University of Virginia Library

Letters To The Editor

'What If Your Rubber Slipped?'

In answer to Mr. Humm's letter
of Oct. 13, I have a few questions.
First, Mr. Humm, how many
women are members of your little
clan of "virgins" who are busy
telling women what is the only
"right thing to do about their
unwanted pregnancy? Furthermore,
how many women even support
your view? I sincerely doubt that
the number is more than a hand
count. Secondly, Mr. Humm, when
was the last time YOU got pregnant
and had to face snickering society
alone-because the father of your
baby deserted?

And, tell me Mr. Humm, would
you really be so damn worried
about the so called "rights" of an
unborn baby if YOU were the one
who had to carry that child around
inside you for nine months, endure
the trauma of bearing it, and then,
give that baby away never knowing
where in the world it would end
up?

Another thing, if you were
faced with the mess of being an
unwed mother, particularly if you
had no prospective husband, would
you really readily give up all your
educational and career plans just
because of a stupid but passionate
mistake when a very reasonable
remedy is available?

Mr. Humm, get off your throne
and realize that if MEN were the
ones who got pregnant, if men were
the ones who were thought of as
sluts instead of heroes, if men were
the ones who would have to go
through with carrying and bearing a
child, and then having to give it
away-surely an alternative that is
far more traumatic than abortion,
abortion would have been made
legal at the First Continental
Congress.

Mr. Humm, what would you do
if your rubber slipped?

Thief!

I arrived at U Va. this summer
with great expectations. Coming
from a large urban university
where you couldn't leave a used
Kleenex, for fear of it being stolen),
I stepped, with great relief, into the
realm of the honor system. But, as
the old cliche says, "It just takes a
few."

These few have relieved the
Biology Library of many books on
its reserve. A few of Dr. Garrett's
(Biochemistry) own books have
vanished after he kindly put them
at our disposal. Now, there could
be an ulterior motive for removing
the texts. Perhaps the individual
works for the publishers, for his
neat work necessitates in the class
purchasing these helpful books.
However, I intuitively feel he (or
she) is simply a self centered,
inconsiderate thief. Please return
the books!

Naugaskin?

I am grossly offended by the use
of pigskin at U.Va. football games.
Kicking its earthly remains around
Scott Stadium represents
disrespect, if not cruelty, to a small
minority animal. I'd like the team
to stop it forthwith.

However, since reason is
desirable in all things, I suggest they
substitute a little stuffed cushion of
naughahyde. No one, even myself,
could possibly be offended by an
official action which supports the
Gross National Product, and, as
well, honors the naugha.