The Pharos: volume 59, number 13 - 12-10-1968

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Vol. LIX — No. 13   .
West  Virginia  Wesicyan  ColIcRe,  Buckhannon,  W.  Va.
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Tuesday, December 10, 1968
Evans Announces Convention Plans
fJv KCIIH DOUGL\SS
Prehminaiy pi uis foi a Constitution il Convention to bo held at Wesleyan next semestei aie now m the making. In an im;^rview with Cnarles Evans, President ofthe Com¬ munity'Gouncil, he "said -that, the.Convention is being plan¬ ned for either next semester! or early iiext year.
Convention for the purpose of revising the state's Constitution, but it failed.. It is hoped to have separate study groups on prob¬ lems such as Housing, Taxation, and ApporMcnment. Each group will report back to the conyen- tionvon ;their';proposals; ' ¦_ When' the convention.;, date, i: ,5et, -tarrangements -will .be:, made for„the^housing.of-.the, delegates. Help will_.also be needed _in re- cruttihg "guides  and helpers. ".
QUOTES   OF   THE   WEEK
"The   Negroes', primary   aim is to be the White man's broth¬ er;  not  his   brother-in-law." -¦ ¦ —Martin Luther King
"A junction of; free speech . . ". Is to Invite dispute. It may Indeed best serve the high pur¬ pose when it Induces . : .. un¬ rest ... or even stirs people to anger."
—Mr.   Justice   Douglas
BIAFRA    DISCUSSION
The International Relations Club. Is sponsoring a discussion on the Biafran Crisis. The dis¬ cussion' will be led by ^Godson Olumba, followed by a movie. ¦The'time is,7:00 ,p.m.' today, 'Tuesday, December' 10. The place 'is the Social. Hall In the ^Campus.- Center..-All Students and faculty, members are urged to attend;
Cunningham Elevated To New Vice-Presidency
Appointment of Dr. Richard, A. Cunningham to the 'position of vice president for student affairs and as.execu- c:ve assistant tothe president of West Virginia Wesleyan College has been announced by President Stanley H. Martin. The appointment became effective December 1.
--CHARLES-EVANS
¦¦¦ A/pre!iminary date'has been •-set: although 'this 'may '.change- • because -of-trouble- 'scheduling , spealcers; "An attempt',-will'be ^made' to'ask'interested:'pebple: r ¦from-',Charleston..to  partiilipate.'
¦ It  has" been-/decided- to' allow
the-two major.colleges, ten dele-    .d^_     Cunningham     maintains
gates with the^othernmeteen.iivel.,^',.,he. actual history of. inte-
-.delegaes.each   Thuimakesa.to..;   ^^,i„„,,    „i„,„„.j„e  to  the
-„-l-l^''''^-^'"'''•-™'^'i^^H^^' small emphasis placed on total
will be housed on canipus.by stu., ij3„,ifi„,i„„   j,,,^ ,   ,„   „cenf
-dents ^wilUng  to  give    up,:their| y^,„ this typiof data^ has been
:beds- for one, mght.  It. was .^also- regarded more seriously through-
decided-to-allow-each-student or-        ¦  •    -     --     ' .¦ - -   —
Integration Of Wesleya Slow 111 i^ecomplishment
Council Plans Evaluation, Time-Outs
.-pj-scussion continued .on'faculty evaluation at the December 4 meeting..of Community .Council. The questionnaires,- -which will. be distributed to. students next semes¬ ter,.- were ¦.-presented to .'-Council members. The Pharos came under lire at the meeting for what'Mrs Baldwin: considered to "be its fac¬ ulty - presentation of., the question
_     "Wesleyan  has. never:.had.any .written  discriminatory-..     ^ . ^j clauses-concerningse.^r race,, religion, or national origin,'" . ^. ?;°Xf"'''.?.'^ ?® ',^Z"^\ ^S: according-to Dr. Richard" Cunningham, :the; Vice •President'ff°'? ^t ¦'^^^ the faculty should in charge of Student Affairs.;        " — •¦=>™ some voice m faculty evalua-
out  the;"country . as   well  'as   on admission  applications.
