Fact Finding Com. Tells Story of Research and
At a recent meeting of the SCC,
a fact-finding
committee
consisting
of four LHS
students
presented
their information
concerning certain practices
in the
bookstore.
The following is the
story of Walt McCallum's,
Gary
Landon's,
Gary Gadson's,
and
Joe Levandoski's
four months of
research as told to Eagle E y e .
Warm grains of sand squeezed
between their toes as four guys,
lying on a Cape Cod b e a c h ,
pushed their feet into the dense
crumbly ground. They totally relaxed as the sun penetrated and
tanned their limp bodies.
What better way for four Lock
Haven State College students to
have begun their "summer vacation. This s o called v a c a t i o n ,
however, was filled with working
on their summertime jobs and
inter-state traveling, which was
their means of research for a
fact-finding committee they had
been appointed to.

While still in s c h o o l , Gary Gadson, treasurer of the SCC and
one of these four fellows, prepared the SCC annual budget and
finance report. While reviewing
the bookstore a c c o u n t s , Gadson
became confused by some figures.
He asked Monroe Hurwitz, bookstore manager, if he (Mr. Hurwitz)
could help Gary understand the
books.
Unenlightened,
Gary
approached the SCC executive
board whose members included
Walt McCallum, Joe Levandoski,
and Gary Landon, the other three
of the four fellows on the b e a c h .
After an unsatisfying review of
the bookstore records, these four
students presented the matter to
President Richard T. P a r s o n s ,
who appointed them to be a factfinding committee on the books t o r e ' s operations.
Considering
the
situation
serious enough to research, these
four spent their summer pursuing
the facts in hopes that the
puzzle could be remedied.
Visits to helpful individuals in
many states occupied these four

s t u d e n t s ' weekends and helped
them to compile data and piece
it together. The information and
conclusions were supported by
facts.
Upon returning to s c h o o l , the
committee continued their search.
Realizing the importance of their
knowledge and the ticklish situation it put them in, these members resigned their executive
board positions. They hoped to
help the student body more by
concentrating their efforts on
remedying the situation. However,
they didn't know where to go for
assistance.
Hoping to find help and also
relief of the burden this information created, they took another
trip. This time to Harrisburg.
They sought to inform and ask
only one question, — "What
should we d o ? " Their expectations were grounded, however,
when the officials' indifferent
response shuff led them to three
different officers and finally told
the students to return to LHS and
"take
it through the proper

channels."
Disillusioned
students made
the return trip from Harrisburg.
More deliberation of the situation led these four to the local
s t a t e police sub-station. Here,
after revealing their situation
and information the students
finally felt a degree of satisfaction. The s t a t e police were concerned and interested.
At a recent meeting with Dr.
P a r s o n s , the s t a t e police, a
local
representative
of
the
American Association of University Professors, and the four
students presented the facts to
Dr. P a r s o n s . They felt the situation could be handled through
similar d i s c u s s i o n s and meetings
with Dr. P a r s o n s , Hurwitz and
the proper officials. President
P a r s o n s , however, told the students to present their report to
the SCC board of directors and he
would proceed a s he thought best.
That same evening, at the SCC
meeting, McCallum confronted the
board of directors and many other
interested students with the find-

Frustration
ings.
The shock of the report's findings stilled
the
overflowing
group, sitting and standing in the
PUB lounge. Tense moments
followed as McCallum, Gadson,
Levandoski, and Landon waited
for the ultimate student reaction.
Monroe Hurwitz, notified only
four hours prior to the meeting,
s a t in the back of the lounge.
Finally, the student body's
reaction proved that the four's
efforts had not been in vain. They
discussed and approved the report and sought beneficial Procedures to correct the situation.
The committee felt that their
doubts and a n x i e t i e s , created by
the disinterest elsewhere (except
the state police) had been lifted
and relieved. They felt they had
served the s t u d e n t s .
The question i s , now that the
students have done all they c a n ,
what will be done?
Approval of the report by the
SCC board of directors last Wednesday forwards further action to
Dr. Parsons.

