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Te Tech News, Volume 61, Issue 12, May 12 1970
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Vol 61 Tueeday,llayl2,19'10 1'0.12
For tbe flrat tlme lD Ull ICbool'• biltorJ, W.P.L ........_welt
oo atrU. Ulla week to protlllt Ull loutblUt -'-IU War &Id Its reoelllt
escalaUon bJ President NlJoa. lo dolJW to, Ull atudeata Jotnld _,.IJ
450 ottilr collepa amt uot,.rsltlH partlcllJ&ttsw lD ltrlllil actl'fUlu.
HAZZARD WRITES NIXON ActlvltJ lo respo. .. to Pnaldeat Nhron'• declllon IUt ,...k to
•1111 troopa lmo cambodll bllaJ> IUt aamtay u a few colJlp ..w . .
paper editor• p.tblred amt 11....S a Joi.at editorial calllJW for atkJo.
Pntatdat RJdw'd M, Nllloa ....... ,.... alld old, a pp tlll• oouMr7 ea.mot wide ltDdeat atrlll81.
Tbe Wlaite ........ a.lure. OD lloaday tbe 1trlkt cama to Worce•r. llolJ Crosa &Id Qark
wu h1llltCa. o.c. aoeoo Notlllml la tb1a ceaturJ baa cr.u.d more c:oeruct, botb voted to atrUal amt u op1n meettsw wu blld tbat ~t. 1'111 aame
more am"eat, more qaeatSODIJll lD uae comtry ud daJ, what may well bl u. moat famous Htat d uno occurnd. four
Dear Pnaldmt NW>o: oa tbe campua tbU tile UDdeelared war la Soutbeut 1tudenta were Wled b)' Natlom.1 Guard troop1 lD reapome to wbat UllJ
I am wrltllll u OM r...-.Hlllatl" al a na- Ama. Tiie draft aDd lta lmpUcatlou haft created felt wu aolper flre. 'lbree other atudeatl were crltlcallJ wamdld
pected Ud ettectift 91111. ..r lJll eoU.,.. a.re baYOC m tbe reUOMCI admJlllatraUoa al cunpua and died later ID tbe week.
we haft bad reuonecl dtacualoa aDd lawtul ud educatilll our eoaa Uld daushter• tor rffPOUJble Mo•y qbt aaw action berrtA at WPL Prct. lcboeldermu d tlll
puceflal acUoa oa oar commoD problema, aa lbe aDd cr•tl" cJtl&eaaldp baa become almoat an lm- lcooomlcs Department ui.cs Gleoo Wblta, lditor-i.Ullief t:6 tt.
SecretarJ ol tbe Na~, Mr. Cbal. ., cu well t..uf1 paalble OM, tor tndaer aDd for lltudeat. TICH NEWS, to call up aome t:6 wP P1 actlYlata and orp.am a ....,
from peraoaal experience. We are well aware lllat Prompt termlDatlOD al our mWtarJ lim>lftmeat studem meetq for 4:15 p.m. TueldaJ. Paul Clary, TICH NEWS
the recent nen&a ID SouebeaM -Ula haft J.acreued l.D 8oatbeut .uta and atUlatloa to uae myriad Features ldltor, Rieb ell F01•, copy editor, amt Doo Baroa, locllJ
the concerna of tbe cltlzena of thla country about problema ol tlll• aoc:tet:r are ol utmolt lmportuic. Cbllrmaa, were amq thole coatacbtd aad apetlUoacaJJI~ for •Hlcbt
Ila fUture aa a world ~ tor peace aDd bwnu tor all of u. I, pereonall1, aDd all of U.0.. lndl.t- daJ atrUre was drawn up. It ulllmately recetftd ezo atudeat 11patu.rea.
deftlopmeat. TM ccmceru ol our ctttuaa lllPftl' claala ID tbe WPI commaDltJ wbo jolD IM ln atptar On 1\leedaJ, students approacbed Owl d Fa.cWty Price &od a flculty
mo.t clearlJ .. tbe preeeat ''.Ulke'' aDd ..-s-war lb1a letter recau-t your 'ficorou actioa to adllne meetq wu 1Cbe~ed for 4 lD Alden. Tllted&J an.roooo a neerq
acthtt:r oa cou.p campuaN, Tbla aet1'1t)', lcMal- etaue objeetlfta, I.a we ... It. botla bmnane and committee, Tbe Commtttee lo OppotWon to Dntb wu formed. Its
lattc Uld lmpa.uloaed. cu aDd will turn to dtatl- political p1a ..W be well ..n ed lt 1ou do. members ...r e Dom Forceua, aeoJor Civil lll(imertJw major, u
luatoemnt aDd molt lt DO .a.ctift re..,aue 81Dcerel1, ca.lrmao; Paul Cle&rJ, )Wor lo Hwn&Altles amt TecbnolOIJ, GleDD
IPP8U'•. Aa .... sreater pp ..w be created bet- Georp w. Hauard Wblte, )lnlor, pbysk:I, Prc6. t:6 Pbyslcl, Tom Kell, amt Ecom>mica
Preatdnt . Professor Paul lcboeldermu.
Ouete of the Wffl 'n1a bu ban circulated to tbe WPJ Commamt:r.
AllJODll wbo .......t atped a llatemeat atatlai( that Sllf'Y on Tu11. faculty •Hti"t 1..4 st•111t •Hti. . " · 10
" Where are the 1tud1•t1?" be asreea and Ylabla to llllJ ettber lD tbe TECH
Prof. Finlayson HEWS omc:e or tile Pre•ldeota omce. Stories " other strike ectiwitios tl.outhovt ,.,.,
Tuesday, May 12, lfll
Page 2 Tech News
Editorials
TO THE WORCESTER POLICE
1be eteots rl tbe pasttewdays bave put a great deal <1 pressure ooa.ll c
lnYolftd: studems, college administrators, faculty, and oot least cJ all- 0
tbe police. Throuctiout the muclws and ra.llies at city hall, the s lt-los
at the Worcester Dntt Board, aoo candle-light parades the police have
cooperated to the utmost with the student strikers and other people •c
lmohed. 1bty bave made every effort to make sure that an atmosphere
<1 peace ud oo~violeoce be maintained by both sides.
The lditors <1 TECH NEWS feel that these efforts deserve recognition
and prai8e. We bope tlllt the Worcester Police Department will cootlm.le
thelr fine efforts lo keep~ tbe peace wblle a.llowll~ the citizens to
demonstrate thelr opposltloo to the United states lmolvemeot in - --
ladocblm..
THE EDITORS
f :t'L\. kEEP SWINGING .tTI\. r HIT IT OUT
WPl:NEVERTHE SAME
OF TitE 8'.LL-PARK,AND TO "4ELL WITM
STR\k£5 AND FOUL PLAY'
1be put week bas been the most excit~ at Tecb ln anyone's memory.
On &llldaJ, the TECH NEWS prepared a mild editorial OD Clmbodla
and 0111 story on an anti-Cambodia demonstration lo Worcester. On
cMoould aJb, l sotmake o1 tutod emhealp ancd -fa.cu lAtym werelrcea ow poolidcey rqlo j Suostu twhetast ta Actsioian. Teach - Ins In Dissent
'lben came Moadav nllbt aoo the ~ of a WP l aotl-war
movement. Tuesday llll the strike. Wednesday aoo three lllOOred
WPI atudema petltlo~ IDd 1200 people marchq to Llocoln Square. Stranp u 1l m1a1 seem to .oma, ll 1• not typtcal WorcHt•r Tech bu alw111 bad more tbMll'I
'111ursd1J and tbe l.cuw March. Friday llll aootber mau rally. Tech epatbJ lbat ii keept.as ma111 ot tbe lludeota lbare ol apatbJ wltbin the atudellt bodJ, lld I
latardaJ &ad aootber march on Wubqton. Ami lt's only beetmi.. etlll on campue from particlpaU• ill etrlke act1vl- feel tbat tbe Strta called for the DUt Uaree -
It wW mwr apill bl the same old WPI, not slnce tbat moment tle1. M&111 ol tboae Wbo are not out marchlnr and will on)J uaderl1na th11 t.et wbm lt'• all OtV. hr
Toeldly wa.n Dim lmmlred •bide* walll8d ldo tile faculty mee~. pet1UOD1• are ltlll aea.rch1D(. TbeJ are readlnc, a etudent bodJ of Dearly two tboua&Dlt, ........_
u If lD re1POlll8 to Prolenor Finlay100'1 cp1stlon ''Wbere are the dl1cuutnc and tb1Dld• I.JI an ettort to decide OD a at a raUJ of two bunclred I• a sterU• tea ...-.
ltudema?" 1be mowment la 1lm01t entirely a 1tudent mowment pereooal commlttmeot. Thia aeema a blt more I ba" tbe utmost reepect tor eome of tbe ..._..
at WPI ud mara tbe bflb point <1 studeot actlY1am here. ldeallltlc tbao .ome ot lboee wbo are eotag aJoac ' that are rwmlDc the strike, but I feel tlaat IMJ
Mow com11 tbe bard work <1 cqq tbe dlrectioo ol tbla country. wllb tbe mOftment becauae tt'• tub.tonable or be- are IOIJll about tbe problem ol toreip .......
