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November 28, 1972
CABRINI COLLEGE, RADNOR, PA.
Poet Presents Poet by Terry Cavanaugh Doris Dana came to Cabrini a few weeks ago to speak about a poet named Gabriela Mistral. About whom? Well, not even the English teachers knew who Gabriela Mistral was, until the chairman of the department, Dr. Frank Saul, invited Ms. Dana to come to Cabrini. Ms. Dana brought with her an excitement and a love that was instantly communicated and very contagious. She had traveled and lived with Gabriela Mistral for the ten years preceding the poet's death, and was the recipient of hundreds of pages of Mistral's unpublished manuscripts. All this undoubtedly makes Ms. Dana qualified to speak about Gabriela Mistral, but really, who was she? Gabriela Mistral was a Chilean poet , the first Latin American to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature (1945). If the Nobel Prize conjures up images of a genius working in isolation, you will have to rearrange those images in this particular case. Gabriela Mistral was thrown out of school when she was eleven, because her teacher thought she was feebleminded. Young Gabriela was really only very shy and quiet. She went on to educate herself, with some help from an older sister. Despite the lack of formal education, Gabriela became a teacher . She traveled around the rural areas of Chile, teaching in one room schoolhouses. Today
there are several schools bearing her name is every country of Latin America. She always considered herself primarily a teacher; she always concerned herself with the condition of the children. Gabriela was a moving force in the establishment of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF). Gabriela did not limit her campaigns to children's needs, however . She dedicated her life to the fight against war , poverty , and racial hatred. One area to which she gave her particular concern was prison reform. The power of her love, and the power of her verse may be seen in a poem related to this issue of reform, "The Prisoner's Wife ." In this blazing bonfire of brick they keep my love, my husband, prisoner. Through corridors of bitter, knife-sharp edges, in this oblique bat-gloom of light , groping like a sea-diver through grottos, I walk- - I walk until I find him ringed with scoffing stripes, my love, a zebra, painted in mockery. This poet was first and foremost a human being in love with humanity. The intensity of this love is revealed in all of her work, which is incredible in its hearty and startling in its simplicity.
Doris Dana and Gabriela Mistral God, the Father soundlessly rocks His thousands of worlds. Feeling His hand in the shadow I rock my son. Ms. Dana spoke at Cabrini, as she has at many other places, to spread the name of Gabriela Mistral , to help Gabriela gain the recognition Ms . Dana feels she deserves. Although she is widely known and loved in Spanish speak-
it took some time before she felt confident in her ability to translate the poems. She also said that during the time that she lived with Gabriela, she never envisioned herself in the role she now plays, executrix of Gabriela ' s literary estate . Ms. Dana found in the man-
ing countries , very few Americans are familiar with her work. This problem is fundamentally due to the extreme lack of adequate translation , which existed until fairly recently. Gabriela's death in 1957 placed Ms. Dana in the unique position of one who not only recognizes a poet's merit , but who has the tools for the poet's fame at her disposal. Ms . Dana said that
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The Friedan Mystique by (
Bob Colameco On Nov . 14, Cabrini had its first major guest speaker of the year , Ms. Betty Friedan. Ms . Friedan, one of leading figures in the Women's Liberation Movement, spoke before an audience of four hundred in the Sacred Heart Auditorium . A majority of the audience was composed of students from Cabrini and Eastern College and 92% of it was female .
Ms . Betty F riedan
Ms. Friedan began her lecture by stating that we are now in the middle of the second wave of feminism, the first ending around 1920, after a century of intense struggle , with women voting rights. After 1920 the movement seemed to stop . It lay dormant for almost 50 years , until about ten years ago when Ms . Friedan published her book entitled The Fem- inine Mystique in 1963. After it was published she discovered that there were thousands of women, who, like herself, were unsatisfied with the present state of the female
existence . There were thousands of women who felt that there should be something more than just mop• ping floors and cleaning shirts. There were thousands of women who knew that there had to be a difference between love and subservience. And so, said Ms. Friedan, the second wave of Feminism was under way. considers the Ms . Friedan women's liberation movement as a human liberation movement. It is something which must come about for the good of both men and women . Most people with whom I spoke after the lecture , agreed that although Ms. Friedan ' s ideas are realtively conservative, they are nevertheless very basic. They are views which are first and foremost sincere in their meaning and practical in their application. Ms. Friedan would rather keep the bra but burn the mystique surrounding feminism.
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LOQUITUR
Editorials ~nd Opinions
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by Maria Valente Have an English paper due next week? You'll need plenty of books, right? Well, Mary Smith will need them also. So, please don't wait too long before going to our library - STEAL the books now! I'll let you in on a little secret. I met Mary Smith the other day . She told me she had very poor grades in English so far . But, there is one last paper due, and if she can get a good grade, she' 11pass the course. She is really a nice girl, and I hope she makes it. But I'm concerned about you. So the hell with Mary Smith. If you need those books, steal them now. Or, better yet, if you're con templating a home library , you can start taking some books home this Christmas vacation. I don't think I have to go any further. We all know that this is how our system works at Cabrinl. Disgusting, isn't it? Now, what are we going to do about it? I've been hearing complaints about this situation for almost four years now, and I think it's pretty asinine that it has gone this far. The solution is very simple. A student on the College Work Study Program can very easily be given a job as a library guard. He or she would occupy a d.esk at the door of the library and examine the belongings of outgoing students to make sure that the books have been checked out. I'm certain the school would not mind paying one more student. This . extra expense would definitely not compare with the price of the missing books. Every other college library has a guard, and we must not continue any longer assuming that ours is any different, because if we do, we may not have a library . It ' s a shame it has to be this way, but it ' s our onl y solution.
