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I’age 4—Smoke Signals, Wednesdaj’. January 29. 1969 Church group sa/s violence acceptable fool for use Goober Peas By Francine Sawyer MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A study committee of the National Council of Churches has report ed that violence is an accepta ble tool for use by victims of in justice. The committee, in a report submitted to the council's gen eral board Wednesday, said it recognized that acts of violence by oppressed people may not be ethical but said there is a differ ence between violence used in oppression and violence used by the oppressed. "This is not to say that ends justify means, " the report said, “but to affirm that ends and means are one; that just as means can destroy ends, ends can redeem means. The committee, headed by the Rev. J. Edward Carothers of the United Methodist Church, said one school of thought with in the church believes violence accomplishes nothing, while an other “major strand of Christian thought does not limit action to nonviolent forms. ” This strand of thought holds that violence may be justified to seek social justice if nonviolent means fail, the report stated. “While preferring to use non violent methods," the report said, “should they not work, the Christian may be required by his faith to use villent means in his attempt to secure justice." The committee of 12, most of them ministers, cited the Scrip tures as saying, “I have come not to bring peace, but a sword." The report concluded that “the anguish of these days will not, however, remain hidden be hind jargon and theological for mulas. People suffer now. Men are in the streets now. “Oour questions now are where do we stand in relation to these events and who is it we stand with. "We reject the argument against all uses of violence which is based on an implicit assumption that violent actions cannot bring about the complete rebirth of human civilization." The committee report was or dered by the council s depart ment of Social Justice and Christian Life and Mission last Dear Know-it-all uue to several requests, this semester the student paper will have a column for the love lorn members of this campus. All problems can be addressed to Dear Know it All, Box 521, Inter college mail. We hope that the confused students on this campus will bake advantage of this op portunity. By the way, the ans wers will be truthfull and in good taste according to the author. Dear Know it all. I have a terrifically unique upset. This is my first semester at Chowan Convent and I need HELP! Please advise. Sister Dear Sister, It depends on what type of help you need whether I can do you any good. Write to me again and specify your problem. Dear Know it all. What happens when the boy you are going steady with pre fers to study than go out with you? Rejected for Plato Dear Rejected, Change his curriculum to Pre Med, maybe then he will study Anatomy. Dear Know it all. My father hates the boy that I am in love with because of his financial status. I love and respect my father. What can I do? Torn in two Dear Torn, A parent s main concern in life is to make his children happy. Because you do love and respect your father, even though he does feel the way he does, his feelings are probably mutual towards you. You only have one life to lead; your parents have theirs. Reason with them, and explain your feeling towards your love and the importance he plays in your happiness. If money is the main goal in your live also, follow your fa ther s advice. If money means nothing to you, interest your folks in your boyfriend, s potentials and then play il by ear. Patience is hard to main tain but very hard lo des troy or disregard. Meet your parents halfway and hopefully they will compromise. Good luck in your endevor. summer following the assassi nations of Dr. Martin uther King Jr., and Sen. Robert F. Kennedy. The report brought disagree ment from some delegates to the general board meeting in session here. Bruno Kroker, public informa tion officer for the meeting, said the general board has not adopt ed the report, which he termed preliminary. Kroker said the committee "has to do further work in order to decide if they will recom mend to the National Council of Churches that a policy state ment on social violence is need ed. A play of silhouettes ACT 1, SCENE 1 By NANCY A. MOHR (The scene) The stage is completely black with a white sheet hung at the middle to integrate the set. There is a small group of people sitting on a circle of chairs behind the sheet. As tlie play opens a spot light shines from behind the sheet to silhouette the actors. Voices 1, 2, and 4 are male; 3 and 5 female. your picture in the Don’t you think it’s Voice 1: Look, you’ve had paper three times this month fny turn? Don’t be greedy, 1 worked hard for it. you write a letter to