FRIDAY, MAY 30,, 1069
'For the
"Come gather ye people wherever you
roam, and admit that the waters around you
have grown, and accept it that soon you'll be
drenched to the bone, if your time to you is
worth saving . . ."
Events during the year 1968-69 at Penn
State ranged from the hard rock sound of
Janis Joplin to a silent candlelight vigil held
in front of Old Main and many more.
Each student has different memories of
the past year. The following are a few of the
events which occurred here this year. Decide
for yourself what is worth saving . . .
Fall Term
Sept. 15—More than 200 students were un
able to find a place to live as a result of a
The year began with Walkertown,
a protest against lack. of housing
summer crackdown on sub-standard housing.
Temporary housing arrangements were set up
in the residence halls to accommodate at least
1,000 homeless 'students.
Sept. 18—Three tents and several sleeping
bags appeared on Old Main lawn to signify the
opening of Walkertown. The canvas town was
erected by homeless students in protest of the
housing shortage.
The Satisfactory-Unsatisfactory grad
ing system was approved by the University.
Oct. 4—A petition requesting changes in
the University's admissions policy was circu
lated among the faculty. The petition dealt
mainly with the lack of representation of black
students on campus.
Oct. 9—Women students, second-term and
above, were granted permission, by the Uni
versity to visit men'sapartments without the
written consent of their parents. A 2 a.m. cur
few for women's residence halls also was ap
proved by the Association of Women Students.
UCLA Rally
More than 4,000 crazed football fans
crammed into the area surrounding Rec
Hall to welcome back the Penn State foot
ball team after its resounding victory over
UCLA, 21-6.
Oct. 16—The Douglass Association endorsed
'he faculty petition calling for changes in the
University's admissions policy. The group also
backed a call for the recruitment of black
students.
Oct. 19—Nearly 6,000 persons filled Rec
Hall to see Janis Joplin perform at the first
Jazz Club Concert of the year.
Oct. 22—Dick Gregory, comedian and Can
didate for the presidency, addressed more than
4,000 students in the Hetzel Union Building,
telling them that America is "the most morally
corrupt, polluted, insane nation on the face of
the earth."
Student Housing: 'Unfit'
Oct. 24— , A state legislator toured student
housing facilities in State College and charged
that many of the apartments were "unfit for
human beings."
Oct. 31—Lion football team extends record
to 5-0 and receives fourth-place ranking of
college football teams.
Nov. 2—Ann Hopkins was crowned 1968
Homecoming Queen during half-time of the
Penn State -Army football game.
Nov. 4—Morris A. Shepard, assistant pro
fessor of human development, called for the
resignation and public censure of University
President Eric A. Walker. He criticized Walker
for his handling of Gen. William C. Westmore
land's visit here for the Penn State-Army
football game.
Nov. 4—The Interfraternity Council issued
a statement saying that chaperones would no
longer be required at fraternity functions.
Nov. 7—The Undergraduate Student Gov
ernment refused to approve a constitutional
amendment, known as the Bill of Rights. The
amendment called for USG to be the "sole
authority and final judge in areas concerning
student affairs."
Football Team Ranked Third
Nov. I2—Lions went up a •step on' the
Times They Are A hanging'
Speakers, 'Firsts' S ll ar = Year
ladder of football rankings to third place in
the nation.
Nov. 15—Walker endorsed the Martin Lu
ther King Fund Drive, aimed at collecting
$lO,OOO in donations. Sponsors of the drive said
its purpose was to provide financial assistance
to deprived students from urban poverty
pockets who deserve to enroll at Penn State.
Nov. 18—The undefeated Nittany Lions ac
cepted a bid to the Orange Bowl to oppose Kan
sas State's Jayhawks (8-1). Speaking on behalf
of the University, Walker announced, "We are
very pleased to accept this invitation to the
Orange Bowl."
Nov. 22—Singing "We Shall Overcome,"
approximately 75 faculty members and 50 stu
dents held a vigil in front of Old Main in sup-
port of their petition for increased black en
rollment.
Winter Term
Jan. 2—Whew! That was the unanimous
reaction from the stunned millions who saw
a breath-taking comeback by the Nittany Lions
in the Orange Bowl. The 15-14 victory over
Kansas in the final two minutes assured the na
tionally second-ranked Lions of a place in
football folklore for one of the most exciting
finishes in the history of bowl games.
Jan. 12—Walker announced that he would
retire bc.fore July 1, 1970. "It was not a sudden
move, either on my part or the Board of Trus
tees," he said. He also announced that he turned
down a job with the Nixon Administration.
