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The Parthenon, March 13, 1968
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This Newspaper is brought to you for free and open access by the University Archives at Marshall Digital Scholar. It has been accepted for inclusion in The Parthenon by an authorized administrator of Marshall Digital Scholar. For more information, please contact [email protected], [email protected]. Pres;dential vote on; ,amendment off ballot / Bresidential and vice presi w41iCih would have made him dential elections which earlier eligible to be a candidate if rt:he had been ordered postponed by election had remained postponed. otihe Student Court are being held However, in addition to or today after all, according
Grades may be postponed Campus readies.for anot·her tournament! ------Mid-semester progress reports New Yorker are also- being, made ni office or the Marshall opera dents and just plain MU support all-out effort a good reward will will be postponed if Marshall by the alumni office.' Prices are tor. ers have f o 11 o w e d the Herd be forthcoming. plays beyond March 18 in the $8 a night for a single and $12 The following is a mini-edi through victory or defeat. MU has the distinction of be-· National Invitation Tournament. for a double. torial concerning the Herd's trip The National Invitation Tour coming one of the first two teams
The announcement of the post In New York, a Marshall to the NIT. nament is the big one. It's what to play an ·NIT game in the1 new ponement was made Tuesday by Headquarters will be set up in the season's been about and it Garden. With the support that Dr. A. Mervin Tyson, vice presi the New Yorker at 34th St., and can end with either victory or the student body is going t6 give, dent of academic affairs, in a · 8th Ave. Hosted by the Greater Mini editorial defeat. The more enthusiasm the nothing short of a Vlictory can special faculty ;bulletin. New York Alumni Chapter, the The Thundering Herd is off to better the Herd's chances of com be foreseen. It was also announced that one ,Headquarters w i 11 co-ordinate day for New York City. With ing out on top. Whether it's in the Garden bus to the NIT is filled and 1if student activities and provide an them goes the spirit of Marshall Ellis Johnson says that the 16 bleachers, over the radio or on enough students are interested, information service and hospital University. teams in the NIT this year are television, the fans of the Herd another will be chartered accord ity room. There will also be a For 24 games during the regu the toughest competition many will be with the team. ing to Mrs. Zoe L. Sands, alumni bulletin board in the lobby for lar season, the student, alumni, years. However, Coach Johnson We're behind you Herd-don't office secretary. exchange of messages. instructors, area high school stu- feels that if the Herd puts up an forget it. Win, lose or draw. Round-trip fare is $25 and the Following each Marshall game, bus · will leave at midnight to a reception will be held in the· An editorial day. Depending on student in Empire Room of the New York terest, busses will also be char er. All stud e n ts, alumni and tered before other M a r s h a 11 friends are invlited.> games. Mrs. Sands pointed out that all Senate exhibition ridiculous Fifteen students are leaving students must have their ID card by ,train, at 9:30 p.m. to with them in order to get game It was an iironic situation. The Student Senate Senate from proceeding to engage in a v1c1ous, day and there are more seats tickets. spent three hours Monday night passing a manda mud slinging campaign supporting their individual available. Round-trip train tick She also said that for best re tory. motion. choices for president. ets are $36.15. sults, all messages and telegrams One freshman senator even termed the meet After several deadlock votes, Jack Kessick, Hotel reservations at the Hotel should be sent through the alum- ing, "a bunch of upperclassmen supporting their Huntington senior and Intertratemity Council own candidates, 11l1Us making the Senate look like president, accused the Senate of followinc Greek a bunoh of fools." lines in their decisions and not thinking for them LETTERS TO the· editor today The special session of the Senaite was called to selves. discuss the :humanities vs. sci accept a student petition with 1,540 signatures re Midway through the battle, Student Affairs ences debate and student voting. questing an amendment be added ,to ,today's ballot Dean Olen Jones, Senate advisor, given speaking Page 2 to be voted upon by the studein,t body. privileges, attempted to calm the debate. ~f approved by the votms, 1the amendment "I didn't think I would see this, this year," he WOMEN, WOMEN, women. For would delete ihe part of ,the Stud·ent Government said. "I've listened to you - you're at each other. more concerning a play a b o u t Constitution which requires a student body presi There's something here bigger than all of us. It's this species of humanity, see dential candidate to be on campus for tih,ree se Marshall." Page 3 MAN behind ,the Marco mesters to be eligible to run. ~e then pleaded with the senators to use uniform informs all d!hat it's a ~I After two hours of "going at each other" in ''poise, maturity, intelligence and Jud,nJent In hot job drumming up spirit at , an