1974-06-20; Central Michigan Life

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Ass't. Editor
How does the phrase go?
Mjng. twisting, slowly in
wind"? ,
In spite of the  earliest;
JSsion   ever - of   budget
by both   CMU   ad-
,rs and Gov. William
liken, that is where the r
lawmakers seem to-haye
Central's budget for-fiscal
iltwisting in  the -wind.
BOTH     HOUSES     of
Congress are likely to recess    for   Central   stands   at   $1.5    per cent increase; and while
rfcr the -jfceek of M^fflttrthr-'hmHtion and the legislatureV-at—Ctn^rafs^dntihistration-sa^ti
and prob|hly will not return to.   $1.1 million; Whore CMU will    ne«?ds $1.2 million .to continue
end up financially is anybody's existing .funding,; the
guess and is a part of the legislative system allows only
traditional "giye and take" of,   $".8-million to he budgeted. The
remaining $.4 million can come
tie up budget
the" subiiJct of, budgets until
well intofail, y
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CENTRAL'S   REQUEST,
for $1.8 million, will remain at
the mercy of tonfering- and
campaigning legislators and a ;hudget-figures"   oown    in
governor anxious to hold the    Lansing, the ones here remain
the budgetary process,
Whatever happens tp the7
line on spending to" preserve a
proposed $19.5 million surplus.
(The governor is also up for re-
Tele^ct io s^j. ,YPj?.e.se s tl^ _- -th e -
governor's      recommendation
the sama. And they indicate
the governor is assuming a six^
per cent' paydncrease for the
faculty*  while the-faculty  i«P
bargaining for a minimum 12
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'front only one place,- and that's
the>.student.
As Arthur EY Ellis, vice
president of Public Affairs,
pointed put, CMU has approximately 400,000 credit
hours to its name. At" a one
dollar per credhY hour tuition
increase, that generates the_
necessary $.4 million needed
ju|t  to   continue.  But   what
-ahotit the—inone^-needed—to—
fund ' new   programs, •, cover
inflation and pay the salary
increase above what the state
covers? *
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ONCE AGAIN,that hals to
come from the ..student;
Estimates indicate another
dollar increase, in tuition rates
; Will cover, it. That calls then for
a tota) fee hike of two dollars .
,per credit htmr,   " „
.YAhd that,pleaves the
stQderit "twisting, twisting
slowly in the wind."    *
Thursday, June 20,. 1974
rustees to debate today
2 tuition increase for fall
I Central's Board < of <
fjistees meets today at 2 p.m.
the President's Council"
«jn to consider a recom-
indation to increase tuition
pees for the coming year by
So dollars a semester hour for
jpiigan residents and by five
ars an hour for out-of-state
Idents.
If the  recommended  in-: .
ise is approved,. per:hour
% would be $19 an hour for ,
ligan undergraduates, $25
lour for Michigan graduate
Irats, $45^ hour for wit- -
ite  undergraduates   and
an hour  for .out-of-state
jduate students.      "
KThe      r©jeominendation;
|uld keep registration fees at
current rate  of $10 for
|dents taking five^ hours or
and   $20   for   students
king six -hours or more.
"We have always taken
|at pride in keeping our
pts among the lowest of
lihigan's universities,"
[resident William B. Boyd said
fednesday.. "We yrill remain
ieconomical institution, but a
Sloping inflation and the
fvenue predicament of the-
Itate make this recommendation necessary." , ~\..
year will pay $629, an increase ,.
of $62 or 10.9 per cent more
than last year.. Michigan
graduate students taking 24
hours a year will pay $640, an;
increase of $48 or 8,1 per cent
more than last year.
Inflationary   factors   that
might be built into  Central's
state appropriation',' as yet
undetermined, for the coming
year will .cover only •- the appropriated portion, of the
University's .budget, . administration officials explained.
Board meetings are open
to the public,
CM LIFE PHOTO BY HARRIE BLEEKER
FRESHMAN ORIENTATION-The first of nine orientation
sessions scheduled for this summer began Tuesday and tha.
second is going on right now. ■   '   "
Ryan Hail to be dedicated
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fsponsibly enter, the year
fith a smaller increase, I can
jsure you the'. Board of
(rustees will finch them," Boyd
jlded. "In any event^ "the,
^commendation is certain to
hotly defeated." ,
Under the proposed rate
jhedule, Michigan, un-
P rgraduates taking the
prmal 31  semester hours a.
ile now
to _
Senior    and    graduate
pdents planning to graduate
I 'August, and   December
Jould file anr>application for
pduation as .soon as possible.
