6 10 393 https://www.blackstudentslives.org/archives/files/original/a2f3ee1408e7f78a426c37bf0b6582c0.jpg d2b6cce2cd465fb9e68e859eaabb03a4 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document Prof. Watkins agrees with the Quad editorial Dear Editor: In response to the excellent Quad editorial of April 24. 1979, concerning the fear of professors and administrators at WCSC to speak out on almost any issue (except motherhood, apple pie, the flag, and posterity). I want to note that I am probably the only professor in the 375-year history of American higher education who has been fired twice by the same college. I was fired twice by the good people of the English Department of WCSC, once in 1971 and again in 1975. For the last three years I have sat in a comfortable office in the basement of Resurrection Hall (which I renamed from its former name of Recitation Hall), doing very little except collecting a handsome salary check every other Friday. I began my college teaching career in 1947 and taught at such prestigious institutions as Indiana University (Bloomington, Indiana), the University of Pennsylvania, Oregon State University, and the University of Southern California. Even those who fired me at WCSC made very positive evaluations about my teaching, and my publications exceeded those of at least 90% of the English Department faculty when I was fired. Some have attributed my firings to the fact that I would not bow and scrape to the powers that were. There are basically two reasons why professors and administrators at WCSC are reluctant (scared is a better word) to speak out on any issue except motherhood, apple pie, posterity, and the flag. The first has to do with the history of intolerance in the town and in the college. Dr. Dinniman's recent doctoral dissertation covering an incident at the college in 1927 shows that the college and the important politicians and bankers in the one-party Republican boroughborough of West Chester could not tolerate even the slightest difference of opinion on the part of a Quaker professor and another professor who was a Democrat. Had the college been a 4-year institution instead of a 3-year institution, it would have been censured by the American Association of University Professors in 1927. However, in 1939 the college did achieve the unenviable status of censure by the AAUP shortly after Charles Swope became president for its breach of academic freedom. The college remained on censure for 20 years (a national record), when President Swope died, and the college was removed from censure. In 1973, when Charles Swope, Jr.. currently president of the First National Bank, was chairman of the WCSC Board of Trustees, the college was censured once again. Add to the above information the fact that though the college's roots go back to 1812. it could not find a Jewish professor intelligent enough to teach here until 1956, although Jews had been teaching at Yale. Harvard, Princeton, and other prestigious colleges for about 300 years. Likewise, the college could not find a Black person intelligent enough to teach here until 1961. And Black students at the college were as rare as hen's teeth, when the federal and state governments obliged the college to accept 25 Black students in 1968. Further, until 1970, whenever a department chairman, dean, president, or other administrator decided to fire a professor, for any reason at all—or for no reason— the professor left quietly and meekly, or he was given a derogatory letter of recommendation, thus destroying his teaching career forever. Typical of the Ku Klux Klan atmosphere prevailing at the college as late as 1970 was the comment by a former administrator to a member of the English Department. "We've got to get Watkins out of the college and out of town." How this intimidation works not only in the college but in the borough as well can be understood by reading the Daily Local of Tuesday, April 24, concerning the blackballing of Mitchell Crane in his application for membership in the local Rotary Club. Crane, a former WCSC student activist, is currently a lawyer on the Borough Council. Mr. Crane accused Charles Swope (yes, the same former chairman of the Board of Trustees when the college was censured in 1973) and Elinor Taylor, a state representative and wife of a Southeast National Bank officer, as being responsible, along with a college administrator, for his blackballing. You will remember that Ms. Taylor was a physical education instructor and then Dean of Administration when the college was censured in 1973. Said Crane. "It's just another example of what's been going on in West Chester for too long. It's the pattern of Charles Swope and Rep. Taylor, and everybody's so afraid of them that they won't speak out." Fear and intimidation have been the pattern in town and at the college. And except for apple pie, the American flag, posterity, and motherhood, no one speaks out— unless he knows that the powers that be feel a certain way. Then he comes charging, brave professor, like Don Quixote, jousting with tooth picks at forty paces at the imaginary enemies of apple pie, the American flag, posterity, and motherhood. A second reason for professors' timidity has to do with the nature of many people who have gone into teaching, particularly English professors, whom I know best of all. Many of them have had little contact with the non-academic life. They graduate from college and graduate school and then go into teaching. There, at