Brown and White Vol. 85 no. 29

              lehigh university brown and white 7yyyy]77yy:yyy7yy7yyyy7..yyyy7 vol 85 — no 29 y:y : mmrnmmmmi-m;mm : s : : : :.: : x yy7''y bethlehem pa january 25 1974 mm , , a * 866-0331 three-track b a system no subterfuge james says by mark linder editor's note the three tracks of the proposed multi-option distribution requirement plan can be found on page 5 implications that the arts and science committee was exercising some sort of subtle subterfuge in an effort to get rid of the language requirement are damned nonsense said e anthony james associate professor of english and chairman of the committee james was referring to comments made at monday's faculty meeting about a proposal to establish a three-track system to replace present distribution requirements i am annoyed that some of the com ments at monday's meeting were con cerned not with the merit of the proposal but rather with the supposed motives of the committee continued james words like camouflage loaded dic tion etc came up in connection with the proposal the proposal presented by the college of arts and science committee is for a distribution requirement plan which would enable students to choose one of three optional distribution tracks each in corporating a different educational em phasis the proposal is to be voted on by the arts and science faculty feb 4 we asked for input from anybody either by writing or calling said james we asked three times and received some faculty response on the language issue we polled all chairmen on their departments view of the desirability of a language requirement james along with ten other faculty members from the colleges of engineering business education and arts and sciences has been working since last april to formulate a viable proposal we began with the language problem as a central issue and discovered that it was only part of a related complex of problems there is no one curriculum which alone can satisfy a b.a program said james he pointed out that the proposal went well beyond changing the language requirement and that there were extensive academic implications we got more and more involved with it said james we looked at plans in effect at other colleges reviewed suggestions and advice and tried to survey as much as we could the com mittee also checked into possible depart mental imposition of the language requirement after much deliberation the proposal is now before the faculty of the college of arts and sciences it's difficult to predict what the bb.w photo by cramar prof robert sullivan brockway suggests limit on business enrollment by kevin flanagan ed note this is the first in a series on the overcrowded condition in the college of business and economics brian g brockway dean of the college of business and economics is going to try to limit enrollment in the business college to 160 freshmen next year last year 178 freshmen were admitted to the college the school of business and economics is not supposed to have more than 800 students at any time in the forseeable future right now we have 850 there's no room left said brockway as of january 9 applications for spots in the business college were 42.3 per cent greater than last year according to samuel h missimer director of ad missions as of january 22 applications were running 35.5 per cent above last year applications are up 18 per cent over last year for the university as a whole brockway has gotten a number of complaints concerning class size from several professors in the college students also have shown their dissatisfaction there are course evaluations given out at the end of each semester where students indicate the strengths and weaknesses of their teachers and courses by rating them on a scale of one to seven one being poor and seven being outstanding on the item marked class size the average rating was less than 3.5 according to brockway jay richard aronson professor of economics said it is apparent that the number of students is increasing resulting in larger class sizes the question now is whether we have an efficient balance between the faculty and student population i find it difficult to get to know the students well aronson said that he is impressed at the number of students in the business college . john daniel keefe assistant professor of economics who has had much ex perience teaching large classes in eco 129 and eco 1 said i wouldn't like to teach a high level accounting course or a course like eco 206 to a large class students in these classes need more individual at publications unit subject of membership debate by maureen quirk controversy over the exclusion of forum members from the board of publications has arisen along with plans for the revival of the board robert sullivan professor of jour nalism said having members of the forum on the board of publications would be like having haldeman and ehrlichman on the board of trustees of the new york times it would put the government in a position of supervising the press drawing parallels between an educational-academic community and civil society is not exactly valid said preston parr dean and vice-president of student affairs the government-press issue can be pressed too far the board defends the freedom of the paper it doesn't clamp down on it he said forum chairman hugh flesher said i do not like the idea that involvement with the most responsible body on campus excludes forum members from other activities the forum is a political body and it would be a mistake to have forum members on the board because it guides the brown and white said william quay dean of student life the brown and white should be free to criticize the forum he added paul maco 4 74 forum representative to the trustees commented that the idea of the forum controlling the brown and white is absurd the board of publications does not oversee everything that goes into print fuel situation of university is uncertain by david slagle there is no energy problem at the university according to cliff lavine 75 a member of the special energy advisory committee appointed by university president w deming lewis last year lavine said that the true energy picture is unclear since it is not certain exactly how much fuel has been allotted to the university the purpose of the energy committee is to make recommendations to the university administration of ways in which energy supplies can be used most efficiently one of the initial proposals recommended by the committee was the closing down of the university between december 22 1973 and january 2 1974 this proposal was carried out most of the university's employees were given a vacation rich conway 74 a member of the mw photo by klouser e.anthony james feaver to make new proposal on languages by effie combias i do not think the solution is to wipe out the language requirements said douglas feaver professor of classics who is in the process of finalizing a proposal to alter the present three-year proficiency language requirement at the present time there are problems with the regulations my proposal will try to answer the problems as i see them he said feaver cited the rapid deterioration of foreign language instruction in high school as a reason for the revision there are more students receiving poor in sufficient instruction at the high school level he said lehigh's regulations were made when the quality of high school in struction was better according to feaver presently a student must take six hours of a foreign language at the college or third year level assuming that he achieved the first two years proficiency in high school according to feaver if the high school system was working properly all one would have to do is take two courses at lehigh . but there are more and more people who can't handle the higher level courses said feaver another problem with the regulations concerns students who take a language they did not have in high school since they must take 18 hours of the language to graduate according to feaver he said language is still important as a part of the bachelor of arts program and that there are no valid arguments as to what makes a difference in 1974 to change this since language continues to have relevancy students must realize that some language still is necessary for most graduate school programs said feaver special awards such as rhoades and marshall fellowships and phi beta kappa still require languages he added feaver first presented his language requirement proposal to an arts college see language page 5 see brockway page 5 see energy page 4 see board page 4 see three-track page 5 open elections for secretary publicity chairman and treasurer of the student activities council sac will be held on thursday jan 31 petitions of nomination are available at the uc students ac tivities desk and are due by noon on tuesday jan 29 there will be a short mandatory meeting of all potential candidates at 4:15 p.m on monday jan 28 in the sac office in the game room of the uc polls will be open in the lobby on the second floor of the uc from 7:30 a.m to 8 p.m