800 cram student union
to hear Houk , Porter

Former Oirtcfor of Athlet ics and toad wrestling coach Rust
Hook, addressin g the crowd in attendance mt last ' Thursday
night 's meeting in the Union.

Grads hun t jobs
While one BSC graduate is
making $400.00 a week in Florida
breeding snails , others are
having some difficulties finding
job s in and around Pennsylvania .
Sixty-eight ,per cent of BSC's
1971 graduates found employment in their fields, according to statistics released by
of
Tom Davies , director
placement. According to figures,
523 out of 781 graduates were
placed.
Special Education graduates
fared the best in the job market.
All received positions , Davies
said. Business administration
grads , however , found jobs hard
to come by. Only 11 out of 56
found employment in industr y or
business. Arts and Sciences fared
second worst with 35 per cent
finding jobs.
Elementary Education grads
did considerably better th an
Secondary grads , with 90.6 per
cent of the people placed , wh ile
__________^__—

Approximately 800 studen ts
filled the S.U.B. Thursday night
to hear Russ Houk , former
director
of athletics and
wrestling coach, speak on his
involvement in the continuing
controvers y surrounding nis
resignation last spring.
D. G. Porter and Dr. Joseph
Skehan , ousted B.S.C. faculty
members , also appeared at the
meeting and addressed the
students.
The meeting, advertised as a
seminar , was organ ized by B.S.C.
students Danny Berkholder ,
Sharon Guida , Tom Beverage ,
and Joe Romano. Houk , Porter
and Dr. Skehan appeared at their
invitation.
Much of the discussion centered around a list of 25 "facts "
which had been circulated on
campus earlier ifi the day. The
committee said the "fact" sheet
had been prepared by them and
was printed off campus at their
expense.
Beverage said the "facts "
listed on the sheet were based on
information obtained from Houk ,
from various administrative
offices and from students .
The meeting, an hour and a half
long, was orderly throughout .
In his remarks Houk accused
President Noss^n of makin g false

59.8 per cent of the persons
seeking high school and junior
high school positions were so
employed.
There were 257 elementar y
grads and 194 found teaching
positions in Pennsylvania
schools, 13 in out of state schools.
Of the 219 secondary gra ds, 76
found positions in Penn sylvania
schools, 15 out of state. Seeking
jobs were 24 elementary and 88
secondary gra ds.
Available but unemployed in
the following curricul ums were
Business , 14; Arts and Sciences,
67; Nurses , 4.
The number of persons who
found jobs in their fields were :
Business, 55; Arts and Sciences,
11; Nurses , 5.
Every graduate in teaching
mathematics was placed , while
Social Studies fared wor st, with
almost no job s available. Mr.
This year AWS is sponsoring a
Davies is working towards series of sexuality programs for
getting these student s jobs all interested students at BSC.
Tonight (Sept. 29th) at 8:00 p.m.
in Kuster Aud., Hartline , we will
begin our series with the topic
" Human Expression of Love. "
Our guest panelists will be Rev .
Jay Rochelle , Mr. and Mrs . John
Walker , and Dr. and Mrs . Don
Camplese . Some of our future
topics will be Pre-Marital Sex,
Childbirth , Abortion , and What to
Expect from Your Gynecologist
wi th gues t re source people from
the surroundin g area . Plan to
att end t hese most interest ing
programs.

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light

conv ersation at

the Big and Little Sister Tea.

Sister Tea held

At the Big and Little Sister Tea
held Thursda y, "B ig Sisters "

escorted their freshmen and
t ransfer "Little Sisters " to the

formal
event
in
Haas
A uditor ium.
The Tea allows new students to
meet the various deans and
administration members , and
also provides an opportuni ty to

in the process of being, "driven
from this campus " . Prof. James
Percey responded from the
audience to dispute Port er 's
allegations , pointing out that in at
least three cases the informa tion
being presented was incorr ect.
Dr. Skehan told the students
that he had prepared a 36 page
paper which he said would prove
that Dr. Maxwell Primack had
been forced away from this
campus because of his involvement
in the peace
movement. Students were urg ed
to sign petitions which were being
circulated on campus expressing
dissatisfaction with the conditions at B.S.C.
Beverage later declared that
the committee intends to make
every possible effort to see Gov.
Shapp tomorrow and to present
the petitions to him.

Sex
tonight

attend a socia l func tion with their
"Bi g Sisters " , accordin g to
Paulette Chabok , chairman .
The receiving line included Dr.
Robert N osaen , Miss Judith
Konscol , Mr. J oseph Cortese ,
Mrs . Jennie Carpenter , Dr.
Evelyn Mayer , and Linda Radle ,
president of AWS. Cookies and
punch were served to the guests.

During a weekendin the Pbcone *
hearsed a total off 15 hours.

the

Concert

Choir

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Pop concert coming

The first campus performanc e
of the BSC Concert Choir will be
the annual Pops Concert. The
Choir will wrap up Homecoming
week-end with an informal
concert in Haas Auditoir um,
Sunday, Oct. 10, at 8:15 p.m.
The Concert Choir has been
working hard to learn the music
f or a per f ormance so earl y i n the
school year. During a week-end
i n t he Poconos t he choir sp en t 15
hour s in rehearsal. This a
equivalent to 5 weeks of normal
rehearsals at school. Also while
The Forensic Society will begin in the Poconos the choir peri ts y ear w i th an op en house in the f ormed at the Sw ift water United
Alumn i Room t h is evening from Methodist Church.
7:00 to 9:00 p.m.
Some of t he songs in the '
The purpose of the open house program w i ll include : "What
is to introduce the f undamentals Have The y Done to M y Song ,
of competitive public speaking to Ma ," "Monday, Monda y," "My
the college community . During Sweet Lord ," "I ' ll Be There ,"
the op en house members of the
society will demonstrate a twoman debate , an orat ion , and a
The M &G wishes to correct
reading in oral inter p retation .
the ca ption under the p icture
The high'lght of the evening
of the Homecoming cow ill be the debate , which will
chairmen In the September 24
concern itself with the occult. The
issue. The co-chairme n are
remainder of the evening will be
Jackie Feddock and Tim
devoted to general questions
Hart man . John Choyka is in
concernin g forensics. Refreshcharge of BNE.
ments will be served.

F orensics

Punch and

and misleading statements at
meetings of the Board of Truste es
and in press releases. Houk also
stated that the report of the
Senate ad hoc committee which
investigate d the circumstan ces
relating to the resignations of the
four coaches last May, cleared
him of blame in the controv ersy.
Porter at tacked the appointme nt of William Williams to
the B.S.C. faculty and said he was
being paid $20,000 a year to be
President Nossen's legal advisor.
Richard Scott resp onded from
the audience to point out that
Williams is avail able to aid
students and that he, Scott , had
received help from him.
(Note : Contra ry to one of the
"facts " listed , Williams teache s
nine hours a week.)
Porter also read a list of faculty
members who ha d been, or were

and "The Cruel War is Ragin g."
Along with the songs done by the
entire choir , soloists will be
featured. Their names will be
relea sed in a future article.
Mr. Decker , director of the
Concert Choir , wishes to stress
the informal setting for the
concert. The concert won 't be
long—about an hour—and appropriate dress includes anything
decen t.
The M aroon and Gold has
suf f ered a d isastrous loss!
Unfortunatel y, i ts erstwh ile
editor erroneou sly left the
M&G ' s onl y ex i stin g ta p e
recorder in the lounge area of
second floor W aller Hall las '.
Sunda y, late in the afternoon .
Havin g discovered the absence of said ta p e recorder ,
the ed itor p roceeded to tear

