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Monday, Oct 6

4:15

Tuesday, Oct 7

3:00-10:00 7:30 8:15 9:30

Wednesday, Oct 8

4:15 7:30 8:00

Thursday, Oct 9

1:00- 3:30 1:15 2:15

Friday, Oct 10

8:15

11:30

Saturday, Oct 11

8:15 11 :00

Sunday, Oct 12

8:15

CALENDAR

Week of October 6-12, 1975

Organic Chemistry Class; Mr Sarkissian

Dance Class Go Club New Testament Class; Mr JW Smith Delegate Council Meeting

Elementary Hebrew; Mr Finch Small Chorus Philosophy-Yoga Class; Brahmachari Keith

CAMPUS PAYDAY Full Freshman Chorus Meeting with the Administration

Lecture: Power and Grace; D Allanbrook, Tutor, SJC, Annapolis

Film: The Mark of Zorro ~- -~- -- -~~

Film: L'eclisse; dir. Antonioni Waltz Party

Concert: Sandra Sherwbod, Soprano Charles Brock. Piano

Film: L'eclisse

ART HOURS

Ceramics

Mon.

Studio

11:00-12:30 3:30-5:30 11:00-12:30 3:30-5:30 11:00-12:30 3:30-5:30 7:30-10:30 (drawing class) 11:00-12.30

'rues.

Wed.

Thurs.

Fri.

Sat.

Sun.

3:30-5:30

9:30-12:30 (Painting class)

7:00-10:00 (class 8:00-10:00)

9:00-12:00

1:00-4:00

McDowell 24

Backstage FSK Coffee Shop McDowell 36 McDowell 24

McDowell 21 Mellon 146 McDowell 31

Business Office Great Hall McDowell 23

FSK

FSK

FSK Great Hall

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1:30-4:30

7:00-10:00

1:30-4:30 7:00-8:00 1:30-4:30 7:00-8:00 1:30-4:30

WOODSHOP HOURS: Wed., Fri., Bat. 2:00-5:00 PACKAGE ROOM HOURS: M1t/Th- l2:30~J,..r00

(Hours in effect during exhibits only)

TF- l:l0-1:4o Mon.-Fri.- 7:15-7:45 pm

COLLEGIAN CALLS CAUCUS

There will be a meeting of anyone interested in any way in The Collegian. It has been rumored that the present editor (one Henry Plot) is not satis­fied with his salary (some. two thanks a year) and has been bargaining with a rival outfit. Other 5ources have re­ported that Mr. Plant has gone off the deep end and has threatened to pull The Collegian down with him. Whatever Mr. Plate has (or hasn't) in his mind

' we feel it to be our duty to dredge it out into the open. The meeting will be on this Wednesday (Oct. 8) at 9:00 pm. in Rm. 21 McDowell.

If you want to save the paper, be there.

R Plaut - Editor

FOR SALE:

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rrov1e of the week "There are days when a chair, a tabie, a book, a man seem much the same ••• 11

Michelangelo Antonioni

Michelangelo Antonioni directed the RAM film for this weekend: L'eclisse (The Eclipse), starring Alain Delon and Monica Vitti about two lovers in a city in Italy. Antonioni's concern is the alienation of modern man. In his films (Blow .!:!£ The Passenger, etc), he seeks to port;ay a certain "existential despair" through po­etic simplicity of action and camerawork·

' supplemented by subtlety and thoughtful-ness of dialogue. The lovers come together and eventuall~ part in a world that is sterile and evasive.

I know this sounds like just another "comment on modern man" film, but it's more: a beautiful and engrossing movie.

L Tamlyn

The Mark of Zorro, 1920, starring Doug­las Fairbanks Sr, Marguerite De La Motte

The Mark of Zorro is the original Zor­ro film. None of the remakes has ever come close to being as exciting. This was Fairbanks's first portrayal of Zorro and marked the beginning of his many ad­venture films. Fairbanks's athletic agility and vivacious personality make this film the gem it is.

--Gerard Poissonnier

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This Week's cover is by Miss deSeife

4 How the "Real World" at last Became

a Myth

HISTORY OF AN ERROR

1. The real world, attainable to the wise, the pious, the virtuous man - he dwells in it, he is it. (Oldest form of the ideB::° ;e1atively sensible, simple, convincing. Transcription of tne proposition 111, Plato, ~the truth.")

2. The real world, unattainable for the moment, but promised to the wise, the pious, the virtuous man ("to the sinner who repents"). (Progress of the idea: it grows more refined, more enticing, more incomprehensible - it becomes a ~' it becomes Christian •.• )

3. The real world, unattainable, undemonstrable, cannot be pro-mised, but even when merely thought of a consolation, a duty, an imperative. (Fundamentally the same old sun, but shining through mist and scepticism; the idea grown sublime 1 pale, iiorih­erly, Konigsbergian.)

