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. SUNDAY
■ BSsfisf
SCHICK
HOT $
LATHER
MACHINE!
5 oz L’AHA ART
L'MMANT ftICT SET
parfum uir ■ TT
• BY COTY
.75 OZ. -k |
L-AIMANT ^
SPRAY MIST
L'AIMANT
CREME
OE PARFUM
PIPING HOT
LATHER IN
SECONDS
TWO REFILL CAR TRIDGES
INCLUDED IN THIS PACKAGE
WARING
HAND
MIXER
$
SIX SPEED MIXER
STAND-UP WITH
BEATER RELEASE
COMFORT AND
BALANCE
COOKER
FRYER
$
8y
Ah
>0
Po *o^
BY MUNSEY
BIG 6V 2 QT.
CAPACITY
EMOVABLE
WELL
THERMOSTAT
CONTROLLED
FRY
S’/z QUART
CROCKERY
COOK POT
EXCELLENT FOR
ROAST-STEWS-
VEGETABLES-
SOUPS.CAKES-
SEAFOODS
aumwrc.
fc\tt %\S
SPRM M\ST
4 ol.
EME^^ viDE
OUSTING
POWDER
1-OZ.
41
AMF
COFFEE
STARTER
"WAKE UP
TO THE
AROMA"
of freshly
perked coffee
starts your percolator automatically
WARING
FUTURA *
BLENDER
14-SPEED BLENDER
COMPLETE
WITH WARING
COOK BOOK.
lEHGUSH $,
LEATHER
AFTER SHAVE
L0TI0H
4 OZ.
SIZE
4-OZ. COLOGNE $3.50
OLD
SHCESj
BUFFET
FRY PAN $
AUTOMATIC
ELECTRIC
WITH HI-DOME
VENTED COVER
DETACHABLE
HEAT CONTROL
5 QUART
CROCKERY
COOK POTI
»F««
shaye
tOYlO*
Ot
S\X e
ELECTRIC
COOKERAND
SERVER
DETACHABLE
HEAT CONTROL!
AND CORD
WALTHAM
.WArCHES
tlfl-ADIES AND Aitrfy,,
ALL STYLES
L" I I I
OZ.
P'A/v,
G USS/ C
0E
s
KODAKOU
$ imP
POCKET
IHSTA _ _
MATICr 0 ^-Cr
p Ace
o/vo-
. sp R
M/sy
a y
V.
CAMERA OUTFIT-- faST F-2.7 LENS^
oz.
*AT H
;>o
5#?
$
MUNSEY
WARMING
TRAY
co.'^r $,
, oz OG ^
MAX FACTOR
d HOUSE
-55
DUAL HEAT RANGE -
THERMOSTAT CONTROL
MAR-PROOF LIGHTWEIGHT
IDEAL FOR CASSEROLES -
USE AS COFFEE WARMER.
ROBESON
EMER AUr>f
COLOGN^
l-oz.
cau op
COLOGNE
ULTRALUSCENT
LIPSTICK
COLLECTION
$
POPCORN
POPPER
$
10
CONTINENTAL
SIZE LIPSTICKS
FLIPTHE "POPPER DOME" AND
USE AS SERVER. SEE THE CORN
POP IN THE "POPPER DOME"
AND USE AS A SERVER 4 QT.
CAPACITY