More budget:~,unch; ' ;t ' tj '" . . v (;1\ I i l.ftL f raISeS re 4 percent Faculty and staff salary increases averaging 4 percent for 1972-73 have been "provisionally approved" by the Board of Trustees in a special finance meeting last week (July 8) . . The wage increases, part of the new compensation package, are subject to final approval when the total budget is presented at the regular (July 28) Board meeting. President Wharton stressed that besides t he cash salary increases, there will be " substantial improvements" in fringe benefits, such as long - term disability insurance, improved hospitalization , fringe benefits for part - time employes and a unified vested retirement program for all employes (News - Bulletin, June 29). In addition, he said, special provision will be made for a large number of individual pay adjustments to eliminate salary inequities for women facult y, and for antiCipated adjustments among administrative - professional employe f ollowing completion of a salary study for that group. Wharton said that the salary recommendation was made after an extensive, and often painful, review of the University'S overall fmancial situation. He noted that the Legislature appropriated funds only for a 3.6 percent salary increase. * * * "WE HAD HOPED to recommend a higher amount," he said. "However, after taking into account the disappointing level of our state appropriation, fixed - cost iDcreases due to inflation and the effects of a $1.3 million cut MSU took last year to help balance the state budget, the 4 percent raise was the most generous we could recommend and still be fiScally responsible. "Even with the previously armounced student fee increase, our proposed budget will have a projected deficit of more than $600,000 which will have to be met through new reductions in the academic and nonacademic areas." ' Wharton said the University has undergone serious internal retrenchment during in order to provide the highest possible compensation for the past three years facUlty and staff. "Any flexibility has long since vanished," he said, "and further economies gravely threaten the quality of our academic programs. This year, we must make certain absolutely essential allocations to meet our academic and service longer postpone vital repairs, alterations and obligations, and we can no maintenance to our physical plant. "When one looks at the level of salary increases, given at MSU in recent years, especially when compared to other Big 10 universities, our faculty and staff have done exceedingly well. Wharton added: "I want to assure (faculty and staff) that we will continue to place the highest priority on fair and equitable treatment, consistent with the resources which we have available." He said that details regarding allocation and distribution of the increases will be announced later. * * * THE FACULTY AFFAIRS and faculty compension committee (FAFCC) has registered opposition to the planned 4 percent salary increase. The FAFCC was notified July 6 of the proposed increase and the plan for distribution. "The committee fmds the amount of the increase and plan for distribution completely unacceptable," said Frederick Williams, FAFCC chairman and professor of history. The F AFCC has proposed a salary hike of 7 percent based on the 1971-72 faculty salary budget, and a system of distributing the increase to cover merit, "maintenance of competitive positions" and elimination of salary inequities. (News-Bulletm, May11). Williams said that the administration failed to give the F AFCC data or rationale on why the committee's recommendations were unattainable. According to Williams, the plan as now approved will widen the gap between relatively less well - paid colleges and higher paid colleges. MSU News -Bulletin Vol. 3, No. 34 Michigan State University July 13, 1972 Practice makes perfect for students participating in the Cecchetti Ballet Conference and Seminar now underway on the campus. Students said instructors Fredbjom Bjomsson, premier dancer, and Kirsten Ralov, Royal Danis Ballet master, will present a free evening of ballet at 7:30 p.m., July 19 in Fairchild Theatre. -Photo by Bob Brown Trying to figure _ 'productivity' the 1972-73 While there has been concern over state the level of appropriation to MSU, the recently passed higher education appropriations bill also contains increased reporting requirements for state colleges and universities. Section 4, of the bill stipulates that each institution submit to the legislature before Feb. 9, 1973, information by department, college, school or program for the preceding, current and ensuing ~scal years. MSU officials express concern that such data may be interpreted in a detrimental manner. They argue that there are no ground rules for faculty productivity goals. fall, Last state colleges and universities were requested to supply information to assist the legislature