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Thursday, January 29, 1970
Salerno
To Address
Law Forum
New Classes
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The Law School Forum will
sponsor an address by Ralph
Salerno, expert on organized
crime, at 8 30 tonight in the law
school auditorium
Salerno spent 20 years in the
intelligence unit of the (Central
Investigation Bureau of the
New York City police, retiring
as suprvisor of detec tives of the
intelligence unit While serving
with the unit, he was assigned
to work with the U S. Senate
subcommittee on investigation
into organized crime.
In addition to his police
work. Salerno has been a guest
lecturer at Princeton Universi
ty and is author of a recently
published lxx>k about the Mafia
called The Crime Confedera
tion ”
He is the only police officer
to act as a consultant to the or
ganized crime task force of
former President Lyndon B
Johnson s Crime Commission
He also has served as a consult
ant to the* U S. Department of
Justice, the President's Com
mission on Violence, and the
National Council on (’rime and
Delinquency
Both houses of Congress,
numerous committees, state
legislatures, and other groups
interested in fighting organized
c rime have called on Salerno to
testify
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The lnterfraternitv Council presents a $250 check to the
Athens chapter of the March of Dimes Half the money
will be used to defray medical expenses of an Athens boy
who required an operation to correct a congenital birth
defect, and the other half will go for medical research on
birth defects. Taking part in the presentation are (from
lefti Don Nesmith advisor to fraternities; Tom Harrold,
March of Dime., campaign chairman; Andy Scherffius,
IFC treasurer and Robert Chainin, IFC president.
By CAROL ROBERTS
Staff Writer
Four new courses will be
taught next quarter in the Afro-
American studies program,
according to program head Dr.
David Foley
The courses are Knglish 323
(offered second period I. Dra
ma 428 (fifth periodi, Political
Science 412 (third period) and
Music 301 (third period).
English 323. taught by Dr
Coleman Barks, will be a sur
vey of Afro-American litera
ture.
ACCORDING to Dr Barks.
"The course will mainly con
centrate of 20th-century writ
ers and 20th-century poets.
Richard Wright. Ralph Ellison,
James Baldwin and Le Roi
Jones will receive major atten
tion."
“The main theme." Dr
Barks explained, "will be the
study of black aesthetics in lit
erature ” The course will carry
five hours of credit.
Drama 428 also a five-hour
course, will be taught by Dr.
Stanley I/mgman
This course will be "an at
tempt to talk about the theater
as a part of the whole black
movement,"' according to Dr
Longman "It will be a study of
the emergence of a distinct and
conscious black national thea
ter in the United States, with
some emphasis as well on the
developing theaters of the new
nations of Africa."
DR. LONGMAN explained
that the course will cover the
development of little theaters
and ensemble groups and the
emergence of black play
wrights
Political Science 412, taught
by Dr Brett Hawkins, will be a
course in the politics of race
According to Dr Hawkins,
the course will be "an intensive
analysis of racial attitudes,
patterns of voting behavior,
strategies of influence, and
public policy outcomes in the
area of race relations in the
United States. "
This will also be a five-hour
course
Music 301, a course in jazz
history taught by Dr. Daniel
Politoske. and wiil carry three
hours of credit. Dr Politoske
could not be reached early this
week to elaborate
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UNIVERSITY POLICE INVESTIGATE TRAFFIC ACCIDENT ON ICY SANFORD ROAD FRIDAY
Tate s Explanation Cited Trips to Home and Ski Slopes as Hazards of Holiday Declaration
NO HOLIDAY ON ICE
University Defends Its Action
The University responded
Tuesday, in an official state
ment of policy, to criticism of
its not canceling classes last
Friday after an overnight snow
fall
"The University has set the
policy of class attendance
whenver possible, wih the un
derstanding that my office and
individual teachers will see
that no difficulty or injustice is
done when a student cannot get
to class." said Dean William
Tate in the statement
Tate, associate dean of stu
dent affairs for advising, acted
under instructions from Dr
George Parthemos. vice presi
dent for instruction.
The complete statement fol
lows:
“UNDER THE STATUES of
the University, the vice presi
dent for instruction decides
what classes are to be excused
or called off because of adverse
weather conditions As asso
ciate dean for advising, my off
ice has the responsibility of giv-
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Pass-Foil Recommended
By DANA HOWARD
Staff Writer
An additional pass-fail option
for undergraduate students to
be effective fall quarter, 1970,
was recommended to the Stu
dent Senate last night by the
academic affairs committee.