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A PracticalJoke?? . by Mc;arlyne LaCa.rte
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? Is it the Great Chicken with Diarrhea? No, it was the anonymous egg dispatchers and it didn't go over lightly! A few weeks ago, the Mansion in all its beauty, had a few visitors. They were not here to pay tribute to this fine piece of architecture but instead to play a practical joke that was not funny at all. It was around 3 A.M . on Saturday morning when these pranksters came to EGG the Mansion. The sight of it was absolutely disgusting, and the odor, to say the least, was nauseating. When I saw the damage done the following morning, I was com- · pletely humiliated to think that an atrocity like this could occur. As we further investigated the damage, we found four broken windows and a few others shattered. Some of the girls took it upon themselves to begin cleaning this horrible mess instead of waiting for maintenance t;_oclean it on Monday. Who could have done this sick thing and why? I don't know and I doubt very much if we will ever find out. Could it be some Villanova fraternity playing one of their cute tricks? This has gone too far! The Mansion still stands, and a faint odor of rotten eggs still exists. Those people should realize that it not only offended the people that live in the Mansion but indirectly affected the entire campus community.
Loquitur STAFF. The Loquitur is published ei·ery three weeks h.Y the students of Cabrini ColleKe, The . views and opinions expressed in this neu-s/Japer are those of the author and clo· not necessarily reflect those of The Loquitur staff or the aclmi11istratio11. Editor-in-Chief .............................................. .......Maria Valente As.,ociate Editor ......... .......................... Bob Colameco Business Manager ..................................................JoAnn Pinelli Copy Editor ................. ................................ Margaret Riccio Photography Editor ..................................................Chris Vogel Art Editor ....... ...... ....Kathy-Jo Ramos Circulation Manager ... . .........Mary Beth Senkewicz Stat! ......Terry Cavanaugh, Anne Christopherson, Carol . Mele, Connie Cesare, Laurie Whitman, Dennis Abram, · Joann Barbano, Rosemary Bolger, Melody Waters, Alice Vail Typists --Frnn Ba!iotti. Lir.da Schimmenti, Kathy Fusco, Donna Lauria, Sue Mager, and Michelle Perna
Letters If you have ever stealthil y removed large amounts of china from the dining hall ; if you have ever let dishes mysteriously "slip" from your hands; if you have ever piled dirt y trays and dishes to mountainous heights and gleefully watched them be dashed to pieces on the floor; if you have ever fed people who are not residents; and then if you have smugly thought, "That will teach Saga" , or "That will make up for all those meals I paid for and never ate;" then you are a misguided person in need of this counsel. Of all the things in this world, Saga is probably most like your mother . Mother Saga does not charge her children for every meal she serves. Mother knows that some of them will skip breakfast, that some of them will go away on weekends, and that some of them will not want to come to dinner. And, because Mother Saga knows this, she sets up her budget with the aid of her Official Mother Saga How To Set Up A Budget Book, which contains the following equation: Student costs:,.Food costs-r maintenance costs~ profit, divided by the total number of children. Now children, the next time that you miss a meal , remember that Mother Saga knows that you won't be coming and has not charged you for it. (If you eat an average number of meals). And then there are those ungrateful children who try to prevent Mother Saga from making a profit by either stealing dinnerware or by dropping it on the floor . Rest assured that Mother Saga will make money . Mother Saga is more than a mother - - - she is a corporation and corporations make money .
