1963-10-18; Central Michigan Life

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MICHIGAN'S   NUMBER   ONE   COLLEGIATE   WEEKLY
/OLUME 45
CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1963
NUMBER 5
Senate to Study
Faculty Report On
Attendance Policy
By Emory Daniels
Life Staff Writer
According to a poll conducted by Faculty Senate's class
attendance committee, 70 to 80 per cent of Central's students
want the present attendance policy changed.
The committee investigated the policy last semester and
submitted their report to Student Senate Monday.
At Monday  night's  meet-	
SEEKING THE TITLE of queen are (from
left to right): Diane Martin, Beverly Lisiecki,
Judy Johnson, Kit Reasoner, Lynette Lucas,
(LIFE Photo by John Carroll)
Marsha LaFave, Karen Moreau, Judy Paine,
(seated) Judy Cooper and Sally Smith.
ing Student Senate voted to
appoint a special committee
of five members to evaluate
the present class attendance
policy,    study    the    Faculty
Senate's   report   and   make
recommendations    for    ihe
Faculty Senate to act upon,
Robert   Burkett,   student
body    treasurer,     commented
that the  Faculty   Senate  had
made an extensive study and
that  their  suggestions   should
be approved and action taken
from   that   point   rather   than
forming a committee.
en
Vie for Homecoming Queen; Nominees for Who's Who
andidates Assembly Monday Night-cbmpefe on Ballot Tuesday
In formal attire and escorted
3y their sponsors, 10 coeds will
;ie for Homecoming Queen
nefore the student body at the
lomecoming Queen Candidates Assembly 7-9 p.m. Mon-
iay in the Field House.
Each candidate will assend
jto the stage where she will be
asked a question which must
De answered spontaneously.
There she will also be serenaded by her backers before
the audience.
Seeking the title are:
Judy Cooper, 19, Flint sophomore, sponsored by the Varsity Club, and majoring in
[physical  education.
Judy Johnson, Alpha Chi
Omega, 21, Neenah, Wise,
senior, sponsored by Alpha
Chi Omega and Sigma Tau
Gamma, and majoring in
speech correction.
Marsha La Fave, Zeta Tau
Alpha, 19, Owendale sophomore, sponsored by Zeta Tau
Alpha and Sigma Phi Epsilon,
and majoring in math.
Beverly Lisiecki, Delta Zeta,
Warren junior, sponsored
by Delta Zeta and Delta Sigma Phi, and majoring in commerce.
Lynette Lucas, Alpha Sigma
22, Harrisburg, 111., sen-
10r» sponsored by Alpha Sig-
ma Tau and Tau Kappa Epsi-
lon> and majoring in vocal
music.
Diane Martin, Alpha Sigma
A1Pha, 20, Pinconning junior,
sponsored by Alpha Sigma
Alpha and Lambda Nu, and
majoring in vocal music.
Karen Moreau,  Sigma   Sig-
ma Sigma,  20,  Goodrich  jun-
"*» sponsored by  Sigma Sig-
™a Sigma and Phi Sigma Ep-
"°n» and majoring in speech.
Gerry    paine#     18>     Grand
{«pids  sophomore,   sponsored
j?y  Alpha   Zi   Delta   and   Pi
En£Phi'  and ma3°ring  in
Kit Reasoner. Sigma Kappa,
' ^ansmg senior, sponsored
by Sigma Kappa and Theta
Chi, and majoring in psychology and sociology.
Sally Smith, Alpha Gamma
Delta, 19, Hessel sophomore,
sponsored by Alpha Gamma
Delta and Alpha Phi Omega,
and majoring in biology.
Voting will be held from 9
a.m. to 5 p.m. in all dormitories and Warriner Hall and
from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. in the
University Center. Activity
cards must be shown to cast a
ballot.
Seventy-four students are
competing for '"Who's Who
Among Students in American
Universities and Colleges."
Each candidate, to be eligible, must have a 2.5 or better
point average and be a graduating senior.
The following qualified
names were submitted by the
Tuesday noon deadline:
Robert V. Anderson, Dale R.
Avery, Patricia J. Babb, David
Balfour, Jeffrey A. Bennett.
James A. Berlin, Benjamin
R. Boyd, Susan F. Bryan, William R. Burgess, Alan R. Card-
well.
Richard L. Chambers, Marion V. Clark, Karen A.
Cooper, Douglas N. Crawford,
Terrance W.  Cremeans.
Marilie A. Dani, Linda K.
DeJongh, Joanne Dembinski,
Joan B. Dolio, Nancy J. Engel.
Peggy L. Frechette, Donald
A. Gleeson, Carol Ann Greg-
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Government Positions Draw 27
21.
