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M Letter to the Editor

U The Colby faculty present at the March 12th

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* faculty meeting owe, we would suggest, an apology tothe college, to the students, and particularly to thestudent representatives who were present, for thedismally low level of openness, politeness, andsophistication on which many of that evening's

m proceedings occurred. It was most disheartening that this

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body could, at the same time, so rousingly support thePresident in his proposals for more student politeness,.and exhibit so much acrimony, partisansh ip, and eveninsult, to its own members a.nd to others,

tm It was an unworthy performance, May those who,jj * purpose to set high standards for others maintain themH better themselves in the future.

H Jennifer BrownJJ| Dept. of Sociology

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Wilson B. BrownDept. of Economics

H To the Editor:¦ Jesus, Tony ! Is beer, the proletarian beverage ,

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that loathsome? Is the Motor City 5 thatincomprehensible? Would you approve of the Chapelmeetings if the proceedings took place from nine to fiveand the partici pants commuted to the suburbs?

mm Certainly the lyrics of the MC 5 can only be applied bym hyperbole to our situation, We don't, at present, want toH "kick the mothcr-fuckcra out." But why do you takeH exception to trivialities (posters, indeed!) and ignore theH imparl of the meetings? 11 would be a pity if bourgeois

J snobbery prevented the appreciation of the first vital ,BH intell ectual congregation an this campus.

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Peter Albert Devine '70Con 't on pg 10

Cover-Abandoned School House inM Oakland by Tony Burkhnrt

We draw attention to the article entitled "Coincidence or Intention?"beginning on page 3. The ECHO feels that the imp lications of this story shouldbe considered seriously by every member of the Colby community.

Proving that this or that member of the faculty was fired because of hisviews on national or campus politics is impossible. The over-riding pattern,however , is clear. Those faculty who speak out for basic change or who gainreputations as "radicals" do not h ave their contracts renewed or are phased out.The faculty who attain the higher positions are generally, either by training orconviction, more conservative.

The effects of such a policy are severely to curtail free expressio n atColby. Some teachers may take the firings of Messrs. Wees, Makinen, Spiegelbergand Jacobs as a cue to keep silent; others,, feeling that a policy of eliminating thelive-wires will make Colby an inhosp itable p lace for them, may decide to leave oftheir own accord. Those professors who are being let go and several others whohave told the ECHO that they have felt themselves under pressure, have notbroken any civil laws or regulations of the college, nor displayed classroomincompetence. They are known for their somewhat unorthodox views and forhaving made full use of the civil liberties which a college affords.

The consequences of the firings for the teachers involved should beclearly understood. At the end of their stay at Colby Mr. Wees will have beenhere 7 years, Mr. Makinen and Mr. Jacobs 6 years and Mr. Spiegelberg 4 years.All have families. None of them will have any thing to show in terms of securityor tenure for their years at Colby.

The power to deprive a person of his job and to nullif y the investment of

his time to the extent of seven years is a great one. The hint that such a power isbeing used to silence opea discussion at institution of higher learning is cause foralarm. We believe that the elimination of so called radicals or trouble-makers hasbecome an unwritten guideline of Colby policy. Such a trend here seems toreflect a nation al tendency to remove faculty who too outspokenly criticize thecherished tenents of the institution. Infact the four teachers who are being let goand those others who ha-ve been under pressure are, if we may use such vagueterms, more nearly activ ist liberals than radicals. One wonders what wouldhappen to a real radical at Colby.

We believe that a college committed to the free exchange of ideas should ,far from firing them, make a special effort to retain those few professors whochampion a point of view which challenges the accepted beliefs of theinstitution.

We call upon people who are concerned f or honest debate to repudiateand oppose what clearly appears to be a trend of suppression threatening freediscussion here at Colby.

Ben Kravitz, Stu-G President , and Jeff Parness, Treasurer , have itemizedStu-G's financial needs for next year and have taken a request for more moneyto Vice-President Williams. Stu-G's allotment has remained the same since 1965while enrollment and prices have increased. If Stu-G's budget is not increasedthere will not be sufficient funds to support even the activities financed thisyear. Mr. Kravitz and Mr. Parness have begun their administration by gettingright to work. Very good.

STU-G TEXTTO TRUSTEES

Jeff Parness

Students, faculty, and administrators - it is time for usall to bring about that ill-defined and highly illusive sensationwhich Ferlinghetti calls "the rebirth of wonder". For ever solong we have all sought tlie glorious Saviour who'd not onlybear the burden of our responsibilities. We often forget,although President Strider has tried to remind us, that we areall human beings living an a unique society, and thus bydefinition alone ; we have moral as well as legal responsibilitiesto our neighbors - be they enemies or allies. The pattern ofsecluding oneself on a hill, burying one's mind in a bottomlesssea of books, and hiding behind the concept of a "ColbyCommunity" (which itself reeks of vanity, elitiam, and aHiltcrian form of social and biological Darwinism) tends tosuppress rather than support our drives to relieve our ownresponsibilities.

