Tower
Tribune
Vol. 3, No. 32
NEW YORK AT ALBANY
May 8, 1972
“SYMBIOSIS,” a lithograph by Beatrice Albert, is one of the works on display through
May 20 in the Art Gallery. Featured are six one-man exhil
itions by candidates for the
master of arts degree in studio art. Other artists whose works are being shown are John
Blanchfield, Walter Jerome, Cornelia McSheehy, Gerard Salata, and Timothy Sauter.
A-E Grading Decision Postponed;
UAC Offers Exemptions to S-U
By a vote of 28-20-8, Senate has
postponed all further discussion on a pro-
posal to return to A-E grading for under-
graduates pending completion of a stu-
dent opinion poll on that and other
grading proposals. Senate also voted to
ask the Student Association to conduct
such a poll, although it set no deadline
for when it should be taken.
The Undergraduate Academic Coun-
cil has since voted to grant exemptions to
S-U grading to freshmen and sophomores
who file petitions by July 5 for summer
school and by Sept. 6 for the fall se-
mester. Applications are available in the
University College, ULB 36.
President Names
Libraries Chief
C. James Schmidt, currently com-
pleting his doctoral studies at Florida
State University, Tallahassee, will become
director of libraries here on June 1.
John J. Farley, dean of the School of
Library and Information Science, served
as chairman of the selection committee
which recommended Mr. Schmidt to
President Benezet. The committee con-
sidered the applications of about 40 ap-
plicants and interviewed extensively more
than 12 persons.
Dean Farley said that the new ap-
pointee, who is 32, was the youngest ap-
plicant interviewed. He has served as di-
rector of undergraduate libraries at Ohio
State University, a larger operation than
SUNYA’s.
Mr. Schmidt, who possesses im-
pressive academic credentials and has had
considerable experience in his field, is
studying at Florida State on a U.S. Office
of Education fellowship. He has had
much of his work published and 30 of his
book reviews have appeared in Library
Journal since 1968.
In otheraction at its May 1 special
meeting, Senate approved three of the
four remaining council restructuring bills
and referred the Council on Faculty Pro-
motions and Continuing Appointments
bill to the Executive Committee pending
the report of a special ad hoc study group
which has been examining the ap-
propriate role and function for that coun-
cil.
Senate also passed a proposal to
grant credit toward graduation for physi-
cal education courses. Another part of
the bill, which would abolish the physical
education requirement, needs the ap-
proval of the SUNY Chancellor before it
can go into effect.
Eight bills are on the agenda for the
final regularly-scheduled meeting of the
1971-72 Senate today at 3 p.m. in the CC
Assembly Hall. Special sessions could be
called if the Senate does not finish action
on them today,
An organizational meeting of the
1972-73 Senate is scheduled for tomorrow
at 1:30 p.m. in the CC Assembly Hall.
Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., Slated
As Commencement Speaker
Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., noted author
and a favorite of the Now Generation,
will be the speaker at the 128th annual
commencement program Saturday, May
20. The academic procession will get
underway at 1:30 p.m. and at 2 o’clock
the formal ceremony will begin on the
football field.
Mr. Vonnegut, a brother of Bernard
Vonnegut, SUNYA professor of atmos-
pheric science, has chosen as the subject
for his commencement address the ques-
tion, “Is Honesty Really the Best Poli-
cy?”. Among the writer’s most popular
works are Cat’s Cradle, Slaughterhouse
-Five, Happy Birthday, Wanda June, and
Welcome to the Monkey House.
The rain plan provides for two cere-
monies. At 2 p.m. the undergraduate pro-
gram will take place in the Physical Edu-
cation Building. The graduate ceremony
will follow at 4 o’clock at the same lo-
cation.
At 10:30 a.m. on the same day the
School of Nursing will hold its second
convocation ceremony in the main lobby
outside the Recital Hall in the Performing
Arts Center. Kathleen Welch, director of
planning and research, New York State
Nurses Association, will give the address
to the 19-member graduating class.
Presiding at the pinning ceremony will be
Dorothy M. Major, dean, and Doris T.
Geiss, adviser to the class.
Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
As part of the commencement festiv-
ities, a free breakfast for seniors and their
parents will be provided in the State Quad-
rangie cafeteria from 8 a.m. to 10.a.m. The
breakfast will have limited capacity neces-
sitating service on a first-come, first-served
basis.
A total of 2,569 degrees and 28 certifi-
cates are expected to be awarded.
