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lehigh university brown and white vol 78 - no 43 8660331 bethlehem pa - april 18 1967 birth control laws hit in unlawful u speech by robert j weintraub too many " misconceptions that lead to conceptions exist said william r baird the con troversial birth control exponent peaking on sex birthcontrol and abortion friday evening ln packard lab auditorium baird founder and director of the new york parents aid society called for revision of the present outmoded laws on birth control and abortion in the alpha sigma phi lecture baird was arrested at boston university last week for teach ing birth control methods and distributing one packet of foam he faces a possible 13-year pri son sentence for crimes against chastity in giving his speech to the mostly male audience balrd was breaking a pa blue law similar to the one he was arres ted for ln massachusetts in pennsylvania printing methods of birth control as well as lectures of such to unmarried persons is illegal he said the pennsylvania laws on this matter are 84 years old and were form ulated in a society very different from today's he added balrd urged the students to communicate their ideas to their congressman with the hope that public support will bring about change in the laws " family planning is an urgent matter nearly four billion people now inhabit the earth and if the pre sent birth-rate continues even tually there will be an average of one person per square foot he said as an example balrd cited times square n.y on new year's eve as being analagous to the eventual situation on earth the mass law under which baird was arrested forbids ad vertising or teaching of birth control methods yet the state collects revenue on the illegal advertising that does appear said baird recently baird was convicted in new jersey of being an in decent person for showing a diaphragm to a woman for this he spent 13 days in jail at which time the public rallied to his support as a result of this episode the laws of birth control teaching are presently being revised ln that state baird considers public re action as his greatest weapon ln obtaining revisions in the law baw photo by butt william r baird controversial birth control exponent told students friday about modern birth control techniques in packard lab auditorium the lecture sponsored by alpha sig ma phi and was illegal under a pennsylvania blue law lewis made chairman of navy adviser group dr w deming lewis has been named by the secretary of the navy paul nitze to be chairman of the naval research advisory com mittee nrac he replaced the retiring chairman garrison norton the committee composed of preeminent people ln scientific and research fields acts as the senior scientific advisory group to the secretary of the navy the chief of na.val operations and the chief of naval research dr lewis who has been serving as vice chairman of the committee has been a leader ln american space and communications programs before his appointment as president of lehigh in 1964 he was associated with the bell system for 23 years in 1962 he was one of four bellcomm scientists who initiated the system engineering program for nasa's apollo project he has also served as a charter member of the polaris command communications committee and the defense advisory committee discussion of degaulle wins williams contest by donald palmer neal ariuck 68 edged out rocky chin 69 for first place last night in the annual williams extempore speech contest in christmas-saucon hall dennis alexander 68 took third place in what williams prize chairman dr j burke severs described as one of the closest contests in recent years lee fuller and larry wehr took first and second respectively in the freshman division ariuck won the 100 first prize for his talk on charles degaulle's return to power in 1958 in developing his theme on degaulle's ruthless use of power since that time ariuck cited several instances where the french leader has openly flaunted his country's established constitutional and parliamentary procedures he also pointed to degaulle's egoism in forming government policy in summing up his view of degaulle arluckquoted a highly satiric parody on the nursery rhyme this old man , by british satirists michael flanders and donald swann rocky chin captured second place 75 for his speech on the chinese cultural revolution his statement that mao-tse-tung's thoughts concerning the cultural revolution are both marxian and humane summed up his view of the present crisis in china he said that the present purges and riots are aimed at among other things ridding china of the capitalists and their bourgeoisie ideology he said that china's president has capitalist tendencies and this is why he is being harrassed by mao and his forces . the third place prize of 50 went to dennis alexander for his speech on youth ln society alexander began by haranguing the mass media for their negative slant toward youth he said that today the under-twenty-five population ls more concerned then ever about all areas of social injustice lee fuller was awarded 100 for his speech on johnson's great society fuller said we won't have a great society until our country emerges from its present welfare state and puts more emphasis on individual accomplishment a second place prize of 50 was given to larry wehr ifc asks contacting controls by george carvili inter fraternity council president robert gould has shown unexpected opposition to residence halls council's proposal to end the no contacting regu lations for freshmen gould said he did not think it was the fraterni ties responsibility to provide recreation for fresh men every weekend after a recent rushing commission meeting called to discuss the new proposal gould stated " ifc wants to control when freshmen can come up on the hill but it is not adverse to open contacting on the lower campus he said rhc president james winchester said he was not concerned with what powers ifc had but only with " how they use them i think they are reluc tant touse them ina progressive manner he noted winchester added we rhc and the gryphon society think there is a need to get the freshmen up on the hill more often during the fall semester ifc seems to be opposed the proposal which was passed unanimously at the last meeting of the old rhc cal led for freshmen and upperclassmen to be allowed to talk to one an other any time and place and freshmen to be allowed on the hill any time except saturday night and during scheduled parties gould said i don't see why two organizations the gryphons and rhc who don't depend on rushing for their existence should be able to initiate a proposal that would curb fraternity rushing he pointed out that 31 fraternities inviting whole freshman sections up to their houses would result in a constant rush every fall semester weekend he termed this idea ludicrous saying " i would like to enjoy myself and not have to cater to fresh man all semester however he did say that he would like to see the hill open a few more times during the fall gryphon society president john musewicz said though the fraternities are separate from the rest of the university they are not separated from it he added " if ifc lets the freshmen down what ls good for the university must take precedence james winchester robert gould see birth page 9
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Title | Brown and White Vol. 78 no. 43 |
