Tower
Tribune
Vol. 2, No. 3
STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT ALBANY
September 14, 1970
President Begins Campus Forums
In his first Campus Forum, President
Benezet last Wednesday announced that
the SUNYA Benevolent Association, Inc.,
had awarded a $10,000 grant to help
establish a child day care center. The
money is only part of the $73,765
estimated necessary to undertake the
project. The President has committed
himself to obtain the funds and said he
has taken steps to request permission
from the Bureau of the Budget to use
university savings for that purpose.
The next forum, which is an
outgrowth of the traditional President’s
conference with students which President
Collins initiated some time ago, will be
held at 2 p.m., Monday, September 21, in
the Campus Center Patroon Lounge. Dr.
Benezet noted that the university has
grown too large for one man to have all
the answers, so he will ask the
appropriate persons to attend the
meetings and provide the necessary
information. Agenda items should be
submitted to Miss Bette Herzog (AD 216,
7-5976).
Student Association President David
Neufeld reported on the legal action
against SA’s expenditure of funds for
political projects. Currently, a restraining
order has frozen funds for the Third
World Liberation Front, the day care
center, the free school, and for unpaid
expenses incurred during last spring’s
strike.
Dr. Benezet offered to write a letter
indicating the university’s need for the
day care funds. Mr. Neufeld said that
might aid SA in its efforts to have the
restraining order lifted.
Also being tested in the case are
questions of mandatory student tax and
final control of student funds. Mr.
Neufeld indicated SA is prepared to
appeal all the way to the U.S. Supreme
Court, if necessary.
Vice President for Student Affairs
Clifton Thorne reviewed the question of
birth control. He said two possibilities are
to invite a chapter of Planned Parenthood
on campus or to work through the
existing Student Health Service facilities.
The question remains under study.
Day Care Center
Politically Neutral Stance
Endorsed for
By a vote of 197 to 77 with eight
abstentions the SUNYA faculty passed a
resolution on Tuesday asserting the need
for the university to be aloof from
political involvement.
The resolution was proposed by
Morris Finder, associate professor of
English education, and Hans Pohlsander,
associate professor of classics and
comparative literature. It was a substitute
version of the one they had originally
brought before the faculty at its Sept. 1
meeting. Changes were made after
consultation with both proponents and
opponents of the resolution.
Developments
Include Interviews for Director
Coming into clearer focus are plans
for a day care center after a month of
committee meetings and efforts to obtain
the necessary funds. President Benezet
has agreed to seek approximately
$75,000 for initial operating costs.
Initial plans call for a center accom-
modating 45 children three to six years of
age, with parentage limited to undergrad-
uate and graduate students. The most
likely location will be the former library
at Pierce Hall on the downtown campus.
Hours will be 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on
Women’s Rights Caucus in SUNY
Schedules Saturday Conference
The second conference of the Caucus
on Women’s Rights at State University of
New York at Albany will be held here
Saturday in the Campus Center Assembly
Hall. It will begin at 9:30 a.m. and end at
5 p.m., to be followed by a press confer-
ence at 5:30 p.m.
On the agenda are reports of activi-
ties and actions since the last conference
in June, adoption of a proclamation, and
workshops to plan further action. Three
Albany faculty prominently identified
with plans for the converence are Joan
Schultz, Diva Daims, and Ruth Schmidt.
Five workshops are planned: Univer-
sity Level Action - tactics for presenta-
tion of the demands to the university
(local and statewide administration, chan-
cellor, trustees, presidents) and for get-
ting endorsement of local and statewide
faculty senates, AAUP, AAUW, and the
like, and setting up negotiating bodies;
Bargaining Agents - tactics to achieve en-
Proposal Discussion
The university community is invited
to attend a program Wednesday evening
when the doctor of arts degree program
proposal will be discussed. The meeting
will begin at 8 o’clock in Campus Center
Room 315.
Questions will be answered and sug-
gestions will be received by Arthur Col-
lins, committee chairman, Robert Petten-
gill and Jack Smith, of the committee,
and Michael Haines, graduate assistant.
dorsement of caucus demands by bargain-
ing agents (e. g. CSEA, AFT, and similar
groups), in particular concerning pay,
health insurance, life insurance, child care
centers.
Also, State and Local Level - tactics
to achieve endorsement by state and local
legislatures and political candidates; Wo-
men’s Studies - tactics for initiating im-
plementation of the women’s studies pro-
gram demand; and Day Care Centers -
tactics for getting implementation of the
child day care center demand.
At Saturday’s meeting, workshops
will reassemble after lunch to finish work
and to summarize their deliberations. At
1 o'clock the conference will reconvene
in full session. There will be a report on
the status of a plan of affirmative action
and follow-up strategy and a steering
committee will be chosen.
Later in the afternoon, after a coffee
recess, resolutions formulated in work-
shops will be offered for adoption.
