1965-05-28; Central Michigan Life

              Volume 46
Central Michigan University, Friday, May 28, 1965
Number 27
Testify Before Senate
nquiry Monday
DR. KENNETH L. UGLUM, chemistry, shows how the
new telescope functions to the Life photographer. The telescope is the latest addition to Brooks Hall.
Final Session
Senate Wants Reasons
For Faculty Departures
By Neil Hopp
Life News Editor
In its last legislative session
for the spring semester, Student Senate Monday   night
I unanimously passed a resolution expressing  concern  over
| the departure of "many valuable   instructors  from  this
| campus,"
The resolution read, "Where-
l as, a university is maintained
for the purpose of producing
mentally alert individuals, who
are capable of thinking and
acting correctly, and whose
behavior is motivated by social
insight, moral fortitude, ethical
discrimination and spiritual
I values.
'Whereas, realization of these
I express  purposes  largely   depends upon the quality of instruction at a university,
"Whereas, the quality of instruction directly depends up-
lon the quality of the faculty,
j and whereas many faculty
I members are leaving Central
j Michigan University.
I "Be i t therefore resolved
I that, Student Senate express
jits concern to administration,
■faculty and students over the
| departure of many valuable
Instructors. And that the rea-
pons for their departures be
[ascertained, and that correc-
jtive steps be taken, if neces-
l?JFy7 to assure that Central
■Michijian University maintain
|at all times the highest quality
Instruction possible.
| During discussion of the res-
FUtioru one senator asked for
pecrfic examples of instructs leaving and reasons why.
Student Body President Gene
Ragland answered the query
by naming nearly a dozen faculty members who are leaving
CMU after this semester. Ragland also mentioned that he
knew of others who are in the
process of looking for other
positions.
When asked for reasons,
Ragland responded that some
of the departures are concerned with higher salaries, lighter
teaching loads, choice of teaching subjects, better curricu-
lums and the obtaining of
higher teaching degrees.
However, Ragland said other
reasons concerned the operation of the university, but he
did not give specifics since
some of" the dissatisfactions
"were given to me in confidence and I do not want to attach names to these reasons
publicly until they (the instructors)   do so themselves."
The discussion on this resolution evidently spurred more
action as Senate unanimously
passed another resolution
which  read:
"Whereas a number of valu-
able instructors are leaving
CMU, Student Senate recommends that departing instructors take the invitation of the
State Senate investigating
committee to make public
their reasons for leaving
CMU."
Barring any special sessions, a new Student Senate
will convene in September under the present administration
of Ragland and Student Body
Vice President John Johnson.
difficulty in finding the time
and encouragement to do research," he explained.
When asked about infringement on academic freedom, Dr.
Stewart answered, "No one has
ever imposed themselves on
what I do in the classroom in
a direct sense."
Concerning the topic of faculty involvement in administration, Dr. Stewart commented, "I don't believe the pres
ent administration has found
it convenient or acceptable to
accept recommendations o f
faculty in good grace." He
added that many faculty members are willing to let all decisions be made by people in
authority and to accept them
without questioning.
The   final   faculiy   member
to  testify Monday was   Dr.
Dillingham who said that he
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Valedictorian Earns 3.80;
Salutatorian .02 Behind
By Emory Daniels
Life Managing Editor
The questioning of Central faculty mem-    hours and convened until June 7.
bers by the Senate investigating team Mon- Soeaking critically of the administration
day disclosed such problems as promotion were Dr. George Blackburn, history, Dr. Rob-
policies, change of grades, encouragement ert Stewart, sociology, Dr. Harry Dillingham,
for research, faculty involvement and the sociology, and Lewis Rhodes, educational
quality of administratve leadership. The television council director. Supporting the
committee questioned five faculty members administration was Dr. Rolland Maybe, his-
and one administrator for a total of three    tory, and Dr. George Lauer, registrar.
