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Volume 102, No. 38

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Word of the WeekCOPASETIC

Definition: Very good, having no problemsThe honeybadger was completely copasetic

Pearl Harbor Revisited

The month of December begins with the anniversary reminder that it has now been more than a quarter of a century since the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7, 1941. World War II seems remote and distant, a lingering memory resurrected only at official American Legion gatherings. America’s more recent wars do not enjoy the clarity of purpose necessary to mobilize a response of unified national patriotism focused upon crushing the common enemy. Nor is it any longer possible to “win” America’s wars with decisive military victories. But there are frightening similarities to the mobilization of national sentiment which harken back to the World War II era.

The bombing of Pearl Harbor created a climate of national hysteria which brought openly to the surface the basic prejudice against Orientals which had always dominated the West Coast and produced the extremist solution of concentration camps, more delicately referred to as “Relocation Centers.” Some 120,000 persons of Japanese ancestry were rounded up immediately after Pearl Harbor when the West Coast was declared a military zone.

The Rev. S. Garry Oniki, a leading staff member of Chicago’s

Community Renewal Society, was interned for over a year in a Relocation Center for Japanese-Americans.

Granada, Colorado. Oniki remembers the climate of hysteria, which thrived in this country, with people seeing Japanese planes and ships off the coast with more frequency than flying saucers are sighted today. The vast majority of Japanese-Americans were sent to ordinary Relocation Centers. There were also special camps for possible top security risks: those persons who conceivably might have close ties with the Japanese government---teachers of Japanese history, language, culture, and importers. Such persons were rigorously interrogated and, if they eluded suspicion, were allowed to join their families in an ordinary Relocation Center.

It is well to remember, as our thoughts are turned to the anniversary of Pearl Harbor, that there are concentration camps in America at the present moment. They are designed to detain those who actively oppose the insane actions of our government and are fully equipped for immediate use. The camps are located at Allenwood, Pennsylvania (just four hours by car from New York City); Avon Park, Florida; El Reno, Oklahoma; Wittenburg and

By Dick GregoryDec.6 1968

Please see HARBOR page 2

The Peace Corps, once the Mecca of many student idealists, is on the threshold of what could be the most crucial period in its seven-year history.

Few will deny that the Peace Corps has been one of the most successful and popular of the New Frontier programs initiated during the Kennedy Administration.

But the Peace Corps now faces many new and delicate problems, most of them a direct result of the war in Vietnam. The tactfulness with which these problems are solved within the next few years may well determine whether or not the Peace Corps can survive on a large scale, and if it can, how effective it will be in accomplishing its original mission.

Peace Corps officials--who it the past have had little trouble convincing young people to give up two years of their life to work in an underdeveloped country---now find themselves on the defensive for the first time. The major problem Is the Peace Corps' close association with the federal government at a time when the government Is unpopular among young people.

Peace Corps officials, including Agency Director Jack Vaughn, are

not ready to admit the Corps has problems, But some other high-ranking government officials have confirmed privately that the Corps may be in trouble, Recruiting figures alone indicate the Peace Corps has less appeal now than It had a year ago. In November, 1966, the Peace Corps received 7,097 applications from college seniors,

Last November, applications were filed by only 3,768 seniors, nearly a 50 per cent reduction. Overall, the Peace Corps received

9,661 applications last November, compared with 12, 411 in November of 1966. Recruiting also was down in December, with the Corps receiving 7,095 applications last December, compared with 8,288 in 1966.

Peace Corps officials, however, claim these figures should not be interpreted as meaning the Corps is losing its appeal to students. "The decrease is attributable to the style of recruiting in the fall of 1966 compared to that in 1967" one official explained. "In late 1966, we put on a major recruiting drive which hit its peak in November.

In 1967, however, we visited 25 per cent fewer schools in the fall. During the current academic year, we will have our major recruiting

Challenges To Peace Corps Brought On By Vietnam War

By CPS PublisherFeb.9 1968

Please see PEACE page 3

Braving a cold wind and heavy rain, 1200 anti-war protesters marched in La Crosse on Oct. 15 as a part of the National War Mortorium. The protesters marched 16 blocks from downtown to WSU-L’s Main Hall Auditorium, where a rally was conducted.

