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THE MICHIGAN DAILY
TUESDAY.FEBRUARY 9. 1964
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FOR ATTACKING COLLEGE:
Committee Ousts Editor in Brooklyn
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ACROSS CAMPUS:
NEW YORK (UPS) - Brooklyn
College became the center of an
editorial controversy last month
when Kingsman Associate Editor
Harvey Fisher was ousted from the
newspaper staff for writing a bit-
'ter farewell column attacking the
college.
In a unanimous vote of the Fac-
ulty-Student Committee on Publi-
cations on January 13, Fisher was
disqualified "from serving the
Kingsman in any capacity."
The Faculty Committee on Pub-
lications, composed of four faculty
members and four students, is re-
sponsible for the conduct of stu-
dent activities, including student
publications, under the By-laws of
the Board of Higher Education.
The action of the Publications
Board was nothing more than a
censure of Fisher, since the of-
fending column was to have been
his last connection with the
Kingsman anyway.
To Receive
"Neither the faculty nor any
administrative officer of the college
is contemplating any further dis-
ciplinary action. On February 1,
1960, Harvey Fisher will receive
his degree," said Associate Dean
of Students Goodhartz in a letter
to NSA.
Fisher, 22-year-old February-
graduating senior, used his fare-
well column in the Kingsman as a
"washing machine,',' and thanked
Brooklyn College for "opening my
eyes to the dirt the outside world
has in store for me.
"Thank you for stomping out
any spirit that my fellow students
might have had. Thank you for
the bruises and the bitterness,"
Fisher said.
He went on to point out that
his words may be meaningless to
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many students because "you have
not had the opportunity to realize
that BC is run like a political
machine. You have not felt the
"Iron Fist" pound the self-respect
otu of students and faculty alike."
Fisher challenged Brooklyn Col-
leges "petty bureaucrats" and
"minds twisted by red ink and
phonyism." He attacked the "fren-
zied, underhanded scramble for
promotions."
"I leave BC without nostalgia
- * . I came, I saw, and I was'
roughed up."
Answers Column
In an open letter to the students
to be published in a forthcoming
issue of Kingsman, Student Exec-
utive Council President Arnold
Cohen answered Fisher's farewell
IOrganization
Notices
(Use of this column for an-
nouncements is available to off -
cially recognized and registered or-
ganizations only Organizations
planning to be active for the spring
semester should register by Feb. 29.
Forms available, 2011 Student Ac-
tivities~.Building.)
Ullr Ski Club, meeting, Feb. 10, 7:30
p.m., Rm. 3-S Union, Plans for Trips;
movies and refreshments.
* * *
Young Democrats, coffee hour, Feb.
'10, '7:30 p.m., Rmn. 3-B Union. All wel-
come.
* * *
International Folk Dancers, Instruc-
tion and dancing. Feb. 10, 8 p.m., Lane
Hall.
* , .
Univ. Riding Club, short organiza-
tional meeting of March 13 Horse Show,
'Feb. 10, 7 p.m.. WAB. For information,
call Carl, NO 3-7778.
DEPARTMENT OF SPEECH
column, "not because the state-
ments of Mr. Fisher are worthy of
answer, but because the institution
he degraded, and some of the indi-
viduals he maligned, deserve a
presentation of the truth.''
Cohen said, "Where Mr. Fisher
claims there is dirt, I found in-
spiration; where Mr. Fisher's
spirit was 'stomped', mine i was
elevated."
Cohen answered Fisher's scath-
ing attack by citing "the many
students who were admitted to top
graduate schools, or who got first
rate jobs because the President
had imported men of imagination,
character and reputation, to place
Brooklyn College on the academic
map."
"No, Mr. Fisher, I have never
been slapped on the wrist by the
administration. Maybe I never de-
served it," Cohen adds.
Gives Farewells
Following the publication of
Fisher's column, Brooklyn College
President Harry T. Gideonse said,
"Such farewells are not uncom-
mon in Kingsman history."
Kingsman Editor Lucille Feld-
man, who originally approved pub-
lication of the controversial col-
umn, has said that since publica-
tion she has "realized it was in
bad taste and made broad undocu-
mented charges."
"Although prior to publication
I had approved Mr. Fisher's copy,
I now realize it was unfair jour-
nalism and made sweeping, un-
documented statements," she said.
"I am prepared to take the conse-
quences for what I have done."
The censuring of Fisher has
brought comment from other New
York college newspapers. The Long
Island University "Seawanhaka"
of January 20 expresses surprise at
the "utter velocity with which the
Brooklyn College administration
has moved to retaliate against
Fisher."
