Orego State College
MINUTES F FACULTY COUNCIL
Heeting #102
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10 March 1955
ROLL CALL
1..JithDr.
MINUTES
The minutes of the
certain correction
DEGRE".':
POST OBITUM
Dean Hansen spoke 0 the circumstance of the accidental death
of Vernon E. Duike who was engaged on his doctoral dissertation.
On behalf of the G aduate Council, he recommended that, subject
to completion of t e dissertation by Dr. E. J. Dornfeld, the
degree of Doctor 0 Philosophy be conferred upon Mr. Duiker post
obitum. After mot'on by Dr. Hansen, seconded by Dr. Pratt, the
council VOTED to c nfer the Ph.D post obitum.
CONFERENCE
ON COLLEGE
Tr.'.J\.CHING
Dr. C. L. Anderson,
Advancement of Tea
ference on college
a suitable later d
tentative schedule
tions. Mr. Goode
ceived the sanctio
chairman of the faculty Committee on the
hing, presented a proposal for a campus conteaching to be held on Thursday, April 7, or
tee He outlined the plan of discussion and
of sessions. He invited questions and suggesentioned that the proposed conference had re·of the Administrative Council.
PHILOSOPHY
OF EDUCATION
Dr. J. H. Sherburn
special Committee
committee was oper
tion of statements
tions and that a c
tions to various p
, cochairman with Dr. C. U. Hovland of the
n Philosophy of E;ducation, described how the
ting. He reported that a tentative formulahad been submitted to the de2ns for suggesnvass was under v.lay to determine staff reacilosophical concepts.
BARRINGTON
REPOrtT
Professor D. C. M ford, chai.rman of the Committee on Faculty
Helfare, referred 0 a statement by the local chapter of the
American Associati n of University Professors pertaining to
the report of 3arr ngton Associates on its study of salaries
of all employees 0 the state of Oregon with special reference
to effect on the s aff of Oregon State College and state higher
education. He rep rted that his cornmittee had r-ev i.ewed the
AAT.TPstatement , m de some revisions, and had a proposed stat.ement for considera ion by the Faculty Council. He emphasized
the importance of considering the 3arrington propOSAls in their
total effect, pointing out that, while many faculty members
would benefit if the recornm~ndation,swere put into effect, many
others would be damaged. He said that the recommendations dealt
itJ.A. Fraz
Council met in regu
Bett, Carlin, CharI
Foreman, Frazier, F
land, Ingalls, Lemo
Ordeman, Orner, Pfa
Robinson, Scheel, S
also were Professor
Ruth A. Emerson, A.
H. D. Reese, J. W.
VJilliams.
er, vice chairman, presiding, the Faculty
ar session at 4:00 p.m. Members present were:
y, Clinton, Colby, Cooney (for Price), Dietz,
iday, Gilfillan, Goode, Hansen, Heath, Hov, Li, Maser, MiLLigan, Moor, Nicodemus, Norton,
ner , Pratt, Ralph (for Heston), Richardson,
hoth, Schultz, Stone, Halls, Zeran. Present
G. E. Blanch, 1:J., R. Crooks, J. R. Dilworth,
D. Hughes, D. C. Mumford, Florence Petzel,
herburne, 'd. H. Slabaugh, G. L. Trigg, M. B.
10 and February 24 meetings, with
of members attending, were approved~
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BPJtRINGTON
REPORT
(continued)
a "body blow" to th extension at.af'f', for example, which is an
integral part of th. lIcampus family" and of the staff of Oregon
State College. He istributedcopies
and then read aloud the
five-point statemen proposed by the Committee on Faculty \Jelfare. Dr. Pfanner aIled attention to the urgency of action by
the Faculty Council
On motion, the council VOTED unanimously
to consider the pro osed statement at the meeting then in session. Brief discus ion followed on "hether action by the entire
staff should be sou ht. It was pointed out that the Faculty
Council, with repre entatives of the Agricultural Experiment
Station and the Ext nsion Service had been! so constituted as
to be able, when oc e.e.i.on
required, to speak for the total
staff of Oregon sta e CoLl.ege,
A motion by Dr. Col y, duly seconded; to insert the words "representative facult members" after the words lIassistance of"
in next to last lin of item 4, after brief discussion was put
to vote and was dee ared lost.
