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Vol. LX, No. 78

UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY, LEXINGTON

Tuesday Evening, Jan. 21, 19G9

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Inactive Activists Blame
Leaders, Lack Of Issues
By GUY MENDES

Mike Fallahay, who was the
organization's one elected leader
last semester, has shifted his
activity to the Lexington Peace
Council because he said he was
primarily interested in antidraft
programs, one of LPCs main
issues.

Fallahay, who last fall refused army induction on moral
grounds and is awaiting arrest
and trial for his action, said
that in addition to leadership
problems, SDS "has no central,
burning issue" on which to focus.

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The other radical group on,
campus, theCommunity Alliance
for Responsible Social Action
(CARSA) has scheduled a meeting for Thursday night with the
main business being election of
new officers. Last semester's
CARSA leaders, CrahamWatkins
and Meg Tassie, both have left
UK.

One CARSA member said a
proposal to sponsor more extensive work on the grape boycott
issue is the main concern of
CARSA at the present.

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So what's happened to SDS? Is it resting on its laurels after
dominating the Turkey Run, gone underground in fear of KUAC,
or has it simply succumbed to that great UK malignancy-apath- y?
Hill said the local SDS chapter
Whichever, it appears that the
University's most controversial may "coagulate around an issue"
student organization, the Stuat any time this semester.
dents for a Democratic Society,
has become inactive.
Since the local SDS chapier
was started here in the summer
According to members, there
has
has been no real attempt to of 1965, the organization
or cosponsored various
sponsored
organize for the spring semester,
discubut one SDS member cautioned programs, speakers and the war
ssionsmostly aimed at
the UK populace "not to get
and the draft.
overjoyed" because the organization "may be revitalized at any
SDS members christened UK
time."
with one of its first demonstraApathy, lack of leadership and tions in the spring of 1966 when
lack of issues at hand are said to they picketed an appearance by
be the primary causes of SDS Arthur Goldberg, then United.
States ambassador to the United
inactivity.
The demonstrators
Nations.
"It's impossible to get anyone themselves were christened by a
to do anything," said SDS membarrage of eggs thrown by UK
ber Darrell Harrison. "There are students.
more liberals on campus than
controversial
ever, but they're apathetic."
Among the
sponsored by SDS were
speakers
But even Harrison himself Herbert
Aptheker, director of the
admits to a small amount of
American Institute for Marxist
apathy "Only a fanatic can
and Fred Halstead,
think about saving the world all Studies; Workers'
Socialist
party presithe time."
dential candidate. Both apThe group's two assertive pearances drew considerable opleaders of last semester have left position from some UK students
the organization. Jeff DeLuca, and townspeople.
a grad student at UK last semesLast spring the local chapter
ter, has left the University. Achosted an SDS national council
SDS memcording to freshman
ber Kevin Hill, "DeLuca was meeting a conference which
what organization there was to drew an official rap from the
Fayette County Grand Jury.
SDS."

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Dr. Sheldon Simon (second from left), assistant professor of political science, jokes with several members of Sigma Phi Epsilon'
Fraternity after leading a discussion of Chinese foreign policy
during one of the fraternity's regular forum meetings. Dr. Simon's,
major field of interest is the political situation in Southeast Asia.

Politics
Can Be Fun

For the Story,

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page 8.

Kernel Photo by Dick Ware

Antiwar Demonstrators Mar
Nixon's 'Togetherness' Theme
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JeerWASHINGTON (AP)
ing antiwar demonstrators tried
to stone President Nixon's car
during his inaugural parade Monpolice
day after
beat back an attempt to overrun their lines.
Nixon's limousine sped up
abruptly as a couple of large
rocks and pieces of garbage rained
within a few feet of him.
The President, pointedly ig--,
noring the demonstrators to wave
at crowds on the opposite side
of Pennsylvania Avenue, was
never in danger in the bulletproof black limousine.
Deputy Chief of Police Raymond S. Pyles said at least 90
persons were arrested in the angry clashes which marred the'
parade ceremonies in sharp counterpoint to Nixon's inaugural
theme of "Forward Together."
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Most of the arrests were for
disorderly conduct, but two persons were charged with burning
an American flag and one with
assaulting a policeman.
Later, President Nixon, making the rounds of six
inaugural balls in the rain, joined
thousands of fellow Republicans
Monday night in celebrating his
new office with dancing and
toasts.
At their first stop at the Smithsonian Institution's Museum of
Science and Technology, Nixon
looked over a sea of Republicans
and said, "I thought this was
supposed to be a dance."
Nixon said the celebrants, who
filled three floors of the white
marble museum, seemed to illustrate his campaign theme:'
"Bring Us Together."
There was an appreciative
jam-pack- ed

