1965-12-10; Central Michigan Life

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CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1965
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NUMBER 11
eatre Will
sen
lays Tonight
! The University Theatre will
iresent two experimental pro-
Sta. tonight begmnm^
■30 p.m. in room 355 in W arte: Admission is 250 per stu-
i The plays, "The Maids," by
eL Jenat and "The Bespoke
Escort," by Wolf Mankovatz
Le also presented last night
fy the members of the Experimental Theatre Class,
| "The Maids" is a study ot
lesbianism and "The Bespoke
Wcoat" is a study of the
I [valuation of money.
Director of "The Maids" is
Itichard Hayman. Cast members are Mary Nan Cain, Lor-
|ain Leis and Joyce Tausley.
Director of "The Bespoke
Overcoat" is William Primm.
bast members include Ron
lexton, Jim Telfer, Jerry Hen-
hessy and Roger Fulty. Technical director for both plays is
Cindy Orr.
oust To Testify Today
Sen. Robinson's Statement
To Conclude Investigations
President Judson W. Foust will testify today at the final
hearing in the State Senate Investigation of faculty-admir*'
istration relationships at CMU. '
Today's session is being held in Lansing and is closed
to the general public. The hearing is scheduled for 10 a.m.
in the Senate Appropriations Room.
Senator Edward J. Robinson
NANCY MORDEN, Mount Clemens t**^*^
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first place for most origincd design. Lilt the nap an«
"Merry Chris-Moose."
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In General Ed.
tinges Adopted
By Marshall Matlock
Life Staff Waiter
; Central students may, in the
iear future, be required to
take 46 hours on a general
^education curriculum, in order
|to graduate, according to a report made by the Subcommit-
itee on General Education.
The general education cur-
riculum, if adopted, would
[take the place of present
poup requirements.
I After two years of delibera-
ijtion and over 35 meetings, the
pubcommittee on General
[Education presented a report
jto the General Curriculum
f Committee which called; for a,
program that would better en-
fable a student at CMU to receive a "well rounded" edu-*
'cation.
f  The subcommittee was appointed in October,  1963,  to
[?tudy and evaluate the distribution of the general education requirements at CMtJ.      .
I. The program,   if   accepted,
| would mean that the CMU stu-
I dent would have to take 33 se--
| Blester hours in three basic,
[groups. This includes a. .xpinK;
• »*urn of nine "hours each iyom'
natural sciences and.- mathefi&i^
"cs, social sciences and '*"' ■
canities).   In
tltree-hour
would require the student to
take only three hours of En-
^Thlrteen hours that would
be required include three
hours of English compos tion,
speech, and political science
and four hours of physical
education activity.
Chairman of the 10-man
sub-committee, Dr Gabriel
Bacz, commerce, explains that
J?en though 33-hours would
be required in general education courses before a CMU
student could recewe a degree, the student would have
a greater choice of courses
that he would like to take. He
points out that it would not
be like the present system
where just one or two courses
would have to be taken to fill
a requirement.
Dr. Racz stated, "We (Subcommittee) feel it would be a
great improvement from the
standpoint of the student. We
are concerned that any proposed recommendations be student centered.
Dr. RaCz says his subcommittee h^s conducted an  in-
(Continued on Page 3)
Eyes of Central
Are On Lansing
Central's eyes are on Lansing.
In addition to President Judson W. Foust's testimony before the Senate Investigating
Committee into faculty-administration relationships today,
CMU will have watched with
interest yesterday's actions on
the floor of the Michigan legislature.
Yesterday, and possibly today, Michigan legislators attempted to over-ride three ve-
tos by the governor, one of
which was a $1.2 million supplemental appropriation Which
affects Central.
"Small" Schools Affected
The bill, which both Governor George Romney and Lt.
Governor William Milliken
(acting as governor while Romney was on ah Asian trip) vetoed, was to be divided among
six "small" Michigan schools.
Western Michigan, CMU and
Oakland each admitted approximately 450 more students
than originally planned in
their budgets at the urging of
the legislature. The supplemental appropriation was to
cover the cost ofvadmitting the
additional students.
Romney and Milliken have
indicated they are against such
"deals" between legislatures
and administrators of colleges.
The issue, although involving "chicken feed," as Governor Romney put it, has created a stir among students on
Oakland's campus.
(D-Dearborn), chairman of the
investigating committee, said
earlier this week that there
were a number of factors
which influenced him tp move
the final hearing to Lansing.
"There is a possibility that
the legislature, whicli goes
back into session on Dec. 9,
will still be in session oh the
tenth. Consequently, we would
-have had to cancel the hearing
if it was in Mt. Pleasant,"
Proceed with Hearing
Now if the legislature is in
session  Friday,  we ,can  still
proceed with the hearing, although we may have to recess"
from time to time for roll call
votes," Sen. Robinson explained.
