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VOLUME 81, NUMBER 19
THE RED AND BLACK
Georgia's only collegiate daily newspaper
TIIE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA. ATHENS. GEORGI \ 30602
WEATHER
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tonight should he in the
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tomorrow in upper 70s.
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DR. RONALD HI TLER
Faces dismissal hearings
Senate opens
inves tigation
By NANCY BLACK
Assistant news editor
Professor asked to resign
or face dismissal hearings
Investigation of alleged misuse of
gameroom profits by Dr William Powell
has been reopened by a Student Senate
committee, because an earlier report by
the Assistance, Investigation, and Direc
tion agency (AID) “left stones unturned”,
according to a committee member
In a report this summer. AID revealed
that Powell, director of student activities,
had approved loans to the Interfraternity
Council and the Union division of cultural
affairs made with gameroom profits.
In that report. AID director Scott
McLarty termed the loans "harmful to
fiscal policy” and made recommenda
tions to change the gameroom account so
such transfers of monies could no longer
take place.
However, according to student senator
Steve Patrick, who introduced the motion
to intitate another investigation, the AID
report and its subsequent recommenda
tions “didn’t solve any existing pro
blems.”
THE SENATE Student Affairs commit
tee, of which Patrick is a member, will
conduct the second investigation.
"We’ll be doing the same thing as AID
did basically, but we will be gathering
more information that AID overlooked."
he said.
Patrick said that his committee did not
want to duplicate the work of AID. but
"we want to find out exactly what
happened."
Eight persons have been appointed to
an Affirmative Action Advisory Commit
tee by University President Fred C.
Davison
The committee was formed to advise
the Equal Employment officer of the
University on all matters relating to the
Affirmative Action Plan.
Students, faculty. University employes
and administrators have been appointed
to the committee to represent the
diversified work force at the University.
The University clerical workers will be
represented on the committee by Starr
Askew, an accounting clerk at the
University Health Center.
ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICIALS will
be represented by William Bracewell,
director of judicial affairs, and graduate
students Paula Cheatham and Martha
Brewer will represent student workers on
the committee
Dr H Joanne Harrar. associate direc
tor of the main library will represent
University librarians, while Betty Reid, a
custodian in the Graduate Studies Re
search Center, will represent service-
workers.
ALSO UNDER the plan, the terms of
the first members are staggered so
one-third of the full-time employe mem
bers will be selected each year
All full-time employes are to serve
three-year terms thereafter, while all
The AID investigation was begun
spring quarter following a discussion of
the gameroom account during the senate
allocations’s hearings. At that time a
number of student senators questioned
what use was being made of money
generated by the gameroom
Powell testified at the hearings that
there were "certain things gameroom
funds are used for,” such as minor
expenses at the Union, but he did not
mention the loans, according to Patrick.
PATRICK CALLED Powell’s testimony
a "violation of trust" and said that the
time reference, whether or not the loans
were made before his testimony, was not
significant.
He denied that his committee had
launched the investigation for "personal
reasons" or as a vendetta against Powell.
"Of course there have been questions
about his previous judgements and this
seems to be just one example of many
problems in the past," Patrick confirm
ed
Student Government Association Presi
dent J Rivers Walsh still has the option to
veto the bill to instigate the investigation,
but he has not done so yet.
However. Patrick said his committee
will continue the investigation even if
Walsh decides to veto
"I’m planning to go ahead with the
investigation," Patrick said "If there is
something wrong here, we need to find
out ”
Patrick indicated that the investigation
will continue for several weeks.
students are to serve one-year terms
thereafter
Members of the committee are to be
"sensitively aware," Reul said She
added that she hopes people with sugges
tions and complaints about the Affirma
tive Action Plan will go to the advisory
committee member in their employment
area.
By DEBORAH BLUM
and THOMAS R. FRANKLIN
A University professor has been
requested to either resign or face
dismissal hearings before the Faculty
Relations Committee, as a result of an
alleged incident at Hoagie’s sandwich
shop.
Last week. Dr. Ronald Butler, assistant
professor of anthropology, and his physi
cal anthropology class went to Hoagie s
for beer and allegedly ended up smoking
marijuana.