An opportunity will be provided for
those who wish to learn more about the
organization at a meeting Wednesday af-
ternoon in the Humanities lounge at
3:30. There will be a local discussion of
the demands under consideration.
A mailing is going out to women fac-
ulty identifiable from the new “Under-
graduate Bulletin”. Those who cannot at-
tend the meeting but plan to attend the
conference are asked to notify Miss
Schultz.
days when university classes are in ses-
sion.
Seth T. Spellman, assistant to the
president and chairman of the advisory
committee, reports that the center will be
an agency of the School of Social Wel-
fare. Financial support is being sought
through the central administration of
State University of New York. Other pos-
sible sources of needed funds are private
donations and contributions from within
the university community. Tuition has
not been established yet but estimates
under ordinary circumstances are in the
neighborhood of $35 per child per week.
Costs for the care of children under
three years of age increase considerably
to meet state law requirements. The ratio
of staff to children jumps to at least one
staff member for every infant. For older
children, staff needs decrease to one per
1S:
Interviewing is underway for a direc-
tor of the center. Still required is renova-
tion of facilities at Pierce and the ap-
pointing of additional staff to carry out
the program.
On the advisory committee working
with the School of Social Welfare are
Ralph W. Beisler, Cecile David, Shirley
Yablonsky, Lois H. Gregg, Richard M.
Clark, Jack Green, Bettye Zeringue, Mrs.
Curtis C. Smith, and Dr. Spellman. Repre-
sentatives of Women’s Liberation serving
on the committee include Mrs. Barbara
Pelton, Mrs. Elizabeth Ewen, and Mrs.
Sally Pollock. Mr. Green is a student and
Mrs. Smith is the wife of a faculty mem-
ber. Others are with schools or
administrative offices.
Student Sentenced
Vernon P. Bowen, a sophomore, was
found guilty of criminal mischief and sen-
tenced on Tuesday, Sept. 8, to the maxi-
mum term of a year in jail. Bowen was
arrested in connection with a glass-
breaking incident in the Colonial Quad
dining room on April 15. A Supreme
Court justice has granted a certificate of
reasonable doubt which states that
Bowen is entitled to be out on bail pend-
ing his appeal. The motion to appeal was
made by Bowen’s attorney, Michael Feit.
University
The resolution as passed by the
faculty states:
In this troubled world there is need
for places at which the disciplines are
taught, their frontiers extended, and their
usefulness for solving the problems of
man explored. We assume that this
university is such a place. That purpose
implies the following:
1. That this university be an open
and inclusive society devoted to free and
untrammeled teaching, learning, and
research, and that members of this
society be assured the right of dissent,
freedom from coercion and intimidation,
and freedom of political association and
activity.
2. That this university be dedicated
to the search for truth, but that in its
corporate capacity it does not officially
endorse any particular version of the
truth, be it a matter of political or social
philosophy or of scientific theory.
3. That this university and this
faculty be committed to due process and
to persuasion through reason as the only
acceptable means for governing and
improving this university.
Opponents of the resolution had
argued that a university, by existing in a
society and educating citizens of that
society, is in effect supporting the
political ideologies and social
philosophies upon which that society is
founded.
SUPA/A Meeting
On Wednesday
The third quarterly meeting of the
State University Professional Association
(SUPA) at Albany is scheduled for noon
Wednesday in the Assembly Hall.
Agenda items include a proposed
resolution concerning the rights of non-
teaching professionals during disruptive
times, a discussion of the Administrative
Salary Plan, a proposed amendment to as-
sociation by-laws in regard to dues, and
general information regarding bargaining
agents.
The resolution that will be presented
to the membership for consideration de-
clares that “Whenever scheduled univer-
sity activities are suspended or modified,
non-teaching professional staff members
shall have the same opportunities and
privileges as teaching faculty to engage in
alternative activity without penalty or
coercion in regard to their jobs.”
Sometime this year, in accordance
with the Taylor Law, the entire profes-
sional staff (teaching and non-teaching)
of SUNY will select a bargaining agent.
Agents seeking to represent the
professionals are CSEA, American Feder-
ation of Teachers, American Association
of University Professors, and Senate Pro-
fessional Association or Faculty Senate.
The qualifications and merits of each will
be discussed at the SUPA/Albany
meeting.
General Studies Offers
13 Non-Credit Courses
Thirteen non-credit courses are being
offered this fall by the College of General
Studies. They are open to anyone on a
first-come, first-served basis upon registra-
tion at the college, AD 241.
The Writers Institute will offer three
writing workshops. A ten-session work-
shop in prose writing will be held on
alternate Tuesday evenings starting
October 6. Fee is $40.
Children’s Writing will explore the
techniques of writing stories, poetry, and
articles for children’s interests at varying
age levels. The eight session workshop
will meet on Monday evenings starting
October 5. The fee is $30.
