Tam Ky: White Hot to One Soldier By Jim Hillibish

Tam Ky, South Vietnam, usually is not a very hot town. But to Sgt. Nick Denman, a freshman here at Stark Branch, Tam Ky was white hot on May 3, 1966.

Denman was chief of a 175mm gun crew camped near that small hamlet which is just 20 miles south of the infamous Demilitarized Zone. By 3:55 that May 3 morning, he and his crew were bedded down after a fire support mission. They wouldn't sleep long.

Peering from his tent to check the sentries, Sgt. Denman spotted white flashes in the darkness. Instantaneously, Viet Cong mortar shells erupted through the camp on a path to the 175mm gun. Vic

tor Charlie was again proving his prowess with the mortar tube, at the rate of 30 rounds per minute.

All but one of the camp's men dove headfirst for nearby foxholes. Denman instead dove for an armored personnel carrier and the .50-cal. machine gun mounted atop it. It was the VC's turn to see white flashes as the lone sergeant pinpointed tracer shells into their midst.

Someone shot off a flare and the area was alive with white light. A mile away and crouched in a rice paddy were the black pa-jamed Viet Cong, preparing to send another barrage into the camp.

This time, Denman's tracers had a distinct target. He sent 1000

rounds into the enemy group. The Viet Cong were defeated

that morning in South Vietnam. In the space of fifteen minutes, Denman killed twenty of the approximately twenty-five attackers with his machine gun. His commanding officer had to pull him off the weapon after the VC were no more.

For Sgt. Nick Denman, the white hot morning in Tam Ky was over. His 175mm gun and crew were once again shrouded in quiet darkness. Tomorrow on the steps of McKinley Monument, Denman will receive his country's third highest medal for bravery, the Silver Star. Suddenly, Memorial Day hits home at Stark Branch.

A Soldier's Silver Star winner Nick

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Volume 1, Number 6 May 29, 1968

UNITY Provides an Answer! At the May 25 meeting of the

Student Senate, the constitution of UNITY was approved by a two-thirds approval of the Senate.

UNITY is a new kind of organization. It stands for United Numbers In Today's Youth. Its purpose is not to single out any one art or interest or to present programs dealing merely in those areas.

The organization, which has a projected minimum membership of 400 students by next fall, is designed to meet the real needs of the students and to get involved in the problems on the Stark Branch campus and in the world that concern tomorrow's adults.

The membership is open to all students of the Stark County Branch, regardless of their personal convictions, ambitions or ideas.

The purpose is to expose people to people, ideas to ideas and actions to actions.

Ideally, two of UNITY'S most vital assets will be communication and understanding, not only with its members, but with the

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| Courses Announced 1 j The following is a tentative | I schedule of upper division | I courses for the 1968-69 academ- | 1 ic year at Stark Branch:

1 Fall Quarter, 1968: Account- | I ing 310; Educ. 324AB, 325, 422; | 1 English 338, 361N, 391; Geogra- 1 I phy 363; HPE 442; History 354; | | Library Science 302; Math 340; | i Music 385; Philosophy 391; Pol. | | Sci. 330N, 370N, 359, 482; Psy- | | chology 382; Sociology 344, 481, | 1 482; Speech 404; Grad. Educ. I | 600N, 60IN, 670.

| Winter Quarter, 1969: Educ. 1 I 324AB; English 338, 362, 365N; § 1 Geography 364; HPE 342; In- | 1 dus. Arts 351; Journ. 305; Math | 1 453; Music 379; Philosophy 392; 1 j Pol. Sci. 331, 417, 457, 3 41; Psy- | i chology 321, 331; Educ. 342; I I Soc. 379, 475, 471; Speech 350; f 1 Grad. Educ. 602, 641, 645.

| Spring Quarter, 1969: Ac- 1 | counting 310; Art 320; Eng. 338, | 1 366; Geography 366; HPE 346; | 1 Journ. 380; Math 454, 474; Mu- 1 1 sic 479; Philosophy 393; Pol. | 1 Sci. 350, 355, 458, 349; Psych. | I 351; Educ. 324AB, 347, 337, 325, 1 1 427, 423, 414 ; Soc. 369, 478, 461; | I Speech 404, 317; Grad. Educ. | | 652, 643, 642.