in determining the productivity level of each submitted information on classload of faculty, student credit hours generated and salaries applied to instruction. institution. MSU the way University officials became concerned over the information was interpreted. The interpretation did not faculty who appear to allow for produced above the standards of the legislature but basically focused on tliose who were producing below the standards. On the average, MSU faculty are well within the standards. But, by focusing on faculty below the standards, the legislature cited MSU as one of the lowest in faculty productivity in the state. fear that MSU officials similar interpretations will be made during 1972-73. They argue there still exist no ground rules in the reporting procedure and that the legislature appears to be (Continued on page 6, col. 4) • C-T plan susp~nded The suspension of merit salary adjustments for clerical-technical employes announced June 30 is a result of the University's shrinking budget and the decreasing turnover rate among c-T staff. C. Keith Groty, assistant vice president for personnel and employe relations, pointed out that the merit step raises - which C-Ts had recieved in living addition increases - were' fmanced by separate sources of funds. to annual cost-of And he noted that in 1971-72, C-Ts were the only empolye group with a program to receive adjustments above the 7 percent annual raise. A similar merit program for a dmin i s t rative-professional empolyes was eliminated a year ago. "When there has been a high rate of turnover among C-Ts," he said, "salary savings have to a large 4 extent ':Ieen used to pay the merit increases. But turnover has declined in recent years, and merit adjustments have had to be paid from opex:ating the various in departments and units." funds With MSU's recurring budget crisis, operating funds have been cut to the limit, he noted. funds Groty emphasized that suspending the merit program will not create any for other additional salary employe groups. It simply means that in 1972-73, time, all the employes, including faculty, A-Ps and increase C-Ts will recieve a single effective July 1. first for The C-T MERIT plan had provided step raises every six months for persons in grades I through V, and annually jan. 1 for those in grades VI through XII. This year, C-Ts and other groups are scheduled to receive 4 percent salary increases as the administration and prOvisionally approved last week by the Board of (Continued on page 6, col. 2) recommended by Page 2, MSU News - Bulletin, July 13, 1972 JOEL ARONOFF, associate professor of psychology, will be visiting associate professor in psychology at the Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel, for 1972 - 73. DONALD K. ANDERSON, professor of chemical engineering, chaired the sessions on chemical engineering at the recent 80th annual conference of the American Society for Engineering Education at Texas Tech University in Lubbock. The feasibility of establishing an in terna tional Darwin C en ter at Cambridge University is being studied by PAUL H. BARRETT, professor of natural science. He has a combined grant from the National Science Foundation and Arts Fund, Inc., for the study. in England GEORG A. BORGSTROM, professor of food science and geography, has been named special adviser to Mexico's Foundation for Population Studies, which conducts a family planning program of education, research and clinical services. MARGARET BUBOLZ, chairman of family and child sciences, has been chosen ,to represent MSU on the Community Coordinated Child Council in Michigan. . WILLIAM K. DURR, professor of elementary and special education, is the new president of the 55,000 - member International Reading Association. Recently appointed chairman of the advisory committee for the National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972 is ROBERT EBEL, professor of counseling, personnel services and educational psychology. RICHARD D. ESTELL, general manager of WKAR - AM and FM has been elected board chairman of the National Public Radio Board,the noncommercial network that includes 132 stations throughout the U.S. and Puerto Rico. Two faculty members and their spouses are among 177 Danforth Associates named by the Danforth Foundation. JAMES McCLINTOCK, associate professor in Lyman Briggs College, and ROBERT L. FIORE, associate professor of romance languages, were chosen with their wives because of "their keen interest in faculty or student student administration relationshies." - J .S. FRAME, professor of ma thema tics and in engineering research, was invited to consult with the Institute for Quantum Chemistry at the Free University of Berlin. He also lectured in mathematics at the Universities of Erlangen and DIm. LORRAINE T. FURTADO, instructor in business and distributive education, has won the G. Henry and Gladys V. Richert 