Hopefully our minds, running on the narrow tracks ofthe present, will somehow be derailed so our thoughts can runrampant through all the nicks and crannies of life. Our worldhas evolved into such a technocracy that the old dream ofbecoming a Iruc Itennaissancc Man is now running out to bemore elusive than ever. And yet , however elusive this conceptor any other such concept may be, the limited knowledge thateach of us possesses must lie understood in (he fullest sense. Inother words, realizing that nil the details may not be known, ifan institution appears unjust one must be ready to question ituntil all uncertainties are sufficientl y clarified. If questionscann ot be satisfactoril y answdrcd, (he institution might havelo be destroyed,

Relating these feelings to the situation here inWaterville , I f ind tliat most people directl y connected withColby have never objectivel y examin ed many of theinstitutions here. By failing to examine, to question , to seekout WHY IT IS and not WHAT IS IT, one is indirectlysupporting the status quo, Thus many arbitrary and outrightprejudicial practices continue to exist and flourish at Colbybecause they lire not directly questioned and opposed.

'Con 't on pg, 9

Richard Hofstadte r in address to Columbia U. graduatin g classquoted by Pre sident Strider in the Chapel , Mar ch 13.

"The university is the only great organization in modern society thatconsiders itself obliged not just to tolerate , but even to give facilities andprotection to the very persons who are challenging its own rules, procedures, andpolicies.

Rumors have lately been circulating around the campus to the effect thatcertain faculty members will not be back at Colby next September! The facts ofthe matter are that Proffessors Wees, Makinen, Jacobs and Spiegelberg amongothers ave been informed that their present contracts will not be renewed. Wees'contract exp ires this summer, Spiegelberg's in 1970; Jacobs and Makinen whoare in the first year of th ree year contracts will stay at Colby un til 1971. Noneof the four chose to leave. Mr. Wees will teach at McGill next semester.

Professors Makinen and Jacobs were told that they could not stay atColby because the Government Department had no more room for tenuredfaculty . A faculty member, according to the American Association of UniversityProfessors, attains tenure when he has taught at an institution for seven years. Arenewal of Jacobs' and Makinen 's present contracts "would have given themtenure; Jacobs and Makinen are both in their fourth year at Colby.

The reason given for not renewing Spiegelberg's contract was that therewas no room for advancement in the English Department; Mr. Wees was told twoyears ago that there was no hope of any advancement for him in the ColbyEnglish Department and that therefore it was suggested that he would do well toseek a job elsewhere.

The hiring and firing of college professors is a complicated process. Ateacher is hardly ever fired outright; that is, he normally is fired only for ablatant breach of contract. Failure to renew a faculty member's contractamounts, in the polite world of the Academic community , to firing him. Once acollege teacher has attained tenure at an institution it is nearly impossible todislodge him from his position.

The question that has arisen in recent weeks is how much the college'sfiring policy reflects a desire to get rid of faculty whose views do not comportwith Eustis policy. Other faculty who hav e not been connected with presentstudent activism have been told that their contracts will not be renewed. Jacobs,Makinen , Spiegelberg and Wees, however, have all been closely associate d withstudent demands for a greater voice in the running of the college. All areconsidered very competent in their fields.

The college, has various pressures which it can exert even on the tenuredprofessors, In recent years Colby teachers have been receiving an annual increasein pay; the college by making this raise large or small or by denying it altogethercan use the power of the purse to bring teachers into line, Many facultymembers serve on various committees such as the Educational PolicyCommittee , th e ROTC Committee, the Admissio ns Commitee etc. Theadministration has the power to appoint faculty members to these committees;thu s favorites may be appointed to important committees whose work isrewarding and interesting, while those who are less popular may be stuck wi thth e drud ge work that needs to be done. Furthermore, th e college works throughdepartment heads, so that a teacher whom the administration likes may gethigher level courses while an equally qualifi ed prof essor in the same departm entm ay have a greater proportion of the introductory courses. Another instrumentthe ollege possesses is the power to grant to refuse a request for sabbatical; inu59,lif e of the faculty. Teachers who criticize the college administration in theto gain a sabbatical a faculty member has lo convince the college that theparticular topic which he wishes to pursue is a worthwhile one. A teacher onsabbatical gels one semeste r at full pay or two semesters al half pay. A sabbaticalev ery seven years is usual but by no means automatic. Finally , there is thequestion of promotion. A teacher gains a promotion , for examp le from anAssisUmtslup lo an Assoeialeship on the recommendation of his departmenthead and on approval hy the President; with ihe promotion goes acorrespondingly higher salary.