Tau,
Thirteen student government
positions will be filled at the
outcome of Tuesday's elections. Competing for the positions are 27 students.
No petitions were received
for Student Body Secretary or
Junior Class Treasurer.
Two   petitions   for   freshman class positions were invalidated because of late and
insufficient signatures.
Voting will be held from 9
a.m. to 5 p.m. in all dormitories   and   Warriner   Hall   and
from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. in the
University    Center.    Activity
cards   must   be   presented   to
cast ballots.
Candidates turning petitions
in are:
Freshman President
David Burzych, Saginaw, accounting major.
John Johnson, Mount Pleasant, speech major.
Paul Larson, Muskegon,
math major.
Freshman Vice-President
Robert Helveston, Saginaw,
liberal arts.
Robert Howdyshell, Mount
Pleasant, liberal arts.
Antoni Strand, Ionia, speech
correction major.
Greg   Wymor,   Alma,   pre-
dental.
Freshman Secretary
Marianne M. Jensen, Allen
Park, secondary education.
Kathy Lalley, Grand Rapids, education major.
Nancy Purcell, Battle Creek,
elementary education.
Freshman Treasurer
John Ryan, Waterford, psychology major.
Karen Sanger, Allen Park,
liberal arts.
Two Freshman Senators
Nancy Albosta, Roscommon,
history major.
Wilson Barnes, Dearborn,
history major.
Suanne Beard, Mount Pleasant, history major.
William Nowak, Mount
Pleasant, biology major.
Barbara Pinnell, Saginaw,
social science major.
James    Sweeney,    Mount
Pleasant, math major.
Junior  Senator
Robert Feague, Traverse
City, math major, and Guard
Corps,  Barnes  Dorm  Council.
Kent France, Bay City, political science major, and president of freshman class, president of Young Republicans
Club, student body public relations director.
Sophomore Vice-President
Micheal Griffin,  Detroit,
speech major, and Men's Union.
Phillip Mackay, Grand Rapids, business major, and freshman class council, Student
Senate, Ski Club.
Paul Sare, Grand Haven,
business major, and vice-president of Young Republicans,
Alpha Phi Omega Service
Fraternity.
Men's Union  President
Phillip DeBlock, Warren
junior, math major, president
of Chippewa Christian Fellowship, Student Senate, choir,
Rifle Club.
Men's  Union  Sophomore
Representative
John Carroll Stovall, Dearborn, secondary education.
Larry    Serrell,    St.    Johns,
physical education major.
Men's   Union   Freshman
Representative
Tom Schweigert, Petoskey,
secondary education.
Bjoerling Featured
Reserved seat tickets for the
first Artists Course featuring
Rolf Bjoerling, tenor, will be
available in the University
Center Ticket Office 9 a.m. to
12 noon and 1-4 p.m. Monday,
Tuesday and Wednesday.
Grove   Sandrock,   Barnes,
said   that   a   committee   was
necessary to  decide what the
students wanted, and to make
specific recommendations  and
add details for Senate to approve. The resolution to form
the committee was passed.
As  part  of  Faculty   Senate's   investigation,   Jean   B.
Mayhew,     Speech     Department, agreed not to take attendance in her Speech 101
lecture section.
Mrs. Mayhew found that after the adjustment period, attendance was normal and that
students had a more favorable
attitude towards the class.
The committee questioned a
limited number of instructors
and found most of them felt
it was their perogative to decide attendance policy for
their particular class.
Some instructors felt ihat
classes requred by the leg-
slaiure   should    have    compulsory attendance. Instructors    questioned    also    said
ihat faking roll was a lot of
busy work and wasted valuable class iime.
A  random   poll  was  taken
by   Faculty   Senate   of   1,000
students on Central's campus,
but  only 416  turned  in their
questionnaires.
Arvin Heilman, statistician,
was given the results and projected the findings to figure
the percentage of the campus
who would vote the same as
those who returned their
questionnaires.
Some of the policies suggested in the poll included:
1. No attendance compul-.
sion after ihe freshman
year,
2. Credit given for participation rather than
demerits for non-ai-
fendance,
3. Cut out double talk in
present policy,
4. Sickness is a legal excuse and siudenis
should not be forced io
go only io ihe health
service for an excuse,
and
5. Require attendance for
other than lecture
courses.
From the report given by
Heilman, Faculty Senate concluded that there was a definite need for teachers to explain fully their policy at the
beginning of each semester.
Some of the reasons given
by students for opposing compulsory attendance were:
1. Students should be mature enough to decide for
themselves. Rules of compulsion hinders maturity.
This is a university not a
high school.
2. Grades should be determined .by the student's
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