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              LOYOLA MAROON VOL. XLVI Loyola University, New Orleans, La., 70118, Friday, February 20, 1970 No. 17 CAP accepts aims report The Council on Academic Planning has voted to accept the report of the Philosophical Aims Committee as submitted by committee chairman Jon Lowry, assistant professor of philosophy. The CAP met Monday and, in addition to accepting that report, received reports from the Education and Non-degree Programs Committees. These two reports will be debated at the next meeting of the CAP, which is scheduled for March 9, according to the Rev. Thomas Clancy, S.J., CAP chairman. Father Clancy said he expects to have several more committee reports in by the time of the next meeting so that they, too, may be discussed. Eight special task force committees were established by the CAP in November. Each is expected to submit a report to the Council. Father Clancy said he hopes by mid-April all the reports will be in so that they can be discussed and then, by mid-May, be submitted to the Board of Directors for final approval. He said the final draft will include the state of Loyola, the goals of Loyola and the means to reach those goals. He said he hopes the final report will be ready in time for the Board of Director's meeting in May so that implementation may begin as soon as possible. The Council will be disbanded after the final report is accepted, according to l ather Clancy, and then it will be up to the administration to decide how to finince the programs recommended by the CAP. He suggested that the administration might announce a new phase of the Campaign For Excellence in order to raise funds for implementation. AIMS REPORTED The report, the first to come Irom the planning phase explained that by an ideal university community it meant the definition proposed by the 1 Jesuit Educational Association Denver Workshop. The report calls the ideal university "an open sanctuary demonstrating that tensions and disagreements that so often tear human society apart can not only be lived with, but can grace life with human zest. Such a community can show that men and groups can be genuinely tolerant and listen respectively to one another, trusting one another's sincerity and dedication not necessarily to truth already shared, but to the pursuit of that truth." After a brief statement concerning general purposes of education, the report considered the principals at Loyola (its students and faculty) and then considered them together and applied them to Loyola's particular situation. The report pointed out that Loyola students, for the most part, are not sophisticated about college life, and that "they expect to be told what to learn and Having learned the material, reproduce it on a test to receive the highest grade." The report listed eight possibilities that should be considered for improving this situation. Among these were increased extra-class functions to widen the perspective of the student; a more geographically balanced student body (within three years, 50 per cent from outside Louisiana); a larger percentage of exceptionally bright students (20 - 25 per cent); keeping the enrollment at its present level until more facilities are available; flexibility for the sake of responsibility in the area of regulations and better exchange programs with other campuses and other countries. According to the report, the faculty are "the leading members of the community because their learning and ability to teach have been formally Voluntary food program may be begun next year There is a possibility that Loyola will begin a voluntary contract food service program next year, according to Dr. Frank Wagar, vice president for student affairs. In an interview, Dr. Wagar said that Saga Food Service's contract will expire at the end of this semester and that he, the dean of men, the dean of women, and representatives from the Women's and Men's Residence Councils have been considering the possibility of a voluntary program for next year. Dr. Wagar said the group has been considering a number of different possible alternatives to the contract program which the university now has. All resident students are required to pay for 19 meals a week under the contract program now. Dr. Wagar said the group has talked about the possibility of having a 10 or 14 meal week program. This would allow students more flexibility in their meal schedule he said. Under such a program students would purchase a certain amount of meal tickets which could be used at any time during the semester, explained Dr. Wagar. He said the university is negotiating with two companies in an effort to see if a voluntary program can be worked out. The two companies are Saga Food Service and Slater's Inc. A voluntary program would probably be more expensive for the students, said Dr. Wagar, since they would be eating meals off campus. Generally, he said, meals are more expensive off campus. In December, Bruce Edward Fox, Law School freshman, threatened to file a temporary restraining order against Saga Food Service for certain irregularities in its overall operation. Poor quality of food, unsanitary conditions in and