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VOIUME LXXVI, NUMBER 53
"America's Pre-eminent College Newspaper"
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA
ATHENS, GEORGIA 0601
MAY 13 I9T0
Demonstration spawns
TUESDAY, MAY 12, 1970
injunction
University enjoins more protest
Protest fizzles after heated start
By REBECCA LEET
News editor
A restraining order was issued Friday
which, in effect, bars students from enter
ing any campus building “for any prupose
other than the conduct of the educational
and business affairs normally carried
out in such buildings
A hearing May 28 will decide whether
the restraining order will be made per-
menant.
According to 0. Suthern Sims, dean of
student affairs, the restraining order was
sought by the University alter two nights
of violence and some minor destruction of
property Referring to the demonstra
tions last Wednesday and Thursday
nights. Sims said that the leeling was that
the restraining order was necessary to
“cool things off and show students in
volved that while the University System
would not hinder students from exercising
their constitutional rights, neither would
it tolerate students breaking into build
ings
JUST AFTER APPROVING the Uni
versity s request. Judge James Barrow
turned down a petition by two University
students to force the University to open
classes on Friday and to enjoin it permen-
antly from canceling classes in the future
in case of similar cause. The two students
were Steve Barnes and William More-
dock.
In arguing for the case, attorney Guy B.
Scott Jr. reminded Barrow that he had
just passed an order protecting the build
ings of the University. But. he added, the
issue now is "more important than bricks
and mortar. The issue is the student's
right to an education, he argued
Barrow turned down the request be
cause he said he considered the interrup
tion of the regular class schedule to be
temporary. He said such interruptions
might be caused by natural disasters like
earthquakes, too. but they would still only
be temporary He declined to consider the
plea for a permanent ban on suspending
classes, saying he could not predict what
would happen in the next one week or
two weeks or one year or 10 years. '
IN ITS PETITION for an injunction,
the University listed 18 individuals by
name as defendants, in addition to John
Doe one through 500 and the Students for
a Democratic Society <SDS> According to
Lindsey Cowen. dean of the Law School, it
is necessary to have at least one specific
defendant on such a petition thus, it
would not be possible simply to request an
injunction against John Doe one through
500."
He explained that up to 500 people could
break a regulation listed in the restraining
order and. if it could be proven that they
knew about the order, they would be as
guilty cf violating it as would any of the 18
named individuals if one of them commit
ted the same offense.
The 18 individuals named were George
B. Eckard. Gregory A. Gosline. Roger W.
Clarke. Daniel P Eavenson. Patricia
Eavenson. William D Bolton. Dirk Zipf.
Joseph S. Brewster. Philip B Evans. Wil
liam P. Daniel. Dale Hardman. Thomas
S. Hall. Cindy Thomas. Mark du Mas.
Howard Huffmaster. George Evelyn.
Nathan Blau, and John A. Zimmerman
Each was served with a copy of the re
straining order.
ACCORDING TO STUDENT affairs
personel. the 18 names were a cumulative
list of people whom administrators recog
nized by name as having actively partici
pated in one or more of the demonstra
tions on Wednesday or Thursday, includ
ing violating one of the regulations noted
in the petition.
The University's petition said the ac
tion was being brought against the 18 de
fendants individually and also as repre
sentatives of a class of approximately five
hundred (500* persons so numerous and.
at times, transitory as to make it impract
ical to bring them all before the court.
(See RESTRAINING, Page 7)
AS COMPILED BY THE
RED AND BLACK STAFF
Only .i few students picketed Old (<*i
lege yesterday in the aftermath of campus
demonstrations involving over 4.UU0 stu
dents last week
Protesters are asking for University
President Fred Davison's signature on a
letter being circulated by colleges and
universities throughout the nation which
questions President Nixon's policies in
Cambodia and Southeast Asia.
After 2*2 days of mass protests, march
es and sit-ins at the academic building and
Vincent Harding kicks off
Black Awareness Week
Vincent Harding, director of the Insti
tute of the Black World, will speak tomor
row afternoon at 4:30 in the Memorial
Hall quadrangle as the kickoff speaker for
Black Awareness Week
Sponsored by the Black Student Union
in conjunction with the University Union,
activities exploring various aspects of
America s black culture will be held to
morrow through Saturday.
