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By CAROL HILDEBRAND
The experimental family living sex
education program set up for local
elementary schools three years ago at
parental request has recently come
under attack from another set of par-
ents, members of Citizens Organized
for Decency in Education (CODE).
CODE parents are asking that the
new elementary-level sex education
program be eliminated because they
believe the children are too young,
teachers are not qualified, and sex
education for young children belongs
in the home.
Mrs. Virginia Rowan, a founder of
CODE, says, "A first grader can't dis-
cern the things that are right from
the things that are wrong. They talk
about things openly-using technical
terms in front of company." Mrs.
Rowan says you "can't remove the
dirty thoughts about sex just teaching
tfechnical words."
Despite a 90 per cent favorable re-
action to the program from parents
involved, a core group of 50 CODE or-
ganizers have as far acquired 1100
signatures on a petition asking the
school board for permanent removal
of the unit.
However, William Nimroth, social
studies coordinator for the city's
schools, says that CODE is not likel'y
to achieve rits goal.
The Office of Instruction is cur-
rently reviewing the program. Since
reaction has been so favorable, tio
major changes are expected."
"The only way it will even come
before the school board is if a resolu-
tion to alter or drop it is made," he
explains. He says he ,hopes the board
would not be persuaded by a minority
in opposition.
Three years ago, after parents sug-
gested that sex education be added to
the curriculum, a citizens' committee
was appointed by the Board of Educa-
tion to study other districts' programs,
collect materials, and make recom-
mendations.
The teachers, doctors, ministers, and
psychologists on the committee pro-
pose then that a family living-sex
education unit be part of the social
studies and science courses already in
kindergarten, first and fifth grades.
Five schools participated experimental-
ly last year; this year there are eleven.
Nimroth, who is also chairman of
the Citizens' Advisory Committee on
Family Life and Sex Education ex-
plains the program. "We're doing this
because parents do not," he says.
"Honesty is the guideline for the pro-
gram."
The kindergarten unit involves the
friendliness, manners and sharing nec-
essary for living in a school group,
safety rules, and the differences be-
tween boys and girls. Kindergarteners
discuss their different interests, man-
ners, dress, and toilet habits.
The curriculum outline notes, "Out-
right use of accurate words for body'
parts probably will not be needed and
should not be introduced simply for
attacks elementary sex education
their own sake. If a natural occasion
arises, then proper terms should be
introduced and used."
The family living-sex education
units last about 20 minutes a day for
two weeks.
In first grade, the class discusses
babies. The children learn about care
of animal babies as well as human
babies. They learn the physical char-
acteristics of boy and girl babies using
accurate terminology.
Nimroth notes that parents of first
graders often assume that "when you
talk about egg cells and sperm cells
you are teaching intercourse." He says
this is not so-"first graders aren't
interested." Instead they are more
concerned that cats have several
babies, while humans usually have only
one.
The key part of the fifth grade sex
education program is a booklet '"The
Human Story: Facts on Birth, Growth,
and Reproduction," published by Scott,
Foresman and Company to supplement
their health texts. Male and female
anatomy, puberty, mating, develop-
ment of the urborn child, and heredity
are all covered.
Parents may have their child ex-
cluded from any family living-sex
education portion ofaschool. However,
Nimroth explains parents in the past
excused their children from discus-
sions on germs and the circulatory
system.
As for the children, Nimroth says,
"They all think the classes are fine."
To first graders, arms, legs.and breasts
are all equal subjects for study. Says
Nimroth, "We want to get to them be-
fore it's such a 'hush-hush' thing."
Responses gathered from parents
last year were nine-tenths favorable.
Parents felt that since the school broke
the ice with factual information, it was
easier, then, to discuss other aspects
at home.
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AMERICAN PARATROOPERS yesterday abandoned Dong
Ap Bia, a 3,000 foot mountain seized a week ago amid, strong
Congressional criticism.
Legislators objected to the battle because of the resulting 50
Americans killed and 300 wounded, but the U.S. command claimed it
was a "fine operation" with more than 600 North Vietnamese soldiers
killed.
Military spokesman said the final command elements of one
battalion' of the 101st pivision began moving off the shell-scarred
mountain at first light yesterday.
