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Vol. XXI—No. 7
Walker Dedicates Dorms,
Kirkley Surprises Crowd
Penn State University President
Eric A. Walker dedicated the Perry
and Niagara, Hall dormitories,
presented the Nittany Cub statue,
and awarded the Penn State
Medal at ceremonies held yester
day in Erie Hall.
Walker related the history of
the Nittany Lion to the audience
prior to presenting the statuette
to Student Body President A. Roy
Kirkley. He related the yarn of a
farm boy chasing .an Indian girl
up the "700 foot mountain in the
1200 foot valley" and calling her
name—Nittany. Thus the mon
icker.
Student Body--President Kirkley
planted a seed of introspection in
to PSU's policies in his acceptance
speech. He indicated the strides
the University has taken toward
educating poverty-stricken and
black students. "Yes," said Kirkley,
Black Student Union Calls
For Stanford's Resignation
(Reprinted frOm the Daily Colle
gian 11-11-69 Issus)
Uniersity administrators failed
to appear at last night's meeting
with the Black Student Union.
About 50 BSU members waited
almost two hours for University
President Eric A. Walker, Vice
President for Student Affairs
Charles - - L. Lewis, Dean of Stu
dents Raymond 0. Murphy, Vice
President for Resident Instruc
tion Paul M. Aithouse, Provost J.
Ralph Rackiey, and Director of
Admissions T. Sherman Stanford
to appear in Sparks.
Although the meeting was an
nounced publicly, the BSU said it
was a "closed meeting between the
BSU and the administration." The
Daily Collegian and_ the Pennsyl
vania Mirror reporters were not
admitted.
Walker •Refused Meeting
In a statement Friday, Walker
refused to appear at the meeting
and said he would be out of town
yesterday. Offcials at the Uni
versity Office of Public Informa
tion said Walker's statement spoke
for the whole _Administration.
The 33.91:7 had called the meet
ing with Walker' "to discuss is
sues".
Walker seemingly left the door
open for future• meetings with the
BSU by stating, "We are anxious
to meet with black students and
faculty on a mutually agreed on
place, time and meeting struc
ture" '
After:the meeting last night the
:s : :1 - `i s liv - 6 • - I - N N •0 , t .r`, i . N * ' •
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"progress is being made." Kirkley seek their college education in uni
then posed a question after as- versities and colleges outside the
serting a uniqueness on his part.
"—But cause my uniquen - ess lies in
the fact that I am unlike thou
sands of Black high school grad
uates, who willingly or by force
Student Body President A. Roy
Kirkley giving speech during
ceremonies.
BSU released the following state
ment:
Calls For Resignation
"The Black Student Union wait
ed for the Administration to ap
pear at the meeting we had called
at 7:30 p. m., Nov. 10. Hence, we
are calling for the resignation of
Dr. T. Sherman Stanford for the
following reasons:
—He is most responsible for the
admission of all students into the
Pennsylvania State University,
hence he is directly responsible, for
the lack of admission of all stu
dents into the Pennsylvania State
University, hence he is directly
responsible for the lack of admis
sion of 1,000 black students- into
Penn State.
—lf he were professionally com
mitted to this job, he would have
made' an early statement of his
desire to attend the meeting which
the Black Student Union called..
--However, it is obvious that he
lacks personal and , professional
commitment.
—Dr. T. S. Stanford lacks the
professional ability and responsi
bility to be competent in his posi
tion.
We are also putting. the en
tire university on . alert_ that we
will not stand for this lack of re
spect demonstrated by referring
to a meeting with black people as
demeaning. Also, the University
Administretion stood behind Wal- :
attempted
„statement which in effect
attempteci to, ignore- the 13Iacr
StudentUnion..by by.: . to
black. students.-fieulty and :the
academicurgy thra.
borders of this commonwealth,
despite being residents of Pennsyl
vania."
He commented that the number
of Afro-Americans in the Univer
sity system has increased. over the
past three years, then asked: "Is
there anyone in this audience who
cannot make a pretty accurate
guess at the number of Black 'stu
dents on the Behrend Campus? . .
yet, how many of you have as ac
crate a guess as to how many
"non-Blacks" there are on cam
pus? But progress is being made ..
ix the Penn State University."
