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  • Date original: 1970-12
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AASCU ISSUES NEW STATEMENT ON ACADEMIC FREEDOM, TENURE Western Carolina University repirter THE FACULTY-STAFF NEWSLETTER DECEMBER, 1970 A new statement on academic free­dom, responsibility, and tenure has been adopted by the American Association of State Colleges and Universities, an organization of which Western Carolina University is a member. The action, taken at the November AASCU meeting in San Antonio, Tex., was advanced as adding "a component of responsibility" to the 1940 Statement of Principles on Academic Freedom and Tenure of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP). Until adoption of the new statement, the AASCU's position on academic free­dom and tenure had been expressed through endorsement of the 1940 AAUP Statement. Officials of AASCU pointed out that the association has not repudiated the AAUP Statement. Darrell Holmes, AASCU president, said "this action does not deny the validity of the AAUP statement. It simply supersedes it." He also was quoted by The Chronicle of Higher Education as stating that the action "does not withdraw our support for the principles" of the AAUP State­ment. The Chronicle concluded that the 97- 23 vote by which the new AASCU statement was adopted means that the AASCU has withdrawn its endorsement of the AAUP Statement. Holmes, who is p resident of the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley, said that the AAUP no longer would be permitted to list AASCU among the endorsers of its state­ment, which was developed originally as a guideline for university governance. The new statement is based, in large part, on the 1940 AAUP Statement, but includes several additions stressing the responsibilities of faculty members. A section on academic responsibility added by AASCU states, in part: "Acts of physical force or disruptive acts which interfere with university activities, free­dom of movement on the campus, or freedom for students to pursue their studies are the antitheses of academic freedom and responsibility as are acts which in effect deny freedom of speech, freedom to be heard, and freedom to pursue research of their own choosing to members of the academic community or to invited visitors to that community." The AASCU version further adds this emphasis on responsibility: "The concept of freedom should be accompanied by an equally demanding concept of responsibility both within the classroom and without. Within the class­room, the teacher is expected to main­tain high professional standards." The 1940 Statement says, "The teach- - er is entitled to freedom in the class­room in discussing his subject...." The AASCU policy statement says that freedom is "for the presentation of his subject matter and scholarly views related thereto." In a discussion of tenure, the AASCU statement inserts this new language: "Continuation of academic tenure in­volves maintenance of competence as teacher and scholar." It also says that tenure should be given, after the expira­tion of a probationary period, to "full-time" faculty members. Another change from the AAUP Statement of 1940 is to provide for implementation of appeal processes in cases of dismissals of tenured faculty members only when requested by the person affected. The AASCU's previous endorsement of the AAUP Statement was given in 1966, when it was hoped by AASCU leadership that the AASCU would be involved in revising the 1940 Statement. According to Allan W. Ostar, AASCU executive director, efforts to develop such revisions were unsuccessful. The state­ment adopted at San Antonio was origi­nally presented to the AAUP in 1969 but was not incorporated in AAUP in­terpretations of the 1940 document. A decision to actually withdraw en­dorsement of the 1940 statement was recommended by the AASCU board of directors last spring. However, the AASCU presidents at San Antonio approved the new state­ment rather than withdrawing the as­sociation's endorsement of the AAUP Statement. In a related action, the AASCU autho­rized establishment of a committee to study the problems of academic freedom, tenure, and responsibility and recommend changes in the newly-adopted statement, if needed. (Copies of the full AASCU statement, entitled "Academic Freedom, Responsi­bility, and Tenure," may be obtained through the Office for Academic Affairs of the University.) PSYCHOLOGY GRAD STUDENTS HONORED Three graduate students in the new psychology M.A. program have been a-warded scholarships by the North Caro­lina State