1969_11 The Daily Collegian November 1969

              EDITORIAL
Empathy la baalcally the key to solving the problems facing mankind. Problem solving is always stymied by those who have the
power for positive change, but always abstain unless they can obtain a pound of .flesh along the way.
To reach this empathetic state a form of communication must
precede all action. One may have a very different way of expressing
himself, a way which may be Incoherent and unrentable to others
outside his peer group. Nevertheless it Is the avenue to progressive
This Inability to. relate very likely may be the source of the Inadequacies pointed to by opposing viewpoints. It it foolish for one
to condemn when he Is only experiencing the lack of relationship
experienced by his fellow man. This factor keeps presenting itself
in the form of cultural differences, the culture In power refuses to
accept anything it does not understand and never-bothers to ask
questions when matters can be facilitated through condemnation and
suppression. This'usually comes after a period of usurpation.
The group who can only progress in a positive sense Is the one
who usually moves most quickly towards achieving its particular
goal. It may be equality, justice,- or an end to suppression. This can
only be done by working basically with its immediate raza and then
expanding grcsjp level of conscience altruistically to serve all.
Chicanos Bring Change To
igh School
Apathy Will
Not Make It
I do?" I h
r this
from many young students.
•Why should I get Involved?
I'm hacking it O.K.*
All I can say is, carnal look
around you. Read, Usten, study
Everywhere you do it's there
for you to see, both good and bad.
Results? Beginning next year
the SUte of California Is banning
tbe use of DDT and DDD on SS
crops and animals. Why not?
Why not ten or fifteen years ago?
Very UtUe was done until a quiet,
humble man came out of the
fields with bis foUowers and aald
'We want Justice and equality.'
They stood up to be counted
and they're getting results, in
spite of 'Big Daddy" Murphy and
others like htm.
What happened when 'chorizo*
Chargin decided to strip tbe entire Mexican Community to the
proverbial whipping post? Hundreds of organizations throughout the state rose up in protest
immediately. And you can believe
thai when this Incident Is over
the 'judges' will know that we
were there to tear down the post.
Hacking lt O.K.? Do a UtUe
research and find out how your
brothers are getting'along In the
grammar schools, high schools,
In government, and In the barrios. If you are doing so weU,
why then are so many of your
brothers doing badly | not hacking
lt at aU? Why are some actually
dying of malnutrition?
•Soul-searching' Is awornand
tattered phrase. But we all have
to do lt sooner or later. So do II
now carnal, and If, when you are
finished and still sre not turned
on, you are free to go on your
way. And If you are turned on,
stand up and be counted. Because
after all, this is a free country,
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By Francisco Rodriguez
Washington Union High School,
probably one of the most eon-
servaUve high schools In the
Fresno area, has become the
target of an Issue that concerns
rights, property, and human
values of Chlcanos on the extreme westside of Fresno. In the
past Washington Union, Uke most
of the other high schools, has
ignored tbe problems of one of
ost Important ethnic groups
e southwestern United
States. The Ignoring of such a
group could be the least of the
Important Issues concerning this
school. The others deal with
racist attitudes among the members of Ihe administration. We
sometimes don't consider a per-
or group 'racist* unless I
been admitted openly or directly, yet the Indirect methods
used in the curriculum and
school academic system ar
', the lowest and inhumanisUc
ways of subduing a race of peo-
as lt has been understood that
education la tbe stem of life, the
offering of academics and the
of academics at this school
to tbe Chlcano Is meaningless.
Some examples are: the track
almost automatically placed In
lower 'c* classes, given pri-
lary school subjects to further
stir beliefs against real educa-
on. Included also Is the lropor-
ince of woodshop classes,
crafts, auto mechanics, and the
steady brainwash and emphasis
on getting Chlcanos into the military. Thla has best been showr
through the 'cadet' group In the
school which is made up of almost all Chlcanos. These areas
in education are shown to
preference over anything else.
The type of counseling describes
Itself and is, but, a segmet
the overall genoddal theory in
the minds of those in powei
school board, trustees, and up the
ladder.
Whether known to many c
Washington Union has in Its i
an Instructor wbo has proclaimed
outright in class that all Mexicans are stupid, Ignorant am
lazy: be attends meetings com
cernlng 'ciUzens against revolutionary tactics." The situation
In this high school has finally be-
come criUcal. The change foi
better treatment of Chlcanos in
the counseling, curriculum, and
ethnic studies has begun.
To solve this problem, and to
any other relating ones. Is that
we must organize students and
parents at all levels. Such power
potentialities as the barrios, the
outlying areas In the country
which are made up of Chicano
farmworkers, and any Individual
should be the main targets of
organization. Once organized as
a group and made aware of tt
specifics on existing problem
there Is no way alterations cat
not be made.
