Tennessee State University - Tennessean Yearbook (Nashville, TN)

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X ' ref- rf- A spanking-brand-new Tigerette trightl learns the ropes from a well- estabiished TIGERETTE soul sister. ? 'N is Getting to know you. is the theme for a new way of life on campus as the university digs in to obey the big court's mandate of establishing a white presence . , i 3 Panel Task: TSU xWhiie Pre ence' By FRANK SUTHERLAND Tevmessegn Education News Editor A committee of three educators was appointed yesterday to draw up a plan to create what the courts regard as a white presence at Tennessee State Uni- versity and present it to U.S. District Court March 29. Dr. E. C. Stimbert, state commissioner of educa- tion, announced formation of the committee after the State Board of Education met in secret session yester- day t.o discuss alternatives in the federal-court suit. NAMED T0 THE committee were the heads of the two institutions involved, Dr. Andrew Torrence, president of TSU, and Dr. Roy Nicks, chancellor of the University of Tennessee-Nashville, as well as Dr. John Folger, executive director of the Tennessee Higher Education Commission. Stimbert said the committee will draw up the plan and turn it over to the state attorney general's office. U .S. Dist. Court Judge Frank Gray extended the deadline from tomorrow to March 29 for the filing of the plan to go into effect next fall. He has asked' for substantial integration of the faculty as well as creation of what the courts regard as a white stu- dent presencen at TSU. THE FEDERAL court suit was brought by at- torney George Barrett on behalf of several students andfaculty members at TSU. They originallysought to block construction of the new UTN center. The court refused to do this, but ordered the state to dis- mantle its dual system of higher education in the state. There are some white students at TSU, but Gray said there are not enough for a white presence and suggested that the UT schools of social work and nurs- ing might be transferred to TSU next fall. However, he added that this will not substan- tially integrate TSU and ordered more radical remedies to be presented for his consideration next August. GOV. WINFIELD Dunn presided over the secret session yesterday and was asked after the meeting by reporters why the session, was held behind closed doors. We could be in contempt of court if it were open to the public, the governor replied.

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THE TSU IRROR TSU Talks In Secret Tomorrow By FRANK SUTHERLAND Tennessean Education News Editor The State Board of Educa- tion will meet behind closed doors tomorrow to discuss the fate of Tennessee S t a t e University. The board members will consider alternatives available 'to 'them in presenting a plan to federal court to desegregate TSU. TSU Institute BU prof Named UTN Growth Gets' 395,300 Feclerzil Grant Tennessee State University has received a 595,300 grant for an institute to teach the latest procedures in ad- ministrative decision-making and policy formation to ad- ministrators Irom black colleges in 14 southern states, said D.R A, L.'T0rrence, TSU president. The institute, which opened Mo n d a y and continues through July 21, is being lunded by the U.S. Office of Education. Joining TSU as co- sponsor is the Computer Center at Meharry Medical College. To National Posl Dr. Alonzo T. Stephens Sr. of Tennessee State University has been elected to the national board of-directors of the United 'Nations 'Associa- tion of the USA., it was an- nounced yesterday. The UNA elections were held at the conclusion of the association's biennial con- vention held Jan. 31-Feb. 3.- Stephens, who is vice president of the Tennessee division of the UNA, USA, heads the department of history, political science and geography at TSU. He was a delegate to the International E c o n o mic History Conference at Leningrad and to the 13th International Congress of Historians at Moscow in 1970. Reflections of TSU issues in the news begins each year with freshman Orientation. THE TSU MIRROR Plcm Assoiled By TSU Heoci The president of Tennessee State University said yester- day the proposed 511.1 million expansion of the University of Tennessee-Nashville represents unsound judgement and is an unjustifiable expenditure of tax money. The proposed expansion of the University of Tennessee in Nashville represents unsound fiscal judgement and if im- plemented would be a hind- rance to dismantling the state's dual system of higher education. Dr. A. P. Tor- rence said.

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2 TIGl1H Rl:l-LILCTIONSH 33 'Mir 131 ,. i., .. A A 'I Agriculture class very pleased and willing to utilize the new USDA funds. Grants for TSU To id Research tlrants-totaling 5326.000 hare been awarded to Tennessee State University lor three re- search projects and extension ol' a program to assist low-in- 'come families, TSU officials announced yesterday. Dr. Andrew P. Terrence, president ot TSU, said the grants, awarded by the U.S. Department ol' Agriculture. .will support programs that are interdisciplinary and are uni- versitywide in scope. THE ,RESEARCH projects are coordinated by Dr. David Hamilton, dean of the school of agriculture and home eco- nomics. The projects, which will last three years, include: 0 A study of the work moti- vation ot culturally disadvan- taged urban and rural workers in Tennessee. directed by Dr. Emma W. Bragg, professor ol A psychology. 19 A study ol' the determina- tion oi' the f'Nutritional Status of Selected Lou'-lncome Fam- ilies in Four Counties of Ten- nessee? Dr. Ozie L. Adams. professor ot' extension and con- tinuing education, will direct this project in Middle and West Tennessee. O A study of Human Re- sources in Rural Areas ol' West Tennessee, conducted by Dr. Gul M. Telwar, as- sociate professor and head of the department of agriculture education. A total of S276,000 will be alloted for the cooperative program which will be headed by Dr. James E. Farrell, di- rector of extension and con- tinuing education. Terrence -said these funds will be directed toward- six major areas: community and resource developmentg health food and nutrition: leadership development: low-income audi- encesg youth development, and environmental develop- ment. All ol these activities will he centered around improving the lives and welfare of people rather than emphasizing crop and livestock production, Tor- rance said, although technical agricultural needs will not 're excluded. Plant Science Department hea a test plot. Tenn. state gets grant from state NASHVILLE - Tennessee State university has receiv- 'ed a S115,805.80 grant from Cooperative State Research Service KCSRSJ of the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture to do a two-year study of the in- rfluence of herbicides on soil and water quality.- The principal investigator is Dr. Fred E. Westbrook, professor of agronomy and head of the Department' of Plant Science. He will be supported by a seven-mem- ber team, including three graduate assistants. The announcement w a s made Aug, 25 by Dr. David A. Hamilton, dean of the Tennessee State university School of Agriculture and Home Economics. Said Dr. Hamilton, This is one of the agricultural studies the university is 'making in its expanding program to im- prove the quality of the en- vironment in rural Ten- d. Dr. Fred Westbrook tests crops from l i 1 i ' 'ix fl. - HMIURE 4 TIJIB lllllllllh