Two students in the class lodged
complaints with Dean Robert Stephens of
the College of Arts and Sciences who felt
the charges were serious enough to
warrant either resignation or dismissal
hearings.
However, according to Butler, the
incident at Hoagie’s was contrived so
that he would be given an opportunity to
expose problems at the University in
open hearings.
TWO STUDENTS were "preadvised"
os what would happen. Butler said.
"I feel that what we did at Hoagie’s
deliberately and with full knowledge of the
consequences was the only way to show
something about how the tenure proced
ure here really works or how the
promotion procedure really works." said
Butler.
He added there was no other choice in
forcing "open hearings on all the incom
petence, inadequacy and cynicism on the
part of this administration."
Butler, who has been the focus of a
controversy in the department for almost
a year, claimed that the deans (Stephens
and Hardy Edwards, dean of graduate
students) had blocked his chances for
promotion because "he did not show "the
degree of conformity” that they required.
He explained that he wanted to show
that the promotion system was based a
great deal on personal prejudices rather
than candidate's ability and qualifica
tions.
Next week The Red and Hlack will
publish more in-depth information con
cerning the controversey involving Butler
and the anthropology and psychology
departments.
•THE TENURED faculty met without
my knowledge and I was told by another
member of the department that they
decided not to process my promotion
papers because of the negative attitude of
the deans." Butler said.
Wilfred Bailey, head of the anthropolo
gy department, confirmed that the facul
ty had voted to delay action on Butler's
promotion.
"We felt it was the fairest thing at this
time." Bailey said, adding however, that
both student evaluations and comments
from scientists around the country on
Butler’s work were "very, very good "
The controversy in which Butler is
involved, dates back to an “academic
dispute" which he had with Dr Irwin S.
Bernstein, a professor in the psychology
department, with whom Butler taught a
series of courses on primatology.
During the time they worked together,
Butler began to feel that Bernstein was
unqualified to teach the course. After
listening to Bernstein deliver lectures
which Butler said contained "erroneous
and false information which was not
corrected" Butler informed his partner
(hat he "would never teach with him
again "
When questioned. Bernstein denied that
he had ever "misrepresented the infor
mation". although he added that if Butler
was going to pick at errors. "1 probably
made lots of errors."
problem runs deeper than a classroom
dispute and also concerns Bernstein's use
of graduate students to back up his side
of their disagreement.
"Bernstein had extreme graduate stu
dent loyalty." Butler commented, "but I
feel that the way he was using students to
back up his side of the dispute was
unfair."
Bernstein denied any involvement with
student actions involving Butler, saying
that he "deliberately avoided involve
ment."
A number of graduate students levelled
a series of complaints against Butler
which eventually culminated in a meet
ing between the studenst and Bailey.
According to Jim Cornish, one of the
graduate students involved, a list of
complaints was drawn up and presented
to Bailey, mainly charging Butler with
"lack of academic performance" and
"difficulty in relating to students"
AROUND SEYEN students signed the
list of grievances. Cornish said, although
he claimed that a much larger number
complained to Bailey during the meeting.
"The room was packed." he said
The charges were referred to the
anthropology department's tenured facul
ty who discussed the complaints and
decided that they did not warrant a
hearing." according to Bailey
Butler also refuted claims of his
incompetance citing favorable student
evaluations in support of his ability to
deal with students.
His present students, in the 470-670
physical anthropology class have given
him strong support, both refusing to
support tlie allegations of marijuana
smoking and praising Butler as an
instructor
The ten students in the class also
signed a statement testifying to their
belief in Butler's abilities.
"For the University to get rid of such a
fine teacher, we think would be an
injustice not only to the student but also
to tin* University." read the statement
M CORDING TO Butler, however, the
Capsule news
WUOG director resigns
Due to the resignation of Lawrence Mink as Program Director of WUOG the
station is now seeking applicants for that job Applicants will be interviewed by the
personnel committee of the Board of Student Communications Friday. Oct. It.
