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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 21, 1965)
Flemming: A Leader in Hiaher Education On most Friday afternoons during tiie academic year, a strange phenomenon takes place at the University. Groups of stu dent* are seen filing into room 110, Johnson Hail without ap pointment to see the president of tiie University, Tiiis tradition of “open" office hours is just one of many be gun by Arthur S. Flemming since he became University president four years ago 20 Years With Government A tall, silver haired man of 00, Arthur Flemming brought to his present job over 20 years of ex perience in government, including a cabinet position and nearly as many years in educational institu tions. Fleming has provided himself to lie a liberal in the literal sense. He has stood sijuarely behind the principles that underlie the spirit of a true university aca demic freedom, civil liberties, and free discussion of ideas He has been so tolerant, in fact, that conservative groups around tiie state have attacked him for positions he has taken, ilail Controversy T h e stormiest controversy erupted in 1962 when Flemming relhrmed his policy of free speech and permitted Gus Hall, general secretary of the Amer ican Communist party to speak on the campus. Hall was allowed on only one other campus in the Northwest Iteed College in Port land. The president got so many phone calls during the Hall af fair that his home telephone was : UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT ARTHUR S. FLEMMING temporarily disconnected. A similar incident took place in the spring of 1964 over an is sue of the Northwest Review, stu dent literary magazine, which some persons charged was ob scene The Oregon Grange de manded Flemming's resignation. But during the controversy and afterwards, the president has re stated his belief in the right of University students to entertain discussion of any sort on the cam pus. Open Hours Despite his hectic schedule, Flemming manages to maintain Dart Given Grant For Nepal Travel Francis Dart, professor of gen eral science at the University, has been awarded a Fulbright Mays travel grant for two months of' research in Nepal, a remote Him alayan kingdom situated between India and Tibet. The professor is currently on, sabbatical leave He is a senior specialist at the East-West Center at the University of Hawaii for the 1965-66 academic year. The Fulbright-llaya grant will enable Dart to continue a study in Nepal of the interactions of western science with non-western cultures. The study is aimed at developing better materials for science teaching in the develop ing countries of Asia Has Trained Volunteers He will work in Katmandu and several villages where Peace Corps Volunteers are teachers. Dart has participated in a num ber of training programs for Peace Corps Volunteers and is a Career Consultant in Science for returning Peace Corps Vol unteers Dart became interested in the problems of the developing coun tries and the fleets of science on them when he first visited Nepal eight years ago At that time, in 1957-5B, he spent two years there as a member of the University's contract team which helped Nepal establish its first college of edu cation. During his present stay in Nepal, he will also be chairman of the Conference for Young Asian Leaders, set for September 22 30 under the auspices of the American Friends Service Com mittee. 40 leaders to Attend Nearly 40 leaders from a num ber of Asian countries, represent ing a variety of professional and academic interests, will come to the conference for informal study and discussion on current prob lems. Dart has served on a number of national and international proj ects of the American Friends Ser vice Committee and is a member of its board of directors. His interest in the problems of developing countries has involv ed him in a number of projects in recent years. He spent a year at the Na tional Academy of Sciences in Washington, DC., administering the Academy's international study and research grants. In Asia Sis Weeks Dart was in Asia for six weeks during 1963 to make a study of science laboratory teaching in In dia, Pakistan, Thailand, Malaya and Taiwan for the National Aca demy of Sciences. He was awarded the Seinor Specialist Award, which he now holds for study and research at the East-West Center, to con tinue his study of how western science affects non-western, de veloping countries, and of the problems these countries face in teaching science. lust Arrived KPyv SHIPMENT KEANE PICTURES Print* by Walter and Margaret Keane GIFT SHOP 1?2 E. Broadway Eugene Medical Center Bldg. I his open office hours from 3-5 p in. each Friday, a time when anyone may visit him to dscuss issues concerning him. The pres ident continually stresses the im portance of keeping open t h e channels of communication and has achieved this goal to a great degree. Born on June 12, 1905, in Kingston, N Y., Flemming was the son of Harry H. Flemming, well-known New York trial law yer. Arthur went to get a B.A. degree at Wesleyan University, an M.A. at American University, and a law degree at George Washington University in 1933. He was an instructor in govern ment. a debate coach, director of the School of Public Affairs and executive officer at American Uni versity. He also served as president of Ohio Wesleyan University. Journalist 4 Years He worked for four years on the editorial staff of the U.S. Daily (now U.S. News and World Report), in Washington, D.C., and covered former President Frank lin D. Roosevelt’s press confer ences. He entered government and worked his way through various ofTices under the administration of Roosevelt, Truman and Eisen hower. I His highest post in government was his three years as secretary of health, education and welfare under President Eisenhower. Many persons will remember him as the man who banned the sale of some contaminated cranberries across the nation in 1958. Held Many Offices During his years in the federal government he was director of the Office of Defense Mobilization, a member of the U.S. Civil {serv ice Commission, War Manpower Commission, National Security Council, a committee chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, and an advisor to the Retraining and Reemployment Administra tion of the department of labor. Flemming is a Methodist and is a vice president of the Na tional Council of Churches for Christ. While he was in Washington, D.C., Harper’s magazine described him in an article as a “durable do gooder who is perhaps the clear est exemplar in public office to day of a new professionalism ... he is a man whose instincts for uplift are agreeably balanced by common sense ” President Flemming is also somewhat unique among college presidents in that he teaches a class, in Education, Welfare and National Security Policy,” a three term sequence in political sci ence. Don't Sit and STARVE Have Tino's Deliver You a Delicious PIZZA Free Delivery Tuesday-Thursday 'Till 9 p.m. Friday-Sunday 'Till 5:30 p.m. ITALIAN DINNERS Orders To Go Phone 344-2453 or come to Tino's Pizza Parlor 1491 Willamette Closed Mondays Open 5 p.m.-l i.m. Lots of Parking WHY NOT? Why Not Avoid The Dreaded Book Lines? CAMPUS BOOKSTORE has all the texts you need for your courses. Supplies too. And you get a 5% discount on all books and supplies. OPEN 'TILL 7 P.M. 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