Warm -and pleasant today with mostly sunny skies, high of 58. Mostly clear and mild tonight, low of 44., -Wednesday, continued very warm and mostly sunny, : 'high of 63. Outlook Thursday, mild with cloudy skies and rain likely late ” af ternoon, high 55. Friday, windy and ‘'colder, high 39. Vol. 72, No! 96 Black community reacts Price ’s post rated By ANTHONY POUCASTRO and ERIC RICHARDSON • Collegian Staff Writers Members of the University black • community have reacted both positively and negatively _to the appointment of Thelma T. Price as~'assistant vice president for special services and programs. James' Lomax (2nd-pre-law-Philadel phia),- and representative of Black Caucus to the University said, “As far as the appointment of Mrs. Price to the .. assistant vice president to student af fairs for special services andprograms I would say the black community would not have negative reactions if Mrs. Price was promoted not acting-or-assistant damned-anything but was promoted like her white counterparts to the position of full vice president.” “• Mrs. Price was appointed to the newly created position Thursday by University President Oswald, who said the action recognized the “need to expand the —University’s- services for minority and disadvantaged students.” Mrs. Price will supervise University programs for disadvantaged students in three major areas: the Educational Opportunities Program, the Black Cultural Center and the new Division of Community Awareness, a program aimed at improving race relations on campus. Lomax, said, “the majority of students I’ve talked to are dissatisfied with the IjniversityJs continuing method _ of handling affairs relative to the equal treatment of black students at Penn State.” Black students, according to Lomax, are tired of .acting leaders and he claimed the University capitalizes on these people by promoting them to an assistant or acting position because of their charisma. “Historically, we can trace the —emergence'of this method~of'treatment of~bla'cks to BookeF T. Washington.” Lomax said. " According to Lomax, the "University has tried to solve its racial problems by Nixon vows to withdraw Americans from Taiwan WASHINGTON '.(AP) President Nixon returned last night from his historic mission to China, defending his pledge to ultimately withdraw all U.S. forces from Taiwan, and proclaiming his journey had laid the foundation for a new structure of world peace. Taking tacit note of conservative criticismsjpf his Taiwan pledge, Nixon said as’he Returned to the Capital that no secret agreements had been entered into to decide the fate of any nation.. As the chief executive stepped before television cameras to report to the nation,. he..was..under criticism..from conservatives upset by his pledge that U.S. troops ultimately will be withdrawn from Taiwan. This is emerging as the most-criticized portion of a communique issued'Suri'day after a week of talks with Communist leaders. .But he also had' endorsements from some members of Congress, including warm praise from Sen. Edward M. Kennedy,' D-Mass., a longtime ad ministration ci-itic. In a communique' issued Sunday in Shanghai, Nixon promised to withdraw all U.S7 troops from Taiwan and agreed with the Chinese to develop bilateral trade, exchange programs and contacts between the two governments short of Penn State:private or public university Editor’s note: The following story was written for Professor John M-. Harrison’s Journalism 424. class. Research for this "article was also done by Betty Fielding and Tom Stout. By GARY MAYK Collegian Senior Reporter" Debate over Penn. State’s status as a public or private institution in its relationship to the Commonwealth has droned on for more than a Whether the issue is solved or not, in - creased influence, by state agencies on the affairs of the University will con tinue to be a certainty in the 70’s. Sinfce its inception in '1855 as the Farmers’ High School, the University .has had state officials serving as ex officio University Trustees. In recent years, to accent further the University’s . role as the land grant college of the Commonwealth, the governor received the power to appoint six trustees during his term of office. While the governor serves as an ex officio member of the Board, three members of his cabinet also serve as ex officio trustees: the secretaries of education, environmental resources and agriculture. Pennsylvania’s main- tie 'with the University, however, has been financial. Thejmrpose of the Morrill Land Grant Act* of 1862 was to provide federal Ws\i Satlg dollwjt 6 pages transfering black staff members from give blacks a voice. When the white other campuses or departments and. administrators convene, they would get putting them in charge of various black a black point of view.” organizations:— - More black administrators are “These transfers are made leaders in needed, according to Cook, but “not an acting compacityr' It ' must be because they are black but because they assumed on. the part of . the people, are qualified.” responsible for the recruitment that the Priscilla Reid (sth-education black community must be stupid if they Philadelphia), a black staff assistant for tell us that'it will take six months for a Centre Halls, also voiced her doubts permanent director to be found,’’Lomax about Price’s, new position. explained.. l , “I think it’s OK, and beneficial to the “There are many black talented students. Mrs. Price is doing a great job people who have a positive desire to but Iscan’t say her appointment is good work for the betterment of their kind ail'd or bad because that depends on what she not be subject to compromise.” does and what the Administration lets Lomax claims the University is slow in her do.” finding people to fill the Stanly Washington (9th-history because “they are actually looking for "Philadelphia), said he feels her " ap ‘house niggers’.” “In this day and age pointment will be beneficial for “black they are hard to find; this is one of the and white relations on campus because reasons for the formation of the Black the black community can relate and Caucus,” Lomax said." respect her.