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“SS^EMERALD Vol. LXVII UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, MONDAY, MAY 13, 1968 No. 128 Photo by Bint Lawrence THE “MEETING OF THE RAILS” Friday night’s winner of Canoe Fete ’68 Canoe Fete '68, Spring Sing Noted In Weekend Rites Spring Sing and Canoe Fete were judged bigger, but better organized, by both those who went and those who put them on for Mother’s Weekend last Friday. Ralph Walker, Canoe Fete’s director, said, “Consensus is that the floats weren’t quite up to par (often from weather dam age), but it went a lot better this year.” Winners of the Canoe Fete float contest this year, he said, were: 1. “Meeting of the Rails,” sponsored by Sigma Phi Ep silon, Delta Gamma and Univer sity House; 2. “Plight of the Red Man,” by Gamma Phi Beta, Theta Chi. and De Busk Hall: 3. “Concord Stagecoach,” built by Sigma Chi and Alpha Delta Pi. Kay Pennington spoke for this year’s Spring Sing, “The Impossible Dream.” Asked about the Saturday night outcome, she said, “I’m really, really pleased. Everyone enjoyed it as a pro gram—the slide show added a lot.” There were three categories for entry. In the men’s division, Chi Psi took first place and Sig ma Phi Epsilon second. Wom en's division winners were Sig ma Kappa, with Gamma Phi Beta placing second. In the mixed group division, University House (for the fourth year in a row) and Collier Hall took first place. Pi Kappa Alpha and Alpha Delta Pi took second, and Campbell Club and Delta Zeta placed third. University House girls were very modest about their win. “We were very happy, of course.” one said, "but the win was completely the director’s (John Burch). We had very fine arrangements—also his.” Index Campus Happenings page 2 Sports. pages 4, 5 Editorials . page 6 Classifieds .page 7 Campus Briefs .page 7 ItlU:, ,!i. ' ill :: . :k: » ' . , illin Panel on Racism Finds Moms Guilty By BARB FIELDS Of the Emerald The jury faced the 600 or more defendants assembled in the EMU dining room and pro nounced them guilty . . . guilty of White racism with malice. The courtroom - like session was held on Saturday morning as part of the Mother’s Week end program. Titled, "Sympo sium on Racism: Tell It Like It Is,” the event’s purpose was to try to give visiting mothers some idea of what the students are close to, what is facing both students and parents, according to ASUO president Dick Jones. Members of the panel were: • James Klonoski — former head of the political science de partment. • Alfred Williamson — a Black student and one of the directors of the Poor People’s March on Salem. • Clyde DeBerry — Director of School Desegregation Center, professor of the school of com munity services and public af fairs, and Western Regional Di rector of Congress on Racial Equality. • Rev. Norman Pott of the Central Presbyterian Church in Eugene. • Errol Hammond, a Black graduate student in Urban Plan ning. Klonoski began the session by saying everyone knows what’s right in regard to race relations but is slow to act on his con victions. "In 1968. our response should be to do it like it should be done. It is a time for perform ance and action,” he said. "The Kerner Report (also known as the President’s Na - tional Advsory Commission on Civil Disorders) tells us what has to be done and its business as usual in Washington, D.C.,” he said. Oregana Petitions Petitions are still being ac cepted for Oregana editor. Pe titions should be turned in at room M-101 by 4 p.m. Tuesday. Klonoski cited fundamental differences of perception of reality and experiences as a main cause of racial discord. An example he gave was 51 per cent of the Blacks ques tioned in a Harris poll listed police brutality as the cause of rioting while 10 per cent of the Whites questioned felt this was a major cause. He analyzed White inability to accept Black people as real human beings. This point was later seconded by Potts, who said “In a 1,001 subtle ways and fears, the White man lets the Black man know that he thinks the Black man is a second class citizen — that he must become like us to be one of us.” i Continual on f>,igc 7) In President's Memo Policy Asked For Athletics The athletic department has been instructed by University Presi dent Arthur S. Flemming to write a policy which would prohibit it from “intrusion into the private lives of all student athletes.” This came in a memorandum released Sunday by Flemming to the director of athletics, Len Casanova. The memorandum recom mended channels for meeting grievances from athletes, and spe cific solutions to Black athletes’ needs. Among these requests were the hiring of Black coaches, aca demic counseling on the basis of educational considerations, and further clarification and expansion of grant-in-aid policy for athletes. The memorandum resulted from recommendations of the Sub committee on Intercollegiate Athletics of the President’s Commit tee on Racism. The memorandum included no indictment of the athletic department as to discrimination, but called for a set of "rules for each sport that will be directly related to athletic training and performance. Athletic Director Casanova could not be reached for comment on the memorandum. In the memorandum, the Faculty Committee on Intercollegiate Athletics was requested to perform the following functions: • Consider grievances of any athlete on matters outside the specified rules of athletic conduct or training or the grievances of any athlete