1971-11-22; Central Michigan Life

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Happy  .:-.-.
Thanksgiving!!!
-y^52, Number 36
Mount Plegsant, Michigan 48858
Monday, November 22, 1971
CM LIFE RETURNS
DECEMBER 1
roups continue
und raising drive
Tftflfifcsfiving ...fie time of plenty
Palfsfoii! Relief Drive
Save The People, a local organization,
s leading a fund-raising drive next week
:o help the starving nine million people
In East Pakistan, according to Rev.
Charles Smith of Christ the King Lutheran
Chapel, publicity chairman for CMU's
Pakistani.Relief Drive,
Planned activities include: students
:o fast one meal on Nov. 30; a door-
:o-door donation solicitation to dormi-
:ories and apartment complexes, con-
iucted by members of the Christian Rural
Overseas Program (CROP) from Nov. 30-
Dec. 3; and'a candlelight Christmas dinner
service at Christ the KingLuther an Chapel
)n Dec. 15. Donation cannisters will
dso be provided in dorms and local
businesses.
The money raised will buy plastic and
canvas tarp that will provide shelter for
the refugeesjhigh protein foods, especially
•deeded for the children and medicine,
according to Rev. Smith.
"This money will be sent to CROP,
a   non-denominational   organization that
StMl
res Astro Turf
Monsanto Co. of St. Louis, Missouri,
is been awarded the contract for the
spallation of Astro Turf in  Central
ichigan University's new stadium. Mon-
iinto's bid for the job was $218,565.
Arthur E.   Ellis,  vice president for
ublic affairs,   said the   safety  factor
f Astro Turf was checked from every
ngle possible. ''People on CMU'S staff,
baches, trainers and rival schools with
rtificial turf led us to the conclusion
j.at the installation of Astro Turf was
lie best answer," he explained.
[Ellis said there was no new type of
iijury related specifically to Astro Turf.
"An adjustment to the type of equipment
used would be the best answer to curbing
injuries," he indicated.
Anthony ^Paparella and Robert Long of
See Ken Tabacsko's
column page 9
the Physical Plant accompanied Ellis
to Soldier's Field, Chicago last Tuesday
to talk to stadium officials concerning
maintenance and installation of Astro
Turf. Soldier's Field has the same turf
and installation procedures that CMU will
have.
-"There is nothing from the maintenance
standpoint that we learned to cause us
to change our minds," said Ellis. "We're
perfectly satisfied that we made the right
decision."
The cost of the Astro Turf is separate
from the $2.5 million stadium complex.
However, Development Fund money designated for the stadium will be used
to underwrite the cost of the turf.
does nothing but feed hungry people. By
utilizing existing agencies, CROP puts
the money where it can be best used,'*
said Rev. Smith.
"The goals of Save The People is to
make people more aware of the situation
in East Pakistan and to raise cold, hard
cash, in the amount of about $5,000."
he continued.
Films and speakers concerning the
situation in East Pakistan can be provided
by contacting Father Hammelman of St.
Mary's Chapel, 773-3931.
Individual contributions to Save The
People can be sent in care of Tom
Repp - Treasurer, 204 Warriner, CMU,
Mt. Pleasant, Mich., 48858.
For further   informatin concerning the v
drive, call Jim McBryde, chairman of the
campaign, 774-4245; Rev. David Van Dam,
committee chairman, 772-5055 or Rev.
Smith  773-5050.
Korean Orphanage Drive
Because of popular student response,
"Yourself" the musical variety show
sponsored by the Korean Orphanage Committee, will be performed again onDec. 1,
according to Marcia Datema, publicity
chairwoman.
The performance will be in War
riner Auditorium at 8 p.m.   Admission
will be $1 per person.
Among the selections from the hour
and a half long variety show include:'
songs from Jesus Christ Superstar,panto-
mines, interpertative readings and
dancing.
'"Yourself is not an ordinary variety
show. It has a theme of being yourself
which is carried through every part of the
show," Miss Datema explained.
The money received from "Yourself"
will be donated to the Mun San orphanage
and the orphans on the Penyong Island,
Korea.
ucat
values examined
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I (Morris B„ Abram has taken an inqui- this in the student equipped for and
Wive look into the subject of the "Debase- desiring it is, I submit, always and
aent of Liberal Education" and presented thoroughly relevant. It provides the so-
t thought-provoking point of view article educated man or woman with the skills
j> theOct. 18,1971 issue of "The Chronicle to make the learning relevant.
f Higher Education." CM LIFE preps portions of that article here because
t its general appeal to educators and
pucatees.)
| Americans have a mania for higher
pcation. our college and university
enrollment is almost eight million-in
prmsi of percentage of population, more
PJ twice that of Russia, three times
iLa. pan> *** ^°ni five'-or six
Pes that of Britain, West Germany,
m Switzerland, •
This condition  is  not,   in i
CiS'S? blessinS-   Perhaps
of it may be found than
is  not,   in my view.
h
or . educational
The classical   education   performed
admirably the task of teaching students
how   to  learn.
