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Banning of school books
discussed by symposium
By Brent Walth
Of the emerald
"It is by the goodness of God that in our
country we have those three unspeakably
precious things: freedom of speech, freedom of
conscience, and the prudence never to practice
either of them." — Mark Twain
Samuel Clemens' words seem ironically ap
propriate as parents in Virginia try to throw his
book ‘The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" out
of the local public schools
Library and textbook censorship conjure
images of book-fed bonfires and of enraged,
righteous defenders of the First Amendment, but
the issue is much more complicated than the
stereotypical images imply.
‘‘Freedom to Learn and Read: Who
Decides?" a symposium held Monday night in the
EMU Forum Room, allowed three persons with
concerns, interest and background in the book
banning issue to discuss its complexities
"The major differences over the issue arise in
the understanding of how the First Amendment
can be limited in the settings of public schools,”
said Barbara Bateman, University education
professor
Bateman said "book-banning" in schools
“runs the gamut from burning and destroying
books to the removing of required reading mater
ial ”
"These people are parents and citizens con
cerned about the values that their children come
in contact with at school," Bateman said "The
whole issue is much more complex than it
outwardly appears.”
Since the election of Pres Ronald Reagan
and the sudden visibility of the Moral Majority,
Bateman acknowledged, the number of textbook
challenges has increased sharply
However, Sheryl Steinke, instructional
material co-ordinator for Eugene School District
4-J, said her district has had only 10 challenges in
as many years
Many complaints arise over a book’s sexual,
racist or obscene nature, but other areas —
divorce, death and child abuse — also have been
listed
"A lot of books are challenged because of
their political nature," said Marc Abrams, an
attorney and University journalism professor
Books that have been challenged, including
Kurt Vonnegut’s ’’Slaughterhouse-Five" and
“Cat's Cradle," and Bernard Malamud’s "The
Fixer," have literary merit despite their con
troversial tone, Abrams said
An upcoming U S Supreme Court decision
may only cloud the debate
The school board in Island Trees, N Y.,
removed eight books in 1975 on the basis of their
"anti-American, anti-Christian, anti-Semitic and
just plain filthy" nature The case reached the
Court in December, and the decision should be
handed down sometime in June
"In the long run, this is the first shot in the
battle,"Abrams said "The Supreme Court is
traditionally reluctant to take a specific stand on
first-time issues ”
"Hopefully the Supreme Court will speak
forcefully,” Bateman said, "so people can see
that the First Amendment is still alive."
Neither Bateman or Abrams is optimistic of
that, and both foresee the true complexity of the
issue never showing through the media’s gloss
"The media tends to stay away from the law.
because it's perceived as complicated," Abrams
said "It tends to pose one side of an issue againsr
the other and square them off
"But it's more complicated than that," he
continued, "with many characters playing roles
and with as many twists as an 800-page novel
The issue deserves more attention than the 20 or
30 inches an editor may give it."
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