MRS BERNIE TUCKER OFFICE OF SEC OF FAC EAST WING LIBRARY 010 Bright lights and hollow buildings characterize the campus at night. But it's far from lifeless ... see story and pictures on pages 4 and 5. MSU News -Bulletin . Inside. • • · .. A new dean, page 2 · .. Alumni cited, page 3 · .. Zoologist to retire, page 6 · .. Cofer honored, page 6 ' Vol. 2. No. 49 j Michigan State Univ~si(y May 27,1971 Changes in exam week go to Council report from the Uitiversity Educational which such a 'final exaritination' may not be necessary or desirable." The Policies Committee final then, if approved, recommendations, exaritination week. The report has been that faculty would no approved by the Office of the Provost. would mean to give a final required longer be exaritination. The six EPC recommendations are: 1. During the final week of each academic term all courses shall meet for one two-hour period at the date and time listed in the "Schedule of Courses and Academic Handbook." This period should be used exaritination, discussion, summar~ing the course, for obtaiiting student evaluation of the course, instruction, or any other appropriate activity designed to advance the student's education. If an instructor requires a written report or take-home examination in place of a fmal, it shall not be due before the final period scheduled for that course. 2. In that a the event final examination is deemed appropriate by an instructor, It may not be scheduled at any time other than the date and hour listed in the '$chedule of Courses (Continued on page 2) regarding Implementation of the student participation recommended report, changes for final examination week, and a status r~port on the development of faculty grievance procedures are on the EPC began studying the issUe after agenda for the last Academic Council the ombudsman reported some faculty meeting of the year, Tuesday (June 1) misuse of finals week. The report recognizes at 3: 15 p.m. in the Con Con Room of learning that "in many situations a final evaluation activity, the Center for International Programs. comprehensive in nature and focusing The Steering Committee of the on the content of the total instructional Faculty will suggest that the Committee period, is desirable." on Committees "initiate appropriate procedures for election (of student representatives) and implementation" of the provisions for student participation in academic governance. Those provisions, after some five years of consideration by various University groups, were approved by the Board of Trustees last week. the report further recognizes that "instructional settings occur in But tha t The steering committee will also sugge st the Committee on Committees collaborate with current members of the Academic Council; that faculty representatives in the Council report fall on the status of impelementation in their colleges; that the the current student members be extended through Jan. 1, 1972, the deadline for implementation set by the steering committee. terms of this And the steering committee will ask Madison Kuhn, professor of history and secretary of the faculties, to prepare a complete revision of the bylaws which govern the Council, Academic Senate and standing committees. Also on he Council agenda will be a discussion coneering the title of those bylaws .. . They are now the "Bylaws of the Faculty." The Council may consider retitling the bylaws to reflect student participation. THE COUNCIL will also receive a Board approves tenure rules, OKs- new policy on nepotism The Board of Trustees last week unanimously approved new tenure regulations governing reappointment of nontenured faculty members. The regulations, approved earlier by both the, Academic Couricil and Senate, provide for the giving of reasons, upon written requests, to nontenured faculty members who are not reappointed. The regulations also stipulate that upon initial appointment, a nontenured faculty member will be notified in writing of terms and conditions of employment, time period including covered by the appointment, salary provlslon, general expectations regarding profeSSional re5ponsibilities, conditions other than performance that further appointment may make a inadvisable. The new appointee should also from the chairman of the receive appointing unit a copy of the bylaws which specify procedures for actions regarding nontenured faculty. The regulation change was developed by the University Faculty Tenure Committee after several years' study. At the February meeting of the Trustees, University Attorney Leland W. Carr Jr. presented a memorandum citing recent court cases involving universities which ' refused for nonreappointment. The Trustees then a pproved the appropriate Uitiversity body develop guidelines in this area. In April, the national assembly of the American Association of University Professors approved a policy for giving writt~n to provide .a motion to have reasons reasons appeal procedures outlined. for nomeappointment with in Some concern was expressed Academic Council and Senate meetings concerning appeal procedures. E. Fred Carlisle, associate chairman of English and chairman of an ad hoc committee studying faculty rights, responsibilities and grievance procedures, reported to the Senate that ali interim teport on (Continued on page 3) Final N-B June 4 Next week's issue of the MSU News - Bulletin will appear on Friday instead of the usual Thursday distribution, to allow for coverage of the Distinguished Faculty, Teacher - Scholar and Excellence in Teaching awards. Page 2, MSU News - Bulletin, May 27, 1971 Oyer to become comm arts dean Five weeks from today, Herbert J. Oyer will become dean of the College of Communication Arts, where he'll occupy the chair of Jack Bain who plans to teaching undergraduates. reacclima te himself to As dean, Oyer will oversee advertising, audiology communication, sciences, and TV-radio departments. and the speech journalism life Oyer's personal friends will tell you he's a quiet man. A fisherman. An organist. But overshadowing his avocations, he's a man who has devoted speech and hearing his to handicapped persons throughout Michigan, the U.S. and other countries. regard by colleagues, reflected in the fact that he was honored with the Distinguished Faculty Award in 1969. in His background and hearing reveals a concern for others, especially since he came to MSU in 1960 as director of the Speech and And he is held speech it! Hearing Clinic. Since then Oyer has initiated community programs at the Ingham County Extended Care Facility in Okemos, the Rehabilitation Medical Center at Sparrow Hospital, at Howell State Hospital and at the Beekman Center School in Lansing. Oyer's work in other countries has also been extensive. In Nigeria he conducted surveys on the care of the speech and hearing handicapped. And in 1967 he went India under the to auspices of the Children's Bureau of to health, education and welfare determine the potential for n;search programs there. about Asked audiology THOUGH HE'S A native of Illinois, Oyer admits that his strong loyalties are with Ohio - Bluffton College, where he received his bachelor's