1969_01 The Daily Collegian January 1969

              AFT adds to problems
Strike threathens SF State calm
By Donald B. Thackrey
SAN FRANCISCO (UPI) -- San
Francisco StateCollege reopened
Monday with a teachers' strike
adding to Its already lengthy list
of problems, but relative peace
prevailed  on the troubled cam-
minor    scuffles   .
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President S. I
t day 1
Nearly 2,000 pickets repre¬
senting the American Federation
of Teachers and two striking •ui
dent groups, the Black Students
Union and the Third World Llber-
itlan Fronl. marched bark i.id
fjTtb at all six entrances to the
13,000-studen: campus.
Many students crossed the
picket lines and classes resumed
ln an orderly fashion, except for
The strike by the AFT. which
represents 350 of the school's
1,300 faculty members, was
sanctioned Monday afternoon by
the San Francisco Labor Council.
George Johns, secretary-trea¬
surer of the council, explained
the strike sanction was granted
for the AFT's 'fight against the
governor and the State College
Board of Trustees for wages,
hours and working conditions—
and with the clear understanding
The AFT has endorsed 15 de¬
mands by the two striking student
groups, Including establishment
of a black studies program, en¬
rollment of all Negro applicants
and reinstatement of Black Pan¬
ther George Murray, a suspended
English Instructor.
Hayakawa described the AFT
strike as a 'vicious power grab"
and   said   he  was  prepared.  If
necessary, to use "volunteers"
to replace the striking teachers.
State College Chancellor Glenn
8. Dumke told a news conference
ln Loa Angeles If atrtkinf facul¬
ty members stay off the Job for
five days, he will consider their
absence to be "automatic resig¬
nations."
Gov. Ronald Reagan said be
wa* 'very happy" about how well
things were handled at the col¬
lege Monday. He said Sunday,
•It should be kept open at the
point of a bayonet, if necessary •'
The Daily Collegian
LXXIV/67        FRESNO STATE COLLEGE, FRESNO, CALIFORNIA        TUESDAY, JANUARY 7,1969
Academic Senate
New rules set
for registration
THE   INTERN      •,udith Ann Miller. Fresno SUte 40 different magazines, under sponsorshipof Amcr-
College ■ coed, receives  certlfi- lcan   Society  of  Magazine  Editors  and Magazine
cate for completion of 1968 Magazine Intern Pro- pubUsDer9   Association.   ,n,erns  were  reimbursed
gram, which brought 33 college journalism students * ..        .,        ,    .
from 30 different schools and departments of jour- '<* l™el expenses and were paid weekly salaries
nalism lo New York City to work for 10 weeks on by the magazines on which they worked.
The rules governing the closing
of classes during registration
have been strengthened.
The numherof students allowed
In a section of a class will be
set before registration. Once that
number Is reached the class will
close and remain closed during
registration. If a department
wants to arid more than the maxi¬
mum nirnher of students sel prior
so durlngtheflrstweek of classes.
This policy was approved by
the Executive Committee of Ihe
Academic Senate yesterday. It
will have to be approved by Presi¬
dent Frodrlc W. N«ss before It
One of the most common com¬
plaints about Fresno State Col¬
lege's registration procedures
has been that students registering
causing them lo change thelrpro-
grams or to wait, hoping that these
classes will reopen. If these
classes are reopened later, this
undermines the priority registra¬
tion  system that went Into effect
tabled a motion which would put
Into . effect the parietal rule
already established for this cam-
A parietal rule says that a
college may require certain stu¬
dents to live ln the dormitories.
The dormitories this semester
are not completely full. The col¬
lege needs a certain number of
residents to pay for their opera¬
tion and to pay off the mortgage
which allowed them lo be built.
If there aren't enough residents
next semester then 'he college
may be forced lo use the parietal
Board will ponder new
The black movement - Part I
budget for band unit        Genesis of the Papthers
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Fresno SUte College will have
another look at Its defunct march¬
ing band today when the Senate
Board on Performing Arts con¬
siders a budget request of
$13,B00.
The budget request to finance
a marching band Is the major Item
of business on the agenda. The
meeting starts at 1 p.m. In Col- '
lege Union 309.
