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VOL. 55, No. 118
Library
Proposal
Passed
Committee to Seek
Registration Plan
The new All-University Cab
inet last night voted to set up
a committee to look into a
more eqUable system of regis
tration, and to recommend to
Ralph W. McComb, University
librarian, that Pattee Library re
main open until 11 p.m. week
nights during final examination
periods.
Ted Bair, WDFM station man
ager, explained to Cabinet the
financial operation of the campus
radio station.
Group to Be Formed
A committee of three, possibly
including class presidents, will be
appointed by Earl Seely, new All-
University president, to meet with
Dr. C. 0. Williams, dean of admis
sions, and registrar, concerning
registration for next year.
Diehl McKalip, chairman of the
Board of Publications, said Wil
liam had suggested a Cabinet
committee be formed to look 'into
the problem. It was also pointed
out Cabinet had considered a rec
ommendation- on registration in
December, but had tabled the re
port.
Action Delayed
Action Wag deldyeer utter: Tir.
Williams could be consulted on
the problem. It was suggested that
the new committee consider the
former recommendation made to
Cabinet.
Watson Leese, Liberal Arts Stu
dent Council president, asked
Cabinet to recommend to McComb
that Pattee Library be
exam
until
11 p.m. during final exam periods.
Leese reported that McComb had
said the plan was feasible, but ex
plained it would not be possible
for the library to be open on Sat
urday evenings until 11 p.m. be
cause of financial reasons.
2 Questions for WDFM
Cabinet members had question
ed station WDFM on two points:
(1) How students' 25 cent assess
ment is spent and (2.) why WD
FM doesn't keep its budget with
the Associated Student Activities
Fund as do other campus activi
ties.
Bair said the station's money is
spent mainly for expensive equip
ment and maintaining telephone
lines and radio tubes. He said be
cause the station is controlled by
the Federal Communications Corn
mission, it is required that its
budget be controlled by a "corpor
ate group." A student body is not
considered a corporate gro u p;
therefore, WDFM finances are un
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ROTC to Change Lab Periods
Changes have been insti
tuted in the leadership lab
oratory periods of, the three
Reserve Officer Training
Corps departments, begin
ning next semester.
Army, Air Force, and Navy
ROTC leadership laboratories
will be held at different times
on Thursday afternoons, in
stead of separate afternoons at
4:10 p.m., Ray V. Watkins,
scheduling officer, has an
nounced.
Air Force ROTC leadership
laboratories will last two hours,
instead of one. However, these
periods will be held only the
first eight weeks of the fall se
mester and the last eight weeks
of the spring semester, Major
Robert A. Joyce, assistant pro-
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Seniors.
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Senate Hears Exam Plan
New Officers Take Over I**
PHILIP BEARD, left, sixth semester arts and letters major. is
sworn in as the new All-University secretary-treasurer at last
night's meeting of Ali-University Cabinet. Administering the oath
Of office is Ross Clark, center, chairman of Tribunal. Holding the
Bible for the ceremonies is Thomas Kidd, Cabinet parliamentarian.
Earl Seely, just sworn in as the new All-University president sits
in the presiding officer's seat.
Student Appeals Boards
Recommended by Cabinet
AU-University Cabinet last night unanimously passed a proposal
which recommends that student-faculty administrative boards be es
tablished by the Colleges to consider student appeals on the matters
of educational procedures and standards.
The proposal, presented by Robert Dennis, president of the As
sociation of Independent Men, was considered at the last Cabinet
meeting but was tabled for fur
ther study on the matter.
The proposal makes three rec
ommendations. The first, to the
deans of the colleges, suggests that
a student-faculty board be set up
in each college to consider appeals
from students in the respective
colleges.
To College Councils
The second recommendation is
made to the college student coun
cils and suggests they act as pre
liminary screening boards for stu
dent appeals on educational pro
cedures and standards, making
sure that appeals are within the
policy of that college and are rea
sonably considered and logically
presented.
The final recommendation is
made to the University Senate. It
suggests that once student-faculty
boards are established, they
fessor of air science, said.
Navy ROTC leadership lab
oratories will meet from 1 to
3 p.m. Thursdays instead of
from 3 to 4 p.m. Thursdays.
Army ROTC leadership lab
oratories will be held at 2 p.m.
Thursdays instead of 4 p.m.
Fridays.
Air Force ROTC leadership
laboratories will be held from
1 to 3 p.m. Thursdays instead
of 4 p.m. Tuesdays.
The changes have been
made, Watkins said, to facili
tate scheduling on Tuesday and
Friday afternoons. Formerly,
the two one-hour periods at
4 p.m. helped break up the af
ternons of over half of the male
student population at the Uni
versity.
With the re-scheduled lead
ership laboratories, students
will be able to take needed
four-hour laboratories Tuesday
and Friday afternoons. Two-
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should be set up in coordination
with the policies and objectives of,
and under the jurisdiction of, the
Senate Committee oa Academic
Honesty.
Three Bask Principles
The proposal was made with
three principles as its basic idea.
1. That students have the rig
to express their opinions concern
ing the methods of education un
der which they are enrolled.
2. That students have the right
to expect grades equivalent to
their ability, integrity, and poten
tial, both qualitatively and quan
titatively.
3. That the instructor, under the
aims of education, has the right
to be the sole determinent of -
ultimate value of the work ac
complished by the student, com
mensurate with the standards ob
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hour laboratory periods front
3 to 5 p.nt. will be thrown open,
too.