Events Planned
For Senior Week
They’re getting it all together for
Senior Week and, if the weatherman co-
operates, it should be a good show.
Tuesday, May 16, there'll be a Night
at the Races with a prime rib dinner at
the Saratoga Racetrack clubhouse. A race
will be named, and a trophy presented, in
honor of the Senior Class. For theater
buffs, there’ll be a trip to Broadway’s
“Fiddler on the Roof”.
Wednesday’s events include outdoor
fun at the Mohawk Campus and, in the
evening, Woody Allen’s “Bananas” in LC
7. The next day features a Lake George
cruise aboard the Ticonderoga and, in the
evening, a concert and beer party. Folk
singer Bonnie Raitt will perform behind
the Campus Center and the beer party is
slated later in the Rathskellar.
Torch Night ceremonies will begin
Friday, May 19, at 8:30 p.m. on the front
steps of the Administration Building.
Each senior will pass his torch to an
underclassman. A reception will follow at
the Campus Center.
Faculty Meeting Set
The semi-annual faculty meeting will
be held at 10 a.m. tomorrow in the CC
Ballroom. Coffee and tea will be served in
the main lounge beginning at 9:00.
Items for faculty action will include
the election of members to the faculty
committee on nominations and elections,
a proposal to reallocate funds earlier as-
signed to the faculty social board, and a
decision by the faculty concerning the
continuation of students in the Senate.
Task Force Submits Interim Report to EPC
An interim report of the Long Range
Planning Task Force, appointed by Presi-
dent Benezet on Mar. 1 and charged with
recommending a detailed enrollment pro-
jection for the next five years, has been
received by President Benezet and turned
over to the Council on Educational Policy
for review and advisement.
Dwight C. Smith, Jr., chairman, has
pointed out that the report contains no
numbers because numbers by themselves
do not provide an adequate base for pro-
gram planning and development. “To be
Last Issue
Today’s is the last issue of the Tower
Tribune for the spring semester. The Trib-
une will resume publication for the sum-
mer on Monday, June 26.
useful to the university, projections must
result from consideration of two prior
questions; namely, what will be our en-
rollment policies and what will be the en-
rollment pressures,” he said, adding, “In
order to clarify what our policies might
be we felt it advisable to try to specify
intent on the part of the university.”
The interim report consists of a series
of suggested statements concerning the
institutional character that SUNYA
wishes to preserve and advance, the goals
SUNYA wishes to realize as a university
center, the predictable contingencies
which will govern campus objectives and,
within that framework, a series of pro-
gram priorities.
The purpose of suggesting alternate
program priorities now is to alert SUNYA
to some difficult choices that are likely to
emerge as enrollment pressures and
SUNYA’s development intentions unfold.
Areas of program concern include po-
tential priority conflicts among teacher
preparation, other professional education,
educational opportunity programs, en-
vironmental studies, graduate education,
and the natural sciences.
Pending further comment on the in-
terim report, the task force is looking at
some of the factors which will govern en-
rollment pressures in the near future. One
of the principal factors which emerged last
fall is SUNY’s new policy concerning re-
gionalism. Although the impact of region-
alism is as yet unclear, the concept itself
poses a new set of ground rules for SUNYA
development.
Alumni Day Programming
Includes Giving of Awards
Some 400 alumni are expected to be
on campus for Alumni Day activities this
Saturday. Class reunions, the annual
Alumni Association meeting, presentation
of alumni awards, and the All-Alumni
Banquet are among the scheduled events.
Alumni also will have an opportunity
to view the master of arts exhibition in
the Art Gallery, to take advantage of an
art sale and a student flea market, and to
participate in an ice cream social.
32 Professors
Receive Tenure
Thirty-two requests for continuing ap-
pointment were approved during 1971-72.
They become effective in September and
are as follows:
Sylvia Barnard, classics; Wilma Bid-
well, curriculum and instruction; Stephen
Brown, biology; Robert Carmack, anthro-
pology; Anne Cioppa, nursing; Diva
Daims, English; Deborah Dorfman, Eng-
lish; Peter Furst, anthropology; Jacquelyn
Gavryck, university library; Herbert Ger-
juoy, public administration; and George
Hastings, English.
