Hitch announces he will resign as UC President Surprise move shocks Regents meeting, will step down from post in June 1975 By Carol Mock University President Charles J. Hitch resigned last Friday saying-"I think 65 is- a good time to retire from this kind of pressure job." His resignation, which is effective next June, came as a surprise to most of those at the Regents meeting in San Francisco where he made his announcement. His contract extends another two years into 1977. "By next June 30 I will be 65 years old and will have completed seven and one-half years as President of the University," said Hitch. "I believe that 65 and 7% are reasonable and appropriate numbers in present-day circumstances." ' Hitch told the Regents "Everyone holding this FIODLER FESTI V A L -T h e third annual Old Timer Fiddlers' Convention was held yesterday on UCen kind of position accumulates barnacles, which lawn and treated over 2500 people to an afternoon of fiddling. Proceeds went to local charities. photo: Pena weigh him down. I believe the time has come when the University should seek new leadership." He added "I would be less than UC President Charles Hitch frank if I did riot acknowledge planned to pick a committee of that I think change will be good Reagan appointed Regents. "I for me too." don't think we've ever had committees that are all Reagan D\ il y N e x u s HEALTH appointed. I would assume that it Although there was some would not be." Voi. 55 - No. 24 University of California at Santa Barbara Monday, October 21,1974 speculation that his health figures - Smith hopes to select the in Hitch's decision to resign he committee in the next two weeks told a press conference after the and to come up with a new Sour notes from firing meeting "to the best of my president by March. knowledge my health is fine." Hitch was the victim of two D IF F IC U LT Y E A R S mild heart attacks, one in I969 Hitch came into office on the Music dept, releases Fruhauf, and the other in 1971, heels of Clark Kerr, who was Almost immediately Board fired by Reagan at the governor's chairman William French Smith first Regents' meeting in January cite no funds for Storke bells was authorized to appoint a 1968. committee of regents to That was at the height of the By Becky Morrow obtained his D.M.A. at USC in d o in g ." recommend a successor to Hitch. student activist movement. In the Reasons behind the release of organ. It was his own personal Smith told reporters "We early part of his tenure (Hitch had Ennis Fruhauf, one time wish to switch his emphasis." SPECIAL JOB would intend to have a to deal with an Isla Vista riot and carillonneur and lecturer at Prof. Peter Fricker, head of the In 1968 Fruhauf was hired as committee that would be People's Park disturbances in U C SB , are the subject of music department at the time of an assistant professor for teaching acceptable to most if not all of Berkeley. He also had personnel controversy in the rr Fruhauf's termination last year, carillon. Fauhauf stated, "It was the board, but not in any formal disputes with the Regents, such department. described it as an "unfortunate due to the Chancellor's interest • veto sense." as those surrounding the hiring Hired in 1968 as a carillonneur situation." He confirmed and an almost complete lack of A move by Regent Norton and firing of UCLA professor (a position created and funded by Nelson's statements that the "big interest by the music department Simon to have the committee Angela Davis. the Chancellor to play the Storke expansion of the department that the position was approved by the Board failed "I hope that I have helped to Tower bells), Fruhauf was called for a revamping of established." because that would mean waiting preserve the University through terminated last spring because of priorities and that Fruhauf's "In 1969-70 the funding for a month before considering these very difficult years when budget distribution and lack of interest was changing toward that position was taken away by successors. we were being attacked both demand, according to organ when he got his D.M.A." the administration," Fruhauf Smith, who is one of Reagan's inside and outside," said Hitch, Department Chairman Wendell Fricker continued;""The music continued. "The music personal lawyers, was asked if he Nelson. department already had an organ (Cont. on p.8,.col. 1) (Cont. on p. 8, col. 5) Nelson stated, "Over the past teacher. It was unduly extravagant to have two faculty positions when there wasn't enough student demand and Brown, Flournoy,rack up big when we are short of teachers in other areas such