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Tribune
Vol. 1, No.5
OF NEW YORK AT ALBANY
March 2, 1970
STATE UNIVERSITY
French toConfer
Order of Palms
Dean O. William Perlmutter, Col-
lege of Arts and Sciences, and Charles
W. Colman, associate dean for human-
ities, will be honored Thursday after-
noon when they will receive the insig-
nia of the Chevalier des Palmes Aca-
demiques. Conferring the honor, in be-
half of the French Government, will be
Jean-Herve Donnard, cultural counse-
lor to the French Embassy and repre-
sentative of the French universities in
the United States.
Both educators are being afforded
recognition for their contributions, as
academicians, to the development of
further understanding between the two
countries. They have been engaged,
particularly, in arrangements for
SUNYA’s present programs at Nice
and at Strasbourg and the new pre-
freshmen offering at the Sorbonne.
The ceremony will be held at 4
o’clock in the PAC lounge. Guests
will include college department chair-
men, humanities faculty, and adminis-
tration personnel.
Me
Mortis A. Copeland
Economist Honored
Economics professor Morris A.
Copeland has received the Veblen-
Commons Award from the Association
for Evolutionary Economies. He is one
of only two economists who have re-
ceived the honor conferred, not on a
regular basis, but only when merited
by outstanding achievement. The pre-
sentation was made ata meeting of the
Allied Social Science Associations.
Professor Copeland joined the faculty
two years ago.
Potter Club Establishes Fund
For Future Basketball Players
Edward E. Potter Club has estab-
lished a scholarship fund providing
$400 a year for each of two scholar-
athletes for at least two years. The
fraternity has stipulated the award go
to basketball players, unless that sport
has no qualified prospects in a given
year. The scholarship will be adminis-
tered by the financial aids office.
Professor Receives
$295,000 Ford Grant
For Indonesia Plan
The Ford Foundation has announced
a $295,000 grant to the university for
its program in Indonesia headed by
John H. Slocum, director of interna-
tional education. It is concerned with
graduate English language and teacher
training projects.
Professor Slocum, who has been
directing a program started in 1957,
leaves this month for a visit at Jakarta.
Five Indonesians, affiliated with the
program, are studying at SUNYA.
Assistance under the new grant
provides a resident consultant for a
year and additional consultant ser-
vices, Indonesian or foreign, as well
as support for research and publica
tions by Indonesian teacher-training
educators and for an Indonesian doc-
toral program among selected insti-
tutes at Bandung, Malang, and Medan.
Since 1956 the Ford Foundation
has granted more than $4.5 million for
improved teacher training and second-
ary education in Indonesia, principally
through faculties at Bandung on West
Java, Malang on East Java, and at
Medan in North Sumatra. Professor
Slocum is aiding the Indonesian Minis-
try in making an assessment of the ed-
ucational program.
SUNY doesn’t permit the use of
state funds for athletic scholarships,
but student or alumni groups may allo-
cate money for such purposes. Recipi-
ents must meet all university academic
requirements.
Varsity basketball coach Richard
Sauers called the fund ‘‘a step in the
right direction. I’d like to see other
fraternities establish similar awards,
so we can attract some of the top
players we lose now for lack of finan-
cial assistance.’’
Athletic director Alfred C. Werner
welcomed the scholarship as ‘
‘an op-
portunity to improve the development
of our intercollegiate sports program
at Albany.”
SPORTS SCHOLARSHIPS are ii
the physical education department, receives a check from Robert Umholtz
(left) and John Schneider (right) representing Potter Club.
Senate Presents Demands
To Governor
State University Faculty Senate
has presented to Governor Rockefeller
a list of nineteendemands for improve-
ment of the terms and conditions of
employment for the professional staff
of SUNY. The six-page document re-
quests certain benefits for all members
of the professional staff, additional
benefits for the teaching faculty, and
parallel benefits for the non-teaching
professional staff.
In the form of a memorandum, dated
Feb. 16, 1970, the demands have been
sent to the Governor by Frank C. Erk,
president of the Senate. They are pref-
aced by his statement that they were
prepared by the Senate ‘for arid on be-
half of the more than 12,000 members
of the professional staff which are its
constituency and which it represents...
