1969_04 The Daily Collegian April 1969

              3    THE DAILY COLLEGIAN    Tueaday, April 8, 1969 _    _ a I _ \i fj
Letters to the Editor J^ess' reply to demands
In bad taste
Editor:
•tnany Mexican students on cam-
In your sweeping general¬
ities on minority groups, you took
time to slap the entire Mexican
population at this school. Merely
by stating that a member of the
Mexican American Student Con¬
federation, name not printed, was
present and attempting to do
something, ImpUed that an entire
organization was there and In full
this   \
t  the  c
What can be termed poor I
was the caricature (Tuesday 18,
1969) by Jerry Lane, In your own
words, dlsgusUngl
The Spanish and Mexican flags
flew over CaUfornla long before
the first white man crossed the
Sierras. Only the Indians, who
Uve on government handouts on
reservaUons, can say they were
The editorial
demonstrate your lack of feeUng
and understanding of minority
group problems on your own cam¬
pus. You cry out, what end bel¬
ligerence! I say, what end dis-
lmerest!
CHARLEY R. RUEDA
Volt
bill
Editor:
I have corresponded with Sen¬
ator Mark Hatfield (R-Ore.)sev-
eral times in the last
t  the Volunteer
that he
nlheci
BUI
rent session of Congress. The
reasons why I support this WU
are myriad. I am parUcularly
anxious to eliminate the need for
young men to choose careers that
fit the bureaucratic criteria of
being In the 'national Interest*
In order to obtain a deferment;
for when our government gains
this much control oyer our lives,
then we are losing the battle for
freedom   at   borne   as   well  as
As a result of roy correspon¬
dence, and provided this bill
reaches toe appropriate Senate
and House Committees, Raymond
Underwood, legal counsel toSen-
-*,tor Hatfield, will request my
appearance as a witness.
Hence, I wish to accumulate as
many case histories as possible.
It you feel your personal free¬
dom has been diminished by toe
threat of conscription, so much
so that you have altered career
plans or otherwise done things
you wouldn't ordinarily do, please
send me a concise summary c/o
26 Robert Circle, Syos*et, New
York 11791. Of cour«e, any com¬
ment on other details of the Vol¬
unteer Army Bill will be appre¬
ciated.
BRUCE J. CHASAN
Anti-faculty package'
Editor:
An open letter to Theodore
Merlam, Chairman of the Cali¬
fornia State Colleges  Board of
Dear Mr. Merlam:
I deeply resent the tone and
content of your anti-faculty, stu¬
dent 'package', dated February
10, 1969.
WhUe the averageTrustee may
feel profound In stating the ob¬
vious, I feel that you have In¬
sulted my Intelligence by doing
so. Moreover, Mr. Merlam,
knowing your collective Inabili¬
ties and Ineptitudes regarding
problems of higher education In
California, how many members of
the body politic would bother to
point out to you that in the case
of San Francisco State you have
violated due process, etc., and
generally behaved In a totally
Incompetent manner? I think It Is
safe to assume that the Intelli¬
gent voter has .written you (col¬
lectively) off as a lost cause.
Therefore, Mr. Merlam, you
probably don't even have a rep¬
resentative sample of public
opinion.
Furthermore, Mr. Merlam,
most of the faculty knows that
the CaUfornla legislature Is re¬
actionary; so what would you
expect? At the same Ume, I do
not want to be, and will not be,
Intimidated by these threats of
repression by the State. If re¬
pression Is to come, let It; this
wiU not stop me from telling and
teaching the truth as I see lt.
So, Mr. Merlam, don't send me
any more 'packages.* Let the
right-wingers who printed this
one stuff tbe next one where It
wlU do them tbe most good.
Very truly yours,
JAMES M. CYPHER
Lecturer in
Economics
st-ember A.F.T.
Local 1393
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not endorse the specific method
tor coverage presented In the de¬
mands, to toe belief that this was
not necessarily the best method
and that my endorsement could
weU be considered Interference
by the administration in what la
traditionally a student-controlled
activity.