What all this means is that there is a definite source of power in thecollege which the individual teacher is quite aware of. One high ranking memberof the English Department who said he had received in every respect goodtreatment fro m the felt that administrative pressures were ''certainly a hit -tor,"in the life of the faculty. Teachers who critize the college administration in tin-presence of students or publica lly opposes certain policies of the college may hi ;doing so at the risk of their own comfort , .security and sourer of income Ingeneral the effect of these pressures is to force many faculty members whomight be tempted to encourage critical inquiry to be silent. To be openl y criticalof fundamental questions will most likel y block any hope of advancement.

An untenured faculty member who is told that his contract will not berenewed has no recourse to any lega l action to protect himself , l ikewise atenured Professor who cannot get a raise, a sabatical or the courses he wants , hasno defense. An untenured teacher who is clearl y competent can be laid off atthe p leasure of the college without being given any exp lanation.

Eugene Peters Ass't Professor of Philosop hy and generall y regarded as oneof the top men on the Colby faculty has disp leased the administration becauseof his strong vocal support of student activists and the Chapel movement; Mr.Peters' present contract , however, w ill give him tenure at Colby.

The network of pressures exerted upon the faculty generall y tends tocreate a consensus in favor of administrative policy. The punishment and rewardsystem raises to the highest positions those faculty who support college polic ies.The system is very tight: when a teacher is laid off there is a tacit agreementbetween the professor and the college. The faculty member does not saypublically, if he feels such to the case, that he was fired because of his views, andthe college in return gives him a good recommendation. Any faculty memberwhose departure from, an institution is accompanied by a student pro test willhave great difficulty in finding another job.

Proving that a faculty member was fired because of his views is nearl yimpossible. Faculty firi ng and hiring is decided upon by the department head ,the Dean of the faculty and the President; whatever the real reason for hisremoval,' the faculty member is almost always told that such a decision was anadministrativ e necessity for the department.

One of the teachers who has been asked to leave told the ECHO:"Faculty hardly ever choose to leave Colby; people who come here usually do sobecause they have a perticular liking for small college and they lik e Maine. "

Mr. Jacobs, Ass't. Professor of Government is thought to haveantagon ized the admini stration by a speech he made in the Coffe e House onParents' Weekend. Mr, Jacobs whose comments gained wide publicity , criticizedsevera l aspects of college life ; he spoke of the contradictory functions of thedeans, as counsellors of students and enforcers of the rules, and talked frankl y oipremarital sex at Colby. Mr. Jacobs also has activel y pushed for a re form of thestudent Judciary (March 21 ECHO); he advocates greater protection fromprosecution for the defendent .

Two years ago Mr. Makinen was named Ass't to the President and hisfutur e at Colby appeared bright. Since then his star has gone into decline . Mr.Makinen spoke al an anti-Vietnam rally at th e Chapel in November 1967. InMarch 1968 he released a statement to the ECHO voicing his support for thosewho, on moral ground s, refused induction into the army. In the March facultymeeting of this year Mr. Makinen attempted to read the 23 demands of tlieChapel group. In recent weeks Mr. Makinen has served as "defence attorney " forstudents being prosecuted by Dean 's Rosenthal and Quillin. He has supportedthe defendent in severa l cases by requiring elementary legal procedure s tq the

Con 't on p a, 10

Ax Hammers in the Main Building

Text and Research by Earle ShettleworthPhotographs and Research by Tony Burkhart

Nearby Oakland is quiet today. Like thousands of other towns acrossAmerica , its economy was based on small nineteenth century industries. In 1881West Waterville, as the community was then know, produced scythes, axes, hay ,straw and com knives, grass hooks, threshing machines, chairs, settees, carriages,leather, tinware, boots, shoes, nd grain. However, the changing needs andlarge-scale manufacturing methods of the twentieth century have taken their toll inplaces such as Oakland. Presently, the town has but three surviving factories , anactive textile mill and two inactive tool companies.

This article addresses itself to the Emerson and Stevens plant which madescythes and axes beside Messalonskee Stream for almost 100 years. The businesswas founded in 1870 as Emerson, Stevens, and Company by Luther D. Emerson ,Joseph E. Stevens, William R. Pinkham , and George W. Stevens. That year theyerected the buildings and started production which soon proved successful. In1885 the four men incorporated the firm as the Emerson and StevensManufacturing Company, its present name. Three years later they were employing48 hands, and by 1892 the number had reached SO, not counting five travelingsalesmen. The factory turned out 4,000 dozen scythes and 3,000 dozen axes thatyear.

Emerson and Stevens prospered under Luther Emerson's management , andin 1913 Lester M. Andrews, who had started under him , became head of thecorporation. Andrews held this position until 1923 when the plant burned . Notfeeling equal to rebuilding, he sold the business to Ralph M. Stowell, anexperienced member of the firm.

