Sound and Fury
A New Lease on tlx Conduct Code as a New Year Begins
The entire area of student conduct has
been a major topic of debate and disagree
ment during the past year. This debate has
been healthy, strengthening the code be
cause weaknesses have been pointed out,
discussed, and often corrected. We are
hopeful, however, that the picture of the
Code presented to new students next fall
will not be as jumbled and critical as much
of the debate during the past year. Many
areas of contention have been clarified
during past months, although sometimes
not to the satisfaction of all involved. Fric
tion between administrators and counsel
ors and those instrumental in the admin
istration of the Code should be settled be
fore new students arrive on campus next
fall.
Some specific areas of disagreement have
been clarified through the Conduct Com
mittee, the Student Activities committee,
or other authorative bodies. Much of the
friction that remains is caused by person
alities, informal procedures, precedents, or
other factors not stemming directly from
the written Code. Conflicts in the interpre
tation of the Code should not be allowed
to confuse the area of student discipline
next falL A clear program for counselor
orientation and for the orientation of new
students to the Code should be worked out
before these people are contacted. Admin
istrators responsible for dormitory coun
selors and all other groups who will be
explaining the Code to incoming students
should meet with the Conduct Committee
this year to smooth over remaining areas
of disagreement or misunderstanding. It
would also be helpful if members of the
Student Court or Conduct Committee par
ticipated in the explanation of the disci
pline procedure.
Areas of the Code which were originally
hazy, allowing room for individual inter
pretation and disagreement have been clar
ified. The duties of counselors have been
explained, minor court procedure has been
improved, rules have been clarified con
cerning sanctionable dormitory and social
behavior, closing most of the original gaps
in the Code. Students and administrators
alike must stop fighting the Code and try
to work within its limits. While we do not
ask that logical disagreement over the
Code stop or that all criticism cease, we
do ask that unnecessary conflict not be
carried on through another year. Discus
sion is desirable as long as it has a con
structive end. Prolonged debate by die-hard
protestors is destructive and unnecessary.
Necessary and Important
The Community Colleges—II
Ed. Note: This is the second
article in a two-part series on
Oregon’s community college sys
tem.
Last Friday the voters of Ore
gon passed Ballot Measure No.
1, a move which officially auth
orized higher education in Ore
gon to borrow on bonds up to
$30 million. Of this amount, $5
million will eventually be avail
able for community colleges in
the state, and $1.4 million i6
immediately authorized for the
next biennium.
The growth of higher educa
tion in the nation has shown tre
mendous increases during the
last two decades. Total enroll
ment in institutions of higher
education in 1940 was 1,494,000;
in 1862 the figure was 4,207,000
according to the U. S. Office of
Education.
Graduates Increase
The number of high school
graduates entering colleges in
the fall following graduation has
also risen sharply, particularly
since the post-war babies have
reached college age. In 1940
only 15 per cent of all college
students were between 18 and
21 years of age; by 1962 the
figure had risen to 39 per centr
Nearly all colleges and univer
sities have felt the pressure of
this influx of students, many
having doubled or tripled in size
during the last 20 years.
James W. Thornton, secretary
of the American Association of
Junior Colleges, has studied this
trend in higher education and
feels that the two-year junior
and community colleges will
play an important part in alle
viating some of the inevitable
burdens placed on four-year
schools.
In a recent visit to the Uni
versity, Thornton estimated that
by 1975 85 per cent of all high
school graduates will continue
on to some type of post-second
ary education. In addition, he
estimated that three-quarters of
these persons will be attending
community colleges.
Programs Expanded
As the roles of community
colleges in higher education be
come more clearly defined, pro
grams are being expanded and
revised and gaps are being filled.
One of these gaps is the lack of
training in specialized fields, of
ten sacrificed in favor of pre
college transfer programs in lib
eral arts.
The community colleges in
Oregon are financed largely w*fh
local money. This fact presents
a strong argument in favor of
specialized courses geared to
the needs of the particular com
munity, the citizens of which
often feel that liberal arts train
ing can be left up to the four
year schools.
Professor Hugh Wood of the
University’s School of Education
sees two sides to the argument,
however. “The four-year schools
often refuse to prepare some
youths in the liberal arts, and
thus this duty is left up to the
community college.”
Community Needs
Wood stressed the importance
of the two-year schools in pro
viding “training in the 13th and
14th years of schooling,” wheth
er for vocational or college pre
paration.
In a study of Oregon’s two
year institutions. Wood found
that many schools are offering
few or no courses in areas in
which the community has a need
for trained personnel. In agri
culture, for example, while the
labor demands of the various
regions served by community
colleges ranged from 3 per cent
to 29 per cent, only one of the
schools offered any courses in
that area.
In contrast, it was found that
Central Oregon College offers
17 per cent of all courses in en
gineering, while the engineering
labor demands of its area are
only .4 per cent. It is this dupli
cation and inclusion of courses
in fields already heavily empha
sized and neglect of other vital
areas that is being studied and
revised to furnish the communi
ty colleges with more well
rounded curricula.