laugh from the people who for
more than 45 minutes had been
Jammed so close to one another
that from ankle to chinline they
were snug with others on all
four sides.
Nixon spotted Chief Justice
Earl Warren and said he heard
the other justices were somewhere on the three floors of the
museum.
"This is one way to get all
nine justices to dance the same
tune," he Joked.
Nixon said he had talked Sunday night with former President
Dwight E. Eisenhower. He said
Eisenhower told him he felt very
good about the incoming administration and added:
"'This is the last time I can
call you Dick for a long time. "
Nixon then quipped, "I've been
called worse."

Exile Union Welcomes Resister To Canada
EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the second in a three-par- t
in Canada. The author
series on American
was in Toronto over the Christmas holidays.
By DARRELL RICE
Editorial Page Editor
TORONTO, Ont. When an American draft resister
gets into town, he is by no means left completely
on his own.
He can go to the Toronto Antidraft Programme
for legal assistance and to the Union of American
Exiles (UAE) for help with more practical problems
like finding a place to live, getting a job and garnering
some sympathy and understanding in a time of confusion and mental turmoil.
UAE has headquarters in the basement of the University of Toronto Christian Student Movement Building
at 44 St. George Street.
Directly over the bottom of the basement stairs is a
cardboard sign which reads: "The Underground RailSlaves Welcome."
way Ends Here. All Selective Service
The floor of the basement is bare cement and the
walls are unevenly painted. Graffiti are scrawled In.
a pink comer. A bare light bulb provides illumination
for the room.
serve
Unimpressive as the office may seem, it does
of orientfor which it was intended-th- at
the function
to a new life.
ing
desk was a yopi American,
Minding the cluttered
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Charles, who wore a beret and army surplus coat.
He had come to Toronto from Pennsylvania about
a month before.
Charles said the number of people coming to the
UAE for help varies considerably from time to time.
"It comes in spurts," he explained.
Sometimes no one will show up at the office for a
couple of weeks or so, he said, and at other times
as many as 25 will appear in a single day.
now in
Estimates on the number of
Canada range from 3,000 to 30,000. But the actual
number is difficult to determine because many persons fleeing into Canada never register with any organizations and, in addition, more are coming each day.
Charles said about 30 to 40 persons are active in
the UAE. The organization Is supported, he said, by
donations and from its newsletter subscriptions.
Some Stay Away
Although newly arrived draft resist ers can find a
common bond of understanding at the UAE, Charles,
said many deliberately stay away in order to be absorbed as rapidly as possible into everyday Canadian
life.
But others feel almost exactly the opposite.
As one of them said, "I feel that we really are
American exiles, and I think we should remember
It. This Is the first time there has been a mass exodus
of Americans for political reasons."
draft-dodge-

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A group of about eight Americans were gathered
in a room upstairs, drinking coffee and discussing a
variety of topics.
Those present said they had no regrets about having
migrated to Canada.
A typical comment was "I feel I made the only
decision I could."
One said he could not psychologically afford ever to
admit he had made a mistake In coming because of
the finality of his decision.
Almost all the Americans commented on differences
between Toronto and American cities and upon the"freer
atmosphere" of Canada.
Reasons Vary
The reasons for their having come to Toronto varied
from individual to Individual.
Some, of course, came because of the war in Vietnam;
and even among these, some came because of personal
reasons and some because of principles.
Others say they came not Just because of the war,
but also because of the draft Itself and their philosophical opposition tc it.
And there are others who say they have come because they prefer life in Canada to that In the United.
States. The draft was doubtlessly a factor In the timing
of their moves, however.
Continued en Pare S, CoL 1