Dormitory rents in the Wisconsin state colleges will be increased by 50 cents per week when the new semester begins in the fall of 1960, bringing the yearly cost for a two-man room to $240.50. The decision to increase the fees was reached at the recent meeting of the Board of Regents of State Colleges in La Crosse. It means that where two students occupy a dormitory room, the future charge will be $6.50 per student per week, while the charge will be $5 per student per week for those in three-man units.

THE INCREASE in rates for dormitory occupants is the first approved by the Board of Regents since 1950, and Eugene R. McPhee, Director of the State Colleges,

Recent action:

Raise dorm rents in 1960-61

1200 MAKE LA CROSSE PEACE MARCH VIGIL

October 24, 1969

Please see DORM page 6

THROWIN’IT

BACK

1968 interpretation of Peal Harbor and the aftermath of World War II was discussed as a national issue

The Vietnam War created much controversy on campus and even more when it threatened the productivity of the Peace Corps

What’s all this nonsense about the peace march vigil you see next to this article? You returning readers may remember that not too long ago UW-La Crosse and The Racquet celebrated 100 years of existence. Big deal, eh? We thought so too. So much actually, that we decided to dust off those old issues from the 1960s and show you some real history.

Still not impressed? UW-La Crosse opened its doors in 1909 as a single building known as Main Hall. It was called the La Crosse State Normal School for teachers. In 1951 the college changed its name to Wisconsin State College-La Crosse after establishing a degree in liberal arts.

In this issue you’ll see that more than just the look of The Racquet has changed. Just as with the stories and editorials over the years, the ads reflected the culture of the moment. The articles and some of the ads you seen in print are all from the 1960s. Phone numbers were three digits. Times have changed.

In this Special Edition we’ve included issues on the dormitory rent increasing, opinions on the 1968 election and national championships of the 1960s. Converting century-old print into the software we use is a tedious process, much like the actual production process used then. But neither producing this edition nor keeping a grasp on the history of this newspaper wouldn’t have been possible without the fastidious filing done by the folks at Special Collections at Murphy Library. For this, we thank them. Without them, our papers would turn to dust and the historical record of UW-L, of which The Racquet is an integral part, would be lost. We hope you enjoy!

FLASHBACKBy The Editors

What’s inside:Page of Opinion

The soaring sixties

Pow Wow ON SPORTS

WSU-L senior defeats Japan in International Meet

Page 2 Thursday, December 1, 2011

Dr. Carl Wimberly, dean of college of Letters and Science, will deliever the annual “Last Lecture” in the Hall of Presidents Thursday, May 8 at 8 p.m. Ratom, the Senior Women's Honor Society, sponsors the annual event which features a faculty member delivering a speech as though it were the last lecture he would give on campus.

Professor Wimberly, who has been on LaCrosse's faculty since 1953, received his B.S. and M.A. from Southern Illinois University. He received his doctorate at the University of Illinois. As Dean of Letters and Science Dr. Wimberly has watched his college grow

tremendously in the last decade and a half. He has been involved on a “nitty gritty” level with changes in academic life.

A member of several influential committees and

boards, Wimberly will bring an authoritative and fresh look at this institution when he speaks Thursday. Free refreshments will be provided at the event.

Florence, Arizona; and Tule Lake, California. Concentration camps in America stand as a classic symbol of this nation’s preoccupation with detention of dissent rather than reform of current practices.

The McCarren Act, which has been on the books since 1950, is still the law of the land. Title II, Section 100, of the McCarren Act provides that under certain conditions, the President may, on his own judgement, proclaim the existence of a “national internal security emergency” throughout the land. He can do so if: there is a declaration of war by Congress; there is an “insurrection” within the United States; there is an “imminent invasion” of the U.S. or any of

its possessions. Upon doing so,, the President’s political appointee, the Attorney General, is required immediately to “apprehend and detain any person as to whom there is reasonable ground to believe that such person probably will engage in, or probably will conspire with others to engage in acts of espionage or of sabotage.” (Italics are in the emphasis of the original wording of

the Act itself.) In the fall of 1962, radio station WBAI in New York City, interviewed former FBI agent Jack Levine.

