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Tutsdoy, November 1
NEW PROVOST SPEAKS
Varied Views
Aid Decisions
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By REBECCA LEEET
News Editor
When I was a young Ph D
I thought I knew all the an
swers I soon found out I
didn't
"I ve since realized that
there are always two sides to
everything and lhat two heads
are better than one when
you're trying to solve a prob
lem. You may not always ac
cept the second point of view,
but your decision will be a
better one for having been
exposed to it." philosophized
Dr. S.W Pelletier, who has
been serving since Sept. 1 in
the newly created position of
University provost
THK NEW post of provost
was created, according to Dr
Paschal REEVES. ASSO
CIATE TO THE PROVOST.
BECAUSE THE University
president "has more to do
than he could do even if there
were 48 hours in a day "
Acting as the chief execu
tive to the president, the prov
ost supervises the activities
of the four vice presidents and
thus all internal affairs of the
University, with special em
phasis on academic and budg
etarv matters. Dr. Pelletier
said
"The first purpose of a uni
versity education is to teach a
student how to think, how to
use the data about him to
solve the problems he ll en
counter in life The purposeiis
not to cram facts into his
head, but is to teach him an
attitude of life," he noted in
tently
"ALSO, A university edu
cation should broaden the
student's horizons so that he
will be better equipped to en
joy life and serve society. Our
purpose is not to create tech
nicians,'' the Illinois native
said
"Hesearch is important
and publishing is important
because we have to replenish
the store of knowledge But
when we train a student, he
goes out and touches lives—
many more lives than a pro
fessor's drv. technical paper
will touch.
"THE STATEMENT is
used so much that it has al
most become a cliche, but you
don't stop learning when you
leave the university If you do
then the university has failed
in Us function of educating the
student
“If the one thing we do is
fire the individual's desire to
learn, the the University has
succeeded, he stressed
Moving on to the subject of
the relationship of research
and teaching, the new provost
labeled the separation of the
two as an ' artificial dichoto
my." He explained there are
two kinds of research which
are done. One is what he
termed "private scholarship'
— a faculty member's individ
ual research
"THLS KIND of individual
research has an indirect ef
fect on a teacher's instruction
by keeping him abreast of the
latest developments in his
field.
"The other kinds of re
search involves graduate stu
dents — this is what we re
referring to usually when We
say research.' Actually, it's
graduate teaching - perhaps
we need another name for it,"
he mused
Dr Reeves added. "When
you discuss the research
teaching controversy, it's
important to keep in mind
that all the material we teach
ers use in our instruction is
the result of someone's pre
vious research."
SWITCHING TO anothe.
topic. Dr Pelletier comment
ed on the role of extracurricu
lar activities in a university
community, saving, “in some
instances, extracurricular
activity can be almost as
important as formal class
room experience."
"I see extracurricular ac
tivities as windows which allow
a student to catch a glimpse
of some segment of life he
hasn't been exposed to be
fore," he explained
ACCORDING to Dr Pelle
tier. one of his main concerns
will be faculty hiring and
promotions. Following a
study of such procedures on 19
campuses around the country,
his office is preparing a "peer
evaluation" system which
will establish about five facul
ly committees, grouped by
academic discipline. to
screen faculty appointments
and promotions in particular
areas
Until now. he explained,
there has been little real ap
pointment screening done
above the department level
Dr Pelletier expressed
hope Die peer evaluation for
promotions may be readied
for possible implementation
next vear In the interim, the
staff of the provost's office
will review faculty additions,
he said
Student participation in
faculty promotions will con
tinue to be indirect.he ex
plained Most of it comes arxl
will come from student com
ments to other faculty mem
bers or anonymous student
questionnaires
"I KEEL these student
questionnaires can be of great
assistance to the individual
faculty member in improving
his teaching and also of consi
derable use in evaluating the
teacher." Dr Pelleiter stat
ed "I think you'll find that 95
per cent of students are dead
honest when answering a
questionnaire of this type, and
they provide some good
suggestions
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"Student response to a
well-designed questionnaire
provides another dimension
for evaluating what profes
sors are doing in the class
room Taken together with
other information available,
the results from the question
naires assembled on a given
teacher over a period of two
or three years, can provide a
department head with a pret
ty accurate idea of the kind of
classroom job theman is
doing This can provide strong
support for his recommenda
tions." the provost said
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Lettermen Present
Soft Rock Sound
shoulders and the guys put
their arms around their girls
“THLS IS the symbol of the
Lettermen," said Silber
They don't bother with
politics or religion, but rather
stick with straight entertain
ment. The Lettermen bring
out the best in people, those
innate emotions which Slav
bottled inside people," he
continued
"Our objective is to put on
a show which resembles one
of our stereo records." the
manager explained.
The Lettermen carry their
own sound equipment around
the country with them and
used both their own system
and the Coliseum's system for
last week's concert.
SILBER CAME to the de
fense of the operator who
manned the spotlight for the
performance, explaining that
his "mistakes" were actually
part of the program.
"It is one of the lead-ins for
a joke We do it everywhere
we go — and it's pretty suc
cessful," he said
"The light man, however,
sacrifices himself. After the
concert everybody labels him
a real dummy "
By MARICA PATEIOS and
TOM GIFFEN
"A lot of people sacrifice
personal morals to make a big
name for themselves It's not
important to have a big name
if you can't face yourself in
the mirror without feeling
guilty," said Tony Butala of
the Lettermen, following a
performance last week in the
Coliseum
The singers say they prefer
not to drink or smoke Each
expresses individual ideas
concerning the most impor
tant things in his life
According to Jim Pike,
member of the Church of the
Latter Day Saints i Mormons i
religion is the most impor
tant thing. "I believe in God.
so that's important I mean, if
you want to get to heaven, and
Ido
"WHEN I WAS 21. I be
came a convert to the Mor
mon church I don't think I
really cared about God before
then," he explained
Butala said his main goal is
"to have a happy life and al
ways to be able to respect
myself for what I am "
IN DESCRIBING the- type
music the performers sing.
Jim Pike said, "We have easy
listening music, something
like soft rock "
The letlermen's road man
ager. Arthur Silber. described
the type by using an example:
"We played an afternoon
concert in Portland, Maine,
one afternoon last year.
"The Lettermen came or.
and when they started their
second number. This Guy's in
Love with You,' the girls put
their heads on their dates'
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