degree; Bowling Green State University, where he received his master's and taug,.'1t speech for four years, and finally Ohio State University, where he got his doctorate and spent five years on the faculty. the possibility of transferring MSU's and speech sciences to the College of Human Medicine, Oyer said, "I have always felt speech sciences that audiology and rightly belongs the College of in Communication Arts. This doesn't diminish, however, the possibility of joint appointments with human medicine." Active in many in research and national and international organizations, Oyer is kept busy by activities that include giving a paper at an International Congress in Denmark or Germany or observing research projects in India. And he is a consultant to several institutions: The National Institutes of Health, the University of Miami School of Medicine, George Washington University, the Lima (Ohio) Memorial Hospital or the Rehabilitation Services Administration of health, education and welfare in Washington. Oyer: Communication's new dean. -SUE SMITH One dean found; the search still goes on for two others While the College of Communication Arts has completed its dean selection, the colleges of Education and Human Ecology are still searching. Herbert J. Oyer, professor and chairman of audiology and speech sciences, was named by the Board of Trustees last week as the new dean of communication arts. He succeeds Jack M. Bain, who will return to teaching July 1. The search and selection committee soliciting for education is nominations. As of the still last week, committee had received 55 nominations from 42 individuals, for a total of 32 persons nominated (some were nominated by more than one person). About 17 percent of the nominees are MSU faculty members. Nominations are being solicited from faculty, staff, students, alumni, and education the University. leaders outside In human ecology's search, three names were submitted to the provost a few months ago and Provost John Cantlon has said that interviews with the nominees are still taking place. r Two locations will receive bikes for summer storage Bicycle owners have been· asked to remove their bikes from residence halls and academic area racks before June 13. In order to help maintain the bike racks, improve parking areas and round up abandoned bicycles, the Department of Public Safety will impound bicycles during the week of June 14-18. Bikes parked in the academic area racks will be picked up only between 11 p.m. and 6 a.m. Indoor storage space at a charge of $5 is available for the summer in the Laundry Building, across from Power Plant 65. Bikes may be checked in between noon and 3 p.m. Mondays· through Fridays. They must be removed by Oct. 15, and those not claimed will be impounded and sold at public auction. Staff and students who wish free summer storage may use the racks on the south side of parking lot "Q," which is east of the Department of Public Safety on Birch Road. This area will be available beginning June 7, and bikes must be removed by Sept. 23. Storage in this lot is at the owner's risk. Council • • • (Concluded from page 1) and Academic Handbook." Any the printed schedule deviations from must be approved by the Registration and Scheduling Committee of the Assistant Deans Group. than No student should be required to take more two examinations during one day of final week. A student who has more than two examinations scheduled during a particular day may take his class schedule to the assistant dean's' office in his college who will arrange the postponement (rescheduling) of the third examination occurring on that day. for 3. The final week schedule shall be systematically the rotated so two-hour period for each course (time slot) will be scheduled at a different time each term. This will apply to common final examinations also. that 4. Faculty shall schedule office hours during the final week (or in some other way themselves accessible to their students) as they do in the other weeks of the term. to make attempt 5. The substance of these policies the incorporated into 'be shall Senate OKs bylaw changes After brief discussion, the Academic Senate last week overwhelmingly approved changes in tenure regulations to allow giving for nonreappointment reasons are requested in writing. reasons if (The tenure regulation change was later approved by the Board of Trustees. See related story.) But a resolution presented by teh president of the MSU chapter of the Amercian Association of University Professors, Sigmund Nosow, professor of labor and industrial relations, was defeated by about 18 votes. The AAUP resolution called for a one-year extension for all nontenured faculty whose contracts were terminated in December 1970, and who were not given the nonreappointment, whether or not they requested such reasons. That resolution had been approved unanimously at an AAUP meeting earlier in the week. reasons for said Provost John Cantlon pointed out the financial problems which could be created by extending the contracts of all 12 nontenured faculty who were not reappointed, but Nosow the problem was not monetary nor a matter of just simply giving these 12 the reasons their nonreappointment. for The problem, he said, was one of "equity, and of the dignity of the faculty member and of the University." The Senate parliamentarian, Rollin Simonds, professor of management, pointed out that an action arising from the floor of the Academic Senate is not an official faculty action until it is the Academic channeled Council and back the Senate, according to the faculty bylaws. through to the The vote on resolution, as announced by President Clifton R. Wharton Jr., was approximately 68 to 50. Senate attendance was 160, the according faculties' office. the secretary of to In other action, the Senate: . * Approved bylaw amendments pertaining to student participation in academic governance. * Approved incorporation of the Graduate Council into jurisdiction of the faculty bylaws * Approved the document on rights and graduate student responsibilities. 6. The Provost "University Catalog" and the "Schedule of Courses and Academic Handbook." to is urged communicate the deans, and to department chairmen of the various colleges the need for closer attention to practices within their units with respect to student evaluation and activites associated with the final week. If approved, the recommendations would be effective immediately. *** E. FRED CARLISLE, associate chairman of English and chairman of the ad hoc committee on faculty rights responsibilities and grievance and procedures, will report to the Council on the grievance procedures. status of the The committee is working with a rough draft of procedures, and Carlisle indicated to the steering committee that copies should be available to faculty later this term. He said the committee hopes to have a recommended version before the Council by October. -BEVERLY TWITCHELL THURSDA Y, MAY 27 p.m. (AM) - A rebroadcast of Benjamin Mays' Martin Luther King Memorial Address. FRlDA Y, MAY 28 1 p.m. (AM) - Economist Milton f7riedman discusses "The Social Responsibility of the Corporate Structure." SATURDAY, MAY 29 7 p.m. (FM) - Classics by request (355-6540) on "Listener's Choice." SUNDAY, MAY 30 2 p.m. (AM-FM) - "The Passion and Death of Our Lord Jesus Christ According to St. Luke" is performed by the Cleveland Orchestra. TUESDA Y, JUNE 1 1 p.m. (AM) - Quinn Tamm, director of the International Association of Chiefs of Pollice, discusses "Perspectives on Violence." 