1969_05 The Daily Collegian May 1969

              2    THE DAILY COLLEGIAN    Wednesday, May
Play pits little people
against the establishment
Ted and Betsy will play
Folxsingers Ted and Betsy
Overman wiU perform today at
noon ln theCollegeUnionLounge.
The Overmans sing frequently
on college campuses throughout
California.  The couple met while
helping  write  'Good
folk musical.
The concert Is being sponsored ,
by the Baptist Student Union and |
the College Union Popular Arts
and    Entertainment Committee, j
By Mike Eberleln
Musical comedies are tough
to produce and tougher to play
and the drama department's cur¬
rent effort, 'The Roar of the
Greasepaint, the Smell of the
Crowd,' proves  the point.
The stage Is lavishly outfitted
with rejects from a Junk yard,
Including old car bodies and tires,
and serves as the setting for the
•Game of Life'.
The game pits the little people,
portrayed by a group of 12 girl
urchins, one black actor (Leon¬
ard Wyatt) andCocky(PatO'Dell)
against Ihe establishment.
O'Dell tries hard but Is un¬
convincing ln the part of the
Cockney flunkey who Is forced to
play the game to exist. His re¬
curring lapses of dialect are more
annoying than they deserve to be,
but the sUps of tongue slip him
out of character.
Sir, Is the gentleman of the ar¬
istocracy and lives miles above
the little people ln both the game
of life and his acting. Marv
Harrison portrays the sprightly
figure of the establishment ln
almost total disarray. He adds
many high notes to the perform¬
ance, Including the ones he hits
; songs, and his personal
n actor reverses
the  roles  of winner and loser.
Instead of antagonizing the
crowd, who are supposed to cheer
on the Uttle people, Harrison e-
merges the true winner.
The chorus of urchins Is made
up of 12 pert young ladles. Their
combined voices however, ruined
anything that wasn't junk on the
stage before their singing.
Leonard Wyatt, the black actor,
was given a good hand at Sat¬
urday's performance. One line
especially stood out, and lt, like
the title of the play, is a com¬
plete reversal of the usual rules.
The black man looks out at a sea
of white faces and quips, "Youall
look the same to me."
The game Is played on a set of
blocks that Ught up on stage
when a player steps on them and
simultaneously another set of
Ughts tally the score on the wall
behind the players. The effect
Is smooth and sharp and Larry
Spurgeon, the designer, is an-
other likely game winner.
Candace Holt in the role of the
•Brat', draws a few laughs
with her trumpet solos and score
announcements but seems to be
trying too hard to find a laugh
ln a Junk yard.
■The Roar* runs through Sat¬
urday night with performances at
8:30 p.m. Tickets are available
at the box office with general
admission at $2 and FSC stu¬
dents admitted for 25 cents.
It would be expecting too much
to find a silver chalice in a junk
Wyatt should emerge    yard, but viewers can sip their
through straws and appre-
Speclal praise must be heaped
on the set and the lighting effects.
Browns need political   *
power, says Rubalcava
Student health services
their
ilture  often Ues  I
the
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1 to 2,100.
San Fernando Valley State Col¬
lege has a ratio of 1 to 2,400.
The number of students patron¬
izing the health center at SFVSC
has skyrocketed from eight per
day ln 1962 to 220 per day current¬
ly.
The San Fernado Valley has an
adequate supply of new doctors
who want to get on the SFVSC
staff to gain experience and build
their practices, but can not be
hired because of the state form-
In densely populated areas Uke
Fulierton the problem Is Just
the- reverse. Most doctors'
practices are saturated, and,
therefore* they ard unwilling to
Join the health center staff.
The doctors who consent to
serve are often Insensitive to
student needs. They do not real-
•1 try ti
three days, often re-
ilssed work that tslm-
doctors and nurses I pick" said
Dr. Mervyn Schwartz, director of
health services of Fresno Stab
CoUege. 'These people arehand-
plcked because of their concern
for  students  and   the problems
way I can be pretty sure that
I have chosen the staff that will
best fit Into the college com¬
munity."
Dr. Schwartz added "It's hard
to  find  people of this caliber."
The building and stafflngprob-
lems that have plagued Ihe cam¬
puses since 1063 are becoming
unbearable for some health cen¬
ter personnel. Physicians, nurs-
nando Valley State will probably
•I'm leaving" said Dr. Klotz.