I am.not so naive as to believe that
any significant numbers of American students are prepared for or could be enticed
into a classical education; the numbers in
England, too, are diminishing. Nor do I
believe that the classics are the sole
route to a liberal education.
This thorough knowledge, however, is
precisely what liberal arts education is
failing to provide in so many places today.
The average liberal arts student thus
emerges from college knowing a smatr-
tering of a lot and deeply of nothing. He
is master of no subject and without the
biun^ i ~,T """»a"»s.    Jfernaps no more
filing indictment o
n the increasingly vociferous demand on
Jmfican   campuses
relevance."
L'ttf serious students of mathematics  experience and too old for further learning
\th ^esciences are reasonably content on hia own^ ^ -
W\nivmai1Um ih the?e fields in     In fairness to the students who set forth
iiterallv thnnerS1^y*    °a the otnef hand, these demands, let's admit that they are
fences arh-tuden^Sofihe^OGiQl s«*fering from something real. They are
N tradition«iUmaKltl? ^ ttot5 fche^ih^ in the main, however, unqualified to diag-
Nipiines „nrof ?3!f, mat*er 0? tlM*s<* nose the trofible; surely they are unable
fives,        unrelate0rirrelevant-to, tlieir to pinpoint the place to blame.
j. The dissatisfaction
their
cry for
the
^oblem
I think.
which gives rise to
a more relevant education
have something to do with
^riculum.    But much of the real
I Higher S! tht answers.lieselsewher«
lon, lLhberal education has. I believe
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and proper function;
They know that their studies are frequently unchallenging, and they plainly
state that their degrees are educationally
meaningless. they think the trouble
lies with having to learn ancient truths-
and these from.books-and they hold the
administrations responsible for their four
m tiesir© S. ents wh0 havethecapacity years' indenture to these tasks. Tlien,
learn An 2? leafn from b0l*s' how to with black students and political activists
r--,.,,?,Ration which accomplishes in the lead, they demand new courses
and credit for work done in urban centers,
ih the ghettos, and in the streets.
College faculties must assume much
of the blame for this debasement of social
science and humanities curricula, and
with it, of higher liberal education. Since
the breakdown of the classics as a unifying
educational framework, the disparate
liberal disciplines have engaged more in
departmental log-rolling, individual back-
scratching, and internecine rivalry than
in education statecraft.
Thus   degree requirements   in many
colleges are determined more by the needs
of full employment for existing faculty
than by sound educational theory. The
subtle politics in a typical educational
policy committee meeting reveals far
more about what the faculty wants for
itself than what the student needs for a
meaningful    education.
However, if our liberal arts students
are permitted to indulge in four years
of superficialities, nothing visible will
happen immediately. Our civilization may
crumble, but that takes a while.
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Farmers raising more turkeys
When your family sits down at the Thanksgiving table Thursday and
younger brothers and sisters ali want either white meat or drumsticks
from the traditional turkey, you may wonder if supply cart keep up with
demand.
Director B. Dale Ball, Michigan Department of Agriculture, says this
year Michigan farms will raise 991,000 birds, an increase of four percent
over last year. "Nationally," Ball said, "turkeys raised this year are
expected to total almost 118 million, one percent above last year*
. "Michigan turkey ranch owners are also planning for greater production next year," Ball continued.1 "Turkey breeders say they intend
to keep nine percent more breeder hens than they had a year earlier,
in 15 important turkey states flock owners say they plan to keep one
percent less than last.year."
According to Michigan Crop Reporting Service, there are two major
breeds or turkey, light and heavy.' Heavy breeds generally run 12 to 15
pounds for the hen, 25 to 30 pounds for the "gobbler." The light breed,
called Beltsville and developed as a roaster-fryer, normally weighs
from   s^even  to eight pounds for the hen,  12 to 14 pounds for the torn.
Flockowners tell Crop Reporting Service they plan to increase heavy
breed flocks one percent but expect to decrease light breed flocks 17
percent. Director Ball said, "It would seem to indicate families want
larger birds on the table during the coming holiday season."
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