/P1~tt-~~~ MS.U ,VERTICAL FILE MSU News -Bulletin VoI.3,No.28 Michigan State University May 11, 1972 Twenty-three named for faculty awards «", ?f':!( ~"'" l{'S' 'J ',\ i ; 'C''''-' ~ , fT:,' .. '~ .,.' ';"',. 'f. ",;,t.. ''1.0.'' ';'."::'>1. '.c, 1\\' l '~ ,r)..... (7'1 J ' L \tJ t. ' ,1 .iCHIGA /~ ~:.... :,'J,' ~ J,\llvU\'3I'1 I ,-,y,p.,KY Seventeen faculty members and six graduate assistants have been chosen for top faculty honors: The Distinguished Faculty, Teacher - Scholar and Excellence - in - Teaching Awards. They will be honored at the 1972 Awards Convocation at 8 p.m, Tuesday, May 23, in Anthony Hall Auditorium. The Distinguished Faculty Awards for total service to the University go to: C, Merton Babcock, professor of American thought and language; Henry G. Blosser, professor of physics and director of the Cyclotron Laboratory;] ames T. Bonnen, professor of agricultural economics; Eugene deBenko, professor in the Asian and African Studies Centers and a librarian; Charles J. Gaa, di visional professor of accounting and financial administration, Also: 'Jean M. LePere, professor of elementary and special education; Norman B. McCullough, professor of microbiology and public health; Clare M. Musgrove, Berrien County extension director; Paul M. Parker, professor of physics and in Lyman Briggs; Stanley C. Ratner, professor of psychology; and !\.J.n.I:)\~ '+I 'i\\iam'il, \l'I()~e'il'ill:)t I:)~ EnVl.'ilh. The Distinguished Faculty Awards were selected this year by colleges, rather than by an all - University ad hoc selection committee. While the general cr i te ri on was to the University, the colleges were to develop specific criteria. The awards will be rotated among colleges according to size of the faculty, with larger colleges selecting winners each year. total service Teacher - Scholar and Excellence - in - Teaching Awards are for junior faculty respectively, and graduate assistants" Inside. • · .. Recalling College Hall, page 2 · .. Honors committee, page 4 · .. Trustee a\\ ards, page 5 · .. Business women, page 6 Senate to get bylaw changes Bylaw ainendments are the only action items on the agenda for the spring meeting of the Academic Senate (May 17 at 3 p.m. in 1 09 Anthony). The Senate will also hear reports from the president, Athletic Council, and a report on the review of department chairman from the provost. Nominations will be taken for the Athletic Council. Bylaw amendments before the Senate pertain to enfranchising instructors, rules for mid - year replacement of students on standing committees, language regarding student members - at - large of the Academic Council, shifting all elections to the academic calendar, and amendments dealing with noncollege faculty. ' with the emphasis on recognition of outstanding undergraduate teaching. Teacher - Scholar Award winners are: Lonnie Eiland, instructor in natural science; William L. Ewens, assistant professor of SOCiology; John J. Forsyth, instructor in computer science; Sholmo Libeskind, visiting assistant professor of mathematics; James Schwinghamer, assistant professor of physiology; and Mary Zaenglein, assistant professor of social science. Winners of the Excellence - in - Teaching Awards are: Frederick G. Briscoe, secondary education and curriculum; Sears Eldredge, Justin Morrill Cqllege; Patrick A. Logan, entomology; Eugene N. Losey, chemistry; Michael R. McElwee, elementary and special education; and Laura R. Roehler, elementary and special education. Distinguished Faculty and Teacher - Scholar Award winners will each receive a certificate and cheek for :$1,000. Excellence - in Teaching Award winners will each receive a certificate and check for $500. An informal reception for the award re cipients will be held immediately following the awards convocation. . Funds for the awards ar~ from alumni contributions to the Development Fund. Support from the Standard Oil of Indiana Fund goes toward teacher - scholar awards. A cyclotron o'verhailt '·· -Photo by Bob Brown It's not exactly a heart transplant, but the heart of MSU's cyclotron is undergoing a refurbishing. Project Engineer Harold P. Hilbert is at the hoist control. The huge copper electrodes surrounding him feed electrical energy into a vortex of accelerating particles. The particles are then extracted and focused into one of the most accurate particle beams in the world. The minor tune up is the cyclotron's rust in seven years of operation. Compensation committee urges salary floors for all faculty ranks The University Faculty Affairs and Faculty Compensation Committee (F AFCC), following its charge in the Bylaws for Academic Goyernance, reported its proposal on salary recommendations to a closed session of the Elected F acuity Council Tuesday. The FAF.CC is recommending a 1972-73 minimum salary increase equal to 7 percent of the 1971-72 faculty salary budget and a system of distributing that increase to cover merit, umaintenance of competitive positions," and elimination of salary inequities. The proposed 7 percent increase is not an average increase for all faculty, but is intended instead toimprove the relative standing of the less well-paid colleges, as well as providing equity adjustments for female faculty and 12-month full professors, and a cost-of-living adjustment. The proposed system would also establish base salaries for each academic rank (lO-month equivalents) over a five-year period. Those base ranks would be $17,000 for full professors, $14,000 for associate professors, $11,000 for assistant professors and $8,000 for-' instructors. Cost-of-living adjustment is proposed at $350 for each fulltime equivalent faculty member. Provost John E. Cantlon expressed appreciation for the F AFCC efforts, and he said that the recommendations "will be thoroughly considered by the appropriate University deliberative bodies." He noted that the report will be considered by the deans and the Executive Group before a recommendation is made to the Board of Trustees. The F AFCC proposed that of the total 7 percen t increase requested ($2,711 ,497), 62.8 percent be allocated for merit iIicreases and maintenance of competitive positions. Twenty percent of that amount would go to the provost's office to be used for increases for promotions and for distribution among colleges for "excellence and maintenance of competitive positions;", 20 percent would go to deans of colleges for merit and maintenance of competitive positions, and 60 percent would go to departments for merit increases. Slightly more than 37 percent of the total would be used for equity and cost-of living adjustments, according to the FAFCC proposal. This includes $100,000 for equity adjustments for women faculty; $50,000 for equity adjustments for 12-month full professors; $80,000 for establishment of base salaries at each rank; and $778,260 for cost-of-living adjustments. In the hundreds of hours spent in developing the proposal, the F AFCC had four major aims, according to Frederick Williams, FAFCC chairman and professor of history: To gain general acceptance by the faculty; identify and eliminate existing inequities as rapidly as possible; establish a sound and workable merit system; and make faculty salaries at MSU competitive with those of comparable universities. The FAFCC has proposed that salary adjustments be based on University salary averages for the various ranks instead of on the basis of existing college budgets, according to certain mathematical formulas worked out by the committee. In this way, the relatively less well-paid colleges would benefit, rather than having the gap between them and higher paid colleges widen, Williams said. (Continued on page 2) Page 2, MSU News-Bulletin, May 11, 1972 019 College Hall: The walls came tumbling "They don't build 'em like they used to." Sound familiar? It's a common disdainful reference to today's mass - produced products such as automobiles, appliances and buildings. This axiom applies to MSU structures - only in reverse. Although the University's modem buildings are sometimes criticized for their deSign, they have been free of major structural flaws and seem destined to stand for many decades. Not so with the first campus building, Old College Hall, which was built in 1856 on the site where Beaumont Tower now stands. Emblazoned on the official University seal and pOinted to with pride as the "first building in America erected for the instruction of scientific agriculture," College Hall was a shaky beginning for an institution that would enroll 40,000 students 117 years later. Few public buildings have ever been constructed so poorly. Major flaws became apparent even before it was occupied. But it managed to hang together for 62 years only because it was tied' fore and aft with iron rods and underwent frequent m.uor repairs. During World War I, alumni, students and administrators wanted to keep it as a memorial, and planned to incorporate the st:J;ucture into the new Unioo Building that was being financed and planned. But, alas, those plans came t9 naught when on an August night in 1918 the walls of College Hall , as did the walls of Jedcllo, came tumbling down at the sound of trumpets. The demise of College HaH came while a band was playing the National Anthem near).,y for a war trainees' retreat. * * * COLLEGE HALL WAS a part of a complex of two buildings erected in preparation for the opening of classes at what was then officially the Agricultural College of tile State of' Michigan . It was to be the principal classroom, laboratory and office building of the college and was the center for all classroom work until 1870. The second building was ~ st\jdent boarding hall, unofficially called Saint's Rest. It burned in December, 1876. . . ~':"'( . ···········:··:····OO\;·';·:li .::i::.:~~r.:~~:;J:;.r~ii/!j4::i::::.:: .. . :it~~~~JJJ.~f.;,~~~;~5)F· Staying off the band wagon To the Editor: The various groups vying for facuIty bargaining rights have gained considerable lineage in the MSU News - Bulletin. In turn this may convey the impression that the fauclty as a whole favor collective bargaining. The vast majority of faculty do not. We view such a step as alien to the profession and an infringement on our individual rights. However, we have no organized voice. True, we can and will vote against it should an election be held. The threat, however, is an erosion among the uncommitted faculty due to a "band wagon" effect brought about by all the publicity. W. J. E. Crissy Professor of marketing Faculty golf club reorganizes The Forest Akers Faculty Golf Club has elected new officers and is in the process of reorganizing for the coming season. The club has been active for two years with more than 100 members each of the past two seasons. Membership is open to men faculty and staff for $3 a year. Officers of the club are: President - Marshall- Hestenes, assistant professor MSU Nevvs -Bulletin Editor: Gene Rietfon Associate editor: Beverly Twitchell Associate editor: Patricia Grauer Editorial offices: Rooms 323 and 324, Linton Hall, Michlgan 