Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 31, 1968)
Superintendent Says State Law Prohibits Secondary Freedom' I LAND i/P> — Academic freedom in Oregon grade schools and high schools is not the same thing us It is In the state’s col leges and universities, Stute Supt of Public Instruction Leon Mi near said recently. The question came up after the Eugene School hoard fired Ronald Kunkle. a fifth grade teacher, for the controversial way he handled his class. The American Civil Liberties Union has said the school hoard violated Kunklo's academic freedom. Minear said grade school and Teachers Debate 'Semi-Freedom' PORTLAND </P> — A group of teachers has spoken o u t against a statement by State School Superintendent Leon Mi near that grade school teachers cannot have as much academic freedom as college professors. Minear said last week that state laws and the structure of school systems require that cer tain courses hi' taught in public schools and dictate to some ex tent how they should he taught. He said these restrictions do not apply at the college level. Minear also had stressed the need for a policy to encourage teachers to drift as far as pos sible from prescribed methods and texts for better teaching. Jerry Conrath and Dave Mesi row of the Oregon Council for Social Sciences said Monday that Minear’s assessment of aca demic freedom suggests "that the public school teacher must only follow the dictates of local school boards on what shall be taught and how.” They said his statements "also imply that teachers should have little or no voice in developing the courses they teach, reducing tli<- teacher to indoctrination technician. Such a position is entirely repugnant to the Ameri can spirit of free inquiry and destructive of the professional responsibilities of the teacher.” Koax Perpetrator Escapes Penalty HAKRISBURG, Pa. <A>> — Norman Yoder, the state of ficial who fulsely reported six college students were blinded while under the influence of the drug LSD, will not be prose cuted by the state. Pennsylvania Attorney Gen eral William Sennett, repealing at a news conference today the story was a “hoax perpetrated" by Yoder, said, “We reviewed ail the files in the Office of the Blind and have concluded that there were no fraudulent pay ment of benefits and no result ing financial loss to the Com monwealth or federal govern ment.” Yoder, state commissioner for the blind, was suspended Jan. 18 from his $20,690 post by Gov. Raymond P. Schafer after an initial investigation uncover ed inconsistencies in the case. Yoder, who is blind, is now in a Philadelphia psychiatric hospi tal at his own request. Oregon Daily Emerald The Oregon Dally Emerald Is pub lished Monday thru Friday, Septem ber to May, except during exam and vacation periods. Bi-weekly June thru the first week of August, once a week the last three weeks of August, by the Publications Board of the University of Oregon. Second-class postage paid at Eu gene, Oregon 97403. Subscription rate* |8 per year, $3 per term. *150 Up to 2 Years To Pay i HARRY RITCHIE 856 Willamette, Eugene high school teachers should dis cuss the issue of the day in their classes, hut he said that slate law makes it impossible for these teachers to have the same academic freedom as col lege instructors. He said grade school and high school teachers must follow State Hoard of (education course study guides in their classes. "It is very necessary that grade and high school teachers have some form of guides to follow,” he said. Otherwise it could end up that some sixth grade teachers wmdd be teach ing largely the same material as third-grade teachers. "But there's no question that these guides cut down on a teacher’s freedom,” he said. He said college professors are free to develop their own cour ses on a given subject but that grade school and high school teachers have almost no say as to what will be taught in a certain course. Minear did not comment di rectly on the Kunkle case, be cause he said he might be called upon to judge an appeal. Safe' Pueblo Crew Waits For Johnson's Decision WASHINGTON </f'i — The White House said Tuesday it has received reports that the crew of the USS Pueblo, captur ed by the North Koreans, “is be ing properly treated and the wounded being given medical care." The word came from George Christian, presidential press sec retary. He wouldn’t give any information as to the source of the report or say how much credence the government placed in them. So far, Christian said, there have been no reports received GPA Versus Draft MONMOUTH <**>—Phil McAl mond said Monday at Oregon College of Education that an arbitrary grade point average should not affect the students’ draft eligibility. He also said military service should not take a man out of college in the middle of a school year. McAlmond is run ning for the Democratic nomin ation to the U.S. Senate. YAF Vote Vetoes Emerald Picket Line By J. D. BATES Of thr Emerald The Young Americans for Freedom tried again