CALIPOIINIA STAT. POLYT.CHNIC COLL•o• SAN LUIS o•ISPO. Volume 20, Number 18 U.S. FOREIGN POLIGJ WILL BE TOPIC OF CALIPOIINIA 88401 December 2, 1969 ADDRE~S BY SEN. GRAVEL ' "United States Foreign Policy After Vietnam" will be the subject of a public speech by U.S. Sen. Mike Gravel (Dem.) of Alaska on campus Thursday (Dec. 4). The address, sponsored by the college and the student Speakers Forum Committee, will be given at 11 a.m. in the Cal Poly Theater. Admission will be free. . .. Sen. Gravel has just returned from a foreign tour during which he visited the Soviet Union, Vietnam, Japan, and India, as well as western Europe, and has written several essays on national problems, including the fighting in Vietnam. He is a member of the U.S. Senate's Interior and Insular Affairs, Public Works, and Small Business Committees. The 39-year-old Gravel, one of the four youngest members of the nation's highest legis­ lative body, was elected in 1968 after defeating the incumbent, Sen. Ernest Gruening, in Alaska's Democratic primary election and both Republican candidate Elmer Rassmussen and Gruening in the general election. (Sen. Gruening ran in Alaska's 1968 general election as a write-in candidate.) Sen. Gravel first entered politics as .a state assemblyman in Alaska in 1964, and . became speaker of the house in 1966. He was born in Massachusetts and moved to Alaska soon after graduating from Columbia University. He is married and the father of two chil­ dren. CHRISTMAS EVENTS WILL WRAP UP 1969 MUSIC ACTIVITIES Two Christmas season events will wrap up Fall Quarter music activities at Cal Poly. The first, the college's annual Christmas Dinner for the students who live on campus, will be held Wednesday (Dec. 3) from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. in the Studen.t Dining ~oom. The second, the annual Christmas Caroling Party, will be held in ·crandall Gymnasium start­ ing at 7:30 p.m. Saturday (Dec. 6). The Cal Poly Mustang Band will be featured at both events. The band's conductor, William V. Johnson (Music Department), reports that the Christmas Dinner will see the band perform Christmas carols as background music. In addition to the band, Santa Claus is expected to make an appearance. The Caroling Party features, along with the band, the Cal Poly Collegiate Quartet, Women's Sextet, and World Famous Majors and Minors -- all student groups. But the major part of the party will be caroling by the audience. Says Johnson, "All the band does is accompany the audience as it sings." Santa -- who apparently has a busy week scheduled -- will come to the Caroling Party too. Admission will be free, and members of the college student body, faculty, and staff, as well as their families, are invited to attend. Cal Poly Report -- December 2, 1969 -- Page 2 WEDNESDAY EVENING LECTURE SLATED UY GERMAN ARCHITECT Spacenets, suspended buildings, and tension structures are expected to be among the topics discussed by German author and architectural creator Conrad Roland when he delivers a public lecture on campus Wednesday (Dec. 3) evening. Roland will speak during a program planned for 8 p.m. in the Cal Poly Theater. Admission will be free. The youthful architectural designer is also expected to discuss his work with archi­ tects Mies van der Rohe and Frei Otto during the program, according to the college student chapter of the American Institute of Architects which is co-sponsoring the event with the Goethe Institute of Munich. The title of his remarks has not yet been announced . by the Goethe Institute, a cultural exchange group, according to the Cal Poly AlA chapter. Roland is a graduate of the Techniche Hochschule in Munich and of Illinois Institute of Technology. He is presently engaged in private practice in Berlin and has worked with Van der Rohe on a project in Essen for the Krupp concern and with Otto on sus­ pension structures. MUSIC EDUCATORS PRAISE CHAMBER ORCHESTRA Two San Luis Obispo music educators have written letters to President Robert E. Kennedy praising the performance of the Cal Poly Chamber Orchestra, directed by Clifton E. Swanson (Music Department). Donald W. Patrick, music coordinatoL for the San Luis Coastal Unified School Distric~ said, "The quality of the music and performance (Friday, Nov. 