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-FUTURE.
Rose Parade marches into New Year
BjJmjrRof
The 9&h Amal Tournament of
Rons Parade »u hdd oa Tua.
January I. \W. in Pisadena.
California. The Diane orihto yat'i
parade was "The Spirit of
Amain," shown. In one way or
troiKt. lunch of Hie 106 entries.
The nm ptnde wo held on
January 1. 1K0 *ben the Pasadena
v>Uey Him Club dt.kloi ihu •
floral parade followed by an afternoon
of public cures would begin
each year. The games consisted 01*
foot races. tu|M>l-war and joulrln
which jroung men from Pasadena
competed.
la 1891 th, HUM Club urrcj local
residents u joio the parade, anu a
fitiit was cfrered for the west
decmted carriage. Three yean
liter, stands *vcre bail! along the
route UKS or g tin i r i~ttefis entered the
parade Instead of ju« chiiea:. By
1896 the parade had frown to that'
comintinhks other than Pasadena
were involved in U.
As the automobile became more
popular (here was a cootroversy a*
to whether ot not to allow car* to
participate in the parade. In 1901.
can were allowed, but hone cnoen
insisted that they bring up the rear
so as nrt to frighten the hones.
The lint Rote Queen, Hallie
Woods, was crownrd In 1905, and
b 1917, lapan entered with the lint
rRcrnational float.
Pro and con of
going Ivy League
By Shlrfty Njt
Ivy Lcajve schools: Harvard.
Yale. PrincetM. Columbia, Dartmouth.
Cornell. Browii, and the
Umv.TMty uf Pennsylvania. Wh> b
•t to imoonanl for students lo get itto
thisc schools?
Without a doubt. Ivy Lcagix
schools are among the must
prestigious and veil-known schools
m the country. Thcwtchoob arc al >
tmong the oldest csublivhed (Harvard
U the nMct school in the country,
originally founded in 163c; »••
Ncwtowne College) and have rroutatiotu
for offering the best education
money cin buy.
Right or wrong, many people
believe that Ivy League credentials
will help a person get "in" with
society. Many also believe that an Ivy
League graduate will have a diwinrt
advantage over tuner* when it ome*
to job placemen!. This may well be
true M many of the sop businesses and
prestigious fir.M in the country arc
flooded with Ivy aluiJU. Wali Street
fimn, for example, have a reputation
for Icoktng favorably m Ivy Lca^'uc
graduate*.
"Everyone thinks you're a genius
if you go to an Ivy League school.*
says Cornell gradual Susan Scio.
"end they udmire and respect )ou a
little more"
Clearly, anting an Ivy League
school h*% iu rewards. But one muu
£ct in first and the competition fa,, to
r>l tt mildly, tough.
Harvard, for example, receives
MMnc 13.000 BTplkatiom a year, but
- only zhom 2300 students irt dually
Lcceptnl.
' *Ttrc-c schools arc flooded by application*.
Ul from the best xadenis:
students who all got ftnlglit A's.
were vanity team captains, and studcts
bod)- ptesidents. Alt of them arc
qualified, brt obviously, (hey can't all
jet in. so ctv^r pUyi a big rok.
"This mavnot seem CiL*. but it'*
not the end vf the world if you don't
get a." ju.es Sao.
While getting Into an Ivy Ixague
Ktuwl b prirmrily dcpcnJcn en high
schoot performance and plain luck,
haying **connectiom'* doe* help The
child of an Ivy alumnus **%, uimost
always have HI Advantage over sorocaac
who b equally qualified, but
"1
who doe* not have
However, merely Having ct«nncct»r»
wilt not gc; a siudcnt tn. if he ur she
i* not academically acceptable in the
Tint place.
Ivy League svhooK arc among the
cuvt'tc\t in th" country. Accordinr U>
Rnltuxx fast** Afa&tzJne figure* f.«-tn
. 1982.11*4 mou c*pcmr-c school (it ition
al« it. Folttming BenmnytM*. fiw
of th- '. bM Ivy vchools make the
' ira» l ripw-nsi%e" tist: Harvard ranks
i.*cof W 59.170 per year; Yale is
ihir«. *? .10; l'nivcrsit> of Pcnn-
%p'iv» u it titih, ^K.ROO: Princeton
t> seventh. S8.761: ind Brown is
Including mom and board, ctnts at
Ivy league schools nxket past the
MO.TOO per >ear trunk, compared to
ai\ average M $1,000 to S4.000 at
Having money, then, does help.
