University of Minnesota - Gopher Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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MALCOLM WILLEY, academic vice-president, is concerned mainly with such units os the dcon of students office. University librorics and the student unions. vice-presidents The outlook is not so pessimistic :is one might think, according to R. K. Summers, clean of admissions and records. At present, said Summers. “only two or three per cent of the national income is spent on education. By 1970 the gross national product will have perhaps increased l v over tot) Billion dollars. I le points to the rising percentage of those who wish to go to college as evidence that people are placing more and more value on a college education. “With cooperation from its community, he said, “the University can expand to handle the enrollment. Work and planning must Begin immediately, and the attention of the nation must Be focused on the problem that colleges and universities are facing. This has starred. Many studies are Being conducted on the proBIcm. One of them is a California and Western conference cost and statistical study of facilities and their use which is currently underway with leadership from the University. The outlook for the future w as probably summed up by President .Morrill in his opening convocation address of this year w hen he said: There w ill be changes. I do not doubt, in the plan and pattern of America’s higher education and in our State —But mv own faith docs not alter that the nation will nor turn Back from its traditions of educational opportunity, unmatched in the modern world. WILLIAM T. MIDDLCBROOK is the business vice-president. Hit jurisdiction extends over ihe University services ond physical enterprises. 20

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senate Diarmtd, dean of SI.A, there arc three things the L:nivcrsit can do to meet the recruiting problem. They are: Improve the teachers’ salaries and status in the community, thereby attracting more qualified persons into the profession. Reduce the teacher’s load by using more office aids to handle typing and filing, and using visual aids. I xperiments are now being conducted on the use of these aids: for example. the use of TV in the classrooms in Peik hall. Drawing on qualified persons in the communitx such 3s practicing doctors, journalists and engineers. Plans for providing additional housing for students are also underway. At present, the Regents have approved the building of two living units on the St. Paul campus which will each house 150 students. I lie Regents have also given their approval for the University to request federal financing of the following construction: an additional wing for Comstock w hich will house 125, too apartments for married students and a men's residence hall which w ill house 500. ssuming that the University w ill receive all it asks for, ir will still fall approximately 900 short of the it io goal. I lie problem of feeding students has lead to speculation l James Fclbar. director of food services, and lus co-workers on the expansion of present facilities. I he possibility of moving the University elementary and high school students out of Shevlin hall cafeteria into Pattee hall is being considered. If this were done, Shevlin cafeteria could accommodate 400 more. I'he possibility of constructing other Union food services such as the grill or Copherette is also being considered. Bur try as the University w ill, present facilities can only be improved so much. Accommodating double the present enrollment by 1970 is going to mean more space and more buildings. The University has a I reads expressed an interest in the Southeast area of Minneapolis across the Washington avenue bridge. Larger staff and more space and buildings mean more money —more than is presently available. Where is this money to come from? the citizens of the state, from tuitions? And how much can tuitions be raised without restricting attendance to those few fortunate enough to afford it: SENATE MEMBER ieek onolhor' opinion vhorlly before onolher Senate meeting begin . Meeting ore held in Morphy hall auditorium.

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c ean of students More students is prime concern o department of the University is more concerned with rising enrollment than the Dean of Students office. The people in this office realize that University students have a great deal to learn outside the classroom, and so they strive to insure that each student has a chance to develop individually despite the large enrollment. I he office reaches the students through ten divisions which are all under its jurisdiction. For example, there is the Bureau of loans and scholarships which annually gives help to from one to two thousand students. The Student Counseling Bureau is also a division of the Dean of Students office. Through this bureau three to four thousand students receive help on their academic, vocational and personal problems. I he Orientation of new Univcrsit students also comes under the office's jurisdiction. The division which created most of the news this year, however, w as the Student ctiviries bureau. I his year the bureau created a tlurr when it sent a copy of the conduct control policy to all campus organizations. I he S B requested organizations to sign an agreement to abide by the HAL STROM, sonior personnel worker in Student Activities Bureau, checks file of publications contracts. He is a Board of Publications member. DEAN OE STUDENTS, E. G. Williamson briefs Mortin Snoke on current problems. Snokc became octing dean when Williamson took a leave of absence. I 21