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Vol. XLII—No. I
MERCYIIURST
September 18, 1970
New! Faculty
|
Welcome
Annually,
Mercy
hurst witnesses some change whethernominal or extensive
In
the
facuityfof
the College. In previous years Mercyhurst was ac-
customedfto
seeing a number ofnew people
on*the
faculty andthis year is no exception.
•
The|j
addition
of;
18
new members to
|
the 1970-71
faculty
brings the total
\
to
a recordhigh 74 members,
50
^full-time,14 half time,
andflO
contractedoh a part time basis. However,it is at the administrative levelthat the changeover has beenmost pervasive. Three of the
lop
five administrators are new,not to mention the addition ofseveral people to the administrative^
staff .£
i.
The Merciad staff would like
to *take
this opportunity to welcome the new faculty and administrators and wish
them
aprofitable and successful year
at:Mercyhurst.
.
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The
fnew
full
J
time
faculty
members are: John 'Baldwin-Natural
Science
and Math, Arthur
|
Dooley
—fTheology
andPhilosophy,
iTr a
vis Hedrick —Social Sciences, Robert Knapp—Social Sciences, Sister Christian
IKoontz—Chairman oft
theEnglish department, Richard
Kubiak—Chairman
of SocialScience department, *John%in-
court—Theology *
and Philosophy,
iMrsV
Betty
Mohneyf—
Home Economics, Sister Maura
Smith—Education
and NaturalScience, David
Thomas—Natur
al Science and vMath, MissCheryl Wright
—^Fine
Arts.
$The
new half time facultymembers
are:
Herbert^
Apple-
baum—Social
Sciences, Joseph
COmpitello
—
Business,jBeverly
DiCarlo —'^Business,
Sisterj
Eli
sabeth Lintsen
—
Foreign Languages.
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—Natural jtSeienee
and Math,Sister
|Michele
Lehan —
For
eign Languages, Mrs. Mary K.Lieb—Business.
The
|new| members
of *
the
ad-
ministration
aie:
William P.Garvey — DeanJgE.
WffliamKennedy—Director of}
StudentAffairs, Alfred
J.
Wolanin, Sr.
(jh
Treasurer —Business Man*ager. |u| |The
additions
to the administrative staff are: James
G.
Lanahan — Director of Admis
sions,
Thomas A.
<Biliingsley
Assistant Director of Admis-
sions,
Margaret Edwards —Admissions* Counselor, Ramon F.Danielski — Executive Directorof Erie Consortium of Colleges,
Christine Bogdanski—DirectorofJFinanciai
Aid and women'shousing,
Sister. M&Ja»et|
Kiem-
pay (jps
Guidance andCounsel-ing.
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Freshmen Enrollment
Mercyhurst
'lias
always beenaccustomed to greeting a num
ber
of new students each
^Sep
tember. However, this year thefreshman class has a certainmark of
distinction—it
is thelargest in the
school's
history.Welcome ^freshmen!The Admissions department,under the direction
of
JamesG. Lanahan, has just releasedpreliminary
enrollment
t
stat
is-
tics.
It
is
important
fto Inote
thatithese
statistics!are
subjectto change.
Thetnew
freshman
class
totals approximately
?207
regular 'full-time students. Thetotal number of freshmen (including
speoiaksitudents)
is
22*1.
Including transfer
f
students
Mercyhursfc*fhas
added
approstj^
mately
286 new students, which
is*
almost one-half of the totalstudent body.
*iFor
the
first?time in&the
his-
tory of Mercyhurst, there are
male £
residents
totaling
about
42.
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ajbout|l09 of|Jhe
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ExaminationsAnnounced
PRINCETON, NEW JERSEY,September 14. College seniorspreparing to teach school may
take,
the National Teacher
5
Ex
aminations
Ton* any
offthe
four
different^
test
dates^
announced
today |by
Educational
Testing
Service,
a
nonprofit, educational
organization?
which prepares and administers thistesting program.
&
New dates for the testing ofprospective teachers are: . No
vembers
14,
1970, and
^January
30,
April 3, and July 17, 1971.The tests will be given at nearly 500 locations throughout theUnited States, ETS said.Results of the NationalTeacher Examinations are usedby many large school districtsas one of several factors in theselection of new teachers andby
several
states for certification or
licensing
of teachers.Some colleges also require allseniors
preparing
to teach totake the
J
examinations.