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organizations and people at this school.

It will be a group where the majority of its members will not just sit and listen while a minority provides the guidelines.

It is an organization which offers everyone the equal opportunity to speak, to support, to suggest new ideas and ultimately to do something about them together.

It provides an outlet for the student who, secretly, would like to get involved but has not for

Registration A tentative schedule for pre-en-

rollment and registration for Fall Quarter 1968 has been announced by Registrar Dante Tropea and will be available this term.

Pre-enrollment will be Aug. 26 for juniors and seniors, Aug. 27-28 for sophomores and Aug. 29-30 for returning freshmen. New freshmen and transfers will pre-enroll Sept. 3, 4, 5 and 6.

Registration for returning fresh-

Stark County Branch is privileged to have among its student body one of the most beautiful, charming and personable girls in Stark County.

She is, of course, Leslyn Hiple (above), who was crowned Miss Canton Sunday, May 12, at the Canton Jewish Center.

"My parents were really happy and my three sisters even cried a little," said Les in explaining her family's reaction to her winning.

Along with her Miss Canton crown, Les has won a $250 scholarship and the right to represent Stark, Wayne and Holmes counties July 15-21 at the Miss Ohio Pageant at Cedar Point.

The 18-year-old freshman from Louisville said that her main rea-

the fear of not meeting the interest or requirements, in addition to the fear of being criticized and ridiculed.

A membership campaign will begin with the next few weeks to organize with any interested students.

Plans include participation in the Freshman Orientation Program, an Ecumenical Institute Conference, various lectures and some social activities.

To youth and to UNITY, there is no such word as FAIL.

Dates Are Set men and upper classmen will be Aug. 31 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. All fees must be paid by Aug. 31.

Registration for new freshmen and transfers only will be Sept. 7 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and these students will have to pay fees on that date.

All students who have been enrolled during the 1967-68 academic year will be mailed Fall Quarter schedules.

son for entering the contest was "to win the scholarship."

Les is an excellent student, an all-around girl and is well qualified to bear the title.

The brown - haired, blue - eyed beauty was named Ohio Teen Fair Queen at Chippewa Lake in 1966 and was first runner-up in the Stark County Junior Miss Pageant in 1967.

She has had ballet, professional modeling and fashion commentator training.

Les plans to continue her college work next year at the University of Cincinnati where she will major in biology. She further plans to earn her master's degree and to go into secondary education.

man (above story) can speak from first-hand experience about the controversial war in Vietnam. MONTAGE asked the 22-year-old veteran his thoughts on the war.

Why did you go to Vietnam? "I volunteered for Vietnam be

cause I wanted to do my share for my country. I felt that if South Vietnam were to fall, all of Southeast Asia would soon suffer the same fate. Then the Communists would turn their guns to Europe and South America. It is not hard to realize that America might someday fight a war against an entirely Communist world if we do not take a stand somewhere. The roles in that war would be reversed from what they are in Vietnam. It would be my kids eating out of garbage pails and living with the terror of battle like so many Vietnamese are doing now."

Were you affected by the war protesters?

"The demonstrations at home hurt a great deal. We saw many of our friends get killed in Vietnam as they defended the freedom of those protesting against us. Some anti-war people even called us 'killers' when we returned home. The soldiers did the suffering and dying, yet it was the demonstrators who were complaining about the war."

Are U. S. tactics effective? "Whenever we caught the North

Vietnamese or Viet Cong in large units, we beat them. Americans have problems only when they are

When she is not studying, Les enjoys dancing, sewing, fishing and skiing.

"This summer will be a busy one," said Les. "Plans include personal appearances, promotions, polishing my dance routines and choosing clothes, all of which leads up to Cedar Point.

"It's all a lot of fun," she said, "and I've met many great people."

