Student-Faculty Council
De-emphasis on grades
proposed at meeting
By WALTER RICE
Of the Emerald
Elimination of grades for the
freshman year, a consequent ex
pansion of the pass-no pass
grading option and elimination
of grades of D, F and no pass
from a student’s transcript were
a 11 discussed in Wednesday’s
Student-Faculty Council meet
ing.
These three issues comprise
the basis of a proposal for a
de-emphasis on grades present
ed to the council by ASUO Vice
President Dan Allison, a mem
ber of the council.
No direct action was taken
for instigating the changes pro
posed by Allison.
Instead, the council asked Al
lison to check with University
Registrar Clifford Constance on
the use of the pass-no-pass option
this year and last.
The council also requested
Allison to send "Proposal 3,”
the call for not recording fail
ing grades on t h e student’s
transcript, to the Academic Re
quirements Committee to see if
any new light could be shed on
the proposal.
Under Allison's plan a D
would not be a passing grade.
The implementation of “Pro
posal 3” would be something of
a revolutionary movement in
higher education, since, accord
ing to the ASUO vice president,
no college or university in the
country does not now record
failing marks.
Allison's arguments for the
abolition of freshman grades
mentioned the California Insti
tute of Technology uses this sys
tem. According to the dean of
freshman there, it reduces anxi
ety and raises performance and
involvement.
Council members were more
receptive to the third proposal
than either of the first two.
Not recording failing work is
“more in line with reinforce
ment psychology” than just an
expansion of the pass-no pass
option, said Richard Schmuck,
professor of educational psy
chology.
The only council member
present who expressed discon
tent with the proposal was
Chairman Horace Robinson, di
rector of the University The
ater. An indication of failure,
he said, is as meaningful to the
student and others as a record
of success.
Robinson was also opposed to
Allison's other two proposals
dealing with expansion of the
pass-no pass option, particularly
for freshman.
Robinson, as well as econom
ics professor Marshall Wattles
and business professor Law
rence Ross, felt the success of
the present 36-hour pass-no pass
Science III up for review
A review of plans for Science
III, scheduled to begin construc
tion this summer, will be pre
sented to the Building and
Grounds committee at 1 p.m.
Friday. The regular Thursday
meeting was postponed until
Friday.
Architects for the new Ad
ministrative Services building
will also present their pre-pre
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presentations by the architects
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are also on the agenda.
A subcommittee appointed at
the last meeting will begin an
investigation of parking regula
tions next term. Three commit
tee members, Leland Lorange
of the Physical Plant, student
David Clarke, and Donald
Thompson of the Graduate
School will review all parking
rules except for fee schedules.
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option should bo evaluated be
fore embarking on a bigger
program.
The council decided the pass
no pass system should be re
searched but nothing more defi
nite than asking information of
the registrar was decided upon.
In other business. Robinson
requested and gained the coun
cil’s consent to send some Stu
dent-Faculty Council proposals
to revise the ROTC curriculum
to the Curriculum Committee
for evaluation.
Relief in sight—
Fadeley suggests
step to pay toilets
State Sen. Edward Fadeley,
D-Eugene, introduced a bill in
the State Legislature Friday to
provide relief—a proposal to
outlaw pay toilets.
According to the Eugene Reg
ister-Guard, Fadeley's bill, SB
416, would prohibit charges for
use of public toilets or wash
rooms at terminals, depots or
public waiting rooms used by
air, rail or bus passengers trav
eling to, from or in Oregon
by public carrier on convey
ance.
The bill was co-sponsored by
one of Fadeley’s fellow Lane
County legislators. Rep. Richard
Eymann, D-Springfield.
“This bill will provide daily
relief to many people. Maybe
it’s not tax relief, but it cer
tainly is important,” said Fad
eley, according to the Register
Guard report.
Eymann said of the bill, “I
was sorry they didn’t put the
emergency clause on it.”
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