1969_05 The Daily Collegian May 1969

              2    THE DAILY COLLEGIAN
Editorial/Comment.
Utftrs to ti» i*tor*
Keep ROTC on campus
The Issue whether to retain the Air Force Reserve Officers Train¬
ing Corps at Fresno State College is a complex Issue and one that Is
clouded with emotionalism and people who are not fully aware of
what they are talking about. Tuesday's rally sponso
dents for a Democratic Society and the Resistance is i
The ROTC     issue     arose some weeks   ago a:
Economics Lecturer James M. Cypher who said that the program
violated the principal of academic autonomy from the government.
Tuesday's rally brought Cypher and the •anU-everythlng" people
to the speakers platform in the free speech area to denounce the
war In Vietnam, the killing of citizens, killing In general and the train¬
ing of people to kill. But not one of these items really related to
the activities of   ROTC.
The idea that ROTC units train people in tactical murder is a
farce. Lt. Col. Karl R. Baum well attributes this misleading concept
to equating the army with ROTC which is like equating an apple to
an orange. The genus Is the same but the species is different.
Force or any other law enforcement organization were allowed to
thinking and administration and management organization techniques.
There are no classes In tactical killing and sitting in on any air
science class would dispell any such Ideas.
Robert J. Allison, professor of economics, was right when he
said ROTC 'Is not such a great damage to us but is more of a sym¬
bolic thing." In light of the film "Seven Days in May" ROTC on yMs
campus or any campus Is valuable.
The film In question depicts an underground Army complex In the
Texas desert and a general who has no faith in the president
and democracy. The situation could exist if the Army or the Air
Force or any other law enforcement organization were allowed) to
train their cadets In the privacy of their own fortresses.
The ROTC program is an academic subject. Public scrutiny is the
safest and best measure separating thsjdovernmentandthe acadenllc
Subject the program to examination, but do not remove lt from
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Praises ethnic speakers
Editor:
The following bit of news will,
I think, be of Interest to the cam¬
pus in general. Oq Tuesday, April
29, 1969, Mr. Alexander Sara-
goza, a prominent member of the
Mexican-American Student Con¬
federation, addressed all my
classes and explained the prob¬
lems and demands of the minority
students. In each case the dis¬
cussion lasted 75 minutes and was
still In full swing when the class
period came to an end.Mr.Sara-
goza proved to be a highly effec¬
tive speaker who stimulated a
great deal of response. Although
a great many divergent opinions
were expressed, there was
throughput these sessions an at¬
mosphere of good will and a sin¬
cere desire among all discus¬
sants to understand attitudes and
viewpoints  different  from their
t the <
speakers program Is an excellent
Idea. Certainly lt Is one of the
best ways of promoting better
communication and co-operation
between different groups on cam¬
pus. The entire college should
be grateful to the speakers, to
the Mexican-American Student
Confederation and Us President,
Mr. Gulllerroo Martinez, to the
Black Student Union and Its Pres¬
ident, Mr. Lavert Lucas, to the
Student Coalition, to the Student
President's Office and its Secre¬
tary, Mrs. Stella Washington, and
to all those who have helped to
ROTC
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too different  from entering the
business world.
"Many people are misled Into
believing that the AFROTC pro¬
gram Is a training ground for
tactical killing," said Baumwell.
"This simply Is not so." He
pointed out that at FSC and at the
cadet's six week'summer training
period there are no sessions,
formal or otherwise that deal
In  training officers how to kill
said Bt
telass
e of si
r camp that deals
pons. But he pointed out that his
«12-year-old son received more
Information on killing and the op¬
eration of firearms at a local
sporting goods store than the ca¬
dets receive at any time In the
ROTC program."