After the dedication, the Penn
State Medal was awarded to Nor
man W. Wilson (see article at
right). The ceremonies were fol
lowed by a tour of the Niagara
Hall ands, I,lht lunch.
the body of the statement. Al
formally addressed the University,
to date, the University had failed
to act in a reciprocal manner, and,
in fact, lied and said that we had
not formally addressed them. Gen
erally, we are attempting to make
the community, the common
wealth and the nation aware that
one of the `great' universities of
this nation is controlled by a pa
ternalistic, racist Administration.
Dissent Not as Dangerous
For example, in May of 1968
in an interview to the Sunday
Bulletin, Vice President for Stu
dent Affairs, Charle .L. Lewis
said: `Student dissent at Penn
State is not as dangerous as Co
lumbia because Penn State is not
an urban area and is not contam
inated by Harlem:' and again on
Nov. 7, 1969 President Walker
said: "I have been asked through
a press release to meet with mem
bers of the Black Student Union
under -conditions_ that would de
mean the Office of- the President
of the Pennsylvania State Univer
sity,' and last T. S. Stanford on
Nov. 6 said in a comment to the
Pennsylvania Mirror in ' response
to his coming to the meeting `that
blacks might feel more comfort
able at a predemoninantly black
university.' We asked are these
three types of statements expect
ed . from responsible administra
tors?" - In - particular, is this last
statement (from T. S. Stanford,
Director of Admissions) that
which can - be expected from a
man_-_who -would be responsible for
:the-ladirdission of black student in
to this university?"
University President Eric A. Walker presenting the Penn State
Medal to Norman W. Wilson (right).
Norman
Awarded
Erie, Pa., Nov. 13—Norman W.
Wilson. retired Hammermill Pa
per Co. executive and member of
the Advisory Board of the Beh
rend Campus of The Pennsylvania
State University, was cited by the
University today for his service
to higher education in the State.
Mr. Wilson, who retired in 1965
as chairman of the Hammermill
executive committee and a former
company president and chairman
of the board, was presented by
University President Eric A. Wal
ker with the Penn State Medal at
ceremonies at the Behrend Cam
pus. •
The Penn State Medal was es
tablished by the University Board
of Trustees in 1957 "to recognize
and honor achievements of per
sons who have made an outstand
ing contribution to higher educa
tion in Pennsylvania."
The Presentation was made in
conjunction with ceremonies ded
icating two new Behrend residence
halls, Perry and Niagara Halls.
Dr. Walker also presented Roy
Kirkley, president of the Behrend
Campus Student Government, with
a plastic replica of the Penn State
Nittany Lion Shrine, symbol of
the University. Kirkley is a sopho
more from Philadelphia majoring
in business administration.
IVir: Wilson, whose long and in
dustrious career with Hammermill
began in 1901 when at the age of
16 he was employed by the firm as
Jones, Whitt New
Presidents of RC
Kathy Jones and Jeffrey Whitt
were recently elected Presidents of
the Women's Residence Council
and the Men's. Residence Council,
respectively. As Presidents, they
will preside over the meetings of
their respective dormitories, pro
vide leadership in organizing dorm
activities, appoint and coordinate
committees, be a liaison -between
the coordinator and the men and
women in the unit, and be-mem
bers of the Joint Residence Coun
cil.
November 14, 1969
. Wilson
PS Medal
a mail boy, became president of
the company in 1940.
Thirteen years later he was
named chairman of the board, a
position he held until 1962 when
he became chairman of the ex
ecutive committee and honorary
chairman of the board.
His distinguished service with
the firm inellgded roles as sales
manager in 1913, vice- president
in 1914, and first vice president
and general manager in 1929.
Among his service to industry
and government were his tenures
on the board of directors of the
National Association of Manufac
turers; the governing board and
(Continued on Page 4)
Norman W. Wilson as he ad
dressed crowd after receiving
Penn State Medal.
The Joint Residence Council,
which is responsible for relating
the views of the students living
in the residence halls to the ad
ministration and the S.G.A., re
solving student problems, and
sponsoring activities, is composed
of the Presidents and Floor Re
presentatives of the Men's and
Women's Residence Councils. The
WRC •Floor Representatives are:
Unit I—Loraine Egan, Unit •2
Carol Michaels, Unit 3 Chris
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