the editor or some- Voicer 2: Why don’t thing? Voice 1: a capitalist You bourgeois suckling of pig. All you think of is yourself. Voice 3: Now wait a minute, both of you I You’re missing the whole point. You have to DO something to get your picture in the paper. You have to make news. When he sticks his foot in his mouth, that’s news; when you get a picture of it, well, it de serves to be printed. Voice 1; Yea, but he’s always doing it! Voice 4: I don’t think you’re being fair. Look at the girls, they never get their picture in the paper. Why don’t we work up a little demonstration for them. Voice 5; That’s what you are, stupid. Voice 4; Listen, here’s what I had in mind. Get somebody dressed like Betsy Ross. Then put her in the lobby of Columns and have her sewing a Confed erate flag. Voice 3: But we can’t sew. Voice 4; Just fake it. No one will know the differ ence. Voice 5; Great, but who can we get to coordinate the thing? You know we can’t plan something like that by ourselves! Voice 3; Stevens can help us. Charley would do anything for us, he’s really dedicated. Voice 2; Not anymore. He went to Berkeley to work. They’ll give him a thousand. Voice 1; Make a note of it to call Sutton and de mand more money. We can’t do anything decent on $800. Voice 2; But how can we get anyone to help or ganize us? Voice 4: I know a guy from here who’s goot at putting things together. He kids a lot, but he’s got a great mind when it comes to putting things over on people. He’ll go to the highest bid, so we’ve got to act now. VoiceJS; He sounds great. When can we get him? Voice 4; He’s living here now, but he’s leaving soon. I’ll contact him and see if he’s available. Voice 1; Alright, we’ll put you in charge of Betsy Ross committee. Voice 2; I’ve got a piece of malicious gossip for all to hear. The college is going to cut all pay to athletes. All voices in unison: What! They can’t do THAT!! Voice 5; They’re probably trying to get rid of our fun.' Let’s strike for it! (Applause all) Voice 5; No, they set up some new fund for 'I'fanages in Ahoskie. Voice 2; Well, I’m not going to let those preverted bums run ME out. Let’s get them! Voice 4: Yea, let’s get Sutton! Voice«2: I don’t mean Sutton. Voice 3; Let’s talk about something else. I think all religious holidays should be eliminated from the school calendar. Religion is the opiate of the people. Voice 1; Marx said that. Voice 5; Which one, Harpo or Groucho? Voice 3: Kaii, stupid. Haven’t you been doing your homework? Voice 5: I’m sorry I didn’t know he was with them. Voice 4; Has anyone got a nickel on them? Voice 1; Yea, here, but bring your own next time. Voice 2; Not yet. We’ve still got to make plans for the New Year’s strike for peace. Voice 4; I’d feel more peaceful if. . . Voice 2; Not yet. We’ve got to hear committee ports first. Voice 1: I’ve got tactics planned. We march Main Street at 11:55. At 12:00 we take over place amidst the confusion. Voice 3: I’ve got 100 signs made. Voice 4: But there are only five of us! Voice 3: All new posters have basic can use them in any strike we have, onomical that way. Voice 5: I’ve got the costumes all ready. Voice 4: What do they look like? Voice 5: Well, they’re made out of lod sheets. That was all I had. They look sort of like that thing the Pope wears and they’ve got cute little pointed hats for your head. Voice 1: That sounds great! I talked to Sutton and he’ll only give us $500. Do you think we should hold out for more or take it? Voice 5; Shhhhhhh! I hear something. (They all freeze.) Voice 5: LOOK! Behind the curtain! (They look, then jump up yelling and pushing over chairs. Screaming wildly they tear down the curtain; at this exact moment the spotlight goes off.) Closed weekends apply to boys also all or- re- into the lettering. It’s more We ec- As most of the girls on campus know, there are certain week ends which are "closed", this means that a student may not leave for the week end. What several people do not know is that this policy applies to both boys and girls. In the past, students have been able to get permission to leave without much trouble, and the boys just ignored it all together. At a student faculty relations committee meeting just before the Christmas vacation, this was a topic of discussion. With a vote put before the committee by Mr. Collins, it was decided that closed week ends should be en forced. I had resented that little child from the time my mama yanked her up from our door step one cold evening. Less from this sounding as if it were a melo- dramaoforphanchilditshouldn t. It only started out that way. We picked up the bundle of pink innocence, bathed her. feed her and called the authorities, although not in that order. By some sort of natural law we were to remain the guardians of this child until the natural mother or father showed. No one showed up, the kid was named Susan