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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
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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.”
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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.