the louisville cardinal
vol. xxx, no. 16 university of louisviUe, louisville, kentucky 40208 february 14 1969
Coach choice incites
pro-Miller flurry
UL com,m,unity backs coach
By RICK NORTHERN
Cardinal Associate Editor
Pro-Paulie Miller forces began mobil­izing
last Friday afternoon in reaction to
news that Miller had not been recom­mended
as head football coach by the
Athletic Council.
The following developments have oc­curred
since last Friday's Cardinal re­ported
that the Council had not endorsed
Miller:
I" 200 students staged a rally Monday in
support of Miller;
I" several contributors to the athletic
program threatened to cut off funds if
Miller isn't appointed;
I" sources close to Sen. Marlow Cook
said Monday he will make an appearance
in behalf of Miller at the Board of
Trustees meeting, now scheduled for Feb.
19. He was reportedly in town Tuesday.
,.,., Otto Knop and Ernie Allen (Law '72) ,
members of the Athletic Council, offered
their resignation to President Strickler
Tuesday morning in protest of selection
procedures.
,.,., The Board of Directors of the Louis­ville
Junior Chamber of Commerce urged
the appointment of Miller in a statement
made Tuesday afternoon.
,.,., The Louisville Board of Aldermen
unanimously passed a resolution Tuesday
evening requesting that the University
"give serious consideration to the appoint­ment
of Paulie Miller as head football
coach."
,.,., 300 people, most of them students,
gathered in front of City Hall Wednesday
at noon to demonstrate their support for
Miller.
Students were transported from UL via
four buses. There they read a telegram
from Coach Miller which called the stu­dent
support the "greatest event of my
football life."
Miller asked students to hold no more
demonstrations, however. The telegram
said that students should leave the de­cision
to Strickler, whom he termed "fair­minded."
In addition to some of the leaders of the
pro-Miller movement, speakers included
Notre Dame football star Bob Lenahan,
who played under Miller at Flaget High
School. Lenahan compared Miller to
Notre Dame coach Ara Parseghian.
Fifteen students met last Sunday eve­ning
in the University Center to make
plans for the rally and the week's ac­tivities.
This meeting grew out of Fri­day
and Saturday discussions among foot­ball
players and student leaders dissatis­fied
with the Council's recommendation.
Football players circulated petitions
about Belknap Campus Monday morning
urging students supporting Paulie Miller
to sign them. The leaders of the protest
claimed an estimated I,OOO names. Other
approximations have gone as high as 2,000
and as low as IOO. (Many of the names
were bogus, according to some students
who helped organize the petitions.)
At noon Monday a chanting crowd of
almost 200 students marched from the Uni­versity
Center to the steps of the Admin­istration
Building carrying placards sup­porting
"Paulie" and denouncing the
Council. At least two signs, however,
praised the recommendation of Lee Corso,
assistant coach at the Naval Academy,
whom the council reportedly endorsed
over Miller.
Brad Evans (A&S '69) , a UL football
player, spoke first at the rally. "The stu­dent
body's been screwed over, the com­munity's
been screwed over, the football
program's been screwed over. The whole
selection of a football coach has been
bungled by President Strickler."
Wally Oyler (A&S '69) this year's quar­terback
who was recently drafted by the
Atlanta Falcons, said that Miller com­manded
the utmost respect from each
(Continued on p. 5, col. 1)
Miller protest
-Photos by Skip McNeil
Students supporting the promotion of
Paulie Miller to head coach at UL partici­pated
in a march from the UC building to
the Administration building last Monday.
The p·rotestot·s then nailed a petition to the
doo·r where PTesident Strickler's office is
located. A&S senior Jim F1·ame expres es
his support (above).
Dorm meeting centers on safety • ISSUe
By TOM EUBANK
Cardinal Contributing Editor
Student safety is now an issue on
Belknap Campus, as demonstrated at two
dormitory meetings sponsored by Students
for Social Action this week.
About 25 persons attended the SSA
meeting Tuesday night. A third, campus­wide
meeting was scheduled for noon
Thursday in the Lincoln Room.
Forge to appear
Forge, the University of Louisville's
literary magazine will appear next Mon­day,
February 24, Copies will be avail­able
at the bookstore and at key Cardinal
newsstands.
Manuscripts and artwork are now being
sought for the Spring edition, which will
appear in May.
..
Students attending the meetings dis­cussed
the dangers of an urban campus
and recommended necessary remedial ac­tion.
The meetings were held in Miller
and Threlkeld Halls.
One recommendation provided for ex­tended
use of the voluntary sign-out pro­cedure
as a protection device. This idea
was rejected as unpracticable by resident
assistants and others at the first meeting
Tuesday.
The Cardinars deadline schedule this week
prevented coverage of Wednesday night" s
meeting.
However, proposals to improve lighting
conditions at UL received general endorse­ment.
Girls were particularly in favor of
a recommendation that lights remain
burning from dusk to dawn.
An undercurrent of fear ran through
much of the discussion. Girls repeatedly
asked what they could do to protect
themselves and how they should respond
if accosted.
On hand to answer such questions were
William Davidson and Capt. Edward Rew,
who are in charge of the Campus Security
Office, and Lt. Jim Erwin, Assistant Chief.
Davidson urged the girls to use the
buddy system whenever walking on the
campus at night.
(Continued on p. 10, col. 4)
Dorin girls discuss hours
By BETTY JO STOCKER
Cardinal Staff Writer
The matter of closing hours for women's
residence halls has been the subject of
much discussion recently, both on the
University of Louisville campus and else­where.
Other schools operate a variety of sys­tems
which call for personal responsi­bility
on the part of woman students, as
they become adjusted to University life.
The system as it exists at the University
of Louisville is developed by the Stand­ards
Board, the governing body of the
women's dorms, and the Office of the
Dean of Women.
At present, freshmen women are re­quired
to be in the dormitory by 10:30
p.m. on Monday, Tuesday, and Thurs­day;
by II p.m. on We d n e s d a y and
Sunday; and by I a.m. on weekends.
Sophomores, juniors, and seniors must
(Continued on p. 10, col. 1)