Framingham State University - Dial Yearbook (Framingham, MA)

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The passage of the budget gave Governor Ktng tmmense power He was allowed to ptck the enttre Board of Regents and chose a Board of Trustees for each state college In total tt granted Ktng the power to make 239 poltttcal appotntments The Board of Regents often referred toasthe Superboard was sorn tn by the Governor last August The Board conststs of Chatrman James Marttn An Wang Dr Charles Sanders Ray Stata ex Governor Foster Furcolo Dr George Hazzard Stster Janet Etsner George Ellt son Davtd Paresky Robert Cushman Norman Zalktnd Davtd Beaubten Arnold Frted man Ehzabeth Rawltns Francts Ntcholson Paul Guzzt was named the Baord s Acttng Chtef Adrrttntstrator Framtngham State College was chosen as the locatton for the sweartng tn of all of the Board of Trustees from all of the state colleges communtty colleges and untverstttes Saturday February 28th As the trustees Regents and guests approached Dwtght Audt tortum for the ceremony they were greeted by about 100 faculty and AFSCME tAmencan Federatton of State County and Muntctpal Employeesl workers holdtng stgns The AFSCME workers had thetr stgns draped around thetr necks The teachers postttoned stgns about 9 feet tall around the area At 9 15 the ceremontes began wtth a welcomtng speech deltver ed by D Justtn McCarthy Prestdent of Framtngham State College McCarthy satd that tt was most approprtate to have the sweartng tn take place at Fram tnghant State College He satd that FSC has played a untque role tn pubhc htgher educatton POLITICAL betng that tt ts the oldest state supported tnstttutton to prepare teachers tn the Untted States Horace Mann a lawyer tn stttuted publtc htgher educatton Mann belteved tn equaltty of opportuntty of educatton for all people James R Marttn Chatrman of the Board of Regents followed McCarthy He satd Stnce the reorgantza ton of all publtc htgher educatton ts a matter whtch wtll have profound consequences for our Common wealth these trustees have been selected by Governor lxtng to assume an enormous responst btlttv The Board of Regents and the local trustees wtll be taktng a sertous look at the qualtty of educattonal programs and servtces offered at every tnstttutton tn order to achteve a promote the most responstble use of the state s resources Marttn told the audtence that the responstbtltttes of the new trustees are to develop and mamtatn a comprehenstve sys tem of publtc educatton of htgh qualtty prepare admtsston standards prepare budgets de stgn new programs dectde tut tton and admtntster plans of the syst m Marttn concluded by saytng l am sure we wtll be able to accompltsh a great deal John Duff Chatrman of the Publtc College Pretdents was the next speaker Duff satd that the Regents and trustees wtll shape the future of htgher educatton unttl the end of thts century Duff also noted that Massa chusetts ts ranked 50th when tt comes to the amount of tax revenue spent on publtc educa tton The state ts also 50th tn amount of money allotted tn the budget 140701 for pubhc educatton The most tmportant task factng the new trustees accord tng to Duf ts betng able to keep atune to the changtng attttudes tn SOcl6tV Although Massachusetts ts ranked 50th tn the country on publtc htghe educatton expen dttures Paul Guzzt Chtef Ad mtntstrattng Offtcer noted the tncrease tn money spent over the years due to tnflatton In 1965 the budget vtas S35 mtllton tn 1980 tt was S340 mtllton Guzzt told the trustees that our job todav and tt ts just be gtnntng ts to make tt work Chatrman Marttn warned the trustees to prepare thetr tnstttu ttons for the future If student loans do get cut ltke Prestdent Reagan ts asktng Congress to do Marttn predtcts that the colleges wtll be glutted wtth appltcants He does however admtt that thts wontbe easy Stster Janet Etsner and Nomtan eastern Massachusetts Untver stty also spoke Etsner emphastzed the fact that the strength of the state system wtll depend on the tndt vtdual strengths of the colleges She also emphastzed the need of each tnstttutton to develop tts own ftve year plan Zulktne satd that the educa tton dollar must be managed He also told the trustees to set htgh standards for thetr trtstttuttons Governor Edward J Ktng s appearance came late As he entered the audttonum everyone rose and gtve htm an ovatton Before hts entrance Ktng was met outstde Dwtght Hall by the faculty and AFSCME workers At that ttme Ktng promtsed George Damon leader of the faculty s Ad hoc Faculty Com mtttee that he would meet wtth htm after the day s events Ktng began hts speech by say tng Thts ts an htstonc occaston for the future of publtc htgher educatton tn Massachusetts We could not purchase the ktnd of talent represented on these ' ' ' LL at ' - . . 