out his hair and stomp up and

down with great violence. So
we , the staff of the M&G beg

on bended knee the return of
the little cassette recorder , so '
dear to the hear t of our editor.
PLEA SE! No Questions
asked.
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"It is a fact that most students
do not know the facts."
The above statement has the
distinction of being the first and
only , fact included in the list of
twenty-five sta tements which
comprised the "FACTS" sheet
distributed around campus last
Wednesday. Unfortunately, the
twenty-four half-truths and
opinions which followed as well
as the meeting they announced
did little to cut through the fog of
rumors , emotionalism and
overall
ignorance
which
currently envelops BSC.
wny is tnis campus shrouded in
this fog? Let's go back a bit and
see if we can find its origin. In
September of 1969, Dr. Robert J.
Nossen assumed the presidency
of BSC from a man who had held
it for thirty years. It was obvious
at the time that changes were
needed and probably would be
made, and the new president was
hailed as a "liberal. " Administrative and policy changes
(visitation ,
dining
hall
regulations, women's hours, a
College Senate) were made that
first year. In that same year,
however, a professor in the
Philosophy Department, Maxwell Primack , was not rehired
(fired) . The new administration
gave one reason , a small number
of
students and faculty
disagreed. The Philosophy Club
held an open forum which
President Nossen and the small
group of students and faculty
attended. The meeting got down
to the specific question of
Primack 's dismissal, Nossen had
to leave, and very little communication took place. The vast
majority of students and faculty
sat on their asses and said
nothing

That same year the M&G
opened a Presidential Hotline
and asked the college community
to wri te in and ask the President
questions . The colum n died for
lack of questions .
Last Fall , Mr. D. G. Porter and
Dr. Joseph Skehan were
dismissed from their teaching
positions in what can only be
described as a confusing and
un orthodox series of events . Once
again , the administration gave
one reason for the dismissals, the
professors in question and a
small number of students and
faculty disagreed. The fired
professors took the president to
court , the president took them to
court, and the vast majority of

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students sat back and said
nothing.
Last winter , professor of
Sociology Dave Benson, the best
instructor in an otherwise
terrible department (my opinion )
was not rehired (fired ) for not
giving a compulsory final exam .
In this case, very few people even
gave a damn.
Last spring, four sports
coaches resigned and suddenly
all sorts of people got off their
asses. There were two demonstrations and thousands of
rumors, threats and allegations.
Amidst all the turmoil, neither
side made an effort to set up any
kind of meaningful dialogue.
Last week, a "FACTS" sheet
full of opinions appeared on
campus. 800 to a thousand people
showed up at a seminar and
heard a lot of emotional appeals
and opinions passed off as facts .
The meeting was marked by its
lack of meaningful dialogue and
attempts to even question the
opinions being presented on stage
were met with hostile mumbling
nr nutriaYtt nnnrtciHrtn

Taking this lack of meaningful
dialogue one step further, the
organizers of the meeting are
passing around the following,
vaguely worded petition :
"If you are against President
Nossen's personnel changes, his
general attitude toward the
students, and his reluctance to
keep the students informed with
factual information , you are
urged to sign this petition."
Tomorrow that petition containing 2000 signatures (at last
count) will be presented to
Governor Shapp. If he even
bothers to read it , it's doubtful
that he'll be impressed . Nossen
isn't the first college president to
have aroused the ire of a student
body, and even though a lot of
people feel that his actions
warrant investigation , the
petition doesn 't make that clear.
So what will have been accomplished?
Once the Governor is gone
and all the excite ment has died
down , where will BSC be? Still
sitting atop the hill surroun ded by
a cloud of ignorance. The
students and facul ty will go back
to sitting on their asses and
grumbling, the administration
will close up even more and
nothing will have been accomplished . The two year wide
commun ication gap will have
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President Nossen : Once again I
am most pleased to be able to
in the Student Union for the respond to questions of interest to
purpose of airing certain views the members of the college
and opinions regarding your community .Our difficulty has not
handling of certain matters been in withholding information ,
within the college community. but in disseminating it. TJie
The following allegations were variou s offices of this College are
made:
fully willing to provide accurate ,
1) It was alleged that Mr. factual information.
William Williams was hired at a
1. Dr. William G. Williams
salary of $20,000 per year to serve holds the rank of Professor in the
not only as a faculty- School of Business and , as such,
administrator, but also as your teaches courses in Business Law.
personal legal counsel. It was Currently, he is teaching three
pointed out that Mr. Williams such courses with most members
only teaches one course, and of the faculty . In addition , he is
spea kers at the meeting stated scheduled to participate in a
that certain laws of the Com- short course lecturing on School
monwealth prohibit the hiring of Law for School Directors.
a legal counsel by a state inHe holds the J. D. degree, now
stitution . Could you respond to extensively recognized for its full
these charges?
professional significance; he
2) It was alleged that Ron Puhl taught for seven years at
reapplied for the position of both Dickinson School of Law, and for
head football and head track many years was with the
coach. It was said that you denied Department of Justice. He was
him the football position as a serving as Deputy Attorney
"crack across the knuckles" for
his participation in the events of
last May 10. Could you clarify
On the evening of September

23 , 1971, there was a meeting held

Letters

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3) At the meeting, Russ Houk,
former Director of Athletics and
head wrestling coach, referred to
a report which was given to the
Board of Trustees and which he
claimed contained some "unbelievable statements ". The
report stated that you told the
Board of Trustees that Earl Voss,
former basketball coach, had told
you that Russ Houk was
"cri tically mentally ill". Houk
went on to state that you told the
Board that he had "incited the
students ". He claimed that you
also told the Board that he
(H ouk ) had "made slanderous
remarks about Southerners ".
Mr. Houk claimed that all three
of these statements were false. If
indeed you did make these
statements , could you clarify
them?

Dear Editor :
I feel conscience-bound to
speak out against the apparent
disregard for all standards of
journalistic excellence, displayed
in your 9-22 issue.
The M&G has sunk to new
levels of depravity with the
publishing of an interview (and
picture, no less) of one John
Andris.
If filler is so desperately
needed, I would suggest the
publishing of the Numidia Yellow
Pages, in lieu of the ravings of the
above mentioned degenerate. At
least that could be defended as
having some redeeming social
value.
The man is obviously demented
and anyone who would cruelly

Record Review
By Elaine Pongratz
"Wartime is only the other side
of peacetime, but if you've ever
seen how wars are won you know
what it's like to wish peacetime
would come....but it seems like a
long long time. "
"Seams Like a Long Long
Time ," a cut from Rod Stewart's
classic album , "Every Picture
Tells a Story ", is the picture tha t
tells the story , the Rod Stewart
story , the story that starts with
the Faces. Otherwise known as
Small Faces. Try it sometime,
ask someone if they remember
the Faces.
"Do you remember the
Faces? "
"Oh yeah , didn 't they do
'Scratchy Park' or somet hi ng
like that?"
"Itchycoo".
"God bless you."
"No, no, 'Itchycoo Park' ."
And so on forever and ever. The
Faces have albums, Rod Stewart
has albums, " Th e Rod Stewart
Album " came fi rst an d t h en
"Gasoline Alley". Both are extremely Rrjod . but neither were
overly recognized. Face it , if you
h a d wa lk ed u p to someone , say
a bout a mont h ago , an d sai d
"Have you ever heard of Rod
Stewart? You probably would
have gotten something like
"Doesn 't he run a cha i n of Root
Beer stan d s? "
Now , "Every Picture Tells a
Story " is the number one album
on ra di o stat ions all over the
country. "Maggie Ma y " and
"Reason to Believe" make up the
single that brought Rod into the
top 40, the top 10, and finally No.
1.

