Meeting #60
Oreg n State College
MINUTES OF'FACULTY COUNCIL
14 December 1950
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·With Dr. J. M. S rarthout , vice chairman, presiding, the Faculty Council met a-:'4~OO 0 'clock in regular session, follow·ing a preliminar coffee period. Present were; Bash; Brandon,
Bullis (for Liut.h , Elltts, Callarman, Campbell, Childs, Cleaveland, Colby, Coo ey, Cr'af't , Davies, Demuth, Diedesch, D:Lmicl1,
Friedman, Gilfil.an, Goode, Jensen, Laslett, Lemon, Norton,
Ordeman , Poling, S111i
t.h , Scheel, Swa.rthout, Swygard; Thompson,
Vianless, Ware, Vi )11s, Williams. Members of the Committee oh
Faculty Vielfare resent were: Professors G. E. Blanch, H. E.
Childs, Leo Frie man, H. H. Hilleman, A. D. Hughes, and D. C.
i,iumford(chairma ). l:Iembersof the Comm::i.ttee
on Salaries and
Retirement of th. Oregon State College Chapter of the American
Assoc Latd.on of U i versi ty Professors were present as follows:
Professors G. E. BLanch, Leo Frd.edman, Roy B. Saunders, ~. M.
Swarthout (chair an) and Betty Lynd Thompson. Also present
were: Dr. W. J.I hamber-Lai.n, pres;Ldent of the Oregon State
College Chapter f the State Employees As socLatLon , Mr. J. K.
H.iley, campus ad .'nistrator for the State Civil Service, and
Dr. Florence L. I upprich.
APPROVAL OF
MINUTES
Consideration of the minutes for the meetings of November 9
and December 7, 950 was called for. No modifications were
proposed and the minutes were declared approved.
MEETI NGS iI;ITH
The chairman cal ed for repor~s of any meetings that Faculty
INSTl1UCTORS & Council members lad held with the instructors and assistant
professors of th ir constituencies. Dr. Childs reported for
ASSISTANT
the Lower Divisi n. The instructors and assistant professors
PROFESSORS
of Lower Divisio had met three times, he said, with their
representatives n the Faculty Counc i l., Attendance had been
20, 20, and 16 0 t of a.total of 60 in the two ranks. Purposes and proced res of the Faculty Council were explained.
Dr. Childs said· hat in general interest was indicated in two
principal subjec s: more, and more effective faculty participation in the go ernment of the College; better machinery for
transmi tting ide s from individual staff members to the school
and to the Facul y CounCil, and vice versa. They felt that if
improvements wer made in the machinery of discussion, such
topics as they m y wi sh to discuss would receive more faculty
and administrati e attention. The staff members voted: to
continue meetj,ng as a body for a few more meetings, to recommend to the Dean that period:i.cschool meetings be held for
discussion of id as and the instruction of Lower Division
representatives nthe Faculty Council, to recommend an increase in the el cted membership of the Faculty Council.
Professor Marie iedesch reported for the School of Home
Economics. She. aid that instructors and assistant professors
had suggested a andbook for new staff members and for persons consider in. '. appointment to Oregon State College. She
suggested topics to be included in such a handbook: retirement plan, Blue eross, and other aspects of instructional
policy and staff welfare. She said the examnatacn schedule
is a matter of concern to the instructors and assistant professors.
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FACULTY
REl'lREMBNT
PROVISIONS
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Professor
Mumford nai ed the members of the Faculty Welfare Committee,
introduced
t ose who were present,
and other persons
especially
invited.
He exhibited
first
a colored chart which
showed the decline
i the value of a dollar
during the past 100
years.
He called
on Professor
Roy Saunders to report
on fac~lty
retirement.