5. That guaranteed financing of
toe La Raza and Black Studies
Chair be provided.
There is no question about the
of the      ~
Black Studies and La Raza chairs.
The commttment of positions for
1969-70 has already been made,
appropriate operating funds have
been budgeted, and a secretarial
position made available. The Eth¬
nic Studies area has been asked
by the Dean of Arts and Sciences
to present lis proposals for cur-
rlcular developments and de¬
partmentalization at the earliest
possible time.
6. That the director of tbe
EOP be made a member of the
Council of Deans.
The EOP Is now represented
on the Council of Academic Deans
(an Informal body which Is not a
policy or decision making group)
:Vlce
slgnment until such time as a co¬
ordinator of special programs Is
appointed. The Director of the
EOP wlU be invited to attend any
meetings of the Council of Aca¬
demic Deans at which matters
perUnent to the EOP will be dis¬
cussed. This same provision is
appUcable to all other special
programs.
7. That a minority admissions
officer be provided with the pow¬
er   of  the  existing  Admissions
  heU) u
Judge
-  (Pu,
i the a<
s of
minority i
Although staff and work-load
restrictions make Impossible
meeting this demand precisely,
much Is now being done and more
can be done to meet the spirit
of the demand. Two minority rep¬
resentatives In the Dean of Stu¬
dent's office are now actively In¬
volved In recruitment of these
students, and wlU be Involved to .
tbe review of the admission of
minority students In general. AU
students admitted to the EOP are
approved by a committee with
Th* Daily Col logic
minority staff and student rep¬
resentation. I shall request that
the AU College Admissions Com¬
mittee, recently discontinued on
recommendation of the Faculty,
be reconstituted and that lt con¬
tain minority representation.
8. That Fresno State CoUege
officially be In support of the
Grape Boycott.
Legally tbe coUege cannot take
an official stand on any such is¬
sue. Further, to do so would
eliminate free academic debate
place In Jeopardy the aca¬
demic freedom of at least a por¬
tion of the campus, on the other
hand, I think the grape boycott
Is a subject for academic debate
and would encourage members of
the faculty, as appropriate, to
provide opportunity for full dis¬
cussion of this Issue. Further, I
shall ask tbe Academic Vice
President, the deans, and tbe
AP&P to review our curricular
offerings to ensure that the con¬
cerns of our minorities are given
full scholarly attention.
9. An Immediate Investigation
of the Financial Aids office be
made and that the investigation
committee be partly made up of
Chlcano and Black students and
faculty.
way, and I am asking the chair¬
man of the Financial Aids Com¬
mittee for an Immediate report.
Minority students are now In¬
volved In Interviewing and pro¬
cessing applications, and a re¬
view procedure has been set up
whereby any student dissatisfied
with the response to his request
for aid may have- his case re¬
viewed by the foil Financial Aids
Committee, which committee In¬
cludes a member of the EOP
Financial Aids Committee and
two minority representatives.
Finally, I request that any stu¬
dent with a specific complaint of
discrimination should file this to
wriUng with the Dean of Studenta,
who has been directed to bring lt
to my personal attention.
10. A reaffirmation of the
commitment to hire a Black se¬
curity officer be made.
I recognize the need and have
already directed the personnel
officer, within the restrictions of
the State Fair Employment Prac¬
tices Act, to meet this demand.
11. That harrassment by FSC
security officers of Black and
Chlcano students be stopped Im¬
mediately.
Any student who believes or
can present evidence that be has
been harrassed by a -ollege se¬
curity officer Is Invited to report
this to the president or Executive
Vice President, and Immediate
steps will be taken for correc-
In addition to these responses
to demands I offered, at Mon¬
day's meeting, the following pro-
a. In view of reported feelings
that our present disciplinary pro¬
cedures provide for Inadequate
representation, I have estab¬
lished on an Interim basis an
Intermediate body for review and
recommendation to the formal
disciplinary hearing committee.
