II MSU News -Bulletin Vol. 4, i~o. 16 Michigan Siale University FEBRUARY 1, 1973 f;j , § ~r:;L~~~ cent '0'1 N\ ~/ Closer eye on aid due to Fed ruling that recent Because of a ruling federal includes a government student's regular campus employment as a form of financial aid, the University is instituting a comprehensive monitoring program to enable the Financial Aids Office to assess the student payroll in relation to the financial aid awarded. Henry C. Dykema, director of financial aids, says the government claims that many students have received more money then their specified need, making closer monitoring necessary. this ruling, the financial aids records of all colleges and universities are subject to audit by the Department of Health Education and Welfare at any time. result of As a H find awarded the auditors than an its institution has over - students, is liable for the excess it amount. The University of NebraSka, Indiana Mississippi State University, University and Malcolm X University are some of the institutions tha:! have already been audited and " billed" by large sums of for the government money. This ruling is particularly hard on work study students because they will not be permitted to earn any funds beyond their specific allotments. In the past, to become regular employees and keep their jobs their allotments. The after earning they were allowed government pays about 80 these work study funds. Dykema said the ruling i::!:. Q) min~y CJ to federal aid while it applies only unfair" because students receiving students who are on scholarships other types of non - federal funding free to earn as muc!1 extra money as they can. Dykema said his primary aim at this formulating a policy that is point protects and gives the University students the best possible assistance. "Students that have earned their identified and to come and talk with our allotments are being asked counselors," said Dykema. in the "Presently, we have two alternatives" Dykema said. "We can look for new evidence student's financial situation that would change the need analysis, and we can examine the , student's aid package for options." An aid package may consist of work - study, a grant, and a scholarship, etc, and the student may be given the choice of continuing work and cancelling his grant or some other arrangement. said Dykema the National Association of Financial Aid Offlcers as well as regional and state aid groups are federal influence trying government to rescind the inclusion of campus employment as financial aid for monitoring purposes. the to Agreement with college doesn't exist: Cantlon Published inferences by a private, religious college that it is working out a cooperative agreement with MSU to include transferability of credits and use of University housing have resulted in a number of questions being directed to the Provost' s Office by faculty and students. In a statement Wednesday, Provost John Cantlon said no such agreement has been made nor is one likely. The questions apparently stem from published statements regarding plans of John Wesley College, which is located in Owosso , to establish a "satellite campus" in East Lansing adjacent to MSU' According to a prospectus by John Wesley College authorities, the copcept , is to "combine the benefits of the small, priva te, Christian college with the benefits of the large, -public\_ university through a program of cooperative education in contiguous campus situations." in "Such statements infer _that a cooperative plan the making is between John Wesley College and MSU ," Cantlon said. ''There is no such cooperative pla_n and no special agreement between MSU and John Wesley College." An article entitled "Unite the Two" in the December issue of the college's further - publication "The Journal " contributes to the confusion. It could lead one to believe that MSU has agreed to the transferability of credits from John Wesley College; that the courses of John Wesley College and MSU students virtually would be interchangeable in progressing toward a degree; that MSU housing would be available to John Wesley College students, and that the college would offer a religious education component unavailable or not permitted at MSU. "While MSU wishes John Wesley College well in its new undertaking, it is important that all fully understand that MSU's relationship with the college can be no different than with any other qualified coJiege or university in the state," Cantlon said. "All students enrolling at MSU must continue to meet established criteria for admittance. John Wesley College is not the North Central accredited by Association, and MSU will accept transfer of credits only on a provisional basis. Additionally, MSU residence halls_ may .serve only MSU students. "In other words, students attending John Wesley College will benefit from no special relationship based on any agreement or understanding with MSU; or the college's proximity to the MSU campus," he said. In the past, MSU has accepted some (Continued on page 2) Photo by Bob Smith Grounds maintenance crews have been taking advantage of unseasonably warm January weather to do some unseasonal work 7" tree trimming. Milton Baron, director of campus park and p~, said that last week's "heat wave'; enabled workers to rework American elms on the campus. ,''The pruning has two benefits," he said. ,"The trees will look better, and, by having their crowns opened, they'll be better able to ' ~bsorb this spring's dose of tree spray." The spray is designed to help protect the trees from