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General for Education at the time
he came to Bloomsburg. His
particular background qualifies
him not only for the classes he is
teaching, but to assist us in the
various aspects of collective
negotiations which are becoming
an increasing factor on college
campuses. Virtually every
college is seeking to have on its
staff a person qualified to deal
with the many complexities
which arise from labor relations.
We are not at all unique in haying
on our ca mpus a person trained
in the law.
In no way is Dr. Williams a
"personal" legal advisor ,
althoug h I must regularly deal
with problems relative to law. He
does provide me with information
and opinions, as do all . administrators and staff members
within the College, as called
upon. He has been asked to
review the several documents
(continued on page eight )

Rod Stewart , on his own , yet
not on his own, with the combined
efforts of Mick Waller , Pete
Sears, Ron Wood, Martin Quittenton , Andy Pyle , Danny
Thompson , and Dick Powell, with
vocal assistance on "Seems like a
Long Long Time " from Madeline
Bell and Friends, and mandolin
accompanyment by the mandolin
player from Lindesfarne.
Side one starts with the title
song, about a person who has
found out the truth: "I firmly
believe that I didn 't need anyone
but me, I sincerely thought I was
so complete-look how wrong you
can be." This leads into "That's
All Right" which has a slightly
blues-jazz sound. For a real
change, "That's All Right" leads
i nto an unannounc ed , unexpected
cut of " A maz i n g Grace ". It's
played through three times, the
mandolin doing more justice to it
than Judy Collins ever did. The
t hi r d t i me aroun d Stewart , with
his sandpaper, male-Joplin, voice
makes you believe in him.
The next song is a little piece of
Dylan called "Tomorrow is Such
a Long Time. " "I f tod a y was not
an endless highway, if tonight
was not a crooked trail , if
tomorr ow wasn 't such a long
t i me , t hen lonesome would mean
nothing tome at all. " A song w i t h
a countr y twan g , borrowe d f rom
the master himself , and done in
the way that only Stewart could
do it.
" Maggie Ma y", un less you live
und er a rock , you 've no doubt
heard it..many times. Often the

instrumental lead is left off when

it's played by " your favorite
DJ " , which is a gross injustice to

publicize this fact in a prestigious
journal of such wide circulation
must be somewhat less than
human .
I close with the hope that your
publication will in the future take
on a more rational and
professional stance.
Mike Carroll
Gentlemen:
Recently on a moonlight walk I
stumbled upon (into ) the objects
in your photograph captioned
"Son of What Is It." It is at least
25 drums filled with tar and water
behind the new administration
building.
Send me my free Obiter
wrapped in a brown paper bag
and a can of Sgt. Preston 's Tar
Remover to get the sh-t out of my
hair. Thanks.
Al Swope
2594 Elwell Hall

Rod Stewa rt
wh oever does t he lead , as well as

the listener.
" But the mandolin wind
couldn 't change a thing, and I
kn ow I love you.. . ", perhaps
"Mandolin Wind " is almost
expected , almost , because ver y
f ew pe r fo rmers i gnore the ballad ,
bu t nobod y could sa y the y Knew
that one of the most beautiful
ballds ever wr i tten could come
from Rod Stewart. Stewart accomp an ied by that mandol in
player fro m Lindesfarne (whose
name is not recalle d) is a combi nat i on tha t can 't be explained ,
i t has t o be heard .
N ot onl y can Stewar t write and
p la y h is own com positions , but
what he did with " (I Know ) I ' m
Los i ng You " exceeds the

original.

"I f I liste n long enough to you I
find a wa y to believe that it' s all
true — knowing that you lied
stra ight-fa ced while I cried —
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The M& G is publishing the
complete text of the ad hoc
committee rep ort in an effort to
clear the air of BSC. Both sides in
the continuing controversy agree
that the ad hoc report is the most
objective and factual report
published to date on the athle tic
situation and the events of last
May. ,

REPORTOF THE
AD HOC COMMITTEE

TO THE SENATE
The ad hoc committee appointed by directive of the
Faculty Senate to investigate
mat ters of cur rent (May 1971)
dispute
concerning
the
resignations of several coaches of
athletics ha s reviewed the
situation thr ough the ora l
testimony
and
pertinent
documents prov ided by the
principals involved. *
The nature and scope of the
committee 's obligations as set
forth in the Senate Executive
Committee 's charge are as
follows :
1. Investigate the matters
raised 'in President Nossen's
memorandum of May 20, 1971, to
George A. Turner , President ,
Faculty Senat e for members of
the Senate .
2. Examine campus events and
issues stemming fr om this
situation.
3. If necessary, investigate the
historical background which
culminated in the events of the
week of May 17, 1971.
4. Make an an alysis and
evaluation of its findings.
5. The Committee should not
think of itself as directly
responsible for arbitrating the
current dispute.
6. The Committee should not
assume that it must serve as a
mediator in the current dispute.
However , it should recognize that
the report might be of significant
impact in the resolution of the
current dispute .
7. Recommendations
must
avoid
references
to
sanctions
of a
.
" personnel action " nature
( term ination , demotion , or other
similar penalties ). However ,
these recommendations may
include abstract sanctions.
8. Include in the report
recommendations which it feels
the situ at ion warrants , looking to
the prevention of future difficul ties of a similar nature.
9. The report may include
recommendations relating to the
establishment of codes of conduct , procedures for Senate involvement in self-government ,
etc.
10. Report the findings and
evaluations to the Senate
E xecut i ve Comm it tee and the
Senate.
The b asic issues or charges
against the four resignees as set
f or t h i n President N ossen ' s
mem orandum of Ma y 20 follow :

Report of the Ad Hoc Committee to the Senate
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1. Cond uct unbecomin g necessity a concern to both men
members of the academi c and resulted in disagreement s
profession , including efforts b;y which eventu ally reached major
the four resignees to physical! y proportions. These obvious
confront
the
Departm en t difficulties, coupled with a failur e
Chairman.
to comprise , further divided the
2. Release of informat ioin Athletic Director and the
through public media , befor e Department Chairman. The
even notifying his office of thei r newly selected President , Dr.
intentions.
Robert J. Nossen, was confronted
3. Efforts to utilize what ever with this problem in the first few
power migh t arise from studen ts weeks of his tenure at Bloomand outs ide sympathies .
sburg .
4. Failure to utilize recognize *i
Events from September 1969
procedures for faculty grievance ' .
to May 17, 1971
5. Efforts to by-pass the nor
In October of 1969, Mr. Houk
mal responsibilities delegate d to . requested a meeting with the new
his office in such matters.
President to discuss problems of
The President further declar es, the coaches pertaining to class
that the overall issue is one in>-j over-scheduling and lack of
volving procedure and , mone, summer school assignments. He
specifically, the role of gover -j indica ted that the eoaches were
nance and resp onsibility withii! "extremely worried that they
the College.
might have to voice an opinion in
Since these charges and issuess public " over the situation. Mr.
have their roots in the histori ca1 Houk' s request resulted in a
background and in events leading I meeting on October 15 with the
up
to
the
President' :s Presid ent , Dean Hoch , Dean
memorandum , it has beei i Hunsinger and the staff of the
necessary to review thes<J Physical Education Department .
matters before answering th<i At this meeting Dr. Moore was
charges stated above.
directed to establish a comI..Historical Background
up an
mittee
to draw
During the 1960's the absence oi¦' organizational plan for the
clearly defined policies and I Department.
procedures together with the s
The final report of the abovevacillating relationship betweer i named committee was presented
the athletic staff and the ad- to , and approved by, the
ministration often caused con- Departmen t on December 10,
fusion and was one of the ap- 1969. Dr. Jack Jones was
parent contributing factors to the ¦ chairman of the committee. The
Physical Education Depart- report envisioned the Chairman
ment' s instability and staff of Health , Physical Education
turnover. For instance , Russell and Recreation and the Director
Hou k, who came to the College as of Athletics to be equal in adAthletic Director in 1957, and ministrative authority , each
whose line of responsibility was being responsible to a Coornot clearly defined , at different : dinator who, in turn , would be
times was responsible directly toi responsible to both the Dean of
the Presiden t of the College and ! Instruction (now Vice-Presid ent
the Dean of Students ; he alsoi and Dean of the Faculties ) and
consulted with the Dean of In- the Dean of Students (now
struction on many matters . Associate Vice-President for
There was no department
Student Affairs ). An Athletic
chairman at the time of Mr. Committee composed of the
Houk' s arrival , although later Athletic Director , the CoorWalter Blair served in this dinator , two students , three
capacity , and it appears that facult y , and two non-voting
their lines of responsibility were members from the Department ,
blurred.
would participate in the forIn 1966 Dr. Clarence Moore was mulation of institutiona l policy
hire d as Chairman of the for athletics. The Athletic
Department of Health and Committee and the two Deans
Physical Education . His duties were responsible directly to the
included expansion of the President. The document also
phy sical education program and spelled out the qualifications and
facilities and the development of job analysis for each position and
a health and physica l education included guidelines for hiring and
program which might eventually position changes . Although the
lead to teache r certification in President thought this plan was
that field .
ed uca ti ona lly sound , he felt that
Mr. Hou k and Dr. Moore had he could not f ull y i m plement it
overlapping responsibilities , and with present staff person nel. He
t here was l i ttle su c cess i n therefore , in January of 1970,
coordinating the activities of the requested Dr. C. Stuart Edwards
Athletic Director and the to serve as Coord inator until an
Cha i rman of Health and Ph y sical over-all
adm i n i s t r a t i v e
Education . Questions of class reor gan i zat i on p lan for the
schedules , hiring, promotions , college was completed .
ex p ans i on of fac i l i t i es , and
Although
no open conpro posals f or t he new Ph y sical frontations occurred durin g the
E ducati on comp lex were of period when Dr. Edwards served ,

