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Don Pridmore tounched up- on very crucial subject in his Criticism of Controvers ial Articles. I won't at— tempt to cut him to shreds as he suspects might be the likelihood, merely some— things he said.

In his comments upon ed- ucational institutions and systems he claims the reason for the untenabil— ity of the "liberal doct- rine" is its unrealistic assesment of man's charact er. Besides presenting tkfs supposed viewpoint in a-"mewhat belittling way, he appeals to our inner acknowledgement that man's character, in spite of what liberals claim, is "ob- viously" not good, imply- ing it's on the bad side. One could point out the fact that man has managed to kill 110 million of just his own kind in this cent— ury alone (thus far), making it appear that man— kind is hopelessly homicid— al, suicidal and terricidaL Yet the question to me is not‘one of hazy ambiguities such as "good" or "bad", or even of character or nature.

This subject is hopelessly complex for one article, yet it provides the key for a whole\host of perplexing social and individual ills which seem to defy under- standing Or remedies. is due, I may suggest, to a tendency to isolate a phen- ominon and study it in itself. Or, daring to see it as a part of a system or systems, take it to arbity' rarily selected bounds (us— ually based upon conven— ience). This lends to a simplicity, but also to false solutions. In this particular case, the conclusions popular for the observation of man's herrendous tallent is, as Don Pridmore suggests, in a non-specific character of man: or, as Konrad ‘Lorenz suggests, in an instinctive_aggressive nature of man. However, beyond superficial appraisement, this tells us nothing nor offers us any solution to a pressing need. A ,

If one takes the problem of man's dominant tendency to destroy and follows it

Dalton Still Off Track

As usual Stan, you have taken a pretty broad swipe at Capitalism, the Educat— ion System and Christanity. You have attempted to link these into an all pervasive evil that is attacking our individuality and creativflQI.

You may be right in that if you take away Capitalism, Education and Christianity you will find that our soc- iety has nothing left. If then we have lost our in— dividuality and creativity then some of the blame may lie with the above systems.

In your attack you state as fact that the "U.S. bleeds every nation it lays

No, PlaceTo Sit

(The space at the Univer- sity of Sussex is a room surrounded with Chaplaincy offices, and small meditat- ion rooms. The central area has few fixtures of a pernr anent area with the most notable item being a num- ber of carpet covered boxes utilized as chairs or as a stage or in any other configuration desired for the particular use the roan is being put to at the time

The pews have been sold to a local church and the Univ- ersity Administration is h] the process of deciding the best way in which to use the present chapel. The feeling is that the trad- itional format of the chapel was not in conformance with

hands to." Find me another super power that doesn't. I deplore the situation, however, there is to date no alternative. In this country we have one of the most free societies that has ever existed.Freedom of speech, witnessed by your repeated attacks on 'capitalism in this paper is supported by the cap- italist system. Eight ca— pitalist business provid— ed a large proportion of your revenue to producefl this paper. How many sim- ilar organizations would support you to attack the Marxist or Communist sys—

the needs of the university 7 community.

To date no decision has been made as to.where.the new "chapel" will be~loc- ated, however, when locat- ed it will be more in tune with the needs of the chap-

'laincy and the students of

the university.

The removal of the pews was a sad occasion for some faculty and staff. Some of those who have been assoc- iated with the university for many years remarked on the changes that have come about in the last few years. To others however, it marks a step toward a greater unity between students giving a locat- ion where students can not only worship together but discuss their problems in

Controversial Articles Revisited *

This.

\ to it's logical limits, and relates its various manifestations (crime, social decay, advancing weaponry and death tech— nologies, personal agg-

ressions, etc.), one senses an underlying unity to them. And‘ this includes the subject

of education and the app—‘

arent NEED to externally motivate and inStruct one needing to learn. This unfortunately

leads me to a somewhat technical discussion. Science and technology holds in its possibé ilities not only Frank- insteins, but a crucial tool for our-survival. The possible key to our problem is to be found in physics, or the theory of entropy. This theory states simply that any (isolated) system tends to greater disorder over. time. The complex reverts to the simple, and more ' and more energy becomes less and less unstable. This is why a clock runs down, why objects loose

tem in Russia, China, Cuba or for that matter to att— ack the Roman empire while living at 100 BC in Rome. I could write at length

on this but my point is now clear. ,

VThe Educational system is far from perfect, however, almost all of us are a product of it. The range of diversity in values on ‘this campus puts the lie- to your steeping in cap- italist values° we have our share of blind cap— italists, maybe I am one but we also have people who have rejected this system, like yourself and

’a more informal atmosphere.

The thought that strikes ones mind is that a church or chapel is not a‘building or furnishings, but the thoughts and beliefs of its members. _

Any move to encourage thoughts and beliefs is to_ be encouraged and applaudh‘ ed. . '

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