Dutch elm disease. Long term disability available to all employees Some employees may not know it, but they have a new staff benefit and it's not costing them a cent. Effective Jan. 2, all regular full - time employees who were on the payroll Dec. 31, 1972, became eligible for long term disability coverage. The University is picking up the full cost of the premium amounting to $450,000. According to Gary Posner, director of employee compensation and benefits, the the coverage, approved during summer ~y the MSU Board of Trustees, is the result of collective bargaining negotiations, meetings with the administrative - professional (A- P) and technical (C-T) groups, the clerical - faculty affairs and faculty compensation committee and University concern. "This is the first time that all full - time employees have been able to receive long term disability coverage," he said. Faculty an~ A-P employees have had the option of this type of coverage since the C-T's 1967, and since 1970. the However, these employees paid premium. "We were able to lower these premiums by 75 per cent during the five year period," Posner added. The new long term disability plan is being made available through TlAA. Presently the University offers major medical through TlAA and retirement benefits through TlAA - CREF. Under temporary the plan, employees, graduate assistants and post doctorate fellows or employees who have an appointment of less than nine months or who are working less than _ 100 per cent time are not covered. For employees hired on or after Jan. 1, there is a one - year wait for coverage for faculty, A-P's, public safety and cooperative extension employees. There is a three - year wait for all other employees, including hourly, clerical - technical and residence hall staffs. Benefits incude 60 per cent of the fust $1,000 of monthly income plus 40 percent of the excess including Social Security and workmen's compensation payments. (Continued on page 2) f Page 2, Feb. 1, 1973 r ~ \. Science' hotes 'Courier to Peking' science spy thriller " ... By the year 2000, 50 per cent of the whole world's scientific publications may well be written in Chinese. So we'd damn well better be paying close attention to what's going on there ... " Tanyard (hero of "Courier to .Peking '," BY PHILLIP MILLER Every once in a while a science fiction novel appears which is credible in the standards of today's science. Until now, "Andromeda Strain" has set the standard for this kind of fiction with a main theme not exceeding the technology of the author's time. But a new book by MSU author June Goodfield, "Courier to Peking," goes beyond the worn theme of threat from outer space and addresses itself to the threat which lurks amidst the delicate arena of international relations. I I I I l JUNE GOODFIELD as well as the The book has already turned the heads of scientists and science fiction buffs. A former presidential science advisor, some people concerned about image of the National Academy of Science, have already expressed concern about possible the book. Advanced release of the book has run it into its third printing, the official publication date of Feb. 15 is two weeks off. impacts of Professor Goodfield is eminently qualified to write such an adventure into science and political intrigue with her Leeds and Oxford background in the history of science. The MSU professor of philosophy and medicine ties together the world of fiction and fact to such an extent that the novel becomes a world of existence in itself, yet affected by real life events. Publication of the book was delayed six months and the plot changed to fit Henry Kissinger's July 1972 visit to China. ,M5U News-Bulletin Editor: Mike Morrison Associate editor: Sandra Dalka Calendar editor: Patricia Grauer Editorial assistant: Janice Hayes 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·clas~ postage paid at East Lansing, Mich. 48823. "I have taken some drastic liberties with history," she says. "In this story Dr. Andrew Tanyard, not Dr. Phillip Handler, succeeded as president of the National Academy of Sciences in 1969, and Mr. Richard Helms was replaced as director of the Central Intelligence Agency, early in 1971, by Dr. George Biddle Edds." She consulted with MSU medical faculty members on the authenticity of a few facts vital to the plot of the book. "Publishers Weekly" called the novel "thoughtful and absorbing" and said the "espionage offers exciting action ... " A starred advance review by Kirkus, a national literary magazine, said of "Courier to Peking": this "A superior parapolitical thriller promoted by ideological issues (should a scientist be loyal to his country or his profession?) and some almost current events, takes Andrew Tanyard, president of the National Academy of Sciences, to Peking for a ping - pong game with a former, brilliant student who defected from Harvard-to go back to China. He now claims to'have made a great immunological breakthrough which Tanyard questions while all hell accompanies his trip back home (a CIA man shot before his eyes). By the time he gets there with a coded fortune card he realizes how he's been used (or rather his blood - to carry messages) and that the real betrayal is of course from within ... It should keep you on pins and hypodermic needles." is The main character, Tanyard, typical of some scientists in that he feels that science should be separate from politics. "Science serves the people! That's their basic concept," T anyard says of just Chinese science. "But co~ider...that in the