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Monday, May 3, 1965 Brown lauds free tuition at colleges PRESS CONFERENCE — Bert DeLotto, Democratic Central Com¬ mittee chairman, Gov. Edmund G. *Pat* Brown, and reporter Jim Tucker discuss state college problems shortly after Gov. Brown's arrival at the Fresno Air Terminal last Friday. Photo by Gary Daloyan Trustees approve construction funds By JIM TUCKER Governor Edmund G. Brown told Fresno newsmen Friday that the tuition-free concept of Uie California higher education sys¬ tem was the greatest asset of the state colleges and universities, ln spite of Uie financial troubles now besetting them. Gov. Brown arrived at 3 PM Friday aboard his plane, The Grizzly n, at the Fresno Air Terminal. He was met by Mayor Floyd Hyde, CouncUrnan Elvln Bell, FSC Director of Public Re¬ lations Art Margoslan and sever¬ al members of the Fresno County Board of Supervisors. About a dozen pickets appeared shortly after his arrival, carry¬ ing signs calling for Uie 15.8 per cent raise for state college pro¬ fessors recommended by Chan¬ cellor Glenn S. Dumke. The pickets, organized by members of the Student Political Action and Education Committee, passed out copies of a Fresno State Col- also supporting the 15.8 per i Presently, Gov. Brown ls sup- porUng a 10.8 per cent raise which, at a press conference shorUy after tils arrival, he crease* and ls a higher Increase than Uiat proposed by any oUior • aU t s ot s He added that perhaps ln the present time ho sa said there no such Tho Gov a good chance toe 10.8 per raise would be passed by Uie legislature. He said for a higher raise, the people of the state would have to go to the legislature. *You get tho bill and I'll sign it,* he added. •Taxes are our problem. The burden on Uie taxpayer must bo considered. If we raise Uie level of salaries for college professors any higher, we will have to raise employee Citing Uie problems facing Uie state, Gov. Brown mentioned the population expansion and Uie greater number of students going to colleges and universlUes. He estimated that from four to five per cent more students entered the system this year than Uie legislature had planned. This led to the budget de- ■ flclency which began toe furor over Uie education crisis. At present, toe Governor stat- i ed, he was recommending to Uie , legislature that funds be allotted to the colleges for research and traveling expenses for faculty members on statewide groups, . among other things. But t state are limited, he added. "Nearly 44 per cent ofthepop- ulaUon of the state Is under Uie age of 25,* he said. "Many of these people are going to school, and many of them do not pay state Because of students' low In¬ come, Uie free tuition concept wUl be kept operating, at least for the time being. The CalUornla state college trustees voted for more than $800,000 worth of construction for toe Fresno State CoUege ln their final meeting on toe FSC campus last Friday. tog drawings and authorized Chancellor Glenn S. Dumke to award a construction contract for development of five acres of out¬ door recreation faculties wlUi an estimated cost of $52,000. College spokesman said that the acreage wUl provido three large playflelds on property own¬ ed by the college west of Cedar for Uie new administration buUd¬ lng and for air conditioning Uie Industrial arts buUdlng at an es¬ timated cost of $197,000. In other business: Dr. Lloyd Ingles, head of toe FSC division of life sciences and Dr. MUes D. McCarthy, pro¬ fessor of biology ln the California State College at FuUerton were nominated for Outstanding Pro¬ fessor Awards by Uie trustees. California State College Foun- daUon. The winners wUl receive a $1,000 award ln Uie form of a grant from Uie Joseph M.Schenck seek b e buUdlng speech arts and social science buUdings at an estimated cost of some $206,750. The same authority was given Dumke for a $377,000 site de¬ velopment to provide utUlUes In response to requests by the academic senate of Uie coUege system (who were also meeting on Uie FSC campus), toe trustees directed Dumke to appoint a com¬ mittee to coordinate an Informa¬ tion program concerning budge¬ tary problems and salary re¬ quirements. STUDENT PROTEST — Members of toe Student Poster-packing students appealed for a faculty Political Education and Action Committee and salary Increase to secure a competitive bargain- other students picketed too arrival of Gov. Brown. Ing position ln faculty recruitment. Photo by Harley Becker Governor calls for higher state taxes By NORMA WALLACE Governor Edmund G. Brown cUmaxed Inauguration Week ac¬ tivities with words of praise for Fresno State College and Presi¬ dent Fredoric W. Ness and a call for higher taxes. The Governor addressed a ca¬ pacity crowd at toe Of to- third an¬ nual Charter Day banquet ln toe Women's Gymnasium Friday night. Brown congratulated toe alum¬ ni and civic leaders for their "In¬ vestment In building—ln buUdlng 16 future of the coUege, toe com- Dr. Ness as typifying the *new breed of col¬ lege presidents* as scholar, ed¬ ucator and administrator. Emphasizing toe slmUarlty be¬ tween a college student's letters home and a state college's let- government, Brown d they all said, ' wonderful. Send money.' ' "Lately,* he added, 'some of toe letters have Just said, 'Send He went on to discuss toe funds crisis precipitated by Call- California.