University council possibilities discussed
By PETER WONG Staff Writer
(Editor’s note: This is the third in a series on university governance.)
In the past few weeks. President John R. Hubbard has indicated that he has not rejected the original proposal for university governance that was developed by a committee appointed by former President Norman Topping.
However, it seems likely now that the key mechanism by which students, faculty, deans, administrators and trustees will be joined in a unified system of decision-making will be something other than the proposed 15-member university council, with five members each from the student body, faculty and deans.
In a memorandum to Paul Hadley, chairman of the committee on governance and dean of University College and Summer Session. Hubbard explained some of his thoughts on governance. The memorandum is dated July 15.
“One of my chief goals is to reduce tensions and divisiveness on campus and to bring all of us together into a unified institution." Hubbard wrote.
“It seems to me that the present document assumes an adversary relationship among students, faculty, deans, adminstrators and trustees, and that many of the mechanisms described would serve to accentuate the problems of harmony rather than to reduce them."
Hubbard was commenting on the governance proposal that Hadley's committee had submitted to him earlier in the spring.
“I certainly share with you my concern for orderliness and openness of communication and your desire to provide a system through which the thinking of a maximum of the university community can be brought to bear upon a given issue," Hubbard said in his memo.
“The president was sharp in perceiving possible divisiveness in our pro-
posal." Hadley said. “In a sense, the key problem we faced in constructing the document was the possibility of different directions for the three constituencies."
However, Hadley s committee came up with nothing else to tie the constituencies together other than the university council.
Another problem in the original governance proposal, aside from the university council, was that of open decision-making.
“Under the proposed articles there would have been an excessive amount of paperwork. In our concern for open communication, we would have had reports from every university committee available to all interested." Hadley said.
“But this campus would not be large enough to hold all the paperwork from such a process. No one could have read the reports: no one would have been in-
formed. This is something that must be worked out."
Hadley said he wasn t “overwhelmingly" disappointed by Hubbard s reaction to the original governance proposal. “I’m certainly in sympathy with the president's desire for unity. My primary concern is for an orderly system of decision-making."
"I suspect some members of the committee were disappointed that the committee's proposal was not submitted for ratification. Henry Reining, dean of the Von KleinSmid Center for International and Public Affairs, said. Reining was named by Hubbard in September to be chairman of the second committee on governance.
Three members of Hadley's committee on governance—Reining: Robert Mannes. professor of mechanical engineering and now dean for student life: Dr. McCormick Templeton, acting chairman of the Department of Anatomy.
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VOL LXIV NO. 51
LOS ANGELES CALIFORNIA
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1971
Retired diplomat to talk
Thomas Tull, a retired British diplomat, will speak on “The Problems of Southern Africa” at noon today in Hancock Auditorium.
Tull has had a varied career in the Indian Civil Service and the British Diplomatic Service and is a specialist on African and Commonweath affairs. His most recent appointment was in Malawi where he was the British high commissioner from 1967 until retirement in 1971.
Tull joined the Indian Civil Service in 1938, and later served in the Royal Air Force during W orld War II.
When India became independent in 1947, he joined the Diplomatic Service. Tull held several posts during his career as diplomat, and was consul-general from 1966-67 in Durban, South Africa.
Berrigan trial ethics outlined
By BRIAN HOPPER
Irregularities in the handling of the Harrisburg (Berrigan) trial have raised larger issues than the case itself. Edward LeRov Long, vice-president of the American Society of Christian Ethics, said yesterday in Hancock Auditorium.
Long, an author and chairman of the society's committee to investigate political uses of law, outlines what he termed examples of mishandling procedures in the Berrigan trial.
Long cited first the conditions under which the public first heard of the alleged plan to kidnap Henry Kissinger, special assistant to the President for national security affairs, and the possible attempt to blow up steam tunnels in Washington.
J. Edgar Hoover, director of the FBI. made mention of an anarchist group on the East coast and linked the Berrigan brothers together in secret testimony to a closed session of a Congressional subcommittee.
