The Sunday Times from Oshkosh, Wisconsin • 2

a a a a a a a a a a Monday, September 22, 1969 Page 1 2 Regents Hunt Oshkosh and Local I Campus Affected; 3-Way Conflict Likely to Continue Staffers for the State Universities Board of Regents said last week they. are hunting the some 3,000 students which the Wisconsin State University system projected would enroll this fall and who didn't. At least a preliminary report is expected for a board of regents meeting next Friday at Superior. Projected enrollments for, the nine state universities and their branches totaled 65,000 for this fall semester. Actual enrollments were expected to total 62,000 by the end of the week.

Robert Doyle at the regents' office in Madison said the increase in student enrollments for the system was just over half of the anticipated total. He said part of the answer is the sag in out-of-state students which dropped from the 8,271 last year to 7,952 this fall, about 1,300 less than had been projected. He said a ceiling on Illinois students at state universities appeared 1 not to have affected enrollments in the system. Initial enrollments showed Oshkosh with 11,166, about 10 per cent behind the 12,430 expected on campus this fall. The situation had a variety of effects on both city and campus.

Families Dispossessed Some 1,000 dormitory beds were empty, and suddenly Oshkosh began to hear about the elderly and the families dispossessed of low rental apartments in favor of more lucrativestay student occupancy. Adllt pants of once quiet neighborhoods registered some dissatisfaction with the new life and noise brought by students. Mrs. Valeria Sitter, councilwoman, asked for Common Council discussion of regulatory measures to prevent overcrowding of premises occupied by students in private housing, a provision of a once proposed minimum housing standard she has long opposed. The university, staffed with some 70 new faculty in anticipation of the projected enrollment, may have been able to ease up on teaching assignments, but there was the implied warning that the city can't depend next year on that formerly dependable increase in population provided by new faculty positions.

Last year's evidence of student and faculty dissatisfaction with the administration is being blamed in some quarters for the dip in anticipated enrollment here. dl Doyle said he would expect that the praise the university administration won from the state Legislature for its stern action following the November, 1968 violence might well have appealed to parents concerned with the unrest. effect of general camStudents and former students last semester used an underground publication, "The Blade," to advise they were telling prospective students to 'If Gives Sorry Picture Of Life at Rich Boy's School BY HAYWARD ALLEN Sunday Times Movie Critic There are few times when a movie is so fine and multifaceted that I don't know what to do with it when I leave the theatre. I am held for a long moment in the aura of what I have just witnessed. Spellbound, in sense.

In fact, I can remember only three films in the past couple of years which have so transfixed me: "Bonnie and Clyde," "The Night They Raided Minsky's" and "Romeo and Juliet." The first caught me in a haunting cloud of violent and beautiful illusion; the second stayed me with its nostalgia; and the last captivated me with the glory of innocence. "If (at the TIME in Oshkosh) becomes the fourth. Audience Pulled "If (and the number of dots of the ellipsis is important, as I will point out later) begins a low, occasionally agonizing, coldly logical progression toward the ending, which evoked some cheers from the audience, So closely had they been taken into the plot. The story is simple, which seems also to be characteristic of the other three films which have produced my critical levitation. "If is about an English boarding school and what goes inside the walls.

Such a theme evokes memories of "West Point Story," "End As a Man," and even "Teresa and Isabel," or "Boystown." And subsequently a far Miss Cathy Leiby Became the a 10 a.m. wedding at Sacred Reasons for WSU Enrollment Sag away from Oshkosh State University, There are some reports that high school counselors last spring had inquiries from parents of prospective students, specifically about the physical a school where student demonstrations had made news. None at OHS Counselors at Oshkosh High School, questivaver, reported no such Instead, one said questions about the size of the Oshkosh university are becoming more prevalent. Many parents continue to seek a small school in preference to an institution major size like OSU come, it was explained. The impact of "'The Blade" on student enrollments would have been egligible, in the opinion of Dr.

Robert Delk, a member of the publication's student and faculty editorial board. He said he has heard talk that the publication will be reactivated this year, maybe about November, though he is not sure, "I think maybe it may be somewhat toned down," he said about the future content of the Doyle thought the outspoken double impact of a tuition increase ($30 a semester for instate students) and some decrease in available financial aids may have affected enrollments throughout the system. Dr. Delk conjectured that the increase in tuition might have had some effect on OSU enroll- lenge that image. And for that reason, "If is a frightening film.

At first, I thought the title implied things like: "If wishes were horses, beggars would ride." 'If' is the most hopeless word in the language." Tear It Down "If I had my way, I would tear this building down." But only because the last comes to the meaning of the "if" that is the title. Grammatically, the punctuation marks signify an interrupted sentence or fragment, whereas means the end of one sentence and the exclusion of the matreial which follows. Therefore, the in "If makes "If." a sentence. And that is hypothethical statement. That is a threat.

