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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 24, 1933)
< State Board Member Asks Oregon Dads to Consider Problems Mrs. Pierce Shews Need For Thought Finance Question Placed In Forefront Other Topics for Consideration Mentioned by Speaker at Fathers' Dinner ( Oregon Dads were asked to con sider pressing problems now be fore the Oregon state board of higher education by Mrs. Cornelia Marvin Pierce, member of the board, speaking at the annual ban quet of the Oregon Dads Satur day evening in the John Straub Memorial building. She urged that committees of dads be formed to study these questions. Finance was held to be of para mount importance as a problem to be considered by the public. “I look beyond the group of stu dents now in Oregon institutions and see the 15 per cent of the for mer student body who have not returned to campuses this year,” Mrs. Pierce said. “Is it because they were disappointed in the Uni versity or because they lacked the means to finance themselves? In either case it is most serious.” More Taxation Decried Declaring that the economic sit uation must be taken into consid eration and that the probable length of time of this pressure jvill make impossible any increase in support by taxation, Mrs. Pierce asked, “In the meantime shall the burden rest upon the student through tees, tuitions and debts? Shall those who cannot pay these fees be denied the campus or shall the campus be open to all highly qualified students without fees?” Other topics calling for serious study were professional education, junior colleges, faculty councils, unification of the present system, and the relations with the press. More Training Desirable “Shall Oregon educate for all professions freely and without fees at public expense, or shall there be a comity in higher education which will distribute professional schools among the neighboring states of the Pacific coast?” the board member asked. At this point Mrs. Pierce raised the ques tion of teacher training for ele mentary schools. “Shall we con tinue to offer preparation of col legiate or graduate grade for doc tors, lawyers, druggists, and archi tects, and be content with two You Can’t Hide on the Dance Floor ¥>EOPLE are watching and commenting. No matter how you thrill to the music ... or lose yourself in your partner’s arms your dancing is al ways on display. Your partners may say, “Thank you, that was wonderful” to you. But friends at the next table may tell a different story. And it’s so simple and in expensive to be a really good dancer. Since 1920 Sid Woodhouse has been recommended by better dancers to their friends. They know the value of expert authentic instruc tion. Make an appointment to day at the Campa Shoppe Studio, open daily from 1 P. M. Lessons strictly private. Results guaran teed. Special low rates now. Young lady and gen tlemen instructors. CAMPA SHOPPE STUDIO University Grocery Across from Kappa Sigma Ice Cream — Candy Bachelor’s Supplies President of Oregon Dads Sends Message To University Students W. Lair Thompson, for the third successive year president of the Oregon Dads, sends a message to the students of the University of Oregon. To those who attended the Dad’s day banquet, he has already spoken, but to the students who were not there he sends a message: "Have absolute confidence: thousands of friends of the University of Oregon are or ganized to work for the good of the institution. The well being and bright future for the University are assured. We can look forward to an era of progress and development.” years of normal school work for the training of public school teach ers ? Can Oregon be content with its system of elementary teacher training? Does it not call for immediate revision and for estab lishment of a teachers’ college?” it was asked. Junior colleges in Oregon would reduce the student expense cost, make it possible for younger stu dents to live at home, give edu cational opportunity to remote as well as thickly populated centers and would relieve the pressure on the larger schools, Mrs. Pierce stated, in bringing this question before the group. “One of Presi dent Arnold Bennett Hall’s major contributions to the Oregon edu cational program was undoubtedly the reorganization of the Univer sity into upper and lower divi sions,” she said. “Shall this be followed by junior colleges in the centers already established in La Grande, Ashland, and possibly in Portland ?” Faculty Aid Desirable Declaring that except during the formation of the report of the curriculum committee of the board the people of Oregon have not had sufficient faculty guidance in ed ucational affairs, Mrs. Pierce asked, "Is it not possible to call upon the faculty councils for ad vice and help in this period of transition and could not such a plan be made a part of our sys tem?” The most dangerous sup position which outside groups may make in regard to education is to assume that universities can be run as are industrial plants and big business operations, it was de clared. Unification was held to be a problem of extreme importance. "In this so-called unified system of higher education how may the work of the various campuses be most clearly related ? The very fortunate necessity for economy points the way, but it does not offer the solution. This may be arrived at only through serious study, through a spirit of toler ance and a determination to weld into a single system the diverse, but not incompatible units of Ore gon’s