1972-01-21; Central Michigan Life

              hio State
ByKENTAB.AC3KD '..
.   « Special Affairs Editor
trident William B. Boyd admitted
S yesterday that he received pre-
F* ££ considerationforthepresident's
rl?Shio State University,
1^™ ressed, however, that he had
*   iheen a candidate for the position
'*?Wte received any offer from OSU.
f^s a student' enrollment   of
NSffSl  President  Novice.    G.
^ett announced his retirement last
JE  Th& 62-year-old president served
JjS'school's top administrator for 17
S¥ name was one of many which came
■in in the course of a search for the
lib but I've never been contacted, nor
Ee I ever been a candidate for the
Sition. I don't expect any offer and
I don't have any intention of leaying Cen-
tral Michigan," the CMU President said.
Boyd explained that candidacy represents the final serious consideration given
to anyone after a preliminary search.
He explained that as a candidate, the
person indicates that he is seriously interested. t "Since I've never been contacted, then in that respect I'm not a
candidate,'1' he said."
„"I have a tremendous job here at Central," continued the President. "I'm
involved, with many projects which I have
a great deal of interest in and I like
the people ,1 work with.( It would be a
very difficult decision for me to leave
for any other university job.,x
Stories have been circulating in various
newspapers in Ohio that Boyd was one of
five educators seriously considered for
the post.
The COLUMBUS DISPATCH recently
said that Boyd, along with Edwin Young,
vice president and chancellor at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, were
the Only two remaining for serious consideration for the OSU job.
"If the story in the paper is correct,
I feel indeed flattered that I was thought
so highly of," said Boyd. "Ohio,State
is a top university that I feel a great
deal of affection for."
The other three on the list were Daniel
G. Aldrich, chancellor at the University
of California at Irving, E. Laurence Chalmers, Jr., president of the University of
Kansas, and Willard L. Boyd, president
of the University of Iowa.
"William B. Boyd has had previous
association with Ohio State. The 48-year-
old CMU President served as director
of the honors program at OSU in 1965-66.
Dr. Rx)ger M. Busfield; Jr., of CMU's
Board of Trustees, said yesterday,   "I
don't think we'll lose William B. Boyd
as our president to any other university
at this time. I don't believe he'll be a
candidate for a presidency elsewhere."
Dr. Busfield noted that CMU presidents
and vice presidents are to give the Board
of Trustees, one year's notice before
leaving a position.
"I disregard all the recent stories as
rumor;" said Dr. Busfield.
Boyd said he wants to consider the
incident closed. "It was a very embarrassing situation," he said. "I regard
the  entire  thing  as  a  big nuisance."
The DISPATCH reported yesterday that
the Ohio State University Board of Trustees is in the process of making a new
list of potential candidates.
Reporters in Ohio are still speculating
that William B. Boyd's name will reappear on a new list.
CENTRAL
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Volume 52, Number 45
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Mt. Pleasant, Michigan, 48§58 Friday, January 21, 1972 See Page 9
Dorm councils join
at Woldt-Emmons
YES OR NO - Mary &ysak, dorm court judge of Woldt Hall,
counts ballots  while? Sue Sutton, council representative,
keeps tally.
By MARK LETT
LIFE Student Affairs Editor
In a flurry of balloting Tuesday and
Wednesday, residents of Woldt and
Emmons dormitories voted in favor of
a proposal to combine their respective
councils into xa joint organization to service both halls.
The move, which passed easily in both
dormitories, opens the door for realignment Of both dorm councils and construction of a new constitution.
Emmons, which conducted elections
Tuesday, passed the measure by an overwhelming 283-24 vote. The proposal
was expected-to meet somewhat-stiffer
opposition in Woldt, but it still passed
with little difficulty, 291-17.
DECISION LEFT TO COUNCILS
With passage of the proposal, it will
be up to existing Woldt-Emmons councils to decide whether or not to disband
and schedule elections for represntatives
for a new council.
Job market for teachers overcrowded
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late relief in sight
By BRIAN HLAVATY
LIFE Staff Writer
Teaching, in recent years considered a
siamour job because of the short'working
year and rising salaries, how presents
1 exe Problem to those interested in
wementary and secondary education. '
ari loh market for teachers in these
2s has been tightening up irt recent
mLSxand there appears to be no immediate relief in sight,
to* V.according to Michael Carey, assis-
«k director of Placement,'stating there
Lc 01[ers«PPly of teachers and an un-
"ersuppiy of jobs is not completely true.
