1966_12 The Daily Collegian December 1966

              Tueller: Recruitment easier if pay raise passes
If a 10.4 percent
salary Increase for state coUege
professors   is   passed   by the
Legislature, it will greatly ease
recruiting problems currenUy
hampering Fresno State CoUege,
according to FSC Academic Vice
President Dallas A. Tueller.
The salary Increase was re¬
commended Tuesday by the Co¬
ordinating   CouncU   tor   Higher
YD president
calls students
'apathetic'
"The student body ls apathet¬
ic,' said Ron Chrlstando, Young
Democrat's president.
Chrlstando said tho club ls con¬
ducting a survey this week,
■checking to see how ignorant
students  are In regard to poll-
The
Education,    an   advisory  group
•If tols passes It wUl be beyond
certainly  help our faculty  re¬
to the governor and toe Legls-
anything we have had before. We
cruiting problems.
wish     that   toe   original   13.5
•However,*     cautioned    Dr.
The pay raise recommendation
Increase had been recommended,
Tueller,    "our   need   ls   even
ls   scaled  down  from  toe  13.5
because    the   amount   recom¬
greater than what has been re¬
per     cent    increase    earlier
mended ls usually greater than
commended, but If enough fringe
recommended   by   toe   finance
toe amount finally passed.
benefits  can be Included It wUl
committee of the councU.
"If the 13.5 per cent increase
help  greaily. We aro, however,
"I cant remember a time when
had passed, it would have put us
greatly pleased with anything we
the faculty has received a 10 per
in line with our bestcompeUUon,
cent Increase," said Dr.TueUer.
but a 10.4 per cent Increase will
been more.*
THI     DAUY
OLLEGIAN
FRESNO        S   T   A  I   E        COLL
FRESNO. CALIFORNIA
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1. 1966
The questionnaire and a new
club constituUon were approved
by   members  In  a meeting last
The YD president attributed
student apathy to at least two
factors. "We have," he said, "a
Ink and egg art
featured at show
addition there ls a lack of stlmu-
•I think students are Intelligent
enough that they can formulate
opinions; they should not sit idly
by and watch other people run
their   affairs   for   them,"   said
He cited examples of student
discontent on campus. One was
opposition to reglstraUon meth¬
ods. 'Many are opposed to
methods but are not doing any¬
thing about it.*
Chrlstando also mentioned
parking faculties. Students, he
said, pay $13forparkingstickers
and yet many times thoy must
search for a parking space.
'With such a conservative stu¬
dent body, students are afraid to
say or do anything which might
disrupt the
eluded.
," he cc
An exhibition of drawings by the
late David Smith, one of Ameri¬
ca's   outstanding   contemporary
Peace volunteers
select FSC liaison
Members of the Peace Corps
training project on the Fresno
State CoUege campus have elect¬
ed Eddy Smith to work as a liaison
between the project group and
student government.
Smith, who came to FSC from
Roxle, Miss., wUl meet with stu¬
dent body representatives to ex¬
press the needs and desires ofthe
group. He has met twice with
Student Body President Gary
Yamamoto to discuss problems
such as transportation and par¬
ticipation In campus social ac-
Other parUcipatlon prospects
for the trainees are toe Inter-
Club CouncU and Student Senate.
This, according to Yamamoto,
would help Integrate toe group
with campus activities and benefit
the school by utUlzlng good Ideas
from other campuses.
sculptors, wUl be displayed at
Fresno State College today
through Dec. 16 In Art-Home
Economics 208.
Smith began his career as a
painter, but became the American
pioneer of welded Iron and steel
construction In sculpture during
tho 1930's. He died in 1965.
The exhibition ls being spon¬
sored by toe Senate Board on
Arts and Lectures and the FSC
Art Department. It was Installed
by Gene Thompson, assistant
professor of art.
The display consists of 50
drawings, considered Indepen¬
dent works, dating from 1952 to
1963..They are mosUy done with
black ink  mixed with egg yolk.
A native of Decatur, Ind.,Smith
was born in 1906. Ho worked as a
riveter whUe attending universi¬
ties and thus gave himself the
technical acquaintance with hand¬
ling metals.
Smith has shown his works
throughout the world and his re-
putaUon has grown steadUy since
tho end of the Second World War.
The FSC gallery hours are
from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday
through Friday.
Who will be Queen?