Profess r Saunders distributed
copies of a report
on
retirement
prepared
y the Committee on Salaries
and Retirement
of the Oregon state
ollege Chapter of bhe Ameri can Ass oc i atn on
of University
Profes or s , He referred
specifically
to the following recommendatio
s of the Oregon state Employees Association
to be made to the Le islature:
Ralse the basis for prior service
allowance from ...>2.60 to 'iP4 a rnorrbh for each year of prior service,
and remove the 20-ye r Hmitation
on number of years credited;
increase
from 11'3,000 to ~4/200 the Umit of annua.l sal.ary on
which an employee cor tributes
to build his current
service
retirement annuity which t
state matches at retirement.
He next presented the f ol Lowi.ng recommendations
of the Oregon state
College
A.A.U.P. Chapter: En or s e and support the program of the Oregon
qtate Employees Ass o iation
for amend'tng the state Retirement
Plan
in the 1951 Legisla.the
Se s s i on , as being important
and in the
right
directi on , 0.1 tl ough still
insufficient
to make the plan adequate for college r-e Lr emerrt j ask the Board of Higher Education
to introduce
a suppJ. mentary program. as has been done in other
colleges
and univers'ties.
to provicte approximately
half salary at
retirement
when adde to the annuity provided by ·the state
Plan.
He pointed
out that
he A.A.U.P. was approving
supplementary
provision
to assure hal
salary
on retirement.
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RBSOLUTION
ON F'ACUL'rY
RBTIHtjlviENT
PROVISIONS
Dr. Childs on behalf of the Committee on F'aculty Welfare then
presented
the following
resolution:
That the Faculty Council approve both the progra.
of the Oregon state Employees Association
for amendment of the
ublic Employees Retirement
Act in the 1951
Legislative
Assembly, and also the supplementary
program suggested
by the Oregon State College Chapter of the American Association
of
'University
Professors.
Dr. Childs moved that this resolution
be
adopted as an emerge. yaction,
since this meeting would be the
Lasb meet i ng of the F cu lby Council before the meeting of the Legislature.
The motion was seconded, voted upon, and was declared
adopted by the Facultr
Council.
FACULTY
SALARIES
Profess or IKumford the
ca l Led-con Dr. Swarthout to present
the
A.A.U.P. committee r eb or t on aa lar-Les , Copies of the report
were
distributed.
Points
f the report
emphasisedby
Professor
Swarthout were: (1) 'l'he tre d to keep the professor's
sala.ryat
least
tv/ice that of the ins -ructor arpears
to be well established
in
higher education,
Co parlsons
show that at Oregon state College
increases
of salaries
for the lower r-anks made nece asar'y by competi tion in maintaini
g staff
have resulted
in throw;i.nf£ the salary
scale seriously
out of,' balance.
Professors'
salaries,
he said,
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should be incr ased to an average of approximately $7,000 per
year to bring hem in line with salaries paid in comparable
institutions a d ·to restore the necessar,r balance to the faculty scale at regon State College in order that initiative
and' efficiency be maintained. Associate professors' salaries
also. require a.ju.stment. (2) He further pointed OU"t the decline in purch sing power of Oregon State College faculty
salaries inth
past ten years. It would require today an
increase ofmo ethan 20% in the salaries of the average professor to r'ai.shl.s "take-home" pay to its 1939-40 purchasing
power. Since he average worke r in virtually every other
field had not nl;V recovered his 1939 purchasing power but
had gone well
yond it, faculty salarIes, he said, should be
raised to a po"nt where their purchasing power would represent an increa e of 25% above the 1941 level. The ratio of
increase from 939 to 1949 for the average person in the
country was 2. 1; for Oregon State College salaries (before
tax) the ratio has been: instructors 1.87 J' assistant professors 1.70, asocd.aba professors 1.76, professors 1.S8.
Professor Mumf
A.A.U.P. repor
adjustments of
basis to bring
Whereas the ra
might be.expec
port, the actu
rd, supplementing Dr. SwaM.hout, said the
points out the need for additional upward
salaries of staf!, members on a twelve-months
them in line with the ten-months salaries.
io of twelve-months to t en-mont.hs salaries
ed to be 1.20, according to the A.A.U.P. re1 ratio at Oregon State CoJ,lege is only 1.13.
