1967_06 The Daily Collegian June 1967

              AllY
A Indian Diplomat To
Address Graduates   COLLEGIA
Purnendu Kumar Boner Jee,In-
talros to too United States, wUl
speak at commencement Wed¬
nesday night.
He wUl talk on the -Individual
and Society.'
Bonarjee, a representative to
toe United Nations since 1951,
has been minister to Peking and
has al so served to Mongolia, East
Explanation
For library'
Story Given
Tho story appearing to the May
23 issue of "Tho Dally Collegian'
under toe heading 'Pronto Asks
Curb of Hood Librarian* resulted
from a personal Interview with
Dr. Alexander Pronin, assistant
professor of foreign languages,
on May 18.
After conferring with a school
official on the matter, the 'Col¬
legian* editor chose not to pub-
Ush the article on the understand¬
ing that the situation had been or
was   In   the   process   of  being
On Monday, May 22,-The Dally
CoUeglan* received a phone call
from Dr. -Pronin denying that any
such      settlement     had     been
The article to question was
published the following day.
A memorandum from Dr. Pro¬
nin dated May 24 was sent to Dr.
Dallas E. Tueller, academic vice
president, Dr. Dale C. Burtner,
dean of the school of arts and
sciences, Lr. Henry M. Madden,
coUege librarian, and 'The DaUy
CoUeglan.' It appears below.
Pakistan, Japan and Canada. .
The Indian diplomat was presi¬
dent of toe Bengal Railway Em¬
ployees' Union and has been on the
board of editors of toe 'Calcutta
Review.* He Joined toe Indian
Foreign Service to 1948.
Since then he has represented
India at meetings of toe Peace
Observation Commission, the Se¬
curity CouncU, UNICEF, toe So¬
cial Commission, the Commis¬
sion on the Information from
Non-Salf Governing Territories,
and  too   Economic   and  Social
biles of toe International Com¬
mission tor Supervision and
Control to Laos and toe Asian-
African Legal Consultative Con-
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VOL. LXXH. NO. 136
FRESNO. CALIFORNIA
MONDAY. JUNE 5.
1967
Degrees To Be Awarded
At Exercises Wednesday,
Fresno State College and are
eligible to participate In corn¬
els os Wednesday
p.m. to the Amphitheatre.
PURNENDU KUMAR BANERJEE
Banerjee's writings Include
•Pages from History,* •Disarm¬
ament—A Review,* •Certain As¬
pects of toe United Nations,*
•Trust and Non-Self Governing
Territories," and •Peaceful Set-
Disputes.*
of    Inti
itlont
for
ord  numbers   tor  toe coUege.
Commencement speaker, the
Hooorabla Purnendu Kumar
Bonarjee , Minister, from toe
Embassy of India, will speak on
too -Individual and Society.*
Preoldent Frederic W. Ness
will confer the degrees to the
students, and Dr. Harold E. Wal¬
ker, executive vice president,
wUl announce the awards to honor
graduates.
The honor graduates and their
Summo cum laude from the
school of agriculture, Michael
LaSalle; magna cum laude, Louis
Dlsslg and Stanley Wilson; and
cum laude, Marvel Harrison.
The school of arts and scl-.
ences, summo cum laude: Mary
Adney, Susan Beck, Michael Big-
low, Robert Blockwelder, Lester
Brothers, Mabel Butterfleld, Ju¬
dy Chobot, Richard Dyck, Ellen
Gotts, Roselle Coxa, Linda
Green, James HorreU, Barbara
Jackson, Curtis Johnson, Susan
Johnson, Hillary Klttlcson, Vir¬
ginia Koontz, Cathleen Lemos,
Sharon Lavl, Sarah McGehee,
Dorrlne MatUer, Mary Mote,
Ruth MurriU, Irene OUver, Gay-
den Schorltog, Karrln Shurson,
Laurel Snlffto, RusseU St. Clair,
Schedule
The activity schedule tor stu¬
dents participating to Wednes¬
day's commencement exorcises
includes the following;
Today seniors may pick up caps
and gowns and commencement
Uckets at the Bookstore. Five
tickets aro available tor each
graduate and provide admission
to a reserve section until
8:49 p.m.
