Future Depends on Students
Enrollment Determines University Biuigets
In making plans for next year administra
tors must make many predictions. They
must estimate income and expenses, the
number and types of courses to be offered,
faculty requirements and policy changes.
But the focal point in higher education
planning is, as it should be, the estimate of
next year's student population.
A university needs students and, gener
ally. the more the better. During the past
few years educators have feared that some
day there would be too many students.
We've heard threats about “war babies” in
vading college campuses. Teen-agers have
been warned about “the closing college
door.” And admissions directors and high
school counselors have told today’s fright
ened youths about increased admission
standards. As a result it’s easy to get the
impression that colleges and universities
are trying to discourage students from at
tending institutions of higher education.
This isn’t the case. However, colleges are
looking for better qualified students—those
that are prepared to gain the most from
their four-year journey through the aca
demic jungle.
The University isn’t looking for methods
to keep students away. On the contrary,
President Flemming indicated only last
week that we must have an enrollment of
at least 10,525 this fall if we are to avoid
further budget cuts. Next year’s operating
budget is based on that number of students.
If fewer students come next fall, the state
legislature will give the University less
money. For each student under the anti
cipated quota, the University loses approxi
mately $600 in revenues from the state.
If the money doesn’t materialize, we
will be forced to cut back where we can.
Because of drastic cuts this year (primarily
in University relations activities and phys
ical plant maintenance) there are fewer
places where budgets can be trimmed eas
ily next year. Although it’s not likely that
any faculty members will be fired, new or
replacement stalf members may not be
hired. If necessary, some classes and pro
gram offerings will have to be dropped.
The president’s office has pointed out
repeatedly that a whole series of cutbacks
could become necessary without adequate
state support. One of the first things would
be increased work loads on faculty and
staff and fewer offerings to students. If
budgets have to be cut again, there will be
less “elbow room’’ because of the cuts
already made this year.
But Flemming is optimistic. He says he
is convinced that our enrollment will grow
along with population expansion through
out the state. He says the increase will be
“sharp” and eventually we’ll have a prob
lem in trying to provide living accommoda
tions for everyone. Presently the number
of new students who have been provision
ally admitted for fall term is 14 per cent
ahead of last year at this time. However,
the number of dormitory reservations is
28 per cent behind a year ago.
Our interest in large enrollments should
not be interpreted to mean we re trying to
show off or compete with other state
schools. We need students in order to main
tain our present level of support and to
continue programs through the next year.
We need students. We need at least
10,525 this fall.
Distinguished Professors
This year’s recipient of the Ersted
Award for Distinguished Teaching will
receive recognition as an outstanding mem
ber of a faculty which contains many
highly-qualified members. Appointments
and awards made to faculty members this
year have included two Guggenheim fel
lowships, the award for the Outstanding
Young Chemist of the Year, and an ap
pointment to the Institute of Advanced
Study at Princeton University. The Ersted
award will be presented to a relatively
young member of this faculty who has
demonstrated exceptional ability to in
duce students to reason rather than mem
orize.
Past recipients of the award have in
cluded professor-scholars with distinguish
ed records of research and scholarly publi
cations. Former winners have included
Charles G. Howard, professor emeritus of
the Law School, John Hulteng, a past Nei
man fellow and Dean of the Journalism
School, Lucian Marquis, director of the
Honors College, Stanley Greenfield, a
scholar and author of frequent journal
articles, and David Baerncopf, recently ap
pointed head of the department of ac
counting and business.
Students and faculty members are cur
rently submitting nominations for this
year’s awards. We are proud that the Uni
versity has such a tradition which recog
nizes one of the most important principles
of modern education, creative thinking as
opposed to memorization. As the size of
institutions of higher education contin
ues to increase it becomes more itnportant
that the content of subject matter does
not become stereotyped. These past Ersted
award winners have contributed to the
tradition of inquiry. We are proud of them
and are hopeful that deserving professors
will continue to be recognized in this man
ner.
Letters to the Liditormmm,mmmmm
New Method
Emerald Editor:
Have the Communists devel
oped a new method to carry on
their attack upon the United
States Constitution and govern
ment?
