English

Majors

Invited

4

To Careers

Conference

AM Kngli.sh ninior-, will
have the opportiaiitv !,M their
quesliiiii.s I onci-iiiui!.' '-.ir.'i-r.s
to be an.swercd M.irih 2i>, Irom
I p.m. lo 4 p.m. TIK Careers
Conference meeting iv .•^rhedulod
for Price Audilnriiun.
The purpo-^c of ihe meeling
is to (i:'' ii.vs with the .studenls
the avi'I Uttii lity of po.sition.s;
the new curriculum and certification regulations; the kind.s
of courses .students .should take
in relationship to new cuiriculuni
developments and methods being
used in school district:,; and
graduate school programs.
The program schedule i.s
a.s follows: 1 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. Mr. John Meehan, Division of
Languages, Bureau of Cleneral
and Academic Education, Department of Education, Hatiisburg, Pennsylvania, will discuss
the new curriculum and certification regulations and present
an overview of what is happening in Ihe field of English in
Pennsylvania.
1:30 p.m. - 1:50 p.m. - Mr.
Richard
Wolfore,
Principal,
Rellefonte Hiph Sch.iol, Belle-

fonte, I'ennsylvania, will d i s c u s s
Iheir Hnglish curriculum minicourses program.
1:?0 p.m. - 2:10 p.m. - Mrs.
i.uella N. Voder, Mifflin County
c^chool p i s t r i c t , Kishaciiquillas
Junior
S'^"'""' High
School,
l.ewislown, I'ennsylvania, will
discuss their finglisb program,
pariiiularly Ihe Oregon curncuium
in grades seven through ten and
il'.e Carnegie-Mellon curriculum
m grades eleven and twelve.
2:l0 p.m. - 2:30 f>.in. - .Mr.
Lewis Rodrick, Principal, Park
Forest Junior High Sciuidl, Slate
College Area School District,
Stale College,
I'fnnsylvania,
will d i s c u s s the 'new approaches'
in their Lnglish program.
2'30 p.m. - 3 p.m. - Dr.
Belly Meehan,
Professor
ol
fnglish.
Lock Haven
State
College, will review the course
offerings at LHS in relationship
to the kinds of Hnglish le;ichers
needed
in Pennsylvania
and
discuss
the advisability of
attending graduate s c h o o l .
3 p.m. - 3:20 p.m. - Open
question period.

.ae-y

Vol. XIV Hit 67
'The Death of Bessie Smith,'
by Edward Albee and 'Picnic
on the Battlefield,' by Arabal
will be presented at Price
Auditorium Thursdsy tlvough
Saturday. Opening curtain
will be at 8:15.

.ock Haven State College

Nierle Finds Duo Powerful

by .(oe .\ierle
Don'l expect a calm peaceful evening in the theatre. Be
more prepared for an evening of
laughter, chills and frustration.
'The Death Of Bessie Smith'
and ' P i c n i c On The Battlefield'
are two electrifying one-acts
that are sure to be the talk of
the campus in days to come.
'The Death Of B e s s i e Smith'
is a play aboul southern racism.
From Jack Haegney's first line
of Slop those 'god damn nigger
records' to Garey Gadson's closing line 'when will people learn,'
tho audience i s , in a s e n s e , put
on trial. The superficious quesof where does one take a dead
Negro girl sums up the basic
As the excitement of the
question
the play
presents.
SCC elections diminishes (if
.\ warning to avid LHS
33''r of the student body voting
theatre fans: watch Sue Pauling.
can be termed exciting), we
Her portrayal a s the 'bitch'
slip into our regular routines.
nurse, though lacking physical
Yet some students did not bein\olvenient in spots, is very
come inv dved in the elections
compelling. This s e \ e n l e e n - year
of their student
government.
-old freshman knows how to
Presently Ihere is an effort t o
take her lines and cut the audimprove these SCC electionsl
ience's throats with them.
They must be made to attr.-u'i
F.zell Monts as Jack proves
arxi provide interesi fir the
his point to intern Jim Wilkinson
isolated student . .Xlpha Phi
and orderly Ciarey Gadson in a
Omega with the aid of SCC ofscene that seemed to drain the
ficers is formulating plans to
audience.
reform the elections and a reJim Wilkinson as the intern
port will be released when a
was excellent b ut yet there were
definite and acceptable plan
is developed. Persons interes - moinents when he seemed aware
that he was only play acting.
ted in aiding this effort please
I still as yet haven't established
contact an SCC officer or any
whether or not he was from the
member of Alpha Phi Omega .
south for he lost his southern
The
elections
held
on
accent fifteen minutes after his
March 8 had an encouraging
initial appearence. I hope it
number of students voting. The
was a case of the 'opening night
Election Committee this year
jitters.'
was comprised of the service
Kennith Jones a s Bernie is
organization. Alpha Phi Omega .
The memhers of tliis service a little less than audible, but
fraternity manned the two pol- you'll know h e ' s there.
T h e first half of the play
ling p l a c e s , ctnstructed the
is
paced
very slowly. One tends
ballots, counted the votes under
to get bored but the second half
the direction of Dean Cornelius
of the one-act awakens the
and publicized the election.
deepest sleeper.
Their goal was lo get that stufollowing a len minute
dent who does not vote .With the
intermission, the audience is
increase in voting better than
treated lo 'Picnic On The Battle50% over last year's election,
field.'
it was gratifying but it is still
Comical
Dale
Hedderick
not a represenlalive group.
portrays a .so Uier who knits to
pass his ;;•• niiil his parents,
expeiiiv |.i.i , h\ Shelia Vannucci ai/d .icirv Binus, arrive
lo have a quiet ^unday picnic
with their s m on the battlefield, (wiltfi lor Ihe umbrella
scene')
Ihe cnems, capably played
by Mil-:e Si.iuller, is the target
of
'i.ii>.
thought
provoking