about the dining area and employee indifference were among the irregularities cited at the time. In an interview this week Fox said that the restraining order had never NEW DISPOSAL—This new disposal facility was installed by the university over the holidays in hopes of allevating the stench behind Saga's kitchens. ED director leaves post for Dominican Dr. Raymond Witte, who has been director of evening division for the 19 years of its existence, has accepted a position as executive vice president with St. Mary's Dominican College. Dr. Witte will begin his new job March 1, the date when E. P. Michael Seybold will take over as acting director of evening division. The March 1 date was requested by Dominican, according to Dr. Witte, so that he could get started working there. He said his position there is a newly created one. "This is a real promotion for anyone in this field," said Dr. Witte. He added that the fact that it was a promotion was the only reason he left Loyola, and that if this offer had not come, he would have stayed at Loyola. He said the offer came about a month ago and that "I didn't resign as such," but rather, "I'm electing an early retirement." Dr. Witte is currently teaching one history course at Loyola. He said he volunteered to finish the semester but that he has received no answer yet. Seybold, who has served as assistant director of admissions since September, graduated in business from LSUNO and received a law degree from Loyola. DR RAYMOND WITTE Former A&S dean returns quietly as Senate controversy subsides By GARY ATKINS (Maroon Associate Kditor) Dr. Frank Crabtree quietly returned to Loyola last week, wandering up to the fifth floor of the Science Complex to claim his new office-next door to the English department. "They put me in with my enemies," he laughed. Just three weeks ago, Crabtree, the former dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, was at the center of one of the most bitter controversies Loyola has seen in recent years. Dr. John W. Corrington, chairman of the Department of English, helped lead a movement against Crabtree that resulted in the appointment of a new dean. The University Senate had called for Crabtree's removal for what it had said were violations of academic procedure. And that started a two week battle of nerves-two weeks to the day after the Senate had attacked Crabtree, the university president, acting in what he said was "an extraordinary way because of out-of-t he-ordinary considerations," accepted Crabtree's resignation and appointed a new dean. Crabtree left town immediately after that he had planned to go to New York to attend a seminar on collective bargaining anyway but decided to take a short vacation instead. "I don't feel like attending a session on collective bargaining right now," he had said. This week, walking around the student center, pumping quarters into a cigarette machine and getting nothing in return, Crabtree was a little reticent to discuss what had happened in the university president's office the day of his resignation. The vice president for academic affairs had refused to accept Crabtree's resignation three days earlier. The Rev. Thomas H. Clancy, S. J., usually appoints and removes deans. However, the Very Rev. President Homer R. Jolley, S.J., accepted Crabtree's resignation and appointed Crabtree's replacement. "About 2 p.m. that day Father Jolley asked me to come into his office," Crabtree said. Father Clancy had left town about two hours earlier. "At 2:15 p.m., I was dictating my letter of resignation to (Father Rev. Clancy questions Maroon views The Rev. Thomas H. Clancy, S.J., attacked the Maroon recently, criticizing its coverage of the recent controversy between the administration and the University Senate. The criticism from the vice president for academic affairs came during an interview concerning the appointment of the Rev. Joseph Tetlow, S.J., as dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. He said the Maroon had acted as "a mouthpiece" for the journalism faculty. "You have a publisher's bias-and the publisher is the faculty of the journalism department." Some of the journalism faculty were involved in the movement which resulted in a Senate motion attacking Father Clancy for alleged violations of academic procedures. Father Clancy took three general tacks in his criticism, attacking: 1.) the newspaper's coverage of the Senate controversy; 2.) what he called the Maroon's "sucking up" and mimicking of the views of the journalism faculty; and 3.) what he said was the paper's failure to cover "the story of the Maroon." "It seems like the Maroon should have taken special care and effort to present both sides" of the recent controversy, he said. Father Clancy said the Maroon had failed to report that 17 student organizations had voted to support him when the University Senate attacked alleged violations of procedures on his part. Additionally, he said that of the six pages of a special edition of the Maroon reporting the controversy, five reported the anti-Clancy case. Moving to his second point, Father Clancy said he felt that the faculty of the journalism department was exercising considerable influence over