1966_04 The Daily Collegian April 1966

              The Dally CoUegian
Wednesday, April 13, 1966
EDITORIAL
Draft Test Eliminates Inequality
Under tho present system, grades are considered, along with rela¬
tive class standing and how long a student has been working for a de¬
gree, to determine whether he wUl bo allowed to remain In the
privileged ranks ot the deferred.
Such an emphasis on grades nasal
>r inequality in selection.
California professors noted that extreme burden placed on them
when tho State Council of the Association of CaUfomla State College
Professors declared its opposition to the use of academic or disci¬
plinary evaluations of students for purposes of draft classification
and recommended that the California State Colleges release to draft
boards only tho total number of courses (or units) completed and In
progress  (not  grades  or  grade  averages),  unless  tho   student In
The now qualification test will serve as an equalising force.
Students and professors have noted that colleges and universities
differ in their grading systems. This will be relieved under the
qualification test.
Too, some students admittedly have taken easy courses to raise
their grade point average. Only recently, an advertisement in the
University of Michigan DaUy urged coeds to muff their exams so
the men could rank higher.
Princeton, Harvard, Stanford and Michigan Universities have de¬
cided to withhold grades from draft boards on the request of st
The qualification test eliminates these problems.
The   tost  Is  a unUorm standard for informing draft boar,
student's aptitude for college work. The tost is voluntary, anc
LETTERS
Tutorial Program
Editor:
On behalf of approximately
ninety students from the Fresno
State  College Tutorial Program
of five hours weekly to tutor young
people on Fresno's WestSldo.wo
wish to protest the inadequate
mention of our program's contri¬
bution to the eventual solution of
that community's problems In the
article ontlUed «West Side:
Another 'Watts' Brewing?*which
appeared In The DaUy CoUegian
on Wednesday, Mar. 30. Tho arti¬
cle states: 'Students In Uie Fros¬
no State CoUege tutorial pro¬
gram also aro giving Edison stu¬
dents individual help.*
Granted that tho statement fits
tho context of tho article. How¬
ever, the other contrlbuUons of
our program were completely ig¬
nored. More than thirty students
are tutoring In die Edison Project
munlty Center, also mentioned In
the article, the tutorial program
ft projects
State CoUege stu-
donts have a right to know of our
activities, and to be proud of the
fact that so many of tholr foUow
studonts aro helping chUdren on
Uie West Side develop tholr true
Tutors also ai
they aro working, whenever
possible, on an Informal basis.
Tho Importance of these Informal
torlal by the editor of Tho Frosno
Bee, who commented that our
program was c
> wher
West Fresno and tho rest of Uie
community.
Incidentally, Uie above article
Avenue Community Center Is Uie
•only existing center,* serving
tho West FresnoCommunlty.Tho
Trinity Street Opportunity Cen¬
ter, al 544 Trinity, is more cen-
manned    by    FSC   !
serving approximately forty chU-
Jects, one at Lincoln Elementary
and one at Ivy Union High School,
have a total of approximately 56
volunteer tutors from FSC.
The tutorial program Is spon¬
sored by the Associated Student
B Street Community Center Is not
groat: we heartily endorse the ef¬
forts being made to speed Uie con¬
struction of this center.
MarUyn Smith, Vice-coordinator
Georglana DUlon, Coordinator
Frosno   State   Collego  Tutorial
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EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Ray Steele Jr.
NEWS EDITOR Barbara Altintop
EDITORIAL ASSISTANT MUes Shuper
SPORTS EDITOR Doug Yavanlan
PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR Gary Daloyan
ADVERTISING MANAGER PhU Young
ASST. ADVERTISING MANAGER  Dave Gunter
CIRCULATION MANAGER John Atkinson
EXCHANGE EDITOR Nancy Tucker
DAY EDITORS:
Monday Gary Cooke
Tuesday Bryn Hlghflll
Wednesday Robin HU1
Thursday Ron Zoesch
Friday ,. MUes Shuper
The DaUy CoUegian
Smut Question
Is It Obscenity Or Free Expression?
