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By Lamar Oglasby
»r Mr. Ware,
In response to your well written letter, let me add a few points
which 1 think are quite important! Your third paruftraph is as mis
leading as your letter. You state that “the Interfraternity Council Con
stitution does not specify that only a national fraternity can win the
first place trophy for any sports trophy." However, let me remind you
that evidently that rtile is being violated year by year. -Last year,
specifically, MIMA won both softball and track competition; yet the
fraternity that placed behind them received the first place trophy!
From what you’ve said, MIMA should have received what they deserve.
Also, winning both of these events would have given MIMA 10 more
points towards the all-sports trophy given at the end of the year and
would have taken away 10 points from the fraternity that won it, and
an entirely new situation would have developed. Again, if the Inter-
fraternity Council Constitution doea not specify “that only a national
fraternity can win the first place trophy” then why is MIMA out of
the running before the first game is played?
Also, in the fourth paragraph, you state that the Interfraternity
Council in no way has the authority to permit or refuse MIMA, the
Ministerial Association, and Law School groups from participating in
the Intramural Program”. Then Mr. Ware, who has the authority to
deny them what they officially win? For instance, the Law School de
feated Sigma Nu in a softball game last year; however, due to the
program rule, the game didn't even count! Is this fair? Especially when
Sigma Nu won the first place trophy! If teams are going to participate,
then shouldn’t their wins and losses count? Certainly they should!
In paragraph six you state that “the presenting of Interfraternity
Council trophies is nothing more than an acknowledgement of that
fraternity which has attained a high score or number of points among
the Greek letter fraternities in a given athletic competition. The win
ning of a trophy to place on a shelf is but a secondary factor to par
ticipation in the Intramural Program.” Mr. Ware, it is extremely easy
to stand on the sidelines and very idealistically say that, but as a person
who participated in the Intramural Program for three years, I assure
you—you are wrong. If you disagree—do you recall any of the champion
ship games last year? Second place was not in any player’s mind. And
only through this type of competition can an intramural program be a
successful one.
Also, if trophies and recognition were of secondary importance,
then I would not have received such a response as to who deserves the
credit.
In paragraph seven, is Phi Delta Theta fraternity in charge of
the all-sports trophy ? Then I suggest they present it at the end of the
year, and not the IFC representative.
In conclusion, my point I hope has been made. Some of the rules
and regulations of the Intramural Program are in direct conflict with
what you have said, and I think that some amendments should be made
to a constitution written almost eleven years ago. If the IFC does not
make rules pertaining to the Intramurals, the independent associations
should be “equal” to the fraternities when it comes to who receives
first place trophies, or they should not participate at all! ! !
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to all our problems, and that if we
subject ourselves to the tyranny of
a one world superstate, the in tel
lectual community will run things
to the maximum benefit of us all.
The UN in its present form and
context is mainly a forum for col
lectivists of all stripes, from the
butcherers of the Kremlin to the
socialist betrayers of the peoples
of Africa and Asia. Our ideal is a
world in which each individual is
free to do as he pleases to a max
imura degree, free from the overt
coercion of his fellow man, individ
ually and collectively. This ideal is
a world of limited and decentralized
government, where power is dif
fused as broadly 4 as possible, and
individualism and voluntary coop
eration are relied upon to the max
imum extent possible. We cannot
tolerate collectivism (control of the
means of production and consump
tion by one super-centralized agen
cy) in any form, be it the Com
munism of the Kremlin or Peiping,
the socialism of Lyndon Johnson
or Norman Thomas (who recently
said. “I rub my eyes in disbelief.
The President's anti-poverty pro
gram is pure socialism."), or the
Nazism (National Socialism) of
George Lincoln Rockwell or Fran
cois Duvalier. Man was bom to be
free, and we intend to free him.
In theory, the superstate of
directive government represents
benevolence and wisdom at their
peak. Voltaire took cognizance of
this fact when he said, ‘A monarchy
is the best form of government’.
But he recognized another fact
when he added, ' if Saint Aug
ustine is the monarch.' The state
is seldom or never in the hands
of angels, but in the hands of vice,
corruption, crime, and evil, the
very personification of which
reaches its pinnacle in the leader
himself. Citizens should view with
care and alarm those who seek to
extend the frontiers of government,
for their true motives are not al
ways God, country, and the wel
fare of the people, as they se as-
sidously proclaim. Their true in
terests lie not in assistance but in
control. They do not use control
as a means to assistance but as
sistance as a means to control, no
matter how well they may delude
themselves and others to the con
trary. This is why the best system
of government is democratic laissez-
faire individualism, exactly what a
strict, and proper interpretation of
the Constitution calls for.
