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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (April 22, 1966)
USNA Instructor Leaves Academy ANNAPOLIS, Md. (CPS) — An assistant professor of Kngllsh is leaving the United States Naval Academy became of the school's admitted policy of changing grades. Richard C. Vltzhum is the second faculty member in two weeks to draw attention to the academy. Last week, Kent Ponder, an assistant professor of Spanish, charged that his contract was not being renewed because he had refused to approve a passing grade for a student who scored ]li per cent on his (Inal written examination. The student, the son of a high ranking naval ofli cer, received the passing grade anyway. The departure of the two facul ty members is only a small part of what has become a public dis pute over the Naval Academy’s grading practices The dispute, in turn, reflects a deep concern among some faculty members over how swiftly the; academy can, or should, meet changing educa tional demands. Ki'piu t Ki-lrasrii A self-study, released by the academy last week, emphasized that the need to curb academic failures made it impractical to "base grade distributions solely on scholastic competence." The report regretted that the limit on failures has led to “coasting on the part of a significant nuin her of middle C average midship men." After the report was publicized, however, Hear Adm. Draper L. Kauffman said that as of next September the academy will drop the grading controls. The system requires that only a certain percentage of men in each class and each course be al lowed to receive I) and F grades. If after all the papers for a given course are graded and the depart ment chairman finds the percent age of failures is loo great, he merely raises all of the grades so that the number of failures falls within the allowed percentage. Won't Fail This means, a number of facul ty members charge, that the stu dents know they will not fail if most of the grades remain in the middle C category. The academy's self-study said as much when it acknowledged that the system allowed students to "coast." Hut school officials say the system is necessary because they must turn out a certain num ber of Naval officers every year and they cannot allow large num bers of students to fail. Because of Hie system Vitzhum wrote letters of protest last May Campus Briefs Announcement* for Campus Brief* muil be turned in by 3 30 p.m. the day before publication. Because of space limitations no announcements will be run more than Deadline for open rush sign-up has been extended to 5 p.m. today. Applications arc available in the Dean of Women’s office. The University Hawaiian Club presents its annual lttau, A Lei of Stars." at the Lane County Fairgrounds at 6:30 p.m. April 30. Tickets arc available at the Student Union desk and at Bronson Travel. Today is the last day to pick up peti tions for Skull and Dagger, sophomore men’s honorory. They are available on1 the third floor of the SU. Evaluating petitions for Kwama arc available now at the Kappa Kappa Gamma house. The Blood Bank will be closed to every one on Monday except those members of the University donor club who have been contacted. Channing Club will meet at 8 p.m. Sun day at 965 W. 22nd. Dr. Klonoski will lead a discussion on "Civil Disobedience." Hides will be available at 7:45 p.m. at the SU turnaround. The Womb coffeehouse will be open as usual from 9 p.m.-l a.m. tonight at 1430 Kincaid. Jack Foster and some of his folk singing friends will drop around at about 10 p.m. All singers, poets, and art ists are invited, expected, and welcomed. All graduate students in counseling will meet at 4 p.m. today in the DcBusk coun seling center. Latin American students will meet at 7:30 p.m. Monday in the SU. "Seance on a Wet Afternoon" will be nhown at 2:30 p.m. and at d:3u p Sunday, in the SU Bal room, free. to the administration saying he was hired "at least in part for the reason that I could disting uish between literacy and illitera ey in reading and comprehension on the college level. "No member of the administra tion is competent to make that decision for me. The ability to so distinguish is one of the two or three talents that define me as a professional teacher, that set my capabilities in the classroom off from those of a janitor, a barber, or a seaman. Deny it and one denies much of my professional reason for being.” It was learned last week that an accrediting team from the Mid dle Atlantic Association of Col leges and Secondary Sc Roots which recently visited the acade my will recommend that the school let up on military and ath letic requirements in order to al low students more time for study. Parents Club OKs Information On Birth Control HEMFSTEAI), N Y. (CPS) — The Parents' Aid Club, formed by a group of Hofstra University students, has received the ap proval of the administration and student council to distribute birth control information on the Hofstra campus. Kandall Hoffman, dean of stu dents, said, "I think its a good thing for them to do. Students need this kind of information and don't ordinarily get it—either at home or from us.” The Parents' Aid Club, an ex tracurricular activity, will hold at least two meetings a month with qualified speakers and films ex plaining contraceptive techniques and the dangers of overpopula tion. The club was founded by 15 students who had worked with an off-campus group, the Parent’s Aid Society, which disseminates the information in poor neighbor hoods. The idea for the club came as the group discussed the effects of overpopulation on poverty neighborhoods, and the discussion turned to the ignorance of college students on the subject. Douglas Wilcox, temporary chairman, said the club has three purposes: • To acquaint students with the various means of contracep tion, "their advisability, relative reliability, and how to get them:" • To urge students to join and support educational campaigns, • To encourage the college to establish a course on family prob lems. New Emerald