Of Miss Ohio, by whom she was crowned, Les said, "She's really neat; an absolute nut but very down to earth."

Other KSUSCB girls who participated in the local contest are Carol Cotopolis, Madalana Matter and Pat Cooper. Madalana and Pat were among the ten semi-finalists.

Nick Denman forced to fight a guerrilla-style battle because they have had little experience in that type of warfare. General Westmoreland's search and destroy tactics were costly. A patrol was sent out as bait and when it was jumped, reinforcements were sent in. This resulted in high casualties."

What about the bombing of the North?

"Air attacks should be intensified over North Vietnam. No areas should be restricted. We bombed all of Germany in World War II and we should do the same to the enemy in this war."

What kind of a country is Vietnam?

"Vietnam is a nice place to look at. The grass is a deep green color and the checkerboard rice paddies are beautiful from the air. I wouldn't mind taking my girl for a Sunday walk there — that is, after the war is over."

Admissions Up Totaling 455, new student ad

missions for Fall classes are running 21 per cent over last year, according to Robert C. Pfendler, director of admissions.

Glenwood High School is the largest "feeder" of nemcomers with 66 students from the school admitted for Fall. Central Catholic High School is second with 54 students and Perry is third with 38.

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I Leaders Recognized 1 1 Five students were awarded 1 | certificates for outstanding aca- 1 1 demic achievement at the First | 1 Annual Director's Leadership | | Banquet, Monday, May 27, at 1 | Topps Chalet. | Eighty other leaders repre-1 | senting 20 various organiza- | 1 tions were recognized for their 1 | contributions to the growth of 1 | the Stark County Branch in 1 1 extra-curricular activities. 1 Students in the freshman I | and sophomore classes with the | | highest accumulative point av- 1 | erages are Florence A. Fenton, 1 1 C y n t h i a D i g i a n t o n i o , J e n n i e ! 1 Johns, Albert Robinson and | | Nash Uebelhart. | Faculty advisors for the var- 1 I ious groups and administration I 1 members were present at the I 1 recognition dinner. TllllllllllllllllllllllllllHHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHHtlllllllllllllllllliiiiiiiii?

Branch Girl Selected the New Miss Canton

View of Vietnam Den-

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I Shirinjiryu Karate Is a Kick Here da Spencer, Pat Pressler, Bob Di-Antonio, Tom Antonio, Cheryl Zeiger, Frank Armentano, Bill Dahler, Jane White, Tom Burk-hart, Marge Sawicka, Bill Tolberg, Jane Starn and Jerry Schirck.

Some of the students in the class were asked what they thought of karate now that they have been exposed to it. Their comments are as follows:

Jane White—"This is the first experience I've had in any type of self defense. As self defense, I highly recommend it for girls because, rather than building muscles, it teaches defensive mechanisms through coordination and quick reflexes."

Tom Antonio—"Karate is excellent for the small person because size isn't a factor in how good you become."

Jim Young — "Karate serves two purposes, in that you're not only learning an art of self defense, but you're also keeping in good physical condition."

Tom Burkhart—"Karate is an excellent method for self defense because no special equipment is needed."

Brenda Spencer — "Karate is good for girls in that it teaches them self defense."

If enough people are interested, Hand is hoping to have two or three classes this summer. The cost of the classes is $5.00 a month and any prospective student or anyone desiring more information should call Terry at 499-4860.

Soc. 444 Started By Betty Boyce

Sociology 444, "Field Experience in a Social Welfare Agency," is being offered for the first time at Kent State by the Stark County Branch.

Taught by Fred Worrell, professor of sociology, the class is composed of three students—Craig Winston, Penny Ewing, Cheryl Sneary—and Bill Needs, representing the YMCA, the agency for which the students work.

"The class is an experiment to build a model so that the same course might be held in future years for a larger number of students," says Needs, "with the intent of providing real experience in social group work for those students who are interested."