Also, John Hoagland, business;
Robert Hoffman, history; Erik Hoff-
mann, political science; Robert A. Hum-
phreys, criminal justice; Edward Jennings,
English; Robert Kinsman, art; Anthony
Lento, off-campus supervisor; Richard
Lewis, on-campus supervisor; Walter
Lifton, counseling; Margaret Lindsay,
nursing; Marjorie Meyer, nursing; Robert
Neiderberger, Milne; Michael Rosenzweig,
biology; David Serrone, nursing; Alex
Shane, Slavic languages and literature;
William Simmons, psychology; Dean
Snow, anthropology; Kenneth Stem,
philosophy; James Tedeschi, psychology;
Sefton Temkin, Judaic studies; and Pauline
Vaillancourt, library science.
A list of continuing appointments
which become effective in September
1973 will be published at a later date.
Applications Open
For Fulbright Grants
Applications are now available for
the 1973-74 competition for grants for
graduate study or research abroad and for
professional training in the creative and
performing arts. About 550 awards to 37
countries will be available through the
Mutual Education and Cultural Exchange
(Fulbright-Hays) Act of 1961, foreign
governments, universities, and private
donors. Candidates must be U.S. citizens
and meet academic and professional re-
quirements according to the grant for
which they apply.
Applications may be obtained from
Michael Freedman, assistant dean of
undergraduate studies, in AD 218. Dead-
line for filing is Oct. 1, 1972. In addition,
Dr. Freedman has sent a memo to deans
and department chairman asking for nomi-
nations of students they feel might qualify
for the awards. Deadline for those nomi-
nations is June 1.
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The art sale will be in the CC Gallery
from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Conducted by the
Roten Galleries of Baltimore, it will fea-
ture prints, lithographs, woodcuts, and
other works by both contemporary artists
and “old masters”. The student flea
market will be in front of the Campus
Center. For sale will be jewelry, leather —
goods, and other examples of student
handicrafts. The ice cream social will be
in the Campus Center Gardens following
the noon luncheon for alumni.
Announcement of the Alumni As-
sociation photo contest winners and pres-
entation of several alumni awards will be
made at the Alumni Association meeting
at 10 a.m. in the CC Assembly Hall. Four
awards will be made to outstanding
seniors: the Adna Risley Award for the
student outstanding in history scholar-
ship, leadership, and athletics; the Mil-
dred Schmidt Award for the student out-
standing in classics; the Agnes E. Futterer
Award for the student outstanding in
theater; and the Ada Craig Walker Award
for the senior woman who best typifies
the ideals of the university.
Distinguished Alumni Awards, the
highest honor conferred on alumni by the
association, will be given to four alumni at
the Saturday night banquet.
SHE'S TOPS! Patricia E. Brady receives the National Bu:
ess Education Association
Award of Merit for academic excellence, participation in student activities, and leader-
ship in student education from Roswell E. Fairbank, department chairman.
’Round the Campus
Announced candidates for area boards of education have included William Sheehan
and Barbara Rotundo, faculty, and Edward Reinfurt, Jr., and George Gasser, stu-
dents. . Allen Collegiate Center dean, Seth Spellman, and Atmospheric Sciences Re-
search Center director, Vincent Schaefer, were interviewed recently on WRGB’s Capi-
tal News Conference programs. .. SUNYA has received a $5,000 grant from the Gen-
eral Electric Foundation for graduate research and study in the area of business
management. . . Stylianos Scordilis, doctoral candidate, gave the initial concert on the
giant organ being restored in Troy Music Hall. . Pulitzer Prize winner David Halber-
stam gave the first Paw! Bulger lecture at State University College at Buffalo. Former
president Bulger is now on the faculty here... Honored by Friends of the Albany
Public Library was Melvin Urofsky, assistant dean of innovative and developmental
FSA Director, Lawyer Resign;
Board Foresees Spending Cutbacks
Two major changes in personnel have
been announced by the board of directors
of Faculty-Student Association. Execu-
tive Director Robert Cooley has sub-
mitted his resignation effective Oct. 31,
and the employment of a full-time legal
counsel, Chandler Stein, has been discon-
tinued.
Mr. Cooley has withdrawn from ac-
tive direction of FSA and expects to com-
plete his activities with the association
this summer. He has not announced his
future plans. Norbert Zahm, assistant di-
rector, has been appointed associate di-
rector, effective immediately, and has as-
sumed direct responsibility for operating
management of FSA.
Mr. Stein’s resignation will be ef-
fective June 30. His position was discon-
tinued as part of a major program to re-
duce administrative costs of FSA. Legal
matters will be handled through a retainer
contract for routine items and direct pay-
ment for extraordinary situations during
the coming year. The board of directors
has offered Mr. Stein the opportunity to
continue as legal counsel on a retainer
contract and he has the offer under con-
sideration.