A technical writing workshop will be
held on 12 Tuesday evenings starting Sep-
tember 29. Written assignments and class
discussions will be adapted to the back-
grounds and interests of the registrants.
Fee will be $45.
Beginning October 6 a Religion and
Arts Seminar will be offered on eight con-
secutive Tuesday evenings. It will analyze
the contemporary connections between
religion and drama, painting, architecture,
plastic arts, film, poetry, prose, music and
the dance. Fee will be $25.
Reading improvement courses will be
given Tuesday evenings starting Septem-
ber 29-November 3, and November
10-December 15. The six-session courses
include practice with reading machines,
vocabulary improvement, directed read-
ing with emphasis on fact retention, skim-
ming, and accelerated reading speed. Fee
will be $20.
Courses in English for non-native
speakers will be given both daytime and
evenings. The courses will meet three
times a week and are designed for begin-
ner to advanced level. Fee is $15 per
course.
Art gallery talks will be given from
2-3 p.m. on the following Mondays: Sep-
tember 21, October 19, March 8, April
12. Both art lectures and catalogs are
included in the $3 fee.
Weekend Activities
Plentiful at Mohawk
New hours for the Mohawk Campus
went into effect Sept. 4 and will remain
in effect through Nov. 15. General pic-
nicking, boating, canoeing, and sailing
will be available from 1-4:30 p.m. on Fri-
days and 12 noon to 4:30 p.m. on
Saturdays and Sundays.
Horseback riding will be available by
appointment from 14 p.m. on Fridays
and 10 a.m.-12 noon and 14 p.m. on
Saturdays and Sundays. The Snack Bar
will be open from 12 noon to 4:30 p.m.
on Fridays and Saturdays and 1-4:30
p.m. on Sundays. During the week, Mo-
hawk facilities may be reserved for use.
Boating and canoeing charges are
$.50 per hour. All persons using sailboats
must be members of Sailing Club and
have a club ID card. Donald Schmalberger
may be contacted at 7-3207 or 459-4750
for membership information. Horseback
riding is $2.50 per hour with a SUNYA
ID card, $3.50 per hour for a guest.
Register for Parking
All members of the university com-
munity who bring cars on campus must
register their vehicles this fall. Re-registra-
tion is required in each even-numbered
year. New decals may be obtained from
the Security Office on Fuller Road. Reg-
istration fee is $1 per vehicle and the ex-
piration date for current decals is Oct. 5.
A daytime course planned for fall is
introduction to geology. The six-session
course will include lectures, slides, and a
field trip. Fee is $25.
“Focus on Albany and the 1970's” is
a daytime seminar which meets for five
sessions in the fall and five in the spring.
The $6 registration fee covers all ten
sessions. Programs for the fall series in-
clude exploration of Albany’s art re-
sources, lecture on money management,
services available for the retired, and a
discussion of student unrest on campuses.
A. six-session course in modern in-
vesting will be given on Monday evenings
starting October 5. The course is designed
to give the investor an understanding of
investment procedures. Fee is $15.
On September 29 a ten-session
evening class in oil painting will begin for
the beginning as well as the experienced
painter. The course fee, $35, covers the
cost of instruction. Students will provide
their own materials.
From October 7-November 27 will
be a seminar in American folk music,
both traditional and contemporary. Folk
instruments and songs will be demon-
strated to illustrate the basic sounds and
patterns of American folk music.
Registration fee is $25.
“‘News: The Message or the
Medium,” an eight-session evening course
beginning October 7 on consecutive
Wednesdays from 7:30-9:30 p.m., will in-
vestigate the manner in which treatment
of the news varies among the media. Fee
will be $25.
Gym Schedules
Recreation Time
Recreation hours at the Physical Ed-
ucation Building for 1970-71 are as fol-
lows: Swimming—7-10 p.m. Monday,
Wednesday, Friday; 8-10 p.m. Tuesday,
Thursday; 1-5 p.m. and 7-10 p.m. Satur-
day, Sunday.
Squash and handball—6-11 p.m.
Monday through Thursday; 8 am.-11
p-m. Friday, Saturday; 1-11 p.m. Sunday.
Main gymnasium for basketball, volley-
ball, and badminton—6-11 p.m. Monday
through Thursday; 8 a.m.-11 p.m. Friday,
Saturday; 1-11 p.m. Sunday.
All facilities of the building are avail-
able during the Sunday 1-6 p.m. hours
when faculty, students, and staff are en-
couraged to bring all their family. Chil-
dren must be under the direct supervision
of their parents. The family swim ends at
Spm.
A $2.00 fee is charged to both men
and women for use of the towel service.
Men may pay an additional $2.00 deposit
for a locker and lock. Fees will be collec-
ted in the general office, PE 135, from
8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday-Friday.
