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FAMILY RETURNS Thomas E. Tait poses with his wife, turned to this country for a visit at the home of Tait's
Rita Marie, holding Tyrone, 2V4 months, as their eight mother in Bloomf ield, N.J. All of the children were born
other children line the railing of the liner Independence ' . abroad in such places as Malaya, England and Germany,
at New York. Tait, an administrative officer of the U.S. From left, they are Kathy, William, Jonathan, Bryan,
consulate in Munich, Germany, and his family have re- Geoffrey, Christina, Christopher and Tod.
(UPI Telephoto)
Medford
Tribune
SECTION D
MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, APRIL 13, 1961 PAGES I to 8
University Faculty
Salaries Said Not
In Strong Position
Eugene Faculty salaries at
the University of Oregon are
not high enough to place the
university in a strong bargain
ing position in today's com
petitive academic market, ac
cording to a study of the sal
arly picture made for the As
sociation for Higher Education
of the National Educatipn as
sociation. The study, made by Dr. C.
Ward Macy, professor and
head of the economics depart
ment of the University of Ore
gon, is part pf a publication
issued by the Association for
Higher Education. The pub
lication, "Compensation on
the Campus's is a compliation
of case studies of college and
university faculty compensa
tion practices from 1951-52
through 1959-60.
Broad salary ranges at the
university, as at all institu
tions of the Oregon state sys
tem of higher education, are
established by the Oregon
state board of higher educa
tion following study within
the institution and subject to
legislative appropriations.
Salaries Increase ,
While academic or faculty
salaries at the University of
Oregon have increased at a
fairly steady and strong rate
durng the last decade, faculty
salaries at other institutions
with which the university is
in competition have also
shown a strong upward trend
and at the close of the last
academic year, the university
average trailed behind the 20
institutional average on which
comparisons have been made.
The study also underlines
the limitations on supplemen
tary benefits, which in many
institutions add greatly to the
salary compensation. "Bene
fits in the nature of insurance,
retirement,, and medical care
for academic personnel of the
University of Oregon are very
limited,". writes Macy.
The university employees
are covered by social security
lcigslation and they do have
a state retirement program
which gives them a reason
able retirement allowance at
age 65, if their service has
been long enough say 25
years or more.
Macy states that "The Uni
versity of Oregon is handicap
ped in recruiting staff mem
bers because it lacks a satis
factory retirement program.'
No Live Insurance
No group life insurance is
provided by the University
for its academic staff, nor is
there provision made for em
ployees to participate in such
a program at their own ex
pense. Medical care for the
staff is not provided.
Also listed by Macy among
the compensation lacks is the
limitation on funds to pay trav
el expenses. If it were not
for the availability of money
from non-state sources, at
tendance of the University of
Oregon staff members at pro
fessional meetings would be
very low," he points out.
Fringe benefits that are on
the positive side, Macy writes,
are the leaves of absence and
financial - assistance for re
search, which includes assist
ants, clerical aid, materials,
and some limited office space.
The study, which covers 14
institutions (both private and
state - supported) concludes
that while faculty salaries
have been rising, they are
expected to continue this rise.
HIGHEST PEAK
London - The highest peak
in the British Isles, Ben Nevis,
has an altitude of 4,406 feet.
UN President
Speaks at Eugene
Eugene-(UPD-President Fred
erick H. Boland of the United
Nations General Assembly
said here Wednesday night
the situation that faces the
U.N. is one of tension.
Boland, from Ireland, said
this was caused in part by
the fact that new nations were
finding national independence
itself has not brought them
the immediate education, wel
fare and living standards for
which they had hoped.
"If they lose too much
faith in freedom," Boland
said, "they may surrender
their personal liberty to some
foreign or totalitarian rule in
belief that in so doing they
may insure a better material
future for themselves and
their children." . -
Boland described the U.N.
as the "furthest ' point to
which the world community
has so far shown itself pre
pared to go toward institu
tionalizing its common inter
ests in the preservation of
world peace and order.
He spoke at the opening
session of a model U.N. at the
University of Oregon before
about 3,000 persons.
Game Officials
Criticize Udall
Portland -(UPD- The State
Game Commission today criti
cized Interior Secretary Stew
art Udall for withdrawing
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Serv
ice witnesses from Federal
Power Commission hearings
here recently.
The hearings were held in
connection with rival propos
als to build Mountain Sheep
and Nez Perce Dams on the
Snake river.
The commission, in a letter
to Udall, said testimony of
the witnesses had been devel
oped in close association and
cooperation with state fishery
agencies of northwest states.
It said withdrawal of the wit
nesses "tends to weaken the
position of fish resources as it
relates to water development
in general. '
The commission also claim
ed a four-year "crash" pro
gram designed to solve fish
passage problems at high
dams on the Snake was not a
safe projection" of - a time
schedule. . .
Experimental Dimension Is
Added To Merit Program
Chicago A new experi
mental dimension has been
added to the National Merit
Scholarship Program, John M.