The
school systems and state departments of education
which
use the examination resultsare listed in an NTE
^leaflet
entitled
"Score Users"?
whichmay be obtained by writing to
ETS
ii H II IS I
On each full day
of*
testing,prospective
teachers
may takethe Common Examinations
which
measure their profes-sional preparation and generalcultural
:
background, and aTeaching
\
Area
Examinationwhich
-measures
their
masteryof
ithe subject
they
expect toteach.
|
j
^Prospective
teachers
should
contact^
the
/school*systems
inwhich" they
?seek
employment,or their colleges^ for
^specific
advice on which examinationsto take and on which dates theyshould be|taken.
i'
4The
BULLETIN OF
INFOR-
MATION'
FOR
CANDIDATESby Audrey RosenthalThe installation of the Hurst'snew
dean
completes the turnover to co-education. His qualifications need no reiteration.His most important asset ishis interest in the college.!Before bis appointment, Mr.Garvey was chairman of thesocial science departmentwhere he supervised the forma
tion
of a political science division. This new sector expandedtot evening classes
jin
world
and£
urban affairs
land
finally,conducted a successful
survey
on the last
mayorality
election.His history majors have jokingly been
referred!
to as
"Gar-
vey's
girls"
and
"Bill's
boys."Yet this illustrates that historymajors are one of the best informed groups on campus. Theyreceive first hand informationon courses, financial aid, postgraduate jobs
and|?
graduateschool opportunities. They arecarefully guided
through
Mr.
Garvey*s
counsel.
Mr.|
Garvey has further influenced both! college curriculum and college activities. Asa member of the blueprint committee, he
helpedfto
initiate the
tri-termt
intersession
^calendar.
He is presently co-ordinating asports
programjthat
will initially include tennis and
golf.
Presently the dean is in theprocess of formulating thefoundation of a
ivow
blueprintfor the College. The emphasisof this new blueprint will beprimarily academic. To be spec
ific:
Mr. Garvey is hopefulMercyhurst will become moreacademically viable by limitingthe
lecturers the;basic tooljof
the educator and bringing tothe fore more time for individualized instruction andfmdepen-dent study. The second essential tenet to the program will bea greater concentration of stu
dy Mn
a|major
field, rather thanan undue emphasis on
elec-tives;
and liberal arts courses.In a sense this will be a mild
departure
from the traditionalconcept of a liberal arts education, yet it will undoubtedlybe a stimulating and momentous reform.Personally guiding
£the
students and outwardly participating*in its growth, Mr. Garveyhas a definite vision of Mercyhurst as an? exceptionally finesmall college in the nearSfuture.So well does his reputation coincide with the
^college
that onestudent remarked: "Well nowthat he's dean I guess that we'llhave to call him Mr. Mercy
hurst."
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(lAOP)—'if
college? adminisitra-
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haveHt
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1800'$
might convincethem
that they
don't have itso bad 'alter all.
h
In those days students werefind,
suspended^
or expelled
for
such offenses as using profanity, playing billiards, associating with "idle or dissolutepersons," traveling
anore
than
twojmiles
from the
^campus
orattending the theater.
Reacting
to such harsh discipline, students at
IHobart
College heatedcannon
balls
till
theyfwere
red-hot
andl
rolled!
them
down}
adormitory
icorridor,
seriouslyinjuring a faculty member.
*
In 1807 Princeton expelledmore ithan 60 percent
>(125
ofan enrollment
df
200) of its student
!biDdy£ lor
rioting. Sevenyears
* laetr
some pyrotechni-
»
contains a
?list
of
test|
centers,and information about the examinations! as well as a Registration Form. Copies
may
beobtained from college place-
ment
officers,
schoob
personneldepartments,
§or
directly!
fromNationalSfTeaeherf
Examina-
cally-inclined
Princeton Tigersconstructed a giant firecrackerout of a hollow log packed withtwo pounds of gunpower andnearly blew up a campus building.
Not|
to
be outdone
'by
Princeton,
studentsjat
Bowdoin in 1827set off powder charges underseveral tutors' chairs. Threestudents were expelled and 20more were disciplined.(Smashing things was in vogueat several colleges. At
^Harvard
it was crockery. In
180.7
fresh-
meniand
sophomores demolished
wery
piece of
china
the col-lege owned.
At
Princeton,
\
stu
dents,
for
•some
reason, felt
the
windows had
|to
go. Princetonstudents did it with rocks butNorth Carolina students got in
some I
arget practice by
shoot*
ingjout
every window in sight.
