Student Protests Not Widespread
WASHINGTON (CPS)—Unreat
among the? nation's college stu
dents may not be as widespread
as some believe, an ofllcinl of the
education Testing Service of
Princeton, N. J., told women
deans and counselors in conven
tion here last week
Richard K Peterson, an associ
ate research psychologist, con
eluded from a nationwide study
that despite the teach-ins, march
cs, sit ins, lie-ins, riots, and draft
card burning, the nation's col
lege students are not "a bunch of
red-eyed social reformers."
The fact is, he said, that cam
pus food ranked second only to
civil rights as a trigger to stu
dent protests in 1904(15, Demon
strations against U.S. policy in
Viet Nam barely beat out organ
ized complaints against dress reg
ulations as the third most fre
quent cause of student demon
strations.
Rased on Returns
Peterson's findings were based
on a return of questionnaires
from 850 deans at the nation’s
1,000 accredited four year colleges
and universities. The deans were
asked to indicate the extent of
organized student protest for
each of 27 educational, social,
and political issues.
Peterson said a majority of the
deans did report some form of
organized protest on their cam
pus during I9M-85, but that stu
dents protesting a single issue
represented a very small percen
Poll Predicts Romney
For GOP Nomination
Gov. George Romney of Michi
gan is the leading candidate for
the Republican presidential nom
ination in 1968, according to a
poll taken by the University
Young Republican Club during
spring term registration
Some :i50 students—Republi
cans, Democrats, and independ
ents participated in the poll, the
results of which were released at
a meeting of the YR executive
hoard Thursday
The poll asked two questions:
"Who do you think will get the
nomination?" and "Who would
you like to get the nomination?”
The tabulated results give the
respon *es among Republicans and
among all groups.
The Republicans preferred
Romney while the over all fig
ures backed Mayor John Lindsay
of New York. But both groups
predicted a Romney victory at
the GOP convention.
In fact, the over all predictions
paralleled the Republicans with
one execution: the positions of
Rockefeller and GoMwatcr were
reversed The Republicans pre
dieted: Romney, Nixon, Scran
ton, Lindsay, Reagan, Goldwater,
Rockefeller, and Hatfield, in that
order. Attorney General Anthony
Honorary to Install
Officers at Lunch
Theta Sigma Phi, women’s
journalism honorary, will install
new officers at a noon luncheon
Saturday at the Captain's Table
restaurant.
The new officers are president,
Candy Naylor; vice-president,
Nancy Gordon; secretary treas
urer, Christina Peterson.
The lunrheon will feature a
talk by Isabel! M. Hoyt, a mem
her of the Portland Professional
Chapter of Theta Sigma Phi, and
a University alum. Mrs. Hoyt is
currently merchandising director
at KATU-TV and president of
the Women’s Advertising Club
in Portland.
Economists Write
About Latin America
Two University economists are
authors of chapters in a new book
entitled “Latin American Eco
nomic Integration: Experiences
and Prospects.”
The writers are Raymond F.
Mikescll, W. E. Miner Professor
of Economics, and Barry N.
Siegel, associate professor of eco
nomics.
The book, which is published
in fhe United States by Praeger,
was edited by Miguel S. Wionzek,
well-known Mexican economist.
Brooke of Massachusetts also re
ceived one vote.
There were more differences
between the Republicans and over
all preferences The Republicans
prefer the following: Romney,
Scranton, Nixon, Lindsay, Reagan,
Rockefeller, Goldwatcr, Hatfield,
Smith, and Lodge.
But the over all preference in
elude: Lindsay, Romney, Scranton.
Rockefeller, Nixon, Reagan, Gold
water. Hatfield, Lodge, Percy (of
Illinois), Smith, Javits, and
Brooks.
Portland to Get
Womens' Corps
PORTLAND (AP)—A woman’s
Job Corps training center may
be in operation by July at Judson
Baptist College on Rocky Butte in
northeast Portland.
