a water hole and poisoning it before he
hasr a chance to satisfy his thirst
iWe are not saying that a social life is not important. We think
it is. However, it should not take such precedence that the stu-
dents and faculty allow it to pervert what we are all, supposedly,
here for. „
We suggest that the Student Life Committee, the Interfraternity
Council, the Dean of Women, the Dean of Men, and other interest-
ed parties consult together to plan a delayed social orientation for
Southwestern to try out during the next school year. This action
could best be initiated by the Student Life Committee, if they are
really concerned about the student life of this campus.
The sooner something is done, the better. We suggest, immediate-
ly.
Editorial Cartoon_Added
This week we are initiating the ‘national editorial’ cartoon in
the MEGAPHONE. The cartoons are those of Neal M. White, edi-
torial cartoonist for the UGLA Daily Bruin.
Mr. White is well known on the West Coast for his fine work
in the editorial cartoon field. Formerly, his work has been primar-
ily confined to the Daily Bruin. However, his cartoons are now be-
ing distributed nationwide. The Megaphone is one of the first uni-
versity newspapers in the Southwest to carry his cartoons.
We trust that our readers will appreciate these cartoons. This
type of ‘national topic’ cartoon is a relatively new addition to the
editorial pages of university newspapers. We feel it to be a valuable
addition to the Megaphone.
Time magazine in a recent essay said that “editorial cartooning
is essentially an aggressive art, aimed at the belly rather than the
brain.” Bill Mauldin, internationally famed cartoonist and political
satirist, seconded Time’s statement at the University of Texas
Monday when he said that a political cartoonist must have a “good
conscience and an instinct for the jugular.”
The editorial cartoon “never defends”- it attacks, according to
Mauldin. “The difference between an editorial cartoon and the edi-
torial across the page,” he says, is “the difference between a
sargeant’s whistle and a Brahms symphony.”
We hope this move will aid in our efforts to keep the student
'body at one with the nationwide university community.
RHODESIA TODAY
African Education
by Douglas Garner
The following is a table of the percentages
of Negro South Africans attending
school in their native countries:
Ivory Coast 9.9
Kenya 11.4
Liberia 7.5
M dagasy 7.7
Malawi 9.2
Nigeria 5.5
Rhodesia 16.8
Sierra Leone 6.2
Somalia 1.2
Sudan 4.1
Tanzania 7
Togo 9.8
Uganda 7.1
Upper Volta 1.8
Zambia 11.5
As regards African education, it must
be borne in mind that about 50% are un-
der 17 and also that it is only in the last
15 or 20 years that Africans have shown
any interest in education.
Nevertheless the figures for pupils at
school compare very favorably indeed with
all other African countries north of the
Limpopo.
But if literacy is equated with five
years of schooling, which is in fact not
particularly accurate for Rhodesia-many
Africans who have not been to school
at all can in fact read and write, having
learnt privately or from their children-
then it is not denied that the position is
still unsatisfactory, though the new ar-
rangements introduced in Parliament re-
cently will improve matters considerably.
All this of course has and is being done
without any outside help and very largely
by money provided by White Rhodesians-
pver 90% in fact.
The franchise provisions under our new
Constitution are exactly the same as
those which were instituted in the 1961
Constitution. There are only two Rolls,
Roll A and Roll B and both are open to
all races. The qualifications required for
the A Roll are higher than those required
for the B Roll but in fact there are a
number of Africans registered on the Aroll
because they have met the qualifications
required. In other words, the franchise
system is non-racial. There are, in fact,
sixty-five seats in Parliament, fifty which
are provided for A Roll voters and 15 for
B Roll voters, and at present, the Mem-
bers of Parliament wno nave been elected
on the B Roll consist of one European,
one Asian and thirteen Africans.
The actual qualifications that are re-
quired for the A and B Roll are as fol-
lows:
A ROLL:
(a) An income of not less than $2,235
a year or ownership of property valued
at not less than $4,656; or
(b) An income of not less than $1,490
a year or ownership of property valued
at not less than $3,104 and completion of
a course of primary education; or
(cO An income of not less than $931
per year or ownership of immovable prop-
erty valued at $1,552 and four years sec-
ondary education.
In addition, anyone holding the office of
Chief or Headman automatically qualifies
for the A Roll.
B ROLL
(a) An income of not less than $745
per year or ownership of property val-
ued at $1,397 is required; or
(b) An income of $373 per year or the
ownership of property valued at $776 and
two years secondary education.
(c) Persons over 30 years of age an in-
come of $373 a year or property valued at
$776 and a course of primary education; or
(d) Persons over 30 years of age an
income of $559 a year or property valued
at $1,086.
In addition, all kraal heads with a follow-
ing of twenty or more heads of families
and Ministers of Religion automatically
aualifv for the B Roll.
Mr. Garner is Assistant to the Sec-
retary of External Services for Rhode-
sia, and acting MEGAPHONE corres-
pondent.
National Affairs
Conference at A&M
Any studtnt interested in serving as a
delegate of the University to a student con-
ference on National Affairs to be held
at A & M on December 7-10 is asked to
contact Dr. W. B. Jones, Head of the
History Department, by November 1. The
topic of the conference is EUROPE AND
THE UNITED STATES - CHALLENGES
OF NATIONALISM AND CO-OPERATION.
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MEGAPHONE
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Editor: Charles P. Neuffer
Feature Editor: Barry Browne
Associate Editors:
John Baker Britt,
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Union Reporter:
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