none of the principals involved be effected , either carrying out
felt that the arrangement was their responsibil ities in a
satisfactory and disputes con- professional and ethical manner
tinued to . mount over both or returnin g to full-time teaching
jurisdictional and substantive forthwith. The Committee furmatters. Most notable in this ther suggests that both men be
respect was the growing personal told to refra in from making inand professional antagonism discrete , unprofessional , and
between Dr. Moore and Associate damagin g remarks to members
vice President
Hunsinger. of the Health and Ph ysical
Department
Correspondence between these E d u c a t i o n
two men reveals an intensity of (specifically new members ) ,
disagreement over apparent other facult y, and people not
minor issues.
connected with the College.
Also in October 1969, the
6. Finally, the Committee
mutual
problems and in- wishes to state that it recognizes
compatibilities between Dr. the past contributions and future
Moore and Mr. Houk were in- potential value to the College of
tensified to the point that both men, and has considerable
grievance proced ures were respect for the two.
initiated with the Faculty
On November 24, 1969, the
Committee on Professional Af- President did meet with the two
fairs ( CPA). The grievances principals and the CPA observer
were investigated by a sub- and discussed the recomcommittee of CPA consisting of mendations with them; in fact he
Dr. John Serff , Sr., chairman , read them aloud. To our
Dr. Donald Vannan , and Mr. knowledge, this meeting failed to
Thomas Manley ; meetings were resolve the conflicts.
held with Dean Hoch, Dean
On June 15, 1970, a student of
Hunsi nger , Mr. Houk , and Dr. Mr. Voss wrote to Dean Hoch
Moore. The sub-committee then complaining about the grade he
met and made recommen dations had received in a cours e
which were approved by the full "Techniq ues
of
Coaching
CPA . In a slightly condensed Basketball" . He objected to
form these recommen dations grading
and
classroom
were as follows :
procedures ,
noting
that
1. Any definitive solution to the basketball players enrolled in the
problem must take the form of an course received grades of "A"
administrative
reorganization withou t attendi ng class. The
that defines the responsibilities letter was sent to Dr. Moore who
the
charges
of, and the relationship between, investigated
the Director of Athletics and the throughout the summer. In a
Chairman of the Department of memorandum to Dean Drake on
Heal th and Physical Education . October 14, 1970, he summarized
2. A reorganization of the the incident finding that the
power structure in the athl etic char ges of the student were
and physical education complex substantially true and concluded
not only is essential , but should by stating that in light of the
be effected at the earlie st evidence, he wished to withdraw
his
recommendation
for
possible date.
promoting
Mr.
Voss
at
that
time.
3. The unnecessarily close
Also during the summer of 1970
involvement of the Dean of Instruction and the Dean of President Nossen instituted a
Students in the inter-collegiate !system of internal accounting for
athletic program and the affairs 'the entire college. Under this
of the Department of Health and 'system the Presiden t directed
Phy sical Education is a possible 'that all student work assigncontributing factor in the con- >ments were to be channeled
Ithrough the offices of department
flict.
4. Both parties are at fault and <chairmen. Mr. Houk interpreted
must share the blame for having <this move as a weakening of his
allowed the conflict to develop ]position and advised the
into a crisis that has spread JPresident that he would resign if
beyond the confines of the 'student work assignments for
campus ;
the refore
ad- *a thletics were handled exministrative resolution of the . <clusively by Dr. Moore.
I n res ponse to Mr. H ouk 's
problem should be such that
neither party could regard 1feelings, t he P res ident consulted
himself as the victor or vin- ^¦v ith each department member
dicated one.
*and then issued a document on
5. The Committee r ecom- *September 17, 1970, in wh ich
mends that the President invite i\thletics , I n t ramurals , and
both Mr. Hou k and Dr. Moore to a 1R ecreat i on were designated as a
joint conferen ce (with Dr. Jo hn *separa t e depar t ment with the
Serff , Sr., as CPA repres en- iU hle ti c Director as cha irman
tative ) and confron t them with a *ind directly resp onsible to the
s trong sta t emen t of the i r i\ssociate Vice-President for
prof essi ona l ob liga t ions t o the 'Student Affairs . The chairman of
<College, tellin g them tha t the y t he Department of Health and
,si m ply must work t ogether as 1Ph ysical Education was directed
itheir positions demand until t o re port to the Dean of Arts and
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authority were confirmed.
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Within the Septemb er 17
document pro cedures in three
impor tant are as were outlined:
l. evaluation and rating for
promotion , double incre ments ,
and advancem ent to authorized
steps on the salary schedule; 2.
scheduling of classes; and 3.
recommendati ons for staff appointments. Of importance in the
first area , was the establishment
of three committees — one in the
Department of Health and
Physical Educatio n to be elected
by department members and
chaired by the Department
. Chairman , another in the
Department of Athl etics , Intramurals and Recreation to be
elected by the head coaches and
chaired by the Athletic Director ,
and finally a review committee
composed of the Dean of Arts and
Sciences as chairman , Associate
Vice-Presiden t for Student Affairs , Chairman of the Department of Health and Physical
Education , Director of Athletics,
and the Assistant to the Pre sident
of the college. The first committee was directed to make
recommendations for personn el
advancement on the basis of
teaching ability , the second on
coaching ability, and the last to
review reports from the two
committees and to form ulate
final recommendati ons to be
forwarded to Vice-Presiden t
Hoch.
Althoug h Mr. Hou k was
plea sed with this arrangement ,
Dr. Moore was dissatisfied with it
to the extent that he notified the
President and Dean of Arts and
Sciences that he would seek a
position elsewhere.
In mid-December , 1970, the
triennial review of the department chairman , Dr. Moore , was
conducted , with Miss Eleanor
Wray, senior member of the
Departm ent , as chairman.
Procedures established at the
meeting of the Department involved the use of several criteria
for evaluating a chairman:
leadership, supervisory duties ,
staff relationships , curr icul um
d evelop men t, use and acquisition
of equipment and facilities , and
class scheduling. A summary of
the votes on retention of Dr.
Moore as chairman by the 14
members reveale d nine for , f our
against , and one abstaining.
H owever , t he sta ff was d iv ided ,
seven p os i t i ve and seven
negative , in the ir evaluat ion of
D r. Moore 's p er f ormance i n
as pects of leadershi p, perf ormance of sup ervisor y duties
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the grievances equitably .
The crucial area of dispute
arose over promotions tuid advancements to steps F and G of
the salar y schedule. Dr. Moore
followed the September 17
guidelines ; a committee of five
was elected from and by the
Department to evaluate and
recommend members of the
Department on the basis of
teachin g perfo rmance alone.
This committee met and approved nine recommendation s
for promotion and ^or authorized
salary steps. They refused to
recommend Mr. Earl Voss, head
basketball coach. Both recom mendations and refusal to
recommend were transmitted to
Dean Drake by Dr. Moore on
March 8. In Dr. Moore 's letter
regarding Mr. Voss, he stated
that it was the concerted opinion
of the committee and the
chairman that Mr. Voss had
brought discredit to the department and the institution because
of failure to fulfill his teachin g
obligations.
Mr. Houk failed to create the
parallel committee to evaluate
coaching abilities and performance from the Athletics ,
Intramurals and Recreation
Department.
Instead ,
he
reported that he consulted informally with some of the head
coaches and then wrote a lette r
on April 6 recommending Mr.
Voss for promotion in rank. He
forwarded his letter to Mr.
Hunsin ger , who wrote a note
approvin g the recommendatio n
and sent both on to Dr. Hoch, who
then sent them to Dr. Dra ke—a
somewhat confusin g order of
events '. On April 13, Dr. Drake
returned the two sets of
recommendations to Dr. Hoch ,
concurrin g with the evaluation of
the Departmen t of Health and
Physical Education committee.
Again , it should be noted that
procedures specified in the
September 17 document were
violated. There was no meeting of
the review committee to consider
the conflicting evaluations on Mr.
Voss.
On April 27 Mr. Hou k met with
President Nossen and Dr. Hoch
on the unresolved status of Mr .
Voss 's promotion. M r: Houk
testified tha t he did not at that
time know what , if any,
disposition had been made of Mr.
Voss's recommendation. He
feared that he would lose Mr.
Voss as coach if action were not
taken soon. At this meetin g a
directive was given to Dr. Hoch
to have a conf erence wit h Mr.
Voss. This meetin g took place in
mid-May and as a consequence ,
on Ma y 14 a memorandum from
sonnel.
In January , 1971, Mr. Denst orf f Dr. Dra ke was issued calling for
res igned his posi tion as head a meeting of the review comfootball coach and Presid ent mi ttee f or Ma y 18 to consider all
N ossen a pp o inted a sp ecial evaluat ions from both depart committee , to be chaired b y Mr. ments. This meeting was not held
a because of events which occurred
Huns i nger , to select
re placement. At a meeting of this on Monday, Ma y 17. It should be
commi ttee , Mr. Ronald P uhl was noted that Mr. Voss testified that
elected to the posit ion b y a vote of prior to May 17, he was unaware
three to two. It should be noted of the nature of the evaluation of
that th is committee was not his teachin g performance by the
established
i n line with de partmental comm ittee and Dr.
p rocedures specified in the Moore.
Upon receipt of Dr. Dr ake 's
September 17 docum ent.
Dur ing the second semester notice of the Ma y 18 meeting and
incidents continued to occur over the accom pan y ing copies of Dr.
such issues as assignment of Moore 's recommendat ions , Mr.
a pproache d several
teach ing responsibilities for the Houk
Athlet ics , members of the Department 's
Director
of
to
entran ce Evalua tion Committee
modification
of
's
comMoore
re quirements
for athletes , ascertain if Dr.
summer
employment
for ments in the assessment-of Mr.
coaches , and reduced teaching Earl Voss accurately reflected
loads for certain coaches for the the consensus of the Committe e.
Fall Semester of 1971-72. Appeals Two members of the Committe e
In these areas were apparently verified Mr. Voss 's "nonmade throu gh the pro p er recommendat ion " for promotion
channels and effort s were made but noted that the y were unaware
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iresponded to Mr. Austi n's
<questions . He informed Mr.
<Austin that the resignations had
Ibeen submitted pending a
Ipossible settlement of the con1flict , while noting that the
iresignations could be withdrawn
iif the differences were resolved
Iby 5:00 p.m. May 20. Mr. Houk
'would not discuss the reasons for
1the resignations. At 1:45 p.m.,
'Wednesday, May 19, Mr. Gerber
ireleased
the
information
ireceived from Mr. Houk over
WHLM. The office of Associate
Vice-Presiden t Buckin gham
<contacted WHLM and requested
1that further reports be held
]pending the arrival of a
'statement from Dr. Nossen. A
•statement prepared by Dr.
- 1Nossen was then repeated hourly
ifrom 6:00 p.m. throughout the
*evening. The major wire services
accounts
of the
'carried
Jresignations throughout the
'<afternoon and evening.
About noon on Wednesday "
May 19, all the letters of
¦resignation were completed. Mr.
•Houk prepared a cover memo to
<Associate Vice-President Hun:singer indicating that "if the
'working conditions are not
<cleared in the 72 hour period that
1Dr. Nossen has indicated in his
'recent meeting, we wish to
these letters
of
*submit
iresignation to the President and
<'also the Board of Trustees. " Mr.
1Houk then delivered the letters of
'(resignation with the cover memo
to Mr. Hunsinger.
Word of the resignations
ireached the Office of Vice¦President Springman in the early
afternoon of Wednesday, May 19.
Dr.
Springman
contacted
President Nossen who asked to
have the letters of resignation
<delivered to his office. Dr.
•Springman called Mr. Hunsinger
•and informed him of the
J President' s
request
and
suggested
that
the
resignations
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I3e delivered to the Office of the
1President immediately . The
1President returned to the campus
>after calling for a meeting of
]var ious key college personnel ,
rhe letters of resignation were
<delivered to the Office of the
1President at 4:40 p.m. without
-Mr. Houk' s covering memo
Ibecause this memo was ad(dressed to Associate Vicecoaches.
During the morning of Wed- President Hunsin ger . During this
nesday, May 19, several calls meeting a news release was
were received by Mr. Larr y p re pare d and sent to the news
Gerber
at
WHLM
from media .
(a
On Thursday, May 20, two
"
name
apparently
"stringers
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a
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rnoon in f ron t of Carver Hall
supply information without
and
another in t he evening and
identifying themselves ) that <
there were several coaches at 'earl y morn ing at t he home of the
Bloomsburg
St a t e college 'Pre sident. Dr. Nossen did not
res igning from their coaching <attend the first rally because of
posi t ions. Mr. Gerber called the 1p rev i ous comm i tments an d
Office of the President and the <a pp eared at the late rall y at
Office of Associate Vice- jabout 1:00 a.m. after returnin g
President Buck i ngham to check Ih ome from an Alumn i Meet ing.
these stories. Both off ices stated The rallies were covered at
that they were unaware of the •d i fferent times b y student
aforement ioned rumor. M r. itnarshalls , college p ersonnel ,
G er b er called M r. T homas •secur i ty police , and state police.
A ustin , W HLM Sports Director , , Also on Thursday, May 20, the
regarding the rumor and Bloomsburg State College Senate
sug gested tha t coaches at the 'In response to the Pre sident' s
college might be contacted by 'req uest for a Senate review ,
Mr. Austin. Mr. Austi n called one- 'authorized the appointment of an
of the coaches (unnamed ) and ;ad hoc committee to investigate
was advised to conta ct Mr. <the dispute.
On Friday, May 21, a meeting
Russell H ouk , A thle tic Director.
At about 1:15 p.m. Wednesday, 'was held between Mr. James
May 19, Mr. Austin contacted Mr. 1N eiswender , Assistan t Director
Houk and asked abou t the <rf Development , and Mr. Puhl
resignations . Mr. Houk asked if <concerning the activities of the
Mr. Austin had contacted the Ipast few days. This initial
Office of the President and-or the imeeting led to a subsequent
Office of Associate Vice-. 'meeting with Mr. Puhl , Dr.
President Buckingham for in- !Sprin gman , and President
formation. After Mr. Austin <Nossen. At this latter meeting ,
res ponded that the offices had <Mr. Puhl requested that the
been called but were unaware of 1President meet with the coaches
the situation , Mr , Houk !Saturday mornin g, Ma y 22.
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At the May 22 meeting with the
coaches, President Nossen informed them of his decision to
accept the resignations. They
were also informed at this time
that they could rea pply for their
coaching duties but that Mr.
Houk would not be considered for
the Athletic Directo rship. The
acceptance of the resignations
was conveyed to the press and the
student body in the afternoon.
Letters indicatin g acceptance of
with out
the
resignations
prejudice were sent to the
coaches via certifi ed mail on this
date .
Answers to Dr. Nossen's
charges in his memo
dated May 20, 1971
1. Conduct unbecomi ng
members of the academ ic
profession , including efforts by
the four resignees to physically
Department
confront
the
Chairman.
Although Dr. Moore voluntar ily
entered Mr. Voss's office we find
evidence that three of the
resignees did confront him (Mr.
Houk was not present ) . However,
there was no evidence of bodily
harm even though minor physical
restraint was used by the three
coaches to prevent Dr. Moore
from leaving Mr. Voss's office.
It is clear to the committee that
the incident involved unprofessional conduct on the part
of the coaches.
2. Release of information
through the public media , before
even notifying his office of their
intentions.
The committee has found no
evidence that the initial release
to the news media was made by
one of the coaches. We do feel,
however , that Mr. Houk used,
poor judgment in confirming
reports
of the impendin g
resignations when he talked to 1
Mr. Tom Austin , Sports Director
for WHLM , on Wednesday afterno on , May 19.
Our investigation revealed that
the intentions of the coaches were
commun icat ed ver bally t o the
President on Tuesday, May 18, by
Associate Vice-President Hunsinger.
3. Efforts to utilize whatever
power might arise from students
and outside sympathies .
The committee has found that
the rallies held in support of the
coaches were student-initiated. It
is ob v ious to us tha t t he coaches
ma de no att empt to cur ta il such
activities ; all four resignees did
speak at either th e af t ernoon or
evening rall y . H owever , we f ind
no ev id ence t hat the coaches
i nc i ted b ehav i or that would
re flect poorl y on the college.
Ai r i ng i nterna l matters in
public , whe ther by f acult y or
adm in istrators , is un professional
and the committee does not
condone such b ahav ior.
The suggestion that symp ath i es outs ide the faculty ,
students , and staf f were solicited
was not investigated by the
committee since i t is our
judgmen t that this is outside our
province.
4. Failure to utilize recognized
p rocedures
for
faculty
grievances.
The committee prefers to view
this charge in light of previous
unresolved confl icts with the
department. On various occasions in the pa st two years the
coaches
a p proached
the
Department Chairman , VicePresident and Dean of the
Faculties , Dean of Arts and
Sciences , Dean of Professional
Studies , and the President In
fact , in 1969 the CPA was
presented with a grievance In-