* faculty pay, Similar ways, mental health, compensa¬ tory education, parks and recre¬ ation, libraries and community development demand that addi¬ tional monies be raised, toe Gov- •No Governor likes to ask for higher taxes. No Legislature likes to approve them. No citizen wants to pay them. I have never heard of a popular tax program. •But Sacramento ls not a class ln political theory," ho continued. •It ls a study ln Domical prac- ls letting our system of higher education become second-rato because we cannot recruit teach¬ ers, you wUl find us taking the hard course. You wUl find us asking for higher revenues." Assemblyman Charles B. Gar¬ rigus presented President Ness with too State Assembly's reso¬ lution of congratulations and one of his original poems. State Senator Robert Williams presented a similar resolution on behalf oftheSenate and Jeffer¬ son *Geno* Hahesy one from too Fresno County Board of Super- Alum- Association president Donald Fortune presented toe new president with life member¬ ship ln toe association and Dr. Ness on behalf of the association presented an alumni glfttoformr or president of toe college Arnold E. Joyal. Alumni Service Awards for toe year went to Alfred Appling, James Mayer, Ed Piston, Earle Whitfield and Gordon Scott. The Charter Day banquet cU¬ maxed a week of special acUvlUes highlighted by toe Inauguration of Dr. Ness Friday morning and meetings of toe State Colleges Board of Trustees andState Aca¬ demic Senate on campus.
Object Description
Title | 1965_05 The Daily Collegian May 1965 |
Alternative Title | Daily Collegian (California State University, Fresno) |
Publisher | Associated Students of Fresno State, Fresno, Calif. |
Publication Date | 1965 |
Description | Daily (except weedends) during the school year. Microfilm. Palo Alto, Calif.: BMI Library Microfilms, 1986- microfilm reels; 35 mm. Vol.1, no.1 (Feb 8, 1922)- |
Subject | California State University, Fresno -- Periodicals. |
Contributors | Associated Students of Fresno State. |
Coverage | Vol.1 no.1 (Feb 8, 1922)- to present |
Format | Microfilm reels, 35 mm. |
Technical Information | Scanned at 600 dpi; TIFF; Microfilm ScanPro 2000 "E-image data" |
Language | eng |
Description
Title | May 3, 1965 Pg. 1 |
Alternative Title | Daily Collegian (California State University, Fresno) |
Publisher | Associated Students of Fresno State, Fresno, Calif. |
Publication Date | 1965 |
Description | Daily (except weedends) during the school year. Microfilm. Palo Alto, Calif.: BMI Library Microfilms, 1986- microfilm reels; 35 mm. Vol.1, no.1 (Feb 8, 1922)- |
Subject | California State University, Fresno -- Periodicals. |
Contributors | Associated Students of Fresno State. |
Coverage | Vol.1 no.1 (Feb 8, 1922)- to present |
Format | Microfilm reels, 35 mm. |
Technical Information | Scanned at 600 dpi; TIFF; Microfilm ScanPro 2000 "E-image data" |
Language | eng |
Full-Text-Search | Monday, May 3, 1965 Brown lauds free tuition at colleges PRESS CONFERENCE — Bert DeLotto, Democratic Central Com¬ mittee chairman, Gov. Edmund G. *Pat* Brown, and reporter Jim Tucker discuss state college problems shortly after Gov. Brown's arrival at the Fresno Air Terminal last Friday. Photo by Gary Daloyan Trustees approve construction funds By JIM TUCKER Governor Edmund G. Brown told Fresno newsmen Friday that the tuition-free concept of Uie California higher education sys¬ tem was the greatest asset of the state colleges and universities, ln spite of Uie financial troubles now besetting them. Gov. Brown arrived at 3 PM Friday aboard his plane, The Grizzly n, at the Fresno Air Terminal. He was met by Mayor Floyd Hyde, CouncUrnan Elvln Bell, FSC Director of Public Re¬ lations Art Margoslan and sever¬ al members of the Fresno County Board of Supervisors. About a dozen pickets appeared shortly after his arrival, carry¬ ing signs calling for Uie 15.8 per cent raise for state college pro¬ fessors recommended by Chan¬ cellor Glenn S. Dumke. The pickets, organized by members of the Student Political Action and Education Committee, passed out copies of a Fresno State Col- also supporting the 15.8 per i Presently, Gov. Brown ls sup- porUng a 10.8 per cent raise which, at a press conference shorUy after tils arrival, he crease* and ls a higher Increase than Uiat proposed by any oUior • aU t s ot s He added that perhaps ln the present time ho sa said there no such Tho Gov a good chance toe 10.8 per raise would be passed by Uie legislature. He said for a higher raise, the people of the state would have to go to the legislature. *You get tho bill and I'll sign it,* he added. •Taxes are our problem. The burden on Uie taxpayer must bo considered. If we raise Uie