Meeting #71
ROLLCALL
Or gon state College
MINU'f or FACULTY
COUI~CIL
13 11arch 1952
After a short coffee period arranged 'qy- Dr. Florence Hupprdch the
Faculty Council was alll~d to order by President Strand at 4:00
o I clock with the fol ow.i.:ngmembers present:
Bash, Beach, Berry,
Blanch, Bullis, Campell, Carlson, Colby, Crossen, Dornfeld, Dunn,
Engesser, Fincke (fo Brandon}, Gilfillan,
Goode, Hansen, Hupprd.eh ,
Langton, Ledbetter,
man, Lonseth, Lunde, l-lcCutcheon, l1cI1illan
(for Ware), Moshberg r (for Demuth), Ordeman, Poling, Price, Reichart, Robinson (for S~odgrass), Scheel, Scott, Smith, Strand,
Tressler,
Wanless, Wnger , Yunker, Zer'an, Also present were
Professors ·W. R. Cro ks , S. 11. Dietz, J. G. Knudsen,W. A.
Kozu~plik, Richardso , and Sherburne.
APPROVAL
OF The minutes of the meting of Februarj' 14, 1952, after
11INUTES
corrections,
were de lared approved.
a few verbal
Dean Crossen present d as chairman of a special co~ittee
on policy
POLICYON
HONORARY in regard to honorar degrees the following recommendation:
DEGREES
NINGAt-lARD
OF HONORAR
Y DEGREES
ADOPTED
PARTI:
1 Honorary degree are conferred b~' Oregon State College on~
upon those pers ns recognized as having made outstanding
contributions
t the fields of scd.ence , technology, the
the humanities, or to the public welfare.
social sciences
2 Not more than t a h.onorary degrees may be awarded at any
annual commenceent of Oregon State College, and not more
than five such egr~es may be conferred in any- five-year
period.
3 No such recogni iOIlIshall be accorded during his term of
active tenure t any person ho Idf.ng an elective public
office in the S ate, of Oregon, to any member of the staff
of Oregon state College, 0 r ,to any member of the Oregon
State Board of igher Education.
4 In so far as po sible, each honorary degree awarded shall··
have a connobab] on in ke eping with the achievements recognized, but shal not duplicate OJ:' suggest a standard earned·
degree awarded
any accredited
college or university.
PARTII:
PROCEDUR
FORNO!'I[NATION
jroRHONORARY
DEGREES
1 All nominations fo!' honorary degr-ees shall be submitted in
writing and sha 1 bear the signatures of not fewer than
three sponsors, at le st one of whommust be an alumnus
of Oregon state Colle e.
2 All nominations shc~ll be sufff.cf.ent.Ly complete to permit
thorough revie of th qualifica"i:,ions of the individual
proposed, In order th t c ompeberrt judgment ~
be possible,
nominations shou.ld be accompanied by the following information: (a) Name'iage , esidence, profession or vocation of
person propose~. (b) arned and honorary degrees already
held, in what ~el~ls, I where attained.
(c) Brief biographical
sketch, including past positions and professional
record,
present fields o:f interest
and the contributions
made to
these, wri tings and publications,
honors and prizes
received, other attairunents and Icontributions.
(d) Concise
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statement of re
present address
an alumnus of a
Nominations sha
of Oregon state
year in which t
shall be transm
special Committ
for recommendation. (e) Signatures and
proposers, with year of graduation if
state College.
1 be submitted to the office of the President
College not later than l1arch 1 of the academic
e honorary degree is to be conferred, and
tted by that office to the membe
ra of a
e O:!1 Honorary Degrees.
PARTIII: PRCCEDURFait ELECTION
TO HONORARY
DEGREES
1 The Committee 0 Honorary Degrees shall be appointed by the
President of Or gon State College: and s:ball consist of five
members, each 0 whomholds the rank of associate professor
or higher in th staff ai: the College. Members of this committee shall be anonymous and sheLII rematn so during the
term of their a pointment. To provide for continuity of experienced perso el, the tenns of appointment of the newly
organized conanf tee shall be for one, twoJ three, four, and
. five years resp cti.vely, appointment to fill the vacancy
resul ting from xpi.ration of a term 0 f service then to be
for five years.
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2 The Commi,
ttee 0 Ho·norary Degrees shall consider each nomination submitte J and shall return the nomination together
wi th a recommen ation to the office of the President wi thin
thirty dayso
3 Recommendations of the Committee on Honorar,y Degrees shall
be reviewed by he Administra ti ve Council, the Faculty
Council, and th President,
and all recommendations for the
award of honora
degrees must have the concurrence and
endorsement of ach before being submitted to the Chancellor
and the state
a rd of Higher Education.
Dean Crossen commen d em the reconunendation and the consaderations the conunittee had in mind. He moved the adoption of the
recommendation~· The ot acn was secondsd , President Strand
called for discussi n and a number 0 f points were brought up
and considered.
Pr s i.derrt Strand said that if the council
members wished to p stpone action, a vote could be deLayed
until a later meetd, g. It appeared that most of the me:.nbers
were ready to vote.
By vote the Faculty Council then approved
the recorrunendation n plJlicy in awarding honorary degrees •.
C0Ml1ITTEE
ONDr. Dietz was then ~allied on to present a .progress report of
SUPERIOR
the special ComlllittEfeo:n Superior Students e. HE~ introduced the
STUDENTS members of the committee who were present and mentioned Dr.Sherburne, chairman of the Student Personnel Council, who had
been of' great help ,0 the conunitteels, work. He distributed
copies of a sheet h.sting the char-act.er'Lstdcs of the superior
or gifted student a!d a bibliography of five titles.
He described the work and thinking of the committee.
He said the
American Assocaatdon of' University Professors had cooperated
wi th the committee •. Some departments have been experimenting
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ADJOURNMENT
with programs for su
each school might be
giving was merely a
the point of having
in the duty assigned
erd.or students.
He thought a connnittee in
des:i.rable. He aai.d that the report he was
re~Lminary'one but the committee had reached
pattern for the future committee operation
to :it.
The Faculty Council
djourned at .5:00
o'clock.
Delmer H. Goode
Secretary