Blackburn College - Beaver Tales Yearbook (Carlinville, IL)

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important, the value of the individual and his right to control his own life. The faculty and administration at Blackburn have become increasingly responsive to students’ thoughts and needs. This has been reflected in changes in the social and academic regulations. The abolishment of women’s hours and the granting of automobile privi- leges have freed the student from traditional shackles and have fostered a seemingly forbidden area of edu- cation — that of self-discovery. Student participation in the College Senate, Judicial Board, All-College Coun- cil and other committees, has increased communica- tion between all segments of the Blackburn College community. Students graduating from, or leaving Blackburn, face a great challenge for the seventies. At the outset, the issues will center on pollution, on ending the war, and on the struggle of the racial minorities. The ur-

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Fe MME eT eT ry Tee gency of all three issues increases daily and with that urgency goes an inevitable increase in the militance of tactics. The great challenge to our generation is to communicate our visions and goals to Middle America. Students, working with people in their communities, must raise the issues and push for change in these areas. As more politically and socially active students graduate and move into the working world, the issues will probably be raised in institutions other than uni- versities and colleges. The decade which lies ahead offers a strong chal- lenge to the student and youth movement: to com- municate its vision to the rest of America. The general tone of students and of youth will be more cynical than idealistic. In short, there is much which has to be changed in this society, it will be a tough battle to do it, but it will be done. — Bruce M. Pederson