the editorial content of the Maroon. "In the editorial columns, there is a definite influence to be seen," he said. "Some of the phrases faculty in the journalism department have used (show up); their philosophy is reflected there." "One of the departments at Loyola that's never been criticized in this newspaper is the journalism department," he said. "If just one time, one time, you'd criticize the journalism department, it would add to your genuinity, even if you sort of cook up.. . there must be something wrong. The whole damned department isn't perfect. There's got to be one thing wrong with the Criticizes 'publisher's bias' journalism department that you people found. But you haven't said anything about it." "If you wanted to establish your independence, you should take them on at least one time, even as sort of a token knock." However, Father Clancy did say that he did not know of a "rat" in the journalism department. "I don't have a rat. You've dug up rats in other departments." "It would seem obvious," he said, "that you have to avoid the appearance of bootlicking the people who are going to decide whether you get a degree or not and I don't think you've avoided that appearance." "What you have is a publisher's bias and the publishers are the faculty of the journalism department." Father Clancy said he also felt that the Maroon had failed to report the background of its own "politics." "The Maroon is a very important thing on campus," he said. "There's got to be a story behind this thing of the Maroon naming new editors — that's a very important thing. Where's the interpretation?" "I think you have centered on many of the main issues, you have IN THE PUB —Linda Johnson, right, and Patti Miller arc scheduled for appearances in the Wolfpub. Linda, a Loyola student, will appear tonight for shows at 8:30 and 9:30, while Patti, a performer on the Coffee House Circuit, will appear twice nightly Monday through Wednesday. Senate to respond to Father Jolley The University Senate has formed a committee to draft a response to a letter from the university president which criticized the Senate for action it took at its January 15 emergency meeting. The president's letter, addressed to Dennis Rousseau, chairman of the Senate, was released to the entire Loyola community on January 29. Rousseau recommended that the Senate form the committee since the letter drafted by the Very Rev. President Homer R. Jolley, S.J., was written to him as chairman of the Senate and not to him personally. The seven-man committee composed of Lt. Colonel Warren Clark, chairman of the Department of Military Science; Rev. Louis Poche, S.J., assistant professor of theology; Dr. Patrick McCarthy, chairman of the Department of Theory and Composition; William Thorns, assistant professor of law; Dr. Herman Levy, assistant professor of English; Dr. Robert McClean, chairman of the Department of Mathematics, and Dr. Robert C. Petterson, professor of chemistry. This same committee drafted the Faculty Rights, Freedoms and Responsibilities document for the Senate. The committee is to study the letter and the recommendations made therein by Father Jolley and draft a written proposal as a committee report that was to be brought before the Senate at its meeting yesterday. The Senate was to consider the proposal and make any changes it felt necessary, if any, before approving the proposed response. Father Jolley "deserves a reply from representatives of every segment of the university community," Rouseau told the Senate in recommending that a committee be formed, "just as our constitution is broadly reflective of every hue of the university." Peter Cangelosi, assistant professor of history, made the motion that the committee that drafted the faculty rights, freedoms and responsibilities document be commissioned to draft the response because they had some experience in that capacity. In his letter Father Jolley said that he thought the "procedure of the Senate was seriously at fault "during its January 15 emergency meeting. During that meeting the Senate voted to reprimand the Rev. Thomas H. Clancy, S.J., vice president for academic affairs, for procedural misusage and asked the Board of Directors to remove Dr. Frank Crabtree as dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. The Senate also requested that the Board of Directors act directly on the recommendations of the Academic Vice President Search Committee. The committee had submitted a list of prospective vice presidents to Father Jolley in an effort to help select a permanent vice president for academic affairs. In his letter, Father Jolley said that the Senate had "created a most dangerous precedent which impairs my authority as chief executive officer of this university" by appealing directly to the Board of Directors. Father Jolley stated in the letter that the Senate's actions implied that he was unwilling to hear their grievances. He noted that while he was seriously concerned with what went on at that meeting, he did not mean to imply that he was rejecting the idea of faculty participation and productive "faculty-ad ministration-student dialog.". 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