the head of a classroom they suddenly realize their power. Often they misuse that power. And yet, fearful of losing their jobs since they know no other work except teaching, they bow and scrape to their department head, who in turn bows and scrapes to the dean, who in turn bows and scrapes to whomever he is obliged to bow to and scrape to. The bowing and scraping hierarchy is well established and quickly learned by those in academe, especially English professors. They fear losing their jobs, and they fear they will not be promoted unless they goose step to the everchanging and often cacaphonous tune of their superiors. The result is that instead of preparing students to think independently and to act independently, self reliantly and individualistically in the truly American tradition, they prepare students simply to "get along," to succeed, "to play to the powers that be," as a former English Department professor at WCSC said several years ago, before she retired. Having goose stepped correctly, the professor is promoted to chairman, to dean, even to president. And the cycle is repeated and repeated. In short, then, instead of preparing students for forceful living in a vibrant democracy, these sycophantic professors prepare students to be cautious, to withhold opinions, and ultimately to have no opinions. Like the "prudent" Germans and Russians, they learn to be obedient and to be silent in the face of evil and injustice. Such training is subversive of democracy and more consonant with training for life in a totalitarian society, whether that society be fascist or communist. And the loudest howls will come from those killers of democracy who have just read the preceding. Examine for a moment the statement of April 24 by Representative Elinor Taylor. Crane had been "a hell-raiser," she said, and she couldn't forget that. "Then he made a complete change; he joined the establishment and expected all of us to forget about those days. Well, I can't forget about it. I've been a teacher all my life and the one thing I've taught is that you write your own history. What you do and don't do will be on your slate, and people will remember it." In other words. Rep. Taylor wants students to be meek and obedient to authority — like good German students and good Russian students — and not like probing, questioning American students. Examine, on the other hand, a statement made by President Carter on April 30 {DNL, p. 13), "It is sinful to be silent in the face of injustice,"" and "The accumulated influence of courageous human beings can correct defects in government or society.'' And Georgi Vins, a Baptist minister just released from a Russian prison, responded to President Carter, "I thank you . . . that you are teaching us not to be silent when we see injustice." It has been said that if the college professors of Germany had spoken out against Hitler he never could have destroyed the German republic and wreaked upon the world the catastrophe of World War 11. Among college professors in America today, especially English Department professors, as well as among administrators, by and large, a silence similar to that of the German academician can be expected. For they think only about holding on to their jobs, they lack the courage of any convictions they may have, and they lack, in the final analysis, integrity. They lack guts, and, really, they don't believe in democracy. In the responses to the Quad questionnaire, only Professor Heverly touched upon an important quality desired in an administrator when he said that the adminstrator should be •"respected by his peers." Nowhere were the qualities of honesty, integrity, courage, intellectual integrity, and devotion to democracy mentioned. Obviously, most of those responding to the quesionnaire don't think these qualities are important in an administrator. They know, apparently, from experience, what has been the history of most administrators at WCSC. One wonders what kind of teachers such gutless, selfish, morally and intellectually crippled professors can be. And what kind of lovers and practitioners of democracy their students can be. The answer is obvious. Those of us who have studied the history of this country and have had a passionate love affair with it for more than half a century are grateful that the gutless professors whom we know, some of whom Quad interviewed recently, were not living 200 years ago. Otherwise, we would still be colonists of imperial Great Britain. Sincerely yours, Martin A. Watkins Associate Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Prof. Watkins agrees with the Quad editorial Subject The topic of the resource censorship, intimidation, race relations Description An account of the resource This long letter to the editor written by Professor Martin Watkins includes Watkins' response to a fear among Professors of the repercussions of speaking out, referencing censorship by the university. 