The s , lccess or failure of this election ~ r4 ll depend on the response of all students and nnly an interested and aware student re sponse will mare it the success that it should obstinate in class until the afternoon of April 4th when, after some uncalled for harassment in class, he decided to see Mr. Di Nardc.( the Ass't. Principal ). Without permission he advanced towards the door of the classroom. Mr. Setcavage refused to allow him to leave. As disciplinary action Mr. Setcavage wacked Kenny with a yard stick while Ken was returning to his seat. The events that followed are rather The past Sunday, I called an SGA meeting. vague. Ken began to struggle with Mr. Setcavage 7ovever, at the time the meeting was called, I and some repressed frustration on Ken's part vas unaware of the services to be held for the led to a leg injury to Mr. Setcavage. - Nhen'the late Dr. Martin Luther King. Consequently, I school administration became aware of the centered my Sunday in honor of Mr. King, negating violence in that classroom, Ken was told to the planned SGA meeting. leave school and not to come back. He was not T3ecause of my hurried schedule on Sunday, given a chance to explain. The next day a I was unable to contact all of my SGA members. petition ( which has 'since been lost ) was In fact, peculiar as it may seem, the sophomores presented to Mr. Ferrare ( the principal ) were the only ones notified of the cancellation. requesting a meeting during the Ist lunch period I write this article to apologize to the to talk over the trouble with Mr. Setcavage, and freshmen who took their time to come out. Under the reinstatement of Ken until the problem could the prevailing circumstances, I don't regret be viewed objectively. When the petition ( signed my decision to attend the services, and would by both Negroes and whites) was refused. The do it again if need be. students began to react violently. Someone My apologies go to the unnotified freshmen triggered a fire alarm and the students in the vho, unaware that the absence of the officers. cafeteria began to throw anything they could see. nullifies a meeting, printed the SGA minutes There was no racial conflict between the students. vhich appear in this issue. There was merely a revolt against the unfar My thanks go the the freshmen for their practices of some teachers. concern, and to the Nittany Cub Staff who re- No one was hurt in the cafeteria until linouished the space so that I could clarify panic spread and some people were accidentally this matter in the same issue in which the cut or trampled. The situation was reported minutes appear. unfairly by the city news media. It was learned that there were three representatives from Harrisburg sent to Erie, and they in turn were adviSed to investigate the incident. They uncovered rot a racial un rest but a mounting tension between teachers and students, but the fact remains that it was Mr. Setcavagels unfair attitude and the refusal of the administration to listen to student com plaints that setoff the Academy riot.* SUNDAY TEE 7th. . . UNFORTUNATE As Art Buchwald searches for a new crystal 1 - all, and Rat 'Rrown sips champagne many people 1-race themselves for what the socioloists have predicted as the "ion , ?;, hot, summer" of racial strife. The recent ontl - reak of violence at Academy sup:- rrests that the seriousness of the prohlem exip,ts here in Erie, es well as in oi'r larer sister cities. Reportedly, the problem stems - rrom a disciplinary action tal , -en by teacters. There are conflictin7 stories as to t'le initial "lame of the incident. Some —7sent - that Mr. Setcaveqe' vas in the -nd others 1- lamed the stndents. 'ac' trac"in to Septem'er: a tr , ncT , or har, nn —lsatifactery military servieo rscor - 0 nnd 1 19 r; 1- eer transferred from for different scl - ools in the past five ? ' ears 7-,(9 1 -cer insted at Academy. This "0 117- ernt ' e stated move than nr, cc s t7lree thin -shated the most , Jorld 74cre Neros, his wife, and - in that order. T ~'^~?? 7 ) - rin , 7 tl - ?e conrse of the school year, ,Nrl e not only ren;ros cals -7"- - ;te st ,- dents 7 , ) Yr. Setcmrage's classes -'en- r-norted to the administration. Appar ent 1 7 little to cflrl , the tensions stemin7 from t"- 7, ; man was done at that time. Finally, one student in particular, an ilnfortvnate Negro, Kenneth Hardin, could Fl-ter-rn"e'q 14-rtry. 'e CHOICE '6P (cont.) Ronald Batchelor SGA President TAE ACADEMY STORY *Editorial footnote: This report is the result of first-hand interviews - ofteadhers'and'students at Academy High - School by reliable Tehrend students who are not directly associated with the Nittany Cub Staff. These students were dissatisfied with the reports given by the news medias, and decided to investigate the matter first hand. Tlnsiness Manager. . . Mane ;Tn^ Editors . . Reporters Sports P.d V -7 _ s or ... NITTANY CUB STAFF . . .- . . Clement I::M:=M3 Nadine Erich • • Elleen Dowden John Ja&-scn . Dc.)rcl ester Doug Brower lir. Christopher Pete Ei&enlaub Carla Bloom Franey Glover Denise Bufeleri Coneetta Rizzo phi rJ_ Vasinder Gary Lacl-ovic Anne Tomczak
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