Tan. 15—One hundred and fifty members
of the Douglass Association entered Old Main
to check on the progress of their 13 requests..
The requests include a call for a black enroll
ment of at least 1,000 by Fall Term, black re
cruiters and "black counseling."
Bouie Haden walked out of a meet
ing with University*President Eric A.
Walker
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Jan. 21—Nearly 100 blacks filed into Old
Main and deposited red bricks on the floor of
Walker's outer office. They built a triangular
brick wall, three feet high to symbolize lack
of communications,
Jan. 24—A 10-member citizens' committee
from Pittsburgh walked out of its meeting with
Walker when a Collegian reporter was barred
from the meeting. The committee was here
to discuss the relationships between blacks
and the University. Bouie Haden, a member of
the committee and civil rights leader, led the
walkout. Later in the HUB Haden lashed out
at white society for allegedly portraying blacks
as "lazy and immoral."
Jan. 29—Charles L. Lewis, vice president
for student affairs, banned the student under
ground newspaper, The Garfield Thomas Water
Tunnel. No immediate reason for the ban was
given to the staff of the paper. The cover of
the Tunnel was adorned with a picture of
John Lennon and Yoko Ono in the nude.
Jan. 31— USG condemned Lewis' ban on
the Tunnel. USG also called for the with
drawal of the ban.
Feb. 6—Student groups sold 5,400 copies
of the Tunnel in the HUB.
Feb. 11—Parents of the Tunnel staff mem
bers received letters from the Administration
warning that disciplinary action might be taken
against their sons and daughters.
Feb. 13—Yippie leader Jerry Rubin spoke
to students in the HUB Ballroom. Students
stayed after the 11 p.m. deadline but HUB
manager William F. Fuller said they could
stay all night.
Feb. 14—A HUB confrontation was avoided.
Nearly 390 students left the HUB at 1 a.m.
after they drew up a list of nine demands to be
presented to the Administration. The demands .
included an end to women's hours and academic
credit for ROTC and support of the Douglass
Association's 13 requests.
Students Arrested
Feb. 17—Four students were arrested for
the publication and selling of the Water Tunnel.
They were Alvan Youngberg, Tunnel editor;
Russ Farb. business manager; Jay Shore, for
mer managing editor, and Tom Richdale, then
chairman of Students for a Democratic Society.
Nearly 500 students marched on Old Main to
protest the arrests.
A list of nine demands, formulated
Feb. 14 in the HUB by a group of students
known as the Steering Committee to Re
form the University, was presented to the
Administration. The committee termed the
demands non-negotiable and gave the Ad
ministration until Monday, Feb. 24, to reply.
Feb. 21—A group of about 20 students
broke open the locks on the flag poles in front
of Old Main and lowered the American and
state flags to half-mast, in commemoration of
the fourth anniversary of the assassination of
Malcolm X, the black Muslim leader.
Youngberg, Farb, Shore and Richdale
were bound over to Centre County Court
on charges stemming from the publication
and the sale of the Tunnel.
Old Main Sit-in
Feb. 24—More than 400 students ended a
seven-hour sit-in in Old Main after they were
handed a court injunction ordering them to
leave the building. The students entered the
building at 3 p.m. to demand an answer to
the nine demands of the Steering Committee
to Reform the University. The injunction,
served .by Centre Counyt Sheriff Richard V.
Waite, was addressed to eight named students
and "250 John Does".
Feb. 25—Walker said the Administration
would take any action which would result in
the expulsion of any student found guilty of
disrupting the University.
March I—Gov. Raymond P. Shafer visited
the campus and talked with students in the
HUB.
March 6—Milton J. Shapp, 1966 Democratic
gubernatorial candidate, spoke to students in
the HUB Ballroom. He said he "strongly op
posed the state legislature's setting special
penalties for campus dissenters."
President and Mrs. Richard M. Nixon
came to State College to attend the funeral
of the President's,. uncle, Ernest L. Nixon.
March B—Ralph D. Abernathy, leader of
the Southern Christian Leadership Conference,
spoke in Schwab.
April s—The Penn State Gymnastics Team
placed second in the nation. Senior Bob Emery
was the All-Around runner-up.
April B—A hundred candles lit the foot of
the mall during a silent vigil to pro:est alleged
malpractices at a military stockade in San Fran
cisco. The vigil was held in reaction to a charge
of mutiny brought against 27 prisoners when
they held a sit-in protesting alleged mistreat
ment. including the slaying of a mentally dis
turbed inmate.