But^
today's faculty
and administrators will perhaps be
most jthankfui tthatMhey
don'tfeel student anger
*as
directlyas many* of their predecessorsin the 1800s did. For example,
University^of
Virginiafstudents,upset over what they consider
ed?
excessive classroom work,horsewhipped several
factuly
members.
In^l817i
Princeton
ac
tivists
pelted
some of
the*
faculty
witluwine
bottles and fire-
tions,
Box
911,
|Educational
wood. And just before gradua-Testing Service, ^Princeton,
tion in l»24^Dartmo«th stttn
New Jersey 08540. dents stoned
a
iprofessor.
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Page
Two
MEKCYHURST
COLLEGE
September
18, 1970
'Mercyhurst
College, now entering into into its
second
full
year
as*
a-
coeducational institution, is developing internallywith great celerity. The growthis not expansive, 'but ratherqualitative, in nature. A smallcollege of less than 1000 stu
dents,
Mercyhurst has thrustitself into an era of development primarily concerned withjthe internal growth and improvement of the college academically,socially . and architecturally.From
•£
an 'academic stand
point, Mercyhurst*
s
scholastie j
life
will
be greatly enhanced bythe completion of the learningresource center
which
is presently under construction. Thebuilding is expected to
be*
completed
by
June 1971. The newaddition will expand the volumecapacity of the
library
almostthreefold. At the present
time,,
three story construction, willthe Mercyhurst library con-include many new innovationstains approximately 53,000 in library structure. On thebooks, but
with Hie
new addi
tion .the
capacity of the librarywill
increase
to about 120,000plus 50,000 bound periodicals.Sr. Mary Martin, the direc-tor of the library began preliminary research for the re-source center approximatelyapproximately six years ago.[Since that time
Sr.
Martin has
I traveled.'to
four different states and
aiboiit
15 colleges anduniversities to view libraryfacilities first hand. This enabled her to incorporate many,modern
developments
into
I
the|new. learning resource center.The present library, uponcompletion of the resource cen-
Iter will
be entirely a
reference
library. Th resource center, aground floor there will be anafter hours
lourtge
for late nightstudy. The Martin Luther Kingroom (which will include a reputable
col-lection
of AmericanNegro culture), a room to
store
Erie historical documents, of- j
fices,
and a faculty researchcenter.The
second and
third floors,which will
•
(be primarily usedfor books, will expand the capacity of the library greatly. Thethird floor, however,
will have
a
children's
literature room,-
ani
audio room
and
an audro-visual room. Also, every floor willhave
a
smoking lounge (approval pending), a typing roomand a
double
conference room.
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Hall
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The most important idea Sr.[Martin conveyed was that shewould be receptive to any opinions the students might haveconcerning the new resourcecenter.
"I
would like to es
tablish
a
!
'rapport
with the students and encourage them
"to
voice
their
opinions", stated Sr.Martin. It
is'
evident that
Sr.'
Martin's fine
.work,
along
withj
her belief in student involvement in the project, Mercyhurst
jwill
have a very fine collegelibrary in the near future..
The
athletic program, still in
j
its infancy,
received a
great
j
impetus with the addition of
I
the indoor tennis court.
Not
only will it allow the tennis
• * !
team valuable hours of practice
in)
the
oflf
season tout the*facilities will also be
available
to
tine
entire student body according: to
the
prescribed scch-eduled toours. The tennis courtis also
J
equipped with a saunabath which is also available forstudent fuse.
\ •
...Mercyhurst
College
has
.
longawaited .
the*
jcons
traction
.ofc
some kind of center for. socialactivities. In other words, the
colilege I
has
always "been
'With-!out
a
Hall
or
a*
building
where"social
activities
could*
!be*centered at. It
has been
a tradition at
Me-rcyhurs't (which is
primarily
resident)
to socially
acqu-iese
on
weefemfe
because;
most"
of the students either
go
[home or a
date
with a Gannon
stttdentf
\ \
t|*
iHopelfuily,
%
that
f'
ommissionhas now been rectified
wifth
theaddition of the' new' student
cof - j
fee house. Located in the
base-*
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V
!
Preston Hall
merit
of Zurn, the new coffeehouse will be able
to
accomodate approximately 100ftstu-
dents.
