1965_12 The Daily Collegian December 1965

              Thursday, December t, II
EDITORIAL
Open Meetings—A Must
Members of the ad hoc committee on student activities are to be
congratulated for allowing open press coverage of their meetings con¬
cerning the Association bylaws.
Several members of the committee have opposed allowing news¬
paper accounts of the meetings to be published prior to the time the
minutes are made available to the college president. They also voiced
opposition to allowing a 'Dally Collegian* reporter to attend their
meetings.
We feel the assertion of committee member Dr. Alexander Vavoulls
that students are not Interested In the workings of the committee Is
Also, It should be pointed out that It Is the Job of the committee to
evaluate the proposed bylaws, not to theorize on whether anyone Is
Interested In Its progress.
The Brown Act, passed by the California State Legislature In 1953
and amended In 1961, provides for the right of the people to be In¬
formed of the activities and happenings of public agencies.
There may be some question whether the ad hoc committee Is a
public agency, since It Is appointed by the college president, but we
feel the basic principles underlying the Brown Act should not be Ig¬
nored. To quote from the text of the act:
•The people of the state do not yield their sovereignty to the agen¬
cies which serve them. The people. In delegating authority, do not
give their public servants the right to decide what Is good for the
people to know and what Is not good for them to know.*
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j and meaningful student participation In campus
affairs. Exclusion of 'Dally CoUeglan* reporters from the committee
meetings would hardly be a means to this end.
Club Seeks Troop Gifts
The Newman Club Is asking
donations of cookies, candy, dried
fruit,     Christmas     cards   and
o U.S. si
Christmas project called "Op¬
eration Merry Christmas*.
Club members will pack the
gifts and foodstuffs which will be
flown by a special air convoy
to 161 enlisted men and officers
of Naval Attack Squadron VA 212.
The squadron Is stationed out
of Lemoore Naval Air Station
and will be 'on the line* (doing
combat duty) at Christmastime.
The pilots, crew and mechanics
fly bombing and strafing raids
over Viet Nam from the aircraft
carrier USS Hancock.
re also sending
Individual Christmas cards to
each squadron member headed
by Commander Ken Shugart.
The deadline for contributions
Is Dec. 9. They can be brought
to the Newman Center, 1572
East Barstow Ave. The packages
will be flown out around Dec.
11.
Press Growth Is Traced
The position of today's news¬
paper is surrounded by question
marks. Toe answer, said the edi¬
tor of "The Manchester Guard¬
ian," speaking on campus Tues¬
day, la the answer of timo.
John Rows Townsend, who
heads the weekly edition of the
noted English newspaper, outlin¬
ed the history of the British press
and projected Its future problems
In a one-hour lecture, followed
by a press conference.
•Over the centuries newspap¬
ers have been responsible tor
contributions to social and tech¬
nological change," Townsend
said. The question now is whether
these   new   developments   will
them. "Technology Is not going to
leave newspapers undisturbed,"
he predicted.
Townsend labeled the British
Education Act of 1870 as the most
revolutionary Influence on the
press in England. Papers took
prompt advantage of the Increase
In literacy. Townsend said, "Such
social change has given the news¬
papers readership. But the press
has not merely taken the public's
pennies." Created has been an
Interaction    between  press  and
that modern tycoons have no in¬
terest in the editorial policies of
their papers. The question Town-
send posed was, 'What effect will
this have on newspapers?"Town-
send admitted ho does not know
The quality of Journalism is
another of the press question
marks. 'You cannot have a suc¬
cessful newspaper without good
Journalism. But you can also have
Recital Set
For Tonight
A Schubert recital will be
presented tonight at 8 o'clock
In Music 100 by the honors course
In poetry and music.
Poems by various German
authors, which have been set to
music by Franz Schubert, will
be read and sung In German
and English.
It will bo the first evening re¬
cital and the first time students
outside of the honors program
have participated.
good Journalism without having a
' successful newspaper."
In his press conference, Town-
send successfully dodged ques¬
tions regarding British opinion on
US involvement in Viet Nam. "I
am here as an academic person,*
be said. 'I'd rather be let off
that book.* He did admit that the
greater part of the British pop¬
ulation la unaware of Viet Nam,
that people cannot understand
what the US is doing there, and
they do not have a great amount
of sympathy tor the involvement.
