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  • The Western Carolinian VOICE OF THE STUDENTS Vol. XXXV, No. 23 Tuesday, January 27,1970 Cullowhee, N. C. Students told P.E. rule is cut hair or change major Jerry Butler o Archie Bell highlight Winter Festival Tuesday, January 27 "A Countess from Hong Kong Sophia Loren and Marlon Brando 7:30 p. nu, Hoey Auditorium Wednesday, January 28 Jerry Butler Concert 8:00 p.m., Reid Gym Thursday, January 29 Archie BeU and The Drells Show and Dance 8:00 p. m., Reid Gym Friday, January 30 "Born Free" 7:30 p. m. , Hoey Auditorium 8:00 p.m. "THE WTNSTONS" Show and dance. Saturday, January 31 WCU vs. Elon 8:00 p. m. Reid Gym The Hucklebeery Mudflap 9:00 p. m., Grandroom, Univer- sity Center "■% Several health and physical education majors here at Western Carolina University have recently been called before Dr. Jim Horn Iton, department head, One injured in five-car crack-up Highway Patrolmen must have said "It's gonnabeanother one of those days," yesterday as a five-car crack-up began the day at Cullowhee. Before the day was to close, five more accidents would take place in the university community area. Only one person was injured in the five-car smashup that took place around 8 a.m. yesterday, near the entrance to campus. Highway Patrolman H.B. .Brown reported that Mrs. Beverly Williams was taken to C.J, Harris Hospital in Sylva and released with minor injuries, Her car was a total loss. Others involved in the acci= dent were Harold Neeley of Highlands, William Houston of Cullowhee, Wayne Cochran of Bryson and Nani-y Coward of Sylva. A second accident causo;.! by the icy roads took place when a Volkswagon ran into the creek on Speedwell Road. The other accidents took place atCaneyFork Road, Highway 441, South of Dillsboro, Cashiers, and Balsam. All the accidents were caused bv sheets of ice formed when the heavy rains last night began to Jreeze in the early morning. and advised to either cut their hair and trim their sideburns or "find another department." Several other faculty members in the P.E. Department have advised their students to, ' do likewise. Other students have been advised to refrain from wearing "those silly beads" (the beads in question are small ones sometimes called "love: beads") and bell bottom pants, Western Carolina University abolished a specific dress code early last spring, The university sets no rules as such regarding a student's personal attire. Students are governed solely by state law. See related editorial, Page 2 Other students have charged that the Health and Physical Education Department is in open violation of the undergraduate class attendance policy. This policy prohibits a professor's lowering a student's grade be= cause of class attendance. The majority of the P.E. professors have been charged with lowering a student's final erade as much as three points per class ab= sense and one point for each tardv. The STUDENT HANDBOOK states, "The personal attire and appearance of students should be in good taste at all times, Students should strive for neatness, cleanliness, and appropriateness of dress. It is expressly recommended that students dress appropriately for the Sunday noon meal. Before press time Hamilton was contacted at Monday night's basketball game; however, he chose not to comment at that time. Tenure policy restated, Page 4 Controversy arises over denial of tenure Some degree of controversy has recently arisen at WCU concerning the denial of tenure to. Clyde R. Appleton, Assistant Professor of Music. Appleton, a member of WCU faculty since 1966, has been in- formed that his employment will be terminated at the end of the 1969-70 academic year. WCU is now in the process of implementing a new tenure policy approved by the Board of Trustees in March, 1969. The new policy places faculty members on a three year probation period. After three years in residence, faculty members may be considered for tenure. If they have not been tenured after a perio d of five years, their employment is terminated. Appleton was recommended for tenure in February, 1969 by an Ad Hoc committee of the Music Department This committee was composed of Dr. Richard Renfro, Chairman; Mr. R. R. Trevarthen; and Mr. Henry Lofquist, Jr. Their report to Dr. J. G. Eller, Dean of the School of Arts and Sci- ences, dated February 3, 1969, "We are pleased to recommend that Mr. Appleton be granted tenure. We believe that he will make a fine addition to our permanent faculty." Renfro has since been succeeded by. Dr. James E. Dooley as head of tiie Department of Music as of July 1, 1969. In a letter dated June 16, 1969, Turner informed Apple- ton that, "The question of tenure wiU await the decision of the new department head." In July, 1969, Dooley wrote to Appleton, expressing his eagerness to be associated with Appleton and other members of the department In his July 22 letter to Appleton, Dooley stated, "I wiU be relying on you and the other faculty members who have shown such a keen interest in building and improving our department" On August 7, 1969, Appleton was informed by Dr. Newton Turner, Vice-President for Academic Affairs, that, "You were not recommended for ten ure by your new department head or dean," Appleton's contract for winter and spring quarters, 1970, was written as a terminal contract He was Informed that his service to WCU was to be discontinued as of the end of Spring Quarter, '70. In a letter of reply to Turner, Appleton stated that, "Those persons most competent (except, perhaps, for my students) to evaluate my academic com- petance—the former depart- ment head and the tenured music faculty—did recommend that I be granted tenure. If there are other than academic reasons for my being given a terminal contract, no such reasons have ever been given to me by any administrative official at WCU." Turner, in a letter to Apple- ton dated August 19,1969, stated that Dooley was not involved in the recommendations for tenure. Dooley was not a member of the faculty at the time the recommendations wsre made. Appleton stated to Turner that, "Theso matters appear to me to be parts of a whole se= quence of events in which I was the passive victim. I was never asked to confer with WCU official concerning charges that were apparently brought against me; I never had the opportunity to answer the charges nor face my accusers; I was apparently found guUty and sentenced without benefit of a trial. This is, I believe, wholly inconsistent with aco<v>;,ed academic procedure." This statement was in the form of a letter with copies sent to President Alex S. Pow, Eller, and Dooley, Appleton stated that he never received an answer. In a recent interview, Pow stated that the decision not to grant tenure to Appleton was not a unilateral decision. The President has the final decision in tenure matters. Turner was unavailable for comment Dooley had "nothing to say" about the case. EUer did comment on the Appleton case, emphasizingthat it was the decision of several not to grant tenure to Apple- ton. The problem became complex when Appleton was granted the approval o f the Renfro Committee last spring and again this fall. Coupled with this is the problem of a new department head, who only knows Appleton through their association this quarter only, Appleton took a leave of ab= sense from WCU during Fall Quarter. .1969. He is now a full-time professor in the Music Department Appleton does not seek a settlement from either higher officials or through legal means. The majority of the officials interviewed refused to discuss the full details of the case because they believe Appleton's record should remain closed, Some officials state that any such disclosure would injure Appleton's professional reputation. Appleton has repeatedly stated that there was nothing in his file which would injure (SEE APPLETON CASE, p. 4.)
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