CHARLES SCHLEICHER, professor of political science, praised
the late Indian Prime Minister Shastri at a Memorial Service Tues
day. Behind Schleicher are Alfred Bloom, assistant professor of
religion, and Ahmed Sheikh, Ph.D. candidate in political science.
Service Honors India's Shastri
After less than two years as
Prime Minister of India, Lai Ba
hadur Shastri died Monday of a
heart attack.
In memorial of his death, the
University Indian Students Asso
ciation held a short service Wed
nesday giving tribute to Shastri's
character, political prowess, and
social leadership.
About 40 people, mostly Indian
foreign students, listened in the
Dads’ Room at the Student Un
ion to three speakers comment
on the Prime Minister s death.
Shastri “served his country ac
tively for a majority of his 61
years. ... He understood a ma
jority of the problems of India,’’
said Charles Schleicher, political
science professor.
Ahmed Sheikh, also of the po
litical science dept., added, “In
1966, there are certain things In
dia can be very proud of, (it) can
Chavan Will Discuss
International Festival
Winter term’s first Internation
al Coffee Hour will feature Anant
Chavan, director of the Third
Annual International Festival,
scheduled April 13-17, telling
ways that foreign students can
take part in the YM-YWCA
sponsored event. The coffee hour
is held at 4 p.m. each Thursday
in the Orides Lounge, Gerlinger.
Construction Photos
Exhibited at Library
Photographs of the various
stages of construction of the $2,
075,000 addition to the library
are on display in the library lobby \
through February 13th. The Pho
tographic Bureau of the library
is responsible for the photography
and the exhibit.
be very proud of its leadership.''
Shastri, said Schleicher, was
“gentle, he was patient, yet he
was given to reason and compro
mise.”
The association also sent a res
olution to Shastri’s wife and the
Indian president offering condo
lences.
The memorial closed with a
prayer by Alfred Bloom, assis
tant professor in religion.
Sign-up Begins
For Y Activities
Today is sign-up day for
YWCA-YMCA winter term activi
ties.
In the Lane County Youth
Study Program, five women are
needed to work with junior high
school girls who are potential
dropouts.
Under Big Sister Program a
student is assigned to one child,
and meets with the little girl at
least once a week. The “big sis
ter” takes her on hikes, or mov
ies, or simply plays with her.
The Pearl Buck project is for
girls interested in working with
mentally retarded children.
Sacred Heart and Children’s
Hospital Projects need girls to
give an hour each week reading
to patients and playing with chil
dren in the hospital.
Two Y Teen advisors are need
ed to work with Y clubs in the
Central Lane YWCe.
Students may sign up also to
work on the Heart Hop, scheduled
for Feb. 12. This is a “progres
sive dance” held in four frater
nity or sorority houses.
The Student’s
University
Toward a teaching—learning community
—learning and discussing the vital issues
of our times
—replacement of impersonal “objective”
texts with the primary sources
—the Active engagement of the student
1249 Alder, Noon on Thursday, Jan. 13
Discussion at the New World Coffee House,
and the teacher in the course work
'Group Living System...
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trainees, who come 50 at a time,
spend their first two weeks at
Tongue Point.
When trainees enter cadre eight
it’s already been decided what
cadre they'll live in after the two
week training period. While he's
in cadre eight the trainee talks
with a counselor and an educa
tional advisor from the cadre he’s
going into. He goes to some social
activities at that cadre but he
sticks mostly to the orientation
cadre.
Results Hood
Only two groups have gone
through this system. Johnson says
the apparent result is good.
“I think they have the same
adjustment problems peculiar to
people their age,” Johnson says.
Trainees range in age from 16
to 21. "There’s nothing more pe
culiar about the Job Corps than
any other group,” he insists.
“In general the trainees have
adjusted pretty well to this new
situation,” Johnson added. “Some
don’t, of course."
But the "group life” system
wasn't always like that. Trainees
weren’t adjusting well last sum
mer and a lot of them didn't
like the center. Most trainees
find the center far different from
what they expect. A lot of them
don’t like dormitory life and some
critics of the Job Corps have said
this is the wrong kind of living
situation for these people.
Revised System
After the disturbances this
summer McAbee began work on
a revision of the "eroui) life"
Telegram...
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eral students became involved in
heated arguments with drive
workers, while others seemed to
ignore the sign-up table on the
SU terrace.
The drive to circulate the tel
egrams began Sunday evening
when workers canvasser! the rna
jority of Greek organizations.
The response was meek, accord
ing to Scott Bartlett, co-ordinator
of the drive.
