About Veritas. ([Athens, Georgia]) 1970-1970 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 28, 1970)
Veritas Page 11 Points of Rebellion By William 0. Douglas, Vintage Paperback, $1.95 The words in this book hit hard, but they carry even more weight when we consider who wrote them. Countless such words have been written by radical journalists and self proclaimed revolutionaries throwing bricks at the temple of the establishment. But this book was written by one of the establishment elite, one who sits within the temple. Douglas, the best known of the liberal United States Supreme Court justices, speaks out intelligently and forcefully for the many faceted revolution that is occurring in our society. And he speaks without the four letter, name calling rhetoric of underground media. The book hits just as hard without it. In the span of 96 short pages Douglas does a remarkable job of covering the whole scope of the revolution. The work is a concise handbook of the revolution, describ ing the reasons for dissent and how our country views dissent, and then suggesting what may be done to avoid violent confront ation. He says: "There are only two choices: A police state in which all dissent is suppressed or rigidly controlled; or a society where law is responsive to human needs." And he adds "if society is to be responsive to human needs, a vast restructuring of our laws is essential." The book says that without such restructuring of our society, violent revolu tion will sweep our land. Everyone should read this book. While the points covered are not new, the way they are brought together, out of the storm of information that bombards us everyday, and laid down to be ingested at one time gives the reader a shock. But it's good therapy. Jim Baird The Journey To The East has recieved criticism from those who enjoy Herman Hesse's works as well as those who accuse him of being adolescent and trite. To the members of Herman's Circle, it can only be the testimony of one who is very close to his journeys' end. The story concerns an individual, Herman Hesse, who has become separated from the League of Journeys. This League could be compared to Herman's Circle mentioned above. Bach, Gothe, Goldmun, Demion, Jung, and many other outsiders were introduced to Hesse as his soul wandered down the mythical pathways which transcend time. Herman Hesse himself, has become separated from the league by disillusionment and lack of faith. He is finally reunited with the Journeyers as a result of the re-unification of his own self. The marriage of all faction of the self, or the thousand faces of the Steppenwolf, is a major theme which runs throughout Hesse's works. His poetical novels all border on autobiography, but none are so clear and direct as the Journey To The East. It is written in the stage of Hesse's personal letters because those who hear it will become his personal friends. NSK 111 Gifts of Distinction - For All Occasions Piasters and Black Lights House of Gifts College and Clayton Sts 548-4560 ATHENS. GA 30601 L/ Women of the\ / World, Unite! ) r ' '#fr~~-="l'^W^:^ fel'#' ' 4 Xr,.>ft - wi&£ ereQMGr^"'^'^"'"'' 6 bttoraa ~ ^^'"^^l,;::^m&« '"° Y&t IG^"'"1 G^"'"" 5 /^ 0 "' 770 "' "° tiFZt— -—— R :POP-PS^eoo ^o^G^o^o ,U^l^^N?N^&, a want BUSINESS 1 thought ) HOMES^GENE,^/\ ;^^^ tT^n J&wrcw #Ol =m "Wiifnr ^ m ^'<KWrag^m^fl irar Z3'=F ° |rv%'%l^Mwl Aov£Rr%fG<>/~7we/o^s ^G^^/gfr^T I GRAPHics^supse 6&&/cs g