14) is to be highly commended. I have heard many chamber orchestras from various colleges at our annual MENC conferences and yours ranks with the best of them. 11 Wachtang Korisheli, director, music department, Morro Bay schools, wrote, 11 It was inspiring and very encouraging for this county in pursuing the very fine goals de­ sired by all listeners and musicians. "It is wonderful to be able to tell you this, that with the other achievements of Cal Poly, you now have an element of the highest expressive art, namely, chamber music, that can compare and meet the finest tastes of the trained ear. It is too bad that the orchestra cannot be exposed on a statewide basis to show what Cal Poly can do," Korisheli continued. HOLIDAY SCHEDULED FOR RECREATI9~_AL SWI~~NG PROGRAM After being closed most of last week, the recreational swimming program operated by the Physical Education Department will be open through Sunday (Dec. 7) before being closed for the Christmas Holiday season, according to information received this week. It will reopen on a regular schedule after start of the Winter Quarter. Typewritten copy intended for the next issue of Cal Poly Report must be received rior t9_~~_!1oo_g _Friday_,_!)~~ -· -~.L...in the Office of Information Services Adm-210. Cal Poly Report -- December 2, 1969 -- Page 3 STATE EHPl..OYEES INVITED TO RETIREHENT SEMINAR All interested state employees are invited to at~end a Retirement Seminar being planned for Friday (Dec. 5) •.vening and Saturday (Dec. 6) in the Staff Dining Room. A number of experts on matter~ of concern to those planning retirement will take part in the event, which is being. sponsored by the California State Employees Association, according to Bill Troutner (Crops Department). Charles Cusick, personnel officer for the State Department of Agriculture, and Polo Aguilar, a personnel analyst on the CSEA staff, will be joined by other specialists from the federal Social Security Administration and Internal Revenue Department and the State Franchise Tax Bo~rd on the program for the two-day affair. Firm reservations are required for those who are planning to participate in the seminar. They may be made by contacting Mrs. Kay Patterson (Purchasing Office), 546-2231, no later than tomorrow (Wednesday, Dec. 3) afternoon. Further information about the program may be obtained by contacting Troutner. MUSTANG CAGERS __f~TIJRED ON "CAJW F~RE GIRLS NIGHT" PROGRAM ., Head Coa·c h Neale Stoner's Cal Poly basketball varsity and San Luis Obispo Senior High School's 50-member Tigerett~ , girls drill team will be among the featured per­ formers for the third annual "(' .-np Fire Girls Night at Cal Poly" program, which is slated for Friday (Dec. 5) evening in the Men's Gymnasium. They are expected to join two other yet-to-be-named entertainment acts on the program for the family night event, which ' is being co-sponsored by the Natoma Council of Camp Fire Girls, Inc., and Cal Poly's Associated Students, Inc. Although the program is announced for 7:30 p.m., it will actu'a lly begin an hour earlier. Scheduled to begin at 6:30 p.m. on the main court in the Cal Poly gym will be a preliminary basketball game matching the San Luis Obispo and Laguna Junior High School teams in what will be the first athletic competition ever slated between the two schools. That game will also be the first appearance in history for a Laguna Junior High sports team. An "autograph party, 11 during which children will have an opportunity to secure the autographs of a number of sports stars who reside in the Central Coast area, is scheduled for the Men's Gym foyer beginning at 7:30. The main court will be the site of variety entertainment performances both before and between the halves of the featured Camp Fire Girls night basketball game between Cal Poly's Mustangs and the Pioneers of California State College at Hayward, which is planned for an 8 p.m. start. The San Luis Obispo Senior High drill team will provide its 10-minute "Salute · to Camp Fire" during halftime of the Cal Poly-Cal State Hayward contest. Directed by Miss Judy Carnell of the h_igh school's faculty, i t wi 11 be accompanied by the SLOSHS Pep Band under the direction of Lyle Stubson, also a member of th.e school's faculty. Tickets for Friday