emotional debate over the amendment, the op- · reaching a decision." (f posing factions were overcome and the petition the games. Read about the prob His was not the only plea. lems of a human mascot. Page 6 was finally accepted. . f Concerning a petition for ah amendment to be Although this Senate wiU soon be handing over added ,to the ballot, the Student Government Con rt:he reins to a new group, there is sltill no excuse fj stitution states, "if t!he petition is found to be in for such -ridiculous conduct as on Monday night. For a serurtor to properly represent rt:he Uni NIT FEVER has hit the campus i3 good order, 1Jhe Senate shall make provisiOlll for versity he must put the interest of Marshall am once again. For more stories and 'l itts presentation ,to the student body at ithe next t, general election." support of its constitution and by-laws above all analyses on the granddaddy of else. tournaments, see Page 5 . i Student Body President Mike Farrell said the petition was in good order and said the Senate Greek ties and personal prejudices must be had no choice but to accept it and p 1 a c e the forgotten in order far the Student Senate to func amendment on today's ballot. tion properly. 'llhere shoWd be no further "exhi But this didn't stop certain members of the bitions" like that of Monday night. PAGE TWO THI PARTHENON WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13, 1968
To the editor: prejudice against otiher periods To the editor: the independents who vote in the Marshall University. Yes, the Once more I take pen in hand,, of history. My century, right or lt seems highly ironical that queen elections do not vote in Student Government's powers ,this time to reply to James N. wrong! And yet, as Traherne bhose people who bitterly com the student elections and it is the are limited, but are not non-ex Casto's letter in last Thursday's said, "men do greatly w r o n g plain "The Greeks run every Student Senate which decides istent. And because the Greeks Parthenon, concerning science themselves when they refuse to thing" are the same people who what ,the Homecoming election control these powers, they gen and t!he humanities. be present in all ages and to see state that voting in a student rules shall be. So, naturally the erally ~ontrol student affairs. First let me make n clear that the b eauty of all kingdoms." election is useless, since the Stu rules "might" favor Greek There is a student election today. I am not some fire-breathing We read -next 1that "science it dent Government has no power. candidates. Independents can continue to humanist attacking the sciences. self is change," and that in the The Student Government's 'llhe Student Government gen ~omplain about Greek control, I was a chemistry major for two philosophy of the humanities power is limited, but it is not erally controls all dances, mixes, or they can do something about years, and although I clhanged "change· is a horrible and fright limited, and it is by control of beauty contests and elections. In it at the ballort box. my · major to English I retain a ening experience wihich is to be the "non-existent" power of the · some way it affects the affairs RICK NEWMAN, strong interest in scientific stu shunned." What evidence is Student Gove{"nment that Greeks of every person w 1h o attends Huntington sophomore dies. (I hope to finish this letter there for either of these aston generally get things their way. quickly, in order to read my ishing remarks? Then, s o m e Block seating at th e Home copy of Scientific American how, we switoh to the bomb coming and other dances h a s The Parthenon whiclh just came in the mail.) I (whicr neither Mr. Hastie., nor Jong angered independents who MARSHALL UNIVEJtSITY STUDENT NEWSPAPER believe tthat a knowledge of Miss Lind, nor this writer, ever Established llN attend these dances. Yet, some Member ot West Vlr1rlnla IntercollHlate Prus Aaodatloa science is valuable in itself, and mentioned), and launch inrto an of these same independents ex Full-lea~ed Wire to The Aaoclated Prea. also as an asset in understanding Entered as second class matter, May 29, 194!1. at the Poat Office at Hunllnflaa, attack on "politicians and !hu press little or no concern f o r We•t Vlralnla, under Act ot Conn-ea, March I, 1811. the modern world, not only in manitarian do-goders." Wlhat all Publlohed Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday durlns ·ichOOl year and Student Senate elections, and it weekly durln11 summer by Department ot Joumalum, Marshall ·un1venttl,, rt.he everyday sphere but also on this has 1o do with the humani is the Student Senate that ·ulti . 1Gth Street and 3rd Avenue, Huntln•ton, Weat Vlralnla. , ,t!he philosophical level. C. P . Off-campus subscription rate, $4 per semester, plus so cent. tor each IIUDUllel' ties, or indeed with the bomb, is mately decides whether or not term. Phone 523-8582 or Journalism Department, exteraloru, 235 and 275 ol PS-Mll Snow, novelist and pihysicisit, in very hard to see. block seating at any dance will ITAff , his book on The Two Cultures It would seem that Mr. Casto prevail. ~~1.8.ic!:: (a book which should be read by =~~rNews J:dlton . ...··:::..... ·.·.. ·..·...·.·.·.·..·. ·.·, ,. ·.·J·.·. .·Pre.ton.· .·::.·.·.·. ·.·.Smith,·.·:::.·. ·.·Jane.·:.·.·.· :McCoy::::.·::, .