eleven UC seniors included in Who's Who The nominations of eleven top-ranking Union College sen- iors have been accepted for in- clusion in the 1969-1970 edition of Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Col- leges. Nominated by student and faculty votes and approved by the Administrative Council, these seniors have been judged out- standing for their scholarship, citizenship, leadership and prom- ise of future success. According to Academic Dean N. W. Rowland, the WHO'S WHO publication was founded in 1934 and each year included nomina- tions from approximately one thousand universities and col- leges. Union College has honored its outstanding students in this way for nearly thirty years. Listed below are the honorees, their academic fields of interest, and their home states: 1. Delmar Aitken, chemistry, Nebraska 2. Margaret Devnich, home economics, North Dakota 3. David Ferguson, music, Colorado 4. Beverly Hilliard, mathemat- ics, Nebraska 5. Lynda Kostenko, chemistry, Ohio 6. Sharon Pogue, home eco- nomics, Colorado 7. Dale Rowland, biology, Ne- braska 8. Nathan Schilt, social sci- ence, Colorado 9. Linda Sterling, nursing, Wisconsin 10. Leonard Westermeyer, phys- ics, Colorado 11. Curtis Wiltse, mathematics, North Dakota WHO'S WHO honorees (from left) Dole Roland, Lyndo Kostenko, Curtis Wiltse, Marge Devnich, Dove Ferguson, Nathan Schilt, Bev Hilliard, and Delmar Aitken. "Project Youth" panelists will discuss crime problem Three inmates from the Ne- braska Penal and Correctional Complex will speak at the ASB Convocation Friday, November 7. The inmates represent "Project Youth," a program that is pre- sented to schools and colleges throughout Nebraska. Posing as a panel, the three men will dis- cuss ten areas which are per- tinent to criminal activity ac- cording to the originators of "Project Youth." The moderator will discuss in- stitutional life. The other panel members will present circum- stances that led to their crime. This program originally began as a supplementary program to modern problem classes which discuss crime and delinquency. It now has developed into pro- grammed appearances all over the state of Nebraska. This par- ticular program has been pre- sented over 500 times. The three panel members are between the ages of 27 and 40. Their environmental back- grounds represent different cul- tures in race and affluency, ac- cording to Mr. Brian Hendrick- son, Director of Project Youth. Vol. XLIV Union College, Lincoln, Nebr., October 31, 1969 No. 6 Rose City Singers return to Union Tuesday night Dick receives Sellers award The Rose City Singers from the "Rose City" of Portland, Oregon, will present a concert at the Union College auditorium on Tuesday, November 4. The pro- gram of folk music will begin at 6:30 p.m. The Singers have toured exten- sively on the west coast and ap- peared in many of the Adventist Institutions throughout the United States. Mr. Charles Davis, the director of the group, has been choral di- rector at Walla Walla College in Walla Walla, Washington and at Andrews University in Berrien Springs, Michigan. The members of the group are all employed by the United Med- ical Lab, which sponsors the group. The lab is located in Port- land and is one of the largest medical labs in the world. Dr. Everett Dick displays the plaque which he received for winning the James L. Sellers Memoriol Award. program tomorrow night is comedy film The James L. Sellers Memorial Award has been awarded to Dr. Everett Dick for his article, "Water, a Frontier Problem," which appeared in the Autumn, 1968, issue of the "Nebraska His- tory" magazine. The article was judged to be the most outstanding original contribution published in the "Nebraska History" magazine in 1968. When James L. Sellers, Chair- man of the History Department at the University of Nebraska, died in 1966 he left money in the care of the Nebraska His- torical Society for the purpose of giving the award once each year for a five-year period. Dr. Dick said, "I was quite sur- prised when I received a call from the Nebraska State Histor- ical Society informing me that I had been selected to receive the award." One of Hollywood's top comedy writers, Zeno Klinker, will enter- tain the Union College student body on Saturday night, Novem- ber 1. His performance is said to be an "unbelievably absorbing motion picture, accompanied by the most hilarious running com- mentary ever." His first venture in humor writing was at an early age when he started writing humorous greeting cards and booklets. The very first one sold almost a half million copies. Klinker was later hired by Ed- gar Bergen to write jokes for the Edgar Bergen-Charlie McCarthy radio show. He is now in his twenty-fourth year with Edgar Bergen, still writing jokes for Charlie McCarthy, Mortimer Snerd, and for the other dummy who was named after Mr. Klin- ker .. . Effie Klinker. Klinker first started his career as a musician, playing piano, ac- cordion, guitar, and banjo with many big-name orchestras. He also played for most of the major motion picture studios in Holly- wood -.vhere he occasionally played small parts in pictures. Dr. Dick also stated that he wrote the article as an aid to the "Nebraska History" magazine and that he was not aware of the award when he submitted his article. Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy, familiar figures on the American comedy scene for many years, ore shown as they appear in Zeno Klinker's film about the humorous aspects of oviation. 2 THE CLOCK TOWER October 31, 1969 editorials right, by chance? "Even a fool must now and then be right, by chance."—Cowper of cydamates and cigarettes The United States Food and Drug Administration, through Sec- retary of Health, Education, and Welfare Robert Finch, recently ordered food products sweetened with cyclamates removed from the market in the United States. The action was taken because research has shown that cyclamates, in dosages 50 times higher than a prob- able human dosage, have caused bladder cancer in laboratory rats. Although Secretary Finch pointed out that there is "no evidence that they have indeed caused cancer in humans," he nevertheless acted with speed and decision when it became apparent that a threat to health might exist. Such an action shows a laudable concern for the public welfare on the part of the man who holds responsibility for protecting the health of the American people. We only wonder, now that this val- uable precedent has been established, how soon we can expect sim- ilarly decisive action to prohibit further sales of cigarettes and other tobacco products. After all, the link between cigarette smoking and lung cancer, emphysema, and other killing diseases has been rather clearly es- tablished. Very few people outside the tobacco industry still seriously question the overwhelming mass of statistical evidence showing the greater incidence of lung cancer among smokers than among non- smokers. If the evidence concerning cyclamates is sufficient to ban- ish them from grocers' shelves, surely the evidence on cigarettes should also be sufficient to bring about a ban on their sales. If a ban on cigarette sales is not feasible, then we suggest that, in the interest of fairness, soft drinks containing cyclamates not be banned from sale either. Perhaps as an alternative solution they could be required to print a health warning on the side of the can. ... DH UC favorably compared with All The Clock Tower editor and associate editor attended a confer- ence of the Adventist Student Press Association on the campus of Andrews University October 23-26. Now, when Union College students are in a mood for complain- ing, the cafeteria service and the Saturday night programs seem to be the most frequent scapegoats. And it is true that certain aspects of these might be improved. But we thought it might be of interest to some students to know that the AU cafeteria currently serves meals on a flat rate plan. Dorm students are charged $60 per month. And while the AU food is good, we think the food served by Mr. Chilson and his staff is even more palatable. The very excellent program held at AU last Saturday night was by the Clann Gael, a troupe of professional Scottish and Irish folk singers and performers. As guests, we much appreciated our free passes. The AU students and staff members attending paid $2.50 per person admission, the standard general admission rate for Saturday evening programs, according to AU students. We do not mention these two facts in order to be critical of An- drews, a fine University. We much enjoyed the school's hospitality during the four days we spent there. Rather, we wish to point out to some Union College students that, while certain features of life at UC can be improved, Unionites nevertheless have many things for which to be happy. jm yearbook editors need organization The comparative quality of Union College student publications seems to fluctuate from "excellent" to "mediocre" in regular cycles. When the editor of the Golden Cords, Clock Tower or Peanut Hill does an exceptionally fine job, an editor-elect sometimes concludes that the task is an easy one. Underestimating the magnitude of the job leads to inadequate preparation, and the result is that the pub- lication declines in quality. In an effort to keep student publications, as well as student body affairs in general, on a consistently high level of quality and to im- prove this quality year by year, the Eastern Inter-collegiate Work- shop was initiated in 1950. The EIW included student representatives from Andrews University, Atlantic Union College, Columbia Union College, Southern Missionary College, Southwestern Union College, and Union College. Instructional sessions were planned for student body presidents, vice-presidents, business managers, newspaper ed- itors and yearbook editors. Last April the EIW became the AIW, Adventist Inter-collegiate Workshop, with the addition of the three west-coast colleges, Loma Linda University, Pacific Union College and Walla Walla College. At this point the yearbook section was dropped and the newspaper editors formed the independent Adventist Student Press Associa- tion. While the ASPA is a highly informative and useful organiza- tion for paper editors, Adventist student yearbook editors also have great need of professional guidance and instruction. The