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SUPREMES CONCERT: "SOUL" OR SYNTHETIC?
were printed, in the order they
would be sung, with a notation
that "others may be added on
occasion" or something to that
effect. Having just returned from
three weeks in San Francisco,
I was disappointed at this utter
denial of spontaneity and

the commercialization was forgotten for a moment and I remembered the songs, the early
Suprcmes, andmore sincere"soul
music." They are, despite the
deceptive gowns, jewels and fake
motions, still very talented singers. My wish was that they would
let go for a moment, step out of
rapport.-(Cayou imagine Joplin an- the role, take off the mask and
nouncing in advance the songs do the thing.
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she'll sing, in order?)
Automaton Image
These feelings were eased
After the first few songs, howsomewhat when the girls actualever, the impact subsided and
ly appeared, for they are a strikthe automaton image returned.
ing trio. Each appeared as a dis- The motions were too pat, too
tinct personality: Diana Ross,
mechanical, the smiles pasted
Mary Wilson, and the newcomer on, Diana's asides to the auCindy Birdsong, who replaced di ece too cute.
Florence. And when they broke
When the girls got out of
into their bestsellers ("You Keep
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"Supremes Createst Hits" and
Me Hangin' On," "Stop In the
of other artists, they
Name of Love," "Come See into songs
aroused new interest. The Beatles'
About Me," "Baby Love," etc.)
"Michelle" was very appealing in
Diana's sultry French accent,
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"soul singers" (Ray Charles,
Smoky Robinson), likewise came surface. Now, however, months
off very well.
the tribute seemed just a
The Supremes closed the show later,
bit contrived, done almost out
wiih a medley of Sam Cooke's
booed
of habit. Five or six
hits ("You Send Me," "Chain at the mention ofpeople King's
Dr.
Gang," "Bring It On Home To name, reminding us that it may
Me") and then did the Martin
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before his
still take many
Luther King Jr. tribute, "There's dream is realized.years
A Place for Us." Diana closed
Also appearing on the show
the latter number with a spoken .were Evonne Faire, a black feplea to heed the words of Dr. male vocalist who seems to be
King "so that all can join toin the Aretha bag. Willy Tyler,
gether and sing 'Free At Last, a black ventriloquist, and Lester,
Free At Last, Thank Cod Alhis dummy, followed Evonne.
mighty, I'm Free At Last.' "
Tyler's voice control and manipJohnny Carson Show
ulation of the dummy were am az- -'
On the Johnny Carson show, ing, though his humor was weak
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If
at times ("Did ya hear the one
right after King's assassination,
this was effective and reached about the living br that comboth blacks and whites whose mitted suicide because it was
Kernel Photo by Dick Ware
emotions were barely below the living an empty life?").
Tyler is especially strong on
ad libs to the audience and the
band. He also sings well, alternating lines with his dummy.
Chuck Jackson closed out the
first half of the show doing a'
medley, of his hits ("I Don't
Wanna Cry," "Any Day Now,"
etc.). He can be alive and viWant to help us do something about it?
brant, though he, like the Supremes, at times seemed mechanical and stodgy, his broad smile
insincere.
Our business is helping America breathe. That's
sentative when he visits the campus. He may
In sum, I am left with a very
a challenge. Wherever air contaminants
you breathe a little easier. American Air
quite
help
feeling about the
Filter Company, Inc., 215 Central Ave., Louisville,
are produced, we control them.
concert. The usual UK concert
We need technically oriented graduates to de40208. An equal opportunity employer.
Kentucky
crowd was there in suits, ties,
velop, design and sell the world's most complete
cocktail dresses and high heels.
line of environmental control equipment.
If you're concerned about a future in an inThey sat quietly in their straight
rows and let the Supremes sock
as vital as life itself, talk with our repre
AIR IS OUR BUSINESS LZ2zZ.
BETTER
dustry
it to 'em. When it was over, they
filed quietly out.J
AAF representative will be on campus Feb. 6.
Neither the crowd nor the musicians or singers seemed really
to feel the music. The musicians
sat behind their stands and read
from sheet music, the Supremes

By LAIUIY C. KELLEY
Kernel Arts Editor
In his own report of the Miami
and Chicago conventions. Nor
man Mailer at one point confesses
to "a curious emotion in himself
he was Retting tired of Negroes
and their rights." Without getting into the greater social and
philosophical questions, let me
merely paraphrase Mailer and say
I am getting tired of Negroes
and their "soul" music.
Friday night's concert with
the Suprcmes had about as much
"soul" as yesterday's Inauguration. If the Motown Sound once
expressed the black spirit of Motor
City, it now expresses the spirit
of a
automated asline at General Motors.
sembly
I got a hint of this cybernetic soul music when I noted
in the program that the songs

