1971_02 The Daily Collegian February 1971

              Daily
Collegian
Decentralized registration
evokes mixed reactions
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1971
Informational conference
on disciplinary codes set
A statewide Informational conference (rally)forthepurposesof
discussing Executive Order 116
(new student disciplinary procedures) will be held tomorrow
beginning at noon. The rally Is
tentatively scheduled for the College Union Lounge.
The order, passed last semester by State College Chancellor
Glenn S. Dumke, has been a point
on controversy because of its alleged ruthlessness and unconstitutionality. Several Fresno State
Collerje students are currently
defendants in Executive Order
I1C cases stemming from May
and September, 1970 campus dls-
Tomorrow's rally has the joint
support of the Student Senate and
the student Provisional Government. A spokesman for the Student Provisional Government
said, *The general consensus
of the (SPG) steering committee
Is that these disciplinary procedures are a flagrant abuse of
constitutional rights.*
The conference will feature
speakers from Fresno State as
well as from other schools and
organizations throughout the
state. FSC Student Government
and Administrative officials will
talk, and following the speeches,
a questlon-and-answer session
will be held.
A similar rally was held Jan.
22 on-campusatLongBeachState
College which Included representatives from 10 state colleges,
Including   FSC.  The  noon   rally
This semester's decentralized
method of registraUon was met
with mixed emotions. Some studenU liked lt, some didn't.
Alan Pinker Ion, a junior photography major said, "I Uke the
decentralized procedure better. I
a bike the new process was nice.*
At Roberts, Jr., anthropology
major, said he Uked the decen-
traUzed method too. but that the
long fee Unes "went over Uke a
Nancy Schlrber, R-TV major,
had this lo say about decentraU-
zaUon: *I don't dig this going
around sweating It.*
Another girl asked, 'Don't they
realize that we can get varicose
There were some students, Uke
Gary Morgan, sophomore, who
said. 'Registration was a big
farce. There Is no difference, in
my opinion.*
And there were those that said,
•Well. I'i
tors."
REGISTERING
pay their fees
which student*
Dr Don VnBtnn
STUDENTS line up in the Women's Gymnasium to
or thc spring semester. Most of the complaints about
ralized procedures focused on the fee payment lines
described as 'too long* and 'crowded,*
of statewide organ!
to Executive Order HG(as well
as other directives on student and
faculty affairs issued last year
by the Chancellor's office). Statewide opposition to the Chancellor
was also expressed recently when
many state college student newspapers simultaneously printed
editorials calling for Chancellor
Dumke's  removal from his po-
A massive publicity campaign
Is being waged today over much
of ihe campus In an attempt to
The  !
tomorrow's rally. Conference
organizers predict a large turnout and are urging student participation.
primary complaints were that fee lines were
too long and packets should have
been handed out earlier.
The rationale behind decentralizing registration was that the
State Fire Marshal almost closed
the gym last year because of
over-crowded conditions. This
over-crowding could cause mass
panic In the event of violence or
natural disaster. The new method
met with approval al administration, faculty and student levels
before being Initiated. The Registrar's Office hopes to further de-
centraUze next fall.
New programs were set up for
the benefit of students registering
(Continued on Page 7, Col. 1)
Fikes gets top-level
FSC administrative post
Speculation over the reassignment of Dr. James A. Fikes came
to an abrupt halt last week with
the announcement he has been
named Dean of Educational Services and Summer Sessions.
Flkes, who has served as acting executive vice president since
November 1969 when he was appointed by Interim President Dr.
Karl L. Falk, will assume his
new duties June 7. Until that time
he will serve as assistant dean
In the Educational Services and
Summer Sessions office.
Flkes will succeed Dr. Edward
M. Spencer, who Is retiring June
4 after 21 years at Fresno State
College as dean of Elementary
Education and dean of Educational
Services and Summer Sessions.
Flkes' former position as executive vice president has been filled by Dr. Horace O. Schorllng,
former acting academic vice
president. Schorllng's appointment was announced in early Jan-
(Contlnued on Page 5, Col. 1)
STUDENT NEWSPAPERS DEMAND REMOVAL
Chancellor Dumke under increasing fire
State College Chancellor Glenn
S. Dumke recently has come under Increasing fire by students
and faculty In the state college
system. Early in January, nine
California state college student
newspapers printed editorials
asking for his removal as chancellor because *he Is not the man
A few days after the editorial
appeared, a letter was made public signed by 67 distinguished
faculty members rebuking Dumke
and accusing him of "autocratic
policies that threaten to destroy
faculty morale in the state col-
Nlne of „the 17 state college
newspapers printed the editorial
urging Dumke's ouster the week
of Jan. 12. The editorial did not
appear  In   the  Dally Collegian,
publication wl
n the editorial was
ampus periodicals. The Dally
Collegian Is joining the other
state college newspapers today In
endorsing the removal ofDumke.