All events are free and open to the pub
lic. Black colleges from Georgia and oth
er states have been invited to come up for
the week's programs, and students from
some colleges are expected.
TOMORROW NIGHT at 8. Nina Simone
will appear in an open air concert in the
Memorial quadrangle
On Thursday. Dorothy Pittman, a
member of the Black Panther party, will
speak at 4 30 in the same quadrangle. One
hour later. Douglas Turner Ward's drama
Happy Ending will be presented in the
lab theater in the Fine Arts Building
That evening. Hosea Williams and
Samuel Williams will speak in Memorial
Hall ballroom at 7 for a discussion of the
Relevancy of the Oiristian Religion to
the Black Man
Friday's events will be kicked off by
Fannie laxi Hamer's address at 4 p m in
Memorial Hall quadrangle She is a mem
ber of the Mississippi Freedom Demo
cratic party and veteran civil rights activ
ist with the Student Nonviolent Coordinat
ing Committee.
At 5:30. Happy Ending will be re
peated in the lab theatre, followed at 7 by
a program on the Black Aesthetic The
latter program will host Don Lee. Hoyt
Fuller and Ebon Dooley in Law School
Auditoriums A and B
The week's final event will be Saturday-
night when Moze Dillard and the Textown
Sound play at 8 in Memorial Hall ballroom
for a Soul Ball
the president’s mansion, many students
left the campus with a two-day shutdown
of classes Friday
Students confronted Davison twice last
week — the second time at his mansion
with a letter drafted at Emory University
which he refused to sign Friday, the
Emergency Strike Committee decided to
seek action through the student govern
ment and faculty before confronting Davi
son with the letter again.
(Contrary to statements in the Red and
Black last Thursday. Cindy Thomas is not
a member of SDS. Phil Evans is not an
officer in SDS. and Dale Hardman was not
the leader of the protestors Wednesday
night He along with Miss Thomas. Evans
and other students were asked to speak
with administrators as individuals and not
as spokesmen of the group >
AT A NOON RALLY Thursday. Dr
George Parthemos. vice president for in
struction. announced that he had inter
vened in behalf of the students arrested
Wednesday night and that their bonds had
been reduced.
The three students arrested were Rog
er William Clark. George Eckard and
Gregory Gosline All three were out by
Thursday afternoon.
Denny Galis. attorney lor Clark, said
preliminary hearing was set for June 2
where recorded testimony would be heard
against his client
Parthemos also read an announcement
from President Davison saying that the
Board of Regents had authorized him to
suspend all classes on Friday. May 8. and
Saturday. May 9 The suspension applied
to all schools in the University system
Dr. Charles Crowe of the history de
partment read and circulated a petition
reading:
We. the undersigned students and fac
ulty of the University of Georgia, call
upon Congress to impeach President Nix
on for waging an undeclared and unconsti
tutional war in Asia, and for other crimes
against the Constitution We also ask Con
gress to impeach Spiro T Agnew for
crossing state lines lor the purpose of incit
ing riots.”
Several students began advocating a
march to the jail where thev could “voice
our demands loudly and vehemently
Shouts of total amnestv followed
WILLOUGHBY ASKED the students to
give the student government officers and
the administration some time and sup
port If you give us some time we will get
them out of there, he said
Students began making plans to assem
ble at 7 p m at the Academic Building and
march to the courthouse if the students in
jail were not released.
Dale Hardman. Emergency Strike
Committee member, urged students to
“spend the dav getting support. The ad
ministration is listening to the faculty
because of what we i the students i did last
night '
After leaving the rally, the demonstra
tors marched through the P-J complex
and then to the military building shouting,
“on strike, shut down ' and “Come out
and join us. "
They walked through Park and IxK’onte
halls and began chanting “North campus.
