The Cavalier daily. :: Wednesday, April 9, 1969 :: University of Virginia Library

Student Council postponed the
decision of asking for the resignation
of Chase Stuart Wheatley for
one more week last night after a
brief debate on the matter and a
contested ruling of Council President
Ron Hickman.

Both Mr. Hickman and Student
Council Vice President Jim
Roebuck attended portions of the
Board of Visitors meeting that was
held at Mary Washington College in
Fredericksburg over the weekend.

At last week's meeting of the
Council Messrs. Hickman and
Roebuck were instructed to ask Mr.
Wheatley for a repudiation of the
principles behind massive resistance.
A Student Council motion
passed several weeks ago stated that
the Council would urge Mr.
Wheatley's resignation from the
Board of Visitors if such repudiation
was not forthcoming.

Mr. Roebuck said that when he
spoke with Mr. Wheatley "he expressed
his unwillingness to repudiate
the principles behind massive
resistance.

"He feels he has made his position
clear and feels he is being
backed into a corner and stomped
on."

Mr. Roebuck added that he
thought the Student Council had
no choice but to ask for Mr.
Wheatley's resignation.

Mr. Hickman said that Mr.
Wheatley had been very candid in
speaking with himself and Mr.
Roebuck, and said that Mr.
Wheatley indicated he would put
his previous statements into writing
if the Council so desired. He also
said that Mr. Wheatley was bothered
by the term "repudiate."

No Repudiation

Mr. Roebuck said that Mr.
Wheatley had not fulfilled the condition
of the motion asking him to
repudiate and must therefore be
asked to resign from the Board.

Tom Slater said that he was
hesitant to ask for Mr. Wheatley's
resignation because by "pushing
him into a corner" the Council
might cause some sort of unfavorable
reaction.

Henry Doggrell then moved that
"Mr. Wheatley has substantially repudiated
the principles behind massive
resistance."

Mr. Roebuck stated that Mr.
Doggrell's utterance didn't seem
like a motion to him.

Walker Chandler said that it was
a motion, a motion to drop the
whole subject. Mr. Chandler then
asked Mr. Murdock if the entire
Student Council could be thrown
out of the University for lying if
they passed Mr. Doggrell's motion.

Rob Kurtz said that it was only
fair to wait for Mr. Wheatley's
letter before taking any further
action.

Kevin Mannix said he felt that
the Council has been fair to give
Mr. Wheatley four weeks to
respond. He said he thought they
should take immediate action and
not wait any longer.

However a motion by Charles
Majors to table Mr. Doggrell's
motion for a week was passed and
Mr. Hickman ruled that ended
the discussion, in spite of Bud
Ogle's protests to the contrary.

Mr. Hickman reported that all
of the Student Council motions
concerning the Board of Visitors
were still being considered by the
Board's various committees and
that no results were announced at
the Fredericksburg meeting.

Triangle Goes Unrecognized

In other business, Mr. Roebuck,
who is chairman of the Council's
Organizations and Publications
Committee, said that the Triangle,
or Three Society has not been
recognized as a student organization.
He said that they did not
qualify for exemption from Student
Council control as a secret or
semi-secret society and that they
must apply for recognition as
would any other student group.

Bud Ogle announced that the
Track Advisory Committee cocktail
party that was scheduled to be held
at Farmington Country Club has
been cancelled. Mr. Ogle asked
them not to hold their cocktail
party at Farmington since it is a
discriminatory country club.

Only three students showed up
to complain to the Council about
their actions. One first-year student,
Peter Daly, complained that
Mr. Hickman's letter to Mr.
Wheatley did not ask Mr. Wheatley
strongly enough to repudiate the
principles behind massive resistance
and that Mr. Hickman should apologize
to the student body.

Transition Collection

He also was concerned that Student
Council representatives have
not yet collected $50 each for the
transitional program.

Another first-year student suggested
that the Student Council
abolish itself and delegate their
power to the student body who
would vote each week on issues in a
referendum.

The Council approved the
sending of two letters, one urging
the City Council to adopt the fair
housing ordinance, and the other,
to be sent to industries in Virginia
asking for donations to the transitional
fund. Both letters were
drafted by Mr. Ogle.

The Council also approved a
motion by Mr. Ogle asking Paul
Saunier, director of University Relations,
and the Sesquicentennial
Committee not to cancel permission
for the Student Coalition to
use the North steps of the Rotunda
on Founder's Day for Counter-Founder's
Day exercises.