The Rev. Donald Reid, chair
man of the board and acting
president of the college, said
Monday night that the Job Corps
nas approved the site, hut is con
sidering other locations.
The intent of the college, Rev.
Reid said, is to sell the property
and move to a more adequate site.
He said the college is now oper
ating at a capacity of 120 stu
dents.
George McCauley, a resident of
Cadet Street on the west slope of
Rocky Butte, said that a meeting
has been arranged for tonight be
tween him and nine other resi
dents and a .Job Corps representa
tivc.
McCauley said the home-own
ers are seeking full information
on the Job Corps plans before
deciding what attitude to take.
McCauley said he was told the
center is to become operative in
July, with some 150 trainees. The
number of trainees would ulti
mately increase to 450, McCauley
said he was told.
The two year liberal arts col
lege took over the location ten
years ago. Up to that time it had
been Hill Military Academy.
Music Prof Speaks
On Topic of 'Melody'
Robert Tusler, assistant profes
sor at the University of Music,
will speak on “Melody: A Defi
nitive Tool of Style Analysis"
. during a lecture at 4 p.m. today
in room 202 of the music school.
Tusler is currently doing re
search on melody. His research
studies, focusing on the Mass
from 15th century Flemish com
poser Guillaume Dufay to Johann
Nepomuk David, will soon be pub
lished as a book
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tage of their student bodies. No
school reported a protest that in
cluded more than eight per cent
of the student population and
that top figures involved dormi
tory or other living arrange
ments.
Among the colleges and univer
sities surveyed, 38 per cent re
ported protests over civil rights.
Yet these demonstrations involved
only 0 per cent of the students.
Next came the food protests (25
per cent), with only about 7 per
cent of students complaining.
Civil Rights
Protest in the South over civil ;
rights during the summer of 1964 j
tied for third with dormitory reg
ulations at 28 per cent of the in-1
stitutions. Hut Southern civil i
rights work attracted only half— i
about 4 per cent—of the students
as did the protests over dorm I
rules and conditions.
Viet Nam demonstrations were ;
reported at 21 per cent of the i
colleges—but less than Tf per cent
of the students participated.
Peterson predicted that in the
immediate future Viet Nam will
be the top protest issue.
In a related note, Peterson said
the "organized student Left” prob
ably accounts for “less than 1
per cent of the total student pop
ulation.” He added that there was
a correlation between the number
of students involved in the stu
dent left and the size of certain
protests, such as those directed
against U.S. policy in Viet Nam.
Direct Protest
Although noting that “relative
ly few students were engaged" in
direct protest, Peterson said
“there obviously are substantial
numbers of students willing to
make known publicly their an
tagonism to existing situations—
especially those situations where
there is a perceived moral con
tradiction or hypocrisy.”
He said there is “every evi
dence" that the “number of stu
dent activists have been multiply
ing in the past five years,” and
called the “current surge of stu
dent unrest and active protest
. . . among the most significant
developments in higher education,
perhaps in American society, of
the mid-1960's.”
At Penn State
Prern S. Dua, assistant dean
of women at the Pennsylvania
State University, reported to the
dean’s Conference on a study on
the Penn State campus of stu
dent attitudes toward the univer
sity’s rules forbidding women
from visiting men’s apartments
and making both men and wom
en liable for discipline if the
rule is broken.
In a random sampling of ad
ministrators, parents and stu
dents, Dua found that parents
and administrators generally
agree that the responsibility in
deciding whom and where the
student may visit is a function of
the university rather than the
individual student. Only 22 per
cent of the parents and 16 per
cent of the administrators thought
the students should have the right
to make these decisions for them
selves.
Of the students tested, 60 per
cent said the students themselves
should be able to make these de
cisions.
Dean Dua concluded that any
change in the Penn State rules
was not warranted as “both par
ents and faculty administrators
have indicated faith in the uni
versity’s larger awareness of the
contemporary scene in respect
for its professional judgment in
the matter.”
donyra tu ta tionS—
Sheri Guirey
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