Middlebury College - Kaleidoscope Yearbook (Middlebury, VT)

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1970-1971 From the files of The Campus and Kaleidoscope, words and pictures to recount the decade which has almost fled. Pictures: Peace . . . the look of the early seventies . . . gaining focus . . . former Middlebury College President James Armstrong. January 22, 1970 The Board of Trustees has voted to increase the charges for education at Middlebury College by the amount of S250 and to adopt the concept of a Com- prehensive Fee in 1970-71 . . . This single fee will take the place of the hitherto sep- arately stated charges of tuition, room, board, the; general fee, a multiplicity of course fees, and the graduation fee . . . After re-examining the entire fee struc- ture, the Board decided that a Compre- hensive Fee was in keeping with the essence of a residential community college . . . January 29, 1970 On Wednesday. March 11, Middle- bury will begin its three day Conference, The Liberal Arts College — Special Education for the Elite . . . the series of lectures and discussion groups will explore the snob elements within the college, including talk on what separates it from the rest of the society and what alienates certain groups within the col- lege community itself . . . February 26, 1970 Paul Paletti, editor of Kaleidoscope, has gathered more than 500 signatures Middlebury College students congre- gated on a sunlit Proctor Terrace to organize the first significant protest in Middlebury ' s history involving student entrance into the downtown area . . . With posters uplifted and leaflets in hand, the restless draft protesters headed down the hill toward the Municipal Building, home of the . . . local draft office . . . Upon arrival, Middlebury stu- dents were informed that only a small portion of the 250 demonstrators would be allowed to enter the building at one time ... a change from the authorized parade route . . . call for a gathering of forces in the downtown green area. Protestors peacefully proceeded toward this destination, offering leaftlets to curi- ous onlookers along the way. Chants of Hell no! We won ' t go! and One-two- three-four, stop the draft and end the war! heralded their arrival in advance . . . Downtown traffic was halted as stu- dents either sat or stood in the intersec- tion opposite the Battell Block . . . April 16. 1970 To the Editor: This letter is addressed primarily to the young man pictured in last week ' s Campus, carrying the sign Kick the Ass of the Ruling Class . . . Did it ever occur to him that he was insulting his own father and mother? They must belong to the ruling class (i.e.. Establishment?) or he wouldn ' t even be in Middlebury . . . The point being made here is that if he is a man and not a wet behind the ears juvenile, he should publicly apologize to his parents, as well as the parents of his friends and fellow students. Signed: A Protesting Grandpar- ent national strike originated in New Haven the weekend of the Panther-support demonstration at Yale, the movement at Middlebury was largely a response to the Kent State and, more indirectly, to Presi- dent Nixon ' s Cambodian decision . . . October 2. 1970 We are the intruders in the town of Middlebury. We come here for thirty- two months in order to receive a college degree. Our lives center around the col- lege — we reside on a hill above the town, and for the most part, stay there. We come to town to see a movie, buy some clothes, cash a check, get a book, but rarely enter the life of the town. We see the townspeople only as shopkeep- ers, P-ladies, secretaries and members of the buildings and grounds crew; we have very little interest in them as people. To the residents of Middlebury, we are strangers who wish to remain strangers February 21. 1971 An Open Letter to the Student Body: Since the Strike last spring, a great silence has fallen on the nation ' s cam- puses. Here and elsewhere, students and faculty have failed to maintain an informed discussion of America ' s foreign and domestic policies and are no longer working to influence the decisions of American policy-makers. If the show of concern and flurry of activity in May is to have lasting impact, members of the academic community must resume the Vietnam debate. Opposition to the war began on college campuses and now, more than ever, it must be revived there from students who support the continued existence of the yearbook . . . The peti- tion calls Kaleidoscope a valid and important part of life at and after Mid- dlebury . . . The petition further asks that funds for the book not be cut off or diminished . . . the Senate has dis- cussed replacing Kaleidoscope with a photographic annual . . . March 26. 1970 As anti-draft demonstrations were held throughout the nation, some 250 May 14. 1970 Students and faculty members at Middlebury joined thousands of others on campuses across the country in the national strike against the war in South- east Asia, university complicity with the military, and repression of political dis- sent . . . The strike here began early on the morning of May 5 when several stu- dents circulated a petition protesting the killing of the four Kent State students by National Guardsmen and the U.S. inva- sion of Cambodia on April 30. Within several hours hundreds of signatures had been collected . . . While the call for a March 11. 1971 Student government will probably undergo a major change next fall, for the fourth time in four years . . . Tradition- ally plagued by a lack of student interest, student government has never thrived at Middlebury. The new proposal, it is hoped . . . will focus student govern- ment more on the academic function of the College . . . The Student Forum would be the general student govern- mental body with the power to appoint students to join student-faculty commit- tees and to determine the allocation of the student activities fee . . . PLACE 19 PLACE 19