Stowell erected improved facilities in 1924, and the company returned toproduction the next year. Its peak lasted from 1940 to 1958 when it supplied 7% ofthe nation 's scythes and about 1% of its axes. Sales were mostly to distributors andhardware stores from Maine to California.

Ten years ago a declineHdeintroduction of lower priced cluHonWhile the drop-forged ax is cheB ntwo-piece Emerson and Stevens Bin:by the longer, more costly proiBigsteel head. The forging was doHl lidrawing the bitt steel into thedeBidt

The Emerson and SlcveBmrFebruary of 1968. It has rcmnltalmanaged by his nephew, HarolBoythan 50 years, keeps the surviMf lvarieties of axes in good conditHotdesired of the two items nndaraBseian order came from Purdue Hiedistributors who still hand le smHofrailroad that buys them for itsroB

Almost every Monday nnMlerithe orderly, heated rear rooms win

WAR! - OIM CATS

COLBYECHO

Of the many issues now in questi on on thiscampus, one that has great personal effect on manystudents has come to be almost ignored. That issueinvolves those continual enemies, the Buildings andGrounds commandos and the resident students,

It seems that the B and G- boys, in a number oidaring daylight raids, have managed to abseound withseveral cats. Naturally, there has been a studne treaction to these acts of agression. These raids startedover a month ago and have been cnttinuing on acomplicated schedule. One has to feel pity for theaverage campus cat who, while peacefully sunninghimself by his favorite window, is roughly scooped upby a skulk ing figure in B and G green and whiskedaway to the pet doungcon, located somewhere in thegenera l vicinity of the fieldhouse complex. There thecat is given his private accomodations which he mayenjoy as long as he doesn't put any tape on the burs.Various eslimales as to how many cats have met thisfate range from ten to thirty.

Aft er great eff ort , an ECHO reporter was able toget hooked into the hot line to George Wlialon, whotoo>lc time out from his activities to answer somequestions. When asked why his forces had und ertakenthis campaign, he replied that there is a rule againststudents having pets. (Ed. note: the rule referred to ianumber six under Residence Hall Regulations, "Pets, ofanimal s of any kind , arc not permitted in dormitories,fra ternity houses, or anywhere on college properly,")

When asked why the rule existed, Mr. Whalon citedreasons of sanitation as being the most important.

"It gets prclly unsanitary after a eat box hasbeen silting in some room for a week." Mr. Whal onemphasized that all hut one of the abducted cats has

been claimed and that they were only being held untilthe vacation when their owners could remove themfrom the campus. The one unclaimed cat is now livingin a new home somewhere in Waterville. No cats havebeen given to the Animal Rescue League or any otherorganizations. The reporter than expanded the topic byasking for B and G's stand on gerbils and like animals.Mr. Wh alon's reaction: "Whafs a gerbil?"

Reporter; "Well, they're sort of like kangaroorats."

Mr. Whalon replied that as of the present, 15 andG has not much concern over the gerbil issue anddeclined any furth er comment on rodents of any kind.Evidentl y the rats in the Life Science Building are in noimmediate danger.

Upon being asked whether any disciplinary stepswere being planned against the cat owners on campus,Mr. Wlial on stilted that su ch action was not hisconcern. B and G was interested only with cleaning upthe present situation.

As a hopeful note to (lie Colby cat-lovers, itshould be pointed out thsit at least one Stu-Grepresentative, Barry Hurwitz , is plann ing to int oduce aproposal that would permit stud ents to hav e ca ts oncampus.

purse StainesRecently Health Education and

"Welfare Secretary Robert Finch sent lettersto College and University Administratorscalling their attention to provisions enactedlast fall by Congress relating to studentdisorder. In the statement he made aboutthe provisions , Finch asked thatadministrators "bring to the attention ofjour students the applicable provisions ofthese laws and advise them of theprocedures you intend to follow ineimplying with them."

The provisions to which he referedare the Department of Health Educationand Welfare's Appropriation Act, 1969 Sec.411 , and the Higher Educat ionAmendments of 1968, section 504. The firstact makes it illegal to use fundsappropriated by the act to provide loans,grants, or guarantees of loans to studentsconvicted by any court of a crime whichinvolved "the use of , or the assistance toothers in the use of force, trespass or seizureof property under control of an institutionof higher education, to prevent officials orstudents at such an institution fromengaging in their duties or pursuing theirstudies."

The second act deals with thesuspension for a two year peri?d of federalfinancial aid to students at the initiative ofthe college or university. This denial ofassistance may result if the institutiondetermines that a student has beenconvicted by a court of any crime "whichinvolved the use of (or assistance to othersin the use of force, disruption , or the seizureof property.... to pre-vent officials ofstudents....from engaging in their duties orpursuing their studies," and which is "of aserious nature and contributed a substantialdisruption of the administration of theinstitution."