4. The real world - unattainable? Unattained, at any rate. And if unattained also unknown. Con­sequently also no consolation, no redem~tion, no duty: how could we have a duty towards something un­known? (The grey of dawn. First yawnings of reason. Cockcrow of positivism.)

5. The "real world" - an idea no longer of any use, not even a duty any longer - an idea grown useless, superfluous, consequently a refuted idea: let us abolish it! (Broad daylight; breakfast; return of cheerfulness and bon sens; Plato blushes for shame; all free spirits run riot.)

I hope this will reach the Students and Tutors responsible for the lovely bracelet and orchid I received for my Birthday. May each of you experience such a pleasant surprise at some time.

A sincere Thank You, Helen Wade

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6. We have abolished the real world: what world is left? The apparent world perhaps? ••• But no! With the real world we have als-o~­abOl~d the appa.-;ent world! (Mid-day; moment of the shortest shadow; end of the longest error; zenith of mankind; INCIPIT ZARATHUSTRA.)

- from F. Nietzsche's Gotzen-Dammerurg 1889

Submitted by M. Case, Esq.

SUMMA IDIOTICA Question 102 concerning unanswerable

questions

We next consider the asking of questions for which there are no suitable answeres, concerning which there are three points of inquiry: (1) How much wood wGUld a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood? (2) What is Truth? (3) Would you care to contribute to the Waltz Party?

FIRST ARTICLE How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if aw oodchuck could chuck wood?

We proceed thus to the first article: Objec.:tion 1. v•e see that in nature

many animals are assigned names which do not correspond to any activities performe·d by those animals. J!'or exam­ple, it would be meaningless to as~, "How much gold would a goldfish fish if a goldfish dould fish gold?"

Objection 2. There would be even less meaning to the question, "How much ring-tailed wuu~d a r~ng-taiiwd baboon baboon if a ring-tailed baboon could baboon ring-tailed?"

Objection3. W'ao cares.? On the contrary, it is written that,

"It is not ·by the spirit 1 IJut lty the teeth, that the task of the woodchuck is performed."

I answer that, the degree of fileaning­fulness in the question determines Utt degree to which the answer to that qU<:;stion is meaningful. Woodchucks do not chuck wood actually, but only potcn­tia:Lly, sinc8 ihe chucking of wood is supposed to be a hypothetical, rather than an actual, circumsta:r.ce.. 'fo answ~r this question by assigning an actu1l quantity to the result of a process that is merely potential both would be and is impossible. Rep~ Obii-. 1-.. Not mu.ch at all,really. Reply Obj. 2. ~uite a lot, especially cowRaf-~ehd withdth~ amc~nt of gold that a gain is woul fish. Reply Obj. 3. Who careo whether or not you care? .t.Phil Reissman

DOCKSIDE Amapolis

Dock folk think Dave's crab stuffings are great, but I say Bouillabaisse is best.

Arthur

Open7Days 11am--11pm

22 Market Space 268-2576

EDD REVEALS HIS ~'IONS (a story)

"Now think. It is very impo~tant that we should work together to help you uncover your relateves. 11

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The voice coming out of the man seat­ed across the office, on the other side of the braided rug which was calcula~ec to have a "homey" effect, wao pleasant­ly-modulated; it had benefited from its intentional experiences with tape-record­ers. Edd was aware that the voice had practiced itself for the sole purpose of soothing people like himself; but as thi6 awareness was unarticulated, Edd felt but the vaguest sense of gratitude as a result; and his mind was left free to deal with the immediate surroundings, the perception of which required no as­sumptions or deductions. "Or is that true?" he thought, but this though"C gave way before the awareness that it wss approx. L,-:25 p.m. He knew this be­cause he had a~plied his time-release 24-h•)Ur anti-perspirant at approx. 4:~5_p.m. yesterday and now he was per­spiring. He was also sitting with his knee-knobs together and the toes on one foot turned inward towards their ~e~lows ~n the other, an awkward pos­ition which he had not intentionally assumed, but in which he had just now discovered himself, and to no end; for the toes were entombed in leather shoes and enshrouded in musty socks, an ef­~ective impediment against any possibil­:..ty of their communicating the ones with the others, eve~ if they had desiI"ed cummunication. "And they have so much :..n common!" thought Edd, suddenly feel­ing alienated from himself.

"Suddenly, I feel alienated from my­self," Edd said impulsively, aware tha.t in so doing he had stopped a log­ic~l progression in tis tracks, and then immediately sorry that he had exposed the gap in himself. But it was such an abstract representation, after all: he liked those, because they sounded impressive without being revealingly ~pecific. Everything would be alright if he just kept his arms clamped firm­ly to his rib-cage.

