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Regents Approve Fee Hike
Fffective Next Fall Quarter
Georgia Students to Pay $83
Photo by Rem Studio
"MISS ATHENS" CONTESTANTS—Two of the Cniversify coeds who
have entered tlie “Miss Athens" contest, which will he held Friday,
are pictured above. They him- Jenny Lynn Morse, left, and Sally
Hutchinson. Today is the deadline for entries in the pageant, which
is sponsored by the local Junior Chamber of Commerce.
WOODROW WILSON
Trio From University
Receive Scholarships
lusteail of Normal $65 Kates
By HUDSON CONE
The Hoard of Keqents lust week voted to inerease mart,iculation
fees at the University from $52 to $70 beginning next full quarter.
The raise was passed primarily to increase salaries ot l niversit\
professors.
Tin 1 fee increase means average I
residents will pay $83 per quarter In
stead of the past $65. Students pay
fees of $5.50 for health expenses and I
$7.50 for student activities, aside!
from a $52 matriculation fee. Health
and student activity fees will remain
the same. Fees for non-resident stu- |
dents (out-of-state tuition) were
raised from $100 to $115, Non-resi
dent student will now pay a total of
$198.
James A. lUlssitt, treasurer of the
Hoard of Regents, stated that fee In
creases would mean an average pay
raise of #44 7.118.
University officials said they have
not received any information on the
pay increase, since the University’s
budget has not been returned.
University professors received a
Hy KEN IIARNES
Three University seniors have been named recipients
row Wilson Fellowships for 1961-62.
Joe Harris, Atlanta; Robert Bur
dick, Decatur; and Leon Galis Ath
ens, have been granted one-year fel
lowships to be used at the college of
their choice.
Harris, a senior majoring in Eng
lish, plans to use his’fellowship at
the University of Michigan for gradu-
Caldwell Promises
Freedom of Speech
By DEVAHA KELSON
Stud nit and faculty speech free
dom has been reassured in all
institutions of the University Sys
tem of Georgia.
University System Chancellor Har
mon Caldwell requested that all In
stitutions call attention to the aca
demic freedom policy approved by
the Board of Regents.
The same policy was approved
here in 1959 as a part of the Uni
versity statutes. This was a revision
of the original policy.
Due to legislative charges of sup-
of Wood
New Record:
6,730 Return
To University
By TOMMY JOHNSON
Unofficial statistics released
Thursday hy the IBM Depart
ment indicated spring quarter
registration figures would exceed
any in the history of the univer
sity.
J. Comer Whitehead, director of
the IBM office, said total figures so
far stand at 6,730, although addt-
5.2 per cent raise from the 1960-61 jtional students are expected to regls-
fiscal budget. The pay Increases will ! ter late.
range from $300 to $750, with an I spring quarter totals last year
average of $447.98. Raises will be j were (5338.
awarded according to recommenda-! whitehead said a check In the
lions of merit from the deans of the j recor( j H shows total registration of
individual schools. The merit eye- <5,1)37 during spring quarter of
tern could mean that some professors 1 ] <| 49 ttio peak of “war years" reg-
will receive no raise in pay. iistratlon
Blissltt stated that even after | AUh h , t appfiar „ to be the
the fee Increase, the University would |ar( , Hgt „ pr|nK r ,. Kl «tration yet, the
rank among the lowest-charging na ' 1 figures f 0 u H hort of topping those
tional universities.
Regent Chairman Robert O. Ar
nold said that the fee increase was
ate work in English. While at the
University, Harris has been a mem
ber of the "College Bowl" team and
the wrestling team.
Burdick, working on an A.B. de
gree in mathematics, plans to use his imperative because of the mounting
fellowship at the University of Vir-l ( . OHts „f operating state universities
ginia furthering his studies in mathe- L nd colleges.
matlcs. I „
Galis, a philosophy major, will do 1
his graduate work at the University!
of North Carolina in philosophy. He |
has recently been initiated into Phi
Kappa Phi, a national honorary 1
organization for outstanding seniors
throughout the United States. j phi Kappa Phi, national honor bo-
The University fellowship winners idety, has elected 67 University of
were among the 1,333 studentsj Georgia students to membership,
granted fellowships from 10,000 Election to the group is based on
nominees. high academic achievement.
- - j initiates are selected from the up
per 10 par cent of
graduating class in all schools and
Cheerleading tryouts will begin I colleges of the University.
Monday, March 27, at 4 p.m. and ! Thirty-nine of those choBen were
will tie held daily except on weekends initiated March 7. A tea in honor
Phi Kappa Phi
Picks Initiates
of fall and winter quarter of this
year. Fall quarter totals were 7,538
and 7,156 registered for the winter
session.
• • «
Officials praised a trial "pro-
Mlii'diiling" procedure used In most
schools of the University for the
first lime this quarter.
PRESIDENT 0. C ADERHOLD
RE-ELECTED
Board Picks
Dr. Aderhold
The Hoard of Keffents last week
re-elected Dr. 0. ('. Adderhold as
President of the University.
I)r. Aderhold is recognized as
one or the outstanding educators
In Georgia and the South. He was
elected to the position of President
of the University in 1960. and had
previously served as Dean of the
College of Education.
