Meeting
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ROLLCALL
gOl'l State College
OF FACULTY
COUNCIL
11
1954
Professor
G. . Gilkey, Vice Chairman, called the Faculty
Council to or er at 4: 00 0' cLock \'Ii th the follovTing members
present:
Bail y {for ShidelerL
Bogart, Charley, Clinton,
Colby,
Dunn, Engesse , J~razier, Frida;"
Gilfillan,
Gilkey, Gi Ll., Goode,
Heath, Heston Hovland, Enga.l.La , Langton, Lemon, Lonseth, Maser)
Moor, Mumford (for "'oad), Pfanner,
Pilcher,
Poling, Raabe,
Read, Robinso , Gcholl, Smith (for Dietz),
Stone, Tressler,
1,rJinger, Zeran
Also present HE~reProfessors
C. L. Anderson,
G. H. Arscott
v. M. Chilcote, H. D. Christensen, Ruth
Emerson, Doro hy Lane, Martha Plank, and J. D. Snodgrass.
VETERANS'DAY Professor
Gil ey called attentton
to the United
on display in recognition
of VE~terans I Day.
APPROVAL
OF
MINUTES
November
Consideration
of minutes
minutes for t e meetings
1954, were ap roved.
was called
for.
States
On motion,
Flag
the
of May 13, October 6, and October 14,
vJtt.I'HDRAWAL Final conside
called for of the recommendation of
the Administr tive CO'..lilcil presented
to the Faculty Council
OF STUDENT
FROMA COURSE October 14 J 1 54, pertaining
to '.'ri thdraHal of a student from
a course.
Re arts of discussions
held on this matrter in
school facultmeetings wer-e presented
and views of individuals
ver e expresse.
Views supporting
and oppos ing the proposal
were presente.
Those participating
in the discussion
1n*
eluded Profes ors Pilcher,
Engesser, Heath, Pfanner, and
Bogart, and Dans Colby, Gilfillan,
and Maser.
After motion
the council v ted to approve the proposal,
as follows:
A student may be permitted to '.vit.hdz-a-r from a course Hithout
responsibili
t for grade, up to the close of the sixth week
of' classes.
is regulation
shall be effective
for a trial
of
one year, beg; nning \Vith Hinter 'l'erm 1954*55 and ending Hith
Fall Tel~ 1955-56.
ADVANCEMENTDr. C. L . And r so:a , chairman, r-epor-t-ed on activities
of the
He sketched briefly
OF TEACHING Committee on t e Advancement of Teaching.
the history
of the ccmmtt.t ee from its inception
as a result.
of Faculty Co cLL action first
suggested by Blue Key, men's
senior service soc Let.y . He distributed
copies of a sheet listing the functi ns of the committee vhi.ch first
included only
apprai sal of t aching but now have been extended to LncLude
various acti vi iel3 for the advancement of teaching on the
campus.
He st essed the fact that the committee has the f'unction of encouraging and helping in the improvement of teaching
and stimulatin~
interest
in good teaching but the individual
faculty memberiparticipates
errt.Ir-eLy on a voluntary basis.
Dr. Anderson said the committee at the moment was canvassing
the teaching f~culty on hTO matters related
to teaching and was
mailing specimen copies of the "Appraisal of Teaching" and
"Appraisa.l of Learning" forms with directions
for use.
The
Vice Chairman thanked Professor
Anderson for his report.
Meeting
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STUDY OF
FACULTY
COUNCIL
2
Dr. Maser, chai man, reported progress of the special Committee on
Study of the Fa ul ty Council.
He: said the committee, first composed of six m bers;-had been enlarged to tuelve by the addition
of younger staf member s . He introduced the cammi ttee members
present.
He ou lined the procedure that had been followed by the
committee in ga-hering the necessary basic information.
This
included consul ine; the voluminou.s minutes and records of the
special committ e t.hat formulated. the recommendations under
Hhich the Facul y C'ouncil was first organized in 1945. He spoke
of a questionna re which the comnt ttee sent to younger staff
members to dete mine their attitude on certain points. He read
the f'o l.Lowfng I' commendations ""hich the committee to date had
decided to subm't for consideration of the Faculty Council:
1. It is reco ended that the Execut.Lve Committee of the Faculty
Council make an determine the meeting agenda a minimum of one
week in advance of the Faculty Council meeting.
2. It is recog ized. that many per-sons may have difficulty in
getting specifi information of the proceedings of Faculty
Council meeting , and it voul.d, therefore, be desirable for the
minutes to be p li shed in somewhat greater detail than at present.
nded that the minutes be published in the fi.rst
3. It is reco
Faculty Bulleti wht ch is issued following the meeting of the:
Faculty Council.
4.
nded that those portions of the minutes of the
It is reco
two previous A -nistrative Council meetings Which Hill concern
genda should be made available to Faculty Council
Faculty Council
members by Monda o:~ the week of the Faculty Council meeting.
ed that the last recommendation wou Id help
elected members
f the Faculty Council to be ready to discuss
such Administrat've Council recommendations when they are brought
to the floor of "acuIty Council meeting.
At present, Administrative Council
embers, who already have discussed such measures,
Here at a very d finite advant age , it was believed.
Dr. Maser
committee
so a number of other recoITl.mendationswhich the
tatively considering.
The Vice Chairma thanked Dr. Maser for his report. He said that
a special meetin. of the Faculty Council on December 2 might be
desirable in ord r to discuss further the work and recommendations
of Dr. Maser's CjmmHtee.
Dean Gilfillan said that he would report on the faculty organization and proc dUl'es of the University of Idaho at a later
meeting.
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ADJOURNMENT
The meeting
,-TaSad journed at 5
0 'clock.
DelJIler M. Goode
Secretary