Department of Mental Health. The three are Janice Faye Monteith of Cullowhee, Jerry David Rogers of Asheville, and Harriet Springer Rogers of Wheaton, Illinois. According to Dr. William L. Chovan, director of graduate studies in psychol­ogy at WCU, the scholarships carry a $2,000 stipend. The terms of the schol­arships provide that each recipient work in the mental health field in North Caro­lina one year for every year of support. The program leading to the master of arts degree in psychology was begun at WCU this fall. MRS. MARY KNEED LER RETIRES Mrs. Mary Kneedler, forpier head of the Department of Nursing, is retiring this month after a 34-year career in nursing and public health. Mrs. Kneedler has been at WCU since 1963, and was instrumental in establish­ing the nursing program here. Among her many services to the University, she chaired committees to study the feasibility of a nursing program and to implement the nursing program. She has taught both freshmen psychology and family health here. Before coming to WCU, Mrs. Kneedler was chief of the Public Health Nursing Section of the N. C. State Board of Health. She has worked with health de­partments in Alamance, Wake, and Cald­well counties, as well as in Jefferson County, Kentucky. Mrs. Kneedler was a member of the Planning Committee for the Head Start Program from 1965-67, and a member of the Surgeon General's Consultant Group on Nursing, 1960-61. She has been a guest in the White House, where she witnessed President Johnson's signing o f the 1964 aid to nursing education bill. Mrs. Kneedler will continue to live in Sylva after her retirement. Her husband, Jay Kneedler. is assistant professor of management here. HUSKINS ELECTED REGIONAL CHAIRMAN Student Body President David Huskins was elected chairman of Region 2 of the Association of Student Governments at that organization's annual meeting in Las Vegas. The election places Huskins on the executive board of the association, and has the effect of making WCU the re­gional headquarters for the organization. One of nine regions nationally, Region 2 includes N. C., Virginia, West Vir­ginia, the District of Columbia, Mary­land, Delaware, and Pennsylvania. WCU GRADUATE HONORED The North Carolina Council on Men­tal RetardationAfews/e/terfor September- October, 1970, contained a fe ature story on Mrs. Rosemary Wray, a former stu­dent and graduate assistant at WCU. She is now director of the Greensboro Starmount Center for Handicapped Chil­dren. Interested readers may obtain a copy of the article from the Office of Public Information or the N. C, Council on Mental Retardation, P. O. Box 12054, Raleigh, N. C. 27605. ASSOCIATION RECOGNIZES DR. REINHARD Dr. Herb Reinhard, vice-president for student development, has been included in the first published list of recognized consultants in the field of college and university unions. The list includes 50 persons with qualifications and experience in serving as consultants on all phases of college union operation. It was published by the Association of College Unions-Interna­tional, a professional organization of over 1,000 unions in 28 countries. Before coming to WCU last summer Dr. Reinhard served for three years as representative for ACU-I Region VI (Ala­bama, Florida, Georgia, and Mississippi). He has served as consultant on the construction of college unions at Essex Community College in Baltimore, the University of South Alabama at Mobile, and South Georgia College in Douglas, Georgia. HAVE YOU SEEN OUR JOURNAL? The Western Carolina University Jour­nal of Education, with which newer mem­bers of the faculty may not be familiar, has recently published its fall, 1970, issue. The Journal, edited by Dr. Gurney Chambers and Professor Robert Allan Youth, is published by the School of Education and Psychology three times a year. Contributors to the latest issue include Paul D. Travers of the University of That is the title of an article by Dr. Lewis E. Cloud in the November issue of North Carolina Education. At the suggestion of Dr Taft Botner, dean of the School of Education and Psy­chology, the Reporter is reprinting por­tions of the article. In higher education we have become so caught up in our own problems in seeking federal grants, performing re­search, turning out publications, and attempting to achieve academic excellence that we have demoted students to second place. We forget that the American school exists for students, and that without the student, there would be no need for an educational system. Most educational institutions suffer from many of the same basic illnesses: too many