as trumpet and trombone.” . time fat cat campaign funding By Martin Chorich groups. NO POLITICS Don't the money keep rolling in? Maybe not The most significant contributions from this Both Nelson and Fricker for you, but if you're one of the State's category were logged by the United Auto denied that Fruhauf was politicians, this is the season when all the special Workers, $35,000; $25,000 and about $9,000 in dismissed because of politics interest groups and fat cats pay their respects to services from the Hotel and Restaurant workers; within the department. their favorite public servants. $10,000 from the California State Employees In ^ an interview, Fruhauf This process of paying respect is usually Associatiotion and $7,000 from the AFL-CIO disagreed with the statement that carried put with the aid of a cheque book. Committee on Political Education. he had "changed his emphasis" to Not surprisingly, the politicos receiving-- the Brown has also accumulated contributions organ. Stating that financial largest amounts of cash are the ones running for from some of the State's more affluent interest matters had a large part to do the highest offices. S o .far. Dem ocrat Jerry groups. The California Medical Political Action with his release, Fruhauf Brown has raised about $1.2 million while his Committee tossed in $15,000 while a explained, "I did not shift my opponent. High Flournoy, has amassed like-minded group of dentists wrote out a cheque Former arido neur Ennis emphasis. In my letter of approximately $970,000. for $12,500. Fruhauf acceptance six years ago, I As far as individual and corporate contributors mentioned that I was studying four years there has been a great BROWN'S BANKROLL go. Brown's most notable acquisition came from organ. The statement that. a increase in the student The vast bulk of Brown's financial support Martin Harmon, a retired land developed who D.M.A. pushed me more in that population and we've had to emanates from Organized Labor. Although loaned Brown $50,000 and gave $10,000. direction is not true". juggle allocations for teaching. California's labor chieftains were somewhat cool Joan Palevsky, the ex-wife of Xerox czar Max Based on demand (there were He continued, "My D.M.A. to Brown in the spring primary, they have since Palevsky guaranteed a $50,000 loan. only two carillon students last work encompassed four then shown little reluctance to open their wallets year), the carillon was not one of emphases: organ study, a craft for him. Dr. Louis Celia and Richard O’Neill, the bankroll behind the man the oil companies fear our top priorities." field, music history and an A significant chunk of this new found support Nelson also commented that optional field in which I did comes from public-employee interest groups. So the most. Assemblyman Ken Cory, jointly added "what Fruhauf wanted to do was research on carillon literature." A far. Brown has received approximately $174,000 $16,000 to Brown's coffers. become an organist. During his degree in organ was a logical from these and other more traditional labor (Cont. on p. 8, col. 2) six years at UCSB Fruhauf extension of what I was already PAGE 2 U CSB DAILY NEXUS MONDAY, OCTOBER 21,1974 I.V. identity letter to Congressman Robert to follow it through. They decide better either. Lagomarsino and got a "pretty vtfio, when and how to handle it, "We've expressed our feelings, good response." and there's no federal and they've agreed that there was Monty Winkler, Administrative appropriations." enough mail volume to I. V. seeks post office, cites Assistant to Congressman Colman received a letter from necessitate another station. Lagomarsino, explained in a Congressman Lagomarsino There's an extraordinarily high telephone interview Wednesday stating, "The Office of the volume of mail in I.V. due to problems with Goleta Branch from Washington, D.C., that after Postmaster General indicates that students corresponding to family, receiving the letter from Colman, the Postal Service is not inclined By Valerie Swanson in I.V., which is likely because friends and relatives, especially they made I.V. a proper mailing toward a full-service facility in Complaints against the postal there are so many students and around holidays, that by putting address, "It wasn't too hard; all service in Isla Vista are being people working, the package is your community." a station somewhere other than we had to do was say ‘I dub thee heard all the way to Washington, returned to the Goleta Branch to in I.V. itself, it's just an example ...' or something like that," he STATION'S "NO BETTER" D.C.