Project Requests Due
Applications are now being sought
for the 1970-71 SUNY University Awards
Committee programs for support of
scholarly and creative activities of faculty
members. Three programs will provide
from $100 to $3,200 in project supports.
They are a continuation of the Faculty
Research Fellowship and Grant-in-Aid
programs.
Full-time faculty members may ap-
ply for only one of the three programs.
Guidelines for programs and application
forms are available from the Office of the
Vice President for Research, AD 231,
7-4345. Final deadline is Oct. 15.
PARTICIPATING IN THE ANNUAL HOMECOMING PARADE is just one
the
many campus activities in which Greeks take an active role. They are also prominent in
community service projects such as blood drives and tutoring.
Fraternities, Sororities Prepare
For Upperclassman Rush Season
Fraternity and sorority rushing for
upperclassmen and transfer students will
begin next week with the Inter-Fraternity
Council’s Smoker and the Inter-Sorority
Council’s Coker. The Smoker is set for
Sept. 25 at 7 p.m. in the CC Ballroom
and the Coker will be on Sept. 27 at 2
p.m. in the CC Ballroom. Freshman rush
will occur in the spring with all freshmen
having at least 12 credits eligible to rush.
Inter-Fraternity Council represents
the nine fraternities on campus. Eight
sororities make up the Inter-Sorority
Council. Each council sets up and en-
forces its own rules governing rush.
The IFC Smoker is a mandatory
meeting of all potential male rushees. Fol-
lowing the Smoker, two weeks of in-
formal rushing will begin. During that
period a rushee must pay a $2 registration
fee and attend at least five different fra-
ternity open houses. Each of the nine
fraternities will sponsor six events.
Contract Awarded
A contract valued at $188,000 and
covering preparation of the site for the
construction of Physical Education
Building II here has been awarded to
James H. Maloy, Inc., of Loudonville, by
the State University Construction Fund.
Edward Durell Stone & Associates of
New York is the architect on the project.
The work consists of the rough grading
required to consolidate the existing
subsurface conditions in preparation for
the foundations of the field house.
The job calls for the clearing and
removal of existing tree stumps and root
systems, removal of a quicksand bog area
which has been encountered, and the
replacement with solid landfill. An
overburden also will be placed on top of
the foundation location of the building
where it will be allowed to set for several
months until the start of construction
early next spring.
The site preparation contract is
slated to be completed by Oct. 23. Work
may be expected to start within the next
one to two weeks. Although earth-hauling
vehicles will be using the east perimeter
road, no serious interference with campus
traffic is expected.
The excess fill from the Indian
Quadrangle will be placed on the field
house site thus clearing the Indian Quad
area for ultimate landscaping.
The remaining two weeks of rushing
will be formally conducted. The fraterni-
ties will sponsor events such as open
houses, beer kegs, and mixers with sorori-
ties on an invitational basis. Following
formal rush, each fraternity will issue bids
to the men they want to induct into their
brotherhood. Formal initiation will con-
clude the rushing process.
Further information on IFC Rushing
may be obtained from Terry Wilburt, IFC
president, 7-7959.
A fashion show is tentatively
scheduled for the ISC Coker, which is op-
tional. Registration for the sorority rush
will be held in the Campus Center from
Sept. 28-30. Compulsory open houses
will be held on Oct. 5-6. Rushees will be
required to visit all eight sororities at this
time.
Optional open houses are scheduled
for Oct. 12-15. Following this, rushees
will be invited to visit individual houses
from Oct. 19-22. An invitational punch
party will be held on Oct. 26.
Bids will be distributed the morning
of Oct. 27 for that evening’s “conflict”
parties and final bids will be given out on
Oct. 28. ISC rushing will conclude on
Oct. 29 with pledge parties. Additional
information may be obtained from
Kathleen Murphy, rush captain, 7-7898.
SUNY Offers Students
Study-Abroad Funds
Students who are interested in
studying abroad independently may
qualify for partial financial support
through the State University of New
York Office of International Studies and
World Affairs (ISWA). Funding has been
made available by the Legislature on the
assumption that 2,000 students from
SUNY would study outside of the United
States in 1970-71.
Each student applying for partial
support must complete an ISWA
Independent Study Proposal Format. The
form must be approved by the
department which will grant credit to the
student and must be transmitted to the
president. Forms are available in the
office of the Director of International
Programs, AD 238, or in the Office of
International Studies, SS 111.
Faculty and staff are urged to help in
identifying all students who might benefit
from this support for independent study
abroad.
Campus Opinion
SERIOUS QUESTIONS
The start of the fall term raises
questions on campuses across the
country. Will calm prevail or will the
widespread disturbances of last spring
resume? What will be the response this
year of the moderate students, those who
are concerned with current issues, but
who also are concerned with continuing
their education in a sane atmosphere?
