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*Shanklin and Elliott are in an ad- vanced state of depression since Johnson dropped the "H-Bomb" on Appalachia. Those two had to steer clear of taunters who laughed and joked at the West Virginian's most dreaded occurrence-average in- come over $2,000 per year!
*February 25, 1 9 6 4 - Confirmed reports have it that there is, I repeat, there is a green blade of grass amongst the yellow ones. (Every- body's hopes were flushed three days later when it snowed). Have courage! Spring is on the way. Let us say right here that "Spring will come whether we like it or not."
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THE METEOR
Philip Dean of U.N. Talks at V.E.S.
ROUND THE OLD 160
Mr. Philip Deon of the United Na- t O"S oddressed the student body on "an. 21. He delivered an interesting ond 'nformative talk on the general workings of the U.N., a talk which
tirred the minds of the students and contributed heavily to the intellectual
uno~:ty of the V.E.S. society.
Mr. Dean is Director of U.N., ln- formotion. Prior to his comments to the whole student body, he met with the seniors and discussed Communist
ndoctrination and brain-washing de- /ces. emphasizing the importance of ;:>ersonal roots in defeating the Com- '11~nists' techniques. Having served t'me in a Communist prison camp, Mr. Deon explained that strong de- vot·on to his father, a military hero ·~World War II, was primarily re-
sponsible for his unwillingness t o y'eld;
Mr. Dean defended the signifi- cance of the U.N., claiming that its
nations include or represent a nation of such vast population, regardless of its ideological position?
The questions raised following his talk added to making the eveninq a highly interesting and informative one.
REV. SPONG VISITS SCHOOL
On Sunday night, March 4, V.E.S. was fortunate enough to have as its guest preacher, the Rev. William Spong, Episcopal Chaplain of the Duke University Hospital. Mr. Spong gave a most interesting sermon on sex. The subject being what it was, the congregation paid unusual at- tention to what he had to say.
Sex, said Mr. Spong, is good. It is built into God's creation and God's creation is good. Sex only becomes bad when its purpose is changed. God meant sex to be an outward and visible sign of an in- ward and invisible union. Man tends to use sex ro promote his own pleas- ure. When a man seeks pleasure in sex, he reduces the partner to a thing, and he takes advantage of this thing. Sex, according to the Church, should be accepted when the participants
give themselves completely to one another, without any selfish desire for pleasure.
Mr. Spong also discussed the ques- tion of how far an unmarried couple should go if they really felt that theirs was a true love. This question, he said, must be left up to the individ- ual, but the individuals must answer several questions concerning their love. Is it lasting? Will it out-last the passion of the moment? Will it last when the couple is old? Will it last until death parts? One must be sure of the answers, and usually, the cor- rect answers are hard to find when there is deep emotional feeling be- tween the couple. So, Mr. Spong left the question up to the individual, advising caution and stressing the need for certainty.
Mr. Spong's sermon was certainly one of the most interesting, to-the- point sermons that we have heard for some time, and we hope that he will be able to return sometime in the near future.
Wild's Bargain Basement-Certain- ly was a great deal of commotion go-
ing on downstairs the other day in the bookstore (conveniently located near the bank, we might add). The wildest sale William ever had was staged in that very room.
In the primary stages, some of the Juniors thought that Dr. Parrish had been cornered, and rushed in rein- forcements. The Sophomores, expect- ing that Mr. Chew was having a bout with his squid, hastily made the scene. The Freshmen, who heard nothing, came anyway. In the middle of +he sale, some unkn own soul screamed,
ma i n f u n c t i o n
'~rough w h i c h
pressed ond emotions released. The forces of opposition in this country ~ave r i s e n l a r g e l y f r o m t h e b e l i e f that the U. S. is being forced to as- sume more than its share of the sup- oort of the U.N. operations. Mr. ;)ean attempted to discredit this at- Hude by revealing t h a t t h e U.S. has on occasion benefited from its
~"embership, citing especially the vast expense saved through U.N. in- 1ercession in t h e C o n g o . A l t h o u g h 1hs cannot be questioned, it does deem reasonable that member na- •ons fully capable of making more valuable c o n t r i b u t i o n s t o t h e U.N . should feel an obligation to do so.
Also of particular interest was Mr. Deans stand on Red China. Estab- ishing t he i n j u s t i c e o f t h e U . N . ' s failure to recognize a country inhab- Ited by 700 million as China, he acknowledged his s u p p o r t o f R e d Chinas entry into the organization. He felt, however, that such admission should follow the U.S. Presidential election. If China were admitted be-
fore the election, political pressure would force the chosen candidate to 1a v o r U . S . w i t h d r a w a l , a n a c t i o n which would be lethal to the U.N. We must examine our consciences on this issue. Should not an internation- al organization whose purpose is the attainment of cooperation among
i s a s a n i n s t i t u t i o n f e e l i n g s c a n b e e x -
"Hey! H e's selling
tory Maps!" in order to clean the store, but no luck. Instead, within seconds the place was crammed to capacity (which isn't saying very much) with rabid Seniors, who, with their bayonets affixed, were slaugh- tering thousands to get at what they thought was being sold. Just what
was being sold? Take a look, Jack!
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