Levine referred to a plan of the FBI labeled Operation Dragnet. Said Levine: “The FBI estimates that within a matter of hours every potential saboteur in the United States will be safely interned. They’ll be able to do this by the close surveillance they maintain on these people and the - (the FBI) envisage that with the cooperation of the local police throughout the country, they’ll be able to apprehend these persons in no time at all.” Can we take comfort in the assumption that times have changed since Pearl Harbor, that World War II was totally unique and that national hysteria is now more easily held in check? Hardly, as Dr. Oniki points out. The parallel between then and now lies in the area of built-in racial prejudice. No one growing up in America escapes infection with racism---white or black. When interviewed in 1967 (by Renewal magazine), Dr. Oniki said:” ‘This disease of racial prejudice can work itself out in extreme reactionary forms. I don’t feel that the fear and hostility are yet general enough in America today to produce hysterical

reaction. But if the pattern of ghetto violence. .. continues, the kind of climate could develop in which extreme solutions would be called for.” A lot of water has gone under the bridge since Oniki offered his personal reflections, including the waves of protest which swept the shores of Lake Michigan during the Democratic Convention in Chicago. Add to that a couple of major assassinations, a couple of alleged plots, increased disorder on the campuses of this nation and you begin to have a pretty good recipe for hysterical reaction.

We should learn from history lest it repeat itself. The McCarren Act should be repealed immediately to eliminate that tangible temptation to national psychosis. Personally, I am less concerned with those who might possibly conspire against our government than I am with those of high governmental influence who are currently conspiring to mutilate the soul of this nation. A stiff legislative attack on crime syndicates in this country is more important than retaining the McCarren Act. But America would rather permit the . existence of organized crime than endure the expression of disorganized dissent.

A bomb threat to Cowley Hall of Science proved to be a dud but succeeded in cancelling tests and classes for many students Tues. Nov. 26.

A phoned promise that a bomb had been placed in the building was given to city police at 3:05 p.m. Police were told that the device would detonate at 3:30 p.m. After the building was evacuated and a search was completed by both city police, university security officials, and maintenance staff, no bomb was found.

According to Dr. M. Graff, Vice-President of Academic Affairs, “we felt that it was a hoax all along but did not want to test the issue.”

Several other WSUs have been subjected to bomb threats to their buildings as well as Central High School in La Crosse.

Bomb threat’s a dud

Dec.6 1968

From HARBOR page 1

Looking back at Pearl Harbor

Wimberly delivers Ratom’s

‘Last Lecture’

May 2 1969

Failure. The "F" symbol will be used to indicate failure of a subject, replac-ing the "E."

Incomplete. An incomplete (Inc.) is given only if the student fails to meet the require-ment through no fault of his own. It may be removed within two semes-ters of residence after it is given.

Condition. A condition (Cond.) is

given to a stu-dent who has failed

to complete some portion of a course satisfactorily when he has had the op-

portunity to do so. This grade may be removed within two semesters of residence and may never be removed to a grade higher than "D." If it is not removed within the required time, it will become an "F."

S a t i s f a c t o r y. This grade is given for certain non-credit courses and does not affect the student's index Un-satisfactory. Same as above.

Policy Notes: Changes in Grading System

April 20, 1961

BOMBS! Did I scare you? So did this article in 1968.

The man behind the academic building gave his last lecture May

1969.

Nobody wants to see one on their transcripts, but the ‘F’ grade started up in 1961.

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The Committee for Informed Young Americans, a private group who have extensively researched the Selective Service Act, has discovered "how difficult it is for anyone to find any information concerning alternatives ‘to being classified’ ‘I A’ .”

The committee states "the draft commands compliance to its rules without telling everyone concerned what all those rules are. It is entitled to compliance but not through ignorance of those affected. We discovered how little is known about the draft law and how difficult it is to find any information and decided something had to be done.

We have spent months researching the law and have found a lot of facts that are not generally known outside the Selective Service Headquarters."

1, Many persons are not evenrequired to register for the draft.2. if you are not required toregister and volunteer, you willbe registered without being toldyou do not have to register.3. Few persons have seen thedraft laws.4. A “’Glassblower” is a “criticaloccupation” subject to deferment,there are dozens ofother “critical occupations”,5. The government does notgive out copies of the law tothe public.