night's program are priced at $1.50 for adults and 50 cents for students and children and are being sold throughout the San Luis Obispo area by Camp Fire Girls groups. They may also be purchased at Law's Hobby Shop, 735 Marsh St., and at the Camp Fire Girls office located in the City Recrel'lti.on Center, 864 Santa Rosa St., both in San Luis Obispo. Cal P0ly Report -- December 2, 1969 -- Page 4 U.S. INFOR}~TION AGENCY TELLS CAL POLY STORY ABROAD Martin Miyesa of Kenya is the subject of a feature story now being distributed by the United States Information Agency in African publications. The agency described the article, prepared by Cal Poly's Office of Information Services, as an "excellent story • • • just the type that is most easily placed in newspapers and other publi­ cations overseas." In the story, Miyesa, a senior agricultural engineering major, expresses belief that technicians from underdeveloped nations should be trained abroad, indicates how his education at Cal Poly has broadened his goals, and reveals how he, as a student from another land, adjusted to living in California. Miyesa feels when a technician from an underdeveloped land has the opportunity to ~earn abroad, he is exposed to materials and techniques whic~ could not be taught by technicians from developed nations who visit underdevel_oped nations for two-year tours. He also believes his Kenyan cultural background places him in a better posi­ tion to impart this knowledge to those in Kenya who need instruction. Miyesa's experiences while attending Cal Poly have instilled in him an interest in basic research as well as teaching. Exposure to research work at the United States Department of Agriculture field station at Shafter encouraged him to decide he could do research as well as teaching. Miyesa has had few of his teachers at amazed at the many learned to prepare problems in adjusting to life in California, in part because most Egarton College in Kenya were trained in the United States. He is different forms of food products found in supermarkets, but he has a typical Kenya meal from ingredients available in California. Since 1964 the Office of Informat·ion .Services has provided the United States Infor­ mation Agency with similar stori~s on· students from Thailand, Biafra, the Cameroons, Ghana, Persia, Iran, Nigeria, Ethiopia, the Congo, and Burundi. The USIA distributes the stories to publications in the home countries of the students involved. On behalf of the USIA, Camilla P. Luecke, chief, stringer coverage desk, for the. ser­ vice wrote on Nov. Hl, "We do appreciate your continuing cooperation in providing us coverage requested by our overseas posts." DISCUSSION OF PROPOSED AMENDMENTS SLATED BY CAMPUS C S E A CHAPTER Members of Cal Poty Chapter 97 of the California State Employees Association are invited to an open meeting of the chapter Board of Directors next :fuesday (Dec~ .' 9) for a discussion on constitutional amendments voted at October's General Council session in Sacramento • .'P1e chapter meeting will take place starting at 7:30 p.m. in the . Staff Dining Room. Members who are p·resent for the Dec. 9 meeting will vote following the discussion to determine the local CSEA group's position on each amendment. Ratification of", the various items must be completed by Jan. 22, by the Boards of Directors of all CSEA chapters. ·· • Typewritten copy intended for the next issue of Cal Poly Report must be received rior to 12 noon Frida!, Dec. 5, in the Office of Information Services Adm-210. Cal Poly Report -- December 2, 1969 -- Page 5 COMING EVENTS -- CONING EVENTS -- COHING EVENTS Books at High Noon Luncheon -- Tuesday, Dec. 2, 12 noon, Staff Dining Room. Review of Malcolm Muggeridge's Jesus Rediscovered by Robert L. Cleath. Public invited. Cal Poly Women's Club Sewing .Section -- Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2 p.m., 213 Albert Dr., San Luis Obispo. Regularly scheduled meeting in home of Mrs. C. Herold Gregory. Members invited. Cal Poly Women's Club Handcraft Section (Night) -- Tuesday, · Dec. 2, 7:30p.m., 357 Santa Lucia, · san Luis Obispo. Regularly scheduled meeting in horne of Mrs. William Marchant. Members invited. Varsity Wrestling --Tuesday, Dec. 2, 8 p.m., Men's Gymnasium. Cal Poly vs. San Francisco State College. Tickets - general admission, $1..50; students and children, 50 cents. • . !