National Primary Held A new class attendance policy will be placed into effect follow- ing the close of the present school year. Under the chairman- ship of Dr. Neil Rowland, aca- demic dean, the curriculum com- mittee recommended the change that was passed in a recent fac- ulty meeting. Union College will host visiting academy seniors for the Science Fair weekend, Apr. 26-28. Mr. Robert Gentry, assistant professor of physics in the Insti- tute of Planetary Science of Col- umbia Union College, will be the guest speaker for the weekend. Mr. Gentry spoke this morn- ing in chapel on "Fossils and Radiocarbon." This evening in vespers his topic will be "Origin and Age of the Earth" and the Sabbath morning topic will be "Revelation and Science." Gentry will also conduct a question and answer Probe meeting tomorrow after- noon. Gentry received his Bachelor and Master degrees from the University of Florida. He has Kaleidoscope, a creative arts festival, will be held May 6-10. Emphasis will be on originality and creativity by the students as they compete for the prizes offered. One of the major features dur- ing the week will be an art and clothing exhibit in Rees Hall As- sembly Room from Monday to Thursday. On Tuesday a cutting from the play, "Saint Joan" will be pre- sented in the Student Center. Poetry reading by those who had their entries published in the campus literary magazine will be featured Wednesday. Thursday's tentative program includes a "Reader's Theatre" of selections read by members of The class attendance policy presently in effect stipulates that a certain percentage is to be de- ducted from a student's final grade in a course, according to the number of class periods he misses and the number of se- mester hours credit the course is worth. No provision is made for both studied and taught at Texas Christian University and South- ern Methodist University and has also taught at Walla Walla College. The Science Fair, a proposed annual event, provides an orien- tation to the Union College science study program for those visiting senior academy students who are interested in the sciences. Students from surrounding academies will be bringing their projects to Union for the Satur- day night judging. The weekend will be climaxed Saturday night with a program presented by the Sylvania Elec- trical Company on telephone and television operations. the interpretive reading class. At 7:30 p.m., in Engel Hall, orig- inal music compositions will be featured by several students. Awards and recognition will be given Friday morning in a spe- cial convocations program. Next week a printed program containing information regard- ing specific events, times and places will be made available to the students. "We hope as many students as possible will take advantage of the special exhibits and pro- grams being made available. These events represent what Un- ion College students are capable of doing," said Robert Walters, chairman of Kaleidoscope. preventing grade deduction even when a student's absence is ex- cusable, as in the case of illness. The new policy will not specify a penalty for a student with ex- cused absences. Instead, the stu- dent must arrange with the in- dividual instructor for permission to make up any work missed. It is at the discretion of the in- structor whether a student may make up work and the manner in which it may be made up. Class excuse blanks must still be signed by the Health Office in case of illness, but the student will no longer have to secure the academic dean's signature for absence excuses. Teachers will expect regular and punctual attendance at all classes and labs, and excuses are to be privately arranged for with- out going through the dean's office. The one exception is that class absences on days imme- diately preceding and following scheduled home vacations may not be excused except by permis- sion of the academic dean. Unexcused absences in lower division courses will be limited at the discretion of the teacher and the academic dean. A student may "skip" up to two times the number of class appointments he has per week in a class. For a three hour course, this means that the limit is six "skips." At the time a student reaches this limit, he will be re- ferred to the academic dean for appropriate action based on rec- ommendations of the instructor in making up work missed be- cause of unexcused absences. Dean Rowland explained that the new policy allows the indi- vidual instructors more freedom and discretion in the extent they wish to penalize class absences. Rather than requiring a rigid percentage deduction in a stu- dent's grade, high absenteeism will in the future result in higher make-up work requirements from the individual student. These changes will not be enforced during present school year. On Tuesday, Apr. 23, Union College students voted in "Choice 68," the first national collegiate presidential primary, on pres- idential candidates and impor- tant national issues like Vietnam. The balloting here was only one campus from nearly 1500 colleges, representing more than 75 percent of the nations total college enrollment, that will be processed by a UNIVAC 1108 computer in Washington, D.C. The