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POLI TI CA L Day To Remember The Gate Post March 12 1981 by Kelly Costa Prior to 7 30 '1 m teachcrs began to till the College Center s 1839 Room Signs were being taken out of storage and arranged in place in front of Dwight Hall Simultaneously in Dwight Auditorium chairs were being counted and the microphone was being tested While in the Maynard Street parking lot cars were being towed in order to make room for faculty cars and one heli copter tfor Jim Martin Chair man ofthe Board of Regentsl The day was Saturdav Feb ruary 28 1981 The day will go down in the history of Framing ham State College as a very im portant and most gratifying day Reorganization A Bnef History The day actually started years earlier Funds were generously allotted to the state colleges and .iniversities until the election of Governor Michael Dukakis When Dukakis came into power the steady flow of funds ceased At the same time those legis lators who strongly supported the state college system lelt their posts tor a variety of different reasons Governor Dukakis adminis tration emphasized budget control and this hurt the col leges However Dukakis did support the idea of broadening the character of the system he also favored the placement of more women and minorities on the governing boards of the schools. ln 1978, Edward 1. King was elected as Massachusetts' new Governor King supported pnvate industry and its growth he did not support the state s program of public higher education Reorganization a word ban tied about in the Legislature for years started soon after King took office Almost immediately he asked the state colleges and universities to raise 511 tached to the 19801981 state budget The budget is a money document reorganization deals with colleges and people Yet the two managed to become one Governor King s men on the Hill namely Speaker of the House Thomas McGee of Lynn Senate President Wlliam Bulger of South Boston and Chairman ol the House and Senate Ways and Means Com mittees Rep John Finnegan of Boston and Sen Chester At lcins of Concord instituted the rider The ironic thing was that in 1978 a special commission was Q1 -c..a:StJlQ 'Q uf! me ti 1 irrixes. their tuitions in order to relieye the slalc from such expenses Thc message was becoming clcar The state wanted little to do with thc state colleges July 1 1980 IS part of the re organization bill the post of Secretary of Lducation was abolishcd. The Governor managed to makc obsolete thc only spokcsman of public higher education close to him. The reorganization bill was hardly a bill. lt was a rider at- lormed to look into a plan for reorganizing the state colleges The commission was just about due for a report to the full House The rider undid two years ol hard work and wasted thousands of tax dollars QA rider does not receive a yea X nay vote. The budget as a whole gets voted on and a yea vote accepts the budget and all riders' conversely a nay vote rejects the budget and all riders.1

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POLITICAL ,,ip:y ummm mfr we 2-, bf' Faculty awalts to speak wrth Cov lxm boards and the kmd of leadershrp these trustees wrll bnng to our colleges and unlversltles Krng called the state and um versmes a major resource for the Commonwealth f Massachusetts He also sa1d that the state colleges are among the finest ln the country Speaker of the House of Representatrves Thomas McGee told the trustees that you assume a tremendous responslbxllty today take thx responslbrlrty and do the best you posslbly can McGee spoke well of the youth rn the state when he sard The best resource we have always had rn thrs state IS our young people no matter where we go ll depends on the youth of thls country Senator Gerard D Amrco, Charrman of the Educatron Commrttee, was the last speaker at the ceremonres He called re orgamzatron a trme of great opportumty as well as challenge He also told the gatherrng that there IS a mutual respon slblllty between the government and the Dopulatron And. We stand ready and wnlmg IJ assrst rn any way to make the system work After the ceremonv the trus tees had therr ptctures taken wrth the Governor Whrle the Governor was wrth the truestees the facultv wrgrl oonttnued Pauently they awfuted the tlme they would have vu h Governor Krng As the Governor emerged from Dwrght Hall to meet wrth Mr Damon everyone converged on the stalrs to the entrance of the Hall Medra students and faculty all awaited Kmg s ex Pramln h lm St ite s Board of Irustees planatlon wrth great anucrpauon Krng told Damon that he was unaware of the fact that the faculty and AFSCME workers never recerved their rarses He sa1d he would speak to House Speaker McGee and tell htm to rush ll through the Legrslature King also told Damon to call hrs office rn a few days to check on he procedures As the Governor drove away rn hrs lrmousme the crowd dns persed The teachers even Mary Massachusetts Teachers ASSOCI atron who was opposed to the vrgrl was happy wrth the results Durrng the ceremonles a pro 'fe group of about 12 people had gathered rn front of the College Center They were there to show the pro lrfe Krng therr dtsapproval of the abortlon l.llfllC whrch just opened rn Framlngham Sleet began to fall about an nour after the crowds had drsap peared It seemed the perfect endrng of the day The weather held off as a welcommg to the new trustees and a way to say good luck However the sleet showed that the future wrll not be easy and often marked with crrcumstances beyond any .. ' V qv I ,N Af- 'L' ' . at , ,b,, wg g 4 tl ' Q if QAe'r w 1 :jf at We! ,- ' ,, .A YU A . ' . - ,auaeefeeew . .pf'f P - f , '- ' I 7:-.wg 2, 91 '1 2'f' ' 3 ' . ' :ffg 4 V A af Murphy, Presrdent of the local ,gf 11, M ' nz- -' . , . N . S K . I Q ,. g ' , - 1 . cc . ' b ' Ax . O , 1 V. . . .91 . , 1 H l - . - 1 at n ' . I ' ' Y! ' . ' 1 . y an 93 ' 1 . . , as X , ' l , y . . . .A ' l ' , . ' ' 11 ' w t - g E nw l I vs ' - r 1 ll V S LL ' 19 A