~·~ CAHPER High School Basketball Tourn£Y --Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday, Dec. 3, 4 ·'; and 6, 4 · p.m., Men's Gymnasium; sponsot'ed by Cal Poly Chapter of the California Association for Health, Physical Education, and Recreation. Tickets - general ad­ mission, $1; students and children, 50 cents. Christmas Band Concert-- Wednesday, Dec. 3, 5 p.m., Student Dining Room. Concert by Cal Poly Band ·conducted by William V. Johnson; sponsored by the Music Department. Students invited. Architecture Lecture-- Wednesday, . Dee. 3, 8 p.m., Cal Poly Theater. Lecture by German architect and author, Conrad Roland; sponsored by the student chapter of the American Institute of Architects. Public invited. Foreign Affairs Lecture --Thursday, Dec. 4, 11 a.m., Cal Poly Theater. Address on foreign affairs by U.S. Senator Mike Gravel of Alaska; sponsored by Cal Poly and by the Speakers Forum Committee of the Associated Students, Inc. Public invited. Gal Poly Staff Club Luncheon Thursday, Dec. 4, 12 noon·, Staff Dining Room. Dis­ cussion of "Cal Poly 1969-70 Basketball Goals and Prospects" by Head Basketball Coach Neale Stoner during final luncheon meeting of 1969. Faculty and staff invited. CSEA Regional Retirement Conference --Friday, Dec. 5, 5 to 10 p.m., and Saturday, Dec. 6, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Staff Dining Room. Conference on rettrement matters for employees of the State of California; sponsored by the California State Employees Association. By reservation. Varsi.ty Basketball-- Friday, Dec. 5, 7:30p.m., Men's Gymnasium. Annual "Camp Fire Girls Night at Cal Poly" program featuring Cal Poly vs. California State College at Hayward game; jointly sponsored by the Associated Students, Inc., and the Natoma Council of Camp Fire Girls, Inc~ Preliminary game, 6:30 p.m. - San Luis Obispo Junior High School vs. Laguna Junior High School. Tickets - general admission, $1.50; students and children, 50 cents. Christmas Caroling Party-- Saturday, Dec. 6, 7:30p.m., Crandall Gymnasium. campus Christmas Caroling Party. Students, faculty, and staff invited. (Continued on Page 6) All- .; Cal Poly Rep0rt -- December 2, 1969 Page 6 ' I ; . COMING EVENTS (Continued from Page 5) Final Exams -- Monday, Dec. 8, through· WW:sday', Dec. 11, campus. final ~xaminations for students • .,.. Fa 11 Quarter Cal Poly Women's Club Walking Section-- Tuesday, Dec. 9, 9 a.m., Parking Lot, Veteran's Memorial Building, San Luis Obispo. Meeting for walk in the Monterey Highlands area of San Luis Obispo. Hemb~rs invited. Varsity Basketball --Tuesday, Dec. 9, 8 p:ni., Menls Gy~~i~~. Cal .Poly vs. Fresno Pacific College. Preliminary game, 5:45p.m., Cal Poly Colts vs. Fresno Pacific Fros.J;t. Ticke~s - general , admission, $1.50; . s~~dents and children, 50 cents. Cal P~ly Women's Club Handcraft Se~tion (Day) . -~ Wednesday, Dec. 10, 10 a.m., City Recreation Center, San Luis Obispo. Demonstration of Christmas wrappings by Mrs. Pat . Rice duri~g reg~lar meeting of section; those attending are asked to bring empty boxes, non-~lQssy shelf paper, a pAring knife, and a p.otato· o.r two • . Member-s. invited, End of Fall Quarter -- Thursday, Dec. 11. students and faculty. Official close of 'the Fall Quarter for . Cal Poly Women's Club Foreign Students Section-- Thursday, De~. :ll, , Methodist. Church, San Luis Obispo. Annual Christmas party for Cal Poly foreign students and host families; co-sponsored by the student People-to-People chapter. Members, for­ eign students, and host families invited. Time to be announced. Christmas Academic Holiday --Friday, Dec. 12, through Friday, Jan. 2, 12 noon. Official academic holiday for students and faculty. Christmas Dinner ·~Dance :... Friday, Dec. 12·, 7 p.m., Elks Club, San Luis Obispo. Dinner and dancing beginning with socia't hour at 7 p.m. and dinner at 8, followed by dancing with music by the Jack LaForte Music Makers; sponsored by the Cal Poly Women's Club and Cal Poly_Staff Club. Members invited- tickets, $4.50 per person . • .'f • Mid-State Holiday Basketball Tournament ~- Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, Dec . ..il­ 13, afternoons and evenings, Men's