'•In certain .areas of teaching there is
bv*« ite °verjsupply which makes it
««remely difficult to get a job," he
plains. "But there are definite areas
Jjere jobs are available if one looks
nar<i enough."
ronX undersupply of men teachers cur-
sntiy exists in Industrial, Vocational,
fecial and Elementary Education.
mese a mac ni.m,i^ «,„ »*„,-*.
appears, however*, that Special Ed. might
be feeling effects of an "oversell."
"Special Ed. has long been cited as
an open field but mow shows signs of
filling up," says Carey based on statistics from the Registrar's office.
- According to Robert Conneli, Registrar,
CMU graduated only 18 teachers of the
emotionally disturbed, in June, 1970-71.
Twenty-six teachers of the mentally handicapped,  however,  graduated in June,
1970 and an additional 34 one. year later.
CHANGING COMMITTMENTS
"These figures seem to indicate ah
opening in this, field which is true,"
states Cornell. "But you have to remember those people made committments
two and three years ago when the market was somewhat better in all fields.
' "Registration data sheets collected in
1971 fall registration show 349 people
indicated a preference to teach the
emotionally disturbed while 386 were interested in.teaching the mentally handicapped," he reported. . ..
"But in no way does this commit
them Many will undoubtedly change and
will have a major ^authorized in a completely different field. - „
"But it does show that within the next
three years there quite possibly, will be
a significant increase in Special Ed.
teachers available. This could fill up
much of the job market," he continues.
UNCERTAIN FUTURE
This uncertainty in the number of people
entering various field helps create doubt
regarding which fields may open up or
grow tighter in the future.
Fields where there is a definite over-
supply  of teachers  are Social Studies
■ and English. Physical Education is also
filling up rapidly.
Registration data information shows
from Fall, 1970 to Fall, 1971 students
indicating a preference in History and
English (both teaching and non-teaching)
dropped from 558 to 383 and 725 to 580
respectively. A strong reason for this
drop, according to Conneli, could be the
growing  lack  of jobs  in those fields.
"We hesitate to tell incoming freshman'they should or should not go into
a particular field because of job availability," Carey points out /"A' student
should not enter a field that doesn't
interest him just because he might find
a job there."
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Another option will be retaining present
dormitory representatives and merging
the two bodies into one. In either case
however, some juggling of top council
positions will be necessary before the
new body can act.
Combining two dorm councils is not
a new idea. Last year, Saxe and Herrig
combined councils and drew up a joint
constitution.
SITUATION   EXISTS AT SAXE-HERRIG
Situations between Saxe-Herrig and"
Woldt-Emmons are similar. Saxe and
Herrig share a common lobby as do
Woldt and Emmons. Because of the close
proximity of the dormitories, it was decided forming a joint council would promote interTdormitory activities and
enlarge the treasury for a wider scope
of use.
"We hope that by combining the two
councils we will cut some communication
problems that have existed between the
two dormitories," stated Dale Cleland,
Emmons head resident. "Last fall, we
had a lot of hassle as to the amount
that should come out of each dorm fund
to buy a stereo for the lobby.
"There has also been some debate over
the money collected from pinball machines
in the lobby," added Cleland. "Right
now, Emmons is getting all money from
the machines. We haven't drawn up a
constitution yet but we're examining the
system Saxe-Herrig uses. The joint
council should solve a lot of problems
between the two dorms if representatives react sensibly to it."
DORMS PASS DRINKING LEGISLATION
In other balloting, both Woldt and
Emmons voted for passage of the proposal to extend consumption of alcoholic
beverages into dormitories. An affirmi-
tive vote of 75 percent of the combined
.number of residents of the two dormitories was necessary for passage.
Roughly 82 percent of the combined total
voted in favor of the proposal.
In Emmons, over 90 percent of the residents approved the proposal while over
92 percent of the Woldt residents voted
affirmatively. Other dormitories including Merrill, Sweeney, Larzelere, Saxe
and Herrig have also passed the University alcoholic beverage policy for dormitories. In many dorms, policy change
is expected to go into effect.this week^
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