Clann Gael to Appear Mon.
Price Auditorium will set the
stage for Clann Gael, a company
presenting a unique program of
Irish
and
Scottish
songs,
d a n c e s , and musical interludes.
They will perform Monday at
8:15 pm.
Ireland, " t h e mother of s w e e t
singers",
will be
portrayed
along with Scotland. The Celts
of Ireland were described by the
geographer
Heccateus
as
" s i n g i n g songs in praise of
Apollo, and playing melodiously
on the h a r p . "
Scotland owes her music to
Ireland,
according
to
most
h i s t o r i a n s . The " G a e l i c " of

Ireland
traveled
through the
Scottish Highland, bringing with
them Irish harpers and b a r d s .
Dancing has always ranked
high in the blood of both Irish
and S c o t s . These dances include
the pre-Celtic war d a n c e s , the
ritual measures of Druidism,
saga
dances
of
Norwegian
invaders, and gaieties of the
Scottish court.
The music used in all dances
is essentiaUy the same in both
countries. All contain a rhythmic
expression of the spirit of the
people.
Clann Gael will be sponsored
by the LHS assembly committee.

committee meeting

1pm

INTERESTED
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RUSSIA??''
Come hear Mr. Bilski s p e a k on
his visit to Russia last summer.
Tues. Oct. 7, PUB Lounge 7 30

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Childhood Education
Curriculum Instituted
An early childhood education experiences to meet the c h i l d ' s
curriculum is being instituted in present n e e d s and to lay an
foundation
which
Lock
Haven State C o l l e g e ' s experiential
department of elementary educa- will serve as a base for futtire
tion.
Recent discoveries in learnings.
The new curriculum met initial
psychology of early years and
the s u c c e s s of the recent head approval by the department of
start programs stimulated the education July 3, 1969, and
general
public's
interest
in meets the s t a t e requirements for
kindergarten
and
pre-school a certificate in early childhood
training.
Through this interest education (nursery, kindergarten,
they noticed that the needs of grades 1-3). Teachers with this
young children haven't been met. certificate cannot teach beyond
Thus, the head start, and the the third grade level.
At LHS Mrs. Bertha Mays, who
d i s c o v e r i e s in psychology have
generated an interest in forming is completing work on her doctora new curriculum in elementary ate at the Pennsylvania State
University, chairmaned the comeducation.
A program was formed with the mittee in charge of developing
Dr. Mary
idea of reaching the child at an the new curriculum.
earlier a g e , s o that valuable Alice Smith, Dr. Newcomer and
learning time is not lost.
But Mrs. Mary McGowan a s s i s t e d
the program does not s e e k to Mrs. Mays who a l s o consulted
shorten childhood by pushing the Dr. Edward Clawson, Dr. Irene
child into the academic mold. R u s s e l l , and Miss Lydia Gross,
Rather, it hopes to help each head of elementary curriculum.
Miss Gross s t a t e d that we are
child develop in h i s own unique
way by providing many varied very glad to have the new program, since Pennsylvania has
lagged in elementary education.
Since the s t a t e h a s n ' t even mandated kindergarten yet, it i s a
great step forward.
She a l s o
Have you never been on a
indicated that a meeting for interUnited States women's hockey ested students is going to be
team tour? If not, the Women's h e l d soon.
Athletic and Recreation AssociaTonight at 8:00 pm in the
tion invites all women to learn of
PUB multipurpose room, the
the experiences accompanying
such a tour on October 7 at 7:15 Students of LHS present ihe
pm in Raub 106.
second in a series oi student
These experiences will be reoetry readings. Co-sponsored
lated first hand by Bertie L a n d i s ,
y the Crucible and English
one of LHS' varsity hockey
Club, fhe program is patterned
players, who went on one of
after last spring's poetry prethose tours this p a s t summer.
sentation. An informal coffee
Miss Landis will also show
house
atmosphere provides
slides.

Hockey Tour

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FROM OUR HERITAGE: the old science building.
with its clock tower (minus the clock) once stood
in the triangular plot in front of Thomas Field

House. This and others remind us of the former
normal school and teachers college phases of LHS
will be relived during the centennial y e a r s .

