1970_02 The Daily Collegian February 1970

              Th* Silent Majority,
Praises Administration
By Thomas J. Thornwall
Eliminating the Experimental College ls one of the essential steps
president Karl Falk needed to take to bring education at Fresno
Stste College back to a level of normalcy and decency.
Under the weak-kneed administration of Dr. Frederic Ness, education at FSC degenerated to a point at which almost any pervert
with an Idea could start his own 'progressive* education program —
with Ness' blessing. The Experimental CoUege was one such pro-
Durlng Its three years of existence students were duped Into believing that education should be meaningful and Interesting. Needless
to say, this sick philosophy has led many students away from the
real purposes of education—to learn to work hard, submit to authority,  and   to  learn  to  think   ln  the  patriotic, Christian tradition of
The failure to crack down on students and teach them this respect
was one of the. causes leading to the Comi
and on many of the nation's campuses.
One can only admire the methods of Dr. Falk and his executive
vice president. Dr. James Flkes, for their handling of the situation.
They have acted with the precision ot battle leld generals to divide
the campus liberals and radicals, and accomplish their appointed
task. On their first legal opportunity (when the E.C. did not have Its
bulletin approve) they chopped the rrfogram. Fortunately It came at
semester break, when many students were vacationing, so there has
been little opposition. Hopefully, when the last of the opposition dies-
out   this   week,   the   program   will be forgotten, and the people can
Some bleeding-heart liberals and Commie pinkos still think that
apable of handling that
Effects
il College will be back
participate In my course, at least
half of them were over thirty,
are married and mothers of
en, they are responsible
enough to pay their school fees,
most of them are advanced students who have given hour-long
papers frequently ln their classes. But even If they were freshmen and had nothing t
will be quick to stamp out any f
but It's good to know he can out
9 mental abilities.
Dlumn wholeheartedly endorses th
Ion and hopes they will speed their e
; as Ethnic Studies, the Experimental Theater, and the
lal Opportunity Program. These programs are strongholds
radicals and revolutionaries, and the sooner they are lxed,
e desire
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN
course entitled The Second Sex:
On Women's Liberation, which I
originated, together with several
tke record. I want you to note
that I am a graduate student,
that ihree of the other students
(including   myself)   are   faculty
and two of them are graduate
students In psychology and also
work part-time in that department. In addition we were working with two full-time faculty
women. So we were hardly an
irresponsible and ignorant group.
I find most offensive your ruling against student originated and
taught courses. In the sampling
of students .that  were  going to
bout their
own lives and what they can do to
change Ihe opporessed, exploited
and demeaning roleof many women In America today, they would
still have merited the responsibility ofr      '      -   ■
Ignorant Hirelings! For we have
Hirelings In the Camp, the Court
and the University, who would If
they could, forever depress Mental and prolong Corporeal
War . . ." (Preface to ■Milton')
Faith Frost
Graduate Student ln Art
Funnymen
Some of the 1
i the <
n of n
ture managers and technocrats
of this society. Many of us are
genuinely Interested ln learning
lines ln ths
of the top
comedy teams ever to hit our fair
city- the new administration at
Fresno State College. After almost three months of patter that
has kept the campus ln stitches,
Karl Falk's funnymen have Just
turned loose some real knee-
slappers that have us holding our
ABOUT FRATERNITIES?
FORGET THE HEARSAY
AND COME THROUGH GREEK RUSH.
ONLY THEN
WILL YOU FIND OUT WHAT
FRATERNITIES ARE ALL ABOUT.
FEBRUARY 9,10 and 11
7:30  p.m.    -    10:00  p.m.
pecially, who have been given so
little of the decision-making and
so much of the housework of this
society, we feel the dire need of
suggested. Mr. Acting President,
we are at least a,s Intelligent and
energetic as you are, and you
cannot dam up this energy.
We intend to hold the course
exactly as we have planned and
prepared It so carefully for the
last three months. Your decisions
have given us addltlonal'lmpetus
to try to change some things ln
our lives as women and a
t the
absurd situation and play It
straight. Jim Flkes' line •!
don't take action on carboncopies. Practically everything we do
Is based on recommendation from
lower levels,* ls my candidate for
the top gag of the season. Jim ls
beautiful ln Ihe way he sets up
the audience. For three months,
recommendations from lower
levels (consultative procedures) j
have been Ignored. Now he delivers this line with that dead-pan
look that even Jack Benny would
be envious of.   I thought I would
Newer members of the team,
Norm Baxter and Dave Clark,
have caught on quickly to the
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formula. They are using the
catchy phrases 'Faculty Handbook' and 'established guidelines*. After Karl and Jim had
us all convinced that these were
part of the big Joke, Norm and
Dave, In their great routine on
the Experimental College, toss
these out with the straightest of
faces. The audience ls convulsed.