By TOM  BRONZINI
Fresno citizens have been
barking for years about a'smut*
problem, but aU Uie noise has
produced UtUe that would scare
peddlers of the alleged fUth.
les like One Naked Night and
books like Sex Life of a Cop evade
prosecuUon encounter public of¬
ficials scratching their heads
over Uie complexities of taking
effective action against smut.
The   officials
that sincere effoi
destroy freedom of expression
and take a toU of controversial
but worthwhile material. The old
conflict between Individual free¬
dom and Uie welfare of tho public
and seemingly prurient publlca
"contemporary standards* dlff.
considerably In Clovls, King
burg, Fowler and Fresno. Henc
plaint or warrant of arrest. One
of the defendants was not fully
Informed of his constitutional
rights when questioned, and one
of Uie officers could recall In
court  neither tho name nor Uie
vas hard pre:
> district attorney
sed to recall more
than two or three local court
cases against obscenity In Uie
past five years. From September,
1959, to March, 1963, Savory's
offlco did not file one complaint
against smut although Uie public
was pressing at Uie time for ac¬
tion  against  aUedgedly obscene
Is  a
Thefe
l unity.
Since 1958, Fresno citizens
have Joined In three separate
efforts to obtain a local antl-
smut law from Uie City Council.
All three ended In faUure. Fres¬
no law enforcement officers have
abandoned their efforts against
smut because they say lt Is nearly
Impossible to obtain obscenity
convictions under present laws.
Their Infrequent attempts to fight
smut In court have produced more
comic blunders than a Keystone
Cops episode.
The U.S. Supremo Court drew
the legal battle lines In 1957 when
lt declared that obscene material
Is not protected by the constitu¬
tional guarantees of Uie First
Amendment. It said that a book,
fUm or magazine is obscene If,
to Uie average person applying
contemporary standards, the
dominant theme appeals to a
prurient Interest.
The court was careful to point
out, however, that "all Ideas hav¬
ing even Uie slightest redeeming
social importance - unorthodox
ideas, controversial ideas, even
ideas hateful to Uie prevailing
climate of opinion* are to be free
from legal action.
It is this section of the court's
opinion that has tied Uie hands of
Fresno County District Attorney
E. Clark Savory. He has refused
over the years to wage an ag¬
gressive legal battle against ob¬
scenity in spite of considerable
police activity In that area and
a few complaints from clUzens.
Why?
•You can take any book and
find four pages in it that you can
say have redeeming social Im¬
portance," said Savory.
This means that even Uie vUest
tlon was taken locally hi
bogged   down  by  almost  comic
blundering.
when Uie owners and operators of
the White Theater In Fresno were
arrested for conspiring to show
obscene fUms.  PoUco staged a
confiscated more than 500 reels
of film showing women In various
nude and suggestive poses.
However, tho officers carried
out their raid without benefit of
The police faUed to take note
of the role each defendant had In
operating tho theater. Thus, they
were able to prove only that the
defendants were present In Uie
building when ono of Uie films was
being shown.
In spite of the blundering, Uie
manager of the theater was fined
$300 In Superior Court, given a
six-month suspended JaU sen¬
tence and placed on probation. He
promised to begin showing 'fam¬
ily* typo films lnhisUioaterdur-
Ing January of this year, but his
ads  continue  to specify 'adults
Attempts to obtain a local anti-
obscenity law from Uie Fresno
City CouncU have been equally
futUe. The councUmen have
maintained that state and federal
laws exist to control obscenity,
and   they   pre-empt   any local
been wary of attempts to set upa
slbly dangerous powers of cen-
(Tomorrow: Anti-smut laws con-
Once Vocal Liberal
Minority Now Silent
Where have aU the young libs
gone? The Student PoUUcal Ed¬
ucation AcUon Committee should
consider renaming Us organiza¬
tion this semester. The Student
PoUtlcal Inaction Committee
might f
that SPEAC  might e
mooting th
n have
liberal element has arisen on tho
FSC horizon. Tho Student Non-
Violent Coordinating Committee,
may In the next few months, ellpse
the old lib vanguard. At Uilstlmo
last year, the SPEAC organiza¬
tion had sponsored at least four
pollUcal speakers and had written
and published at least three or
four sundry "news" letters.