Tuesday at 4:30 p.m. a com¬
mencement rehearsal wUl be held
to toe Men's Gymnasium.
Wednesday commencement
participants will meet at 6 p.m.
in the Men's Gymnasium tor too
formation of tho processional
line.
Bonnie Trosk and Shirley Van
Dreal.
Magna cum laude from toe
school of arts and sciences: Kath-
ryn Badgero, Douglas Bothun,
Donald Bruland, AUsa Coffman,
Carol Duffus, HelenGUlen, Bunny
Hicks, George Jackson,Gertrude
Jensen, Gory Johnson, Elizabeth
Joyce, Kathleen Kennedy, Lily
KeppUnger, Carol Manning, Jer¬
ry Memefee, patsy MUler, Moo
Pafford, Kothryn Prows, Miguel
Flerro Roscon, Lorno Rich Rog-
gero, Vlckl Riordan, Sandra Ro¬
bertson, Dixie Simpson, Paul
Turner, Virginia VaU, John Van
• Meter, Jr., Betty Wenn, Barbara
Williams, , Adrlenne Kataora,
Carol MUler and Dennis Nakaia,
Cum Laude from the school of
arts and sciences: Rodney Alt-
house, Kathy Anderson, Richard
Bellman, Connie Brannon, Mar¬
garet Breen, FredeUa Carr,
Douglas Dor man, William Duffus,
Donnls Dunbar, Judith Forner,
GaU Frlesen, Mama Garcia,
Jackie Gleger, MoryAnn Hagan,
Kennlth Harrington, Raymond
Heinle, Patricia Hogua, Larron
Horton, Carol Jackson, Norma
Karle, Lynda Koontz,GracoLxn-
nlng, William Lawson, Jo Ann
Ltpaton, Charles McAlexander,
Dorothy McCutcheon, Margery
"    I Pago 3, Col. lj
Librarian Responds To Charges
(Editor's Note: The foUowlng is
a letter from Jefferson E.
Hahesy, Fresno attorney, re¬
garding the article,"ProninAsks
Curb on Head Librarian,* which
appeared in the last Issue of "The
Dolly Collegion."The Collegian*
regrets the publication of the
misstatements and apologizes to
Dr. Madden.)
Dear Miss Class sen:
I call your attention to an Item
In THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, VoL
LXXH, No. 135 of Tuesday, May
23, 1087, under the byline of
Dennis McCarthy in which certain
charges are mode by Dr. Alex¬
ander Pronin against my client,
Dr. Henry M. Madden.
This is to inform you that toe
statements made to that article
about Dr. Madden are false and
defamatory.
The falseness Is specifically as
1. Dictatorial powers. Dr.
Madden Is not a dictator and does
not exercise dictatorial powers.
His actions ore governed by the
appropriate regulations of toe
Board of Trustees, the Chancel¬
lor's Office, and the regulations
tor the faculty of Fresno State
CoUege. He seeks the advice of
s of his staff and Is toflu-
Pronin Apologizes
To: Editor, DaUy Collegian
Date: May 24, 1987
From: a. Pronin, Assistant Professor Foreign Languages
Subject: Article published in The DaUy CoUeglan, May 23,
1987:  'Pronto Asks Curb on Head Librarian.*
I would like to moke it clear that there was some mis¬
understanding about my position concerning toe procedures
connected with toe acquisition of Russian books by the FSC
Library as reflected in The DaUy CoUeglan article of
May 23. I did not wish to attack Dr. Madden personally, and
there was no malicious intent on my part. I did not see
any draf. of toe article which appeared and hereby wish to
withdraw all toe statements to which Dr. Madden's name is
The article appeared after I had met wlto Dr. Madden
on the morning of that same day, at which Ume we dis¬
cussed a number of questions pertinent to toe requisition
of Russian books. This discussion led to sn agreement
as to what procedures to follow In the future In ordering
Russian books tor toe library.
I would like to express my deep apologies to Dr. Madden.
t a personal note was Injected Into toe mis-
g tost existed between us.
U-* '>nberstsndtog th
encod by It.