Allhou)th 60 percent of the nation's
studen;» receive financial aid
packag"i, the majority of Ivy
Leaguers sti.t come from wl-itccollar,
uv^per midJk cUss. und
wealth;* families.
Even more important than havir.g
the qualifications, the conncctiotu.
' and the money, students shoutd examine
their options and decide if Ivy
Leugue srhools fit their lifcojlcv and
truly meet their educational goals.
Ivy Leasuc ->ch«ols arc generally
focused on liberal art*, A pto->pectivc
college student *ho u tntcrcstcd :n
engineering, for example, might find
it more suitable to attend a whoc*! like
IDC Massachusetts Institute of
Tixnnology. where the focuv i% «»
cngtnccruig and math. By t'>e same
token, a studoa who want.* a career
in music might be better oil attending
a music comcrvatory. fjch as the
Juilliard Schoot.
The fierce competition at Ivy
schools might be motivational lo a
student who can work and succeed
under pressure. Another student,
however, might be tnote relaxed at
a smaller school, where the pace h
not as hectic.
Educators feel that many students
choow to go to ivy League schools
for the wrong teasom: frr fix
prestige and social status tha*. they
cfier.
w
lloats h.f-Wtitht the Rmc Parade.
Media oncrage has grown over Angela All-City Band which is a
the years, ^•porters from tnc East
carte west to cover the parade in
18*98. Radio nrtworks »ere b*uadcasting
U>i parade mast-to-coiu by
1930. ajt, movie ncwsreels sljur. «nd rxuily oppressed
in America.
In 1955. Itingbcfinhucisil rights
crusade wtvn he led a uicccsfu]
bojom of tie vgregatcd hu^cs m
MiKitgomery. Ala. Iu MJCCCS* convincoj
nuny I) at civil rights couU be
won through caccful resiuance.
Xing bawd tt* program of nonviolence
on thi idea* of Henry
Tcareau. author of "Civil Disobedience,"
the tcac 1 tags of ChriMunity.i.ndincincthotl\of
Mchandxs K.
Giix'hi. wlMused i hnv. Why Wf Can't
Wait. Whttt Da We Co t'*pm Here:
OKM'I **•' Ommunlrx? and The
Trumpet of Conscience.
Under King's direction p
of the Southern Chrutian Lcader^p
CiKircrence (SCLC). nonviolent protevtors
ifchkvoj their most utccrx
froni 19SS until 1965.
King organ'tcd mai.y demonvtratkms,
two major ones being t campaign
that won the dctcgratkft of
several public fxililin in Himv
ingham. AU.. -tnl a march in Scltna.
Ala., part of I'K campaign to
cwirjmee \oting right, for btxks.
Pjnly ai a result of thtnc and other
nuitivc dcmonttratk..is. Congress
pasted the Civil Risht\ Act of 1964
and the V.x.n; Rights An of 1965.
TV nonviolent program revhed a
climax *hcn. in 1?63. more than
200.000 peole marched frinn the
Wj\hicj(too Monument to the Lincoln
Mentorial in Washington. D.C.
Millions watched King on television
.» he lold the crowd. "l!i%eadrcam
that one day (hit rjtton will rise up
and live out &c true f ling of its
creed: "He hold ihcse truths to be
utf-cvident: that all men jrc created
equal.* "
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We Also Oclivrr
By 1965 King's program of nonviolence
was faced with senout
fruolem*.
Vhe Vietnam Wjr. uhtch he was
agaiint. decreased American nucpnwrr
and funds and took *way inte«M
Irom civil rights. The United
Suici became divided o*cr the war
and the importance of ending prejudice
end inequality at home.
Militant b!xk leaden began to attack
King's appeals fu/ peaceful action
and claimed that the nonviolent
civil rights movement had little effect
on bad housing and unemployment.
Despite alt this. King continued his
nonviolent ways and pcmusivc
o-atory and tried to bring ti)fcther
such croup* as the Anvi^-an Indians
and the Spantvh-spraVinf Americans
in a campaign against poverty. He
began planning a "Poor People's
March" for catly 1968. but he did not
live to take part in it*
King is buried in Atlanta. Ga..
under a monument inscribed *tth
these words: "Free at last, free al
last, thank God Alnughiy. free at
last."
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