students, not enough staff, not enough money, outdated ideas and curriculum, and faculty members so in­volved with their own concerns that their senses are not attuned to student needs. Missouri; R. C. Bradley of North Texas State University; William L. Chovan of Western Carolina University; Kenneth T. Reed of Miami University (Ohio); Jon C. Marshal and Elizabeth P. Watson, both of the University of Missouri, St. Louis, and Alvin P. Sokol of the Univer­sity City, Missouri, Demonstration Schools; Hugh A. Matthews of Western Carolina University; and Clifton L. Hall of George Peabody College. Book reviews are by Eugene E. McDowell III, Clifford R. Lovin, Robert Allan Youth, and Richard Walters, all of Western Carolina University, and Carl Edward Gill of the University of Cin­cinnati. Subscriptions to The Journal are $3 a year. Single copies are $1.25. CAMPUS TELEPHONE NUMBER REMINDER Some campus telephone numbers are important enough to warrant more than just a casual reference in the Sylva tele­phone directory. You may wish to write the following numbers in the back of your phone book so that you can find them, if need be, in a hurry. CAMPUS SWITCHBOARD OPERATOR, 24 hours a day, except holidays From campus phones 0 From off-campus phones . . .293-7211 CAMPUS POLICE 8 a.m. to 5 p. m. weekdays. .293-7301 All other times 293-7224 FIRE, 24 hours a day 293-7224 INFIRMARY, 24 hours a day . .293-7430 All to o frequently we faculty members become so concerned with our own world that we literally close our doors to our clients. What other profession or business could survive if it followed such a practice? Of course an "open door policy" is no panacea. I don't solve all the problems my students bring me. All too often the student leaves my office with the same problem he came with, but hopefully with a differ­ent perspective. No instructor "worth his salt" will deny the need for research and one's own continuous educational growth. However, it seems equally valid to argue that the role of a teacher is also to be a good listener. Student's problems as everyone's problems. Teachers are busy people. Work loads are heavy, our professional contributions necessary, personal activities demanding, but do we not also need to listen and work with our real reason for being -students? STUDENTS ARE WHY WE'RE HERE NAMES IN THE NEWS PUBLICATIONS D. Newton Smith, Jr., "Butterfly," The Human Voice, VI, No. 3, 1970. Dr. Rodney L. Leftwich, Arts and Crafts of the Cherokee (Cullowhee: Land-of- the-Sky Press), 1970. Dr. W. L. Chovan, "Vocal Mediating Responses in Short-term Memory of Se­verely and Profoundly Deaf Children," Perceptual and Motor Skills, XXXI, 1970. D. Newton Smith, Jr., review of Ruining the New Road, by William Mat­thews, in Foxfire, IV, Nos. 1 and 2. Dr. J. Michael Davis, "Team Teaching -Western Style," North Carolina Edu­cation, November, 1970. Dr. Phil Wade, review of Literature and the English Department, by Barret Mandel, in Bulletin of the Association of Departments of English, November, 1970. Dr. Lewis E. Cloud, "Students are Why We're Here," North Carolina Edu­cation, November, 1970. CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS This year's guest conductor for the All-East Tennessee Chorus was Dr. James E. Dooley. The chorus presented con­certs in conjunction with the East Tennes­see Education Association convention, held at the University of Tennessee, October 28-30. The North Carolina College Confer­ence of Professional Preparation in Health and Physical Education met at Betsy Jeff Penn Camp in Reidsville, October 23-24, with Miss Helen Hartshorn and Dr. Otto H. Spilker in attendance. Dr. Jim Hamilton served as consul­tant to the NAIA District 25 workshop on athletics, meeting at Georgia South­western College October 24-25. WCU's corporate delegate to the American Association of University Wo­men, Mrs. Jane Orr, attended the State Division Convention in Durham in Octo­ber. Dr. J. Michael Davis and Dr. Clarence DelForge recently attended a four-day Teacher Corps convention at the Okla­homa Center for Continuing Education, University of Oklahoma. Dr. J. Michael Davis, Dr. Clarence DelForge, and Mrs. Eleanor Lofquist con­ducted a Team Leader Workshop here on Nov. 4 for master teachers from five school districts. Dr. Otto H. Spilker served as a faculty member for the American Red Cross National Aquatic School held last sum­mer at Camp Rockmont in Black Moun­tain. Lewis F. Sutton, Marcel Andrade, Fleming Vinson, and Julian Dobrowolski attended the joint meeting of the North Carolina Chapters of the American As­sociation of Teachers of