In the last two semesters,
SPEAC has been liberal
and there didn't appear to be a
need for a second leftist group.
SPEAC failed to move when the
Delano situation presented Itself
and SNCC has come to the fore¬
ground this semester.
Previously, Uie SPEAC group
has been made up of •organized"
anarchists, but lt appears this
year the organization has been
discarded and anarchy runs ram-
The truth might be that short
lived success has killed SPEAC.
WeTl not try to answer whether
this Is good or bad, but on a high¬
ly conservaUve campus Uie Uber-
al minority voice w
refreshing whUe lt lasted.
 Day's Quote	
■Beloved, let us love one
another, for love Is of God,
and he who loves Is bom of
God andknowsGod."IJohn4:7
Goodwill Promotion Is
Job Of College Lobbyist
Why Is U necessary for the
state coUeges to have a lobbyist?
"I deal with an item we call
goodwUl,* Les Cohen, director
of governmental affairs and lob¬
byist for the CalUbrnla State
College System, told a faculty
audience Tuesday.
Cohen feels Uie legislators
need to be Informed and educated
as to Uie state college system of
operation. «The jnore the legis¬
lators know about the state col¬
leges the less they will Inter¬
fere."
As far as newspaper support
for funds is concerned, Cohen
believes that editorials do not In¬
fluence the legislators. 'Legis¬
lators are not Impressed with
editorials.
"The University of California
has had all the muscle In theCal-
lfornla State Legislature," stated
Cohen. The state colleges are al-
Open 4 p.m.-3 a.m.
630 N. Blackstone
■  (off Belmont) Ad 7-7054
university. "The Junior coUeges
are coming In strong and are re¬
sponsible for holding up the high¬
er education bond issue."
He   feels   each state coUege
should have good
its local community.
verslty has many graduates in the
legislature. 'They use the alumni
effect weU."
Tho state colleges are receiv¬
ing compeUtlon this year from Uie
Junior  coUeges  as  well  as Uie
SCTA To Host
500 Students
The Student California Teach¬
ers AssoctaUon Is playing host
to approximately 500 high school
studonts today during Its annual
Pre-Professlonal Day.
The theme of the affair Is
Teaching as a Profession. Inter¬
ested high school students are
here from Bakersfleld, Delano,
Arvln, Klngsburg, Fowler, Ker-
man and Madera, as weU as local
high schools.
The Pro-Professional Day be¬
gan with student registration at
6:30 In the lobby of
Theatre.
Dr. Richard Sparks, dean of the
School of Education; WlUlam Pol¬
lock, director of admissions; Mel
Farley, of Uie central section of
the CalUbrnla Teachers Asso¬
ciation, and Mel Myler, State
president of the SCTA, spoke to
Group discussions and a tour
of the campus wlU be conducted
this afternoon.
Claremont Prof
To Give Talks
Professor Robert C. James,
department of mathomattcs at
Harvey Mudd CoUege In Clare¬
mont, wUl present two lectures
here Thursday.
Area, Measure and Integra-
Uon-A Geometric Viewpoint is
Professor James'topic for 1 p.m.
In Science 161. His second lec¬
ture, The Strange Geometry of
Infinite-Dimensional Vector
Spaces wUl be given at 7 p.m. in
Social Science 210.
The lectures are sponsored by
the mathematical Association of
America.
said Cohen. 'FSC does one of Uie
finest Jobs In furthering com¬
munity relations.*
Election Dates
Are Announced
Election dates and petition
deadlines have been announced by
Uie Election Committee.
Co-chairman Bob Jones said
Uie Association bylaws election
wlU be Apr. 18.
PeUtlons for Associated Stu¬
dent Body offices wUl be available
Apr. 19 and must be returned to
i Office by
meet Apr. 22 at 4 p.m.
