Broward Community College - Silver Sands Yearbook (Fort Lauderdale, FL)

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W0 DER fers the life of a student to that of a soldier. He wonders what Negro soldiers will do when they return to the states and find themselves being treated like second class citizens again. Many of them would rather stay where they are, than return to the injustices of our society, he said. Alain Hebert is twenty years old. Four good buddies of his have been killed in Vietnam. Ulf they draft me I suppose I'll go, not willingly, but complaining all the way, he said. This war is like a game of chess. No one seems to care when they fin- ish or how many pieees they losef, he pointed out. It Could probably be over in six months if the United States would escalate. XYhat we need is the D'Day type push that they used in VVorld XVar II. Hebert said. XVain Sanders, a nineteen year old education major doesn't have much faith in the present peace talks. Right now neither side will give in, he said. It would be a mistake to pull out of Vietnam. Russia would love to have us do that, so she could use it as a missile base. XVe'll probably have to win the war, before we are able to Come to any terms at a peace conference, Sanders said. John Schott, eiflhten year old fresh- man, is hoping, that the war will be over by the time he graduates from college. He thinks more about his future than he does about the draft. X:-X ,Nw vm -4 ,..' ',. 3 an ,R ye - 1. v K 'ls-'ss ,f.. ...ff vel Q af' 0-lm . M' .........-- -1- .5374- ,.-u ,- -.... .- sz. al Q, EQIgj,'Z.Qaaa. .. Ulf.. QR Q , 1: y A

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VAIT WATCH AN nr a maximum of twenty years. :casionally, there is someone who 'S the service as a conscientious rtor. This means that it is against eligious belief to kill. He must, ever, still serve his country. These are given non-combatant duties. ' do not carry arms. Many of serve on the front lines, as cs. le war in Vietnam has opened gates of student unrest. Some 'rustrated by their political help- ess. Others wish they could ge the course of the war. anuel Gutierrez, a BJC student, rs from Cuba. As a permanent ent in the United States, he is ect to draft. think the war's a fake, he ed out. The ultimate purpose of should be to win, not to sit it All we do is retaliate. They i, we shoot hack, he said. olitieians run the war. How can e in Washington know what's on in Vietnam well enough to he war from their desks? They're ar away. Bob Hope knows more the war than they do. esident johnson and his ad- : are not letting the military the ball. This is bad. I were drafted today and sent etnam, I'd try to join the 'Black ' as soon as I could. They know to fight communism, he said. lhe United States has to start lng to win. It's the only way at the enemy. We must get them now, before they become any stronger. The communists are playing for keeps. They are out to bury us. Wie must bury them first. Besides 'rightf we need 'might', Gutierrez said. I feel it is imperative that we de- clare war. If we show courage by doing this, other countries will follow suit. XVhat we have is a 'now' prob- lem. VVhy not get is over with now? XVe should also stop giving aid to Communist countries. XVe give them money to buy wheat. They use the money to buy guns, which they ship to North Vietnam to be used against us. Isn't that crazy? XVithont aid these same countries will crum- ble, he said. Democracy is a wonderful system, but it doesn't work. It allows men like Stokely Carmichael and H. Rap Brown the freedom to protest. By al- lowing them to speak np, they are able to gain support for their ideas. YVhy do we let them get away with this? Isn't that stretching freedom a little too far? he asked. David Rossi, 19, has a dark, thick mustache and a short beard. His blue eyes illuminate his face. He wants to be a writer some day. He feels en- tirely different from Cuitierrez. XVhat will he do if he's drafted? I'll refuse to serve. I won't let any- one or anything infringe upon my right to think for myself. By submit- ting to induction, I would be allow- ing the military to control my life, he said. XVill going to jail he a better alter- native? No, it would he just as bad. I'd leave this country before l'd let that happen. I could take up citizenship in Canada. No matter what the cost. I must retain my iden- tity and my integrity, Rossi said. He doesnit consider himself to be one who waits. VVaiting implies a state of doing nothing, he said. In- stead, he prefers to be thought of as one who anticipates with positive plans. I watch and wonder but I do so without worry or fear, he said. Does he feel any sympathy for the boys fighting and dying in Vietnam? No, when they volunteered to serve this country, they surrendered them- selves to an ideal, Rossi said. XVhat about our foreign policy? Aggression should be rechanneled to intellectual force, instead of a brute force, he said. Before our foreign policy can be resolved, there will have to be a fundamental change in our domestic policy. There is too much emphasis on individual wealth in this country. Dis- trihution of this money in a socialistic type arrangement would work out better for all, he said. Communism is too dictatorial and dogmatic. A person would be equally as enslaved in that system as he is under our present capitalistie onef' Rossi said. Iill go,if they take me, but even Cod wouldn't stay there CYietnaml for two years, said Benjamin Clark, winner of a National Forensic award. The eighteen year old champion pre- 25

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July I marks the official beginning for the District Board of Trustees for Broward Junior College. The Board of Trustees has previously been known as the Junior College Advisory Committee. The board is comprised of five local citizens who serve with- out pay. The duties of the board are as follows: After considering recommendations submitted by the Junior College president, the board determines and adopts policies as are deemed neces- stary by it for the efficient operation and general improvement of the col- lege. The board also adopts regulations to supplement those prescribed by the State Board of Education, when such regulations seem necessary for the more orderly and efficient operation of the junior college. The board pro- vides educational services to all quali- fied citizens of the junior college district. In working closely with the Junior College president and faculty, the board will act as the contracting agent of the college. Working as a body, it may make contracts, also sue and be sued in the name of the Board of Trustees. In addition, the board shall perform duties and exer- cise responsibilities which are assigned to it by law or by regulations of the State Board of Education. Who are these members of the Board of Trustees which will direct the college in the future? ROBERT E. FERRIS, Chairman. Mr. Ferris was born in Chicago, Illinois. He is married, the father of three children, and a member of McCune, Hiaasen, Crum, and Ferris Law Of- fices in Ft. Lauderdale. He received a B. A. degree from the University of Illinois in 1939, and a Doctor of Juris Prudence from the same institution in 1941. He was admitted to the Illinois Bar in 1941, and spent five and a half years in the Army. He is now retired with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. He was the chairman of the Zoning Board for the City of Plantation, and was at one time Chairman of the Board of Public Instruction. He is a member of the American Bar As- sociation, the Florida Bar Association, and the Broward County Bar Associa- tion. Mr. Ferris also served on the Board of Trustees for Nova Institute, and the Board of Trustees of the South Florida Educational Center. Explaining the goals of the Board of Trustees for Broward Junior Col- lege, Mr. Ferris said, I believe that the goal of the board is to provide a high quality of education in both the university parallel and the two-year terminal education programs. W'e will have to insure that our terminal pro- gram will meet the needs of the community as they change from time to time. But the ultimate goal of the BOARD OF TRUSTEES board will be to provide low cost quality education to all eligible stu- dents. DR. CLEM Blxrxcizn. Dr. Bininger was bom in Frankfort, Kentucky, is married and the father of three chil- dren. He has lived in Florida for eleven years, and is the senior min- ister of the First Presbyterian Church of Ft. Lauderdale. An honor student at Princeton, he earned Bachelor and Master of The- ology degrees from the Seminary and a Master of Arts in Philosophy from the University. In 1945, Doctor of Divinity degrees came from his alma mater, Centre, and from Waynesburg College in Pennsylvania. In 1961 Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, granted him a Doctor of Human Let- ters degree. In 1961, he began three years as chairman of Lauderdale's Convention Committee for visiting collegians. In 1964 he was on the American team of 14 ministers chosen to preach for 7 weeks in England and Scotland. l r l I