Dr. Wilson Coker. chairman
of the FSC music department,
submitted the budget request,
which is nearly twice as much as
was   budgeted   for   the   1966-67
Last year's group of marchers
cost a little over $7,000 and a
similar amount was proposed for
this year but the music depart¬
ment balked at budget talks last
spring. The issue was ln Umbo
over the summer months and re¬
newed Just before school opened
;r submitted a request
of $20,000. The FSC
Board of Directors suggested a
compromise figure of approxi¬
mately $13,000 but Coker re¬
jected It.
A breakdown of Coker's re¬
quest Includes: assistant direc¬
tor, $2,200; special musical ar¬
rangements, $2,275; copying mu¬
sic, $675; student librarian-
clerk, $200; music paper and re¬
productions of parts, $600; In¬
strument rental and maintenance,
$200; and majorette and letter
girl uniforms, $350.
The budget request also In¬
cludes: depreciation of associa¬
tion uniforms and Instruments,
$1,750; office expenses, $200;
pre-game meals, $1,000; travel
(one game away), $1,650; mis¬
cellaneous, $200; and grants-in-
aid, $2,500.
Coker's budget proposal does
not Indicate how many marchers
will be Included In the band. Last
it the a
I 80
Indlca
shooting for ;
San Fernando Valley StateCol¬
lege fields an 80-ptece band on
a budget of $7.200 and Long Beach
State struts a 160-piece unit on
an allottment of $10,361. San
Diego State has a budget of
$W,805 for both a marching and
symphonic band. San Jose State
has a 100-plus member unit oper¬
ating on a budget of $13,365.
Replacing FSC's marchtngunlt
for football games this season
were a rock band and a pep band.
(Continued on Page 2, Col. 3).
EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the first in a
articles dealing with the black movement. Collegian
staff writer Gerald P. Merrell spent three months on
a fact-finding mission that pt
militancy. Ills first article discuss
Panther Party.
By Gerald P   Merrell
OAKLAND - A midday shootout I
of Ihe Black Panther Party In downtown San Fr
Cisco wounded three policemen last November.
five  months  earlier,  a band of armed
nearly pulled off a takeover of the California State
Legislature to coincide with the Assembly's hear¬
ings on proposed gun control legislation.
The shootout was Ihe fourth involving the Black
Panthers and Bay Area police In the last 13 months.
Four persons, Including two officers, died ln these
Some of these Incidents have been born from the
recent phenomenon of politics by confrontation and
they further demonstrate the anger the black man
In America feels today. Th<
In the hard core black
today as It has ever been In our history.
During the past four years the mode of the black
man." In his struggle for Independence, has moved
left-of-center and to a growing number "any
means* will be brought Into service toelther reach
the acme of the Republic. . . or 'destroy it."
This shift In attitude has caused violence to erupt
ln the cities, taking hundreds of lives and destroy¬
ing billions of dollars In property.
-    Black Renaissance
A transformation Is occurring and the black
Renaissance Is only beginning to take form; indeed,
it Is seeking, demanding, and groping, all at the
From this groping have evolved four stages of
black America today: the so-called Uncle Toms,
who applaud the system as it exists; those who seek
to modify or alter It through negotiation, law suit,
and urban confederations; the alienated reformists,
who oppose the system and seek change by non¬
violent means, although they admit to betng 'very
close' to Ihe fourth state; and finally, the nihilists,
who believe the system cannot be reformed and
therefore must be destroyed "by any means neces¬
sary."
It ts difficult to break these four groups Into
numerical fallowings. It Is, therefore, impossible
to think of the "black community* as a united
semblage. Indeed, It Is splintered and no one fac¬
tion can claim to be the black voice. But seemingly
the first two are less Influential among the masses
of the black community and it can also be surmised
that their influence will diminish even further In
the future. I
In an exclusive three-month study of the black
movement and its modes, philosophies, and trends,
no singular segment of black America better de¬
lineated the nihilists — or the most radical — than
did the Black Panther party.
Violence prime tool
After several Interviews with members of the
Panthers It became too obvious that overt violence
ts a prime tool of their "politics by confrontation"
despite affirmations that such practice is a means
of "self defense."
The   Panthers   draw   their  strength  from  the
ghettos of Berkeley and Oakland. The revolutionary
organization Is, said one young member, ". . . the
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