Outside military Influence in
the local ROTC program Is nil,
Baumwell said. The program is
•extremely   flexible.   There   is
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Sincerely,
JOHN W. BCHNSTEDT
Professor of History
Editor:
Two weeks ago on our campus
of UCSD a homemade bomb blew
up in the hands of a maintenance
man, throwing him 20 feet, set¬
ting him on fire and burning 70
per cent of his body. This bomb,
composed of a half-gallon wine
Jug filled with gasoline, a pipe
packed with explosives, a timer
and battery, was found in the
newly-constructed Faculty Club
at 6:30 In the morning. There Is
speculation that lt was meant to
go off later In the day and kill a
few professors. On April 13 the
bomb victim died of his severe
Later all political groups on
my campus unej^lvocably con¬
demned this act xs hideous and
barbarous, and took an unyield¬
ing stand against all forms of
violence. Well, almost all. The
BSU said that lt 'condemns all
acts of overt violence." Overt
means open, public, observable
and without attempt at conceal¬
ment. Why just condemn open
acts of violence? Does this mean
the BSU supports hidden, private,
unobservable and concealed acts
of violence? If they don't, they
should say so. If they do, lt would
be nice to be forewarned.
The position taken by our local
little dictation from the Air
Force on what we teach In our
classes and how the classes are
Most of the air science classes
are taught from a seminar ap¬
proach. And many of the classes
are student directed covering re¬
search topics. 'We encourage the
students to use analysis and crit¬
ical thinking on all aspects of the
military organl zatlon," said
The courses deal in teaching
the cadets how to communicate,
to speak and write so that others .
can understand. And lt Is "amaz¬
ing how other schools fall to teach
communication," he said. The
course on "Growth and develop¬
ment of aerospace power" has
nothing to do with killing. The
aim of the course Is simply to
"trace the growth and develop¬
ment of the flying machine."
The cadets study the feasibility
of space travel. Baumwell said
•we even question the amount of
money that Is allocated In terms
of the returns."
Other than a few volumes of
books on military law In the air
science library most of the books
deal In the liberal arts approach
to education. Books on psychol¬
ogy, political science and ad¬
ministration and management are
dominant.
Baumwell said the one thing
he is most happy to see in this
ROTC unit is the" broad back¬
ground of the cadets. There are
39 students in the program ma¬
joring in such unrelated military
fields as agriculture mechanics,
Russian, economics, biology, po¬
litical science, geography, his-
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SDS chapter Is a Utile more ex¬
plicit. They said, "While never
having claimed a position of non- »
violence, we absolutely condemn
random terrorism." Now random
means done without careful aim
or plan and Impetuous and hap¬
hazard action. The opposite of
random Is deliberate or care¬
fully-thought out premeditated
action. Apparently homemade
gasoline bombs (hat malm and
kill just anyone who passes by is
to be strongly disapproved of by
the SDS. But when these bombs
go off when they're supposed to,
and burn and blister the skin ot
their Intended victims - ah, this
is heavenlyl What bliss lt must
be to make short work of the
right people. If the bomb in ques-
tlon had gone off later In the day, *
killing some professors, and this
was the purpose of the bomb, then
this would cease to be random
terrorism but deliberate terror-
Ism. Would the SDS then support
Instead of criticize this action?
Does success in terrorist acts
become the basis for Judging
them good or evil? Is this the
essence of the SDS philosophy?
One would think there was
enough violence and harm done
In the world today without the jV"
SDS (and BSU, perhaps) stri¬
dently proclaiming Its light to Its
own distinctive contribution In
injuring people. What Fresno
State needs as well as UCSB are
more advocates of peace and
compromise and fewer of vio¬
lence and hate.
DOUG PITTMAN
Junior, Poll Scl Major
UCSB
tory, art, psychology, engineer¬
ing and business.
Upon graduation each qualified
student will be commissioned as
a second lelutenant in the Air
Force. Each cadet will serve a
minimum of from four to six
years in the Air Force. Some
students will continue their edu¬
cation at the graduate level.
Last year 26 cadets were com-    aj
missioned Into the Air Force and
22   will   be  commissioned  this
Baumwell said he is confident
that the Academic Policy and
Planning committee will review
the program objectively through
the normal committee procedure.
And the 'AFROTC program will
stand the most Intense scrutiny,"
he added.
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Senate
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Daily Collegian whenever a fel-   .
ony was committed at FSC.
Bambridge said that FSC se¬
curity had two plalnclothesmen,
who were mainly stationed in the
parking lots because of thefts
from cars.
He said that some of the for¬
mer restricted parking areas on
Jackson Ave. and around the
residence halls have been opened
for general use. Additional park¬
ing on Jackson Ave. was needed
because of newly constructed of¬
fice buildings.
