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Madalyn Murray Ohair — Part 2
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Those who know ohm a) lege was not recognized__cial permission she_was_
“a bright young man
with new ideas on educa-
tion,” participated in
highly individualistic,
tiudent-centered experi--
tents in Urbana College,
Ohio. later decided to es- -
tablish his own college. —
He chose Mexico, because _
be thought a foreign
country would attract
students from different
parts of the United States
‘with different b ae k-
‘grounds. .
According to Peat the |
‘echool was designed for -
eiudents of superior in- .
telligence who wanted to
enter a graduate school ,
without going through |
the time-consuming reg- | |
ular four year college |
nregram. |
The school was consid-
ered a community of !
écholars where the basic :.
Motivation te learn was
already in the individual
ond theteacher was
someone te consult when |
one rau into trouble. The _
elasset eonsisted of dis. '
cussions in which al.
- students and teachers'
Participated. Some of the:
discussions lasting as
Jong as 10 hours.
In an interview givea’
THE NEWS last ye ar,
Peat said the school had,
a schedule and that-
classes began at a fixed i
time, the only difference ‘
being there was no time! |
‘set for them to end. |; :
He also said that of i
the seven graduates from | i
shis college at that time
some had gone toe the
New School for Social!
Research in New York
ond one to the University
of Oregon. “This proves
our system has been 2
turn out students rea
r grad school”, Pest
id.
Nonetheless, Blake Col. °
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-her extradition.
‘jn Oaxaca. It is under-
. and deported. Mrs. Mur-
“
here by ‘either the Min- deported again. e
istry -of Education nor Behind her she left
.the National University. ; Blake College: an empty
Sate ntact’ pomied | shell. While other Amen
official dealings with the | ican students are flock. .
institution. . ing back to school from
Mrs. Murray joined the ' Maine to California, the
‘faculty at Peat’s invita-_ building that served 3
' tion. She had won many campus in Valle de Bra. .
enemies when she sued vo is locked and shutter-
to ban praver from pub- £d. Peat is underst
‘lic schools. The case‘ jo be teaching in a mo
went to the US. Su- ; rthodox manner at
preme Court which ruled ' Yniversity of Montana.
in her favor. . Ba rn
Since then she had. _—
been in trouble with the
police in Baltimore and
has issued an order for.
Peat, sympathizing.- —-
were her situation, of-
fered her a job. Accord- ;
ing te sources in Valle Soe
de Bravo, Mrs. Murray sy .
accerted, then tried te
take over the running of
the institution. When she
_ failed she reported to lo-
cal police that many of
the students were becom
ing drug addicts.
- Apparently the drugs
were so-called magic:
mushrooms and LSD.
. LSD, lysergic. acid. has
many qualities similar te
the mushrooms. The fun-
gus has long been used
in rural areas, especially
stood to release the in-
: hiditing function of the Soon need ETS
. brain, producing halluci- ‘
nations.
Scandal followed Mrs. .
Murray’s charges. Many
students were arrested
ray herself was picked
* up for entering Mexico . te
: as Mary Ann O'Connor, 2.0) 0 wo eee
She was deported only
te return under her true
me. As deportees sre
{ permitted te re-enter
e country withow spe”
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