Friday, May I}. I?“ SCARLEI ‘ND BLACK Page Fin The Liberal Liberal Arts College and Its Students: Part III Antioch Seen As Historically field-Edi? ED. NOTE: The third — and rinal « installment oi “The Liberal Liberal Arts College and its Students" is writ- ten by Ralph Keyes, a junior at An- tioch College and the Communi - Manager there. He writes of an “odd- hall" college and the problems “in paradise” that exist there Antioch College has historically heeii all otldrball schooli in the early 1550's Horace (“Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory tor humanity") Mann torsook his patrician New England envlomment to come to the cowtown oi Yellow Springs, Ohio, and become Autioch‘s first president. At that time, in addition to academic excellence, Atl- tioch pioneered in such areas as cured and interracial education. In the early 1520's Arthur Morgan and this noted engineer, philosopher, and educator al. most singlehandedly restored Antioch as a leading inuovational college. The experiments he initiated included a Com- pulsory work-study plan tor all students, a general education rather than elective program, widespread independent study, and much more. Tnday, Antioch’s edu- cational and social program might be termed unusual in the tollnwmg areas: 1) Cooperative Education: Placing heavy emphasis on the iiiterrelaiedness oi “Real Life students, “Real Lite,” and academic work, Antioch requires ail students (not just technical or physical science majors) to work on jobs located by the college for every other quarter in a five year, year-round program. "Co- op jobs” range irom running copy in a newspaper oiiice to setting up adult education programs in Canadian mining camps; troni interning tor senators to working [01' Civil Rights. The deliiiitinn or a “valid work experience" is quite itexihle and a variety oi jobs or inde- pendent projects can quality. 2) Free Social Environment: Antioch contends that students mature best. in the least restricted environment. There- iore, restrictions are kept to minimal standards and regulations which give the students wide latitude to set their own pattern oi lite. Women have no special rules, dorm intervisiiation is permitted almost halt the hours or the day and political activity is barely regulated. However, some regulation such as those against illicit sexual relations on campus property and against illegal dnig uses are viewed as minimal and essential. The PAGlIAI'S PIZZA Now Serving CHICKEN SPAGHETTI SHRIMP Nightly 6-12 FREE DELIVERY To Hull 'Lounqes Only PIZZA SERVED 4-1 Mon-SAT. 4-12 sun. PHONE 236:5331 limitations which d0 extst are left large iy up to peer enforcement through a far- reaching Honor System. 3) Communitv Government: in 1926 a group at farsighted insurgents succeeded in abolishing student government and re- placing it with joint studenirlacultyralh ministration community govemmentt Community Council composed of six stu< dents and three iaculty elected at large has lul‘idiction in the general area at “Community Livmg”, They have control over “Hall Hours” (intervisitalion times), most community standards, and the hon- or system, Community Government also has a bookstore, newspaper, radio sta- tion, $100,000 budget, and several employ- ees including a community manager, business manager, bookstore manager, radio station manager. etc. 4) Student Participation in Governance: Following some years oi agitation, by the early 1940’s students had achieved the right to sit on all major lacuity com< mittees, including Administrative Coun- cil which, With six faculty and three stu- dents (elected), makes the college’s maj. or ongouig policy decisions in such areas as budget, taculty tenure and curri< culum. Two to [our students also sit on all administrative committees in areas ranging irom student tenure to faculty development, and admissions to cum? culum revision. Students normally are included in new taculty screening com- mittees, departmental review boards, and groups considering new buildings. In addition they played a major role in initiating, planning and executing Arl- tiochs new First Year Program: 5) The New First Year Programi For the past year Antioch has had a radi< cally new approach to education tor freshmen. New students are not required to attend classes but instead can Volun- tarily attend special seminars and “pre sentatlons." Each treshmao is placed in a ”preceptoral group" presided over by a preceptor who is a sort of combinae } ’Ad Hoc’ (Continued (mm Page 1) taken in changing the residence hall system. One suggestion that did not appear to the proposals was senior or treshmeii dormitories. That concept was rejected as being “both unrealistic and undesir- able,” according to Kent. With regard to resident advisers on North Campus the proposals call for “some adult concern and effort." Kent said that could be interpreted as mean- ing maintaining the current number of residents but having them work in a dif- ferent