the CAPITOLIST
Vol. 5, No. 10
Organizer of the Thanksgiving Dinner, Bob (Clyde) Kleinhans beams
over the successful turnout of people and the remarkable number of
good cooks from Capitol. He is flanked by Denise Frost and Joe
Quatrocchi.
WHAT???
Dinner For 100?
One really nice thing about
this campus isthat if someone
has an idea and can put some
time into it, he can make it
work. A case in point is the
turkey dinner held last Tuesday
nwht in the Student Center.
What started out as a
hunger-induced plan to have a
dinner for a few people who
were not leaving for home until
Wednesday, turned into a
incredible feast, the likes of
which haven’t been seen in these
parts since the end of the rule of
the Huns. Well, at least it was a
Thanksgiving dinner that
couldn’t be beat!
The idea came to Bob
Everyone’s A star
The Performance of the SCLC Choir
and Band of Philadelphia 11/20/71
Perhaps the best way to
describe' the performance of the
SCLC Freedom Choir and Band
of Philadelphia would be to
quote the title of one of their
numbers, “Everyone’s a Star”.
This very talented group of
young Black performers more
than fulfilled their purpose of
“Bringing a message to the
people”. The broad and rich
culture of the Black Community
was artistically exemplified
through contemporary Black
Gospel music, comedy sketches
that displayed Black humor, and
African Dancing that reflected a
strong and colorful heritage. As
much as the first three acts of
the program displayed pride in
heritage and culture, the last act
“Songs of Freedom’’ pointed to
where we are today and where
we should be tomorrow.
Through their own renditions of
songs such as “Bridge Over
Troubled Water” and “You Can
Make It If You Try” the Choir
and Band transmitted a message
“Clyde” Kleinhans one night
about a week before the
Thanksgiving recess. He quickly
realized that his house and his
budget would not be big enough
to take care of all the
unexpected turkey-lovers who
wanted to join him before
vacation. So, he got the OK
from the necessary people to
have the feast in the Student
Center. And throwing caution to
the wind, he put up the
recruiting table in the main
building and ended up with over
a hundred guests.
So how do you cook a turkey
dinner for 100? You don’t. You
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of Love and Unity for the
future. Overall, the performance
of the SCLC Choir and Band of
Philadelphia was very uplifting
and entertaining.
Although the Choir and
Band’s performance was totally
a group performance, special
credit should go to the
Directress, Capitol Campus’
own Carolyn Sims. If Carol had
not cared enough about her
people to write the musical
“Beautiful People”, the Choir
and Band might not be in
existance. It was after the first
performance of “Beautiful
People” that Carol was
approached by a very impressed
representative of the SCLC and
asked if she would organize a
Choir and Band from
Philadelphia to represent SCLC.
Carol agreed, and today the
record of musical
accomplishments of the Choir
and Band are a tribute to the
talent and hard work of Carol
Sims.
"All The News That Fils
CAPITOL CAMPUS - MIDDLETOWN, PA
THe battle over whether a
student can work in Housing and
Food Services with a beard rages
on.
That battle may reach a
climax this academic year. A
Capitol Campus student, Jack
Powell, has taken his case for the
beard to the American Civil
liberties Union.
At the beginning of the fall
term Powell was hired as a
student employee of the
cafeteria. At his hiring he had
relatively short hair and a trim
moustache, complying with the
conditions for employment in
Housing and Food Services of
the Pennsylvania St. University.
The conditions of
employment as stated in the
regulations, state the following
on the issue of hair length:
1. Men students - straight
sideburns not extending below
the earlobes will be permitted.
2. Men students - small
moustaches neatly trimmed will
be permitted.
3. Men students - beards and
goatees will not be permitted.
4. Men students -- long hair
must be completely covered by a
hairnet. White caps will be worn
by men with short hair.
