FEBRUARY, 1968
THE COMPASS
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Faculty Member
"Committed", Honored
GREEK CORNER
Leonard R. Ballou, ad
viser to the Compass,
was appointed on Feb
ruary 19 to the Conven
tion 1968 Committee of.
the National Council of
College Publications Ad
visers.
Mr. Leonard K. Ballou
Dr. Dario Politella of
the University of Massa
chusetts (Amherst),pres-
ident of NCCPA, announ
ced Mr. Ballou’s appoint
ment, along with others
for the 1968-69 standing
committees.
Mr. Ballou received a
State Citation of Com
mendation from NCCPA
in October 1967. This was
for “achievement and en
deavor as a faculty ad
viser.”
Among other recent ac
tivities, Mr. Ballou au
thored "Pasquotank Ped
agogues and Politicians”
(1967), a study of edu
cational developments a-
mong Negroes in Pasquo
tank County (N.C.) during
the last quarter of the 19th
century.
In June 1967, he pub
lished “Early American
Negro Musicians,” which
summarizes and high
lights activities of such
persons in this country,
from 1865 to 1900.
His “Diamond Anni
versary March” (for or
gan) was written in honor
of the College’s 75th An
niversary observances
and performed by him for
the Convocation held De
cember 1966.
Mr. Ballou, assistant
professor of music and
chairman of the College’s
Academic Affairs Coun
cil, has combined “Com
pass’ advisership with
his other activities since
September 1963, having
succeeded the late Pro
fessor Edna Harris Mit
chell as adviser.
Mr. Ballou says his
own “adviser” is his
wife, Maude W. Ballou,
recently appointed Act
ing Registrar of the Col
lege.
Social
Disorganization
(ACP) — Adorned in
rollers and bathrobe,the
University of Texas coed
charged down the stairs
of her boarding house and
flew into the diningroom.
She plopped down in her
chair in the middle of the
dinner prayer.
Busily helping herself
to everything available,
Paulette Silverman, sen
ior special education ma
jor, placed her elbows on
the table, thus hindering
her left-handed neighbor
to the right.
She made her way
through the meal in simi
lar fashion. When the des
sert was served, she un
graciously remarked,
‘It’s about this fly in my
banana pudding.” Silence
enveloped the room.
Miss Silverman lit a
cigarette and as she
smoked it, flicked the
ashes in her bowl. When
finished, she smothered
the cigarette in her pud
ding, tossed her napkin
aside, and left.
Miss Silverman is not
a social misfit —she was
violating a social norm
as part of an experiment
in a sociology course.
Social Disorganization.
She and her classmates
were to find out how the
average American reacts
to the violation of a norm.
Is he apathetic or does he
impose sanctions and
censure the deviants? The
hypothesis was that
through social unconcern,
many people are helping
to create a depersonal
ized society.
The hypothesis was
generally supported, the
DAILY TEXAN reported.
In Miss Silverman’s case,
deviancy was met with
expressions of disgust,
dismay, and bewilder
ment, but no vocal sanc
tions were directed at her
either during or after the
meal. The entire group
merely ignored her,
seemingly denying her
presence.
Another student, Mar
sha Zidell, ventured into
grocery stores and (with
managerial consent)
sampled food off the shel
ves. She unwrapped meat
for a closer smell, tast
ed ice cream with aplas
tic spoon lifted from a
convenient package near
by, and even bit into an
apple and replaced it for
all to see.
Witnesses seemed
shocked and curious but
no one voiced concern
about her actions and no
one reported her.
Students who filled wine
and beer bottles with
water and drank from
them in the Union were
met with stares of dis
approval and amazement
but no direct censorship.
“Our purpose,” said
Dr. James A. Williams,
assistant professor of so
ciology “was to question
if the informal sanctions
are breaking down. The
modern world has begun
to rely on the ‘don’t get
involved’ attitude. As we
don’t get involved (be
cause we don’t know as
many people), we rely
more on formal control
through police and law
enforcement agencies.”
Pink And
Green On
The Move
On February 17, Delta
Theta of Alpha Kappa Al
pha Sorority presented
much fun and gaiety at
its annual Costume Ball.
The goddesses of Alpha
Kappa Alpha were lovely
and charming hostesses
dressed in their “mini”
costumes.
There were many types
of impersonations, rang
ing from Alice in Wonder
land to Batman.
This was another one
of the many entertaining
activities sponsored by
Delta Theta. But, it was
not by any chance the last
one, because“ Alpha Kappa
Alpha never stops”.
Dignity
Of Dissent
(ACP) — The crack
down on the anti-war
movement has indeed be
gun in earnest and what
some regarded as mere
ly the peculiar paranoia
of radical groups must
be looked at more ser
iously, comments the
DAILY CALIFORNIAN.
