1966_01 The Daily Collegian January 1966

              EDITORIAL
Last Long Look
Fall semester, 1965, is all but over, and a
brief over-all comment seems in order.
It boils down to an attempt to answer the
question "What's wrong' with Fresno State Col¬
lege?"
Answer: Most students, faculty, and admin¬
istration are afraid to take a firm stand on any¬
thing for fear it will spoil the school's public
image.
The recent prolonged controversy whether to
allow advertising in "Guano," the Student
Political Education Action Committee's teach¬
er evaluation booklet, exemplifies this sorry
fact about FSC.
The Student Life Committee originally denied
the request to publish advertising in the book¬
let, but after a little pressure—in the form of
vague rumors that FSC might witness a demon¬
stration if advertising was not allowed--the
committee reversed its decision.
But, that was not the end of the problem.
Since then, every conceivable committee on
this campus -- and there seem to be hundreds
of them—have taken up the question. None have
come up with a solution, however.
Literally hundreds of hours have been spent
on this problem. (So what happens. SPEAC de¬
cides not to publish "Guano" next semester.)
The result of this "don't rock the boat* atti��
tude is a school which lacks enthusiasm.
This is manifest in everything from lack of
attendance at ball games to lack of participa¬
tion in class.
Of course, there are a few voices crying out
against the present situation, but they are bare¬
ly whispers in this sterile atmosphere.
We are not advocating another Berkeley, but
we do feel questioning and descent are the very
heart of any outstanding institution of higher
education.
Fresno State College has a very long way to
go. We must begin now.
Opinion
Telephone Terrorists Attacked
The DaUy CoUegian
LETTERS
Moss Landing
Editor:
Thank you for the interesting
and informative article about the
Moss Landing Marine Labora¬
tory. This unlquo lnter-
lnstltutlonal program is a signifi¬
cant augmentation of the strong
science programs presenUy
offered by the five co-operating
coUeges. Students from Fresno
State College wUl benefit from a
new approach to a new area of
their educational training.
Keith H. Woodwlck
Chairman
Department of Biology
After an ovontful semester of
varied poetry and music per¬
formances, lt Is Indeed a genuine
pleasure to acknowledge an ever¬
lasting debt. The fine publicity
coverage afforded our recitals by
tho CoUegian during the past
semester has been most Instru¬
mental to our having attained a
highly gratifying degree of suc-
Your kind cooperation Is pro¬
foundly appreciated and, I can
assure you, committed to per¬
manent memory.
fusing permission to SPEAC to
have advertising In 'Guano.*
But that was not all the stu¬
dents hoard about 'Guano.* Tho
coUege was blasted with 'letters
of
The Daily
By BOB WHITE
■I pretended the Viet Cong be¬
low me were ants, and the grips
In my hands didn't belong to a 50
calibre machine gun, but were
part of a giant insecticide spray¬
er that killed or maimed the ants
•If I hadn't played this lltUe
game, I'd probably bo In a hos¬
pital right now recovering from
a mental coUapse.'
These are the feelings ex¬
pressed by L/Cpl. WUUam
Catrum of Modesto to a recent
discussion about his experiences
In Viet Nam. Catrum had Just
returned from a tour of duty to
that war-torn country where he
served as a Marine Corps hell-
copter gunner.
Catrum explained that as long
as he pretended the enemies at
which he was shooting were not
human beings he was capable of
handling his Job. As soon as he
began thinking of them as human
beings he became so nervous he
was unable to Are his weapon,
even though holes were being
ripped to the fuselage beside his
head by enemy fire.
If the act of kilUng human be¬
ings-was so repulsive to him,
why then did he fight to Viet Nam?
He gave two reasons.
"First of all,* he said, "If you
had been there, you wouldn't ask
that question. If you could see
those   lltUe   South-Vietnamese
r lives,
fighting not Just for tl
but more Important to thorn, their
freedom, you'd realize howgreat
a gift freedom is.
They're wUllng to leave their
families, their homes and secur¬
ity to insure freedom for them¬
selves and their chUdren, even
though they might be killed
achieving it,* he explained. 'This
Is no more than any American
would do If such a problem threat¬
ened toe U.S.
' "And  U such  a problem did
welcome help to maintaining our
freedom? This is one of the rea¬
sons I was wUllng to fight to
Vlot Nam.
"The second reason I fought
there was because I was ordered
to. I wanted to go to Viet Nam to
help the South-Vietnamese any
way I could, and I am In complete
agreement with U.S. policy there;
but, even If I didn't approve of
our policy, I would still have had
to fight.*
This  second   reason, the fact
to go to Viet Nam by vlrtueofthe
fact that they are members of the
armed forces and must do as they
are told by their commanding of¬
ficers, raises an interesting
quesUon.
If these men have no power to
change the circumstances that
placed them to Viet Nam, upon
what basis do the individuals who
make crank telephone calls to the
parents and wives of these men
when they are kUled Justify such
stories In U.S. newspapers about
widows and parents of deceased
servicemen who rocelve threat¬
ening and cruel telephone calls.