Fraternity

Aids Effect

Creative Art Colors Walls
A
common characu ristic
shared hy buildings on Ihe '...hk
Haven Slate (\>l!eL:e campus and
those ol menial insti liilion.s ani
prisons has been the barren,
sterile,
anli-septic,
colorless
walls inside the buildings. This
stigma may be eliminated from
LHS, however, through the efforts of our art department .
.\rt s t u d e n t s , both major.s
and non-majors, are a prolific
source of creative art work that
is being used to dress up fhe
interior of buildings and to enhance an aesthetic awarenes',
on campus .
Exhibits of such work are
presently in the lobbies of Raub
Hall and Sullivan Hall. A particuh riy exciting exhibit
in
Sullivan Hall is the result of
an independent study by C h r i s topher Kreitler. Also in Sullivan
Hall are seme elegant works in
sculpture and pottery.
In addition to studeni contributions there is an exhibit in
the Little Gallery of Raub Hall
featuring works from the California College of Arts and Crafts.

WOMEN'S ARMY CORPS
OFFICER PROGRAM
Women's Army Corps Selection Officer, Captain Margaret M. Kirchmaier, will be
on campus March 30i to give
students information on the
Army Officer Programs open
to them. She will be in Bentley Hall Lounge from 1 p.m.
to 2 p.m., and will tell Juniors about a new program
that will pay students while
they are Seniors .

Commenting on thi.s latest
project of his department, William F o s t e r , Oeparlment Chairman, said he is extremely proud
of his students and that "much
of their work is really g o o d . " In
addition to beautifying buildings
and creating an artistic atmosphere, he said, the exhibits are
a worlhwhile outlet for h i s studenls creativity

Debate

Team

Cancels Plans
I'he
Lock
Haven
State
Debate Team h.is experienced
some
unexpected
conflicts
during the present term. The
Team al the beginning of this
term,
i.e.,
September,
was
anxious to start a vigerous
year of debating. T h i s , however, was shortlived when the
members of the team met conflicts of interest, tough semesters, i l l n e s s and everything
iKs..
pos.sible. This
debate
i"
as
to include
such
liuinainents as Temple, East
Sl ro;:.'shurg,
University
of
Seniiont, Southern Connecticut
arid, a s a finale, a trip to the
national
tournament
at
the
I'niver.sity
of Houston.
But
t h o s e conflicts had forced the
Hehaie Icam to abandon all
plans. Presently all the team
ean do is regroup, recruit and
hope for a more promising team
n . \ t t e r m . There are, ho\>. evt-r,
\ ari ous iiuiividual events lournanients Ihat remain this y e a r .
ll is the Debale Team's
hope thai some I.IIS studenls
desiiini; ilel'au- airl
rcialed
a'tiv'ilu-s nili .li'l tliis program.
Inleresled persons shoiiiil setMr. Charles Hroinhero m Ratih
411.