Gymnasium. Tourname~t featuring eight junior college basketball teams from throughout California; sponsored by Cal Poly Block "P" Society, Cuesta College, and the San Luis Obispo Jaycees. Tickets, tourney .:.. package -adults, $3.50; students, $2; individual games -adults, $1.50; students, $1; children, 50 cents. ASS'iSTANCE WITH ENROLLMENT OFFERED TO FACULTY, STAFF Faculty and staff members were reminded last week that assistance with registration for Winter Quarter classes is available to them through the Registrar's Office. F. Jerald Holley· (Director of Admissions, Records, and Evaluations) said staff and faculty who will be enrolling should complete their registration booklets and leave them in the Registrar's Office, Adm-219, before Dec. 12. Any student or member of the faculty or staff who was not enrolled during the Fall Quarter must clear through the Admissions Office, Adm-205, before they can enroll for the Winter · Quarter. · ~~----------:--:-~-·-·-------- -· ·--:---------------.,. Typewritten copy intended for the next issue of Cal Poly_Beport must be received rior ..!!L.l2_ noq_n. Yrid~:y_ ... Q.e~_. 5 in. . the Office ..P,f. Infg~~~J&Il. .~~zy_i~es..._ M!ll::~!Q. _ Cal Poly Report -- December 2, 1969 -- Page 7 TRUSTEES URGE NEW SALARY STRUCTURE FOR FACULTY The Board of Trustees of The California State Colleges took the following actions at its November 24-25 meeting in Los Angeles: --Urged the Coordinating Council for Higher Education and .Gov. Ronald Reagan to recom· mend approval by the 1970 Legislature of a minimum 2.7 per cent salary budget increas( for a new faculty salary structure. The new structure would recognize the interrela­ tionship between salaries of teaching faculty (the key class) and other schedules in the academic salary group, including appropriate differentials for academic-adminis• .· t~ation positions, and would embody these principles: (a) Elimination of a separate pay class for non-doctorate holders. (B) Overlapping of salary ranges by rank. (c) Flexibility of use of salary steps. (d) Evaluation for merit increases, details to be determined upon completion of the board's study on retention and procurement of a quality faeulty. (The board in October recommended a 7 per cent salary increase for all classes in the academic salary group, along with additional differential pay increases for certain positions, and a 4.5 per cent fringe benefit package. The 2.7 per cent increase in salary budget recommended Nov. 25 represents costs of converting present schedules.) --Authorized CSC Chancellor Glenn S. Dumke to request the governor and the legislatur to allot funds for 197Q-71 to achieve (1) comparability of salaries for state college support classes with those related classes in the state service and in other public jurisdictions and in private industry; (2) .proper internal alignment of salaries of positions within the state college system; and (3) correction of salary inequities during the 1970-71 fiscal year. --Appointed Harry W. Harmon and Norman L. Epstein, respectively, to newly created positions of vice chancellor, physical planning and development, and vice chancellor and general counsel. ·' --Took these actions on student fees: ., (a) Increased the application fee from $10 to $20 for students applying for admissio1 in fall, 1970. (b) Set a facilities fee (non-state funded) at 50 cents per quarter for all students attending quarter system campuses, effective for the winter and summer, 1970 quarters, and $1 for all students attending semester system campuses, effective for the spring, 1970, semester. Effective the fall of .1970, the fee for all students will go to $2 per quarter on quarter system campuses, and $3 per semester on semester system campuses. Typewritten copy intended for the next issue of Cal Poly Report must be received rior to 12 noon_frida~De~~L-in th~~~~ce_ of Information Services, Adm-210. ,, Cal Poly Report -- December 2, 1969 -- Page 8 GAMES ADDED TO PROGRAM FOR CHRISTMAS DINNER-DANCE • I Games have been added to the program for ·the Cal Poly Women's Club-Cal Poly Staff Club Dinner-Dance, which will take place at the Elks Club in San Luis Obispo Dec. 12 according to an announcement from the women's club. The games, which will be pro~ vided by the staff