1972 Professional Development Award. It recognized those engaged in projects for which there is "national need and potential benefit" to distributive education. A Ph.D. candidate in entomology, STUART GAGE, has received the Dreisbach Memorial Award for MSLJ News-Bulletin Editor: Gene Riet/ors Associate editor: Sandra Dalka Associate editor: Patricia Grauer Editorial offices: Rooms 323 and 324, Linton Hall, Michigan State University, East Lansing 48823. Phone: 355-2285. Published weekly during the academic year by the Department of Information Services. Second-class postage paid at East Lansing, Mich. 48823. "outstanding accomplishments in the area of general entomology." LAWRENCE 1. GIACOLETTO, professor of electrical engineering and systems science, has been named to the trustees of the National Electronic Conference Corporation. Fulbright Educational Exchange Grants have been awarded to BARRY E. GROSS, associate professor of English, and ROBERT A. SOLO, professor of economics and management. Gross will lecture at the University of Coimbra, Portugal, and Solo will lecture and do research at the University of Grenoble, France. PETER G. HAINES, professor of secondary education and curriculum, has received the Past - President's Recognition Award from ' the Michigan Business Education Association. The Pontiac Area Urban League has honored JAMES P. HOWARD, professor and chairman of community medicine, for "creative , and pioneering efforts in the delivery of community health care." He is also executive director of Pontiac's Lakeside Comprehensive Health Cerlt~r, operated by the College of Osteopathic Medicine. ' - - < ... ~UGENE E. JENNING.§, rP,rofessor of managment, has won tlw,jputstanding Achievement Award from cile Alumnj Association of Augustana ,Cpllege, Rock Island, 1Il. . MARGARET Z. JONES, assistant professor of pathology, is president - elect of the Michigan chapter of the Society for Neuroscience. ERLING JORGENSEN, director of ins t r u ctional television services, has been elected president of the Telecommunications Division of the Association of Educational Communications and Technology. WILLIAM W. JOYCE, professor of elementary and special education, is editor of the Elementary Education Sup P 1 ement to "Social Education ," journal of the National Council for the Social Studies. DAVID KLEIN, professor of social science and human development, has been awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to teach medical sociology this academic year at the University of New, South W~les in Sidney, Australia. He will also study highway crash research under a grant from the New Zealand Medical Research Council. ERNEST H .. KIDDER, professor of agric'uitural engineering, won the Hancock Brick ,and Tile Company's Soil and Water Engineering Award at 'the recent lI-nnual me~ing of the American Society of Ag!Oi:eultural Engineers. He was cited ;~o..r " ~'noteworthy contributions to ·.the advancement of drainage engineering." DANNY LITWHILER, head baseball in the coach, spent two weeks Netherlands - to reevaluate a baseball program he initiated there in 1958 - at the invitation of the Dutch government and the U.S. State Department. ARTHUR F. LOUB, managing director of the MSU Development Fund, is chairman of the Big Ten Fund Raisers Conference. It is concerned with reviewing and improving fund - raising capacities of Big Ten schools. CHARLES V. MANGE, professor of elementary and special education, "has received a distingUished achievement award from the Michigan Council for Exceptional Children for developing the state's mandatory special education law. FRANK B. MARTIN, director of data processing, has been elected president of the College and ,University Machine Records Conference. ROBERT L. MICHEL, associate professor of pathology, won the Norden Teacher Award, presented by students in the College of Veterinary Medicine. JOSEPlI MEITES, professor'tif the I fj.rst physiology, has been made president..o( the International Society of Neur~d9G.t{iJlQlogy. He was selectt!d'~t the , ~ ,gr~\lP'S , charter meeting;"~ in ,,;;: ' Washil},gtQll..: D,~C. ~ OS€A;RvJ. TOSI, professOt': '"f audioloID,"alld.'speech sciences, has:been cited by the Outstanding EducatorS: 'df America and will be listed in the group's reference manual. , lIumanizing education' goal of new education dean "We have to view education as a means of facilitating human purposes'. Knowledge is an instrument toward human ends rather than an end in itself." This is the view of Michigan State's new dean of the college of Education Keith Goldhammer. today and his Perceptive and realistic, Goldhammer is acutely aware of the problems facing education long experience in the field as a teacher, superintendent, professor, and dean, now shows through as he fills one of MSU's key administrative positions. One of the new dean's primary concerns is with humanizing education. He