It
wMl
be the
Site of
approximately 23 weeks of entertainment with. sandwiches and
coffee
being
sertffcdfin tfte
kitchen adjacent to the coffeehouse. The coffee' house is wood
paneHed and
has wall to wallcarpeting, a new sound
systemand
a febage for entertainmentpurposes.
i
• Resident
*
life
at Mercyhurst
has
^
also*
undergone
a
mild
transformation
with the finalcompletion of Baldwin Hall andthe refurnishment and conversion of the faculty housing into
a
male dormitory.
|
Baldwin Hall, the latest addi
tion
to the Mercyhurst complex,
is a three-winged
buildingequipped
1
with lounges, tele-phone outlets, 'kitchenettes, typ-j
hig
rooms, and laundry facili
ties.
The ground floor is stillunfurnished pending future de-
velopment,-
however it does
\
have a date lounge with a wood
H&&-:
Coffee House
Indoor Tennis
1
Court
burning fireplace.
Preston
Hall, once used forfaculty
•
housing,
•
will now
pro-
{
vide
on-campus living quarters
for resident male students*
at
Mercyhurst for the first timein
its
history. <|The new men's dorm will beable
to
accommodate 55 students and two counselors. Inaddition to the sleeping units,Preston Hall
wil lhouse
twelvestudy
arid *
four infirmaryrooms, a health office, floorkitchen, a visitor's lounge,
men's
lounge, guest room, and
a|laundry
room.
• _
Yes,
Mercyhurst
College isnow embarking on its
most
vital mission, that is, a callingto become
one
of the fine small(colleges in the country. The
|initial thrust
in that directionhas been reputafble.
However,
the progression will have to extend into
many
areas with far-reaching reforms. Moreover, itwill have to maintain this state
af ihyperaetivity
for a long duration. That will be the pri-
| mary
test.Indeed, Mercyhurst Collegeis
no\v
in an extremely volatileand impressionable stage of development. Hopefully, the administration, the faculty, andabove all, the students, willhave the
vision
to transcendl
the
obstacles now in its pathjand become what Mercyhurst|was
always intended
to
be—
J
a quality college.
 
1
September
18, 1970
MERCYHURST
COLLEGE
Page
Three
Educators
Honored
(.Mercyhurst).
Three Mercy-
hurst
College educators will receive national recognition inthe 1970 honors publications,"Outstanding Educators o
f
America."
•William
P. Carvey, Dr. William E. Bryan, and
Sister
MaryCharles Weschler have been selected
by
the board of directorsof the Outstanding Americans•Foundation for the award citation.An annual program designedto recognize and honor educators across the country whohave contributedsignificantly'to the advancement of education, the
Mercyhurst
awardeeswere! chosen for
their*
dedica-
•tion
to the field of education,
lor Itheir
professional achievements, and for their contribu
tions *to
the community.
WILLIAM
GAIWEY',founder
and J director
of
tHe
Urban &
Wonld
Affairs
Institute
and theMercyhurst
Institute
for Political
Research
has
beefi
with
the
college since 1961 He
is^
pastdirector of
^teacher pia cement?
and chairman of the educationand social sciences depart
ment^
Garvey was named college
dean^ast
March, makingthe first layman to hold* thenumber two administrative
j post. Y
WILLIAM E. ©RYAN, Ed.D.has been chairman of the education department since 1967.He joined the
facudtj^in
1964and in 1966 headed the academic (blueprint committee whichresullted
in
a totally reorganized and reoriented calendarand curriculum at Mercyhurst.•D#. Bryan's program, whichemphasizes independent study,was implemented at the college,September 1967.
%
'SISTER
MARY CHARLES,
proif essor •
of chemistry, has
been chairman
of the naturalsciences and mathematics department since
196$$
A
Ph.D inphysical chemistry, she is currently on a 15-month collegeleave for post-doctorate workat the Argonne National Laboratory
uitder
an $11,000 Na-tional
Science Foundation
Faculty -Fellowship. Sr. Charles has
afeo
been named to Marquis'1970 edition of "Who's
?Whd|ofAmerican
Women."
Centennial
Lectures
Nineteen
^hundred and
sev-
enjty|mar.ks
a year of celebration
for?.the
Sisters of Mercyas they commemorate their100th year
oPiservice to*the
diocese of Erie. .