Modern Marginal /Wan
■The term ■Chlcano* Is a direct result of a "marginal man'
situation which was
also responsible for the crea-
on of the Chlcano movement.
Tbe Mexican-American Is not.
accepted In Mexico aa a Meat-
ot his United States
citizenry and because of what
tbe Mexicans consider hls'cul-
tural crudeness,*and because of
hla resemblance to the white
American. The best example of
the Mexican-American's rejection by the Mexican Is due to
their language. The Pocbo, as
the Mexican-American is tabled
lo Mexico, speaks a combination of Spanish and English and
has developed many words and
phrases by combining tbe sounds
found In both languages, and as a
It these words resemble nel-
tanguage. tt is at the point
where the Mexican-American is
able to speak without being understood fully In either language.
essence, he has developed
third language.  The same Is
his
has developed a third culture.
The Ironic thing being, that
e white American society uses
is same rational to discredit
and oppress the Mexican-American in thla country. Tbe only
difference Is that ttiey i'
tbe Mexican ancestry, cultural
resemblance, etc.  '
As a result of this rejection,
the Mexican-American could
neither Identify with Mexico or
tbe American society and was
left with three alternatives. The
first alternative was assimilation
Into the American society at the
expense of losing their cultural
Identity, and' more tragic, their
cultural values. The second alternative was assimilation into
tbe Mexican society which would
require re-locaUon into Mexico.
The third alternaUve waa the
recognlUon of their marginal culture as a vaUd culture and developing lt as their own Instead
of attempting to Identify themselves as either Mexicans or
Americans culturaUy. It Is with
this thought In the minds of thou-
sanda, that the Chlcano movement began.
It was only In the mld-slxUes
that a social movement began
around thla marginal culture;
a movement aimed at creating
an  identity  within  this margin.
Identity* .that would discredit
assimilation in the tradition
American sense, and centered
around their cultural values
which strongly reflect a much
more human way of lite than
tbe American society hsd reflected.
Though there was no social
movement to promote this marginal culture until the mid-sixties, the Mexican-American had
been a marginal people since 18-
48 and had since then been building and autonomous culture snd
value system..
Tbe Chlcano movement has
developed in the last few years
aimed at promoting awareness
that \,;ll bring IdenUty, pride,
and dignity lo the long unrecognized people of this new culture.
This movement has -chosen a
name for Its people which developed out of the poverty pockets
of this southwestern culture; they
have called themselves ■Chlcanos*. Tbe word Chicano symbolizes both the marginal culture and the aocial movement
which promises to bring this
culture Its  long-overdue dlgni-
Walker on dismissal
Pesticides, Peril or Provider
By Manuel Fernandez
would be an understatement
said that Agricultural Pesti-
s was not a controversial
« and that lt didn't concern
the chlcano at all.
Pesticide use In the fields has
been one of the main gripes
9 chlcano long before Ceasar
ez's stuck on aldrin. But
there are a few facts everyone should know:
(1)Agricultural chemicals
have made it possible for farmers
to feel such a large amount of
people   and   yet  retain  quality.
(2) They have helped wipe out
many diseases such aa Malaria
In the South.
(3) Without these pesticides
e wooid have a sure famine within two years.
Before a farmer can use a
pesticide he baa to receive a
permit from the County agricultural Office and they regulate
i to what he can spray, bow
iuch and when would be the
safest Ume.
Before any chemical can go on
e market lt must go through
various tests. Since they natur-
t test on people they
rabbits and go through
several generations. Let me give
" >f one of these
tests: This special test Is used
to determine Its toxicity or
LD-50. The LD-50 of any chemical Is defined as the amount or
'lethal dosage* lt would take to
kill one half of a test group of
rats. This is measured In mllU-
grams of the substance per kilogram of body weight. The lower
the LD-50 the more toxic the
material. For example, aldrin
ban'an LD-50 of 98, but let
me put It to you in grams. 1
gram of aldrin (s enough to kill
person.  This is  very toxic.
Of c
e all tl
drawback: They can never
be tested on people. They cannot know for certain what the
affect wlU b3 on a fluman being
10 or  20 years from now. And
practically speaking, everyone
takes a certain amount of risk In
taking any chemical. Some pe-
taking any chemical. Some people take rlskswhen they take psn-
ldUn if they don't know thoy are
allergic to It. But government
sponsored organizations and private laboratories such as the
FDA do everything possible to
cut these risks to a bare minimum. If they are later found to
be detrimental to human life they
are banned off the makket Immediately, You see, research on
the material does notstopaftorlt
ia declared safe (If used correctly) but U continues.
This might sound Uke a lot of
rapping to some of you but every
point I make Is Important. I'm
not saying I agree with the poisoning of our people but- as an agriculture major I know a UtUe
bit more about lt than the average
atudent and I must defendtthe Industry because I know the Importance of lt.