8:30 p.m. (FM) - The Boston Symphony features Mozart's Symphony No. 36, K. 425 and Symphony No.7 by Mahler. THURSDAY, JUNE 3 11 :30 a.m. (FM) Psychiatrist Elizabeth Kubler - Ross interviews persons on the subject of death on "Until J Die." - FRIDAY, MAY 28 7 p.m. - The issue on "The Advocates" is: "Should Public Employes Have the Right to Strike?" SUNDA Y, MAY 29 12:30 p.m. - A special program for teachers is aired on "Sesame Street and Teachers." 1 :30 p.m. - "Owen Wingrave" is a new opera by Bcnjamin Britten especially for TV. 4 p.m. - Three young people who were casualties in political and social crises last year are eulogized on "Part of the Family." 10 p.m. - "U.S.A." is a special adaptation of John Dos Passos' novel starring Edward G. Robinson. MONDAY, MAY 31 7 p.m. - "Sesame Street and Parents" is a special for parents of young children. WEDNESDA Y, JUNE 2 7 p.m. - Ken Beachler previews highlights from MSU's new Lecture-Concert Scries. MSU News -Bulletin Editor: Gene Rietfors. Associate editor: Beverly Twitchell Associate editor: Sue Smith Editorial offices: Rooms 323 and 324, Linton Hall, Michigan State University, East Lansing 48823, Phone 355-2285. Published weckly during the academic year by the Department of Information Services. Second - class postage paid at East Lansing, Mich. 48823 Fifty-year grads cited It's not often that 50 - year graduates of MSU are described as impetuous youth. But that happened last week when the Alumni Association honored the class of 1921 at the 43rd annual Patriarchs' Luncheon. Stanley W. Powell, state representative from Ionia and a 1920 graduate of MSU, installed the class of '21 into the Patriarchs' Club by saying he would overlook "the youthful and immature deeds of the boys and girls who prceeded from the cloistered halls of MAC" half a century ago. Harold Hartley, president of the class of 1921, reminded his classmates that "we can't be looking back too much. We have to look forward to what's coming around the bend of life." * * * THE ALUMNI Association's Kedzie Cane, given to MSU's oldest living graduate, went to Zachary Veldhuis, class of 1896. Veldhuis, still a practicing veterinarian in Hamilton, Mich., said he had seen a lot of generation gaps in his 10] years - including the one between himself and the class of '21. Also on hand fOI the luncheon was De lbert M. Prillerman Sr., a 1917 graduate and one of MSU's first Black graduates. Now a resident of Columbus, Ohio, Prillerman taught and worked in the fields of insurance and realty. At the time Prillerman was ready for college, his father was president of West Virginia State College and a friend of Jonathan L. Snyder, president of Michigan Agricultural College from 1896 until 1915. "The first day I was here, 1 sent a wire to my father in West Virginia saying, '1 don't like it here, I'm coming home.' Dad wired back, 'Give it a week.' "I did, and I stayed until I graduated." There was a problem finding a place to live in East Lansing. But just as with other problems he faced in his three years at MAC, Prillerman said, the trouble was not racial. "At that time, only upperclassmen could live on campus," he remembers. "And the boarding houses were pretty much full. "But a friend of mine knew of a house owned by an Irishman who lived up north, and we got a place to live. "There were six students living in that old house. Two Blacks, two Jewish boys, a Finn, a Swede and two Americans. We saw the landlord only at rent time, and. we all got along great together. " - BRIAN ZEMACH Elections held Results of the faculty - wide election of members to the Faculty Steering Committee were announced at last week's Academic Senate meeting. Elected to replace Hideya Kumata, professor of communication, and Dozier Thorn ton, associ a te professor of psychology, were: James T. Bonnen, professor of agricultural economics, and Beatrice Paolucci, professor of human ecology. Walter F. Johnson, professor of administration and higher education, was re- elected. Elections were also conducted for the chairman of the Committee on Faculty Affairs and Faculty Compensation. New bylaws established with the committee provide for election by all voting faculty of a chairman to serve a two - year term. that post was Frederick Elected Williams, professor of history. to Board of Trustees • • • Page 3, MSU News - Bulletin, May 27,1971 (Concluded from page 1) grievance procedures may be presented to the Academic Council by June. Carr said at last week's Board meeting that the ienure regulations as approved would be a first step in preventing court cases on nonreappointment, and the grievance procedures (which he has helped develop) would be the second step. that THE TRUSTEES ALSO discussed the confusion which was created by a Board action last month which extended for one year the contracts of nontenured faculty members who were not reappointed in December 1970 and who were not given reasons for the nonreappointment. Some trustees had stated that the motion was a "class action," covering all 12 nonreappointed faculty members, that the motion and others stated covered only two assistant professors of natural science whose names were mentioned during discussion on last month's motion. President Clifton R. Wharton clarified the situation by stating that an administrative investigation showed that the motion was a "class action" motion but that the class was so defined that it was limited to three faculty members who fit the specifications of the motion (i.e. who had requested reasons for nonreappointment and did not receive them). The three are William L. Downes Jr., Bertram G. Murray, and Eileen R. Van Tassell all assistant professors of natural science. If others among the 12 notified in December of their nonreappointment meet the specifications of the motion, Wharton said, they will be covered by the motion and will receive a one-year extension of their contracts. Taylor Report Some five years of discussion on student participation academic governance was culminated when the Board unanimously approved revised bylaw amendments for student participation. to provide in to The bylaw amendments, known as the Taylor Report, originally were presented the Trustees as an information item in February. At that time, Trustees expressed concern about some provisions of the report and formed a subcommittee which made six recommendations for changes in the document. Four of those changes were approved by the Academic Council and report was the Senate, and approvedlast week by the Trustees. total The bylaw amendments provide for the addition of 31 students to the Academic Council with voting privileges except on matters of "Exclusive concern to the faculty," such as salary, leaves and fringe benefits; "matters affecting the distinctively