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Hastings Law School Prefers Instructors Over Age 65 By EUGENE BRYANT ! emerei-ncips anH most had ! hilitv fnr nrpfcrrinc nldtr . luur srhnnl und nf riiii-ann !fhnnt'c rpfiisat In fnllmp uli ! u.nvM tkni I i. ...u:..u i i ..t.:. t:..i .1 By EUGENE BRYANT United Presi International San FrancisccMl'PIi-At Has tings College of Law, the ad ministration thinks its policy of not hiring fulltime profes sors until they are over 65 is completely logical, if a bit unusual. "their wives aren't having kids, they have few domestic emergencies and most bad habits are out of their sys tems," said David E. Snod- bility for preferring older, law school men . and ranks we have found that those tion. um 01 Lim-Hgo scnooi s rciusai 10 iouow wnat world that i know of which bee nnmc to s i ft a li e In. nm inrf,,orii i,f 1.. n,. u... eigluh in the na- he calls the "statutory scnil- i discriminates against those I wards his point of view, but that all men 65 or older are nracc tl,ii fifLl'DauM i l!4 nr nlrtaF nra mndlv hiillor C 1 n.t.;u... I.; l- . i. ...... - . . 1. . r U""1 '" " . lit LUIlienOS .-, ....... omruiM.v n.muiMiy mum rm.-iiii is inc oiuy rou-: anonsra.ss DC eves t ie immediate future growth to the national institution in the i trend in age requirements is cerned. Tliere is a serious threat In the increasing short age of teachers, and it will dean. "If they weren't, they'd be dead by now." Snodgrass, who started the program just before World War II as a matter of neces sity, has reasons other than domestic and professional sta- SECTION C PAGES I to 8 MedfordSTribune MEDFORD. OREGON. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14. 1963 1 SAILOR RETURNS - Jackie Miller, the seagoing airline stewardess, is shown as she arrived at San Francisco airport from Hawaii. She was one of four adventurous girls who made a 25-day trip by sailboat from San Francisco to Honolu lu aboard the Neophyte. Jackie is holding a glass fishing float which she recovered from the sea during the trip across the Pacific. (UPI) parents. 4-H NEWS Boy Scout News Troop 58 I activities, explaining that par- Dennis Dutra, 15-year-old enls owed an obligation to son of Mr. and Mrs. August youth. He said many boys had Dutra, Montague, Calif., re-1 to attain their place in ceived his Eagle Scout award, i Scouting without help from the highest rank awarded in Scouting, at a Court of Honor recently at the Church of the Latter Day Saints in Yreka by Boy Scout Troop 58. V. M. vanOver, president of the Crater Lake Council, pre sided as judge over the Court of Honor, with Ralph Rich ards as clerk, and Maurice Clark, Scoutmaster. Prior to receiving his Eagle Scout badge, Dennis had re ceived 10 merit badges before he was eligible for the Eagle award. His merit badges were for citizenship in the commu nity, firemanship, forestry, basketry, camping, swim- ming, safety, personal fitness public health and Knit Will The Eagle Point Knit Wits 4-H club will hold an officers meeting Feb. 16 and the next regular meeting will be held on Feb. 18. The Jan. 21 meeting was held at the home of the leader, Mrs. James Wilson, who gave out knitting books. Two new members, Debbie Grisson and Susan Madce, were present. Two members, ife saving. Linda Chastain and Douglas Burrill, were absent The Feb. 4 meeting was called to order by the presi dent. Carol Burrill. The pledge was led by Kay Ste phenson. Mrs. Wilson gave out the 4-H records for knitting. Laqueta Stephenson, Reporter News About Servicemen VanOver explained that when a boy received this award it was an Indication that the boy had reached a pinnacle in Scouting, that he had achieved an outstanding place in teamwork and Scout craft. A Scout must early 21 merit badges, 10 of which must be in outdoor phases of Scouting. Many other awards and badges were given at the meeting to members of Troop 58, which is sponsored by the Latter Day Saints church. Following presentations of IN EXERCISE awards, Martin Webb, chair-; Army Pfr. Elmer L. Con man of the training commit- j rad. son of Mr. and Mrs. tee of the Silver Tip district, Clarence F. Conrad, 632 Cen and a member of the execu- i tral ave.. is among members live board of the Crater Lake j of the 25th Infantry division Council, was introduced as j participating in Exercise Lava speaker. I Ridge II. a combined Army- Webb explained how boys j Air Force mobility exercise earned their awards. He urg- in the Hawaiian Islandr. ed the hoys to strive for the ' Conrad, who entered the God and Country award, Army in January. 1 060. and which takes them four years arrived in Hawaii the follow to earn. He also urged that I ina July, is a driver in Corn parents take more interest in j bat Support company of the their boys and their Scouting division's 21st infantry. law teachers than younger j of Hasting: people," he said. "And since the beginning of 1953 we i haven't lost a single man over j 65 through death. It just so' happens that the health of these older men is better than that of younger men, includ ing our students." More than two decades ago, a general shortage of quali fied teachers led Snodgrass to shuck the usual practice of seeking out the profession's bright young men as instruc tors. But by 1948 the oldsters had worked out so well that Snodgrass set 65 as a mini mum hiring age, and it has remained so since. Snodgrass has strong opin ions about the wisdom - and the humanity - of his pro gram. "I say that a man who is qualified, able and willing to do superior work at 64 ought not to be thrown on the trash heap because he has another birthday . . . when a man has something to do after 65 his chances to live are automati cally extended. If he has noth ing to do, he dies." Hastings, affiliated with the University of California but run independently, employs 18 full-time teachers, the old est of whom is Prof. Everett Frascr, 83 - year - old former dean of the University of Minnesota Law school. The faculty members average 73 years of age and more than 42 years teaching experience. "We don't claim to have the best law school in the c o u n t r y." says Snodgrass, "but we do claim to have the most experienced faculty. The result have been strictly first class." The school's hiring policy has not only resulted in t.n experienced roster of teach ers, but has produced i facul ty a good deal more distin guished thin most in the world of law. In addition to Fraser, other faculty members include such well-known men as J. War ren Madden, former chairman of the National Labor Rela tions Board; and Judson A. Crane, former dean of the law school at the University of Pittsburgh. Snodgrass regards the com pulsory retirement policies followed by most educational institutions - and business and government, as well - as an anachronism in an age when people are living longer than ever before. Calls It Firing "I don't call it 'retiring,' anyway, I call it firing," he says. Snodgrass is well a-.vare thai what he regards as fal lacious thinking by other in stitutions has been to Has tings' benefit, in so far as the quality of its faculty is concerned. -Wc sort of have a Ruse Bowl here for other teach ers." as he nuts it. "Several years ago our group of over age professors was auuoea the '65 Club.' The name stuck and has become a fa miliar label among legal scholars throughout the coun try. In developing it, we at tracted one of the finest law faculties ever assembled." Snodgrass believes the fail ure of many institutions to keep, or hire, older men can be partly blamed on human nature. "There are only 19 full time professors in the entire University of California sys tem who are over 67."' he explains. "They have I h e authority to hire those over 67 (the University nf Cali fornia retirement age) but use it very sparingly. Why? It is very embarrassing to tell a teacher of 67 he can't go on teaching, then tell an other man of the same age that he can. "It's easily understandable, but I've been doing it since 1940 and I haven't been shot at yet." Hastings Growi Snodgrass plans to hire five more full-time teachers next fall because of increasing en- ! rollment. 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