1962_04 The Daily Collegian April 1962

              COLLEGIAN   g^r
FRESNO   STATE
VOLUME LXV    FRESNO, CALIFORNIA, WDNESDAY, APRIL 4, 1962        NUMBER 27
WINNER'S TROPHY—Student Body Secretary Judy Carter, right,
and Student Body Vice President lorry Layne examine Ihe trophy
to be given to the organization which donates the most blood
tomorrow and Friday. At left it George Donnell of Ihe Veteran's
Hospital.
Small Group Attends
Swingin' Blood Rally
A small but enthusiastic group of students participated in
'the annual blood rally Monday night The evening was filled
by organized yells for the respective ASB presidential candi¬
dates and music provided by the backers of Ray Snow,
The proceedings were started off by a selection of folk
songs from the Coachmen, a local*-
folk  singing group  that Is cam
posed of Fresno State College stu¬
dents. They are Bill Young, Alec
Bablglan and Bob Oliver.
Candtdates Speak
ASB vice president Larry Layne
Introduced the candidates for all
offices. The candidates for class
presidents were allowed to apeak
on their respective platforms. The
candidates for men's legislative
commissioner were also speakers.
Skits Presented
The evening was topped by the
skits featuring the theme or blood.
Pour groups participated with
good response by the crowd. The
winners were Kappa Alpha Theta
with a "twisting" version of "Give
Again Like WE Did Last Sum¬
mer". Second was Horn an Hall
with a scene about "Marsha, What
Have You Done?" Third was
taken by Sigma Alpha Epstlon
with the changes wrought by the
wonders of new medicine.
Blood donations will be accepted
from 9 AM to 2 PM In the Cafe¬
teria tomorrow and Friday.
Study Workshop Today
This afternoon from 3:10 to 6
PM a study workshop will be con-
dueled in Social Science 205.
nr. Viola Davis Of the Counsel¬
ing Office will lead the group
which will discuss study problems
and aids.
Fraternity Will
Hold Birthday
Dinner, Dance
A dinner-donee at the Belmont
Country Club Saturday will high¬
light the 10th anniversary cele¬
bration ot the Sigma* Chi fraternity.
The Epsllon Eta chapter of
Sigma Chi was founded at Fresco
State College Feb.  23, 19S2.
All alumni who have graduated
from the Epsllon Eta chapter
since 1952 have been sent Invita¬
tions to the dance.
The dance will be preceded by
a cocktail party at the fraternity
house from 7:30 to 8:30 PM. The
dance will be from 9 to 12 PM
and will feature a live bond. A
prime rib dinner will bo served
before the dance.
Since its founding, Sigma Chi
has grown steadily. At the time of
the founding, 2G active members
were Initiated. Recently 25 new
members were Initiated, bringing
the membership to more than GOO.
While growing, the Sigma Chi
Fraternity has occupied four fra¬
ternity houses.
Groups Get
Ultimatum On
Council Vote
Voting members on the student
council will be permanently de¬
creased by 23 next Wednesday If
delinquent organizations fall to
send an "official" representative
to the Apr. 11 meeting.
Judy Carter, student body sec¬
retary, emphasized the word
"official" by explaining that while
a voting member may also belong
to another group that is entitled
to a vote, he can only vote once.
Each organisation must send a
specific delegate to vote or. In
certain coses, may turn In a writ¬
ten proxy vote.
An official representative from
the following croups has been ab¬
sent from the lost two or three
student council  meetings:
Senior class. Luncheon Club,
Kappa Kappa Gamma, Campus
staff. Kappa Sigma. Ski Club.
Interfraternlty Council. Sigma Nu.
Industrial Arts Club. HUlel
Club, Arnold Air Society. Young
Democrats. Phi Sigma Tau, En¬
gineers Club.
Chi Beta Alpha. Chinese Stu¬
dents Club. Phi Mu Alpha Sin-
fonla. Pianoforte. Varsity F. Viti¬
culture Club.
I'l Gamma Mu. Circle K. Meael
Club, Gun Club, Deserct Club.
Orchesls. Ornamental Horticul¬
ture Club and Western Speech
Association organisation.
Vote Today In ASB Prima.*?;
Polls Will Be Open Until 4
A suro indication of spring on
campus, the Associated Student
Body primary elections, began to¬
day at 9 AM and will continue
until i o'clock this afternoon.