professional duties of the faculty," which pertain to the "faculty's obligation to maintain the intellectual authority of the University;" and "matters in which the distinctively professional rights of the faculty are at issue," such as substantive issues of tenure, promotion, dismissal or reappointment. The 31 student members of the Council would include 15 undergraduates, six graduate students and 10 representatives at large. Of the 10, at least six will be nonwhites and at least five women. for student The student participation report also seats on all provides standing committees except the committee on faculty affairs and faculty compensation. One new committee, the Committee on Academic Governance, faculty with equal student and And units - representation, is created in the report. such as departments, schools and centers and institutes whose responsibilities concern students - are charged, in the report, with developing significant "p at terns involvement of students the in decision-making processes by which policy is formed." the for The trustees also unanimously approved a change in the University's nepotism rules. The change, presented by Vice President for University Relations Robert Perrin, relects, what he described as a change from a negative approach in 1957, to one of tolerance in 1966, and finally to a positive approach. Other actions to subscribe In other action, the Trustees: *' Authorized the College of Human Medicine to nonprofit for graduate medical corporation residency to establish education, training programs in community hospitals. (Trustees Patricia Carrigan, Frank Hartman, Blanche Martin, Frank Merriman, Don Stevens, Ken Thompson, and Clair White voted in favor; Warren M. Huff was opposed.) * Unanimously approved an affiliation agreement with the Flint OsteopathiC Hospital for promotion of teaching programs in health care. * Unanimously approved the statement on the composition, functions and procedures of the the Graduate Council, bringing Graduate Council into the purview of faculty bylaws. * Unanimously approved a document rights and student on graduate responsibilities, which pertains to roles and relationships between graduate studen ts and units of the University, "principles of equity" governing those relationships, and which establishes a judicial structure for graduate students at the department, college and university levels. term. * Approved a change in the fee - by - credit system to no longer permit no change for credits taken in excess of 20 credits per (Hartman, Huff, Martin, Merriman, Thompson, Stevens an4 White in favor; Carrigan opposed.) * Unanimously approved changes in University traffic regulations, including a provision to eliminate faculty, staff and graduate assistant use of the parking gate key card as a bus pass, and a provision to prohibit parking in the Cherry Lane Married Housing areas by residents of Case, Wilson, Wonders and Bolden Halls. * Approved residence hall and married housing rate increases to cover increased operation costs. (Carrigan,' Hartman, Martin, Merriman, Stevens, and Thompson in favor; Huff and White opposed.) from * Accepted $2.35 million in gifts, grants and scholarship funds, including a $435,000 grant the National Institutes of Health the College of Human Medicine to increase its enrollment next year. to enable (see included transfers and changes * Approved 28 appointments, 26 in leaves, 16 resignations and assignments, 22 terminations and retirements. five Among the appointments were a new dean (Herbert Oyer) for the College of related Communication Arts stories). Others the appointments of: James L. Conklin of the University of Michigan Medical School to associate dean for student the College of Human for affairs Medicine; John Barson, associate director of medical education, reserarch and development to associate dean for the College of Osteopathic Medicine; Raymond D. Vlasin, assistant chancellor for community outreach and research at the University of Wisconsin, to chairman of resource development; and Gilbert A. Leveille, professor of nutritional biochemistry at the University of Illinois to chairman of food science and human nutrition. Nepotism rules revised Following is the reVISIon of the University's nepotism rules as it was presented to the Board of Trustees last week: A review of the University's official policy on nepotism indicates a need for revision and updating to eliminate possible confusion and to insure that the policy remains current. The last official Board action was in April 1957 when the State Board of Agriculture adopted the following policy: "It is the general policy of the University not to offer new employment to an individual having an immediate relative already in the employ of the University. However, it is recognized that exceptions are desirable in certain instances, but in no case will new employment be offered to an individaul in a department or similar administrative subdivision in which an immediate relative is already employed, nor will circumstances be permitted to arise in which one employe is placed under the supervision or control of an immediate relative." Susequently, in 1966, the policy was informally revised and published in the Faculty Handbook. It reads: "Individuals may be offered employment at the University even though they have immediate relatives already on the University payroll. "The employment of relatives in the same department should be discouraged, but in certain instances exceptions will be approved. Under no circustances will an employe be placed under the direct supervision or control of a relative." * * * WHILETHEFaculty Handbook version took cognizance of what had become the practice on the campus by providing a more permissive attitude toward the hiring of relatives, it nevertheless left the University in the ambiguous positon of having two written nepotism policies. To correct this situation, it is requested that the Trustees formally approve a new policy which will remove the ambiguity and establish a single standard. The proposed new policy reads as follows: "Standards for employment and promotion at Michigan State University shall consist of ability, qualifications for the position and performance. Relat.ionship to another individual employed by the University shall not constItute a bar to hiring or promotion; provided however, that no employe shalf be assigned to a unit or department under the direct supervision or . control of a relative. Employment of relatives in the same unit or department or under the same supervisor is authorized only with the prior written approval of the head of the unit or department and the Office of the Provost or the Office of the Executive Vice President as appropriate." Page 4, MSU News - Bulletin, May 27, 1971 Campus police - business as usual. An early-morning patient leaves Olin Health Center. Campus at ni Quiet, bl The campus at 2.a. m ..... Silence is thwarted by an occasional car, a rarel Beaumont Tower. Buildings are hollow. The library, its lights still on empty, is more conspicuously tenantless than the rest. Across the river, dormitory complexes flicker as