1969_11 The Daily Collegian November 1969

              B DAILY COLLEGIAN
editorial
Respond to students
taken its grip on
it administrative
Fresno State College.
But to say merely that this results froi
shakeup would be to simplify the issue.
Indeed, Acting-President Karl Falk's firing of Dr. Dale Bi
and demotion of Dr. Harold Walker are odious. In less than i
since assuming the presidency. Dr. Falk has, in effect, fired two of
the most prominent persons on campus.
. But more importantly, the new administration has already lost
the respect, confidence, and support of a large segment of the academic community. And one must wonder how the educational system
will be served under this atmosphere.
However, to pinpoint Dr. Falk's administration as the only villain
would be a misapplication of the facts.
Surely he is not acting alooe/'Dr. Falk's sudden changes at the
high administrative level this week only give illustration as to how
higher education in California has become p'olitized.
The emergence of Ronald Reagan, Chancellor Glenn Dumke and
Dr. Max Rafferly has turned the State colleges into a political football, with conservatives and liberals fighting for control.
It Is doubtful thai Dr. Falk would have moved so swiftly on the
liberal establishment at Fresno State had he not had the support of
right
And Dr. Falk is par
t of this perverted segment.
He   frequently  dra
strations
by referring to
Nazi Germany. He  is
t the 'rowdies of thc Uni-
versity of Berlin* do
ring the r
niddle I93rrs led to
fascist govcrn-
Are today's demon
strators
>nly 'rowd
es* seek
ng authoritarian
governments? Or are
Ihey dem
ation and society
people by
and by acting upon thc
se needs^
The president has
also said
his admin
slrativc
shakeup is 'what
the general public and thc alu
mni  want."
What is i
respond  to  Ihe outsi
ic community tiut ir
Ihe needs ol the
academic community
which he
hould serv
Tbjs campus cannot allow thc
istration
ocontinuc on its
present  course. Non
effort to persuade Dr
his .Kimin
vice and
onsent and licgin pr
aviding a healthy
0 pursue
n cducalio
^ rclcvan
to all.
But should this fail
then othe
1. The president
says he wants lo crea
te an atmosphere on
the camp
js so that 'those
il system.
accomplishcil? Bv fi
I at Fresno State
The purge of F.S.C. liberals
Acting president Karl Falk has
s campus, then      wasted   little   time  entrenching
himself as a firm follower of the
aid P. Mcrrcll  .   tenets of authoritarian admlnls-
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traUon so ably set forth by the
last chief bully. Arbitrarily giving the boot to a pair of capable
administrators, Falk has moved
to solidify his position (why we
know not) by kicking the scoundrels In.
Dean Dale Burtner, victimized
by his allegiance to academic
freedom, has been pulled from
the starUng line-up. replaced by
a speech teacher. This move, we
can almost understand, because
Burtner had the audacity to endorse a militant black Muslim
for   a  teaching position at   the
But the jnost lnsulUng move
made by the new bwana Is to can
Executive Vice President Harold
Walker and replace him with the
new golden boy of the conservative set, Dr. James Flkes, who
could very well become Fresno
State's own Splro T. Agnew.
Harold Walker haa rhe sympathy of every just person on
campus. He la the nice guy who
gets hit by a truck while crossing
the street, a moderate man, sincerely concerned with uniting
Fresno State's mangled faculty,
Walker has become the Falk ad-
first   sacrificial
laml
In Ms place comes Professor
James A. Flkes, a Junior varsity
player If there ever was one.
(Prediction.'' Jimmy Flkes wlU
fumble the ball.) Mr. Flkes, a
graduate or Central State Teachers College In Oklahoma, Is obviously being groomed to take
over the presidency of Fresno
State College. One can only Imagine the closed door conferences
at the State College Trustees
meeUng In Los Angeles last
week. Sombody volunteered the
name of Flkes for president, but
he has had no administrative experience. So a compromise was
found. Falk, with administrative
experience, will be president for
the time being, with one of his
first moves being to get Flkes
Into a position where he will be
able to get the experience be
needs, so that whan the. time
comes to name a permanent
proxy, the name of James A.
Flkes will be the first pulled out
of tbe hat. Quick, like a rabbit.
Tbe removals of Harold Walker
and Dale Burtner are unrelated
actions. Burtner Is being punished for supporting Marvin X.
Walker simply has had tbe misfortune of being the right man in
the wrong position. There is no
excuse for 'reaaslgnlng' Walker.
It  is  power politics purs and
Th* Daily Collegian
Keyes: 'No indication'
of firing by Falk
By Phyllis Martin
Collegian Staff Writer
Black Studies Chairman Rlch-
ird Keyes said yeaterday no men
tion  I
rumored dismissal from tha Ethnic Studies Department after a
brief morning meetingwlth Fresno S tate College Acting- P resident
Karl Falk. Rather, be stated, lt
was more of a gat-acquainted
meeting and to dispel rumors of
an ethnic studies shakeup.
Keyes said that If he had been
dismissed, he'd be unable to predict campus reaction to his flr-
•I don'
to predict student behavior. My
relationship with students Is to
inform them of all the facts of a
situation ... a person with whom
students discuss alternatives,'
he said.
Keyes stated he didn't know
whether or not he would have
been replaced if dismissed.
•I'm here because black people
asked me to come and stay because they want me to stay. I will
continue to teach as long as the
black people want me."