The student newspaper
at the University of Cal
ifornia, Berkeley, con
tinued in an editorial:
“With the recent fede
ral indictments against
noted Vietnam war pro
testors and local indict
ments against protestors
from the Berkeley cam
pus, it is clear that sup
pression of dissenters
will no longer be subtle.
It is even clearer than
these new indictments
have beon handed down be
cause the administration
intends to escalate the
war and is getting tired
of and embarrassed and
apprehensive about those
who would stand in the
way.
“In the past one could
not help but feel depress
ed by the futility of the
demonstrations. But if
anything, the indictments
will give the protestors a
new spirit because now
they know their protests
have become more than
troublesome. President
Johnson and others who
perpetuate the war are
finally taking their crit
ics seriously.
“But this new status
must be tragically paid
for. Both national and
campus anti-draft, anti
war figures have been
charged with conspiracy
of one kind or another
and these charges are fel
ony offenses carrying
stiff penalties. Youthful
protestors will wear the
scar of conspiracy con
viction the rest of their
lives.
“The real tragedy of
the indictments, however,
is a national one. The U-
nited States government
has served notice that in
time in crisis, one of the
basic ideals of the na
tion—the belief that de
mocracy has room for
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AKA Elects
‘68-‘69 Officers
Delta Theta Chapter of
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sor
ority announces its proud
officers for 1968-69 as
being; Lovie Brim age,
Basileus; Barbara Cur
tis, Anti-Basileus; June
Hicks, Dean of Pledgees;
Dollie Gibbs, ,Gram-
matus; Mary Ward, E-
pistoleus; Sylvia Jones,
Tamiouchos; Annette
Richmond, Hedegus;
Gloria Turner, Parlia
mentarian; Angela Chap
man, Philacter and Patri
cia Eckles, Reporter.
Delta Theta plans a
very active year.
by Patricia Eckles
AKA Since 1908
The sorors of the Del
ta Theta Chapter of Al
pha Kappa Alpha Soror
ity, Inc. proudly recog
nized Founder’s Day
Week, February twelfth
through fifteenth.
Everyone dressed very
brightly in her colorful
pink and green on Mon
day the twelfth. The day
climaxed with a candle
light dinner in the cap
tain’s cabin of Lane Din
ing Hall.
The rest of the week
followed similar pattern-
dress and gathering.
It was indeed a great
pleasure for all the sor
ors to salute such found
ers.
Drugs And The
Middle Class
(ACP) — The middle
class really gets upset
when a flower-child art
ist uses LSD or STP to
sharpen his sensitivity or
escapes from the harsh
realities of a trying sit
uation with marijuana, the
Colorado COLLEGIAN
said in an editorial.
“I don’t understand the
younger generation and
its dependence on drugs,”
says the advertising exe
cutive as he washes down
a “tension - relieving”
pill with his third lunch
eon martini.
“We need some strong
er laws to keep those hor
rible hippies from using
marijuana and LSD and
all the rest of that junk,”
says the suburban house
wife as she swallows two
“activity-boosting” pills.
A leading “stay-
awake” pill, one of the
more innocent of the so
cially acceptable and
commercially available
mind benders, has laun
ched an advertising cam
paign claiming its pro
duct will not only keep
you awake but will also
sharpen your mind if tak
en immediately before the
big exam (Increase your
sensitivity with a drug?)
A leading “tension-re-
liever” promises a state
of euphoria which will en
able nervous brides to get
through the wedding. Ex
ecutives take it so they
can get through a busy
day at the office and still
retain the sunny counten
ance needed for promo
tions and a Christmas
bonus. Husbands take it
to get over the shock of
the wife’s new mink. (Es
cape the harsh realities
of a trying situation?)
One “actitivy—boost
er” is advertised as the
thing to take when you’re
just too tired to go shop
ping with the girls or
bowling with the boys.
(How’s that for disso
ciating your mind and
your body?)
And then there are the
sleeping pills. Not too
many hippies need them,
but a lot of people over
25 do. Or anithistamine
cold tablets. All anti
histamines cloud your
judgment. Have you ever
read the fine print warn
ing users against driving
or operating heavy ma
chinery? Ever dropped a
couple before driving to
work? People like you
shouldn’t be allowed on
the highway, endangering
lives and property with
your mind all boggled by
drugs.
Then there’s the stuff
you can get a prescrip
tion for if you’re respect
able. A diet pill used by
thousands of fairly
straight housewives con
tains Dexedrine, a strong
stimulant of the central
nervous system (known as
“speed” to those who
don’t get it in diet pills).
To keep the chubby house
wife from freaking out on
Dexedrine, the pills also
contain sodium amobar-
bital, which has a strong
tranquilizing effect and is
in the same drug family
as phenobarbital (the
“goof ball” drug),
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SECOND SEMESTER
LEADERS AND DEAN.
FRESHMEN WITH STUDENT