•This Is an Impossible situation
and I refuse to go through an¬
other semester Uke this one
(Spring, I960)."
Dr. Klotz said that she thinks
it ts tragic when a student body
of 19,000 has a health center
whose waiting room only seats
seven people.
Dr. Steven Cowdray, director of
San Jose State's health ser¬
vices, shares Dr. Klolz's feel¬
ings. An optimistic person, Cow¬
dray is losing his enthusiasm rap¬
idly, even though he has only been
SJSC's health center director for
ability of Its Individual members
to perpetuate their Inherited way
of life In the constantly changing
The individual must know him¬
self and his culture and also know
the ways of those who try to
deny him of his culture.
Roberto Rubalcava, adminis¬
trative assistant toDr.W.Donald
Albright, dean of students Is
such an Individual. In addition to
his counseUng services he also
finds time to teach. His special¬
ty is a minority legislation class
which Is part of the experiment¬
al college.
Rubalcava graduated from San
Jose State CoUege ln 1965. Since
then he has taught EngUsh as a
second language ln haU a dozen
countries. He has also toured
roost of Europe, and the Mid-
East as well as most of the coun¬
tries of the Western Hemisphere.
•1 heard about the Chicano
movement ln the Southwest and
decided that I had to do some¬
thing to help my people," said
Rubalcava, 'and the fact that ma
people whom I respect, such i
EUzler Rlsco, Dick Keyes, and
Louis Valdez were here In Fres¬
no made me decide to work here
at Fresno State CoUege.
Rubalcava feels that now since
las started :
t and by the CM-
Decentralization Aim Is to Bridge the Learning Gap
potent facades that claim to rep¬
resent Mexican-American po¬
litical power. So far there are
only two people ln the state cap¬
ital, one is an assemblyman and
the other Is a janitor. We are
fomenting local, state, and fed¬
eral positive action classes to
eventually have poUtical power.
We want to buUd a poUtical
machine and produce the can¬
didates.*
Rubalcava also feels strongly
about his culture. He wants to
see Chlcanos and Chleanas to¬
gether ln a manner which wlU
perpetuate their folkdances, cui¬
sine, and folkways. He says,
'we must be ourselves ln a com¬
munal living situation. By means %
of this experience we can live «
tbe culture that has been usurped
He added that 'the Chicano Is
Uke a plant that has been badly
treated since 1521. We are the
bronze roots that distribute them¬
selves through brown soil
and these roots are Indian In¬
herited. The body of the plant
Is Mexican y esplnas y el con¬
cept que no se rajel Tbe /jfe
plant Is 500 years 0Jd and bios-
somlng (the movement), the con¬
sciousness that we are Chlcanos
our language and
culture. Also we must reaUze
that the plant Is made of our
political power, culture, and
communal Uvlng experiences.
These plants are
Southwest and there is no quest¬
ion that the soil belongs to the
plant. The entire concept
leads to our new nation of Atz-
i    *
By Gerald P. Merrell
The .canons of education in this
union seek to bind men together.
They say the schools ln our so¬
ciety are the supreme guardians
of culture, human reason, truth
and objectivity.
But the unrefutable fact Is that
there exists a dual standard which
has fostered a learning gap be¬
tween whites and minority chil¬
dren. This paradox is especially
evident ln the cities.
Earlier this year, New York
City entered Into a new concept
which sought to dispel this dual¬
ism. With the approval of the city
board of education and the New
York state legislature, three
multi-school units--ln which par¬
ents, other neighborhood resi¬
dents, and Instructors would
have an unprecedented voice ln
the management of pubUc schools
--were formed and financed
by the Ford Foundation.
The units were located around
East Harlem ln the Two Bridges
area of the Lower East Side,
and ln the Ocean HlU-Browns-
vlllo section of Brooklyn. They
received grants totaling $135,000.
In one of the roost promising
approaches to improving the edu¬
cation of youngsters, the projects
sought closer partnership be¬
tween the parties closest to the
chlld--the parent and the teach¬
er. They were designed to Im¬
prove pupil motivation, to re¬
late the school program more
closely to the needs and environ¬
ment ofthe children, and general¬
ly to strengthen community
awareness of Its stake ln the
school system.