Anger is momentary madness,
so control your passion or it
will control you.
Horace

ihe setting for studeni readings and guitar numbers.
Everyone is invited to pahicipate by reading or singing
or just listening and enjoying
the program and refreshments.

opinion
To the editor:
In R e s p o n s e to Mr. McCloske y ' s recent letter:
F i r s t of a l l , I would lifc (to agree with Mr. McCloskey in the
fact that Dr. Parsons is the
s t u d e n t s ' friend, and I can personally testify that he has taken
a s t u d e n t ' s part although it was
in opposition to both administration and faculty. However, I
feel Mr. McCloskey has superceded himself and his implied
intentions
of
defending
Dr.
Parsons.
I should like to know, Mr.
McCloskey, several things:
1. How can Dr. Parsons be so
well acquainted with " s t u d e n t "
i n t e r e s t s " and have the newspaper staff " s c a r c e l y know
h i m , " as you stated in your
letter? It appears to me that
an interested president should be
more
than
"scarcely"
acquainted with the student literary leaders on his campus!
2.
How can one " l i s t e n with
(an) open m i n d ( s ) , " when all
that comes out of the administration's mouth is s e n s e l e s s ,
defensive, irrational babbling
called r e a s o n s ?
Finally, Mr. McCloskey, I would
like you to know why I am personally involved in student dissent! 1. You say 1 am following
the " l e a d of d i s s i d e n t s in other
institutions."
To begin with,
what gives you the right to determine my reasons for dissent;
how do you know what is going
on in my mind? I am tired of
having people tell me what my
motives are and what 1 am thinking or what the b a s i s for my incentives a r e . How can you, sitting securely away behind your
adding machine, have the audacity to a s k anyone e l s e to look
at both s i d e s of a problem, when
you have already decided who is
right and what the answers are.
A little bit of a bigot showing
through, d o n ' t you think? and not
at all " i n t e l l i g e n t " or " m a t u r e . "
Secondly, I think that you had
better be sure the administrative leaders in the other institutions that Lock Haven is modeling itself after are not academically and administratively indigent. Better " d i s s i d e n t s " than
indigents, don't you agree?
Finally, 1 too, "would like to
see Lock Haven State College
stand out as a model of student,
faculty and administration cooperating in solving problems of

the d a y . "
If you want cooperation, you have to give it. Don't
ask someone e l s e to act maturely
and intelligently and then in the
next sentence call them mindless
kids who are unable to know their
own mind. Try t a c t sometime - it
costs little, but buys a lot.
Mr. McCloskey — I don't like
having my intelligence and individuality insulted.
Mr. McCloskey ~ we ARE the
" l e a d e r s of t o d a y , " and a s soon
as you and others like you stop
this trite cacophony of absurdities that you label reason and
e x c u s e s and listen to our s i d e ,
then maybe progress will triumph.
Michael H. Holderman,
Student Cohort of Education
To the editor:
It was last week that I attended
the SCC meeting in the student
union and listened with great
interest. However, some of the
actions I saw from some of the
members present caused my inerest to turn. T h i s action involved two students sitting a t the
meeting and smoking. But what
they were doing while they were
smoking was to drop their a s h e s
and cigarettes on the new rug
which we students purchased for
our union. FinaUy, I could stand
it no longer and went and brought
them an ashtray, as if there were
not enough around. After the
meeting, I surveyed the damage
and found two holes burned in a
brand new carpet because of two
s t u d e n t s ' stupidity .
Another incident occurred last
week when it was reported that
some energetic male s t u d e n t or
students had ripped the door off
in one of the r e s t rooms. Thus
another mature college student
act .
This list would not be complete
u n l e s s I add the question of what
ever happened to those college
symbols which were purchased
and hung in the Eagle Wing?
Well I'll tell you, they were
s t o l e n . Also the new s t e r e o which
is in the music room had its
diamond needle removed within
the first week that it was in use
this semester. When things like
this happen the administration
can come back at the students
and say we c a n ' t handle our own
building .
Why am I so upset by t h e s e actions? For just one reason. For
the next thirty years until it is
paid for, we students pay at

Thank heavens somebociy pledged Howard!