What is the role of the faculty, the
administration, in maintaining order on
campus? What are the responsibilities of
these groups to the student who desires
instruction in his chosen field, rather than
variously-termed “liberation” classes?
Finally, and perhaps most important,
will the public, through its elected
officials, endure another round of
rebellion, defiance, and destruction by
the nation’s youth under the guise of
“involvement?”
These problems face the Albany
university community and its new
president. Dr. Benezet starts with a clean
slate; his actions and reactions to events
will be observed closely by students and
public to determine the posture his
administration will assume.
Compounding the difficulty of the
situation is the fact that this is an election
year. Some colleges, following the lead of
Princeton, will permit students the
equivalent of a sabbatical from academic
responsibility to work for candidates of
their choice. The question arises whether
such special dispensation should be
granted to them when most other persons
must use their own time for such efforts.
Should a young person fortunate
enough to attend college be given
opportunities to politicize at the expense
of his studies, while his working brother
must fulfill his employment obligations?
Unquestionably, students should
express their political preferences and
work for those they support. However,
that would appear to be a personal
decision; one which each student should
make and execute on his own, while
meeting his classroom responsibilities at
the same time. The alternative would be
withdrawal from school and forfeiture of
academic credit for that term. The SUNY
Board of Trustees apparently has adopted
such a course, although leaving the door
open for separate units to “work out
arrangements to accommodate those
students wishing to participate in political
campaigns.”
Faculty and student groups with
attitudes toward the college’s role
different from those expressed last spring
may be expected to make their feelings
known. It would be most unfortunate if a
polarization occurred on campuses, but
continued disruptions could well lead to
such an impasse.
The writer believes that university
officials have been more than lenient.
They have permitted students nearly free
rein, even to the point of compromising
the very reason for universities’ existence:
education. The rights of those seeking
formal instruction often have been
denied. It is to be hoped that such will
not be the case again and that
administrators will protect the right of
every student to receive the instruction
for which he is paying.
After all, if universities cannot
control their own destinies, what right do
they have to suggest solutions to the
world’s problems?
Robert Rice, Jr.
Editor’s Note: The Tower Tribune
welcomes response to this column or
expressions of opinion on any area of
campus concern. Columns should be
typewritten, 500 words or less, and must
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Photos Win
First Prize
Roger Cheng, a research associate in
the Atmospheric Sciences Research
Center, has been awarded two first prizes
for his exhibit of light and electron
micrographs at the International Con-
ference on Microscopy, Inter/Micro 70,
held at Chicago. The conference is de-
voted to fundamental research and teach-
ing in chemical microscopy, ultramicro-
analysis, and crystallography.
First prize in the category of the
electron micrograph was won with a
group of three photographs showing the
structure of ice crystals nucleated by lead
particles exhausted from automobiles
(below). The problem in making a micro-
graph of a nucleated crystal is preserving
the natural structure which is usually
found to be of insufficient stability to
permit examination by electron micro-
scopy. First prize in the category of the
light micrograph was won for a study of
the micro-droplets ejected by freezing a
super-cooled water drop.
Doctor of Arts Degree Opens Door to Quality Teaching
Editor’s Note: From time to time the
Tower Tribune will print articles and es-
says relevant to issues in higher education
which have appeared in publications out-
side the university. The following article
is written by Fred Hechinger and is re-
printed with permission from the New
York Times, July 19, 1970.
For the first time in American educa-
tional and professional history, there is an
oversupply of Ph.D.’s. Demands are grow-
ing that the universities turn their atten-
tion from quantity to the need for a new
kind of quality in doctorate production.
The background of the problem can,
at least in part, be explained in terms of
numbers. In the past 10 years, the pro-
duction of doctorates has tripled; the
annual output now is in the neighbor-
hood of 25,000. While this may not seem
a huge number as measured against a
higher education enrollment of about
seven million, it is a large group of people
highly skilled in very specific fields of re-
search.
The number of college faculty mem-
bers is about 500,000, and the Ph.D. is
still considered a virtually ironclad
requirement for tenure. But with the in-
creases in college enrollments leveling off,
and with fiscal pressures on institutions
resulting in something close to a job
freeze, only a fraction of the new Ph.D.’s
can be absorbed by this, their primary
source of employment.
At the same time, government-
sponsored research on campuses and in
Federal agencies is being cut back. Final-
ly, industry is in a cycle of retrenchment.
In the past, research-oriented concerns,
such as the chemical and aerospace in-
dustries, tended to overemploy new
Ph.D.’s, hoping by such talent hoarding
to get the jump on competitors.
What this means is that the largest
area of employment opportunities for
Ph.D.’s in the next 5 to 10 years likely
will be in the two remaining fields of
maximum expansion: (1) the two-year
community colleges which will be asked
to absorb an ever-greater portion of col-
lege freshmen and sophomores; and (2)
the open admissions sector of state and
municipal colleges which must take care
of great numbers of marginal students
with imperfect high school education.