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 Lanmng,Nnch.48823. of mathematics; vice president - Robert Ferle, MSU Book Store; treasurer - Edward Z. Kazarian, professor of hotel, restaurant and institutional management; secretary - W. Lowell Treaster, director of information services; toumament chaim'lan - Robert Nordmann, assistant basketball coach. This year's tournament ; schedule includes: Two-man best ball tourney, May 27; individual and team medal play, June 10; four - man best ball, June 18; wood, iron ' and putter tournament, July 2; individual medal, July 16, and Scotch, July 29. A match plan tournament is being arranged for the middle of May and entry deadline is May 14. A parallel organization for women may be organized, if there is enough interest, according to Margaret MacColl, the dean and assistant assistant to professor in business. Sloppy construction was as evident in the boarding hall as in the classroom building. Before the buildings were dedicated some doors wouldn't open, others wouldn't close, only a few would lock. Flooring of soft pine was shrunken and uneven. Baseboards were loose, the roofs leaked until moistened plaster weakened and fell, and even cisterns in the basements fail,edto hold rainwater. (Cisterns were used in those days to collect drinking and laundry water because there was n'o method of removing the heavy iron content of well water). Foundations began to settle so quickly that in the opening month of classes, piers were placed under a sagging portion of College Hall. Members of the governing body of the college recieved a short course in finances when they discovered to their dismay that taking the low bid is not always genuine economy. They took bids on the two, three - story buildings and signed the contract with the low bidder for $26,500. There is no information available as to the subsequent cost of repairs, although after long delay a fmancial settlement was consummated that partially repaid the college. The actual condition of College Hall was not discovered until some years later when it was learned that the foundations rested on plank footings and one corner of the basement wall enclosed a large stump. In the meantime roofs had to be replaced, tierods installed in College Hall and other major repairs made. Madison Kuhn observes in his book, "The First Hundred Years": "Because the contractors had been careless, if not dishonest, and because the board had neglected to supervise adequately, the college would be plagued in its critical early years by the inconveniences and expenses of defective buildings." * * * AS IT WAS fITst planned, College Hall Was to have a cen tral structure with two wings, but only the west wing was built. TIle fITst floor was assigned to chemistry, including a laboratory and lecture room. The upper two floors housed a200- volume library, an agricultural museum, four classrooms and seven workiitg rooms for professors. Subjects taught included English studies, chemistry, biology, veterinary art, mathematics, practical agriculture and practical horticulture. The lecture room on the fITst floor later doubled as a chapel. The rooms in College Hall were first heated by wood stoves, but later by ahot air furnace. It became overheated one Sunday and set fire to the basement near the southeast comer while services were being conducted in the chapel and Elder Weed was in the middle of his sermon. His closing remarks were never heard. Either by poor design or omission during construction, the chemistry laboratory had only two windows, which proved crucial in those electricity -less days. Except during bright sunshine, the light was not sufficient from the two windows for lab work Laboratory classes had to be dismissed on many occasions. Mrs. Hubert Brown of East Lansing remembers taking math classes in College Hall in 1915 and 1916. She retains a vivid mental picture of workmen busily trying to buttress the walls to strengthen the building, and believes that among her possessions is a photograph of the bulging walls just prior to the final collapse. An attempt had been made to pour concrete between the inner and outer walls of the building to m~e them more rigid, but this technique only served to weaken them further . Fortunately, more skilled contractors became available in the East Lansing area as other buildings were constructed on the Michigan State campus. It's not anticipated that walls of any contemporary buildings will collapse even though the trumpet sections in the MSU marching and concert bands have been expanded considerably. -W.LOWELLTREASTER Compensation .::,report . ... )~'~:': (Concluded from page I) Besides the specific percentage and dollar recommendations made by the FAFCC, eight guidelines were also proposed: , *To provide 'for broad facuIty participation in the distribution of salary increases, salary advisory committees should be created or continued at department, college and University levels. *Distribution of money for equity and cost-of-living adjustments shall be administered by the provost. *Money for promotion increases shall be administered by the provost from the amount proposed for allocation to him for distribution among the colleges. *The major portion of the money aSSigned to the provost and deans shall be allocated before specific department recommendations are made and returned to the deans (that is, the department would know the amount· being allocated to them by the provost and deans before making individual salary adjustment recommendations rather than