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THE TWIG
Newspaper of the Students of Meredith College
VOL. XLIX
MEREDITH COLLEGE, RALEIGH, N. C.
NOVEMBER 8, 1974
NUMBER 9
Prison teaches Krogh
the value of every man
by Allyn Vogel
Adapting to prison life is not
so much a matter of changing
status levels but one of looking
beyond labels and accepting
people on a one-to-one basis,
observed Egil Krogh.
In Meredith’s October 4
convocation program titled
“Prison, the Great Equalizer”
and in a question session in
Cate Center, Egil Krogh spoke
of the insights into politics and
prison he had gained during his
six month Allenwood, Pa.,
Prison Camp term.
Krogh was the head of the
White House “Plumbers”
operation during the Sep
tember, 1971 break-in of Daniel
Ellsberg’s psychiatrist’s office.
In February, 1974, Krogh
plead guilty to obstruction of
justice. His two to six year
sentence was the first
Watergate-related sentence.
Because of his contact with
prisoners during his im
prisonment, Krogh hopes to
work for prison reform.
The prisons, he said, do not
reform the inmates. As one of
his Allenwood friends, a
moonshiner, stated, he had
learned “next time” to work
deeper in the woods and to
“step a little livelier” when
chased. Prison, Krogh
determined, has little detering
sffcct.
The prisoners, Krogh
remarked, with few exceptions,
don’t come out of prison “better
people”, but people better able
to break laws than when they
came in.”
A lot of men in prisons he
noted, however, “would like to
change”. They are, though,
assailed with negatives from
the beginning of their term to
their release: they are told that
" they are felons, that will always
be considered felons, and that
life will be hard when they get
out.
Krogh suggests that means
need to be developed whereby
the prisoners are helped to
think about themselves as other
than thieves; that they be aided
in developing new self-images
and ideas for their futures.
Krogh said that in prison he
discovered that everybody has
a positive side. In prison he
tried to emphasize the better
aspects of his friends’ makeups.
He prefers this positive ap
proach to the traditional
negative one.
Krogh isn’t sure that
prison itself rehabilitated him,
but during his term he gained a
new perspective on his plum
bers role in stopping “the
further disclosure of top secret
information.”
While he served for Nixon,
Krogh stated that no one ever
questioned “Is it right?” when
faced with a decision; actions
were taken with consideration
only for collective concerns, not
for the welfare of individuals.
People and groups, Krogh
said, were stereotyped and this
“loose terminology’’, he
believes, “lead to abuse”. If a
person’s ideas or programs
were considered by the White
House upper echelon to be “a
threat to the state”, they were
cast as “enemies” and actions
were taken against them.
People “were viewed as
interests, targets,’’ Krogh
declared, “individual rights
were not considered.” He
believes government officials
should consider themselves on a
one-to-one basis with the people
they deal with.
There was, he observed, an
attitude in the White House of
“do what has to be done” and
“don’t tell anyone.”
The Plumber activities, he
noted, could have been done
legally .with a warrant if
probable cause could have been
shown. His crime, he said, was
basically one of “failure to ask
permission”.
The White House staff, he
said, followed Nixon, not as a
man, but as the “embodiment
of a national interest.” They
rarely thought of questioning
his orders.
Egil Krogh
SGA passes new Hate’ procedure
which deletes R.A. initialing
by Rebecca Askew
The Student Government
Association passed seven bills
including a new late permission
procedure at its Friday
meeting. , .
After being passed by the
Student Life Committee and
signed by Dr. Weems, the bills
will become Handbook changes.
The new late permission
procedure, which was
originally proposed by the
resident advisors, will involve
signing a late list in each dorm
instead of having the dorm card
initialed by a resident advisor.
Other business included a
bill which would allow students
to keep turtles and fish in the
dorms.
Two bills involving
calldowns were also passed.
Calldowns would be given for
failure of freshmen to attend
required hall meetings during
the first 6 weeks and for failure
of any student to sign out
properly for an overnight.
TWIG newsbriefs
SNEA
Student National
Educational Association will
hold its November meeting on
Thursday night, November 14,
Red Cross BloodnwhUe
Tuesday/ November 12
10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
basement of Poteat Dorm
Faculty/ students/ and staff
are urged to come
from 6:30-7:30 in the Hut. We
will have someone come and
share some ideas on education
with us. All students interested
in education are welcome to
come; it is not required that you
be a member or be interested in
joining to attend the meeting.
Those interested in joining are
urged to come and bring
membership dues of $6.00. This
fee will enable you to receive
two education magazines,
“North Carolina Education”
and “Today’s Education”. If
you are interested in mem
bership, contact Jackie Cullifer
in 320 Bdrefoot, or call 833-M82.
Dues must be in to Jackie by
November 27, 1974. See you
Thursday, November 14.
AQUA ANGELS
Tryouts for the Aqua
Angels, the synchronized
swimming performing group,
will be held in Weatherspoon
Gymnasium on Tuesday and
Wednesday, November 19th and
20th, at 8:00 p.m. Those girls in
the beginning or intermediate
synchronized swimming
classes are urged to come and
try out for the Aqua Angels.
SKIING 'TRIP PLANNED
Meredith will offer a skiing
trip this winter in connection
with the French-Swiss Ski
College located on Appalachian
Mountain in Blowing Rock, N.C.
Dates for the skiing trip are set
for Jan. 5 - 10,1975 and the cost
is only $80.00. The trip includes
five sessions of skiing (all day),
unlimited instruction, all
equipment needed, slope fees,
lift fees, and lodging for five
nights.
An additional feature this
year is “Guaranteed Skiing”.
“The French-Swiss is the only
ski institution in the world to
have magic snow carpet on a
ski slope which will guarantee
skiing in any kind of weather.”
Also included in the French-
Swiss fee is accident-medical
insurance carried on every
skier. “Mutual of Omaha
issued this policy to French-
Swiss due to the incredibly low
number of injuries.”
Successful completion of
the course receives one hour
credit for a P.E. requirement at
Meredith. The P.E. Depart
ment is asking that payment for
this trip be made before Dec. 15.
Another bill concerning
overnights would pqrmit a
student to sign out to return on
SDH when she has taken an
overnight; to do so, she must
have filled in “Expected
Return” with the proper day
and date she expects to return
on SDH.
An additional bill to be sent
to Student Life establishes a
sign out procedure for students
living in the Home Management
House. When a student begins
her residence in the Home
Management House, she should
sign out in the dorm for the
length of time she will be gone.
When leaving the Home
Management House to go off
campus, the girl should sign out
as she would in the dorm. If she
returns to the dorm and plans to
remain there overnight, she
should sign out properly at the
Home Management House and
sign in properly at the dorm.
One of the girls in the Home
Management House should be
responsible for checking the
dorm cards each night and
should report to the campus
checker.
According to the new late
proposal, a late return list
would be put on the signout desk
each day by the resident ad
visor in each residence hall. A
student planning to take a one-
hour late that night would sign
her name and room number on
the list. The dorm card would
be filled out as usual, but the
student would not be required to
take her card to a resident
advisor.
Cancelling a late would be
the sole responsibility of the
student. If she returns before
closing hour, she would cross
her name off the list and note
the hour of her return, in ad
dition to signing in on her dorm
card.
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