absence of any fonn of dernocratic control - in the absence of any tradition of political · .:~ Wesley (Concluded from page 1) from John Wesley College credits (formerly Owosso College) on a provisional basis if students otherwise had good academic records. Credits are evaluated after students have completed a year of satisfactory time academic work at MSU. full - "Published statements by the college that such students have numbered in the hundreds need some qualification," Cantlon said. "Our records indicate that fewer than 30 Owosso College students have been admitted in the past five years. "Furthermore, the suggestion that a private college is necessary to provide MSU students with religious education courses overlooks the fact that MSU has offered courses through its Department of Religion at least since 1923. Some 27 courses are offered, as well as a program which leads to a bachelor of arts degree with a major in religion. Also, MSU a wide variety of students have opportunities to participate in religious organizations and activities." The provost went on to say, "We regret any statements made which can to confusion over a purported lead understanding or agreement between MSU and John Wesley College. "However, it is important that MSU's position be clearly expressed in order that students and faculty have a full understanding of the situation." freedom - it would be so easy to pervert that service... Who decides what the people want? Who is to decide what's good for them? It's so nice to be spared the trouble of going through democratic precedures ... " Tanyard, the National Academy of Science director, is reminded by Edds, that: ' " ... The the CIA director, possibility of practicing ... (science) ... at all depends upon the existence of a stable society being run by politicians and administrators ... " Central to the book is the gradual realization by Tanyard, the pure scientist, that he is being manipulated for political purposes. The author of "Courier to Peking" was born in Stratford - on - Avon, England. Before coming to MSU, she taught at Harvard. She has a Ph.D. in history and the Philosophy of Science from the University of Leeds. Besides authoring four books on science, Professor Goodfield has written numerous articles and was a film writer for a weekly science program on the BBC. She has produced, directed and written - winnjng documentary. fil~. several award She says of her first novel: "It's an odd sensation having one's first novel accepted at the age of 44; a feeling compounded by surprise, hope and caution; wondering whether after many years in the academic field, the prospect of a new career may be opening up, but at the same time a fear that it might be only a flash - in - the - pan." A spokesman for E. P. Dutton & Company, the publisher, said, "If the advance rave reviews of 'Courier to June Peking' are any Goodfield should have nothing to worry about." indication, One quote in the book from Tanyard could just as well have been the MSU science historian addressing her current class on science, medicine and society: "We are so much an individualistic nation that our understanding of social institutions is still quite primitive. I mean that as a society, we haven't been prepared to consider how our institutions affect human beings, simply as human beings. Too much of a hurry too much efficiency to do . things: demanded, too much West still to be explored . are probably not prepared .... ", . . We JANET ALLEMAN, associate professor of elementary education, is co-author of a new book titled "Voices of a Nation: A Source Book for American History." Published by Field Educational Publications, it is designed to be used as a supplement for fifth grade social studies textbooks. JAMES B. BEARD, professor of turf grass physiology, has authored a new undergraduate textbook titled "Turfgrass: Science and Culture." The publisher is Prentice-Hall, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. EDWARD D. GRAHAM, associate professor of humanities, is author of "Early American-East Asian Relations," in which appears as a chapter "Affierican-East Asian Relations: A Survey," edited by Ernest R May and James C. Thompson Jr., and published by the Harvard University Press. THOMAS GALE MOORE, professor of economics, has completed a study of the Interstate Commerce Commission and federal transportation regulation titled, "Freight Transportation Regulation." The study, published by the American Enterprise Institute for Pub lie Policy Research, Washington, the history of federal D.C., transport,ation regulation back to the lage 19th century when the Interstate Commerce Commission was created. traces • • • Long term disability (Concluded from page 1) The coverage also includes payment of the individual's and the University's contributions - CREF. Presently, for each dollar the employee puts into the retiremen t program, the University adds two. to TIAA Posner added that if the employee is not covered under the TIAA - CREF retirement plan at the time of the long term disability, he will automatically be enrolled. Under the plan, payments will inCi""~lS:; J.utomatically three per cent per year. Payments cease at age 65, at which time the individual begins to draw his TIAA - CREF pension. Posner said booklets are now being prepared on the plan and will be distributed by the end of winter term to all employees. He added that questions concerning the coverage should be directed to his office, Ext. 3-4472. Around t.he camp-us: A summarl Page 3, Feb. 1, 1973 Toastmasters