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FRESNO, CALIFORNIA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18. 1003
Student Presidents Oppose
Added Health Service Costs
The California State Colleges
Student Presidents Association
this weekend stated Its opposition
to any additional cost to students
for health services.
Dale Weidmer. student body
president, and Sterling Johnson,
iiudenl body vice-president elect,
represented Fresno State College
ii (he three-day conference held
it   Humboldt   State   College   In
Student presidents from the K
member colleges meet lour limes
annually on various campuses to
dl«euss problems of major Inter-
eat to  the stato colleges.
Association action. In the form
of recommendations and resolu¬
tions, la sent to the California
State College Chancellor Glenn S.
Dumke and to various organiza¬
tions affecting or Influencing the
it..to colleges.
Weidmer reported that the
CSCSPA took action on the slu¬
dent health services issue In the
(ace of the adoption of a policy
by ihe chancellor's office favoring
non-stale financing of parking
areas, resident halls, and .student
health services.
If iho itate legislature accepts
the policy of the chancellor's of¬
fice, cost for tho services would
bo deferred to students through
an Increase In fees.
As a result of Ihe health warrfi
Ices battle, the legislature created
a special committee to Investigate
the Issue as a whole—tho aspects
of facilities, finfcacIuK. and prob
Ictus that may
The committee Is composed of
representatives from the state
legislature, the chancellors office,
and the CSCSPA.
flee will consider our resolution j
acaln-st an Increase In student i
fees for health services," Weld-1
mer   reported.   "If   Ihe   chancel-:
Blue Key Plans
Charity Drive
For Registration
The annual Illut* Key charily,
drive will* be held during spring
semester  registration.
Blue Key, national honor f ra- j
ternlly for upyer division nm, (
will attempt to gel a (I contri¬
bution   from   each   student.    The
dub win i
contribution eertltlcale to organ¬
izations which show total partici¬
pation.
The charity drive has been a
campus tradition for approxi¬
mately 20 years. In Ihe past the
drive has averaged contributions
of II.CO" per year, according to
Cordon Wilson, dean of student
activities.
Distribution of the charity
funds ls"""ap proved by the student
council, Wilson said In past years
of the money has
to the United Givers
per cent divided
community charlt-
organlzatlons.
Blue Key received
an award from Unlled Givers for
community service for conducting
Its drive. Monty McCall will chair¬
man  the drive this year.
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lor's office is against us. Ihen
we won't have any luck when
the Issue comes before the legis¬
lature,"
Xon-slate financing of parking
areas also drew discussion al¬
though no action was taken by
the CSCSPA.
Weidmer cited an estimated
1270,000 paid into Iho state fund
by  FSC students.   *
"This money was later dis¬
persed to other state colleges for
the construction of multi-level
parking facilities. And multi¬
level parking Is considerably more
expensive lhan ground-level park¬
ing."  Weidmer  pointed  out.
Further, there Is an Indication
from Ihe chancellor's office that
parking fees will not be reduced.
but that they may be increased
—possibly up to $13.66 to (15
per semester. The matter Is still
under  consideration  at  tho  pres-
"We wore unable to reach a
unified decision on the parking
issue." Weidmer explained, "be¬
cause many schools are already
receiving more In facility alloca¬
tions than they arc paying Inio
the  stale  fund." ^~-\
The CSCSPA discussion will
have an effect on student coun¬
cil action here. Weidmer said.
"The council Is In favor of re-
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BensonXook State Colleges Pay
To Fill Class, Raise Includes FSC
AWS Offices
Sheila     Benson
spring     Junior    cla
Exec Body Won't Meet
The Student Body Executive
Committee will not meet tonight
as originally scheduled because of
the vacation recess. Dale Weid¬
mer,     student     body    president.
Cook waa
chosen Associated Women Stu¬
dents historian ln Monday's gen¬
eral election.
A total of 95 AWS members
cast ballots In the election. Miss
Cook received 62 votes, while her
opponent. Nan Brlstow, earned
33 votes.
Fifty-one Juniors voted for
class secretary-treasurer. Miss
Benson defeated Betty Watklns
by two votes.
List week's primary election
filled ihe rest of tho AWS. class,
and Associated Student Body of¬
fices except for senior class sec-
re tary-treasurer and social chair¬
man, and Junior class vice presi¬
dent.
The presidents of those respec¬
tive classes will appoint students
to these offices with the approval
of their class executive committee.
ASB officers elected Include
Sterling Johnson, vice president:
l.ynno Itetalllck, secretary; Pam
Sheehan. women's legislative
■■■■■■-- i■ ■ i- i-. and Dick Murray,
athletic commissioner.
AWS offices rilled In the pri¬
maries were Ihe offices of presi¬
dent, vice president, secretary,
treasurer, and election manager.
Heather Cairns. Kathy Whitfield.
Elalno Ludcklng, Sandy DcAppo-
lonla, and Peggy McNeil were
elected to the olflces named ln
that order.
Jim West fall was elected vlee
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Happy Yulotide!
h    t the rump'" depleting the gaiety of the Christmas season la the Engineering Building
OM Ot dM many decorated door* throughout ^^^j bj u^ following iiiernhers of the Engineering Club: PJchanl Colby. Alden
*». Tkis Chjistmaa eeene su designed **-«* .       d j^ Relta. Tne> photo mi taken by Edward Kulhan, aa Maoctate profeesw
^^hmOusnooo, LouU Slim P* Todd, -W D^"
Fresno State College faculty
aro among the 6,000 professors
In the California State Colleges
who will receive from two to
seven per cent pay Increases ef¬
fective Jan. 1, 1964.