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Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context https://digital.klnpa.org/digital/collection/wcnp01/id/16749/rec/1 https://www.blackstudentslives.org/archives/files/original/c231f83a1fe3589b7e1ecb77ef8c31b1.jpg a7744474d9072cffd40fafa48849fa9e https://www.blackstudentslives.org/archives/files/original/91dc3327a07111f78ccec1dce4174944.png 6d230507aaed4abe3457a4a2e9588510 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document Ad Hoc hearings moved to campus A recent court order has brought the Dr. Kay-Ad Hoc Committee controversy closer to a final decision.The order given by Judge James H. Gorby of the United States District Court requires that the plaintiffs-Michael Kay, Stephen Parker, Martin Watkins, Thomas Treadwell, Frank Fox, and Robert Young-be given written reasons for their dismissals and denial of increments, tenure and promotions. The order also requires the college to provide hearings before a "fair and impartial panel." These hearings are to include the right to counsel, cross-examination of witnesses and full stenographic records.Admission of Guilt According to Jack Brian, attorney for the plaintiffs, the administration has admitted in a motion before the court that it denied due process to Kay, Parker, Watkins and Treadwell in their respective dismissals. William G. Williams, Deputy Assistant Attorney General and one of the administration's attorneys, stated that this motion was filed before the court on April 5. He also commented that the court's order for panel hearings has returned the cases to the college, but that they will be under the jurisdiction of the District Court. Williams said the cases "probably needn't go back to District Court unless one of the parties took it back." He also pointed out that it is "reaching a point in the year where the hearing would be difficult to h01d... (the hearing will Ije held promptly out of necessity.) Representation Brian commented that "Judge Gorby didn't spell out what to do about the panel," and that representation on the panel was therefore "left up to Counsel." Brian, who is also representing two other professors from Cheyney State College in a similar case, has filed a motion for Partial Summary Judgment before the District Court. The motion asks that the Court immediately reinstate the fired professors to their status prior to their dismissals. The motion is related to recent decisions handed down by Federal Courts. The suit was filed four months ago and charges that plaintiffs' constitutional rights had been severely abrogated. The plaintiffs are asking for promotions, tenure, reinstatements, increments and $1.2 million in real and punitive damages. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Ad hoc hearings moved to campus Subject The topic of the resource censorship, Dr. Kay Description An account of the resource This article gives an update on the case of five professors who were wrongly fired due to the university wanting to censor their vocal opinions and beliefs. The latest update includes the court demanding the university given written reasons for why the professors were fired. 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Text Any textual data included in the document N.A.A.C.P. plans week's activities In conjunction with the observance of Negro History Week, Feb. 11-18, the West Chester State College chapter of NAACP invites those interested to attend the various activities throughout the week. During the entire month of Feb. the paintings of Humbert Howard, a Negro artist from Philadelphia, will be on display in the Francis Green Library. A display of African Artifacts on loan from Lincoln. University will also be on disclav. Activities There will be a tea in the student lounge of the library for Mr. Howard on Feb. 13. The young adult choir of the La Mott A.M.E. church of Philadelphia featuring the unique sound of the Negro Church is planned for Wed., Feb. 12, 8 p.m. in Philips Memorial Auditorium. Admission is free. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource N.A.A.C.P. plans week's activities Subject The topic of the resource student activities Description An account of the resource Article discusses upcoming Negro History week (Feb 11-18), highlighting a tea with the visiting artist Humbert Howard and a performance from a young adult choir. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Pugh Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Quad Angles Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available West Chester University Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 02/11/1969 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Jacquelynne Conyers-Jordan Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Digital images in Library Services’ Digital Collections are issued by Special Collections, Francis Harvey Green Library, West Chester University. 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Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context https://digital.klnpa.org/digital/collection/wcnp01/id/13653 https://www.blackstudentslives.org/archives/files/original/6eb7515c9675c1902ca5d5871b658703.pdf 1a84bbb4094d475d7e229bf88891df54 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document NAACP elects officers The West Chester State College branch of the NAACP has elected new officers for the coming year. They are: Diane Grundy, president; Gloria Harper, vice president; Elva Croswell, secretary; Rich Serchion, treasurer; and Brenda Nichols, publicity chairman. The officers officially assumed their duties on Jan. 29. Wayne Burton will again serve as advisor. The first project this year will be a display on campus for Negro History Week. 