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''How long have yo<J. had this feeling?" The man regarded him with placid brown eyes, with a steadiness that was not unpracticed. BTr. neither was it per­fected: for not ten .11inutes be fore, Edd had been directing himGelf to the d.esk in the corner, assuming the while that he .. -1as secure under the benevolent gaze of his interlocutor, when, upon stealing a glance at him, Edd discovered that he was looking out of the window, with an expressicn of rapt Loredo~. This breach of etiquette (for now, Edd realized that it was mere sterile eti­quette' had disturbed him then, ar.d as he recallej it now, it disturbed him again. He distrusted the steady gaze, and busily engaged himself in the acti­vity of elevating whatever naive eenti­mentalities had been drmm out by it into the realm of abst~actions, where he was safe from them. But he was an­noyed by thi:· realization that the naive sentamentalities had already escaped and been seized in all their ra•-1ness by this gaze which was c<,.lculated to draw them out. He also felt some fondness for these sentimentalities: they were, in fact, his most prized poasesLions. Hence his quite accurately-articulated feeling of self-division.

"I just nov. got it," Edd replied. "And it just now went away."

There was an embarrassing silence, which the man waited for Edd to break. But Edd was thinking of how embar:.:-assed he had been when the man had waiteci for him to pull !,J.is hand out of the hand·· shake. Edd hated defunct customs lkke handshakes. They had once been useful for ':;ihm1ing the other party that you had no weapon (or that, if you did, you had no intention of using it); now, they were meaningless. While Edd had been waiting for the man to ~3t go of his hand, the man could've been ~each­ing with his other hand for his con-· cealed weapon. Suddenly Edd articulated to himself what had before been but an awareness: Stroking. They had a good word for it. But it needed an adject­ive. Professional. Professional stroking.

rte felt .so pleased with himself that he wanted to exclaim to the professional: "Stroking!" , BL t then he realized that in the adult world, in which he was sup­posed to participate, discovery is no longer a cuase for childisL glee but rather a C&Ltse for sc•bei· reflection. Can it be wxpanded into 3. system? Or, better yet, call housewives use it? Clec..trly, his rnin.iscule dixcovery "/ould :-:.ave to await tbe amalgamatlon of many miniscule discoverie3 before illlything could be made of it, and who knew whe­ther or not thiE. would happen in his lifetime? A s~tering reflection.

Edd was startled out his descent into sober refl~ction by the man's pleasant-· ly-modulated voice: '1Tell me, have you ever sought help before?"

"No." "Have you ever ·,.,ratJ tea to. 11

"Yee;, I--once I was obsess?_·d wi th--in a really morbid way--obsesGed with-­ye;::,, I <)nee wanted to."

"0b.3es3ed with?" Ge.1.tle. Oh .so geni;. tle,

Edd made an aimlec.s upward 'Ilovement of his arm, which automatica::..l:r detacheC:. itself from ii[:, desi6fi.:.:.ted :oosi b on b;:, the ribs, and expcsed his underarms. Thi>:: was w'J.at the man had been wait:.i_ng for: an involuntary. actior:.. 1'1.tereGt leapt into bis eyes, ar d Edd sa-.oJ it. Edd w::indered if the man saw :tir:i see his interest. Or maybe he ss.w hi..m wo:ide:2ing if hf' saw him see his inter•;s+,. :.:nfini ty, in one of its infinite instance0, beg~..n to reprec.ent itself to Edd a~ain, in the irr.age of a growing tower of ·mlabeled tin ca11s, on·= piled on top 'Jf the other in 1-apid sclccession, reaching ever sky­ward and grcwing more and more unstable as it reached. :C..:dd dI·opped his arm to the edge of the coucil and clutched it, Lr&.cing himself ~gainst the fall of the tower.

(Next week--psrh3.ps Edd will uncover hi.s rela·ions.)

--CatP- Parisr.L

another Tiew of the infinite •••

L'INFINITO

Sempre caro mi fu quest'ermo colle, I questa siepe, c~e da tanta narte Dell'ultilllo orizzonte il guardo esclude. ~ sedendo e mirando, interminati Spazi di Li da quell.a, e sovrumani Silenzi, e profondissima quite Io nel pensir mi fingo1 OTe per poco ll cor non si spaura. E come il Vento Cl:io stor?11ir tra queste piante, io quello Inf'inito silenzio a questa voce Vo comparando1 e mi sovvien l'eterno E le morte ~tagioni, e la presente ' E viva,•" il suon di lei. Cos! tra questa lmmensita s'annega il pensier mios i il naufragar m•J dolce in questo mare.

