Meeting 0//105
Oreg n State College
HlNUTE ' OF FACULTY COUNCIL
19 May 1955
---------------+--------ROLL CALL
President Strand ca led the Faculty Council to order in special
session at 4:00 p •• with the follow:Lng members present: Bet t ,
Bogart, Carlin, Car SOIl) Charley, 0l:Lnton, Colby, Foreman, Frazier,
Gleeson, Goode, Rea h, Hillemann (for Pratt), Ingalls, Langton,
Lemon, Li, Maser,
Clellan, McCulloch, Milligan, Hoor, Nicodemus} Norton, Orde an, orner , Pt'anner , Poling, Price, Richardson,
Robertson, Rob i.nson Scheel, Scholl, Schultz, Sisson, Stone,
Strand, Wiggenhorn. Also present: Professors S. H. Bailey,
G. H. Barnes, H. D. Christensen, L. D. Coolidge, Ruth Emerson,
J. H. Kultgen, R. H ddcx, ,I. K. Munford, DoriS Ransom, J. W.
Sherbw-ne, Bess 1're sler, H. G. Vatter, F. C. Zvahlen Jr.
FACULTY
President Strand sa'd consideration of recommendations of the
COUNCIL
special committee 0 Faculty Council reorganization and related
REORGANIZATION matters proposed at the April 14 meeting was in order. After
brief discussion th council on motion VOTED to take up the
four recommendatlon
on reorganization in the order 3, 4, 1, 2.
'I'hethird recommend tion ....
ras first considered.
On motion the
council by vote ADO "rED recommendation 3 as f'o.l.Lows :
to redefine the objectives of the Faculty
"That study
ective understaading and functioning of
Council for
the Council and tha resultant information be included not only
in the Bylavs State ent of Object but also in all appropriate
publications. "
Attention was then irected to recommendation 4. Hotion was
made and seconded t adopt recommendat.Lon 1]. and that a special
Committee on Commit ees be named to tandle it. Discussion
brought out the fac that the wor k of such a cornml ttee
would involve in so e measure the question of objectives as
covered. by r'ecommen ation 3. Question Il8.S asked whether the
special committee w uld be concerned with committees of the
Faculty Counc Il, on.l> or also with cammittecs of Oregon State
College. The answe agreed to vas, both. Question was called
for and the council VO'rED to adopt recommendation ~-as f'o.l.Lows :
"That a study be ma
relationship of the Faculty CO\.U1.cil
to the general Coun i1 and Committee structure of the institution
with a vi.ew to cLar i fying its position and to the possible
strengthening of it effective functioning. The study recommended
should undertake to determine what committees already existent
on the call1.;pus
ought to derive their authority from the Council
and be made responS~ble to it. In addition, the study might we l.L
undertake to determilne what the fost effective committ.ee structure
for "the Faculty Council itself
be."
nCht
This action involved also the
n8 ming
1
of a COMMITTEE ON COMMITTEES.
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President Strand n xt called for consideration of recommendation
1. &"'said he tho ght one change should be made under Article VI
where, under item 7, continuity in the office of Secretary
would be impossibl.
He mentioned a number of practical aspects that
made continuity in hat office Lmpor-t.arrt
, Motion was made and
seconded that, wit the exception applying to the Secretary,
recommendation 1 b adopted, including adoption of the proposed
Bylaws. Discussio brought out that probably many faculty members
did not favor the P oposed Byla'fs in their entirety. It was argued J
however , that the B,laws represented the sincere work of a competent
faculty committee
rking for a long time and should be adopted,
tried, and then mod' fied in future H' found to be in need of change.
Some details of the Bylaws wer-e discussed with Dean Maser Lnt.e rpr-e't
Lng
the thinking of the committee. On the motion a roll call vote was
held with a vote of 19 to 17 in favor of adopting the proposed
Bylaws with the exc ption applying to item 17.
A copy of the new B
Secretary's permane
members of tbe Fac
members on request
laws thus adopted has been placed in the
t file. Copies as approved will be mailed to all
ty Council and wj.ll be supplied to other faculty
o the Secretary.
The council proceed d to considr:rption of recommendation 2. A motion
was made and second d to ador:-trecGlnmendation 2. A motion was made
and seconded to amend the motion by spec Lf'yf.ng that the words "by the
Faculty Council" be added after the word.s "subjected to a review."
The motion to amend was put to vote and was carried. The amended
motion was then put to vote and was carried, the council thus adopting recommendation
as f'o Ll.ows :
"That, in the event these Bylaws or a.ny version thereof are adopted
by the Faculty Coun il, they automatically be subjected to a review
by the Faculty Coun il with respect to their completeness and
end of the first t.we.Lve-mont.h period following
effectiveness at
their adoption.1I
TIME FOR
DISCUSSION
Question had arisen
discussion of the p
Dean McCulloch poin
of faculty groups f
COMMITTEE
ON BYLAWS
Motion was made, se onded , and carried that a Committee on Byl.aws
be appointed.
APPROVAL OF
DEGREES
President Strand, sa'd that, following previous custom, the Executive
Committee of the Fa ulty Council would approve the lists of Senior
Honor St,udents and' ecj.piei/.ts'
of _d~gr,ees in the 1955 Commencement>
subject to j,'c.-cijj!ica
ion. later by the lacuHy Council.
SPECIAL
MEETING
MAY 25
President Strand in 'ired regarding a suitable time for a special
meeting of the Facul y Council to hear a report of the Committee on
Philosophy of Educatfi on. After a show of hands on time of meeting,
he announced that a Ispecial meeting would be called for 4:00 p.m.,
Wednesday, May 25.
ADJOURNl·1ENT
The meeting WaS declared adjow~ned at
as to whether adequate time had been given for
oposed recommendations and Bylaws. On this point
ed out that the proposals had been in the hands
r several 'weeks with urging to discuss them.
5:23
o'clock.
Delme:r M. Goode
~3ecretary