The unhappy fact, however, is that
for these two areas of maximum need,
most Ph.D.’s are ill equipped. They are
over-specialized and intellectually com-
mitted to that specialty. They have been
rewarded entirely on the basis of their re-
search capacity, rather than their teaching
potential.
Last week the Carnegie Corporation,
which has in the past concerned itself
with the search for excellence in schools
and colleges, took a look at the doctorate
situation and the need for reform. On the
question of past performance of Ph.D.’s
as teachers, the Carnegie Quarterly said:
“As Christopher Jencks and David
Riesman pointed out in ‘The Academic
Revolution,’ no university would deny a
competent scholar a Ph.D.--and hence a
license to teach--even if he were known to
be an incompetent teacher.”
In addition, the journal said, the con-
ventional Ph.D. probably scares off good
men and women who would be fine
undergraduate teachers “but who have
not the stomach for performing years of
research on some minute topic.”
Moreover, the basic concept of a
Ph.D.--with its focus on the dissertation,
often after years and sometimes even a
decade of laborious research and footnote
collecting--is an anachronism in the con-
text of the present mass production of
doctorates.
In the case of so much dissatisfac-
tion, why have past efforts to reform the
Ph.D. itself or to establish separate,
teaching-oriented degrees failed?
Part of the answer is in the conserva-
tism of institutions and departments
dominated by the very men who have
been trained in the traditional fashion.
Another reason is that, for purposes of
research, the Ph.D. requirements have
been quite satisfactory. But the most im-
portant reason is that special teaching
degrees below the Ph.D. level have repre-
sented a lower level of status and prestige.
The Doctor of Education, the principal
degree for public school administrators, is
an example of an effort that has failed to
gain the status enjoyed by the Ph.D.
If a new degree is to take hold, the
Carnegie publication suggests, “it must be
a parallel rather than an intermediate
degree--a doctorate equal in rigor to the
Ph.D. but with greater breadth, requiring
heavy emphasis on the subject to be
taught, and with some kind of supervised
teaching experience.”
Even this kind of proposal is slow to
gain support. The doctor of arts has long
been talked about, but it has made little
headway until recently.
Now, however, there are signs of
change. The National Science Founda-
tion, the National Academy of Arts and
Sciences, the American Association of
State Colleges and Universities, and, most
important, the Council of Graduate
Schools, have come out in favor of this
move toward a new degree.
Last June, Carnegie-Mellon Univer-
sity in Pittsburgh granted the first four
doctor of arts degrees. And that high
prestige institution now has 89 candidates
for the D.A. which is being offered in the
departments of English, history, mathe-
matics, music and the visual arts. They
are strictly under the control of the
university, not the School of Education.
The D.A. program, though teaching-
oriented, does not dispense with the
dissertation. Its emphasis, however, is not
on the development of new knowledge,
but on advancing the teaching of the dis-
cipline. The prescribed work includes a
teaching internship, and an understanding
of the philosophers of learning.
The movement toward a doctorate
that is teaching-oriented, but lodged in
the graduate schools rather than in the
schools of education, for the first time
has a realistic chance for success. It could
be an important factor in the improve-
ment of college teaching and in stemming
the alienation among dissatisfied graduate
students and badly taught under-
graduates.
Fall Sports
Game Times
VARSITY SOCCER
September
19 Brooklyn 2:00 p.m.
23 at Central Conn. 3:00 p.m.
26 at Castleton (Vt.) State 2:00 p.m.
October
3 Binghamton 2:00 p.m.
7 at Oneonta 4:00 p.m.
10 New Paltz Noon
17 at Plattsburgh 3:00 p.m.
21 at Hamilton 3:00 p.m.
24 at Stony Brook 2:00 p.m.
28 Rensselaer 3:00 p.m.
31 Rochester Tech 2:00 p.m.
November
5 Union 3:00 p.m.
JUNIOR VARSITY SOCCER
October
3 at Hartwick 11:30 a.m.
7 Rensselaer 3:30 p.m.
10 Mohawk Valley 10:00 a.m.
14 Union 3:30 p.m.
17 at Brooklyn 2:00 p.m.
24 at Plattsburgh 1:00 p.m.
27 Oneonta 3:00 p.m.
31 at Fulton-Montgomery Noon
November
2 New Paltz 2:30 p.m.
VARSITY CROSS-COUNTRY
September
19 at Clarkson 1:00 p.m.
26 Montclair & Coast Guard 2:00 p.m.
October
3 at LeMoyne Invitational 1:00 p.m.
7 Rensselaer & Siena 3:30 p.m.
10C. W. Post & C.C.N.Y. 2:00 p.m.