Associated Collegiate Press is the recognized body in North America for establishing criteria of student paper and yearbook ex- cellence. The University of Minnesota, in cooperation with the ACP, offers each summer, two two-semester-hour courses in newspaper and yearbook editing. Joy Young, current Golden Cords editor, is the first Union Col- lege yearbook editor to attend this valuable session, although two former Clock Tower editors, Lynnet Reiner and Phil Brailsford, at- tended the newspaper session. (Both publications are regularly eval- uated by the ACP Critical Service.) However, it would be desirable for Adventist student yearbook editors to also have, perhaps in connection with ASPA, the opportu- nity of periodically receiving instruction from professional Seventh- day Adventist journalists who can aid them in producing a publica- tion which will reflect the particular ideological context of an Ad- ventist college. the other side "In a case of dissension, never dare to judge till you've heard the other side."—Euripides CT contract questioned Dear Editor: Acting upon the premise that you will print all letters submit- ted in accordance with your let- ter policy, I will take my pen in hand and attempt to express myself. I feel that your news coverage, excellent though it may be in its respective areas, does not cover all that it should. The media's main purpose for existence any- where is to inform its readers on all happenings that affect them, whether for the readers' good or for their detriment. The pur- pose behind this accusation (which I hope has been taken with no ill feeling) is that I learned the following not through the media, but through being in right place at the right time. Briefly, this is what I learned. When the time came for choos- ing a printer for the Clock Tower, sealed bids were taken from three printing companies. How- ever, disregarding all business tactics, the lowest bid was dis- carded by the administration and the next lowest bid ($1,300 above for the year) was accepted and the contract was given to the Union College Press. Needless to say, upon learning of this dubious business, imme- diately I became "uptight." Being in a position to know how tight Editor's Note: The following story reflects student attitudes nationwide. Obviously, Union College students will not always fit the national pattern. (ACP)—The Review, Washburn University, Topeka, Kansas. The great majority of college students say they have never used either marijuana or LSD—and don't in- tend to. Most also disapprove of sexual promiscuity and adhere to traditional religious beliefs. These are some of the major findings of a nationwide survey of student attitudes toward American institutions, and of their values and beliefs. The survey was commissioned by Standard Oil Company (New Jersey) and was made by Roper Research Associates. Although focused on male seniors in ac- credited four-year colleges and universities, it included, for com- parative purposes, smaller but similar surveys of freshmen and alumni of the Class of 1964. In general, the three groups—fresh- men, seniors and alumni—held similar views. Students' actual experiences and attitudes to- ward such matters as drugs, sex, and religion differ sharply from some popular impressions. On these subjects students were asked to fill out a confidential special form. This was returned to the interviewer in a sealed en- velope to avoid possible embar- rassment and to ensure frank- ness. Less sensitive subjects were surveyed by verbal interviews. Only 24 percent of ail seniors, for example, have ever tried marijuana. A majority of these have used the drug two or three times at the most. Only nine percent of the students described themselves as occasional or ha- bitual users. LSD has been used experimentally by a very small number of seniors—3 percent. Students who are highly crit- ical of American society and those active in student political movements are more inclined to money is for other activities, I saw this move as sheer waste and involving intense prejudice. Since it is the students' money that is being used for such transactions, I feel the students should be in- formed on any similarly doubtful activities. It is this informing that is your obligation—nay, your duty. Congratulations on an other- wise fine paper. In the future, however, let us see the bad as well as the good that takes place at Union. No good is made bad, but much bad is made good by revealing the truth. Cordially, R. L. Malone Sophomore, Undecided attacks Oct. 3 editorial Dear Editor: In response to your October 3 editorial on the Vietnam Mora- torium, I feel that certain vital facts that should have been con- sidered were neglected. The present administration is using an archaic foreign policy to deal with problems of the seventies. It is a sorry state of af- fairs when the government neg- lects the wishes of the governed. In a very recent Gallup poll, 57 percent of those interviewed favored a withdrawal of all American troops by the end of 1970, but the President refuses to even listen. use drugs than others, Jersey Standard's study shows. But, even in this group, occasional or habitual