The students work with groups as advisors. Craig works with the grade school program in Green-town, Penny with Tri-Hi-Y junior girls from Central Catholic, and Cheryl with Co-ed, Hi-Y boys and girls of Canton and North Canton.

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| Editor Jim Hillibish | | Columnist Yolanda Carbone f | Political Reporter: Toniann 1 | D'Antonio | Sports Editor Jim Rowles f | Artist Gene Williams 1 | Reporters: Betty Boyce, Bonnie 1 1 Downes, Mary Egert, Annette 1 | Evans, Candy Martelet, Car- I | olyn Miller. | Typist Veronica McKim | | Photographs by Jim Hillibish \ | Advisor Glenn A. Himebaugh 1

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I K E N T G R A M I The New I Phelta Thi

Ever hear of "I Phelta Thi"? If not you soon will. It is a newly formed fraternity and is composed of the "Dirty Dozen."

The twelve members and officers are as follows: Richard C. Lab, president; John Bergen, vice president; Jerry Jatczak, secretary; John Cespedes, treasurer; Dave Ehret, sergeant-at-"arms;" Tom Mosser, Tim Preece, Randy Lemke, Jon Fichter, Chris Crowe, Tim Sigler and Dana Gaab. This fraternity even has its own mascot (female of course). She is Miss Pam Spanke.

"I Phelta Thi" is a physical education fraternity," explained one of the members.

Cultural Series

Seffens, Eaglowski Air Views By Toniann D'Antonio

The newly inaugurated Student Government president and vice president have outlined their broad plans for the organization in the next year.

Vice President Bill Eaglowski announced a complete reorganization of the Senate ,with the hope it will develop proper procedures.

He also announced that the Senate treasurer would care for the books of the Senate.

A new policy allowing for money to be allocated to organizations only after those organizations present a detailed budget for their projected spending for the year is being installed. Any organization without a Senate-approved constitution will be prohibited from receiving allocations.

Eaglowski hopes to develop communication between Student Government and the student body.

The first step in this direction will come when summaries of the Student Government meetings will appear in the "It's of In terest" bulletin published weekly.

President Dave Seffens announced that his cabinet would consist of the presidents of all campus organizations. He also announced that his personal executive cabinet will include a special executive aide and an attorney general.

At the May 18 meeting of Student Government, a discussion concerning the construction of a permanent "K" to be completed

for Fall Orientation highlighted the meeting.

President Seffens announced that difficulty has resulted because the land must be surveyed before a permanent "K" can be built. It was decided that construction of a temporary "K" be the responsibility of the Senate. A committee headed by Senior Senator Yolanda Carbone will handle the project.

Vice President Eaglowski reported on the Ann Manello Library Fund. The Senate considered redirecting the funds to a different type of memorial, but found this was not feasible.

In other action, Senior Senator Bill Hoover was named chairman of the committee on communications, while Senator Carbone was appointed Senate treasurer.

In other appointments, Craig Winston, former associate justice, was named as chief justice of the high court. Bob Bernier, Pat Cooper and Linda Hunt were appointed as junior senators.

President Seffens reported on his actions as new president, announcing the formation of an executive council and the creation of presidential aides. He announced that Toniann D'Antonio is his first such aide.

It was announced that executive offices of Student Government will be located in Room 218, while offices of the Student Senate and Student Activities Board will remain in Room 216.

Thanks and Good-by Probably the worst part of the newspaper business is saying good-

by to good staff members. But this is what we must do to five staffers who have contributed much to MONTAGE. People like Jim Rowles, Gene Williams, Mary Egert, Betty Boyce and Bonnie Downes cannot be replaced.

We had some good times together. Jim showed up to cover a Canton City Council meeting in a baseball uniform advertising the "Roundtable." Gene spent a night drawing a cartoon of Jesus Christ only to have the name changed to St. Peter the next day. Mary, for some reason, always wanted to cover male athletics but wound up writing about beauty queens and bookstores. Betty and Bonnie watched with chagrin as the miles of copy they wrote were cut to inches by scissors-wielding editors.