computer will comprehen- sively analyze the voting from seven types of data using basic data supplied by each student on punched card ballots. The basic data on the ballot showed the voters age and party; whether he was a foreign stu- dent; his first, second, and third choices for president among 13 Golden Cords The copy for the final deadline of the Golden Cords was shipped for printing to the Taylor Pub- lishing Company in Dallas, Tex., early on Thursday morning, Mar. 7. The 1968 Golden Cords will feature five color pages from a total of 240 pages. The student roster will be more complete this year, largely due to the efforts of Mr. Edwin Eivins, director of the data processing department. The art of Warren Cullar will be on exhibit in Rees Hall club room Sunday, Apr. 28 until Thursday, May 2. "The purpose of the exhibit is to show what up and coming artists are doing in painting," reports Mrs. Jean Hill, chairman of the art department. Cullar, a 25-year old native Texan, studied last summer at the Institute Allende in Mexico, where he finished his master's degree. Cullar also holds a Bach- elor of Science degree from Ab- ilene Christian College, Abilene, Tex. Mrs. Hill, who also studied in listed candidates plus write-ins; the course of action he believes the U.S. should pursue regarding the bombing of North Vietnam; and the area of government spending which should receive highest priority to meet the ur- ban crisis. From about two million ballots the computer will tabulate per- centages of first, second, and third choice votes for each can- didate, and the percentage of students favoring each course of action under the three referen- dum questions. Univac's detailed breakdown of the voting is expected to be avail- able during the first week of May. Union College will receive a computer printout including results of the voting on this cam- pus. Completed The Golden Cords staff is hop- ing to produce a yearbook with a reduced number of errors through a service offered by Tay- lor Publishing Company. After the pages are set for the press, xerox copies, called "brownlines," will be made and sent to the staff for proof-reading. The book can then be printed only after the pages have been proof-read and returned to the publishing com- pany. Mexico last summer, became ac- quainted with Cullar while study- ing weaving and textiles with his wife. On display will be 11 oil paint- ings, 14 lithographs and 3 draw- ings. The paintings are abstract in nature and painted with poly- mer medium, which is similar in appearance to oil painting. Some of the art titles include "It Just Sat There Blinking in the Meadow," "Hyperbola," and "I Gotta Call It Something." The paintings will be for sale and the prices will range from a $20 lithograph to a $225 painting. THE STUDENTS' CHOICE—Fish-eye lens catches operation of the special return center set up in Washington, D.C. by Sperry Rand Corporation's Univac Division to tabulate and analyze complete results of Choice 68, the first Na- tional Collegiate Presidential Primary on April 24. •Clock Tower Vol. XLII Union College, Lincoln, Nebr., April 26, 1968 No. 19 Attendance Policy Modernized Warren Culler, a Texas artist, demonstrates his ability on one of his cre- ations. His work will be on display in Rees Hall club room next week. Guest Artist Exhibits Work Fair to Feature Gentry Creativity to be Rewarded 2 THE CLOCK TOWER April 26, 1968 editorials ... the firing line life is black and blue A sanguine attitude toward the gravity of the crises that beset us today can only be due to dire ignorance or a complacent disre- gard for the future. As college students in this changing and turbulent society our actions and reactions will largely determine the course that this country will take in the near future. The late President John F. Kennedy in a speech to a group of students said, "You are the peo- ple who have the least ties with the present and the greatest ties with the future." It is the duty of every college student to prepare himself for re- sponsible participation in this democratic society by a conscientious awareness of events in the world around him. To quote two examples: How aware are we of the extent of our country's commitment in Vietnam? Are we fully aware of the se- riousness of the racial crisis in the United States? The Vietnam war has already cost 20,000 lives, $50 billion and a decade of struggle. It has been estimated that this war is now cost- ing $30 billion a year, $82 million a day and $57,000 a minute. Sen. Hartke (Indiana) estimates that it costs us $500,000 to kill one Vietnamese, and yet we are no closer to the victory we always pro- claimed was just around the corner. In the Dec. 11, 1966 issue of the N Y. Times the statement was made that "American military and civilian leaders now say (sub- jugating the Vietnamese) will require perhaps a decade; it could re- quire a generation." The July 19, 1967 issue of the same newspaper mentioned that Vietnam had cost America 11,086 lives and 60,000 wounded to date. This war is still raging today with weekly death tolls often exceeding five hundred, not to mention the hundreds of thousands of Viet- namese slaughtered. Rear