—Collegian Photo by Bill Goodman
MISSED TAP: Ulo Kart just
misses with an attempted tap-in
shot against Temple Saturday
night in Rec Hall. Stale upset
the Owls, 78-61.
(See related story on page 9)
Grades Cause
5 Vacancies
On Congress
Academic ineligibility has
forced the resignation of five
members of the Undergraduate
Student Government Congress,
Dean• Wharton, USG. president,
announced last night,
The congressmen involved, he
said, are Joseph Bent (North),
Alah Cramer (Nittany), Harry Du
gan (West), Gary Jones (North)
and Walter Pilof (town).
Wharton added that several
congressman must still be con
tacted and there may be other
vacancies.
Section 14 of the USG Consti
tutional By-Laws states that a
2.0 All-University and previous
term average are required for all
offices. The constitution also spec
ifies that a congressional vacancy
must be filled within two weeks.
George Jackson, Elections Com
mission chairman, was not avail
able last night to announce the
date nominating petitions will be
due nor the date the elections
will be held. Donald Morabito, a
commission member, said the
dates have not yet been chosen.
niversity Partially
: p ath Ina° .ases in
The University has partially
closed the gap between salaries of
it faculty and those paid by in
stitutions with which is com
petes for personnel.
Average pay for full professors
on 12-month salaries has been in
creased by 24 per cent since 1959-
60, with full professors now aver
aging $13,909 annually, President
Eric A. Walker said recently.
COMPARABLE figures for 10
land-grant universities in the
Northeast and Middle West for
the same period show an 18 per
cent increase, or an average
salary of $14,202 today as com
pared with $11,993 in 1959-60. The
average Penn State salary for
full professors in 1959-60 was
$11,232.
Comparable increases have also
University Senate
The University Senate will
meet at 3:55 p.m. today in 121
Sn3rks.
Tension Fills
• f Mississippi
By DAVE BOtBACH
City Editor
(Editor's Note: Dave Bolbach,
along with Herbert Witmer, busi
ness, manager, and Phil Guest, cir
culation manager, visited th e
campus of the University of Miss
issippi during the Christmds holi
day to get a first-hand account of
conditions there three months
after the integration crisis.)
A strange calmness dominates
the University of Mississippi cam
pus today—three months after
the tragic riot which brought
death to two men, injuries to
hundreds and, almost as impor
tant to many students, irrevoc
able shame to Ole Miss.
ON FIRST GLANCE, the cam
pus appears just as calm and 're
laxed as any other college cam
pus.
But an observer can soon sense
an underlying feeling of tension
and hostility—a feeling which
some feel could, were it not for
the presence of the United States
marshals, erupt into violence at
any time.
For Negro James H. Meredith,
this feeling is one that has not
changed since the night of Sept.
30, when violence did erupt.
Sitting in his room in Baxter
Hall, Meredith discussed his rela
tionship with the other students.
Ten military policemen stood
guard at the entrances to the
dormitory and to his room.
"I would say that the attitude
been made in other academic
ranks at the University, Walker
said. From 1959-60 :until the pres
ent time, there has been a 24 per
cent increase in the 12-month
salary of an associate professor, a
23 per cent increase for an as
sistant professor and a 21 per cent
increase for an instructor,
DESPITE the relative improve
ment, -Walker said, the salary
structure here is still too low for
the University to take its place
among the nation's great univer
sities.
The 1963 budget request to the
state legislature includes a sub
stantial sum for Salary increases
to enable the University to attract
leading new faculty members as
well as hold present ones.
In maximum and.minimum sal
aries paid, Penn State occupies a
median position when compared
to sucji universities as Colorado
State; Cornell, Illinois, Maryland,
Michigan State, Minnesota, Ohio
State, Purdue, Rutgers and Wis
consin.
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OXFORD, Miss. (AP)—Negro
James H. Meredith said yesterday
he would withdraw from the Uni
versity . of Mississippi at the end
of the present semester unless
"very definite and positive
changes are made" in his situa
tion.
HE DIDN'T say what changes
he had in mind, but he told news
men in a statement at his dormi
tory that he felt he had to have
a situation more conducive 'to
learning."
Almost from the date of his en
rollment Oct. I—the first Negro
ever knowingly accepted as a stu
dent in the university rumors
of the students has not changed
since the very beginning of the
whole thing," he said.
"Of course, I wasn't directly in
volved in the riot but the stu
dents still act the same toward
me as they did the first day I
was on the campus."
Of the 4,600 students at Ole
Miss, perhaps a dozen nod to
Meredith. Late in November, a
group of six undergraduates de
cided to have dinner with him.
That night, the rooms of two of
the students were ransacked and
many of their belongings were de
stroyed.
This incident typifies the situ
ation of 'quite a few of the stu
dents. They are willing to accept
Meredith and would like to get
to know him. But they are hesi
tant to do so because they fear
the reaction of the rest of the
student body.
AS ONE STUDENT said: "I'd
like to talk to Meredith and find
out what he's like, but I'm going
to wait until the end of the year
to do it."
Although the attitude of the
students toward Meredith runs
the gamut of a willingness to ac
cept him completely to a deep,
prejudiced hatred, the general
feeling is one of "he's here and
there is nothing I can do but ig
nore him."
This feeling has become domi
nant because of the departure
from the campus of most of the
hard-core extremists who, accord-
kf loses eap
Faculty Sal, ries
At the professorial level, the
University's maximum 12-month
salary was $24,000, Maximum sal
aries paid by the other institu
tions ranged from $16,579 to
$32,340. The University's 12-month
minimum salary was $9,216, while
minimums of other institutions
ranged from $7,668 to $12,250.
