The Campus Chat (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 53, No. 9, Ed. 1 Friday, October 17, 1969 Page: 1 of 6
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The Campus Chat
53RD YEAR
NORTH TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY, DENTON, TEXAS
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1969
NO. 9
Day of Peace Ends With 9 Arrests
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By TERRY KELLY
And NANCY KEMPLIN
Chat Staff Writers
A peaceful day of protest erupted into
an evening of violence as Moratorium
Day marchers clashed with Denton police
Wednesday night. Ten persons were
arrested.
Nine of the ten marchers spent two
hours at police headquarters and were re-
leased shortly after 10:30 p.m.
Although arrested for "disregarding a
lawful order of a police officer," no for-
mal charges were filed and the names of
those arrested were not released.
The disruption followed an 8 p.m. torch-
light march for peace around the block
bounded by Avenue A, Chestnut Street.
Avenue B and Hickory Street.
The crowd, estimated at between 300
and 4(X) persons, finished circling the
block once at approximately 8 20. Some of
the war protesters decided to make an-
other march around the block, but were
told that the parade permit only made
provision for one revolution.
The permit was issued for 8 p.m. to 9
p.m.
"This doesn't mean they can keep cir-
cling the area for an hour," said Denton
Police Chief Wayne Autrey. "They were
to march around that area one time We
were to provide an escort and that was it
"We were estimating the time it takes
to complete the route," he explained at a
press conference about 11 p.m. Wednes-
day night.
When the march halted, the crowd dis
persed. some persons returning to the
park and about 150 starting east on Hick-
ory Street toward the downtown area. The
parade permit had stipulated that all
marching was to be done on campus side-
walks.
Chief Autrey had earlier denied the
marchers permission to leave campus be-
cause they had not filed a request for the
permit seven days prior to the march, as
required by city ordinance
About two blocks down Hickory from
Avenue A, the marchers met police.
"They were advised that they were out
of order and to return to campus. They
disregarded this information. They were
also ordered to clear the street immedi-
ately." the police chief said
"When 1 arrived at the scene, the street
was completely blocked 1 then got on the
horn ipublic address system) and asked
them to disperse and there was still no
response The officers were then given
the order to clear the street. Chief
Autrey said
He said that a representative for the
group talked to him about obtaining the
prisoners' release.
"I told him they would probably be re
leased it and when things returned to nor
mal on campus. As far as I know, things
returned to normal within a few min-
utes." Chief Autrey continued
Father Arthur Sargent, who helped lead
the day's demonstrations, was one of
those arrested Father Sargent had gone
down Hickory Street and turned the
marchers back toward campus when the
confrontation with police occurred
The Episcopal minister who is chaplain
of the Canterbury Episcopal Student Cen-
ter. was released shortly after his arrest
He returned to the campus to help quiet
those students left in the park.
"It anything ugly happened tonight. K
wasn't our fault. The revolution is love-
violence is not solution," he told them
"Are you willing to get your brothers
out of jail, ready to pay the price'' Then go
home!" Father Sargent shouted. Al-
though his plea met some opposition, the
crowd soon disbanded
Father Sargent was given a ride back to
the police station and the other nine pris-
oners were released soon afterwards and
carried back to campus in police cars
The campus remained under tight sur-
veillance during the night
Moratorium Confronts War Issues
By ROB CURTIS
Chat Reporter
A requiem mass for the dead, black
armbands of mourning, speeches, teach-
ins and discussion of the war made up
North Texas' Moratorium Day.
Activities opened with the mass in the
Park at 10:30 a.m. when about 300 persons
gathered to pray for the Vietnam war
dead and for peace.
Father Arthur Sargent of the Canter-
bury Episcopal Student Center led the
services along with three other Episcopal
priests; Father Reginald Mallet, Father
Joseph White and Father Tom Schultz.
The group took communion while such
tunes as "The Times They Are A'Chang-
in," and "The Universal Soldier" were
played in the background.
The number of participants grew until
about 1,500 students, faculty and others
were involved
Many participants of the activities wore
black armbands which symbolized the
moratorium peace movement by mourn-
ing the Vietnam dead Some of the arm-
bands had 40.000 printed on them to indi-
cate the number of Americans dead from
the Vietnam war Others had peace sym-
bols stamped on them and the majority
October 75
Council To Consider
Boost in Gas Prices
Natural gas rates in I )enton are on their
way up. il the city c°uncil approves a
Lone St ir (ias Co. request for a boost in
prices.