-She is like a mother image, “By promoting Mrs. Price, the very receptive to brothers and sisters.” University has shown that she has the Washington saida black person should expertise to do the-job. If this is the case be in the administration not for the make her vice president. Only then can “sake of tokenism” but because he is she conduct her office in a non- qualified compromising fashion so it will be beneficial to the black students of Penn State,” Lomax said. . • Warren Colman, acting director of the Black Cultural Center said he believes, “It is a move on behalf of students. It will be very helpful because most black people are not placed in higher positions and do not have an opportunity to offer - input or receive input. There is a need for a black administrator to offer black feelings because many policies affect them. Michael Cook (6th-division of coun seling-Philadelphia), is skeptical of Price’s new position. “I dig the fact that she was appointed but the significance of her appointment can be questioned because white ad ministrators have a way of putting brothers and sisters in positions meaningless in the function of the University.” ' Cook said, “Black-white relations on campus would be good because it would formal diplomatic relations. According to the 1,750-word com munique, the extensive talks with Chou and a brief session with party Chairman Mao Tse-Tung.— brought no change in the two governments’ op posing positions on Vietnam. It was the portion of the communique relating to Taiwan that .caused most consternation among conservatives. Administration officials defended it as a logical application of the Nixon Doc trine that allies should be chiefly responsible for their own defense. And they argued that the broad results justify the concession, at any rate. The United States “reaffirms its in terest in a peaceful settlement of the Taiwan question by the Clunese-them selves,” the communique said. “With this. prospect Jn ..mind,-iLaffirms. the. ultimate objective of. the withdrawal of all U.S. forces and military installations from Taiwan. • “In ' the meantime, ’ it will progressively reduce its forces and military, installations on Taiwan as the tension in the area diminishes.’’ Presidential adviser Henry Kissinger said the wording does not contradict the President’s recent pledge to maintain the mutual-defense treaty with Taiwan. distribution of state lands “for the establishment of institutions to educate “the sons and daughters of the working class.” Each state government involved in the program agreed to at least par tially subsidize the school established in its state under thq, act. .The Farmers’ High' School became Pennsylvania’s land grant college in - 1865 and, at that point, the role and scope of Penn Sta,te’s_involvement in statewide education began to broaden. With “the University’s growth .came a continual need for additional sthte money. With that.addttional state money, the University is finding out more state control is on the way. Times have changed drastically since the University began to receive state aid. When the University of Pittsburgh and Temple University became state/elated . -in 1965, the state was forced, to reach, deeper into its pocketbook for the’ schools’ allocations. Because the demand for higher education rose, the state founded several state “teachers” colleges. By the 60’s, these schools —' Jully _osned , .and operated by. the Commonwealth evolved into broad based liberal.arts and sciences institutions. .At the same time the state schools were growing, Penn State expanded into a comprehensive multiversity under the Published by Students of The Pennsylvania Statp University University Park, Pennsylvania Tuesday, February 29,1972 Tenants suing Centre Towers By NANCY LOWRY Collegian Junior Reporter Thirteen tenants' have filed claims against Centre Towers. Apartments, maintaining the complex is delinquent in repaying security deposits. • - The claims come amid charges that the corporation is financially unstable, since Accent Associates, the corporation that owns Centre Towers, was involved in mortage foreclosure action. > “The organization doesn’t seem to be “ financially stabler” Alan Green, treasurer of the Organization of Town Independent Students, said. “First they refused to return the security deposits at ' all, and the few® they did return bounced.” Green said some of the tenants who sued had won' their cases but “still haven't gotten their checks.’