Dr, Maser moved tha the words "staff members" be inserted at
the place indicated in Dr. Colby's motion. Dr. Dietz seconded
the motion and on v ting the motion wa s declared carried.
Professor Norton mo ed, with second by Dr. Schultz, that under
item 4 the words lit the best of our knowledge and belief" be
omitted. After dis ussion the motion was put to vote and was
declared carried.
Another motion by P
take a lot of time,
Consideration was g
State College rathe
Dr. Pfanner moved t
on Faculty t] e Lf'ar-e
specification that
to forward it throu
Ways and Heans Comm
was seconded, put t
adopted is as follo
ofessor Norton, to omit the words "it will
perhaps a year or twollwas not seconded.
ven \-rhetherreference should be to Oregon
than to the State System of Higher Education.
at the statement proposed by the Committee
e adopted as modi.fied. The motion included
f adopted the President would be requested
h usual channels to the subcommittee of the
ttee of the state Legislature.
The motion
vote, and declared carried. 'fhe report as
s:
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1."J e
wi sh to expr-e s our thanks to the Interim C ommi ttee and the
Joint Committee n \'J~iyS
and Means for the work they have done
in an effort to 'mprove salaries and retirement for state employees. A subs antial increase in current salaries is vitally
needed if the st te System of Higher EducaUon is to maintain
its present acad mic staff and bid for new faculty.
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1.'le
already have ~ur own classification system lor the academic
staff as exempli~ied by our present academic ranks of instructor,
assistant professor, associate professor, profe5sor, dean, etc.
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ADJOURNMENT
1:Jebelieve that
have the full au
educational obje
facilities and p
and policies. T
ton proposal wou
would be against
he State Board of Higher Education should
hority and responsibility with respect to
tives and policies, and with respect to the
rsonnel necessary to carry out these objectives
erefore, if Leg i al.at.aonembodying the Barringd restrict the Boardls present authoritYt we
it for the f'oLl.owang reasons:
(a)
\-Jebelieve hat all academic personnel -- resident instruction, esearch, and ext.eris i.on-- are members of a
profession hieh has its own ethics, standards, customs,
and practic
He believe that the practice of our profession is ost .effective when conducted under the administration 0 individuals who have the interest, the back-ground, th experience, and the responsi1Jility which will
permit an nderstanding of the objectives and practices
of the pro ession. If the State Board of Higher Education
were to 10 e its jurisdiction over its own personnel, we
believe th's would tend to undermine the professional
status and the effectiveness of teaching and research in
higher edu ation.
(b)
It would v'olate the traditional and well founded separation of ed cational activities from other governmental
activities and could very well lead to losses of individual
initiative and stifle creative thinking of teachers and
research w rkers. Oregon would be the loser.
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It is very poss'ole that within the several units of our state
System of Highe Education, attention needs to be given to
more formal cri eria for the promotion of individual staff
members from ra k to rank and for merit raises within each
rank, than has een true in the past. However, we believe,
because of the omplexity and seriousness of the problem, it
will take a lot of time, perhaps a year or two, and should be
done with the f 11 participation of staff members, heads of
departments, de ns, and other administrAtive officers within
the several uni s of our State System of Higher Education.
~1e therefore wi h to speak agai.nst the 3arrington Proposal
because it HaS repared in the short span or three or four
months, and it id not have the benefit of the essential
assistance of s aff members, department heads, deans, and
other administr tive officers of the State System of Higher
Education in it formulation.
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In view of the bove, we are def:i.ni
tely oppo sed to the 3arri.ngton Proposal, b th in principle and in fact, in so far as it
applies to the tlaSsification and administrati.on of faculty
personnel withi the several units of the State System of
Higher Educatio in Oregon.
'The meeting was declared adjourned at
5: 25
Delmer M. Goode
Secretary
0 Iclock.