photo by C.rf Maupin
Area Jr. High and High School Students trying their band with computer terminals
at Speed School Computer Fair.
CARDINAL
Vol. XLIV No. 22 . cover phl[)tograph by Jebb Harris March 8, 1973
Lt. Gov. speaks on
high er education in Ky.
by ALEDA SIDRLEY
Lieutenant Governor Julian M. Carroll
spoke at UL Monday on the topic of "State
Government and Education." Lt. Gov. Car­roll's
appearance was sponsored by Kappa
Delta Pi, the Education Honorary Society.
Dean Dillon introduced UL acting p1resident
William Ekstrom who, in turn, introduced
Mr. Carroll. ·
Ky. progress is slow
The audience, comprised primarily of
elementary public school teachers, listened
as Carroll stressed the importance of "avail­ability"
of higher education, and related how
had it not been for the presence of a two­year
community college in his homt:: county,
he would have definitely not been lieuten­ant
governor of Kentucky, or even have had
his two degrees (B.A. and law) from the
University of Kentucky. Carroll exp~ressed
pleasure with the access that most Kentucky
youth has had to higher education, but also
said that he wished it would have b(~en
more available for blacks.
Carroll cited Kentucky's growth in the
past 1 2 years in the areas of building, teach­ers'
salary, and teacher-student class ratios,
but warned that the state was still far be­hind
others across the country.
The lieutenant governor told of Ken­tuckians'
tendency to vote down bond issues
• which would give additional money to the
school system. "Out of some 23 bond is­sues,"
he said, "a couple have passed , and
21 have failed." He said that the reason for
this failure was because "we have failed to
inform the Kentucky taxpayer of the im­portance
of education."
Lower tuition cited
At the conclusion of the program, Lt.
Gov. Carroll dealt with higher education and ,
its position with the state. He said that "UL
must ease its way into the state system"
until "the state budget absorbs its financial
needs." Carroll maintained that as time goes
by, and this absorption takes place, UL's
tuition can be gradually lowered to the level
of other Kentucky state schools.
U of L Hosts 20th Century
Literature Conference
Starting today , and lasting until Satur­day
morning, the University will host a
conference on Twentieth Century litera­ture
, "The Alienated Man." During the
three days there are a variety of activities
that will be provided for participants in the
conference. Plays, lectures, papers, musical
programs, and a film are scheduled for
presentation.
The conference is sponsored by the
Modern Language Department , College
of Arts and Sciences, with the cooperation
of others in the Division of the Humanities.
Chairman of the Conference Committee is
Patrick Thomas, with co-chairman James
Anderson. Both are professors of French.
The Program Coordinator for the Confer­ence
is Leon V. Driskell of the English
Department. Other members of the com­mittee
include Roy L. Ackerman , German ;
Marta Edie, German ; Kathy Good , Span­ish;
Fortuna Gordon, Spanish; William
Grant, English; Joseph McKeon, French;
Sydney Schultze , Russian ; and Sister May
Ellen Doyle, S.C.N., Spalding College.
The conference theme is alienation .
Rather than simply an academic concept,
alienation is becoming a primary charac­teristic
of contemporary American society .
The splintering of the traditional elements
and beliefs of our society , and the conse­quent
isolation of individuals are· phenom­enon
that are seen in more abundance
each day.
Whether it is a group of Oglala Sioux
who demand that the U.S. government take
certain actions, or the "silent majority" of
Americans finding a last hope in Wallaces
and Agnews, Americans are dividing them­selves
into warring factions ., or at least fac­tions
that ignore the rest of their country.
A Ph.D. from ·Harvard that starts a farm
commune in New York is not widely sepa­rated
from the Ford Motor employee who
must find an escape in the suburbs with TV,
possessions, and a life unburdened with the
problems of city life. Both are searching for
something, answering needs that are becom­ing
more powerful. Both ar'e victims of
alienation .
Contemporary literature: also finds this
alienation , but the concerned writers are
not just a few, as they were: at the end of
the 19th century. A world wide concern
with the isolated role of modern man is re­flected
in the theology of •·•God is dead,"
in the Theatre of the Absurd, and in the
writings of contemporary Americans such
as John Barth. The paper topics to be pre­sented
at the conference are illustrations of
the diversity of alienation. Novels from Ger­many,
theatre from Italy , prose from Spain
all are thematically centered in the lost man,
the man without a center, a home.
This conference is a rare chance for mem­bers
of the University of Louisville commun­ity.
It is not often that shcolars come from
around the country to participate in an
event here. The isolation of UL from some
of the activities of major university life
may be coming to an end . The conference
on the Alienated Man may, ironically, mark
the le~sening isolation of our university.
College Forum seeks alternatives
H~w do you make changes at a university?
The fust step, Dr. John Robinson once held
is to "talk it to hell." '
Perhaps it was with this in mind that he
and Dean Baron began the College Forum.
The idea was that every Tuesday at noon
students and faculty could discuss different
aspects of UL.
Of course, no concrete decisions can be
made in such a gab session ; "Talk is cheap
and the time is getting shorter and shorter."
But the mere exchange of ideas seemed im­portant
enough to gather in the Library
Lecture Lounge. Rarely do students have a
chance to talk with teachers, to criticize the
school, or to suggest improvements. This open
forum seemed like a welcome opportunity .
But there is a noticeable lack of interest.
Attendance has fallen every week until last
Tuesday it was down to thrlee teachers and
two students. There will no1t be a Forum this
Tuesday.
Before it is written off as a failure, some
improvements might be tried.
More publicity is an obvious need. (Did you
even know there was a Forum before you
read this?) But the structun~ of the forum
itself needs improvement.
Last Tuesday Dr. Joseph Deck discussed
faculty advising. He also did this at a BSU
luncheon the week before, lbut then it was
to an audience of more than 20. The drawing
card? Probably the 25 cent lunch.
Perhaps, then, an informal , around-the­table
talk would be better attended and more
fruitful. Hopefully a looser type of forum can
be continued after spring br·eak, if only to
keep the lines of &mmunication open.