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WHAT A LAMENTABLE CREATURE THE HUMAN BEING WITH ITS HOPES AND FEARS AND CONCERNS ' FROM TIME, FROM TRUTH, FROM LIGHT EVER

FLEEING IT SEEKS REFUGE IN DARKNESS BUT THE LIGHT

ALWAYS BURNS IN TWO DIMENSIONAL CLOUDS OF OBSCURITY •

HIDING WITH EYES CLOSED OBLITERATING REALITY IT

YEARNS FUTILELY FOR INNOCENT IGNORANCE AND FINDING IT FINDS IT IS NOT.

THE DREAMER AWAKES TO THE NIGHTMARE REALITY AND DEPTHLESS DESPAIR AND MUST DECIDE

(BY) FATON BACAJ

THE INFINITE

This lonely knoll was ever dear to me and this hedgerow that hides from view so large a part of the remote horizon. lht as I sit and gaze my thought conceiTes interminable spaces lying beyond and supernatural silences and prof aindest calm, until my heart almost becomes dismayed. And as I hear the wind come rustling thrrugh these leaves I find myself comparing to this voice ' that infinite silence1 and I recall eternity and all the ages that a~e dead ~nd the living presence and its sounds. And so lll this immensity my thrught is dr<*nedi and in this sea is f oondering sweet to me.

-Giacomo Leopardi (1798-1837) trans. Jean-Pierre Baricelli

••• this one not so mathematical.

submitted by Edward F. Grandi

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---concert Sandra Sherwood, lyric soprano, will

present a recital on Sunday, October 12 at 8:15 in the Great Hall. In an Inter­national repertoire, Miss Sherwood will sing songs by Respighi, Debussey, Brahms, Bernstein, Rachmaninoff, Tchaikovsky, de Falla, etc. She has formally studied at the Peabody Conservatory of Music in Bal­timore as a scholarship student and is now studying with Elsa Balslor of Balti­more City.

Miss Sherwood is a former semi-finalist in the Metropolitan Opera Competition, and in 1975 she was the winner of the Professional Vocal Division of the JGC Contest in Baltimore City.

Miss Sherwood has performed as soloist in Brahms's "Requiem" at the US Naval Academy, and in the Vivaldi "Gloria" and the Faire "Requiem" with the Annapolis Chorale. She is also singing at the Ken­nedy Center as a soloist in the Haydn ''Mass in B " during the Haydn Festival.

The concert is free and open to the public. The Music Library

Need Ten Dollars? If you are a junior or a senior, your

Lexicon is probably of little use to you now, n'est-ce pa.s? Unload that burden and get ten bucks with one effort! Make me an offer. If 'n you think your Lex is worth more'n ten, or if you want to be sure I buy YOURS, deviate from the recommended price accordingly. Write to me at box 377 TODAY (or tom01-row).

Jeremy Kilbcn·n

CA?. FIXING IN AMERICA Part lla

Clwnging the 0 il My first disaertation on the welfare

of cars will be about changing ths oil. While it may seem a simple, or even r:ien­i.:J.l, jos, oil is ~he reason a car'.:..; f·n-6ine lasts as long (or short) ao it does. My next store neighbor knows ab­solutely nothing about his cars eng~n2, but the one thing he does do is change the oil twice as often as the rna:aual calls for. His Camaro hat> 103,00:) miles on it: an.d has never given any trouble at all in eight years. If the only thing you get out of my o.rti·~les i.s an adjm,table w:;,·2nch a:id a drain pan to change your ·::ij 1 when it nt-:eds to be dr;ne, you've gone a long way.

Qj 1 Itself There are -::::i.ffere11t ki11ds of oil de­

pending on where it comes out of the ground. The best oil in the world, what­ever the A-rabs might have, comes ou~; of f:mnsylvania ground right in the U.S.ofA. lt has a lot of parrafin wax in it which keeps the oil lubr~cating longer and better. The two best k.."lown brands of Pennsylvania oil are Quakex· State and Pennzoil. If yo>J. want the besl, one of these oils is it.

1rhe Society of Automotive Engineers (S.A.E.) graded and distingo_iishcs be­tween different kinds of oil. The first distinction is the thickness or viscosity. In summer you n.eed to use a thicker oil because the in;:;reased heat tends to thin it so much it ;:;an't lubrica~e properly. In winter a thinner oil is ca.lled for as colder temperatures make it thicker.

Here is a chart tnat shows what vis­cosity oil to use in what season: SAE 51A arctic temps below -10° F SAE 10 W severe winters -10 to 32° F SAE 20W mild winter 32 to 68° F SAE }'.:: 'Su:nmc:r up to 86° F sA.E 40 tropical 86°+

The W after thP. ttinner grades means that the oil, when used under the desig­nated temperature ranze, will nev€'r be thinner than the number dec>ignation. It does not mean ~v'eigh t.

