The Chronicle

WEATHER Record breaking tem Volume 71, peratures, clear nights and sunny days: Number 75 today's high low to Monday, mid-30's; warmer January 19,1975 Tuesday, low to mid-40's. Duke University The Chronicle Durham, North Carolina Barchas Collection negotiation apparently remains in limbo By Gail Jensen The Barchas Collection with the chancellor, the raised by faculty members." The current status of the was brought to the attention provost, and the faculty Watson cited three possi University's Barchas of the Board of Trustees, liaison group of the Board ble outcomes of discussions Collection is at this time which had approved the of Trustees. The last docu with the Barchases: "that uncertain and clouded by contract in 1974, in the ment of the Executive Com the collection will stay, be rumor. faculty-Board of Trustees mittee's recommendations modified, or divested." He The Barchas Collection is liaison group last fall. This was submitted to the pro further said that he was a rare book collection on group is composed of vost just before Christmans, "hopeful that if there is to the history of science and trustees and members of the Watson said. Neither be any significant change, medicine obtained by the Academic Council Ex Watson nor Provost people close to the subject University on May 7. 1974, ecutive Committee. Richard Frederic Cleaveland dis will be consulted." from Samuel Barchas. a re Watson, chairman of the closed publicaly exactly Cleaveland and C.R.. tired Los Angeles lawyer. Academic Council, said what these recommenda Haslam, University The collection was a gift that the "liaison committee tions were. counsel, made no comment brought the subject of the University Counsel C.L. Haslam said yesterday, from Barchas which carried Watson said that "cost, regarding current dis- Barchas Collection to the at "Duke has a strong and vigorous equal employ various financial and ad control and consultation cussions surrounding the tention of the board more ment program." (Photo by Tom Rodman) ministrative stipulations in are the central questions Barchas Collection. the contractual agreement. strongly than it had pre Removal considered viously been considered." Charges racial discrimination A year ago. in the fall of The Academic Council 1974. a "series of un Executive Committee fortunate meetings with the became involved in the Former employe sues University Barchases" occurred with Barchas Collection con faculty members, according By Anne Morris Employed by Duke in 1970 for janitorial work, troversy because "substan to William Analyan. vice Attorneys for Duke University have categorically Fuller was fired in 1973 for participating in a pro tial interest was expressed president of health affiars.- by faculty members to look denied charges or racial discrimination brought test against what the demonstrators termed over Disagreement was suffi into it." Watson said. against the University in a class action suit working of the mopping crews, according to her at cient to lead the Barchases Recommendations sponsored by the Durham Legal Aid Society on torneys. to consider removing their behalf of Vivian Fuller, a former employe of Duke Duke later rehired Fuller under an equal op gift. At that time, the con Since the Executive Com Hospital. flict was resolved so that mittee's early involvement, portunity training program. Fuller complained that the gift was retained by the it has drawn up certain re The suit attacks unfair employment practices of instead of being trained for clerical work, she was University. Since last year, commendations regarding Duke Hospital involving the hiring and firing of assigned tasks that she was physically unable to controversy surrounding the Barchas Collection. employes and job discrimirjation. according to perform. These recommendations, the collection has again de Charles A. Bently, Jr., one of Fuller's atrorneys. Bently, who has represented her since the mop according to Watson, have veloped. C. L. Haslam, attorney for Duke, said yesterday ping incident, said Fuller was discharged by the been discussed at length that the defense "feels absolutely that there was no University again last August. In loose debate discrimination in her case. We strongly deny any Representative of class allegations being bought against the University." The suit charger that Fuller is representative of Noting that no similar (Title VII cases] involving her class, which is composed of black female Journalists jam charges of racial discrimination, have been filed employees of Duke Hospital, who have been re against Duke, Haslam said "Duke has a strong and legated to "lower-paying, menial, and the least at By Janet Holmes vigorous equal employment program." tractive positions." Two sessions of three-hour discussions which were in Protests In