tl doused one by one. But the campus at 2 am is not sleeping. A truck leaves from food stores for a wholesale rr driver will buy produce used in university residence h The man behind the desk at Kellogg Center only dou more formally employed as an auditor and must I accounts before he leaves at 7. A night receptionist monitors the front entrance to e On weekends her job can sometimes be hectic, but USl awake. The busiest people are the 125 to 150 full and part-tiI clean offices, laboratories and classrooms, but also ac campus police during the night. A pool operator is 011, duty to clean the swimming p( and chlorine levels. The telephone switchboard is manned to provide i service. Unless the sky is hopelessly overcast, .the observatdr) mid-January night presents a test of dedication to asb they must work at outside temperatures to protec $125,000 telescope. For some, the night is the only time their jobs can 1 Department of Public Safety, it's business as usual. Campus police patrols continue through the nig function that occupies them during the daylight hi protection mission. Although crimes against persons are less frequent n population, university property is constantly under whom have no connection with the university. Olin Health Center is staffed, of course, with a c through the night for in-patient and emergency care. A full crew of operators, consultants and prepar, computer center's data processing rooms running ( researchers in the physics, chemistry and enginee terminals connected to MSU's CDC 6500 system. One, and possibly both, of the campus power plant smaller load than during the day. The 6500 console helps light the Computer Center. At 2 a.m., the health· Page 5, MSU News - Bulletin, May 27, 1971 A coed monitors a dorm entrance. It: busy nan, a predictable pews and cubicles ~ersistent lights are Detroit where the cafeterias that day. be night clerk; he's the previous day's len's residence hall. a matter of staying dians who not only 'yes and ears of the monitor the pumps ion and emergency Ii 'operation. An icy ; and students since ~licate lens of the for others, like the the traffic control ~ s way to a plant ~ity of comparable y thieves, most of nd nurses on duty :>ecialists keep the hour basis, while ldings use remote erating at a slightly ~ower Plant '65 requires 24-hour attention. Text by Michael Morrison Photographs by William Mitcham Auditor Jack Donahoo - Kellogg Center's night clerk for 15 years. bby is finally deserted - almost. Page 6, MSU News - Bulletin, May 27, 1971 Wallace: Still doing lots of 'birding' Every day at 6 a.m., George J. "birding" with his Wallace goes students. Then, at 10 a.m., he takes his car home, "because there aren't any parking spaces on the campus." . His afternoons are filled with seminars, committee meetings and people dropping in "to chat about birds." He tries in the evening to keep up with some of the 25 journals to which he subscribes. From the time he was a small boy, George Wallace's days have been devoted to studying birds. Next year the professor of zoology will retire after three decades on the MSU faculty. * * * WALLACE, THE ornithologist "with a suspicious turn of mind," is best known to the public for his protests in the late 1950s against the indiscriminate use of DDT. But also during his 29 years at MSU, he has guided 30 master's and 15 doctoral students, published 80 journal articles and written a text that has been used in more than 100 schools. When his "Introduction to Ornithology" was first issued in 1955, it contributed a much-needed scholarship to a literature dominated by popular "bird books." To honor Wallace on his retirement, his graduate students recently organized a dinner. They wrote to all his former students and to colleagues. Wallace received 60 letters of tribute, and about 70 persons attended the banquet. "Several people had been invited to things about me," he says. "Of say course, they weren't supposed to say that they got a raw deal." C en tral Michigan University recognized Wallace with an honorary doctor's degree last December. And in 1969 he was named Michigan Wildlife Conservationist of the Year. * * * WALLACE GREW UP on an isolated Vermont farm. A fierce competition developed among him, and his four two sisters. An older brothers and brother could always outrun and out jump him, but George always won the bird-naming contest. By the sixth grade, he was keeping lists and descriptions of different birds and their spring arrival times. He cut up and sold part of the family wood lot to earn the $93 he needed for the first year's tuition at the University of Michigan. Leaving Vermont for the first time, he hitch-hiked to Ann Arbor in 1928. He earned a B.S. in zoology in 1932 and the Ph.D. four years later. Wallace recalls that as a sophomore he attended a Wesleyan Guild, where a young coed was "pretty impressed" when he walked all the way around Whitmore Lake near Ann Arbor. "Those picnics are not entirely innocent, you know." He and the coed were married in 1934. * * * AFTER A year with the Vermont Fish and Game Service and a period as director of a bird and wildlife sanctuary in Massachusetts, Wallace came to MSU in 1942. Recalling his f<:me (or notorie ty) of the late 1950s, he says that at the time he was criticizing blanket aerial spraying, he really didn't have all the scientific evidence to substantiate his claims that DDT was killing birds. "We had refrigerators full of dead robins," he says. Many died showing symptoms of poisoning, he adds, but the chemical link with DDT was not finnly established until a few years later. Wallace testified before a Congressional committee about his fears. Afterwards, an official of the Michigan Department of agriculture attempted to have Wallace's dean discipline for the professor "irresponsibility." No action was ever taken. The late Rachel Carson had considerable correspondence with Wallace while she was reserarching "Silent Spring." She was "very thorough," he recalls. "There had been scientific papers pointing out many of the same things, but it took her book to get the idea across." During the next year, Wallace will be a consultant to the zoology department. During retirement, he plans to update his text, and he may write a popular book on the birds of places \\here he has studied them : Alaska, Colombia, Nepal, India, Ceylon and the Scottish Islands. And he'll spend a lot of time on his 10 acres near ~rayling- "mostly wood, which is nice for me." His wife, an avid gardner, there thi~ year, setting out raspberries and asparagus. is already In 1974 he plans to attend the Concert Tuesday The Chamber Orchestra will present its spring concert at 8: 15 p.m. Tuesday (June 1) in the Kellogg Center Auditorium. The orchestra, conducted by Dennis Burkh, will include French horn soloist Douglas Campbell of the Olusic fauculty and tenor soloist Rex Eikum of Bowling Green State University. International Ornithological Congress in that? "Every birder Australia. After wants to go to East Africa," he says. Friday (May 28) at 3 pm., Wallace is giving a seminar: "Forty Years of Ornithological Reminiscences: The Penultimate Gasp of a Senile