6. There are two “services”which fulfill your military

obligation besides the Army, Navy, Coast Guard, Marines and the Air Force.

7. If you are scheduled for induction there are many postponements available.

8. It is possible to appeal classifications to the President.

9. There are 22 other classifications available besides ‘I A”.

10. The American Council OnEducation says: “Enrollmentin the first two years of graduateand professional schools nextfall will be limited to women,veterans, men physically

disqualified and those over the age of 25.”

According to a letter from Francis B. Doran, Chairman of the committee, they "do not share the political views of any person who has recently been indicated for opposing the draft system. Their theatrics do nothing for the fellow who is scheduled to be classified 'I A'. It is not our desire to make headlines but to share our sources of information."

The committee provides a free service for students who send a brief resume of facts pertinent to their classification, this clipping, and a self-addressed, stamped envelope: The Committee For Informed Young Americans, Friendship Station, Box 5568, Washington, D.C., 20007.

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Committee Notes Difficulties In finding Draft Alternatives

Feb.9 1968

effort in the spring."' Since most Peace Corps volunteers come directly from the campus, the Corps' recruiting figures are based on the academic year. So far, applications this year are running about 4,000 behind last year.

But with our major recruiting drive still ahead of us, we expect to at least equal last year's figures. Despite efforts by Corps officials to convince the public that it Is not losing its appeal, officials admit the Corps is more controversial on the campus today that at any other time in its history.

The main reason for this, Vaughn said, "is a feeling that we are an official part of the Establishment. One government official explained, "Before the United States became deeply involved In Vietnam, young people did not mind so much being associated with the government, but now they do,"

However, Vaughn says the expanding group of student radicals who want to be completely disassociated with the government is not affecting the Peace Corps. "We don't in any sense, or never have, tried to tailor a message for the activist. Our message is more to the concerned, and the concerned can be of almost any political stripe, " he said in an interview.

But Vaughn admits Peace Corps recruiting on campuses is more difficult now than it was several years ago. " Most campuses are boiling ," he said. "There is more

noise and more turmoil, which makes it much harder for us to get our message through." "A few years ago it was easy for a recruiter to talk with students." he said. "But now there's a lot of rivalry, and it's harder to get that conversation for a half hour."

Although the Peace Corps is associated with the "Establishment", there have been no problems between recruiters and student radicals, Vaughn said. “Words have been exchanged on occasion, but nothing to consider a confrontation."

The major problem for Corps recruiters comes when a college or university gives them space in their placement office rather than in a prominent open area on campus, such as in the Student Union Building, Vaughn said.

"We don't seek respectability. All we seek is a chance to talk, and if nobody knows where you are, your exposure is so limited you don't have a chance to talk." When Vaughn talks about the present status of the Peace Corps, he emphasizes that the total number of volunteers overseas--now about 15,000--is higher than ever before, and the Corps is expanding at the rate of about eight new countries a year.

Whether this expansion can continue or not, however, is uncertain. “In the past,” Vaughn admits, “the only thing holding us back has been the lack of enough candidates to serve as volunteers.” Since the Corps now must appeal to young people who as a group are becoming more and more anti-government, this problem may be just beginning.

Vietnam challenges peace corps

From PEACE page 1

The Department of Computer Science has received notification of the approval of its minor in computer science to be effective this fall.

Students wishing to pursue a minor in this field of work and desiring more information concerning the curriculum in computer science can contact John C. Storlie, Chairman, Department of Computer Science, or any of

the staff members whose offices are located temporarily on the second floor of the Florence Wing Communications Center.

A distinctive feature of this new minor is that it provides the opportunity for the student to pursue two different areas of concentration: one a concentration on applications areas and the other on a more rigorous theoretical approach.

A descriptive brochure is enclosed for your convenience. Please call me if there are any questions you may have concerning this new minor.

Computer science minor offered

Feb.9 1968

New hip minor is now offered at UW-L in 1968. It’s only “theoretical,” computers aren’t going anywhere anyway.

Not everyone was subjected to the draft, here’s a list of how you could get out of it in 1968.

