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OCTOBER 10, IMS
THE MERCER CLUSTER
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Battle of Chicago 1968
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George Henderson, second place dinner in the Freshman
Talent Contest held last Tuesday night, smilingly accepts the
trophy handed to him by Danny Brogdon, vice president of
the sophomore class. George’s winning numbers were “The
Lord is My Light” and “Moon River.”
Speaking of Apathy
By Jeffrey Salter
Oh, yes. you had to study. Wasn't
that you at the Co-op Tuesday
night from 8:00 till 11:00? Well,
you have to get caught up some
time, and it’s only coincidence
that the speeches for president and
vice-president of your class were
on your one study night last week.
Congratulations to the ones of you
who leaned out the windows with
one eye on your History 11 text
and one eye gazing wearily out
toward the Beer Garden.
But there were about 120 peo- j
pie there—twenty candidates, per I
haps thirty upperclassmen, and a
roaring seventy freshmen voters. |
Seventy out of nearly five hundred
freshmen Why that's not so bad,
that's nearly fifteen per cent (what
more can you expect from Mer
cer’s spirited freshmen class?)
Sorry. I forgot the freshmen
elections are only a |>opularity con
test anyway. Nobody votes for
someone with ability or concern,
so there is no need to listen to the
candidates’ speeches, and since we
are still young enough to be totally
unconcerned about a n yt h i n g ,
there's no need to worry about the
future either. So, hang up your
Mickey Mouse cape before you
go out to play.
,, By Gary
After a study of the recent study of the
recent disorders in Chicago of the Demo
cratic Convention, I’m convinced that this
disorder revealed maybe the fate of America
— Unless something is done.
, The Police:
In recent years the power and author
ity of the police has steadily grown —
to almost an extreme extent of determin
ing life or death. With this growth there
has been an increasing counter response
by the people.
The Police in the recent disorders
were too vicious and brutal in most inci
dents without reasons.
Okay, so the demonstrators broke the
law — that of unlawful assembly. And
yes it is up to the police to maintain the
law. But in doing so it must be remem
bered that you are dealing with people
and not animals or savage beasts. In Chi
cago the police forgot that they were
humans.
In one instance a cop beat a cripple
because he was not moving fast enough.
— A cripple! My God!!!
With the gathering of demonstrators
in Grant Park, the Police charged the
crowd. For what reason? — Unlawful as
sembly and a threat to Convention Hall
which was seven miles away and barri
caded bv barbed wire and 12,000 troops.
Ha! A threat!
It is obvious that if you go the offense
as the Chicago police did at Grant Park it
will undoubtedly and automatically invite a
counter response, (by the demonstrators).
The Police also went so far as to attempt
to block T.V. and Press coverage of their
savage and brutal bloodbaths. In a numbei
of incidents newsmen were beaten, their cam
eras taken and destroyed.
Although not a comparison on a large
scale there may be an implicit message to
America ’6 1 * from Hungary ’56, when the
communist took over the country. — Mak
ing it a complete Police State. All the privi
leges of the news media, assembly, and
speech were taken away.
In Chicago law was given as an excuse to
the police brutality. Since the gathering and
assembly of the demonstrators in Grant Park
was inevitable it seems to me that the city
L. Johnson
officials should have given permits,
they place a law before the demonstrator
after they had begun gathering and said y«n
have broken a law — Now disburse.
The police faces the challenge of keep
ing law and order, which is their reeponsibil|
ity, that I grant. But when law is adminis
it law i
er useful and thus will not and cannot
respected.
The Demonstrators:
For the most part there were from 6-6*5
of the demonstrators who came to Chicag
for the purpose of creating disorder and chi
os (anarchists). The rest were what yd
might call “stooges” (following the crowd!
All they knew was that it was a protest mail
ly of the Viet Nam War. They weren’t eq
lightened as to the anarchist’s intention i
violence. But they suffered the consequent
They gave up their own thinking power an
followed without careful thought and reasoij
It is also known that these anarchis
were of a small organized minority parti
whose intentions are to overthrow the go^
emment. In order to get the publicity and t
attract the sympathy of tne people th«
wanted the cops to beat them on the head
They got it.
They were simply using the emotion an
the tools of the establishment to put into <>||
eration their aims. — Using the establis
ment to destroy the establishment. So fd
they have had a great deal of success, slow]
but surely.
It is my opinion that if the police hadn|
charged the demonstrators and hadn’t taka
the offense as they did, the outcome won
have been different and much better. I thin
the establishment has got to wake up and
act not to emotions and presumptions.
By no means is it all the fault of the
lice. The hippies and yippies were at blan
too. Eact man and woman has got to leaij
and think for himself thoroughly and car
fully.
If there is no thinking by the people an
no restraint by the police and the establisl
ment, I’m afraid the future of the America
democracy is doomed.
Now a now way to
help your country
as you help yourself
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November
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PROGRAM NO. 2
Concert of M. Kahal
Walerian Borowczyk, Poland
All Boys Are Named Patrick
Jean-Luc Godard, France
Ail Yoji Kuri, Japan
Act Without Words Guido BatiioJ, French
Actua-TMt Jean Harman, Franca
DoJt-Yoursatf Cartoon KM Bob Godfrey, Eng
71m Games of Angela Vtyalarian Borowczyk, Poland
The Apple George Dunning, England
The Meat F '
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