Admiral Arnold E. True (ret.) said recently, "If winning means achievement of our objectives, we are not winning and we cannot win." A sober contemplation of our losses in Vietnam makes President Ho Chi Minh's new year appeal, "Forward! Total victory will cer- tainly be ours," resound like a true prophecy. As if problems overseas were insufficient, the United States is faced with an intensely explosive internal racial crisis. Following the tragic murder of Dr. Martin Luther King, a press conference was held at the Washington headquarters of the stu- dent Non-Violent Coordinating Committee. The speakers were Les- ter McKinnie, Washington SNCC coordinator and Stokely Car- michael. To quote Carmichael, "When white America killed DT. King last night she declared war on us. There will be no crying and there will be no funeral. "The rebellions that have been occurring around these cities and this country is just light stuff compared to what is about to happen. "We have to retaliate for the deaths of our leaders. The execu- tion for those deaths will not be in the court rooms. They're going to be in the streets of the United States of America." McKinnie went on to say, "Dr. King was a symbol of nonviolence and white America shot him down." As students we might wonder what we can do to rectify this des- perate national situation. First, we can acquire a knowledge of the facts. Secondly, we can really analyze and see where the problem lies. And finally we can go out and do our duty, guided by our study, whether it be reach- ing a Negro neighbor and pro-Wallace roommate or voting McCarthy for the democratic nomination. Surely ignorance is no justification for suppressing a racial mi- nority or in taking the easy way out and ignoring their problems entirely. Can be rationalize our opposition or support of the Vietnam war when we vaguely recollect that Ho Chi Minh is some kind of Asian fanatic, and Eugene McCarthy "doesn't like the war but isn't nearly as pretty as Bobby." In the final analysis the choice of concern or ignorance remains with the individual. But will we, the students of Union College, become aware, partic- ipating members of this society or sit back in our befuddled apathy and join with Alfred E. Neuman in saying "What me worry?" campus forum to the editors: Tribalism returns? Dear Editor: Seventh-day Adventists have, with justification, spent millions of dollars and years of dedicated lives to remove the savage tribal- ism of our brothers on other con- tinents. And we have achieved some notable success. Yet in the past few years we have seen that our own nation is being torn by the same savagery we have sought to quell elsewhere. On Apr. 4, Martin Luther King died from an assassin's bullet. It's time that we gave attention to the creeping sickness that in- fects our land—the sickness of hate and intolerance. Instead of hiding behind some statements in 9T which seem to discourage our involvement in race prob- lems, we must assume a positive role in bringing Christ's love for humanity to bear upon man's hate for humanity. If we can jus- tify a missionary in the Congo, we can justify a missionary in the ghetto. Why is it that our pulpit con- sistently ignores this problem? Is it too controversial? It's un- fortunate that we cannot go to the life of Christ to find an ex- ample of one who succeeded by avoiding controversy. Why is it that 105 years after the Emanci- pation Proclamation we still cling to a "separate but equal" organization of our church con- ferences? Do we feel that by this means we placate the Negro by giving him positions of leader- ship in the church which, if Ne- gro conferences did not exist, he would never get? Such an at- titude is a gross insult to the Negro who knows he can compete successfully with whites. Or do we really fear what might result if we place a White pulpit in Black hands? Maybe we have provided no significant salve to the sore of intolerance in this country because the beams in our own eyes have blinded us to the problem—not only on the organ- izational level but also on the in- dividual level. Ultimately, it is because intolerance exists on the individual level that we continue to tolerate it on the organiza- tional level. Christ recognized no cast system. His teaching cut across the prejudices and the comfortable establishment of His time. His most bitter denuncia- tions were directed against those who fostered the Pharasaical system. Yet we find these same intolerances in our church today. We excommunicate those who depart from the theological party line, we denounce all who ques- tion the establishment, we sep- arate Negroes into black confer- ences and churches and we are highly suspicious of anyone who challenges the status quo. I am directing my attention to THE CLOCK CONGRATULATES ASB ELECTION WINNERS PRESIDENT Pat Morrison SECRETARY Valerie Tackett PROGRAM PRODUCTION Karen Downing ! EXEC. VICE PRES. Bill Achord CLOCK TOWER EDITOR Lynnet DeRemer PROMOTIONS Orie Bell ASSO. VICE PRES. Jerry Pogue GOLDEN CORDS EDITOR Jerry Moon SOCIAL-CULTURAL Carol Weng BUSINESS MANAGER Don Krassin PEANUT HILL EDITOR Bob Holbrook STUDENT CENTER Dee Dee Little TREASURER Ron Howell HEALTH & RECREATION Dave Bowers (Pictures of next year's candidates and a resume of their policies will be published in next weeks CLOCK TOWEK) the problem of race relations be- cause it is a problem that threat- ens immediate social and spir- itual chaos, not because this kind of prejudice is, in theory, any more evil than the others I've suggested. Until we look upon all peoples with Christ's colorblind eyes, we are hardly fit to be en- trusted with His work. If at the end of this summer all we can do is to say, "Well, the big-city riots are certainly signs of the times," we will have shown the shallow- ness of our understanding of the gospel commission. If, how- ever, we have done everything possible by precept and practice to bring love and understanding to the centers of hate, then we might with some credibility lay claim to the distinction of being God's people. We can act as churches or as private citizens by volunteering our services to any agency that needs such help; and, most important, we can, by our example, show that we re- spect the integrity of every hu- man being. Each of us must make every effort to remove intoler- ance of all kinds from our lives. While I do not accept the theory of collective white guilt, the death of Dr. King should shock us enough to act. Bruce A. Ronk Belated Thanks Given Dear Friends, You are probably surprised and wondering why I am sending this letter to you; therefore I will explain. During the year 1966 to Jan- uary 1967,1 was stationed here in Vietnam and at Christmas was pleasantly surprised to receive approximately thirty Christmas cards from the men and women of Union College. Needless to say, they greatly brightened my Christmas, and I might add, were the only cards I received. Time and circumstances pre- vented sending a thank you note to the people involved and at this time, I would like to say "Thank You'' for your kind considera- tion. As luck would have it, and as you have probably noticed, I am stationed here again until De- cember of this year at which time I will be discharged from the service after completing twelve years in the Marines. I then plan to attend college and obtain an education in business administration. Perhaps you could post this letter, as I am very much inter- ested in receiving mail. I might add, that I have compiled a movie film library of action over here, plus a lot of film on the orphanages and the scenery in general. It is my hope to get a sound track added and have it narrated for any persons who might be interested in seeing it. I will have approximately 4000 feet of film by the end of the year. I must close, as we are leaving for the bush again, but if any- body would like to write, here is my address. It will be greatly ap- preciated. Sgt. Ollen L. Halsey 1572351 2ndBn, 3rd Marines HotelCo., HqSect FPO, SFRAN 96602 Again, let me say thanks from the bottom of my heart, and am looking forward to hearing from you, each and everyone who might be able to find the time. Sincerely, Lee Correction Noted Dear Editor: I would like to make one cor- rection in the article "Radio Club Resumes Activities." Evidently I mistook a question concerning the service we would like to per- form as pertaining to club dues, and gave your reporter the im- pression that there would be a charge for such service. There perhaps will be a charge or dues for membership in the club but the Federal Communications Commission would not allow nei- ther would we desire to make a charge for any help we could give. Should we reach the point where we can check in regularly with some of the state nets in Union College territory we may be able to meet schedules with parents and friends of members of the Union College family. Sincerely, Melvin C. Baker, Sponsor, Megacycle Club llillllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllillllllllllllllllllllllllllllll Letters Policy The Clock Tower welcomes let- ters to the editor. Letters may be edited. Contributors should: • Triple space lines and type. • Limit letters to 200 words. • Include name, address, and phone number. • Avoid direct personal attacks. Contributions should be brought to the Clock Tower office, 520, Administration Building. Clock Tower FOUNDED 1927 Editor-in-Chief Philip Brailsford News Editors Lynnet DeRemer Joyce Bennett Editorial Assistants Daim Rock Photographers Bud Gooch Mike Coffee Artist Les Steenberg Business Manager Duane Miller Associate Editor Jerry Moon Advertising Manager Russ Rexin Secretary Karen Gessele Staff Writers Karen Astner Norman Finch Linda Kostenko Meredith Matthews Lowell Rideout Connie Wall Shirley Nightingale Managing Editor Linda Brennan Brent Balmer Bob Reynolds Virginia Vences Ernie Pearson Darrell Holtz Mary Lou Sigmon James Erlich Don Soderstrom Advisors V. V. Wehtje D. J. Fike P. Joice Opinions expressed in this publication are those of the writers and are not to be construed as the opinions of the Associated Student Body or the college. Ed- itorials, unless otherwise designated, are the expressions of the editorial staff. The CLOCK TOWER is published weekly during the school year by the Asso- ciated Student Body of Union College, 3800 S. 48th St., Lincoln, Nebr. 68506, except