Oregon daily emerald., January 19, 1971, Page 3, Image 3

Are you going to Scarborough Faire?
‘Home-spun ’ center needs vendors
By JOHN LUNA
Of the Emerald
Scarborough Faire, at 136 E.
11th Ave., could perhaps be
described as a “counter-cultural
Valley River Center (VRC).”
The mall concept is the
same—several shops grouped
around a central, covered mall
area—but after that the
similarities end. VRC is a multi
million dollar operation selling
mass-produced goods; Scar
borough Faire is a home-spun
outfit selling mostly hand crafted
items.
Dennis McNary, founder of
Scarborough Faire, sees it as a
positive alternative to sterile,
gleaming department stores.
“Craftsmen can make a living
doing the thing they want,
without being forced to conform
to society’s mold,” McNary
explained.
“But like most other
businesses in town,” McNary
said, “we’re in the post
Christmas slump.”
“Some of the craftsmen have
pulled out because business is
slow, but we expect people to
start coming in again in a few
weeks,” he said.
“Right now we need new
craftsmen to fill several of the
booths,” McNary said. Each
booth rents by the month for
about $30 to $40.
Shops presently in Scar
borough Faire include: hand
crafted leather; a shirt & dress
shop; a natural foods restaurant;
an organic food store which will.
soon be selling Springfield
Creamery dairy products;
Travesters, selling quilted
pillows, wood & stained glass
lamps & knitting; an antique
shop; The Kiva, a bookstore of
the metaphysical, politics &
fiction; a painting gallery; and
the Sound Shop, a stereo tape and
poster shop.
Scarborough Faire was
started late last August when
McNary and about eight others
moved up from Laguna Beach to
rent out the old Hannum Moters
garage on E. 11th Ave. A rough
floor plan was chalked on the
concrete floor and construction
began. Made from old barn
boards and natural materials, the
different booths began to take
shape, each craftsman designing
and building his own. A pathway
between the shops opens into a
central meeting and (lining room,
with more shops in the rear. Built
without a central plan, the
resulting interior architecture
has a remarkable coherency. The
musty, dark sports-car garage
was just never quite like it is now.
Hie concept of Scarborough
Faire has changed some since it’s
inception. McNary said
originally the emphasis was on
hand-crafted items, but shops
carrying “more essential things”
such as fresh vegetables” are
now being considered. The
organic food store has just
recently started carrying dairy
products.
The idea of a central market
place is slowly evolving, and will
undoubtedly undergo change in
the following year.
For now, Scarborough Faire
needs several craftsmen (and
craftswomen) to open shops, and
of course, people to come to the
fair.
For the past two Saturdays,
an “unofficial” Saturday Market
has been held in Scarborough
Faire, 136 E. 11th Ave., with
people setting up shop just for the
day. Hie “official” Saturday
Market is still trying to procure
an outdoor location for spring,
according to Mrs. George
Streisinger, Market coordinator.
Any impression that the “of
ficial” Saturday Market is
moving indoors could put a crimp
in the current plans to reopen the
outdoor market, Mrs. Streisinger
said. But in the meanwhile, an
indoor market is being held from
10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturdays.
Fresno State
cuts 14 profs
from staff
FRESNO, CA. (CPS)—Culminating what has been
termed a “political purge” by assistant Professor of
English Everret Frost, fourteen professors including
Eugene V. Zumwalt, chairman of the English Depart
ment, and Frost were either fired or given one-year
terminal contracts at Fresno State College.
President Norman Baxter dismissed Zumwalt and
ordered locksmiths guarded by campus police to bolt the
door to his English Department office.
The major portion of the dismissed professors
taught either in the English or Social Work departments,
and almost all of them publically opposed the president
of the university. The ones receiving terminal contracts
will teach through the end of the 1971-72 academic year,
the others were summarily dismissed.
Zumwalt was dismissed when Ralph Rea, acting
Dean of Humanities, came to his office with a custodian
and two campus policemen. According to Zumwalt, one
of the policemen began to remove the office doorknobs
while Rea read him a letter from President Baxter
relieving him of his duties as chairman.
After Zumwalt, his vice chairman, and three
secretaries left the office, the door was barricaded by
installing iron plates and driving bolts into the door.
Zumwalt said they might have thought there was
incriminating evidence in his office. “There was nothing
in those offices except forms, supplies and some minor
personnel files.”
