Mass Media (Newspaper) - January 27, 1976, Boston, Massachusetts THE Ai ASS Aim Al I VOLUME V NUMBER 15 State marks Martin Luther King Day Kings birth commemorated Thursday January 16 was the 8th anniversary of the birth of Dr Martin Luther King The anniversary will be marked by observances in many New England areas The bicentennial year is also the 20th anniver sary of the refusal of Rosa Parks to move to the back of the bus a gentle act of resistance which led to the demands for dignity and better conditions of the Civil Rights movement As Boston and other areas continue to face the consequences of racism on a number of fronts we might look back to some of Dr wisdom as reflected in these excerpts from his historic address at the Lincoln Memorial during the March on Washington August 23 1963 We have also come to this hallowed spot to remind America of the fierce urgency of now This is not time to engage in the luxury of colling off or to take the tranquilizing drug of gradualism Now is the time to make real promises of dem ocracy Now is the time to rise from the dark and desolate valley of segregation to the sunlit path of racial justice Now is the time to lift our nation from the quicksands of racial injustice to the solid rock of brotherhood It would be fatal for the nation to overlook the urgency of the moment and to underes timate the determination of the Negro This sweltering summer of the Negros legitimate dis content will not pass until there is an invigorating autumn of freedom and equality 1963 is not an end but a beginning Those who hope that the Negro needed to blow off steam and will now be content will have a rude awakening if the nation returns to business as usuaL There will be neither rest not tranquility in America until the Negro is granted his citizenship whirlwinds of revolt will continue to shake the foundations of our nation until the bright day of justice emer ges But there is something that I must say to my people who stand on the warm threshold which leads into the palace of justice In the process of gain ing our rightful place we must not be guilty of wrongful deeds Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred We must forever con duct our struggle on the high plane of dignity and discipline We must not allow our creative protest to degenerate into phy sical violence Again and again we must rise to the majestic heights of meeting physical force with soul IB memory of Dr Martin King Jr Students faculty angered over Art Dept policy appointment spurs controversy by Bob Connolly and Nancy Kelleher A breakdown in the univer sitys educational process has developed as a result of a philosophical discord within the Art Department regarding its handling of the Photography curriculum The problem seems to stem from the initial elevation of Ms Kathy into a co teaching status in the depart ments four photography courses Ms had participa ted in last semesters Photo I courses in a position which has been described both as labor atory assistant by Warren Hill who taught the Photo I classes and darkroom lectur er by Bates Lowry chairman of the Art Department A roster recently releas and Franks opposition to Kathy LaRoche is based on solid academic and ethical In defending his opposition to Ms LaRoche Warren Hill claims that he was informed by the Art Department that in a departure from last semesters procedure he and LaRoche would this semesters Photo II classes Under this arrangement cont on pg 5 Two of the principle figures in the Art Department controversy Kathy LaRoche and Hal Thurman at a Photographic Perspectives Lecture last semester ed by Hal Thurman Chairman of the Art Departments Studio Caucus assigns Ms to Assist Photo I and to Assist Photo II for the 197677 and 197778 academic Confusion over the true nature of Ms LaRoches posi tion questions about the aca demic of her elevation and doubt in regards to Ms LaRoche s effectiveness within their educational environment apparently forced Warren and Stephen Prank to clash with the Art Depart ment over Ms LaRoches inser tion A central point to consider in this break is whether Hill ratty at State BOOM Photo by George protest abortion By Judith Haran Despite gusty winds and subfreezing temperatures hundreds of acti gathered across from the State House on Beacon Hill last Thursday to protest the Su preme Courts abortion decision of January 22 1973 The rally which was organ by Massachusetts Citizens For Life got underway at noon with a moment of silence accompanied by the sound of muffled drums MCFL presi dent Roy Scarpato Rabbi Samuel Fox and other members of the clergy each of whom spoke briefly Referring to the potential implications of the abortion decision Rabbi Fox said Abortion is only the overture to the symphony of Across the street Baird and a small group of abortion advocates staged a monstration carrying signs and chanting Abortion is a wo mans right When asked for a comment on the large size of the crowd Baird said Numbers dont make After the opening speeches the crowd numbering roughly 500 marched down Beacon St toward Faneuil Hall The sound of drums along the route gave an air of solemnity to the march At the marchers en tered Faneuil Hall to hear several speakers in Drs Joseph Stanton and Mildred Jefferson presi dent of the National Life Committee Calling the Court decision a Dr Stanton stat ed that more lives had been lose due to abortion in the past three years than in all of Americas wars in the past 200 years Human life represents an ul timate he said funda mental to all other human He also stated that the West German supreme court had overturned a liberalized abortion law last year presum ably because their experience during World War II had given them a greater respect for human life Dr Jefferson after receiving a warm ovation from the crowd called for a Constitutional amendment to protect life from its beginning to its natural adding that we the may never have a 300th birthday A nation willing to destroy its young is willing to destroy its Her speech was interrupted by applause at several points She compared the tyranny of the Supreme Court to the tyranny of King George III two hundred years ago claiming that its decision on abortion and take this great nation of ours off the turnpike to Following this a son read a statement from Democratic Presidential candi date Ellen McCormack who is running on a platform in an effort to attract national attention to the abortion issue in this election year The assembly ended at on an optimistic note with the singing of The Battle Hymn of the