7 o'clock The marchers visited ('reswell
and Russell halls to recruit students to the
evening rally
An Atlanta Journal photographer
commented. "There's more spirit here
than any football game
Thursday afternoon, student govern
ment leaders met and drafted a statement
which was presented to a group of stu
dents — senators, demonstrators and oth
er interested persons — gathered in the
lobbv of the Memorial Hall student activi
ties center
THE STATEMENT was an effort to let
people know the emotions surrounding the
situation and the importance of non-viol
ence. according to Mike Willoughbv. who
read the following statement to the group
(See KENT STATE, Page 6)
Students may voice views tonight
Photo by BOB NOVIT
VICE PRESIDENT GEORGE PARTHEMOS FLASHES PEACE SIGN AT RALLY
Demonstrators won class suspension (More pictures, Pages 6 and 7)
Students will have an opportunity to
night at 7:30 to give their views on almost
everything pertaining to student life —
what the situation is now and what it
should be in the future — when the Univer
sity-wide self-study committee on student
personnel hosts an open session in 170
Pharmacy Building
AH students and interested persons
may voice their ideas on student person
nel functions and activities — about ever
ything relating to students except actual
classroom instruction
(General areas to be discussed include
the objectives and administration of the
student personnel program, academic and
personal records of students, counseling,
guidance. Health Services, student gov
ernment. non-academic discipline, orien
tation. housing, boarding, financial aid.
placement, extracurricular activities and
alumni affairs
SENATE DEFERS DECISIONS
Kent State, Cambodia issues sent to committee
By TOM CRAWFORD
Auiitant news editor
In an emotion-charged meeting the
Student Senate referred to committee the
main issue before it last night — whether
or not to condemn the deaths of four Kent
State students and the escalation of the
war in Southeast Asia
By a 48-23 roll-call vote, the Senate re
ferred the motion by David Alonzo (Arts
and Sciences! to a special committee,
which will report at the May 20 meeting
Alonzo s motion, which was debated by
senators present at the meeting, resolved
that the Senate condemn the killing of the
four Kent State students and the expan
sion of the war into Cambodia
BOB TRITT (Arts and Sciences!
moved that the motion be referred to a
special committee and Tim Mundv (Arts
and Sciences! amended it, saying that the
committee would report at the May 20
meeting
"We've got to study this thing logical
ly," Tritt said
I'at Gallagher (Graduate I disagreed.
Building of Memorial Hall ccomplished
through alumni, student pledges of 1921
By NANCY HAU.
Assistant news editor
Memorial Hall, home of the University
Union, was built entirely by funds raised
by University alumni and students as a
monument to University members who
served and died in World War I
On April 26 1920. at a luncheon. Univer
sity alumni decided to launch a campaign
to raise SI million for a building and endow
ment fund
A committee of 10 prominent alumni
were appointed to head the campaign
IN A REPORT of the campaign com
mittee to the Alumni Societv in June 1922
Harry Hodgson, chairman of the commit
tee stated
"For the work of organizing the state
and in the preparing of publicity the
committee employed the firm of Tamblv
and Brown of New York With their assist
ance the committee spent about 18
months in getting ready for the intensive
period of the drive which lasted one
month, from Oct 11. 1921. to Nov II. 1921
He also reported that the expenses of
the campaign totaled only 61 per cent of
the amount collected
PUBLICITY for the campaign was ex
tensive The loumalism department set
up a publicity bureau which sent weekly
stories to newspapers throughout the
state. A slogan was chosen for the cam
paign to excite a sense of school spirit
"Let's Go Georgia "
The senior class adopted a plan where
by each senior would pledge $300 to be
paid in 10 semi-annual payments
The city of Athens pledged to raise the
$40 000 needed to launch and finance the
campaign An unknown donor gave the
Second
in series
fund $50 000 when it topped a total of
$200,000
The University faculty gave over $25 000
and the student body donated more
than $75,000 to the fund In the first two
weeks of the intensive campaign, the
amount of pledges had passed the half-
million mark
THE CAMPAIGN was centered around
the goal that each student and alumnus
pledge $315 There were five wavs to ful
fill this obligation
• The pledge could be paid cash in full
at the time solicited
• An initial cash pavment could be paid
at the time solicited with the balance to be
paid later
• Equal annual payments could be paid
• Payments could be paid semi-annual
ly for five years
• The pledge could be paid in full anv
date on or before Nov 15 1925
AROUND THE WORLD
saying that the committee would “stifle
the issue. "
Debate on Alonzo's motion centered
around whether it should be divided into
two motions and whether the escalation of
the war had anyghing to do with the death
of the Kent State students
SPEAKING FOR a portion of the stu
dents present. Maureen Mdzaughlin said
"if a group this size can turn out on a min
ute s notice, this must indicate the cam
pus feeling referring to last week's dem
onstrations
Bill Dell, speaking for students on the
other side of the issue, read a letter that
the Dairy Science Club was sending to
Presidert Fred C. Davison and other offi
cials.
