OREGON
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Vol. LXVII
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13, IMS
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Straub-McCall Debate Set for Today
ROBERT STRAUB
Democratic Candidate
Robert Straub and Tom McCall, leading guber
natorial candidates, will debate at 3 p.m. today
in the Student Union Ballroom. They have been
invited by the ASUO to debate major issues, and
present their legislative opinions to students, fac
ulty, and guests.
Henry Drummonds, ASUO president, will mod
erate the program and introduce the speakers.
After rebuttals are made by Straub and McCall,
the audiences may address the speakers with ques
tions from the floor.
The debate will be covered live over KEZI-TV
and is expected to be re-broadcast at a later time.
This is the last of two scheduled debates between
the gubernatorial candidates. The first was held
in Portland on October 7 before more than 400
Portland City Club members gathered in the
Benson Hotel.
DISAGREE ON TAX RELIEF
McCall and Straub disagree on the approach
to property tax relief. Each has accused the other
of vacillating on tax proposals depending on the
audience being addressed.
In the Portland debate, Straub said, “I am
very much opposed to a sales tax. If it is re
ferred to the voters, I will do all I can to oppose it.”
McCall said, "I am opposed to a sales tax, but
if our schools were to be emasculated by a 1 Vi
per cent tax limitation, I would reconsider my
prejudice on the matter.”
Straub replied that he believes voters should
have a right to decide on a sales tax, and they
should have had the right to vote on the 1V4
per cent property tax lid.
This implied slap at McCall’s handling of the
initiative petition matter brought a retort from
McCall that he was unaware there was any ques
tion on the number of required signatures on
petitions, until the day before deadline.
FORMULA SET
‘The formula was set five years ago, three
years before I became secretary of state, and
never to my knowledge was questioned until
July 6, 1966, ’ McCall said.
Straub said that a person taking over an office
should "reappraise and re-evaluate” the way
things are done. He said, “T would have an advan
tage because I am of a different political party,
and I would come in with that kind of attitude ”
McCall was elected on a Republican ticket to
the position as Oregon’s secretary of state in
November, 1964. He had previously served as
administrative assistant to Governor Douglas
McKay.
Straub became Oregon state treasurer in 1964.
A Lane County businessman and rancher, he held
previous political offices as county commissioner
and as a state senator from this district.
TOM McCALL
Republican Candidate
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Survey Gets Faculty Ratina
Editor's Note: This is the first in a se
ries of three articles on the reaction to
the ASUO’s Course Evaluation Booklet.
By NOMI BORENSTEIN
Emerald Associate Editor
After the course reaction survey was
completed. University President Arthur
S. Flemming set up three ad hoc com
mittees — faculty, administration, and
students—to evaluate the booklet.
All three reports will be distributed
to the general faculty before the No
vember 2 meeting when the faculty will
discuss the course survey at that meet
ing. Several issues have been raised con
cerning the survey which the faculty
may consider.
QUESTION OF USEFULNESS
First is the question of the useful
ness of conducting a survey, second the
question of a universal sample, and whe
ther or not the survey results, and this
report in particular, should be used as
one factor in deciding promotion and
tenure in general.
At present, two of these reports —
faculty and administration — have been
released. The student report should be
released either today or Friday, as soon
as it has been mimeographed.
The faculty report states that student
evaluation of teaching and courses has
been going on at the University for some
time, but that this survey is differenti
ated from earlier efforts because:
• “It comes on a wave of a nation -
wide student unrest.
• “It is an outgrowth of student gov
ernment.
• “The experiment was subsidized by
the University.
• “The results were collected and
will be interpreted by an agency of the
University.
• “To a substantial extent, the results
are a matter of general campus and com
munity knowledge.’’
The report states that “the committee,
as a matter of principle, approves of mak
ing participation in the survey voluntary.
However, it might be suggested in pass
ing that those who decline to participate
are likely to be rated anyway in the event
of future surveys with the accompany
ing risk of incomplete, inaccurate, and
distorted ratings.
“Whether the findings of the survey
should be made available to administra
tors or to the public or to both is largely
an academic question. ... a cursory
examination of the Course Survey Bul
letin suggests that the book was put to
gether in good faith and with no evident
air of vindictiveness.”
The committee points out that “a sin
gle survey is scarcely sufficient indica
tion of an instructor’s effectiveness_
Only a sustained and controlled program
of measuring student attitudes toward
courses and instructors can be of value.”
CAN BE OF VALUE
The administration report states that
"it appears reasonable that valid and
reliable data about student reactions to
courses can be developed from a student
rating process like the one used last
spring, particularly if some projected
refinements are made in the process
used in collecting the data."