comments concerning Mr. Voss's
'
character.
Events of the Week
of May 17
Early Monday afternoon , May
17, 1971, Mr. Puhl entered Mr.
Houk' s office to make a telephone
call and discovere d the
evaluations by Dr. Moore which
had been left on Mr . Houk' s desk .
Mr. Houk was not pres ent. Mr.
McLaughlin and Mr. Voss then
entered the office and also rea d
the documents. At approximately
1:50 p.m. the three men approached Dr. Moore in the
hallway while he was on his way
to a 2:00 class, invited him into
Mr. Voss's office, and indicated
that they wanted to talk to him
concerning the nature of the
evaluations.
The events which ensued in Mr.
Voss's office are not entirely
clear . However , it is apparent
that emotions were high ,
although no physical abuse to any
of the men has been confirmed.
Shouting and scurrility were
heard by people in the hallway
and adjacent offices. The confrontation ended in the hallway
when Dr. Moore declared that he
would not talk with the coaches
while feelings were so intense
and he left the building to attend
his 2:00 class.
Mr. Puhl immediately called
the Office of the President and
requeste d a meeting. The
President agreed. The coaches
urged Mr. Houk to accompany "
them and he did so. A lengthy
meeting ensued which was also
attended by Vice-President Hoch.
Mr. Houk left this meeting prior
to the arrival of Dean Drake who
was summoned by the President
and Dr. Moore who arrived
unannounced.
The meeting
concluded about 5:00 p.m. with
Dr. Nossen asking that he be
given 72 hours to reconcile the
situation .
The coaches then decided to
prepare letters of resignation
from coaching assignments (in
two cases additional duties )
which were to be tendered if the
conflict with Dr. Moore was not
resolved within the 72 hour
period .
On Tuesday, May 18, Mr.
Hunsinger informed Dr. Nossen
of the possible resignations of the