AB you cap see from the chart, the only grades you nePd concern yourself with are the lOW if you live in a severe winter area, 20W for winters around here and 30 for the swnmer. There is also "multi-viscosity" oil which is expressed as lOW-30 or 20W-50 etc. This means that the oil will have a.YJ. operating temp. range between that of a 10 and a. 30 oil or a 20 and 1 fifty, and you can use it all year long. Like all things that appc;ar to be conv·_ n.:.. :!nces, they have their undesirable sides too. Excessive heat breaks them down very quickly to the point where they offer no lubricat~cn at all. If you drive a VW or pull a trailer with your water cooled car, use a stra.:i..ght gre.de o:" oi 1. The same goes .for driving in a very hot climate no matter what kind of car you haw;. If you own a VW, do not use mu.ltigrade oil in it for sure, whatever the owners manual might say. It is flat wron.g about this.

There are additives in oil that im~rove its life ann lubrication in car engines. Detergent oil E>imply pick.s up all the little particles of metal anc_ carbon and keeps them- in suspension until the oil passes through a filter and is removed. Don't believe all those advert is.r,entt; about sor;e oil "cleaning your engine as you drive". It isn't like washing dishes. Back in the good old days (may th2y never return) cars used oils which di.ct :riot have detergent pro1:::erties and these let sludge and junk blild up in the oil 1 a.ssCl.ges. They still sell non­detergent oil for tractors and lawn mowers, but your car requires detergent Oil. Detergent oil has a red ring around the top of the can it comes in ond the letters HD there too.

So when you buy your oil remember, ingle viscosity oils offer more protec­ion than multis and cost less. Look tor

9 Pennsyivania oils like Pennzoil and

Quaker State. Buy only high detergent oil, look fm: the red ring on the top of the can. Also drug and department stores sell oil at a discount. The same quart of Quaker State that sells for $1.10 in a gas station goes for 65¢ in Grand Union.

All this is the intellectual part of changing your car's oil and is just as i~portant as the physical part, which I will describe next time.

Paul Kneisl

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------student ca11nittee on instruction An All-College Seminar is just one

month away. If you would like to advise on the reading, send a note via campus mail to the Student Instruction Commit­tee, c/o Richard Levy, and include ei­ther

A. Your choice of the following: 1. Cicero- Oration for the poet Archaeus 2. Dostoevsky- Notes from the Underground 3. Joyce- The Dubliners 4. Shakespeare- Antony and Cleopatra or B. Your own selection (it should be

ALL STUDENTS USING CAMPBELL KITCHEN: The student life committee would like

to get the Campbell Kitchen cleaned, repaired, and made generally more pleasant. We would like to hear from you what repairs need to be done and any reasonable suggestions concerning its transformation. Please reply to any member of the student life committee-

Ann Browning, Cathy Craig, Ellen Hamilton, Rachel McKay, Carla Schick, or Jim Walley.

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short) or C. Your advice on a general topic (ie, "Medieval History" or "Modern French Poetry")

You must mail your sugg~s~ion by tomor­row (Monday) at 4~30 pm, or convey it to ~ember of the committee (Michael Berger, Scott Cooper, Steve Gilles, Richard Levy, Adam Wasserman) by 7:00 pm that same Mon-day. The Student Instruction

Committee

FROM THE HEALTH CENTER: The Annual Red Cross Blood Drive will

be Oct. 30. The Red Cross First Aid Course will

start Oct. 15. Contact me for details and registration.

Marilyn Kyle-College Nurse

I'm sorry if I offended someone with my note on the bulletin board. I'm distressed about the amount of theft that goes on here, and specifically about the theft of my marked copy of Biology Today out of the library last Saturday. I want to impress upon whoever took it that I woulc1 surely appreciate getting my book back. Porn Collins

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enjambement in the Wild

I walked within the woods the Other . ht nig h

ewistfullywhispering mushrooms and other growths whispered

Yellowly to Me and the whisper growled hushedlyhustlingly To mee

thereal serenity shrieked between my toeS and iii a human Being understood the

retickulation! The murmers masticated my yeildishnessationalistic Soul or whatever

And Said (or rather, murmurred)-­

"Unless you stop walking around and crushing us while you're trying to get

Profound love-of-god messages 'WE'll crush yOu after we climb up to your

window and not allow

YOU any privacy, you fat-faced porker!" absorbing their colorful yet interesting

message trod firmly on every one I could smell (Really, they stank--­

emeticaliationally)

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Metaphysics in 1984: Is Big Brother Lov­able?

Let us denote the object-matter of philosophy (including natural philosophy, ie science) as "Reality", and examine something of the manner of interaction between facts and their interpreters. Since the aim of intellectual activity is the discovery of the "Intelligible" (ie, that which may be rationally comprehend­ed), and the comprehension of Reality, an identity is often established, such that the Intelligible is the Real; hence, the unintelligible is the non-real. This identity is predicated upon the inten­tions of the intellecting mind. It is not necessarily true. However, let us accept it for the moment.