explains that the concept of the ivory tower where knowledge is pursued for its own sake may have been viable in medieval times but it is not today where our human needs have really out run the ability of our technical-professional competence. The function of education, Goldhammer feels, is to help individuals use that knowledge to make the most of their own capabilities to become participa ting, contributing human beings who can effectively deal with all the problems of human • t Goldhammer, dean of the School of Education ,at. the University of Oregon since 1967, '~ays that people need to think of the luniversitynot only just in terms of grllllting degrees of qualifying individuals {or licenses or credentials but in terms ' of how its resources are used to prq~de for the educational needs of a»- the people within the community"state or nation. "We have been wrong in identifying education with just schooling," he says. "As individuals mature they face various kinds of problems. "Some individuals find, for instance, that their skills and performance of certain roles become obsolete and that they need to be retrained. 1'hey need to be recycled so that they can continue to contribute and participate ... "We have to have educational programs then that any individual, at any time of his life, can use in order to' maintain his viability as a human being." * * * ASKED ABOUT EXTENDING the concept of the open university at MSU, Goldhammer replied that individuals may "know" but still not be educated. "The process of education," he points out, "involves interaction with others, the ability to apply what one has learned and the necessity of having one's ideas tested in the marketplace of his peerS so that he finds out where the in his perceptions are. weaknesses long been' for Education has associated with knowledge and not with wisdom." too Keith Goldhammer: New education dean. He adds: "If the open university merely means that individuals go off in their own isolated ways and do lessons, that doesn't constitute education at all in my philosophy. involves extending the "If it speci;llized, technical, educational, pedagogical resources of the university throughout the whole community, through9ut the whole state, then lam all fO,r it." . " .,\ ,:'" GOLDHAMMER SAYS HE does ,not have any immediate plans for changes. !in the College of Education, but he does foresee mobilizing resources to more adequately meet the needs in a few particular problem areas. * * * "I think," he notes, "that one of the most serious problems confronting us in the U.S~ today is our inability to deal the problems of adequately with cultural pluralism. stronger nation and "The concept of the melting pot is no longer viable. We have to develop perspectives, skills so. that we can baild a stronger communities, recognizing that culture differences are going to be with us and are probably a source of our strength rather ,than our weaknesses. "In our school systems we are still terribly the problems of cultural , pluralism among children." in dealing with inept Goldhammer sees himself primarily as a coordinator and facilitator in his role as dean. He says that he would like to assign the necessary routine operations so ,that he has free time to work with the staff on program development and he intends to spend time working with various committees and advisory groups. to Goldhammer. He emphasizes that "an administration that loses contact with either the faculty or the student body of an institution is very likely to branch out into irrelevant fields ." Students - are very important - BARBARA McINTOSH l Around the campus: A weekly review Page 3, MSU News - Bulletin, July 13, 1972 Committee makes recommendations The ad hoc committee studying University policies relating to the Indochina war effort submitted 23 recommendations to President Wharton last Friday (July 7). the Department of Public Safety, investment and purchasing policies, the Placement Bureau, research and overseas programs. The recommendations cover ROTC, Under ROTC~ the committee recommended that the University seek modified contracts with both programs to permit appointment of civilians to faculty positions and called for broadened procedures for selection of faculty members. The committee also seeks elimination of a course "MarkmansW'p and Hunter Safety" from the catalog. Recommendations under the Department of Public Safety include securing legislation permitting officers of the department to draw their legal designation as peace officers from the Board of Trustees rather than from the county sheriff. Other recommendations include: *MSU should continue to base its investments on probable yield as one means of retarding pressure for increased student fees. *MSU should devote greater effort to publication of the cost - benefit criteria which are' applied to purchasing decisions at the University. *When