1be colllp ltudema ta" 1boWD 8"1'JO• tbat tbere are aot just a caue tMJ dldll't baft eeo.ip courace to .., "I meat all WTOllS. Tbe problem atarta wta ..
few bama wbo are cauq all tbe dllCOIDnt. It la an entire 19111. . don't ltDow." (TbJa 1• not meant to~ tbat tbere reeolutiOD of tile fac:ultJ dur1Jlc their m..U.C ,...
ttoa, a pmratlon now dedicated to tbe cauae of peace. Am we are are m&111 1tocere people backl• lbll movemeat, terdq. c1u... called for tbree daJ•, acept IDr
1tclt and tlrtd rl beq ca11tcJ slobs &ad bums If we dare to 1J1estion wblcb there are, but to polnt out lbat m&DJ of tboH tboae lbat wut to baft tbem, ii an edlo ol ..
•Uolal pollcJ, 11ct and tired of Mil.on and Apew e(Jl&tq peatnasa wbo don•t eupport It aren't In fnor ot the war reeoluUOD OD attmdtace pused Jut I ........
wttb mUUlrJ power IDd WIJtb, 11clt am tired <1 blq •nt to flctit ettberJ llO. Tba problem i. compUcated bJ tbe fact *It
in a war lD Wb1cb we do not bellew ud a lclt and tired of au tbo&e M&llJ atudeDtl ba'f9 doM a sr-t deal of tbiJ1k111S lt bu b9eome fubioaable to be a liberal ud ...,.
wbo •n 111 "to r.ntct OD tbe craw collll(Jatmea of currem ewma tbeee put In d&J•. Some ban 90Ulht out tbelr CIDI Uk• to be fulalcmable. At the rallJ moel ..
and to comldlr tbe re1111>19lbUtttea to ouneltea l.lld to our aoclety." prof•lm'•, aome have tunaed to other etudeata, the people waalied to bear jut cm tbl•, wb• -
(u Ronald Repn dJd noemly). and 111wr ult tbemsehes the same eome baw been readl. .. Tbert ta mucb la1lt of tile beard 1l lb., 111Plauded, wbeo tbeJ beud cWrenll
llMtltioD. atrlke belJllf a wa1 of coaUDUS• oae'1 educatloa. tbeJ lalllbad (a rea.111 pod w11 to c:ballp .,.._
'l'bl 1Uent majorltr of collep students la now apea.lti. aod WbJ doll't we belp tbt• to be aanea more ettecuft CIDl'e m1Dd). Tbere WU a lot of talk about penaml
U., are prtttms tbe Ile to a.,.. wbo •11 uie m&JordJ <1 youqr i'ieopte meam? Therefore, I urp tbe atrtke leadere OD tb1a rtpta• Uld rreedcuu, 1et wbm DeDDle Llpb dee
blct NlJon'1 pollctu. '11111 are ultiJW bow maay more must die. campu to Ol'pldH teach-tu to belp tboee wbo are maDded lbat UJODe wbo dJeacreed wttll am poettlm
bolla ill loatll8ut Asia &ad la tbls country, before our bonor bu been ll'JIJll to make a decteioo oa lbil luue. eallet la tbe Ar1111; lt wu all Y81'J amUlt• bat It
lllftlcllmty protected. 'nlly are aatq jut boW much more we blve N,B. atm dJdll't bec1A to cbanp a111 mtDdl.
to •Jl&Di the war to em l Tbey are ultq wby spend tbe moey to rm not l'Jl• to deteDCI tbeNIJtOD ad~
eatabllab our 111tem t1 pwrament ln a country wblcb doe1 not aeem tbe decalOD to Hnd troope into Cambodla wttllall
to waat It wa.a we camiot mm lt work ill tllll coumcy. Coacreutoaal apprOftl wu deflllitel7 wramr. ~
NlJDD wW not CllllWe bla pollci11, 10 U la up to ua to force b1m to tbe more Yloleet camPQMe, tbe ue ol NaUcml
~. bf writ. . to corwrea1men &ad ae.-tora eipressi. our dlB•m WE SUPPORT Guardamea to kill ltudeote le 1.Dac11Hble, bateoll
and Ulcq tbat Co~ll wttbbold fludll from all mUltary actlvltlea la tbe deetructtoo of propertJ bJ ltudeata. We'ft ID
8outbeaat Aala, emept thole needed for lmmedlate withdrawal. lt tbla made alot ot mistakes, but now ii mot tbe time •
Coacnu ww not, tben we must elect tboee wbo ww. · make &DJ more. If all tbe Collepe ii tbe coamlrf
lt'1 now a polltlcal flcbt. All tbe mUea we•w marched, a.u the plcllet THE STRIKE 10 OD ltrlke It will baft llO effect oa admtm.lll'a•
lilll1, ud tbe MftD dead at Kent Slaa. wW bl lD nlD unless we can Uoe poUclee, tbi.e has been made qlliteclearbJ llr.
persuade tbe American people to tllclt us and support tbo&e cand'date1 NiloD durtnc tbe WuhblrtoD mardl 1ut Odoblr.
wbo 0ppo9e tbe war. The Editors But lt nery atudeat Miil bil ,..
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,----------------------.. preHotau. .a a teiecram .......-
lins hl• Ylew• oa toretp Poll••
It would have an ettect.
Lota of people ba. . made all&
'ttbe 'ttec b llews ol not. .. but tbat'• all lt ........
Jr we could cOUDt on 0111J laalf "
_vo__l._6_1_ _T uead.ay, Kay 12, _1_no_ __N _o._1_2 :-._~~:W.:'1..::
50,000 J.F.K.'s W'Ol'k for peace WCNld be nil WG19
Glen White tbe Ume 8Pllll ud .. C-..
EdJtor.ln.Qild lo9t. ht .. we bow from Id
'lM-'1'12 0.,, and from Plambll DaJ, ..
~a.naa.t.n. Editor • . • • • . • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Paul Evam ........- wtll be a ftw daJ .,...
ewa-Eclltora ........... . .. . . Jim P\lrlnlton, Tom ,..._ey end bJ tbe • ..,.... w.u-....- .
FSpoeaturea Edltora ••• ••• •••• •••• •• Paul Cleary, Dave lloblU ocmcened Teeble. ........... ..
1be actlvit111 of the IUt few dap tu awU8118d thla satlon to raile rtlt EdJton •••••••••••••• I>on St. Karle, Frank 8te1ner ..., ,... .. ..utled to Ida ...
ma-. CJaelllonl concernl111 tbe policies of this country in SoutbeUt Cop, l:dltora •••••••••••• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Rlcllard D\&Foae aplllloa_ ud tbat .. .,,..., al•
Asta. Mauy were ullled lf tbeJ favored tbe Pre1idenrs actlom. llaJI)' ~~ Editors •••••• ••. •.. • . . . .•• Alan Dion, Nora Blum atrtke lD tt8elf wW eeoolllPUI'
aJd tbey belie'8d tbat there la a lot <1 preaure on tbe President and B toarapl\J' Editor • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Al Sliaplro DOtb1Jic. JobD 1.-.told. ., ..... .