Ballots-may be cast at the Ac¬
tivities Booth: The primaries will
decide tho victors la all student
body and Class office elections. In¬
volving two or less candidates,
according to Bob Jones, election
committee chairman.
A simple majority of votes for
Jerry Tahajian or Ray Snow will
Chan Votes Void,
Says Election Board
By Jim Church, Collegian Editor
What had the prospects of being a dull, listless election
campaizn has suddenly taken a turn upward on the interest
scale, thanks to an outspoken sophomore by the name of
Lester Chan.
"Chan and the little people" have been circularizing the
"+campus with hand bills
Tocchio Gets
Safety Post
Octavio J. Tocchio, assoelato
professor of criminology, has been
appointed to the Fresno County
Safety Council as a divisional
icc-presldent.   chairman   of   traf'
tic.
Ray Stanaow.  managing dlrec-
lau,
11 r i
Tocchio Inst week of his appoint-
t. Tho term of office Is Indef-
. and it is a non-profit, non'
political position.
As chairraan -or the traffic dlvl
on. Tocchio will head a couimit-
■c of about 10 prominent citl-
;ns whose exclusive duty It will
■ to prevent accidents.
To go about fulfilling this duly
le committee will try to Identify
eak spots In the present traffic
tuatlon, continue inventory and
appraisal of the traffic situation
and plan with authorities and
hers for their solution.
Writer Forsees FSC
In College Top Ten
An education consultant for a
national magaslne says that Fres¬
no state College will be a candi¬
date In 1970 for the top ten col¬
leges Ifst usually named by ad¬
ministrators and professors ac¬
cording to prestige.
Paul H. Davis, writing In the
March Issue of The Journal of
Higher Education,  says that "In
Margosian
GetsCIPAJob
Arthur Margosian, college pub¬
lic information officer and assis¬
tant professor of Journalism, has
been elected executive secretary
of the California Intercollegiate
Press Association.
Margoalan was also recently
elected president of the Fresno
Press Club. He Is a i960 graduate
of Fresno State College and a post
editor of Tho Collegian and the
yearbook. He Is married and baa
two children.
Last year Margosian was vice
president of the press club and
during his undergraduate days at
FSC was president of the CIPA.
1970 there will be new name
the top ten colleges and in the
top ten universities rated accord¬
ing to prestige. The present top
ten, colleges usually named by
administrators and professors are
Amherst, Csrleton, Orinnell, Hav¬
er ford. Oberlln. Pomona, Reed,
Sewanes, Sworthmoro and Wcs-
leysn  (Connecticut).
"Candidates In 1970 wfll surely
Include Bowdoln, Colby. Colorado,
Davidson. D e P a u w, Earlham,
Fresno State, Knox, San Francisco
Stale and Occidental."
Davis' article. "Changes Are
Coming In the Colleges," consists
of 4 0 forecasts. He wrote the ar¬
ticles following a visit to univer¬
sities and colleges throughout the
United States, and based his writ
Jut; on information gathered In
personal Interviews.
The former vice president for
development nt Columbia Univer¬
sity under the then President
Dwight Elsenhower, Davis ii
college consultant for Header's
Digest. He Is a member of the
Board of Trustees of tbe College
of Idaho and of the Board of Fel¬
lows or Claremont Graduate Col¬
lege.
Spriag Madness'
A Students Fancy Turns To... Pranks
Br John Armstrong
One warm spring day several
years ago a collection of trophies
mysteriously disappeared from a
showcase in a fraternity huuse on
the Ohio State University campus.
Several months later the house
received a letter from a Catholic
bishop In charge of missions In a
Latin-American country, thank¬
ing the fraternity for its donation.
"Following your Instructions."
wrote the bishop, "I have had the
trophies melted down, stamped
Into religious medals and distri¬
buted to natives in the hinter¬
lands."
Only then did the fraternity
brothers realise that they bad
been victims of a college prank.
. While granted that In the
spring a young man's fancy does
turn to love, in the collegian
world, biology sometimes takes a
back seat to student high Jinks
and tomfoolery. The blooming of
devious plots and ideas invariably
coincides" with tbe blooming of
violets and daffodils.
College pranks are firmly en¬
trenched In American folklore,
dating back to tbe now famous
Harvard Butter Rebellion of
17«6, When  students complained.
"Behold our butter atlnketh and
we cannot eat thereof."
Hanging in effigy, currently as
papular as ever, began on the
University of Michigan campus in
the 1850's. Of course, the students
threw In an embellishment of
their own: they not only hanged
the effigy, they also shot and
burned It.