Ornithologist." It is in Room 204, Natural Science Building. -KENT MIDDLETON Wallace: Plans for retirement Lloyd Cofer walks the 'tightrope' for students Lloyd Cofer, director of special services for minority f students, is one of Michigan State's "men the middle." The tightrope he walks between students and the administration is often in Pool prices rescinded Recently announced increases (News - Bulletin, May 20) for summer use of the University's indoor and outdoor swimming pools have been rescinded, Jack Breslin, executive vice president, has announced. Breslin said the same charges and conditions governing the pools' use last summer will remain in effect. "The higher rates were proposed because of a very serious problem in increased pool maintenance costs," he said. "It was believed that those who use the pools should bear the extra costs rather than have the entire university subsidize them. "However, after further review, it has been decided to continue with the old rates this summer while we work out a more equitable means of handling the Under the 1970 fee increased costs." this summer, system to apply again faculty, staff and students with current ID cards will be admitted to the pool free of charge. Students requiring towel and locker will be charged 10 cents, while faculty and staff without lockers will be charged 25 cents. faculty, Spouses of staff, and students with UniverSity ID cards will pay 25 cents, while the charge to guests will be 50 cents. Students with previous term's ID will pay 25 cents. shakey, but the success of MSU's minority support programs testifies to his ability to keep his balance. Since Cofer's appointment in 1967, Black enrollment here has increased from 600 than 2,000. to more Supportive counseling, tutorial aid, and financial aid programs have also grown. Never "too busy," Cofer is always ready with a warm friendly smile and a straight answer to any question. He explains, "The students feel we are not doing enough for them, and they are right - we are not. We are barely meeting the needs of 'some' of the minority students on campus. We cannot service them all simply because they are growing too rapidly, and we have neither the staff nor the money. in numbers "While we understand and are concerned about their problems, we could not solve them all no matter how much money we had. We are now getting as much as we possibly can out of for developmental programs." funds allocated the * * * IN 1967 COFER came to MSU to head the first Detroit Project - a special program started by Vice President Gordon Sabine and Gwen Norrell, professor in the counseling center, to being minority students not normally the University and admissable provide supportive them with counseling, financial aid and tutoring. into In September Cofer will head the 10th such program. The name has been changed to Developmental Program (DP), however, and the services have from to been extended throughout the state. students While he actively recruits, "I don't buy students," Cofer emphasizes. "If we did buy students, we would have many more. Here we will only offer as much financial support as a student can prove that he needs the parents' confidential financial statement. through He notes that students participating the DP programs range from full in support to none. * * * WHEN NOT recruiting or the supportive services coordinating serves as a trustee at program, Cofer Central Michigan University, a position he feels gives him empathy for both sides - administration and faculty. A member of the CMU board since 1964, Dr. Cofer served as chairman of the board from 1966-68 - one of the first Black chairmen the governing b0ard of a non-Black, state-supported university. He was reappOinted to an eight-year term in 1969. to head He also teaches an off-campus course instructional supervision in Battle on Creek. Before joining the faculty at MSU, Cofer was a counselor and administrator in Detroii's public schools for 34 years. He was dean of men at Fisk University in Nashville, Tenn., from 1930 until he joined the Detroit Public School System in 1934. He was assistant principal of Central High School from 1963 to 1965 and principal of MacKenzie High School from 1965 - 1968. -BARBARA MCINTOSH Cofer named to national board Lloyd M. Cofer has been elected to the board of directors of the Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges. Cofer was also appOinted program chairman for the organization, which includes more than 400 college and university trustees and represents 80 per cent of the student bodies in the U.S. The association of governing boards is one of seven constitutent members of the National Commission on Accrediting, and Cofer will also sit as a representative on the commission board of directors. In the coming year the association of governing boards will conduct a study of the Carnegie Commission Report on Higher Education through a series of one - day conferences throughout the , country. Cofer: Never "too busy." BULLETINS-------------------------------- Page 7, MSU News - BuIlet~, May 27,1971 1M POOL HOURS The Men's 1M building and outdoor pool will be open 1-5 p.m. Monday, May 31. Regular hours for the outdoor pool are 11 :30 a.m. - 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 1-5 p.m. Sunday. L·C SEASON TICKETS Ticket for Lecture-Concert Series season tickets will open tomorrow for the 1971-72 season. Prices are $20, $18, or $17, based on location, and include 8 exciting concerts and 20 colorful W orId Travel Series programs. Michigan BankAmericard or Master Charge orders will be accepted. Union Ticket Office hours are 8:15 a.m. to 4:30p.m. sales GAMUT ON WMSB This week Gamut presents "The Second Coming" and the second place winner in the recent MSU film festival, "Final." Blythe Cuyler will interview the student producer, Terry Mitchell, and Ali Issari, head of film production for the Instructional Media Center. Gamut can be seen at 10 a.m. Satur days on WMSB-TV, channel 10. STUDY HOURS EXTENDED The Undergraduate Library (2nd and 3rd floors, West Wing) will be open until 2 a.m. the final exam study period: Tuesday through Friday, June 1-4; and Sunday through Thursday, June 6-10. Usualy library hours will apply at all other times and for all other units. HORIZONS ON WKAR-AM This Saturday, the MSU Broadcasters' Guild presents "Vietnam Veterans' Rehabilitation" on Horizons. The veterans' problems of readjustment to civilian life will be discussed. Horizons can be heard Saturdays at 5:30 p.m. on WKAR-AM (870khz). BOTANICAL CLUB The Red Cedar Chapter of the Michigan Botanical Club will meet at 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, June 1, in Room 168, Plant Biology Bldg. Mr. and Mrs. Bert O'Beirne will present a program on "Michigan Wildflowers and Their Conservation." The O'Beirnes have used special cameras and photographic techniques to capture on film living portraits of rare and common Michigan wildflowers in their natural habitats. All interested persons are invited. For more information, call 5-4694. LECTURE WEDNESDAY David Stea, associate professor of geography and psychology at Chirk University, will deliver