For those who dream of a beautiful world, Nov. 5 will not be a day for rejoicing. Regardless of which candidate emerges victorious from this political plot we call democracy, ei.t is clear that he will not be the real choice of the The peoples’ candidates were defeated by balloons, bullets, and billyclubs. It would be easy to say “Oh well, wait until ‘72” and kiss four years goodbye-- but it is too late for this curious sort of optimism. It would be even easier to hop on the bandwagon and say “This is the way it’s got to be”-but it is too late for this curious sort of sellout. Let’s not kid ourselves, we, as a nation, are in very serious trouble. The three major candidates, who offer us only varying degrees of irrationality are little more than a very bad joke. But they are a joke we must take seriously. Now, more than ever before, we must resist the urge to melt into the status quo. We must cling to our dreams jealously even though we will probably never see them realized in our lifetime. Perhaps we will be called unrealistic. But if the political system prevents us from living in the beautiful world of our dreams perhaps we can be comforted by the knowledge that no system can ever prevent our dreams of a beautiful world from living in us.

Election can’t kill our dreams...Printed only days before the Presidential election of 1968 that pitted Republican candidate Richard Nixon against Democrat candidate

Herbert Humphrey and American Independent Party George Wallace. Nixon would win but UW-L’s students were not pleased by any of the

candidates.November 1, 1968

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The RACQUET is a student enterprise without faculty control. Any objections and lawsuits should be directed to the editors and staff. The philosophy is that the best education is direct experience under conditions as close to daily life as possible

With the advent of a new decade, the American public was beset on all sides with predictions of the wonderful things to be expected during the next ten years. American business leaders hastened to assure everyone of a continued high living standard more this, more that, more everything. ‘The Soaring Sixties’ is the hopeful title of the next decade. We too would like to share this enthusiasm. Unfortunately, we can’t quite write off the heritage of the Fruitless Fifties. For example: the continuing repression of colored peoples. To cite two example: the Union of South Africa and the UnitedStates. How would you like to be in Johannesburg the day the Blacks get fed up with this treatment-or Birmingham-or, Deerfield? the fantastic American farm surplus-while millions of Asians never get enough to eat. the callous waste of public funds: Bong air force base, et al. the tremendous ideological difference that divides the world, combined with the seeming futility of every effort tomitigate it. etc., etc., etc.Yes, we may have a ‘Soaring Sixties’ all right.

‘The soaring sixties’With the first issue published in the new decade, the students of

WSU-L looked to the future with a little bit of doubt.January 20, 1960

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Well, it appears to be that time of the year again when the state legislature is back in session and the hunting season has been proclaimed open on the state universities and student newspapers. Apparently, the ever-careful guardians of Wisconsin morality and well-being feel that it is their annual duty to announce to the people of the State that their welfare is in good hands. The latest example of this benevolence can be seen in the person of the good State Senator J. Leonard (Rep., Bayside). This past week, obviously with the welfare of Wisconsin in mind, Senator Leonard demanded an investigation of the managing editor of the University of Wisconsin’s student newspaper Daily Cardinal, one John Gruber, because of “left-oriented journalism” and for living in the house of a son of a former state Communist Party leader. Leonard openly admits that he gathered this information from the Bob Siegrist Wisconsin Newsletter, an ultrarigthist broadcast from Madison, which is apparently the best source of information in this sort of thing, at least in Leonard’s eyes. There is little need to go into a long explanation on how Leonard’s actions this past week have in every instance been a threat to the freedom of the press at the University of Wisconsin and all the other state universities. It is clear cut and simple. Leonard’s threat, however, seems to be of little importance. The Vice-President and Chancellor of the University have stated that they are in support of the concept of freedom of the press and speech as put forth and followed by the University’s Board of Regents since 1894, the very institution which Leonard is attempting to blackmail into an investigation of Guber by threat of his own legislative investigation. The really interesting aspect of this latest farce of the state legislators, is the uncontaminated ground these viewers of American politics are able to take in this guilty-by-association accusation. John Gruber is suspected because he happens to live in the same house as the son of a former communist, who is now dead. I’m sure that this Bob Siegrist has made some study into the writings of communism and yet he has emerged untouched. However, when political scientists, college professors and students with political viewpoints differing from the rightists, take part in the same study of this subject matter, the result is that they have had washed upon them the “evils of communism” and thus have been thoroughly contaminated.