from proper identification found on her person, and that my friend was that. I finally grew accustomed to her face and character and al though I never grew to love her I could tolerate her, more or less. It was my duty to take her on outings in the countryside after my days task of school. I was indifferent to this task, but thought of ways to make them interesting and meaningful -which I did on one such hot July day. Susan was three years old now. A somewhat dim-witted child, of little letters in the arts. On this particular day I had the custody of not only Susan but my pet dog Hoagie, a brillant dog far superior in intelligence than Susan could ever hope for. While driving through the countryside Hoagie gave me the signal that he needed to be curbed. I stopped the car and let the hound out for a tree sniffing venture. I also let Susan take a walk outside and get some fresh air. Suddenly I had a sensational idea, why not rid myself of Susan. It would be a favor to my mother as well. I would do it. I cheerfully called the urchin over to my side and engaged in some sort of conversation with the child. I pointed to the large clump of trees and said, ‘see the lovely green trees, aren t those trees so inviting, say for a century or two, to become part of the top soil, should be your only life long goal. Susan, in her slow spirit agreed with me. I asked her to come along and take a walk with me in the green paradise. I held her hand and led her to her grave. The little blonde god dess, slowly went limp as I strangled her thin neck. I placed some pine straw on her body and left the scene pronto. I called my faithful cAmpanion and we got into the car and headed home. I thought of what to tell my parents and the au thorities. Solution came to me like a flash. I d tell them this; while curbing dog, child wander ed off into the woods, I panicked and hurried home to tell the folks and seek aid in rescuing her. This story was good enough I felt. I decided after the authorities were convinced I d confide into my mother the true nature of the case. To say she was shocked would be putting it in a lesser degree. She was also a shade mortified I may add. She told me to run get the body before the authorities found it. I asked why, because it could be claimed that a pervert of sorts discovered the child roaming in the woods, and to get his jollies he found delight in strangling little ones. It was not mine to wonder why, just do as told. It took only moments to find the child, she was curled as I has left her but somewhat hard from rigomotis taking a place in her body. I put her in a gunnie sack and hauled her out of the forest. I laid her body in the trunk and hurried home. On the way home I passed the detectives and I tossed them a mourning look and gallant wave. Upon arriving home my mother told me of her plan. These plans lacked taste, but my own neck was riding on the corpse in the trunk of my Triumph, that it was going to be a triumph for some one if action wasn t taken soon. We made plans fast and were ready for action after the case was to be examined by the proper people. I was questioned time and time again, I never lost my cool, and I did convince them of my innocence in the matter, and only deep shock and sorrow of the total events. Susan was pronounced dead and a proper memorial service was held at graveside for her. I wearily cried as the entire town gazed upon my parents and me. I owe my success so far to the acting lessons I had in grade school. I must tell you dear reader about the time I played a tree, (an old strudy oak. I think it was), and ironically I ounce play ed an angel. No blashemny in tended, dear reader. Now that the heat was off, so to speak it was time to do some thing with the body. Since it was hot July I knew time was getting short. One night very soon after the heat was off. I took the body out of the car and took it into the house to my mother s kitchen. The plans were simple, my mother and I would make peanut butter out of the remains of Susan. It was my mother s idea, and one that I couldn t heartily abide by. But I would soon be wanting to go to the beach in my car and I knew it would be trouble to have remains remaining in the auto. How we made the peanut butter I will never tell, even my faithful com panion Hoagie would not witness such an action. I will tell you that it took all the night. The only witness was the full moon. We had a visit from a neigh bor, Mrs. Kelly, who has been our life long next door friend. She has the characteristic of a New York City detective, in other words dear Mrs. Kelly is nosey. Mrs. Kelly is also the cause for crime being pulled into justice, mrs. Kelly did it. I had come to visit my mother and tell her of Hoagie s health, of which was somewhat critical. Old age and weariness had ^et in. His days were numbered. Mrs. Kelly saw me