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Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The Quad Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available West Chester University Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2/6/1968 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Jacquelynne Conyers-Jordan Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Digital images in Library Services’ Digital Collections are issued by Special Collections, Francis Harvey Green Library, West Chester University. Images are provided for non-commercial, educational, and personal use only, and are not intended for reproduction or redistribution. 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Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document The Northwestern athletic department prides itself on an academics-hefore-athletics philosophy, so it comes as no surprise that the university doles out diplomas to its athletes at a higher rate than any other Division I school in the country. What is a surprise, however, is that NU has staved off the most glaring trend in college sports: an astonishingly lower graduation rate among black athletes compared with their white counterparts. According to an NCAA report released in November, NU is fifth in the nation in graduation rate among its black male athletes, sending 88 percent of them off with a degree, compared with 92 percent of the school's entire student-athlete population. Of the four schools ahead of NU, only Stanford has fielded more than 11 black male athletes total in the four classes examined by the NCAA (freshmen entering school from 1990-91 to 1993-94). NU, which had 41 black male athletes in that span, trails only Duke in graduating black football players, and is one of only seven schools to graduate all of the black basketball players in the four classes. By contrast, 47 Division I schools failed to graduate any of their black basketball players during that time. "Being a minority, most of us didn't come from anything," said guard Collier Drayton, a Weinberg junior and one of eight black NU men's basketball players. "We're not rich like most students here. To come in and have the same opportunities as they do, as far as graduating and playing basketball and being able to make a life when you graduate -1 think it's great." Said forward Tavaras Hardy, a Weinberg junior, "That's what made this university very attractive to me. They care about the athlete's educationeducation and not just using them for sports." Indeed, nationwide graduation aggregates suggest that black athletes are being exploited. Only 38 percent of all black athletes graduate, compared with 58 percent of white athletes. And the Big Ten boasts some particularly wide discrepancies.Michigan's overall student body, for example, graduated at a rate nearly four times that of its black athletes. Ohio State, a traditional Big Ten football powerhouse that has gone to eight bowl games in nine years, graduated just 17 percent of its black athletes. In this landscape, NU provides a truly unusual opportunity for its black athletes to both compete at the highest level of collegiate competition and still earn a diploma. To that end, the school works hard to both recruit academically inclined athletes and hang on to them once they arrive, said Margaret Akerstrom, assistant athletic director for Academic Services, which offers help to NU athletes with their studies. "(Coaches) know they need to be careful. They know they need to get young men and women who understand the academic challenge here," Akerstrom said. "Coaches understand because it's the athletic department message and the faculty message and the president's message - don't come if you don't intend to get a degree. Once you walk in a door here, we're very tenacious about hanging on to our students." Academic Services strives to ensure that NU's black athletes are comfortable, Akerstrom said, whether it's referring them to the Black House or hiring minority tutors and advisers. "We consciously make an effort to ensure that everyone graduates," she said. That's something of special significancesignificance for Hardy and Drayton. Both said they're part of the first generation of their families to go to college. Hardy, along with his brother and sister, was encouraged to use sports to improve his chances of success off the court. While basketball helped his family afford NU, his brother, Greg, used basketball to get an education at Augustana College in Rock Island, 111., and his sister, Monica, rode her volleyball career to a degree from Purdue. "Educa1 tion has been a big thing with my mom," Hardy said. "She was realistic about it. It would have been hard for her to pay for all three of us to go to school, so she wanted us to use our sports to get us to where we need to go." Drayton's parents impressed upon him a similar ethic. "It was stressed ever since I was little to try and make something of my life - and this is the way to do it," he said. As a result, Drayton has given himself opportunities he's confident he never would've seen without basketball. "I think it's more exciting for my parents because they don't have to pay the $35,000 that it costs to go here," he said. "I wouldn't have been able to go to college without a scholarship -1 probably would have ended up at a junior college. But to come to a university, that made them very proud." Hardy and Drayton know that a free education at one of the top schools in the country - and one of the costliest - is not a gift to be taken lightly. "I don't think any student-athlete comes here just to play a sport," Hardy said. "They also want to take advantage of the degree that they can get." No one illustrates that more than men's basketball