.' On Dec. 27,“1971, Queens County Savings Bank of Flushing, N.Y., filed a mortgage complaint against the Mason Corporation, of which Accent Associates is a part for $1,378,000. Centre County Sheriff Richard V. Waite said npthing ever came of the complaint. “I don’t know if the company is bankrupt or not,” Waite said. “These complaints are only filed if you are behind in payments. If payments are not made up, the mortgage is foreclosed,” he said. “I sent the papers to Montgomery County to be served, but haven’t heard anything since.” According to Lillian Raycroft, the local attorney who handled the case, the bank filed an action for the foreclosure then dropped the charges. “They are not bankrupt, Miss Raycroft_said.J_T.thmk they (the Mason Corporation) must have paid something since the charges were - dropped,” she said, adding, “Most banks are satisfied with about $20,000.” Stafte College District Magistrate Clifford H. Yorks —told The Daily Collegian that the manager of Centre Towers, Stan Morrah, testified on behalf .of one tenant suing the company for delinquent payments. Green said the action was “not natural.” He added, “We’ve got to assume something is going on.” Morrah denied, this and said, “All I said at the hearing was that. I sent the report in to Accent Associates asking for the money to be sent. I never testified on leadership of Eric A. Walker, a strictly business. engineering professor named president of the University, .-in 1956. Expansion under Walker was so great that, by 1970, the year of Walker’s retirement, more than half the degrees granted by Penn State had been awarded during his tenure. . The most severe challenge of the 60’s- - was the demand created by the post war baby-boom.. Walker-met the challenge and pledged in his inaugural address „“,..to study the_educational needs of the . Commonwealth*, * then ' construct programs aimed at satisfying those needs not just at , one level, but at several ” According to Walker, new educational programs should be designed “not just for (the Commonwealth’s) youth, but for its entire population.” The“ result of Walker’s plan was ay Commonwealth Campus"' system designed to take higher education to ■ • an enlarged University Park Campus, a continuing education, program for part'time students and a skyrocketing University budget. Between 1956 and 1970,. Pehn State’s total budget rose from $34.1 million t 05164 $164 million. Its state appropriation in 1970 climbed to $67.4 million from $12.6. million in 1956.. Not included in the ap propriations are millions of dollars in Galactic pinwhcel behalf of Morrah said he really didn’t un derstand what the problem was. “The company is 200 miles away, I don’t know their financial situation,” he said. "Centre Towers has been filled up for the past four or five months. It must be that some of their other investments are not doing well,” Morrah continued. - Morrah said he thought the magistrate was prejudiced in favor of the plaintiffs because the checks had not been sent out. - “I am not responsible for repaying these people,” he said.‘“All I can do is request the company in Philadelphia to send the checks.” Frank Cohen, manager of Accent Associates said all the confusion had been caused by a “mix up with the bank.” . . “We were having a few problems with check clearance for about two weeks,” he said. “Eventually, I hope everything "settles out.”. Joseph Hummer (graduate-forest resources-State College), said he and his two roommates had filed suit against the USG, probing collegiate association By LINDAMARTEbLI Collegian Senior Reporter The Undergraduate Student Govern ment and the State College Area Chamber of Commerce yesterday an nounced they are continuing their in vestigation of"the Undergraduate Ser vices Association. Inc. This corporation claims it is “a non profit, non-affiliated collegiate association, which publicizes and in forms its members" of subject and question areas of course exams.” An 80- page detailed examination report is offered to its subscribers for a mem bership fee of $7.50 per school year. This information was contained in building funds provided through the disingenuous view l 'of the thing. Penn General State Authority.: ' State was out stirring up interest.” While Penn State exploded into a state Pittenger said Penn Stattrtold local wide institution in the 60’s, legislative areas a branch campus would not cost action and departmental directives anything locally, but did not realistically already are affecting its course in the them it would require additional YO’s - • state, support through increased taxes. Gov. Shapp set the tone for the 70’s in Objecting to Pittenger’s view that an _ address., to. the_Pennsylvania Commonwealth Campuses compete with Education Congress last year. De- community colleges, Ciletti said the emphasizing the building stages of -blame should lie with "community education, Shapp stressed quality in the colleges. “If there is any duplication of 70’s. He also said education would services, it’s duplication,on the part of “'receive a smaller percentage of the the community colleges. We were there state’s budget. first,” Ciletti insisted. In the fall of last year, Shapp named Commonwealth Campuses . began his legislative aid, John C. Pittenger, to construction in the 1930’5, but com replace David Kurtzman as secretary of munity colleges are largely a education. Pittenger’s attitudes were development of the past two decades; indicative of the changing climate with . Warren E.