FEBRUARY 18, 1972
Grants Provided For
Humanities Program
Washington, D.C. The
National Endowment for the
Humanities has begun a program
of grants for support of
humanities projects initiated and
conducted by young people.
NEH thereby becomes one of
the few Federal agencies so
involved. Announcement of the
new program was made by Dr.
Ronald S. Berman, the
Endowment's Chairman, who
said that NEH is encouraging
proposals for projects effective
immediately.
Create'd in line with a
recommendation made last year
by the National Council on the
Humanities, the new program
called "Youthgrants in the
Humanities" will consider
applications from both students
and young persons out of
school. In announcing the
program, Mr. Berman described
it as "an important new thrust in
the Endowment's continuing
efforts to interest and involve all
sectors of the population in the
humanities." The program will
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offer young people an
opportunity to translate their
educational and ethical concerns
into concrete projects and to
reflect critically on their own
beliefs and values as well as
those held by the larger society.
March 17th has been set as
the first deadline for
"Youthgrants" applications for
projects scheduled to begin
during the summer or fall of
1972. Proposals will be
evaluated by a panel of young
people prior to submission to
the National Council on the
Humanities, which makes final
recommendations on all
applications for Endowment
grants.
Further information about
the program, including
eligibility, application
procedures, and grant
requirements is contained in a
brochure available without
charge from: Youthgrants in the
Humanities, National
Endowment for the Humanities,
Washington, D.C. 20506.
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Dope Decriminalization
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John Finlator, who resigned
his deputy directorship of the
Federal Bureau of Narcotics and
Dangerous Drugs earlier this year
to join the advisory board of
NORML and who has also served
as Director of the Bureau of
Drug Abuse Control in HEW has
stated that until marijuana is
legalized he doubts that any
efforts to combat the heroin
problem in this country, or any
other serious drug abuse
problems can be effective.
In a statement released by
NORML, Finlator said:
"1 have learned through many
years of experience that
repressive criminal laws will
never solve our drug abuse
problems. ]n the 1930'5, when
marijuana was first made illegal,
there were less than 50,000
smokers in the whole country.
Yet today, after four decades of
incredibly harsh penalties, the
Marijuana Commission tells us
that 24 million Americans,
including 15% of the population
over 12 years of age, have
smoked marijuana. Regardless of
one's views towards marijuana,
the ineffectiveness of the
criminal laws as a deterrent to
use is astounding. Meanwhile, we
have ruined the careers and lives
of hundreds of thousands of
otherwise law-abiding citizens by
needlessly subjecting them to
the ramifications of being
defined criminal."
Finlator added that it must
be recognized that there is such
a thing as "recreational" use of
drugs. He stated that cigarettes
and alcohol are recreational
drugs like marijuana with one
important difference: "Both of
these drugs have far more proven
harmful effects than marijuana."
"I have lectured at more than
40 college campuses over the
past few years, Finlator said.
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many during the turbulent 60's
when drug experimentation of
all kinds was flourishing. Today
I see a more cautious and
reasoned approach. LSD and
heroin are rarely seen on
campus. The illegal drug used is
predominately marijuana. And
more often than not, it is being
used by upper-level students,
whose grades are high, and who
have incorporated the casual use
of marijuana into their lives
without apparent harm. Mbre
and more we are seeing that this
is also the case among young
Summer Session
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Tuition charges for courses
are $B5 per credit hour, plus a
$lO registration fee. Courses
may be audited for a charge of
$25 per course. The normal
maximum course load is seven
credit hours per session.
The summer session courses
are taught by members of the
regular teaching faculties from
Bennett, Greensboro and
Guilford Colleges, Lanier said.
They will cover the full content
of the courses given during the
fall and spring academic sessions.
"The joint summer sessions
are viewed as a logical extension
of the present spirit of
cooperation existing among the
three Greensboro colleges," said
Lanier. "Not only are we able to
offer twice as many summer
courses as has been possible in
the past, but the combined
summer school also permits a
number ; of advanced and
specialized courses."
In addition to the regular
course offerings in art, music,
science and the humanities,
several courses and workshops
are offered especially for public
school teachers who wish to
renew teaching certification, or
professionals, athletes and in
industry."
Finlator closed his statement
saying: "we jnust stop sending
people to jail for smoking
marijuana. From my vantage
point, I predict that eventual
legalization with government
control, similar to that used for
alcohol, is inevitable. When this
country decides to honestly deal
with the marijuana question,
perhaps then we can begin to
make some progress in the battle
against serious drug abuse in the
United States.
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working with exceptional
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Training which deals with
instruction of exceptional and
mentally handicapped children
will include courses in art,
physical education, psychology
and special education.
; Scholarship
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As far as recruiting is
concerned, it means that a
scholarship applicant must have
a college board score of 1100 if
he is in the 50th percentile of his
class.
The move toward the new
requirements had been
underway for over a year. J.R.
Boyd pointed out that although
different people had different
reasons for wanting the change,
his own (and one mentioned by
others) was the large percentage
of aid to athletes relative to the
total amount of financial aid
that Guilford has.
It is hoped that the new poli
cy will eradicate or aid in the
eradication of the source of
displeasure by ensuring that
Guilford athletes are
representative of the academic
standards claimed by the school
as" a whole, rather than existing
as a group apart as suggested by
the 'hippie' and 'jock'
controversy which pervaded the
campus a few years back, and
still remains an unsolved
problem.
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