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least $10 a semester for the
student union building. It is time
that the students who use the
union and not abuse it to put
their foot down. If we aren't concerned about anything e l s e , we
should care about our money. I air
not condemning those who run or
work in the union because there
is nothing they can do to s t o p
those sneaky a b u s e r s . All I can
ask i s that we look at the burnt
rug and broken door and don't let
another student get away with it
again.
A Union User Not Abuser,
Ron Jury
To the editor:
Did the students at North Hall
defeat what the S.C.C. stood for?
Thursday night we had a mandatory meeting at ten in the North
Hall lounge for choosing a subject for our placement. The committee suggested a clenched fist
and some symbols of a loser for
our float.
Other subjects were
suggested at the present time.
The majority (that was present)
picked the fist for the theme of
the float.
T h a t same night at twelve we
had another mandatory meeting,
this one called by the Dean.
Since the Dean called the meeting
1 found out there were more
men(?).
1 noticed there were
about 70 more students at this
meeting than the previous one.
After d i s c u s s i n g what the Dean
had to say we got on the d i s c u s s ion of changing the theme of the
placemeni.
One reason we
wanted it changed was the Dean
said, " a l l 1 can say about the
placement is I don't like i t . "
Another reason was some s a i d ,
"the
majority
didn't
vote."
After a little a.guing it was decided to change the theme of the
float.
I thought this procedure w a s
wrong.
First of all, we did
already vote on what we wanted.
But
since some s a i d , " t h e
majority didn't vote for what we
wanted, we should do it o v e r . "
If they wanted to voice their
opinion they should have been
at the first meeting.
We added new topics and voted.
The first placement was defeated
49 to 65. Why did we want an
Eagle with a Edinboro player?
Because we want to please the
Establishment, Alumni, P a r e n t s .
This theme is nice, i t ' s tradition.
We have this every year. Why
not have something for the students?
A fist with figures of defeat.
A fist standing for changes at
Lock Haven State College. Do
we want to e a t off greasy utens i l s ? Do we want a food company making money off of u s ?
Have 30,000 dollars difference
OB our Co-Op Council and have
nothing done about it?
One guy said "why bitch at
homecoming?" All we want is
a placement to represent u s , not
to p l e a s e our p e e r s . The float
(fist and losers) s t a n d s to show
us we are l o s e r s , but are not
going to die in spirit.
From what I saw the majority
at North Hall wants to follow
tradition.
What I view is the
students cid not stand up for
President McCallum and h i s
staff who d i i their best to help
the students. They fought for a
change! Are we going to defeat
their purpose?
Respectfully yours,
Tim Rupp
Being struck by a wordy muse,
a friend of mine concluded her
paper for a Shakespeare course
with the statement:
"Pusillanimity was, to the end, his downf a l l . " When the paper was returned, her professor had added:
"As
obfuscation
is
thine."
Reader's
Digest

Letter Policy
T o the editor:

1 am especially concerned with
several of the situations on the
{Eagle Eye questionaire) list .
First, the liberal arts reading
list is ridiculous. Why do we
have to read (x) number of books?
Who says and for what reason is
(x) number of books supposed to
be the magic number. 1 want to
read books which interest me in
my free time, not one book from a
certain list!
Also, c l a s s c u t s . Why isn't there
one standard rule for everybody.
You don't know if your prof does
or doesn't count it in your grade
until it is too late!
Next, the parking situation. 1
am a commuter. Although I always
have to park in the lot, which is
the greatest distance from the
school, I can get used to that.
What burns me up is when 1 can't
park in a space and park somewhere in the lot which d o e s n ' t
block another car, then 1 come
out from c l a s s and there is a ticket on my car. What am I supposed
to do, go back home when there
are no parking s p a c e s ?
Finally,
the
Harry
MiUer
situation. 1 do not know Professor MiUer nor do I know whether
or not he did the work which he
was ft-quired to do, but from what
1 can gather, he did not get due
process. This supposedly great
democratic country is built on
certain laws, such as one which
s a y s you .ire innocent until
proven guilty, but IVIr. MiUer has
not had this right. President
Parsons is behind t h i s , and he
15 trying to be like a dictator.
This has to be stopped, and since
Ihe so-tailed proper channels
di'ii'j niirk. some other action
should be taken. If you give
Parsons an inch, he'll
take
10 feel, ihis has been proven!
Sincerely yours,
Willie Breon
To the editor:
1 would like an explanation on
how the girls were nominated for
Homecoming Queen. As it looked
to me, each fraternity and those
sororities who wanted a nominee
enterr i a contestant. Is it at all
possible for a commuter or nonGreek to be eligible to be nominated? It would be appreciated
if an answer could be given to
this question.
Thank-you,
A Non-Greek