feasible within cost - benefit guidelines, MSU should actively solicit bids from nonwar contractors. *The Placement Bureau should develop and publiCize a service to help conscientious objects find alternate service to military service. The committee also recommended that the University make available in the MSU Library lists of all sponsored research, and education and overseas projects and programs. The ad hoc committee was established by the Board of Trustees in May in response to antiwar demonstrators. . The recommendations will be referred to the appropriate University committees and offices for consideration. President Wharton will determine which recommendations are appropriate for administrative implementation ; which r.e,qltire Board approval; ' and ~ which recommendations ate ':impossible to ijnplement. I . t ~=..4' ... Sports publications win a wards MSU's Sports Information Office won four national publications awards at the annual workshop of the College Sports Information Directors of America (COSIDA) in New Orleans. Sports Information Director Fred Stabley received honors for the best football game programs of 1971 in the top circulation category, the best baseball brochure, the best special project publication, and the best football brochure for the NCAA District Four. All awards were in the university division. The special project was the book " Spartan Saga," a MSU sports history which Stabley coauthored wi th the late Lyman L. Frimodig. The football program and the baseball brochure awards both were the third top citations in four years for these publication s . :: Stabley's associates in the projects were Nick Vista, associate diredtor of sports information, and Jim Totten, managing editor of sports publications.'Art director of the Spartan footbaIl ,programs, ca1led Spartan Stadium Sideliner, 'vvas Barbara Brown. 'Stabley and Vista also have been named to coordinate and distribut~, the Lis' of the - annual football academi~ all ~ America selections made by COSIDA. The selection process begins iri September and concludes at the end of ' the season when the names are released nationally. ' Alumni magazine is cited "MSU," the A1Wlllli Association magazine, has won a regional award in the 1972 Newsweek/American Alumni Council national competition. The 36 • page magazine, which is published five times a year, has been edited by Ronald. F. Karle since September, 1970. Allen Charles, vice president for public affairs for Newsweek, said, "This year's winners demonstrated excellence in reporting on the present concerns of our American colleges and universities, but perhaps more important they set forth, with clarity and insight, the problems most likely to plague us as the issues for the '70s and beyond." General education report completed General education in the 1970s must be oriented to problem solving and must stress interrelationships between areas of knowledge. This view highlights findings of a committee report written by faculty members of the University College, following a study over the past year of the nature of general education. (The 44-page report was released June 30.) Thomas H. Greer, professor of humanities, and chairman of the Great Issues course, is editor of the report. He chaired the seven· man committee which conducted the study at the request of Edward A. Carlin, dean of University College. , Coauthors are James W. Atkinson, assistant professor of natural science; Floyd V. Monaghan, professor of natural science; Theodore R. Kennedy, professor of American Thought and Language; Ronald R. Nelson, assistant professor of humanities; and Cyrus S. Stewart and Barry N. Stein, assistant professors of social science. The report anticipates increased numbers of students, who are academically qualified, and advocates participation of students as cus~omers in the planning of in courses, noting that students say they want larger or equal voice nonadministrative areas such as curriculum, grading procedures, and faculty evaluation and dismissals. , Acknowledging students' negative views on grading, the committee subscribes to a "kind of measure in society" which results in "fair and clear" grading which is so perceived by the students. The report calls for general education faculty broadly trained beyond the "comfort'~ of a single field, an d equipped to deal with futerdisciplinary problems, just as environmental ,studies lead the problem solver to biology, physics, social science, economics and other fields. Researchers transplant crop bugs Agricultural experts from throughout Michigan's lower peninsula converged on Battle Creek's Gull Lake in June for an unusual meeting. Armed with buckets, barrels, bait boxes and beer coolers, they waded through thigh. high oat fields in search of tiny insect parasites that offer potential control of the cereal leaf beetle - one of the most serious grain pests