The denial of assistance may alsooccur if an institution of higher educationdetermines that the student "has willfullyrefused to obey a lawful regulation or orderof such institution and that such refusalwas of a serious nature and contributed to asubstantial disruption of the administrationof such institution " The programs ofassistance to which the amendments areapplicable are the student loan programunder title II of the National DefenseEducation Act ?of 1958, the Educational

Opportunity Grant Program, the StudentLoan Insurance Porgram, the Work-StudyProgram or various fellowship programs.

The Higher Education and NationalA f f a i r s newsletter reports that the"provision is self-enforcing and leaves nodiscretion to a college or university inadministering it." The other provisions leavemuch to the college.

As of yet, according to the 'HarvardCrimson' of March 24, 1969, "no studentshave lost federal aid because of these lawsbut the possibility is readily evident."

Responding in opposition to the lawsin a memorandum to Congress in J anuary,Wilbur J. Cohen, past HEW Secretary stated(as quoted in the American Council ofEducation's March 28 newsletter HigherEducation and National Affairs) "I haveserious doubts as to the wisdom andappropriateness of the recently enacted

government and university which underliesour system of Federal assistance to highereducation."

Further opposition to these laws wasexpressed by the American Council ofEducation in May, 1968 when the bills wereup for discussion in Congress. In part thestatement read: "In his role as citizen, thestudent is subject to the criminal sanctionsadministered within the judicial system andto penalties ranging from probation toexpulsion. Efforts by the Congress, howeverunderstandable in the temper of the times,to establish still a third and additionalsystem of sanctions and penalties can onlyserve to becloud and confuse the orderlyapplication of time-tested procedures.""

Third system is now law and itappears that HEW secretary Finch is set onhaving colleges and universities use theselaws to help bring about campus peace.

At Colby, about 206 students arereceiving aid through three of the federalprograms covered by the legislation andmany more are under the student loaninsurance program which is also covered bythe amendments.

student unrest provisions. In my view theymay impair the development of neededimprovements in communication amongadministrators, faculty and students onmany of our campuses, as well as do lastinginjury to the delicate balance between

CHAPLAIN SPEAKSAccording to Chaplain Hudson, Lorrimer Chapel

has become a kind of student union at Colby. WhyLorrimer? Because, he says, "It's the only place wherethis kind of living can take place without fear of beingthwarted by the administration." The kind of living herefers to, of course, is the group currently in residencein the Rose Chapel and the lounge of the chapel.Having no name but "the Chapel Group", orfacetiously, the "Easter Pig," the students whooriginally moved into the chapel as a peacefuldemonstration against the lack of communicationfcetween students, faculty, and administration, havefceen the subject of much controversy over their rightto live in a residence for which they themselvesformulate the rules. In the center of the controversy isthe chaplain, who is responsible for anything thathappens in the xihapel.

The chaplain sees his position as one betweenstudents, faculty, and administration, in which he hasloyalties to each. While his position is subject to thestrains of tension between these factions, "the ieautyof the job is that it 's without portfolio; I'm dealingwith problems that are not specifically assigned toanyone; therefore tliere is a special flexibility in myduties. The problem is, to whom is a chaplainresponsible"? And the only answer is that he isresponsible to God, who is a god of justice, truthwithout hypocrisy, and freedom for tlie oppressed.

"The chaplain is a priest to all areas of campuslife. He needs to interpret the humanity of thePresident, tlie life concerns of the deans, and the fearsand hangups ^ of his peers, and not just be ayouth-monger. He tries to expose and reinforce thevalues of the institution he serves, and to deal with the'liberal' commitment of a liberal arts college.

"My basic job is to deal with religioussensibilities , even as they take on secularexpression-joy, suffering, birth, death, and rites of

Chaplain Hudson

passage. I don't think the chaplain should be a socialdo-gooder or a prophet; he is a theological educator,and as such must be committed to the basic sufferingentailed in his jol.

. - _ "Suddenly I have a congregation, and now I ¦ ¦~b--«¦¦¦ MnMB _¦ m-M-_--«--i mt -_-_-_-----<--• m UhMmb m Imm ^hh a*. ______________

must make you (the congregation: of concernedstudents) aware that true commitment uses suffering asits basis; pain is not to be sought out, but it must beendured.

"The chaplain does what he can to deepen theself-understanding of Jews, Christions, and otherreligious groups. Religion is an experience of God; howcan you believe in God if you don't believe inpeople-that they can come out winning, trusting eachother, sweeping the floor together: caring? Studentshave to believe in themselves if they are going to learn.The job of a chaplain is 'conversion', conversion fromnobody to somebody; I stand for this process ofhumanization.

"To choose your own death is to choose yourown life-to know what you stand for.