ASB election campaigning will
begin Apr. 25. The primary elec¬
tion wUl be May 4, and Uie gener¬
al election will be May 6.
Wednesday, AprU 1$, 1966
Jeacock To Run
For President
Rob Jeacock, Inter Fraternity
CouncU president, was recenUy
nominated lor president ot the
Western Region of Inter Frater¬
nity Councils.
Election for the presidency Is
scheduled for. the Western Re¬
gional IFC Convection in Tuscan,
Arizona, this week.
"U Jeacock wins Uie presi¬
dency, Fresno wUl be the site of
Uie 1967 convention," according to
Jim RoUillero, IFC pubUc rela¬
tion director.
Four delegates have been cho¬
sen to represent Fresno State
CoUege at the convention In Ari¬
zona. They Include Jeacock,
RolllUero, Art Wanberg, IFC Jus¬
tice,   and   Charles Sant-Agata,
PG&E Holds Interviews
Representatives of Uie Pacific
Gas and Electric Company wlU
be on campus Thursday to conduct
Interviews for summer training
positions.
AU sophomore, Junior and sen¬
ior engineering majors are urged
to sign up for an appointment In
tho Student Employment Office,
-Psychology 122.
Federal Career Day Will
Provide Job Information
This year's Federal Career
Day at Fresno State CoUege will
be held Apr. 27, according to
Howard Isberg, chairman of the
Career Day Committee, and Vivi¬
an Jordan, co-chairman.
The committee is composed of
key Federal agency officials
with offices in the Fresno area
and the FSC Placement Office.
Isberg is with the Social Security
Administration.
Isberg explained that on Feder¬
al Career Day representatives of
20 Federal agencies wUl be on
campus to provide Information to
students Interested In a Federal
A special feature of this year's
Federal Career Day, according
to Isberg, Is holding toe Federal
Service Entrance Examination on
campus. The test wUl be given on
Apr. 30. AppUcations tor toe
examination are available in the
Placement Office.
Isberg stressed toe purpose of
Federal Career Day Is to give
coUege students a gUmpse at toe
many different kinds of opportun¬
ities in toe Federal Service. He
said, there la an expanding need
for individuals qualified In en¬
gineering, science, medicine, ad¬
ministration, teaching and almost
every other professional and
technical specialty.
>en the Federal
are gone forever. Today's Fed¬
eral employee Is weU-pald,
highly skUled professional, wito
a virtually unlimited opportunity
for challenge and advancement In
his field," Isberg said.
Doc Watson
Will Appear
Folk singer Doc Watson wUl
present a concert Thursday at
1 p.m. in toe LltUe Theatre.
The free program is being
sponsored by the departments of
anthropology-sociology and phi¬
losophy and the Board of Fine
Arts.
Accompanying Watson on toe
program wlU be Fred Price and
Clint Howard on toe guitar and
fiddle.
Watson, a blind singer and
player of banjo and guitar, has
been a star of many Newport and
Berkeley Folk Festivals and of
concerts across the country.
Watson has recorded numer¬
ous phonograph albums and has
been widely acclaimed for bis
renditions of toe tradlUooal mu¬
sic of the Southern Ai
A SWINGING WEEKEND AT LAKE TAHOE is in prospect for these Fresno Staters if
Bill Bettinelli and Danny Robinson can get Charlene Robertson up and in their air-craft
Linda Soderstrom had ideas of piloting to the Lake but the men wouldn't let her. Our
camera crew.caught some new casual fashions from WALTER SMITH, Fresno's head¬
quarters for the valleys largest selection of casual clothes.
Bill wears a beautiful 100% 4 ply Alpaca
sweater by Town and King for 22.95, slacks
by Rough Rider traditionally styled of
-course 19.95. His shirt is a maize colored
Button down by Kennington 5.95.
Danny has on an imported lambs wool
sweater from England by Byford 15.00
complimenting his Haggar custom im¬
perial slacks for 16.95. His shirt is the ever
popular button down by Van Heusen 5.00.