Ideas Develop
Since the development of the
community college function, sev
eral ideas have arisen concern
ing additional roles which these
institutions should serve. One
service of the community col
lege has been suggested, that of
screening students as prospec
tive candidates for entrance in
to four-year institutions. While
the nature of the two-year
schools requires that their col
lege transfer courses will auto
matically “weed out” certain
students, this function has often
caused the opinion to form that
the community colleges are of
lower status or inferior to the
four-year schools.
Another proposal is that com
munity colleges should maintain
lower standards than four-year
colleges and universities in or
der to insure admittance of vir
tually all who can afford it. Pro
fessor Wood finds this proposal
‘insulting and snobbish,” say
ing that “differences should lie
in the (course) offerings, not in
quality of acceptable perform
ance.” This idea has slowly be
gun to transform the image of
the junior college from that of
a retreat for the flunk-outs from
the four-year schools to an in
stitution offering necessary
training in areas often not
served by universities.
Rehabilitation Offered
Another service of the com
munity college, and one which
has been developed only recent
ly, is that of rehabilitating the
high-school dropouts. Programs
are being increased which offer
sufficient training in themselves
for semi-skilled jobs. Often per
sons entering this field after
having dropped out of high
school find themselves un
trained or inadequately trained
to competently enter the voca
tions.
To meet the growing needs
for community colleges in Ore
gon, several new institutions are
planned for the near future. On
March 18, Douglas County vot
ers authorized construction of
the Umpqua Community College
in Roseburg. A fall 1964 vote is
planned on a community col
lege for the Eugene area, and
studies are underway on a pro
posed college in Washington
County, near Portland.
Also being discussed current
ly are community colleges to
serve the Rogue River area,
Clackamas County, and east
Multnomah County.
Estimates Given
William Thornton has esti
mated that 28,200 persons will
be attending community colleg
es in Oregon in 1974. The Ore
gon Department of Education
has set the figure at 22,000. An
average of the two estimates
would bring the total about
equal to the present enrollment
of the state’s three largest four
year institutions.
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Letters to the Editor
Criticizes Jury
Emerald Editor:
Recently a Lane County
Grand Jury informally accused
30 unnamed University students
of involvement in sexual mis
conduct with a thirteen-year-old
girl. Many questions about the
Grand Jury’s "action” and fail
ure to make actual criminal
charges can and have been rais
ed.
There is one other question
we should be pondering. What
would the Grand Jury have
done if they believed thirty
local policemen had been so
involved? Maybe that question
is too easy. What would the
Grand Jury have done if it had
been thirty mill workers?
Sincerely yours,
Edward N. Fadeley
* • •
Student Assaulted
Emerald Editor:
On Saturday the 2nd of May
at 10:30 in the evening one of
the African Students at the
University was assaulted on the
campus by three youths who
were presumably fellow stu
dents. We wish to protest that
such a deplorable incident could
take place on the campus at any
time. We thought you should be
informed thaj this has not been
the first incident and many of
our members have had perturb
ing experiences though of a
more minor nature. This case of
assault suggests that the situa
tion may be growing worse and
we feel our security is being
severely threatened. We would
like some reassurance from your
office that our security can be
guaranteed as long as we are
members of this University.
Yours sincerely,
Herbert Knott
Kayondo J. Send!
Capital Punishment
Emerald Editor:
The first engagement in the
political wars is over, mid
terms are past, the many fund
drives have reached comple
tion, and “the voice of the
turtle is heard in the land.”
Now, however, I address my
self to the student body and
faculty of this University to
give of their last full measure
to a campaign which is just
now taking shape, the effort to
abolish capital punishment in
this state through voter approv
al in November of a referendum
removing all mention of the
death penalty from the Consti
tution.
In these formative stages, sup
port from those sympathetic to
this cause is essential. I have
learned from the Oregon Com
mittee to Abolish the Death
Penalty that use of the facili
ties of a good advertising and
publishing firm has been pledg
ed. and that billboards and bus
fronts have been reserved. Be
tween six and ten thousand dol
lars must be raised, however,
to bring these and other cam
paign plans into reality. A Com
mittee member told me recently
that “50 cents from every stu
dent would change tf lot of
things."
The chemicals for a gassing
cost $167. It would be signifi
cant if every student and fac
ulty member who feel* that
the "eye for an eye” philosophy
of capital punishment has no
place in an enlightened society,
would donate this amount to the
crusade to throw the gas cham
ber on the same scrap heap of
history as the thumbscrew and
the wheel Contributions of any
amount whatsoever, or signed
pledges of the remainder of
one’s breakage fees to the
above-named committee, may
be sent to me at 241 East
Broadway for transference to
that body, or to 8026 S.E 29th
Avenue, Portland.
Sincerely yours,
George F. Neavoll
Senior in Political
Science
* * *
Wrestling Publicity
Emerald Editor:
I would like to know why the
Emerald doesn’t give the sport
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