14 at Plattsburgh w/Potsdam 4:00 p.m.
17 at Codfish Bowl (Boston) Noon
21 at New Paltz 3:00 p.m.
24 Hartwick 2:00 p.m.
28 at Colgate 3:30 p.m.
31 Albany Invitational Noon
November
3 LeMoyne 3:00 p.m.
9 at IC4A (New York)
14 at NCAA (Wheaton, II.)
JUNIOR VARSITY CROSS-COUNTRY
October
3 at LeMoyne Invitational 1:00 p.m.
7 Rensselaer & Siena 4:00 p.m.
10C. W. Post 3:00 p.m.
15 at Cobleskill 4:00 p.m.
21 at New Paltz 4:00 p.m.
24 Adirondack & Col.Greene 2:30 p.m.
28 at Colgate 3:30 p.m.
31 Albany Invitational Noon
CLUB FOOTBALL
October
10 Rochester Tech
17Siena
24 at Towson (Md.) State
31 at Marist
Tower Tribune
Edited and published weekly when
classes are in session by the Community
Relations Office as a service to the
university community; AD 235, 7-4901.
Communications to the editor should be
typed and must be signed. All material is
subject to editing. Items for “Campus
Exchange” should be submitted to AD
262, 7-4630, ten days in advance of
desired publication date. Items will be
repeated only once every four issues and
must be resubmitted each time.
Great Dane
spas 4
November
7at Plattsburgh 1:00 p.m
14 Hudson Valley 1:00 p.m.
FALL BASEBALL
September
19 at LeMoyne (2) 1:00 p.m.
23 at Siena 3:30 p.m.
26 Springfield (2) 1:00 p.m.
October
3 LIU-Oneonta-Central Conn. 11:30 a.m.
7Siena 3:30 p.m.
FALL GOLF
September
19 at Plattsburgh
October
2 at Brooklyn
3 ECAC Qualifying Round at
Drumlins Golf Course, Syracuse
17 ECAC Final Round at Bethpage
State Park, Farmingdale
FALL TENNIS
October
2-4 ECAC Division II Championships
at Rider College, Trenton, N.J.
‘Round the Campus
Julian Bond will speak on campus Friday evening, Oct. 9, under the sponsorship of
Forum of Politics. His talk will begin at 8 o’clock in the gymnasium. Tickets go on sale
Sept. 21 at Campus Center. . .All off-campus and commuting students are urged to
pick up their copies of “Student Guidelines 1970-71” at the information desk in the
Campus Center. . Current estimates of enrollment for the spring semester indicated a
total student body of 13,500 with about 3,900 of that number enrolled in graduate
courses. . .Campus Center Room 361 now is operating a dry mounting service. Photo-
graphs, prints, and posters (any size) can be dry mounted within 48 hours at low cost.
Ken Blaisdell at 457-7597 has more information. . .The university has taken title to
the new ASRC weather observatory at Whiteface Mountain. The facility, now being
operated and maintained by ASRC, is deemed a valuable addition to the laboratories
of the research center. . Starting next month, books may be borrowed from the
University Library only through the use of the new ID cards. Exceptions for depend-
ents and others will be made on an
individual basis at the discretion of the
University Library. ..An estate planner’s
day for attorneys, accountants, life
underwriters, trust officers, and other
estate planners of northeastern New York
will be held Saturday on the campus.
Sponsors are the School of Business,
SUNYA, and The National Commercial
Bank and Trust Company. . .Meeting here
on Sept. 24 will be representatives of the
Middle States Association in a conference
arranged through the Office of Vice
Chancellor for University Four-Year
Colleges. ..The highly acclaimed
television special, “The Unseen World”,
was presented again last week on the
ABC-TV network. Films taken by Robert
D. Allen, chairman of the department of
biological sciences, and by Samuel M.
McGee-Russell of the same department,
were included in the program.
Team Prospects Hopeful for ’70
Copies of the 1970 Fall Sports Guide
and the pocket-size schedule card may be
obtained free of charge at several campus
locations. The publications are available
in limited supply at the main office desk,
physical education building; in the book
store; at the Campus Center information
desk; and in the sports information office
(AD 264).
sees
Cross-country coach Bob Munsey re-
cently returned from the University of
Denver, where he spent the summer in
advanced study. The highly-successful
harrier boss (67-12 for eight seasons) is
optimistic about the upcoming campaign.
“We could have a real fine team,” he
enthused. “We definitely are much-
improved over last year (9-4). John
Comerford, Most Valuable Runner on last
year’s JV team, is looking great. Letter-
men Pat Gepfert and Dennis Hackett
should be the mainstays.” The Danes
open Saturday at Clarkson.