The council he au the gas company's
proposal at its Tuesday night meeting It
given council OK. the increase would to-
tal $180,000 annually
.1 .1 Crim Jr., regional manager of
Lone Star s Denton region, called the rate
increase "necessary
"We are subject to the same inflation-
ary pressures that afflict every busi-
ness." he told the council
Crim pointed to increased wages, inter
est rates, taxes and operating costs as
reasons for the higher rate.
Presently customers are charged a flat
rate for gas Under the new system,
prices would be based on a sliding scale
"The more you use, the less you pay
Crim explained
He said that the average monthly
charge per customer in 1968 was $8.90
If the new rates go into effect, he said, the
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average charge would rise to $10.78 per
month The current 50 cent minimum
charge, regardless whether >r not a sub-
scriber uses gas. would no longer apply
The new rates would reflect a 20 per
cent overall increase in residential .jr.d
commercial rates in Denton
In other business, the council approved
relocation of utilities along Highway 24
west (University Drive) in preparation
for widening of the road.
The city highway department estimated
that $264,000 in city funds will be required
for relocation of drainage structures and
easements before the construction is
done
Bids are due to be opened in December
lor the road improvement. The highway
will be widened west from where it nar-
rows from four to two lanes and will ex-
tend to the Interstate 35 underpass.
Dr. Hugh Aver, a member of the coun-
cil and a North Texas faculty member,
asked the source of the money. White re-
plied that the source is still undecided.
The council also approved an amend
ment to the city airport contract with
Aerosmith, lie as recommended by the
Airport Advisory Board and approved a
12-month sublease by Aerosmith to All-
Air International. Inc. for use of the Mu-
nicipal Airport's old hangar.
The amendment released the city from
that part of the contract and changed the
city's obligation It will make $1,400 in
improvements to the hangar to make it
more suitable for leasing to All-Air rather
than doing the re-skinning work.
Also, under the old contract. $3,600 per
year was the maximum that could be
charged for using the hangar for storage
The city got $360 annually, or 10 per cent
of the total charged.
Under the new contract. All-Air agreed
to pay $4,800 annually, which will net the
city $480
the council also approved a three way
contract between the city, the North Cen
tral Texas Council of Governments and
Marvin Springer and Associates of Dallas
for urban planning
Under the contract, a $12,362 grant
from the Department of Health. Educa-
tion and Welfare will be used in Denton
for planning
Moratorium Day started with hope for
many but ended in disillusionment for
others. The day of speeches, teach-ins,
and a requiem mass ended late Wed-
nesday night when nine students were
arrested on Hickory Street. Top picture
shows the Denton Police trying to re-
turn the student marchers to campus.
Bottom right shows the forum held in
the University Theater. Bottom left pic-
tures the rally held across the street in
front of the Union Building.
were just solid black.
The measurable success of the day will
most likely never be known, but from the
indicators of participation and informa
Hon presented this event has shown some
of the greatest polarization of response to
any one issue at North Texas in many
years.
At 11 a.m. there was a teach-in in the
Business Administration Building where
four faculty members voiced questions
and opinions about the Vietnamese strug-
gle. The speakers were James Danielson
and Milan Reban of the government fac-
ulty and Henry Eaton and Jack Hoffman
of the history faculty. All of the faculty
speakers talked about ending the war as
soon as possible.
The four speeches were: Dariielson,
"Vietnam: Mistake and Folly"; Hoff-
man. "Vietnam. A Selective History
Eaton, How Students Will Listen to Dis-
sent and Our President Will Not and
Reban, "How the Lessons of Vietnam
Must Be Used Constructively in Order To
Avoid Other Vietnams."
Danielson's speech covered four major
fallacies of U.S. participation in the Viet-
nam struggle. They were. "Entry, Es-
calation "Thinking that we could afford
the war," and "Not getting out
Danielson also commented on the
rationalizations which the U.S. govern-
ment has tried to use on the American
public such as the Communist Spectre.
Hoffman gave a brief historical sum-
mary of the events which led to U S par
ticipation in the war Hoffman posed such
questions as "What is it that has caused
the Vietnamese people to warrant such
unremitting punishment'" and 'Why is
the 1 S fighting in a war in which it is
virtually impossible to distinguish the
enemy from the peasants''
Eaton noted the President's optimistic
view on withdrawal which was that the
war will be satisfactorily concluded in
three years Hoffman concluded his
speech with three poems by Stephen
Crane
Heban came out for a quick end for the
war, but felt that the American people
should be concerned with the fate of the
Vietnamese as a people trying to move
forward into a modernized nation. He also
cautioned the students to watch out for
the white backlash which may come in the
form of Chicago's "Legion of Justice."
which is a conservative group formed
around the ideas which would be detri
mental to the peace movement.