Stalnaker, president, has an
nounced. He said 85 special four-year
National Merit Scholarships
will be awarded this month
out of the Merit Corporation's
own. resources. They will cost
NMSC more than $400,000 for
the. period they are in force,
he said.
ceptional creative perform
ance, 25 scholarships.
2. For students of marked
academic ability who also
have demonstrated an excep
toinally determined effort to
overcome severe financial or
similar disadvantage, 20 schol
arships. Superior Attainment
3. For students who, while
showing superior attainment
and promise in one field, are
The special National Merit i n.ot distinguished in many
Scholarships will be of four
types:
1. For students whose rec
ords suggest promise for ex-
MINE OUTPUT .. ...
Hibbing - Since one open
pit iron mine here in northern
Minnesota was opened in
1895, it has yielded more ma
terial than was originally ex
cavated for the building of
the Panama canal.
LIVESTOCK LAND
Omaha - Two-thirds of the
livestock of the U. S. is raised
west of the Mississippi river.
Ethiopian Troops
Kill Somalis
Mogadiscio, Somalia - (UPD -Ethiopian
troops using ma
chineguns and bombs have
killed more than 100 Somalis
in Ethiopia near the French
Somali and independent So
malia borders, according to
delayed reports reaching here
today.
Other shooting incidents in
volving Ethiopian troops and
Somalis were reported from
other areas in a renewal of
violence that first broke out
along the ill-defined frontiers
three months ago.
A group of 92 Somali refu
gees from the Ethiopian town
of Dagahbur reached Hargei
sa, in former British Somalia,
and reported the massacre.
They said that on April 4
a large force of Ethiopian
soldiers marched an Dagah
bur and razed the Somali sec
tion of the city after Somali
leaders had asked the district
governor for independence.
Child Unaware of
Death of Relatives
Opelousas, La. (UPD Five-year-old
Tena Andrus remain
ed in serious condition today,
unaware that her sister and
six other relatives were kill
ed in a car-train collision on
the outskirts of town.
State police said the driver
of the car, Mrs. Charles Ber
nard, 30, apparently did not
hear the Missouri-Pacific pas
senger train as she approach
ed the deserted crossing Wed
nesday.
The train, moving slowly
dragged the car about, 50
yards. The Impact threw the
occupants from the' vehicle.
The dead were identified as
Walter Andrus, 63, and his
61-year-old wife, and Mrs.
Bernard's three children,
Charles, 5, David, 3, and
Mark, 2, and Joanne Andrus,
3, a grandchild of the Andrus
couple. Mrs. Bernard was the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Andrus. All lived in Opelousas.
fields as the typical National
Merit Scholar, 20 scholar
ships. 4. For students who have
shown an ability to depart
from the traditional academic
time pattern by entering col
lege, with the approval of
their secondary schools, with
less than the full four years
of secondary school education,
20 scholarships.
Receipients will be among
the Merit Scholars who will
be announced April 26, Stal
naker said, and all have been
selected from among the Fin
alist group in he current com
petition.
Not Identified
However, he added, the par
ticular students receiving the
awards, for obvious reasons,
will not be individually ident
ified either to the public or
Child Slightly Hurt
In Four-Story Fall
New York-IUPD-Mrs. Ther
esa Sheenan's daughter, Mar
garet, 2, fell out of a fourth
story apartment window Wed
nesday while her mother was
talking on the phone.
The girl landed in a court
yard but suffered only cuts
and bruises. Mrs. Sheenan
said she was so preoccupied
on the phone she did not know
the girl had fallen until
neighbors informed her.
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to the recipients as holders
of the special scholarships in
the experimental program.
Additional funds to finance
the special scholarship were
authorized by NMSC's board
of directors at its last meet
ing. Many of the students to
be offered the scholarships
were chosen with the aid of
the National Merit Scholar
ship Selection committee, a
group of educators who met
last January to name Nation
al Merit Scholars.
"This experimental pro
gram results from three con
siderations, Stalnaker said.
"We wished to apply the find
ings of research, to incorpor
ate the lessons of experience,
and to strengthen certain as
pects of the Merit Program
in ways not previously pos
sible.
"It is likely that the results
of this practical experiment
will lead to further improve
ments in the Merit Program.
But this is not our only goal.
"We hope too that the find
ings will in time have a value
for all persons and organiza
tions concerned with the dis
covery and development of
the nation's talented young
people."
The Merit Program's re
search studies and the studies
of others have shown that
among very superior students,
like the Merit Finalists, schol
astic achievements has little
relationship to creative per
formance, Stalnaker pointed
out. Similarly, he said, the
traditional measures of schol
astic aptitude are of little or
no value for predicting cre
ativity within the very su
perior group.
National Merit studies in
this area began in 1958. The
findings led to efforts to de
vise an experimental method
to obtain some indication of
a student's creative perform
ance and potential. The work
was conducted during 1959
and 1960. The results led to
asking for various kinds of
additional information from
the Semifinalists in the cur
rent competition.
It was on the basis of in
formation obtained in this
way and through information
provided by school counselors
or principals that the special
awards in the first category
were made, he stated.
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