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Alums Investigate Faculty Challenge King, Nobel Peace Winner, Predicts Segregation's End Segregation is on its death bed, Dr. Martin Luther King told an audience at Temple Sholom, Oct. 21. The Nobel Peace prize winner said that it only remains to be seen how long segregationists will prolong this death, and how expensive they will make the funeral. He pointed out that the demise will follow a reconciliation of the three attitudes on race relations in America: the extreme optimist, the extreme pessimist and the realist. Both the optimist and pessimist be lieve they must sit and do nothing regarding race relations. The real ist seeks to avoid extremes and to reconcile the truths of both. King, placing himself in this category, said, We can say realis tically that we have come a long way, but we have a long, long way to go before the brotherhood of man becomes a reality. . . . TRACES RACE'S HISTORY Tracing the history of the Negro in America, King pointed out that this race has re-evaluated its in trinsic worth. He said, We've broken loose from the Egypt of slavery, we have moved through the wilderness of legal and oppres sive segregation, and we now stand on the threshold of the promised land of integration. To his solemn and attentive au dience of middle-aged Negroes and whites, King reiterated the effects of the Civil Rights Bill which President Johnson signed into law last July 2. DESCRIBES NEGROE WOE Turning to the negative side of the realistic attitude, King empha sized the plight of the Negro. He said that the Negro has been plunged into the abyss of exploi tation through residential and school segregation, automation and unemployment, and economic re prisals. Pointing out the exploitation of the Negro's voting rights, King told how the Negro must undergo an inquisition. The literacy test con tains such questions as, How many bubbles do you find in a bar of soap? King went on to explain that segregation is morally evil because it relegates persons to things. Segregation is socially untena ble, politically unsound and morally wrong, he said. The audience, now entranced by King's sincerity, awaited his pres entation of the false ideals of American society which must be dissolved. CRITICIZES TIME MYTH The first of these is the myth of time. Some people contend that time can solve the problem of racial injustice, he asserted. Dr. King admits that people must be patient, by Diane Sargol and Nancy Vandenberg but time is neutral, it can be used constructively or destructively. However, he also pointed out that the time element is one of the principal forces of social stagna- Skyscraper Photo by Diane Sartcol Martin Luther King tion . . . The time is always right to do right. Another myth of which King spoke is that a change in heart, not legislation, can solve the problem. He said, Law can't change the hearts of man but it can change the habits of man, and ultimately there must be a change of heart. PRAISES NON-VIOLENCE King, who believes non-violence is a most potent weapon, says, It is to the eternal credit of Negroes and whites that this revolt in our nation has been by and large a non violent struggle. He remarked that a position of non-violence can transform a prison cell from a dungeon of shame into a haven of pride. Moving to a view of violence in the world, King commented, It is no longer a choice of non-violence or violence, but of existence or non existence. CALLS LOVE SOLUTION Before we can achieve the broth- (Continued on P. 4, Col. 3) The Mundelein College Alumnae Association will present its seventh annual Back-to-College Day here Sunday, Nov. 8,' beginning at 11 a.m. This event is a homecoming for all Mundelein alumnae and their husbands. During the day, there will be three major topics of discus sion: Christian Challenges, Educational Challenges and Ar tistic Challenges. Speakers will be Dr. Russell Barta, chairman of the political science depart ment, whose subject will be The Secular Society and Its American Critics. Sister Mary Carol Francis, B.V.M., chairman of the theology department, will talk on The Liturgical Move ment. Dr. Norbert J. Hruby, vice-president, will speak on Continuing Education for Women. Dr. Calvin Midgley of the chem istry department will speak on The Teaching of Science. Sally Anderson Chappell of the art de partment will present a criticism entitled Modern Architecture Modern or Modernistic? Jeffry B. Spencer of the English department will discuss The Thea ter of the Absurd, and Sister Mary Ann Leone, B.V.M., also of the English department, will speak on Shakespeare the Bard's Year. Other speakers will include Eve lyn Mittman '61, a Peace Corps worker in the Philippines, and Ann Moran '61, who was a Papal vol unteer in Mexico. Vivian Walkosz '49 will speak on Modern Math Understanding and Enjoyment. In McCormick Lounge, Sister Mary Ann Ida, B.V.M., presi dent, Norbert J. Hruby, vice- president, and Sister Mary Ig natia, B.V.M., academic dean, will speak on Institutional Analysis Results: Profile for the Future. While the alumnae are attending the Homecoming, their children will be cared for in their homes by Mun delein students. Achilles Outlines NATO Needs: Balance, Vigor, Strength, Unity by Margaret Field The J o h n s o n-Goldwater cam- Achilles paign, the English Conservative- Liberal battle, the nationalistic poli cies of DeGaulle all affect the fate and efficiency of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and the move ment toward Atlantic unity, accord ing to Theodore C. Achilles, a mem ber of the United States Atlantic Council. A guest of the Economics Club, Dupre Addresses Carroll Forum, Enters Birth Control Controversy by Mary Lynch The primary end of marriage can be more im- argument, portant than the physical integrity