State Legislature Is At It...Some things never change. It seems that as students and members of the

press, the staff at The Racquet is never totally happy with the government. February 9, 1965

Thursday, December 1, 20114

Austin, Texas--(I.P.)-Wedding bells and classroom bells do not necessar-ily produce the sweetest harmony for college couples, according to Dean of Students Glenn Barnett of the University of Texas. “Contrary to the frequently heard belief that marriage acts as a stabilizing factor and

makes the student buckle down, we find marriage seldom makes a good student out of a poor one,” Dean Barnett states. “If the wife was a com-petent student and dropped out for marriage,” Dean Barnett says, “she frequently feels an underlying resentment if her student husband does

not excel. In many cases, his grades go down as the time and concentra-tion needed for his work are nibbled away by the demands of family life.”

Marriage and Grades

Dec 12, 1963

Phony and worthless col-lege “degrees,” sold through the mail, are robbing the gullible in the united States and abroad of an estimated 75 million dollars a year. This is revealed in “Diplo-ma Mills: America’s Educational Underworld,” a June Reader’s Di-gest article by Ronald Schiller. He cites examples of fraud in Califor-nia, Hawaii, Missouri, Idaho, New Jersey and many other states. “When I applied for a de-gree at McKinley-Roosevelt uni-versity, in Chicago, I was offered almost any degree I wanted--for $100,” says Schiller. “I asked about the courses to be taken, and the ‘president’ replied: That will take you too much time. Why don’t you take your degree now and get your education later? I’ll recommend some books to read.’” One diploma mill advises that “diplomas can be back-dated

several years if you wish to show that you have had your training years ago and have lots of experi-ence.” The article declares taht fraud becomes really dangerous when the degrees “confer the privi-lege” of practicing on the fringes of medicine and psychological counseling. A lesson mailed by the College of Divine Meta-physics in Indianapolis states: “There is no reality in tumor or cancer. People with these diseases are in a state of hypnosis. The practitioner must use skill and stratey in aiding the patient to be dehypnotized.” In the six months since the American Council on Education issued a report on diploma mills, reports Schiller, various govern-ment bodies have taken steps to eliminate them. Until this is accomplished, degree seekers are warned to ignore offers of “easy” or “quick-way” education.

Phony ‘colleges’ rob manyImagine being able to purchase your degrees for as low as $100. No study-

ing, no classes, just a simple check made out to the college of your choice. In 1960 this is exactly what was going on.

June 2, 1960

While passing the fenced-off play pen back of Wilder penitentary recently, our photographer just couldn’t resist snapping a picture of these young scholars, hard at work.

In the 1960s juggling a spounse in conjuction with school was very common amongst scholars. Here is a little snippet from Austin, Texas explaining these struggles.

(ACP) - The latest craze in femi-nie apparel on many compuses is furry headpieces. An alarmed Minnesota “Daily” columnist, Maurice Hobbs, writes: “Ladies, ladies, please! You’ve got to cease and desist from this latest insanity. It’s grown out of all proportion. “In one class yesterday

there were two of them. One looked like a shaggy white flow-erpot, the other like a greasy black cat. “Some look like brown caterpillars (monster-size) and others like raccoons. And I saw one that looked like a bathroom rug- you know the shaggy looped creations.”

NEW FASHION CRAZE February 22, 1962

Sorority pledges stand around trying to look intelligent.

Two males win an award for their excellent bowling

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Tickets Remain for Ellington Show

Duke Ellington and his band will appear at the Mary S. Sawyer Auditorium Wednesday, January 20. A concert is scheduled from 7:30 to 9:30, followed by a dance from 10 to 12.

Tickets can be obtained for $1 at the entrance of the union until 4 p.m., January 20. The price will be $1.50 at the door.

Beta Sigma Chi, which is co-sponsoring the event with the auditorium board, is staging this last-minute sale for the benefit of veterans and students who may b e awaiting mid-month checks.

Because of the Ellington concert, all girls in dormitories are being allowed late leaved until 11:30 p.m. Wednesday night.

Ellington, in addition to heading one of the nation’s finest bands, is a prolific

and talented composer. Among his many compositions are: ‘‘Mood Indigo’, ‘Caravan, Don’t Get Around Much Any More, Solitude, A Drum Is a Woman, and many more.