Earlier, North' Vietnamese gunners slammed a dozen mortar
rounds into the command post on the mountain, slightly wounding
three paratroppers. ,
One U.S. officer commented, "We feel we've gotten everything
out of this mountain that we're going to get."
STUDENT DISORDERS erupted in Bogota and other parts
of Colombia yesterday in protest of the visit by New York
Governor Nelson Rockefeller.
Police reported students burned a U.S. flag in Bogota and set a
bus afire in Barranquilla. Cars were reported stoned in Barranquilla'
and Monteria, 'capital of Cordoba State. One hundred persons were
reported injured in clashes across the country.
Groups of students tried to block Bogota streets, shouting anti-'
American slogans and waving placards reading "Rockefeller go home."
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PRESIDENT NIXON asked Congress yesterday, to scrap the
Post Office Department and establish a government-owned self-
supporting corporation to handle the mail,
The alternative, Nixon said, is a continuation of huge annual
postal deficits, constantly increasing rates and threats of mail delays
and breakdowns.
Nixon's proposal would replace the department with a corporation
administered by a nine-member board of directors and operated like
a private business.
THE APOLLO 10 ASTRONAUTS returned home yesterday
from their moon scouting mission and immediately began record-
ing data in preparation for the Apollo 11 moon landing.,
The three astronauts, Air Force Col. Thomas P. Stafford, Navy
Cmdr. John W. Young, and Navy Cmdr. Eugene O. Cernan will spend
the next 11 days at the Houston Manned Spacecraft Center talking
into tape recorders and reviewing every step of their flight.
The Apollo 11 launch is now scheduled for July 16, but officials
said a final decision on the date will not be-"made for two or three
weks. They said the flight may be delayed until August if questions
arise in training the Apollo 11 crew because of knowledge gained
on Apollo 10.
A SENATE JUDICIARY SUBCOMMITTEE has agreed to
approve a financial disclosure bill for federal judges, although it
still is only in tentative form.
The bill is an amendment to a full disclosure bill Sen. Clifford
P. Case (R-NJ), is sponsoring for Congress members and executive
officials.
Case's bill requires officials and judges with salaries of more than
$18,000 a year to disclose publicly how they made extra money and
how much.
Police cleared
InOrangeburg
rights 'charge,
FLORENCE, S. C. (R)-- A biracial jury quickly found nine
white South Carolina highway patrolmen innocent yesterday
of civil rights violations in the shooting 'of 30 young blacks,
including three who died, in Orangeburg last year.
The jurors, including two' blacks, deliberated one hour
and 29 minutes. They had to consider the case of each of the
nine defendants separately.
Killed during the Orangeburg confrontation were Delano
Middleton, 17, an Orangeburg high school pupil, and South
Carolina State students Henry S m i t h, 19, of Marion, and
Samuel Hammond, 20, of Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.
The troopers - one a former patrolman and the others
still on the force - were charged by the U.S. Justice Depart-
-Associated Press
Happy reunion
Thomas Stafford greets his wife after his 12-hour non-stop flight
from American Samoa. Stafford and his fellow astronauts, John
Young and Eugene Cernan, had landed from space Monday in
the South Pacific, 400 miles from Pago Pago.
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But, in an effort to avoid the
possibility of a stalemate, the Re-
gents were considering an amend-
ment which would have given
them the power to ratify Univer-
sity Council-approved rules over
the vote .of either SGC or Senate
Assembly.
Student leaders blasted this
proposal and the entire question
of the bylaws was subsequently
referred back to the then-recently
formed ad hoc committee.
Under the present University
Council proposal, legislation would
require approval from SOC and
Senate Assembly. The Regents
could, however, vote a rule ap-
proved by both groups. In addition,
either SGC or Senate Assembly
could force reformulation of any
campus-wide rule that falls with-
in the jurisdiction of University
Council..
Other key sections of the latest
bylaw .draft include:
-Recognition of the all-stu-
dent Central Judiciary (CSJ) as
the ajudicatory body for all Uni-
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versity Council rules as they apply
to students;
-Recognition of the right of any
student who has been disciplined
for a non-academic offense to ap-
peal to CSJ and recognition of
CSJ's right to reverse such dis-
ciplinary action;
-Adoption of a code of judicial
fairness and due process.