If Reality is the Intelligible, this can take several forms, depending upon the style of intellect proposed. However, it is a sure feature of intelligibility that the objects of inquiry are expected to stand in relationship to one another so as to provide a finite, comprehensible "archi tee ture".

The formal principles of intelligibili­ty are signals of relationship only; they have no other content. For instance, if

Reality = the Intelligible, the formal relationship is

p = g, which explicates neither concept neces~ sarily, and aids in explication only when the condition of one of the terms is known. The formal principle is postulated as being an authentic sort of relation­ship. It is not logically justified, nor is it clear that empirical research would yield it. It is given through intention, a creative act of conceptualization.

Intentionality predicates the primary assumption of the intellect, and all sub­sidiary postulates. Furthermore, through the selectivity which distinguishes sen­sory input into meaningful forms, inten­tionality predicates the sensible. Inten­tionality predicates Intelligibility as a whole. We might, at this point, assert with Aristotle that "Nature does nothing in vain," transferring our insight to the external realm, or wonder (with Schopen­hauer) whether the world is will and idea.

Intentionality has the primary feature of will; however, let us draw a distinc­tion between undifferentiated will qua potency, and the addition of criteria which makes for intention. If, then, we

12 attempt to ascertain criteria necessary to intentionality, we discover an abyss. Since intention precedes the articulation of principles and the perception of the sensible, to say that the nature of cri­teria is materially grounded supposes in­tention to be essentially inherent in ex­ternal Reality: Reality impresses itself upon a more or less adequate receptacle. (And thus we move beyond freedom and dig­nity.)

Here we have a tremendous dichotomy. On the one hand, man is over against the world, but blindly. On the other hand, the world is over against an essentially impotent mankind. Furthermore, those con­cepts which are specifically human are devoid of content, being neither in the world (which is benignly indifferent) nor potentiated in human creativity.

Hence, the will must search for author­ity which allows its exercise while guid­ing it. Since we are speaking materialis­tically, this authority is political. But it must present a radical solution, and appropriate Reality to itself, and fur­thermore give its subjects the delight of the exercise of the willful passions, which are essentially stupid. Thus, on the one hand it must promote doublethink, the exercise of control over one's be­liefs and perceptions; and on the other hand provide the thrills of hate, vic­tory, and so forth.

I would, at this point, advise you to read the section .of 1984 where O'Brien is "rehabilitating" Winston Smith-- it is preferable to an attempt at the recrea­tion of the arguments here ••• 11War is Peace", "Freedom is Slavery", "Ignorance is Strength". All of these make sense----

Of course he loved Big Brother.

At this point I am highly disturbed. As I sit and write these words, the force of visceral metaphysics crushes me. I am aware of myself as a thinking and crea­ting creature, and I rebel against Big Brother. At this moment, I recall the part of Genesis which describes God breathing His spirit into man •••

I exist. This is something which is postulated of necessity, with exactitude. There are a multitude of other self-aware beings which populate the world through which I move. Each of us shares the pe­culiar sense of "I 11-ness-- let this be called Spirit. I can suppose all but my­self to be illusory, but this negates my­self as well, in the belief that my ori-

entation and realm of activity is insub­stantial. Instead, I posit that reality .inheres in the external world-- and I ask my relationship to it.

Given: myself, with a unique ontologic­al status; the world, with its own onto­logical status; and Spirit, with a more ethereal ontological status ••• A trinity of Being. I suspect a synthetic trinity, however-- that myself is a result of the synthesis of Spirit and World. I am situ­ated so as to bring the two into inter­play.

As hard as I try, I cannot find criter-ia for activity in the world. I cannot justify even the generalization of the first few Euclidean postulates in the world; certainly not Beauty and Good. Thus, I am forced to assert that such things inhere in Spirit.

However, just as I (while being part World) enter into interplay with the World, so I (while being part Spirit) en­ter into interplay with Spirit. And since the World articulates itself to me imper­sonally, yet I contain personality, I im­pute that portion of me which is Spirit personality, and that Spirit apart from me with which I enter into dialogue per­sonality.

Hence, when O'Brien asked Winston Smith if he believed in God, perhaps he should've answered "Yes."

James Baldwin said, in his book The Fire Next Time, that if the "concept of God has any meaning, it is to make men more free and more loving." This, of course, does not necessarily imply that men cannot be free and loving without re­ligion-- oftimes religion is detrimental to such things (one of Baldwin's points).

However, the most overwhelming crises of men are spiritual, and the greater number of solutions offered are political or psycho-therapeutic. Western civiliza­tion has experienced the proliferation of chief and shaman, ideology and psycho­theory. Politically, we may look forward to the cult of the institution, the so­cial analogy to technology. By no means do I see the occurrence of 111984 11-- but rather do I propose the crisis which un­derlies it as very real, even if the so­lutions be more sanitary.

