1967_10 The Daily Collegian October 1967

              2—THE DAILY COLLEGIAN Friday. October 20. 1967
A Demonstration Is Not A Riot
ANTI-WAR DEMONSTRATORS, who massed around toe Armed
Forces Examining Station by the thousands on Tuesday, clearly
transgressed the principle of ■peaceful and lawful protest* when they
blocked entrance to toe station and forced its shutdown for some
three hours.
Because toey also violated various laws, they came Into direct
conflict wlto details of Oakland police, Alameda county Sheriff's
depuUes and State Highway patrolmen who were charged with pre¬
venting such Infractions.
BUT TO FAULT the demonstrators tor overstepping the bounds of
peaceful and lsurful protest Is not to extend approbation to the me¬
thods employed by some of toe lawmen ln meeting the emergency.
Reports of physical violence inflicted upon toe unarmed demonstra¬
tors—and upon such nonparUcipants as newsmen performing their
assigned duUes, medical men treating the Injured, and a priest
attempting to assist a young girl who has been struck down-were
numerous. The excessive use of clubs and gas, as reported ln toe
press and shown through TV coverage-was both sickening and
frightening. We cannot believe that the Governor and Lieutenant-
Governor were to possession of toe fuU facts when they Issued a state¬
ment praising toe behavior of the police as *ln the finest tradition
of California's law enforcement agencies.*
IN THIS CONNECTION lt is notable tnat a Federal court has issued
a temporary restraining order that enjoins law enforcement officers
from Interfering wlto reporters and photographers engaged ta toe
proper performance of their duUes. Vigorous protests have also
emanated from newspapers, Journalism societies and religious
leaders of various denominations.
It is significant that thousands of demonstrators appeared before
the Examining Station again yesterday, but ta contrast to Tuesday's
sorry episode wlto Its numerous injures and numerous arrests. Here
U plain evidence that when demonstrators are peaceful and police
use restraint, even massive protests can go forward, and normal
business can proceed, and laws can be duly enforced without toe use
of clubs, gas and other devices customarily reserved for riots.
"Did the Chief soy one or two lumps?"
EDITORIAL
Who Cares About Charades
SWINGS THE
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B-fll   I   ^^ Dead," "Up-Up and Away," "Alfie,"
?'•••] p| H   I *fe9 and "Somethin' Stupid,"-and his
■ ■■  ■ ^uW beat and sound are right on target.
Peter's also included tunes from hit
Broadway shows and two original
songs in an album that delivers
solid entertainment from the first
note to the closing chord.
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The political pitch on toe Fresno State CoUege      local governing
campus hit high C during toe spring of 1966 as      divisions?
student government underwent a re-blrto.
Students and faculty formed a constitution re¬
vision committee to "broaden student representa¬
tion ln all activities of student and coUege govern-
r example,
per cent of toe School of
Arts and sciences voted last week. Five baUots
were cast ta toe speech department, only one ballot
was cast from the physical educailon-recreaUon
department.
Music came on strong with nine votes as did
mathematics (John Walke, wlto four votes, was toe
only  candidate  to  receive   more  than one vote.)
The DaUy Collegian took a 'wait and see atti¬
tude" regarding toe freshmen elections. We asked
who cares and we got exacUy what we expected—
only 437 votes were cast.
JusfThat she's mac! about the refreshing taste of Coca-Cola.
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Homecoming Parade toe best yet.
town parade begins at 10 a.m. tomi
ol spectators arc expected to view
What Are Floats Made
6f?-Hard Work, Flowers
By Jim mm i i i;
The wooden frames were bare
and toe roUsof chicken wire were
worked feverishly buUdlng their
Homecoming floats.
Boxes of white, red, green and
yellow crepe paper flowers made
by girls ln the residence halls
were stacked ta a corner of the
Homan Hall living room.
On the carpeted floor a group
of 15 students were mechanically
sucking     and     twisting   paper
Every light to toe Newman Cen¬
ter seemed to be on. In one room
two girls were cutting strips of
Suddenly one of
Someone passed :
n around. One ci
tl
a look at his w
"The kids are really enthusi¬
astic,* said Mike sheuy, presl-
way ahead of where I thought we
would be."
cups of punch.
"What am I working on, any¬
way?* said a girl busUy sticking
red flowers Into a chicken wire
Joying himself. Few seemed le
mind   toe   sharp   edges  on  thi
finishing   i
added this morning.
Understandably, all of toe
themes for toe floats such as,
"The Red Tide RoUs,* and *Tho
Dirty Dousln' * seem to forsee toe
doom of the Los Angeles football
team Saturday night ln Ratcllffe
Stadium •
Five-hundred bags of napkins,
100 boxes of crepe paper and six
miles of chicken wire are Just a
constructing the floats.
Construction costs varied
among toe organizations. One
said lt spent a "fortune"; another
$15. The average cost for ma¬
terials was between $40 and $50.