educational system. Papers Asked To Aid Declaring that she did not as sume in any way that the press of the state could be controlled or that it needs guidance, Mrs. Pierce threw out the suggestion' that journalists might unite with the state editorial association in formulating a program that would remove from editorial and news columns some of the sectional and institutional partisanship and bit terness, and that would help the board to put before the public educational news and comment of real significance and importance. “There must be further adjust ment to hard years which are tp come because public funds will be j small,” Mrs. Pierce said in conclu sion. "Faculties must be called upon for continued sacrifice, stu dents will find it difficult to sup port themselves and parents will find it often impossible to gratify the ambitions of their children. All our energies must be devoted to the effort to hold, if possible, the fullest opportunity for serious students and to give every en couragement to the development of special talents. "The board needs the very defi nite and constructive help of your group in its effort toward the preservation of democracy and the finest spirit and the highest ideals of scholarship in Oregon’s institu- j tions of higher education.” i j JITJ uu L2J irj uj IZJ t=M=i i=J izJ isi uu izl irJ lii irj ltj izJ La itj in lu izj izj uj izj iza izj izj l=j izj izj l=j l=j uj ^ lzj uu izj lu lzj izj it ;ej Take Advantage of the Special Prices now prevailing on all sportswear -- at — BARNHART’S FROCKS ^]gfgjg]gj2JSJ2i2MSfS12M2JSfSfSf2JSM2MSM2M2fSJ21SISMfiJSISIS/Sfi2M2M2Ji2Mi21c2Mii3 Morse Blasts Industrialism In Education Dean Decries Polities in College System j Principal Speaker at Dad's Day Banquet Asks Aid in Putting; Schools in Old Place Fathers of Oregon students, here for the seventh annual Dad's day, were called upon Saturday at the annual banquet of the “Ore gon Dads" to aid faculties, admin istrators, and students throughout the country to restore universities to their original place as “a con ! gregation of scholars and students organized for teaching and study m the higher branches of learn ing,” by Wayne L. Morse, dean of the school of law, who was prin cipal speaker. Politics in higher education, 1 over-emphasis of student activi ties *and what he termed the “in dustrial plant” system of organi zation of college and universities were soundly scored by the dean in his frank and vigorous address. Good Signs Seen Encouraging signs, however, are noted at Oregon by the dean. “One can notice a marked sobering at titude spreading throughout our student body,” he declared. “The depression has sent us more of serious-minded young men and women—students more conscious of the fact that they must rise above the ranks if they are to ful fill their obligations and pay their debts to the people of the state who support the institutions that' give them the advantages ot higher education.” Declaring that “mass produc tion” in education has brought about another serious evil—poli tics in education—Morse said “Fat budgets, extensive plants, large congregated economic groups of students and faculty have been juicy fillings for political pies. If those finest scholastic traditions of university training and culture are to be preserved, politics, and all the nefarious practices that go along with it, must be kicked out of higher education. We must re member that a state university is not a municipal institution of the city in which it is located, and we need to protest the practice of small groups of city and state politicians proposing to speak for a university and its faculty and students. Faculty Trained “A university is not a factory or a department store and cannot be organized as such and retain ihe characteristics of a university. A true university does not consist of a general manager, a superin tendent, a general foreman and a host of assistant foremen, and then a large body of faculty em ployes. The conception that fac ulty men and women are mere employees must not go unchal lenged, because that conception is devastating to faculty morale. There is need to recognize that faculty members are highly trained specialists and scholars and constitute a professional class of at least as high standing as doctors, lawyers and engineers.” Morse pointed out that the leg islative act of 1872 entrusted the faculty of the University, consist ing of the president and profes sors, with the immediate govern ment and discipline of the Univer sity and was empowered to recom mend to the board of directors a course of study. Nelson Statement Quoted Quoting the statement made re cently by Roscoe Nelson, new ap pointee of the state board of higher education from Portland, and adopted as a policy of the board, Morse declared, “If I in terpret that language correctly, we are aDout 10 enter upon a new era in higher education in this state, an era in which the hoard is going to do something it has not done enough of namely, rec ognize that if a university is to execute its functions properly and to the best interest of the state, academic freedom must be pre served and the views of faculties on educational matters as well as those of the administration must be taken into account. “Open and fair discussion on matters of educational policies and principles participated in jointly by the board, the administration and the faculties will raise mo rale, increase professional incen tive, re-est&blish academic pride, and result in a university which can truly boast ‘We train men and women to raise above the ranks.’ ’’ Loyalty as a dominant factor was stressed in the talk. “The board must be loyal to the chan cellor and to the faculties, and the chancellor must be loyal to the faculties as well as the board, just as the faculties must be loyal to the chancellor and the board, : Morse said. President Nearly Floored by | Dad’s Request for Airplane By ELINOR HENRY “Today is Dad’s day. Anything you ask we will do for you.” The house president smiled at the fathers and daughters about the luncheon table and sank gracefully back into her chair. But the first request nearly floored her. “How about getting us an air plane to fly to Portland to see the O.S.C.-Southern California game?” suggested W. C. Ruegnitz. At the smoker, two sophomores held two wrestling freshmen on their shoulders. “It reminds me of Indian boys and white boys wrestling on horseback," remarked C. L.' Allen, who hails from a ranch near Bend and is the father of S. Eugene Allen. “This is my second Dad’s day,; and I enjoy it very, very much,” declared F. R. Olin, dad of Milli cent Olin from Mill City. Eugene is riot new to H. Heiberg, who drove down from Portland with Mrs. Heiberg to visit their daughter Ruth, but this was his first Dad’s day trip. This was true also of A. G. Denniston, Eugene, father of Mary Jeannette Denniston. “It’s the first time I’ve been able to take advantage of it,” he said, "as I’ve been out of town on business bet fore, but I think it’s a splendid idea.” < Two Portland dads who sat next to each other at the smoker were Henry Hartje, Virgiia Hartje’s father,’ and C. H. Baynard, father of Bernice Baynard. Another Portland dad at the smoker was C. H. Weston, whose daughters are Barbara and Nancy. He en joyed the game Friday night, though he arrived too late to reg ister that evening. Most successful of the acrobatic stunts at the smoker was the per formance on the bar of little Jim mie Cutler, young son of Ross Cutler, instructor in the physical education department. One of the elementary journal ism class “reporters” and ex-Gov ernor A. W. Norblad hunted each other in the crowd after the ban quet for at least 15 minutes. The search was proving fruitless, Nor blad sent the kind message by a mutual friend: “Say whatever you like. I’ll back it up.” It was the same young man who heard Axel Backlund, also of As toria, remark, “I’ve been to a [ great many banquets, but this is the first time the chicken was ever really done." If Washington is called the "father of his country" and "Roose velt “the father of his people," then it must be correct to say "father of the associated stu dents," as Tom Tongue was styled, through an error, in Saturday's Emerald. The line was meant to read, “president of the associated students," of course. "I think it's a fine movement,” remarked C. DeYoung, Portland, speaking of Dad’s day, not of the all-American girl contest in which his daughter Margaret is one of the five finalists. A. R. Mollison, Portland, says he’s a “freshman dad,” since this is his first Dad's day visit to his son Van, Official business, how ever, for the bureau of service of the interstate commerce commis sion brings him to Eugene quite often. It's a long way up from south ern California, but the dads of Fred Hunt and Dwight Nielson thought Dad’s day worth the trip. Hunt is from San Mateo and Niel son from Oakland. UNIVERSITY FUNCTIONS (Continued from Page Two) reorganized higher education so is to avoid duplications. However, this important point is to.be noted; namely, the act of L929 does not infringe upon, limit, or take away faculty powers al ready vested by the acts of 1872 ind 1876. I believe that you will appre ciate my frankness, and, therefore, [ wish to emphasize this point. As che result of the power given to it oy the law, the faculty of the Uni versity of Oregon has always par cicipated in the formation and the ievelopment of university educa -ional policies. It has organized itself into a quasi-parliamentary oody with standing committees, each acting within definite juris lictional /mits and the actions of each subject to the approval of :he general faculty. I am informed by older members of the faculty that it has not been jncommon for the University of Oregon faculty to volunteer rec ommendations to the president and oh more than one occasion it has i refused to adopt recommendations i of the President when in its opin i ion, these recommendations have infringed upon the vested rights of the faculty. In more recent years, with the approval of the Board of Regents, the advisory council of the faculty was created. The council consists of three deans and three profes sors elected by the general facul ty: it was designed and has been continued as an instrument for the orderly expression of faculty opinion on matters affecting bud get, rank and salary of faculty, li brary, creation and extension of departments, selection of the pres ident, and questions of tenure and demotion. In the light of the expressed statutory graAt of power to the faculty of the University of Ore gon, it is my opinion that until the legislature repeals the acts of 1872 and 1876 the present faculty governmental organization and powers are binding upon the ad ministration and upon the Board of Higher Education. And should any attempt be made to destroy by legislative enactment, the hori zontal organization of the Univer sity of Oregon, 1 trust that, you men and women will rally to the cause of academic freedom. I