I   Graduate students, can
$ck up applications in Sloan
p, while seniors can pick tip
Plications' in the * Academic
formation   Center (AIG),'-
jfarriner 157.     - '
1   All     undergraduate-
Indents with 85 or more credit
[purs   should    file    for    a
faduation audit at the AICY
Grace ttyan
Dedication    ceremonies
will be Saturday for the new
Grace L. Ryan Hall, located in .
the sports center. .
The program dedicating
the classroom and office area of
the University's . physical
education building for one of its
best-loved former professors
begins at 2:30 p.m. in the lobby
of the building. .   K.
Taking., part in the
dedication will be, among
others, Miss Ryan, now retired
and living in Florida and Mt.
;. Pleasant; President William B.
Boyd;' Katharine C. Hafstad,
^chairwoman,, of the Board of
Trustees; / William V.
Theunissen, dean of the School
of Health* Physical Education
and    Recreation;    and - Jane
McNamara, former chairman
of the Women's Physical
-Education Department.
Ryan^served on the faculty,
from 1923 to 1958 and became
one-of the nation's foremost
authorities in the field of
American pioneer and folk
dancing. Her book, "Dances of
Our Pioneers," published in
1926 and revised in 1939, is one
of the definitive texts in the
field"."'
v . Ryan became an
educational pioneer in her own
right. . She P introduced
coeducational activity classes
in physical -education in . the
1920's when it was -uncommon
in the nation's colleges.
She traveled throughout
the country learning American
country  dance   and  in   1942,
introduced to Michigan a folk
school to   retain   and   revive
interest in a dying folk art.
Partially .„ through her
efforts, CMLKn 1937 was one
of the first colleges in_ the
country to include recreation in
the health education .and
physical education curriculum.
She was hired at Central
that same year by Charles
Tambling,.head of the Physical
Education Department, to
replace Bertha Ronankwho had
become dean of women.
v. Grace V. Ryan Hall,
housing one t>f Michigan's
•newest physical* education
instructional areas, was
completed in 1973. It is part of
a complex which was named,
for Daniel P, Rose, former
athletic director.
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Central librarian, Orville Eaton, dies
1 Orville L. Eaton, 61,.
chairman and professor of
library science at Central, died
1 at-10:45^p.m. Tuesday in St.
Mary's Hospital^. Sagintiw,
after a long illnessP
Hie * is survived by his
widow, Alta MOynihan Eaton.
A member of the faculty
since 1958, Mr. Eaton was-born
in Thayer, Kan.* on July 15,
1912, the son of Arthur and
pella Eaton. «.
A former elementary and
secondary schobU teacher in
Kansas, Mr; Eaton served as
an instructor at the University
of.Kansas from 1940 to 1942;
-editor and writer at the
Command and General Staff
school at Fort Leavenworth;
Kan., from 1943 to 1946;
director   of libraries  at  the
University of Kansas City,
1946 to 1950; and as librarian
and head of the Department of
Library Science - at Kansas
State ..Teacher College, Emporia) from 1950 to 1958. ~-
He   was - "a   member , of
several library and education
associations and a' frequent
contributor to professional
journals.
Services will be.jLl a.m.
Friday; in the Stinson Funeral
Home with Burial in Kansas.
In lieu of flowers, contributions may be directed to
the Orville L; Eaton Memorial
Fund,   to   fee   established   at
cmu:
• A CMU student drowned
Tuesday night while fishing iir
the Chippewa River at Island
Park." Dead is Ray A'.
Himebaugh, Lansing, junior.
According to Mt. Pleasant
police officials, Himebaugh was
fishing off thejiorth side pi
Island Park near theYCity Fire
Department .training tower
when  he  apparently  slipped.
student drowns
in Chip River
into the water and hit his head
on the rocks. Y
Police first learned of a
possible Ydrowning when a
citizen reported at 9:31 p.m.
there-was a tackle box on the
bank and a fishing rod. lying
partially in -the river at Island
Park. Isabella County Sheriff
deputies and Mt. Pleasant-
firemen assisted City Police in
the river search," The body was
found at 11:33 p.m. in four feet
of water, approximately 25 feet
from where he was believed to
have fallen into the water.,-
The 2 3-year-old
Himebaugh was a business
administration major at CMU
and had attended Lansing
Community College before
coming to Central. He was
residing at 1317 Ravens wood,
Lansing. -
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