Am&mDe)r' iclaan81 1p1u1b liacr,e a rleD YnOotl taldw aIrne o1f1.1 1I wdtwcl aliconme, wiiatlslu teil1l s wtybplec b< w1 se,t attbee- aAr rvcu~lat~to Mn aM~naaenpagrr e•r• •••• •.• •• • •• • •• •.• ••• •.· •· •· ••· • .· •.· •· .• ·•.· . · •. ·•.. . •. ·.•.T• o·G dBde oeBrns eeKn laBatlmcoocltnkt Il1t °C"b"r• ta ttfm yuo uu . w.u ut mtt. T.M. Wwellr'
ment, but I would not leaft U at tlllt. Just what are tbe• other 11. .a acuity Advlaer • •• • • . • • • •• • • •• •. • Prof. s. J. Wetnlqer cu be °"". bat ebJtll ...
wblcb are not told to the American people? Junior Edlton •••••••• ••••• • Phil Bl'Odeur, Jlm Colaqelo from clueee ..S 11111 al tea;
us1aia1alQsaJ tl,o_n. .o, f aaoJ obI n blc&F.m e KCeJn.Ilnl•e dylD. Y1oblted W &aardr ecno oRceeprollrltd w aabso umt atdbe APelatrny E, dJwoh&nr dWl, oRoidcwhard. Losan. Randy Sabllah, Jett ana't...-altaft.
public ln September 1964, aod sloce that tlme my confidence lD the Staff: J im Andruchow, Dave Bedard, John Bower, Tom
federal So"rnment bu decllllld rapidly. 'lbe majority of tbt Ameri· Carrier, Joyce C&plovlch, John Kaletakl, Dave Mar·
can people took for 1ranted that tbla report 'ftS completely correct. tin, Jack Matte, Tony Matte ra. Brad Millman Bob
'Ibey tbouebt this tiecauae there was no way that a rroup <1 men ol Roeenberg, Jim Pinzino, Ed Schrull. Jay Shcr:ttzer,
.acb hi&b esteem (Le. tbe Q.ipreme Court) could posslblJ le to tbelr SKtaeyve, S Vtrlonuntl,e FCroeldo nSezruof.n orowsky, Bob Wiliam•' Joe VOTE
fellow Americans . I do oot desire to 10 lnto rreat detaU, but I wWsay
that the Warren Report was a crock of shit. I also believe that I could The TECH NEWS of Worcester Polytechnic Inatttute ta
convince any Intelligent person to my way of thillkq In less than ball published weekly durinl the academic year, except durlna
ao hour. Anyway my point Is thlS - lf the federal 1overrunent ~ this icno lDleaenei evlao Hatatlol,n .W Eedsit tCoraimalp aunsd. S beucaoinnde aca luotsn cpeoas taargee pJoacida teaat
country coes out and twists the truth and completely t&oores many · Worceter, Mau., and additional m&iUJur oftces Subecrl THURSDAY
important details coocernl~ the death of one American, )lst lmaellll tton rates St.SO per school year; alnale coptea 20 cent
wbat the government Ls do~ about the so.ooo Americans who have Make all checks payable to Business r.lanager.
died ln the Southeast Asian "conflict" I
F.W.S.
Tuesday, May 12, 1970 Tech News
Editorials
DESIREI
At the faculty meetlnc this put Friday , •Jay mE
8th the faculty of W.P.1, nnally arrived at what
UNSOLVABLE DILE ••A tahcecyo mfoedlta twloanss ash osualtdi sfbaec tmor.yid e refosro lu••tsiotrni kionfg wshtua-t
dents.•• 1 should s a.y lhese 1tudents who no loncer ''The Ballad of Ray Dooley"
feel 1t imp<>rlant to llnish tbla semester's ..· o rk, Hane down 7our head Ray Doo-leJ.
tor one reason or another . As tbe faculty re- Hane down your bead '•'cry.
(This appeared ln the special edition of the TECH NEWS which appeared solved the problem, ~ student can petition his Hane dawn your head R11 Doo-l•Y.
OD May 7th) professors for a letter cnde now. based 00 hi• That window you micht baft to ~.
When -.e were approached on Moooay night about the poss1blllt)' ol work completed up to this p<>lnt In the semester.
a strlke at WPl we were somewhat pesslmtshc about Uie effectiveness Or the s tudent can request to be craded on a Pass Bill him for tbat wln-doW.
d. another Mon.torlum like action, but decided to go through -.1th a -Fall system or an Incomplete grade can be given. Bill him for all to aee.
ml)derate ;&pproach once again, hop1~ that the seriousness of the recent In other words a student mq cet credit for com- Bill blm for that wln-doW
escalation would this time motivate the American people to demonstrate pletlnc his courses, or s ome of his courses with- lie broke at the ROTC.
their dlssatlsfactlon. The overwhelml11t positive response of Tech out really tlnlshlnc the r equirements of the
students was hearteni~. Never before has such a large segment or courses. Te ll him that he's naurbt-y.
the WPI community committed lts2lf to action on a controvers ial lswe. I feel this Is wronc. Any student who feels h~ Shame him for Impropriety.
However, while petitioni11t downtown yesterday we became aware no loncer wishes to continue this term's wo1·k Tell him tbat It's sln-ful
that the response or the citir.eos of Worcester was the same as always. may withdraw rrom his courses and should receive To destroy tbe CroH's property•
..o st people when asked to sign walked by scowl~. A few conse!Wed a rrade of Incomplete In those courses. He ha.a not
to read the petit ion am an almost lnsigniflcari fraction signed It. This ye t met the requirements ol his course., so Hane down 7our bead Ray Doo-18'.
was a pro~em we had anticli:ated aoo we had made plans to courier the re should be no othe r posstble rra<W be can Hane <town your head 'D' cry.
It by br ief~ our workers on the history ol our involvement in Soutb- bOneslly attain other thu Incomplete. Tber• a•a trlumpb for Law '•' Or-der,
east Asia bopl~ that in present!~ our potnt of Vtew we could at least abOUld howner, under tbe preHnt abnormal cir- Tboulh windows anm't priced tllat lllib.
persuade People to think about the issue. This didn't work either. People cumstances be an extension of the Um• normally
wouldn't even talk to us. 1be few conversations we did have lullcated allowed tor tulllllllnc th• recular course require- The courar• and heroism ol R11 Doo&., are
that a tar&e majority ol people have a blind ralth In the wisdom of tbe ments. September 25, 111?0, tbe end of the flret sweeplll( tbe land, u evidenced by tills folk bal18d
covernment, and are perfectly wUJh~ to let our foreign policy be week ol classes In tbe fall 1emeater, Is a fair I beard the otber dax down bJ tbl r ailroad tracka,
carried out unquestioned. date for this makeup work. where tbe downtroddH aDd diaposaetsed 1atber to
It Is obvious to us that unless a majority of Americans airee wltb What I really queaUOD OD Ulla IHue, I• tbe need buddle toptber In dtapalr and win tbat u.., had
our goals, a petllloni~ campaign Is polltless. We do not now ba'9 a ot a atudent to withdraw from ll1s claaaes at all. had ID their youth tbeadvant11eo1 a collep educ•·
majority with us. The people will DOt even listen to us. There baa always been tbe actl.e etudenta on cam- tlon. Thou(h I dunno. Tbe advantaps which a collap
We are faced with a seem~ly un.solvable dilemma. How do we brlac pua, wbo pt lnYOlved ID all pbuea of extracurricu- education holdl out Mem more aDd more ~OUI
about a eta~ In coveroment policy tbat bas the support ol tbe ma):lrlty lar acUYiUea. TbeM people are alw111 aacrl- with each peaslnc Moratorium, Strike, ud OIMr
11 Amer ican people, solely because It Is a ccmrament policy. 1be ftclnc, all yea.r, mucb of tbelr valuable Ume aDd politically luplred Spree dl)'s.
electoral process cannot ci.a&e It. Mus action and demOD&tratlom eoero to practices or meetllls tor one tb1Jll or Perbape tbat la wh1 R11 llaol., did wbat be dAd-
i..e failed. Our educatiocal attem{lt& are rejected. We are faced with &DC>tMr; yet aomebow tbe. . people auu tul.lftll becawie ~ the black curtai• fall be wu loetlll
tbe ""estlon ol what to do next. Where do we Co from i.re? We would their normal academic requtrementa w1tboUt DOtblDC f\artber educaUonallJ by belll( booMd from
like to eontlmae to believe Ulat Yioleoce Is no answer, bat are flallac special cooalderaUona. Now what make• thMe H.c. More likely be d9cided tblttberewu., ..,,
It increasl~ly dlttlcult. "strlkers•· feel tbey are lll1 dUferent from 1111 but realty ao way that he waa rolnc to endure ...,
Rich deFosse' other atudenta wbo upends tbelr enerrtea OTer cooaequencH at all for partakl111 ol the beadJ wine
Al Dion an abOYe tbe required work load? The difference Of violence. (I call deatrucuoa ol propertJ • vlolell&
Paul Cleary la aummed up In one word - Desire! Student. wbo acUon17ouknow,FequalaMA.)IDdeecl,1t,..ma tbat
are conatutly acU ve OD campus have the extra drl" Mr. DooleJ bu aucceeded Ill brlllStmr tolllaume a
and d19dpUoe oeeded to accompUsb more Uwl jUat meuure ol 1lory. Look at wllo It la wbo bu to
a aClldemlc education, wllbout completely sacrift- oonault ll1m about ao "l'J BllJl1 touellJ taauee at tbe
clnc tbelr orl(lnal purpose for eaterlDC tbe academic Croea.