manner. The proposals also reportedly contain an extensive list at physical improve. ments needed on North Campus. At the start oi the proposals the Ad Hoc Committee listed their goals. They BIB: “a. An environment in the residence halls conducive to a student’s best dear demic pretormonce. “b, A social atmosphere that will per‘ mit young men and women to teéliza their group and individual responsibility. ”c The freedom for the individual to term. close friends ovena number of years of ball associations and the chance to choose a variety of living experi- ences." [inn teacher, dean, adviser and father figure, and a student preceptoralrtellow who helps out, With the assistance oi his preceptor and (allow the freshman works out a study plan, There are no grades in this program—only evaluations. Most of the above sounds like a press agent's delight and probably strays Wide or a realistic, balanced picture, There is trouble in paradise, and none DI the good things at Antioch are without their price. To even our: 1) The cooperative program has re- mained virtualy unchanged in 4!) years time and many question whether simply “going out on jobs” meets todays com— plex educational needs. To be told that your three boring months spent empiyr ing bedpans in a hospital was a “growing experience” is not always soothing. Still, the variety oi experience available under the coop plan surpassed almost any {are available at more traditional insti- tutions. 2) No matter how free Antioch’s social environment is relative to other schools, many rail against the restrictions which do exist — the sex standard, closing hails at midnight, etc These remaining limi- tations are regarded by many as an itilringement or the individual’s right to total autonomy. The Honor System is violated with too trequent regularity by too many. But the general ireedoro and nonpunitive social system do frequently produce remarkable growth in Antioch. ians. 3) Though Community Government does have more power than most student governments, and does have really (it sometimes reluctant) iaculaty participa— tion, it is deiioitety student oriented and is often confronted with rampant apathy as anywhere. interest and participation go up and down from quarter to quarter and issue t0 issue. 4) Though Students do participate more broadly and at a high level at govern— ance than almost any other institution Tanager: Pick Four Members Diana Brown, Betsy Power, Peg Stice and Karyn Zimmerman were cho- sen new members of Tanagers for 196% 67 following recent tryouts. The women‘s octet will be completed with returning members, Ginger Clark, Sun Schaeier. Cris Swanson, and presi< dent—elect Susan Rice. in the country, students are in a minorti- ty- on all major policy committees. There are definite, it often obscure, limits on their influence, Having dealt with stu- dent participants for decades, Antioch bureaucrats have developed an admilar ble tacility for generally getting what they want, even it delayed occasionally by the obstructions oi the democratic process. However, student participation, it not always resulting in direct iniluence, does torce a wider perspective on ad- ministrative proposals, and gives stu< dents an opportunity to work on pro- grams as equals with older community members. 5) Many on the iaculty are not too happy about the First ltear Program tor a variety or reasons ranging itorii specitic complaints to a general c m- mitment to more traditional to methods. Having gone through a year at an almost total commitment to free» dom, “random access", “mixed media presentations”, etc. The First Year Pr0< gram now finds itself retrenching for survival against critics and its own ale cesscs. As with any new approach, the second year is often the best. The above is Antioch, but it isn't. It doesn’t catch the bards, motorcycles, the Wild dresses (“Antiochians no long- er wear clothes, only costumes"), tho arrogances, the demonstrations, the v12 tality, the crackle. it misses the ideate ism, the hangups, the sickness, the creek tivity, the drugs, the commitment. Antioch is a mutant — an urban gratt on a country town gaming all the strength and weaknesses that this implies. it is a place you love tor its novelty in your first year, learn to hate with a disillu- sioned passion in your second, and grow to love again With a more temperate peispective in your third year. it is a bittersweet college, paying tor exagge rated virtues with giant size faults. But in the end Antioch can't be explained, it can only be felt, Student Art Sale A sale of student art work will he held tomorrow 1mm 1 to 5 pm. and 1 to 9:30 p.m. in the South Lounge. items tor sale will he iron-i both the student exhibition and other class Worka Kinds or art available inchtde porreiy, jewelry, water colors, oil paintings, prints, sculpture, and drawings. The art. ists maintain that prices will be reason- able. SUPPLIES For All Your SMOKING Hustle Down To The * VARSITY, . ; ”7 Bread