Thursday, March 19,1971

Of Elections

Gary Kobinson and
Kevin i^-lurphy a.s t\vo stretcher

bearers and we have a bit pf
M*A*S*H*.
Laugh as you will because
the ending of ' P i c n i c On T h e
Battlefield,'
accompanied
by
several
lines which
scream
through the comedy, will throw
you for a l o s s .
Compliments
are to be
extended to Mr. John Gordon for
his fine costumes. I'm sure the
costumes in ' P i c n i c . . . " will
receive their own due laughs.
nmmTo technical director Mazie
Weil, well deserved congratulations. The lighting is the best
to be had in a long time at LHS.
It is very effective and quite
impressive. James J a c o b s , stage
designer, is to be complimented
for his sensitive yet practical
stage designing.
In conclusion, praise goes
to director Dr. Robert Kidder for
professionally presenting meaningful theatre to LHS .

see

Meeting

At Wednesday's s e e meeting
members-at-large for the SCC
were announced. They are Nibs
Gorden, Frank Cordino, Tim
Mahoney, Mary Mahoney, and
June Whitmer.
In other SCC
business
$500 was allocated for three
wrestlers. Coach Dr. Ken Cox
the trainer and the pilot to attend the NCAA wrestling champ ionships . They will be held
March 25-27 in Auburn, Alabama,
After much discussion, the
motion carried to allocate WARA
$300 to continu! i their Lacrosse
program.
Gary Worthington, President •
elect of SCC, urged students to
pass a motion staling that the
Board rf Directors is in favor
of the original hours being r e instated for the Eagle Wing. The
motion carried and will be presented to the Servomation r e p resentative .

MEMBERS AT LARGE
''HHZ Nibs Gordon
''476 Frank Gundy
380 Dave Friant
375 Gordy Klingaman
'-'545 Tim Mahoney
*477 Mary Mahoney
''474 June Witmer
70 Rose Legge - Write-in
41 Dave Drabot - Write-in

Ride

Boards

RAP CORNER

^ E K

Successful
After
approximately
two
months of operation, the Ride
Boards on the bulletin boards
m Hentley Hall stairway have
been used extensively hy all
s t u d e n t s . Recognizing the fact
that Lock Haven State is a
"suitcase
college,"
ALPHA
PHI OMEGA who constructed
the ride boards has decided to
eo.ntinue this service t o the
studenls. I h e only damage,
surfirisingly
enough, vvas to
one board complex but this was
a result of the semester's book
sale posters that blanketed the
bul letin b o a r d s . APO is planning
on making a permanent fixture
at these locations and possibly
expanding the facility lo other
buildings.
This
reaction
by
the
studenfs shows that there is a
need for more student services
on our campus, j h i s organization has made an effort to
provide those needed s e r v i c e s .
This organization of 16 sophomores and juniors feels that
t h e r e is room for several proj e c t s to improve our campus.
We agree with those students
who feel that the role of a
campus
organization
is
to
provide, nol j u s l solicit. We
put those words into actions;
we use backbones, i n s t e a d of
wishbones.
Brothers of Alpha Phi Omega

M^KfmTJnmKS^
s/ir/sfiy

yoofi Afeeosr

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HEUHNERHOF
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organically grown health foods
(such as pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, soy bean seeds,
dried fruits, etc.), bone meal,
herb teas in tea bags, and
natural cosmetics. Kelp meal
is available as organic fertilizer and beneficial insects
for pest contiol.
Call 748-5621 between 7 and
9 p.m. or write to Suesser's
Huehnerhof, Box 295 A, R.D.2
Mill Hall, Penn.

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The s i s t e r s of Sigma Kappa
are very proud lo announce thennine new pledges for the spring
term. They are Becca Atwell, Pat
Brunner, Edye Goodson, Randy
Reilly, Judy Spare, Nancy Kehm,
Lorie Hoffheims, Debbie Butters
and Kathy Guarino. They have
been very busy and are presently
engaged in a Carmel Popcorn
S a l e . On March 6 the Lock Haven
Gym Team competed in its first
intercollegiate competition with
Penn State and Clarion State.
Mary |^ose placed third in vaullrig
a s an overall performance, which
made us all very proud of her.
The Christmas Holidays brought
happiness to several
sisters.
Congratulations to Cheryl Hughes
on.her engagement to Bob Fryer
" Lock Haven, to Kathy Reynolds
on her engagement to Frank
Dwyer, a brother of TKE, and
Majorie Vogjesong on her engagement lo Denny Dixon. Lynn
Musheno became l^auvilered to
Bill Hollick, a brother of Lambda
Chi Alpha at Bloomsburg. And
last but hardly least T K F ' s
number
one president,
Frank
'Gundy' Condino is pinned to
our number one president Marty
Starr. Congiatulations to you
both. Our dinner d a n c e , held
at the Holiday Inn was enjoyed
by all who attended.