Long questioned the possibility that from there it just leaked out, then charged that it was not accidental.
Long was critical of the original indictment. Jan. 10. in Harrisburg, Pa., which charged six defendants, including Philip Berrigan. with conspiracy, but which charged seven others, including his brother Daniel, as coconspirators.
“The latter were not to face trial by the (legal) nature of co-conspirator, said Long. “While this status relieved them from the ordeal of trial, it also denied them a chance to have their guilt or innocence determined at the bar of justice. "
“Why was the name of one alleged conspirator misspelled on the official record? And why were the pages of the indictment misnum-bered, as Newsweek discovered? Mistakes of this type do not usually occur when trial documents are duly processed on regular schedule," Long said.
Long said that the chief government witnesses themselves are criminals.
Gov't plan to be told
A new form of student government will be proposed today by Kent Clemence, ASSC president, at an opening hearing of the constitutional convention’s executive and legislative subcommittee.
An alternate proposal will be offered by Lee Blackman. ASSC vice-president of academic affairs. All interested students are invited to appear to testify before the subcommittee, said Dan Smith, subcommittee chairman.
The purpose of the open hearings is to furnish input for the convention delegates before they meet to draw up a framework for the new student body constitution.
The open hearing will be held today at 4 p.m. in the Student Activities Center.
Preregistration to begin
By SUSAN MOCSNY
Early registration will begin Wednesday. Dec. 15 at 8:30 a.m. At this time, completed packets will be accepted at the registrar’s office.
Request envelopes for packets that had been sent to the Registrar’s Office previous to Nov. 30 are now being mailed to the students. Some have already been received. Charles Howard, assistant registrar, said that all the packets would be in the hands of the students by Monday. Dec. 13.
Those students who have not yet picked up their envelopes may do so at the registrar's windows.
H-cards will be available on Wednesday. These should be picked up as usual in the offices of the respective department chairman.
After the H-cards are received, request for classes requiring R-
cards will be filled out on a form contained inside the packet. No R-cards will be handled by the students themselves. All the cards will be pulled in the Registrar's Office by staff.
Students will be working against time to get their H-cards before the R-classes are all filled. “In other words," Howard said. “R-cards will be first come, first serve."
In the schedule of classes, several classes are listed by their number with an X following the number. These classes are a lab or lecture with a corresponding class which does have either an H or an R-card. By registering in the class with the class card, students will automatically be enrolled in the corresponding lab section.
Howard said that early registration has been handled this way for 21z years. The reason he stated for this is that there
are no buildings available for use that could accomodate such a larger number of people. He . said that before the early registration was conducted in the existing manner, it had been held in the law building. Olin
Hall and in the Von KleinSmid Center basement. He also said that the physical education building was unavailable for their use because of the classes going on.
Early registration will be accepted up to Jan. 8. All materials in the packet must be completed before it can be turned in to the registrar or it will not be processed. H-cards must be together with requests for R-card classes.
Regular registration will be held from Feb. 2-5. It will be conducted in alphabetical order. by last names, as usual.
The hand is quicker than the eye
Avadon Black is a wandering actor who hitchhikes across the country with a backpack and sleeping bag, performing at each stop in the manner of a Renaissance strolling player.
This week he has set up a card table near Tommy Trojan, doing card tricks, playing shell games and inviting onlookers to his acting performance at 8 p.m. tonight and tomorrow in Harris Plaza 101.
Black left the UCLA Theatre Acts School two years ago to expand his idea of drama and has developed his show from the experiences he has had while traveling over 28,000 miles.
“I’ve gone everywhere without a car. People have been very good,” he said. “What the theater is about is hitchhiking. It's the actor sharing with the audience. He’s sharing their crisis. He’s just as human as they are.”
Black’s philosophy of sharing means that there are no tickets for his performances. When it leaves the audience may donate money, brownies, cakes or poetry. DT. photo by Tony Korody.