The Duke began his musical career in 1923. Since then he has toured extensively in this country and Europe.

European critics, notably Constant Lambert, usually regard Ellington as America’s leading jazz composer.

Several musical greats who have hailed Ellington’s originality and style include: George Gershwin, Leopold Stokowski, Percy Grainger, music critic Howard Taubman and composer Deems Taylor.

Tom Vail and Jerry Warczak are in charge of concert preparations for Beta Sigma Chi.

Dec 12, 1963

In 1963 one of the greatest jazz musicians and composers of all time came to La Crosse and put on a concert downtown. Duke Ellington was the Snoop Dog or the Katy Perry of our day. Surely if you could see

either of those artists for as little $1.50 you would be rushing out and getting in line.

Duke Ellington

diligently endeavored to keep student costs at a minimum. Major reason for the increase in rent is that the new dormitories now under construction are being built with the funds secured at a higher rate of interest than those built in the past. The dormitories constructed in 1956-57 were

financed by Federal loan carrying an interest rate of 2 3/4 per cent. The current dormitory loan, however, is 3 per cent. Five dormitories are being build under the latest loan and will be in operation this fall. They will provide more than 1,000 additional spaces and include dormitories for women at La

Crosse and Whitewater, and units for men at Oshkosh, River Falls and Stout. The board of Regents has mad application to the Federal government to construct dormitories housing an additional 2,500 students.

Join the army and see the world-

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Dance Partner Insane Yet? Article Tells How Shine up your dancing shoes and oil your kneecaps, for the coolest, swingin’est band in the land is coming your way. I refer, of course, to Ralph Marterie and his Marlboro men. Ralph, as he is affectionately called, has been ringing the bell all over the country with his records and personal appearances, and i know you will want to be ready for Ralph, as he is jocularly referred to, when he hits your campus. This mean you must know all the lyrics to the songs Ralph, as he is drolly yclept, will be playing, for there is nothing more pleasing to you rdancing partner than singing loudly in

his ear during a number. In case you should forget all the lyrics, don’t be dull about it. I mean, don’t just sing old drab syllables like la, la, la, or dum, de dum. Pick more interesting syllables like slimp gans or kretch dinkle or mlath roke. Say, for instance, that Ralph, as he is hoydenishly designated is playing “That Old Black Magis” and you can’t recall all the lyrics. Try singing this: That old kretch dingle Has me in its mlathThat old kretch dingleThat I slimp so gansThose icy dinklesThat old Kretch dinkleetc. When your roke meets min...

Interesting? What did I tell you? Another way to please your partner while you dance is to tell him interesting facts about the composers whose songs Ralph, as he is impishly termed, will be playing. For instance: 1. Irving Berlin’s name spelled backwards is Gnivri Nilreb. 2. Rogers & Hammerstein can only write while whitewashing a fence. 3. Cole Porter writes all of his songs with a popsicle stick on the side of a horse. 4. Hoagy Carmichael’s hobby is spelling Irving Berlin’s name backwards.

April 28, 1960

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If the Green Bay Packers win the Western Division Championship game Dec. 23, the WSU-L marching band, the Marching Cheifs, will be performing during half-time at the NFL championship game on Dec. 31, 1967. The game will be played in Green Bay, WI.

The CBS network will telecast the game in color nationwide. 100 million people are expected to view the game.

The band will perform a five minute pre-game show which may be telecast and the 12-minute half-time show. They will present a modification of the sports spectacular routine they performed at the Homecoming game this year. "The routine," states director Mr. Ralph Wahl, "will have to be reduced due to the amount of time alloted for the performance."

The pre-game show will consist of the “Broadway Fanfare #6”, “Pride of the Illini”, "Marching Ambassadors," and “Let Me Entertain You”. Tunes for the half-time show include the National Anthem, the “Stripper”, “Gillette Look Sharp March”, “Olympic Fanfare”, “Hail, Hail”, “The Gang's All Here”, “Take Me Out to the Ball Game”, “Mr. Touchdown USA”, “To Look Sharp”, and “Sabre Dance”. “A Champagne Glass” and the audience singing “Auld Lang Syne” may be added to the routine.