The Individuals who make these
calls must realize that tho Amer¬
ican youths fighting to Viet Nam
are not asked to go there. They
And yet, the wives and parents
of servicemen who are kUled In
action must not only bear tho
tragedy of their death, but In many
Thomas O. HUler
PubUcity Chairman
Honors Class 170
Poetry and Music
SPEAC
Editor:
I strongly believe that tho
Fresno State College Student
Body has been taken for a long,
hard ride by tho SPEAC organiza¬
tion. Look at the facts.
In tho beginning of tho faU
semester at registration, faculty
could be purchased which
attempted but failed, to my
opinion, to fairly evaluate the FSC
faculty. The samo results, I felt,
saying, 'Your husband/son
should have suffered more before
he died.* Why?
Perhaps U these "disperse
anguish by telephone* advocates
stopped to consider that they
themselves, or their sons, or
their husbands might soon bo
drafted and sent to Viet Nam to
replace the dead soldier about
whom they are making phone
calls, perhaps then, they would
realize the stupidity and useless -
noss of their actions.
If this did not bring realiza¬
tion to these telephone cranks,
'then probably the only thing that
could would be a voice on the
phone saying, 'Your son should
have suffered more before he
died."
Shortly after school got under¬
way, 'Guano* forms became
avaUable for students to rate the
faculty. A limited amount was
Issued to each student to make
the operations appear to be very
sclenUflc. We, the students, to
wishing a more accurate faculty
ovaluaUon booklet faithfully fUled
out our 'Guano* sheets. SPEAC
oven extended tho deadline of the
time to finish our evaluations.
After all the evaluation sheets
were returned and we settled
back and hoped tor a successful
'Guano,* a problem dealing with
advertising in "Guano* arose be¬
tween SPEAC and the Student Life
Committee. This resulted in re-
days a week except
holidays and examination periods
by tho FresnoState CoUege Asso¬
ciation. MaU subscriptions $8.00
a semester, $15.00 a year. Edi¬
torial office Business 235, tele¬
phone   222-5161,  Ext. 441, 444,
448. Business office, Agriculture
220, telephone 222-5161, ext. 256.
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Harley J. Becker
ADVERTISING MANAGER
PhU Young
Asst. ADVERTISING MANAGER
Dave Gunter
NEWS EDITOR
Pattye Opdyke
SPORTS EDITOR
Doug Yavanlan
PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR
Gary Daloyan
CIRCULATION MANAGER
Mike De La Cruz
EXCHANGE EDITOR
Joe Rosato
DAY EDITORS—Jan WUllams,
Ray Steele, Dick Wlesler, Tom
Bronzlnl, MUes Shuper.
PHOTOGRAPHERS - Ryan
Marty, Vivian Hunnlcutt, Frank
Fleszel, Dave Johnson.
REPORTERS-Barbara Altln-
top, Tina Arnopole, Alan Austin,
Linda Avent.MitcheU Bower, An¬
drea Brown, Gary Brown, Carol
Brugmann, Dick Chong, Karen
Clark, Gary Cooke, Stan Drury,
Linda Harvey, Ann Haws, Betty
Hicks, Bryn HlghfUl, Robin HU1,
Dave Johnson, Judy Kuhn, Inez
Marta, Sam Masumoto, Martlen
Mclntyre, Wallace McLaln, Duke
Millard, EarlenoMorris, Pauline
Morton. MlkeNovto. Jerry Palla-
dlno, Vandyl Puska, Joe Rosato
Carole Sarklslan, MUes Shuper,
Ray Steele, Bob White, Patti
White, Dick Wlesler, Gene Zim¬
merman, Ron Zoesch.
PULLING CARDS —EUeen Blalock removes cards from the class
card fUe. The 50,000 class cards arranged to student order, alpha¬
betically, are puUed from toe card file and go directly to the IBM
^i^^^^
Machines Issue FSC Grades;
Cards Will Be Mailed Jan. 30
Robert R. Board, Fresno State
College registrar, is proud ofthe
fact that 'Student grades are not
touched by human hands. The In¬
structor sends the grades to
the admissions and records
office, and the machines take it
from there.*
In this process of automated
grading, the key punch to the first
machine used. This machine Is
used to punch student class cards,
student master cards, and class
From here, the cards are sort¬
ed by classes and sent to the
instructors for grading with a
special pencU.
The graded cards are then re¬
turned to the records office,
where the grades are punched
automatically by a 519 machine
senslUve to the pencU markings,
then sorted in student numerical
order.
with the student's name, alpha
sort number, courses taken that
semester and grades received.
The student's grade level and
major are also entered to code.
A signature stamp bearing the
registrar's name and the official
seal of the coUege Is then affixed
on the grade or header card,
making lt suitable for use as a
temporary transcript.
To enable students to receive
their grads as soon as possible,
the records office staff will work
from 8 a.m. to 11 p.m., Friday,
Saturday and Sunday, Jan 28-30.
According to Board, the grades
wUl be mailed Sunday and wlU
probably reach the students by
Monday or Tuesday.
This surpasses service by
other state coUeges, such as San
Francisco and San Jose, by two
Board stated.
SORTED CLASS cards are
run through the IBM 402
Accounting Machine which
calculates unite, prints,
grades, and figures any de¬
ficiencies. It is hoped by
many a student that the final
result win be similar to the
below. The stu-
protect the
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(Photographs by Gary Daloyan)