a lecture entitled: "The Cognitive Atlas: Maps in the Minds of Men, Women and Children" at 9:30 a.m., Wednesday, June 2 in Room 31 of the Union. Stea's interests include place learning and en vironmental cognition of children. The lecture is sponsored by the geography department, Justin Morrill College and the Social Science Teaching Institute. CONFERENCES----------------------------------- June 1-2 June 2-3 June 4-5 June 6-16 June 6-18 Effective Dietary Management Continuing Education Committee Workshop Michigan Vet. Medical Assn. Jackson-Hillsdale Area Comm. on Econ. Opportunity Basic Claims Adjudicators I _ Purchasing Management Seminar NAPM for EXHIBITIONS Kresge Art Center Main Gallery: Works from the permanent collection. Entrance and North Gallery, through June 13: Works in various media by Master of Fine Arts candidates at the conclusion of two years of graduate study. Gallery Hours: Monday-Friday, 9-12 a.m. and 1-5 p.m.; Tuesday, 7-9 p.m.; Saturday-Sunday, 2-5 p.m. Featured Campus Plantings Azaleas north of International Center. Beal Garden Azaleas north of Library. Hidden Lake Gardens, Tipton, Michigan Lilacs and azaleas are now blooming. Natural and developed landscapes are year around features. Open daily 8 a.m. until sundown. All conferences will be held in Kellogg Center. Students and faculty members are welcome to attend these continuing education programs. Those who are interested should make arrangements in advance with the Office of University Conference, 5-4590. DIRECTORY CHANGES Christian, Jacquelyn M., 150 Giltner Hall, 355-6517; Microbiologist, Micro. & Pub. Hlth.; 2331 Knob Hill Dr. Apt. 14, Okemos, 349-3725. Chu, Susan c., 150 Administration Bldg., 355-3300, Clerk Typist, Registrar; 1543G Spartan Vill., East Lansing, 355-3026. Dorin, Connie L., 1st Floor Union Bldg., 355-8257; Principal Clerk, M.S.U. Alumni Assoc.; 2824 Fernwood, Lansing, 372-7093. Fox, Lillian R., 3023 N. Cedar St., Lansing, 372-7419 (home). Matthews, Bette R., 120 Agriculture Hall, 355-{)190; Executive Secretary, Inst. of Agr. Tech.; 569 Virginia Ave., East Lansing, 332-8385. Pelham, James W., 301 S. Mich., Hastings, 945-5121; Extension Agr. Agent, Coop Extension; 718 E. Mill St., Hastings, 945-2344. Welbeck, Valeria M., 315 E. Jolly Rd., Okemos, 349-4909 (home). Williams, Jeffrey F., 46 Giltner Hall, 355-6512; 15- A Veterinary Clinic, 353- 9667 (offices); 5690 W. Columbia, Mason, 677-5862 (home). SEMINARS--------------------------~---------- TUESDAY, JUNE 1, 1971 WEDNESDAY, JUNE 2, 1971 Development and change in Taiwan: where do we go from here? Martin M.C. Yang,National Taiwan U. 3 p.m., 106 Center for International Program. (Asian Studies Center). Studies on chemically bound neutrons. J. W. Cobble, Purdue, U. 4 p.m., 136 Chemistry. (Chemistry). Effects of dietary carbohydrates on carbohydrate-digesting enzymes in the young calf. Danny Britt. 12:30 p.m., 126 Anthony Hall. (Dairy). Purification of acetyl-CoA synthetase from lactating goat mammary gland mitochondria. Robert M. Cook. 12:30 p.m., 126 Anthony Hall. (Dairy). Photographs to evaluate change in type. Charles Goeke. 12:30 p.m., 126 Anthony Hall. (Dairy). The international employment mission to Ceylon - spring 1971. Subbiah Kannappan. 3 p.m., 3 Marshall Hall. (Economic Development). Enzymatic enchancement of volatile flavors in some fruits and vegetables. P. S. Belo, Jr. 4:10 p.m., 110 Anthony Hall. (Food Science & Human Nutrition). The invertase of cucumbers. Luis Ramos·Gomez. 4:10 p.m., 110 Anthony Hall. (Food Science & Human Nutrition). U.S.-Japan Seminar on mathematics education held in Tokyo in March. Irvin Vance. 4:10 p.m., A304 Wells Hail. (Mathematics-Education). Genetic control of cell division in E. coli. Howard Adler,Oak Ridge National Lab. 4:10 p.m., 146 Giltner Hall. (Microbiology and Public Health) .. Calcium - containing thermo-precipitation fractions of serum: a study of their properties. Fred White. 4 p.m., 346 Giltner Hall (Pathology). Aspects of cyclophosphamide toxicity in perinatal mice. Robert Short. 4 p.m., 334 Giltner. (Pharmacology). Wind effects on tall buildings - new approaches to the prediction of wind forces. Alan G. Davenport, U. of Western Ontario. 2 p.m., 312 Engineering Bldg. (Civil Engineering). Nutritional status of children in Michigan day care centers. Donna Brooks. 11:20 a.m., 102 Human Ecology Bldg. (Food Science & Human Nutrition). Nutritional status of preschool children in relation to selected factors characterizing the family environment. Laura Sims. 4:10 p.m., 131 Anthony Hall. (Institute of Nutrition). Teaching and research programs in parasitology. J. F. Wnliams.12: 15 p.m., 213 Veterinary Clinic. (Lge. Animal Surg. & Med.). Factors affecting the production of local lesions by bean common mosaic (Plant virus. Gustavo Trujillo. 4:10 p.m., 168 Plant Biology. Pathology). Man-made lakes: a summary and evaluation of the international sym posium on man-made lakes held May 3-7 in Knoxville. Eckhart Dersch. 3 p.m., 338 Natural Resources. (Resource Development). Reports from the American Animal Hospital Assoc. Meeting held in Miami, Fla. April 25-30. W. O. Brinker and R. G. Schirmer.7:45 a.m., S123 Veterinary Clinic. (Small Animal Surg. & Med.). THURSDAY, JUNE 3, 1971 Critical issues in the economics of development. Rainer Schickele. 3:30 p.m., 16 Agriculture Hall. (Agricultural Economics). FRIDAY, JUNE 4, 1971 Somatotopic organization of mechanoreceptor projections to the cuneate gracile nuclear complex in the opposum, Didelphis marsupialis. Thomas C. Hamnton. 1:30 p.m., 136 Chemistry. (Biophysics), On self-decomposible probability measures on Banach spaces. Arunod Particle capture reactions at astrophysical energies. James Toevs, Hope Kumar. 4: 10 p.m., 405A Wells Hall. (Statistics & Probability). ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~..-.~~~~,~~~ ..... ~~~~~~~~~~~~--~..-.~~ College. 4: 10 p.m., Cyclotron Seminar Room. (Physics). Information on MSU events mal' be submitted, for possible inclusion in the bulletins, to Sue Sm~th, Dept. of Information Services, 109 Agriculture Hall, (517) 353-8819. Deadline for submitting infomwtion is 5 p.m. Tuesday preceding the Thursday publication. The calendar of el'ents will coveri1l1 8-day period, Friday through Saturday. \ MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY Friday, May 28, 1971 Calendar of Events .-,~. J 8 p.m. 8 p. m. 8:30 p.m. 8:30 p.m. iO p. m. "Stellarphonic Moog" Performing Arts Company (PAC)-One of three plays in repertory will be "The Rope Dancers." Tickets, $2, available at the Fairchild boxoffice weekday afternoons and one hour before performances. Arena Theatre. Planetarium Program - last week end, features original music on the moog synthesizer creatively blended with lighting by The Eye See The Light Show Com pany. Admission by advanced tickets, $1.50, available at the planetarium or the Union Ticket Office. New Players-"Tom Paine," a two-part play by Paul Foster, is one of three plays ending the season for the student group. Tickets, $2, for all three available at the Union Ticket Of fice, Marshall's, State Discount and Lum's. McDonel Kiva. New Players-"One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" uses un usual effects to bring to life a day in a mental institution. (Tickets, see above). Wonders Kiva. Planetarium Program (see above). Abrams. Saturday, May 29, 1971 2 p .m. PAC presents "The Country Wife," a bawdy 1675 classic by William Wycherley. (Tickets, see May 28) Fairchild Theatre. Planetarium Program (see May 28). Abrams. University Club chicken barbecue. New Players ("Cuckoo's Nest," see May 28). Wonders Kiva. New Players ("Tom Paine," see May 28). McDonei Kiva. PAC presents the Shakespearean comedy, "The Tempest." (Tickets, see May 28). Fairchild Theatre. Planetarium Program (see May 28). Abrams. Planetarium Program (see May 28), Abrams. 