ganizatiori on each, campus "to de- termine   the ^method- of  choosing
their-delegates. ¦-.     ¦   ; j   Statistics .oE  race..and. national
background- can be. a:vuseful aid
jin . understanding   the.. applicant;
(however,   Dr.   Cunningham.-also
:The .basic'argument   involved -is whether to have, a state Con-
.stitutional      Convention     or... to . : ' ,    -    .' \\, i *. \
[:change.the Constitution by, ra- 'recogmzed the fact that these sta- Amendments, as was done in the l^stics-are highly susceptible to -last elsctibh. .There was an at- j^^^"^!^' tempt two  years to  establish
MMiiver
GREEKS OPEN TONEGROES
~At^prcseu£, il^re. -are_Jio- non- Caucasians who :are members of any of the five national fratemi-
CUNNINGHAM'-
Dr.-Cunningham   is   the   tlilr4 vice-president to..be appointe^ii^;
have some voice in. faculty eyaluai. tion.-:"
In other business. Dean Ross, wanting "some student ..voice'/ in the matter of student discip-
li^me^rrSll^nrio^t 1^^^^-- ' '^>^», «""- ^^ &lnr.^iJ^h',^uXr.,.iJhJ^^^T^»^V ments announced were Dr. Ashtoa Appeals which would be compos- . . ¦a'Iw.--,«;i ,r;«« «^«^Mn«t -f«« ti-r,- «Ji-At-«i,«.  Pv^....:,.* r««>«i«<.-^-,-^""3°d..vice president for fui.
ancial affairs. and treasurer-elec^' and.Di:, Nelson M. Hoffman, yice' president for academic ^affairs and
ed'bf - the Executive Committee of; Council, which Council con¬ sidered   to   be   the , most   repre-
ties and four sororities on camp-; sentative group on'campus. The; fi'„„;f/.,„ t^„„-,,„
lis    Tn.nn  ofFnrt tn finrl .+hp r^acnTi     *..«-.*:-_   «e  *l.:.   u*,-j ..„„..IJ   U«    Clean.Ot  tnp lacUlty,
us. In an effort to find'the reason*^ function.of this board would be
for this, the presidents of the nine) advisory)  final   authority   being
groups  were  asked, the question,, retained   by .the   Dean   of   Stu-
''Wliat is  the national and local! dents.
policy of your fraternity or soror-i
ity - concerning   the   pledging   of. The Traffic Committee announ-
non-Caucasians?".     ¦ -     -   . (ced a surplus of $100, which was
In answer to the question con-^ cerning   the   limited   number   of Negro students, DK-Xunningham stated that  mariy^'more factors were, involved thaiit'{usti^the mere signing   of '¦ petitldris'^for" funds. The Admissions Office has made . sincere   efforts   to "recruit/   with, -.the .encouragement   of  the   stu- . .:",    / dent body, a greater number of •-Dr.: Kenneth'-'B.  Welliver  -We^t: non-Caucausian students; Appar-
• Virginia .Wesleyan' faculty = mem-: ^" 'y t*^® - non-Caucausian appli- ' ber, has beeii nominated by Pres.|can*'s"ot aware .of Wesleyan's
ident. Stanley H. Martin as the-.a'''''*y to offer,financial.aid and ¦college's 1929-70 candidate for'.tlie. »« scared off bythe evident high ¦ academic administrative intern-" cost of a private school before rship:program: sponsored   by   the; expensive Investigation Is made.
• American Council on Education.'     ,. ,     ,,   ¦_     ,        v.