in the U.S. After filling their containers, these cooperative extension agents returned home and released the parasites on farms in their counties. Their actions marked the second year of a biological control program aimed at eventually controlling the cereal leaf beetle without chemical insecticides and the potential hazards these chemicals have for the environment. According to Richard J. Sauer, MSU extension assistant professor of entomology, "The program shows good promise of spreading the parasite throughout the state so the cereal leaf beetle has no place to turn." Breast cancer affected by drugs Breast cancer is affected for better and for worse by a number of drugs that act directly on the brain, recent experiments by a University researcher indicate. Of particular importance, believes Joseph Meites, professor of physiology, is L-dopa, a l1aturaIIy occurring substance used in the treatment of Parkinson's disease. ' In experiments with rats, _ Meites and associates have shown L-dopa inhibits the growth of chemically induced breast tumors. . Reports on this work at scientific meetings have resulted in a number of physicians expressing interest in trying L-dopa on human patients with breast cancer. "They are particularly interested in lrdopa because of the eXllelience that ha'i> already been gained in its use and because it occurs naturally in the brain," Meites said. "I anticipate that we will hear reports from them in the near future." L-dopa '. and a number of other drugs, including the ergot drugs (LSD and the production of chemicals called increase ergoronine are examples), catecholamines in the brain. These catecholamines stimulate the hypothalamus, a part of the base of the brain, which produces a substance called "PIF" - short for " prolactin inhibiting factor." PIF acts on the pituitary;causing it to reduce its output of prolactin, the hormone that is normally responsible for growth of the breast and the initia tion of lactation. • It is the reduction of prolactin in the blood system that directly inhibits the growth of the breast tumors. Over the past several years Meites and his coworkers have shown in many ways that reduction of prolactin inhibits the growth of breast tumors. Results of the Meites' research, which have been reported recently at : scientific meetings and have been submitted for pub (j cation , are the latest in several years of research on hormones and their relation to breast cancer. Meites was among the first to report on the production of neurohormones by the brain, via the hypothalamus, and on the influence of these neurohormones on the pituitary gland and consequently on the total animal or person. -CHARLES DOWNS Recycled paper urged for campus - ' The Waste Control Authority has launched an effort to encourage all campus paper users to specify recycled stock when they order their paper supplies. Mark Rosenhaft, director of the authority, reports that several projects are underway to stimulate the use of "ecology paper" (paper from recycled pulp) on the campl!s. He says that by specifying recycled paper in its own orders, the University can help promote the market for recycled paper. The Waste Control Authority is already experimenting with stationery made from "100 percent reclaimed waste," and Rosenhaft hopes that the practice will spread to other departments. In addition, Rosenhaft says, these steps have been taken: * A recycling subcommittee of the authority has helped arrange a course called "Paper Recycling" to be offered this fall in Justin Morrill College. * A six - month pilot project is underway in which departments issuing publications through the University Editor's office will be urged to use recy.::led paper when possible. *University Printing Service, the News - Bulletin and the State News will study the feasibility of using recycled paper. Rosenhaft says that student-led efforts to collect newspapers for recycling have temporarily stalled because the demand for old papers is not high enough. "We need to stimulate the market," he adds, "so we can return our waste paper to the mills." He notes that the University generates some 140 tons of rubbish each week, 80 percent of which is paper. Nationally, it costs about $4.5 billion a year to dispose of solid waste, 50 percent of it paper products. Page 4, MSU News - Bulletin, July 13, 1972 Two women assume new committee jobs advisory clinical affairs, research, alumni affairs and international affairs. She is also a member of a special body, the newly formed Field Services Committee. * * * "THE UNIVERSITY functions via faculty representation, and I feel that in order to be represented, faculty members must be willing to serve and share the responsibility," she says. .....