2:30 p.m. 5 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 8 p.m. 8 p.m. iO p.rr!. Sunday, May 30, 1971 7:30 p.m. 8 p.m. New Players ("Cuckoo's Nest," see May 28). Wonders Kiva. PAC (" Rope Dancers," see May 28). Arena Theatre. Monday, May 31, 1971 8 p.m. Memorial Day vacation - all classes and offices closed. PAC (" Rope Dancers," see May 28). Arena Theatre. 3: 15 p.m . 8 p.m. S: 15 p.m. Academic Counctl meeting. Con Con Room, lnt'! Ctr. PAC ("Tempest," see May 29). Fairchild Theatre. Concert-The MSU ChamQer Orchestra, conducted by Den nis Burkh, will be joined by French horn soloist Douglas Campbell and tenor soloist Rex Eikum, professor of voice at Bowling Green. No admission charge. Kellogg Center Aud. Wednesday, June 2, 1971 8 p.m. 8: l5 p.m. 8:30 p.m. PAC ("Tempest," see May 29). Fairchild Theatre. Graduate Recital-Clarinetist Robert Scott will perform. Music Aud. New Players-"Irma la Douce" will be the last student pro duction for the term. (Tickets, see May 28). Union Ballroom. fhursday, June 3, 1971 8 p.m. 8:30 p.m. 8:30 p.m. PAC ("Country Wife," see May 29). Fairchild Theatre. New Players ("Tom Paine," see May 28). Shaw Little Theatre. New Players ("Irma la Douce," see June 2). Union Ballroom. Friday, June 4, 1971 8 p.m. 8 p.m. 8:15 p.m. 8:30 p.m. 9 p.m. iO p.m. Planetarium Program-"Stardust" looks at scientific ideas regarding the origin of elements, tracing events to the surface of the earth. Abrams. PAC ("Country Wife," see May 29). Fairchild Theatre. Concert-"Evening of Graduate Premiere Compositions" will feature the Symphony Orchestra and Jazz Band. Loris Cho- banian will appear as soloist for his composition, "Concerto for Guitar and Orchestra." Union Lounge. New Players ("Tom Paine," see May 28). Shaw Little Theatre. New Playersf'Irma la Douce," see June 2). Union Ballroom. Planetarium Program (see above). Abrams. Saturday, June 5, 1971 2 p.m. 2:30 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 8 p.m. 8 p.m. 8: l5 p.m. PAC ("The Tempest," see May 29). Fairchild Theatre. Planetarium Program (see June 4). Abrams. New Players ("Tom Paine," see May 28). Shaw Little Theatre. New Players ("Irma la Douce," see June 2). Union Ballroom. Planetarium Program (see June 4). Abrams. PAC (" Rope Dancers," see May 28). Arena Theatre. Graduate Recital- Mezzo-soprano Cora Enman will present an unusual recital assisted by an instrumental group cond uc ted by Robert Harris. She will perform "Pierrot Lunaire" by Sc~oenberg in the sprechstimme style. Music Auditorium. New Players ("Tom Paine," see May 28). Shaw Little Theatre. New Players ("Irma la Douce," see June 2). Union Ballroom. - Planetarium Program (see June 4). Abrams. Tuesday, June 1, 1971 noon University Club Luncheon-Guest speaker will be Patricia Carriga-n, member of the Board of Trustees. iO p.m. iO p.m. 10 p.m. BULLETINS BOARD MATERIAL DUE the agenda Items to be for the June meeting of tne Board of Trustees must be in the Provost's Office or the Executive Vice President's Office by noon tomorrow. included in U. CLUB CHANGES the University Effective Club will discontinue the Saturday noon luncheons in the main dining room. The club will, however, continue to serve noon luncheons on Mondays. June 6, SEMINAR ADDITIONS James Bonnen will the "Role of the University in Public Affairs" today at 2 p.m. in 16 Agriculture Hall. His talk is sponsored by agricultural economics. speak on GRAD ASSISTANTS PAY Since many grad assistants leave campus soon after final exams end, the Graduate Assistants Payroll, due on June 15, 1971, will be issued and distributed to the departments by the Payroll Division, Office of the Comptroller, at 8 a.m. Friday, June 11. PAC TICKETS The Performing Arts Company's Theatre Festival, three plays in repertory, is now playing in Fairchild and the Arena Theatre, continuing through June 5. Tickets for "The Rope Dancer," "The Tempest" and "The Country Wife" are available at the Fairchild boxoffice weekdays 12:30-5 p.m. For l"eservations, call 5-{)148. FINAL GRADES to Grade cards will be delivered departmental offices for basic courses on June 1, all other courses un June 3. They should be checked immediately to see that there is a card for every student. The grading system is printed on the face of each class card. More detailed information is given on pages 144-147 of the 1971 Spring Term Schedule of Courses and Academic Handbook. All grades are due in the Office of the Registrar 36 hours after the final examination is given. ACADEMIC COUNCIL MTG. The Academic Council will meet at 3:15p.m. Tuesday, June 1, in the Con Con Room of the Center for International Programs. AWARDS CONVOCATION The 1971 Awards Convocation will be held at 8 p.m. Thursday, June 3, in the Anthony Hall Auditorium. The Distinguished Faculty Awards, Teacher Scholar Awards and Excellence-in-Teaching Awards will be presented. Recipients of the awards will be honored at a reception immediately following the convocation. The convocation and the reception are open to the public. All members of the academic community are invited. COMMENCEMENT Separate commencement exercises will be held this term for baccalaureate and advanced degree candidates, on Sunday, June 13. Advanced degree commencement will be held at 10 a.m. in the University Auditorium. Tickets for guests will not be needed. Baccalaureate exercises will be held at 4 p.m. in Spartan Stadium, if weather permits, where tickets will not be needed. In case of inclement weather, the ceremony will be held in Jenison Fieldhouse and guest seating will be limited to two guests for each can didate. Additional guests without tickets may view the ceremony from the auditorium via closed-circuit television. ACADEMIC APPAREL rent term graduation, June 13, are advised to inquire at the Union Desk or call 5- 3498. The deadline for reservation orders is Tuesday, June 8. Hoods from other universities must be special ordered and require an early reservation. to Faculty members who wish academic apparel for spring SUMMER HOUSING The following residence halls will be un open dergraduate students - Wilson, Van Hoosen, Fee and Williams Halls; for graduate students, Owen Hall; for adult institutes and workshops, Mc Donel Hall; summer orientation, -Wonders Hall; youth groups, West Circle Halls. Any inquires for single, on-campus housing should be directed to the hall a~signment office, 190 West Holmes Hall, 5-7460. summer school: for for For general information about MSU, call 353-8700.