The five finalists for 1966 Campus Queen were
hosted yesterday at a tea given in the home of
President and Mrs. Frederic W. Ness.
Editor will
seek more
grant funds
A request tor $1,430 for
editors' expenses for toe 1967
Spring Semester will be made to
the Student Senate tonlghtby Col¬
legian Editor Gary Cooke.
Cooke will address toe regular
session of the Senate tonight at
7 p.m. in Speech Arts 151. The
grants being sought Include:
editor grant of $500; sports edi¬
tor, $125; news editor,$250; cir¬
culation manager expenses, $340
and a day editor grant of $3.25
per Issue.
gated by the Senate research
committee. Tho topic was tabled
at the last meeting for further
consideration and should be ready
for discussion tonight.
A proposal for student en¬
dorsement of toe experimental
coUege will be presented to the
Senalo with discussion to follow.
The finance com
mended the large I
tor faculty n
current problems of recruiting
and retaining faculty in the state
Institutions of higher learning. .
The committee said state college
salaries are 8.5 per cent below
those expected to be paid at com¬
parable   InslltuUons   throughout
The councU rejected a proposal
that additional Increases of five
per cent be recommended im¬
mediately, but did urge that the
Legislature promise additional
increases of that amount to go Into
effect In 1968.
Current state coUege salaries
range from $15,048 down to
$7,965. At present, tho colleges
receive $85 mUUon annually from
the state treasury. That figure
would be Increased to $176
mUUon under toe councU recom¬
mendation.
The finance committee of toe
coordinating councU had origin¬
ally recommended al5.4percent
Increase, but tols was cut to 13.5
per cent and now has been passed
at the 10.4 per cent mark.
Opera auditions
slated by group
prano, three sopranos, four ten¬
ors, two basses and a baritone
for principal roles In the Fresno
Opera Association's production
of Smetana's 'The Bartered
Bride* will be held Sunday at
7:30 p.m.  In  the  Temple  Beth
Persons auditioning should be
famUiar with the opera and are
asked to  supply their own ma-
•The Bartered Bride," second
In the association's 1986-67pre¬
sentations, wUl be performed in
tho Convention Center Theater on
Apr. 21 and 22.
Further Information concern¬
ing the auditions can be obtained
by   telephoning   Mrs.   Dorothy
CTA forms new commission
to overhaul testing program
The CallfornlaTeachers Asso¬
ciation has formed a commission
of educational policy to Intensify
efforts at overhauling Californ¬
ia's current massive and expen¬
sive testing program In the ele¬
mentary and secondary schools.
The acUon followed the release
this year of test scores showing
Ball Saturday night at the Fresno Convention Cento
iodcrslrom. Dee
(Dally CoUegian Photo by Coilene Leman)
plaining why some area scores
were lower than others.
The commission reports that
the current testing programs
have not achieved their goal of
supplying enough lnformaUon
about instructional programs to
evaluate the success or faUuro
of toe public schools.
The commission proposed toe
use of sample tests at selected
grade levels rather than yearly
tests for all students. Fewer
state tests would enable local
districts to increase testing pro-
A test, according to Dean
Richard Sparks of the Fresno
State CoUege School of Education,
ls only valid If it measures what
it ls designed to measure. "What
ls a test designed to measure?
Should it measure the environ¬
mental Influence onachUd,or the
abUlty   of   the   chUd?* Sparks
A state test ls not designed to
consider the socto-eco
culural    dUforences
However, If toe state should
continue Its current testing pro¬
gram, toe local districts wUl have
to comply with it and adapt their
teachlng to it.
Candy sales
help tutorial
Proceeds from the annual To¬
kalon candy cane sales wUl be
used to give Christmas parUes
for the tutorial chUdren and for
other service projects.
Penny MacDonald, chairman of
toe sale which wUl last untU
Christmas vacation, said Tokalon
expects   to   make   $70   to  $80.
Tho candy canes may be bought
for 10 cents from any member
of Tokalon.
Field day topic
at ag meeting
The Agriculture ExecuUve
CouncU will meet today at 12:30
p. m. In Agriculture 111 to revle w
nominations tor Junior co-chair¬
man for the Future Farmers of
America Field Day to bo hold at
Fresno State College next spring.
over the  field day; two Junior
:o tost would     the p
Ybanez, Penny MacDon
mission, if a state curriculum
was enforced. California has not
adopted such a poUcy.
persons from nominees submit¬
ted by toe ten agriculture clubs
participating.