We should add ex-editor Dave Seffens to the list although since he has been elected Student Government president, you will be hearing about him in future editorials.

Next Fall, MONTAGE expects to publish each week. For the first time we will be able to bring you up-to-the-minute school news.

But for now, we want to thank all those Branch personnel that have helped to make our job a bit easier. In addition, we thank you the student body for supplying what MONTAGE is all about. Ed.

Branch Victorious in Tourney May 18 may have been a dark,

rainy day outside, but for KSUSCB athletes, it was the brightest day in their brief history as they copped the Ohio Regional Campus Sports Tournament in Newark.

Led by first place finishes by the men's and women's bowling teams and the golf team, KSUSCB won the team championship and captured nine individual trophies.

The men's bowling team was led by Larry McCorkle and Bob Morris, who had high series of 759 and high game of 236, re spectively, for the tournament. Jim Rowles came in second in both with 755 and 226. Rounding out the team were Bob Snyder and Tom Kracker.

The women's bowling team of Sue Becker, Jennie Johns, Paula Watson, Mable Bruce and Diane Dlugolecki failed to have any individual winners but easily out

distanced Newark in second place. Pacing the golf team was Bob

Moock, who was second low medalist with a round of 78. Other members of the golf team and their scores were John Sibila, 81; Ange Spitale, 82, and Tom Ivan, 92.

Bob Kistler, HPE coordinator and coach, was, naturally, very pleased with the performance of everyone, but he felt if the tennis teams had not received two bad breaks that KSUSCB would have made a clean sweep of the tourney.

The first of these breaks was when the number one player on both teams was unable to make trip. The second came when the doubles teams were disqualified for being late. As it was, Marty Williams battled for 43 games before losing in the title game. Also placing second for KSUSCB was Dave Snyder in the men's division.

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MEMO TO: David Seffens FROM: MONTAGE Staff SUBJECT: Your Job 1. Be an active president. Find out what the students desire and

represent their wishes. Presidents before you accomplished little or nothing. Should you follow their precedent, you will not fulfill the responsibilities of your office.

2. Be a unifying force. You must coordinate the various student organizations to the purpose of serving Stark Branch.

3. Do not act as a so-called "arm" of the administration. Instead, use your influence as chief representative of the student body to form a liaison between students and school officials.

4. Do not ally yourself with a particular group. The phrase "president of all the people" is overworked but it certainly makes sense.

5. Keep in touch: As in the past, MONTAGE is willing to reserve space for the president to speak to the students.

By Jim Rowles A group of KSUSCB students,

under the guidance of student instructor Terry Hand (shown above leading a group in a left side kick and punch), are learning the art of karate.

Instructor Hand received his black belt rating while stationed in Okinawa with the U. S. Air Force; therefore, the style that he teaches is known as Okinawan or Shirinjiryu.

He describes karate as "a defense countered with as offense at persons' vulnerable spots with the use of hands, elbows, knees, feet and sometimes a hard head."

Karate has been called the "Bal

let of Death" because it flows with such grace that even a gentle co-ed feels no less feminine when she practices it.

The purpose of the class is to build muscle coordination through the various exercises. After constant repetition of these exercises, they become reflexes to certain situations.

The class has been meeting every Saturday and Sunday for the past six weeks and will put on a demonstration at 2 p. m., June 1, at the school for anyone interested in seeing how much can be learned in such a short period of time.

Students currently enrolled in the class include Jim Young, Bren-

Minipoll on What do you think of the cultural series?

Stu Beatty—"It's a good opportunity for the students to be exposed to culture and they would certainly get a lot out of the program if they would attend it."

Kitty Kirkpatrick — "The cultural series could be improved by more publicity and a larger variety, including some comedians."

Marcia Adams—"I've never been Jerry to one although I would have gone Marcia

if they had someone I wanted to hear. If more popular people were presented, I am sure kids would not mind paying to make up the additional cost."

Jerry Schirck — "I think the cultural series has turned out like every other event and organization here. People around Stark Branch don't care enough about this campus or take the time to learn about it." Stu

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