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Vol. 50   *No."27
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Friday, Nov. 14,1969
udies indi vidua Iized
A new curricular framework
permitting individualized pro?
granis. for students and, great
flexibility in arranging academic
schedules has" teen approved by
the University Senate.
The program will affect six de -
partments in the School of Fine
and Applied Arts and will be
offered beginning next fall as an
optional program .in addition to
the curricula now available in the
school.
Among the. major advantages cf
the plan, according to Dr. Frank
Stillings, dean of the School, of
Fine and Applied Arts, is that
it permits a "completely tailored program, for each individual
student, based on his interests,
strengths and weaknesses."
The new framework will eliminate existing "group" re^
quirements, under which students
are required to take specific
"courses in such "groups" as
English - foreign languages-
journalism-speech, science,, social science, education, fine arts,
applied arts and physical education.
rt instru ctor destroys
ent's -'obscene9, art
By MONETTA RICHEY •
LIFE STAFF WRITER
Three clay plaques intended for -
a  donation to the moratorium
were destroyed last week by Jay
H. Shurtliff, instructor in art,
because of "obscene language"
inlaid in them.
Bernard Rosenberg, Flint
junior, said he made the ceramic pieces "last Tuesday and on
Thursday my ceramics instruc-'
tor, Mrs. Esther Kraus, assistant professor art, told me what
had happened."
Explaining the incident, Rosenberg said, "I covered the tablets while the clay dried so they
weren't   in  the open, for anybody to look at."
According to Shurtliff, he was
showing some art sivorlc to some
female students when he lifted
up a mirror to discover the obscene language on the three clay
plaques.
"I was shocked at the language   on the plaques.    I was
embarassed and so were my students and I didn't want the rest
Of the class fo see them. "Shurtliff said.  .     '
Shurtliff then destroyed the
tablets by throwing them in a
waste basket.
In a letter to Victor P. Croft-
chik, art department chairman,
Rosenberg asked., "What gives
him (Shurtliff) the right to destroy what he doesn't want to see?
Do you rip out the pages of a
book each time you come to a
profane statement?"
Rosenberg said he was never
informed of.this action by Shurtliff himself. Instead, Mrs. Kraus
told Rosenberg what had.hap-
pened.^
"He never asked me^ to remove them.   He simply took it
upon  himself  to judge what is
obscene and then carry out his
own sentence." said Rosenberg.
"Rosenberg used University
material,   kilns  and power  to
make the clay tablets with andl'm
not sure he received permission
Mrs. Kraus would not say if
she had given Rosenberg permission to make the tablets or
not.
Frank S. Stillings, dean of fine
and applied arts, said there will
be. a complete investigation into the incident. University policy,
must be consulted to determine
who was right or wrong, he said.
Croftchik refused to comment
on the incident.
Rosenberg concluded "I want '
other people to know this experience happened and anybody
smart wiU pay attention."
Under the new plan, the eight
existing groups wiU be reduced
to two: general education and
specialized studies. The major
differences between the old and
new programs lie in the general
education area.
To fulfill their general education requirements on the new
plan, students will take 53 semester hours of courses in at least
six departments other than their
major and minor departments*
"The program will rely heavily on faculty advisement to
direct students into courses in
four broad, basic areas: organization and communication of
ideas, physical environment and
' biological inheritance, social inheritance and responsibilities,
and insight and appreciation,"
Stillings said.
The new plan is a framework
into which specific programs can
be fitted, not a.new curriculum
in itself, Stillings adds. Departments -in the School of Fine
and Applied Arts may still offer
options as to whether students
wish to work within the traditional group format or the new
one.
The new framework is the result of more than one year of work
by University faculty members on
various campus committees. It
grow out c* a proposal submitted
to the Dean's Advisory Council of the School of Fine and
Applied Arts by.Dr; Ernest L.
Minelli, chairman of the Department of Industrial Education and
Technology. Before reaching the
University Senate this week, it
was studied and altered slightly
by the University Curriculum
Committee and a 23-member
subcommittee.