Tha Daily Collegian
Black studies problems
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN    3
Finding Black books is major problem
Editor's Note: This is the sec¬
ond in a three part series on
black studies programs.
By Gloria Wolford
NEW YORK (UPI) — Books
suitable for 'black studies'pro¬
grams are commanding up to
112.95 per copy. Negro pro¬
fessors are being offered up to
$30,000 a year.
The high prices reflect the
dearth of adequate books and
teachers for the   black studies
Most current texts on his¬
tory, sociology, anthropology,
* politics and culture are unaccept¬
able. Negro students, for ex¬
ample, want the Bantu/ not the
British word on the Boer War;
but In the United States, only the
British are heard.
"There are too many texts
which look at blacks through white
eyes and not enough that look at
blacks through black eyes,* Co¬
lumbia historian Eric Fooer said.
•There has been very little writ¬
ten about what actually went on
« among slaves except as lt per¬
tained to their white owners."
While the faculty on a score of
campuses saw the trend toward
black studies five years ago,
textbook publishers apparently
did not.
A large bookstore In the heart
of Washington has recently added
a new department on the end of
one of Its long lines of shelves.
The sign over the area, about
eight   feet   long  and   four feet
high, says simply: "Black."
But half the books are by
white men, Including the "Con-,
fesstons of Nat Turner," a novel
by William styron which draw
white praise but complaints,
some of them bitter, from Negro
scholars and writers who claimed
Styron distorted Turner's char-
The books by blacks that were
available carried steep price
tags, rangingfromJ7.50to$12.95.
The many books of W.E.B.Du¬
bois, a turn of the century
prophet with a view that the plight
of the black man is similar to
•workers* everywhere, are more
impassioned.
They are also less used as
basic history texts although they
are often found iY> literature and
culture courses. The publisher
$10 price tag on an autobiogra¬
phy Dubois wrote when be was
90, five years before his death
in 1963.
The autobiography of Malcolm
X Is also widely used and mod¬
ern Negro fiction writers are re¬
quired reading in courses at
diverse universities.
Whether the course Is called
■Black Fiction* as at San Jose
State or •Minority Literature in
America,* as at Crelghtoo Uni¬
versity in Omaha, Ralph Elli¬
son's "Invisible Man* and James
Baldwin's 'Another Country"
and 'Go Tell It On The Moun¬
tain,* are required.
Columbia's Foner, who is
teaching a broad course In black
history, found no suitable basic
text and Instead prepared a read¬
ing list which includes portions
of a variety of available books,
reports and studies. Ha baa
been inundated with requests
from other schools for a sample
of Ms reading lists.
Negro scholars also have sud¬
denly found themselves beselged
to write new books.
He also said he has received
offers ranging as high as $30,-
000 from major universities
seeking his service as the scram¬
ble for black scholars height-
Columbia University has lured
Charles Hamilton, co-author with
Stokely Carmlchael of "Black
Power,* away from Roosevelt
University In Chicago lo teach
there next semester.
The white universities are al¬
ready raiding the Negro col¬
leges,' reported sociologist Dan¬
iel Thompson at Dillard, a Negro
school In New Orleans. *i had
14 offers In one week. They want
black teachers.'
The shortage of black profes¬
sors also has led to sharing
arrangements between schools.
The University ot Pennsylvania,
with predominantly Negro Mor¬
gan State in Baltimore. In the
deep South, Loyola turns to Xav-
ier tor black literature
Five upstate New York schools
recently announced a student
exchange plan with Lincoln Uni¬
versity, a Negro school in Penn-
In many university circles,
there also Is a fear that zealous
black professors, bant on In¬
stilling pride In students, will
merely exchange "new myths for
old lies."
Foner said he knew of several
Negro professors who try to Im¬
pose their own view of history on
It would be patronizing for ma
to try to ten a. black student
what his conception of his past
should be,* Foner said. «I give
' view of the facts,
students can take from this
what they want, if lt does lead
to a new picture of themselves,
this Is all well and,good."   .
Foner, however, does not be¬
lieve black professors should be
prevented from giving their own
views. "Students are not stupid,*
Foner said. "They can't be In¬
doctrinated. They will still take
from the course what they want.*
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