Louisiana State University - Gumbo Yearbook (Baton Rouge, LA)

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President Observes Past Decades I guess I ' ve been here all my life. Martin D. Woodin, president of the LSU system, has in fact been at LSU most of his adult life. He first came to LSU as an undergraduate in 1932 during the Huey Long years. After attending graduate school at Cornell University, Woodin returned to LSU to serve on the fac- ulty of the Department of Agricul- tural Economics. Excepting tour duty in the Navy, Dr. Woodin has been here ever since. His ascent into the upper lev- els of the University ' s administra- tion resulted in his succession of John Hunter as president in 1972. Having witnessed over four dec- ades of LSU history. President Woodin classifies the LSU student into five eras. According to the president, the students of the depression years were extremely serious in their studies, mainly due to the huge sacrifices necessary to attend school. The typical post World War II student was older, more than likely married, but equally as serious scholastically. The 50 ' s and early 60 ' s, accord- ing to Woodin, brought huge growth in the school ' s enrollment and the nation ' s economy. This affluence enabled the student to be somewhat less intent on his studies. The social unrest of the 60 ' s and early 70 ' s, Woodin said, brought to LSU the disruption and unrest that most of the nation ' s campuses wit- nessed. Civil rights and anti-Viet- nam demonstrations were the order of the day, according to the presi- dent. With the peace of the 70 ' s, Dr. Woodin observed that the student body has become more future-ori- ented and more traditional. President Woodin visualized LSU to be a University that teaches its students to become more active, productive citizens. He feels that the students should be trained so that they can help to upgrade Loui- siana and the country ' s level of leadership. 1. In 1960. Woodin was sent to Alexandria to sta rt the LSU-Alexandria campus and two years later was made the Executive Vice President of the LSU system. (Trufant) 2. Chancellor Paul Murrill received his Bachelor ' s degree at the University of Mississippi, and his graduate degrees at LSU in chemical engineering. (Schultz) 10 Roux

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The Board Determines Campus Policies What do Paul Grosser, the Law Center, football tickets and Marga- ret Jameson have in common? They represent just a few of the major topics debated by the Board of Supervisors this year. In October, the Board passed a resolution to reappoint Professor Paul Grosser to a tenured position on the faculty of the Political Sci- ence Department. Grosser had been fired in the spring of 1977 for failure to meet publication require- ments. The Board approved a plan for reorganization of the LSU Law Center in November. As a result, the Law Center was made a sepa- rate division of the LSU system. The Student Affairs Committee of the Board changed Dean Marga- ret Jameson ' s title from assistant vice chancellor of student affairs to dean of students and assistant vice chancellor of student affairs at the beginning of the spring semester. This move combined the formerly two separate positions of dean of men and dean of women. In February, the Board met and decided to maintain the present method of allowing students to attend football games for one more year. It had been suggested that stu- dents be required to purchase tick- ets for the games, rather than obtain free admission with their student ID cards. The Lobbying Commission of the SGA proposed a constitutional amendment during the summer ses- siqn to allow the student member of the Board to vote. The bill passed the state Senate and must be accepted by the House before going to the voters for final approval. Board of Supen isors 9

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an. I Itf vh sit Chancellor Expresses Optimism Extremely demanding. a greal deal of pressure. many frus- trations. the opportunity to be creative. and the best job in the LSI system was how Chancellor Paul Murrill described his work. After first coming to LSU as a graduate student in 1960. Murrill served as a faculty member and then head of the Department of Chemical Engineering from 1963 until 1969. For the following five years, he served as the Chief Academic Offi- cer for this campus. Murrill was appointed chancellor in 1974. As this campus ' s top official. Chancellor Murrill has expressed a great deal of interest in the Board of Regents Master Plan. I feel that it is the Board ' s responsibility to develop a long-range plan for the orderly effective development of higher education in the state. Mur- rill said. The chancellor regards the LSU student body as more mature, more conservative, and more serious than those of the past. Chancellor Mur- rill feels that the 24,000 sons and daughters of the people of Louisi- ana that make up the LSU student body are the most intelligent young people in the state. President Chancellor 1 1