addition to demanding an unspecified finan tended to "illuminate the problems and questions on the Adam Stein, a lawyer who has successfully pro cial enumeration to Fuller and the members of her role of the press," engaged journalists and professors in secuted several cases charging racial discrimina class, the suit calls for the initiation of "effective af debate loosely related to the cover topic "News as Fiction" tion—including the suit that led to the desegrega Friday and Saturday mornings. firmative action to correct the effects of the dis The seminars, conducted under the aegis of the tion of the Durham School system—is associated criminatory policies and practices" of the Institute of Policy Sciences and Public Affairs, were at with the Legal Aid Societv on the suit. A represen University. tended by approximately forty students each day. tative of the Fulbright and Jaworsky law firm of Because of a heavy backlog of similar cases in However, the discussions were closed to questions and Washington, D.C, has joined the counsel for the de courts, the suit has tentatively been scheduled for a comment until the final fifteen minutes of each session, a fense. preliminary hearing in Durham July 1,1976. "rule" which co-moderator Sander Vanocur several times refused to break. The six hours of discussion were dominated by Martin Union charged with improper publicity Nolan of the Boston Globe; author Peter Maas: Washington Post political reporter Haynes Johnson; and former New York Times Vietnam correspondent Floria for Joni Mitchell concert ticket sales Emerson. Firdav's session centered on the use of fictional By Karen Schick fice, long lines had formed were put on sale the day Duke community at that techniques in journalism, "new" versus "old" journalism Allegations that Duke outside the office before 8 classes started for spring time because, according to and the question of a difference between them; Saturday's students were not properly a.m. There were reports semester, before all Duke Blaylock, it is a Major At talks wandered into speculations about the ethics of re- informed of ticket sales for that several people had students could know the tractions 'rule of thumb' not the Feb. 7 Joni Mitchell spent the night in adjacent tickets were available, Dan to start advertising for a concert in Cameron Indoor Flowers Lounge awaiting Blaylock, Major Attractions show until three weeks Stadium have raised ques the start of the sale. The box chairman, said, "We didn't beforehand, tions about the University office sold its 2200 realize we could delay and "We didn't want to use Union's method of selling tickets—including at least still sell out. We have had a advertising expenses so ear tickets. 1300 reserved seats—with lot of trouble selling out in ly. We figured MA would an upper limit of 10 to each Due to little advance ad the past." spread the word around by customer. Box office re vertising to Duke students Conklin said he was glad mouth. Anyone who was cords reveal that many by the Union's Major At it sold out but he felt badly interested enough to call us tickets were bought in tractions Committee, and for those who could not see was told the date of ticket blocks of nine and ten. widespread purchases of the show. "I wish we could sale," said Blaylock. tickets in blocks of up to 10, Chas Conklin. head of ad have gotten the word Blaylock said there was the Page Box Office sold out vertising for Major Attrac around at Duke a little bit an outrageous demand for its concert tickets within tions Committee, which br more," he added. Joni Mitchell, tickets on one day. The tickets went ings concerts to Duke, The committee decided Mon. Jan. 12. "The line on sale at 8:00 a.m. on described the sale: "We to put the tickets on sale on would have been magnified January 12, the same day knew it was going to sell re Jan. 12 when they met dur and the sale of tickets Gloria Emerson listens"" as Ward Just Duke classes resumed, and ally hot, but we had no idea ing the week after the Al would have been more hec postualtes. Both were participants in the were sold out by 3:30 p.m. it was going to be insane lman Brothers concert of tic if we had waited until Institute of Policy Sciences seminar, "News as According to Davis Al down there." Nov. 14. This date was not everyone knew" about it," Fiction." (Photo by Jay Anderson) len, director of Page Box Of Asked whv the tickets announced to the general {Continued on page 2) Page Two The Chronicle Monday, January 19,1976 SPECTRUM? -Mitchell tickets- TODAY office. 101 Flowers. Mon-Fn 1-4 a 6-1L The D.U.U. Drama Committee will meet be there! Duke forest. Meet in FF lounge Tuesday 684-281B. (Continued from page 1) right," he added. tonight at 6 p.m. in 201 Flowers to wort 7:30 p.m.

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