Similarly, the psychological establish­ment is more sanitary in its "reality control"; however, its goal is to "adjust'' people to society and/or re-integrate the personality: upon what foundations?

Let me make a casual proposal. SuppOse, for a moment, that we assert potentiated greatness to mankind. Suppose that we be­gin, each one, by affirming the capacity for creativity and virtue in ourselves (far too many people hate themselves).

And then, extending this self-acceptance to others as being essentially like our­selves, perhaps we may reaffirm dignity and freedom.

Then, let us pretend that there is a God who is a God who is good and engaged in a struggle, in which we participate, to actuate all of these fine potentiali­ties in men. Yes, a limited God. (Isn't it more religious to believe in a limited good guy than an omnipotent bastard?) And let us assume, since He's going to all this trouble, that He loves us and is worthy of love, and wants for us to love one another-- strongly, wanting the best from each other. Let us make this the ba­sis for all of our willing, all of our striving, all of our intentions.

Some pretences are better than others. And who knows- it may be true.

Michael David Blume

THREE SISTERS

There will be a brief meeting for in helping with the

WP production of Chekov's Three Sisters. his coming Tuesday at 7:30 in McDowell. The specific room will be posted on

e bulletin board with the theatre news.) you have something in mind that you t to work on, or would just like to

lp, please come. We need you. Caroline Allen

THE SOB MOTION

A very important piece of business ii.ill be settled at the Delegate Council meet­ing 1~esday. This is the motion to sub­ject future officers of the Syndicate of Bacchus to Council approval.

Organization heads should think very carefully about the implications of this proposal. As far a.s I know, only RAM and the St John's Forum have such a clause in their.charters. The Council insisted on having that power over RAM because of its hist~ry of shocking mis­management. I have no idea why it is in the Forum charter. The impression I got from the discussion of the motion was that :Lt could easily lead t•'l the Council's approving all organization heads.

The Council, however, already has extraordinary control over the organ­izations. It appropriates the~r funds, receives their bills ru.1d claims the right to revoke their charters. Forthe Council to approve club heads would all low it to enter the one area in which the clubs can still act freely, that of internal policy.

Several times Mr. Jerrems said that Council approval would be "just a rubber stamp." If so, it should be rejected for that reason alone. The last thing the Council needs is more meaningless business. The proposal is unnecessary for the SOB and dangerous to every or­ganization. I hope the Council joins me in voting against it.

TW Hendricks

My Dog-- I have given a name to my pain and call it "dog": it is just as faithful, just as obtrusive and shame­less, just as entertaining, just as clever as any other dog- and I can scold it and vent my bad moods on it, as others do with their dogs, servants, and wives.

from The Gay Science --Nietzsche

submitted by James Hill

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14 -delegate council Delegate Council Meeting September 30

Present: Traeger, Lobdell, Harrison, Bobo, Kimble, Miller, Van de Veur, Magee, Mackey, Osborne, Elliott,

Jerrems, Hendricks

Mr Jerrems welcomed the new. Council, only two members of which have served before, with introductions and a review of the sections of the Polity Cons ... titution dealing with delegates.

Kr Blume read the proposed charter for the St John·' s Forum. This organization will sponsor speakers on political and social topics. The charter was accepted

linat1:i:Jaousiy with the provision that the ,group request funds from the Council for each engagement.

Ms Osborne was chosen to be the Coun­cil's emissary to the SOB.

Ms Van der Veur volunteered to monitor the bulletin board in the coffee shop.

The following guidelines for Polity committees were approved unanimously: "The committees and student represent­atives must submit a written report at least once a month to the Delegate Council. The report must contain a liescri~till>n of work done and plans for the :next month. The two representa­tives on the Bli>ard of Visitors and Governors and the one on the Alumni Board will submit a similar report af­•er each meeting."

After heated debate, a motion to make future SOB monarchs subject to Council approval was tabled. Mackey and Harris­o~ against to table, all others for.

Another attempt to elect two students to the Student Instruction Committee failed, with none of the eight candidates getting the minimum number of votes. The Council will try again Tuesday. To be considered again, candidates must re­submit their names to Mr Jerrems.

TW Hendricks More Notes ••••

One reason no two students got a major­ity of the votes for the positions on the Student Committee on Instruction was the large l\umber of nominees. Therefore, I'm clearing the slate, and only those who are sincerely interested should drop me a note by Tuesday night. A personal appear­ance to make your. pitch might help.

Paca-Carroll decided unanimously tm have God represent them at our meetings1 I must say I am pleased by their choice. Not only will the All-Perfect Delegate make it to every meeting, but He will.al­so provide Divine Inspiration and Guid­ance, and be available for Special As­signments on occasi.on. We '11 have to ex­ercise some patience, as I understand He sometimes works in mysterious ways.