Tuesday, but failed to pass a resolution to picket the Emerald. After ten minutes of debate, the consersative student group downed the picket motion by a f> to 7 vote with several mem bers abstaining Presented by Jim Anham, the exact wording of the motion was: “In view of the constant mis representation of the students at the University over the past few years, in view of the slanderous attacks upon YAF over the past few years, and in view of the constant one-sided editorialization by the Emerald over the past few years, 1 there fore move that this group picket the Emerald.” In protest to the motion, YAF Vice-Chairman Dick Adamson asked, "Are we going to make perfect asses of ourselves again?” Jerry Norton, YAF public re lations director, suggested writ ing letters to the Emerald as a •'more effective method” of pro test. Another member, who voted in favor of the picket motion, complained that getting letters published in the Emerald has subjected her to criticism from teachers. The motion was one of sev eral recent attempts by YAF to stage a picket against the Emerald. In other business, Lynn Bouche, a former public rela tions director for National YAF, read a prepared speech on philosophical differences among conservatives. Bouche was critical of young conservatives who use “a slop py, Huntley-Brinkley vocabu lary” in describing their views. He suggested that careless language causes apparent, but unreal, disagreement among American conservatives. Learn to Ski t at Hoodoo Ski Bowl Next session begins February 10 and 11 TRANSPORTATION AVAILABLE Learn the American technique with the conveni ence of HOODOO's two chairlifts and five rope tows. See your local ski shop for applications: Sport Haus, Chalet Ski Shop, Berg's (both locations), and Springfield Sports Center. SALEM JAYCEE SKI SCHOOL More information at the Emerald office form the international commit tee of the Red Cross which is seeking to intervene on behalf of the Pueblo, which was seized a week ago off North Korea and taken into Wonsan harbor. President Johnson was awak ened before dawn today for re ports on new Communist at tacks in South Vietnam, and held meetings with Democratic congressional leaders to review the situation in Vietnam and North Korea. Conflicting views by Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mans field and his Republican coun terpart , Everett M. Dicksen, sum up the sharp congressional split over what course the Uni ted States should chart in seek ing to retrieve the Pueblo and her crew. Mansfield commented, “We must avoid a blood bath such as be have in Vietnam.” Dirksen says, “We can’t take this lying down.” Counsels of watchful waiting and thin apologies should not be allowed “to tranquilize us into a state of humiliation in the eyes of the world,” related Dirksen. U.S. Military sources said the reinforcement of U.S. forces in Korea was continuing as the cri sis of North Korea’s seizure of the American spy ship Pueblo continued. A squadron of U.S. F102A fighter interceptors ar rived at Kimpo Air Base on the western outskirts of Seoul, the sources said. Stanford Fraternity Cuts Sex Barriers Stanford University’s chapter of Lambda Nu has voted to “ne gotiate with the University” on a proposal for a co-educational living experiment in their house next year. The proposal calls for 20 women “Associates of Lambda Nu," chosen by draw, to live on the first and second floors in a wing of the house. House President Fudacz said the proposed experiment “re flects the house’s growing awareness of the limitations of an all male residence.” Fudacz said the fraternity feels “the separation of the sexes at Stanford perpetuates artificially in male-female rela tionships and that the feminine perspective would benefit the house’s intellectual and social atmosphere. Under the proposal the wom en will not officially be mem bers, but will take part in the planning and administering of all activities except rush. Fudacz said the fraternity has the support of their alumni for the experiment. He also said that he and several members of the house have spoken with Dean of Students Joel P. Smith regarding the proposal. Kirkland Flowers CORSAGES for the MILITARY BALL 4340 Franklin Blvd. 726-7605 the kept one "theft Peugeot. The eer that stays in the family year after year after year. And why not? Once together, Peugeot refuses to eome apart” "Every mile after 100,001 Is Just as rewarding as the first.” "Peugeots are not planned for obsolescence. You buy a Peu geot and you keep it many years after the last car pay ment. (So why trade?) No car In the same class will out per form or outlast it, including the 25 miles per gallon you get even with our new Automatic Transmission.” "With Peugeot’s full reflex sus pension system, bumps, jolts and other road hazards are al most completely eliminated. Summing it all up, we just build one of the world’s most carefully constructed cars.” S-L MOTORS Peugeot Sales and Service 863 Main, Springfield Telephone 747-3374