requesting amounts for such recommendations without knowing their specific budget). '" All merit increases shall be made on a I ()..month equivalent basis. *In distributing money for merit increases an effort shall be made to maintain the average salary differences between ranks and to upgrade as much as possible the relative standing in the Big Ten of 1 O-mon th full professors (who are now last in the Big Ten) and 12-month full and associate professors (who are now eighth in the Big Ten). *To achieve suggested base salary levels as soon as possible (over a five-year period, Williams said) neither new appointments nor promotions shall be made at salaries below the base levels proposed by the F AFCC. *Exceptions to the guidelines shall be . made for situations such as resignations and part-time faculty. the F AFCC during Williams told the EFC Tuesday that many faculty groups and representatives addresse d its deliberations. Proposals ranged from one extreme of a rigid system with base salary levels, periodic longevity increases and salary equality among colleges to another extreme of a system based on merit and demands of the marketplace, Williams said. He reported that ' the committee favored a position somewhere between the two extremes which is,designed "to improve the salary levels of depressed individuals and units without abandoning rewards for merit and without ignoring the demands of the marketplace." Page 3,MSU News-Bulletin,May 11, 1972 Arb-und the campus: A weekly review Michigan residency sought The University will seek to pennit sons and daughters of migrant workers to a cq u ire Michigan residency for enrollment purposes, President Wharton announced last week. Such students would then be eligible for in -state tuitjon. Wharton said the proposed change in University residency requirements would be presented for approval to the Board of Trustees at its next meeting on May 19. Under the plan, applicants would meet the residency test if their parents or legal guardians were employed as migrant workers in Michigan for at least two months during each ofthree of the preceding five years. Under the current fee schedule, such a student would pay $14 per credit hour instead of the $33 charged out - of - state students. Total savings during an academic year would amount to nearly $900. prepared boJ,h. economically and mentally to accept the costs of environmental reforms," the researchers add. "We expect that certain less affluent segments of the population will come, in time, to view the costly efforts at ellVironmental reform as a primary source of blockage for their economic expectations." Morrison, Warner and Hom.back go on to say that the lower social and .economic groups define an improved environment in terms of more consumption of goods and more material convenience. "These are exactly the terms the environmentalists are increasingly questioning." PBK adds 100 students More than 100 students were initiated into the MSU chapter of Phi Beta Kappa Ordinarily, a prospective student may acquire in-state residency status only Wednesday (May 10). after residing in Michigan for at least six months prior to enrollment. "We believe the employment test for a parent, or for a student, is a fair and reasonable means of establishing residence for those students who are otherwise 'homeless' due to their migrant status," Wharton said. . ' . .. "We hope this will encourage young men and women who meet the test to apply to MSU. The in-state residency status will not only reduce the formidable overall cost of a college education to them, but it also will make it easier for the University to provide financial assistance to students in need," Pino to advise' provost's office Frank PiriD, Jr., assistant professor· of romance languages, has been appointed an adviser to the provost on the development and conduct of academic programs having ethnic considerations. In making the appointment, Provost John E. Cantlon said that MSU "has recognized that academically sound educational experiences can be developed around a variety of subjects treated from an ethnic perspective. "The competent judges of quality, enrollment potential, resource availability in the departments and colleges having and similar considerations are responsibility for the various subjects." But he added that at the University level, ''we in the provost's office find the need for designating an individual who is sensitive both t9 the academic opportunities in these ethnic treatments and who knows first - hand what the requirements are in getting such activities Underway." Cantlon noted that Pilla h,as developed courses with Chicano IXlrspectives. 'FnOm' Frimodig dies One of the University's best - known figures - particularly in athletics where he served for more than 50 years - died last week (May 7) in Lansing's Sparrow Hospital. Lyman L. ("Frim") Frimodig was 80. He was graduated from MSU (then Michigan Agricultural College) in 1913 as the school's only 10 letterwinner, and joined the staff in 1919 as an instructor, coach and athletic business manager. He retired in 1960 as athletic business manager. He remained active after retirement, serving as business manager for athletic programs and compiling a history of MSU athletics. The latter work resulted in the publication last year of the book, "Spartan Saga," which Frimodig wrote in collaboration with Fred Stabley, sports information director. When Mr. Frimodig joined the staff in 1919, it was for a six - month stint as physical education mstructor