West Germans Worry About Education
Editor’s note: This is the third
of a three-part series on student
demonstrations at the Free Uni-,
versify of West Berlin.
By LINN THOMPSON
Collegiate Press Service
Students in West Germany to- \
day are concerned about the state
of the educational system in their
country, as they showed on July
1, 1965, when 100.000 of them fill
ed the streets of German univer
sity towns to demonstrate.
Unlike American students,
who have traditionally paid little
attention to shortages of class
rooms and teaching staff, Ger
man students have not left the
solution of their problems on the
espousal of theme to adminis
tration and state government.
Too Little Attention
Feeling that too little attention
has been paid to the weaknesses
of the German educational sys
tem by politicians and the gen
eral public alike, student leaders
began preparing a plan of ac
Joe Richards Set
For YR Meeting
State Representative Joe Rich
ards will speak at the first Young
Republican meeting of winter
term at 7 p.m. tonight in the Stu
dent Union. He will discuss "The
New Look in Political Parties.”
Richards was elected to his
freshman term of the legislature
in 1964 after an outstanding rec
ord of community work in Eu
gene as an 11-year practicing law
yer.
In 1958 Richards was the Eu
gene Junior First Citizen. He has
also been a member of the Dis
trict 4 (Eugene) School Board.
Eugene Civic Service Board. Uni
ted Appeal, and is past president
of the Eugene Active Club.
Currently Richards is a mem
ber of the education, judiciary,
and elections committees of the
State Legislature.
A short business meeting will
precede Richards’ talk. Anyone
wishing to take part in the many
activities of YR’s during winter
and spring terms may join at
this time and all interested are
invited to attend.
Refreshments will be served.
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tion early last spring.
Compared to West Germany,
the shortage of teachers in the
United States seems insignificant.
By 1970, 95 per cent of all Ger
man students would have to be
come teachers in order to fill the
needs in all branches of the ed
ucational system (the percentage
of the population attending a uni
versity is much smaller than in
the United States—only about
five per cent of college - age per
sons.)
In a study of student - teacher
ratios at universities, which was
based on the year 1960, it was
stated that in Germany there was
one professor for every 35 stu
dents. In the United States the
ratio was 1 to 13; in Great Brit
ain, 1 to 8 And there is a large
number of teaching positions in
German institutions which are
not Ailed due to lack of qunlifled
personnel.
Education Catastrophe
In view of these Agures, Ger
man students felt that something
had to be done to at lenst les
sen the impending "education ca
tastrophe.” A group of them
brought the problem before the
Organization of German Student
Associations and soon deAnitc
plans had been made for "Ac
tion July First," a nationwide
day for demonstrations.
The main demands of the stu
dents were, a promotion of the
position of education policy in
comparison with defense, the eco
nomy, foreign and domestic pol
icy, and social legislation; na
tional education planning and ed
ucation planning and education
Faculty Meeting
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how long it would take before
Flemming would take the plans
to the State Board.
100,000 Librarians Needed
During the discussion of the
School of Librarianship, propo
nents of the plan quoted Presi
dent Lyndon B. Johnson in his
Education Message to Congress
in 1965. in which he said: “At
least 100,000 more professional
librarians are needed for service
in public libraries and in schools
and colleges.”
Johnson said that only about
Fadeley to Speak
at YD's Meeting
“Why Keep It a Secret?” will
be State Sen. Edward Fadeley’s
topic when he speaks at the
Young Democrats meeting at
7:30 p.m. today in the SU.
The YDs plan to assist Fadeley
in placing a lobbyist registration
and reporting act on the Novem
ber ballot. The title of Fadeley s
lecture refers to the proposed act.
A business meeting will follow
Fadeley’s talk.
Arnold Air Society
Initiates Pledges
Three pledges have been ini
tiated into the Don Zimmerman
Squadron of Arnold Air Society,
an Air Force honorary organiza
tion for selected Air Force ROTC
Cadets. The new members are
David L. Schildmeyer, Curtis
Scott, and William Zurow.
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Presently at the University,
there are about 15 term hours of
fered in library studies to meet
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Up to now the University has
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librarianship program, because
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of librarianship in the state. The
i closest professional school in the
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The University has offered a
master’s degree program in libra
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degree candidates in the program
this year.
Penney said that if the new
school is established the empha
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! level.
As the lengthy faculty meeting
drew to a close, one disgruntled
young administrator exclaimed to
the Emerald: “Now I know why
the class hour is 50 minutes long;
it takes them (the faculty mem
bers) that long to make a point.”
Faculty meetings are closed to
the public and the press. Only
faculty members are allowed to
attend the meetings.
Enrollment . ..
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The usual percentage of disquali
fications is near 4.1 per cent. Last
year 4.4 per cent of the student
body was disqualified because of
grade point deficiency.
The Scholastic Deficiency Com
mittee, which started reviewing
students with grade deficiency in
late December, reinstated 16 stu
dents this term.
Dean of Men Robert Bowlin re
ported 1328 students on proba
tion this term through Jan. 12.
Some late grade reports may
raise the total, Bowlin added.
Of the students on probation,
1268 are undergraduates and 59
are graduates.
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fled policy in the co-operation be
tween the federal government and
the states in the are of educa
tion.
The demands and plans of the
students were not heeded or tak
en seriously by officials and poli
ticians in Bonn, the West German
capital, before July 1. Even on
July 1, Chancellor Erhard re
marked to the press that the stu
dent demonstration had not made
the slightest impression on him.
Primary Activity
The primary activity of t h e
student groups before July 1 was
to distribute large amounts of in
formation on impending "catas
trophe" to students at all the uni
versities and technical schools in
the country and to publicize as
; fully as possible the action plan
ned for the chosen day.
On that Thursday at the Free
; University of Berlin students
j were urged to attend all of their
; classes—and see if they could
i find a place to sit or even stand
i in the auditorium.
This was presumably the first
I sit-in in Germany. Students were
Swim Hours Set
At Gerlinger Pool
The following hours have been
f designated for open swim for
women at Gerlinger pool:
MWF: 4 5:30 p.m.
L'H: 3 5:30 p.m.
Sat. 10-11:45 a.m.
All women students and facul
ty members are welcome to swim
during these hours. Women fac
ulty members must pay a small
towel fee.
Swim Clinic, a help session,
will be conducted from 3-5 p.m
Tuesdays and Thursdays this
term. Mary Alice Hclikson teaches
at the clinic.
lunch ut the student cafeteria at
noon (supposedly every student
is entitled to a balanced meal at
a low price.) The University cafe
teria holds H(M1 students. There
arc over 15.000 enrolled ut the
University.
Torch light Parades
All over Germany on tha eve
inn of July 1, torch Ught parades
filled the main streets of the cities.
In West Berlin alone, 0,000 stu
dents turned out. At the end of
the procession, speakers address
ed the crowd Often the rector of
the university, the chairman of
the student association und prom
inent local and national politicians
were on the program.
Whether or not the student
mass demonstration served any
purposes has yet to be seen. The
immediate reaction of govern
ment leaders was not favorable
and the results of the election in
September did not show any great
1 public unhappiness with the ed
ucation policies of the Erhard
government.
Perhaps the main achievement
of "Action July First” was that
1 it was a milestone in post war
German student activity.
German students are finally be
ginning to work actively for their
own interests and social goals, as
their American counterparts did
not long ago.
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