"Besides trying to increase people'sself-understanding, a chaplain also tries to articulatethe significance of the new commitment patternstaking place in our society. My conviction is thatmodern society had the technical ability of soaring intomore celebration of humanity. I want to stand for thisreleasing of captives from bondage and bringing truthto bear in spontaneous ways.

"I've been at Colby for four years, and likeother instructors, I enjoy teaching, writing, and being aschojar-in-residence. But I can't enjoy sitting aroundseeing these vacumns. I like to participate in things thatare catalytic, in that they help others realize what theycan do for themselves. I don't want to run this show,but listen to the 'grass roots' and interpret what I hearto other levels of the institution.

"In the past year, the Christion ministry hasmade a transition from serving the breaking-downprocesses of society, like protesting, to creating a senseof celebration of life. The religious thing is to be forsomething, not against it. The world is ours if we haveimagination and guts." _____ _____cummington com 1

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for axes dwindled with the:-piece Canadian drop-forged axes.)t have the cutting quality of theunered ax. The firm made its axesi high carbon bitt steel to a softerwintered method of welding andrthe blows of a trip hammer,ng Company officially closed inpit M. Stowell's ownership and ii?C. Barrett , an emp loyee for moreive types of scythes and sixteendcrs for them. Axes are tlie more1 by college outing clubs. Recentlyre are also a few New Englandthe axes and scythes as well as one

noon finds Roy Barrett working inmil l building. To enter his saiic.tum

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where he does su ch jobs as paintings scythes to prevent rusting and placing ax headson handles, one must pass a maze of decay ing dquipment which includes triphammers, belts , forges, and wheels. Going through the shadowy interior with itsdirt and rust seems like exploring some ancient ruin. Yet once inside Barrett'squarters , his waim personality and the beautifully crafted tools he works withquickly dispel this feeling.

As Roy Barrett skillfully carries on his jobs, he sometimes reminisces abouthis long service "with Emerson and Stevens. His father , Rodney S. Barrett , camefrom Canada in 1910 to work in he plant. Roy and his father repaired machineswith the aid of a helper , and eventually they worked on the forge. Thus, Barrettpossesses a rich knowledge of scythe and ax making methods and machinery .

Days were long with a man starting at between 6 and 6:30 a.m., laboring fivehours in the morning, stopping about noon for two to three hours, and thenreturning to work until 7:30 p.m. Women usually brought supper to the factory .During emergencies and rush orders , work would not end until the early hours ofthe nex t morning.

Roy Barrett vividly recalls the wind blowing smoke down the draft outletswhen the wind reversed its direction. "The wind would blow right down my back ,"he says. "You could feel it sneak right on down your collar."

The almost centuiy long activity of the Emerson and Stevens ManufacturingCompany will probably cease when Barrett sells the last of the firm 's scythes andaxes. However , one wishes that the plant could be preserved for what it mightillustrate to the present and the future. People could see how tool making wasdone, and they could visualize what a small industry was like. It was of such a size asto allow close human relationships and an understanding of all the phases ofproducing an article that one contributed toward. Thus , a sense of craftsmanshipand pride developed wliich resulted in higher quality products. These factors havebeen lost sight of in much of today 's large-scale manufacturing. The aging factoryat Oakland could serve as a valuable reminder of them.

MULEKICKS

After the end of a varsity season, it is a Colby traditionfor the team to have a break-up dinner, not only for the sake ofmeeting as a team, but also to select new captains and honorthose who performed well. A great deal goes on at a break-updinner, as evinced by the hockey dinner held only last week.

The meal itself is porbably the least important of theevents at the dinner, except for the fact that the players get abit more than the usual Seiller's cuisine. First come thespeeches, delivered this year by Coach Green and Winkin , headof the Athletic Department. Trie point of these speeches wereto emphasize the fine job done by the team in the course of thelong season, highlighted by gaining a berth in the ECACDivision II Playoffs.

Next comes the awarding of letters for those playerswbo accumulated enough harne time to warrant one. Thisprecedes the high point of the evening - naming of next year scaptains and the Most Baluable Player. For the current season,Mark Janes was designated as most valuable to the team and fornext year, Tod Smith and Andy Hayashi were named asCo-captains. A final award , that of most improved player, wasgiven to the 3rd leading scorer, Sophomore Dave Williams.

Not all of the ceremonies, however, are serious. Onceletters and awards had been given out , Coach Green presented afew awards of his own , the most notorious of which was a canof air freshner (given to Tod Smith) and a dog leash ^presentedto Mai Wain.). In addition , the team statistics were distributed ,of which the most significant ones are listed below.Most goals - Mark Janes-15Most assists - Mark Janes-15Team goals - 87 in 20 gamesOpponents goals - 61 in 20 gamesGoalie play -Timmons-560 saves, 61 goals. 3.00G.A.A.Most penalties-Dennis Pruneau-42 minute s

In the seven losses sustained in the course of the season,all were to teams that finished ahead of Colby in the standings.The Mules lost to no teams that finished behind us. Also, of thenine returning p layers that played in the 1967-68 season, fiveincreased their goals scored production , 3 fell short of theprevious season and one remained the same. All in all, tlieevents of the hockey break-up dinner showed that the Muleshave just come off a fine season and look for continued successnext year. . .