"We are not recommending
any changes in the 4 0 system,
except to include a pass-fail
option on courses outside the
major field of study," Mike
Willoughby, chairman of the
Senate academic affairs com
mittee, explained to the Red
and Black Tuesday
The proposal states:
"Undergraduate students
may take a maximum of 30
hours of pass-fail courses, out
side of their major field, no
more than one course per
quarter
"If a student changes his
major to a subject in which he
has earned pass-fail credit, he
answering faculty members, 45
per cent were pleased with the
present grading system; of 363
answering. 41 per cent would be
pleased with a system divided
into any number of levels be
tween 0.0 and 4 0; and of 406
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may apply only five hours of
that credit to his major re
quirements. Grades of S and U
will be used for all pass-fail
courses."
THE RECOMMENDATION
was made after research in
volving 15 other universities
was conducted. Under the
direction of Gwen Pittman,
minister to academic affairs,
researchers found that only one
of the schools contacted had a
more stratified system than the
University's.
In polls taken of University
faculty members, strong sup
port was not given for any par
ticular grading system. Of 377
answering. 53 per cent indicat
ed they supported a limitei
pass-fail system.
“The results indicate a de
sire to employ a relatively un-
stratified system, as the lowest
per cent of the answering sup
port the "any-number" system,
while the highest number sup
ports the two-category system
of pass-fail," the committee
reported
THE REPORT presented
the following points in favor of
the present system and even
less stratified systems:
1. Professors cannot honest
ly distinguish between the 3.4
student and the 3.5 students, for
COME GROW WITH COBB!
A representative from Cobb County School Sys
tem will be on campus interviewing prospective
teachers on Feb. 2,1970. Appointments may be
scheduled through the Placement Office. Appli
cants who are unable to schedule interviews and
are interested in employment in Cobb County
Schools should contact:
Clinton J. Taylor, Ass't. Supertendent for Perso-
nell Services. Cobb County Schools, Marietta,
Go. 422-3471
example, except on the basis of
test averages alone. The falli
bility of testing procedures and
their inability to reflect more
than one aspect of a student's
competence in a subject make
this standard of measurement
inacceptable as the sole deter
minant of a student's grade
2. A highly stratified grading
system over-emphasizes the
acquisition of a particular
grade as opposed to the acquisi
tion of knowledge
The report said that profes
sors who support a highly strat
ified system expressed feelings
that such a system offers incen
tive to students trying to raise
their grades, since it rewards
the superior students.
“In response to this point,
the members of the committee
feel that some more appropri
ate incentive should be used."
said the report
Draft Impact Eases
For Graduate Students
(ACPI — The Administra
tion has taken a step toward
easing the impact of the draft
on graduate schools and their
students
President Nixon signed an
order that would permit gradu
ate students called for induc
tion into the armed services to
cunplete an academic year if
they were satisfactorily pursu
ing their courses of study Pre
viously. graduate students were
permitted to complete only the
semester during whch they
were called for induction.
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ing excuses for class absences.
"In the case of inclement
weather, esepcailly when there
is ice or snow, any announce
ment about classes would come
from Dr. Parthemos" office
However, in any case it will be
the responsibility of my office
to give an excuse when a stu
dent obviously could not get to
his class, as often happens
when a student lives at a dist
ance and the roads are blocked
" Since a large proportion of
our students are close to the
campus with arrangements for
freshmdn and sophomores to be
in the dormitories, many stu
dents are within easy walking
distance of classes
“IN THE WINTER quart
er, we have a tigher schedule
and may have difficulty in get
ting in the number of required
classes for a quarter's credit
with the possibility that can
celed classes would have to be
made up by special sessions on
Saturday I am also conscious
that the University is a very
complex and varied institution,
with some schools entities in
themselves with special de
mands for class attendance.
"Often there is the added
danger that with canceled
classes a good many students
might make hurried trips home,
or in the case of snow, there
might be the temptation of haz
ardous trips toward the ski
slopes
"In the broad sense, the Uni
versity has set the policy of
class attendance whenever
possible, with the understand
ing that my office and individu
al teachers will see that no dif
ficulty or injustice is done when
a student cannot get to class."
"A false report that Universi
ty President Fred C. Davison
called off classes Friday was
perpetrated by an unidentified-
person who telephoned a local
radio station and identified
himself as President Davison,
Tate told the Red and Black. .
Society
Schedules
Boorstein
Edward Boorstein, a revolu
tionary economist, will speak
at 3:30 p m today at Phi Kappa
Hall
In 1958 Boorstein went to
Cuba where he served as minis
ter of foreign currency under
Fidel Castro.
Boorstein, who received his
doctorate from Columbia Univ-
ersty, as written a book, "Eco
nomic Transformation in
Cuba, ' which he dedicated to
Che Guevera, famed commun-
ist guerrilla fighter.
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