- Ringler, acting .corn respect to state related’schools. missioner on higher education, did not . According to Pittenger, schools have agree entirely with pittenger on the built branch campuses “without respect question of duplication of services, to what the needs are in their areas.” • Ringler took the view that although each • Pittenger charged, "They have wasted school has a- role to play, both Corn millions of dollars in 10 years.” monwealth Campuses and community Fred Ciletti, director of Com- colleges can exist side by side “in ser monwealth’T’elations at the University, v ’ n 8 the total needs of the community.” said Penn State established Com- Unlike Pittenger, Ringler said he felt monwealth Campuses when invited by Penn State acted in the best interests of communities or , areas interested in the. state in establishing Commonwealth helping to support branch campuses. Campuses. “Penn State was wUling to go Pittenger took issue with ' Ciletti’s remarks, saying, “That’s a rather. —photograph by David-Dale ANY CHILD OF THE UNIVERSE would love a plaything like this. Actually, the sun filtering through the trees is augmented, by a filter anda piece of wire screening provided by an imaginative photographer. company, but had not yet received any payment. “We went by the book, “-Hummer said. “According to law, if the company fails to contact us in 28 days, we are entitled to sue for twice the amount of th'e deposit.” .... . ’ Hummer said he was advised by the magistrate that the corporation “"didn’t have-the resources”, and his chances of getting his investment back were “slim.” —“Atthe hearing;” Hummer said, “the manager didn’t show ..any interest in defending himself,.the corporation, or in finding any loopholes in the contract. “rgot the feeling we wouldn’t get our money even if' we won the case,” Hummer said. Hummer said he “feels sorry” for people living in Centre Towers who don’t know what to expect when they move out. “If things don’t improve,” he said, “the tenants, should just refuse-to pay their last month’s rent. That’s the only way they can be able to get their deposit back.” Robert C. Cohen (Bth-engineering- Chamber of Commerce —letters mailedfrom State College'bythe" corporation to parents of University students. In a statement released yesterday, USG and the Chamber of Commerce indicated theirinvestigation of the outfit thus far has uncovered the following facts: —the Undergraduate Services Association, Inc. is not affiliated with the State College Chamber of Commerce or any campus organization'; —The solicitation letter no delivery date for the material offered; —The corporation is not registered Continued on page 6 BULKRATE U.S. POSTAGE 4 cents paid State College, Pa. lfesoi Permit No. 10 Huntington N.Y.), holdlfUie honor of being the only past Centre Towers tenant to receive his security deposit. “I guess I’m just lucky,” Cohen said. “No one really had the facts, the magistrate just made of it what he could, and decided in my-favor.” , Cohen said he would advise'anyone in the same position to sue in order to reclaim-their money. “You don’t have to know any law,” he said. “I got all my information from OTIS. All you have to do is go to the magistrate and file your complaint. If you win, you even get your $l3 back.” -• According to Green, OTIS hopes to file charges against. Accent Associates and protect tenants currently living in Centre Towers against further financial loss. “We have been in touch with the Bureau of Consumer Protection in Harrisburg,” he said. “They suggested we inform the people of the facts. The. company is having financial trouble, and security deposits are not being returned. Possibly, we could arrange an escrow fund, one month’s rent held by a bonded agent, to protect the tenants.” -with - the PennsylvaniaHßureau of Cor porations, the U.S. Department of Commerce, the Centre County Prothonotary’s Office or the financial consulting firm Dun and Bradstreet. According to a spokesman for the National better Business Bureau, the corporation could be Registered in another state. However, he said in order for it to conduct business in the com monwealth, it must be listed with the state’s Bureau of Corporations. ■ —The address of the corporation is 1820 S. Atherton Street, which is the address of a local motel. There is "no” person or corporation using the name “Undergraduate Services Association, Inc.” located at that address. “It appears as though this local moteF' was used as a mail-drop by a person or persons representing Undergraduate Services Association, Inc.,” the joint statement reads. Mark Jinks, USG senator and a resident of State College initiated the investigation on Friday. Jinks said he became suspicious of the corporation’s offer when its letter received by his parents that day bore no local zip code nor his father’s first name. i Jinks said he questipned State College ... postal_authorities _and _discovered - that -25,000 similar letters had been mailed on, Tuesday. Postal authorities recalled the mailingsbecause no zip codes had been used, according to Jinks. The owner of the moteF said a man - asked for a room last week but there were no vacancies. She said she agreed to accept his mail which he said might amount to “several bags,” To date, she'' said she said has received “quite a bit!’ but not bags full. , Jinks and Charles C. Mong, executive director of the State College Area Chamber of Commerce have urged students and their parents who have not yet responded to. the mail advertisement to’defer action until the validity of the offer can be substantiated. The Pennsylvania Consumer Protection Board and State Police have joined the investigation. o’ < 4 C Oi Seven cents
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