-... ANN TUKEY HAJtR!SON She adds that it is important for as many people as possible to serve on committees. "This way there is a good variety of people, and new ideas can be brought out." Mrs. Walsh says she doesn't feel that being a women effected her election to the chairmanship of one of the University's most important committees. (The committee on Committees advises the president and the Academic Council on the committee structure of the faculty government.) "There are' opportunities for women if they are willing to serve and accept the responsibilities, not as women, but as human beings:' she said. Mrs. Walsh, who has six brothers and sisters, is a graduate of Oberlin (Ohio) College. She received the M.A. from Indiana University and the Ph.D. from MSU. She met her husband, George L. Walsh, administrative assistant i.n the Colleges of Natural Science, Veterinary Medicine, Human Medicine and Osteopathic M~dicine, w~en she came to MSU. A member of the American and Michigan Speech and Hearing Associations, Mrs. Walsh has received the ASHA's certificate of clinical competence in speech pathology. She says that her husband doesn't mind the time and responsibility required of her by the various committees on which . she serves. "He is busy himself, and he feels that I should do what I want and feel I should do," she says. * * * MRS. HARRISON ALSO spends much of her time involved with committees. She is a member of the Women's Steering Committee, Faculty Women's Association and the ad hoc committee on criteria on general education. In addition, she serves on her department's graduate committee. She is also on ' the fellowship selection committee of the American Council of the State of Learned Societies and Michigan Advisory Committee on Foreign Languages. Mrs. Harrison says she is enthusiastic about her appoin'tment to the Athletic Council. "Any assignment like this which has responsibility is flattering," she says. "Anytime women are appointed to a standing committee," she says, "the UniverSity is taking a step forward." Mrs. Harrison is not unfamiliar wi th the Athletic Council. Her father, Harold B. Tukey, who died last November, was professor and chairman of horticulture, served for many years on the Athletic Council and was MSU's representative to theBigTen. ,~l.' · ... n' • "I heard about the Athletic Council many times: during dinner table conversation," she says. Mrs. Harrison met her husband, Michael J. Harrison, professor of physics, after she began teaching here in 1968. PATRICIA WALSH The youngest of five children, she received her undergraduate degree· at MSU, and, her M.A. and Ph.D. at the " , , • University of Michigan. . She has coauthored three books and has just completed her first own book, ", "Charles d'Orleans and the Allegorical Mode." The Athletic Council develops policies governing intercollegiate athletics at MSU; suggests poliCies for adoption by the Big Ten Conference; and serves as an advisory board to the athletic director. - SANDRA DALKA The campaign Items for inclusion in this section should be of interest to and involve faCUlty and staff, and should normally be activities on the campus. " . , . An auction of art works donateQ. .1l}t. faculty. and students will be .t:!Cfl,51. ~ , .~ Sunday under sponsorship of . ~ ,> , Student Committee for Marian Davis. The auction, open to faculty and staff, is from 3 to 6 p.m. at 1943 Birchwood in Okemos. " Rutledge sees theatre rebirth in University theatre Interest is enjoying a "real pro ductions renaissance," according to Frank Ru tledge, chairman of MSU's Department of Theatre. . He reports that productions by the Performing Arts Company and the Summer Circle Theatre have been well attended during the past two years, and he adds this hope: "I want our theatre to be the University Theatre." Rutledge this week's is directing Summer Circle production of David Cregan's "Houses by the Green" which continues through Saturday night at 8:30 in the Kresge Court. Next week's production is "Lyle." tonight theatre department Rutledge, who became «hairrnan of the in 1971, originally intended to fulfill his father's wishes and become a lawyer. He earned the B.A. in history from Ohio State University. But after one year of law school at Ohio State, where he dabbled in theatre, Rutledge decided to earn a master's degree in theatre. He came to MSU 13 years ago as an instructor and technical director. Rutledge says he would like to see the theatre "come out of its seclusion as romantic art and become more a the University serviceable the community." He believes theatre can be used "as a tool to teach humanistic resources." that to Rutledge said that MSU's theatre department has emphasized production and production skills. Now he says he would like to see the cirriculum become more professional and more complete. , For example, a recently offered acting major requires undergraduate students to take a year of movement and vocal training. The graduate program revolves around the Performing Arts Company , (PAC), but Rutledge still