am satisfied that a frank rec ognition of the horizontal demo cratic organization of the Univer sity of Oregon and an extension of that organization to other institu tions of higher learning in the state will do more to bring about harmony in higher education in Oregon than any other one thing. The Honorable Roscoe Nelson in his recent public statement of board policy did much toward quieting the fears of those who have exercised a constant vigilance seeking to preserve and protect the vested interests of our Univer sity. In approving his language, the board seems to have gone on record as recognizing the horizon tal democratic organization of the University. He stated in part: “In the exercise of his trust, the board had selected a chancellor who is the board's chosen and trusted chief advisory officer. The board has the right to ask, and as far as I am concerned, will demand a full and unequivocal loyalty from those who in turn serve under the chancellor’s directions. This does not involve the loss of cherished academic freedom, it does not limit or abolish open and fair discussion; but it eliminiates subversive tac tics. “The educational institutions should have their faculty councils. Moreover, and better still, as Mrs. Pierce has suggested, there shotild be inter-institutional councils in which the chancellor’s presence and participation should promote understanding and mutual confi dence. The scope and contents of their proceedings should be con structive and helpful and should leave no room for the type of de vious undermining and sapping which endangers the successful op eration of a sane and wholesome i system created by the will of the 1 people of the state. "Intelligent and fair-minded men will recognize that this does not involve subservience to the per sonality or identity of any specific I chancellor who may hold office tenure, but it does mean that the board regards the subtle negation of his efforts, attempts to weaken, minimize and hamper his efficien cy. as inevitably tending to defeat achievement of the purposes of the board which is responsible for him and to which he is responsi ble." If I interpret that language cor rectly we are about to enter upon a new era in higher education in this state. An era in which the board is going to do something it has not done enough of; namely, recognize that if a university is to execute its functions properly and to the best interests of the state, academic freedom must be ■preserved and the views of the fac ulties on educational matters as well as those of the administration must be taken into account. Open and fair discussion on matters of educational policies and principles participated in jointly by the board, the administration, and the facul ties will raise morale, will increase professional incentive, will re-es tablish academic pride, will result in a university which can truly boast, "We train men and women to rise above the ranks." If T interpret Mr. Nelson’s lan guage correctly, he lays down the sound principle that the chancel lor's office, be it occupied by X. Y, j or Z, is to be respected as a vital | administrative branch of our sys tem of higher education, and that ' the office is entitled to a full and unequivocal loyalty;—loyalty but not submission. Further, although he does not say it in so many words, I am sure that by the judi ciousness of his language he rec ognizes that loyalty, like circulat ing blood must pass back and forth throughout the entire education system, or disease will result. The board must be loyal to the chan cellor and to the faculties, and the chancellor must be loyal to the faculties as well as to the board, just as the faculties must be loyal, to the chancellor and to the board. One more thought and I am through. Loyalty does not neces sarily mean agreement. Disagree ment .with some program of the chancellor „or of the board does not mean disloyalty, por should it mean disqualification of him who disagrees. In one’s very disagree ment he may be right, and if per mitted to voice his objections in a frank, tactful, parliamentary man ner, he may prevent the sacrifice of an important academic princi ple. I know of no chancellor, college president, or lay board connected with any university in the land sufficiently competent to determ ine satisfactorily the many com plex and technical questions in volved in maintaining a first-rate university. The brain trust of edu cation, the specialists and experts on education, are to be found in the ranks of our college faculties. The best interests of the educa tional program of any state de mand not an administrative oli garchy, not an employer-employee relationship between faculty and administration, but rather an ad ministrative system representative and cbo'"-r.tivc in nature which guarantees that there will be brought to bear upon every major academic problem and policy the contributions resulting from the combined efforts of faculty, ad ministrative officers, and board members. Such a university is truly a congregation of scholars and students organized for teach ing and study in the higher branch es of learning. A university so or ganized will best perform the pri mary function of training young men and women to rise above the ranks. Leaves Library Staff Mrs. Catherine Mason, attend ant in room 30 of the library, will leave shortly for Bend, where her husband has been transferred. Her work will be taken over by other nembers of the sta^. 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