Recent events in Oregon and
elsewhere raise this question as
a real possibility. What would
the method be? Very simply
to advocate or compliment a
person, program or constitu
tional principle which the Com
munists really wanted to dam
age or destroy.
How would the method work?
If the Communists are afraid
the Civil Rights Bill will ease
tensions in the United States
and negate one of their favorite
criticisms of the United States
abroad, the party would an
nounce in some way that it fav
ored the bill. And a knee jerk
response would follow on the
part of all too many Ameri
cans: “They say they are for it.
It must be a plot. We oppose,
we oppose.”
If the Communists want to
weaken the Supreme Court and
the Constitution, they can say
something nice about Earl War
ren or a recent decision and
print the compliments on the
front page of the Daily Worker.
The automatic reactionary will
take it from there ....
If they are worried about the
ACLU’s insistence that the Con
stitution’s protections and guar
antees be accorded to every per
son, no matter how lowly, out
cast or offensive, all they have
to do is ask the ACLU to inter
vene for a few Communists
where constitutional principles
are involved ....
That this method would al
low the Communists to be ef
fective while supporting reas
onable and proper causes or
principles would be irony
enough. But the real irony is
that the method makes servants
of staunch foes. The money, ef
fort and labor to obtain the
Communist goal would be sup
plied by the automatic reaction
ary.
The solution, of course, is to
judge each case on its own
merits, not by who says they
are for or against.
Edward N. Fadeley
State Senator
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“Precisely, General-In This Space Age
It’s Not Knough To Be Able To Destroy
Only One Planet”
Letters to the Editor
Inconsistencies?
Emerald Editor:
After reading John Luvaas’
column in Monday's Emerald 1
was prompted to respond If
anyone wishes to check the
Senate records which are in the
ASUO office in the SU. he will
find that John Luvaas voted
against the majority report on
student conduct last spring.
Evidently John felt the rising
student agitation regarding his
manner of voting on this issue
was so strong that he should
"justify his position.” Last Mon
day afternoon, about 60 stu
dents heard John speak.
He pointed out the five major
headings of the conduct code,
saying that he disagreed with
the fourth: ”4) the conduct of
female students on campus
should not be any more re
strictively controlled than those
of the male students ..."
He stated, "We must admit
that men and women have a
separate role in society” Is
that so? And even if it were,
I would like to ask John what
has forced this separation . . .
other than our culture? Where
else is ‘progressive’ action sup
posed to occur than on our uni
versity campuses?
John constantly maintained
that the new code is ineffective.
It is my opinion, based on the
way he voted and the “wrongs”
he asserted are inherent in the
New Code that John picks out
, the few minor administrative
problems (and I would like to
be shown some policy in any
bureaucratic government with
out problems) and maintains
the entire code is ineffective . . .
Lil Rebun
Sophomore, pre law
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And You, Mr. Wight?
Emerald Editor:
I enjoyed the honorable Sen
ator Barry Wight’s novice ef
fort of criticism in Monday's
Emerald. The necessary editor's
note straightened out his think
ing on several points, but neg
lected other pertinent sections
of his composition.
Good old Barry blazonly com
mented that “the senators . . .
did not bring the importance
of the new constitution to the
student body,” but he apparent
ly overlooked an obvious point
—he (Barry) is, himself, a sen
ator. Perhaps he should try a
little harder in leading his co
horts. Face up to your obliga
tions Barry, use not a scapegoat.
Senator Wight’s second effort
was a gross of misinformation.
He ostentatiously mentioned
that “Ron Cowin, Student Gov
ernment Committee Chairman,
visited the Greeks but managed
to neglect the independent
dorm vote.” This is not true,
Barry—you're wrong again. Mr.
Cowin not only visited many
dorms (including Walton. Ham
ilton. Straub, and Karl com
plexes) but also personally
phoned residents in each dorm,
asking them to urge students
to vote.
Ron Cowin is only one man,
Barry; he couldn’t cover the en
tire campus by himself, but at
least he tried. Since the new
constitution was passed in the
Senate, it was the obligation of
each senator to urge the stu
dents to vote—what did you do,
Barry Wight?
Steve Ashton
Constitution Revision
Committee Member
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