In recommending approval of the
proposed 1972-73 budget to the member-
Contract Talks
Deans, directors, and department
chairmen will attend an orientation pro-
gram Friday, May 19, concerning imple-
mentation of the agreement between New
York State and the Senate Professional
Association (SPA). The program is sched-
uled from 9 a.m.-2:45 p.m. in the CC As-
sembly Hall.
Panel members will be Caesar Naples,
assistant vice chancellor for employee re-
lations; Vice President Lewis P. Welch
and Assistant Vice President Sorrell E.
Chesin of the University Affairs Office;
and Dean Elmer Mathews and Assistant
Dean Henry Mau of the Personnel Ad-
ministration Office.
ship, the board indicated it would be
necessary to achieve substantial curtail-
ments of expenditures in all operations to
balance the budget for next year.
The board passed resolutions
thanking Mr. Cooley for his service since
1967 and Mr. Stein for his service since
1968.
Faculty Notes
M.E. GRENANDER, English, has written
an article entitled “Ph.D. Reference Man-
ship” in the AAUP Bulletin.
DAVID JACKSON, sociology, along with
graduate students Adrien Tieman, Ed
Bradly, and Harriet Einziger, presented a
paper entitled “The Facilitating Effects
of Non-Verbal Communication and At-
traction” at the annual meeting of the
Upstate New York Sociological Associ-
ation.
TAMARA KNELL, music, prepared the
chorus of Mt. Holyoke College for per-
formances of Prokofiev’s Alexander
Nevesky. The work was performed at Wil-
liams College, Carnegie Hall, and the John
Kennedy Center.
MARK S. MONMONIER, geography,
presented a paper entitled “Spatial-
Temporal Trends in Farm Mechanization:
The Tractor in New York and Pennsyl-
vania, 1930-1964” at the Middle States-
New England meeting of Association of
American Geographers in New York.
RICHARD ORVILLE, atmospheric sci-
ence, spoke on “Introduction to the
Lightning Flash” at an AAAS meeting in
Philadelphia.
Correction
Personnel Records Control regrets
two errors in the promotion listing pub-
lished in the May 1 issue. Morris Finder
has been promoted from associate pro-
fessor to full professor and Richard Weeks,
from instructor to assistant professor.
education. ..Also honored recently was
Janet Hood, director of health services.
Dr. Hood received a Resolution of Merit
from the Planned Parenthood Association
of Albany. . . Plans are underway for a $3
million motel to be built on land around
the Silo Restaurant on Western Avenue
opposite the campus. ..Sophomores Don-
nell Underwood and Reginald Knox were
active participants in the Conference on
College Composition and Communication
held recently in Boston. . Albert C. Mos-
sin has been named acting dean of the
School of Business...The parking area
near Indian Quad and the biology,
physics, and chemistry buildings will be
closed on May 22 for two months for re-
pairs. When reopened, it will be restricted
to special permit parking only. . . Faculty
desiring to participate in the Volunteer
Speakers Service of the U.S. Information
Abroad Agency may write to Elizabeth
Carver.
Campus Exchange
FOR RENT: 12-room house, 5 bed-
rooms, 2% baths, furnished, Bethlehem
school system, 20 minutes from SUNYA,
available for one year. Call P. Ray,
439-5777. ..... 4-bedroom house, fur-
nished, between St. Peter’s Hospital and
SUNYA, available July 1 to June 30,
1973. Call 438-6316 after 3 p.m.
FOR SALE: 3-bedroom Cape Cod house,
fireplace, trees, Burnt Hills schools. Call
399-4875...... 4-bedroom house,
walking distance to SUNYA, price in
mid-20’s. Call 482-3776. ..... 5-bedroom
colonial in Country Knolls, basement
photo lab, 2/3 wooded acre, 20 minutes
from SUNYA. Call 877-7353......
Chimes, electric, octave and 1/2, key-
board, attaches to piano organ, asking
$125. Call 458-1885. .... Panther porta-
ble organ, double keyboard, Ampeg B-15
amplifier. Call Mike Twomey,
463-1670..... . 3-bedroom early Ameri-
can house in McKownville, 3 baths, raised
fireplace, 2-car garage, price in mid-40’s.
Call 438-1947...... 3-bedroom ranch in
Guilderland, 1% baths, air conditioned,
2-car garage, 6 minutes from campus. Call
482-7631 after 5 p.m.
WANTED: Texts for parasitology, cell bi-
ology, and Chem 342, good condition.
Call 449-5236.
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