Society is required to fill in the other dots as they wish. Somehow, one gets the feeling that commercial movies shouldn't threaten. There is entertainment and entertainment, but not threats. "If. however, refuses to suggest that it is fantasy, regardless of the puzzling cuts and eerie cuts and overlays which imply perception bordering on hallucination.

"If has a relatively distant American cousin in literature: Sinclair Lewis's "It Can't Happen which portrayed the possibility of something like Hitler gestating in America. Nobody listened then either. "If ments because it brought it closer to University of Wisconsin fees while UW-Milwaukee particularly might offer better job opportunities than Oshkosh for working students. He said that OSU, as the largest of the state universities, might be (hardest hit with reduced enrollments. Whatever the reason check this year in OSU growth, administration was, not unduly disturbed.

Garner Horton, OSU public information director, said that two years ago the university had projected its 1969-70 enrollments at 11,250, "not very different from what they are The school had an unexpected increase in students last year, he pointed out. Doyle said the regents' staff expected "to have the situation shaken down and to find out where these kids did go" within next few weeks. While the regents' staff hunts for the lost enrollment, the conflict at Oshkosh seems likely to continue in what Dr. Roger E. Guiles, president, identifies emergence of a great university.

There is a potential focus for dissidence in the 70 to 80 black students, reported enrolled, 24 of them from the 94 expelled for their part in November's disturbance. There is pressure from some faculty for the OSU administration to assert leadership among the state universities. There are activists urging reform of controls and administration practices, reforms designed, they maintain, to result in a great university rather than mediocre institution. There are faculty members charged privately by other faculty with attempts to incite student rebellion although most OSU students are viewed as "socially conservative," not politically active, and concerned generally with getting an education. There are faculty members charged not so privately, with being administration "stooges" and more concerned with improving their economic condition than with helping to create a university.

Student comment in "The Blade" last year reflected some of the far out opinion. 'Past-Oriented Guiles' Although the format of the publication changed with its six or more issues, the March edition offered student and a faculty forum sections. The publication was generally considered to have been fairly widely distributed on campus and to have been requested by a number of campus libraries, copies were handed out at June OSU graduation exercises. In the March issue, one student wrote in part: "As long as the old generation of reactionairies, i.e., President Guiles, past-oriented and dangerous to any living thing, is in power, the world is not safe. It is our duty to take power wherever we can.

They have created a world where there is no future for us except become revolutionaires out of necessity to save ourselves and the world. We have to be willing to give our lives to free ourselves and our brothers from the people." Seven faculty members were generally listed as members of "'The Blade's" editorial board with Dr. David Loy as treasurer and business manager. Of the faculty members, only Dr. N.P.SCHMIDT MILLING CO.

and Thomas E. White, with Dr. Loy, are on campus this year. A sampling of faculty opinion from "The Blade" is entitled "the salary promo swindle" and unsigned. It begins, "in a recent editorial The Blade opined that this universiy needs a president a man "who will insist that his facuty receive compensation commensurate with the exceptional demands placed upon it' and asserted that Dr.

Guiles does not fit this description." Continuing, the faculty opinion piece maintained that OSU faculty shoulders a much heavier instructional load than faculties of other state universities, resulting in an instructional cost lowest in the state system. The contention was that OSU faculty' are pressured to do research and publish "in conformity with the enlarged expectations of an 'emerging great university'," despite a high student-faculty ratio and heavy advisory load. The piece complained that OSU expects higher standards of academic preparation than the other state universities. "But for all this, the (OSU) faculty is paid no better than the faculty at other system schools." The average salary, the story said, was fifth among the nine state universities. It charged the university with inequitable, with distribution being of "bot- acatom-heavy" with instructors and Bonds Okay Could Mean City Savings' CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 payment of special assessments for street construction and installation of utility lines.

These funds are returned with interest over five to 10 years by special assessments, but the work can't be done without the money in the first place to pay the contractors. Oshkosh assesses two-thirds of the cost of a standard street against the abutting property owners and picks up a third and all costs over the standard from municipal funds. Waiting for a $170,000 bond issue to finance them are streets in the Algoma Park where residents can't build sidewalks until streets are graded, widened and seal coated, covering open ditches and eliminating high-crowned horse and buggy roads. Also in that bond issue are resurfacing of W. Ninth Avenue from Knapp to Oregon Street, South Park Avenue between Ohio and Main Street; Harrison from New York to Libbey, Central Street between Bent and Nevada avenues, two blocks of W.

14th Avenue and Algoma from Murdock to Schiller, all projects designed to preserve good street bases from erosion by weather and traffic. Why the bond issues? Councilmen have said they are designed to improve the city, to preserve expensive installations, to avoid repetition of deterioration for lack of prompt maintenance and attention Oshkosh once experienced. H. P. Schmidt Milling Co.

