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Thomas, Welch Clash On Ideas of Freedom On by Diane a recent rainy evening Orchestra Hall was filled al most to capacity with a vocal, politically minded audience. The occasion was one debate in a series sponsored by John Golden planned to recreate the Munich situation of 1932. My Concept of Freedom was de bated by Norman Thomas, hon orary president of the Ameri- Skyscraper Photo by Diane Sargol Robert Welch can Socialist Party and Robert Welch, founder and president of the John Birch Society. At 8:40 the boisterous audi ence calmed momentarily and stood for America. The talking and laughing which was audible throughout the song previewed the unruliness of the group which was inten sified as the evening pro gressed. Thomas, who was introduced as a leader born before his time, walked to his chair on stage amid applause and boos. There was a notable change in the audience as they listened intently to Welch's introduc tion. As he appeared there were yells and a burst of ap plause. Stresses Law Welch, very evasive through out the debate, was the first to speak. He asserted that man has the most amount of true freedom when he lives in a so cial organization that has the best government. To clarify this statement, Welch ex plained that the best govern ment is a government of laws rather than a government of men. When asked which rights he felt were most important, Welch said he believes prop erty rights contain the essence of all human rights. He feels a government should serve its function and not interfere with things which don't concern it. In Welch's words, the govern ment should provide enough laws to restrain me from injur ing others and to restrain others from injuring me. Earns Applause Welch's allotted 20 minutes, which were interrupted often by applause, slipped by him and he had to fumble for an effective close. Because he was forced to do away with about three pages of his printed speech, his conclusion seemed only partially related to the speech. As Thomas began to speak he discovered that the micro- Sargol phone was dead. I used to be able to fill a room without a mike, but I believe in making use of modern science, he quipped while awaiting repairs. Hecklers in the crowd called for Welch, crying that the mi crophone worked for him. Thomas countered, declaring that he had freedom of speech and planned to use it. Cautions Listeners Thomas began his speech by instructing the audience not to interrupt him with applause, for 20 minutes is too short. Without notes, Thomas was able to rebut every point Welch had made, even using di rect quotations. The freedom which Thomas believes in are the right to due process under law to sup port a wife and family. Un like Welch, Thomas feels free dom of speech, press and asso ciated rights are more impor tant than property rights. He explained that freedoms cannot be separated because they all interact and that any freedom today must take in the problems of poverty and unem ployment. After prolonged applause, it was Welch's chance to rebut. He moved hesitantly to his mike and declared that al though he could not hear Thomas he would rebut as best he could. Guards Opponent With this, the 79-year-old Thomas leaped from his chair and crossed the stage to Welch's side, declaring You're not getting away that easily. I'll stand here with you so you can hear me. When questioned about the presidential candidates, Welch refused to commit himself. Al though the name of Goldwater had roused the audience to cheering, Thomas said, I am against Goldwater because of his stand on civil liberty on the national level... I like him per sonally, but I am against him. When Thomas defined ex tremism as ... an escape from speaking of reality, Welch declared that he did not consider the John Birch So ciety at all extreme. As the audience question period progressed, the people's Skyscraper Photo by Diane Sargol Norman Thomas confidence in Welch apparently weakened and their support shifted to Thomas. And as the debate closed, the ovation which had greeted Welch be came a demonstration of audi ence approval of Thomas. Vol. XXXV Mundelein College, Chicago 26, 111., Oct. 14,1964 Peter Nero College Changes Calendar To New Three Term System After standing back and studying its objective two-year self-portrait, Mundelein has chosen to give itself new dimension with deft strokes of new curriculum, facilities and organization. It will not destroy the existing portrait completely to begin again, nor will it leave it unchanged. After examining very carefully the resources at our disposal, the stu dents we have enrolled and are now educating, and the role of the college has played and should play in the city of Chicago, we have decided that Mundelein should remain a small (1,400-1,500) liberal arts college, com prehensive in the sense that it serves many types and groups of students, but committed to providing a curriculum and faculty which will challenge each student to achieve high quality in her chosen course of study. Sis ter Mary Ann Ida, B.V.M., president announced. Peter Nero Heads Cast For Benefit Program Mundelein will sponsor a benefit for the first time since 1960, Sun day, Nov. 1, in the college theater. The 1964 benefit sets a new pre cedent. Students have abandoned the old tradition of a single per former by selecting both Peter Nero and Judy Collins to appear in one program. Last year the student body voted lonesco's' Killer' Opens Year's