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But Mother Saga is not an extortionist. Mother does not make super-profit s when her children eat less than anticipated . She spends more on food, realizing that it is to her advantage to have contented children . On the other hand, Mother will not be driven to poverty when her children cause her dinnerware to disappear. She simply spends less money on food. Let it be known that Mother's china ain't cheap. Here is a sample listing : Coffee cups $1.00 ea . Plates 1.42 ea. Cereal bowls 1.00 ea. Bread plates .60 ea. Glasses .15 ea . Forks 3.86 doz. Knives 5.35 doz. Spoons 2.95 doz. A most optimistic survey reveals that Mother's children (on just this side of the road) currently have $385.86 worth of Mother ' s china in their possession. Incidentally, Mother has found that her daughters are 281% more guilty than her sons . Mother advises all children who wonder why they have no glasses at lunch to check their rooms before asking any more questions. Many of Mother's children ,are also guilty of raiding the cookie jar (i.e. cereal, donuts, · cookies, sandwiches, and anything else that . fits in the purse or pocket). This is semi-legal. If Mother's children do such things, it only means that they are reducing the available funds for improving food at standard mealtimes. Many of Mother ' s children are wondering why they cannot bring friends home to lunch and dinner for free. Mother would advise her children that friends are not
free - - the y dec rease the a mount of mone y a vailable to increase food quality. So when we ask you to show your I.D. card to prove you're one of Mother's children , you'll know why. Now it is Mother ' s wish that you understand her workings and that harsh reality in a capitalistic society : YOU GETS WHAT YOU PAYS FOR! Bon Appetit! Dave Lange Mother's Little Helper
To the Editor: Early in October, I was asked if any of our students would be interested in free tickets to a 76er's basketball game, at the Spectrum . Because of an over-enthusiastic response, I ordered JOO tickets for the Oct . 25th game. These tickets were distributed among students, faculty, and friends . As the game approached, many people asked for tickets but there were no more available . The night of the game approximately 60 people used the tickets . This means that 40 tickets were wasted, which to me indicates a considerable Jack of responsibility and consideration . Sincerely, Mrs. Goodwin
To the Editor: I would like to thank all those who helped in any way to make the Betty Friedan lecture a success. DiAnne Gove President of Social Science Club
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"Pollution" Problem by Laurie Whitman While walking on the campus and through the halls of Cabrini College, have you noticed that the school has a pollution problem? Not industrial pollution or dead fish exactly, but our own special brand: empty coke cans , papers and cigarettee butts to mention a few. Even used beer cans have been found near the gates of the campus. Mrs. Brown, the new academic dean, explained how much money is used each year for maintenance of the property: "Well over $100,000 is used for salary, supplies, and maintenance. h This is not money that was given to Cabrini specially to clean-up the mess. It is money that comes out of each student's tuition in the amount of approximately $250.00, per student. Everyone complains that new things are needed in the school. If so much money did not have to be spent on clean-up, maybe more money could be used for necessary things around the campus. Also, Mrs. Brown mentioned that when people come to visit the school, she is most embarrassed if there is litter all about. Who wants to come to a trash-infested school? Students are needed to attend Cabrini, but they will not come if they are afraid of catching a disease from the "Cabrini
Pollution.'' Mr. Frank Norcini, "the man in charge of sparkle," is utterly disturbed with the whole situation. Mr. Norcini attributes the whole dirty dilemma to common carelessness. Students leave cigarette butts on the floors and empty cans on the tables. Mr . Norcini proposes this question: "Would they leave cigarette butts on the floor of their homes? I shouldn't think so!" Mr. Norcini works in a vicious circle . He will clean one area of the school and then start another and so through the day . When he returns to the original starting point, it looks as if he was never there . ' He also pointed out that the sanitary conditions of the ladies room is a disgrace. The girls should have a little respect for themselves. The cafeteria is a disaster area after meals. Trays are all over the floors and food is scattered on the tables . You are paying for this mess. The Saga Food Service charges the school a set amount for the cafeteria each year . So, again, you are paying for your messiness. If so much money was not used for cafeteria pollution , more money could be . spent for better food. Think about it!
,~ -· Requifed Courses to be Reduced by Right now, most of you are probably recuperating from Spring registration, the process by which you try to see how many required courses can be crammed into one semester. At the same time you may be wondering what the required courses, specifically the general education requirements, will be in September . As of November 15, nothing definite has been proposed but a ray of hope does exist that the Academic Council will reduce the requirements. If you take a peek into your catalogue you will see that the number of general education requirements are 56 for a B.S. degree, and 65 for a B.A. and a B.S. in education. With a reduction according to the present discussions we could look forward to a minimum of 50 and a maximum of 56 general education requirements.