French, the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese, and the Ameri­can Association of Teachers of German at Chapel Hill, October 3. Gordon S. Sanford, Harry White, and Geoffrey Reed attended the County In­come Conference in Gatlinburg, Tennes­see, September 9-10. The conference, sponsored by TVA and the University of Tennessee, considered applications of economic models for forecasting regional growth. Dr. J. Dan Pittillo lectured on land­scaping to the Make and Hoe Garden Club, October 28. Richard Walters, assistant business manager, has had an article accepted for publication in the "Buying Methods" column of College and University Busi­ness. Dr. D. C. Sossomon visited Middle Tennessee State University September 27-29 as a member of a four-man com­mittee appointed by the Southern As­sociation of Colleges and Schools to evaluate the host school's readiness to present the new Doctor of Arts degree programs. Dr. Jim Hamilton attended a meeting of the International Basketball Board of the United States in Kansas City, October 4. Dr. Hamilton also attended a meeting of the Board of Directors of the United States Olympic Commit­tee in New York October 6-7. At the District 1 North Carolina State Nurses' Association meeting October 14, Miss Kathlyn Gaines was a program par­ticipant. President Alex S. Pow addressed a meeting of the Charlotte Lions Club on November 8 in the Queen City. Ted C. Moody demonstrated a t ypical Physical Science II laboratory at the National Science Teachers Association Southeast Regional Conference Nov. 19- 20 in Atlanta. A workshop on social dialects, part of the North Carolina Speech Association Convention in Raleigh, Nov. 13-14, in­cluded participation by Gentry O. Crisp. Mrs. Margaret Reed attended the Southern Management Association meet­ing in Atlanta, Nov. 11-14. Dr. Gurney Chambers and Dr. Eugene E. McDowell attended the Conference on Psychology and Education at West Georgia College in Carrolton, Georgia, Nov. 4-5. WCU representatives to the Southern Marketing Association meeting in Atlanta, Nov. 11-14, included Dr. Hubert F. Stepp, Mrs. Pat Scott, and Myron J. Leonard. Dr. William L. Chovan attended a Conference on Masters Level Education for Psychologists Nov. 10-12 in Atlanta. The conference was sponsored by the Southern Region Education Board of the American Psychological Association. The Regional Educational Laborato­ries of the Carolinas and Virginias con­tinued its Physics Revitalization Project with a conference entitled "Physics as Viewed from Outside." Dr. William C. McGowan attended the conference, which was held at Western Piedmont Community College on Oct. 31. Dr. J. Michael Davis, Dr. Clarence DelForge, and Mrs. Eleanor Lofquist con­ducted a Team Leader Workshop here on Nov. 4 for master teachers from five school districts. Eight members of the Department of English attended the annual meeting of the South Atlantic Modern Language Association in Washington, D. C., Nov. 5-7. Dr. T. L. Huguelet was elected Secretary for 1971 of English II, the Committee on English Literature before 1700. Wm. Glenn Hardesty, Mrs. Helen Swayngim and Mrs. Sue Fox attended the combined meeting of the North Carolina Association of Student Financial Aid Administration and PACE (Plan As­suring College Education) Workshop, Oct. 5-7, in Greensboro. Continued on page 4. NAMES IN TH E NEWS Continued from page 3. Mrs. Beverly B. Pevitts and the cast and crew of the University's summer production, "Barefoot in the Park," re­vived the show for the Franklin Arts Festival. Robert Pevitts and James Wood also participated in the festival, perform­ing roles in "The Fantasticks." D. Newton Smith, Jr. attended a planning seminar in the Educational De­velopment Center, Newton, Mass., Aug­ust 16-18. The purpose was to innovate the English section of the Physical Sci­ence Teachers Program. Deans Davis, Garrison, and Huskins attended a meeting of student personnel officers from North Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia at East Tennessee State University on October 21, 1970. Dr. James W. Wallace participated in a conference on the Pteridology of the Southern Appalachians at Highlands Bio­logical Station June 20-30. Raymond Ledford served as Program Committee Chairman for the annual meet­ing of the North Carolina Council of the National Association of Social Workers, October 2-3 in Greensboro. Dr. James W. Wallace attended an American Botanical Society conference on Plant Hormones and Their Mechanism of Action on August 22-23 at Indiana University, Bloomington. He stayed on in Bloomington to attend the