users are a compar- atively small minority. Although most students have not used drugs and show no in- terest in them, there is consider- able feeling that marijuana laws should be liberalized. Almost half the seniors think the sale of marijuana should be made legal but under controls such as with liquor. The same does not apply to LSD; only 7 percent would legalize its sale. Freshmen agree with seniors in their attitudes toward both drugs. Alumni, however, take a harder line. Proposed legalized sale of marijuana is opposed by 66 percent of graduates; of LSD, by 94 percent. If the supposed "sexual revolu- tion" is really occurring on the college campus, Roper Research Associates found little evidence of it. Far from being promis- Isn't it time we as a nation stand up and face the immoral- ity of our Vietnam policies? No matter what our original inten- tions were when we became in- volved in Vietnam, even if valid then, no longer justify the death of 40,000 Americans and hun- dred of thousands of Vietnam- ese. This senseless murder, why? Only because the Bureau- cracy in Washington refuses to admit their mistake! If wars were the solution to our problems, Utopia would have been reached long ago. Isn't it time we stopped playing God and had the courage to admit a mistake? Without this realization lies America's greatest defeat. Robin Moutray University of Nebraska LETTERS POLICY The Clock Tower welcomes let- ters from its readers. All letters submitted in accordance with this policy will be printed, space permitting. Letters may be ed- ited. Contributors should: • Limit letters to 250 words. • Include name, address, and phone number. • Avoid attacks on personalities. Letters should be sent to the ed- itor through the College inter- mail system. Off-campus con- tributors should write to the Clock Tower, in care of Union College. not drugs cuous, most freshmen and nearly half of the seniors say that they are either opposed to premarital sexual relations or believe they should be limited to women they expect to marry. Concepts of religion vary, of course, with the individual, but a majority of the students and alumni might be called religious. Most expressed a belief in God as either a Supreme Being or a governing force that guides the universe. God was defined in four dif- ferent ways in the study. Stu- dents were asked to select the description that best expressed their views. The largest number of seniors—33 percent—chose the most orthodox definition, "the Supreme Being who rewards and punishes." Only 8 percent of the seniors said they belonged to no religion. Freshmen are stronger in their beliefs than seniors; alumni, less so. ©Clock Tower S FOUNDED 1927 Editor-in-chief Darrell Holtz Associate editor Jerry Moon News editor Connie Phillips Writers Karen Affolter Linda Austin Jim Chilson Jolene Lang Peggy Liebelt Pat Marah Copy editor Virginia Schilt Feature editor Beth Feese Secretary Louise Morrow Photographer Glen Wintermeyer Layout editor Vicki Christensen Sports editor Richard Hill Business manager Lanny Stout Advisors E. D. Nesmith G. G. Davenport Opinions expressed in this publication are those of the writers and arc not to be construed as the opinions of the Associated Student Body or of Union College. The CLOCK TOWER is published weekly during the school year by the Associated Student Body of Union College. 3800 S. 48th., Lincoln, Neb. 68506, except holidays, registration periods and examination weeks. Subscription rate: $2.75 per year. Second-class postage paid at Lincoln, Nebraska. students believe in God, former Unionite discusses experiences encountered while flying mission aircraft Inside-Out by Jim Crane by Connie Phillips After five years as a bush pilot in the Peruvian jungles, former Union College student Clyde Peters has returned on a study furlough. Clyde served from 1964- 1969 as pilot and maintenance engineer for the fleet of four air- craft now employed in mission work in Peru. Flying has always been Clyde's "thing." He started flying at the age of fifteen and received his private operator's license when he was sixteen. Soon after grad- uating from Campion Academy in 1955, he obtained his commer- cial license from the flying serv- ice at the little town of Good- land, Kansas, where his parents have a farm. His goal had al- ways been to become a commer- cial pilot, but he was discouraged from it because of the Sabbath problems he would encounter in working for the airlines. During his academy years, Clyde crop- sprayed for neighboring farms, in addition to working on his father's land. Confused over his vocational goals, Clyde decided to attend Union in the fall of 1956. He studied for two years at the Col- lege of the Golden Cords, but his heart was still in flying. "I was at the airport more often than at school," he recalls. During his stay at Union, Clyde worked for the University of Nebraska in their agricultural program. He flew for the crop-spraying and other experimental research on the university's acreage through- out Nebraska. In 1958 Clyde discontinued classes at Union and married Eleanor Larson. He continued his courses at the Lincoln airport, working toward the certificates