There are several reasons given by faculty and students why a reduction in the general education requirements would be beneficial for Cabrini. Fewer requirements would allow a student to take more courses of his choice. Also under the present arrangement an education major really cannot take courses outside of those required by the department and those requir-ed by the school. Another reason to lower the general education requirements is to attract more transfer students who find it very hard to fulfill these requirements once they have transferred. Finally , there are always some students each year who are unable to graduate because of the general education requirements . The Academic Council has been
divided into three groups, the Humanities, the Social Sciences, and the Sciences. Since the Humanities group represents .the largest block of general education requirements, and therefore the group from which the most change could generate, it will be treated here more specifically than the ' other divisions. Also, in a later issue of Loquitur, the Education Department, which is not discussed here , will be handled in more detail. The Humanities division consists of English, History, Fine Arts, Languages, Philosophy, and Theology . The Fine Arts requirement is at an all time low of 3 credits and will most likely remain that way. The History department, in anticipation of future change , reduced their requirement from 12 to 6 credits some time ago. Language Dept. Perhaps one department which arouses the interest of the students is the Language department . Mrs. Hennigan, department chairwoman, feels that there is need for reduction and that it is possible to lower the general edtion requirements · without endangering the general education of the students. She cited education majors as an example of students who were not free to choose electives due to all the requirements, general or otherwise, that they face. Concerning the language department · itself , however , there will be no change in its general education requirement. Mrs . Hennigan said that the department does not want to appear inflexible, but has decided that although it is a necessary step for learning the
for the non-English major. Hopefully , courses such as these would language, the introductory level encourage a student to take adof any language does not give a vantage of them without feeling sufficient knowledge of it. Mrs. that he would be in competition with only English majors . BeHennigan thought that it was ironic sides offering these 200 level that discussions on study abroad courses, the department would and the reduction of language requirements are taking place at have more freedom to offer a the same time since it would large variety of upper division English and Communication . seem that in order to study abroad, courses should the general rea student should be familiar with the language of the country . The quirements be lowered. Philosophy Dept. Language Department is also proThe Philosophy department has moting courses in relation with Eastern College and would like no ob~ection to reducing the numto initiate a language major in ber of general education requireFrench and Spanish also with ments if it will strengthen the Eastern. department's purpose to offer English Dept. more advanced courses . This The English Department is in goal is similar to that of the favor of lowering the general ed- English department ' s desire to ucation requirements in order to take advantage of the reduction expand and improve their departin order to improve and expancj ment. One possibility is to lower the department. Howeyer , the the English requirement from 12 Chairman of the Philosophy Deto 6 or 9· credits. An incoming partment, Dr . Romano, fears that freshman would be placed in one students may be gobbled up by of three tracks based on his perrequirements in other areas and formance on the Scholastic Ap- would not be able to take adtitude Tests, Achievement scores, vantage of the improvements withand a placement test. Those in in the department. Dr. Romano tracks one and two would take does not oppose any lowering of 6 credits and those in track three general education requirements if would take 9 credits. This reit will strengthen the quality of duction would eliminate the sophothe student and the department's more survey course as a requiremajor program, but all this dement and thus open up more class pends on the requirements of other hours in which to offer a variety department s. The present system of courses. Dr . Saul , Chairman of employed by the Philosophy dethe English Department , suggested partment seems to be working that these additional credit hours quite well. A student is required would give the · department the to take 9 credits in which he freedom to initiate a new sequence takes the 101 and the 201 courses of courses on the 200 level. These and finally chooses a 300 level courses would be geared for . any course . Dr. Romano feels that student regardless of his major. his Philosophy majors and also Examples of this would be Litmany double majors are acquired era ture of Women or Shakespeare from this 300 level course. A
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student in the Education department , however, would not be able to have a double major in Philosophy, let alone be free to choose very many electives because of the department ' s rigid requirements. But Dr . Romano said that "the Philosophy Department is willing to take their chances" that there will still be students who will wonder about Philosophical things." Theology Dept. Since the Theology department is presently under reconstruction, it is hard to evaluate any progress that is made concerning the reduction of the general education requirements. Nothing difinite has been decided but it can. be expected that the department will lower its requirements to 9' credits and maybe even to 6 credits. Social Science & Science Dept Concerning the Social Science division, the proposal is a 3 credit requirement in either Psychology or Social Science. Math will most likely remain at 6 and Science at 8, although there is some discussion of lowering the science to 6 credits. You may be asking yourself what does all of this mean? Or maybe , I still don't know what to expect in September. Well , you may not know exactly what to expect, but it is obvious that definite steps are being taken by the Academic Council to improve our education by lowering the general education requirements . Discussions and proposals are developing in a relatively short span of time , and it won't be too surprising to see new courses and lower general education requirements come September .
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Membersof The LoquiturStaff wish to expresstheir sincere sympathyto Dr. EdwinBeniamin, on the death of Dr. Jane Beniamin and to Mr. & Mrs. AnthonyRusso, on the deal~ of their son, Joseph.
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QuaI ified for Nothing? by Joanne What can you do for a living if you major in English? This was the topic of discussion for the talk given by three former Cabrini College English majors on Monday, November 13, at 2:30 p.m . Marie Courtney, '69, Carol Ann Lukas, '70, and Sue Sulli, van, '71, discussed their jobs, how they obtained them and gave a general idea of what one can do for a living if he or she majors in English. Business Writer
Marie Courtney talked about her work as a business writer for the Insurance Co. of North America. Before she was promoted to a writer she worked as a Systems Analyst. Marie did not like the work because she felt that she was not utilizing her abilities in Eng lish. Her new job draws upon her creativity as an English major. Marie is now writing manuals that deal with the operation of com puters, the duties of file clerks, and other technical areas connected with the company. This may seem like a dull way to channel creativity, but Marie is assisted by company and private artists who illustrate her work, thus adding to her creative style . An example of this is a manual that she recently wrote entitled Error Codes of Computers. Assisted by an artist who created a character, especially for this manual, she told exactly what an error in a computer is and how to fix it through a fairy-tale like story. Marie feels that by writing, she has the free dom to be more creative and is able to do what she wants. Marie mentioned that by majoring in English she was not qualified for anything, but on the other hand she was not restricted in any field either . She said that many persons are willing to take a chance on a job applicant because an English major is capable of doing almost anything since he or she is not confined to any one thing.