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The Duke
Reviews
"It's hard to win when you
don 't get the breaks. " Reserve
Quarterback Joe Geiger seemed
to sum it up perfectly last Sunday
following a thorough 54-8
trouncing by the Bald Eagles of
Lock Haven State Saturday
evening at Spring Street
Stadium .
Eagle quarterback , Mike
Packer , passed for about 350
yards before he was replaced in
the third quarter.
Geiger attributed bad breaks
and slight timing errors to the
Huskie loss. "They got a good
break early in the contest which
ripped the game wide open." "As

f

far as timing is concerned , every
one of our passes was just beyond
the reach of our receivers, any
one of which could have gone all
the way. " Geiger concluded, "We
have a young team with a lot of
sophomores and juniors , I'm sure
tha t this loss will help settle them
down a lot at practice, and give
them a lot of insight on things to
expect in future games."
This week's game is against the
Marauders of Mansfield State,
this Saturday, away. Mansfield
won big last Saturday. So the
game should prove to be interesting. If possible , Be
There!!!

War ner on an end sweep .

Loc k Have n
str afes
Bloom sbura

The Bloomsburg Huskies were
dive-bombed by Lock Haven
quarterback
Packer
last
Saturday night. Packer is considered the number one quarterback in small college football
in the coun try . Packer completed
twenty passes out of thirty-three
attempts Saturday night for a
total of an astounding 3% yards in
the air. "We made him an all-star
onight ," one Husky player
j itterly remarked.
Lock Haven 's big offensive line
illowed Packer to almost throw
it will . "He caught our defensive
>acks in the middle of switching
one responsibility almost every
ime," remarked one of our
)layers . "Withou t Packer it
vould have been a Husky vicory. " His receivers were just too
ast. "They don 't belong in this
eague ," was another comment,
'acker's passing was the name
»f the game as the statistics will
how ( see below i .
Most team members feel that
he Lock Haven game was a
luke . Nothin g clicked and
everythin g went wrong. The
earn also feels they have learned
i bitter lesson and are deternined not to let it happen again.
'I just don't like the taste of
lefeat ," was the general feeling
if the whole team.

