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Page 4 THE BATTALION WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1973 Yonnegut Censorship Threatens Academic Freedom Reacting to recent censorship of books in schools in three states, the president of the National Ed ucation Association has declared that these “unreasoned attacks on academic freedom and accom panying harassment of teachers are a direct threat to the most basic freedoms of our democratic system of government.” Dr. Helen D. Wise asked rhe torically, “How can we teach our children about democracy and free speech when we burn the books we do not like and have teachers arrested for assigning unpopular material?” She reiter ated NFA’s commitment to “de fend the right of all students and StudentsApply For SCONA Delegates Students may now apply for 30 delegate positions to the 19th Stu dent Conference on National Af fairs. SCONA XIX will consider “Re ordering American Priorities” during the Feb. 13-16 event in volving top college and univer sity students from throughout the U. S. and Mexico. Applications of prospective TA- MU delegates will be taken un til Monday. Interviews will be conducted Dec. 10-14. Application forms are avail able at the Memorial Student Center director’s office, the YM- CA office of Vice President for Student Services Dr. John Kol- dus and the commandant’s office. Applicants must have a mini mum 2.0 grade point ratio, Dr. Koldus noted. Appointments for interview times must be made when applications are turned in. A&M delegates will receive ex cused class absences to attend plenary sessions and participate in roundtable discussion. The SCONA XIX topic, “Reor dering American Priorities,” will present delegates opportunity to delve in depth into U. S. policy formation in political, economic and environmental areas, com mented Chairman Steve Kosub. It neither tries to form solu tions nor create consensus of thought, he added. SCONA’s pri mary goal is to provide the lead ers of tomorrow’s America more information, insights and view points into the topic. Featured speakers of the early spring semester conference are William P. Clements Jr., deputy secretary of defense; William D. Ruckelshaus, former deputy at torney general, and Dr. Hans J. Morgenthau, prominent political scientists, among others. OP A Sponsor Benefit Tree Student organizations at TAMU are decorating a Christmas tree to benefit mental health and eld er citizens. The tree is located on the first floor of the Memorial Student Center and is a project of Omega Phi Alpha, national service so rority. Any organization or individual can make or buy an ornament to hang on the tree for a $2 contrib ution each, said Linda Austin, OPA vice president for projects. The ornaments can be any shape or size and creativity is encour aged. All ornaments and money should be left in the OPA cubicle in the Student Government Office in the MSC. Letters have been mailed to student organizations acquainting them with the tree project. FOR BEST RESULTS TRY BATTALION CLASSIFIED SOUND W THINGS Repair & Install Auto Radios, All Tape Decks. 503 E. 30th — 822-1155 A JLi LE N Oldsmobile Cadillac SALES - SERVICE “Where satisfaction is standard equipment” 2401 Texas Ave. 823-8002 teachers to engage in free in quiry.” Dr. Wise’s response was prompted specifically by recent book banning and burning inci dents in Drake, N.D.; McBee, S.C.; and Ridgefield, Conn. The Drake school board had copies of Kurt Vonnegut’s “Slaughterhouse Five” burned, is investigating other books, and re portedly has told the teacher who had assigned the Vonnegut book to a sophomore class that he will not have a job there next year. Now under scrutiny are James Dickey’s “Deliverance” and an anthology of “Short Story Mas terpieces” that includes works by Ernest Hemingway, John Stein beck, and William Faulkner. Par ents objected to what they term ed “obscene language” in the books. The Vonnegut book was also at issue in South Carolina, where a McBee teacher was arrested after a citizen charged him with dis tribution of obscene materials to minors. Charges were dropped after the book was removed from the school libi'ary. The antiwar novel, which the teacher had as signed to his class, is about a New York optometrist who is thrown back in time to endure the World War II bombing of Dresden, Germany, by Americans. In Connecticut, a three-year se ries of censorship efforts by va rious segments of the Ridgefield community involved the writings of authors ranging from Thomas Jefferson to Eldridge Cleaver— as well as entire courses of study —and resulted in an in-depth analysis by a special panel of the NEA’s state affiliate, the Con necticut Education Association. According to the CEA report, the most recent dispute included dis ruption of school board meetings by members of community groups attacking the methods of indi vidual teachers, reports of ano nymous threats against at least two teachers, and the firing of the superintendent for refusing to take what he called “punitive and improper” actions against some teachers. “The NEA is not endorsing par ticular books or courses of study,” Dr. Wise stressed. “The point is that we cannot, and will not, al low the teaching-learning process to be warped into a showcase for promoting any single viewpoint. Schools must be free to present and discuss all viewpoints and to foster creative thought and change of ideas.” “Despite lip service to thisR f. ep ‘ l ; y "’ any :' !h ' schools have been perhaps most frequent target of those would ‘protect’ our young p e from learning, comparing coming to their own conclu s And teachers, dedicated to ening the horizons of their spi dents, are too often the ffo^ tims of the hysteria that s rounds most censorship moves' The By TERR' 1 Please d sunflowers poss meal as a , re currer promise o “** ■ ' existi form aj is str< 'Right t major cr but fame with to ucts Shopping Skaggs Albertsons is a FamifyAffair UNIVERSITY DR. AT COLLEGE AVE. HOURS 9 A.M. - 12 P.M. MON.-SAT. 9 A.M. - IQ p.M. 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