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High School Teacher
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Carol Ann Lukas is now in her third year of teaching at Sharon Hill High School. Carol teaches three eleventh grade college preparatory classes in American Literature, and one tenth grade in World Literature .
Sue Sullivan has been employed by T.V. Guide for fifteen months. Before working at T .V. Guide, Sue taught histor y in a local sc hool for one year. Realizing this was not for her, she applied for a job at T .V. Guide and was given the job of Assistant Programming Editor. This job consisted of writing syndicated copies and checking the timing and details of television programs. Followingthisposition she worked as a junior writer for . three months . As a junior writer she wrote the story summaries for the religious , educational , and country and western television shows. In two weeks, Sue will be leaving for Atlanta where she was transfered and promoted to Editor of the Atlanta edition .
Carol is also involved in other activities at Sharon Hill such as a writing contest in connection with Scholastic Magazine and is initiating a tutoring program in reading where students will tutor children on the grade school level. Carol said that there should be more involvement · on the part of the students and she tries to accomplish this through creative ideas such as projects and field trips. She is also the dramatics coach , responsible for play productions. While teaching and participating in these other activities , she is also going for her Masters in Communications at the University of Delaware . She is quite interested in Inter-Personal Communication and, in the future, would like to teach it on a higher level. Carol feels that she was well trained by Cabrini. She• said that student teaching was very beneficial and without it she would have been presented with a big problem . Anotlter thing thathelped her was experience in news writing and announcing for WIFI radio which she still does on a part time basis.
Sue feels that the most important aspect of her good background in English was her involvement in the newspaper, yearbook, and literary magazine. Sue · stated that the advantages of working at T .V. Guide are the four-day week and the opportunity to travel. The only advice that Sue gives to anyone majoring in English is to get invol ved in school publications and, if possible, to take a Linguistics course which will prove to be very helpful in the future .
All three girls highly praised the course, Broadcast Writing Lab, She suggested that the educa- which is offered in conjunction tion department offer a more prac- with WFIL television and radio tical outlook toward education in stat ion. They felt that this course addition to the theoretical. Also , pro vided indispensible experience more writing should be included and an insight into the world of in the preparation of an English television and radio . major . She said that the student should become involved in the The general conclusion of this classroom - listening and partiinformal gathering was that descipating in class. Carol said that the advantage of being a teacher pite the early pressures and unwith perseverance, is that it is a service job, and certainties, therefore, done on a individual one can be quite assured of a secure ,iind fulfilling position. basis.
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Entertaillment Alternativesto the Big Rip-Off · by Alice Vail Ti r ed of bei ng r ipped - off? Angry about having to spend $3 .25 on a Friday or Saturday night for a show? Tired of ha ving performers cancel ? Mad about sitting in an audience of teeny-boppers ? Sad at the lo s s of a de cent coffeehou s e? Yeah , well , so am I, and so are a lot of other people. And it's because of this that there is a new crop of good , old-fa shioned coffeehouses sprin ging up , in and around Phil- · adelphia. Phil Roy and Jerry Clawson were sick of it , so they did something. The y opened a new coffeehouse in Phila ., called Grendel's Lair, at 500 South Street . Granted , the area, as of now, leaves a lot to be desi r ed , but there are some new head shops (in the old tradition) and hopefull y, in the near future, there will be another "Sansom St. " on South Street. Anyway , Grendel's Lair is in the same mold as theMain Point, only cheaper ($2 .50 at most times, and there are coupons in the Drummer and Daily Planet that cut the admission price in half on Thursdays and Sundays). Inside is very similar to the Main Point, with the aisles of old school desks facing the raised stage . Grendel's Lair is young and because it is so young (14 wks. old) it hasn't the established audience that the Point has. Friday night Grendel's Lair featured Lois and Chuck Snyder and Marshall Fleischer . There was anaudience of approximately 20 people, which is sad . It's sad because Phil Roy, Jerry Clawson , and Rand Snyderman (asst. mgr.) are trying very hard to provide Philadelphia with some good entertainment. It's sad too, because it's stifling for the performers and , it's also hard for the audience to become a part of it all . After Thanksgiving look for Tim Hardin and possibly Bonnie Raitt (both big sell-outs at the Main Point). Grendel's Lair has a lot