meetings of the American Institute of Biological Sciences. Dr. H. R. Mainwaring visited New­castle University, Bristol University, and the University College of Wales in Aberystwyth this summer in connection with the proposed academic exchange program. Dr. Aaron Hyatt attended a special tax conference held by the American College Public Relations Association in Washington, D. C., September 29, 1970. The conference provided information concerning the new Internal Revenue Service regulations pertaining to the Tax Reform Act of 1969 and how the changes affect deferred gifts. At the annual meeting of the North Carolina Association of Collegiate Regis­trars and Admission Officers in Winston- Salem, Glenn Hardesty, director of stu­dent financial aids, was awarded the "Certificate of Appreciation for Distin­guished and Outstanding Service." Har­desty is presently chairman of the nomi­nating and program committees, and is placement officer for the association. T. L. Huskins, dean of student activi­ties, attended the 23rd National Orienta­tion Directors Conference in Gainesville, Florida, Nov. 15-17. The conference was designed to explore trends in orien­tation programs for new students and for special interest groups. Dr. James E. Dooley, Music Depart­ment head, served as visiting director of the choir workshop for churches in Marietta, Georgia, Sept. 13-17. On November 18-21 the Southern College Personnel Association met in Atlanta. In attendance at the conference were Dr. Herb Reinhard, Dean Anita Garrison, and Dean Doug Davis. The keynote address was delivered by Dr. Samuel Proctor, professor of higher edu­cation, Rutgers University. Dr. J. Dan Pittillo has been appointed to the Committee on Conservation and Legislation of the North Carolina Acad­emy of Science. Any items related to conservation in the southwestern section of North Carolina should be brought to Dr. Pittillo's attention. Dr. James Wallace attended the re­gional meeting of the American Chemical Society which was held in Spartanburg, S. C., on November 17. Fleming Vinson, Julian Dobrowolski, Renaud Albert, and Roger Bisson attend­ed the Twentieth Annual Mountain Inter- State Foreign Language Conference in Gatlinburg, Tennessee, Oct. 9. Ralph Andrews inducted new officers of the North Carolina Recreation and Park Society at an annual conference in Raleigh Nov. 5. Dr. J. F. Kilpatrick attended the Edu­cational Testing Service 1970 Invitational Conference on Testing Problems in New York City October 31. PERSONNEL NOTES THE CHRISTMAS SEASON Everyone is looking forward to the yuletide season because it is one of the most enjoyable occasions witnessed by man, woman, child, or beast. This atmosphere can be quickly destroyed by lack of forethought in planning for fireproof Christmas ornaments and deco­rations. Be sure to water live trees. Don't dress children in flammable cos­tumes for school or church plays. Be­ware of paper garments. Be sure there are no leaves or pine cones on the roof or near the chimney before lighting a fire in the old fireplace. HOLIDAYS University operations will come to a complete halt at 5:00 p.m. on Friday, December 18th, and most Univeristy em­ployees will observe Christmas holidays from Monday, December 21st through Friday, December 25th. Employees who are assigned to permanent state positions with earned and unused holidays on their leave record should be given credit for them on Monday, December 21st; Tues­day, December 22nd; and Wednesday, December 23rd. Regular state Christmas holidays will be observed on Thursday, December 24th and Friday, December 25th. Employees not possessing earned and unused holidays will have to charge annual leave for each of the three work days preceding the regularly scheduled Christmas holidays on Thursday and Fri­day. The University will also observe a state holiday on Friday, January 1 st. All state employees assigned to perma­nent positions benefit from a yearly holiday schedule of not less than nine and sometimes ten paid holidays per year. The average industrial and business employee receives only six or eight paid holidays per year. He is subject to a ninety day waiting period before becom­ing eligible for his first paid holiday. There is no waiting period for a classified state employee. MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL! Cjfiina liivrrsAv 1&89 THE WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITY REPORTER is publish ed monthly by the Office of Public Information, Western Carolina University, 218 Bird Building, Cullowhee, N. C. Deadline for contributi ons is the last day of each month