Staff Named by Sernas The 1966-67 Emerald staff has been named by Editor Phil Se rnas. The new staff will take over operations of the paper May 1. The staff: Annette Buchanan, managing editor; Larry Lange, news editor; ClifT Sanderlin, edito rial page editor; Nomi Borenstein, associate editor; Maxine Elliott, feature editor; Jim Sellers, assis tant news editor; Dave Baronti, sports editor: Steve Dimeo, en tertainment editor; David Brown, church news editor; Shota Ushio, photo editor. Sernas said he would name the new editorial board next week. Job Corps Program Scheduled for PL-3 “Three Corpsmen Look at the Job Corps,” second in a series of television programs sponsored by the Student Union Forum Com mittee, will be telecast over PL-3 at 9 p.m. Monday. PL-3 programs are shown in the dormitories over Channel 3, and in the Eugene area, Channel 11 jn the cable. Weekend Religious News By DAVID BROWN, Religious News Editor Cooperative Christian Ministry Raymond Lowe, professor of j education and director of VISTA, will address the Sunday Forum I on the topic, "The Humanistic Image of Man,” The Forum will begin at 8 p.m. at the Wesley Foundation. Lowe’s address is the second in a series on the general theme, "Images of Man; Compet ing Views of Human Life and Destiny.” | The Coffee House will be open Friday evening at 9 p.m. at 1430 Kincaid. Christian House Wednesday Chapel Service at 0 p.m. will center upon the theme, ; “Morality; The Context of Deci sion." Discovery Groups continue lo meet on Wednesdays at 5 p.m. and Thursday’s at 11:30 a m. Newman Center Sunday evening lecture series at 7 p m. will be lead by Sister Mary Alberta, O.S.B., president of Mt. Angel College, and Stanley A. Pierson of the History depart ment on “What is an Kducated Man?" Refreshments will be served. There will be a work and clean up party Saturday at 9 a m. and choir practice Monday at 7 p.m. An ecumenical Bible service for unity will be held at Newman Center Thursday evening at 7 p.m. in conjunction with Luther House and Episcopal Campus Center. Sunday masses are at 9 and 11 a m., noon, 5 and 6 p.m.; daily masses are at 8 a m. and 4:30 p.m., Saturday mass at 8 a.m. Confessions are 30 minutes before 9 a m., 11 a.m., and 5 p in. masses and 4:30 p.m. daily mass. Wesley Foundation Wes-Weds, Wesley married stu dents, will meet Friday at 6:30 p m. for the annual Chicken Feed at Wesley Foundation. Speaker for the evening is Arthur Pearl Noted Sociologist To Speak Monday A noted German sociologist, Ralf Dahrendorf of the new Ger man University of Constance, will be a visiting lecturer at the Uni versity Monday. Dahrendorf’s public lecture will be on “In Praise of Thrasyma chos: or, Morality is the Interest of the Stronger,” 8 p.m. in 231 Commonwealth Hall. His talk will concern his work in the problems of understand ing the roles of power, norms, and sanctions in the functioning of modern complex societies, an area in which he has been inter ested for many years. Dahrendorf did his early aca demic work in philosophy and the classics and received a doctorate from the University of Hamburg in 1952. He then studied at the London School of Economics and received a Ph D. degree in sociol ogy there in 1956. His professional career has in cluded teaching at the University of Saarbruken, a fellowship at the Institute for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stan ford, and an appointment as pro fessor in the University of Ham burg. He is now a professor of sociol ogy at the University of Con stance. Salisbury Receives Chapel Brook Grant Ralph J. Salisbury, associate professor of English who has had his poetry published widely, has been awarded a $5,000 grant from the Chapel Brooks Foundation of Boston, Mass. Salisbury will use the grant while in Europe on sabbatical leave from the University during the academic year 1966-67 to write poetry. He also holds a faculty research grant for this summer. He will leave in June for Eur ope, where he will read his poetry at the University of Belgrade in Yugoslavia, and possibly other universities. He will return to the Oregon campus in the fall of i967. whose subject is “Social Respon sibility of College Students.” For information call 344-1043 or 344 8479 "Dialogue” is held Sunday at 9:30 am. followed by rides to worship at 10:40. Anyone inter ested in joining an Encounter Croup is asked to meet at 6 p.m. Sunday. First Baptist The COS college class meeting at 9:45 a.m. Sunday, will be con tinuing with the study of the the ology of Paul. The topic for dis cussion will be “Man Prior to the Revelation of Faith.” College Hour, meets at 1332 Kincaid St., 8:30-9:30 p.m. with Norman Pott scheduled to speak on the Changing Patterns in the American Church, “Where do I fit in?” This weekend is the IV Con ference at Cannon Beach. David Hubbard, president of Fuller Theological Seminary will be the speaker. Transportation is being arranged. Baha'i "Christ and Baha’u’llah” is the topic for discussion at the noon meeting today in the Student Union. You are invited to bring your lunch and talk with us about the influence of the Baha'i Faith on Christianity and other Religions as well. Grace Lutheran Retreat with students from Cor vallis at Grace Haven Lodge this weekend with the theme, "Free dom in Worship and Liturgy." Meet for rides at 5:30 p.m. today. First Congregational Church UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST 23rd Avenue East and Potter (5 blocks south of campus) SUNDAY SERVICES 9:30 and 11:00 a m. Ministers, Lloyd Stamp and Wesley Goodson Nicholson For Transportation call 345-8741 First Baptist Church Broadway at High 345-0341 1332 Kincaid 9:45 C.O.S. Class 11 a.m. Service “Living the Christian Life” Dr. S. Franklin Logsdon 7:00 Service Baptismal Service Speaker: Frank Dobra of West Pakistan 8:30 College Hour Central Lutheran Church (The American Lutheran Church) 18th & Potter Sunday Worship — 9:30 & 11:00 a.m. LUTHER HOUSE 1824 University Kenneth F. Wieg — Campus Pastor Eric Ottum Olaf A. Anderson — Pastor 345-2053 Lay Assistant