Artist Series Life is a grotesque practical joke, constantly pulling away chairs from under man's dignity and reason. This Eugene Ionesco believes, and this he shows in his plays. The company of the Thea ter On-the-Road will present one of his suspense comedies, The Kil ler, Oct. 22 at 12:40 in the college theater. The Killer is described as mys tery, blood-curdling suspense and slapstick comedy. The story is set in a city called Paris, but it bears little resemblance to the real city. The story concerns the efforts of one man to track down and bring to justice a brutal murderer, whose killings are ignored by the police and general public. The director of the play is Karen Osborne, Ph.D., formerly on the faculty of the University of Wis consin. Miss Osborne is widely known for her directing and inter pretation of the Theater of the Ab surd. Ionesco has come to be regarded as one of the leading exponents of the experimental European thea ter. His plays have been revived in Paris, and are now finding new productions in America. lonesco's play The Killer be longs to the Theater of the Ab surd, a genre of the drama difficult to understand and appreciate. To help students understand the play, Mrs. John Ewers and Mrs. David Spenser, both of the Mundelein English department, will lead a discussion on the Theater of the Absurd tomorrow, Oct. 15 at 12:40 in Room 405. to replace the fund drive with a benefit which was initiated at Mun delein to implement funds for ex panding college facilities. Peter Nero, this year's star is a 30-year-old pianist, who has acquired fame through nu merous night club engage ments, TV spe cials and many record albums, including his latest, Reflections. Twenty-three-year-old Judy Col lins foresook the classical piano for a guitar and folk singing six years ago. She has been a frequent per former on ABC's Hootenanny and at Chicago's Gate of Horn. In order to al low more time for contribu- t i o n s to the benefit and pa tron book the deadline has been extended to Oct. 19. Tickets for the 3:30 mati- Judy Collins nee and 7:30 performance may be purchased at the box office. Frosh Ballots Name Officers Sharon Pavett was elected fresh man class president Oct. 6. The other officers are: Ann Murphy, vice-president; Marge Pluska, sec retary; Mary Jane Delisi, treas urer; Connie Scimeca and Pat Woods, SAC representatives; Pat Fitzsimmons, social chairman; and Mary Ann Ryan, sergeant-at-arms. Sharon Pavett was student coun cil president at Cardinal Stritch High School. Sodality prefect at Urusline Academy, Ann Murphy was co-editor of the school paper. Marge Pluska served as student council representative at Immacu- lata. Connie Scimeca worked on the St. Scholastica yearbook. Mary Jane Delisi was sodality prefect at Notre Dame. Pat Woods of St. Patrick Academy holds two scholar ships. Focal points of the changes ef fected by the 138 recommendations of the executive, advisory and fac ulty committees which were pro posed after study of questionnaires, consultation and discussion are a new term system to replace the semester plan, erection of a Learn ing Resource Center and creation of an Academic Board. Under the new term system projected for September, 1965, the year will be divided into three 11-week periods during which students will be limited to three courses. A fourth course may be added during four terms scattered over four years. Summer sessions also will be scheduled. Coordinated with this innovation is the new requirement of a mini mum of 40 courses for any degree. Academic work will stress inde pendent research and common edu cational experience, courses en compassing concentration in a broad area of related disciplines and inter-disciplinary study taken by all degree candidates. In addition to this oppor tunity offered for the first time to average students, custom tailored tutorial honors pro grams leading to an honors de gree will be inaugurated. Sister explained that the changes are designed to eliminate a feeling of fragmented, unrelated instruc tion and to free students for real probing by scheduling fewer but more intensive courses per term. To provide the facilities de manded by a program focused on independent and inter-disciplinary study and to enable commuters to enjoy maximum on-campus re search benefits, the Resource Cen ter announced recently is essential. Curriculum reorientation has also resulted in creation of the Academic Board composed of administrators and faculty members elected by the full- time faculty. The board will approve and recommend to the president cur riculum changes, degree require ments and academic policy neces sary to implement proposals now and in the future. Another significant recommenda tion in the planning stage is a pro gram of continuing education for mature women who wish to com plete degrees or holders of degrees who desire to remain intellectually alert. Will all of this make the cost and ability required for a Mun delein education prohibitive? Sister Mary Ann Ida indicated that this kind of teaching will not increase the cost of educa tion appreaciably. She added that we expect to see as high schools improve an even higher quality (of students) enter ing, but we won't limit enrollment to the upper ten per cent. We think this is a mistake in a city college. But this may change in the next five years. We intend to remain flexible.
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1964-10-14 (1)
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