of potential. And if you're up for a night club type with some of the best in folk music , try the Bijou Cafe at Broad and Lombard Sts. Admission is $3.00 (still cheaper than the Main Point). The Bijou has a liquor license, so be sure to take your proof. The Bijou Cafe i s fancier than Grendel's Lair, but what they ha ve in fanc y- ness the y lac k in hospitalit y. It ' s ver y imperson al , but then I guess most nightclubs are. They had Loudon Wainwright on Friday night and if you' ve been reading the Daily Planet you already know how good he is . The Bijou Cafe is alright , but I was turned off by the lack of friendliness . If you do go , make sure you ' re on time for the shows (8 :30 & 11:30). The y look down upon you coming in the middle of a set. Now, if what · you ' re looking for is some real good music , performed by unknowns with a lot of talent , in a real coffeehouse atmosphere , with a college crowd and a lot of friendly and nice people, then I highly recommend they're getting . You can hear the the Catacombs. Catacombs is faint sound of soft mu sic as you located at 36th and LocustStreet s, come in the _front door of the in the heart of Penn's campus. Christian Association Building and The admission price is 75¢ and walk down the stairs . the coffee is free. " Dancing " and Peter Tane y Catacombs is 7 years old, but , were there this weekend . I missed due to the lack of efficient managethe first set, and I regretted it . ment in the past three years, we "Dancing" is a group, but , for must now consider this the new their second set , it was two guys Catacombs . Rick Clark runs it playing real soft and singing like mad. now and deseves all the credit in the world for the wonderful For the most part , Catacombs is work he ' s done . He changes it open seven nights a week. Thursfrom week to week , so it ' s never day nights are open stage nights a bore . One week it ' s white folk and the y stay open until all who music , another it's jazz and still came there to play have played . another week it's good , old Shows start around 9 o 'clock and run till one or so. fashioned gospel singing . The place itself , is tremendous. I give the Catacombs a four It has big , heavy carved tables star rating. And if you don't want to go sporting tall candles. The sound center city, Villanova ' s system is fantastic , and will be into even better with the new equipment Cabaret is supposed to come back
TheaterProductions Attract Students by Melody On Saturday, November 4, the English Department sponsored a trip to New York to see two plays by Samuel Beckett. The plays were "Not I" and "Krapp's Last Tape". After the plays, the four students and two faculty members that attended did some browsing through the streets of New York, for instance, window shopping in the stores of Fifth Avenue such as Tiffany's . The trip was brought to a close with a dinner at a little Italian Restaurant . Those interviewed stated that they thought it was a shame that more people did not go because they really enjoyed the trip an.d felt that it gave a more intimate student-teacher relationship, es-
Waters peciall y at dinner . However , it would be interesting to note that they are planning to go again to see Tennesse Williams', "A Streetcar Named Desire" . Unlike the trip to New York, the one made to the Valley°Forge music Fair to see '' JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR" was better attended . The trip was sponsored by the Education Department on Wednesday , November 8, 1972. Fifty brave souls, out of ninety-Ci ve that bought tickets, risked the driving rain storm to attend the play. They thought that it was well done and well worth going to see. Some commented that they felt it was better than the record despite the fact that the actors were not the original Broadway cast.
to li fe ne xt se mester. Here ·s hopin g it will be as good . if not better, than the -old Cabaret . Rosemont has an excellent college coffeehouse in Cardina l Hall , called the Grind. Grind is hel d every Sunda y night. Admission is 75¢ and the shows begin at 8-8 :30. It ' s run by a coupl e of very ni ce seniors , Mar y Jo Maxwell and Kath y Archer . Their time is well spent. The Grind is cute. It has the round tables with red checkered tablecloths and wine bottles with candles and flowers. The sound is usually very good and they get some of the best , local talent going. It ' s a great way to end a good ~eekend, and aren 't all weekends good? And then there ' s Cabrini ' s very own coffeehouse , the Prism.
Prism starte d late last year and got off to a late start this ye a r. Thanks to the efforts of Cabrini ' s superstars Sue White and Kath Jo Ramos, we can look forward to the best in folk singers . Sue and Kath y will. of cour s e , be playing and , as far as I am concerned , they are all Prism needs to take some of the glitter away from some of the rip-offs that ha ve capitalized on a beautiful and important part of our culture . Prism is held every other Saturday night , at eight o ' clock in the Grace Hall smoker . It ' s great ! The best thing to do on a Saturday night , even if you can get off campus , and especially with your man , is to come to the Prism. It ' s alwa ys good . So, why be ripped-off? There are plent y of good coffeehouses , one to fit your budget , I' m sure .
Dana Talk (Continued from page I) uscripts left to her, that a great deal of work had been done on fables for children. One of these has recently been published in a bilingual edition, Crickets and Frogs (Atheneum , 1972). Ms . Dana is presentl y working on a compilation of Gabriela ' s prose works . The difficulties of translat ing require much time , and Ms. Dana questions whether she will , in her lifetime, be able to begin work on the correspondence. But what of Ms . Dana's own literary endeavors? She is herself an award-winning writer. Ms. Dana answered, "Right now, I just don 't care . This is mu ch more- important to me ." If the enthusiasm and excitement she rel ays are any indication ofthejoy and satisfaction she has from her work, it seems she could hardly be happier doing something else . And if Gabriela Mistral gains the •recognition she deserves , it will certainly be work well worth the labor .
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Music Review by Dennis Abram Possibly the finest rock and roll band operating today is J . Geils and Co., and their third album more than justifies that claim. Although all the songs are taken from their first two albums, there are no wasted tracks on the record . Side one opens up with a Motown classic, "First I Look at the Purse" and climaxes with "Hard Drivin' Man", a tune even Jerry Lee Lewis would envy. In between, there's enough barrel-house rock and blues to satisfy even the most discriminating rock and roll fan.
