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volunteers live in the towns or hone~s or~-:::~os th:~the~:~~;l=~dth~orkh~~~lv~;peopie, their customs, their problems, .th~t~:y~~~~~~e a~d~~a:~~~eO!o11:c:~~that immediate reality (not to be found IIIor near a classroom) is a aemollstratio,n,thatthe students need and want to participatein the problems and suffering of the worldThey ale obviously dissatisfied with somethi;~dentson the Hill have the opportunityami interest to translate this dissatisfactionand need fOf clearer definition and identityinto an experience of service. It may be theonly type of translation where nO,ne of themeaning is lost In fact, the meanmg comes~~~u~f!:. ~~~~n~;at~~a~~r~~df~:d~~service.We probably ought to admit that thevolunteers on the Held service teams are notprofessionally qualified for their tasks. Thetruth is they are rookie fishermen. Most arelow grade amateurs in terms of skills; butmost are a great deal higher on the ladderin terms of human awareness, sensitivityand potential to serve, in enthusiasm and incapacity to adapt and Jearn new methodsand skills-while they are on the field.And this is what should concern us most,the realization of a person's potential andthe fulfillment of that potential. When thishappens, whether it happens to a collegestudent, a Puerto Rican, an American inAppalachia, that person can get his own'fish' every day.Oddly enough, this involves among otherthings, tension, protest, SOmesort of demon_stratton. When William S. Coffin deliveredthe first Blake Lecture on campus this pastspring, he spoke about this search forauthenticity and genuineness. He said amember of the present college generationtold him, "my generation doesn't care howyour generation used to do it. We don'tnecessarily want to hear how you did it.We are going to do it our way for aboutten years. We arc going to own these daysand moments and the consequences." Alittle strong perhaps, but within the extremalies the essence.It is sometimes difficult to absorb parents'reactions when they learn that their son ordaughter is interested in working on an S.O.S.project. It is almost as if by expressing suchan interest, the 19- or 20-year-old child hasstomped upon a guarded plot of zoysia grassin the family's front yard. What must be Pictured above are two members otunderstood is that students want to make S.O.S. in Puerto Rico with one of the1\ responsible contribution to society, to 1 f tl . h' h tl teamtheir brother man. This calls for responst, fv e a7 ~o~kin~~ ¥i~: ;7ct~r;c on ::age 11~~l~~e!~oo;~S~tu~, ~~e:n~';:;::~~:~~~i:. indicates something at the proiect inAnd, this often involves rebellion against wl1ich they were involved.what has been before.Just as Protest and Service can be the assertion of a new one. 11 is not a reckless,two sides of a transparent coin, so must ness but COurage and vision toward thewe point out that this unrest, this demon, unexplored. It is the personal statement ofstraticn, this human awareness, this rebel_· people trying to learn how to catch thatlion is not solely or primarily a rebellion 'fish,' who arc not content with haVing itagainst an old standard. Rather, it is an handed to thempage twelve