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143
163
60
396
60
57
143
507
4-30
20-33
2
2
2
2
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11-124 8-62

1st downs
yds. rushing
yds. passing
yds. lost
total yds.
passes
fumbles lost
interceptions
punts
yds. penalized

Record Review
(cont inued fro m page two )

still I look to find a reason to
believe " A beautiful song that
tells the tale of many people, it
tells of the searching, to find
something to grasp. No matter
how many lies you've heard , that
everlasting grain of hope , that
one bit of truth , might make
everything all right. This song
closes the album , with a personal
touch, the final proof of the
picture , the final exposure....
Well, that's the story, or the
picture , or whatever you took it to
be. This is the kind of album that
gives you hope, the one that gives
you a rea son to believe , that
maybe rock isn 't dying

Joe Geiger complet es one.
EXCESSIVE SPEED

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traffic fatalities in 1970 were due
to excessive speed according to a

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oegin today and will be played on
Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays at 4:00 and 4:45 on the
f i e 1 d in front of Sutliff Hall.
The presiding officers of WRA
are Debbie Artz, President; Sue
Green, V. P.; Kathy Wolford ,
Secretary; Marcia Follweiler,
Martha Francis and Sue Wise,
Publicity . Sue Berry and Sue
Green are co-ordinators, and
.Miss Joan Auten is the advisor
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tor women and to foster a spirit of
sportsmanship among the women
of BSC.
Teniquoit , badminton , and
basketball are other sports which
will be offered this year. There is
also a possibility of gymnastics
and fencing if interest is shown.
A new addition to the schedule
this year will be riflery. An
organizational meeting for all
those women interested in riflery
will be Monday, October 4, at 8:15
p.m. in Room 105 of Hartline
Science Center.

A f a ir day

As most of you know, the
Bloomsburg Fair is now in
progress, and will be running
until this Saturday . Walking
down the midway, you might
he
available;
through all means
wonder how it all began .
totals
to
is expecting overall
Back in 1845, a group of people
as
reach "over 80 per cent,"
got
together and started what
per
cent
last
compared to 89.3
they
called a "Street Bazaar",
year.
which
is similar to the fire
Hill
"I don 't know how the Sam
company
carnivals they still
things can get worse," Davies
have
today.
With this first fair,
says.
they
started
a charter under
But there is that kid in Flroida.
which
stock
certificates
were
"Just make it clear he's not
sold,
for
$10.00.
Also
under
this
breeding the snails, " he asks.
The placement office did not, charter was the stipulation that
however , make statistics the owners could make no profit
available on unemployed snail for themselves. All the monev
made was to be put into the next
breeders.
fair.
T.B.
Stock is no longer sold and
hasn't been since about twentyThe Maroon and Gold has
five years ago, when the selling
ceased publication of adprice was $50.00 per share. It is
vertisements for abortion
now estimated that these shares
refferal agencies.
are worth $250 to $300 each. The
Rev.
Jay
Rochelle ,
only way to obtain a share today
Protestant Campus Minister,
is to buy from one of the 1800
reported to us that the
members.
agencies advertising in the
Last year's fair turned out to be
M&G are on a black list
the most profitable thus far , with
compiled by the Ministerial
a net gain of $133,000.
Counseling Association, which
If you have been down to visit
he said alleges the agencies
the fair, you probably noticed
refer girls to doctors who
that it seems big. Well it is — a*
overcharge and receive a
full 96 acres, which makes it the
kick-back from the doctors.
largest fair in Pa. as far as area
Since we cannot vouch for the
ic Of\r\r >f *rn&t\
integrity of the abortion
Among the many attractions
referral agencies we will
are the nightly grandstand shows
cease to publish their ads,
(Bob by Goldsboro tonight and
effective this issue.
Thursday; Bobby Vinton Friday
Rev . Rochelle informed us
and Saturday) , afternoon harthat he can help girls with
ness racing, food and game
unwanted pregnancies and
stands of every kind imagina ble,
that the Counseling Center is
many rides and exhibition
currently ~in the process of
buildings.
compiling a list of reliable
So if you haven't been there, or
doctors and hospitals to which
even if you have, go and enjoy
girls can be referred.
yourself.
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volving Mr. Houk and Dr. Moore.
The CPA ai tha t time attempted!
to resolve the conflict throughi
recommendations
to
thei
President.
The events of May 17, 1971 werei
undoubtedly shrouded with i
emotional overtones. Although it;
may have been the feeling of the;¦
four coaches that all avenues oi
authority had been approached ini
earlier encounters , the committee does not condone thei
procedures used by the coachesi
in this manner of seeking redressi
of their grievances.
5. Efforts to by-pass the normal responsibilities delegated tci
his office in such matters.
We interpret this charge toi
mean direct attempts to communicate with members of thei
Board of Trustees.
Although Mr. Honk's letter of
resignation to the President did1
indicate carbon copies to thei
Board of Trustees , our investigation has shown that ;
members of the Board who were;
contacted did not receive copies.
However, Mr. Houk stated that
he telephoned Mr. William Lank ,
President of the Board of
Trustees, on Friday, May 21.
We do not condone the airing of
individual grievances through
the Bpard of Trustees and find
such action contrary to the
principles of faculty governance.
Issues raised by the
coaches in their testimony
before the committee
The ad hoc committee deems it
both appropriate and necessary
to consider certain charges
raised by the coaches in their
presentations to the committee.

The coaches, at the committee's
request, refrained from voicing
the'ir views in the press after
Monday, May 24, although they
were concerned about the
inaccuracies contained in
newspaper accoun ts. Many of
their concerns about the facts
- surrounding this issue have been
clarified in the historical
background. Pertinent items not
fully covered in the chronology
are enumerated below ,
1. General treatment of personnel by the Chairman of the
Department of Health and
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The coaches have maintained
thart their grievances over the
period of Dr. Moore's chairmanship are predominantly
intradepartmental in nature. We
find evidence of harassment
reflected in the general areas of
class assignments, scheduling,
lack of consultation in equipping
the new building, and the arbitrary designation of personnel
into categories of professional
educators versus coaches. We
cannot believe that such
procedures make for harmonious
relationships. There is supporting evidence to be found in
the Triennial Review Report of
Dr. Moore in which half the
members of the staff found
weaknesses in his rapport with
members of the Department. '
2. Excessive recruitment of
staff with degrees from the
University of Alabama.
It is an accepted professional
standard that excessive employment of indiv iduals from any
one institution should be avoided.
Half of the appointments ( five of
ten; four of eight currently on the

staff ) in the Department since
Dr. Moore's appointment have
earned a degree from the
University of Alabama. The
committee agrees that this
constitutes unsound hiring
procedures. This is a criticism of
hiring procedures and not of the
institution or its graduates.
3. De-emphasis of athletics.
The committee has found no
conclusive evidence that a move
was underway by either the
administration or Dr. Moore to
effect a de-emphasis of athletics
at this institution .
4. Unprofessional behavior on
the part of the Chairman of
Health and Physical Education.
The coaches were most concerned about two specific incidents which the committee
agrees are illustrative of unprofessionalism. First , the
complete contents of Dr. Moore's
evaluation of Mr. Earl Voss was
not endorsed ' by the entire
Departmental
Evaluation
Committee as he stated in his
memorandum sent to Dr. Drake.
This is veritified by the two
members of the Departmental
Evaluation Committee who
appeared before this committee.
Secondly, in the late afternoon of
May 17, Dr. Moore charged into
the President's office , unannounced and uninvited, when the
President, Dr Drake and Dr.
Hoch were meeting with three of
the coaches. At that point Dr.
Moore challenged the coaches to
fisticuffs.
The committee would like to
point out that Dr. Moore nor- .
rp a!«y followed acceptable
academic procedures.

