May 28

on state
College
,
OF FACULTY COUNCIL
28 May 1952
ROLLCALL
President Strand c lIed the Faculty Council to order in special
session at 1:00 o' lock in Roam 110 CommerCeHall. Present were:
Berry, Bullis" Ca.r son, Colby, Crossen" Davies" Dornfeld" Gilfilian,
Gilkey" Go de" Hansen, Hupprich" Langton, LeMasterl"
Lemon, tonseth,
de, McCulloch.• NcCutcheon, Ordeman, Poling,
Price, Read, Reich rt, Robertson" Scott, Shideler, Smith" Snod..•
grass, Strand, Sfly ard, Tressler,
W~lnless" Winger, Wilkinson,
Uood, Yunker, Zer .• Also present:
Professors Allison" Bl~nch,
Brandt, Butts" Ca bell, Dietz, Dimi,ck, Ellison, Engesser, Gilbert, J B Johnson, Martel, Melissa ~[ Martin" MCMillan, Ruzek,
,
Shaw, Sherburne, S nnard, Swarthout, Walls, l-lalter, and ·Yerian,
and Director Rober Koehler and Ass:i.stant Directo'r Erna Plageman.
Jo Wymanwas prese t representing
Don Van Al1sburg, vice presio!dent of the Associ ted Students.
'
SUGGESTED
COOPERATIVE
REIATIONSHIP
WITH A
FOREIGN
UNIVERSITY
Pres iderrt Strand s etched previous d.i.scussion in the Faculty
Council in the int rest of the estal)lishment by Oregon State
College of a coope ative relationsiljLp with a foreign university.
He read a letter f om the l1utual Sec:urity Agency and then called
on Dr. I. S. Allis n, chairman of a special co~ttee,
to report.
Dr. Allison told 0 the work of the committee to date and said
thatlthe
conunittee recommendedinvestigation
of. the possibilities of cooperatio
with Kaesetsart University in Bangkok as
especially suitabl
for Oregon StatE~ College.
He summarized the
advantages and dis dvantages of Tha:l1and as a. strategic
southeast
Asia area.
He sai all cost.s. of cooperation by Oregon State
.
College with KaeseGsart University, if undertaken I would b~ met
by the Mutual See ity Agency. Quel3tio'ns and discussion were
invited.
Dean Crossen move that Oregon statl~ College continue negotiations looking tow rd a two and one-half year contract·if
the report of Oregon st e College represenbatdves was favorable. After
the motion was se ended, Dr. Allison in answer to a question,
said that nothing
oul.d prevent Oregon state College entering
into more than on such contract.
He reported aome details of
the existing curr culua at Kaesetsart and its needs.
On being
put to vote the
tion was declared ca!ried,
ADJOURNMENT
The council
adjou ned at 2:00 otclock •
.Delmer M.. Goode
Secretary