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.
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