Delegates Pick Rocky for President by Don Johnson was unable to handle the poverty have been taken in the platform Compared to many regular con- problem adequately. had the distribution been more Strom Lashes ventions, the mock convention was Delete Specific Program adequate. Large delegations such fast and efficient. Gov. Nelson An amendment was offered to as Califórnia had only a half dozen Rockefeller was nominated for delete the specific program, leaving copies and some delegations, Ver- At Democratic President on the second ballot and the plank a statement of intent but mont, for instance, did not have Sen. Charles Percy was selected the original version was accepted any. for Vice-President on the first. The by a margin of almost three to one. Many Nominations Administration Democratic candidates, Sen. Eu- The conservative opposition could Nominations for President in- gene McCarthy and Gov. Harold not rally after this defeat and the cluded Nixon, Rockefeller, Rea- by Ron Peterson Hughes of Iowa, were both chosen remainder of the platform was gan and Percy and a plethora of OBS Editor on the first roll calls. passed in totó by acelamation. favorite sons who were the pawns Mock Convention k e y n o t e The candidates and the speed Perhaps more interest would Continued on page 3 speaker J. Strom Thurmond (R- with which they were chosen were South Carolina) met a cool but indicative of the liberal tenor of polite group of mock delegates in the majority of the delegates. Centennial Hall last Saturday The first indication of this was evening. the passage of the platform and the In his shotgun-like keynote futility of the conservative opposi- address Thurmond rambled over tion. every subject conceivable and in Plank by Plank Consideration the course managed to offend al- Reading of the platform was dis- most everyone in the hall on Senator Strom Thurmond glances pensed with and voting proceeded some subject or another. plank by plank. Enough opposition A group of fifteen or twenty at his notes during a pause in his fiery keynote address at the Ninth was mustered to defeat the sections demonstrators marched outside on Labor and Agriculture but these before the start of the convention Augustana Mock Convention Sat- urday evening. were repassed after a reading. protesting Thurmond's views, and There was no call for discussion. inside a few delegates carried were scattered instances of heck- The voice vote on the Poverty anti-Thurmond signs but these ling, and at one point the entire plank was unclear and a roll call were quickly confiscated by con- Indiana delegation left the hall, vote was demanded. The point of vention gendarmes at the orders but plans for a large scale walk- contention was the advocacy of of convention officials. T h e r e Continued on page 3 a $150 billion allocation over the This quiet scene preceded the raucous demonstrations and quiet maneu- next decade recommended on the verings Saturday night which ended with the nomination of Rockefeller Weekend of Friendship predication that the private sector and Percy for the Republican ticket. Fair Approoching Fast It's that time again! The time to will be the sororities' carnival-type feel the press and throb of crowds, activities, such as Throw-the Gar- and the alone taste of painting, ter-on-the-Leg game, miniature hammering working late. It's the golf and an old-fashioned photo- time for the scoured-out feeling graphy session. Tickets for the of weariness that eventually gives booths can be bought at the door. way to the excitement of a trans- Across the campus, freshmen and formed campus. Friendship Fair independents will hawk balloons is ali that it's cracked up to be: and flowers. And the Campus Dec- hard work and easy fun. orations committee will have ad- ded their own "people" — Huck Finn, and hippie-figures ali across Friendship Fair 1968 aims at Vol 66 No. 23 AUGUSTANA COLLEGE, ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS April 24, 1968 "People . . . People who need the campus. people." Students, faculty, alums, íriends and curious kids have ali been given the go-ahead (or, a warm invitation). The plans have been made, the candidates an- Fryxell Discloses Retirement nounced, the posters up, the professor of geology in 1929. He Dr. Fryxell was one of the auction items begged. Ali that is Dr. Fritiof M. Fryxell, nationally known geologist and professor founded the department of geology founders and the first president left is the work. of geology at Augustana, has announced plans to retire at the and served as its chairman for This year the roar of crowds close of the spring semester. He will observe his 68th birthday many years. From 1946 to 1951 he of the National Association of will go up under the smell of anniversary April 27. also was chairman of the Division Geology Teache.s. This" organiza- grease-paint; under the Big Top tion, with a membership toiay Although he will be officially re- moved from the Wallberg Hall of Science. 135 feet long and 31 feet high. Approximately 50 of his former of more than 1,500, had its origin Only the fraternities will build tired, he is being recalled for the of Science to Augustana's new students at Augustana have gone on the Augustana campus in 1938. booths this year. Depicting life 1968-69 school year to serve as Earth Science Center, located in on to earn the Ph.D. in geology, He also is a past president of the from 1900 to 1979, they will range curator of the Fryxell Geology the former seminary library. and about 150 have earned the Illinois Academy of Science. anywhere and everywhere from a Museum and to teach a course At Augie 45 Years master's degree or its equivalent. The professor is a fellow in the clandestine speak-easy to a Span- in paleontology. Fryxell has been teaching at Geological Society of America and ish Civil War café. The Fryxell museum, named in Augustana for 45 years. He joined Through his work in the sum- mers, Fryxell became one of the the American Geographical So- In the middle of the tent his honor, is in process of being the faculty in 1923 and became full principal figures in the National ciety. He is a trustee of the Dav- Park Service. His preliminary enport Public Museum, and a di- work led to the founding of the rector of the Augustana Research Grand Teton National Park in Foundation and the American Swanson, Johnson Named Geological Institute. Wyoming. Wins Several Awards Set Up Museums In 1953 he received the Neil As Rockety-I, OBS Editors Miner Award of the National As- During the summers of 1929-34, he served as naturalist for the sociation of Geology Teachers. He Sophomore Barb Swanson and Kockety-I and Observer, respec- after working on the staff this year Grand Teton Park. He also has is recipient of the meritorious júnior Don Johnson have been tively. and helping on the Greek section. helped the National Park Service award from the Augustana Alumni named as next year's editors of the Barb applied for the position She is a member of Delta Chi set up museums in various parts Assn., and has honorary doctorates Theta sorority, president of Top- of the country. from Wittenberg University, pers and an elementary education In 1939-40 he conducted field in- Springfield, Ohio, and Upsala Col- major. vestigations in the Philippines for lege, East Orange, N. J. the commonwealth government. Continued on page 6 From 1942 to 1946, during World Barb will be working with this War II, he was with the Military year's editor, Barb Buhle, on a Geology Unit of the U. S. Geolod- summer supplement to the year- cal Survey, and became assistant book, which will concern the last chief of that organization. He was two months of the school year. sent to England in 1944 to co- Any students interested in work- ordinate American and British ing on the Rockety-I next year terrain intelligence. should contact Barb Swanson. The next year he was assigned Don, an Observer staff member, to the Philrppines as research di- is a physics major and a member rector of the technical staff which of Delta Omega Nu fraternity. His new staff will publish the last two provided General MacArthur's issues of the paper this spring and headquarters with terrain intelli- will assemble during the summer gence. to print a special issue. Other new staff members in- 1948 Delegate to Council clude Jan Wollenburg, assistant In 1948 Dr. Fryxell was one of the American delegates to the 18th News OBS editor Don Johnson and ROCKETY-I editor Barb Swanson editor of the Rockety-I; Bob Mc- Kinley, ad manager of the Rork- International Geological Congress compare their respective publications with thoughts of whafs to come ety-I, and Ron Peterson, publi- in London and the International next year. cations businesí manager. Council of Museums in Paris. Dr. Fritiof Fryxell