Northwood University - Northwood Yearbook (Midland, MI)

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Betty Friedan Visits NI Betty Friedan, author of the controversial best seller, The Feminine Mystique, came to Northwood, sponsored by the Town and Campus Club. She addressed students and faculty members. Mrs. Friedan defines the provocative title of her book as “a body of myths and accepted truths—that all the American woman has to do to fulfill herself is to catch a man and devote her life to caring for him, their children and their home.’’ Women have outgrown the housewife role, and the “feminine mystique” is burying them alive, she maintains. Her views are the result of nearly five years of research and thought. During that time, Mrs. Friedan traveled throughout the country, speaking to doctors, psychoanalysts, marriage counselors, child-guidance authorities, sociologists, educators, magazine editors, motivational researchers and interviewing in depth—from two hours to two days — eighty women. A student of the great Gestalt psychologist; Kurt Koffka, Mrs. Friedan has held a research fellowship in psychology at the University of California in Berkeley, assisted in early experiments in group dynamics at the University of Iowa under the direction of Kurt Lewin, and has worked as a clinical psychologist and in applied social science research.

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The Phenomenal Jean Dixon On May 12, Jean Dixon, amateur seeress of Washington, D.C., met with Northwood students, faculty and the Executive One Hun- dred Club. Mrs. Dixon, a woman of great sen- sitivity and with a deep religious dedication, has intrigued the world with her predictions and forecasts of things to come. Because her “‘gift”’ is something that goes beyond the understanding of the average person and because it cannot be shaped into a scientific pattern, Mrs. Dixon has become a controversial figure. There are those who believe implicitly in her powers of predicting the future; there are those who believe she is a good showman. It was Jean Dixon who is supposed to have seen in advance signs that indicated tragedy for President John Kennedy; it was Jean Dixon who was called to an audience with President Franklin D. Roosevelt; it was Jean Dixon who predicted President Harry Truman would be reelected in 1948 and it was Jean Dixon who revealed the closely guarded secret of President Dwight Eisen- hower’s golf score. Some of her predictions for 1966 include: “President Johnson will experience more difficulty in dealing with Congress than be- fore. In the fall elections Republicans will sharply increase their representation in both House and Senate. “Peace negotiations for Vietnam will begin early this year when the enemy decides that the time is right, but not before our com- bat casualties have sharply increased and our troops have suffered even greater losses from disease.”’ ‘President Sukarno will be out of office by the end of the year, and Communists will fail in their attempt to establish a strong foothold in Indonesia.”’ “The influence of Senators Edward and Robert Kennedy will increase during 1966, but the following year they are headed into a very dark cloud which will cause a sharp decline in their political popularity.”’ “There will be spasmodic blackouts in other parts of the nation as the enemy tests a new type of missile device that can knock out our communications and lighting sys- tems. (Two years ago Mrs. Dixon forecast a widespread blackout with effects similar to those which darkened New York last fall.)”’ Whatever her gift, be it divine or not, Mrs. Dixon bases her life’s philosophy upon a pray- er of St. Francis of Assisi that says: “Lord make me an instrument of Thy peace; where there is hatred, let me sow love; where there is injury, pardon; where there is doubt, faith; where there is despair, hope; where there is darkness, light; and where there is sadness, joy.”’ “Q Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console; to ‘be understood, as to understand; to be loved, as to love; for it is in giving that we receive, it is in pardoning that we are par- doned, and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.”’ 123

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There Is One Activity on Campus That We Must Include— Registration Registration is a day looked forward to with horror by all. Students get “‘Stuck”’ in more ways than one on Regis- tration Day. No one escapes... Days after Registration students are still working on programs, itseems like the term will never begin, let alone end. Not even the faculty. 125