And the stimulating art of the
panty raid dates back to 1899
when 400 pajama-clad University
of Wisconsin moles broke into
Ladles Hall and gayly snitched
204 unmentionables as scantily-
clad (oeds screamed In girlish de¬
light.
The art of the college prank has
come a long way since these erode
beginnings. Today's student phy¬
sicist or engineer has an Impres¬
sive array of gadgets to work
with.
The California Institute of
Technology Is tbe undisputed
champion In tbe field ot techno¬
logical warfare. Just ask the Col
Tech senior who found a com¬
pletely assembled Ford In his
bedroom. He bad to remove tbe
auto niece by piece. Or the fresh¬
man who found every square Inch
of bis room occupied by a giant
weather balloon full of water. Or
the millions who viewed,the 1953
Rose Bowl via the living room
picture tube and saw the Univer¬
sity of California card tricks at
half time. The opening
scheduled to be a spectacular
CALIFORNIA OOLDEN HEARS
but through some "mysterious
twist of fate" It came out a spec-
taculsr CAL TECH.
Many times student energy Is*
directed toward faculty and ad¬
ministration. Earl J. (Fun) Mer-
rlt, head football coach at Pomona
College, finished breakfast one
spring morning, kissed bis wife
goodbye, rushed out of his apart¬
ment and soundly banged his pro¬
boscis against a brick wall. Dur¬
ing the previous night several
students had completely bricked
up his front door.
A 20-year-old Kent State Uni¬
versity sophomore figured out an
ingenious method or providing
his own parking space*. When¬
ever he drew alongside a no-
parking red or yellow sons, he
simply pulled a can of paint from
the. trunk of his Jalopy and quick¬
ly brushed the curb a fast drying
gray. Presto! A parking ploce.
Rebelling
ti a ve-a-q ueeo-for-everythlng-under
-the-sun erase, several students
nominated a nanny goat for prom
aueen bock In the early 1940's.
Horrified campus politicians
claimed that the goat was not a
girl and. therefore, Ineligible. But
the goat's supporters produced a
veterinarian to attest to her fem¬
ininity. Finally, the goat was dls-
rjualitled on the grounds that she
hod not been a resident on the
campus the preceding year. Never¬
theless, she still ran a strong
third In the voting.
Today's sick comedians strong¬
ly Influence tbe character of mod¬
ern college nonsense. Like the five
Ohio State freshmen who stole a
corpse from as undertaker's par¬
lor and placed It on the steps of
the OSU cafeteria Just before
lunch time. Cafeteria personnel
reported that lunch time attend¬
ance dropped off 90 per cent.
Or the prankster who.painted
a bnllseye at the bottom of the
Campanile, a high tower In the
center ot the University of Cali¬
fornia campus;" to give suicide
Jumpers something to shoot at.
And let's not forget the college
students who  wen  arrested   for
(Continued on Pag.* 3)
lng the popular If not-too-sound
promises and policies or the sud¬
den "third" candidate for the of¬
fice of Student Body President.
Election Committee Chairman
Bob Jones announced that all
votes for Chan will be void. "I
don't know what he's trying to
prove," said Jones, "but all votes
for Chan will not count, and the
candidate wbo receives the most
votes between Ray Snow and
Jerry Tahajian will become Stu¬
dent Body President." Chan has
been declared Ineligible by the
committee.
Voting will be conducted at the
Activities Booth from 9 AM until
4 PM. and at a booth in tho quad
during the same hours.
The ASB office of men's legis¬
lative commissioner will also be
settled today, with either Rod
Coburn or Sandy Knapp being
elected.
No Reason
Student body officers could
think of no reason for Chan's
fierce campaign, other than that
he moy be trying to drum up pub¬
licity for a try at the office next
Chan, former College of the
Sequoias student body president,
has been flooding the campus
with mimeographed statements of
"policy" la a campaign that is
taking a humorous approach to
Fresno State politics.
Chan's promises include:
Abolition of vote for women
students — "feminity, not equal¬
ity."
Five day Collegian, morning
and evening editions, and no ad¬
vertising.
$10,000,000 Student Union to
be erected over the site of the old
library which will be raxed. Thir¬
ty five bowling lanes, two swim¬
ming pools, a ratskeler. and an
Indor rodeo arena.
Parking fees abolished—"First
come, first served."
Abolition  ot Campus Police,
Student cemetery (senior me¬
morials) to be located off campus.