According to Minelli, the new
framework    provides    "more
horizontal mobility, avoiding the
chances of students getting locked into a particular program too
early in their academic careers.''
"The program is consistent
with the philosophy that students
should   play a greater part in
selecting, and planning their Uni
versity programs," he added.
Seventy-one semester hours
are :reqired. in the specialized
studies portion of the plan which
is concerned mainly with major
and minor areas and does not
differ significantly from current
requirements.
The new framework will apply
only to programs leading to the
B.A., B.A.A., B.F.A., B.S. and
B. Mus. Ed. degrees in the departments of music, art, journalism, Industrial education and
technology and hosoe economics,
family life and consumer education. •'-.
program
aces expansion
A study program for honor students at Central Michigan is being
expanded to offer more students
a better opportunity for advanced
study.
In addition, the program has a
director for the first time in
the nine years of existence. Dennis Thavenet, professor of history was appointed by President
William B. Boyd to begin work in
September with a 13 member
council consisting of nine faculty
members and four students. Thavenet is dividing his time between teaching and directing the
"program.
A student on the honors program may enroll in any course
at the University, including graduate courses, despite his class
standing—sophomore, junior or
senior. Unlike others - in the
course, he may negotiate with the
instructor regarding the kind of
work.he wiU-do. He mustfirst
display an understanding: of the
basic material to be covered by
all students in the course and
then, through directed independent study, usually research*
goes beyond the normal course
requirements. .   .       "-   '
The first expansion of the program may be more '■: accurately
called a liberalization.. Under
former guidelines, only students
with an accumulative scholastic*
average of 3.5 after one semester
and 3.25 after'that were'eligible
for honors study. This has been
modified to allow students who
are doing outstanding work in one
subject, history for example, to
enroU in honors courses in that
department even if their overall
grade point average does not meet
the established standard.
The program director said he
and, the council hope to have
the honors classes opened to first
semester freshmen, who have
proven in high school that they
are 'capable of doing high quality
college work.
Beginning, next semester, an
informal discussion program for
honor students will be expanded.
There will be six bf these discussions sessions, called collo-
quia, with such topics as "Utopia in 20th Century Thought,"
and the "Physical Destruction of
Man." '••
TOMORROW AT DAWN begins 15 days of exile for our friend here as the deer hunting season
opens •" with a bang. That worried look on his face isn't for him as he is safely quartered
in the Mt.> Pleasant Zoo, but he is probably thinking about a few of his relatives.
(LIFE photo by Bob Garden)
Digital pan Cupid is coming to
Central; •
After a recent article concerning the CMU Dating-matChing.
Service, enthusiasm has been so
great that the service has de-,"
cided ,„to go computer - Digital
Dan, according to the organizations officers.
Because of the immediate use
of Digital Dan, the service's
matching abilities will be more
scientific in nature. Matching
will be on the basis of the indivir
I Dan Cupid is on his way
duals values and interests,. the
organizational officers said..
. The, information received will
be totally and' absolutely confidential, since Digital Dan will,
be the only one able to decode
the responses.,
The questionnaire will be similar to the forms filled out at,
registration time. The questions
are multiple choice and are;
scientifically worded so as to
draw out the person's true personality.
Questionnaire forms willbe
available, at the Dating-Matching
Service Booth in the University
Center on Nov. 17. A fee of
$2 per person will be charged.
Men will be mailed the six
most closely matched1 names and
an additional name for those adventurous souls who want an unmatched challenge. The women
will get their names placed in
the* service's files for eight
weeks, or until they request their
names taken out. Consequently,
a woman may receive any number
of matches.
This compares favorably to the
national - average for dating-
matching services where the individual is charged anywhere
from $3.50 to $5 for five matches.
Edward JUnker, Dating-Matching president, or Robert PoeUet, •
vice-president, may be contacted for further information in 203 •
Merrill  HalJ   or  by phone  at
774-4839.
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