1968_05 The Daily Collegian May 1968

              2    THE DAILY COLLEGIAN    Tuesday. May 7, 1968
Letters to the Editor
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All AmerUan City?
Editor: */7
Around .Fresno these days, one
seta billboards proclaiming
Fresno the All America City.
■Corn'on, brag a little," the signs
say. Feel Uke bragging? Just
what is In the All America City
that we can brag about?
The All America City, you say.
Is a fine group of people working
together to achieve commonly
sought after goals. The All Amer¬
ica City, you say, is the mall
with Its beautiful landscaping,
modern store fronts, park bench¬
es, shade trees and fine works of
art. The All America city, you
say, is a brand new modern city
tail, the architecture of which
serves to uplift the spirit and
represent the progress of the
city.
is the
leAU
America City. There the sun
beats down on streets that are
criss-crossed by rail Vracks,
streets that are partially Blocked
by large freight trucks, streets
that have been lacerated and
scarred by the freeway. On the
west side, park benches do not
exist. Instead, heavy wooden
horses block the sidewalk around
a dilapidated condemned building.
Big yellow barriers redirect
traffic around damaged sections
of road. Fading paint puts the He
to bright neon bar signs- and to
the Fresh Fish sign at Ho's mar¬
ket. A tall emaciated prostitute
with   fuzzy   burnt-slenna   hair
along, to sit and wait In front of
a restaurant. Old men In lop¬
sided coats stand together In
doorways tipping up bottles twist¬
ed In brown paper sacks. Virile
looking black males surge about
the street corners assaulting cig¬
arettes at midday—out of work-
colled Uke panthers—ready to
spring  Into  the  street  at the
Com'on, brag a Utile. We don't
-sjeaUy hare Negro problems here
In the AU America City. Just be
sure to lock your car doors on
your way to catch the freeway,
that's all. Com'oa, brag a little.
This summer when restless
youths start bombing the mall
again with bigger and better
bombs, our fine All America
City police will shoot these
youths In the streets for us. If
necessary, or get shot them¬
selves. Just don't plan to go
strolling on the mall after dark,
that's all. Com'on, brag a little-
If you have the stomach.
Perhaps you don't feel Uke
bragging. Perhaps you feel
ashamed of the blatant hypocrisy
which Is the All America City.
Perhaps you are asking what you  .
The basic resource In Improv¬
ing our environment has always
been human energy. But a great
deal of human energy Is tragic-
war. A great deal is locked in
ghettos and west sides where lt
is unable to make Itself felt ex¬
cept by riot. A great deal Is
trapped In bureaucratic sys¬
tems Uat resist vital change. And
a great deal aborts Itself In the
sterility of apathetic and unln-
volved people so readily found
particularly among students at
Fresno State College. We must
A)4
JaeeyirtAAi:
fl
fore lt  Inverts  upon Itself and
burns out as it has In Watts, as
putting pineapple juice in my pineapple Juice. . ."
lt has In the hippie movement and
as lt has In the student who Is
we students who are supposed to
down the school and camp out at
Does  student  power mean any¬
Negroes   must learn to help
be a thinking segment of the popu¬
city hall. In short, we can raise
thing  In  the All America City?
themselves, yes. Industry must
lation—what are we to do If we
hell   until eventually somebody
Does It mean anything lo you?
solve technical problems which
don't Uke what Is going on? How
might be forced to quit ignoring
NORMA TREAT
now block progress, yes. Govern¬
do  we  Uberate  energy  in our-
us  and do something about Ihe
ment must free vital processes
things that concern us. Can we do
from bureaucratic stagnation,
At least we can protest. We
that? Can we do better than that?
yes. President Johnson must end
can be gadflies, questioning,
Fresno, the All America City
the war In Vietnam, yes. Gover¬
prodding, heckling. We can write-
cannot afford to be smug. We as
j51H.^rSi?c™oS.Sv!i*3.r
nor  Reagan must stop cutting
in, sit-in and walk-out. We can
students   and   members   of the
budgets at the expense of human
boycott and picket. We can stop
community  cannot  afford  to be
progress, yes. But you and I-
traffic,  mess up offices, close
smug either. Let's talk about 11.
300 word..
blame
him. By now he's
saved enough to
buy an island."
Sigma Chi
(ConUnued from Page 1)
ly cooperation there, and an oc¬
casional, knowing wink will suf¬
fice In Ihe place of responsible
behavior."
•It would seem to my untrained
eye that the Sigma Chi organiza¬
tion Is now simply the proprietor
of a rooming house and as such
it would be covered under the
provisions of the Rumford Act.
perhaps some examlnaUon as to
how this rooming house selects
its tenants is in order," Bllder-
In cldsing his remarks, BU¬
derback said the list of possible
acUons that could be considered
Is long. "There is but one acUon
which the Sigma Chi organiza¬
tion need consider. It need only
to alter Its method of selecUng
members so that they are within
the law of the state and the reg¬
ulation of Ihe college."
While otherSAC members con¬
curred with Bllderbacit's feel¬
ings, no official action was taken.
W. Donald Albright, dean of stu¬
dents, told the committee he
would draft a letter pointing out
the alleged violations and pos¬
sible punitive actions and report
back  to the SAC at Its meeUng
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Woman Plans
Illnesses To Fit
Doctor's Hours
By JOY STILLEY
NEW YORK (AP) - I'm trying very hard to put my germs on a
time schedule that will coincide with that of my doctor.