I don't think anyone would be
careless enougbtto use something
that could be fatal to human life;
except perhaps someone wbo saw
dollar signs more vividly than a
child suffering from phosphate
poisoning.
In essence, this Is tbe vital point
I was trying to make. Many of
these deaths and side effects don't
come directly from the pesticides
themselves but from people who
did not handle them properly and
people who did not use them within the limits of the law. There Is
no doublt that farmers In the past
have sprayed Illegally chemicals
that were restricted or at a Ume
when lt was considered dangerous.
For Instance, the cyclomates,
which were recently banned, were
originally Intended for people
with dietary problems such as
diabetics. But Instead were widely being used as artificial sweeteners. After being warned they
still went ahead with their cap-
atallstic   venture.    Why? Most
likely I
produce. Ironically, the largest
producer of lt, Abbot Laboratories, has declared lt cancer pro-
proven to me once again that there
is no real evil In what man has,
is no real evil in what man has
created, but that the real evil lies
In Ihe way i
lt. Stricter law i
tbe use of pesticides is c
needed. Let us not be so harsh
as to say that If we do not start
banning a few we are all eventually going to be poisoned. Like nuclear power, pesticides caa be
very beneficial to man. But If not
handled right they could destroy
tbe whole world.
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Talk's decision lacks justification'
best wiU be limited
to the next eight months.*    -
Dr. Walker noted there is little
probabUlty that money win be
F.S.C. Acting Preaident Karl
Falk yesterday replaced Dr.
Walker with Dr. James A. Fikes,
a professor of health science and
president of the Academic Sea-
ate.
In Us statement. Dr. Walker
said the reassignment 'lacks suf-
.ftclent Justification by accepted
By BUI Martin
Collegian Staff Writer
Dr. Harold E. Walker said today bis reassignment to the position of Administrative Vice 	
President-has the appearance of for a third vice president. Fres-
dtsmlssal, apparently without no State had an Academic Vice
cause." President and an Executive Vice
Dr.  Walker,   until yesterday President before the position of
Fresno  State's  Executive  Vice Administrative   Vice   President
President, said In a statement was created with Dr. Walker's
that 'It Is apparent that my con- — ~—— ■■••
Daily
Collegian
By Beverly Kennedy
Collegian Managing Editor
Tbe Academic Council of the
LXXV/35 TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1969      School of Arts and Science, will
■ meet this afternoon at S p.m. to
Dr. Burtner: 'Administration has
abandoned democratic process'
tartly  signed ia ray behalf by Executive Vice P
ever 900 faculty members recommending  me for the acting ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
presidency signified confidence Uoo,  Dr.  Walker  lrr#r*'*H  lt
in my administrative competence would depend on the role visual-
la the Executive Vice President lied by the acttaff uriald—I fee-
position.''                                        . an Administrative  Vice  Presi-
Dr. Walker had withdrawn his dent.
bribe        (Continued on Page 4, Col. 1)
Arts/ Sciences council
may reject Walker;
'no confidence1 in Falk
Dr. Dale Burtner, yesterday
relieved of his duties as dean of
the School of Arts and Sciences,
charged the administraUon with
abandoning 'democratic processes" under non-emergency
conditions, and *abrogaUng the
rights of the faculty and the stu-
Burtner said he feels his firing is the result of a Joint agreement made by Dr. Karl Falk,
acting president, Dr. James
Flkes, newly appointed executive
vice president, and State College
Chancellor Glenn Dpmke.
"The students and faculty, ciU-
zens and parents should demand
of the administration why tt Is
necessary to abandon deroocraUc
principles In arriving jt a good
administraUon,'Burtner said.
In accordance wltb Dr. Falk's
reassignment, Burtner. effecUve
today, will return to his teaching
duUes as a professor of chemis
try and wlU also be responsible
for drawing up the program, Jus-
tlflcatlon and specifications of
Phase li of tho science complex,
part of the master building plan
for the coUege.
Burtner also charged that 'the
administraUon  apparently does
consider   yesterday's'administrative shakeup.
The council Is expected lo consider a motion reJecUng the appointment of Phillip Walker as
the new Dean of the School of
Arts and Sciences and also to
submit demoted Dean Dale C.