he would need as a commercial pilot. During the next few years, he also did instructional work, charter flying, and crop spraying. Clyde and Eleanor's family be- gan to grow. Shelly Peters was born in 1959, Allen in 1960, and Linda in 1962. By 1964 Clyde had attained a mechanic rating. He began to get friendly calls and letters from several airline com- panies. The biggest hurdle to his employment was Sabbath observ- ance. "As I thought about future plans, I had no idea that in a few months I would be flying for Christ in Peru," Clyde said. He had never thought of denomina- tional employment as a possible fulfillment of his desire to fly for a living. At this point, Clyde was intro- duced to Elder James Aitken, the president of the South American division at that time, by Aitken's son. Elder Aitken was looking for an airplane mechanic and pilot for the Peruvian missions. There had been aircraft used in Peru for several years, but without local maintenance facilities, air transportation could not be de- pended on. Clyde turned out to be the man they were looking for. With an airplane mechanic and one single engine aircraft, the General Conference and the Peruvian mission stations began to build an air system in the jun- gle. In twenty-four months, thir- ty airstrips were built in scat- tered villages throughout eastern Peru. These 600-1000 foot long strips were built by the villagers themselves. "Leaders from iso- lated villages who had heard of the better way of living that fol- lowed the white-winged bird would travel long distances to the Pucallpa or other mission bases and ask for a teacher and pastor," reported Clyde. "These natives were then told that a teacher would come if the vil- lagers would build an air strip, a school and a church. All of these thirty villages are model Ad- ventist communities. The trans- formation in these villages is remarkable," continued Clyde. "In Peru, the airplane func- tions as a car, a pickup, an am- bulance and a hearse," remarked Clyde. The original plan for the plane called for monthly rounds with a nurse to the villages, but the uses of the plane have multi- plied. The plane serves as an am- bulance to take the critically ill to the small clinic at Pucallpa or the two-surgeon hospital at Iquitos. It transports workers to distant villages, and hauls mail, food, clothing, medicine and building materials. On these rounds, Clyde estimates he has pulled about 15,000 teeth. During a flood in southern Peru two years ago, the mission plane transported 80,000 pounds of food to the stricken area. The addition of air transpor- tation to the mission work is a dramatic improvement over the previous boat and foot travel. In fifty minutes of flying time Clyde can cover territory that would take up to one week of boat travel. Outboard motor out- fits had formerly been the pri- mary transportation, but in many places river travel was al- most impossible because of rapids and sand bars. Also, the amount of extra fuel needed to go any distance left little room in the boat for medicines and supplies. "Boat travel was actually more expensive than the maintenance of the present air fleet," said Clyde. "Of course the medical launches still play an important part," he added. The job of a bush pilot is both exciting and dangerous. Clyde recalls a recent incident when he was landing the Fernando Stahl I, the first plane obtained by the mission. Clyde's parents, wife, and three children were in the plane. "The condition of the air- strip was very poor, considering the load in the plane," said Clyde. The short, muddy strips in the villages demand the ut- most landing skill of the pilot. It had been raining for over two days and the airstrip was very soft and muddy. A miscalcula- tion sent the plane plunging into the 130-foot deep river at the end of the runway. It sank to the bottom in a minute and a half, but miraculously all aboard got out of the plane and to shore safely. The plane, however, was a total loss. "The plane has also helped to tear down prejudice between missionaries of different denom- inations," remarked Clyde. "In emergencies we have run several missions for other denomina- tions." Once Clyde transported a seriously ill priest from an inland village to medical facilities. Sometimes the plane can make the difference between the life and death, not just of one in- dividual, but of a whole village when an epidemic strikes. Clyde tells of one experience where a lone woman struggled into a mis- sion outpost from a distant vil- lage to report an epidemic of measles. This can be a very se- rious disease for the Peruvian natives who have no natural re- sistance to it. All those not ill had fled the village. There was no one to feed and care for the sick. Left this way, it would only be a matter of days until the vil- lage was wiped out. In an emer- gency rescue mission, Clyde transported food, medical per- sonnel, and medicines from a nearby village. For a week, the "Fernando Stahl" was the life- line for the seventy people in the village. Only eight died, a stark contrast to the story a small boy who wandered into that same village had to tell. The terribly disfigured boy was acute