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THE NEWS ARGUS
Editorial
Peace on Earth
Christmas? No, but it will seem like
Christmas for so many American fam
ilies when they become united once
again.
One can call it Christmas if he has de
sired to look upon the thirteen years of
United States involvement in Southeast
Asia as a long and horrifying nightmare.
One can also call it Christmas if he
has got a loved one in Southeast Asia
fighting a “dispute” for which there has
been no justification or outcome. I use
the word dispute in quotations because
it is ironic that a dispute would last so
long and cause over four thousand Amer
ican troops to lose their lives and one
still not call it war.
Pointing a finger at the U. S. govern
ment ... the government can call it
Christmas if it has been as a starry-
eyed child who waits eagerly to see what
Santa has left it. Well, America has been
as a bad child, but she has a lot to be
thankful for, because there is peace.
Peace is a big gift and it should not
be taken for granted. If there’s another
so-called dispute, the entire world could
become involved and with the advance
ment of nuclear fission and nuclear
fusion warfare equipment, Earth could
become a barren devastated lifeless
planet.
A signing of the peace agreement by
the four concerned regimes — the U. S.,
North Viet Nam, South Viet Nam and
the Provisional Revolutionary Govern
ment (Viet Cong) has already taken
place. After the signing of the agreement
a cease fire went into effect twenty-four
hours later. This cease fire came just in
time for the Vietnamese New Year, Tet,
which began on February 3. According
to the agreement, all American troops
will be withdrawn from South Viet Nam
prior to May 1, and all American pris
oners of war by the same date.
Although, it will be a time of rejoic
ing for some, it will also be a time of
mourning for others. For the families of
the MIA’s (Missing in Action) it will be
a grim moment and a holding of breaths
as the names of those held captive are
released. The moment of despair comes
when families who have held on to the
last shred of hope that their loved ones
are alive find out that they are not.
Now that peace is at hand, will Ameri
ca leave well-enough alone, or will she
intervene into another controversey? The
choice is left up to the American govern
ment. Personally, I feel that if the U. S.
decides to aid a particular country, in
another dispute, it would be wise if she
(U. S.) chooses a country that is interest
ed in helping itself rather than some
country that literally drains the Ameri
can economy, manpower, and idealism.
The decision rests with our democratic
government. Where to now, America?
HAPPY VALENTINE’S
DAY
EDITOR - - Marilyn Roseboro
MANAGING EDITOR Karen McCoy
NEWS EDITOR Mona Blackwell
SPORTS EDITOR John Martin
BUSINESS MANAGER . Milton Wade
CIRCULATION MANAGER Arthur Amos
PHOTOGRAPHERS ... Joseph Daniels, Jr., John Martin
Typists Catherine Pettie, Rhonda Stover,
Deborah Taylor, Phyllis Totten.
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Marie Denning, Advisor
Black History Week
(Continuf'd from Paso Ono)
The heritage of the Black man is a
rich one. His confidence and self-respect
which developed as a result of this heri
tage has enabled him to turn to promote
greater understanding among his fellow
Americans, to encourage the youth of
his race to seize upon opportunities for
advancement in education, in employ
ment and in other areas of good human
relations.
People often ask: (1) Why do we have
Black History Week?, (2) Why don't we
just present American History? or (3)
Why should we single out any one group
for special study? Black History must
be studied not only because it is the his
tory of millions of Americans, but be
cause American life as a whole can not
be understood without knowing it. The
first Black slaves were landed in Vir
ginia a year before the Pilgrims reached
Plymouth Rock. It is hardly an exag
geration to say that from 1619 right up
to 1973, the role of the Black man in
American society has been a dominant
issue and the issue on which American
democracy stands or falls in the eyes
of the rest of the world today. A Jim
Crow society breeds and needs a Jim
Crow History. Until the 1960’s, the true
history of the Black man in America
had been neglected, slurred over, or
completely misrepresented. From school
days on, most of us have been fed a col
lection of myths. First, there is the happy
slave, packing cotton in the warm south
ern sun and singing spirituals under the
magnolias. That is followed by the cow
ardly, submissive Black of Civil War
times, loyal to old master and reluctant
to fight for his own freedom. After that
comes the myth of the free-spending ig
norant freedman of the Reconstruction
period.
Black History week enables us to learn
the truth about ourselves and thus dis
cover links with humanity. It also char
acterizes our conviction that no race
has a monopoly on virtue, achievements,
or vice.
—Mona Blackwell
BOOK CORNEU
Book Review:
The Women Poets In English
McGraw-Hill — $9.50
In poetry, power of inspiration and
strength of expression are not exclusive
ly masculine characteristics. This is con
firmed by the first, definitive collection
of poems in English by women from the
early medieval period to the present:
The Women Poets in English (McGraw-
Hill, $9.50).
The editor of this anthology is Ann
Stanford, winner of a 1972 Literature
Award of the American Academy of Arts
and Letters and the National Institute
of Arts and Letters for her outstanding
achievements in literature and her ex
cellence in the field of poetry and verse.
A professor of English literature at Cali
fornia State University at Northridge,
she has undertaken to show women writ
ing at their best and contributing to the
vitality and development of poetry in
their times. “Delicate Ladies” are not
among these 150-odd poets, more than
half of them writing in the twentieth
century.
The comprehensive volume contains
the works of women poets from the U. S.,
England, Canada, Scotland, Ireland, Aus
tralia, and New Zealand, including con
tributions by Queen Elizabeth I, Anne
Bradstreet, Anne Radcliffe, Elizabeth
Browning, the Brontes, Christina Rosetti,
Emily Dickinson, Mary Coleridge, Amy
Lowell, Marianne Moore, Edith Sitwell,
Edna St. Vincent Millay, Laura Riding,
Louise Bogan, Kathleen Raine, Dorothy
Parker, Sylvia Plath, and many others.
The ISeu's Argus
Staff Encourages
Students to Submit
Book Reviews to
the ‘‘‘Book Corner.”
^Tirsf Call" Auditions Held
ATLANTA, GA. — In conjunction with
the opening of Six Flags Over Georgia on
March 31, Six Flags’ Show Operations
representatives approved at North Caro
lina School of the Arts in Winston-Salem
on Wednesday, February 7, to audition
local youths for openings in the 1973 Six
Flags’ show production.
Each year the Six Flags’ audition team
combs the Southeast searching for tal
ented vocalists, dancers, comedians, in
strumentalists, folk singers and rock
bands to perform in Six Flags’ Crystal
Pistol Music Hall and for group enter
tainment within each of the park’s six
theme sections.
According to Mark Jacobs, manager
of show productions. Six Flags Over
Georgia, “We have openings for approxi
mately 120 youths in the 1973 Six Flags’
show productions and on-grounds enter
tainers and we’re anxious to begin re
hearsals for another exciting season of
entertainment at Six Flags park.”
Six Flags Over Georgia, located west
of Atlanta on Interstate 20, has also in
creased the number of host and hostess
positions available this season due to
the addition of a $3-million theme-section
expansion called the “Cotton States Ex
position”. This new 10-acre section will
be completed when Six Flags begins its
seventh season of operation on March
31.
The Six Flags talent team will hold
“first call” auditions at 3:00 p.m. in
room 113 of the Main Building.