Date | 1967-04-18 |
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FullText | lehigh university brown and white vol 78 - no 43 8660331 bethlehem pa - april 18 1967 birth control laws hit in unlawful u speech by robert j weintraub too many " misconceptions that lead to conceptions exist said william r baird the con troversial birth control exponent peaking on sex birthcontrol and abortion friday evening ln packard lab auditorium baird founder and director of the new york parents aid society called for revision of the present outmoded laws on birth control and abortion in the alpha sigma phi lecture baird was arrested at boston university last week for teach ing birth control methods and distributing one packet of foam he faces a possible 13-year pri son sentence for crimes against chastity in giving his speech to the mostly male audience balrd was breaking a pa blue law similar to the one he was arres ted for ln massachusetts in pennsylvania printing methods of birth control as well as lectures of such to unmarried persons is illegal he said the pennsylvania laws on this matter are 84 years old and were form ulated in a society very different from today's he added balrd urged the students to communicate their ideas to their congressman with the hope that public support will bring about change in the laws " family planning is an urgent matter nearly four billion people now inhabit the earth and if the pre sent birth-rate continues even tually there will be an average of one person per square foot he said as an example balrd cited times square n.y on new year's eve as being analagous to the eventual situation on earth the mass law under which baird was arrested forbids ad vertising or teaching of birth control methods yet the state collects revenue on the illegal advertising that does appear said baird recently baird was convicted in new jersey of being an in decent person for showing a diaphragm to a woman for this he spent 13 days in jail at which time the public rallied to his support as a result of this episode the laws of birth control teaching are presently being revised ln that state baird considers public re action as his greatest weapon ln obtaining revisions in the law baw photo by butt william r baird controversial birth control exponent told students friday about modern birth control techniques in packard lab auditorium the lecture sponsored by alpha sig ma phi and was illegal under a pennsylvania blue law lewis made chairman of navy adviser group dr w deming lewis has been named by the secretary of the navy paul nitze to be chairman of the naval research advisory com mittee nrac he replaced the retiring chairman garrison norton the committee composed of preeminent people ln scientific and research fields acts as the senior scientific advisory group to the secretary of the navy the chief of na.val operations and the chief of naval research dr lewis who has been serving as vice chairman of the committee has been a leader ln american space and communications programs before his appointment as president of lehigh in 1964 he was associated with the bell system for 23 years in 1962 he was one of four bellcomm scientists who initiated the system engineering program for nasa's apollo project he has also served as a charter member of the polaris command communications committee and the defense advisory committee discussion of degaulle wins williams contest by donald palmer neal ariuck 68 edged out rocky chin 69 for first place last night in the annual williams extempore speech contest in christmas-saucon hall dennis alexander 68 took third place in what williams prize chairman dr j burke severs described as one of the closest contests in recent years lee fuller and larry wehr took first and second respectively in the freshman division ariuck won the 100 first prize for his talk on charles degaulle's return to power in 1958 in developing his theme on degaulle's ruthless use of power since that time ariuck cited several instances where the french leader has openly flaunted his country's established constitutional and parliamentary procedures he also pointed to degaulle's egoism in forming government policy in summing up his view of degaulle arluckquoted a highly satiric parody on the nursery rhyme this old man , by british satirists michael flanders and donald swann rocky chin captured second place 75 for his speech on the chinese cultural revolution his statement that mao-tse-tung's thoughts concerning the cultural revolution are both marxian and humane summed up his view of the present crisis in china he said that the present purges and riots are aimed at among other things ridding china of the capitalists and their bourgeoisie ideology he said that china's president has capitalist tendencies and this is why he is being harrassed by mao and his forces . the third place prize of 50 went to dennis alexander for his speech on youth ln society alexander began by haranguing the mass media for their negative slant toward youth he said that today the under-twenty-five population ls more concerned then ever about all areas of social injustice lee fuller was awarded 100 for his speech on johnson's great society fuller said we won't have a great society until our country emerges from its present welfare state and puts more emphasis on individual accomplishment a second place prize of 50 was given to larry wehr ifc asks contacting controls by george carvili inter fraternity council president robert gould has shown unexpected opposition to residence halls council's proposal to end the no contacting regu lations for freshmen gould said he did not think it was the fraterni ties responsibility to provide recreation for fresh men every weekend after a recent rushing commission meeting called to discuss the new proposal gould stated " ifc wants to control when freshmen can come up on the hill but it is not adverse to open contacting on the lower campus he said rhc president james winchester said he was not concerned with what powers ifc had but only with " how they use them i think they are reluc tant touse them ina progressive manner he noted winchester added we rhc and the gryphon society think there is a need to get the freshmen up on the hill more often during the fall semester ifc seems to be opposed the proposal which was passed unanimously at the last meeting of the old rhc cal led for freshmen and upperclassmen to be allowed to talk to one an other any time and place and freshmen to be allowed on the hill any time except saturday night and during scheduled parties gould said i don't see why two organizations the gryphons and rhc who don't depend on rushing for their existence should be able to initiate a proposal that would curb fraternity rushing he pointed out that 31 fraternities inviting whole freshman sections up to their houses would result in a constant rush every fall semester weekend he termed this idea ludicrous saying " i would like to enjoy myself and not have to cater to fresh man all semester however he did say that he would like to see the hill open a few more times during the fall gryphon society president john musewicz said though the fraternities are separate from the rest of the university they are not separated from it he added " if ifc lets the freshmen down what ls good for the university must take precedence james winchester robert gould see birth page 9 |
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