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BELLES OF ST. MARY’S October President’s Youth Conference Attended By St. Mary’s Senior Every decade the President of the United States has conducted a con ference on youth and education. Sub sequent conferences are held in each state with special delegates chosen to represent each county. On September 29, the North Carolina Conference was held at Memorial Auditorium. Suzanne Ishee, a senior at St. Mary’s, served as the delegate from Cumber land County. The purpose of the conference is “to enhance and cherish the individu ality and identity of each child.’’ This is done through the “recognition and encouragement of a child’s own de velopment, regardless of environmen tal conditions or circumstances of birth.’’ In a speech given during the morn ing session, Governor Bob Scott spoke of the unmet needs in the laws which apply to our youth. He recommended that there be more detention homes and more adoptions in our state. Also, the Governor explained that there should be a better control of drugs, linked with the enforcement of laws, educational treatment and rehabilita tion. Governor Scott also pointed out the need for the expansion of kinder gartens which would in turn lower the rate of drop-outs. Another speaker at the North Car olina Conference was Stephen Hess, the Chairman of the White House Conference on Youth. He quoted the President in urging the delegates to “evaluate past successes and failures, and to outline alternative courses of action.’’ Mr. Hess called for more widespread participation and for the delegates to mobilize all parts of the nation in an effort to implement the Conference’s recommendations. During the afternoon the Confer ence broke up into twenty-five forums. Suzanne was a member of the forum entitled “The Child’s Lei sure Time.” This group felt that “We must work together to make leisure time a meaningful experience for the child.” All the members of the forum, including Suzanne, gave their ideas which will form a report to be sent to the President of the United States. This report will in turn be studied at the President’s Conference which will be held December 13-18 in Washington, D. C. 1 The Admissions Department takes a day off for a iittie renewai of their own. Kenyans Feel That Kenya And America Have Few Basic Differences i£fst fc Fcuoi I A/nvJ L rOc.sK.lfnj S’ scnolAC-s On the night of Tuesday, October 6, a small group of St. Mary’s stu dents embarked on a short cross-town trip for the purpose of interviewing two young men from Kenya. The “interview” turned out to be much more than a mere gathering of facts; it was a stimulating and thought-pro voking experience. Mr. Roberts, re sponsible for tbe fund drive which brought the two to America, intro duced Alex Shivachi and James Njuguna to everyone and then the fun began. Alex, a talented art stu dent, and James, a physical educa tion major, submitted willingly to a barrage of questions, setting forth some interesting yet often differing views. Alex and James are both very articulate, Alex being a veritable au thority on American slang. James was born in Kijabe, Kenya, in the Kikuyu tribal area district of Kenya, near Nairobi, the capital. Alex, a Baluhya, was born near Kaka- mega in Western Kenya close to Lake Victoria. Both attended boarding school, passing the exams necessary to admit them to Kenyatta College in teacher education. Once there, the two were roommates, having met previously while they were both teaching boxing in different teachers’ colleges. Thus Alex and James come from similar backgrounds except for the fact that James was brought up at a mission, being the son of a Meth odist minister. When asked about their views con cerning the race problem in America, they noted a feeling of separateness apparent between blacks and whites, and suggested the remedy of discus sion and debate ot bring the two closer through understanding. From this topic the conversation swung to that of intermarriage. Both James and Alex asserted that they advocated such a move if both parties were sin cere and sure of their feelings. The onlv thing they felt might pose a problem in a marriage between a Kenyan and an American was that of cultural difference. If they were to take an American back home, the ixipulation would accept her as they have several others, but it would be up to the young woman to adjust to her new environment. I he oft-debated issue of drugs Movie Schedule VARSITY THEATER: Tropic of Cancer throuRh Oct. 20 Dream of Kings Qct. 21-22 Elvira Madagen Oct. 23 Female Animal 5 COLONY THEATER; Oliver through Oct. 21 On a Clear Day... Oct. 22 (4 week run) CARDINAL THEATER: Dr. Zhivago starts Oct. 16 AMRASSADOR THEATER: Beyond tbe Valley of the Dolls through Oct. 23 Myra Breckenridge Oct. 24-29 Oct. 30-Nov. 5 STATE THEATER: Hornets Nest starts Oct. 20 Its a Mai. Mad, Mad, Mad World Suppose They Gave a War and So One Came Progress Repof^' Raleigh Friends Of Kenya Fund During the past two year*’ 1 .1 1. 1 Roberts, social studies teacher Mary’s, bas been interested nation of Kenya. Last year, he to Kenya as Raleigh’s CoW?'® Ambassador. In September or after six weeks in Kenya, Mr- h®' returned to Raleigh and set f Raleigh Friends of Kenya -r-i , . . -ntr Through appeals in seven^! community talks, the monie* raised. The fund had originally ^ projects. Roberts hoped"to rai*®^ rame up next, together with smok ing and drinking. As Alex explained, life in Kenya is demanding; one must labor to produce a living from the land. There is no need of drugs,” he said. In America, on the other hand, there is not enough to do, and subse quently some have turned to the ‘ab stract to occupy their leisure time. Neither of the two Kenyans smokes or drinks. James, perhaps since he is a physical education major, feels that it is a risk to one’s body to smoke or drink. Alex feels that it is permiss- able to drink, depending on “what and how much.” The two went on to discuss the similarities between Kenya and America. Women are fashion-con scious in both locales, and young people have the same problems and dreams. There are indeed minis in Nairobi, and the youth of Kenya want to be educated, to make money, and to raise a family. It was obvious from listening to the thoughts and opinions of both Alex and James that America and Kenya have much in common. Perhaps even more im portant, it was apparent that, despite vyhat one might imagine, there is little fundamental difference between Kenyans and Americans. As Alex pointed out, all people have different ways of thinking, yet all people have a free soul, to count apart from their color or origin. to $7,000, mainly for schooling programs. The rest 'J, be used for buying equipn'^’b|. books for the Marimanti Rur^ t ing Center and the TharaW ondarv' School (jwhere Mt’ taught for several weeks). Kenyans were to be educateo u United States. Stanley Mvofop twenty-six year old member Meru tribe, wanted to come to Ho' ica to study to be a doctor- *- ^ wanted to return to his try to help at the Marimant’t j. Center. But because of bis education, he was not able to j in any medical program. returned to his previous po*’ medical assistant in Meru. t Another project includes thering of the educations ° !- -VT. ... - .(-111, Njuguna and Alex Shiv^obr^^ are students at Shaw James is a Physical Educatio -j-j while Ale.x is a student of L 'Jf. have student scholarships Shaw LJniversity. Also at y . ] John Kihohia, a prmmed sW cause of this fund, he will t> finish his degree in medicif^' Even though the fund purposely to help needy sW^^ alternate fund is needed- lishment of a medical fund i needed medical supplies. and medicine at the J 3SsaP, Health Center is also nece total contributions to tbe^ elude monitarv contri U"- I' $1330 scholarships to Sha" sity, $1200 in travel funds Kenvan go\’ernment, ba''^ 'j: $10,000. Last year, St- il dents and faculty K®' $500 to the Raleigh Frien s Fund. The e^\kiM
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