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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
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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
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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.
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