Hastings Law School Prefers Instructors Over Age 65
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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
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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-
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MedfordSTribune
MEDFORD. OREGON. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14. 1963
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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
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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. Although the oldest
I law school in the west. Has
tings remained a relatively
,mll er-hnnl Itntil after WoflH
War I. It is now the largest;
'This idea threatens tn rhnVo i nni ...m-oa ; i- i
The greatest evil of mod-1 us as far as education is con-1 ter."
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