holidays, registration periods and examination weeks. Subscription rates |2.50 per year. Second class postage p; id at Lincoln, Nebraska. April 26, 1968 THE CLOCK TOWER Missionary Pians Final; A Challenge Lies Ahead by Lynda Kostenko As the school year draws to a close, plans are being finalized for the three students who have been chosen to represent Union College as missionaries in 1968- 69. The destination for both Hel- mer Heghesan and Leonard Wes- termeyer is Peru. They will fly from Miami in the early part of June. Leonard, who will be in the field for the summer, is to teach music at La Collegio Union in Lima. Private lessons, music classes and ensemble work will engage much of his time. During the two-week school vacation in August he will be with Elder Muir at Nevati Mis- sion Station in the interior of Peru to conduct junior camps and evangelistic meetings. The language is Spanish and if things go as planned, Leonard will have an interpreter to help him the first day. In contrast to Leonard's coastal life, Helmer will spend a year of service at 12,600 feet above sea level on the shores of Lake Titi- caca. Two weeks will be spent in Puno, Lake Titicaca Mission headquarters, getting used to the altitude and becoming acquaint- ed with the people and their language, Spanish. Colegio Adventistas de Titicaca will become Helmer's home base where he will, among other things, teach English. Junior camps, Voice of Youth meetings and ingathering are also pro- grams which will be aided by Helmer's endeavors. There is no heat in the houses or in the dormitory so Helmer will need warm clothes. Also, week-end trips into the "campo" for meetings means good hiking shoes are necessary items. Lynda Kostenko's suitcase will have light, wash-and-wear clothes and sandals rather than heavy coats and hiking shoes, for she will be stationed very near the equator and sea level in Liberia, West Africa. Her year of service will begin July 9, as a Pan American plane leaves New York. Konola Acad- emy, about 50 miles north of the capital, Monrovia, includes grades 6-12 and has about 200 students. Lynda's biggest concern will be in the music field, including work with choirs, small vocal groups and instrumental instruc- tion. In addition, she will be asked to teach some classes in science and Bible and to aid in the MV and Pathfinder organiza- tions. The school, whose term runs from March to December, operates on the American sys- tem and English is the country's official language. Present plans include a tape recorder for each student mis- sionary so students here on the two campuses may hear first- hand detailed reports of the ac- tivities and experiences of our 1968-69 student missionaries. Corvallis, Ore.—(I.P.) — Final tabulations are in on the Viet- nam poll on the campus of Ore- gon State University conducted by the Associated Students Pub- lic Affairs Committee. The student opinion, taken in two days of balloting, represents about 6,000 of the 13,000 students here. Most expect the war to last about 5 more years 'out do not Photo by Bud Gooch Meet Kathy Swanson, second semester Kappa Theta Sweetheart Queen. Kathy and her attendants, Carol Stephenson, Cheri Stephenson, and Evie Pearson, were honored April 1 8 at the Rees Hall evening worship. Each of the girls was accompanied by her escort and carried a bouquet of daises. Inklings... X . .. • rv. • * - I . •• . Above: A Peruvian Indian lady paying her tithe, a large sack of potatoes, to the local pastor. Below: Colegio Adventistas de Titicaca where Helmer will teach next year. Views on Vietnam Reflected Join us this summer for a life changing Week of Action! Plan and Use a strategy for teaching others for Jesus Christ. Learn how to use the Action Folder and the Four Spiritual Laws effectively. Thousands of Christian Young People are doing it! This is an invitation to Sev- enth-day Adventist Collegians to get involved in our nations largest city. For information write to Elder Henry Barron, %New York Cen- ter, 227 W. 46th Street, New York, N.Y. 10036. • * * Loma Linda, Calif.—One Union College student has been sent a letter of acceptance to Loma Lin- da University School of Nursing, according to Maxine Atteberry, dean of the School of Nursing. Reading Hour Held Tuesdays A new Reading Hour Program, featuring drama, poetry, and prose is being presented every Tuesday evening in room 310 of the Ad Building at 6:00-6:50 p.m., reports Mr. William Rankin, pro- fessor of speech. "The idea is not original or unique," states Rankin. In re- cent years, on college and univer- sity campuses this medium has been provided to help young people develop expression and appreciation for literature from all time periods and to help them become familiar with it. Participants are members of Mr. Rankin's speech class. All are welcome to come. There will be no charge for admission. Receiving a letter of accept- ance is Karen Elyce Gessele. Miss Gessele will enter the Bachelor of Science program in September as a sophomore and is expected to receive her degree in 1971. * » * A new pop machine containing cans of Root Beer, Seven-Up, Sprite, and Like has been placed in Rees Hall for the residents' use. Each can costs 15