Member — Pa
State C o l l e g e
Press A s s n

AGLE EYE
EDlTOR-IN-CHlEF - MARGIE BROWN

CONEWS EDITORS - Cathy Pag.- fi Bill Francis
SPORTS EDITOR - Al Smith

The sisters of Zeta Tau
Alpha pledge pinned fourteen
girls recently. Ihey are Judi
.'Xtchtson, .tt^ Hnghsh
major
from Fxton: Ann Bierkamper,
an
elementary
niajor
froin
Kittanning; Linda Connelly, a
social
science
major
from
Wi Iliamspoit; Janet Cook, a
physical euucalion major from
Mansfield: j e a n Cook, a physical education major from Mansfield; Paiii Dongler, a social
welfare major from Harrisburg;
J o y c e Dielenbach, an elementary
major Ironi l.i'w ishurg; Nancy
Howell, a physical education
major from Bloomsburg; Debbie
Hunter, an elementary
major
from
Williamsport;
Susan
J a s i e c k i , an elementary major
from Portayt , Mel Lower, an
elementary
major
from
New
Cumherland; Nancy Miller, a
physical education major from
Newtown;
Patli
Pennell, a
physical education major from
Galelon; and Sue Z a l e s k i , an
elementary major from Trevose.
On February 26-27 our Zeta
Nu Chapter went lo Mansfield
State College to initiate thirtyseven girls into a new c h a p t e r .
Our
representatives
had
an
enjoyable time.
The fcllowing officers have
been elected for the 197 1-1972
year: president, Jullie Hall;
vice-president,
Jane
Rigard;
s e c r e t a r y , Sally Brown; treasurer, Debbie Gnesda; historian,
Diane Fox; membership, P a t t y
Sammons;
and ritual,
Terri
J ohn son.
Our best wishes are extended to Karen .-Xlai on her
engagement to Paul W'lson, a
Kappa Delta Rho brother at
Lycoming College.

CLASS OF '74:
invites peoph ofthe "Haven"
to dance Saturday at 8 p.m.
in the PUB.
Dance to the music of "Truk".

C O-PIIOTOORAPHY EDITORS - FloytJ Clark &
Mike Bradley
LAY-OUT STAFF Sue Prey
Ron Austin
.lo I-lien Nunn
Liz Klens
Joe Nierle
TECHNICAL COORDINATOR - Debbie Bricker
HIISINESS MANAGER - Ken Geesey
ADVl RTISING MANAGER - Joy Bennett
I n n ORIAL ADVISOR - Dick Parker
n (,'IINICAL ADVISOR - Marian Huttenstine

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writers, including leltevs to the editor, are not necessarily those
(if this institution or of this publication.
All contributions
.,hould be snbmitted to F.agle Rye, Parsons Union Buildirij;,
LHSC -748-5531

CAR WASH
Saturday March 20 12 -4 p.m.
Service Staiion next to
Casino
$1.00
Weather Permitting
Sigma Sigma Sigma