Asked if "The Manchester
Guardian" has a reporter as¬
signed to Viet Nam, Townsend
replied it does not. 'So much of
what happens about Viet Nam,"
he explained, "doea not happen In
Saigon. It happens in Washing¬
ton."
Uneasy government-newspap-
tlps a
newspapers' present problems.
Though he made no recommenda¬
tions tor strengthening controls,
he pointed out, "Where there Is
no control by the government, the
relationship Is Inherently an un-
Queen's Ball
Bids On Sale
Tickets tor the Que
•t Ball
Booth tor 33.50 a couple.
The girl-ask-boy affair, spon¬
sored by the Associated Women's
Students, will be held Dec 10
In the Fresno Memorial Auditor¬
ium. The Bob Hughes Orchestra
wUl play.
The highlight of the evening
will be the coronation of the
1965-66 Campus Queen by the
current title-holder, Kathy Whit¬
field.
Candidates tor the crown and
their sponsors are Linda Hender¬
son, Homan Hall; Janet Johnson,
Graves Hall; Joan Pflueger.Del-
ta Gamma; Bobette Rich, Delta
Sigma Phi; and Patty Stelnhauer,
Sigma Alpha Epsllon.
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Townsend, a Cambridge Uni¬
versity alumnus who la presently
a visiting lecturer at the Univer¬
sity of Pennsylvania, described
the development of the British
newspaper industry from 1620 to
the present.
Queen's Chain
Rehearsal Set
The second rehearsal tor the
Queen's Chain will be held to¬
night from 7-9 in the Laboratory
School Ail-Purpose Room.
The chain la part of the corona¬
tion ceremony of Campus Queen
at   the   Dec.   10 Queen's BaU.
"More girls still are needed,"
reported Carol Brugmann, publi¬
city   chairman   tor   the   dance.
last practice but would like to
participate In the chair should
contact general co-chairman
Jane van Zee and attend tonight's
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The Pally OeDattaa
Thursday, December L 1965
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Grades Don't Determine
Job Success Say Experts
Proposal For Veto Debated
Put down that textbook and
drop that slide rule! According to
a noted research organ! ration,
there la almost no relationship
between college grades and future
Donald P. Hoyt, reporting tor
the American College Testing
Program, found that "present
evidence strongly suggests thai
college grades bear little or no
adult accomplishment.'
In a paper entitled "A Review
of the Literature," Hoyt sum¬
marized 46 separate studies
which have been made on the sub¬
ject of grade-success correla¬
tion. Eight categories were sur¬
veyed in the studies. They in¬
cluded such occupations as busi¬
ness, teaching, engineering,
medicine, scientific research and
the miscellaneous professions of
law, the ministry and Journalism.
Additionally, achievement in non-
vocational areas and in general
. eminence were Investigated.
No  correlation  between  aca-
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magnitude." There-was no tleup
between grades and the accom¬
plishments of engineers.
In medicine, there was a alight
correlation between school
grades and success In the years
of internship and residence work,
but after the doctors started their
own practices the correlation was
lost. In the area of scientific re¬
search, there was a very slight
success. This did not exist tor
lawyers, ministers and Journal-
Investigations
civic participation, social activ¬
ity,  home  life  and cultural ln-
no consequence.
A slight positive effect of good
college grades was found tor
those listed in "Who's Who" and
for West Pointers who now wear
Hoyt, who did his work under
the auspices of ACT'S Research
and Development Division, con¬
cluded by observing that "we
can safetly conclude that college
grades have no more than a very
modest correlation with adult
success no matter how defined.*
In answer to the Inevitably re¬
sulting question of why, in light
of these findings, grades are Im¬
portant at all, Hoyt pointed out
several Imperative reasons why
grades must continue to exist.
of educational opportunity avail¬
able to a student, as to Quality of
the school In which be may enroll
and the extent and kind of his
graduate study. Grades deter¬
mine the basis tor probation and
dismissal.
Honors programs and inde¬
pendent study use grades as a
criterion tor participation.