Under Dr. Aderhold’s administra
tion, the University has made Im
portant strides In procuring and
holding outstanding faculty mem
bers, Improving the quality of stu
dent work, and developing building
and research programs to fill the
needs of a vital, growing University.
College and university presldonts
are elected annually.
Most of the schools offered sched Kegent Roy V. Harris, who had
ullng clinics during the latter part prom |„,, d to ‘ Ret” Dr. Aderhold for
of winter quarter, allowing students () | H tiandllnK of the school’s recent
to sign up for courses they desired lnteK ,. tt t|on crisis, said that he had
in the spring. 1 protested the re-election, but “not
Although some difficulties did 1 publicly."
nrlse, Registrar Waller N. Damn —
< In crlciulini: Tryouts Start
said their entire registration day uc-
each year’s tlvlties were smoother and faster.
Many students hud only to pick up
their IBM cards from school advisers
without being compelled to go
through vatious lines for each card.
until April 7. jof the new members followed the
The two-week practice session!* initiation ceremony In Memorial Hall,
will be held In Stegeman Hall and|The remaining 28 initiates will be
will consist of cheering and tumbling inducted during spring quarter. A
Tech, Georgia
Plan Campaign
It was the first time the entire' veroity of Georgia and
University had attempted the pre-1 1
registration procedure. Most students j Georgia lerh are seeking help
commented favorably on the change, | frnn state businesses to acquire
pression of opinion, faculty members workoutB . A minimum of four days list of the new member* appears on especially the shorter lines and time 1 toprankin- professors
nn/1 ittiiitanio hnwn koan eoa mnirorl .. a a a tkn .nnlut vot ion
and students have been reassured , attendance i s required to be eligible, page 8.
that they may freely express their
to complete the registration.
opinions.
• • •
Some members of the General As
sembly said the University denied
student protests (luring the recent
admission of two Negroes.
• * .
The academic freedom memoran
dum issued by the University of
Georgia on March 10 states:
"A member of the faculty Is free
to express, inside or outside the class
room his opinion on any matter that
falls within the field of knowledge
he is employed to teach and to study,
subject only to those restrictions
that are imposed by high professional
ethics, fair-mindedness, common
sense, accurate expression, and a
generous respect for the rights, feel
ings, and opinions
should be careful not
HOY II MOMS
Segregationist Assails State, School Officials
By HUDSON GONE
Regents member and arch-segre-
trationist Roy Ilairis of Augusta
lashed state and University offi
cials for their action in the recent
integration crisis in an address to
Demosthenian Literary Society
Wednesday night.
In his sometimes fiery speech
Harris also promised Not Pros (no
prosecution) for the two University
students, Tom Cochran and Parks
Davis, who are under Indictment by
the Clarke County
lion since the legislature had heard | what they called "superior
"from the people instead of Ralph
McGill."
State officials gave up in face of
forces'
Grand Jury for
demonslra-
of others. . He participation in student
to introduce )long dur(n( , the race incident,
into his teaching controversial mat- After a short introduction hy
ter which has no relation to his sub- f)emolithen t an Tommy Burnside,
jeet. He should emphasize the fact j [darr j s elaborated on his college days
that the opinion which he expressed I ^ University and then attacked
is personal and not institutional. 1 prege nt-day educational system
"Members of the faculty should 1 uaed b y high schools aud colleges,
refrain from involving the Unlver-' u e Ba j d teachers are teaching social
sity in partisan politics, futile con- adjustment instead of education,
troversies, and harmful publicity: He said there had been a change
Continued on page !i of sentiment in Atlanta on segrega-
during the state’s Integration crisis,
Harris stated. He said state offi
cials dumped the burden on the
Board of Regents and the people of
Georgia when the people had en
trusted their faith in the Governor.
He then called for a campaign of
At a kick-off luncheon last week
I for the Atlanta drive of the 1961
i Joint Tech-Oeorgla Development
Fund the presidents of both Institu
tions cited the need for expansion
while pointing out the vital roles
! being carrrled out by their school*.
Dr. O. C. Aderhold, president of
the University, stated that Georgia
and Tech "still are not on a com
petitive level with other public uni
versities In faculty salaries.” He said
there are only 10 strong program*
at the doctorate level at the Univer
sity.
silence and social segregation against $325,000 goal set by the
any Negroes who might he admitted , , ,
to public schools. He Included In the ^eiopment f u " d 'or thls year,
"isolation” campaign any white stu- *136 000 has already been con-
flents who accept the Negroes tributed. Last year the Joint fund
When asked about the upcoming raised $280,000. a 32 per cent in-
guhernatoriai race, he stated that he
tiad no personal preference yet, but
that he was going to "nail each of
the candidates to the cross” In hi*
newspapev and choose the one that
was the strongest for the county unit
system and segregation.
rease over the preceding year. This
figure is equivalent to the income
which would be derived in a single
year from a $6,000,000 endowment.
It was contributed by 520 state and
national firms.
The purpose of the fund, started
ROY
HARRIS
When asked how he would have five years ago, 1* to turn out a
reacted to the University's Integra- l(«tter-trained. better-educated gradu-
tlon crisis -if he had been Governor, ate through research and salary sup-
Harris replied: "I would probably plements. The fund was originated
be in the Fulton County Jail.” He j hy a group of business and education
Continued on page 5 leaders.