commun1tJ. Many of tbe etudeats, wbo DOW for CerWnlJ tbe Ho1J Crou otflclab bave aanctJOMCI
01 Grades the nret ume, bave become active In some caUM tbl effteaey ud propriety olvlolence. "Fr.Swordt,
demalld special cooalderauooa. TbJa la wronrl It wbo ID this reporter•• optnloD waa heralded to tbe
Is about ume these students bav• reached outside ballroom bJ that one rock •.• " •11• wboev., wrote tbe
the classroom for f\atber education, but thNe ltory up for Holy Croa1'1 TODAY. U I bad been Fr.
people sbouid r eallr.e tbeJ are not a DOYelt.y and Swords, It would ha.e been Mr. Cooler wbo would
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tor most or all courses. This would lnvolve glv~ a studeri credit unfortunate mistake In their solution. TheJ Other• of ua bare are more peUtllt aDd aopblaU-
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avite raocoe 1wraoduled fnoort abney acttoeucrtseed , baen dI s bpe awsosu~ld atr ethciesi vteim cer.e dHiits fcorn dtbee cterema,t eIdn antt emunpnUe1c1. 1. a toar yta kchea an c"em Iind dtble onfo rthmea lr o1a11d•"- cRaitcehda rodn dduieF aa.Me o, fM Yrl.o lAeDl DoeiO. DT, buedpo Mard. lPrlaausl• 0o1l -MarrJ.
work be bu done. Employment of aoo conditions for this Idea would etand. Thia cbanre la ro1111 to rt" ma.ny etudenta •ICD11Y that rovernment pollq, u far u tbMe
lave to be up to the lullrldual teacher. tbe cblDC• to take advanlap ol the altuaUon. ..,.Uemea can ucertaia, la not belDC tavorablJ al-
upO bclje.Uctsl oam. .etroa ctehse fpoars st-btoa6lle Idceoan tlollclhlaldce sttbued iteasc; t wtboautl dL t fcnouoldr tmboeeses J.U PelJ'J tdaermedl( ObIJJ .t btiele deeomnosan,a It.rea. t.s.O..M.., m thoed lrpaettalU•.O aDp1pJrlos.e cthlle.
students Wbo were barely puslac; U..t It mlgbt be utllllled bf people "We <-111 the trlumvlrala) are faeedw1tlllMCll*-
not workl.ac for tba strllle and who merely wish to punt; and U..t ma- SOME HERESY Uoa ol wbat to do nut. Where do •• ro from llere?
terial lmportaat to a COIU"98 mlgbt be mla88d. lty Richer4 Lotan We would Ub to CODU- to beU. .. tllat YIOleDce 1-
First ol all, ao lJlltructor abould be able to malle allowaaces lD c1Ua (T1Ua appeared In tbe Ml)' IUI ..,.clal ecltUOD ol 90 auwer, but are flndllll It l.DUeaataslJ dUftcult.•
&Yerl(es blCaUM d tbole DO lo1119r eompetlac for marks. Sludenta the Tecb Newa) Now juist wtWlameantbJlbt?Caalt be UW• •••• tllat
conllllllac clla•ea could retahl tbe aame relatlte po&ltlon lD clUI Moel recrettable, tbe.e ....r al M:UODI ol the YloleDce aa a medium for Dlaaellt, la ....b etlll omi-
tlat they held up to May 5. Secoad, the fact that aome strike worurs put few dlJ•; rep-ettablt, because UW. la belll( aldered aa a taCUc? But tbea, u I aact. I 119" •
might be "pttlll& ell the book'' laaeolocedeoce tbat should be accepCed. done to promote an boDNt d1acourM coacerDlnr Chrletlan cbarltJ In my aoul1 muet "" tbe lads
Certalnly aome 1trlllen wtllbeloeU.actaoceto ralle tbelr cumulative our IDYOlnment lD CambOdia, wbJle much la beiJll ... beneftt ol ncb doubt.
a"race• and tbare la DO reuon to f•l sorry for anyone who will done to elevate neryone'• private pua&ou to the
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tobn l Wdblebl nlUtltbI wolt tc.Wa1t.o1 a rmt. a,lc.oaotJaa .kmtelto oplt alfrlo ot.nrtr o ia.td l.lc olcmamfuoapl a'sNl.teruCi•daIl,ly u ioftdDa oi rnut b Ikteom t1nl Uloaewbtr njyll tco btm nem rl,da twotbtep1ll lrb8• eWmdl blhmeifcf het b ral.tl atht&baBaDtta pIt ltCa uIlrDaltJ d edbbtoe R pflral'aodaUml?d C I t~alble•m rapbt baut rbcrdeea .ml8)aU oa1tu kece o omidlp eCrae,a lmblaebdeo kldlolNaw, ut1poloda Iwtfch aeeTuoa ceA.a lcr(lmAh. .eab1r a1ludcmn aatlaedt nCruclrt.ekiUlp,l .lILr qwdilbl olNueaUllrdlOt liaoD•a :fU\ 1 Dt8ml aoIolOeaea,M. .oI.U rU,Dc 1bOm1o lawll ot ltelM.Mlo.Jrt
faculty. tbe pro~ people call clalm uc..-.ey ol would reapoad to a i.tter wrlUJI( camP91P'7)
'he edUon tbeir moral CODYietlona o.-r mine bJ virtue ol But, fort11111ta)J, tbe Tedi FM:llltJ, b&aH them,
tbelr capaclt:J for orcU11uUon, dtml(OIJ, ud waa able to atrlc:ata ltaell trom poteaUal madDN•
cbMr 1edal. But tbat ID effect. I•. wbat tMJ uk. dlrouP a very M&t, very adrolt )llltapomU..
Tb9J want tbe ac:bOOl to cloM bJ adnm:illl tbe the matcb to wlllcb bull't be8G .... alace fDOd
DOtlcm tbat tbe acbOOI la u academic lutltuUaa old UbertJ kmJ11 TeddJ Roo9nelt waa able to make
prenmptt"IJ witll moral cocpmltmeDU ldellUeal "bullJ" a reapeetab&a word. TbeJ altlded Ille mob
to tbelr own, Tbua O>rld(lnc the CIP from Potnt a bJ expre9alll( sympetllJ, lfbicb wu llM; bat ..,
DEAN PRICE to poAJlt F or O) tbe wboM b~ academic coaa- did mudl more--tbef a.,tUmaUaed tbe ncM '°
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1ibse a papcetiaoraead loDl tbIDe IMJlaf yp 8eotbp laep edculralla cl at.b-e oplu tbte f eTwe cdha yNse wola )t be strllae wamuaomlrk1a1tlJl l (t mmoptutea ruta .Uea vpjeor bef:so arp ralittnral tk.ml lalo(c rtOasolY aoe urwrttridallec ane o btt dJh oea -r1theaeo- SadstrrJtidak,me ,t oo Wf elllnPcbe cactw.e u"Ga ndoda a~ld(OJ Du1 zlDe& wOae mltlb ledu a ltn OftlbW.Dele t.al a1CTMl l etIJof
i..te been pral.leworthJ. la tllil edttorlal, boWeftr, we would lllae to sidual rlebt of atudeat• to attiend c taaaea, receive lllCh 11 your dHlre, bat wbea 1ou're doD8 wltb
mention om persoo Wbo bu been outltudlac. 1Datrlct1on aDd otberwlat pt oa wltb the normal that, remember, we wW be open lor bUlltDea u
Dean Price bU wWlll&lJ i.lped atudenta ud faculty alU. cllrlac lea.rDilll proce11. WbJ m11 I not attend a pbJsl~ uaual." Perfect. ADd, aa a matter ol Ollhdaa. I
the colhslon d recent dap. He clarified tbe faculty statement pl88ed claas? BECAUSE NIXON SENT AMERICAN TROOPS cannot ,.. why thla lbould not be tbe sltuatlOD
last Tuesday ud i. attampted to lmure tbat all faculty ud studenta INTO CAMBODIA, AND TO MAKE SURE THAT for the period ext•DdlllC beJoad 8 Mar, OD off 1DtO
abided bf It. Hla actJom and statBmelU baft cleared up ID&llJ mll- HE KNOWS HOW I AND MY PAUi FEEL, WE'RE latlDltJ, or at leut UDt1l the .Arm.,.clcio9 le In-
UJXlerstauilac ud bate ..l ped to avoid cJui.s between member• d NOI' ALLOWING ANYONE TO ATTEND ANY duced bJ Two TC1Werl pt. IV. U tbe atudsllU
the WPJ community. la e"8ry lJlltance, b9 met wbatater need ~ed. CLASSES. Sbadea ol tbt Bladt Putbers, wbom wut to cooUaua to lltrlk•, let them. I I 80IDll
Dean Price bU ooce acaw sllown tbat tbl "pmratloo pp' cu dis- too few people deeplM: •.C· die rlebt to free apeeda
appear "1'1 euu,. TM Etlitors a. overcome bJ the revolutJODUJ npt ot Black , ...... ,... lt C91. 1
Tuesday, May 12, 1970
Page 4 Tech News
OPINIONS AGAINST THE STRIKE
Cambodia, Vietnam
Dr. Zwiep Speaks on Strike
America and a Strike
Startilll Wednesday. lrtaJ ~' many of the aca- lers should have been ordered Into Cambodia ~y David lay
demic communHlea of this nauon essentially can- can only say the historians In later years will
celed claues for both extended and limited periods clve you the answt1r. But I do know that any pro- Be.fore begiMi~ this le tter, I will, for the benefit or those Wbo •11
of ume 80 tbat students and faculty would have a fessional man, whether he be a soldier, an engin - a s tereotyped picture of those In favor of administration policy, s&ael
period ol time In which they, :is Individuals, would eer, or a doctor, must have the total tools of his that 1 do support present policy. I say this because this letter may lllt
be able to act on tbe recent developments In profession available to him If he Is to solve his flt m with the s tereotype.
