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The B-G News Serving a Growing University Since 1920 Friday, March 8, 1968 Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio Volume 52, No. 73 Placement Praised At Open Hearing By JIM MARINO vice were necessary college level that about 75 per cent of Good- Asst Editorial Editor functions. year's top executives were chosen Graduating seniors found solace Queries directed to Supt. Bodell from college recruitment-place- Thursday night In remarks on surrounded the teaching profes- ment Interviews. "I have slot of career planning and placement sion, and asked school recruit- faith In the system, and certainly made by James Galloway, direct- ment policy questions. think Bowling Green is a One or of the University Placement Mr. Wheeler fielded the ques- caliber school." Office. tions about Industrial recruitment. Supt. Bodell commented his The director was one of the five Dlr. Galloway said his facilities school system probably had more member panel appearing before in the Administration Bldg. were University graduates on its staff a Student Council open hearing crowded, and he had already out- than any similar system In Ohio yesterday which discussed var- grown the space to be provided and Michigan. ious phases of job preparations. for placement In the newly con- "I make It a point to stop here "I am proud of our placement structed Student Services Bldg. three or four times a year," offices' record here," Mr. Gallo- "As our main function Is to help he said. way stated. "Last year more than place a student In a job he is Mr. Rosenthal spoke In length, 87 per cent of the senior class interested in, and advise him In speculating on how recent draft was successful In finding posi- any way possible along these lines, policy changes would affect Job tions through our office." we have a large number of students recruitment, but admitted It was Other panel members Included seeking this aid from us. really too early to predict much Glenn RosenthaL, assistant dir- M,.\ Wheeler went on to say with accuracy. ector of placement, Dr. Joseph Balogh, sociology professor, and Peter, Paul and Mary two campus Interviewers: Robert Wheeler, representing the Good- year Tire and Rubber Co., and Sewell Charges BG Leon Bodell, superintendent of the Mason City, Mich., school system. With two suggestions for Im- Folk Singing Trio provement on placement proed- ures suggested by Dr. Balogh, the With Discrimination panelists had but praise for Mr. Galloway's office. By Bruce Larrlck "I would like to see the Place- Staff Writer To Perform Here ment Office communicate more to "Most white students don't even the students about exactly what know that discrimination is a prob- their functions are," Dr. Balogh lem at Bowling Green, but every Peter, Paul and Mary are com- Show people know them as tire- said. "And I'd also recommend less performers, continually Negro here is acutely aware of ing to campus this month! m jre of an emphasis on attract- It. You can ask any of them." Through recent negotiations with working on new arrangements, ing the liberal arts major Into harmonizing, rehearsing, arguing, These were the words of Edward their manager, the Union Acti- career fields through your office. C. Sewell, president of the senior vities Office has managed to book and rehearsing again. I find an over-emphasis on the Best known for their renditions class who dropped a verbal bomb- the folk singers for a performance colleges of business and educa- shell at the recent Student Council March 31, In Anderson Arena. of, "If I Had a Hammer," and tion, presently." "Lemon Tree," which were hits meeting when he recommended that Tickets will go on sale In the "There are more than 86,000 a committee be formed to look University Union lobby next week. on their very first album, they jobs listed In the Placement Of- have enjoyed a series of succes- Into discrimination at Bowling Some 6,500 are available. Pri- fice," Mr. Galloway said. "We Green. ces will range from $2 to $3.50, ses. Motion picture theme song help In every way we can to pro- singing, as well as appearances "Do you realize that only four- depending upon the choice of seat mote our students to the highest fifths of one percent of the stud- location. on television and wide radio cir- caliber of Interviewers we can culation, are all goals the group ents here are Negro? And by the The group (Peter Yarrow, Paul find." same token, three-fifths of a Stookey, and Mary Travers) met has met. A senior book produced through Peter, Paul and Mary have been basketball team that Is now on Its for the first time in a Green- the Placement Office lists names way to an NCAA tournament Is Ed Sewell wich Village apartment In 1961. In the news most recently due to and other Information about a grad- their close affiliation with the civ- Negro." he said at the meeting Singing "Mary Had a Little Lamb," uating University student, ex- held Thursday night. class audiences, not lower-class for a booking agent, each member il rights movement. Admittedly, plained Mr. Galloway. He favors audiences. The sorry fact Is they some of their views have cost , This illustrates t h e basic prob- realized the sound they produced continuing the publication as a lem that exists right now, Sewell go to white high schools for stu- would be a real hit. them "both bookings and record beneficial way of representing the dents and black high schools for sales In the deep south." said. Almost all male Negro stu- student's name to perspective em- dents attend Bowling Green as athletes," he said. And a hit they've remained ever They were part of the highly- ployers, to whom he malls the athletes and not students, so they A contributing factor to this since. publicized march from Selma to publication. are not getting as much as they problem is the comparatively Perhaps the best known of the Montgomery, Ala. A question and answer period small amount of money used for However, the opinionated artists should out of the college situation. nation's "In" folk singers, the followed the prepared remarks He explained that the athletes academic scholarships. Most Peter, Paul and Mary combination continue to draw large audiences of each panel member. All said Negroes cannot afford to come here at most every performance, and the are brought on scholarships and admit to knowing more than 1,000 the need for a placement office the coaches usually allow them and are unable to receive enough selections. Yet they still search UAO office Is certain the reac- and a vocational counseling ser- to take only 12 hours a semester, financial help, he stated. for the new ones. tion will be the same here. with most of these hours in physical Sewell went on to say that the education. social life for Negroes Is restric- So when it comes time for grad- tive because of two factors: an uation, they do not have enough unfavorable ratio of Negro men group requirements and are forced to Negro women (approximately 'African Missionary Brings 45 to 35), and a limited choice to go at least another semester without any financial help. Because of fraternities and sororities. of this, the majority of them do Presently there are only two fraternities and one sorority with not even get a degree, Sewell said. Negro members and two of these, Exciting Career With Him "The Negro students are wanted Alpha Phi Alpha and Delta Sigma to play a sport at the expense By KAY NICKEL of their future. It's a clear case Theta, are entirely Negro. Alpha "Rhodesia has a minority gov- Boston University School of Theol- Phi Alpha made a concerted plea Bishop Ralph E. Dodge, widely ernment. In this country 220,000 ogy. Re spent six years working of exploitation by the University," he said. for white members during the known for his work with the Metho- Europeans rule over four million recent rush, but was unsuccess- dist services In Rhodesia, Africa, Africans. As the Church educates at the Methodist Board of Mis- The practical result of this sions In New York, serving at policy, is that there are only a ful, he said. Is currently on campus as a part these Africans, they naturally "A particularly galling fact is develop the desire to govern their the African desk. He was made few Negro students who are of African Week. a bishop In 1956. He Is currently striving for academic excellence. that the state Is supporting segre- Bishop Dodge went to Africa In country. At the same time, the gation by allowing most of the white government tries to main- serving as a visiting professor of There are presently about 80 1936, accompanied by bis wife and African studies at Baker Univer- Negro students enrolled In the fraternities and sororities to re- child, and has been In contact tain control.