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dutifully.
Something has happened to
black music. There still areStevie
Wonder, James Brown, Ray
Charles, but the Motown Sound
seems to have lost its "soul."
White Soul Searching
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And while blacks search for
lost soul, whites might also do
some soul searching to discover
the reasons for the strong appeal
of "soul music." It is strange
that the rock groups who come
to campus for concerts are almost invariably black, despite
the fact that some of the groovi--;
est soul sounds are coming from
whites (Janis Joplin and Blood
Sweat and Tears, to name only
two).
While considering this phe- nomenon, remember, too, that
Lexington. has not been able to
generate support for hard, rock
(acid rock, psychedelic) groups.
Local groups must play "soul"
and R & B in order to stay
alive. Both hard rock groups,
which have made the Lexington
scene(Torques and Blues Karma)
either had to leave townorchange
their bag.
Unconscious Attraction
Are there hidden, even unconscious reasons for this strong
white attraction to black music?
I have no answers, but the question demands attention. With so
much going on in pop music, it
is unfortunate that UK books
only "soul groups," and
who can dig other types
of music must go to Cincy, Louisville, or Columbus.
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Campus Religious Groups Focus On Social Service

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Although an informal survey
has shown the role of religion
In the lives of
University students to be fairly stable year
after year, campus religious lead--er- s
say there has been a growing
Interest among students In social
service programs.
A majority of the religious
advisors who work with University students doubts that a significant trend in religious direction
exists. The leaders say students
presently attend numerous relt,
gious functions such as Sunday
School, morning worship, communion vespers, Bible study, confession, mass and group study
programs as in the past, with
some indication of increased
activity and interest in areas oil
Christian fellowship and

One religious leader said it
appeared to him "that traditional
religious activity is on the
decline," but that there is a'
definite increase in the number
of students wanting to help the
aged, the impoverished, the retarded and the infirm.
The Newman Center has one
of the largest student partici-- .
pations on campus, with some'
2,500 students taking part in some
activity last year. Religious programs include mass and confessions twice each weekday, mass
four times on Sunday and confessions all Sunday morning. On
holy days, mass is held each class
hour and twice in the afternoon,
at 4:30 and 5:30. Confessions are
set for these same hours on holy
days.
Sixty to seventy Catholic
are working in the Community Action of Lexington and
Fayette County (CALF) program.
Others make regular visits to
help patients in the U.S. Public
Health Service hospital (an institution for narcotics addicts)
and Kentucky Village (home for
delinquent children), both in
Fayette County.
The Christian Appalachian
Project is another concern of the
Catholic students. Each spring,
the Newman Center sponsors its
largest social event of the year
the Mardi Gras. Proceeds go to
the Cardinal Hill Convalescent
Hospital for use in treating crippled children.
The Baptist Student Union
estimates that more than 800
Universtiy students are partic-patiin religious activities under its direction. About half that
number actively work in programs; the others may attend
religious services but do not take
:an active part. At noon on Tuesday and Friday, BSU has a
luncheon counter. The students
eat lunch together and then see
a movie on religion or hear a
Bible study is
speaker.
conducted on Wednesday, and
the choir, small study groups,
musicale and drama groups meet
'on Monday.
Major efforts in missionary
work are concentrated at the Baptist Community Center on West
High Street in Lexington. The
center provides religious and recreational functions for children,
plus Bible study with children's
dubs. The students also visit the
Veterans Hospital where they
help patients by writing letters
for them, reading books or just
stu-den-

"doing what they can to brighten
their day." Summer missions for

The Wesley Foundation and
University Methodist Chapel attracted more than 1,500 students
to religious services and activities
last year. Regularly scheduled
programs include Sunday School,
morning worship and communion
vespers.
Methodist leaders said there
has been an increase in student
participation over the last five
years, thus paralleling the experience of other religious denominations at UK.