Southeut A.ala. To muy students tbls ha.I meant problem with the most efficiency and effective- 1 am c;ure nearly all those read 1~ lbls letter are united lD 111-
protestinc the U .s. policy dealing with Soutbea.st ness. Presidents Truman, Elsehhower, KeMedy, lleving that we s hould get out of ~ietnam . 1 believe ~hlt our •tioa'1
Asia. To others an attempt to continue c lasses Johns0n, and now Nixon, also knew this when they leaders have made a t ragic mistake in lntervem~ as.y41 did la
u uauaJ, and to others, I'm aorry to say, a vaca- had to mnke crucial but unpopular military decis- Vietnam. I do not, however, curse those who made the m1staa. Too
Uon. Depeodlnc upon which newspaper I read, to ions. Whether the decisions each made as comm- long AmP. r lcans have demanded Infall ibility of our leade rs: ~ls demaad
which radio or TV commentator I listen, or to ander-In-chief were cor rect ones will be debated Is the cause of ml)st of the covering up ct mistakes. It is tune we set
which faculty m.,mbera or students I raiJle the for many years. However, I am personally con- our leaders free to te l. the truth. Tbls Is not dooe by attacbq lll-
question, the percentace munc each catacory ls vinced that each decision of these men was made pltcatlons of personal ambition and gr€!ed to every move they make tbat
ao variable I ahall make no attempt to quantity only alter they had been elven all of the avail:.lble we do not like.
u. Rather, u a faculty member, I would like to lnformaUon on the pro's and con's of the Issue Since we bave emered Vietnam, thousands hue lost their lift1;
point out why I feel the action taken by the W. P . I. (oftentimes with Information not available to the careers have tragically ended; the nation bas become bitterly dlricltcl;
faculty on Friday afternoon, May a, to return to public) and that each then acted In the best Inter- sorely needed money has been spent on tbe war. The end of this war
claaH• Monday Is right and of significant Impor- est of our nation and not for personal or politi- would put an e1¥1 to many of our home problems. Althoucb IDUJ mlelll
tance to the W.P.I. academic commJnlty and the cal gain. Jn this sense I can only hope and pray, disagree on how tbe war should be ended, nearly all would be clld
nation. with you, that President Nixon's decision to s end to see lt e1¥1. It Is therefore to President Nixon's advantaie to end tbl
These are troubled times. Our country Is at war; U.S. troops Into Cambodia wlll minimize the loss war - primarily for tbe good or the country, and secomtly for bls o•a
our 80ldiers are flcbtlnc battles on soil halfway of lives of the American and South Vietnam sold- political future. Those wbo believe President Nixon watts to coal1-
around the world; and wltb constant debate u to iers, provide the time for the S. Vietnam troops to the war are lacking in reason.
lts validity as far as U.S. Involvement Is concern- be able to carry on Ulelr own defense, and mini- Since we have spent mWloos of dollars and thouaams ct llte1 la
ed. Simultaneously, ther e baa been unneeded vio- mize the lime necessary to bring all of our rtghtlnc Vietnam ln the (mistaken?) belle! tbat we should keep South Vietnam
lence, burninc, bloodshed and deaths on our couece men back home. non-communist, aoo bave broucbt destruction and viole~e to Ule Viet-
campuses. AJI far as the war In Southeast A.ala In the meant! me we at W. P. I. are returnlnc to namese, we bave a responsibility. That r esponsibility is to see tbat
aDd the violence at our colleres there I• an obvious our cla.ssroom1. We can carry on the debate on free elections are beld, that the South can defeoo Itself aplnst 1111
paeral 11reemPnt that we, u members of the, the creat iHueS and continue the work we started North lt it chooses to not be "communist", and that South Vietnam
academic communltJ and u members of our rreat durinc the strike wblle we are almultaneoualy ls capable of educating its own people and running its own econolDJ.
nation, muat find aoluUons to both problema. It II tnvolved In our recular academ~c proerams . 1lle U the present government ls corrupt we should see to it that lt ll
onJJ tben tbe MECHANmM by which these Coals ceneral public will then not, throucti the new1 replaced, since we put lt there in tbe first place. All thls, untortuD-
are reacbed ror wbJch there can be disarreement. media, be able to erroneously equate our ceneral ately, takes tlme.
It l• in tbl• resard tbat I hilhlY approve the action collece population with thoee wbo propoae Yio- C&mbodla, as a weak, neutral country, wu not capable of remorilll
taken by tile W. P. I. faculty on M111 8 whicb In a lence over debate; and OW' flehtllll men In South- the Nortb Vletsamese from their borders. From the• f>orde111, llortl
ftl'J simple wa1 ma)' be stated u aaylnc we are eut Asia, many of whom would cladly chanp Vletiameae bave been raidtnc Allied poeiU0111 ln South Vietnam 11111
back In ac:boOI, we doO't bave all or the aoluUona places wltb ua wbo are on the coU.,. ca.mpu.411, retur~ to well-supplied camps wlth bospltals, food, and shelter. 'nit•
to eltller tbe Southeut Alla problem or the prob- will not bave to question the support we are (lYilll lllpplles, hospitals, and shelters bave taken years to bulld up. It 11
lems of Yiolenc• at our nation'• collep•; but we them. We all waJlt the war In Soutbeut Asta to be tbese wblcb we bale entered Cambodia to remove. Tak~ advadlp <i
are IOilll to conUau• to voice our oPln1008 and tr)' rtcbtfully concluded u soon u poaalble. It la only the polltlcal situation ln Cambodia, we b&ve crossed thl bordtr.
to 80ln tbem and end tbeH wars. We are stYinl on the mocbanlsm to accompllab tbJa pal that PreYloualy our troops were not permitted to pursue the emmy ur
our cOUDtrJ'• top 1-aders a chance to work tow- there are dlrterencea. closer tbl.n three mUH from the border. We wW not eacoua&er larp
ard compl•Unl their plus tor brlnr&nc our sold· ID aummar1, l am proud tbat W.P.I. I• one cl emmy defenses i&lnce It la tactically foollsb for perrllla force•
18r• bome rrom Soutbeaat Alla and deftklplllc tboee coll91e• at wblcb tbe et\ldnta wlll be retun- to flPt tarp defe ...L We wW DOt med more troops becaue •·
a ...,, aDd llopefilllJ better, rapport betwMD the 1111 to tbelr clUH•. Tbe da1• of tbe strike ban curtty ln South Vltllam wW be creater. We wlll not fllbt a .....,
current ldm1Dlatrat1on in Wubincton, the academic accompUmed dlaloeue. Tla• naUoa OOllU1Mae• to boldla& war la Cambodia (amt we a.re d ln Va.bl&m), but menlJ
commlllllty, aDd tlMt paeral popvlace o f lhl• bear tbe coll1P student. Let tbe AdmiDlstraUon'• destroy flcUltlH wbich take mucb time to reb.IUd. 'nit mon llllD
COUDll'J, wblcb ...m a to be err0D80Uly equatlJll cour• be cba.apd throulb CoasrHlllOnal actiOD.. Cambodia la temporary IOO eftectlft lD lncreul. . the MCUrltJ
our collep atudenta wlth those rew cam~ radl- Continue 1our open debate and lawlul actloa·cm meded for witbdrawal from Vletiam.
