Loras College - Purgold Yearbook (Dubuque, IA)

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JAMES FARMER Under the aegis of the Intellectual er Committee of the Student Senate, James ° former head of CORE addressed a capacity D C u r ring in St. Joseph Auditorium on December 9. . . u Mr Farmer his dynamic and convincing speecn, with compared the Negro civil rights movemen other social movements of the past the qu ize d female suffrage; for labor rights. He emp the fact that while previously Negroes e - - n g segregation was necessary, now they were w to be jailed, beaten or killed in their une fight for integration. This change in attitu Mr. Farmer, was due to three primary C ° US . World War II; the sense of identity wit emerging African nations, making the Negr ° C . scious of his African descent; and education, ing to make the Negro more aware of his and more concerned with realizing them. three causes are forming aggressive, militant groes, who may be forced to turn from 9 ene nonviolent action to desperate measures, a possi bility which cannot be ignored but must be rea istically avoided. 24

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KAMPUS KARNIVAL Organization and innovation combined to make the 1966 Kampus Karnival the best yet. Procedure differed somewhat this year as cam¬ pus organizations were assigned booths on the basis of past financial expenditures and club size, and not in the traditional first come, first serve basis ' Another break from tradition (welcome to be sure) was the mixer held later in the evening and serv¬ ing to round off the entire day. Among the individual booths, the Sociology Club made a bundle from jail bail. The Pie Throw and the Dunking game attracted the usual crowd of sadists and the record break, all the local music haters but the rest of the events seemed to hold general appeal. Pink Petunia, the Spanish Club stuffed poodle captured the heart of every girl and the wallet of more than one guy—well, pink does that to girls m 23

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Mrs. Zena Harman, wife of Israel ' s Ambassador to the United States, delivered the address to the assembled student body, bringing Israel Day to a fitting close. ISRAEL DAY Folk Dances, Philosophy, Customs, Ceremon¬ ies, and Geography, provided the general frame¬ work for the second annual culture day March 8. The College was proud to welcome such distin¬ guished guests as Mr. Joseph Ben-Dak, who spoke on aspects of change in the Kibbutz (a communal institution), Rabbis William Frankel, David Grau- bart and Victor Weissburg, who discussed Jewish customs and rites, philosophy, and the status of religion in Israel today. The highpoint of the proceedings was the address by Mrs. en ° ar man, wife of Israel ' s ambassador to the United States. Mrs. Harman graduated from the London School of Economics and Political Science where she obtained her degree. In her talk on the hu¬ man aspect of Israel, she summarized the day s happenings by discussing a few of the pressing problems facing Israel. Rabbi David Graubart of Chicago discussed the state of religion in Israel today. Israel Folk Dances by Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Kaye. 25