Preliminary to foundation
grants for the three demonstra¬
tion projects, full discussions
were held among foundation staff
members, the superintendent of
schools, members of the board
of    education, and   community
Embodied ln the projects were:
a) Election of parents, com¬
munity leaders, and staff mem¬
bers on governing boards.
b) Local unit authority to se¬
lect educational administrators.
c) Direct participation In die
4      determination of curriculum.
d) Provisions in some cases
to contract directly with consult-
e) Control of budgets allocated
by the board of education.
Direct Participation
'These new forms of collabor¬
ation among teachers; parents,
and school officials arise from
a strong community desire to par¬
ticipate directly In the massive,
vital task of Improving the
-,_>schools," said F. Champion
Ward, vlco-presldent ln charge
of the foundation's division of
education and research.
These units break new ground
in American urban education, but
they have roots ln traditional
concepts that are often given
more Up service than effective
roeanlng--namely, community
control of public education and
partnership between parents and
educators.
Tha overriding aim Is to raise
the educational achievement of the
children ln these schools so that
they may enter the mainstream
of further education and prepara¬
tion for full participation ln
American society.
WiU It Work?
'....As in any genuine ex¬
periment, there are risks and
uncertain factors. What Is
certain, however, is that a start
has been made toward programs
of educational reform that arise
directly from Ihe communities
concerned, are designed to Im¬
prove the climate for education,
and have the official cooperation
of the school system and the
teachers...,* Ward said.
Since the mid-forties, the
cities have changed signifi¬
cantly. In large numbers, white
families have fled the cities for
suburbia, leaving the minori¬
ties, especially the blacks, to
the cities.
The result: a dual school sys-
The United States Riot Com¬
mission Report said the vast
majority of lnner-dty schools
are rigidly segregated. In 75
major central cities surveyed
by tbe U.S. Commission on Civil
Rights, lt was found that 75 per
cent of all black students in ele¬
mentary grades attended schools
with enrollments that were 90 per
cent or more black. Almost 90
per cent of all black students
attended schools which had a
majority of black students. In
the same cities 83 per cent of
all white students ln those grades
attended schools with 90 to 100
per cent white enrollments.
Tbe commission reported,
'Segregation ln urban schools
is growing. In a sample of 15
large Northern cities, the Civil
Rights Commission found that the
degree of segregation rose sharp¬
ly from 1950 to 19M. As black
enrollments ln these 15 cities
grew', 97 per cent of the in¬
crease was absorbed by schools
already over 50 per cent black
and 84 per cent by schools more
than 90 per cent black.
'By 1975, lt is estimated that,
If current policies and trends
persist, 80 per cent of all black
pupils In the 20 largest cities,
comprising nearly one-half of the
nation's black population, wiu
be attending 90 to 100 per cent
black schools.1'
Another strong Influence on a-
chlevement derives from the ten¬
dency of school administrators,
teachers, parents and the stu¬
dents themselves to regard ghetto
schools as inferior. Reflecting
this attitude, students attend¬
ing such schools lost confidence
ln their ability to shape their fu-
The Coleman Report found this
factor — destiny control — 'to
have a stronger relationship to
achievement than...all the(other)
school factors together and to be
related, for blacks, to the pro¬
portion of white ln the schools.*
It was this factor which led
the Ford Foundation Into spon¬
soring the experiment of school
decentralization.
New York Leads Way
McGeorge Bundy, president of
the Foundation, recently said,
•Now ln many parts of the coun-v
try efforts to restore this tra¬
dition (community control) and
apply lt to today's urban school
problems are now under way.
New York City, because of the
board of education's efforts to- i
ward   decentralization   and be-
Marijuana Use
cause of legislative proposals
to Increase parental awareness
and participation ln the educa¬
tion process, is ln the fore¬
front. New York City parents
are likely sooner or later to
have a greater say ln the affairs
of the public schools.
'Parents' and teacher wUl
learn to Uve together, but what
Is quite as important Is that they
learn how to work together—to
overcome alienation, prevent
misunderstanding, and to trans-
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Adults Sound Off
By Marci Levlne
The use of marijuana is preva¬
lent among many successful
adults even though there Is Uttle
focus on them by the media. The
popular belief la that those who
use marijuana are primarily stu-
Four adult users ln California
clUes were Interviewed.