cala wbo nbatltute violence for dlacuulon and tbe nrioua laaues. 'nit fltal point I wlab to maJl8 ls that tbe U.S. si.>uld NOT be
aMl'CllJ for conatltutiooal procedure. Donald N. Zwlep the pollcemlll ol the world. Policemen are DHded, boweftr, to pre-
1 would al80 brl• out a few point• from a Head of M.E. Dept. vent forcible takeover of free eovernmeota by force by tbe "com-
•11Ptl1 dltrerent perspective. With recard to tbe mun.lst" world. Tbls ls a problem for ALL tbe free world, else 1111
apeclftc queatton of whether or not the U.S. 80ld· " communists" succeed ln buryq us. Unfortunately, at the momeat,
we represent to many countries tbelr only security. Our lmmedilt9
pullout, ln my opinion, would s l&nifY that U.S. public oplaioD IU
Concerning Kent State removed tbe se,urlty of these countries aJ¥1 left them open for
~y Stuart Rath acIc rbeeslsiieovne. t.bat tbese •a re some of the points on wblcb President NlJIOI
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1remaOamlltlnlal,8 l d Ffd bredioudaomtawhryO nl KJ ellaat•bnv&•et e Satm~btaae a t eMhln We.1 Uyyis l nwlt8!irOevtebWnee trstI.s tiOutoy-nfl eatThatehtetee smGn o puusft au srdt dhwdsrteeomenla le ytdns al tswaah pese1e rsrtewbos .eco ol. ol1 a t1u.lh. 1 et.l aso mbtc otr ehtonpaewenrisdr-. bp'lo'erp:eSie'nl9Ya dclade uno''ay.ll sSl sitbtaueoa ao brtltyl .WR uanoSttau.h nd eMbl0>Uer nqa set ehdekesq-e atwtJoa¥b s1Tac thoy boonlasuvsse i e nmdoicnu efs btytb ibobsiemu a lp webo heltaihosc etoi rbeowiasmnv.i tseee Hr rieecems atudblssm ettl oahifdeji oivssrt ehpliseter,yt o tocneafomrltu htltn neht eIrpl ytobsn. pe .eTulinlhledatovtlisitreoeye,n t toy obtf,ofa y ttlSoh lbUauene Ia Jwkelll s bOJp Oordol U wlJo aGfltqolUlbr,.
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8atUtutr dMayl nfltrpe t t1ot utdbel lRhlO fTroCm b uKlledn-t tebBurriyg . oGf etho.e ROohbioe rNt aRtioobnearl tG Cuaanrd- llstenl11i. DllYld Kay (E.E.-73)
l!W on tbe Kill camlus. W!wnflre- was pre.ent at the sbootlJles. He
mtn amwered tbe alarm they were told reporters that he heard a a In-
ltollld am1 tbelr fire boses were cle Sbot preceeded tbe Yolley. Some '
cut. 'nit re.it wu $85,000damap of the students flred upon qreed
to tbl totaly demolamd b.ldl-. with bls contention. Further lnws- Dissent on Class Policy
A8 a r..alt ol tbe• locldeota tlptlo11& blft shown that a b.lllet
tbe Obto Mltloml Guard WU called lodpd ln a sculpture beblmt the
la am tbl city o1 Kem wu placed Guardsman may bave been fired by Th•as 0. Vandeventer
wmr llaraba1 Lew. 1bue Ma- at tbe Guardsmen. At the same
tlolal Guardlmen hid been on tlrne prellmtmry balllstlcs telts
ltaDdbJ tn Akron for tbe purpose abow that at least one of the Dear President Hai:zard: fl'OuP of vocal atudents. Tbere are ma111 ol ua,
ol prdectla& truck drher• wbo wowxled imtlYlduals wu struck 1 am a member ol the JUDlor Clue at WP l. I perhaps even a majority, who do mt wlala to strike
1ftn dlfJla& tbl S5 day old truck- by a "nonm Ultary bullet". wish to herein rectater my objection to the pre- or parUclpate in political actl't'itl. . even tboUlh n
tiw llrU. that wu crlppllc au Wbere the first shot W3S fired sent procedJDCS on the campus. may ~ree with the objecUves of aucb actirity.
blllmU la Cl8'elaad. At tbe out- from aoo who fired lt bas not been At tbe faculty meet1111 of May 5, a resolution WPl's •tandine In the larpr academic commullltJ
break ol Yloltnoe tbeJ were or- determtaed u of yet. It ls known WU pused. ll WU my understandinc (and that of or in the minds of our own atUdellt9 will not be
dered Into K91L 0111 Natioaal Gu- tbat tbe Guardsmen were not ciwn maDJ faculty members wttb whom I have apoken) enhanced by faJU~ to proride t.M educatlOD tbal
ardlmeD lpoDlllllll l&ld tJ1at tbe an order to fire. How eyer, a Na- tbat tills reaoluUon cuaranteed the pursult of nor- those more ser ious studenta want, need ud baft
Guardlmen bid not bid ''exten- tloml Guardsman bas the rllbt to mal academic endeavors by tboee who so desired. paJd for.
ll'8" tralnlJW in riot control. Per- fire It be feels bis lite ls in dan.- The Tech News sta.tt, however, hu Interpreted r urp you to reinstate all normal academic
i.p. tbe GJ&rdamen were not u ger. If lo fact a bullet was fired the resuluUoo somewhat dltterently. In a special acUYiUes oo this campus without delay. Fu.rtber,
well prepand to b&Ddle tbe situa- ln the direction of the GJardsmen mimeo&Taphed edlUon, It hu stated that no regular I Implore you to f leht with all reeourcH avallable
Uoo u U..y mtcbt i.w beeo. then perhaps the sbootl ..s could classes would be held, that professors would onlJ any attempts to close down WPI for tbe remalA-
0111 Monday another lncldentcr- be )lstitled. How11ver, wby must be available for consultalloo, that no new material der of the aemester.
e
tlhnae b tlhdew dboeyu& mtKbaqil l o ofs lt fuofdoueurn rs tstuo tdrhee.srUusl. taeoIdoD thlfei e sddbe?os otHrtulolwclet isoc banne o f~t htdieo wtblnuetordnw?lD .H_ bo oew f) clthasne- wmoiTunlihdsi tseb reee ddci.ot ovreiarelidz, eda nvd etrbsaito no oefx athme sr ewsooulludt iboen aadp-- Tlaomaa oV. eVrayn tdruef1tJD JteOlU' "l'RI,
order to prevem 'loleooe an or- ROTC b.llldq amt the stonq parently has been adopted u lnstJtute policy. Thia (Ed. Note: Tbe "amall croup" referred to WU
der bid been clwn by an autbo- of Firemen be ;istifled? If these ls hardl7 " normal" academic actl't'ity. I am dl1- Dean Price and Prof. James Heosel, Sec:retarJ
ratlve person tbat s tudents were thlqpi hadn't occurred the National mayed - to put It mildly - that a small croup can of tbe Faculty. The Tech New a merelJ repriJlted
not to croup on cami-.is. In direct Guard wouldn't bale been cal.led ln r ewrite the faculty' s wlsties and aucceed ln lmple- tbelr tnterpretaUon. Tbe faculty as a bodJ lllJ"eed
Ylol&tion to thls order students be- aoo tbe city wouldn't i-Ye been mentlnc their plan. with that lnterpretaUon last Tbursda.)'. 820 WPI
p.n pther~ near the Taylor Hall under Marsbal lAw. Even so bad I find It Ironic that while we at WPJ seek to lead atudents endorsed a G day strike. To WI penon'•
p&rklC lot. In their attempts to students not yiotated the orders the academic commWlity Into a new era ol educa- lcnowledee, there bas been no ncb actloo or AJfY
dlsperse the crowd lbe Guards- not to co..-repte in a city umler Uon tbrouch the Two Towers plan, we '1low our- demonstration Of widespread oppostUon to tJll
men were constant targets of thr- Musbal Law there wouldn't bave selves to be led like so many •heep by a •mall strike by th.ose opposed to tbe strike. G.W.)