When asked about Dr. Dale
Burtner's firing as head of the
school of Arts and Sciences and
Falk naming Phillip Walker as
his successor, Keyes said he felt
this  Issue  stemmed   from the
Marvin X Issue. However, he
added that the fact Burtner Is a
liberal leader on a campus lust
receiving conservative leadership would also have to be con-
si dered.
Although there haa been no.
overt act toward the ethnic
studies department, Keyes believes lt has been threatened
with Burtner's removal. He added
that he personally liked Dr. Walker but disagreed with him on
campus issues.
Charging that the Uberal purge
on campua Is a result of a power
vacuum, Keyes said, 'Whenever
open for those
operating the system, those In
power wlU try to reinforce the
Institution with people whose
points of view are similar or
sympathetic with their own."
He called any kind of purge a
social act because through a
•decree you're destroying a large
part of a person's Ute. People
who destroy hopes and dreams
make themselves eligible to be
recipients of that destruction.*
The current matter at stake
Is .not whether Falk la acting as
a figurehead, what Is at stake,
according to Keyea, is the surr
rival of the Black and Brown student community - of their wnat-
ing to be here and to remain here
for an education.
Committees are formed to 'awaken'
campus to meaning of Falk's changes
as a result of the recent
administrative reorganization
and threatened future developments, four student committees
have been formed to awaken the
campus population to the meaning of ihe changes. Proposed
Information for distribution Includes, In addition to background
details, an Inquiry Into the political associations and special
Interests of the figures primarily involved.
The four committees now established Include a research
team, a group responsible for
leaflet distribution and two committees designed to acquaint fraternities and sororities, resident
students and apartment dweUers
with the situation. It Is hoped
by   organizers,   wishing  tb  re-
obvious.
Although originated by members of Ideologically liberal campus groups, ail students who
are concerned with Ihe current
Fresno State crisis are encouraged to take part In committee
activities. Those Interested may
contact the student president's
office, extension 2Gf>7.
Rally
their efforts rumors will be silenced, truth revealed and appropriate paths  of action made
Purge .
(Continued from Page 2)
So the deed Is done. The question now Is: Who goes next? Obviously, no one, is safe. There
are many rumors, few which are
true. One of the moat ridiculous,
of course, is thst Richard Keyea
will be removed as chairman ot
the Ethnic Studies Department.
Even st^ch a person as Falk must
*=e that lt was Richard Keyes
who kept this rtmp.it from exploding in Use initial days after
Ness declined to hire Marvin X.
Taking any steps to remove each
» respected and level-headed man
would be like committing collegiate suicide. The campus has
already beta raped, and another
atrocity would be first degree
murder.
Secondary campus officials are"
becoming aware of the fact that
they are no longer secure in their
positions. The machine is shltt-
'"K Into high gear, the meat
grinders are being readied.
Fresno State la being butchered,
eventually to be packaged aad pot
on display in clear cellotAane
w'*Pt- re.
Fresno State, when you go to
sleep   tonight,
""    '   watching.
Brother is
and Doug Broten hold news cortfere
Lucas, Broten score Dr. Falk's shakeup
Student Body President Doug
Broten In a press conference yesterday criUclzed Acting-President Karl Falk for his administrative shakeup, charging Dr.
Falk with making the moves
•with Uttle or no consultation
with faculty or administration and
with no consultation with any studenU.'
Broten said that Dr. Falk's
'liberal purge' would 'lead to
the death of this coUege as a
market place for the academic
exchange necessary to Inteln-
gent enlightenment."
Lavert Lucas, a graduate student and member of the Black
Students Union, speaking 'as a
part of the black community that
was  deeply concerned over Dr.
(Dale) Burtner's dismissal' said Lucas also said the black com-
that under Dr. Burtner and Dr. munlty was concerned over the
Harold Walker, former executive rumored dismissal of Richard
vice preaident until reassignment Keyes, chairman of the Black
Monday, Fresno State CoUege Studies Program, but in a press
has become a 'model' for other conference yesterday, Falk said
colleges. Lucas said that lt was he plans m
to the credit of these men mat
While Fresno State had the same
problems as other coUege In the
system, there had been no violence. Lucas charged Dr. Falk
with destroying Uve «student-ad-
mlnlstration relationship' created by Dr. Burtner, Dr. Walker
and other liberals.
(Continued from Page 1) - •
tion and power. 'Maybe we have
more strength than we thought,"
he said.
Dr. MuUennls told the gathering that the Arts and Sciences
council had met on the case and
Issued a vote of 'no confidence"
to Phillip Walker and Dr. Flkes.
He also stressed that no one in
the School was consulted on the
appointment.
I'm glad to see that we're all
together. Now the/man' Is coming In your door. It's not Just a
group of blacks and browns sitting
in their own corner that they're
pushing,* said Osbee Davis of the '
BUck Student Union.
He went on to say that the only
thing that kept the campus from
serious difficulty in the past
'are the people they're moving
right now. It's time the students
decide to do something for themselves. Get active.'
Several ot the speakers referred to tbe fact that Dr. Falk
received his doctorate from the
University of BerUn at the time
ot tbe Mast rise to power and alluded to his -authoHtatlan attl-
Tbe densooslrators have chosen a yellow arm band marked
. with a star of David for the symbol of the protest. It waa explained that during the Nazi occupation of Denmark when the
jews were required to Wear the
six-pointed stars that all the people donned them to show their
support of the Jewish population.
Student Coalition, which Is distributing the arm bands says they
are calling studenU tbe Jews In
this situation. The bands sym-
boUM support of Dr. Burtner and
Dr. Harold Walker and protest
ot the appointments of Dr. Flkes
and Phillip Walker.
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