honor Wharton President Clifton R. Wharton, JI. received a communication and leadership award from the Toastmasters International Saturday (Jan. 27) at a special toastmasters banquet in East Lansing. Toastmasters International is a non - profit, non - partisan, non - sectarian" educational organization of more than 4,000 members in the United States, Canada and 45 other countdes and territories. "The communication and leadership award," said toastmasters district 62 governor W. R. Dukelow, "is presented annually to' an individual who has effectively utilized communicative skills in his ,efforts to create a better society and environment within the state." Wharton was cited for his effectiveness in dealing with students, faculty and citizens of Michigan since his appointment as MSU president in 1970, said the president of Toastmasters International Donald Paape of Calgary, Alta. "Dr. Wharton has in communication and leadership in -behalf of higher education in his university, the community, and the state," said Paape. shown outstanding ability and achievement 'Free Marriage' set for Fairchild "Free Love" shocked a lot of people, but they hadn't heard about "free marriage." Yes, a couple will really get married, free of charge, at "Weddings: Then, There and Now," the ninth annual bridal show Monday, Feb. 26, at 7 p.m. in Fairchild Theatre. Don Dunbar, professor of floriculture, and about 100 floriculture students are conducting a search for the lucky couple now. The bridal gown, the groom~stux, outfits fbr bridesmaids and groomsmen, ' flowers, of course, and all the other necessities will be furnished free, including a wedding reception. 2,_ The couple must, however, 'select the minister. They should also live in the Lansing area so they will be able td make trips fOf-fittings.- According to Bonnie Sturgill, one of the project's student coordinators, the ' students felt a real wedding ceremony would give the show unusual flair and meaning. In addition to the real ceremony, 10 different wedding scenes ranging from Eskimos to islanders will be featured at the "Bridal Show." The "Bridal Show" is an annual project of the students in floriculture, aimed at giving them experience in setting up and organizing weddings, working with people and the creative arrangement of flowers. Tickets for the show are $1.25. Race discounted in peer ratings When equal numbers of black and white auto workers rated one another on drive and assertiveness, and the likelihood of their becoming successful foremen, race was not a significant factor in their assessment. Frank L. Schmidt, assistant professor of psychology, and Raymond H. Johnson, doctoral candidate in industrial psychology, writing in the February (1973) issue of "Journal of Applied Psychology,"analyzed their- findings in a 1971-72 study of the effect of race on peer ratings in a Detroit industrial setting. The authors advocated further research on the determinants of peer ratings in integrated groups. One unresolved question in the Detroit study was the relationship between the levels of peer ratings and the recent exposure of the workers to training in human relations. Two earlier studies by other psychologists, they said, showed that numerical imbalance in race representation could result in workers rating those of their own race significantly higher than other workers. When there were only a few blacks in the work group, each black usually was rating his friends, the studies shewed. In the Schmidt - Johnson study, 43 black and 50 white trainees of comparable age and educational attainment levels received both foreman training and sensitivity training before evaluating one another. Economists look at Phase III Four University economists share the belief that the nation is headed into a period of rising inflation, but they disagree on how well Phase 3 will be able to cope with it. Thomas Gale Moore, professor of economics, says that the removal of price - wage controls of Phases 1 and 2 was timely, and he contends that even more controls should be cast off. But one of Moore's colleagues, Mordechai Kreinin, says it was a mistake to abolish mandatory controls before unemployment could be reduced to a more desirable level. (phase 3 removes most of the Nixon Administration's mandatory price - wage controls, except in such areas as the food, health care and construction industries. Phase 3 will rely mostly on "voluntary cooperation" to ~eep prices and wages in line, and it disbands the Pay Board and Price Commission in favor of a single Cost of Living Council.) Moore is particularly critical of government regulation of the economy. "Controls are really just a sop to public opinion," he says. He foresees a rise in inflation by the end of 1973, but it will be an inflation of demand, in which controls can't hold prices down anyway. Moore says the government should move toward a freer economy by, among other things, eliminating import controls and dismantling farm price supports. Three other MSU economists - Kreinin, Lawrence H. Officer and Paul B. agree basically that the time is right to stimulate greater farm Ginsburg - production by overhauling the price support program. Under current farm policies, says Officer, "consumers aren't getting as much food as they once could for their money, and they're paying tax dollars to farmers not to grow more food." Kreinin concurs generally with Moore's prediction of eventual demand inflation, but he argues that mandatory controls would help strike a better balance between inflation and unemployment. "I