See page 2)
The San Jose State College
Spartan Dally led the attack
Jgalnst Dumke with other campus
newspapers reprinting the Spar-
un Daily's editorial or one of
their..own. The San Dlego State
Daily Aztec did not go as far as
asking for Dumke's resignation
but criticized his effectiveness as
chancel'ir.
The Spartan Dally stated *as
the schism between slate college
students and faculty and the chan
cellor's office grows, lt Is apparent that the gap Is beyond
bridging. There Is Just one viable method of closing the irreconcilable division: Dumke
must go.*
It would be for the *best Interests* of the students, faculty,
administrators of the colleges,
members of the Board of Trustees and citizens of the state of
California for Dumke to resign,
the editorial stated.
Dumke has done'nothing to defend the state coUeges against
outrageous, unfounded, virulent
attack. He has done nothing to
counter the absurd contentions of
some politicians that students
are torch-wielding cretins, faculty bumbling, frustrated revolutionaries and administrators
cringing Jellyfish,* the editorial
stated.
•In short, State College. Chancellor Glenn S. Dumke Is not the
man for the job and he must be
removed.*
Signed by 67 former recipients
of outstanding professor or distinguished teaching awards, alet-
ter to Dumke said, 'Before the
damage Is Irreparable, display
a readiness to moderate that absolutist position which you seem
to have assumed and which has
begun to Infect our campuses.
•None of us wlU be proud to
teach In an institution in which
dissent Is punished and authority
Is presumed to be.unassallable.
Nor can we teach weU If we cannot teach proudly.*
After receiving the letterDum-
ke Issued a statement In response
■While I have great respect for
the recognized classroom performance of these signers, I am
disappointed that the letter contains so many generalizations and
does not recognize the full degree of faculty participation In
academic governance that exists
within the state college system
today.*
After hearing Dumke's response, one faculty member who
signed the letter said, It was
with something close to desperation that we called upon you to
reexamine your! policies and we
still hope you do so.*
Perhaps as an attempt to divert attention from his critics,
Dumke last week* proposed *a
massive wholesale change* In the
California state College System.
Dumke's plan, presented In a
report to the State CoUege Trustees' committee on educational
policy, Includes revisions in
goals, teaching methods, and the
unit system of. measuring student
-ChaUenglnfc the student to
study basic areas of knowledge,
appreciations and skills. He
would be allowed to demonstrate
progress and fulfill requirements
A task force will be appointed
by Dumke to set up pilot programs in September to eventually
Implement the following changes;
-Shortening the undergraduate
academic program from the traditional four years to two-and-
one half or three-and-one-half
-Awarding degrees on the basis of academic achievement
rather  than credits, units and
-Utilizing faculty as advisers
and evaluators of student achievement, rather than as lecturers
his professor felt he was ready.
—Awarding degrees for off-
campus study using televised lectures, correspondence courses,
self-study combined with short
courses on campus, and taped
lectures with study guides.
A second task force will be
estabUshed by the Chancellor to
study more efficient ways of
operating the state college sys-
fuU cost of
courses taken In excess of those
required for 'making satisfactory progress toward a degree or
credential.* The proposal, expected to be Implemented next
fall, Is esUmated to yield $10
or $15 million a year.
Dumke has also called for Increased use of coUege buildings
by scheduling more late afternoon/ evening and Saturday class-
While admitting that such a
proposal will necessitate addlUonal faculty office space, laboratory equipment and library staff
members, Dumke considers the
the variations in per-student cost
among the 19 state coUeges.
•Most of our students take
more than the number of units
required to graduate,* said Dumke, citing as a major reason the
colleges' failure to accept trans-
lege. He anticipates that the requirements wlU soon be reduced
and made more uniform.
General educaUon requirements will be divided into the
areas of social science, humanities, science a
tiny percentage of the long-term
savings brought about by this intensified, more efficient use of
our facilities.*
Dumke has, In addition,r ordered reexaminaUon of gradua-
From the study of per-student
costs, Dumke hopes to 'determine whether costs of some programs can be reduced without
loss of quaUty and whether lt Is
unsound to continue certain programs at some coUeges.*
The state coUege budget, according to Dumke's proposals,
wiU then be based not on the
number of students enrolled, but
on the faculty-student ratio.
Funding will vary between lower
division, upper division and graduate courses.
Also expected to undergo
change is the faculty work load
which currently requires instructors to teach 12 course units
a semester. AddlUonal time will,
In the future, be devoted to ad-
vlsion, counseling and evaluating
students, proposed Dumke.
According to Dumke, be has
discussed his proposals with
presidents of the state coUeges
and received 'general support.*
He announced that he will submit
bis ideas for consideration by the
statewide Faculty AcademicSen-