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To the Editor;
I’d just like to say a word
of thanks to all those who made
the supper for Bangladesh
possible. Hopefully a majority
of students and faculty par
ticipated and/or contributed.
Here was a great opportunity
to aid others less fortunate
than ourselves. We must real
ize, however, that our contri
butions whether great or
small were only material. We
owe a much greater debt to
these displaced persons. It is
our obligation to be aware of
their condition and their cul
ture. The Bangladesh Ban
quet, with its cultural sensi
tivity to the national diet and
delicacies of a people differ
ent from ourselves should be
a way of paying this debt. We
must learn of other cultures
through such events. Under
standing is the greatest intan
gible contribution we can
make to others. Bangladesh
was a beginning; for this be
ginning I am grateful. Let’s
not stop here.
Sincerely,
Ruth Anne Stephenson
STUDY TOUR
Dr. and Mrs. Leishman
Peacock will be chaperoning
a study-tour to England from
July 13- August 19, 1973. Stu
dents will study for three
weeks at Balliol College in
Oxford and travel for the re
maining time. Estimated cost
is $1350 total for high school
seniors and college freshmen
and sf)(ihomores.
English News
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ject. This high-rise complex
(near MacDonald’s) houses
nearly 300 elderly people.
Club vice-president Donna
Hopewell stressed that this
living arrangement is not like
that of a nursing home; in
stead, each person has his own
apartment, kitchen, and furni
ture. Downstairs in the Tow
ers is a large recreation room
that is kept lively by club
members. For example, the
girls showed old movies and
popped popcorn for the appre
ciative residents. The mem
bers also go individually and
assist their friends in the
complex with reading, writing
letters, shopping, and good
company.
HOWARD LEE WILL
SPEAK AT SHAW
REINSTATE
HEALTH COURSE
There has been some discussion in the Executive Committee
of the SGA surrounding the reinstatement of a reworked “Health”
course into the required curriculum. According to Carolyn Car
ter, “absence of this course has created a complete void in
drug, sex, alcohol, and general mental and physical health edu
cation.” In line with the question of providing a counseling ser
vice on campus, this request seems indeed quite valid.
In past courses, this type of instruction was incorporated
into the curriculum, giving students a chance to become in
formed on the questions they must face in a college environ
ment, to state their opinions or ask questions, and to develop
a sense of being acquainted with these problems and knowing
how to tackle them in the very bounds of Meredith College.
When this course was dropped from the curriculum and no fur
ther situations (whether counseling or in other courses) were
provided for this type of discussion, the student automatically
was forced to turn to areas not associated with the College.
This situation has now created a problem, particularly in the
areas of sex and drug counseling, which can no longer be over
looked.
The Committee suggested that this course, taught by special
ists in each area, could replace colloquium, which is in need of
evaluation. It seems that students on a college campus, if re
quired to take any sort of course designed to acquaint them with
the college atmosphere, should be required to take those courses
which will have a meaningful effect in their total lives. Meredith
needs to re-evaluate its openness to such questions as a health
course might deal with and to rework those areas which are
supposedly now operating to combat these problems. Until a
realization that these problems exist at Meredith occurs, it is
questionable whether any solution will be found in the near future.
JFS
Plastic Santa
The other day on the radio I heard an advertisement for a
free “plastic, inflatable Santa Claus” available at a nearby
location. When I heard those words blaring out over the air,
I really began to wonder what has happened to Christmas. I
had always thought that Santa Claus is real, not “plastic” and
not “inflatable.” To me, Santa Claus embodies all of the giving
of Christmas, and that aspect is a very real one which cannot
be tampered with by stores, sales, rushed shopping days, and
fake Santas.
We can easily become “plastic, inflatable Santa Clauses”
who focus on the plastic part of Christmas — the getting part.
We can easily become “blown up” to this part of Christmas so
that we no longer see the beauty in giving but rather see the ugli
ness of “not getting what we wanted.” When we fall into this
rut we do become “plastic.” But Christmas is not “plastic”;
it is real. Christmas is not “Inflatable”; love and giving are
not “puffed up.” Real givers are the SantaClauses of the world;
they are not fake.
JFS
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Mayor Howard Lee of Cha
pel Hill will speak at the Di
vision of Administrative Sci
ences Forum /Lecture Series
at Shaw University, Raleigh,
North Carolina on Wednesday
December 13, 1972 at 2;30 in
the Student Union Ballroom.