player Jitim Young, a Weinberg freshman. Young was recruited to play basketball for national power Michigan State, but he instead chose to play for the Wildcats - a decision he said he doesn't regret, despite NU's winless conference record and the Spartans' top-10 ranking. The crucial factor in Young's choice is easy to pinpoint. "Being at Northwestern, you know your degree means something," Young said. "It's awfully tough to get into this school just being a regular student. So to get here and play basketball and get the same opportunities as all the other students, it's a great advantage." Young was raised in Chicago by his grandmother, and, like the parents of his two teammates, Ruthie Young harped on the importance - particularly for a minority - of using athletics to get an education. When he learned that Michigan State graduated only 38 percent of its black male athletes - less than half NU's rate - Young let loose a quiet smile. It just confirmed that he had chosen the right school. "She was happy, but she always told me never to be satisfied about anything," Young said of his grandmother. "She told me, 'OK, you go to Northwestern. But now get in there and wash the dishes.'" Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Emily Badger Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Special Collections, Francis Harvey Green Library, West Chester University Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2-6-2001 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Digital images in Library Services’ Digital Collections are issued by Special Collections, Francis Harvey Green Library, West Chester University. Images are provided for non-commercial, educational, and personal use only, and are not intended for reproduction or redistribution. 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Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document Student Poll Name: Thorn Smith Year: Junior Major: Criminal Justice Response: "I think there should be another march and a day off for classes as well as a week of events." Name: Jamie Shick Year: Sophomore Major: Psychology Response: "We definitely should have off next year. We are the only state school that has class and a man as great as M.L.K. needs to be recognized for his accomplishments." Name: Rachel Nerney Year: Sophomore Major: Undeclared Response: "I think we should have off on M.L.K. Day because he was a great leader." Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Student Poll Question: What do you think the University could do to make MLK Jr. Day better? Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The Quad Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Sarah Johnson Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context https://digital.klnpa.org/digital/collection/wcnp01/id/26669 Subject The topic of the resource MLK Jr. Day Description An account of the resource This student poll relays three students opinions that the university should cancel class on MLK Jr. day. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Special Collections, Francis Harvey Green Library, West Chester University Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1-23-2001 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Digital images in Library Services’ Digital Collections are issued by Special Collections, Francis Harvey Green Library, West Chester University. Images are provided for non-commercial, educational, and personal use only, and are not intended for reproduction or redistribution. For the above purposes the user may reproduce these materials (by download, printing, etc.) without further permission, on the condition that proper attribution of the source for all copies is provided by clearly acknowledging the name of the Library, the title of the web page or resource and the URL at which it was located, please credit as follows: Special Collections, Francis Harvey Green Library, West Chester University, West Chester, Pennsylvania. For questions regarding use of digital materials contact Special Collections (libspeccol@wcupa.edu or 610-436-3456). https://www.blackstudentslives.org/archives/files/original/597b94cf1145703936fa2f97a6040b54.jpg e3d7d2d2432f6aa68a84e33399268d0c https://www.blackstudentslives.org/archives/files/original/49d6f209331e9e822e22dc991cfc8899.jpeg 8879af02cc91bfa9f9b733b5ed8509c8 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document Welcome back, everyone. On Monday the 15th, I went to my first class of the semester, just as most of you did. West Chester University has the singular distinction from the rest of the Pennsylvania higher educational system of not recognizing the federal holiday of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. This upset most students here at West Chester but for a few differing reasons. For me, it sent a message that the University not only chose not to honor Dr. King, but also in a sense dishonored him. Martin Luther King Jr. is in my opinion among the top ten human beings who ever lived and yet it seems that when the University decided to ignore the day of his birth they were in a sense saying that he is not worthy of the honor. On the other hand, it may be that the University understood Dr. King better than most. Dr. King was all about education and if he were alive today, he probably would have wanted students to go to classes as a way to honor him. In his eyes, education is the weapon used to fight hate and prejudice. So in that sense, the