“In fact,” said Bartlett, “one
major fraternity told us that they
never signed anything. Many re
turned the petitioned blank. Sor
orities seemed more enthusiastic,
but they gave us little help.”
Spokesman said that a drive
had also been made to enlist the
support of Portland area colleges
in hopes that massive telegrams
could reach Johnson and Con
gressmen before next week's an
ticipated plea for an additional
$13 billion appropriation for the
Viet Nam war.
Poems Published
The magazine Evidence has pub
lished three poems by Ralph J.
Salisbury, associate professor of
English. They are “Coesixtences,”
“Red Plumes Against Blue Sky
and in,” and “Momentos: Mis
souri Twilight.”
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system. 1ft* brought Johnson in to
run it. Johnson lived for Iwo or j
three days in each cadre, got to i
know the stall of each cadre, and |
the trainees.
The dormitory system had i>rr
viously been set up much like
the University's. Kach cadre was j
divided into several units, each
with a counselor An overall cadre
supervisor like a head resident,
—ran each cadre, stepping in on
problem cases. Hut McAbee didn t
like that. "The worst thing you
can do is to send in a stranger
when you ha\ e problems." he
says.
lie’s reorganized it into a team
approach The cadre supervisor
now lives with the boys and works
with all of them lie has a stall of
about six people who help him;
a counselor who works directly
with trainees on personal prob
lems, an educational advisor who
helps trainees with their sched
All but Five
Trainees Return
ASTORIA (UPI) — Officials
of the Tongue Point Job Corps
center said 315 of the 320
trainees who went home for
Christmas leave will return.
One of the five not returning
obtained a job.
ules and other problems related
to the curriculum, two or three
"group life workers” who were
unit counselors, and who work
closest of any woth the corps
men.
Recreation Planned
There’s also a recreation man
who spends part of his time
planning the trainees’ recreation
programs lie’s not on the cadre
supervisor’s staff, however.
“The relationship between the
group life people and the trainees
is important," says Me A bee "We
want the trainee to feel the dor
mitory is his home, not just a
place where he sleeps, keeps his
clothes, and has a buddy.”
Me A bee has one key rule about
the relationship of the trainees
and the "group life” workers—
in fact, about all staff: trainees are
to be given a voice in formation
of policy at Tongue Point.
"Some people say about me
that 'If McAbee had his way the
kids would be running the base,’ ”
McAbee chuckles "That's not
true. But we do want them to
help run the base while we give
them leadership training,"
Student fiovernment
Trainees help run the base
through a student government
that makes most of the rules that
govern them. "I wanted to give
that student government some
real authority,” McAbee explains.
"I didn't want it to he like a high
school where you elect a student
government hut it doesn't amount
to much." The trainees held a
constitutional convention, derid
ed on the form of government
they wanted (a republican form
with representatives from each
cadre)
The discipline system has stu
dents making a large shore of the
discipline decisions The Tongue
Point staff is presently drawing
up a code of student conduct at
the direction of University Presi
dent Arthur S Flemming.
The present discipline system
is incorporated into a “group life
handbook.” It reads a lot like
tlie University's Student Conduct
Code.
The system, says the booklet,
"is largely based on the assunip
turn that the corptmen should
he most intimately involved at
every stage of the process. It is
further assumed that corpsinen
will learn to live more effectively
in a democracy hy participating
as active partners in a cornmu
nity which is as nearly demo
cratic as is feasible. .
Review Hoards l setl
Kach cadre ho* a review board
which (tears all disciplinary prob
lent* This hoard consist* of both
corpsmcn and staff There are
two appeal boards, one composed
entirely of corpsmen, another
wholly of staff If either a corps
man or a cadre supervisor dts
likes the decision of the cadre
board he may appeal to either
of those board* Center Director
Douglas Olds is the final authority
by law
How has this system worked?
Apparently pretty well Those
two rev lew hoards haven't had a
case to consider in two months
How are rorpsmen adjusting
to society overall?
The people who live closest
to them (outside of the Tongue
Point staff), the citizens of A*
torta, think they're doing very
well
They’ve been cooperative and
worked on downtown projects
Both Astoria Mayor Harry Stein
hock and 1 red Andrus, editor of
the local dally newspaper, agree
that the town reaction has been
favorable since this summer's
flare-ups.
“Most people here are happy
with them, except for the few
diehard* who wouldn't like the
Job Corps if all those kids came
out angels," says Steinbock.
Andrus used to get phone rails
all the time from people who ob
jected; now he gets very few.
(Next: What lies ahead)
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