testi- mony of what measles can do to these people. He was the sole sur- vivor of the epidemic that had ravaged his village. He led sev- eral native workers to his village, where nearly seventy corpses were found. All the workers could do was to burn and bury the bodies. If this had been an SDA village with an airstrip, the mis- sion plane could have saved the village. "The airplane has opened up vast opportunities for the spreading of the gospel," said Clyde. "More people can now be reached. Workers are finding isolated villages where the mis- sionary pioneer Fernando Stahl worked decades ago, and the natives have lived up to the light he showed them, although they have not been in contact with another white man since he left them." In addition to his study at Union, Clyde plans to take course work in aircraft mainte- nance and repair in several air- craft plants in the United States. He will return to Peru after his twelve-month furlough has ex- pired. The Monster You're under arrest for carrying a concealed weapon. Clyde Peters, in the dark baseball cap, is shown ot work with the "Fernando Stahl," helping the Peruvian Indians among whom he has worked for the past five years. October 31, 1969 THE CLOCK TOWER editors represent Union at first ASPA session THE CLOCK TOWER October 31, 1969 The editors and staff members attending the first annual ASPA workshop gather on the steps in front of the Andrews University Administration Building for a group portrait. (Photo courtesy of AU) Our Man Hoppc hatred - the key to unity The Adventist Student Press Association held its first annual workshop at Andrews University in Berrien Springs, Michigan, from October 23-26. The ASPA was first proposed by the editors at last spring's meeting of the Adventist Intercollegiate Work- shop, and was recently approved by the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists in its Fall Council meetings. The Clock Tower was repre- sented at the workshop by Dar- rell Holtz, editor; Jerry Moon, associate editor; and Mr. De- Forest Nesmith, editorial advisor. Most of the sessions during the four-day workshop were con- cerned with the technical aspects of producing a college newspaper. These sessions were conducted by various journalism teachers from Adventist colleges, with some guest speakers from news- papers in the Berrien Springs area. The philosophy of college edit- ing was discussed by Dr. Richard Hammill, president of Andrews University, in a talk about what a college administration should expect of a student newspaper. Eric Anderson, editor of the AU Student Movement, discussed Jane Briggman, Miss Nebraska and Miss Congeniality in the Miss America contest, will be the special guest at the temperance banquet, November 2. The ban- quet is designed to conclude and highlight the temperance emphasis weekend. The "Happiness is . . ." theme is to be supported by three mu- sical selections presented by stu- dents and a talk by Elder Milo Sawvell. The temperance weekend was launched this morning with a display of audio-visual aids in the student center. The display features a smoking machine, bot- tles containing all of the poisons in tobacco, and the slice of a lung. Elder Sawvell, an Associate Temperance Secretary of the what student editors should ex- pect of a college administration, and Elder Kenneth Wood, editor of the Review and Herald, sent a tape-recorded address on what the church expects of its college editors. Elder Don Yost, recently named editor of the new Sev- enth-day Adventist magazine for college students, answered ques- tions from the editors about the magazine. The editors ratified a constitu- tion for the ASPA in a Thursday afternoon business session, and elected officers on the following afternoon. Mary Pat Stikes, as- sociate editor of the Criterion, published on the La Sierra cam- pus of Loma Linda University, was elected president of the ed- itors' association for the coming year. Dr. Roberta Moore, profes- sor of journalism at Walla Walla College, was chosen to serve as executive secretary and Elder Yost was re-elected as executive advisor. The editors voted to recom- mend that next year's workshop be held at Loma Linda Univer- sity's La Sierra campus if the proper arrangements can be made. General Conference from Wash- ington, D.C., will also speak in convocation this morning and for vespers this evening. Between 2:00 and 5:00 tomor- row afternoon three new films and a talk will be presented in the South Hall worship room. Students may come and go at their convenience. The Sabbath afternoon pro- gram "is designed for those stu- dents who are really interested in the recent innovations in temperance work," states Connie Jo Gerst, president of the club. Connie Jo expressed the wish that this weekend would be one of the "special highlights on campus for this year—something students can be stimulated by and enjoy." By Arthur Hoppe Herewith another unwritten chapter of history from that un- published work, "A History of the World, 1950 to 1999." Its title, "The Babylonian Conspiracy." * * * By the fall of 1969, America was more sorely divided than at any time in history. Hawks loathed doves, blacks fought with whites, the