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baseball team returnedhome to the snow of Mainelast Sunday after completingnine days of spring trainingin Miami, Florida. The teambegan regular season playyesterday at Wesleyan andwill be in action today andtomorrow at Williams andA.I.C. respectively.

Through the Mulesmanaged to win but one oftheir 12 exhibition games,t h e reco rd is h ighlydeceiving. The tough Miamicompetition proved to betoo much for Colby, yet theMules -were usually in everygame. Late inning mistakesproved again and again to bedisastrous.

Coach John Winkin isnot concerned with theteam's showing in the south.He treats the annual trip inthe same manner that themajor leagues treat theirp re-seaso n games. Hewanted to give his playersvaluable experience byhaving them play against topnotch teams, wliich, as heput it, "enabled us to playourselves into shape".

The one game Colbydid manage to win wasoddly enough their openeragainst Miami Dade North,last year's national juniorcollege champion. The Dadesquad had won 24 of theirprevious 27 games thisseason. Junior southpawGary Woodco ck hurledse-ven innings to pick up thewin, allowing only one runon five hits. Gary Hobbsblanked Dade over the lasttwo innings and wascredited with the save.Trailing 1-0 through seveninnings, the Mules explodedfor four runs in the eighth,with Dave Demers' two-rundouble proving to be the big 'blow. Walt Brower also hada fine day, pounding out adouble and a triple.

The trip enabledCoach Winkin to pretty wellset his starting lineup.C e n t e r e d a r o u n doutstanding shortstop andcaptain, Peter Emery, theinfield is composed mainlyof senior veterans. DickJacques will again be att h i r d base an d Pete

Yakawonis at first. SophomoreDanny Ouellette, who began to hitwell toward the end of thesouthern trip, will play secondbase. Veteran backstop Ed Woodinwill share the catching duties withsophomore Mai Wain, and will alsosee action in the outfield.

Lead—off specialist SteveDane will start in center field,flanked by Demers in left andBrower in right. The latter two sawaction as pitchers in Miami, andBrower is supposed to be thenumber one reliever this season.He, along with Demers and Emeryled the hitters on the trip with eachcollecting ten hits.

Sophomore pitcher BobHyland performed well enoughdown south to earn himself theopening day assignment againstWesleyan, Woodcock and Hobbsare expected to be the other twostarters for the Mules. Promisinglefty Rick Blackburn turned in onestellar performance in Maimi and isalso to expected to see some actionover the course of the season.Elliot Libman along with Browerwill handle the relief work.

Winkin's teams have lost inthe south before only to comeback and perform well against NewEngland competition. With 20games scheduled over a five—weekperiod, the Mules have j toughchallenge ahead, but improvementover last year's 6—13 record seemsalmost certain.

LACROSSEWith the season s opener

rapil y approaching, the ColbyLacrosse team finds itself in thebest condition since the team'sorigi n four years ago. Coach JackScholz has whipped his boys intoshape and it appears that they aremore than ready for theiropposition.

This finds the team withmore experience as well as moredepth in vital areas. The attack hasbeen bolstered by the return ofMike Self and the addition of hisb r o t h e r Steve. They will

compliment retournees'Pete Gflfoyand Dave Sliea. The midfield hasalways been a trouble spot for theMules, but consistant performersDana Baldwin, Webb Bradley, JonR ay, Bob Ewell and rookie LouGr i f f i th should remedy thesituation. At defense, the gapscreated by graduation are expectedto be filled by Captain DaveNoonan , Rich Gallup, Jack Dyerand newcomer Bill Holland. Thegoalie spot is again manned by PeteConstantinau , back again for hisfourth season as a starter.

C o l b y f a c e s s t i f fcompetition this year from thelilies of Bowdoin, Babson, Brandeisand UConn, to name a few. This isby fur the most difficult schedulethe team lias ever played. Tliehome opener on April 19th should

indicate the vast improvement ofthe lacrosse team and the prospectsfor a very successful season.

L. to R. Bob Hyland, Rick Blackburn, Gary Hobbes,Ed Woodin, Walt Brower, Gary Woodcock.

GOLFThe Colby Golf team, with four

returning lettermen, should havetheir best season in five years.Captain Rick Littlefield, back atNo. 1 for his third season, leads acast of experienced golfers thisyear. Craig Stephens, the otherreturning senior, assures us he isready. Junior lettermen Ken Jordanand Steve Smickrath along withjimiro Paul Luce and last year'sfreshman star Stan Plummer areexpected to contribute.