A list of these regulations was
issued to each prospective
student employee. Each student
had to comply with each
regulation before he was eligible
for the job. With his short hair
and trim moustache, Jack
Jack Powell, “the student with the goatee", is challenging the
necessity of the Penn State health code for food workers.
A diverse group of women from "The Lancaster Women's
Liberation Center" and also members of P.W.R. (Pennsylvanians for
Women's Rights) will speak on a number of pertinent issues in
reference to women's rights. The floor will be open for questions
and discussion. A coffee hour will follow in the Gallery Lounge.
AUDITORIUM 7:30
We Print”
The Student
With A Goatee
by Bob Bonaker
Speak Hard
qualified for the job, and he was
hired, working as a dishwasher.
After a few weeks, Powell
began to grow a goatee. He did
this while fully aware that a
goatee was not allowed, as stated
in the conditions for
employment of the Housing and
Food Services Dept. By the final
week in October he had a full
but trim beard.
Mr. Frank Williams, who
supervises the cafeteria where
Jack worked, warned Powell on
two occasions that he must
shave off the goatee or not be
allowed to work anymore.
Rather than shave it off, Powell
walked out after the second
warning.
When asked why he grew the
goatee and then took his case
before the A.C.L.U., Powell
stated, ‘Tm really doing it to
test the clauses in the
employment regulations about
hair length and no goatees. I feel
that they are illogical and petty.
They allow you to have long hair
(covered with a net) and a trim
moustache, but you can’t have a
trim goatee. It doesn’t make
sense.”
As of this writing, Powell has
filed a complaint with the
AJC.L.U. The A.C.L.U. has in
turn written letters of inquiry to
University Park and to Mr.
Norman Gautreau, Director of
Housing and Food Services,
Capitol Campus. If the A.C.L.U.
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MONDAY, DECEMBER 6
Thursday, December 2,1971
WE
WANT
YOUR
8L000!
Tuesday, three weeks ago, the
S. G. A. office was the scene of
much blood-letting at Captiol.
That day, however, was not the
usual blood-sweat and tears from
Student Government officials
but a voluntary reaction from
forty-seven people of our
campus.
A blood drive was sponsored
by the Highspire Jaycees and our
very own Chi-Gamma lota
Service Fraternity or better
known as the X-GFs. About two
years ago these groups got
together to form a community
blood-bank and it has been going
strong ever since. To date 189
units of blood are in the bank, a
good deal of it came from
Capitol Campus.
This time around, sixty-three
signed up to give blood,
fifty-three showed. Out of the
fifty-three, forty-seven were
permitted to give for a number
of reasons. For instance, if you
had a cold in the past two
weeks, or took antibiotice that
day; were addicted to drugs; had
hepititus, low or high blood
pressure. Even a low
temperature could eliminate you
as a donor. In other words, a
prerequisite for giving blood is
GOOD HEALTH. The onething
that does not prevent you from
giving is being of the female
gender. Only three brave women
of the campus found their way
into the S. G. A. office that day.
Where is your equality now,
Woman’s Lib???
So why give blood if the nurse
will either take a pint of your
good stuff or tell you to return
when your health does the same.
Because it’s the American
way--to help your fellow man?
Not necessarily. Rather because
if you ever need blook it is yours
for the asking. Last Spring one
of Capitol Campus’s
maintenance men used several
units when his wife was in the
hospital with lukemia. As late as
a few weeks ago, Nancy Colnes
needed four plus for a serious
operation.
You see, friends, everyone on
campus is entitled to the
benefits of this service. If the
need ever arises, hopefully there
will be enough blood to cover
any and all emergencies. But the
service can only be continued if
we have enough people who are
willing to donate a bit of their
time and a pint of their blood.
The X-GFs would like to step-up
this drive to every term rather
than twice a year. This would
mean the next call would be in
February, allowing a good eight
weeks between drives.
Please keep the
Highspire-Capitol Campus
Community Blood Bank in
mind. Remember, you can
borrow as well as spent at this
blood bank. Tell them the Court
sent you.