Zumwalt’s dismissal occurred without any reason
being given, but it was apparent that he angered
President Baxter when he charged at a press conference
the day before that the administration was paying
students to spy on English classes.
Zumwalt also charged that nine of the professors
whose contracts had been terminated were fired
because they were involved in liberal political activities,
or because they opposed President Baxter or former
President Falk.
After his dismissal, Zumwalt said, “The sealing-off
of my door is unheard of in my experience. I believe I
was treated as a criminal. I believe there will have to be
legal sanctions brought against Baxter and Rea for
treating me as a criminal and misusing public and state
property. Baxter must be called to account for what I
would understand to be wildly irresponsible bahavior.”
Burton Swope, editor of the Daily Collegian, the
campus newspaper, called for a student strike and the
next day 2000 students rallied on the Fresno State
campus. A teach-in, attended by 800 students, was also
held. Swope noted editorially that “we feel there is no
recourse left to students on this campus.”
Prior to the firings, the student Senate had met and
passed a vote of “no confidence” in Dr. Baxter and his '
administration. California State Senator-elect George
Zenovich has announced that he will call for a full
legislative investigation into the administrations of
Baxter and Falk.
On the other hand, the executive committee of the
Fresno State Academic Senate has gone on record as
supporting the action of the college president. Baxter
has denied that his actions were part of a “political
purge.”
The fired professors included anti-war protestors,
supporters of the farm workers’ movement, and a black
chemistry professor who had pushed for more ethnic
studies courses. As to the sealing off of the chairman’s
office with metal plates, Professor Roger Chittick .told
newsmen, “I was dumbfounded. It reminded me of
Germany under Hitler. The police breaking in that way
and sealing the doors seemed appalling. I’ll never forget
it.”
According to professor Frost, “I am part of a
political purge that is ruthless in the sense that it is
willing to sacrifice academic excellence for political
goals. It appears I’m being fired in violation of con
stitutional rights, especially First Amendment rights,
and in violation of professional ethics.”
Plan approved by ASUO
for final CIC reorganization
The abolished ASUO Cultural Issues Center
(CIC) has been reorganized into the Cultural
Forum.
Reorganizational plans submitted by Joe
Gemayel, temporary co-ordinator of the forum,
were approved la st week by the ASUO cabinet and
president’s office, and will go into effect im
mediately.
ASUO President Ron Eachus abolished the CIC
in October because of a breakdown in the “decision
making process of the center” and said at that time
the CIC would be reorganized later in the term.
Eachus’ decision came in the wake of con
troversy over speaker payments for the CIC’s
Racism Symposium held earlier that month.
Gemayel recommended in his report that four
steps be taken in the reorganization of the CIC: 1) a
change in the name; 2) administrative
reorganization; 3) selection of directors and co
ordinator and 4) programs.
The approved name change of the CIC is the
Cultural Forum.
In the area of administrative reorganization,
the cultural division will be combined with the
social division and the Speakers and Debate
division will he renamed the Cultural Division.
A Joint Board composed of 12 members chaired
by the Cultural Forum co-ordinator will work on
joint programs and two sub-boards, each composed
of 15 members will deal respectively with social and
cultural divisions. Each sub-board will be chaired
by the director of the respective division.
Members of each subhoard will be selected in
two stages. Eight members will be chosen during
the spring term and seven members will be chosen
at the beginning of winter term. The board chooses
its own members and all are subject to ASUO
presidential approval. The board will also choose its
own director to be recommended for ASUO
presidential approval.
The ASUO president with the consultation of
the directors will appoint a co-ordinator. According
to the report, “the co-ordinator will have the overall
financial and administrative responsibility of the
agency, and he is to see that programs are well-set
and co-ordinated.”
The two directors are on a nine month basis and
are paid $90 per month, while the co-ordinator is on
a 12 month basis and will be paid $105 per month.
Anyone interested in the jobs should see Gemayel in
303 EMU.
A simple majority of the joint board is required
whenever voting on an issue and the joint board has
no veto power on the co-ordinator’s decision. Any
conflict between the joint board and either of the
sub-boards will be resolved by the two directors and
the co-ordinator.
Gemayel, will stay temporary co-ordinator
until a new co-ordinator is hired in the next few
days. Gemayel will then return to his previous
duties as director of the International Education
Center.
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