Auburn University - Glomerata Yearbook (Auburn, AL)

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SCHOOL EDITORS: Cookie Cook Nancy Eddy CLASS SECTION EDITOR: Burt Williams

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From a tradItIonal emphasIs on the mechanlcal and agrlcul tural aspects of hIgher educatlon Auburns currIculum has grown to a ten school program whIch encompasses areas from the general as In the school of Arts and SCIENCES to the speclal Ized fleld of veterInary medIcIne one of the few In the country A new emphasls relatlvely foreIgn to Auburn lS the search Into humanItIes Wlth the ruse of Haley Center comes an elevatlon In our study of mans mInd and beIng Maybe that IS a part of the change In atmosphere that has been noted at Auburn No longer IS the student caught up In the tradltlonal unchangIng Image but rather the real man he flnds In hImself For the fIrst tIme outspoken conflIct has arIsen between ad mInIstratIon and students often Involvlng such large questIons as the Coffm controversy and ltS deep Involvement In Alabama s speaker ban bIll Cut pOllCy classroom restrIctIons teacher evaluatIon are questIoned by students who no longer are content to be told how polIcIes stand If lt IS true that student Involvement and concern has In creased then comes the questlon of the extent to whIch students feel themselves a part The more than forty organIzatIons whIch claIm to be benefIcIal to the students may be no more than just a waste of tIme and money ImpressIve names for a college record Or lt IS posslble they may provIde an outlet for some few who wIsh to go beyond lecture courses and labs to a practIcal applIed knowledge of that whIch they study GuIdance In any area of endeavor should come from a compe tent experlenced admInIstratIon whIch all schools clalm to ls It the mInorIty who would bother wIth a student who came for advIce or answers to troublIng problems? ln lIght of the vast number who slIde by domg only that whIch IS requrred lt seems a great loss for anyone to be stlfled by unconcerned unInvolved faculty And yet thIs seems to be the sItuatIon at Auburn A lecture ended and the teacher student relatIonshIp comes to a close ln formal dIscussIons seem almost Imposslble wIth a professor who IS avaIlable only by apporntment and excluslvely to those who are faIlIng the course AddItIonal Insrght Into a sItuatIon cannot be gaIned by one who has no where to turn for personal contact Wlfh an authorlty From the studentled programs for Involvement come possIbly the most dIrect results A Free UnIversIty offered the fIrst sugn of out of class learnIng but thIs IS not enough Too many remaIn just part of the masses In an audItorIum lecture not enough feel that they must become Involved to galn real knowledge lt seems almost as If the student lS caught In a double bInd lf he wants changes In polIcy currIculum he IS too often Ignored The CurrIculum Change CommIttee IS made of faculty members excluslvely students are demed a vote So lt IS Wlfh many areas where the student body lS Involved yet IndIvIdual students can not become Involved Auburns progress has Indeed been meas ured by ltS academlc achIevements but It now must be based on a scale whIch Involves ItS students In a realIzatIon of the Im portance of each person for hImself as well as for hIs class and currIculum . . , . I I I ' , . 1 , . . 1 I . . . . , ' 1 1 7 7 , . .. . Tm. I. . t have. But how many encourage IndIvIdual effort and potentlal? 1 l I I , - . . I I Y Q l I ' V . . , . Y I