January 13

Meeting #42
ROLLCALL
Ore on state CI:)lilege
MINUTE OF FACtJLT'f
iCOUNCIL
13 January 1949
President St and called the Fa~ulty Council to order at
4 o'clock
in Room.208 M 3niorial Union with the following
.council membrs present: IAdrion. Bash. Bollen. Butts •
Qallarman, C r-Ls on, Childs, Colby, Oooney, Craft. Crossen.
Davies. Demuh. Dimick, Forslund, Friedman, Gilfillan,
Gleeson, Goo at Jensen, 4angton, Laslett,
LeMaster, Lamon, Maser, Milam Norton" Ordsman, Poling, Price, Robertson,
Schoenfeld,ohulein;
'SJnfth.C.K., Smith M.E~. Strand,
Thomp~on, \I\5L e, Swarthout, Weniger, Yunker, Zeran. Present
also were: P ofessor 0-. W. Holcomb, retirip.g council mem
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ber after a hr-ee-yea r term; member-s of the Committee on
Faoulty We).; re in....
olUd~:n~~rofe~~sors D. C. Mumfo.rd(ohail"'"
man). G. E. lanoh, H. H.I #illemann, end A.' D. Hughe:;;:
and.Pr. E. B Hudson, president of Lincoln College.
University 0 New Zealand. /I
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NIDFf
MEETING
ROOM
The counoil
newly appo In
Senate.
The
with full-si
handsome tab
wa:U a copy
Daughters. "
banks, f'o rrne
ture, fr~m. t
of Mrs. "lair
APPROVAL OF
MINUTES
Consideratio . or the minutes fOl~the Dl:)ol:)m~er
9, 1948~
meeting wa~ 'a1led :for. No ohange s being proposed. the
minutes were deolaredjapproved.
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ELECTION
OF
,OFFICER1~
President St nd called for nom:lnations for the office' of'
Vice Chairma,· of the Fa.culty Oounoil for the year 1949.
Nominees pro: osed weref Dr. J. S•• Butts. Dr. H.R. Laslett,
Dr. C.V. Lan on. On motion, nominations Were closed.
Mr. Robertso: and Dr. Swarthout served as tellers.
After
the ballotin
P-re-$ident
Strand
announced
that
Dr.
Butts
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had been ele, ted •. NOljl.i.nationsfor Secreta1i"Ywere called
for.
Mr. Go de vms nominated.
On motion the nominations
~re closed
nd a una~imous ballot was voted for Mr. Goode
as Secretary
Nominations for the two other members of the
~ecutive
Co ittee ".",re called for. Nomi~ees proposed were
Professors R C. Forslup,d" HeR. I.a.slettl Clf:}raA.. Sto.:rV'ick"
and E.A. Yu e z 'of th~ el\ected group of counodI members~
and Dr. C.V, Langton
~he a.ppointe~ group. Motion was
mads, second~'. and earrJ,edthat
nOInlilations be closed.
President. st anci said that as D:r. Langton stood unopposed in
the appointe
group he would deo Lar-e him elected to the
Executive Co ittee.
A;f'ter balr'oting on th~ other candidates~'
PrasidentlSt
and announced that Dr. YUnker had been eleoted- a member of' the ~ec~tive
COJmn;t ttee.
as meeting for
the first time in the room
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ed for the Faoul ty Counoil and the Student
room has been made comfortable and beautiful
e rug, attraotive
draperies" arm chairs, a
e for the presiding officer,
and on a long
f Mihaly MunkacsY'~11'M~+tonDictating to Hise pioture" 'painted by the lat'e J. Leo Fairhead 9f the Department of Art and .Architeoe 1876 ori~inal~ is loaned through courtesy
anka,
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Meeting #42 .;. 2
INTROroCTION President S rand introd1;loed Dr~,E.B.• lfudson, presidellt of
OF PRESIDENT Linc~ln Colage of the University of NewZealand, w.ho
E~ B. HUDSON spoke brie
y of his visit to this and other campuses in
the United tates and sketched the organization of his
university.
The Univerfity in~}ludes six u,niversity oolleges
, and two agr oultural divisionsj' looated at different
points thro ghout the oountry~ President Hudson was
,
gr~oious a
friendly and his remarks were brightened by
humor. Pre~ dent Strand,outlined
for President Hudson the
histoI'Y of he F~o\llty ~ollnoil" :its i\lnct~ons, and its relation to Amn nistr~tive
Council and school and departmeatal
((loul ties.:
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EEPORTON
FACULTY
SALARIES
DISTRIBUTED
As provided -at the Deoembermeeting of the oouncil, Profe,ssor D.C. Mu ord .• ehad rman of i;.he Connnittee on Faculty Wel•• L~
fare, dist:r bubed m:iJneographedcopies of a report on oompat~i
tive salnr1 s at institutions
of h~gher learning. Copies ,f'd9
mailing toounoil
mempers not present at the meeting were
also Buppli d. A,oQompanyi~lg
the report were copies of an
eight-page
eprint fromJthe Or-egon Vot er, 0)1 the needs of the,
State Syste _ of' Higher .t:iduoatic,nincluding salary needa-.
PROVISIONS Professor M nf'o r-d then pr-oceeded to report for the committee
FORFACULTY on ourrent
speots of the provisions for faoulty retirement.
RETIREMENT He called 0 -PrOfessor G.E. Blal10h to report on the planas
of the Oregn State Emp:UoyeesAssociation to seek annnendments:
to the pres nt laVa Professor Blanch's report was distributed in m· eographed form.
RESOIlJ'I'ION
PROPOSE:D
Dr. Friedma presented a resolution endorsing the program
of the Sta"b EmployeesII IAssooia.tion in seeking araendmenbs'
to the law. He said the Association felt that such suppOrt
from outsid their own body would be helpful. He moved that
the resolut· n be adopted. )T4e Illotion was seconded.• Ai'te~
some dd scua ion" President Strand said that aotionop. the
resolution
~uld be postponed to a sp?oialjmeetlng o~ the
Faoulty CO\1eil whioh' he would call tor next week, -bh'u.l
giving coun ~l members time forbareful
obnsideration.
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The followi
material;;; were then. distributed:
(1) Publio
Employees Re:irelll$nt System: A :Oigest of ;F'rovisions Apply"!'"
ing to Orego State Cpllege Staff Members; October 1948 • '
(2) Comparis n of State Publio Employes R~tirem~nt Aot and
Offioial Sta. ement on staff Retirement. (3) Copy of Letter
from F.' Leo mith. attorney (legal, counselor) for the state
Employe'es As, diati()n~ (4) A Comparison of"Retirement 'PrOgl'atnlr for tIt Aoademib Staff.
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SECOND
RESOWTIQN
PROPOSED
Mlt
Professor
ford,ton behalf of the Oommfbbeeon Facul'ty
Welfa,r~. pre ented a resolut.ion.for
oonsidera.'tion Of.th~
oouncil and ction at the special meeting the nexf week ~.
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ADJOO
RNMEN1t',President
'and at. 5.30 ,o'clook ~djourned the mee~lhtto
reQonvana ail:;4J;OO p.~.~hu~sday.
January 20, 1~49.'
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DELMER M~ GOOD:EI
SeOl~etary