Side Two is truly classic rock and roll . The band starts it off with a moderately slow blues, John Lee Hooker's "Serves You Right To Suffer. ' ' They then build through "Cruisin For A Love", a rock and roll goodie, and blast to a finish with "Looking For A Love" from the second album. This trio of songs alone makes the album worth the price of admission. So listen, go buy yourself a sixpack, turn th_e stereo up and throw on a little J. Geils "Live". You'll feel the difference.
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A" Separate, But Equal" Wayof Life by Carol Mele What sort of life could be lived in a country where the governing body rigidly enforces an actual separation of peoples according to race? This is the policy that has governed the inhabitants of the Republic of South Africa for the past twenty-five years. Exactly what does life offer for a South African today? To gain an insight into this question, one need not travel beyond Cabrini's campus. Members of our own college community have been in South 'Africa and have experienced , themselves, the policy of apartheid (enforced racial segregation) in operation . The incidents they relate not only correspond to History ' s latest accounts about South Africa; they also add depth to these accounts , the moment one realizes that these are words that have been lived.
me additional information bout the housing conditions of the Bantu. This person said that before apartheid began, an African was free to rent as much land as he could afford, and upon this land he could build as large a house as he wished . The land could be used for either growing crops or raising livestock in order to earn an income. After the apartheid was enforced, non-whites were forced out of many areas and "grouped into locations" which are "government allocated places." The houses on the locations were ''built according to government regula-
For the sake of protection , certain sources for this article have requested anonymity . This request is honored in the following paragraphs . an attempt to educate the Bantu within his own culture. "We know," my source informed me, " that the children are trained for menial labor, and that higher forms of education are taught only in English." It all refers back to the Bantu Education Act of 1953, by which "the Government took control from the provincial auth-
Africans have been allowed into the cities , but only where their specified areas of labor permit them . Africans will be seen in the ' white ' sections of the city as long as they are engaged in their manual or domestic labor . However, as Carter Craigie related, cities such as Durban , Pretoria , and Cape Town enfo rc e a curfew. " All Africans have to be out by si x o ' clock , " he said . He re called the day he was in one of the cities at five o' clock and saw the "surging tide to get out by curfew, or el s e they are ' inside ' referring to jail. "
In theory, apartheid's motto is "separate, but equal." It refers to the move toward complete racial separation in order to preserve racial purity. What happens when a whiteman ' s theory is applied to a non-white people? I spoke with Carter Craigie who was in South Africa about eight years ago. Evidence of the apartheid that he recalls were the separate public facilities for both the Europeans and the natives. "I saw a public pool for Africans that looked very nice," he recalled. "That is the only thing that looked similar." Carter went on to describe the Afrikaners' posh houses in contrast to the African native 'locations' that "looked like slums." In some areas, newer construction for black African dwellings took the form of what Carter described as "garden apartments" with no trees and dirt yards . Housing
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What is presented here are merely a few clues as to what has happened in the Republic of South Africa as a result of official application of the apartheid theory. Specualtion with regard to the future of apartheid will undoubtedly include a consideration of the various pressures that the system is presently confronting. Within the country are the mounting pressures that result when a large number of people feel that they are being oppressed. The Sharpville Massacre in 1960 is one incident which manifested evidence of internal pressure. From outside the country are pressures coming from other nations expressing disapproval of the apartheid system. It remains to be seen if and how such disapproval will be translated into further diplomatic sanction.
The population of South Africa has been classified racially into four basic groups - - the Blacks, the Whites, the Coloreds, and the Indians. Of a total population of 18,733,000, 12,750,000 consist of black South Africans, commonly referred to as the "Bantu." The next largest group, numbering 3,563,000 are the whites, composed of both Britains and Afrikaners, descendants of the first Dutch settlers in South Africa. The Coloreds are a racially mixed group; about 1,859,000 South Africans are designated as Colored. Comprising the smallest segment of the population are the Indians, descendants of Asiatic immigrants to South Africa. Their number has been estimated at about 561,000. The Afrikaners comprise not quite 20% of the total South African population . Yet, they hold the bulk of political power, and have held it ever since their representative party, the Nationalist Party, secured a parliamentary majority in 1948. Historians maintain that the spirit of apartheid existed in South Africa since the early Dutch settlers first confronted the Bantu. However, it was in 1948 that the policy ofapartheid began to assume the status of officiality with each new act of apartheid enforcing legislation that the Nationalist dominated parliament passed.
providing a climate of tolerance in which leaders of different peoples might work out solutions on a basis of give-and-take rather than by imposed legislation." However, it is the Afrikaner Nationalists that hold the political power in South Africa. Moreover, the right to vote is confined to whites, and in 1960, all aboveground nonwhite political activity such as the African National Congress which directed appeals to the white government , was banned .