The report states that “it appears
equally reasonable” that the data weald
likely be used when administrators are
making decisions about teaching effec
tiveness, if the data is made available for
such use.
But the committee asked in its report
that certain conditions govern this use,
including the following:
• Administrators should remember
that this data represents measurement
of only one dimension of teaching effec
tiveness.
• Finding should be weighed together
with other evidence, including evalua
tions of other faculty members.
• “Ideally, these ratings should be
considered in evaluating teacher effec
tiveness only if the rating system is
adopted on a universal basis ... or if
all instructors of an academic unit are
rated” in order to be as fair as pos
sible.
IN-CLASS QUESTIONNAIRES
Both reports agreed that the ques
tionnaires should be distributed and re
turned in class.
The administration committee said
that it could make no decision as to
whether there •shall or shall not be
student rating of classes in some form”
because the ‘students may decide to
formulate and publish ratings of courses
and instructors whether or not they
have access to data collected on some
valid and systematic basis.”
This report states that it coaid be ar
gued that it -would be in the interests of
the faculty to use a system like the one
used last spring than if students did
it “on an extracurricular basis.”
PROMOTION AND TENURE
And it algo could be argued that a rat
ing system like this could serve in the
interests of the faculty when promotion
and tenure are made.
Administrators have been using stu
dent reaction when making these de
cisions. The report goes on to state that
data collected in this manner has a much
sounder basis than in the many cases
when the data collected informally has
been "fragmentary, in disorganized and
not necessarily representative.
"The fact that such data would be
made generally available would give the
individual member an opportunity to
challenge faulty evidence, and under
the present system,” the report points
out, “he usually does not have such an
opportunity.”
The faculty report was compiled by
Galen Rarick, associate professor of
journalism; Joseph Hynes, associate pro
fessor of English; and Edwin Bingham,
professor of history.
The administration report was pre
pared by John Hulteng, dean of the
School of Journalism; Leona Tyler, dean
of the Graduate School; and Charles
Johnson, dean of the Collefge of Liberal
Arts.
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Counter-Interests Hamper
SU Board's Tent Decision
By JAQI THOMPSON
Emerald Stair Writer
In its longest meeting on rec
ord, the Student Union Board, aft
er three ballots, decided Wed
nesday to allow the Peace Corps
to pitch a recruiting tent on the
lawn of the SU during the week
of November 14-18.
Although the Board members
expressed their personal enthu
siasm for the Peace Corps and its
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Index
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Editorials.page 6j
Classified .page 7
Campus Briefs .page 2 |
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Today’s Events.page 8
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recruiting at the University, there
were a number of factors which
made it doubtful that the request
for a tent on the SU lawn was
in the best interests of the stu
dent body.
Last year the lawn did not re
cover from the effects of the tent
for three to four months. This
brought many complaints and so
did the unsightliness of the
“shack" VISTA (Volunteers In
Service to America) erected on
the walkway for its membership
drive.
VISTA had requested a tent,
too, but when the effects of the
Peace Corps tent on the lawn
were seen, the Board decided the
lawn couldn’t stant' another one.
After the complaints about the
VISTA structure came in, the
Board decided not to give per
mission to WUS (World Univer
sity Service) Week to erect its
structure.
The Board received much criti
cism at the time that it was be
ing unfair and inconsistent. It is
still trying to decide where it
should and does stand. The Board
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Course Change
Deadline Friday
Friday is the last day to drop
or add courses for fall term. A
$1 fee for each course dropped
or added must be paid to the
business office and the course
change card filed in the regis
trar’s office before 5 p.m. Fri
day.
Students new to the Univer
sity this term may drop courses
through October 28, with the
consent of their advisor and in
structor.
In Portland October 24th
Kennedy Slated
For Demo Rally
Robert F. Kennedy, Democratic senator from New York, has
scheduled a campaign address for 8 p.m. on October 24 in Portland’s
Memorial Coliseum.
He was invited to appear in Oregon by Representative Edith
Green as the head speaker at a fund raising dinner and rally for
all Democratic candidates.
Free seating in the Coliseum will initially be limited to 5,000
people in order to maintain a stage effect. However, if a greater
demand exists, more seating will be opened up, according to Bill
Wiessert, editor of the Portland State Vanguard.
Wiessert said that the rally is being called “to stimulate student
interest in the Democratic party.”
While there is no indication that Kennedy will also make an
appearance at the University, Larry Beathe, president of the campus
Young Democrats, said his group has extended an invitation to
Kennedy to speak before the University and Eugene audience “on
or about the 25th.” The regional director of the college YD’s is also
in contact with Kennedy’s senate office in seeking his appearance
here.
According to Wiessert, Kennedy will leave for Washington the
day following his Portland appearance.