feels that not enough is being done in graduate acting. "W~ need more 'studio training," he says. As a start in this direction, the theatre department has staged productions of classical works for humanities classes. says Rutledge feels that the theatre' can play an immense role in the community . . should be He encouraged to serve as a social and creativity conductor, and not only as a fine art. theatre the . "A lot of communal joy is generated by the theatre," he says. -DARIASCHLEGA Munn handles recent illness Biggie Munn has recovered completely from the recent illness which put him in the hosoital for several days and now is at home again. James Feurig, director of Olin Health Center, said that Munn has resumed physical and speech therapy for paralytic effects of the stroke which he suffered last fall. The attack of illness which put him bac!<: in the hospital for a few days was described by Feurig as a "convulsive seizur('," Patricia A. Walsh, assistant professor of audiology and speech sciences, and Ann Tukey Harrison, associate professor of romance languages, have many things in common. Both have been elected recently to "first women" positions ~ both believe in being involved in faculty and campus activities; both come from large families; and both met their husbands on campus. Mrs. Walsh became the first woman chairman of the Academic Council's Committee on Committees on July 1. And on the same date, Mrs. Harrison became the first woman faculty member to serve on the Athletic Council. Serving on committees isn't new to Mrs. Walsh. She is a member of the Academic Council, the Elected Faculty Council, the Faculty Tenure Committee and has served on the Committee on Committees for one year. In addition, she serves on her department's committees, on faculty Dairy store still here The days of cheese maker are gone. the little old In their places are the companies that supply more varieties of cheese and cheese products than once might not have seemed possible. And helping develop these new products is MSU's science dairy plant and department. food The University's dairy plant, completed in 1956, served for several years as a small commercial operation for student training programs, research and limited industry assistance. The plant no longer operates commercially, and has its shifted emphasis to research. But cheese is still sold to the public and to residence halls on a limited scale. The plant employs a cheese maker and research assistants, and its sales cover most of the research costs. two The dairy store, in the basement of the plant, is open to the public on Fridays to 2 p.m. More is available by calling information 355-8459. from 1 * * * wHEN THE DAIRY plant was begun, MSU's assistance to industry included testing and technical advice to small companies. For example, the University developed a process that helped a small manufacturer with dehydration of liquid flavorings, thus stabilizing flavors and making them easier to use. In store, the dai, who, in addition to her teaching duties at MSU, serves as an consultant to the Ingham Intermediate School District and has a private practice. :' ';'I,heJp with the babysitting .and I do most of the cooking," he says. "I practice wh~q .preach." , ' , ~ :': 1/ '. .• : ., . . . ;: _I • Page 5, MSUNews - Builetin; July 13, 1972 Sharing responsibilities with his wife, Albert Karson babysits with 9-month old daughter Alessandra. Karson says that he and his wife live as equals. "Women should have the choice of living as man's equal and not as man's servant. I want my daughter to be able to make this choice," he says. * * * THE ATL COURSE, offered for the ftrst time spring term, is elective and open to both men and worn:n. Of the 65 students who took the course, 15 were men. "The course doesn't deal with the individual problems of women, bl}t with social problems. If one woman needs an abortion, that's an individual problem, but it becomes a social problem when 10 million women need abortions," Karson says. "The course shows how women have organized throughout history to solve their problems together," he adds. . Karson says he is happy that a Women's Steering Committee was formed at the University to investigate the problems of women at this institution. "Women have had enough of experiencing an inferior role and they now know what they need." - SANDRA DALKA • Th~ .qhanging catalog: Frofll the auto's role to being with children . I ~ " ~ What impact does the automobile have on society'? How do you deal with children? How does the election process work? How do you cope with conflicts created by environmental degraduation? Attempts to answer these and other questions relevant to the world today are Offered through the dozens of new courses at the University. . SO:tn~ of the courses begin in the faU; otners will continue after being intro'dUced during the past year. ' . '. . , '~