Hillel Foundation.
Canterbury House lists some
500 Episcopal students on the
campus and estimates are that
nearly 300 Join in worship services
at some time during the year. A
large number of visitors are received at Canterbury House.
Episcopal student service activities include work at Christ Center
and with the tutorial program
sponsored by the UK Office of
Religious Affairs.
The emphasis at St. Augustine's Chapel and Canterbury
House at 472 Rose Street has
been on worship. Two Holy'

BSU students include helping
to recruit and finance missionaries and intra-dt- y
Bible
school work.
Christian Student Fellowship
s
is sponsored Jointly by the
area Christian Churches
and Churches of Christ, whose
doctrines have a common origin,
but whose worship services and
beliefs now differ in various areas.
Some 200 students participate
annually in activities planned
at .the. modern building three
Rabbi William Lefler adminisblocks from the campus. Another ters the affairs of the Jewish
250 students from other universities also participate in the fellowship's spring retreat.
Worship service is at 10:15
The King Library has been designated as a
a.m. each Sunday. On Tuesday full depository for United Nations
publications
night there. are usually guest and the University's law library has been named
speakers "and a small Bible study, an official depository for federal government pubgroup meets at 3 p.m. each Wedlications.
nesday. Missionary work includes
The King Library will receive free of charge
tutoring at the Methodist chilall printed and mimeographed publications of the
dren's home. Recent collections United Nations in
English. The publications will
of money went for starving
be processed and made available in the governin Nigeria and $100 was ment publications
department of the library.
sent to orphans in Alaska.
Beginning this month, students
For the first time, the library will be able to
will begin a program of helping provide current reports of UN sessions in mimeojuveniles in some of Lexington's graph form. Before depository status was granted,
poverty areas.
it was necessary for persons interested in such
Blue-gras-

Eucharists, plus Choral Evensong, are scheduled each Sunday.
There is a weekday Eucharist
Tuesday and Wednesday and on
each of the Holy Days in the.
Anglican calendar. A program of
student
discussion of
Christianity begins this month.
UK's Office of Religious Affairs, now part of the Human
Relations Center office under the
direction of Jon (cq) C Calton,
works with all religious denominations. It coordinates human
relations programs, volunteer service programs and the campus
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activities to wait two to three years for
volumes of session papers to be published.
The law library will receive material on a
selective basis and will get only the legal publications of the U.SV Government, according to
Paul Willis, acting librarian of the Law College.
More than 95,000 volumes now are in the library,
which has a capacity for 175,000. Some of the special collections include material from the British
Commonwealth, an extensive collection contributed by the late Albert Kocourek, professor of
law, and the collection of Stanley F. Reed, former
U.S. Supreme Court Justice who retired from the
bench in 1957.

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and working with packaging
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* Berea College: Story Of A Suppressed Press
The governing body of Bcrca
College, in suppressing the student
newspaper, the Pinnacle, has demonstrated a basic lack of understanding of the need and importance of a free press and has placed
the institution among the unenlightened.
The college ruling body voted
last Thursday to deny the Pinnacle
funds raised from required subscriptions, and, by this action almost
guaranteed the nonexistence of the
student paper. As Pinnacle Editor
Gary Abrams pointed out, it is
almost impossible for a newspaper
in Berea, a small eastern Kentucky
town, to operate only from voluntary subscriptions and advertising
revenue. Help from the school in
some form is a necessity. Facing
this reality, Abrams and his staff
have resigned, and it seems doubtful now that, the Pinnacle as now
known will live again.
The action taken by the cabinet,
as the school's governing body is
known, actually was quite expected, as it was clear after the
controversy had begun on whose

tutions of higher education. These
institutions, which supposedly are
run for the purpose of creating an
enlightened society, are themselves
so chained to the given order that
they cannot serve the function for
which they were intended.
Such institutions seem incapable of appreciating the value of
a free and responsible (even if unpopular) press. They seem not to
understand that where a dulled
and unaggressive press operates,
there also can easily exist tyranny
and corruption. Perhaps, however,
this is the very thing that many
college administrations are fearful
of having exposed.
It appears that little can be
done for the Pinnacle itself, however, unless the Berea administration sees the atrocity it has committed and acts to correct it. For
the time being, though, all we
can do is to state how much we
deplore what has occurred.

side the board, which at times that the papcrbc financed by volunhad felt the sting of Pinnacle crit- tary subscriptions.
No one is denying that the
icism, was going to be.
school has a legal right to operate
The committee appointed to inits paper in any way it chooses.
vestigate the paper was stacked But the fact that Berea has acted
with several persons who were al- to
suppress the Pinnacle indicates
ready in opposition to the paper Just how unenlightened an instiand Abrams was allowed to attend tution it is. Any respectable school
only one of its meetings. Nor was would want to encourage a free
he kept informed of the commitpress, no matter how. critical or
tee's workings.
unpopular it is, if it operates on a
Even worse, however, after the competent and high intellectual
committee by a narrow margin level.
Berea' s actions, however, prosupported the Pinnacle's basis of
operation, the cabinet decided to vide an example of the malaise
accept a minority report asking afflicting a large number of insti-