Members of the band and Pom Pon Squad will have to forfeit five days of their Christmas vacation to prepare for the show, returning to campus Dec. 27. "I was skeptical at first about students being willing to give up five days of their vacation," said Wahl, "but this is an opportunity that we couldn't turn down."

The total band, Pom Pon squad and chaperones will consist of 180-190 people. The Packers and the CBS network are paying approximately $95 per person to cover expenses. This includes opening dorms and food service here for the three day workout, accomodations at the Howard Johnson's motel in Oshkosh prior to the game, and a banquet following the game at the motel. They also chartered five Greyhound buses for transportation.

The group will leave for Oshkosh at noon on Sat. Dec. 30. There, they will have a banquet and a pre-New

Year's Eve party. They will eat breakfast as a group at Johnson’s and arrive at the arena, where they will run through the routine with CBS cameramen at 10 am. The game begins at 1 p.m. Central Standard time. Following the game, the group will proceed back to the motel for a post-game banquet, then return to campus.

"The difficulties in preparation for the trip and show are numerous," continued Wahl. "Members of the band are from ten different states which will involve transportation to and from home and communication. The only way they will know if they should come back is by watching the televised game Dec. 23."

Housing and food, clearing a drill field of snow and ice, winterizing the band members, fuel oil for the brass instruments to keep them from freezing, the re-issuing of music and marching charts, the charting of all music arrangements to be played through CBS, and the use of an indoor gym are among the major problems, too.

Sponsors for national television air time pay between $50,000 and $74,000 per minute. Thus the 12 minute show will cost the sponsors almost a million dollars.

"They are asking the impossible of a band," states Wahl, "under the circumstances, but if a band can do it, this one can as shown by their performances in the past four years."

The Marching Chiefs have performed at previous Packers’ and Chicago Bears’ games.

Packers Choose Marching Chiefs To Perform At Championship Game

The Marching Chiefs perform a formation showing the “Five Olympic Circles.”

At this time, no findings have been made as to whether there have been any violations of the Fair Housing Act, nor have any findings been made as to whether

Mr. Quinn engaged in discrimination.

The U.S. Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit against the owner of the Geneva Terrace Apartments in La Crosse, Wisconsin, alleging that the manager, Nicolai Quinn, discriminated against African-Americans seeking to rent at the complex.

The Justice Department is attempting to locate persons who may have information about the case. Please contact us at the following phone number if you feel you

have any information: 1-800-896-7743.

The Super Bowl Halftime Show has become one of the staples of Super Bowl Sunday. In 1967, the entertainment was our own Marching Band!

- December 1, 1967

The 1967 world champion amateur bowler is Jack Connaughton,a 22 year-old WSU-L senior. Jack beat Japan's Kazuo Hayashi, 195-172, Nov. 30 in the grand finale of the international bowling championship.

Third place went to Italy's Lino Braglerei, a Milan salesman and fourth to France's Rene Ferrie, a Paris baker. Hayashi is a contractor in Japan.

Hayashi beat Blragierei, 243-168, to gain the final match against Connaughton. Connaughton, the current American intercollegiate champion, started the title game with a dismal 3-10 split which he failed to convert. He got five strikes and five spares in the remaining frames.

Hayashi still had a chance to win until he suffered a 4-10 split in the 10th frame. “It looked pretty grim when I started with that split.” said Connaughton. “Hayashi bowled great in the earlier matches and it looked like he still had the range.”

Connaughton took top place in the three group eliminations round, headed the twelve-man semifinal group and then came through against Hayashi to prove he was the most consistent in the thirty man field that started competition Tuesday.

His victory over the champions of 29 nations gave the U.S. its second straight title. John Wilcox of Williamsport, Pa., won the event last year in London.

Lauri Ajante of Finland won the first masters in 1965. “I’m completely spent. It has been a tough three days, but this is probably the greatest moment in my playing career.”

Connaughton bowled about 70 games in Paris, 41 tournament games, 29 for pictures and, 29 for practices. At one time, he was 300 pins ahead. He averaged 200 for the entire tournament, including the qualifiers and semifinals.

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Connaughton shows his championship form while In Paris.

La Crosse has had its fair share of national champions. However, not many schools can say they have an alumnus that is a world champion. But La Crosse can!

- December 8, 1967

CONNAUGHTON IS CHAMP

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