:|fa
conjunction*
with ithe
Centennialcelegraition,Mercyhurst
CoHege
twill sponsor aseries of five lectures from
September«21 tolpctoiber
25.
|
The initial fall lectures
—-
/jcheduled^Monddy, September
21
|and Thursday, October 1
at
8:15
-p.
mi*
in
Zurn recital haH—will
'feature
Dr.
George!Kovacs•and
Dean William! P. Garvey,
respectively
}':
tDr.
Kovacs, an
assistant
pro
fessors
of
philosophy at?
Mercyhurst, will speak
Mondayinight
on the
tdjpk!,i'To
Thiriik
is to beFree,"
r
|
|
A native of Hungary, Kovacsholds degrees
from?
universities
1
inJHungary, ^Canada**and
Ar*
,
•
gentina, as well as a
doctorate
in philosophy from the University ofLouv'ain.
llDeant
G-arvey#
wiM sf>eak
October
l^Ton
the" subject, 'TheDecline
of
the AmericanDream."The
Mercyhurst
dean
ijwas
formerly chairman of
|the
social*
sciences
department^
In
1969
he
ifoundedjiand
directed
tft^l$ban
f&
World Affairs -institute and the Mercyhurst Institute (for
Polftftfeal
Research.
Pii-
Ph.D. candidate
*in
history,University
offt-
Pittsburgh,
Jhewas
recently
isamedfto tfte$l970
edition of "Outstanding!Eduea-tors ofAmerica.'**Open to the student#body, the
centennial series
will
also
^(feature
S&ter
M.
,*Anhe
FrancisCavanaugh on October
lljiDrvEmily
BBhz, October
24|"andTrafHford
Matter, S.J. on October
25*
;
Student 'Gripe
Was|it necessary
for
Mercyhurst
to spend
$l?0tJfon
a sign
advertisUfe
the activities on
campus?
\
.ftgHow
many bids wereaccepted? . .
.It
there enough parking space on campus? . .
.
Will
thelnew
parking! lot accomodate the overflow? . . . Will
Colloquey|die
due
to lackwf studwit ^interest? £$ yWhen
will(the
roadkon oampus befrepaved?
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irresponsibility
lead§to the?death
of the literary magazine? ... Is student government a non-functional organization? . . . Will thesecurity guards be
ablefto
copefwith thelnew male residents or
wUUthese studentslbe constancy interog&ted aboujb "their
business on campus?"-;.
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staff?
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Elliot Stroul
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The
DRAGf
AndWOU
By
Elliotti Stroul
Two months ago a smallgroup of young men in Erieopened the doors of an officeat 1031 State Street.
Ifr
hadbeen the feeling of these menand the others that have sufb-quenltly joined them in their ef-forts that most
draft-age
youthsare
appallingly
unaware of theworkings of the law which affects them most directly, It isthe
stated
aim of the Americanpolitical bureaucracy to re-channel manpower through itssystem into areas of workwhich the established government
decided*
was in the national interest,
raither
than letting the people decide for themselves in
the
open marketplace.Consequently, the selectiveservice
&aw
(provides for a system
iwhich
not
only
has tinepower
%kx life
and
adeath over
left
4
fevery*
dralft-aige
male, butchannels
him t
into areas ofwork
which it*feels arel»bes#by
its definition. $.Therefore, the young menwho were generally
Jthe
^eft-
overs of. a
disappoin'ting^at-
tempt
to place peace candidates Jon the November ballot
redirected
their efforts thistime to
the
education
of^
thepublic. So instead
oif engaging
in therhetorical*
elements
of
.pulblic
information!
.the
group
directed*!theif
efforts at explaining the
little-kniowh#but
alp*
so
significant
Selective Serviceaw on a
personal
counsellinglevel.
gThefErie 'Dra¥G
Lawflhfdfcnia-tion
Cefiter
has comeiinto beingto
servetan esseiltial
coity
need.f WiW thfc
SoutheastAsian War being
kvhat
it is,many registrants
(dra'flt
eligi-
bles)
want to refuse to fight,but-ia
re
corapleitfely igndrarit
ofthe
^ossiJbiQties
that are
partoffthe
Law
exem^titlg
individ*^
tz&ls
from
corilbat
service.