The remaining spot on the 7man roster is up for grabs. DonBates and Chris Woessncr arerctournees who will figure stronglythis year. Bob Cnglio (returningafter a year's layoff) showspromise. The turn out this year wasparticularl y impressive with 21names on the roster. All in all, theMules arc as solid as they have beenin quite a long time under newcoach Verne Ullom. Look for agood showing for the golf team thisyear.

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To the Editor:While I have generally

enjoyed reading the 'Echo', thearticle entitled "The Persecution ofDr. Strider " in last week's Echocan only be termed slipshod andinaccurate. Mr. Newleys account oflast week's events rambeled on inthe most turgid and unreadablefashion, as if he were training towrite a telephone directory.

I was especially annoyed byMr. Newley's limp attempt to shoreup a sagging narra tive by revertingto melodrama. Suddenly I amfound to. be "exploding in anger"and President Strider is led fromthe chapel "visibly shaken". 1 failto remember any J. AnthonyNewley in my room when Ireceived my letter nor do I think itnecessary to impugn the Presidentin such a shoddy manner.

Hopefully the 'Echo' willreturn to its former standards ofjournalism as exemplified by thearticle on Miller Library or thenews analysts by Bill Madden.Certainly the Colby communitydeserves better than the scribblingsof such an imeompetent hack.

Yours truly ,Elliot J aspin

Mr. Newley Replies:While I do not feel it

necessary to counter most of Mr.Jaspin's hysterical attacks, 1 wouldlike to point out that I havefollowed the developments of lastweek as closely as Mr. Jaspin, and Ican easily prove the accuracy ofmy statements. In the case of Mr.Jaspin's anger, there were severalwitnesses present all of whomagreed that Mr. Jaspin was indeed

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These questions arise : Whoformulates the offering of thevarious courses? It's certainly notthe students who are forced to takethem. Who makes the social ru les?It's certainly not the people whomust follow them. Who decides onwhy one group of athletes can fullyenjoy the excitement of theirsport, while another group isgreatly hampered both monetarilyand physically* (in the sense thatadequate recreation areas are notprovided)? Further, who makes thefinal jud gement on Colby 's list ofpriorities? And lastly, why areThese j udg men t s sometimesrevealed, yet never fully explained?

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Con t f irom pg. 3visible annoyance of Dean Rosenthal. In the past judiciary cases have beenhandled informally and without any strict legality.

In recent weeks the administration has exerted great pressure on ChaplainHudson to get the students who were living there out of the Chapel. It has beenrumored that the Chaplain has ieen the object of intimidation and subtlethreats. It is reported that the administration feels that much of the impetus torecent student activism can be attributed to last month's Religious Convocationwhich implicitly supported student participation in certain areas of collegejurisdiction. The Convocation was very well attended and was generally felt tohave been one of the most intellectually stimulating events of the y"ear ; theadministration did not look upon this year's Convocation favorably.

The pattern that emerges is. that those faculty members who havereputations as liberals in campus politics are being either fired or pressured intosilence; other faculty members from fear of reprisals have perhaps been trimmingtheir views for some time. Colby has had something of a tradition of letting gosome of its more energetic and unorthodox faculty ; two years ago Francis S.Mathews, whom the Colby course critique rated very highly did not have hiscontract renewed. Mr. Mathews had a Ph. D. and during his years at Colby waswriting a novel called 'The Concrete Judasbird' which was published last year. MLast summer Jacobs and Spiegelberg co-authored an article in the NEW BREPUBLIC entitled the "Do Nothing Gun Law." The net result of such a policy Hmay well be to stafle criticism and debate; some faculty members have indicated J™that they do not know how long they want to stay at Colby if other people who -Bagitate for debate are constrained to silence or forced to leave. -BBB-WH

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POETRY READING TONIGHT

Tonight at 9:00 p.m.PEQUOD will sponsor a poetryreading in the Robins Room ofRoberts Union. Reading their workwill be Betsie Baker, Professor

Hunt, Nadine MacDonald andMichael Moschos.

PEQUOD issued thefollowing statement to the ECHO:

"The lack of poetry eventson cmapus, sponsored by either theAdministration or a studentorganization, is felt among studentsall too strongly. Except for tworather limited efforts attemptedduring the Student Art Show, littlereading of original poetry hasreached our campus during the lasttwo years. Responding to thisneed, PEQUOD attempts a firstpresentation of poetry written bystudents or faculty outside of itsusual printed form.

"It is hoped that the poetryreading tonight will stimulatesuff icient interest to warrantfurther events of this kind.Admission is $.25. The materialread will be available inmimeographed form shortly afterthe reading.

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