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The soccer varsity also begins regular
season action Saturday, hosting Brooklyn
College at 2 p.m. Coach Bill Schieffelin
has high hopes of posting Albany’s first
winning soccer record since 1966. Last
fall’s team lost some heartbreakers and
finished 1-7-3.
The return of leading scorer
Demetrios Michael with nine other letter
winners, and the addition of some talent-
ed newcomers have Schieffelin smiling.
The best of the rookies appear to be Hud-
son Valley transfer Fred Campbell, who
scored 26 goals last year, and freshman
Leon Sedefian, who tallied 24 for Water-
viiet High.
Campus Exchange
FOR RENT: 2-bedroom furnished house
opposite State Campus, walking distance
to SUNYA, driveway for parking, all utili-
ties supplied. Call 459-6508.
WANTED: Room for graduate student
during weekdays. Contact R. Dorrance,
803 Johnson Ave., Herkimer, N.Y. 13350;
phone 315-866-1071.
Nearly 60 players have been working
out with the football club, which opens
against RIT October 10. Coach Bob Ford
reports that about 70% of the candidates
have. played organized football at some
level, while 30% are relative novices. The
Labor Day holiday weekend interrupted
progress somewhat, but the team is begin-
ning to take shape.
New Leadership
In Departments
Seven departments have new chair-
men this fall and the library has an in-
terim director. Four of the departments
have acting chairmen, while the other
three have new permanent chiefs.
The new department heads are John
Spalek, Germanic and Slavic languages
and literature; Nathan Gottschalk, music;
and Morris Berger, foundations of educa-
tion. In acting capacities are Albert
Carlos, Romance languages; George
Klima, anthropology; Arthur Ekirch, his-
tory; and Webb Fiser, political science.
Jonathan Ashton is the interim director
of libraries.
Drs. Carlos, Klima, Ekirch, Berger,
and Fiser have been promoted from with-
in the university. Dr. Spalek comes to
Albany from the University of Southern
California, where he was chairman of the
department of German. Dr. Gottschalk
was professor of music and executive di-
rector at Hartt College of Music, Univer-
sity of Hartford.
Dr. Ashton, a former visiting profes-
sor in the SUNYA School of Library
Science, returns to campus from Temple
University, where he was associate
director of libraries.
Faculty Notes
FRANK CRAIGHEAD, ASRC, has been
honored as a Distinguished Alumnus of
Pennsylvania State University.
WILLIAM FENTON, anthropology, is the
author of two articles, “The Funeral of
Tadodaho” in The Indian Historian and
“Kondiaronk” in Dictionary of Canadian
Biography. He is the editor of “Answers
to Governor Cass’s Questions by Jacob
Jameson, a Seneca (ca. 1821)” in
Ethnohistory.
RICHARD KALISH, economics, has
written an article, “Outdoor Recreation,”
which appeared in the Nanyang
University Journal.
WSUA to Broadcast
Service Messages
Campus radio station WSUA will
broadcast public service announcements
free of charge. Groups wishing to take ad-
vantage of this service should leave their
message in the WSUA mailbox behind the
Campus Center information desk; call
“Campus Happenings,” 472-4204; or mail
the announcement to WSUA, 750 State
St., Albany, N.Y. 12203.
“Saturday Night of Gold” with Eric
Lonschein is featured each Saturday from
12 midnight to 4 am. on WSUA.
Requests may be made by calling
472-4204. WSUA news is heard every
hour on the hour. “Howard Cossell
Sports” is heard at 8:25 a.m. and 5:25
p.m. with “WSUA Sports” at 8:30 p.m.
and 10:30 p.m.
RENO KNOUSE, distributive education,
has been given a citation of appreciation
by the American Vocational Association
for “exceptional leadership in the field of
marketing and distribution.”
NANCY LIDDLE, art gallery, gave a talk
on “Living with Art” at the 1970
Secretarial Seminar in May.
ROBERT PRUZEK, educational
psychology and statistics, received a
scholarship to attend a two-week summer
course in The Netherlands at The Hague
in August. The course is on “Formulation
and Assessment of Statistical Models in
Experimental Psychology.”
LOUIS SALKEVER, economics, will be
chairman of the Joint Committee on
Procedures of the SUNY Research
Foundation for the 1970-71 academic
year.
more events...
WEDNESDAY - Auditions for “A Scent
of Flowers” by James Saunders, di-
rected by Jarka Burian, PAC Experi-
mental Theatre, 4-6 p.m. and 7-10
p-m.; also Thursday from 7-10 p.m.
FRIDAY - All-University Mixer, Kappa
Chi Rho, CC Ballroom, 8 p.m. John
Sebastian Concert, University Con-
cert Board, Gym, 8 p.m.
SATURDAY - Activities Day, Special
Events Board, CC Ballroom, Terrace,
and Main Lounge, all day.
SUNDAY - Guitar Cup, Dutch Quad,
Flagroom, 7:30 p.m.