This review committee will be
operaUve In cases where specific
disciplinary charges relate to
activities or Interests of a par-
tlcular group, and will be com¬
prised of persons acceptable to
that group.
b. I am asking a panel of fa¬
culty and student representaUves
of Blacks and Chlcano! to review
our disciplinary procedures and
to bring to the attenUon of the
Dean of Students any suggestions
that might ensure equitable rep¬
resentation.
c. In cooperation with the Stu¬
dent and Faculty Senates, I shall
establish a Select Committee
(similar to the one at San Fran¬
claco State) to receive informa¬
tion on and to investigate any and
all charges of Intimidation or de¬
liberate educational deprivation,
and to recommend to the admin¬
istration and faculty appropriate,
corrective measures.
d. I am directing the Associate
Academic Vice President to un¬
dertake a comprehensive evalua¬
tion, Involving "-e relevant stu¬
dent and faculty agencies, to the
end of achieving greater campus-
wide participation in and support
for the EOP program.
e. I shall igaln open discus¬
sions with o...er colleges In our
area, partlciMr.rly the State Cen¬
ter Junior Colleges, to see how
we can better feet our Joint re¬
sponsibilities to educate greater
numbers of minority and dis¬
advantaged students.
f J shall continue efforts be¬
gun last week to Involve tbe total
faculty and administration to a
united effort to Improve the qual¬
ity and quantity of educational op¬
portunity on this campus. I will
be reviewing with all parties con¬
cerned, and at regular intervals,
to ascertain the degree of pro¬
gress In achieving these objec-
My closing©
follows: 'The President Is only
one man. I can make no pledges
for toe faculty or for the stu¬
dents. But I do pledge my per¬
sonal efforts, those of Dr. Walk¬
er, and of the other members of
my administration to provide
greater educational opportunltiea
for minority students and to Im¬
prove the quality of education at
tots coUege. I have every reason
to expect thai you will do your
FREDERIC W. NESS
President
Placement Calendar
April 10
Ftreetone Tire & Rubber Co.:
Interviewing for summer em¬
ployment only. Sophomores and
Juniors majoring in business ad¬
ministration   and  marketing for
April 9
United T
AprU 15
United SU
1969  Euro-* CHARTERS
CoSfomio-tondon «T
Summer deporturei
Saturn Douglas DC-6 Jets
$294
Cal State.students, faculty,
•taff, and Tamily ONLY.
farirt.      -   -
WEEKDAY* » AM to it** PM
Inter-Varsity
%
AprU U
Camp Fire Girls: poslUonsa*
field director, dtotrlct director
and executive director.
United States Marine Corp*:
graduates to an field* interested
In officer training program.
April to
Southern California Ed [son Co.:
BA-IIA degrees in electrical
and mechanical engineering.
Apru a   -
u. S. Naval Air Training Unit:
graduates Interested to naval of¬
ficer candidate opoortimltltw.
AprU 24
Connecticut   Mutual   Life In-   "
suranc* Co.:
Club has Christ as goal
Campus footnotes
Tueaday, April 8, 1969    THE DAILY COLLEGIAN    3
Inter-Varalty ha* since the
1940's provided Fresno State
CoUege students with an op¬
portunity to discuss Christianity.
Peter Borgwardt, the presi¬
dent of Inter-Varalty, aald,
'We're a group of coUege stu¬
dents who know Jesus Christ
and want to learn more and teach
others about Him.'
Inter-Varslty Is affiliated with
the Inter-Fellowship of EvangeU-
cal  Students on Campus, which
t,       has   organizations   on colleges
throughout the United States and
Students of various religious
faiths meet Thursday at l p.m.
In CoUege Union 312, to hear
speakers and to participate in
panel discussions on contem¬
porary problems that reflect
reUglon.
Past speakers have Included
the Rev. Mathew Daw of the Sec¬
ond Baptist Church In Fresno
a, discussing racial problems and
James Aldridge, the director of
the Fresno Model ClUes Pro-
Knowing Jesus Christ', Is the
subject of a recent series initiat¬
ed by the organization. TheRev.