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Tuesday, May 12, 1970
Tech News Page 5
MORE ANTI-STRIKE SENTIMENTS
Telegram Rscisved
The Real Issue On New Material
We share the sense of outrage which you and otber Americans feel
over the War lJl Southeast Asia. Tbe recent mvas1on of Cambodi~ Tbousmls of students across tbe country at this To the editors:
and the resumption of ~mbing of North Vietnam are only the latest moment are strlldng, demonstrating, and rioting. The rights or the oon-strlkln( 1hdella me
lo a long series of actions that mean more anguish and destruction The radical students are protesting the Vietnam been lnfrlnced upon ln many waya ln tbe put
on all sides. War, Nixon'• Cambodian Policy, and the Kent Place few days, The most otwtoua ud moat taJbd alloat
alwrnono andTWlrge m h e gaoi iasrnvl isisdeethasa rvabidsrgesryuedne en en .sdab cte dyhelv e Iet eohs nfsesb t eulypnetr rosaeatedlshgi e ceeyrao ds.bCf yh ro iofptWnthau sdaehtst .it a tbrusoae tciUlhTocleanouhvd nri eseI tn drI fn altadeg aetiis sdtceKe eetreirkmensisthn ieunSgi pli tCtna tsgotr,eo n blogoWeaurn ieer ti sMsaIts hn orapviendslod amsleavyhnyieotd tdmcel kdeteWehslnydeset dvtJhbuaiaeslstst avl a ofsRcebyvtoaElUe.eu oArirngst.aLy o tlrto Llhy fbYeT.pt l h irVooeYeox bi e litscetsu,nt motaahs nbm?a nslv oti ehestWr havtmthoa e rtee is lvanelriseaets d taotslh tc?ewuea f dhfioAeo.v cnlraett cis rvot tauherla aelrj yl upelc ymsr oot enlafbfionsytluahetngnmerde-cr 1eceimoi0r Msm ot hotapcie nolc eaynltila emaslac1ys nkt drm du loeoknffore oeenrtar es twfa stahu bctepmhatspseeaoe, tpr ecAtuotrerhirorpaesoolui lramblt nleoe c rncoane1fstlu a1.ua 1o1teant reflweenn wbcdts c tdqhoae. nr ast Sleimrtdpreu io Oktr8oDe-t
ts
whie
Wla l rCeep o ronauv grisrgdeeesn ssa yeo o mfou tefh a etgno iuU nidngltfi turebeld eca ctSl attueyarsotneua sr to tifvhe eufth.fs oe f raltasrc , ktWo o efs ahuloptpepero nroatuitnrivg p ecrsoe spnegrnrote vsesifif~oon rbatysl Itnb aTot brmed aeVnri ecftaonnra nmtoh t eWU aWvre alwrl ottonh blcylo1cm ltreecl lutoomw asb tqeatuonitgctaks l uetev riomdte lynecate-. etahmreeUyo yt fi toarnhrlaetpil o,t eallo d f1eora1lrUn acsr lUt&ncolf lnlclu- rspottoourn in kldpteblor.e rb Wearvl b&teibl lelbet aeit reb aoee f dl lDltofrcrliatMk.taleorparad_1.
purJX>se of wilbdrawl.ng lroop6' safely and systematically. Tbe ex- Uon, peace and brotherhood must be found through- upon by students wbo bave tllrown prblp lll&o
ect
twonhfi frTWealoigldno hro lgtubil belses yo aonyaorofrw nou uerpi lr e l rloud c iwnmosocdoirca tcedoalhnJrt md leawlfrlt oea osi rynw, o e ataoiloynlr. od< c ltu haatrhegl sl eya pvH oiloounnowwtmsu eiates. frreufc? oso pto ronrat otY mViRgbnoieaeueubnpterndled rymaler eamtsuetewtnenenedi tstr tp1heasrnui te,ngwbf qv plhoueihc3ofsio0 r .Sm in ntdUehlga egAcy b>easwtOvl ,lafe rstewr r,e.fy h olp erSsent ehlt amintrt tivea»olaitelncoarte-sr ftsoAwolruolmrylStw e .t benult1r yhdwi1Tc e ehacb n neouwtcs tua o shnorsfetna IucrdaUoyir.rete tltle tylyovoH l de fol sawnw eltn hoifed ntetm c de atU1rhUno ean pna tcw eilp.tlt aeyhtrdcT i edd eh sedxeletnsp ia csotoetroeucfour atry dton htltewntoesrc y nsf 1It'h mbnDsc ai dp1ostti o uvtcpedpnioedruataulruylncyana'g-es?-l· &ofmlrl'oaiyf1Ino re, gbm uureao tdlnpvtoU d e mft t uhtr.epmo amormt(ae naWndt tbym tweb ey ryhbo 1: eDst "tnbutro leeki,orItl r-a1t l.eG1 ,il lrt1ae d bvrToeabu e rlpcypntbo.o ,s" t a aptrcnulibcyaldyk raee npwr utl)aolpt b o rat lanalblnd alat evtmn-aew o mloarneyrr-
and personal visits to your senators and congressme11 are urgenUy Uon .. belng split lo two and lt .. becau• or tb1I I coutnacuve th1np to do in die duratioa of the
needed now and during the next three or four crucial weeks. tbat the strike must be stopped NOW aad a mutual atrlke. Proteattos tor emoUooal reuona, lltterlGI
Above al!i please make It known that acts of violence will be maol~ solution to our REAL problem found. or dorm rooms, and paalloc are mt comtrucUH.
fpourl apteda cteo. me detriment of our cause, and will sabotage tbis lnWattYe Jonathan S. Borton Warren F. Smltla
Sincerely,
George McGovern, Mark O. Hat11eld,
Charles Goodell, Alan Cranston and Harold HQlbe1
Telegram received by the students of Worcester POlytecbnlc lutftute
WE ARE NOT ALONEI
LETTERS IN PASSING
Anti-Strike But Pro-P1ac1
A Personal Decision
LETTER .....
To the editor of the Tecb News: To tbe Editors: CALL
1 have been asked to clarUJ tbe reuou 1 bid for mutnc certain On liloaday nlcti I llped a pet1Uon callllls for a lS daJ .tUlleat
statements against supporting tbe call for a poenl student strllre at atrtke. On Tue8day morniDC I AW that die IDO¥tment bid ptbend
WPI. momentum and hid scbedulM a rally for 4:15. Aler my ftfC::
Generally I am opposed to all forl'DB of strike actlou at IDJ uat"r- exam, I bung around watttnc for tbe rally 1n srowtnc uqc
slty or college. neel that there are many better means at our dis- I heard a nanor that the rally bid been rescheduled to follow the ultJ
posal and we can use these witb' great emctency to lbow our dilpst meetns at 4:00, and that the faculty would vote on a motion i>r a 3 day FOR
and dtspleasure to tbe government. However, my intention here 11 not suapenaloo of claues. Wbat I wu con"1aed about wu tbat tnstead
concerned wilb generalities, but rather with tbe specUlca of U. of a rally, tbe ptberiDc wu now termed a meeUoc of tbe student boclJ.
strike movement here at Tecb. I checked with tbe acUns • tudent body )ll'esldeot, and she con!lrmed my
When I hear a student wblle asttna another student to a1gn a peU- suaplcloos. No meetlog had been onlclally called or even alluded to.
tiln, say that he doesn't worry about scl.ng to class - be doesn't At the faculty meeth~ 1 joined with otbers 1D cbeerlDI tbo8e wbo
bother to go at au - I ask, wby strike? ft•s unnecessary. supported the strike and JeeriDc tho• who OllllOlld. And I wu dil-
A second reason ts al too many students were taWog as 1f this wu ruated with the parl.amentary blftlnc and olfptc:klnc ol the faculty, SINCERITY
to be another vacation period. It ts, in efrectl.a eood lime t>r drinkinl r was disappointed wttb the compromise resolution and wu creat-
and sunbathing on tbe hill - an all-out PUnT - not a protest of. anil flllen that we had failed to receive a ftrm commitment of an anU-war
agalnstL 1!1creased involvement In Laos, Cambodia and Viet Nam. stand. Tbe facultJ bu preaeoted u
My nnaJ reason for being against the strike ls to give people, Uke But I had talled to reaUr.e, ln the emotional frenzy of the meetlne, what with an opportunity tbat uni>rtun-
myself, who desire to attend classes tbe right to be able to do ao. You the faculty knew. Ther knew that even tholl(h 640 students had siped ately hu been a rarity here at
have the responsibility to respect their rlghts--be tbey minority or the strike pellllon, tha the other 1100 or so probably weren't lo favor Tech: the opportunJty to mu.
majority. of suspend.log classes. That although Glen White proclalmed the rally a a mature declaioo thal wUl haft
In conclusion, you claim 650 signatures on your petitions. Let student body meeting, lt probably didn't receive proper publlctty u a direct dect on our own per-
us hope that the 650 people to whom the signatures belooc will be such. And that those students OA>Osed lo tbe atrlke probably woul"1't .anal Uwa. How are we IOtnr
tbe people participating in tbe planned activities, whatever they are, atteoo a peace rally, but would attend a meeUng that would decide to react?
durlrig the next three days, wbetber classes were to be swipended. Tbe JIUl-1111 arop>al WU
For your Ume and coosideratioo tbanlt you. Amt so die ltudent aovernment wu saved from an embuullDc OftnrbelmllwlJ puaed bJ tbe
David True, wP l ltudtat lltuatloo bf tbe facldty's reluctance to commit tbemselve1. For faculty to a Yote of mubal Inst
altbourb tbo8e ptbered at tbe eftllinc meeUDc cbeered to tbe 11ecutl" wUb tbe ..,,,,_..,, lly CODCen II
c:ocnmittee•s &DDOUDCemeot of tbelt endor•meat of tbe ortctnaJ atrllre tlllt too IDllU' ol • an pl•.,,•
propoal, tbe declalo bid betl made. Tbe strike, u wl u c. ., to taU tbe 1 war oat. ~
would be Olitooal. PYe ~' ''TIU II sreat....!,ID
ADd tbal ll u it lbould be. Each lndlYldulJ mull come to 1111 own DUtttns UI my cour•• wnH
decllioD wbltber to work i>r ~ or co11Unue lltudytns, Tbe tacultJ ORADl'B BllDW BOD pus-fl11
tote of tb1I afteJ'llOOll permita Ulla and wu tbe proper IOlutton. For tmmedtately." To •1 W1J ol
AND PRO now, u.. wbo wia wtll .... tbe 011POrtm1tJ to won to end t11e wu. tld'*1lll tllll ........ of .......