(Fur
thermore,
many^fare
ignorant"
of the June 14tSupr^me| Court
"aecision thif sfrys Sany
individ
ual
wlid wodldvtoe giveft no
restor peace
ibyiparftknipa'titlg In^tein
instrument of war must |begranted
exemption
f
f
om
*cohi-batant service.Conversely,
there^sare
Individuals who want
$0 beatHhe
d.ra!ft
toy enlisting, however contradictory
that
concept mayseem the Center
feels
ah ofo&-
gatioiifiito ^provide infornlation
about all phases of the law. Itwould toe
a Violiataon
of* $he*American ideal that dedicatedto ithe search
for.truith
and
jus-j
tice in
-legail
endeavors,
if suehj
an origanization were to
Be
anything less than impartial inits offering of information.
k*p
_^_
So
there it is
fellow
sudentts.
That's what's been
going on inErie while you were
^
away,basking in (the sun and fun of.
faraway
(places^" The Americansystem is facing the test oftruth; now in Erie there is anorganization that
is
to insuring every
individual
his
rights ^before
the iLaw, be he adove or a hawk,
iblaok
of white,alien or domestic. It is evidentthe establishment
.waiLl
have toface
u# to ithe fact
that it
has
in
the ipast beftateH^lle^allj^attimes land
ithe Center is in the
fltie Nobfe
Weed
by Paul AndersonIndian hemp and its by-products especially marijuana andhashish is a much
discussed
and greatly maligned herb. Biologically known as Cannabis
Sat
via, pot
is
a member of the nora-
clae
or common mulberry family. Cannabis is from 4 to 12 feethigh with an angular stem and palmate leaves indented like asaw.The history of grass is imbued with accusations that marijuana smoking often leads to the
us'c
of heroin or other addictivedrugs. In many research cases, the results have been the same;there is no evidence to substantiate this. Regarding the questionof addiction, there is no physiological dependence developed andonly slight tolerance. These were found by both H. L. Freedmanand M. J.
Rockmore in
their report "Marijuana, Factor in Per
sonalty
Evaluation and Army Maladjustment."What are the true physiological and psychological effects?Physically, it primarily stimulates the brain, has
a
mydriatic
ef-;
feet
upon the pupils, accelerates the pulse, sometimes quickens orsometimes retards breathing, produces an appetite, increasesurine output and aids contraction of the uterus. Surprising as itmay seem Cannabis has been used as
a pharmac
T
etic
in India,Great Britain and even in the United States. In 1894 is was remov-ed from the market due to a large amount of ill publicity. It is
pow
classified as a hallucinogen along with
ilSD
and Mescaline.Upon examination of marijuana intoxication, it is clear that allacute intoxication resembles that of mescaline more than any
other
drug.
Comparison
with the opiate does not bring any parallels.First, compared to other drugs, hashish or marijuana is fee-
ble
and without any great danger. This is so for the smoker whois able to limit the amount of smoke can stop at his desired levelof euphoria. Second, marijuana or hash essentially caus'es phy
sical
passivity, whereas
LSD
and mescaline produces periods ofwakefulness,
*5Of
those
familar
with the use of grass in the U.S., there isgeneral agreement that the legal penalties are much too severe.Many judges have complained of excessive penalties for minoroffenses. In Pennsylvania, the first offense may result in a fiveto ten year imprisonment, while manslaughter may result in thesame. The White House Conference on Drug Abuse in 1962 said,
"
. . . the hazards of marijuana per se have been exaggeratedand that long criminal sentences imposed on the occasional useror possessor are in poor social perspective."Marijuana,^ far from *being£dangerous, appears to be completely harmless, and under certain conditions quite beneficial.
It?*is
non-addictive and has
no|
known adversephysiological^effects*Psychologically it is
known *to
enhance perception
t
and
therwis
no scientifically respective evidence to suggest it maybe useful in psychiatric condition such asischizophrenia.When J began to research for this article I
lookecLfor*pro
andcon views on marijuana
butj*found mostly
the pro. This seems toindicate a
presentftrend
towards possiblelegalization!However,
itfislconceivable
this is only a reaction to its Prohibition aspects,
specifically theftclimate
of
disres^ecHiforilthe
low it has created.
prfcefc&s ofiattempting
to rectify
these<*grave
injustices.
&
iHGflgftHi-
know^of
anyone who
heeds help
or if you
need|dnfor-
mation
j>n
the
draft, contact
The
J^Erte
iiDrafKLawflnlforma-tion
Cenfe^^031*State|5treet
or
call^45j-4019?
Office hours arenoon—
$:
00
pC
m.,
Monday-Sat
urday/
f
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SHOW
Presents:
Anthony
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FOLK SINGERS
Saturday, September
19,1970
8:00
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