The results of ail of toe time,
effort and work of the home¬
coming float builders wUl be ta
evidence at Saturday night's
Homecoming game.
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Friday. October 20. 1961
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN—3
Ann Levin Cast In Play Lead
Ann Levin, a well-known name
ant Woman, and Gail Case, as
to Fresno State College theater
Yvette PotUer.
goers, has been cast as Mother
A total of 54 minor parts, ac¬
Courage to toe play by toe Same
cording  to director Paul J.
name. The play "Mother Cour¬
McGulre, will be divided among
age," by Bertold Brecht, deals
ten actors playing three to five
with toe 30 Years'War ln Europe.
parts each. The actors are: Le-
Also cast  ln toe play which
roy   Kelly,    PhlUlp Blackburn,
opens Dec. 1, are Chett Lott, as
Robert Taylor, Bill Seavy, Mark
Swiss Cheese; John Trout, Ellif;
Salwasser,   Tod    Fortoer, Ron
Marcla Wlesler, Kaltrln; Henry
Capps,    Stephen   Uyeda   and
Webb,  the Cook; Mel Cobb, toe
Charles Mllor. One part has not
Chaplain; GaU Morrow, toe Peas¬
ye, been cast.
will be presented at Ratcllffe Stadium following
runtime ceremonies. Pictured above from left to
right, pitching wired, plastic flowers during a mo¬
ment of exuberance, are Lew Davis. Katoy Latona.
John Claasen, Lonnie Oliver and Karen Louie, all
members of toe Newman Club.
WS M?ShjJnan
THERE ARE NO BAD TEACHERS;
THERE ARE ONLY BAD STUDENTS
The academic year has only just begun and already
one thing is clear: you're not ready for college.
What, then, should you do? Should you throw up your
hands and quit? I say no! I say you must attack, grapple,
cope! I say America did not become the world's leader in
motel construction and kidney transplants by running
away from a fight!
To the question then: You say you're not ready for col¬
lege. You're too green, too naive. You lack maturity.
Okay, the answer is simple: get mature. How? Well
Bir, to achieve maturity you need two things:
a) a probing mind;
b) a vest
A probing mind will be quickly yours if you'll remem¬
ber that education consists not of answers but of ques¬
tions. Blindly accepting information and dumbly
memorizing data is high school stuff. In college you don't
just accept. You dispute, you push, you pry, you chal¬
lenge. If, for instance, your physics prof says, "E equals
mc squared," don't just write it down. Say to the prof,
"Why?"
This will show him two things:
a) Your mind is a keen, thrusting instrument.
b) You are in the wrong major.
Ask questions, questions, and more questions. That is
the essence of maturity, the heart and liver of education.
Nothing will more quickly convince the teachers that you
are of college calibre. And the tougher your questions,
the better. Come to class with queries that dart and flash,
that make unexpected sallies into uncharted territory.
Ask things which.have never been asked before, like
"How tall was Nietzsche?" and "Did the Minotaur have
ticks? If so, were they immortal?" and "How often did
Pitt the Elder shave?"
(Incidentally, you may never know the complete an¬
swer to Pitt the Elder's shaving habits, but of one thing
you can be positive: no mnttcr how often he shaved and
no matter what blades he used, he never enjoyed the
shaving comfort that you do. I am assuming, of course,
that you use Peraonna Super Stainless Steel Blades, a
logical assumption to make when one is addressing col¬
lege men-which is to say men of perspicacity, discrimi¬
nation, wit, taste, cognizance, and shrewdncss-for
Pcrsonna is n blade to please the perspicacious, delight
the discriminating, win the witty, tickle the tasteful,
coddle the cognizer, and shave the shrewd.
(I bring up Personna Super Stainless Steel Blades be¬
cause the makers of Personna Super Stainless Steel
Blades pay mc to write this column, and they are in¬
clined to sulk if I omit to mention their product I would
not like to see them unhappy, the makers of Personna,
for they arc fine ruddy men, fond of morris dancing and
home brewed root beer, and they make a blade that
shaves closely and cleanly, nicklessly and hacklessly, and
is sharp and gleaming and durable and available both in
double-edge style and Injector style.
(And from these same bounteous blademokers comes
Burma-Shave, regular or menthol, a lather that out-
lathers other lathers, brother. So if you'd rather lather
better, and soak your whiskers wetter, Burma-Shave's
But I digress. We have now solved the problem of
maturity. In subsequent columns we'll take up other is¬
sues, equally burning. Sir^e 1953 when this column first
started running in your .ampus paper, we've tackled
such thorny questions as "Can a student of 19 find hap¬
piness with an economics professor of 90?" and "Should
capitnl punishment for pledges be abolished?" and "Are
room-mates sanitary ?" Be assured that in this, our 14th
year, we will not be less bold.
The maker* of Personna Super Stalnleu Steel Blades
(double-edge or Injector) and Burma-Shave (regular
or menthol) are pleated (or apprehensive) to bring you
ix Shulman't uninhibited, u
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