·.Suzanne Wood, never touches u p o n the real · All independents enjoy the every college student), points ouit Marti Hill. Claude Doak point at issue, wihich goes be elections for Homecoming queen 91,o,rta Co-Edlton , , ...... , .. , , , .. , ...... , , , ...... , . 'nm Bucey, T. )(, Murdock that the prevailing ignorance of SocleQr Editor , , , , . , ...... , ..... , . . , ...... ·. ... ,, ...... ,. Ann .Tohallton yond t h e question of "science and her attendanlts. Independenrt the sciences· J;>y Hterary intellect ~~a:1!>r .'.'.'.'.'.'.': .'.': .'.'.'.'. . .'.'.'.'.'.'::.'.'.:.'.':.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'. -~~~: versus the humanities." Is the participation ih these elections uals is at least as deplorable as Bua!nea Mana11a , ,. , , ...... , ...... ,, , , ...... , ...... , Patti Arrowood purpose of education simply to runs high. Yet, few independents Editorial Counselor .. , .. ,. . ,, .. .. , ...... ,, ...... ,, ,, ,, . . Ralph Tuni.r ignorance of the humanities by colleot more an\J. more facts that ~ . are ever elected, because half COIDIDCIAL PTG. ,S UTHO. scientists. Perhaps humanities ma:,r come in useful someday, or students should indeed be -re is it to prepare human beings quired, or at least encouraged, for life in which they will be to take more science. It would able to use their minds, ito en probably have a great beneficial joy thinking as such, to have a effect, and at least it could do riclh internal life as well as an something for the multitudes of external one? Is it simply to otherwise -well-educated people learn more and more about Jess who take seriously pseudo-scien and less, or is it ,to be able to see tific nonsense like Immanuel the whc,ie that is greater than Velikovsky's Worlds in Collision. the mm of its pants? Is it to I am itirying to make all :this treat the universe as a dead ob very plain in order n o t to be ject to be acted upon from owt forced into some sort of artificial side, or as an organic w.hole rhetorical position "against rt h e which must be understood from sciences." That would be ridicu the inside? In short, are we tto be lous. Never,theless, some of Mr. merely productive, or are we to Casto's statements need to be re be creative? And if we are not plied to. creative, we cannot Jong re "'Why should Latin, a d e a d main proquctive. language, be clung .to as an an All t!1is is a matter of ,tremen imal clings ,to its dead mother?" dous impor:tance, and borth Miss A nice simile; but is- Latin dead? Li!ld's letter and my own treat It dies only when we clhoose to of it extensh·ely. It is amazing ignore it; and so Mr. Casrto begs that Mr. Casto should accuse us the question. Why should the old of "beating around •the bush." be ignored simply because it is Can it be he has not seen this is old? At last Thursday's Honors in iact the main issue? Alas, his Convocation, Professor Duncan whole letter reflects the un Williams noted that we of ,to troubled assumption that educa day, though we have less a n d tion is for the primary purpose less provincialism with regard to of piling up information. (ReJ. other cultures, simultaneously member Eliot: "How mud) wis are developing more and more dom lhave we Jost in knowledge? How much knowledge have we Students asked lost in information?") Mr. Cas to'., p1an for leaping headlong Mrs. Mary Jane Boggs, Raceland, Ky., senior, to support WVU into a major would tend to found that Parthenon classified advertising gets President Stewart H. Smith free'.!e people in one · field and quick results. Within minutes after her LOST ad called for Marshall students to produce more and more narrow appeared in The Parthenon, her watch was re help bridge the sectionalism gap turned by Larry Conner, New Castle, pel., sopho specialists in facts. There are between the University and West more. enough of ,these already, in the Virginia University by support "I live out of town," she said, "so I thought of ing WVU in the NIT, except if humanities as well as in: 1Jhe The Parthenon the very first thing. I really felt WVU meets Marshall. sciences. Wihat the world has a that if ·a Marshall student found my . watch, I "This is an excellent oppor crying need for is not humanities would get i~ back." tunity for students at MU and WVU to su pp o rt each other's men or science men, but men, ,to She had received the watch 20 years ago as a team and bridge the gap that has whom nothing is alien. gift from the man who is now 'her husband, malt ex is t e d all these years," Dr. RODGER CUNNINGHAM, ing it sentimentally valuable. Smith said. Kenova senior Mrs. Boggs noted that she was surprised that lost and · found ads are run free of charge. The cost of other classified ads is $1.25. I Clauified Ads I "For fast results, I would recommend The Parthenon without reservation," Mrs. Boggs said. INCOME OPPORTUNITY - American way. No investment Male or Female, income oppor except hard work and desire to tunity, minimum of 20 hours per be successful. Transpo'l'tation and month, guaranteed $100 ... plus sincerity n e c e s s a r y. !:"hone the sky is the limit. Own and 529-1343, build your OWN business the WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13, 1968 THE PARTHINON PAGE THREE
Photol bJ DOUG DILL
TWO OF ''The Womea" are shown here in their powder room. Stepplnc out of the shower Js Penny MOl!lller • Jlldy Kirt ley waits outaicle.