arrive, so she pul led in and sat for a while. Mother fixed us peanut butter crackers :sandwiches for a treat (?). Mrs. Kelly said it was the best she had eaten, and 1 should admit that it was very good. We ate and talked and talked and ate. We hashed over old times. Mrs. Kelly brought up the case of Susan and remarked for the hundredth time that it was a tragedy. We both agreed. As Mrs. Kelly dug down into the bottom of the panut butten jar, I noticed that her eyes be- camelarge, hernostrilsexpanded, and she turned a pale white, all in one moment. Also she screamed a loud, long, peirce your ears in one blast sort of scream. She put her spreading knife in the jar and pulled up a gold object, it was a hair chp with the name "SUSAN in scribed on it. I felt then and there that the end was near. Mrs. Kelly ran out of the house and went to her home. When we looked out of the window later that day, we saw police cars in her drive. The phone rang, we went over and pictures were taken andgastly confessions were made. As I sit here in my cell on Death Row, I am fed nothing but peanut butter all meals. I remarked to the warden that I was getting plenty sick of a diet of peanut butter, but that last week it was good with a sweet taste. The warden informed me that he thought I d like it be cause it was my dog Hoagie. How sad. how obscene. Graphic Arts receives machinery Members of the Graphic Arts faculty assist in moving in four Intertype line- casting machines which were recently donated to the college by Richmond Newspapers, Inc., of Richmond, Va. One of the machines will be used to teach young men operation and main tenance of Intertypes, and three will be sold to purchase other needed equip ment. Lost and found The items listed below may be claimed at the information desk in the Columns building. 1 ladies umbrella Several pairs of glasses 3 pairs gloves and 2 odd gloves 1 initial ring 1 raincoat • man s Chowan Players to go on tour On December 11, 16 students from Chowan College and the Murfreesboro Elementary School gave a one-act play en titled “The Lantern." Seven el ementary schools, one private school and three kindgerarten groups heard the play. It was pre sented four times to over 1,500 children at Suffolk High School. April 14-18 the Chowan Players again will tour, bringing drama to many schools in Virginia and North Carolina. Those students who made the tour to Suffolk to present the play about Revolutionary days were Ann Hobgood, David Mashaw, Frank Davis, Harrison Green law, Larry Shields, Roger Cope, and Mel Watson. Nude photo in Florida college paper GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Nude photographs of a shapely, dark-haired girl were included in several thousand copies of an off-campus student newspaper handed out today to students at the University of Florida. The University Report carried the pictures of the girl, de scribed only as Miss X, posing amid the bookstacks in the Florida history section of the university's $3-miUion research library. In one photo the girl was reading a previous copy of the newspaper which bore the head line; “O'Cbnnell told me ‘Change your ways.' ' Dr. Ste phen 0 Connell, former chief justice of the Florida Supreme Court, is president In 1966 the university expelled coed Pam Brewer for posing mide in two issues of another off campus publication. Charla tan. The university's sanctioned newspaper, the Alligator, re cently featured artistically dis creet nudes in a special maga zine section. Trips planned for students Four trips are being planned for Saturdays or weekends dur ing the second semester. These trips are to New Bern, Rich mond, Washington, D. C., and Charleston, S. C. The trips to New Bern and Richmond are Saturday trips. When going to Washington and Charleston, we will leave as soon as possible on Friday afternoon and return to campus Sunday afternoon. The first trip is Feb. 1, to New Bern. 8:00—Breakfast in the cafeteria; 8:.%?—departure on Carolina Trailways bus; 11;00- 1;00—Tour of Tryon Palace; 1:00- 7:00—Free time. The bus will leave New Bern at 7 p. m., and expect to return to Chowan by 9. The cost of this trip, including the $2 tour ticket for Tryon Pal ace is $7.50. We will use a 38- passenger bus. Reservations fir the New Bern trip can be made in Dean Lewis’ office by paying this money. The deadline for making your reservations is Jan. 24. While on the trip, the social re gulations of Chowan will be ap plicable f/ LET’S ROLL UP OUR SLEEVES AND GET TO WORK! There's a big job ahead of us in the coming year . . keep ing this nation great! The only way to get the job done is to have every American pitch in with energy and determ ination in the home, in the factory, in the office and in the classroom. Let’s all work together! PRESENTED AS A PUBLIC SERVICE BY THIS NEWSPAPER
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