Perhaps the greatest pressure is coming from the system of apartheid itself. In 1964, speakers from the Transvaal Chamber of Industries declared that "the shortage of skilled labour is the bottleneck in South Africa's development . . . the country has a vast source of labour, some of it skilled, which is restricted in its activity." tions; each house had about four rooms. The rooms were small. The area around the house had no room for gardening ." Furthermore, any modification of the houses is not permitted. These locations of "clumped together" African dwellings are scattered throughout the Republic and are often located on the outlying areas of large cities. "A white person is not allowed in the locations unless he shows identification. Anybody who enters, enters through the gate and is checked. Any black person must tell who he is, where he is going, how long he is staying , the address of the home he is visiting and he must show his pass." The C'>lored Africans have their own locations and the Indians run their own areas ~ also apart from the blacks. The housing conditions just described, are . the results of the Group Areas Act , passed in 1950, which was " designed to establish segregated areas in which all Africans and other non-whites were obliged to Ii ve. " Education
One particular source spoke to me of Bantu education under the apartheid system . The Bantu children are "deprived a knowledge of English." This move has been explained by the government as
orities and introduced plans for a specifically 'African' type of education, designed to train Africans for the positions in life they would be required to fill under apartheid." The Extension of University Education Act, passed in 1959, "provided for gradual elimination of nonwhites from all white universities." This policy set up five university colleges for the black Africans and the Coloreds. "These institutions are completely controlled by the Government, which appoints all instructors and administrative officers. ' '
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To Mr. Craigie, the "British seem to be sympathetic to the plight of the South African." He mentioned the fact of British social workers on the locations and he described how some Britians would "sneak Africans out of the city after hours ." This last point corresponds to a basic distinction that has been traditionally made between the Afrikaner and the British outlook concerning South Africa and its inhabitants .
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Apartheid in the area of labor took official form in the Industrial Conciliation Act of 1956 which gave the Minister of Labor the power to reserve any clas-s of work for any particular racial group. This act "also forbade the establishment of any more 'mixed' unions of white and nonwhite workers, and in those which exist, nonwhites are compelled to hold separate meetings and only whites can be elected to executive positions." In addition to this, under the Native Labour Regulation Act which had been passed in 1911, " it is a criminal offense for an African to disobey an order from his boss or foreman, or even tc quit his job. "
"The aim of the Afrikaner Nationalists,'' one historian has written, "is group domination in every field through the exercise of their political power. The aim of the English - speaking is a secure and agreeable life in a beautiful country. To the Afrikaner, South Africa is home, the only one he has, and he is passionately engaged in protecting this home from what he conceives to be forces that menace it . To some of the Englishspeaking 'home' still tends to mean England."
The enforcement of apartheid in the spheres of labor and economy has thus resulted in laying before the political and economic leaders of South Africa two alternatives . As one writer has put it; '' Are Africans to be admitted into the responsible positions they are increasingl y qualified to fill? If they are, the economy will be able to continue its dramatic expansion. Or will the whites agree to curtail their standard of living in order to maintain the structure of apartheid? Industry and commerce press strongly for the first of these alternatives. But the farmers and working class voters are opposed. The farmers want cheap black labor available in quantity on the land . The white worker is now said to be 'menaced' by a flood of black labor fully able to take his place - - and accustomed to working longer hours and to living on less."
The situation in South Africa merits attention , if not to arouse opinion or maybe emotion, if not to gaze , perhaps, upon a projection of one's own convictions , then The political ideals of the British at least to expose one's awareness United Party, the party representto one of contemporary history's ing the British segment of the experiments in a "separate, but society , have been described as "general rather than specific ... . equal" way of life.
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About FinancialAid In 1972-73 , $1.5 billion will be borrowed to finance higher education in the United States. Approximately 175 Cabrini students will borrow $120,000 (an average loan of $1,020), during this year. These loans will be made from two main sources: (1) the National Direct Student Loan Program (NDSL), and (2) the state guaranteed loan programs .
NDSL 90% of the initial funding for the NI>SL program is provided by the federal government; the balance is provided by the college . Loans are made by the college to eligible students and are repaid to the college . Repayments are then used as part of the fund to make new loans. In 71/ 72, 65 loans, totalling $44,000 , and in 72/73, 100 loans totalling $73,000 were made. Repayment is deferred until graduation . The first repaymentis due following a nine month grace period. Repayments may be spread over a ten-year period at 30% interest on a declining balance, or a m1mmum $90 quarterly payment may be required. Students who teach in special education or in schools designated as having a high concentration of low income students cancel a percentage of the total principal of their loans. In each case, at least 15% for each year of full-time teaching . In this manner, the entire principal may be cancelled. During this period of teaching, no repayments are due .
by Jerry Satlow The National Direct Student Loan program was formally known as the National Defense Student Loan program. The Defense loans have a cancellation privilege of 10%per year, 50% maximum for any form of teaching. At Cabrini the maximum loan under this program is $1000 a year . Application must be made annually through the financial aid office. The amount of loan awarded depends on the calculated financial need. Guaranteed loans are made directly through private banks . These loans are guaranteed by the state , and usually have a maximum of $1500. According to the recently passed Educational Amendments Acts (June , 1973), the maximum has been raised to $2500 annually . The college verifies that the student applicant is in fact attending school and must perform a need analysis . On the basis of this anal y sis, the college recommends an amount of money to be lent. The bank is not, however, obliged to lend this amount .
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