poor rioted against the rich, the left and the right were at loggerheads and the old and the young weren't speaking. The only thing that saved the nation in its hour of peril, his- torians now agree, was the dis- covery of what came to be called The Babylonian Conspiracy. It was, it can be safely said, the ultimate in hate groups. The first hint of the conspir- acy's existence came with the anonymous distribution to the mass media of a work known as "The Secret Protocols of the Elders of Babylon." The Protocols, though discred- ited by some at the time, called upon all Babylonian-Americans to continue human sacrifices to the Lord God Ur, infiltrate the State Department, produce dirty movies and overthrow the gov- ernment. The right wing was outraged. Three separate congressional in- vestigations were launched "to determine the extent of this in- sidious conspiracy and whether it is financed and controlled by a foreign power." | Sheridan Conoco Pickup and Delivery Firestone Tires — Batteries 33rd and Sherida n 488-9943 Bigots were offended by the strange religious practices of the Babylonian-Americans (or "bab- blers," as they snidely called them). And anti-babbler jokes became the rage in barber shops and saloons. Babblers, it was generally agreed, wore their hair long and dirty, smoked pot, were incred- ibly stupid and were about to outsmart the government and undermine American institu- tions. Fraternities closed their doors to babblers. ("You let one in, you got to let them all in.") The news that a babbler was about to buy a house destroyed real estate prices for blocks around. ("They live like pigs.") And bab- blers were never invited to cock- tail parties. ("You want your sis- ter to marry one?") Liberals, naturally, rallied to the cause of the underdog and a National Association for the Ad- vancement of Babylonian-Amer- icans was founded. It dissolved the next day with the publica- tion of "Tahelewivem" (Baby- lonian for "Manifesto") by Gas- par Grommet, avowed head of the conspiracy. In this best-selling work, Grommet called for (1) contin- uing the war in Vietnam forever "because it's fun to kill gooks," (2) Sending all blacks back to Africa and whites back to Eu- rope, (3) soaking the poor, (4) soaking the rich, and (5) not wasting another nickel on feed- Part-Time Work CAR NECESSARY Select your own hours Call 488-4414 9 to 5 ing starving Biafran children be- cause they'll just get hungry again." * * * Never was the nation so united. Hawks, doves, blacks, whites, rich, poor, left, right, old, young marched shoulder to shoulder to give battle against this insidious threat to America. No one even bothered to hate his congress- man any more. Unfortunately, an enterpris- ing reporter discovered that Grommet was actually of Iro- quois Indian extraction and his ancestors had never gotten closer to the Euphrates than the Po- komo river. In fact, there wasn't a Babylonian in the country. "My only regret," said Grom- met proudly as he was led out to be shot, "is that I had but one hate group to give for my coun- try." The nation was stunned. But things swiftly returned to nor- mal. And a month later every American once again hated vir- tually every other American with a passion. (Copyright Chronicle Publishing Co. 1969) GOTFREDSON'S PLYMOUTH CITY SEE THE ALL NEW 1970 Barracuda—Fury— Satellite — Road Runner Many Leftover BRAND NEW 1969 MODELS and LOW MILEAGE FACTORY AUTOS IN STOCK MAKE YOUR LAST STOP AT GOTFREDSON'S PLYMOUTH CITY Serving you for 53 YEARS 4714 Prescott Open 9-9 WANT A BICYCLE? 2 Tandem and 4 regular bikes will be sold by sealed bid, starting next week. Get your bids in early to the ASB office. 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THE CLOCK TOWER October 31, 1969 offenses dominate "A" league play as Poleschook maintains first place hold The offenses took over "A" league football games during the past two weeks, when rain and cold weather weren't preventing Baptist continues "B" league romp Despite the cool autumn eve- nings, Baptist's potent offense has been keeping things warm in "B" league football play over the past two weeks. Pilon, mean- while. is playing well, when the weather lets him play at all. Baptist rolled up one of the most lopsided triumphs of the year on Thursday, October 16, trouncing Feather 52-12 in what captain Bob Baptist described as his team's best overall effort to date. It seems doubtful that Fea- ther would disagree with that assessment. Pilon used his team's weight advantage in crushing Peterson 30-7. The victory gave Pilon an outside shot at the "B" league crown, although his team has played three fewer games than Baptist's. Pilon told the Clock Tower that he believes his team is capable of defeating Baptist, and he only hopes that the weather will give them a chance. Mitchell forfeited to Trujillo, and, plagued by persistent ab- senteeism, also forfeited to both Feather and Pilon last week. Baptist continued to roll last week, knocking off the slumping Petersen 38-12, and then drop- ping Trujillo 34-18. Trujillo's team, led by the passing of Rick Carlson and the receiving skills of Gordon Gates, stayed close through most of the contest, but couldn't muster enough to halt Baptist's drive toward the title. Feather, guided by new quar- terback Bill Burnett, thumped Petersen 45-18. Though plagued by injuries much of the season, Feather's team showed the po- tential to cause the league lead- ers some trouble during the final weeks of the season. Pilon's game with Trujillo was washed out, adding another con- test to Pilon's list of cancella- tions. 