Smoking In all lecture halls.
Teachers will lead students in
prayer and flag salute before each
lecture, and
The only "ism" for Chan la
"Fresno Statism."
Elaborating on his reasoning
for keeping women out of poll-
tics, Chan declared, "I do not
wish to see their Innocent, virtu¬
ous minds sullied by the dirty
world of politics."
"When women become Involved
in politics." said Chan, "they ruin
it."
Looks At Facts
v "Look at the facts. In America
the women got the vote In 1919.
Shortly thereafter came prohibi¬
tion, depression and World War
II. Cleopatra meddled In politics,
ruined the Roman Republic and
Is now ruining 30th Century
For."
"Remember Les Chan's motto,"
the leader of the "little people
(against Greeks)" states: "Be¬
hind every great misfortune you
will find a woman."
Oh an boasts that when be takes
office all other campus officers
and offices will be abolished.
decide wbo will be next year's top
campus    political    figure    (ASB
president).
Other offices that will be de¬
cided in today's balloting include:
Rod Coburn and Jobn (Sandy)
Knapp, men's legislative commis¬
sioner; Mike Harris, commission¬
er of publications; Jerry Embree
and BUI Passons, senior class
president; Larry Sampson, senior
class vice president; and Penny
Polite and Barbara Bitting, senior
class social chairman.
Elections that will be decided
In today's voting by tbe Junior
class Include: Tom Sommers and
Ed Keller, Junior class president;
Carolyn Phillips and Silvia Sllva,
Junior class secretary: and Sberee
Flak and Marilyn Poppa, social
chairman candidates.
Members of the sophomore
class will decide today whether
Ronald Santlglan or Barry O'Nell
will be class president next year.
The lone sophomore social chair-
in candidate Is Joan Hughes.
Other candidates In elections
that will not be decided In to¬
day's primaries are: Chris Adams,
Judy Dunn and Diane Qui g ley.
ASB secretory; Patty Jo Peters,
Carol Shields and Suiaune Car-
roll, senior class secretary; Jim
Brumm, Sloan McCormtck and'
Ron Shofner, Junior class vice
president; Lonna Henkle, Tom
McDonald, Dirk Van Qelder and
Herman Howerton, sophomore
class vice president; and Darlene
Rlcco, Karen Sue Coles and Nancy
Davis, sophomore class secretary.
Forum Will
Take Look At
Right Wingers
A forum discussion on "Ultra-
Right Wing Conservatism, an
Asset or Liability to American So¬
ciety" will be conducted tomor¬
row at 3 PM at McLane Hall 200.
Fresno  City  College  campus.
Dick Crossman, Young Republl-
n president at Fresno State:
John F. Castle, chairman of tbe
State Constitutional party; Rev.
Robert Hoon, pastor of tbe First
Methodist Church; and William
Crump, local businessman who
has been active in 'Republican
circles, will deliver speeches. A
question and answer session will
follow the rebuttal period.
The (orum, which Is sponsored
Jointly by the freshman and soph-
re classes at City College, is
open to the public free of charge.
Applications Out
Now For Tokalon
Applications for the women's
upper division honorary, Tokalon.
available today and may be
filed until Apr. 13. Forma may
bo obtained In the Activities Of¬
fice.
Acceptance for membership le
based on the applicant's grade
point average, which must be at
least 2.7, and on participation In
scholastic and extra curricular ac¬
tivities.
Initiation of new members will
be the first week of May.
Also In May will be tbe annual
awards assembly sponsored by
Tokalon and an exchange with
Blue Key.
Collegiate Vers* Contest
Cash prises are being offered
In a contest open to all college
students ot tour to eight line
verse which must be submitted by
June 30.
Each contestant may enter only
one verse, not to exceed eight
lines, with first word rhyme.
Entries will be Judged by A. S.
Barnes and Co., publishers, tad
should be sent to that company
at 11 E. 36th St., New York IS.
CHARTER DAY DINNER — Here if a partial section of Ihe reore
than 700 alumni, faculty, students and guests who attended
the Charter Day dinner held In the Gymnasium last Saturday.
The dinner climaxed Fresno State's Charter Day activities which
featured 'diiplerys and open houses on campus. Guest speaker .
Included Mrs. Louise Brerz, 1912 graduate of FSC, Louis Heilbron,
chairman of the California State College Board of Trustees, and
Dr. Arnold L Joyol, college president.