The Carolinian [February 6, 1968]

              Chancellor Vetoes Bill
Editor's Note: Chancellor James
S. Ferguson has announced in a
letter to Student Government
Vice-President Anne Hurst that
all women's residence halls will
close one hour later than
previous closing times as of Feb
2, 1968. In the same letter, die
request for abolishing all closing
hours for women residents was
denied. The letter is reprinted in
full below.
Dear Miss Hurst:....
This office has given much
thought and attention to various
items of legislation passed by
the Student Legislature during
the fall semester of the 1967-68
session. The following is a sum-mary
of my actions regarding
these matters:
I. Increased Security. The
University administration
recognizes the need for unusual
effort to maintain an effective
system of safety and security on
this campus, as called for in the
resolution passed on November
8,1967.
In support of this statement, the
University has secured approval
from State budget authorities to
add two more patrolmen to its
staff of Campus Security Of-ficers.
It is anticipated that the
newly created positions will be
filled by February 1,1968.
n. Extension of Closing Hours.
as provided in the bill passed on
October 4, 1967. This measure is
hereby approved and will go into
effect on February 2, 1968, the
first day of classes for the se-cond
semester. Under the bill,
closing hours will be 12:00 mid-night,
Monday through Thurs-day;
1:00 a.m. for Friday and
Sunday nights; and 2:00 a.m. for
Saturday nights.
My approval includes the pro-vision
that 11:00 p.m. serve as
the closing time on those Mon.
days when house meetings are
to be held. Such meetings are
to be called not later than the
immediately preceding Thurs-day.
This office appreciates the
fact that a student committee
investigated the additional costs
for hostesses that would grow-out
of this change, and
especially the willingness of the
group to request funds from the
student Finance Board to meet
this expense. However, I do not
beheve that it is appropriate to
assess this cost against funds
administered by the Finance
Board. Consequently, the ad-ministration
is arranging to
have the additional expense paid
out of the funds collected for the
systematic financing and opera-tion
of the residence halls.
III. No Closing Hours Resolu-tion
of December 6, 1967. On the
date cited, the S u t d e n t
Legislature called for the
elimination of all dosing hours
for specified groups of students
hving in designated halls, this
practice to be instituted in
September, 1968.
For a variety of reasons, I am
vetoing this legislation. My chief
concern in this matter is for the
safety and security of our
students. I do not see how the
University can meet its
responsibilities in this respect if
a system of no closing hours is
adopted for women's residence
halls, even if only a few
dormitories are directly af-fected.
It is not simply a matter
of developing an error-proof
system of locks for the
residence halls.
In my opinion, this practice
would make the task of main-taining
security on all parts of
the campus at all times of the
night more difficult than it is at
present, and it is already
demanding enough—in m y
estimation and that of the Stu-dent
Legislature—to require that
we expand the number of Cam-pus
Security Officers we
employ. It is also my belief that
the elimination of all closing
hours would have an adverse
and disruptive effect on educa-tional
environment in a group-living
situation.
IV. Change in Regulation
Governing Smoking. (Bill passed
on October 4, 1967.) This change
is routine and is readily ap-proved.
It will go into effect im-mediately.
Please let me know if you
have any questions concerning
these matters.
Sincerely,
James S. Ferguson
Chancellor
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Volume XXXXVTI University of North Carolina at Greensboro, N. C. — Tuesday, February 6, 1968 Number 21
Students Form SCORE;
Confer With Mossman
Scott Stops Here on Tour
A student committee to in-vestigate
complaints concerning
the General Biology course has
been formed - by sophomore
William J. Burckley. Dubbed
SCORE (Student Committee
Organized for Responsible
Education) the committee has
conferred with Dr. Merefo E.
Mossman, Dean of Faculty.
Initial formation of the Com-mittee
followed the publication
of a poll sponsored by the
CAROLINIAN and the House
Presidents Association in the
December 13, issue of the Cary.
The poll phrased in terms of
gripes often made by students,
indicated widespread discontent
with the course as it is presently
taught. More than 97 per cent of
the 301 responding freshmen
beheved that the course was too
specific for non-biology mo-jors.
During the Christmas holidays
SCORE mailed a copy of the
CAROLINIAN poll and a fact
sheet to the parents of 700
sudents taking the Biology
course. Concerned parents were
directed to address cor-respondence
to Dean Mossman
and on January 11, eight
members of SCORE met with
Dean Mossman for nearly two
hours and candidly expressed
their opinions concerning the
course.
Subsequently Dr. Bruce
Eberhart, chairman of the
Biology Department, and Dr.
Paul Lutz, Assistant Professor
of Biology, sent separate memos
to Dean Mossman explaining the
efforts the Biology Deprtment
has taken this year to insure a
fair course without lowering the
standards that the Department
believed they must maintain.