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Editorials represent the opinions of the Editors, not of the University.
Lee B. Becker,

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DarreU Bice, Editorial Page
Guy M. Mendes III, Managing Editor
Jim Miller, Associate
Tom Derr, Business Manager
Howard Mason, Photography Editor
Chip Hutcheson, Sports
and Larry Kelley, Arts Editors
Jack Lyne
Janice
Dana EwelL
Frank Coots,
Larry Dale Keeling,
Terry Dunham,
Assistant Managing Editors

Editor
Editor

And we can add that what
Berea apparently badly needs is
three Pinnacles, two Pinnacles . . .
at least one Pinnacle.

Editor
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To the Editor of the Kernel:
As a foreigner in this country I am
not really entitled to criticize anything
specifically American but in this instance
I feel that I can perhaps be constructive.
One aspect of life here is quite disturbing
to me: the practice of flogging a dead
horse, or kicking a man when he's down
Le., the pointless, nasty and, more importantly, PUBLIC criticism of a man at
a time when this no longer serves a purpose. The present preoccupation with
Johnson's performance as a president is
a case of this. When he announced on
TV last year that he did not seek reelection, a host of commentators immediately started to speculate about his possible devious reasons for this; no one
seemed to consider the most likely possibility that the man was simply tired and
wanted a rest (a comparison of the appearance of Ids face at that time with
that four years earlier should make this

obvious). Now, in the Friday, Jan. 17,
Kernel, Scott Wendelsdorf talks about
Johnson's "sins." This sort of thing serves
no purpose and is not civilized. Mr. Wendelsdorf. if you are going to use Christian
terminology, then be consistant with the
spirit of Christianity. A Christian will
criticize publicly when this is needed
and may help to alleviate the situation;
when this is no longer so, he will exercise charity and keep quiet.
Whether we agree or disagree with
some of Johnson's actions, we do agree
that he did a lot of good. He did not
solve all problems, but who can? We
will be better human beings" if we remember him for his good deeds only.
D. Britz
Lecturer, Chemistry

To the Editor of the Kernel:
I would like to commend the new
editorial writer of the Kernel for enlightening the campus about a gross inaccuracy concerning Student Co vernment.
In his editorial on Jan. 15, he patted SC
on the back for admitting its own mistake
by printing a supplement to the highly
erroneous directory printed last October.
In the editorial entitled Wrong Number, the Kernel embarks upon a policy
of doing little or no research while fail--'

ing to take the time to inquire from the
proper sources. As I would like to point
out, the fault does not lie with SC but
rather with the University for not being
aware that they had failed to correct
last year's print out thus causing misinformation in the initial directory.
Finally, the editorial compliments SG
for swallowing its pride over its MISTAKE and attempts to point out the
faults of this student group on this campus. I woufr like to add that if the
Kernel enjoyspointing out faults, it need
not go any farther than its own backyard.
I also hope they can swallow their own
pride as well as they want others to.
To avoid further controversy and inaccuracy in future writings it might be
wise to inform the Kernel of something
it does not seem to be aware of that
the Student Covemment office is in the
Student Center and not in the Journalism
Building.
Jerry Legere
S.C. Representative
AAcS

Junior

calls and whistles, and those of us who
were sitting close to the stage could see
how deeply this reaction affected her.
Those who jeered, catcalled and whistled
can take pride in their derision of a
fine woman's simple hope for better understanding among peoples, but I looked
at smudged eye makeup and a trembling
chin and was saddened.
She should have known better, of
course . . . this is Kentucky. I can only
speculate as to how long it will be before
another
black performer is willtobrave the provincial
ing
of a UK audience.
Robert Ladner Jr.
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Graduate Student
To the Editor of the Kernel:
Friday night's audience seemed to y
the Supreme' s coliseum appearance
immensely. A high point in their performance in iny estimation was the rendition of "There's A Place For Us." Although Diana Ross mention of Dr. Martin Luther King and the group's prayer
for peace among Dlacks, Whites, Cen-tiland Jews brought hisses from a few
in attendance, I am Mire many will agree
that the selection was unusually appropriate in Ailolph Rupp's coliseum.
James A