The Seawanhaka asked, "what
gives a student editor the right
to use his farewell column as a
potshot at the administration
while making accusations with
only generalizations to back them
up?"
Apparently something is wrong
on both sides, the paper continues,
and adds that it is time for both
students and administration learn
the rule of tolerance by forsaking
the blindness of hate.
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To Open
Petitions
For Aitd
Applications for the general un-
dergraduate University scholar-
ships for 1960-61 will be available
tomorrow.
Assistant Dean of Men Ivan W.
Parker announced that applica-
tions can be picked up in Rm. 2011
of the Student Activities Building,
and must be returned by March 1.
Those applying for the general
scholarships are considered for any
one of the 20 scholarships. Parker
also noted that present award
winners will have to re-apply if
they desire the scholarship to con-
tinue, for the aid is non-renew-
able.
Applications are still being ac-
cepted for the LaVei'ne Noyes
scholarships. These awards are
given to blood descendants of vet-
erans of World War I. These ap-
plications are due by Feb. 15 for
this semester and by Aug. 1 for
the fall semester next year.
MUSKET . r "
An organizational meeting for
1960 MUSKET will be held in the
Michigan Union in the third floor
conference room at 7 p.m. today,
Richard Asch announced.
Requirements and procedure will
be explained for petitioning for
MUSKET'S Central Committee, A
higlihtof the meeting will be
colored slides from this year's pro-
duction of "Carousel."
Petitions will be available at the
Union Student offices February 10
through 12 from 2-5 p.m.
Disarmnament .. .
"Is Disarmament Possible?" will
be the subject of a speech by R. P.
Kimzey, Executive Director of the
Mid-Lakes Region of the United
World Federalists, at the next
meeting of the Ann Arbor-Wash-
tenaw Committee for Nuclear Sur-
vival.
The meeting will be held at 7:30
p.m. today in the Wesley Lounge
of the Methodist Church.
Research projects administered
through the University's research
Institute (UMRI) totaled $15.8
million in 1959, Director Robert E.
Burroughs said in the Insittute's
38th annual report.
The total represents an increase
of almost $3.5 million over the
previous year, the report said.
UMRI administers over half of all
research projects handled by the
University.
Last year projects ranged from
instrumentation of an astronomi-
cal satellite to research on powered
,prosthetic devices.
UMRI administered 423 grants
and contracts. The research was
conducted for some 120 private
and governmental sponsors.
The area of "communications,
electronics and plasmas" received
the largest amount of money,
$6,683,490.
During the year over 1,000 stu-
dents-half of them graduate stu-
dents-were given employment in
UMRI projects, working under the
direction of University faculty and
research staffs.
To Visit .. .
There are still openings for in-
ternational students to visit a
Dearborn school thishThursday,
Mrs. Pat Pooley of the Interna-
tional Center announced yester-
day.
Mrs. Pooley said there are 16
openings for students to view
classes in J. P. Howard School in
Dearborn with a representative of
the International Center. After-
wards the students will participate
in a symposium evaluating what
they had seen.
The participants will be given
free rides, leaving the Internation-
al Center at 1 p.m. and will arrive
back in Ann Arbor at 10:30 p.m.,
Mrs. Pooley said. After viewing
classes until 3:30 p.m. they will
be the guests of student members
of the sponsoring Parent-Teachers
Association.
At 7:30 p.m. they will return to
the school for the symposium.
The University's Stanley Quartet
left Sunday on a ten-day concert-
clinic tour of four colleges in Ala-
bama and Mississippi.
The members of the quartet are
music school Profs. Gilbert Ross
and Gustave Rosseels playing the
violin, Robert Courte playing the
viola, and Oliver Edel on the cello.
These concerts and music clinic
services are being sponsored by the
Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge Foun-
dation of the Library of Congress
and the American Colleges arts
program.
On Feb. 23 the Stanley Quartet
will give its next Michigan per-
formances in the Wayne State
University Community Arts Audi-
torium in Detroit.
Then at the Rackham Lecture
Hall in Ann Arbor they will again
perform on Feb. 24, assisted by
pianist Benning Dexter.
The Quartet will perform next
on Feb. 25 at Calvin College in
Grand Rapids, again assisted by
Dexter. Then they will return to
Ann Arbor where the Quartet will
appear in a recital by Prof. Fran-
ces Greer of the music school on
March 9 in Aud. A, Angell Hall.
Their next concert will be given
on April 19 in the Rackham Me-
morial Building in Detroit.
ISA To Hold
Valentine Fete
The International Students As-
sociation is sponsoring a Valen-
tine Dance Feb. 13 in the Hillel
Foundational Hall, 1429 Hill.
Admission to the dance is free.
PROF. GILBERT ROSS
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