This week Eberhart indicated
his willingness to work with the
student committee to resolve the
complaints. Eberhart feels that,
"The way to solve these things
is directly, and by meeting with
the student committee that has
been formed."
The following day Dean
Mossman released the
stratification of grades:
A—50 students (6.1 per cent)
B--201 students (24.4 per
cent)
C—351 students (427 per
cent)
D—126 students (15.3 per
cent)
F-64 students (11.4 per
cent)
In an attempt to show that the
grades were not low for a course
primarily directed at freshmen,
Dean Mossman stated that
percentage of failures in first
semester beginning Spanish last
years and slightly higher than
that in first semester freshman
history last year. As of yet, no
figures for these courses have
been compiled for this semester.
Last weekend Burckley con-ferred
with officials of the
United States National Students
Association in Washington in an
attempt to determine how the
general Biology course at UNOG
compares with general Biology
courses at other schools
throughout the nation.
NSA officials were given
copies of the text, lab manuals
and tests used in the UNC-G
course.
A second questionnaire,
prepared by SCORE with the co-operation
of the House
Presidents Association will be
distributed early second
semeser. Burckley stated that
SCORE withheld the poll until
after the final exam because
"We were afraid that it might
have a serious psychological ef-fect
on some of the students and
they might not study as hard for
the final exam. The welfare of
the individual student was our
main concern at all times,"
emphasized Burckley.
He implied that other aspects
of the academic curriculum will
be objects of consideration by
the committee in the
future.
By JEANNIE DANIELS
Political Editor
Friday, Jan. 12 at 4:00
Lieutenant Governor Robert
Scott spoke to UNC-G students
in Elliott Hall's Mclver Lounge.
Having announced his candidacy
for governor on Jan. 10, UNC-G
was one of the first stops on his
"handshaking tour" of the
state.
Following an introduction by
Kate Gilmore, Lieutenant
Governor Scott make a short
speech.
"I do not take the position of
governor lightly," said Scott.
"Because of my family
background and my service as
lieutenant governor, I am well
aware of the power and t h e
prestige Of the governorship."
Presenting and proposing pro-grams
that will move our state
forward," Scott said, would be
his "main objective" a s
governor.
"The state image is the sum
total of the image of the peo-ple,"
stated Scott, "and I believe
I have come to know our people
to a degree and what they ex-pect
of their governor."
After his speech, Scott invited
questions from the floor.
In answer to a student's ques-tion
concerning ex-governor Ter-ry
Sanford, Scott said that he
Robert Scott, candidate for Governor of North Carolina, spoke
with UNC-G students in Phillips Lounge.
hopes that Sanford doesn't nin
for governor again.
In response to a question con-cerning
the Black Power Forum,
Scott made the following points:
"The university is involved in a
political arena. All institutions
depend on one thing — the
general assembly.
ROTC Available Here Soon
Dean of Men Clarence O. Ship-ton
has announced that an Air
Force ROTC program will be
available for UNC-G students
next fall. The program is open
to students who have a total of
two years of work remaining
before receiving either a
graduate o r undergraduate
degree.
Students completing the two
year program will be eligible to
apply for pilot or navigator
training. If accepted they must
agree to serve at least five
years on active duty.
Classroom work for the pro-gram
will be held on the campus
of North Carolina Agricultural
and Technical University.
Provisions will be made to in-sure
that participation will not
interfere with a normal work
load at UNC-G.
Students accepted for the pro-gram
must agree to accept a
commission in the United States
Air Force and participate in
three classroom hours of in-struction
each week for two
years. They must serve for a
period of not less than four
years on active duty(five years
in pilot and navigator pro-grams),
and join the Air Force
Reserve for six years.
Any interested Student should
attend a program in the Library
Lecture Hall Feb. 6 at 7:00 p.m.
Major Donald Malloy will
discuss all aspects of the pro-gram
at that time. Information
may also be obtained from the
office of the Dean of Men.
"During the speaker ban con-troversity,
people in the state
got concerned about communists
on the campus and they voted
for men who would put a law in-to
effect, so you sec if you have
anything on campus that ad-versely
affects the people of
North Carolina, they will de-mand
laws to prevent these
things. Financial strings can
also be pulled." "I am saying
that rather than involve the
legislature let the trustees and
administrater-. keep the situa-tion
intact."
Another student asked if we
should censor ourselves because
the general assembly might.
Scott answered, "This very well
could happen. I feel the universi-ty
should exercise discretion in
these matters."
"How can the university draw
top faculty if the school is not
known for being receptive to
new ideas," asked a student. "It
won't, admitted Scott, "this is
why I helped disban the speaker
ban law."
UNC-G political science pro-fessor
Dr. Margaret Hunt added
that she had never had anyone
tell her what to teach in her
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