Following the teach-in was the morator-
ium memorial rally at noon at which a
variety of speakers voiced opinions and
ideas about the war. Again all the speak-
ers talked of a quick withdrawal from
Vietnam for a varietv of reasons.
Father Sargent spoke of "the shameless
killing of 40,000 Americans " and called
for an end to the war now
"To fall into the trap of war is to lose,
he said "Let us wage peace not war
Dr Ralph Bunch of the government
faculty stated that too much power has
been vested in the experts and remarked.
"Experts should be on tap. not on top
He also stated the mistake of the war was
"the inevitable result of bad decisions
Don Bank.st.on. a Dallas graduate stu-
dent. urged an end to military involve-
ment now and "make sure there are no
more Vietnams The war could be ended
in 60 days, he said, but "we must stop
saving face and start saving lives
Dr. Joe E. Barnhart of the philosophy
facultj was concerned with "the polari-
zation ol views rapidly taking place in
the !' S. these days. Our diplomats should
not be blamed for the outcome of the war,
he said, for they are forced to deal with
the probability of an issue which can only
influence, not foresee.
Dr. J B. Smallwood started by pro-
claiming All war is immoral" and said
that America will have to live with a dip-
lomatic defeat The government must
listen to the people." he said. Morator-
ium Day is the people speaking to their
government."
Dr James Baird of the English faculty
talked more about American endoctrina-
tion rather than Vietnam policy, "Educa-
tion has got to be brought back into line
with reality he said You all know it
ain t education its just a game that you
play On Vietnam he said "The decision
has been made to end the war "
\ few letters from state and federal
officials in support of the moratorium
were read, including a letter from Sen
Ralph Yarborough.
\ Forum at 1 p m in the Speech and
Drama Building provided an open micro-
phone and speakers talking for five min-
ute periods The University Theater was
lull with people having to sit on the stage
area The crowd was estimated at 650.
Dr Don Beck of the speech and drama
facuity presided
The main idea of the Forum was not to
find a solution for the Vietnam war. but
just to confront the issues One speaker
commented Anyone who thinks there is
a solution to this war is either foolish or
ignorant Varying comments of partici-
pants were: It is reassuring to know that
we still have to be taught to kill." "I can
not go to sleep at nights for thinking about
all the men, women and children I kill-
ed We are the aggressors in Viet-
nam Peace has become the in' thing
these days " "Only through God can we
have peace Well. Mr. President. I
guess that's all I hope you sleep well to-
night
The Moratorium Day" movement will
not end with today's demonstration, but
will hold another demonstration next
month i Nov 13 and 141 with two days of
class boycotts An additional day of pro-
test will be added each month until the
United States has taken all of its men out
of the Vietnamese war
This movement is directed by the Na-
tional Student Association <NSA), and
student co-ordinators at NTSU are Maurv
Forman and Tom Lowe.
Float Participants To Meet Today
Representatives of organizations which
plan to enter floats or cars in the Home-
coming parade meet today at 5 p.m. in
Room 233 of the Men's Building to receive
official nitry form and a briefing on
float-building rules
Entry forms must be returned by 5 p.m
on Oct 28. Dr Georgia Leach, chairman
of the awards committee, will brief the
representatives meeting on the rules re-
garding float-building.
Dr. Leach said Wednesday that floats
will be judged according to appropriate-
ness to the Homecoming theme of Fan-
tasy Land", craftmanship. design quality
and visual appeal, intelligent planning and
originality, with consideration for factors
beyond control of the organization.
One award, probably a routing tropin
will be given for the best float Awards
will also be ,;iven for three other floats
These awards will honor the most imagin-
ative, best visual design and best crafts
manship of the floats entered
Cost sheets for floats will te distributed
in the parade briefing today and are to be
turned in to the art department office b\
5 p m. Friday. Nov. 7 These sneets are to
be completed after all purchases have
been made for floats and will give judges
an estimate on the cost of each float
Dr Leach said a Homecoming house
decoration contest will be held this ve.it
Awards will be given to the Greek houses
or dorms with the best exterior decora-
ti ins.
Criteria for judging the house contest
will be the same as for judging floats
Completion deadline for house contest
entries is 8 a m . >!ov 8
Winners of both the house contest and
the parade awards will be announced at
tht tootball game between NTSl and
Wichita State on Saturday Nov 8
Dr Leach said there will be no limita-
tions on the amount of money which may
be spent for a float However, cost will be
considered in the judging Originality will
be i hiccer factor than monev she said.
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