alleging that the specific rule of athletic conduct or training constitutes a violation of the objectives set forth in the memorandum. "Findings and recommendations relative to a grievance referred to the Committee,” the memorandum says, "should be transmitted to the President, who will make a decision on the recommendations following consultation with the Director of Athletics.” • Consider the grievance of any student arising out of a decision to discontinue grant-in-aid scholarship support on any grounds other than academic and athletic performance. If a recommendation is made to reinstate the grant-in-aid scholarship, it is understood that such action will be retroactive to the date it was discontinued. • Appoint an arl hoc committee to make recommendations to the director of athletics, through the president, relative to the recruitment of Black coaches. Black trainers, and other Black staff to the athletic department stall'. "This committee,” the memorandum suggests, “should consist of one faculty member of the Committee on Intercollegiate Ath letics, a representative of the athletic department, and two students designated by the ASUO President, one of whom should be a rep resentative of the Black Students Union.’’ In order to insure the effectiveness of the grievance procedures, athletes were to be informed of their scholarship status by May 22 of each year. The memorandum also said, "The entire University staff, includ ing the stall of the athletic department, should do everything possible to prevent Black students, including athletes, from lie coming the victims of discrimination in the Molds of housing and employment.” The athletic department was commended “for recognizing the financial barriers facing many athletes, especially those who are Black, in their efforts to graduate when part or all of the liftfi year is required.” Flemming also said that the University should intensify its efforts to recruit Black students, including athletes, and should do everything within its power to develope a better understand ing of Black students and their culture. The immediate hiring of an advisor who is either Black or conversant with Black problems to advise Black athletes was re quested of the Office of Academic Advising. “This will especially benefit Black athletes,” the memorandum said, "who often need special guidance because of deficient edu cational backgrounds.” These principles, the memorandum made clear, are equally applicable to the members of other minority groups who are part of the University community. “Those who associate with Black students as coaches have an unusual opportunity lo contribute to these objectives which are of great importance not only to the university, but to the entire nation,” it concluded. Peace Discussions Continue Despite Student Protests PARIS </P>—France officially accused “enemies of the re turn of peace” Saturday of try ing to upset American - North Vietnamese truce talks by ex ploiting student unrest in the French capital. An official statement did not identify these "enemies” but well-placed government sources claimed privately the charge was aimed at Red China. The development came as U.S. and North Vietnamese en voys reached agreement on man agement details of their talks which today get into the substantive issues of ending the war. The talks open at 10:30 a.in. (2:30 a m. EDT). Something of a crunch is ex pected when Hanoi's chief del egate, Xuan Thuy, is due to put forward his government’s terms for entering formal nego tiations on a peace settlement. North Vietnam has insisted all American war operations against its territory must stop before those negotiation can begin. The French made their accu sation after bitter fighting be tween leftist-led student protest ers and police reached a new peak shortly before dawn. More than 20,000 youths demanding university reforms fought a pitched battle with police less than three miles away from the American - North Vietnam con ference site. The chief of the U S. delega tion, Ambassador W. Averell Harriman, and Hanoi's top ne gotiator, Xuan Thuy, will have their first encounter today. The No. 2 men, U.S. Ambassa dor Cyrus Vance and North Vietnamese Col. Ha Van Lau, met for an hour and 45 min utes Friday. The atmosphere was said to have been polite, with the two deputies shaking hands. Some independent ob servers took this as an encour aging sign. A North Vietnamese spokes man said one question settled was that of language. State ments by both sides are to be translated into French, the “working language’’ of the conference, but official docu ments will be in Vietnamese and English. The spokesman declined to give further details on Friday’s discussion. “The Americans suggested that nothing further be said,” he explained, “and we agreed with that.” This, he said, was part of the "good atmosphere” of the ses sion. Today, the two sides were expected to lace the first stum bling block in the way of full dress peace talks—the ques tion of U.S. bombing north of the 17th parallel, the boundary between North and South Viet nam. The North Vietnamese main tain that unless the United States stops "all acts of war” against North Vietnam without any conditions attached, there can be no discussion of th e broader issues surrounding a settlement of the war. Washington has said it would require a gesture of "mutual restraint” on the part of the North Vietnamese if America is to cease its bombing raids north of the dividing line.