2. Dlscrimtostory methods to
selecting and ordering certainU-
brary books. As toe head of the
Library, Dr. Madden Is ultimate¬
ly responsible tor the selection
of all books, and be does, ss a
matter of fact, examine each or¬
der before approving It. Ao far
as funds permit, he authorizes
the purchase of all requests which
ore not patently deserving of be¬
ing rejected. •Discriminatory*
has an evU connotation, and docs
not truthfully describe his method
of book selection.
3. Dr. Pronto sold he placed on
order tor about 300 books last
semester and that ho was later in¬
formed by a staff member that
the Library never received the
order. He contends that his sec¬
retary   spent six weeks typing
sd to to toe Li¬
brary. Thto ImpUes that the Li¬
brary, of which Dr. Madden la toe
responsible head, falsely denies
receiving the requests. Dr.Mad¬
den does deny receiving toe re¬
quests, because be did not receive
4. He also sold o second re¬
quest tor about 400 books was
submitted a short time later, of
which about 325 were rejected
because 'Madden sold, "I didn't
need toot many, I don't have mat
many students.* The tact is that
a request for toe purchase of 311
titles, all prepared by Mlaa To-
tlana Erohlna, toon employed by
toe Library aa an Intermediate
Typist-Clark, on a basis of naif
Ume, waa referred to Dr. Mad¬
den, who requested Miss Erohlna
to select the most Important UUes
from this group of requests tor
Immediate purchase. The
motoder would be held tor later
action, depending upon the funds
avallabla as the fiscal year drew
to a close. At no time did Dr.
Maddan say to Professor Pronto
the words attributed to him.
6. 'Someone from the Library
nodded him that the first two re¬
quests were misplaced.* Dr.
Madden denies toot any member
of toe staff of toe Library, ot
which he Is toe responsible head,
stated to Professor Pronin that
any   requests were  misplaced.
6. "I am not toe only one who
has had trouble with Madden,* he
sold. "There ore many others
(faculty members) who feel the
same way that I do about him.*
This ImpUes toot, because of
misdeeds on his part, Dr. Mad¬
den has caused trouble to Pro¬
fessor Pronto and to many others
(faculty members). He denies that
be has caused trouble to Pro¬
fessor Pronin or to any member
of tho faculty of Fresno Stats Col¬
lege by reason of his actions os
CoUege LibrarianofFresnoSUte
CoUege.
7. "I want to see that this one-
man rule of Madden's be ended,*
ho said. As stated in Paragraph 1,
Dr. Madden does not exercise
•one-man rola'.
8. 'Dr. Pronto estimated toot
it $20 o
tor books •because I know that I
will not be able to get them here
(ot too Library)." ' The fact is
that over $1,000 haa been ex¬
pended by toe Library of Fresno
Stats CoUege since September 1,
1988 tor toe purchase of books
>rofessor pronto.
'He contends that previous
amlttees have been 'quashed*
the administration which
'tries to cover up tor him (Mad¬
den).' ' The statement that toe
administration of tho collage bos
attempted to 'cover up' tor Dr.
Madden ImpUes toot ho has bean
guilty of criminal, or unprofes¬
sional or incompetent acta. He
denies toot he has committed
any criminal, unprofessional, or
incompetent acts which the od-
mlnlstraUon of the college has
10. The photograph represent¬
ing Professor pronto states that
he la showing a book 'he boa re¬
quested for the Library.' This
ImpUes that the book is not In toe
Library. The tact Is that the book
displayed, Igor EmmanuUovlch
Grabor, 0 drevneruaskon lskus-
stve,, la toe property ot the Li¬
brary, and was circulated to
Professor Pronin on May 18,
1967.
You are further Informed that
the above falsa statements bold
Dr. Madden up to hatred, ridicule,
contempt, shame, mortification,
cause a loss of good reputation,
and Injure him in his occupation
as a professional librarian.
This Is a demand, under Sec¬
tion 48a of too ClvU Code ot toe
Stato of California, that these
statements be corrected and that
toe corrections be published to
substantially as conspicuous a
manner os were toe false and de¬
famatory statements and that toe
correction s be published In such a
manner as to reach toe some
audience which was reached by
too publications containing toe
false and defamatory statements,
within three (3) weeks otter serv¬
ice ot this demand upon you.
JEFFERSON E. HAHESY