No question but what this group
has a bright future. Even if
ih«y are unable to turn the college Into Laugh-In, they will be
good  for years on summer re-
Your Campus Reviewer
Berryhill
day in court. When those of ss
ln the Legislature who recognize that we have a
such as the one at Fresno State,
It leaves us with very little alternative but to conclude perhaps
there are students who do not
want these communication ehan-
1 do agree that it ls Important
Wedneaday, February 4, 1970    THE DAILY COLLEGIAN   3
Editor's
: The following
s a letter sent to Assemblyman
lare Berryhill following an ln-
Ident at Fresno State College
,here he was pelted with eggs,
reply from AssemblymanBer-
vhlll Is Included.)
tear Assemblyman Berryhill:
ml without the guidance, dlrec-
ion or knowledge of the Student
association.
While  such actions cannot be
the  e
stood. 'Why we
thrown?" ls as important as who
ihrew them. If Individuals on our
campus, or in. society, feel that
channels of communication are
not open to them It ls contingent
upon chosen leaders to alter the
May   tomorrow   bring  a new
us Inlo the needs and sensitivities
Very truly yours,
Douglas C. Broten
Student President
Mr. Berryhlll's reply:
December 18, 1969
Thank you for your kind letter
of December 5. Rest assured that
I do realize the actions of these
few students are not representative of the total student population. It was a regrettable Incident, but I'm sure we have all
learned by the experience.
However, It ls unfortunate that
many people these days are willing to pre-Judge an Individual
without giving that individual his
analysis; but at this point, my
experience has .been with this
group. 'On several Instances I
have Issued personal invitations
for representatives to come Into
my office to explore avenues of
constructive efforts. To date, I
have not had any reply. Several
attempts have been made to express publicly what was actually
meant by the statements attributed to me In the Stockton Record. But It seems these also fall
on deaf ears.
Somehow these students must
be made to understand that while
we are deeply concerned with
their problems, they are not the
only citizens that have them. All
of our people in low-economic
situations face problems; our
senior citizens are faced with a
multitude of problems; the State
Is going to have to take giant
steps ln areas of education, tax
reform, transportation, environment, crime, family planning,
etc., etc. With so many pressing
spend on areas where we get no
response  other  than  something
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New add procedure dropped
On Monday of this week a
mass student gathering at Fresno State College forced the Administration into making a major
That afternoon their new pro-
eedvre for adding classes was
dropped (bidding for class cards
ln the Arena Theatre) and the
procedure was reverted back to
the old system of obtaining add
or drop cards and processing
them at the Records Offlce after
obtaining the Instructor's slgna-
Monday more than 500 students
Jammed Into the Arena Theatre
area to try to get classes, and
the result was mass hysteria.
The waiting lines moved at a
snail's pace, and many students
expressed frustration and dls-
by students who expected to make
tho entire two weeks' changes
during tne first morning of the
Assistant Academic Vice
President Paul McGulre, whoan-
nounced the change, said, "The
reason for doing away with the The old procedure will now be
new system was the great tor- ln effect throughout the Spring
moll and exasperation evidenced
This ls not to say that I have
not had association with many
fine Mexican-American people,
because I have; and, together we
are doing what we can. I don't
have to tell you that our progress
could be much more effective If
we could reach students who are
using more militant tactics. Many
of these young people have tremendous leadership ability; If we
could make them realize their
actions result In negative thinking, I know they could make fine
contributions using other methods.
May I suggest that this ls not
only the responsibility of Legislators but responsible student
leaders have an undeniable responsibility to gather the facts
and point these out to those who
are more Inclined to draw conclusions based on emotions.
Thank you for allowing me the
opportunity of expressing ln a
little more depth some of my
thoughts ln this area. As you Indicate, we do have tomorrow, and
I should also like to look on the
optimistic side.
Clare L. Berryhill
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