Applications are available at the WUOG studios on the 5th floor Memorial and the
student affairs office in the Academic Building Applications must be turned in by
Thursday. Oct It)
Clossicol guitarist
Classical guitarist. Frederick Hand will hold a concert Monday. Oct. 7 at 8 p.m.
in the Chapel Tickets must be picked up at Memorial No admission will be
charged.
System of promotions
complicated process'
Editors note: Complaints lodged by I)r.
Ronald Butler included a strong criticism
of the University’s promotion system.
The following is a clarification of how the
promotion system operates — procedures
and guidelines.
By ROB MASSEY
Assistant news editor
Promotions and appointments of facul
ty for the University is perhaps the most
complicated process within the system.
In 1969, guidelines were adopted "to
achieve higher standards for promotions
and appointments...for the recruitment
and retention of an able and distinguish
ed faculty.”
These guidelines were incorporated
from "the advice and suggestions of
deans, directors, department heads and
other faculty members "
There are three basic criteria for
promotion within the University: teach
ing, research, and public service. The
guidelines state that "each candidate for
promotion will be judged on the basis of
his performance in assigned and budget
ed duties and be distinguished in at
least two of the three areas ”
The guidelines contain recommenda
tions that colleges and departments
"develop procedures and criteria by
which teaching excellence can be recog
nized and documented."
There are various sources of informa
tion available for evaluation, such as:
compiled evidence gathered from student
questionnaires, comments, and letters of
evaluation
Other sources for evaluation include
peer evaluation; development of innova
tive courses, teaching materials or
techniques; the successful direction of
theses and independent study or research
by students; published matter that re
flects their teaching contributions; and
honors or special recognition resulting
from teaching accomplishments
"Research and creative scholarship
can ordinarily be documented in terms of
publications of the candidate." the guide
lines state They stress that evaluation of
the publications be "qualitative rather
than quantitative."
The guidelines emphasize that "a
university professor should be a scholar
as well as a teacher. He has an obligation
to contribute to the store of knowledge in
his field.
The major emphasis of the public
service program is "upon the application
of knowledge to the solution of problems
with which people are confronted in a
society that is ever changing and
becoming more complex "
Promotion to rank of associate profes
sor "requires the greatest care and
consideration It’s expected that the
candidate, "will have achieved sufficient
ly to offer convincing evidence that he
possesses the requisite potential for full
professor.”
Promotion to full professor requires
"ample evidence of recent scholarly or
other creative work, superior public
service, or significant professional activi
ties " Another general requirement is
national or international recognition in
one s field
Promotion recommendations begin with
the department head meeting with the
tenured members of his faculty to discuss
the candidates The department head will
forward his recommendations and dos
siers are to contain the widest breadth of
information on the candidate's teaching,
research and public service record.
The dean of the college is to review the
complete dossiers and, if he approves,
forwards it with his recommendation to
the provost's office. While university
wide peer evaluation will be provided at
a later stage the guidelines “strongly
encourage" screening committees at thq
college level.
Promotion nominations are then re
viewed by "an appropriate Advisory
Area Committee of senior faculty mem
bers " "Their major function is to assess
the strength of the substantive evaluation
of the candidate, so as to determine
whether this prior evaluation meets the
standards embodied in the guidelines.”
Finally, an Advisory Review Commit
tee considers the recommendations of the
Area Committee "with the aim of
achieving uniformity of quality standards
among the discipline areas represented "
Unsuccessful nominations may be ap
pealed in exceptional circumstances
But. "appeals should be made only in
cases where additional evidence can
justify the reversal of the original
recommendation to the Advisory Review
Committee.”
The provost forwards his recommenda
tions to the president The nominations
are transmitted to the chancellor's office
with the president's comments No pro
motion is final until it has been approved
by the Board of Regents'
Photo by JIM GALLOWAY
Got it!
Some students (malls broke through the fall quarter doldrums Wednesday night by staging a
panty raid at several women's dorms Judging by the above picture, either the women weren't
participating or the men are alter a real prize Maybe it’s just laundry time and no one had
anything lo give. Or maybe they gave at the office
Davison names eight
to advisory committee
By FELICIA BOWENS
Assistant city editor