Old Mill: Major Grain Handler When the profit went out of milling flour, the H. P. Schmidt Milling Co. went out of the flour-milling business. Still, the old mill building and three additions, situated on W.

Sixth Avenue between Main and Oregon streets, continue to house one of the major grain handlers and movers in the Oshkosh area. With the death of H. P. Schmidt in 1902, the late Henry Schneider assumed control of the business, although a few members of the Schmidt family briefly stayed in the firm. Today, Fred Pittelkow, manager of the firm and Schneider's grandson, owns the milling company.

He said the firm. discontinued flour milling in 1945. However one flour mill still remains intact today. Full-Time Staff Besides Pittelkow and his secretary-treasurer, Frances Wonaski, the company has a staff of four full-time em- They Repeated Marriage Vows Saturday assistant professors despite "the best qualified faculty in the Promotions are firmly in administration control, the piece said, with no opportunity to appeal the decision of th president. It charged the faculty with "passively condoning Dr.

Guiles' continuing usurpation of faculty prerogatives and by so doing advertises its willingness to continue to be exploited. What "The Blade's" writers termed the "passive" faculty is Gerald Poeschl were married St. Peter Catholic Church. reported to be a little unhappy with the state of things, too. Copies of "The Blade" and other reports of campus unrest have been furnished the board of regents and to a legislative committee, reported, to be considering a survey unrest on the OSU campus.

Neither group has appeared to move on the matter, nor has the OSU administration showed any tendency to silence its critics. Still pending, however, is a conclusion to the matter of Dr. David Roth, an untenured faculty member whose contract was not renewed for the current year. Administration action may cheer the "passive" group. A committee of the faculty senate found a prima facie case that Roth's academic freedom has been violated and is waiting for the OSU administration to reply.

Hovering in the wings is the threat that the American Association of University Professors might censure the institution for its actions in regard to Roth unless OSU can prove its point. AS PURINA CHOWS A del of prison flicks, etc. But that is an inadequate track to be carried along. "If to be sure, presents -a sorry and humiliating picture of perverse ex education and haughty hypocrisy at a school for rich boys. It is that, but much more, much more.

The adolescent brutality and debasement is tolerated and accepted by all, even by the trio of rebels who sulk and scorn within the established framework of College House. The latter talk in private about the glory and beauty of revolution, like freshman Guevaras, and they obey the perverted prefects and irrelevant dons. War Declaration That is, until they are accused by the "whips" of being nuisances and beaten for their "crime." The punishment becomes a declaration of war, literally. To create such a plot could have required nothing more than a dreary series of actions and reactions and counter-actions. All of which would have gotten a derisive condemnation of the British system of higher learning across.

More than that happened, however. "If could easily have been made in America, Japan, France, or Czechosovakia, wherever students are actively opposing the traditional forms of education. Except for the ending. The English rebels aren't playing with rocks and tossing teargas cannisters back to the police. These kids change and bride of Ronald Dodge Heart Catholic Church.

ployes and seasonally hires extra part-time workers. Founded in 1883 for the sole purpose of milling flour, H. P. Schmidt Co. began adding the extra line of sales as a feed and farm supply house by 1900, according to Pittelkow.

He said the company ships out about 120,000 bushels of barley and soybeans annually and manufactures about 10 tons of feed a day during a 280-day production year. The crops are grown locally. Schmidt employes load locall grain, purchased from farms within 10 miles of Oshkosh, into box cars headed for the Milwaukee and Chicago grain changes, according to Pittelkow. The company also ships different grains into Oshkosh, to be used in the Packaged feeds it produces, he said. Of the firm's total bulk shipping, 36 per cent goes out of Oshkosh and 6 per cent comes into the city.

The New Mr. and Mrs. ried at 2 p.m. at Martin Church. The bride is the Springstroh.

(Vajgrt Photos) His firm is served on Oshkosh's railroad belt line by the Chicago Northwestern, Soo Line and Milwaukee Road railways. Pittelkow said the types of production at the mill are seasonal, depending on crop production. Since about July 20, the company has been handling wheat, oats and barley. On Oct. 5, until sometime between the end of November and January, again depending upon the harvest, the mill will handle soybeans, he said.

Area farmers sell their harvests to the company, and the firm's truckers go out mornings to pick up the grain. Then the grain is run through the grinding milll and blenders in the plant, according to Pittelkow. He said the firm produces two basic types of feeds: those made according to Schmidt Co. formulas and custom orders based on formulas specified by local farmers. St Peter Catholic Church 11:30 a.m.

marriage of. Miss Michael G. Donner. was the setting for the Linda J. Ziebell and Miss Marlene Noe and in a 12:45 p.m.

ceremony at James W. Sauer were marLuther Evangelical Lutheran former Miss Sharon K. A A 9.