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The Faculty Coun iI of Oregc)n St~ClteCollege
Meeting 119
13 December 1956
ROLL CALL
The Faculty Counc 1 met in regular session at 4:00 p.m. in
Memorial Union 20 with President Strand in the chair. Members present were Anderson, Beck, Ber-gstr-om, Blackwell (for
Ordeman), Bogart, Boyd, Carlin, Cheldelin, Colby, Crooks,
Foreman, Forslund (for Sciuchetti), Frazier, Friday, Gibson,
Gilfillan, Gill,
ode, Grant (for Ingalls). Hansen, Kraft,
Lemon, Li.,Millig n , }fulhern (for Scholl), Munford, Orner,
Poling, Pratt, Pr ce, Robinson, Schaloch (for Wiggenhorn),
Sinnard, Slabaugh Smith, Stockman (;forMackey), Strand, .
Strickler, Trigg, lllTilder
(for Schultz), vlilliamson, Winger,
Youngberg, Zeran. Absent were: Carlson, Clinton, Crossen, Gleeson, Gray, Grosho g, Heston, Keene, Knapp, Knudsen, Langton,
McClellan, !"IcCullch , Maser, Hiller, Moor, Norton, Pilcher,
Reichart, Roberts n, Stone. Aiso present were Professors Marie
Diedesch, C. E. S muels, C. K. Smith:, and \tIl. D. Wilkinson.
APPROVAL OF
MINUTES
The secretary rep rted that no corrections had been proposed
for the minutes 0 the November 8, 1956, meeting. President
Strand gave final opportunity for corrections and declared the
minutes approved.
BYLAWS
REVISIONS
ADOPTED
President Strand nnounced thF\t the revJ..sJ..ons
of the Bylaws.
which had been re ommended at the Laat, meeting by the special
Committee on Byla s and distributed by campus mail to each
Faculty Council m mber, would be next in order for consideration. The revisi ns inclur:iedthe following: (1) Change of
name from Faculty Council to Faculty Senate. (2) Extension
of'membership and equal r-epr-esent.at.aon
to all academic staf'f·
groups. (J) Chan e of time of nomination and election of
off'icers. (4) Ch nge of method of fUling office of Secretary. (5) Expans on of the Executive Committee.
(6) Addition
of a parliamentarIan.
(7) Minor changes to give consistency
to the wording of the Bylaws.
It was moved bv P ofessor Seck that the revisions of the Bylaws be adopted a;1 recommended. The motion WA.S seconded. and
Dr. Strand invite discussion. He asked Dr. Boga r-t, chairman
of' the Bylaws Com ittee, for any comments he might have. Dr.
Bogart said only <Dneminor suggestion had been received on the
revisions as reco~ended.
In answer to a question when the revisions if adopte~ would go into effect, Dr. Strand indicated
Janu<:lry1 as the ~ate. Dr. Frazier Galled attention to the f'act
that some time wo1ll.1d
be requi:::-ed
in the case of agriculture in
electing additional members and that early reapportionment under
the revised 13ylaws would be desirable. President Strand asked
whether the Council was ready to vote. The motion to adopt the
recormnended Bylaws revisions was then put to vote and wa s declared carried.
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ANNUAL
ELECTION
OF OFFICERS
President Strand nnounced as the next item of business the
annual election 0 officers. He asked th '=' Secretary to read
the report of the Nominating Committee which had been printed
in the Faculty ":ill etin two weeks in advance as required in the
Bylaws. The nomi ees proposed were as follows: For Vice Chairman,
H. H. Slabaugh, C L. Anderson. For Secretary, Louise Orner, H.
D. Carlin. For
ecutive Com.rnitteeappointed members, Helen Moor,
H. F. NcCulloch;
lected members. R. ;J. Bergstrom. H. R. Sinmrd.
Professor Carlin sked th8t his name be withdrawn from the list
of nominees. Mrs. Orner asked that her name be withdrawn also and
placed the name 0 Dr. J. K. Munford in nomination instead. Dr.
Munford called at ention to the provision in the revised Bylaws
of a new plan fo selection of Secretary, and moved that the office
be not filled at hat time and that it be filled after the revised
Bylaws are in eff ct. The motion was seconded, put to vote, and
carried. Dr. Tri g moved that the NominAting Committee report be
accepted and the ounc i.L proceed to vote. The motion was seconced
and carried. Ba ots were then distributed, Professors Diedesch
and Foreman servO g as tellers. The balloting resulted in the
election of the
llowing: Vice Chairman, Dr. C. L. Anderson.
Executive Commit e members, Dean Helen Moor and Professor H. R.