To some extent. Black
history is a restoration project.
The hoiiesi teachers of this
subject are using history to show
Black people how to apply their
talent more creatively on an
instrument of their liberation.
Ill doing this, a new concept of
history is being developed. The
inleni.is to move Black people
beyond the 'black and beautiful'
stage where they are now and
project them into the more important area of nation building.
In this country, the proving
ground for nation building is the
Black community must be controlled on all levels by Black
people. The role of history and
the history teacher in this restoration project i s to give
Black people a s e n s e of pride
in their pasl and memories that
they can love and respect. The
fulfillment will be in the total
reszoration of the manhood and
nationhood of Black people,
wherever they love on this earth.
The
people
of
African
descent are not entering hi.story
for the first time, hut are reentering
the
mainstream
of
history. They have never left
the mainstream as an influence in
history, but now they are seeking
a decision-making position in
wor'J history and in world dire.iion. This is beginning to
:.nnoy quite a number of people,
hut we should understand that
the people o.'' African descent
are not young people in the
world, not by any stretch of the
imagination . . . . they are an
old people and, perhaps, the
oldest people in the world.
James Lawson
In many history books the
name James Lawson wouldn't
appear. The reason is obvious;
being black, he wouldn't have
an important in the making of
our country.
After the outbreak of the
Civil War, '•laves began to flee
the south by the t<^ns of thousands. Most of them crossed
into Union-held territory and
were taken into custody by the
Union military forces. These
ref'i:.,ee s l a v e s , known as 'contrabands,' frequently provided
valuable
intelligence on the
location of Rebel troops and on
ttie terrain in the area in which
they had lived. Some of them
were very good at it. Such a man
was James Lawson who served
as a scout and a spy with the
Union army in the early years
of the war. Later, the Navy
faced a serious shortage of men
and contrabands were allowed to
enlist. Lawson was shipped
aboard the Freeborn, a gunboat
in the Potomac Flotilla. Because
of his familiarity with the territory around Fredericksburg, he
frequently was called on to
venture behind enemy lines on
intelligence m i s s i o n s .
Lawson became well known
for his skill and daringness in
this role and his exploits even
attracted the attention of war
correspondents who wrote about
him in the big city newspapers.
Born a s l a v e near Hampstead, Va., Lawson left his
wife and four children behind
when he fled north shortly after
the outbreak of h o s t i l i t i e s . He
served with the Army briefly
before his service on the Freeborn
under L t . Samuel Magraw. As
soon as he came aboard, Magraw
sent Lawson back ashore on a
scouting
expedition
through
Rebel fortification to ' t e s t ' his
reliability. Lawson passed the
test. A short while later, Magraw
put Lawson ashore again below
Mount
Vernon, Virginia
and
Lawson scouted in land for
several miles but ran into Rebel
sentries and was plucked off
the shore by the captain's gig
in a hail of Rebel gunfire.
By that time, Lawson had
won confidence and respect of
Magraw, who agreed lo land him
in Virginia on a highly personal
mission: the freeing of his
family.
Lawson
slipped
in,
colleetecl his wife and children
and led them to a rendezvous
point where they were picked up

by the gunboat. He was so
good in h i s work behind enemy
lines that high-ranking officers
such as Gen. Dan E . Sickles and
Joseph Hooker often picked him
for difficult assignments. Gen.
Sickles sent Lawson on one
mission to scout Rebel shore
batteries near Fredericksburg and
gave him his own pistol to carry
for protectiom. Lawson took two
other Blacks with him. One was
killed when they were discovered
by Rebel s e n t r i e s . Lawson hid
in a hollow near a fence and
crept through the woods to the
shore and was picked up by
boat a ter the sentries abandoned
the pursuit. Shortly after t h i s ,
Lawson wound up on a new gunboat which was ordered to Newbern N.C. He and other Blacks
on the v e s s e l proved as able at
fighting as they were s c o u t s .
The skipper of their ship, the
Satellie, said they manned his
guns 'with more agility and
skill in time of action than any
white seaman he had ever seen.'
- Soul Soul i s . . . . to be young, gifted,
and black.
Soul is . . . . helping an old
white
lady
across
the
street and she thinks you
are trying to snatch her
purse.
Soul is . . . . thinking Booker
T. Washington is the father
of your country and when
going to school finding out
it's George Washington.
Soul is . . . . staying agead of
the man by being both
smart and beautiful.
Sou! is . . . . sense of belonging;
self
r e l i a n c e , and
self
worth in the black community.
- Soul Lingo Promised
land: Negro s l a v e ' s
concrete
expression for
the
concept of freedom - usually
referred to tfe northern stated
of the union, sometimes to
"Heaven."
On ice: in prison, in solitary
confinement.
Negro:
(1960's-70's) to call
someone a Negro is another way
of calling that person an Uncle
Tkm. The word Negro, in itself,
does not qualify a s a slang
term except in this sense of
renaming something. The acceptability (or the lack of
acceptability) of terms that black
people use for self-identification has always been in a state
of flux. A new generation
traditionally r e j e c t s the terminology of the preceding one .
Man: a word brought into popular use by black males to
counteract t h e degrading effects
of being addressed by whites a s
" b o y " ; black males address
each other as one man to another .
Good hair: straight or almost
straight hair (a concept that
began to disappear in the
early I 9 6 0 ' s with the renewal
of t h e black c o n s c i o u s n e s s ) .
- Book List Growing Up Black - Nineteen
famous Americans, among them
Ethel Waters, Malcolm X, and
Dick Gregory, recall the realization of being aliens in their
own country as the single most
important event of their childhoods. Edited by Jay David.
The Soul Brothers and Sister
Lou - T h e violent death of
teen-age Jethro was the turning
point in the lives of Louretta
and the Fighting Hawks Gang.
By Kristin Hunter.
Julie's Heritage - The color of
her skin had never made any
difference until t h e first year
at high school.
Right on!
D. Elby and T . Reed