Mayor Lee will be speaking
to an audience made of mostly
black students at Shaw Uni
versity on the topic:“The Role
of the Black Public Admini
strator.” As the second term
black mayor of Chapel Hill,
Lee was reelected in 1971 by
a landslide vote in which he
carried every precinct.
Born of a share cropper
family in Lithonia, Georgia in
1934 Lee is the oldest of seven
children. Lee, a high school
drop out at one time, graduat
ed third in his class at Bruce
Street High School. Attending
Clark College for three years,
he after having academic dif
ficulty transferred to Fort
Valley State College in Geor
gia where he majored in so
ciology. He graduated with
honors in 1939 when he was
drafted into the U.S. Army.
After serving more than a
year in Korea of his two year
hitch, Lee returned to Georgia
to work as a juvenile proba
tion officer in Savannah’s Ju
venile Domestic Relations
Court.
Lee received a Masters De
gree in social work in 1966 at
The University of North Caro
lina in Chapel Hill. From
1966-1968 he was the director
of Youth Services with Duke
University. Later he became
Director of Employee Rela
tions at Duke. As an assist
ant professor, he taught so
ciology at North Carolina
Central University in Dur
ham.
As mayor of Chapel Hill,
Lee has devoted his admini
stration to: (1) the develop
ment of a sound relationship
between the town and the Uni
versity of North Carolina; (2)
the establishment of a public
transportation system; (3) the
raising of police and fire de
partment salaries; (4) seek
ing additional recreation fa
cilities and (5) generally pro
viding Chapel Hill with a full
time concerned, and efficient
government.
Regarding leadership Lee
has stated “We need to elect
new leaders - from capitol hill
to city hall— leaders who will
respond to human needs and
not political pressures.
-- Leaders who believe that
issues that unite us are more
important than the prejudices
that divide us.
— Leaders who believe that
the only race that must count
Original Peter Max dot, copyright 1972,
inspired by his book. Meditations (McGraw-
Hill) .
in America is the human race.
Leaders who will use
their influence for the work of
life here at home instead of
the business of death abroad.
-- Leaders who believe that
the Greatness of America lies
not only in what we are, but
in what we can become,”
On the need for change he
has been quoted saying;
“As long as human beings
continue to die in a war that
had no honor in its beginning
and even less honor in its con
tinuance, there is a need for
a change.”
“As long as 25 to 30 million
of our own citizens continue to
live lives of quiet desperation
in hunger, alienation and po
verty, there is a need for
change”.
“As long as programs of
health services and child de
velopment are vetoed, while
billions are spent for guns,
that cannot heal bombs that
cannot teach, there is a need
for change.”
Following Mayor Lee’s
presentation will be a forum
session involving audience
questions, comments, and
queries. This program pro
mises to be one of the most
provative in this series. The
public is invited.
Raleigh, Durham, and Cha
pel Hill residents are cordial
ly invited to attend.
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than anticipated because par
ticipating schools have agreed
to absorb a higher percentage
of administrative costs. In
addition, some costs will be
borne by local governments,
such as the cities of New York
and Fresno, Calif.
Blatchford estimated that
in accordance wdth existing
programs, approximately 40%
of the UYA volunteers would
be members of minority
groups, more than half would
have previous volunteer ex
perience and that the average
age would be above 23.
“The number of universi
ties applying to participate
and the success of the pro
gram in the first year leads
us to believe that the idealism
among students and their uni
versities -- a real concern for
their communities — is very
much alive,” Blatchford said.
PETER MAX
DOT INDUCES
MEDITATION
(statement by Peter Max on
the Meaning of Meditation)
“What is meditation? Med
itation is nothing in particu
lar. It is not something one
can do but is rather something
that occurs. One can sit in a
seat and meditation can occur.
It is actually experiencing no
thingness. In order to experi
ence this nothingness, one has
to purify the mind from the
many somethingnesses. As
long as there is something,
there will not be nothing.”
“Therefore, meditation
cannot be explained with many
ideas -- only the preparation
for meditation can be explain
ed, and that again is purifying
the mind, emptying it out, be
coming very relaxed and
peaceful, being very still, so
nothing may occur.”
“The book, MEDITATION,
is filled with many ideas of
purification — how’ to look
upon the world, how to look
upon life and the self. It is
statements and quotes like
these that can guide one to
wards a pure life style where
meditation can occur.”
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