club, are specifically being planned for those who wish to attel).d but do not care to dance. The dinner-dance will begin with a no-host social hour at 7 p.m. A steak dinner, to be followed by dancing will begin at 8 o'clock. Music for both dinner and the dancing will be provided by Jack LaForte's Music Makers. Tickets for the event are still being sold. Priced at $4.50 per person, they may be purchased from the chairmen of the various special interest sections of CPWC, at regular meetings of the staff club, or from neighborhood ticket chairmen located throughout San Luis Obispo and other area5.. Ticket informat-ion may be obtained by calling either Mrs. J. Murray Smith, 544-0781, or Mrs. Robert Treacy, 543-5543. RESURFACING PROJECT WILL CLOSE GRAND AVE. A resurfacing project, expected to begin Dec. 15 and continue until about Dec. 29-, will close the section of the Grand Ave. entry road from Slack St. at the southern edge of the campus to Mountain Dr. in the area of the former Ornamental Horticulture Unit. Traffic that would normally use the Grand Ave. entry will be re-routed to the access road that parallels Grand Ave. in the area of the new track while the resur­ facing is being completed. CAMPUS INTERVIEWS SCHEDULED BY INSURANCE CONSULTANT Ros Downie, an insurance consultant for the Association of California State College Professors, is conducting interviews with .members of the college faculty -who de.s ire information about insurance programs of ACSCP. Those who are interested in · obtainiDF information or assistance with insurance programs or planning are invited to call John Lowry (Mathematics Department), 546-2474, for appointments • ., RECORDS ·OFFICE WILL REMAIN OPEN DEC. 13 TO RECEIVE FALL QUARTER GRADES .·. .,. '\ The college Records Office, located in Adm-222, will be open from 8 a.m. to 12 noon on De~ • .13, for .the purpose of receiving Fall Quarter· grades from memhers _o{ the facu,lty. . . Karleskint-Crum, Inc., a San Luis Obispo-based landscaping and nursery firm, has submitted the lowest of four bids submitted on the grounds development project for the ~ew Science North Building. Bids for the work, which is expected to begin about Jan. 1, were opened in Sacramento last week~ • w Cal Poly Report -- December 2, 1969 -- Page 9 ART SALE WILL BE SATURDAY MORNING Aa art sale, which will include jewelry, paintings, pottery, sculpture, and 1ther work by students of the Art Department, will begin at 10 a.m. and continue until 12 noon Saturday (Dec. 6) in the patio of the Engineering West Building. A &offee preview, during which coffee will be served free with the purchase of a ceramic cup, will precede the sale beginning at 9 a.m. and will prnvide those attending an ~ppor­ tunity to look over the items on display before the sale starts. Proceeds from the sale, to which faculty, staff, and students, as well as the public, are invited, will be used f~r the purchase of a potter's wheel for the Art Department. WRESTUNG, BASKETBALL VARSinEs SlATE HOME ACTION Cal Poly's varsity wrestling and basketball teams are both slated to perform before home audiences this week before starting their final examinations. Coach Vaughan Hitchcock's Mustang grapplers will be after their second win of the season when they host San Francisco State College in a dual match billed for 8 p.m. thisf,ruesday, Dec. 2) evening in the Men's Gym. Coach Neale Stoner's cagers, who opened their 1969-70 season against University of California at Santa Barbara last (Monday, Dec. 1) night, will meet California State College at Hayward in the third annual "Camp Fire Girls Night at Cal Poly" game Friday (Dec. 5) evening, also in Men's Gym. Last week's action saw the Mustang wrestlers open their campaign on a successful note. They whalloped UCSB 1 s matmen 36-0 before a large crowd to extend their string of consecutive dual match victories over California teams to 75. The 1969-70 Cal Poly cage varsity was unveiled during the annual Varsity-Frosh game, which took plac~ Nov. 24. The varsity quintet won by a 92-79 margin, but had its hands full with a frosh club that shows promise of being among the best ever to wear the Cal Poly green and gold. The Mustang varsity will be trying to improve on the 6-19 won-lost record compiled by the 1968-69 team.