I am confident that your interest in the
State Univers lead to their im-
plementation in the 1970-71 budget of
the State of New York.””
Senate’s first demand is to be rec-
will
ognized as the agency of the profes-
sional staff in matters of university
governance. It also requests a yearly
budget based on $15 per university
professional staff member.
Other demands which would bene-
fit all members of the professional
staff include waiver of tuition charges
at SUNY units for dependents of uni-
versity employees: increases in sick
leave, health insurance, and retirement
benefits; upgrading of the secretarial
support staff, provision for legal coun-
sel, grievance procedures, and patent
and copyright protection; and funding
for sabbatical leaves.
Senate demands on behalf of the
teaching faculty feature changes in
the
separate increments from cost-of-living
increment system which would
adjustments and establish increments
at $450, instructor; $600, assistant
professor; $750, associate professor;
itiated at State as Alfred Werner, director of
Rockefeller
$1,000, full professor. The cost-of-
living adjustment asked is 6% of sal-
ary.
Senate has also demanded the es-
tablishment of minimum salaries for
faculty at the following levels: instruc-
tor, $12,000; assistant professor,
$14,000; associate professor, $17,000;
full professor, $21,000. Four percent
of the total amount of professional sal-
aries is asked for merit increases.
Noting that ‘‘approximately one-
third of the professional staff hold ap-
pointments without academic rank”
and that this group ‘‘has been over-
lookedin compensation and conditions
of employment for a number of years,”
Senate has demanded a 40% increase
($5,000
> in the incre-
in salaries across-the-board
minimum), a 50% increa:
ment schedule, and a. minimum salary
of $9,000.
It has also demanded conditions of
employment which would provide non-
teaching professionals with term ap-
pointments of one to three years, ade-
guate notification of non-renewal of
Appointment, continuing appointments
after seven years of service, and pro-
leave after
vision for professional
seven years of service.
Phi Beta Kappa
Rejects SUNYA
SUNYA’s bid for membership in
Phi Beta Kappa, a national scholastic
honorary, has been refused. PBK’s
Committee on Qualifications sent no-
tice to the university on Jan. 21, 1970,
that “establishment of a chapter at
Albany would be premature at this
time.””
The committee cited ‘‘the curricu-
lar changes now under discussion
and....the present interregnum in the
administrative leadership of the uni-
versity”? as its primary reasons for
the refusal. [It also noted that “‘despite
the high quality of students enrolled
in degree programs in the liberal arts
and sciences, little is done, except
in two departments, to develop this
excellent potential by means of well-
planned honors work.””
The committee praised Albany for
its ‘‘impressive strength on a number
of qualitative counts,’’ including the
caliber of both faculty and students.
It urged the university to reapply for
membership before the PBK Council
meets again in 1973.
| Senators Elected
Four faculty-at-large positions on
the University Senate have been filled
by recent faculty elections.
Beginning their three year terms in
June 1970 will be James Corbett,
physics; Harry Hamilton, EOP/Atmos-
pheric Sciences; Richard Kendall, his-
tory; and David Martin, summer and
late afternoon program.
THE BURSAR’S OFFICE has made a new move to help facilitate the payment
of university bills. The move is one of location, to Business Administration
Basement 19, not one of power increase. The Alumni Office, formerly located
in Administration 315 and 336A, shifts to the vacated bursar’s office.
Reconciling Animals with Academe
Presents Problems of Pet Pollution
“Man’s best friend”, along with
his furry and feathered counterparts,
occupies a nebulous place in the uni-
versity community at the present time.
Barred from the buses, unwelcome in
the cafeterias, and forbidden in the
residence halls, a number of dogs and
an occasional monkey, iguana or boa
constrictor have nevertheless found
their way onto the campus where they
run the risk of creating dissension be-
tween animal lovers and human purists.
Although complaints have by no
means reached epidemic proportions,
there have been questions about the
propriety of animals at Albany. Admin-
istrative officials reply that the rules
are few and rely primarily on the con-
siderateness of pet owners.
