Monday, February 23, 1970
Dr. Norman Vincent Peale
Generation Gap
PAWLING, N. Y. -- One of
the world's most famous clergy
men has entered the debate over
the generation gap with a word
of support for young people and
an appeal to youth to let their
parents do their own "thing"
too.
Dr. Norman Vincent Peale
declared that inhibited adults are
as much to blame as uninhibited
youth for the lack of communi
cations between generations.
At the same time, he calls
on youth to remember that
"parents are also people." He
urges them to think of their
parents as men and women rather
than mothers and fathers, letting
them "be their own persons and
accept them for what they are."
Dr. Peale, minister of Marble
Collegiate Church in New York,
author of best-sellingbooks, col
umnist and lecturer, has re
sponded to growing expressions
of conern about the generation gap
with a "mini-booklet" dealing
with both sides of the problem.
Entitled "Tune in on Life—
You and the Generation Gap,"
the booklet is being distributed
by the Foundation for Christian
Living, the nonprofit organization
that prints and disseminates Dr.
Peale's sermons and other writ
ings on a regular basis to more
than 500,000 people in nearly
110 countries.
The 21st booklet by Dr. Peale
to be disseminated by the FCL
since it was founded nearly
30 years ago, the mini-book is
also the largest single publish
ing effort ever undertaken by
the organization, according to
Myron L. Boardman, executive
director.
A first printing of 1,000,000
copies of "Tune in on Life,"
has been produced with the ini
tial 100,000 being mailed tostu
dents at colleges and universities
where the most serious protests
have occurred. Boardman said
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additional booklets would be sent
to young people across the coun
try--individually and through
their organizations—as well as to
college chaplains and the regular
recipients of Dr. Peale's mes
sages.
Explaining the reason for the
mini-book, Dr. Peale said that
a random survey of a few thousand
friends of the FCL disclosed that
most of them regarded the gen
eration gap as the greatest prob
lem facing the nation today.
In "Tune in on Life," which
has a bright, psychedelic cover
design, Dr. Peale declares that
while youth and their parents
must learn to understand one
another, there is much to be said
on the side of "offbeat young
people."
"Of course," he acknowledges,
"we've got to admit that some
do go to extremes, but actual
ly young people don't bother me
too much in this respect. Youth
is the natural time for ex
perimentation. It's the time for
them to kick up their heels and
to try to find out who they really
are.
"What does bother me is not
so much our 'uninhibited youth,'
but our inhibited adults. Every
day I meet someone who seems
unhappy or frustrated about
something."
Dr. Peale finds that many
adults are "just plain afraid
to be themselves," while large
numbers of young people are
finding sources of satisfaction
and happiness some adults have
not experienced.
"There is a great good in the
young person today," he ob
serves. "For one thing, he be
lieves that love and sharing
and relationships with other
people on an honest basis are
necessary for the creation of
a better world."
While it is true that millions
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THE GUILFORD IAN
Berkeley Activists
Women Demand New Role
SAN FRANCISCO -- (CPS)--
"Eeeeeegh" the girl screamed as
she demonstrated akarate chop to
the neck.
No, she was not a part of a new
female police unit but rather a
member of Women's Liberation
demanding admittance to an all
male karate class at UC
Berkeley.
The group has staged several
demonstrations inside the men's
gym in the last few weeks, but
have been foiled in gaining admit
tance to the class bv Universitv
police. The effort to learn meth
ods of self defense is only one
activity of the fast growing
Women's Liberation Front which
is trying to end the female's
"second class role in American
society."
MOVEMENT BEGINNING
Protesting at the karate class
is an attempt to dramatize female
inequality and the discriminatory
practices of the University. One
woman at a Jar. 8 demonstration
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pointed to the lack of women in
graduate school and inadequate
day-care facilities for student
and employee children as evi
dence of discrimination. She
claimed the demonstration "is
just the beginning of a move
ment."
Yet in its 18 month history,
Women's Liberation can claim
few concrete victories on the
Berkeley campus. In fact it
seems the only reason it has
much support now is the dearth
of large political questions or
activities in Berkeley. Moreover,
many radicals find discussing
such topics as "male chauvin
ism" too personal and agonizing
and would rather be part of a
large political movement.
DEMANDS PRESENTED
Women's Liberation has pre
sented thirteen demands to the
University including:
♦ending job and admissions dis
crimination
*ending all housing regulations
and dormitory rules
*free distribution of birth con
trol information and devices and
abortion information
*nine weeks maternity and pa
ternity leave for all students and
employees
*an expanded child care center
♦teaching of the history of women
for academic credit.
Vice Chancellor John Ralei.
called the demands "a host of
allegations." Yet, on Jan. 12
Vice Chancellor Robert Johnson
sent our letters to eight campus
officials requesting information
relevant to sexual inequality in
admissions, hiring, financial aid
and employee benefits. And ef
forts are being made to form a
co-ed karate class.
NOT TAKEN SERIOUSLY
For a large part, however,
Women's Liberation has not been
taken seriously by the area press
or the University administration.
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