Dr. Friedman p .esented some aspects of a recent report of the
A.A.U.P. Chapt r at the University of Oregon in which a 16%
salary increas was dee.La.redto be a minimum to place the
faculty on a b sis comparable with other i.nstitutions and
occupations.
t was found that more than three-fourths of
the full time taffsaid they supplemented their salary by
other earnings
Many who did not do so said they couldn't.
One-fourth ot hem said they would leave the profession if
they could. ~e Committee suggested: (1) publicity to in ...
form the publaof
the salary si.tuation.;(2) thorough study
of the salaryi roblem; (3) cooperative effort with Oregon
stat.e c.olleg~i'
Professor Mu~ rddistributed copies of the report of the
Committee on !F . ulty Welfare, including a chart and four
tables. The points covered, supported by data contained in
the report, we
e:
1 Wages of clrical staff have kept pace with the increase in
cost of liv'ng, but salaries of professors have lagged
behind. .
.2 Oregon State College professors and associate professors
are.below thle av.
"e.
rage salary level of 50 other higher
instit:t.ltionsl
studiecl.
3
Oregon State College salaries are.seriously below prewar
salaries in purchasing power.
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RESOLUTION
ON FACULTY
SALARIES
4 Provision for
Lnc
that experien
require salar
48% to 84%.
5 Relative sala
professors, a
notab~ decre
Professor Mumfor
ic recommendatio
meeting with Pre
y differences between instructors, assistant
sociate professors, ro1dprofessors have been
sed at Oregon State College.
said that the Committee was making no specifon salaries at that time. It plans an early
·dent Strand.
reased faculty purchasing power similar to
ed by the average United States citizen would
increases at the present time ranging from
Dr. Childs moved doptd on of the following resolution: That
the Faculty Welf re Committ.ee be instructed to request of the
Chancellor, thro -h President Strand, a meeting of the Chancellor, the Fin ce Committee of the State Board of Higher
Education, three epresentatives of the faculty of the state
College, and thre representatives of the faculty of the University in order 0 discuss more nearly adequate salaries and
retirement allow ces for the faculties of the State S;,{stem.
The motion was se anded and discussion called for. Discussion
showed that while the University of Oregon is mentioned, the
resolution leaves the way open to include other inst:i.tutions
in the State Syst sm of Higher Education. The Faculty Council
on vote adopted tle resolution.
APPRECIATION Dr. Butts moved t at the Faculty Council give a vote of thanks
EXPRESSED FOR to Professor Bett Lynd Thompson for her services in providing
COFFEE HOUR
coffee before the Faculty Council meetings. The motion was
seconded and car .ed , lJiss Thompson, after acknowledging the
thanks extended t her, said that she had been indoctrinating
her successor in 'he coffee hour idea and then introduced Dr.
Florence Hupprich newly elected representative of the Division of Physical E ucation.
ADJOURNMENT
The Faculty Counc 'I adjourned at 5: 20
0 'clock.
Delmer M. Goode
Secretary
January 1951
ELECTED ME~. RS OF FACULTY COUNCIL
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(Terms expire on December 31
the year indicated at the head of column)
gricult~
R. E. Dimick
R. N. Lunde
___;...;...~_s ~
C. C. Callarman
Technology
R. K;, Campbell
Education
R. R. Reichart
'ngineering
H. B. Cockerline
R. A. 'Wanless
Leslie A. Clayton
Forestry
James D. Snodgrass
H .e Economics
• Margaret Ware
Laura Cleaveland
Marie Ledbetter
Pharmacy
R. S. McCutcheon
Science
J. S. Butits
W. B. Bolilen
er
--+J. M. Swarthout
C. K. Smith
Ernst J. Dornfeld
E. A. Yunker
W. D, Wilkinson
Division
Edward D. Smith
.K. R. SY'rygard
E. W. Wells
Ph
ical Education
Florence L~ Hupprich
J. V. Dixon
l:!ibrary
Irene Craft
Agriculturl:-ExtenSiOn
SerVice
I
J. W. Scheel
J. W. Scheel
Agricultural E;periment Station
D. E. Bullis