and freshman coach. The assignment eventually grew and spanned more than half a century. . He also served during his career here as: Intramural sports director, assistant athletic director, assistant football coach, varsity basketball coach, ticket manager, and professor of health, physical education and recreation. Mr. Frimodig was also mayor of East Lansing(1933 - 37), chairman of the East Lansing Charter Commission (1943) and the recipient of numerous professional and civic awards. He is survived by his wife, Dorothy, and a daughter, Mrs. Margaret Brown, both 'of East Lansing. There were no funeral services. The family said that donations may be made to the Peoples Church Building Fund and to the Ingham County Cancer Fund. Ending pollution costs the poor Social conflicts are expected to arise as the cost of ending pollution increases, according to a continuing study by a team of sociologists from MSU and Brigham Young University. "The worst Short - teon losers in environmental reform are the poor," according to Denton E. Morrison of MSU, W. Keith Warner of Brigham Young, 'and Kenneth E. ffomback, an MSU doctoral candidate. . They explain that the costs of fighting pollution tend to be displaced downward to the consumer, and this places the greatest burden upon those who can least afford it. Morrison, Warner and Hornback predict that, as costs of preserving the environment increase, movements of andforthe poor wjJ] grow or be revitalized. In addition, they say, the prpsent basically natural environment tiuust may weaken in favor of a definition centered upon the urban environment. The less affluent don't hav.e as many opportunities to enjoy the beaches or the wildeme~s, the three say. Instead, they are more concerned with the day - to - day problems of "survival and comfort in. as well as escape from, environments that directly threaten their health, welfare and security." . Those of higher social and economic status, " . . . are personally better Spring tenn initiates include 41 students from arts and letters; 32 from social science; 5 from Lyman :~r;ig.gs;,.20 fro~ naturalseienc¢.; 17 from Justin Morrill and 7 from JamesMadison. - : -; . > . ~ : . Officers of the Phi Beta Kappa chapter are: President, Ombudsman JamesD. Rust ; vice president, John F.A. Taylor, professor of philosophy; secretary, CL. Schloemer, professor of natural science; treasu.rer George R. Price, professor of English, and executive committee member, Milton E. Meulder, dean of advanced graduate studies. Mary Tomkins, associate professor of American thought and language, is vice pIesdent - elect, and Karl Thompson, professor of humanities is past president. The main address was by Edward Carlin, dean of the University College, who received an honorary membership. A woman in building construction This June, Jeannette A. Champlin, a 22 - year - old senior from Belding, Mich., will be the only woman to have earned a degree in building construction from MSU. No, she won't be a carpenter. Building construction is a problem - solving, production management 'curriculum offered through the School of Packaging. Miss Champlin said she enjoys the distinction of being a first, "but I didn't do it to be the first woman to graduate in building construction," she said. "I did it because I was interested in it." - She said her parents pJayed an indirect role in influencing her decision to change her major from math to building construction. "You see, my father is a jack - of - all- trades around the house -, plumbing, electricity, carpentry - and my mather is a buildin% p\an fanatic (she loves to 1:ean them). Some of it must have rubbed off on me. r wanted something more applied than math theory SO I switched to BC (building construction)," she said. After graduation, Miss Champlin plans to get a job related to her field of study. "Oh, by the way," she added, "I can cook and sew and things like that." American studies group elects The American Studies Association of MSU has elected its slate of officers for the 1972-73 year. Paul Somers was elected president; Paul Ferlazzo, vice president; and Douglas Noverr, secretary -treasurer. All are in American thought and 1anguage. They are currently organizing programs for next year to focus on problems and issues related to the American past and the contemporary cultural scene. Also planned is a quarterly newsletter. Additional information is available from Noverr at 251 Bessey Hall. Renaud hall is dedicated Nobel Laureate Linus Pauling recently joined MSU chemists in honoring H. James Renaud and his father, the late Harold E. Renaud. . The scientists dedicated a lecture hall in the Chemistry Building to the Renauds who began a nonprofit cqrporation which has served Michigan for 16 years. The Renaud Foundation was established in 1956 to receive and administer funds for charitable, scientific and educational purposes. The philanthropic organization has sponsored the MSU section of the American Chemical Society's lectureship series for the past 13 years. The series has brought outstanding educators and lecturers to campus Ior public talks. Five of the speakers, including Prof. Pauling, have been Nobel Prize winners. Rogers warns against isolationism The United States must prevent itself· from slipping into the isolationismof the 1930s because of some unfavorable intemational developments such as the Vietnam war, according to an MSU professor of communication. "There's the growing feeling of let's not only get out of Vietnam; let's get out leadership