Credit loads and extra-curricu¬
lar activities hinge on grade
point averages. Loans, scholar -
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responsibility  In
bylaws.
Members of the committee
were divided on the issue of a
presidential veto. As written, the
proposed bylaws provide the stu¬
dent president with a veto power,
and the Senate has the power to
repass a vetoed measure with a
two-thirds majority.
Student Body President Ernie
Kinney told the committee he is
in favor of a veto power. Kinney
explained the Senate could possi¬
bly pass a measure without full
knowledge of the subject involved,
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Grades are not worthless, In
Hoyt's opinion. 'Undergraduate
grades are taken aa a relative
measure of the degree to which
the cultural heritage has been
successfully transmitted."
Grades tell how much a student
knows. "Unfortunately,* the re¬
searcher added, "there Is no ne¬
cessary relation ship between
what a person knows and what he
does with his knowledge."
Hoyt offered two alternatives
to the present method of grading
solely on student knowledge of
subject matter. He suggested that
lnstmctors could grade on the
basis of multiple considerations.
He preferred, however, a method��of •assessment of various char¬
acteristics and the subsequent
substitution of a profile of student
growth and development."
Candy Canes
Go On Sale
Candy canes are being sold by
Tokalon members tor 10 cents
each or $2.40 for a box on the
Fresno State College campus.
Proceeds from the annual pre-
Chrlstmas fund drive will be used
to help sponsor next year's As¬
sociated Women Students foreign
exchange student.
Rob Jeacock said he felt the
veto power could lead to too
much conflict between the Senate
would rather have the conflict
resolved within the Senate, where
the president, as  a non-voting
SDX Will Hear
Explanation Of
Riot Coverage
San Joaquin Valley Journalists
will hear a special report by
KFRE News Director Hal Mc-
Wllllams on the recent Watts
riots in Los Angeles si a dinner
meeting Dec. 5.
McWllllams will report on the
press coverage of the riots and
will play tape recordings made on
the scene. The dinner Is being
sponsored by the San Joaquin
Chapter of Sigma Delta Chi, pro¬
fessional Journalism society, the
Fresno State College SDX chap¬
ter, and FSC's chapter of ThoU
Sigma Phi, women's professional
Journalism society.
The dinner will be held in the
ShaUmar, 1740 North First St.
(at McKlnloy). Reservations tor
the 7 p.m. dinner may be made
by contacting members of SDX,
said Gary Daloyan, president of
the FSC chapter. Tickets are
priced at $4.
member, could make a direct
objection to a measure to the
members of the Senate. .
Earl Whitfield, also a com¬
mittee member, warned the group
that a veto by the student presi¬
dent could "antagonize* the
Senate and lead to "block* be¬
tween the Senate and the Presi¬
dent.
A motion was Introduced to
accept the principle of a veto
In the bylaws, but to rewrite the
sub-clause which dealt with the
veto power. The motion was not
voted on. The members decided
to table the Issue tor more com¬
plete discussion.
It was also decided to re¬
write the bylaws to clarify the
presidential succession to pro¬
vide tor the first vice president
assuming the office of president
if the president could not serve.
The new president would then ap¬
point a new first vice president,
with the approval of the Senate.
Kinney suggested to the com¬
mittee that It attempt to con¬
clude the evaluation of the by¬
laws by around Feb. 10 so mat
they could be rewritten and pre¬
sented to the student body tor
ratification by March 16 or 17,
In time tor the student body
elections tor the following se¬
mester. The committee agreed to
push tor completion by the
suggested date.
The next meeting of the ad
hoc committee was set tor Wed¬
nesday at 3 p.m. The meeting
room will be announced.
Editor Bids
Available
Applications tor editor of the
■Student Handbook" are now
available in the Student Activities
Office.
The only requirement Is that
applicants have a "C" average.
A  Journalism  major is not re-
A ppl I cation s may be obtained in
the office until Friday.
Applications are also being
accepted until Friday tor "The
Daily Collegian" editorship.
The Board of Publications wOl
evaluate the applications at Its
meeting Dec. 8. The editors will
be announced after the meeting.
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