'The Women' are here! "The Women" by Clare Boothe Luce will open tonight and run through Saturday. Curtain ,time is 8:15 in Old Main Audit.orium. Students will be admitted by activity cards. Faculty and staff will be admitted, free. Admission for the general public is $1, and tickets will be available at the door. Thirty4hree coeds and seventh grade student, Debbie Novak. are cast in the roles of .llhe 41 characters. Because some of the roles are small, some women portray two characters. Dr. Elaine A. Novak, associate professor of speech, is, ttie direc tor of the play. She is assisted by Delbent Sellers, Vienna sopho more, and Dave Thompson, Huntington freshman. Stage manager is Ruth Ann Mea~ows, Proctorville, Ohio junior. IT'S EXERCISE ti me for Charles M. Billings, associate ~rofessor of speech, designed the (from left) Christa Lou Fridin 12 sets used in tlhe play. He supervised ,theill' construction by the play production classes. rer, Judy Kirtley and Linda Jenkins, while for Debbie Novak To facilitate scene changes, a revolving -turntable will be used. and Jeanne Duncan, it's time for This is the second time in recent years that a revvolving turntable has been used in a University Theatre production. 1b.e first time bed. was last year's production of "Mr. Roberts."
\ BARBARA GERMAN rets a beauty treatment here from (left to rirht) Le'Ann Lette, Bobble De Lisle, Sarah Newman and Jane TerrelL
FIGHTS ARE a part of "The Women," and here (from left) Barbara German, Jeanne Duncan and Susan Bissett go at it. PAGE FOUR THE PARTHENON WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13, 1968
THEY'RE MISSING years old and 190 pounds, was a halfback for the Ripley Vikings. Of the approximate 4,000 He was signed by Marshall As names listed in it.he Marshall Stu sistant Coach Jim Moss. dent Directory, guess whose names are not included? Bob SPEECH PROJECT Allen, Bob Redd a n di George Stone . . . in case you are won, Dr. Novak, Professor of Speech dering about the identity of has announced a joint project of these men . . . they are current three Speech Professors -this se members of ,the basketball ,team. mester. Dr. Novak, Mrs. Comp ton, and Kathleen Robertson, OFFICERS ELECTm who teach Speech 320-Oral In •terpretation, are going to have Newly elected officers of rthe their five sections participate in Speakers Bureau are president the convocation "Antigone" at Steve Plymale, Huntington jun 11 a.m. May 9 and that evening ior; vice president LeAnn Lette, in Old Main. S. Charleston junior; secretary This will be a 50 minube pro treasurer Diane Rigney, Hunting gram and certain people will be ton freshman; and publicity selected to play leading r o 1 e s c.hairman Linda Pender, Fair with the rest acting as a choral mont sophomore. group.
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WMUL will broadcast it.he Na THE JONES HOUSE I tional Invitation Tournament to I morrow at 6:30 p.m. Bill O'Brien, 411 16th St. Beckley junior and Tom Rone, I Huntington freshman will pro 1 Women's Apartments vide ,the account of rtihe game. I • Now Leasing• I GRIDDER SIGNm I Apartments available for A Ripley High School student has become tlhe third griddar summer and fall ter711$ . 1lh.is year to sign a Marshall I BEAMS FOR the twin-tower do~tory continue to rise each day in grant-in-aid, Coach Perry Moss the 1800 block of Fifth Avenue . Two towers, each 15 stories hlgh, announced. He is David Rader, Contact I will rise above the campus, making it the tallest structure at Mar brother of Marshall majorette Mrs. Lynda Adams Higher, higher shall. The towers, one for women and one for men, will be con Carol Rader and former West nected with a two-story lounge and cafeteria. Southeastern Con Virginia University foot b a 11 529-4973 or Apt. 5 struction Co. of Charleston is the contractor. player Dick Rader. Rader, 17 I Blood bank rarely used Drive one of these The University b 1 o o d bank, available ,to students, faculty dressed-up Chevrolets members and their immediate families, is rarely ured, accord ing to Bob Gregg, Huntington instead of a stripped-down junior and blood drive coordi nator. something else. Seventy per cent of the blood donated d u r i n g bloodmobile visits to Marshall ds returned to campus by the Red Cross and is available to any one needing it, Gregg said. Interested persons may contact Stu de n t Affairs Dean Olen Jones, Mike Farrell, the Student Government Office or Gregg at the Zeta Beta Tau house. "The actual giving of blood is only the beginning. We have blood available for immediate use by students and faculty at no cost. Very few people use this service," he added. LAnA'S
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