Commuters meeting
Tues. 1 pm PUB Conf. Rm.
Representative of United Fund
will attend.
Commuters to have charge of
student donations on campus.
He that is slow to anger is
better than the mighty.
Proverbs, 16:32

EAGLE EYE CLASSIFIED
10( PER LINE
FOR SALE: Magnus 300 Combo
Organ. Half Price. Contact Randy
McCombie at Phi Mu Delta House
748-6931.
APARTMENT FOR RENT: Four furnished rooms and a bath (TV room
included). Married couple preferred.
16 E. Bald Eagle St. phone 748-2769.
Recent grad of Penn State will
tutor Math. Call 748-3696 Rich Rogers
LOST: 1 1969 Sharon High class ring
and 1 silver and turquoise ring.
Please return to Barb Kuhn, McEntire
LOST: Tan French purse — Lost
in Raub or Bentley area. Jane Little,
530 McEntire. 748-6971.
BOOKS FOR SALE: Science and
German
Books. Contact Connie
Perry, 525 W. Church St., Lock
Haven, Pa.
LOST: A 1969 Chief Logan class
ring with the initials F.J.J.
If
found please return to 718 McEntire.
REWARD offered.

E a g l e E y e w e l c o m e s let
t e r s t o t h e e d i t o r on a n y sub'
jecf.
T h e y m u s t , h o w e v e r , be
signed.
No n a m e s w i l l
be
w i t h h e l d from p u b l i c a t i o n u n l e s s t h e w r i t e r or w r i t e r s con
give
a
justifiable
reason.
A l s o , l e t t e r s m u s t not b e l i b e l ous t o a n y i n d i v i d u a l or g r o u p .
A l l l e t t e r s must b e w r i t t e n in
good t a s t e ; on t h i s m a t t e r , t h e
e d i t o r i a l board w i l l m a k e the
final decision.
L e n g t h of letters is s u g g e s t e d t o be no more
thon o n e t y p e w r i t t e n p a g e .
Eagle Eye d i s c l a i m s
any
and a l l r e s p o n s i b i l i t y for let
t e r s , b o t h in c o n t e n t a n d in
choice
of t o p i c .

T o the e d i t o r :
Have you r e c e i v e d a bill for
a m e a l that y o u ' v e a l r e a d y
paid for? Well, I h a v e j u s t
r e c e i v e d one for $.50 b e c a u s e
I ate b r e a k f a s t and c o n t i n e n t a l b r e a k f a s t . A c c o r d i n g to
the
Compass
the
"food"
service provides twenty-one
meals
per w e e k for
each
s t u d e n t who b u y s a meal
t i c k e t . If the " f o o d " s e r v i c e
knew I ate two b r e a k f a s t s
then t h e y should know I e a t ,
a t the m o s t , s i x t e e n m e a l s
per w e e k . If I am e n t i t l e d to
t w e n t y - o n e m e a l s per w e e k
s h o u l d n ' t I be a l l o w e d four
m e a l s per d a y , s o long a s I
don't
exceed
the limit of
t w e n t y - o n e m e a l s ? I'm p a y i n g
for i t . T h e Compass d o e s not
s p e c i f y three m e a l s per d a y ,
it s p e c i f i e s t w e n t y - o n e m e a l s
per w e e k .
Charles E. Hays
To the editor:
Again the student body of LHSC
is sitting back contented while
someone somewhere decrees that
students shall be charged $2.00
for tickets to the Homecoming
Concert featuring Little Anthony
and the Imperials.
Every student at Lock Haven
pays a mandatory activities fee
of $50.00 per year, regardless of
the number of a c t i v i t i e s he attends. Then whenever a large
attendance at some activity is
anticipated, an admission fee is
charged. Why?
Last year I attended the Homecoming Concert free of charge.
After paying my activities tee
this year, I planned on again
attending this concert at no c o s t .
But now 1 find out that I must
pay despite my activities fee and
I.D. card.
I ai m compelled to a s k "Why
are we charged an activities fee
if it is not going to serve in that
capacity?"
I feel that the
student body and I are entitled to
an explanation.
Thoroughly pissed,
John J. Grotzinger

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