Union College - Stespean Yearbook (Barbourville, KY)

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a fc ;e destruction or evacuation. The Great Flood . antucky, like The Great Wall of China, protects i the intrusion of outside invaders ... It encloses us ... We are like ionistic painting splattered on a small canvas . . . Dare we - ♦ ' ■ ' nd speculate about whether or not the earth to intruders, we take the risk of having to e is not the focal point of the universe ... of It is that Union College is too scared to exist in a profane world of human suffering, or is it . . . Has Union College, 1968-69, suffered only from indifference?

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Over 30,000 Americans have died in the Vietnam war . . . Thousands of Biafrians have died from starvation . . . June 5th was another memorable day for the Kennedy family, while November 5th will stand out in Richard M. Nixon ' s mind . . . Despite a rise in employment, U. S. welfare costs soared to $8.8 billion . . . The Pueblo and its crew were returned ... Commander Lloyd Bucher wept convulsively at the California inquiry . . . Pope Paul set fortii the decree that birth control is an artificial preventive of God ' s Will ... 155 taxpayers earned over $200,000 a year and paid no income tax without breaking the law . . . Riots continued in all major cities . . . Mayor Dailey called for return to law and order during the Chicago catastrophe . . . and campus revolutions all over the world went on and on and on . . . AUt f f

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To one who thinks that Union College is ahead of the times. DEDICATION: MAHLON A. MILLER When Mahlon Miller took the office of the Union College presidency ten years ago, students returned in the fall wondering what this nett structure uas all about. The problem for the next few years was to get them to take it seriously. The idea of students having representation and voting power on facult) committees was progressive and frightening to the apathy of the 50 ' s. Mahlon Miller believes in the survival of that comprehensive and often ambiguous term, liberal arts. In his words, Union College will remain small. dedicated to a breadth of learning as opposed to narrow specialization, and concerned about the intellectual development of the student and development in terms of social, moral, and religious considerations. When asked about the changes that have taken place in the past ten years. Dr. Miller was optimistic in describing the advances thai have been made. When asked whether or not there is a disccrnable difference between the Union College of the 50 ' s and that of the 60 ' s, he replied: Yes. the whole society has changed. It is reflected on this campus and every other campus. It can ' t help but be. And, when asked specifically about the year 1968-69, Dr. Miller said, I haven ' t felt that there have been any outstanding problems that would make the year unique in the history of the institution. Student activism hasn ' t been very much different than any other year. The college will never come to its knees over the hair and beard issue, but it will over its academic program. The problems arise from the students who can do better, should do better, but won ' t. The year has been historic in the initiation of serious effort in total curriculum study that will lead to modification, and very important in relationship to our efforts in inter-institutional effort. s. and j. Four