The limited size of the Senate Appropriations Room was
reported to be another factor,
why  the  press,  but  not the*
public, would be admitted to
the final hearing.
Sen. Robinson also said the
committee didn't want to
cause   any   undue   stress   for
President   Foust,   but   added
that the President did not ask.
for the private session and. had "''
•made it clear he wanted no'"'
special favors. *
Review Ronan
.(hup
.,-„_._-,.,,.. two;
i ■ ^ "• <=-uuur interdisciplinary;
| courses at the junior or senior
'.level which would cut across
2 least two groups m 'sub-
eroups would be required of
a11 students.
personnel U©_ _te$bi&&
J-he subcommittee also pro-;
Posed to discontinue a lew of
«»e^ required courses, Enabling
"Student to complete Ms gen-'
I*1 ^cation courses plus the
SUlrements   for  Ms   ^aa30r
f^Kiinor. The proposal
imp* eliminate the ..-require-'
I ft??., of personnel courses,
inealth Education' 100 aai'Jt
by Neil Hopp
Life Managing Editor
Student Senate has atithor-
ized a special committee to m
vestigate   charges  bro u gnx
against the housemother ot
Ronan Hall- „„?o««<*-of
-  The committee, consisting oi
five students, 'y**™£i2*.
^resolution^bich called fora
lull and compete ^Yf*ga_
IS of thrsituation mj^
and of all ^arges^n^e P£,
r^idehfe; The. coatee win
then report its *£a™Lfe
recbmmehdation^ to Senate
Serving  on  the  C0P""V
■J?^Brian ^^j^T
inson Senator;  V^JftSE9
Barnard Senator; _*£t Cjto*
student **^i **££££'
president and »ub ^Wl resigned because
R™e 2$S? stemmed ftom    ^^am* an„ ™*
The   actwn Ron.    I will not d resigned „e-
cha^geLSher Jenny Paster-    never be one repre_
an housemother^Jenny       day    cause I couw n1 „
nak during Senates £*u    £    gent arid pass ^aB„M^,f
dentVcharied the housfetnotn
er with interfering or yiolat-
fnTthe dorm constitution,
dorm council, review board,
and dorm elections'. ^
No Comment
Miss  Pasternak  would  not
comment  on  the  charges  or
S32_l2CE5- earlierdefeated
committee consist of a repre
Q^ntative  from  Student  sen
S- Dean Louise Sharp, dean
^fwoSn; Dean IgtoW*
dean of students; Le* ^£*£
Sn'andt member of the
^^n^ident at the
S5? revfew board because she
an   SvSg "with strings at-
- " resigned because
mother sat across from me on
the dorm review board, and I
know she had an influence."
It was stated that according to
the Ronan constitution, the
Special Edition Monday
CMU Life will publish a
special issue Monday on
President Judson W. Foust's
testimony today in Lansing
before the State Senate Investigating Committee o n
faculty-administration rela-*
tionships.
Life will also publish its
regular, 12 page issue a
week from today. The next
Life is scheduled for Friday, Jan. 7.
President Foust said he was
not in on the decision, to move
the  hearing  to  Lansing  and.
added,  "It doesn't make any
difference to me."
CMU's President added, "I'
don't feel they- have a right to*
conduct this investigation in
the first place. I'm not really
too concerned what they report
to the Board. They've completely ignored them (Board of
the Ronan constitution   tne    ^   —e^e7s) throughout
housemother cannot sit, m on     ± .ieation/>
"My 'house-
deliberations   of   verdict   on
cases brought to the board.
It was further charged that
while the dorm constitution
stated that candidates for
dorm council must be juniors,
two sophomore girls are presently running to fill vacancies
in the council.
When approached by, Life,
members of the group accusing the housemother did not
want to be identified or linked
with specific charges.
Dean Pike, Senate advisor,
asked Why the charges had not
been brought to the attention
of the Executive Housing
Board. Pike stated that "no
one has visited me from Kb-.
nan." He also suggested that if
Ronan's constitution needs
change, "there are methods of
updating ifc"'!
this investigation."
Scheduled for Nov. 16
President Foust was originally scheduled as the final witness for the last hearing (Nov.
16).held in Mt. PJeasant, hut"
i'brr e e CMU vice-presidents,
took almost the entire day. / ;
. Contrary "to reports, .Dr.
John. Hepler, English department chairman, and Dr. Karl
Pratt, psychology, will not tes^
tify today.
Sen. Robinson also said that
he would have a statement at
the conclusion of today's hearing concerning the conduct of
the investigation.
The Dearborn senator added
that if the state attorney general's opinion indicates his investigation may not be constitutional, it will have little effect at this late date.