of the marriage act, asserted Dr. Louis K. Dupre in his address, Birth Control and the Church: A Re-examination, spon sored by the Charles Carroll Forum of DePaul Uni versity. In his opening remarks, Dr. Dupre, philosopher from Georgetown University, emphasized that his topic would encompass the natural law and birth con trol from the aspect of philosophy and not from the theological point of view. The professor contends that in order to present a logical argument, he has to revert to the concept of the natural law which he refers to as the pillar of civilization. Even though Christianity has popu larized it, the notion of the natural law has its roots in the pre-Christian era. Quotes Philosopher Dr. Dupre then discussed the philosophic history of the concept of the natural laws. He especially quoted from St. Thomas Aquinas that among all oth ers, rational creatures are subject to divine providence in a more excellent way insofar as they partake in divine reason. This idea of the natural law, there fore, is the participation of the rational human crea ture in providence. Therefore man must act ac cording to reason. It can only be said that the derived principles those that apply to particular situations will be true only for the majority. In a summation, Dr. Dupre stated that the natural law is found to be 1) the law of a natural creature who partakes in a share of providence and not a static concept at all, and 2) not quite the monolithic block it is thought to be since some of the principles apply only in a majority of cases. Only the basic principles are always true. The primary end of marriage has always been stated as the procreation and education of children. Added to this concept has been the stipulation that to hinder the process of procreation during the marital act by such contraceptive methods as the pill is morally evil. It is this last remark with which Dr. Dupre finds He contends that there are a great va riety of principles involved in the determination of such a statement of morality. The sex act can't be isolated from the institution of marriage which safe guards the education of the children. Gives Examples For example, consider a family of seven children to which an addition would prove a great physical and economic burden; the rhythm method is shown to be unsafe. However, complete continence leads to an in crease in tension between husband and wife and pos sibly estrangement. In this case, would the well-being and education of the children, which would be impaired in such an atmosphere, be of more importance than the physical integrity of the act? Here it is not a simple or clear choice of morality based on the primary and secondary ends of marriage. The primary end of marriage as the procreation and raising of children to adulthood can only be obtained to the fullest extent in a harmonious marriage. Here marriage must be considered in its totality the primary end can only be obtained if the secondary end, which in many cases needs the sexual act, is fulfilled. Isn't the primary end of marriage in itself of more importance than the physical integ rity of the act? Defines Duties It is morality that makes us into human beings, added Dr. Dupre, and it is the duty of the moralist to decide which moral principles must be considered in order to retain the normative character of the moral judgment. A difficulty arises when ethical principles are seen as abstract values. A moral principle can never be sacrificed and the offense of a moral principle which applies to a concrete case is immoral even though it is abstract. Dr. Dupre registered doubt as to whether the physical integrity of the act has the same absolute value it had in the past. It is not true that in itself the physical course of nature can't be interfered with. Today man's control over his own nature is the im portant element, he concluded. spoke in McCormick Lounge on Atlantic Community Day, Oct. 14. Western leaders, Achilles be lieves, are aware of the importance of strengthening the NATO Alli ance. This may be the one point on which both Johnson and Gold- water agree, he pointed out. , The Atlantic Community, facing a world of vast complexities overcrowded conditions existing in many parts of the world; the ne cessity of modern defense establish ments that only the United States and the U.S.S.R. can afford; the problems of newly emerging na tions must attain common policies on matters of common concern, Achilles stressed. Urges Broader Approach In the age of nuclear weapons, he continued, something has got to be done to deal with these prob lems on more than a national ba sis. Pinpointing the immediate goals of the Atlantic Council, Achilles listed continuation of the Marshall Plan, the drive to integrate Ger many into the West, and a college program to permit political science to catch up with natural science through comparative and integrated studies of law, sociology, literature and history. Praises Progress He cited also the progress made in trade relations, especially with Common Market nations, since the Council was formed three years ago by Secretary of State, Dean Rusk. Projecting into the future, Achil les foresees the possibility of a fed eration of Western democracies, once considered a radical theory, but now advocated by such liberal foreign policy experts as Senator Fulbright. Achilles cautioned that the roots of nationalism are deep and will take a long time to eradicate, and that other nations fear the United States would dominate any Western federation. But he concluded by saying that in recent months na tionalistic organizations such as the American Legion have seen the importance of strong Atlantic unity, and that theories have been proposed whereby no nation would dominate a union.
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