think controls would have much less role to play if we had attained more full employment and if demand inflation had set in," he says. ' Kreinin is especially concerned about the effects of unemployment, and he maintains that erasing the social degradation that accompanies unemployment is worth the cost of temporary restrictions on the economy. Kreinin emphasizes that wage - price controls comprise only one instrument of economic policy, and he says that a mixture of instruments - and a mixture of objectives - are needed to keep the economy in balance. He notes, for example, that one factor that may help lead to a new rise in inflation is the tremendous growth in monetary supply. He urges a modification in monetary policy to neutralize this growth. Officer, discounts the effectiveness of controls because, he says, they don't get at the basic roots of inflation and employment. Coping with inflation, says Officer, requires stronger enforcement of antitrust laws. "Big companies have big profits because they have market control," he says. "The same thing applies to labor unions and their market power. Even in a time of a weak market for their services, they go on strike." 0 Officer urges that restr.aints be imposed not on prices but on the market power of big business and big labor, although he concedes that this is "hard to do politically. " Ginsburg, says it may have been premature to remove mandatory price ~ wage controls, but he adds that the mere imposition of controls is not as effective in fighting inflation as are fiscal and monetary policy. Ginsburg, who i~also affiliated with the Office of Health Services Education and Research, specializes in the economics of health care and worked last summer with the:Price Commission. ; "J ae says that the. rate of inflation in physici~s' fees has been stabilized, but that, because of vague regulations, there- has b~ less success so far in holding down rising hospital· costs. . A problem facing the health care consumer, Ginsburg adds, is education - trying, for example, to measure the cost benefits of a newer, more sophisticated and higher - priced hospital service. The challenge in the health care industry - as in most other areas of the , economy - rate of increase. is not to cut costs, Ginsburg. says, but simply to try and slow their Director of Bands, Kenneth Bloomquist, rehearses the Symphonic Band, for a concert at 8: 15 p.Jl1., Wednl!sday, Feb. 7, which will feature multimedia effects, and a rock band as weUas guest conductor Clifton Williams of the University 'of Miami, Fla. A leading composer for the concert wind band, Williams will conduct his "Symphonic Dance No.3, 'Fiesta,'" and "The Sinfonians. " A work for Symphonic Band and Rock Band - ''Sinfonia Sacra" by Floyd E. Werle, arranger for the U.S. Air Force Band - will feature four MSU music students who also play rock music professionally. Bloomquist, aided by Abrams Planetarium personnel, will add multimedia effects to "Apothesis of this Earth" by Pulitzer Prize - winning composer Karel Husa. Musically, "Apothesis" describes what man has done to his planet and asks the question: "Why have we let it happen?" " The concert, open to the public without charge, will tie,i,n the Auditorium. --- Page 4, Feb. 1, 1973 'Serving State' serves State When dormitories and food service employees go to pick up their checks they receive an added each month, their free copy of "Serving bonus: State." For the last 17 years, "Serving State" has served the Division of Dormitories BY JANICE HAYES and Food Services. It reaches 1,400 employees each month - and 100 or so others who have requested copies just because they like it. \ In addition to' the small staff, volunteer roving reporters supply copy on personal items for each unit and residence hall from Hubbard ,to the International Center to Brody. "Serving State" is published eight times a year and averages about 18 pages per issue. Editor, Jack Thomson explains that studies on house organs have shown that employees like to receive a variety of news including benefits of employment, policies, futures and people on and ' off the job. A quick glance through the last three issues of "Serving State" shows that these studies have been taken seriously. A page reserved for news each month gives reports on current events affecting the divison. Articles such as "TIAA - CREF Enrollment Ends," "C-T Election Still Up In The Air," "Job Descriptions Standardized," or "Upholstery Shop Name Change" keep employees posted on new changes or policies. Features such as "What i~ TIAA - CREF?" and "How Much Do i Make?" delve deeper into employee benefits. According to Thompson, a "Contrast" page was developed in November because he and Joe Chavez, the feature question: "Should the division promote to people without college degrees management positions, they are otherwise qualified?" editor, disagreed on if Both sides were presented and comments welcomed by the editor. A log of "What's Coming Up?" lists everything from the Vienna ChOirboys to sports events. A new feature of the January issue of ~'Serving State" includes a listing of "Important Dates to Remember (or Forget)". It reminds the reader that Feb. 3 is "Bean Throwing ' Day" - to help drive out deviis! Personal reports from each unit tell who got his buck -on opening day and who's new on the job or leaving. A the birthday computer gives' all employees and their birthdays from month - to - month. People who give good, friendly service are featured on page three. A Serving State staff members