John Lough gave us this tear
jerking passage, “I fully realize
that the UN has not been a perfect
Salvation Army” to all the pains
and tensions of a crucial balance
of power among the great coun
tries, but I have long admired Us
endeavors to further the cause of
world peace through its efforts to
aid education, to demonstrate bet
ter sanitation conditions, to help
solve agricultural problems, to show
the way to better government—in
short, to cast its light to all the
dark, distressed areas of the world.”
For his information, passing out a
few-plows to needy fanners is not
going to solve the world’s agricul
tural problems. The efforts of the
UN in this regard can be compared
with the need to fill a bucket full
of water and putting one drop in.
What is the use of trying to solve
the entire world's problems with
our limited resources? The solution
lies in getting the autocrats and
bureaucrats off the backs of the
peoples of the world and encourag
ing them to adopt variations of the
methods that made our nation so
prosperous and great; the free en
terprise system and its twin mira
cles of innovation and production.
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By President Rufus C. Harris
At this first martin* of th* Trust*** in
tb* now school year, I wish to review and
to discuss briefly th* more si*niflc*nt facts
of our school year 1 MS-44, which *od*d
Jun* SO. 1M4. It is aaaier to undertake
this It w* make cisar our emphasis In high-
er education, nationally as wail as at Hor
en- Emphasis, if not *oaJs, changes as
all living things must do. Thdrs is now
uniqus timeliness for th* good liberal arts
collcg* like Mercer with th* Intimacy It Ip
expected to provide. The advancement of
our society is dependent on personal guid
ance as perhaps never before, since respon
sible social action is In danger of being
made excessively impersonal by the vast
technological revolution now taking placed
in the world.
It is pessimistically asserted by sc
voices that the liberal arts are declining
in America. Instead of places to nourish
youth’s ‘imaginative and reasoning pow
ers,” liberal arts colleges have become,
writes the Provost of Columbia University,
scenes of "anxious preoccupation. 8tudenta
are married, employed, ruled by the dock.*'
This is disturbing, although I believe It to
be an exaggeration.
Many people do believe that the study of
the liberal arts is less exacting and im
portant than learning how to build bridges,
cure the measles, drill for oil. or balance
accounts. It is not uncommon for tl
people, after expressing their faith ___
liberal education, to advocate sacrificing’
some of its meager portion found In most
curricula In order to prescribe more sub
jects related to the technics] Job training.
They must squees* in one more plotting
course for the engineer, on* more compara
tive anatomy course for the premedical
student, one more accounting course for
the business major. They do not believe
the businessman needs to know anything
about a Beethoven symphony, or the doctor
anything of Shakespeare. The engineer,
they would say, will perform his Job well
enough without ever having heard of
Marhiavelli. Their unspoken assumption is
that the proper function of education is for
specific Job training. Their point of view
is, I believe, very superficial and it leads
to increasing specialisation and a kind of
social situation described by Sir Charles
Snow as The Two Cultures, a split that
tends to become fragmentation.
The tendency toward specialisation exista,
to be sure, in the libera) arts to some ex
tent, but a limiting factor is the ultimate
purpose of libera) arts study. For instance,
an English scholar may become a highly
specialised technical bibliographer whose
whole concern is the process of printing
the original edition of Shakespeare. His
work may be highly valuable In helping
other scholars over difficulties In the trans
mission of Shakespeare's text. But this is
only an intermediate goal. His ultimate
purpose, like the purpose of all literary
study, Is to enhance the experience of the
general reader. The creation of a highly
competent body of literary scholars, while
desirable, is not an end In Itself. It is not
necessary for the consuming public to
understand how the chemist, the engineer,
or the radar mechanic doss his Job. It is
sufficient if In fact they can do It. But
since the objective of liberal education is
the expansion of th* understanding of each
citisen, a closed society of scholars, how
ever expert falls short of the goal. The
basic conflict of educational theory Involved
is the importance of education not related
to specific occupational competence.
The person who asserts that extra ac-
counting Is more "useful” to a business
major than a sours* In literature, history,
religion, language, political philosophy, or
ethics, misses the point. The real point is
whether any part of formal education
should be devoted to broadening the world
of the student, to exploring the concerns
which we ail have In common, whatever our
vocations. The monumental problems of
our existence are questions of human be
havior and ultimately of human values. It
is unfortunate that this fact has not en
gaged the understanding and the commit-
amnt of more people. Yet the fact remains
all too clear that not enough of our ciUsens
are Inclined to support the liberal arts in
an exploration of human values.
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logist, the sociologist, th* political scientist
and tbs theologiat can make headway on
them basic huama problems even if given
the massive support the physical scientists
receive as a matter of course la their pur
suit of the more tangible problems. They do
not believe the philosopher, th* literary
scholar and th* historian are much more
than ornaments who serve only an living
proof that our affluent society can afford
such luxuries. 8uch neglect is scarcely
deserved. Does* the elate of oar society sug
gest that the liberal arts have failed to
advanos the old values or to replace them
with better once more satisfying to the
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