Sinnard. Later i the meeting Dr. Bogart called attention to the
provision in the evised Bylaws fo"r an additional elected member of the Execut've Com.rnittee. He moved that Dr. Bergstrom
be elected by ac amation to the new position. The motion
was seconded, pu to vote, and carried, and Dr. Bergstrom was
declared elected.
FACULTY
11EHBEHS ON
STUDENT
SENATE
President Strand hen called for the election of h.ro faculty
members for the • udent Senate. Dean Poling described briefly
the function of 1e faculty represent~tives.
Nominations were
ca Ll.ed for. Dea Hansen nominated Hr. Irwin Harris, but it
was explained tha he was already a member of the Student Senean Poling nominated Hr. James Barrett.
Dean
ate ex Officio.
ZerRn nominRted ean Moor. Dr. Bogart moved that the nominations be closed nd the two nominees be declared elected by
acclamation. Th motion was seconded, put to vote. and carried.
Nr. Barrett and ean Hoor were declared elected as faculty representatives on he Student Senate.
ELECTION OF
President Strand called for nominations for members of the
Committee on Rev"ew and Appeals, two members to be elected
by the Faculty C ncil and one appointed by the President.
It was noted tha choice may be from outside the Faculty
Couticil. Dr. Ch ldelin nominated Professor LeNaster. Dean
Z:ran ~lominated "'IrofessorMar~sheffel. Miss Gill nomina~ed
M~ss D~edesch. Dr. Pratt nomlnated Professor Beer. Mot~on
(Trigg) that no~nations cease was seconded and carried. Vote
was taken with -:1eresult that Pro f'es sor- LeMaster was declared
elected and prof1ssors Beer and Diedesch received an equal
f<IEN.9:r:RS
OF
COMMITTEE ON
REVIDi'JAND
APPFJ-i.LS
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"number .of vetes.
and then said he
the Committee en
President Strand cast a vete fer Miss Diedesch
as appeinting Mr. Beer as the third member .of
eview and Appeals.
CURRICULUM
COUNCIL
REPORT
ADOPTED
Dr. W. D. Wilkins n, chairman, presented the repert .of the
Curriculum Ceunc' on Curriculnr Prepesals fer the 1957-58
Cataleg. After
etching the werk .of the Curriculum Ceuncil.
which had include 36 meetings during Fall term and cenferences .or sessien with deans, department heads, and faculty
members as neede , he distributed a sheet centaining varieus
cerrectiens on t
36-page r-epor-t \o1hichhad been mailed t.o
Faculty Ceuncil
mbers in advance. The repert included recemmendatiens fe a tetal .of 225 term heurs .ofnew ceurses.
the drepping .of 4 term hours .of.old ceurses, and a large
number .of medific tions .of existing ceurses in which the
credit increase
d decrease balanced each ether. The net
result .of the rec mmended changes was an increase .of 41 term
heurs. Presiden .strand called fer questiens .orcemments on
the report. A n ber of questions were briefly discussed.
Dean Zeran moved he adoption of the report, and the metion
was seconded. P fessor 1vinger moved as an amendment that the
words frlto J ho s of" be rleleted from the prerequisite of
one .of the cour-se
(Sp 365). The mot.i.onwas seconded, put to
vote and the ame ment was declared carried. Dr. Kraft asked
a question about, modern language sequence; explanation,was
made that it woul probably appear in a later group of renumberings or reti t.Lf ngs , Vote was then called fer on the adopt.i.on
.of the report .of he Curriculum Council as amended. The metion
was carried, and he report was declared adepted.
FACULTY FORUM
Dr. Li en behalf f Dr. Schultz reported en the Nevember meeting and a Decembe 6 meeting of the Faculty Forum. He said the
resolution that would be transmitted in
Forum had passed
writing for consi eration of the Faculty Council at its next
meeting.
RENAl'IINGOF
LA..lIJD-GFiANT
INSTITUTIONS
President Strand eported on a meeting in cennection uith the
recent cenventien of the Asseciation of Lend-Grant Colleges
and State Univers'ties in which various separate land-grant
institutions repe ted mevements or plans to work .out more
suitable names fe their institutions.
He said a definite propesal fer change n institutional name had been started in
one state while .0 her institutions were censidering the questien. The unsuitfbility .of existing names was mentioned, and
the difficulties
epresentatives of these institutions enceunter in foreign co ntries where the te:rm cellege has obscure
significance were explained.
ADJOUR111ENT
President Strand diecIared the meeting adjeurned at 5:00 o'cleck.
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Delmer M. Goode
Secretary