Bob, an extremely successful
31-year-old stockbroker, Is a
user of marijuana. He has a B.S.
degree ln finance and is Impec¬
cably groomed, weU-bred and
very masculine looking.
Another adult marijuana user
Is Craig, a successful 38-year-
old attorney. He Is a sensitive,
refreshingly wholesome and sin¬
cere person who says he places
Us wife and children above any¬
thing else ln his Ufe. Hehasbeen
married 18 years and says be
has a tremendously happy mar-
Steve, a warm, gracious,
charming 38-year-old nightclub
owner, also uses marijuana.
Steve's education was ended when
marijuana directly from a'push¬
er.' They were all surprised that
one would not know bow to obtain
marijuana, as they said that it Is
so readily available.
Eric said, 'It Is so accessible
here that lt almost gets to be a
problem of having to avoid smok¬
ing it socially with small groups."
Each man described bis Intro¬
duction to marijuana. Bob said,
"I had had lt offered to me count¬
less number of times when I was
ln junior high, high school and ln
the army. I was panicked of
marijuana tor 29 years. Every¬
thing I had been taught about lt
was that lt was just 'death' to
fool around with it.*
Two years ago four of Bob's
friends got together at one's
home to play cards. He said the
other men were smoking mari¬
juana. One was an attorney, two
were doctors and one was a bust-
school because bis father was in¬
jured ln an automobile accident.
His Umlted education has not
hindered him ln the business
world as he now owns large
shares ln several successful
nightclubs and has an Income of
approximately $150,000 per year.
Eric, a handsome, intelligent,
articulate 37-year-old psychia¬
trist, also uses marijuana. He Is
loquacious and laughs readily.
He does not practice psychiatry
because be has always been re¬
search-oriented and Interested
In teaching. He did his under¬
graduate and graduate work at
Yale University. He Interned ln
psychiatry ln the East and taught
at Harvard for five years.
Easy to Get
None of the tour men has ever
been  arrested  and  Done  buys
Bob said, 1 decided U lt was
good enough for these guys whose
judgments I respect, I might as
weU try It.'
Craig said be flrst tried lt two
years ago and has smoked lt a
total of six or eight times. He
said, 'My wife and I used to ln-
teUectuaUze about lt with close
friends of ours. Two years ago
on New Year's Eve, we decided
to try lt and see what lt was
Uke.' Re said he felt Intoxicated
and was very concerned that he
had broken the law.
Steve said he had had mari-
' juana offered to him thousands
of times ln the nightclub business
but that he was as much against
lt 'as any crusader.'
Steve's wife died about a year
and a half ago and he betieves
depression over tbe loss ot his
wife waa the reason he started
smoking marijuana.
He said, 'Soon after my wife
died, someone gave me three
marijuana cigarettes. One eve-
I   all   t
cigarettes."
Eric described bis Introduction
to marijuana as follows: 1 first
tried marijuana long after I had
tried hallucinogens out of this
country. I tried peyote (a stim¬
ulating drug from mescal buttons)
ln Mexico long before marijuana
became a fad. I was ln Mexico
doing anthropological field work.
I first tried marijuana ln the sum¬
mer of 1958 ln Mexico. I had
had prior opportunities, but not
Motivations Vary
The four men differed ln their
reasons for using marijuana and
the amount that they used.
1 go tor two or three weeks
and don't use lt at aU. There
have been times that I have used
lt four or Ave nights In one week.*
Bob,   the stockbroker, said.
Asked why "he use* it, he ex¬
plained that be never could stand
the taste of alcohol.
He. said, *T guess smoking
Is a substitute for
enjoy myself whUe ln
this euphoric state. I never smoke
lt alone. After I use lt I Just
feel tired and have a good night's
sleep and wake up the next morn¬
ing feeling fine.*
Craig, the attorney, said he
rarely uses lt and when he does,
lt Is with his wife and a small
group ot their friends.
He said, "When I smoke mari¬
juana I feel I am not completely
ln control of aU my resources and
I fear being out of control. I
sort of fight marijuana. I stiU
just don't feel right about It. I
Just don't know about lt — I
haven't let myself go completer/
y«t.'
Stave, the nightclub owner, ex¬
plained that he Is not happy, that
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