The committee chairmen are as follows: Instruction- Steve Gilles; Student Life­Jim Walley; Food- Brad Davidson.

Learn who your fire-buddy is, as there will be a fire-drill soon.

Dan Jerrems Polity Pres.

Meeting with the Administration, Oct 2 Mr Elzey recommends we stock up on

sweaters this fall. Mr Wilson asked the Student Instruc­

tion Committee to organize the All­College Seminar.

Mr Elzey spoke about the importance of the parking regulations and warned that privileges will be suspended, fines levied and cars towed for taking facul­ty spaces and blocking fire lanes.

Mr Williamson raised the problem of confidentiality in regard to student health. The Assistant Deans would like to know about matters like extended ill­nesses, hospital trips and epidemics, but want to do so without comprimising Mrs Kyle's confidence. Tiiey asked the Council to come up withsome policy by which they could be kept informed with­out violating the rights of the students.

A lengthy discussion of the lines for lunch and dinner followed. The situation seems hopeless but nevertheless Mr Jackins will discuss the problem with Mr Hunt.

TW Hendricks

There has been a suggestion that St John's have a Parent's Day sometime next spring. Anyone considering this to be a good idea and willing to work towards its realization by way of helping plan a parent seminar, a parent waltz party, and other such parent activities, please contact the Student Life Committee, Box 40. The Student Life Committee

THE DELEGATE COUNCIL, ROLL 1.975

p_·eside11t ;- Dan Jerrems Treasurer: Bob Elliott Secretary: T-i/ Hendricks Polity Attorney: Jacquie Blue Delegates: Humphreys-Kathy Traeger

East Pinkney-Keith Harrison West Pinkney-Pam Lobdell Chase-Stone-Todd Bobo Campbell-Ken Kimble, Corr.ie

Miller, Julia Van der Veur Off-campus-Steve Magee, Kimo

Mackey, Sherrie Osborne Alternates: Hum~hreys-Cricket Wotton

East Pinkney-Paul Kneisel West Pinkney-Ed Grandi Chase-Stone-Art Young Campbell-Chris Olson Off-campus-John Stevenson,

StcvE Mackey, Steve Weinstein

sports

by Bryce Jacobsen

Football: Hustlers-12, Druids-12. Seven Druids cannot always win! Mr Pickens and Mr Nelson teamed up for a pair of TDs. But the understaffed Druids could not prevent two Hustler scores ••• one from Mr Gallerano to Mr Cox, the other from Mr Leatherwood to Mr Gallerano. One little conversion out of the four attempted ~ould have brought victory, but ••• ? Spartans-8, Druids-0. Eight Druids cannot ~lways win! There was one hole too many 'lll the Druid secondary as the game was

nding. Mr Berger found Mr Rada for a ompletion. Now the Druids were in trou­le. In trying to tag Mr Rada, they left

Kneisl open. Mr Rada found him easily. d that was the ball game. ardians-20, Greenwaves-6. Messrs Bell ber, DiGeorge, and Hustis were too '

ch for the Wave defenders. The lone TD rom Mr Glass to Mr Gray did not hold up or l?ng. The Waves are still experiment­

g with quarterbacks. Something may come this.

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Spartans-8, Hustlers-?. A little old safety against the Hustlers, early in the game turned out to be the winning margin. In the second half the Hustlers scored when Mr Cox passed to Mr Doremus, who made a great catch in the endzone. The score was now 6-2. Mr Rote then kicked the extra point ••• and there's the rub. The trouble is, 7-2 is not much better than 6-2. Either way a TD will beat you. It seemed like they should have gone for 2 points, hoping to get 6 ahead. Sure enough, late in the game, Mr Berger snuck over for a TD ••• and it was all over. The Spartans did not even need the conversion now. Soccer: Spartans-4, Guardians-0. There were too many fresh, fast Spartans (15), and too few tired, slow Guardians (10) to make this game interesting. And worse luck yet for the Guardians, Mr Sugg in­jured his knee and had to leave the game (and will be out for quite a while). But where are all of their Freshmen, besides Mr Humber? Where, indeed!

The Spartans look solid in all depart­ments, and are strong enough at halfback to play Mr Warshawer on the front line which adds a lot to their offense (fou; goals worth in the game). Greenwaves-1, Hustlers-1. The Waves came up with another good game, this time ty­ing the unbeaten Hustlers. Mr Stoll and Mr Borden did the scoring. But the de­fenses and the goalies stifled everything

else. The Waves have yet to win a game, but don't be surprised if they do. They are "jelling".

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2006 Spartans Hustlers 2 0 1 7 Druids 2 1 1 9 Spartans 1 0 1 Guardians 1 1 0 4 Druids 1 1 0 Hustlers 0 1 1 3 GreenwavesO 1 2 Greenwaves 0 2 0 2 Guardians 0 2 0

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