Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-17
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su9I1rbs why she chose Frost
burg.
Ut was the only place We
cobld afford" she added:
With q shy smile. she added:
"Yeu see. my dsddy's a school
teaeher."
Though DR.. Hardesty's ener-
gehc expansion compaign ire
bled enrolment, it did not pro-
vide enough classroom or DOR
mitory space.
Glasses have to be scheduled
from 8 am. to 10 pm. and on
Saturdays. DR.. Dorothy How
ara whose tenure is the longest
Of 1any teacher. tells Of girls
who try to do their homework
In Railways or on restroom
floors because they have no
other place to study. Boys are
crowded into dilapidated trail
ers. Some goods are quartered
in a hotel around whose bar
some of the towns more noted
drinkers regularly gather.
There are few students who do
NOT have to earn money
through q part-time Job.
But for all this, the students
Of Frostburg are proud Of their
college and even more grateful
for the opportunity to attend
It..
@rhese are polite, God-fear-
IND children in the best sense
Of the word. They come from
poor, but good and often very
large families. They have a
deep respect for the educated
person and they want to be
one. They are glad Just to be at
school," says one Of the new
professors who has taught at
several universities.
cts a thrill to work with
them because they are 50 teach
able. In New Enbland or the
Midwest, If you give q kid with
q more sophisticated back
ground an F, he's likely to call
you q dirty name. Here he'll
ask, How can I do better or
DO you think I can do better
Though students and some
faculty members privately had
bridled under what they re-
garded as petty or silly DEGREES
from the president and occa-
sionally accused him Of run
ming "Hardesty's High School,"
overt trouble did not occur un-
til last spring.
The administration notified
three young instructors that
their contracts would not be
renewed this school year.
- Books Involved
As none Of them had tenure.
but only the stan dard trial
ontract which the college
coEld renew or not at It's dis
cretion without statement Of
any reason, the action very
vel might have escaped atten-
ton.
But he instructors charged
that they were being fired be-
cahse they had dared to intro
duce ""ror4c Of Cancer" and
LADY Ckstterly'S Lover" into
their classes.
As DR.. Hardesty attempted to
defend his decision, Q public
uproar developed in which he
insured the hostility Of people
wuo fancy themselves cham
pic ms Of intellectual freedom
and acquired as defenders peo-
pie who deplored the books.
One night, several hundred
students marched through the
town in behalf Of the inStruc-
tors and burned DR.. Hardesty
tseffigy.
IN retrospect, though, 1t
seams that the protesting stu
dents were motivated more by
an accumulation Of discomfort
than by sympathy for the dis
missed instructors. Today,
there is considerable, but de-
tgc hed disagreement among
Students and teachers alike
about whether the instructors
should have been retained.
Public Attention
But the incident focused
public attention on FroStburg
and affected DR.. Hardesty per-
scnally. 1t evidently disturbed
him.
He summon d the newly
elected student president, Jerry
HOWE, demanded more res
pbnsible" leadership from him
aIfd for the first time brought
UP the "ice cream case" imply
iak that it would be made pub
lie If all did not go well.
Mr.. HOWE states that one
evening last fall, he and anoth-
ersstudent were on their way to
a, meeting in a room near the
cafeteria. Because other doors
were locked, they passe d
through the kitchen to reach
the meeting room. AS they had
missed dinner and were hum
CRY, they each picked up a cup
Office cream. An attendent saw
them and ordered them to put
the cups back, which they did.
Mr.. HOWE agreed to try to be
a constructive leader and was
told the ice cream case" was
closed.
A few weeks later, after
school had recessed for the
summer, about 80 student
were a advised that they had