I bope um tbere are man1 wbo will do .a. tlll .,.... ta I clllllll ol till
lactZorallldlu ...,..a...a .............
llck ol ocwmtt.eat a.aw-.
demllt.atMn.
.., .... .. ......... ol
wild cbarpa baft doDI to mlerlllDd tlle• 109lll people? • ..,._ n. nT.•H11Htr dl-
If J011 perceift c:ltu~ .. tllat die• J'Galll lllCdl are IOI llpW to.... e ... ....
to bbme 1:tr tlle If&" 1D wldcll tbe Uldtld 8tiCel lbMll tt..u .., ................. ccw-
SOME COMMENTS todlJ. Ratbtr tbe blllle for lllnl llorrora UH wUll oar IHdera ud
~· of oar aceac. Md a.
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I eba oftf I•O "IM'° o .tla.t.r o ..lm...r.f,t&ieido.M... .w..l.d cl I tla.l dare ........ to Oii' CV• .a.. .a. .e.c or= -I•MU11l1f1t1M1 tPal'-·
real flcaltJ dllc:Ulllou. TM lrst II tlllt 111 IMr'DIDI 11111 tdacltlOD ...... t111t n. dlelaaa of ao-
ON THE STRIKE dboaef•t aloe&t trDaebd pIlaDcOeH 1 Da dbioeu ct laAumroeormic.u IDtn tdbtetl cDmUat , .f.t.l UdalJl,• Oaniid' .IO."l.'D.- pcerpattpase ctt.". e.._...,., .r1WoUrI slriladflt lctea
,..... lll'OCeUll tbua tbeJ ma1 U.. learDed 1D --r~ clau- .... 1D tbe flare ........
rooai •llioal. ADd u a Uber&! arta teaclaer al a tecllllOaocsca& ID- period of lli&b-lll'Ulll •motlaa ..
.Uhde I am srate6d t>r tlllt. Tiie lbldeata ba" broadened tbetr puHd. (cca.tder U. lmpnulOD
educaUoaal espers.oces. ot oae A, om _!!,. ud tbree Pa).
I pratae the student leader s and puticl.paots 1D tbe anU-war moH- Wbat bas also struck me in the receal faculty dl.lcusstona ll tbe I ll tb1I type 01 COUlqlleDCe Uaat
ment on campus tor tbelr conduct and organ.lsaUooal acth'IUes. They pena.stve attttude of paternalJsm and tbe protection of preroptift. ft must meuure aptmt tbe ur-
are to be commended tor tbelr stncerity, devotion, and tbougbtAalnus, I totally favor academic freedom, but I favor lt for students u well 19ncy of au11unc lo •eadtnc
llld for tbelr peaceM actlvities. as faculty. Aod I UQ begtnn1nc to wonder if the cry of "academic a vital awar-11 to Ult na&o
As a member of tbe over -30 generation-gap generation I also thank freedom" ls being-used to protect omnipotence. J think we must have in this crWcal t1Jn4t of tnter-
these students for the moral upUJl tbey have given me and for restoring faith in the maturity and responslbiUty ot our students. After all, lf natlooaJ streu.
my faith in orderly democratic processes and 1D mankind. As I drove they bave Utue sense or maturity and responsibWty perhaps we should Tb1a la a complex nl• Jq-
through Lincoln Square and saw them leaOetting as I saw them peU- question ho• well we bave taught them. We must quit thinking tbat we meot and certainly a tu cry from
ttontng nelgbborboods and at factory gates, and u i marched with them, have to protect the students from tb111 and that. We must rolnt>rce 1lmply belltfna the qattm. AU I
I found that tbelr sincerity and dedication wu a eood tonic for my their sense of lndlvtdualism and resix>nsibllity by allowinc them free- am boplJll iB lbat we coulder
CJniclsm and despair. dom of cbotce. thollgbtM.ly our actlou Uaat w
U you obsened tbese JOWi( people at all you rea.Uzed that they are We must also recognlr.e--wttb tbe students--tbat moral commitment acceit maturely the llcuHJ'• tr'Ullt,
DOt a buocb of commUDUlt alttator& or aoarcbists or radicals, u 11 ls implied 1D the rational educattooal process. It la about Ume u and fbat ft coaunltour•l"saauy
fteqoenUy cbarged but tbat tbey represent a wide spectrum of oplnloo a center of learninr that we look a clear postUoa on the graft moral to our declllOlll. Pm makloga call
IDd posiUon and ~ they bue utmost fa1tb in American_ pr1Dciples, ~­ l5sues coo.fronting fhls natloo ~. Tbeae, perbape, are Ume1 that to commltmeot---a caU ~r ·~
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VtitUieuOem osPs r"le lsldaid se vnPatlr uebesasi sd ecanbntad r Ng1Deixd ot.h ne I b wdaeosm ncdoebera ra'WrtlI~cW 1 ptobroorsc e" sewsf.hf eo tTehb asvenyeo ambrase.,d "ne aetshl .e_tbs-er try men's souls. JOHN WORSLEY cerlty. RJct Tino
Page 6 Tech News Tuesday, May 12, 19'11
OPINIONS FOR THE STRIKE
Telephones
In the Spirit Loni What Fools
to the
of Two Towers Dese Mortals Be
WHITE HOUSE
Since 6:00 p.m. lut Monday, a tellpboae..._
Jn tile put few days a disturbing educaliooal philosophy bas again President Nixon has called for war in many ha.s been set up ID Wu hiDcloo to recetYe Calla fha
risen bere at Tech. \.; summary, tbe philosophy is this: Education parts of Southeast .Ula. Tbls in turn calls for persons wanting to voice apprcwal or dilalllJl'OQllf
ls tbat whlcb ts gained 1D classrooms, libraries, laboratories, and the loss of many more American Uves. Can tbta President Nixon's movemeli of troops lllD
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sodsTotifWupm T.dlO.obeye .m - dlTsou taOruc folW daotet mEbirnob Rtnsa s~.S s•at i bniIcVsetaTi !l a- lOrhsyb lAti srsr>o iu tOkbgrebeisd vei "tuediesofnc aden ameu,tna ilcdasoei an n rafdl eips oc,ior taoaes ln.iwtl"ths ei aoa dtbrtnh.e d i rswaqe scfuhateaiemcnrht e i sl pamoleocmdotsi etivit viaisoantpintde stcsmh lfahsettaoca vmu smeun erded eoeaedrsnf.l u itieherAdes wfagbmesilwinoa thno i idtndnns agh oy etph sdor es fe e bademe ae e onstnhanas Uetao swtro rs netu.ohwc ginehis'deInt b.et l a esLsdfr tetefer otcir aok bidltabeie ys nsh ao?t?gbt a e1Hbie 9nne7aqs s0tna Istlntnth so« we tlh t aheepSrne r-to petauobstugreitns-ti aitCaPnhulradlice smic&c ebatlsotdlsel deaisino ba.atne ., r eaHot Armonauwec e cet.owev mrpeodtor'ie Inr,fdbn go Ueir any Pntgo hId, mi imarnate w d•gsN oeeie s.cwAftbroe epYrultpe.raoda grrc ky eua l8 odilln'iytdl il t tItnbaDl1Meol rt rt ). l fIlaltI.M l1l.l1l
dents stand in the Aslan confilct. But again Nixon owasltlon to Nixon were never recorded, Twuof a.
refuses to open hiB eyes and see what the future calls are printed below.
Tbe Two Towers IV has yet to be adopted, probing this view of edu- rwmers of this cowitry are saying, He will not UPI - "I'd like to register a vote for tbe Prtll-
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trate a few of the more obvious ones h