Pres ide n tia l Hotline

(continusd from page two ]

used by the College for their
accuracy, fairness, and legality .
As a qualified member of the
Bar , he is open to any concerned
segment of the college community which might seek his
advice on a matter relative to the
College. While it is not my policy
to publish individual salary
figures , he is significantly under
the $20,000 quotation.
As a Professor , he is paid on the
same scale as any other person at
the College holding similar rank.
This scale is published in The
Pennsylvania Code, and may be
examined b y anyone . At the time
I place a person on our payroll ,
his salary and rank are presented
to the Board of Trustees as part
of their approval . All appointments are also th... oughly
screened for qualifications by the
Personnel Office of the State
Department of Educations . Dr.
Williams is a fine member of this
facul ty , a credit to the College,
and performing services which
benefit the entire college community .
2. Mr. and Mrs . Ronald Puhl
met with me in my office prior to
his seeking a coaching reap-

pointment. Mr. Puhl was not at
all sure he should handle both
assignments ,
a
unique
arrangement , in colleges of our
size, because of difficult time
commitments. He did , however,
find a certain excitement in the
challenge. I suggested that the
loa d would be too heavy, but that
he could send me a statement as
he saw fit. I am fully certain that
Mr. and Mrs . Puh l saw our
conversation as professional , and
our mutual considerations based
only on the ultimate welfare of
the students and the College.
Mr. Puh l did write to me
following that meeting and
suggested that he would like to
try both positions . I then met with
him and Mr. William Sproule,
again a most professional
session . At that time I suggested
that there were far too many
difficul ties inherent in the dual
appointment , that Mr. Puh l had
prov ed to be a highly successful
track coach , that Mr. Sproule had
those qualifications necessary to
be a hea d football coach. At tha t
point , Mr. Puh l rose, went to Mr.
Sproule, shook hands , and said he
would support him in every way.
On that basis, ag reement was
reached by all parties, w i t h out

any form of hostility or resentment. Mr. Puh l is indeed a fine
track coach , and his time will be
well ta ken with that activity . I
have every confidence that Mr.
Sproule will bring credit to this
College and to his team in the
footbal l assignment. At no time
has any decision been based upon
vindictiveness ; on the contrary,
the only motivation for any action
has been the welfare of this
College and its students , and for
the orderly and effective
operation of the College
programs.
3. The report which I made to
the Board of Trustees was accurate , fair , and objective. That
report is among the materials
considered and reviewed by the
;nl hoc College Senate Investigating Committee, and they
took no exception to my comments. I did not state that Mr.
Earl Voss indicated that Mr.
Houk is "critically mentally ill ,"
not
tha t he
"slandered
southerners ," nor that he •'incited students ." Simply, I
reported the facts as I observed
them , quoted from the dialogue
that took place, and described the
events as seen from my perspective.

editorial ....

(continued from pas* two)

widened even more and t he
grou ps on either side will cont inue shou ti ng at each other
wi thout ever being heard.
Is there any way that the sun
can shine in again on BSC? There
is; open intellectual dialogue is
the only substitute for emotional
confrontation. Students in search
of infor mation should atte nd the

first CGA meeting on Oct. 11.
P res iden t N ossen will be there
and will answer questions from
the floor . Students in search of
facts should make ever y effor t to
s peak with administrators and
administrators should make
ever y effort to meet with them.
Secondly , Preside n t Nossen and
the rest of his administration
should quit passing off news

release s laced w ith bullshit and
burea ucrat i c doubletalk as fact.
Finall y, the M&G and the Gadfly

are ava i lable for making ideas ,

thoughts and prob lems subjec t
for public discuss i on. Everyon e
involved ough t to use them.
I t is a fact tha t most every body
doesn 't know the facts. It' s time
we all did something abou t it.
jim sachetti

derisi on making, and to organize
Summary and Conclusions
Given the background of in- th e d e p art menta l struc t ure
ternal dissension , strong un- vtfhich would accomplish these
compromising personalities , goals.
inordinate employment of per- 2. We recommend that the four
sonnel with degrees from a single coaches be encouraged to
institution , lack of clearly defined reapply for assignment to their
and generally accepted college previous coaching positions with
policy with regard to the the understanding that they will
"without
evaluated
educational objectives of Health, be
.
and
that
the most
prejudice",
and .
Physical
Education ,
from
among
all
qualified
person
Athletics, and confusion in unwill
be
selected
for
applicants
derstanding the overlapping and
illogical areas of responsibility, each position. Recruitment and
the committee concludes that a preparation for this fall's sports
major personnel issue was bound program necessitate that these
to develop. Unfortunately noi decisions be made at the earliest
effective administrative action possible date.
was taken to obviate inevitable 3. We recommend that internal
crises.. On Monday May 17, 1971, problems be handled within the
Mr. Puhl, Mr. Voss, and Mr. College. Let all members of the
McLaughlin became aware of Dr. faculty, administration, and staff
Moore's written evaluation of Mr. clearly understand that taking
Voss with respect to promotion. internal problems to the public is
The committee regards thisi unprofessional. The same adincident as the precipitating issue» monition applies to efforts to by- _
which led to subsequent events pass the appropriate channels for
Letters of resignation fromi decision making by direct appeal
coaching duties written by Mr. to the Board of Trustees and
Puhl, Mr. Voss, Mr. McLaughlin,, legislators. Precedents such as*
and Mr. Houk were conveyed to\ these could only undermine the
Mr. Hunsinger who delivered[ College and lay foundations for
them , without the covering _ innumerable problems in the
memo, to Dr. Noss,en at his
4. We recommend that faculty
request. Initial i nformation
grievances
be investigated
regarding the resignations was
through
established
procedures
released to the news media by a
person or persons unknown. Mr. as outlined in the Faculty HandHouk and the President's Office book. Too often these procedures
responded to inquiries raised by have been by-passed. This
the news media — presumably to situation has been complicated
by the willingness of college
clarify the issues.
The events in the preceding administrators to avail themparagraph took place on Wed- selves to faculty rather than to
nesday, May 19. The committee redirect their complaints through
deems such rapid succession of the proper channels. We also
decisions, by all parties, to be. strongly urge that administrators
indiscriminate
inunfortunate , especially since. avoid
volvement
with
department
releases as reported by the news!
media have been shown by the» affairs.
committee to contain numerous; 5. We recommend that the
errors of fact. Such haste broughlr Bloomsburg State College Senate
a major problem that should[ initiate a policy which would
have been settled internally tc, require all Department Chairthe attention of the community men to submit to and discuss with
the department member any
and beyond.
evaluation
of his performance
We further conclude that there
(
promotions,
a dvan cements on
was a general understanding
among all parties that a the salary scale, double inresolution of the internal matters crements, sabbatical leaves, and
of dispute, as brought to the at- leaves of absence) before such
tention of the President on documents are forwarded to the
Monday, May 17, would be ac- designated administrative ofcomplished within the 72 hours ficial.
(by 5 p.m. on Thursday, May 20) . 6. We recommend that the
It is unfortunate that the covering results of any investigative
memo for the letters of committee, whether initiated by
resignation which explained the the faculty or administration , be
coaches intentions with respect to made available , at least in
the 72 hour time span was not summary form , to those who are
directly affected by such an
received by the President.
Finally, we conclude that when inquiry .
7. We recommend that the
individuals write letters of
resignation , they must anticipate Bloomsburg State college Senate
the
likelihood
of
such adopt the AAUP Statement on
resignations being accepted Professional Ethics which was
immediately . The committee first distributed to the faculty by
cannot accept the procedure of the CPA in a memorandum dated
attempting to settle grievances May 26, 1969.
by submitting and-or accepting Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania
June 21, 1971
letters of resignation.
uecom mendations
(signed )
1, We recommend that the i
,
Ben C. Alter, Chairman
following steps be taken tc
Barrett Benson
reor g an i ze t he H ealth and I
James
Cole
Phy s ical E ducation and Athlet icsi
Brian Johnson
complex :
(a ) The
Louise Seronsy
two
existing I
James Sperry
departments — the Departmeni t
Charles Thomas
of Health and Phy sical Educat ior i
and the Department of Athletics ,
Intramurals and Recreation —
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department.
( b) this department should
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be cha ired by an ind iv idual whe \
has a broad background ir W. Mtin & Leonard St.
p hy sical education and athletics |
(recruite d from outside the I Open 8 a.m. to 12 midB.S C. faculty in accordance with 1
night Daily
esta blished policy).
( c ) A broad-based comDelicates sen
mittee should be constituted tc
formulate a statement of policy'
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and a set of educational ob
jectlv es which would guide future \
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