Bud Hopkins of the Saviours
Community Church spoke on the
death  of Jesus Christ and Its
meaning.   Future     discussions ,
wlU be on tbe resurrection and '
character of Christ.
Borgwardt said, *I became in¬
terested In Inter-Varsity because
the group presented the Intellect¬
ual side of tho Christian faith
and gave evidence to me of the
resurrection  and  its  meaning.
I'm an Intellectual, but not
aU the members are Intellectuals.
I Uke the people. They accept
me for what I am. We get to
know each other because we all
have In common Jesus Christ, our
common goal.'
During the week, the members
meet In a room of the Library
for prayer and have evening meet¬
ings called Fireside Discussions.
Summer camps, conferences,
and parties are organized by the
Music, termed 'Gospel-Rock'
by Borgwardt, which helps 'ex¬
press tbe Christian faith In
modern hymns" Is, present
In record albums made by a
duet made up of an EngUsh min¬
ister and a man from Virginia.
1 enjoy many of the tradition¬
al hymns, but most or them
were written during the Reforma¬
tion period. They expressed
the  people and  culture of that
time,* said Borgwardt.
Inter-Varslty is trying to
express the faith of our culture
In music on the college cam¬
pus he said. Composer Ralph
Carmlchael's 'He's Everything
to Me,' Is an example of this
type of music.
This month FSC's Inter-Var¬
slty will take part In a con¬
ference at Mission Springs, near
Santa Cruz, which will Involve
other organizations from North¬
ern California. The speaker
wiU be Paul Froroer. the editor of
HIS magazine speaking on 'Why
Christianity of AU Religions?'
HIS Is an Inter-Varalty pubUca-
Rogiirrcrtion commirtte
The registration committee
will meet today at 3:40 p.m. In
Administration 219 to discuss
procedure changes for fall reg¬
istration.
Proposals on tha agenda In¬
clude the distribution of green
cards, early and proxy registra¬
tion and departmental repre¬
sentation    during    registration.
Union Committee of Fine Arts
ba* planned a program of events
to be featured on campus for
tbe entire week. In addtUon to
the campus activities, the Fresno
Civic Contemporary Dance Com¬
pany will present a dance concert
In the Fresno Convention Center
Theatre at 8:15 p.m. on April 13.
•Waiting for Godot,' toe FSC
«tbe festival w
Marin* Corps
Spring art festival
A fashion show, Jazz concert, j£?*£* 2Z^SSH
as* films are some of the high- """£"'  c^fTw" ^X£
Festival  of Contemporary Arta i_.M__   ._.,,* »v >..» .	
April 12-19. tect,on' AVTU 15 tt
Faculty recital will
be today, tomorrow
l faculty recital by Dr. Bob
Bennett, associate professor of
music and Mrs. Betty Iacovettl,
Instructor of music, will be pre¬
sented today at 2 p.m. and to¬
morrow at b p.m. in the Music
Building Recital Hall.
The recital of sonatas will
feature Mrs. Iacovettl on the vlo¬
Un and Bennett at the piano. The
program includes works by Mo¬
zart,   Strauss,   and Stravinsky.
Mrs. iacovettl studied to
New York with Theodore Pash-
kus and In Chicago at toe Sher¬
wood Music School and DePaul
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University. She has appeared
as a guest soloist with the sym¬
phony ordbestra* of Peoria and
Waukegan, 111., and In Gary, Ind.
She is also active with local
chamber groups and is con¬
certmistress oftheFresnoOpera
Orchestra.
Dr. Bennett studied at the Jull-
ltard School of Music, Stanford
University, Parts Conservatory,
and Fresno State CoUege. He has
appeared In solo recitals, cham¬
ber music concerts and as a
guest soloist with toe Fresno
Philharmonic Orchestra and
other  orchestras.
The recital la open to the pub¬
Uc.    There    is   no admission
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