.-   I   Negro faculty members have
The post-doctoral program, in-.i been, sought as well, but diie to . itiated .by a Ford Foundation ; Grant' in, 1964, was established , to .select' and train - academic- leaders for administrative posi- ,  tions in higher education. '
Dr. Welliver is professor of .Bible and religion and is chairriian ¦o£ that department. He is the sec¬ ond Wesleyan nominee from Wes- ¦: leyan ^for the internship program. .Dr. Richard'A. Cunningham, as* sistant to -¦ the- president, was' the ¦: flr.st, ¦¦¦.- ,¦" ^ ¦¦   ¦¦ ' "'¦' ¦¦¦-       ¦ ¦¦-  ¦   :
There were 23 Interns-In-the first program tn 1964. This.year there' are 50. ,ThB:program -In¬ cludes exchange internship op¬ portunities permitting' the fellow
- or^Intern, to^serve  as  he .may
; wisii' at'anQlher Institution or at his'Home college."-    ¦
The three will be the newly created administrative ; council for the p r e s i d e n t. Continued' growth and development of We»^. leyan over the past seyeral yoara brought abo.ut the new structure
Whpn a^kpH *h!« -«HP^tion   tUft ' P^°™P^^^ Channeled into the Coun-> of organization for the  college, ,rSe"nt"o'f1loha ^r Delu' a'nd  tS-..!';!?!"^^/3^?_.!°"?.V««.l,?.^ K Martin said.. / .    .
¦.president of Alpha Xi Delta and {nexfsemestef fraternities-will be! ¦Alpha Gamma Delta, Loisjnxet- :giyen t^e opportunity  to have     '
Dr. Cunningham  came to Wes-
,ta and Cheryl Miller, replied that : "roving  hostess,','   part of : whose leyan as its first dean of students,, while they could not quote trom   ggjapy .^yjn i,g pgj^ i,y the frater- in 1959 and last year he was named
their;national constitutions,,they Inities. The idea is stiU'in the plan- assistant to the president. could say that they contained no   nine stage
'discriminatory clause. '
Zeta Tau Alpha • president Sue Sweezy-.said that there' was no "specific reference to this, matter,
Dean McBrair reported that the Dining Room Committee had met. Difficulties w'ere aired. and SAGA  personnel   were; reported
in the national.constituUon; As for   Tu     »'"='°"7'  "^'^^  reporrea inn^i   nnii.^   tiatio  h.=  Wn  fnr. -** ^^ cooporatlvo. Responding to
local policy, none- has been for-] mulated, she said, , since, "No- Negro has .ever rushed on'this campus, and I seriously doubt if it will happen in the next teii years.",
the limited number of qualified Negro professors, Wesleyan is un¬ able, to meet their high salary demands.   • ,
Ho concludes that: Wesley- Baldwin considered to be its~faulty presentation  of  the .q ue.s tion
Mr. Arthur Swarthouf, Librar¬ ian and Professor of Lilbrary Sci¬ ence, reports that although the Board of Trustees adopted a res¬ olution admitting Negroes on an equal basis earlier than most other private southern schools, the actual reaching- of equal status has been much lower Iti coming about. '   ' .'    .
.In the early 1950's,. when  Mr.
Swarthbut was a student; Negroes ¦iwere:nbt admitted, to. the.dormi-
^^h« *«tA™ 1,, *™:«*-^rtHifli-'^o'^tories or the.dining halls: It-rwns
., .The intpiuk-^ «f regidar as.^jj^      -^_^^^
\sigmnents so as to become-invblv-        *   rf^ ? wcj.v«,c uic bwut^av* «»a
• nel. auxiliary. enterpHses,- physicalj^^' ^^ ^S^/'^»: Ihf^f^v plant and. alumni hffairsi--'- - - ako,rjpo,rtavtlrat,: whil^.^the: nun^ I   ;   . -;- -V .s,^:.;.     -:;_ . ;.-:;-r   ber: o^^studentff^.ha3;-:^^c^eased . "TIia'-piMT>o$>7*of~ih«HiPOflMm-:jgi:teat]y - eince^^
. '   . ; CContinued i-on. Page ¦ 2) '.'' ^ I'.thd; number.;of. Negroes, has. not..'_:
national constitution . in this gard. The question was brought lip by three chapters at the last national congress and a non-dis¬ criminatory amendment was pass¬ ed. - President  Mickey   Kay   said
He holds bachelor' of scieheo and master of education degrees', granted . by the University^ of,' Pittsburgh, where he aiso'serve<i^ in the off led of dean of men from 1950 through 1958. Dr.'Cwu nir^ham completed in'196S';hta' doctorate at West Virginia'UnK^ versity with emphasis on' col-' lege teaching and administration*'
student complaints of Silverware.
shortages  arid  poor' meals.   Dr.