Weekends are strictly out. Nobody will pay a bit of attention to
them—especlal'y the reluctant visitor with the little black bag—
until Monday afternoon at the earliest.
For some time now I've had them trained not to act up on Wed¬
nesday afternoons, either. That day has long been reserved by my
friendly   neighborhood   practitioner   for  chasing  around  the golf
In the past, the best time for me to get sick was 2 p.m. Monday,
Thursday, or Friday, or from 6 to 8 any nlghl of the week. These
were the hours my doctor regularly held open house, and provided
I wasn't too weak to struggle to his office, I could be sure of a cure.
Then one Tuesday, suffering from a pain In my side, I presented
myself and my symptoms on his doorstep at the appointed hour. At
6:15 p.m. I was still waiting outside his walUng room. So were a few
other impatient patients.
Somebody at last noticed the small card affixed to the outside of
the door. "New office hours,* It read, "are from 6 to 8 p.m. Mon¬
day, Wednesday and Friday."
My pain and I went home and by the time the next set of office
hours arrived, It had departed.
Recently my daughter announced that she had a sore throat-so
sore, In fact, that she actually requested the services of a physician.
It was 8 a.m. when I put In the call to our family doctor-and got his
After having given my name, address, rank, serial number and
the nature of Gay's Illness, I was Informed that the doctor would
call me when he called In.
By noon my daughter's temperature and my temper had both
risen alarmingly, and I tried again. The girl at the switchboard re-
reported that the doctor hadn't yet called in. "But," she added gra¬
tuitously, *ll really doesn't matter because he is leaching classes
until 4:30 and couldn't come out until after that time anyhow."
The streptococci that attack older throats must bear a strong
resemblance to the ones that plague little kids, I reasoned. The
pediatrician who took care of our youngsters when they were small
has an office Just a few blocks away from our house. I called him, -
explained the problem, and he came.
Y COLLEGIAN
FSC Association Budget Is
Expected To Reach $868,000
By MIKE LASSiTER
From a one building college
Fresno State has grown to an ex¬
panse of 1410 acres. Along with
this physical growth has come
monetary changes to the point that
the student association Income
is expected to be over $868,000
sale of student body cards, the
come such as athletic gate re-
Trie Board of Directors, com¬
posed of a mixture of students,
faculty and administration,
makes the final decision on how
the money Is spent or not spent.
But before the final decision Is
hearings and recommendations Is
followed to allow I
a chanc
rob
The budget process begins In
the spring when the acUvlty or¬
ganizers present a proposed bud¬
get for the coming year (the as-
basls July 1 to .
Board of Directors holds hear-
; budget proposals
at Its dl
The committee h
tlvltles presentation and then
recommends to the student sen-
budget allocations.
getr
UCLA Campus:
Five Committees Sift
Chancellor Candidates
the university regents, thi
Academic Senate, the UCI
denl body and two alumni
are  sifting  choices.
Franklin D.  Murphy
Calendar
chief  i
it Charles
r  Co.   in Los An-
if California Pres
o will
D (he r
gents. Hitch said he hopes he'll
have a name by mid-summer.
The other schools seeking
leaders are Stanford University,
UC San Diego, and Ihe state col¬
leges at San Francisco and the
San Fernando Valley.
Chancellor John S. Galbralth
will leave San DtegoJuly 1.Com¬
mittees . are  recommending re-
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will he on Camnu*
Friday, May 10
tlons, before II
Though the budget i
decisions are not final they are
usually followed by reports from
Earl Whitfield, director of the
Both the amount asked for from
student fees and expected Income
from events Is checked by the
committee. The student body fee
based on the expected enrollment
figures Is the basis for alloca¬
tions according to Mike Case,
student president, because of the
stability of the figure.
But th" committee Is also
careful In evaluating the other In¬
comes of the organizations, said
Case,  because  If the acUvlty
a committed reserve or an un¬
committed reserve. Where the
money Is placed Is decided by
the board of directors.
Currently the association has
approximately $90,000 In uncom¬
mitted reserve. The board at Its
discretion may use the money
to Increase or extend actlvlUes
beyond Ihe current year's lim¬
itation.
Bassett said the use of$10,000
too, I
actli
into association fu
lie other way
! over In the
i   Earl
An excess of money It
Basselt, director of the associa¬
tion.
The excess is either placed In
over $855,000. The college union
reserve of nearly $500,000 will  -
be used to finish the union, re¬
lated Basselt.
Other reserve approximations
are: athletics - $50,000, which
Bassett explained are used to
back up losses In attendance of
$280,000,
ised to pay for the
planned for 1969;
alth - $25,000, which now
specific plans for spend-
cate Ihe Stanford presidency by
September. John W. Gardner,
former secretary of health, edu¬
cation and welfare, has been
mentioned for the Job. But a
trustee said Gardner had made
It clear he didn't want lt.
Dr. Ralph Prator, 60, will
leave San Fernando Valley State
College to return to teaching
after 10 years as a college pres¬
ident.
Glenn S. Dumke, chancellor of
the state colleges, said recently
that  several Negroes are being
job. San Francisco State Negro
students have asked for a Negro
president.
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