1969_10 The Daily Collegian October 1969

              Crowd reaction
to first session
-unfavorable1
Reaction to the flret session
of yesterday's eon vocation was
generally unfavorable. The factor tbat eeemed to bother most
people who talked to the Dally
Collegian ataff reporterg was
the sbesncs of black snd Chicano
participation in the college-wide
meeting.
Btack and Chicano faculty and
students were scheduled to participate at ths convocation but
were unable to becauae of a ser-
louo problem  within  the ethnic
1 think it's s cover up;
problems won't be brought
up. I'm disappointed that tbs
blscks and browns didn't ghow
up",  said one junior.
Although ths absence of theee
minorities was strongly felt,
there wee some persons who
thought that the meetine could
come to s positive snd. "A lot
of views are beinc expressed
and they're going to make s lot
of people think, make tbem swars
of problems they dMnt know
existed,• said a junior. -Ths
convocation ls s start. It might
answer  some  questions."
This view was in s distinct minority however. Although the cry of the steering
committee has been Involvement
snd   relevancy It was  one sen-
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tar's view that there was no
relevancy. "They haven't decided anything. They should
prooent the basic problsms. I
think they tried but failed."
criticism of ths con- i
vocation was that it waa too lata
In coming. Several students
argued that It should hsvs taken
place last year when many of
theas Issues were ln heated debate.
One freehmen centered his
comments around the physical
makeup of the convocation itself.
"AU the people won't get together on anything Ths sides
aren't determined. Everythlnc
lg very haphasard, ao there are
tow possibilities of succegg. They
should hsve taken time to or-
ganiza. Now the only good thing
ls to sit here and take it all ta
and try to get something out of
it lor yourself."
These reactions srs not part
of a systematic cross-section poll, but s random sam-
pllne. Student apsthy has boon
discussed as tang as there has
been students snd the fct that
there wee between 700 and 1,000
out of s possible 13,000 In attendance at the morning session
sdds soother  ssample
There wss also criticism
ot ths panel speakers. The feeling was voiced that their com-
Bhouid hsve been more
pointed snd that they "should not
have given phony speeches that
asksd the answers to problems
that they (the panel speakers
and administration) already know
the aaawers to."
One student felt thst ths
meeting was g sort of political
device thoucht up to Impress
members of the community wtth
the "advanced" state of the campus.
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CONVOCATION'S panel members (left to right) George Benoit, Dr. Ft
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Convocation
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keep  student  participation  at a
low  ebb but  also structured In
each s gray that sledoPts are not
meant to participate."
Robert Allison, spooking for
the "liberal" (action of the faculty, said that he doesn't think that
ths politicians, by cutting ths
educstlonal budget, are trying to
destroy higher education. "I think
the politicians srs trying te Insure that the educational system
doesn't change, that they're very
happy  wtth  that the educational
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Maver, a director of the alitor -
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philosophy on management.
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"We live ln s society where we
drop napalm on people and talk
about our peace mission In Asia.
If ws didn't have some kind of
protect then I think we would
really bs Uvtnc In 1964."
Philip Walker, who eaid that
conventional ldtotegtcal Isbsls
are misleading when applied to
academic polities, said that each
of us has fatted P.S.C. ln his
own way.
"Ths academic community, this
acadsmlc community ls In trouble, serious trouble. On this at
least ws can all agrse. Ws amy
not agree as to what this trouble
Is but we all know that we srs ln
troubls. And I believe we should
all admit that we are all to
blame."
But he said that ths purpose
of the convocation wss not to admit past sins bat to Identify problems and seek solutions.
ederic Negs, Dr. Psul I
On tbs tones subject of fcaaltj
polarisation Walker aald, It ig
the view of many that If we pre*
tend thle polarity doee not eugt
it will go away. Thla la gimply
not reality. Thla preeent polarity
cannot be wished or talks*
sway."
Dr. Kenneth Beesleydiscussed
four areas of top priority tbat ha
felt should bo emphasised. Hs
celled for s critical aelf evaluation and appraisal of what Mgbsr
education Is all about.
Hs also called for s deeper involvement of both students and
faculty la tbe leederehlp of thg
campus. "The rota of leadership
shouldn't root only with ths ores
Idsnt." Hs qualified his statement
by saying that he was expressing
e need tor leadership, aot man-
Hls final points discussed thg
basic dignity and squallty of
higher education sad ths internal
and external threats to ths Institution.
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