Cunningham   pointed   out   that |
much of the problem stems from
student   stealing. Alpha   Delta   Pi   president   Di¬ ane  Thomas.had- no   statement except to say that the AD Pi con- ..
lllriTci^urr :;'t^:L.^^^lS^l^^^^it »- .efore co^mg to Wesleyan.
  Ireflected by the food on the stu-
01 the fraternities on campus, dent's plate. Chi  Phi recently  liberalized  the
Time Out Program
¦He also served as assistant"' to
The   amount   of . money   which "l= President and professor ofin-
SAGA pays to replace stolen items "'"Sy ?'"',.rr'"';''Sy at the Pitts-
'^„m.= frnm .L .-.mn-mt fh» =h,. """rgh InsTtitute of Mortuary Sci-
The Time-Out 'Program, an at¬ tempt to bring relevance into the classroom, has-been' approv¬ ed by the faculty. Unable to de-
that now the pledge policy, "Is'- ''¦'f "P"" « topic. Council defer left pretty much up to the locall .«<" ''«. ^"«»'°" *." ,"" ""* chapter. -   . .
Kappa Alpha president Ted Pentz said that although many people thought: there was a na- tional lav/ within the order for¬ bidding non-CaueasIan pledges, there was noTW, and would  ac-
meeting. Possible topics men- tioned were time and space, ra¬ cial tensions, Vietnam end the relationship between class nna- terlal and human values.
Dr.- Cunningham Initiated at Wesleyan an expanded program of student personnel services. Ha is an associate professor of psy-i chology. Also, he is a founder of the Wesleyan Circle of Omicron I Delta Kappa and is now servings on. the National Council as Pro*; vince II deputy. He has served as' a national afficer and work* shop-faculty for Sigma Chi fra¬ ternity.
His post-doctoral work includes attendance at t!ie College Business Management program conducted T»,„ t:™« A.,t t> .„rt« ™ , ,!ii Kn ^y the University of Nebraska and The Time-Out Program wiU be a ^ig current internship for academ- * 4u 'X o^.<=l"ss?s meant for coUe^e-.j^ administration in a program at «P*-y ajyo"/ ;J'.h» ";«°»? . *^« wide discussion of. a general topic, wesleyan sponsored by the Ameri- •standards.of .tho chapter. ..¦- jiig-.^tovesUgating-commlttee-on can-Council on Education.--- J -; The natiotnai-'Constitutlpn :of thel awards vmado". two irecoram'qnda-riDr.Xunningham resides. :,at 2^ Theta "Chrs' inake^ji'no^^spcciJicitions.-Departraentalra'warda.should:' Gum,street .where he. enjoys cwAt
statement^-r regarding "race,-'.buffbe-given,-at.the.Assembly.anji that ¦'cbooses. pledges- oni, the rbasisibf|the>criterla<for'. Wesley-Ann, and the.iriabiuty-^oibe'a-good-brpth'er. Wesley-Andy  shoiild ancliideV-that
^eoi^Bg-4d.-local--iJresiderit-Joe]each'have'r'at-least^tt-^,5,'-overall '   (Continued' on' Page-8) ----..''iavetage _ , : _¦_;.„,-.
ing' and flower gardening.. The .ha- , tive of.Pennsylvania served in.the Medical   Department   in-  World War 'II, two years of this time ia  ..(Continue4._on-Page 2), .   '