Tho State College Board of
Trustees Increased the pay for all
professors and librarians lost
week, and announced summer.ses¬
sion fees will be raised to cover
pay hikes for summer session
teaching personnel.
Under the new pay plan In¬
structors and assistant professors
will get a two per cent raise and
associate and full professors a
seven per cent Increase. Librari¬
ans will receive similar raises ac¬
cording to their academic classi¬
fication.
The raises will total (1.4 mil¬
lion for the sis months remain¬
ing In the fiscal year.
Allocation ot (GT5.000 in the
current budget tor Increases for
key academic administrators and
non-academic employees In the IS
colleges will be determined later
by the trustees' committee on
faculty and staff affairs.
Tho summer session tuition
raise was from (11.50 to (14.25
per unit. Tho fee Increase will
finance higher salaries for sum¬
mer session' Instructors. Under
the new Tee schedule for a alx-
week term assistant professors
will go from 1912 to 11134, as¬
sociates from (1002 to (1374 and
full professors from JllOt to
(16S0.
In other action the board ap¬
proved:
A   policy  calling  for  non-stato
Religion In
Schools Is
Given Okeh
LOS ANGELES <AP) —- The
State Board of Education today
urged California schools to teach
about religion without hesitancy.
The board unanimously .passed
a policy statement clarifying tbe
US Supreme Court decision on
school prayers and religious In¬
struction. The statement Is being
circulated to school districts
throughout the state.
It was written by a . board
member, Methodist Bishop Gerald
Kennedy of Los Angeles.
It states:
"Our schools should have no
hesitancy ln teaching about re¬
ligion. We urgo our teachers to
make clear tbe contributions of
religion to our civilisation
through history, art and ethnics."
The poller statement waa la-
sued. It said, because some par¬
ents expressed fear that tbe US
Supreme Court decision "opened
the door to tbe teaching or seeu-
larlstlc or atheistic doctrine." *"
Tbe statement cmphaslicd that
religious services are not to be
held In schools. In accordance
with the high court ruling but
that no teacher may teach a point
of view denying God. It also amid
that tbe Bible "la an appropriate
reference book for school librar¬
ies, for the study of history and
mankind."
The action on tho Holler state¬
ment waa made aa, the .board
opened a two-day meeting bare.
financing of all auxiliary facili¬
ties such as residence halls, din¬
ing operations, parking areas,
college unions, student health
centers, and lnter-colleglate ath¬
letic areas.
A resolution empowering tha
chancellor ol the state collega
system to accept gifts of personal
property to finance courses and
course sequences In engineering,
science and mathematics ln tbe
Lorn poc-Van den berg area.
Naming the library at Los An¬
geles State College the John IT-
Kennedy Memorial  Library.
A master plan for the develop¬
ment of the Los Angeles State
campus.
The board approved resolutions
submitted by Ita committee on
campus planning, buildings and
grounds which concerned schem¬
atic plans for construction proj¬
ects totaling (21.628.942 at 11
of the system's campuses, work¬
ing drawings for (144,000 tn
corporation rard construction at
(ha Hayward campus, minor capi¬
tal outlay increases of (17,500,
and construction projects at San
Jose State College totaling (84,-
000.
Tbe projects, their estimated
total costs and tbe colleges con¬
cerned are: cafeteria building,
Cal-State at Hayward, (1.539.547;
parking for 900 cars. (1SM0O,
Cal   Poly   Kellogg-Voorhls   cam'
Miss Buus
Lists RILW
Committees
Miss Virginia Buus, Lutheran
counselor and advisor to tha
RILW, has announced tho selec¬
tion of the 1963-64 Religion In
Life Week Program Committees.
Serving on the Executive Com¬
mittee will be William Pollock,
college admissions officer, as the
faculty advisor; Dave Heth and
Doug Llndqulst as general co-
chairmen; Virginia Buus aa staff
advisor; Linda Koch aa publicity
coordinator; Linda Leatham aa
secretary; and Sberyl Green aa
speakers' committee chairman.
Other committees and chair¬
men aro as follows: classroom
committee, Dennis Weema and
Dick Swenaon; staff advisor, tha
Rev. John D'Aboy, Baptist cam¬
pus pastor; evaluation commit*
tee. Dick Carter, and staff ad¬
visor, Rev. Jim White, Preabr-
terlan campus pastor.
Darrell Hansen la tha .chair¬
man of the physical arrangements
committee. The staff advisor la
Rev. D'Aboy- Mist Oreen aa chair¬
man, and the Rev. Tom Llndeman,
Methodist campus pastor and staff
advisor, will coordinate the
Speaker's Committee.
The organised houses commit¬
tee will be headed by Judy Thom¬
as. The start advisor Is Bar.
White. Bob Oostanlan la chair¬
man of the special events com¬
mittee, with the Rev. Carroll
Moon, director of the Collage T\
as tha staff advisor.
Tbe College Religious Council
and Sally McSharrr will be In .
charge oi the finance committee.
Mlsa Koch and staff advisor
Father Sergio Negro will coordin¬
ate all publicity for Reilglon-In-
Life Weak.