University rules forbid
students to keep pets, except tropical
fish, while residence directors may
have pets if they keep them leashed.
State health laws prohibit animals in
areas where food is prepared or han-
dled. Space restrictions have forced
bus drivers to prohibit animals on the
resident
buses.
Faculty Achievements
THOMAS BROWN, music, has received
the American Society of Composers,
Authors and Publishers Popular Award.
It is given by the society in recogni-
tion of numerous performed works both
nationally and internationally. Mr.
Brown has recently published a col-
lection of five books, Drum Fun, with
Almitra Publishing Company, Inc. They
are designed for public school use.
ROBERT PRUZEK, educational psy-
chology and statistics, will be an in-
structor for the Pre-session on Multi-
variate Analysis prior to the 1970 Con-|
vocation of the American Educational
Research Association in March.
FRED TICKNER, GSPA, will speak
on “Peace Indivisible” at the break-
fast forum sponsored by the College
of General Studies on Mar. 11.
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The academic podium remains open
territory for animals, but owners are
expected to clean up after their pets.
One official referred to it as “‘part of
the concern for the environment” that
owners prevent the environment being
fouled by their pets.
| *Round the Campus
Kappa Beta fraternity will conduct an ALL UNIVERSITY CLOTHING DRIVE
for the South End Monday, Mar. 16, through Tuesday, Mar. 25. Deposit boxes
will be placed in the lower lounges of residences, Campus Center lobby, and at
the administration building staircases. Paul Lieberman has additional informa-
tion. .
. “Management Vitality—A Key to Survival and Growth in the 1970's”
will be the topic of a SEMINAR to be held at the Campus Center Mar. 17 by the
College of General Studies. . .Members of Hillel and other interested students
have been INVOLVED in the arrangements for the Judaic studies program,
staffed by volunteers, now underway
on campus. . .Friday evening, Mar. 6,
the PRINCETON CHAMBER ORCHES-
TRA will be heard in concert in the
PAC’s main theatre at 8:30. The pro-
gram is sponsored by the Music Coun-
cil. . Appearing in a recent issue of
“Inside Education’? are EXCERPTS
from Paul Meadow’s convocation ad-
dress given here in September.
United Black Educators from through-
out the state attended a TWO-DAY
MEETING held on campus under the
sponsorship of EOP. . .‘Contemporary
Soviet Press’’ will be the subject of a
LECTURE to be given Wednesday eve-
ning at 8 in the assembly hall by Pro-
fessor Poltoratzky, chairman of the de-
partment of Slavic languages at the
. Holding
regular meetings on campus is the
Albany County Audubon Society. Mem-
bers, who include many faculty, are
RNED with the promotion of
nding of
University of Pittsburgh.
environmental is-
rederick W. Moore, professor
of Romance languages and director of
has
the university’s program at Nic
Great Dane Sports
An interesting basketball triple-
header Saturday evening will mark the
close of the winter sports season. The
freshmen will host Cobleskill A&T at
5 o’clock, followed by a game between
two teams of Albany alumni at 6:30.
The varsity feature at 8:30 is against
Brooklyn College.
Other action this week is on the
road. The cagers visit Oswego tomor-
row night at 8; the swimmers compete
in the Upper New York State champion-
ships at RIT, Friday and Saturday; and
the wrestlers are in the Binghamton
Invitational the same two days.
The Brooklyn game will be coach
Dick Sauers’ 350th at Albany. He has
compiled an outstanding record in his
15 years here (234-112 through Feb.
21) and is recognized as one of the
sport’s premier coaches. Since coming
to Albany in 1955, “Doc” has estab-
lished the university as a College Di-
vision basketball power in upstate
New York.
The Great Danes have not suffered
a losing season under his guidance.
Among his best records have been 22-6
in 1960-61, 19-6 the next year, 18-4
in 1967-68, and 18-6 a year ago. Last
winter’s team, led by Albany’s first
basketball All-American, Rich Margi-
son, went to the NCAA College Divi-
sion regionals in Syracuse. Sauers had
taken teams to National Association
of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA)
in the late
fifties and early sixties, before Albany
was affiliated with the NCAA.