April 9—McElwain Hall began a new policy
of no curfew hours.
April JO—Centre County Criminal Court
convicted Laura J. Hahn of selling obscene
literature. Mrs. Hahn was arrested wi'h four
University students in connection with the
publication and the selling of the Tunnel.
April 12—Labor mediator Theodore W.
Kheel released a statement to the University
suggesting the immediate establishment of an
office for Student Discussions to serve as a
communications agent between the student
body, faculty and Admin'stration.
Lewis Bans Water Tunnel
Spring Term
Court Drops Charges
April 14—Centre County Court dropped
The Winter Term saw the first
issue of The Water Tunnel
charges against Shore and Richdale, who had
been charged with publishing and distributing
obscene material.
April 15—Jacob J. Kaufman, professor of
economics, agreed to serve as director of the
Office for Student Discussions.
April 22—Ted Thompson. former USG vice
president, won the USG presidency after a
four-day withholding of election results.
April 23—A student was attacked in the
HUB while debating politics with the military
recruiters there.
April 24—The Special Judiciary Board,
established by Walker to hear cases of students
who participated in the Old Main sit-in, recom
mended disciplinary probation for four students
and a warning for a fifth.
May I—Moliere's "The Miser" ran for three
days at the Playhouse before the entire cast
flew to Washington, D.C. to participate in the
first American College Theatre Festival.
Military Recruitment Protest
A scheduled protest against military
recruiting on campus resulted in a sit-in,
fistfight and the issuing of an injunction
against seven named students. 50 John
Does and 50 Jane Does. The injunction, ob
tained by YAF, called for a halt to any
actions "preventing access to the area
utilized by military recruiters, preventing
communication with recruiters and occu
pying so great an area of the HUB to pre
vent free ingress, egress and regress for
that area utilized by the recruiters."
Spring Term saw military recruitment in the HUB
and students serve an injunction against students
May 2—The Injunction was served by Cen
tre County Sheriff Richard V. Waite after it
was obtained by YAF May 1.
May 3—Dionne Warwick presented a con
cert in Rec Hall.
May s—The injunction was lifted at 5 p.m.
Former YAF Chairman Doug Cooper said the
injunction was lifted beca.i7e ''the SDS crisis
is past."
Rise in Room, Board Rates
May 10—Walker announced that room and
board rates were expected to increase by at
least $l5 a term, starting this fall. The Board
of Trustees authorized the rate increase, which
could go as high as 535 a term.
May 16—Adam Clayton Powell CD-N.Y.)
spoke in Rec Hall. He defined black power as
black self sufficiency and said it is not violent
unless "whites make it violent."
May 20— USG began a two-week vigil in
protest of the war in Vietnam. A fast also was
scheduled but the number of days for the fast
was not specified so that students could make
their own personal commitment.
Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority and
Acacia fraternity were awarded the overall
trophy for Spring Week 1969. Linda Nye
was crowned Miss Penn State.
May 21—Colloquy—The American Dream:
Conflict '69 opened with an address by Ralph
Nancy, consumer crusader. He said self-seeking
businesses are responsible for the perpetuation
of inferior and dangerous consumer goods.
The American flag in front of Old
Main was lowered by dissident students
protesting the alleged police murder of a
bystander in a May 15 demonstration at
the University of California at Berkeley.
University officials returned the flag to
full mast.
May 22—Paul Kupferman (g radu a t e
physics-New York, N.Y.) was arrested for his
part in the lowering of the American flag.
He was charged with "malicious mischief to
private property, that property being of the
Penn State University."
Muhammed Ali Speaks
May 23—Muhammed Ali, former heavyweight
champion, spoke in Rec Hall as the second
speaker for. Colloquy. He said that the only
peaceful solution to the racial crisis in Ameri
ca is the total separation of the races.
May 24—SDS presented a statement to the
Administration calling for it to drop the charges
sworn by Old Main against students for their
part in lowering the American flag on May 22.
SDS sponsored a third day of rallying. pro
testing the killing of a bystander at a Berkeley
demonstration.
Al Capp, creator of 'Lil Abner, de
nounced "fakery, foolishness and facism
everywhere, specially on the student left."
Capp was the third Colloquy keynote
speaker.
SDS sponsored a pig roast on the Old
Main lawn.
Compiled by Sandy Bazonis, Conny Berry.
man and Linda Olshesky.
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