• Walker made the above figures
available in response to a request
for salary information from Wil
liam G. Mather, professor of so
ciology and president of the Penn
State chapter of the American As
sociation of University Professors.
He wrote Mather that he did
not feel the AAUP's practice of
converting all salaries to a 9-
month basis fairly or accurately
represented the true salary picture
at Penn State, since only 26 per
cent of the faculty members are
on the 9-month salary basis.
MANY universities pay on a
10-month' basis but expect 12
months of service, Walker said,
while Penn State's 9-month con
tracts call for 36 weeks of service.
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FOR A BETTER PENN STATE
have persisted that he was in
academic trouble.
At 'one point he acknowledged
a need for tutors to help his
grades.
In Washington, Atty. Gen. Rob
ert Kennedy called on university
officials to "take appropriate
steps now" to make it possible
for Meredith to continue in the
school.
For the first month, Meredith
suffered harrassment from stu
dents who shouted insults and
threats even though he was under
guard of federal marshals. Uni
versity officials cracked down on
the student demonstrations Nov. 1.
At mos*,' i:eire
Campus,
ing to many students, were the
only ones from Ole Miss who took
an active part in the actual riot.
"Once the riot started, only
about 10 per cent of the students
were in it," said one student.
"They were the ones who would
rather have died at the Lyceum
(the focal point of the riot) that
night than continue in school,
"Most of them are gone now
because they quit when they saw
Meredith was going to get in. The
students that are here now want
to get an education, and that is
what they're primarily interested
in."
Thus, while the majority of
students are willing to let Mere
dith go to school at Ole Miss, they
are not willing to accept him and
are extremely bitter toward any
one who does.
YET STRANGELY enough,
just as Meredith was not the main
target of the rioters' hostilities on
the night he entered and violence
flared, so he is not the main tar
get of the students' animosity to
day.
Rather, it was and is the federal
government in the form of the
military policemen on campus
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tiles (Ilse :lead
tif j_ontrol Board
Gary Stiles (Kappa Delta Rho)
was appointed Board of Control
chairman to replace Fred Wael
chli, Joseph Wells, executive vice
president; announced last night.
The appointment was made by
the lnterfraternity Council Ex
ecutive Board.
Waelchli, the former chairman,
is academically ineligible this
term.
In other business, rush chair
man Philip Cozadd said all fra
ternities must subMit lists of the
cars they plan to use for rushing.
Fraernities' members many then
drive these care on campus at 5:15
p.m. rather than waiting until
5:30, Cozadd explained.
THREE LISTS of men who have
registered for fraternity rush have
been distributed, he said. Men
who have registered and are eli
gible to pledge, those ineligible
for pledging and men who lack
transcripts are listed separately,
he said. An additional list, includ
ing the names of approximately
300 men who registered for rush
Sunday, will be available soon,
Cozadd said. Rush registration
will continue in the IFC office.
Under officers' reports, James
Burke, treasurer, said that all
bills for the fall term have been
paid. He reminded IFC members
to hold their checks for pledge
registration until the end cf 1"
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Since then, Meredith has pro
tested the presence or federal
marshals and troops in his dormi
tory.
Ills enrollment followed a long
legal battle and a tense two weeks
of federal-state conflict that
turned him back three times and
finally resulted m a federal ap
peals court holding Gov. Ross
Barnett and Lt. Gov. Paul 13.
Johnson in civil contempt.
Barnett and Johnson also face
criminal contempt charges for
their roles in trying to block Mer
edith, 29, from the university.
When IVleredith finally got on
the campus to enroll late on Sept.
30, a night of rioting broke out,
killing two and injuring scores
more—students, federal marshals
and outsiders before federal
troops moved in and restored
order.
IN ANOTHER aftermath of the
riot, a federal grand jury meets
at this north Mississippi town
Tuesday and may consider the
cases of 11 men arrested in con
nection with the violence.
One of the 11 was former Maj.
Gen. Edwin A. Walker. The fed
eral government has charged him
with rebellion and insurrection for
his part in the riot.
In a statement to newsmen,
Kennedy said, some university
Officials "have not met their re
sponsibilities.
"Of course, the situation at the
university has been very difficult
for Mr. Meredith.
"Many members of the faculty
have made an effort in the high
est traditions of their profession
to obey the court's orders and as
sist Mr. Meredith in getting an
education.
"But it is true that a number
of officials charged with the ad
ministration of the university
have not met their responsibil
ities."
"It is incumbent upon them and
the state law enforcement offi
cials to make it pci-oible for Mr.
Meredith to continue his educa
tion without interntption.
"I would hope that they will
take appropriate steps now to do
so."
term, when bills will be sent out.
Fraternities will be billed only
three times a year to simplify the
'bookkeeping, he explained.
Publicity chairman Peter Lock
hart said applications to work on
the IFC Newsletter committee
will soon be available. Ile urged
IFC delegates to inform their
fraternity members in this com
mittee. Lockhart emphasized a
need for feature writers and
porters. Editors for the news
letter will be chosen from the
committee.
TWO SMALLER newsletters
will be put out this term in place
of the one large newsletter put
out last term. The committee will
also be more selective in its choice
of content, he said.
USG Congress Meeting
Postponed 'til Thursday
The Undergraduate Student
Government Congress will meet
at 8 p.m. Thursday in 214 Iletzel
Union Building.
The day of the meeting was
changed this week due to a con
flict with sorority rush, USG
President Dean Wharton said,
Bills must be submitted to the
Rules committee by 5 p.m. today.
The committee will meet at 9:30
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