Charlene Achtenberg, assistant director; Sharon Austin, production assistant; Jack Thompson, editor; and Joe Chavez, feature editor, check over a lithographic plate for the January issue printed in their Holmes Hall production office. little man, unidentified, warns "This Man Wants You" and continues, "Have you been giving outstanding service to our customers? Be careful, you might be here next." Standard Thompson said "People We features Know" and the "Serving State Portrait" are on individual personality sketches. that the columns titled "Five Years Ago", "Ten Years Ago," and "15 Years Ago" concerning events in the division were so poptilar that a new column began which features University events from "A Quarter Century Ago." Thompson, who has been an employee of MSU since 1946, and who is currently enrolled in his 52nd term of classes over a span of 20 years, admits that he still has to go to the library to ~ch the happenings of a quarter century ago. When the need for a "Contrast" page arose, it was created. So when the need for a "Safety Week" seemed necessary, that was created, too. Thompson says, "Safety is one aspect is very important to our division and therefore to our pUblication." that Each month, Carl Eigenauer, the University's safety engineer, decides what the main problem has been for the past month. Then, based on that report, he . creates a safety page for "Serving State~" The editorship of "Serving State" is only part of Thompson's duties as an editorial assistant. He also spends his time at Holmes Hall editing brochures, catalogs, maps and national magazine for the Association of College and University Housing Officers. 'Miss Mac' helps students for 40 years There's a woman on campus who has a "PST degree" and the honorary title of "Parazoologist Extraordinary, Vertebrate First Class, with Invertebrate Cluster, to be held in Perpetuity." She's Mrs. Bernadette Henderson, who is has been known more affectionately as "Miss Mac" during her 40 years as executive secretary of the zoology department. She 'retires from the post Feb. 1. Mrs. Henderson received her degree and title at a reception in her honor given recently. The "PST" stands for "Putting Students Through," and that's exactly what she has been doing since she came to the campus in 1932. During her years in the zoology department, she has' taken students home and feed them; counseled them in academic and personal matters; written to them when they served in World War II; and generally helped "put them through" college. "The students have been my family," said Mrs. Henderson, a widow for 20 years; "It was important that they have a human element and someone to communicate with during their stay on campu's." , It was because of her interest in students that "Miss Mac" wrote to more than 1 00 of the department's students BERNADETTE 'MAC' HENDERSON who were serving overseas during the war. "I was offered jobs in industry at th,at time for more pay, but my husband and I decided that I was needed here at MSU so I could keep in contact with the students," she said. It was this task of writing to students in the armed services that also got Mrs. Henderson in trouble with the federal government and a threat of jail. She explained that she thought it would be nice for these students to communicate with each other, so she sent a list to each of them of their fellow students, their armed services serial numbers and where they were stationed. ''That way I thought that if they were in the area they could look up their fellow students," she said. But the government found out what she was doing and warned her that it was illegal to send such information through the mail as the enemy could intercept it. Mrs. Henderson was M~ss McCarthy when she took the job on campus. Her nickname taken from her maiden name. is "I had attended Lansing Business University and decided to get a job in the area," she said. Before coming to MSU, she worked for the Farm Bureau in Lansing. Mrs. Henderson explained that when she came to the University, then MSC, there was no such thing as a personnel department. "I was just hired by the department chairman, who was Harrison Randall Hunt," she said. The zoology department in 1932 consisted of two full- time and one part - faculty members and Mrs. Henderson. Today, the department has 28 faculty members. time Her duties in the department weren't just secretarial when she first began work. "In those days I swept the floors, fed the rats and did such things as making the fly food," she said. "You didn't mind doing these kinds of things; because they were part of your job." But it was things that weren't part of Mrs. Henderson's job that the faculty and students will always remember her for. The warm feelings of students and faculty toward "Miss Mac" are reflected in the stacks of letters she has received both before and since announcing her retirement. "I'll never forget how you told me how important it was to keep in touch with my parents. Now that they are gone, I realize how much this mean t to them," said one former student. A prominent medical doctor wrote that "when I was a little lonely and a little afraid I found a little woman who told me to follow the way of diligence, confidence and love for others. I hope that every.one can find such a little lady." Mrs. Henderson said it is ,very touching and nice to know that you've helped people. She added that although times have changed the students are the same. "They still have the same problems and worries they had 40 years ago." Mrs. Hen