The grouping of all three
leadership laboratories into one
afternon will not only greatly
facilitate scheduling, Watkins
said, but will make the cele
brations of special days like
Armed Forces Day and Declar
ation Day available to all the
ROTC groups, rather than one
or two.
The two-hour Air Force
ROTC leadership laboratory
will do away with the indoor
4 p.m. class period, Major
Joyce said. This was held dur
ing the winter months when
it was too cold for outside ex
ercises.
Besides helping the Univer
sity in facilitating a schedule
change, the move will also help
the department in scheduling
its own classes, Major Joyce
said,.
'B' Average May Excuse
Students From Finals
A recommendation that students be essexised Amon Ibid
examinations in courses in which they have rrieinTeri med a
grade of B or better through the semester, with peornimks
of the dean of their colleges and their inuti, mos bend
by University Senate yesterday.
The recommendation, made by Dr. Marsh W. lailikv.ppo.
fessor of physics, was referred to
the Senate's subcommittee on the
superior student and was not dis
cussed by Senate.
White first made the motion
as an amendment to Senate Regu
lations for undergraduate stu
dents, section 0-2, which states:
"No student s h all be exempt
from a final examination except
by the approval of the head of
the department and the dean of
the college in which the course
is offered."
Would Have Been Tabled
Such an amendment would
have been automatically tabled
until the Senate's next meeting
May 5. No discussion would have
been allowed on the amendment
until then under Senate by-laws.
Adrian 0. Morse, University
Provost and acting chairman of
Senate in the absence of President
Milton S. Eisenhower, suggested
that White withdraw the amend
ment in favor of a recommenda
tion to the Senate subcommittee
charged with the study of the su
perior student. White agreed to
this request.,
Senate Adopts Report
The Senate adopted both sec
tions of a report presented by the
Committee on Courses of Study
which will effect curriculum
changes and set up a new con
servation curricuiwn within the
College of Agriculture.
Serrate also requested the ap
proval of the Board of Trustees
for two-year terminal curriculums
within the College of Business
Administration leading to the de
gree of Associate in Secretarial
Science and Associate in Account
jag. These terminal curriculums
would be offered only at Univer
sity centers and not on the main
campue.
The comwmallon curricuism4
according to the report, wiN pro
vide a general, broad edam'.
with emphasis on renewable re
sources and with a fairly hea
concentration n courses in
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Ike Asks Membership,
I nWorid Trade Group
WASIIIIIIMISS, April 14 #P)--Pzeeideat ISsemitograr mimed tDom.
pees today to approve U.S. membership ia a new wordd tea& OW
gartisatioa as ail impataimmt Asp "rat the samode against easmismaia*
dos tination.*
"We would 1h nospernie firmer wilOk lie free ipeadtrirerode
in a special message, "to the great
er security and the greater pros
perity of all."
Specifically, his message from ,
his vacation headquarters at Atlk
gusts, Ga., asked for legislation
binding the United States to the ,
Organization for Trade Coopera
tion, in a step designed to expand
free world trade.
The OTC was set up at Geneva]
last March 2t by the United States
and 33 other nations, Russia not,
among them. It would administer
the trade rules and related ac
tivities of the General Agreement
on Trade and Tariffs, in which
the United States is already a
partner.
The OTC would have the job a
policing international commerce,
specifically more than 50 tariff
concessions that have come into
being in the last decade. It would
investigate charges of violations,
punish offenders by withdrawing
and serve geaerakly
'C Average
To Be Required
For Graduation
Students entering the Union*.
sity next fall and thereafter wilt
be required to ntaintai. an
University average of C or better
for all courses to graduate, as a
result of action taken by lgrateeed.
sity Senate yesterday.
Students already enmlibed in the
University will not be affected by
this rule.
The rtzle was effected br the
Senate's adoption of a joist report
of the Senate Committee an Aca
demic Standards, the Senate Com
mittee on Rules, and the Special
Committee to Review the-romding
System.
Old Rao
The new rule changes seetkus
E-1 of the Senate regulations for
undergraduate students w h i•c h
reads
"In order to graduate, a student
must complete the course require..
ments of his curriculum and earn
the number of positive grade
points equal to the number of
credits required in that curricu
hum Any student who does not
have enough grade points fo r
graduation may obtain them by
repeating courses in which grade
points have not been earned, or
by taking such additionel courses
not required in his currieulum as
'may be approved by his college."
Under this rule it has been poe
sit4e for students to graduate
without a 1.0 AN-University aver
age by accumulating grade points
equal to the number of creels
scheduled.
The stierplarem that stedeule
must complete the course require
ments of their curriculum remains
the new ivgalation.
Transfers Affected
Transfer students admitted -4 lb
- . standing lAN be sob.
(Continued on page eigist.
Some concern has b-etni atie+
pressed by Sen. Ham" F. Bps*
(13- 7 94) among others Matt the
OTC might lie the hemds of gm
Preskient in trade matte r'*
*rowel actions of iis 111-eoganier
executive eonneii.
However, Secretary c Santa
Dulles has assured Byrd that it
could not force its views oa the
United States, and Risenhowees
message today commented:
"The organization would have
•no supranational powers. It wouM
conduct no trade negotiations;
this would be done by the CO4lllll.
tries who choose to participate in
the negotiations and to whatever
extent they choose."
Byrd, chairman of the Senate
Finance Committee, said today
he did not want to comment be
the merits of the OTC agreement.
Nor would he predict whet its
fete wearid be la •• , - -
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