The Hatcher Commission (for-
mally the President's Commission
on the Role of Students in Deci-
sion-Making) was formed by then
President Harlan Hatcher in win-
ter 1966-67.
The commission was one of
three presidential commissions
which were formed in the wake of
the Student Power Movement of
November-December 1966. The
work of the other two commissions
was terminated before completion.
The decision-making commis-
sion issued its final report in
March 1968. That report included
proposal for the University Coun-
cil and restructuring of the Office
of Student Affairs which are al-
most identical to the present by-
law proposals on these matters.
However, the commission's re-
port was vague on the question
of the student judiciary.
The bylaw proposals, drafted by
a then-temporary ad hoc com-
mittee, went before the Regents
in June 1968, but action was de-
layed because of the controversy
over ratification of University
Council rules.
The ad hoc committee then
emerged as a more permanent
body charged with drafting the
bylaws. Membership of the com-
mittee has been open and has
varied considerably since it was
first formed.
ment after the Feb. 8, 1968,<
shooting near the campus of
South Carolina State College.
That incident, now known in
civil rights circles as the "Orange-
burg Massacre," climaxed four
nights of racial disturbances start-
ed by the refusal of a bowling
alley to serve blacks.
The troopers are charged under
an 1870 civil rights law designed
to protect newly freed slaves.
The charges accuse the nine
men of inflicting summary pun-
ishment without due process of
law. Conviction is punishable by
a $1,000 fine or one year in prison,
or both.
The trial, which began May 19,
included six days of actual testi-
mony, with 64. witnesses.
The defense contended the.
troopers fired in self defense when
confronted by an attacking mob
of about 200 blacks. Lawyers
argued the troopers were being
bombarded with missiles and some
sniper fire. One officer was knock-
ed unconscious by a wooden ob-
ject.
Demis debate
strike support
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newsletter was probably submitted
by one of Murray's supporters.
"The resolution differs very little
from the statement already en-
dorsed by the party. I suspect the
resolution's intent was ,to make
Murray- seem like he was coming
up with something new," he adds.
Murray contends Scheider has
given only luke-warm support to
the rent strike and has not en-
couraged party discussion on is-
sues such as the rent strike and,
the grape boycott.
"A big issue is if we accept party
line answers to problems or
whethdr we look for grass roots
solutions which -encourage change
and experimentation," says Mur-
ray.
Scheider contends rank and file
members have plenty of oppor-
tunity to express their opinions.
"We have taken positions on a
wide range of issues. Anyone that
wants to submit a resolution to be
considered at the public meeting
can do so. Incidentally I can't re-
call if Murray has sent in any
resolutions this year," he adds.
Yalel'profs'
feud over
applicants
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (M--Yale
University has acted against three
faculty members who sent un-
authorized letters of. admission to
12 students, nine of them Negroes,
for graduate work In' city plan-
ning.
An assistant dean who was de-
moted said the letters were sent
because of a feeling that Yale
should make up for the lack of
Negro and Spanish-speaking city
planners in the country.
The university said yesterday it
plans to "honor the commitment
of admission" and accept the 12
students for 'the fall erm.
But President Kingman Brew-
ster Jr. said he sent letters to
each saying, Yale would "strongly
advise you not to enroll at Yale
next year for the degree in city
planning."
His letter said Yale is "under-
taking a comprehensive review of
our program, administration and
staffing" in city planning and "we
cannot now promise to offer a de-
gree administered by an adequate
department of city planning."
The students who received let-
ters were recommended by a fac-
ulty-student advisory committee
in the department of city plan-
ning 'of Yale's School of Art and
Architecture, but had not yet been
approved by the school's dean.
Two faculty officials who signed
one or more of the unauthorized
letters of admission were demoted,
and a third faculty member's con-
tract is not being renewed, Yale
officials said.
Brewster issued a statement yes-
terday saying the affair is "at best
an extraordinary lapse of respon-
sible judgment, and at worst- is
deceitful bad faith in relation to
both the university and the appli-
cant."
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