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