Dr. Sauers (he earned his Ph.D. at
Penn State) is an alumnus of Slippery
Rock (Pa.) State Teachers College.
He also received a master’s from Penn
State and spent some 40 months in the
U.S. Navy, prior to coming to Albany.
In his first season, he went 11-9 after
a 2-16 mark the previous year.
In addition to basketball, “‘Doc’’
coaches varsity golf and is in charge
of the university’s physical education
program. He competes locally in hand-
ball and golf and is good enough in
both to have won numerous area titles.
He and the former Elaine Sykes have
two children.
more events..
MONDAY-President’s Conference
tournaments four times
been ELECTED clerk of the vestry at
the American Church of the Riviera. . .
The Asian studies committee, College
of Arts and Sciences, is conducting a
SURVEY of Asian studies resources
among the faculty. Paul Miwa is chair-
man.. More than 130 persons attended
the gala New Year DINNER-DANCE
held by the Chinese Club in Brubacher
Hall. . .WILLIAM KUNSTLER, sched-
uled to speak here last Thursday, can-
celled the engagement for reasons of
“fatigue and legal responsibilities.”
Rescheduling is a possibility.
$14,230 Given
For Lake Study
Stephen 0. Wilson, geography, has
been awarded a $14,230 Science Fac-
ulty Fellowship for the next full year
by the National Science Foundation.
He will be working at Clark University,
Worcester, Mass., and in the Lake
George basin on the development of
measurement techniques for estimat-
ing man’s role in lake eutrophication
processes.
Eutrophication concerns the proc-
ess of aging, specifically, of a body
of water. Mr. Wilson will be conducting
a social science survey and estimating
the total amount of man-made products ,
such as insecticides, detergents, and
fertilizers, being brought to, and con-
sumed in, the Lake George basin.
Two years ago the geographer re-
ceived a Research Participation Grant
from NSF for the study of aspects of
the ecology of Lake George. The basin
has been designated as a focal point
for ecological research by the Interna-
tional Biological Program.
Mr. Wilson joined the SUNYA staff
in 1966. He previously worked with
the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institu-
tion on transport of Atlantic waters
into the Norwegian Sea and spent three
seasons in the Antarctic working on
oceanographic and glaciological stud-
ies of the International Geophysical
Year.
Campus Exchange
FOR SALE: 2 640-650x 15 snow tires,
$20; 2 640-650 x 15 tires and wheels,
$30. Call Don Stevens, 283-1944......
1969 Toyota Carolla Sprinter, 4-speed
with bucket interior, 5,000 miles, white
side wall tires plus 2 snow tires. Call
Mrs. Karen Berman, 462-4582 before
1:30 p.m. or after 6 p.m.......5 d-ply
belted F'70-14 radial tires, white walls,
700 miles, plus 3 14-inch rims for Che-
velle, $150. Call Mrs. Carole LeFeb-
vre, 279-9381 after 6 p.m.
ith Students, CC Patroon Lounge, 2:15 p.m.
TUESDAY-Dialogue-an informal coffee hour for faculty and freshmen, CC Pa-
troon Lounge, 9 a.m.; Speaker: Senator Emest Gruening, American
Professors for Peace in the Middle East, CC Ballroom, 8:30 p.m.
WEDNESDAY-Elections for MYSKANIA, class officers, and Alumni Board, CC
Main Lounge, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Lecture: ‘‘Contemporary Soviet
Press and Propaganda,” Nikolai P. Poltoratsky, LC 5, 8 p.m.
THURSDAY-Elections for MYSKANIA, class officers, and Alumni Board, CC
Main Lounge, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Film: ‘‘The Coconuts’’-with Marx
Brothers, State Quad, LC 6, 7 p.m. and 9:15 p.m.; Informal class:
“New Trends in Jewish Thought,” Hillel, HU 115, 7:30 p.m.
FRIDAY-Course in transcendental meditation, Yoga Club, CC Assembly Hall,
7 p.m.; Film: “Requiem for a Heavyweight,” IFG, LC 18, 7 p.m. and
9:15 p.m.; Film: “The Sand Pebbles,” State Quad, LC 7, 7:30 p.m.