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Willie Sierra once again led the way for Pole- schook on offense as the team maintained its grip on the top rung in the league standings. Bowers, plagued by an inability to hold a lead late in the game, also lost earlier in the week, by 38-32 to Skinner. Skinner went ahead with two minutes to go, starting a closing flurry of ac- tion. Bowers took the ball down the field in less than a minute to grab the lead, but victory eluded him when Dave Swenson made a superb, diving catch of a Skin- ner pass for the winning tally with approximately 30 seconds on the clock. Skinner had a considerably easier time the following night, rolling over Thomson 41-7. The loss dropped Thomson to third place in the league standings, as Skinner climbed past him into second place. STANDINGS As of October 24 'A" League 'B" League W L T Pet. Boptist W L 7 0 T 0 Pet. 1.000 Poleschook 3 0 1 1.000 Pilon 3 1 0 .750 Skinner 3 1 1 .750 Trujillo 3 2 0 .600 .500 Feother 3 5 1 .375 Thomson 2 2 0 .500 Petersen 2 5 0 .286 Bowers 0 5 0 .000 Mitchell 1 4 Scores 1 .200 Scores Poleschook 45, Skinner 45 Skinner 38, Bowers 32 Skinner 41, Thomson 7 Poleschook 39, Bowers 37 Schedule Nov. 2 — Poleschook vs Faculty 3 — Skinner vs Bowers 4 — Bowers vs Poleschook 5 — Thomson vs Skinner Pilon 30, Petersen 7 Trujillo over Mitchell, forfeit Baptist 52, Feather 12 Baptist 38, Petersen 12 Feather over Mitchell, forfeit Pilon over Mitchell, forfeit Feother 45, Petersen 1 8 Baptist 34, Trujillo 1 8 Schedule Nov. 2 — Pilon vs Petersen 3—Trujillo vs Mitchell 4 — Baptist vs Feather 5 — Pilon vs Trujillo 6 — Petersen vs Baptist — Mitchell vs Feather PEANUT HILL POPULACE $1.25 per copy on sale at ASB Office KUEHL'S GROCERY 3845 So. 48th Organically grown — Sun Ripened — Honey Dipped Fruits — Dried Fruit Large Prunes, Apricots, Mixed Fruit, Peaches, Pears. KUCV PROGRAM LOG 5:30 Time for Singing 5:45 Church World News 6:00 Quiet Hour 6:30 Goteways to Inspiration 6:45 Mirocles 7:00 Your Story Hour FRIDAY NIGHT 7:30 Kindergarten Sabbath School Lesson 7:45 Music of the Church 8:30 Auditorium Music 9:00 Voice of Prophecy 9:30 Nightwatch 10:00 Sign Off 8:00 10:00 1 1:00 11:10 11:15 1 1:30 12:00 12:30 1:00 1:15 1:30 1:45 2:00 2:30 4:00 4:30 SATURDAY Music for Meditation 2:00 Hour of Worship 4:00 Christ international 4:15 Day by Doy with Jesus 4:30 Religion in the News 4:55 Bible Class of the Air 5:00 Singspiration 5:30 Layman's Hour 5:45 Church World News 6:00 Gateways to Inspiration 6:1 5 Music to Remember 6:30 Hymn History 7:00 Auditorium Organ 7:30 Music of the Church 9:00 Nightwotch 9:30 Sign Off 10:00 SUNDAY Afternoon Concert Men and Molecules Religion in the News Heortbeat Theatre Union for Christ News Master Control Time for Singing Church World News Ycur Rodio Doctor Viewpoint Unshackled BYU Concert Evening Concert The Lutheron Hour Nightwotch Sign Off The visiting academy seniors had many activities planned for them, but those who were interested in trying out the basketball facilities in Union's gymnasium had the opportunity to do so Monday night. Here an unidentified visitor completes a reverse layup. Health Career Capsules As the new Licensed Practical Nurse stood by her patient's bed checking her pulse, she watched her regular breathing and reviewed the last few minutes in her mind. She could still feel her own heart pounding as she remembered the frantic activity. The doctors had just left and she had just passed her first real crisis as a Licensed Practical Nurse. Sure, she had watched crises situations during her training but this was for real. She was now a full-fledged Licensed Practical Nurse. As she walked by the patient's mirror, she paused to admire her reflection, with the starched nurse's cap perched on her head and the finely tailored uniform, she was really proud of herself and her new career. "Just think. I've just completed a year's training in the latest scientific nursing methods." she almost said aloud. "I could have chosen a career in caring for the aged, the newborn, doing psychi- atric and orthopedic nursing, working in operating rooms, in doc- tors' offices, and in homes, on private duty, and general hospital service." she thought to herself. Then as she continued toward the nursing station, she reflected, "I am really glad I chose general hospital nursing because that is where the action is." Are you interested in a career in Licensed Practical Nursing? Porter Memorial Hospital offers a fully accredited course with only one year of training. One class is admitted annually in September. Do you enjoy helping others? Write now for more information on this exciting career. Write to: Director, Program of Practical Nursing, Porter Me- morial Hospital, 2525 South Downing Street, Denver, Colorado 80210. M