W h il e discussing  Central's —_— ,
transition from a teacher's
college to a liberal arts university, Dx\ Blackburn commeted,
"the administrators date back
to teacher-college days and
they have teacher - college
ideas, while many of the faculty, especially the younger
faculty, have university ideas."
"It is not the intent of the
faculty to run the school," he
said. "The Board of Trustees
is the constituted body and the
Board makes all final decisions." But he added that it was
apropriate and necessary for
faculty to become involved in
such areas as curriculum, personnel.
Although Dr. Maybee supported the administration  he
did have one reservation. "The
only thing   I wonder   about,"
he said, "is the question of the
President reporting back to the
faculty.    I do think this is a
problem."
Asked by Sen. Edward J.
Robinson (D-Dearborn) if Central has an educational philosophy, Dr. Maybee answered,
"Sure,  we are   always   going
someplace  and that  direction
is one of improvement. Under
this administration we w ere
expanding   in terms   of land,
buildings, dormitories  and  in
other areas ... I don't feel we
have any more problems than
other schools."
Sen. Don Potter (R-Lansing)
asked  if the  educational op-
poi'tunities afforded the student at Central had improved
during Dr. Maybee's 33 years
at Central.   "Amazingly, yes!"
Dr. Maybee answered.
Rhodes proclaimed, "We are
being administered but we are
not being led, and in the dif-
frence between these terms
lies the explanation for much
much of the faculty unrest."
"Insufficient leadership
shows up in missed opportunity, unmet potential and in the
sad words of what might have
been." he said.
"It is not enough for the
university to provide tools for
growth," he added, "it must
provide leadership." As an
example, Rhodes explai ned
,"We are utilizing less educational television than we were
five years ago and we have
been able to do little with programing."
Dr. Stewart stated that he
was leaving Central because
he concluded he could.no longer perform adequately his academic functions at Central.
"I simply found that as
years have gone on I have not
been able to keep atop of my
field in areas as diverse as I
have been required to teach,"
he explained.
The reason for this, he said,
was because he was required
to have a 12-hour teaching
load requiring three preparations and sometimes four.
f'l  have  found  substantial
Dale F. Wolfgram, Hemlock,
with an accumulative point
average of 3.80 will be valedictorian of Central's June graduating class. Salutatorian is
Ruth Bowen, Mount Pleasant,
with an average of 3.78.
Wolfgram. the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Leonard A. Wolfgram, will receive the B.S. degree on the secondary education curriculum with a major
in chemistry..
He pi ans to teach high
school chemistry in Gary, Ind.,
where a new program called
Chem-Study will be instituted.
Wolfgram said that he will
probably be sent to a National
Science Foundation Institute
next summer to gain background to help put the new
program into the curriculum.
Motors scholarship for four
years at CMU and has been
on the Teacher Education Project five-year plan.
He has been president and
treasurer of Gamma Delta,
campus Lutheran group; a
member of Phi Delta Kappa,
men's education honorary;
Kappa Mu Epsilon, mathematics honorary; Alchymist Club,
chemistry and physicsc departmental organization; and the
Student Education Association.
Dale Wolfgram
Ruth Bowen
Miss Bowen, salutatorian,
is the daughter of Dr. and Mrs.
Elbert R. Bowen, Her father
is a member of the CMU
speech department. She will
receive the A.B. degree on the
liberal arts cuiriculum with a
Spanish major and library science minor.
She plans to go on to graduate school to do further work
in library science and is interested in reference or research librarianshi'p.
Miss Bowen is president of
Senior Women's Honor Board
and of Alpha Beta Alpha, library departmental organization;" is listed in Who's Who
Among Students in American
Colleges and Universitiesc;
and is a member of Alpha
Gamma Delta sorority, Student
Senate and Phi Kappa Phi
honorary. This year she was
delegate to the Michigan Association of Studen-t Governments and was chairman of
the Homecoming Ball.
She has also worked as a
student assistant in the reference department of the CMU
library for four years, has been
in the concert band and the
sympnonic w i n d -ensemble
and is a member of the First
Methodist Church choir.
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