Friday. September 6. 1969
THE NEW BERN MIRROR, NEW BERN, N. C.
Page Seven
Washington Report
— By —
CONGRESSMAN WALTER B. JONBS
Last week Congress continu
ed Its summer recess. During
the Interval I had the pleasure
of delivering a commencement
address to the Beaufort County
Technical Institute. Inprepara-
tl(Mi for the speech, I was a-
stounded at the phenomenal
growth of the community col
leges and technical Institutes
In the state of North Carolina.
From the creation of the first
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technical Institute In the late
50's I find that we have now 50
schools of this type. The ever
Increasing enrollment Is most
Impressive; for the school
year 1962-63, an enrollment of
about 25,000. The last definite
figure we have for the year
1967- 68 was 189,000 students
with a projected enrollment for
1968- 69 of 225,000.
I chose for the subject of my
address 'Campus Unrest,” for
I think many of our North Car
olina citizens are concerned
about the events of recent
months which disrupted the or
derly processes of some of our
Institutions of higher learning.
The speech attempted to convey
the fact that campus unrest Is
not solely the product of the
present young generation but
has existed In the past. It
has been written: “Our youth
now love luxury. They have
bad manners, contempt for
authority, disrespect for old
er people. Children nowadays
are tyrants. They contradict
their parents, gobble their food
and tyrannize their teachers.”
Certainly, this has a ring of
modern times, yet this quote
Is attributed to Socrates, who
lived from 469 to 399 B. C.
In the 14th Centimy a situa
tion existed at Oxford Univer
sity similar In many ways to the
violence of this day. The stu
dents, with some degree of
Immunity, virtually and with the
tacit approval of the university
administration as well as the
government, took over the uni
versity and community. But In
1354, an outraged En^ish pub
lic, tired of the tolerance ofthe
government and the universi
ties, rebelled — which result
ed In the “town and gown” riots,
so-called at thattlme. They re
stored order to the universities
as well as to the community.
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An estimated seven out of
every ten Americans are aller
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sumac and will develop the fa
miliar itching skin, rash or
blisters, if exposed.
According to NIH’s Division
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lain is urushiol, a component
of the sticky sap found in all
three plants. Direct contact with
the urushiol is necessary to de
velop an allergic reaction al
though direct contact with the
plant Is not.
The urushiol may be carried
in the fur of household pets
and thus the unsuspecting al
lergy victim is exposed indi
rectly. Garden tools, clothing
and smoke from burning plants
may also be carriers of urushiol.
Dead leaves or roots may still
contain traces of urushiol and
thus be potentially dangerous.
Skin reactions from the
urushiols vary with the sensi
tivity, of the individual and the
length of exposure. Urushiol
victims often worry about scar
ring, which rarely occurs, and
tend to overtreat the symptoms.
Contrary to popular belief.
The so-called “Russian Stu
dent Movement” generallycov-
ers a half century period —
1856, just after the Crimean
War, to 1905. The Russian Stu
dent Movement of that day,
similar to the violence of to
day, consisted of many non
students or ex-student leaders
and produced many of the most
vicious ex-student revolution
ary criminals of all times. This
movement, by Its stupidity and
violence, lost the confidence not
only of the public, but of It
self, to such an extent that
when the opportunity to over
throw the czars under the Ker-
enskl leadership came in 1917,
the student movement had be
come Impotent and was useless,
and never even played a part
in this Important stage of Rus
sian history.
There Is a clear cleavage be
tween the students who have
an objective In life and attend
the university to prepare them
selves to be able to accomplish
that objective, and those stu
dents who would use the uni
versities as a base for politi
cal revolution and destructive
ness.
Certainly, no one would de
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to Improvements of the institu
tion or constructive changes.
But, If the institution Is to
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secondary infection which can
cause scarring or worse. A dry
ing lotion will help relieve the
itching. If symptoms are se
vere, a physician should be
consulted.
The best preventive is learn
ing to identify the plants and
avoiding contact. Though many
people claim to be allergic to
only one of the three plants, re
search at NIH indicates that
this is probably not true. The
urushiols which cause the nroh-
lem are closely related in all
three plants.
If avoidance of the plant is
impossible, the exposed skin
should be washed immediately
with strong soap to remove the
urushiol. Clothing or garden
tools which have made contact
with the urushiol should be
washed thoroughly.
A pamphlet prepared by the
National Institute of Allergy
and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
contains information on re
search in these plant allergies,
along with pointers from the
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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