Burtner's name for reinstate-
Yesterday, the council meeUng
In a Jam-packed CoUege Union
conference room, passed a motion expressing no confidence In
newly-appointed President Karl
L. Falk, newly-appointed Vice
President James Flkes and Walk-
councU appointed a three-man
committee to meet with Dr. Falk
to discuss tho issue. The committee, however, was unable to meet
with Dr. Falk. Dr. Burtner was
called Into the president's office
at 12:30 p.m. and was handed the
notice of termination.
not ».
o deal «
s, only with personalities," and noted that "thisaction
Intimidates all remalnlngadmln-
straUve personnel who may wish
to act Independently in the good
Interest of the coUege.*
In my Judgment,' Burtner
said, 'the decision to get rid of
me was made to prevent the kind
of proposals that I have made to
make possible the type of higher
education that is relevant to the
desperate needs of our society.'
Those needs as oulUned by
Burtner are:
The need of students who have
lost faith In the proteased values
expense of the
poor and tbe disenfranchised.
Burtner said he win seek legal
advice and plans to devote his
energies tb the same principles
he demonstrated In his administration 'as long as these principles are commensurate with
the broader needs of society.'
He said he would devote whatever time and energy necessary
to democracy as a 'real system
of higher educaUon tb which the
principles of representative government and responsibilities to
the body politic are made operable to higher.education.
"An administration which is not
open,* Burtner emphasized, 'and
which does* not operate openly,
cannot serve the people."
I Broten calls
for protest
Associated Student Body President Doug Broten today scored
Acting President Karl L. Falk
for his sudden shakeup of administrative personnel Monday.
Broten called a news conference today at 10 a.m. and charged
Dr. F»lk wtth 'unwarranted removal* of Dr. Dale Burtner as
dean of the School of Arts and
Sciences and Dr. Harold Walker
as executive vice president.
The following is the complete
text of Broten's statement:
' as the President of the Associated Students of Fresno State
CoUege I am here to protest the
actions of Dr. Karl Falk, Acting
President of Fresno State/College. _-/
On November 3 Dr. Falk an-
100 students and faculty.
Tbe special meeUng, the second of the day, was called by
committee Preaident CradyMul-
tennlx after Dr. Burtner received
his noUce of termination.
An earUer meeting was called
yesterday at 10 a.m. to discuss
rumors that the school would be
. Involved In a major administrative shakeup.   At that Ume the.
ell's hope that a meeUng of the
committee and Dr. Falk could
take place before any "preclplt-
ous"acUon could betaken.
Burtner, who received a standing ovation from the gathering,
said he was sUll at the service
or tbe school and requested that
no acUon be taken that could *■*•-
ther the Interests ot ''those who
do not follow democratic processes.*
"Those wbo have sought power," Burtner added, "will surely
have their day, but when that day
Is  concluded,  tbe  people  will
While 11 cat ^„__^
what action the council will take,
Mullennlx said that the procedures for dean selecUoo were not
followed and Indicated that the
council would take some action
against that move.
Folk's shakeup takes
toll of campus liberals
DR. DALE C. BURTNER
ivalotDr. DalaC.
Burtner as the dean of the School
of Arts snd Sciences and Dr.
(ConUnued on Page 3, Col. 1)
By Gerald P. Merrell
Collegian EdItor-ln-Chlef
Fresno State CoUege Acting
President Karl L. Falk found
himself today emersed In a ma-
major controversy foUovrtng his
shakeup of personnel at the high
administrative level Monday.
With strong backing from conservative factions, Dr. Falkyes-
terday began a pogrom of campus liberals In an effort to oust
them from policy-making positions.
Tbe president yesterday terminated Dr. pale C. Burtner as
dean of the School of Arte and
Sciences and then demoted Dr.
Harold walker from execuUve
vice president - Ibe second most
powerful office on campus — to
administrative vice president.
It has been reported that further changes are pending. Many
liberal faculty and administrative
personnel voiced fear yesterday
that several persons at'high and
low levels' wiU be removed or
eased out of current positions.
One report said Dr. Falk win
order reorganlzaUon of the duties of Dean of Students W. Donald Albright,-thus phasing him out
as an administrative leader. A
push Is expected shortly to have
tbe new acting president, appointed only last Thursday, overturn a decision last year by tbe
Board of PubUcaUons and the
Student Senate allowing Ma<*srfl
Chlcano students to publish their
own newspaper once a week.
For the moment, Richard
Keyes, ethnic studies chairman,
appears safe from being fired. It
first was thought that he would be
reUeved of his position but Dr.
Falk has reportedly come under
Keyes' because of fear of student
Keyes bas the strong backing
of black, Chlcano and white Ub-
eral students and faculty.
Keyes said of yesterday's
•I think martial law has been
declared. The police have come
to the campus. It now becomes a
matter if tho whites, browns and
blacks will receive open and Ma
ture witnessing here is thelnlUa-.
Uon of white slavery.
•White   people  are  given  a
choice of being free or being em-
WhUe a ^^^^^^^^^
.the president also said be has
directed Dr. Jamea Flkes to form
an ad hoc committee to make a
study of tbeenUre academic organizational structure of the college.