level of salaries for college professors any higher, we will have to raise employee Citing Uie problems facing Uie state, Gov. Brown mentioned the population expansion and Uie greater number of students going to colleges and universlUes. He estimated that from four to five per cent more students entered the system this year than Uie legislature had planned. This led to the budget de- ■ flclency which began toe furor over Uie education crisis. At present, toe Governor stat- i ed, he was recommending to Uie , legislature that funds be allotted to the colleges for research and traveling expenses for faculty members on statewide groups, . among other things. But t state are limited, he added. "Nearly 44 per cent ofthepop- ulaUon of the state Is under Uie age of 25,* he said. "Many of these people are going to school, and many of them do not pay state Because of students' low In¬ come, Uie free tuition concept wUl be kept operating, at least for the time being. The CalUornla state college trustees voted for more than $800,000 worth of construction for toe Fresno State CoUege ln their final meeting on toe FSC campus last Friday. tog drawings and authorized Chancellor Glenn S. Dumke to award a construction contract for development of five acres of out¬ door recreation faculties wlUi an estimated cost of $52,000. College spokesman said that the acreage wUl provido three large playflelds on property own¬ ed by the college west of Cedar for Uie new administration buUd¬ lng and for air conditioning Uie Industrial arts buUdlng at an es¬ timated cost of $197,000. In other business: Dr. Lloyd Ingles, head of toe FSC division of life sciences and Dr. MUes D. McCarthy, pro¬ fessor of biology ln the California State College at FuUerton were nominated for Outstanding Pro¬ fessor Awards by Uie trustees. California State College Foun- daUon. The winners wUl receive a $1,000 award ln Uie form of a grant from Uie Joseph M.Schenck seek b e buUdlng speech arts and social science buUdings at an estimated cost of some $206,750. The same authority was given Dumke for a $377,000 site de¬ velopment to provide utUlUes In response to requests by the academic senate of Uie coUege system (who were also meeting on Uie FSC campus), toe trustees directed Dumke to appoint a com¬ mittee to coordinate an Informa¬ tion program concerning budge¬ tary problems and salary re¬ quirements. STUDENT PROTEST — Members of toe Student Poster-packing students appealed for a faculty Political Education and Action Committee and salary Increase to secure a competitive bargain- other students picketed too arrival of Gov. Brown. Ing position ln faculty recruitment. Photo by Harley Becker Governor calls for higher state taxes By NORMA WALLACE Governor Edmund G. Brown cUmaxed Inauguration Week ac¬ tivities with words of praise for Fresno State College and Presi¬ dent Fredoric W. Ness and a call for higher taxes. The Governor addressed a ca¬ pacity crowd at toe Of to- third an¬ nual Charter Day banquet ln toe Women's Gymnasium Friday night. Brown congratulated toe alum¬ ni and civic leaders for their "In¬ vestment In building—ln buUdlng 16 future of the coUege, toe com- Dr. Ness as typifying the *new breed of col¬ lege presidents* as scholar, ed¬ ucator and administrator. Emphasizing toe slmUarlty be¬ tween a college student's letters home and a state college's let- government, Brown d they all said, ' wonderful. Send money.' ' "Lately,* he added, 'some of toe letters have Just said, 'Send He went on to discuss toe funds crisis precipitated by Call- California.* faculty pay, Similar ways, mental health, compensa¬ tory education, parks and recre¬ ation, libraries and community development demand that addi¬ tional monies be raised, toe Gov- •No Governor likes to ask for higher taxes. No Legislature likes to approve them. No citizen wants to pay them. I have never heard of a popular tax program. •But Sacramento ls not a class ln political theory," ho continued. •It ls a study ln Domical prac- ls letting our system of higher education become second-rato because we cannot recruit teach¬ ers, you wUl find us taking the hard course. You wUl find us asking for higher revenues." Assemblyman Charles B. Gar¬ rigus presented President Ness with too State Assembly's reso¬ lution of congratulations and one of his original poems. State Senator Robert Williams presented a similar resolution on behalf oftheSenate and Jeffer¬ son *Geno* Hahesy one from too Fresno County Board of Super- Alum- Association president Donald Fortune presented toe new president with life member¬ ship ln toe association and Dr. Ness on behalf of the association presented an alumni glfttoformr or president of toe college Arnold E. Joyal. Alumni Service Awards for toe year went to Alfred Appling, James Mayer, Ed Piston, Earle Whitfield and Gordon Scott. The Charter Day banquet cU¬ maxed a week of special acUvlUes highlighted by toe Inauguration of Dr. Ness Friday morning and meetings of toe State Colleges Board of Trustees andState Aca¬ demic Senate on campus. |