Dell said demonstrators only repre
sented a minority of the students and that
the students responsible tor last week's
demonstrations were grub-clothed, un
washed longhairs
JAMES BALDWIN (Graduate) intro
duced an earlier motion saying that an
expression of partisan political views by
the Senate was not in keeping with its ide
als and purposes
“It s best that we not take a stand.
Baldwin said of his motion
The motion was defeated with Baldwin
and Jimmy Sherriff (Graduate) voting in
favor of it
Terry Sullivan (Arts and Sciences!
moved that a referendum be held among
University students on the motion pre
sented by Alonzo Senate President Price
Corr referred the motion to Joel Wooten's
elections committee
VBIBL1 PERT! RBED, Sullivan aid
to a Red and Black reporter If we don't
have a referendum by the end of school
year it won't do any damn good
Wooten’s committee will report on the
referendum at the Wednesday meeting of
the Senate
Raymond Goodwin (Graduate) intro
duced a motion asking that the authon-'
ties" answer two questions how were
students named in the injunction filed by
the Board of Regents Monday picked, and
if any scholarship monies will be removed
from any students named in the injunc
tion
THE MOTION passed
Goodwin was also named by Corr to
chair the special committee investigating
Alonzo's motion Goodwin said later. "I
might become the first committee chair
man to vote against the committee "
Frank Butler moved that the Senate
endorse a statement made by President
Davison Monday The statement said in
part. "I am not the corporate conscience
of this university and It would be pres-
umptuious of me to speak on behalf of all
of these people on such matters
President Davisons statements con
cerned the demand by students that he
(‘ommit himself on the deaths of the four
Kent State students
AFTER THE MOTION to refer Alon
zo s motion to a committee was passed,
several students walked out on the meet
ing
Right on. brothers and sisters yelled
one sarcastically
Student body president Bob Hurley and
via* president Mike Willoughby addressed
the Senate
Hurley said that not at one lime «did
we i claim to speak for the entire student
government, explaining his actions at
last week s demonstrations
McGovern, Hatfield to offer war-end timetable
Leading Senate doves have opened a
three-phased legislative offensive de
signed to end the war in Indochina by July
1.1971
The group has raised $7001)0 and pur
chased 30 minutes of prime TV network
time to present its views Sen George
Mt<Govern (South Dakota* and Sen Mark
O Hatfield (Oregon* and others are
scheduled to address the nation on NBC*
TV at 7 30 tonight in a program entitled
To End The W ar
The Mciiovem-Hatfield amendment to
the military authorizations bill sets June
3 1971. as the final date for all American
troops to be withdrawn from Vietnam
It would also provide that all military
funds authorized for Vietnam could be
used only to withdraw troops and to de
fend the remaining troops until withdraw
al is complete
Phase one would be the adoption of
another amendment that would prohibit
the use of any funds for American ground
forces in Cambodia bar funds for any
American military instructors in Cam
bodia . and forbid any air strikes over
Cambodia by the U S. Air Force, except
for the interdiction of enemy supplies or
personnel using Cambodian territory for
attack or aat*ss into South Vietnam
Phase two of the Senate s antiwar of
fensive wuuld be the repeal of the Tonkin
Gulf resolution that authorized the Presi
dent to use whatever means necessary to
repel aggression in Southeast Asia Phase
three would be the approval of the Mc
Govern-Hatfield amendment
• • •
GOV. LESTER MADDOX has proposed
that the week o! May 24-30 be proclaimed
.Appreciation of Students for Responsible
Citizenship Week, and has presented his
proc lamation to President Nixon
Maddox was meeting yesterday with
Nixon along with 49 other state chief exec
utives
Maddox said that there is too much
attention given to failures and too little
given to the good and successful students
on our campuses He said it has been
almost two decades since the peaceful
law abiding students on campus have
been recognized
Maddox said he would recommend to
the President that riots and disorders be
played down by leaders and the news me
dia while scholastic achievement in the
colleges receives new emphais
• • •
PRESIDENT NIXON has found a prot
ective shield in the House where he has
received almost solid support from the
South for his Cambodian move
In the Senate more than half the mem
bers have taken stands against Nixon s
Camboidan decision, a UPI survey
showed Members of this'Senate block
sponsored the idea of using a supplemen
tal appropriations bill to reassert congres
sional control over war policy
