SDS PRESIDENT
A thinking man's man
By Alan Poland
"Nothing is given to man, and the little they can conquer is paid for with unjust deaths. But man's greatness lies elsewhere. It lies in his decision to be stronger than his condition. And if his condition is unjust, he has only one way of overcoming it, which is to be just himself."
These are the words of Albert Camus, a French writer. John Garlinghouse, Salina senior and president of KU's Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), has them underlined in a worn copy of Campus' "Resistance, Rebellion, and Death." He refers to the book as "a sort of family Bible that I take down and read from time to time."
WITH HIS WIFE. Joyce, Garlinghouse lives above Cooper's Drug Store at $847_{12}$ Massachusetts St. It is a small, sparsely furnished apartment with a much-lived in look. A variety of 19 empty soda bottles and two wine bottles were sitting haphazardly around the floor.
A television set, stereo equipment and a transistor radio each had its place among shelves of books, piles of papers and stacks of records. On the walls were tacked reproductions of modern art works, including a bright red tiger. A pet, a striped cat, passed under a photograph of Garlinghouse that was labeled "1966: Everybody's Optimistic."
It was in this setting that the president of SDS softly—often using his hands for emphasis—spoke about himself as an individual human being rather than as the leader of a campus minority group. Tired from having participated in SDS discussions that had lasted all weekend, Garlinghouse talked of his serious interest in world happenings and of his place in them.
CALLING HIMSELF a "small'd Democrat with some radical views," he expressed his desire to help bring about, through peaceful means, needed changes in the structure of modern society. He said he has no personal political ambitions; rather he wants to "influence from outside as Norman Thomas does."
Garlinghouse is majoring in international relations. He hopes to do graduate work at KU. After receiving his MA, his ambition is to live in one of the non-aligning African nations, such as Algeria. There, he wants to work as a journalist, writing political analysis and commentary. Later, he
would like to study for his doctorate degree at a European university.
Through his work with SDS, Garlinghouse comes in contact with many students from other campuses. He believes that, although many students do not agree with him, they are willing to listen and think about his views. "This is important," he said. "When people stop listening and thinking then we will be finished."
COMPARING KU students with students that he has observed on other Big Eight campuses,he said that in his opinion the KU student is far above the rest in their thinking habits.
Garlinghouse spent three years serving in the U.S. Army. He said that the Army was one of the main factors that helped to form the attitudes that he has today. "After three years in the Army, one is either totally brow-beaten or totally in rebellion," he said.
Rock and roll music and fads are two other subjects that Garlinghouse bitterly dislikes. He writes Batman off as a good laugh and another form of escapism for the public. He thinks that man's concept of recreation is too much spectating and not enough participating. This, he said, comes from man's constant search for a way out of accepting responsibility for his own acts. "We try to evade involvement too much."
THIS SUMMER. Garlinghouse hopes to travel in the Rocky Mountains. Pack trips, hunting and fishing are some of his favorite bobbies. His interest in the outdoors goes back to when he was an Eagle Scout. In past summers, he has fought forest fires in Montana and worked as a farm hand.
A recent interest of Garling-house's is that of sports car racing. He said that although he cannot afford a sports car, he thinks the sport is one of the best because the car puts man "in control of his fate."
THE YOUNG political scientist enjoys reading Camus "as an idea man," and he reads Hemingway and the existentialist writers for fiction. Although he claims not to like James Baldwin very much, above his desk there is tacked a short quotation from one of Baldwin's novels.
His record collection shows that he likes both jazz and classical music. He said that he enjoys the sounds of John Lee Hooker
as well as those of Wagner. Pointing to one album, he said, "I like Bob Dylan very much for his social commentary."
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One idea that Garlinghouse is very concerned about is that of mechanization. He believes that today man is tending to serve his machines rather than having the machines serve him. "Man is the ultimate value on earth; we shouldn't forget it," he said.
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