University did a good thing last Monday by not canceling classes. But let us not forget that there was learning taking place outside the classrooms on the day in question. Many programs dedicated to Martin Luther King Jr. and his views were Unfortunately, those programs were ended by 6 p.m. so some students who work full time jobs (that were also not closed on the 15th) could not attend them. Many more students may have attended those programs if they did not have class at the time of the program. Yet another reason why the University should have cancelled classes that day. Sort of like what they do for the Academic festival every year. Unfortunately, I am aware of West Chester University's well-deserved reputation as a party school. So why many of the students here actually were upset about hav- ' ing class for one of the before mentioned reasons, most were upset because they wanted a have an extra day off of classes... man. They could have partied more Sunday night and hung out with there friends which they probably had not seen in about a month or so. To them, King is cool because they thought that they would get to sleep in Monday morning. But, for those among you who were in this mind set rest assured with President Baby Bush, we might get Jesus Day off. Almost all of these people of whom I have described live in a world that was changed by King before Stephen Rosch eluded"6 Most of them have no conception of the history that came before him or of the time in which he lived. Lots of people take for granted the role he played in our history. He was not just some black guy talking about black rights. He was a man who spoke about equal rights for all people. He stood for non-violent solutions to sometimes-violent problems in the face of people who wanted violence in exchange for violence. But most of all. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was a dreamer. And unfortunately, even today some people do not heed his words in 1 that people still judge others not by the content of their character but many times by the color of their skin or by their gender, religion, or even their sexual orientation.The efforts of Dr. King make even the worst of us see the doubts in such judgements. Classes or no classes, the learning shouldn't end. Next year, we will have Dr. King's Birthday off. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource University has no class for having class on MLK day Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The Quad Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Sarah Johnson Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context https://digital.klnpa.org/digital/collection/wcnp01/id/26665/rec/1 Subject The topic of the resource MLK Day Description An account of the resource This article written by Steven Rosch illuminates his concern for the disrespect that the university has regarding Martin Luther King Jr. Day. He expresses his opinion on having class during that day. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Steven Rosch Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Special Collections, Francis Harvey Green Library, West Chester University Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1-23-2001 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Digital images in Library Services’ Digital Collections are issued by Special Collections, Francis Harvey Green Library, West Chester University. Images are provided for non-commercial, educational, and personal use only, and are not intended for reproduction or redistribution. 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Text Any textual data included in the document Congleton, Ernestine (West Chester State Coll.) 5768 Dunlap St., Philadelphia, Pa. B. Mar. 20, 1944. B.S.; Education, Social Science; 1964. Little Theater; Student Govt. Assn.; Government Club; NAACP pres.; Student Christian Assn.; Women's Advisory Bd.; Women's Dormitory Council; WAA; Friends Settlement House Jr. Ldr. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Tina Congleton, "Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges" Subject The topic of the resource Tina Congleton Description An account of the resource Entry recognizing Ms. Congleton's academic excellence Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource A. N. Marquis Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived "Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges" Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available A. N. Marquis Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1963-1964 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Marlene Miller Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource The Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted materials. Under certain conditions specified in the law, libraries and archives are authorized to furnish a photocopy or other reproduction. Oneofthesespecifiedconditionsisthatthephotocopyorreproductionisnotto be used for any purpose other than private study, scholarship, or research. If electronic transmission of reserve material is used for the purposes in excess of what constitutes “fair use,” that user may be liable for copyright infringement. This institution reserves the right to refuse to accept a copying order if, in its judgment fulfillment of the order would involve violation of Copyright Law. Language A language of the resource English Ernestine Congleton Little Theater NAACP Student Government Association Tina Congleton