1965-04-09; Central Michigan Life

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Number 22-
By Emory Daniels
Life Managing Editor
•During an exclusive Life in-
•terview at his Dearborn home
I Saturday afternoon, Senator
I Edward V. Robinson stated
[that the telegram sent to Lan-
[? sing last week supporting Cen^
■ tral's administration contained
I signatures of non-teaching f ac-
| "I don't think the telegram
!, 'is much of a factor since there
; were non-faculty signatures on.
I it," Robinson commented, "But
»if just a hundred faculty mem-
: b'ers are dissatisfied with con-
\ ditions I think it  would  be
too large a minority to pass
over."
The Senator "said the tele-
| gram included such signatures
gs the food services director,
and administrative    assistants
\ to the president and deans.
"One interesting   facet   I'm
| curious to know," he said, "is
how many faculty members
signed it who didn't have tenure yet."
The motion was sent back to
committee and reported back
to the floor while Robinson
was on a trip to Cleveland for
the South-East Michigan Tourists Council. While he was ab-.
sent the resolution was passed
unanimously.
Robinson said he _has received correspondence from Central faculty members- and
plans t o contact President
Foust soon to relay some of
the complaints he received.
The last showing of "Rhinoceros" will be tonight at 8 in
Warriner Auditorium. It is sponsored by the University
Theatre and admission is 75 cents for students.
On the Senate floor Tuesday night, Robinson claimed
that only 156 and not 200
people signed the telegram.
"When we get right dcwn
to it," he said, "only 121
teaching faculty signed."
Other signatures, includ-
|ed the manager of the bowling alley, the director of
food services, and five out
of the seven executive officers of the University.
"Now I don't really have
any quarrel with the bowling alley manager or the
food director but when only
«1 out of 303 teaching faculty signed the wire then it
would appear something is'.
wrong."
Sen. Guy VanderJagt, R-
Udillac, replied, "That telegram was a spontaneous
outpouring on the campus,
*n addition, another 31 sig- "
natures have just come in."
When asked what the pur-
Pose of an investigating team
would  be,   Robinson  replied,
ifte purpose of an investigat-
th •am would be to clear
am a5 • • • to see if there is
t, + fuasis for the allegation
"«« the faculty does not have
woper representation or pro-
purest o remedy complaints."
]Uh ' We wm try t0 estab-
S-What a normal faculty-
j^njstrative  relationship  is
y either visiting 'some of the
> ate unversities or have them
I1^ us at Lansing."
Pfw5 there are problems," he
continued, "we are not going
• wP.Ye them ourselves. That's
jWhing they'll have to work
d!0billStm   then   explained
t J°nie of the.background lead-
;:g- UB. ib.the motion to form
•special  investigating   team;
titt    ate^ that wiien the mQ~
™ came' uR on the Senate
S te commend Central's ed-
aw/P?" fep&tweiit' = for   its'
«wa^0| ^e^uoj^.}1e..i0>foj.ect-
Students
Senate See
By Neil Hopp
Life News Editor
Student Senate has passed
a resolution "that students be
recognized as an important
element in the University and
that this resolution be referred to the University Senate
for a vote." A resolution in
this same form was soundly
defeated in the University
Senate three years ago.
Introduced by John Johnson, Mount Pleasant sophomore, the measure passed after
little debate. The action was
spurned by the fact that three
years ago last Monday, students of CMU held demonstrations in quest of student rights.
Before reading the proposal,
Johnson questioned whether
Central is now in the same situation that it was in three
years ago, with little, or no
headway being achieved. He
noted specifically that no action has come about concerning the housing resolution
which Student Senate passed.
three weeks ago. The resolution had been sent to the University Senate, the Board of
Trustees, President Judson W.
©rta
ks Facultv
Foust and members of the Executive Housing Board.
In other Senate action, Joseph Sweeney, Gene Ragland,
John Johnson and Ray Bizorek
were selected to sit on a student faculty committee to
study establishment of the Academic Policy Board, Four
members of the faculty will.also be selected to sit on the
committee.
Senate also passed an
amended candidate eligibility
ordinance. The following rules
are now in effect for future
candidates petitioning for student offices: 1. Candidates
must be full time students and
free from any kind of probation, 2. Candidates must have
at least a 2.00 average to petition, 3. During their full semester of office, candidates
must be a member of the constituency which they will represent in office, 4. Candidates
must submit petitions for one
office only to the proper au--
thority as defined in the Conp
stitution of the Student Body,vt
It was also announced that
the address of James Turner,
entitled "Thp Ne?ro Revolution," has been rescheduled for
nctien
May 3. It was postponed last
Monday night.
Senate passed a resolution
which recommends that a non-
paying telephone be installed
in the library for student use.
The only telephone now in the
library for student use is a pay
telephone, which is going to
be moved outside in a booth.
Senate then moved into executive session, asking the Life
reporter to leave the proceedings. After this session, Senate returned to regular session
and defeated a proposal "that
those members to serve on the
panel for the address on the
Negro revolution (referring to
Turner's address) would have
to come before Senate for final approval."
investigate
liniversitie
The proposal by Senator
Edward J. Robinson, D-Dear-
born, to form an investigating
team will not be acted upon
until next week according to
Lansing sources.
The proposal was introduced last week by Robinson and
if adopted would provide for.
a special committee to investigate the state universities for
faculty - administration relations.
The investigating team of
authorized would be able to-
subpoena witnesses, administer
oaths, and examine records of
any person, agency of the state
or its political sub-divisions.
Last Friday President Judson W. Fdust commented that
faculty unrest at Central is
no greater than on any other
campus.
"Of course, there are dissenters and they are very vocal," he said "Students and
faculty all over the country
are copying this attitude, and
it is a reflection of social conditions of the time and of labor unionism."
"I have no quarrel with
Senator Robinson," Foust said,
"but I cannot understand why
a man would get up in the
Senate and make such remarks
on the basis of little or no evidence ... If he had any specific charges to discuss, I don't
know why he waited this long
to air them."
Irwin Bleckley, foreign language, was reported in the
Detroit News as being one of
the faculty members who
talked with Robinson in a pri-
| vate home in January.
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Three activities are being
planned for today and tomorrow to help finance the securing of farm implements for
Central's orphanage in Mun
San, Korea.
A small display and cannis-
ter will be placed in each dorm
lobby to show the orphanage
progress with CMU help.
There Will be an SSAC sponsored dance with band tomorrow in the gymnasium. Another dance, for the South
Quad only, will be held tomorrow in the Merrill-Sweeney
food' commons, with a live
band being featured.
According to a letter from
.Com &>W ' Song,, orphanage
adviser,'- spring. planting on tthe
orphanage's ■■farmland'h&s 4wst
begun. He said that a truck
of some type is needed to
transport human fertilizer to
the farm, which is 16 miles
from the orphanage. The orphanage committee here at
CMU has sent letters to General Motors and Ford in hopes
of securing   a donation   of a
Song also   said  that   farm
implements   are  desperately
needed.    He broke down the
needs to three hand carts, one
bicycle, 15 pickaxes* 15 shovels, two ploughs, 10 hoes and
one  work animal,  preferably
an ox.
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