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EMPLOYEES STILL ANGRY
Library director will resign
‘ATRIUIA TEMPI
Slaff writer
ETON
Photo by WINGATK DOWNS
Trotter and Boes converse during library meeting
Warren N. Boes. controversial director
of the University libraries, announced
Tuesday he would resign on June 30.
The announcement of Boes* resignation
came during a tension filled meeting
between University Vice President for
Academic Affairs Virginia Trotter and
clearly hostile library employ -es. still
angry cr the reassignment ot another top
University library official. Dr Richard
Press, to a branch library in Griffin.
Trotter told the employees she would
soon announce the formation of a search
committee for a new director to succeed
Boes. However, she told employees their
actions during the past several days
would make it difficult to solve problems
in the library and could impede the
search for a new director.
Trotter was referring to a letter sent by
the Library Staff Association to several
agencies outside the University, including
the American Library Association. The
Library Journal. The Chronicle of Higher
education. The Association of Research
Libraries, and the Board of Regents,
asking for help in solving the problems in
the University libraries
TIIL EMPLOYEES* call for help from
outside agencies infuriated Trotter She
denounced the action as a "dangerous,
self-defeating course-for you. for the
administration, for the University.
"Let me remind you of a plain, hard
fact: a university that invites outsiders to
mix in its affairs is courting disaster The
long upward struggle of higher education
in the United States has been one of
building walls against outside influence
on what shall be taught, what shall be
studied, and yes. what books shall be
housed in the libraries.
"Let us not welcome the book banners
to our campus.” she said to the
AAUP supports library employees
By NELSON <1 ROSS
Staff writer
The Library Staff Association gained
"strong support for their efforts to
improve the personnel policies and
practices of the University Libraries”
from a campus faculty group Tuesday
night.
The campus chapter of the American
Association of University Professors
(AAUP* unanimously resolved to "urge
the Administration to apply the same
provisions and procedures of consulta
tion. notice, and tenure to librarians that
would Ik* observed with respect to faculty
in other departments ot the University.”
In other action, an almost two-year
search for leadership of the group was
ended when Ellen Mattingly <Zoology)
and Paul E Kelly (Education and
Sociology ) were elected to the positions
of president and vice president,
respectively.
Current Secretary Ruth Lundelius
(Romance Languages) and Treasurer
Joseph Berrigan (History) agreed to
continue in their positions for another
year.
TIIE MEETING was originally called
lor the election of new officers but the
presence of a group of library employees
prompted over an hour of discussion on
the current library controversy.
With Kelly presiding in Mattingly's
absence, the group cited AAUP policy
and Board of Regents policy as basis for
their support of library employees having
faculty status.
Berrigan read the passage, from the
AAUP policies, which states. "Faculty
status entails for librarians the same
rights and responsibilities as for other
members of the faculty.”
The resolution, sponsored by Homer
Cooper (Sociology * also instructed the
AAUP chapter officers "to determine
whether recent actions on the part of the
administration have violated the aca
demic rights of our Library staff.”
COOPER'S MOTION called for the
officers to "take appropriate action” if
the findings warranted it
Berrigan defended Dr Richard Press,
assistant director of collection develop
ment for the University library, who was
transferred Friday to the University’s
Griffin Experiment Station.
Library employees see the action as a
move to get rid of Press, the only one of
six assistant library directors to speak
out against the library administration.
Bargniann reminded the group they
had passed a resolution in November to
conduct a faculty poll of the administra
tion but "the people most strongly in
favor of it did not pursue it.”
‘If they can send Richard Press to Griffin then
they can send me to Bainbridge.’—Berrigan
COOPER SPOKE in favor of his
motion, saying. "We need to support the
AAUP policy that librarians are full
academic colleagues and should have full
academic rights.”
Outgoing President Rolf Bargmann
seconded Cooper's motion with the
assurance that Cooper would be willing to
get it implemented.
Cooper agreed to serve on a committee
alMHit the library situation if asked to do
so bv the new AAUP officers
BARGMANN EMPHASIZED the need
for the group to conduct the survey,
saying. "I would like to start the clock
ticking again I would like to urge the
members strongly to make the next step
of implementing the survey."
Kelly told the members that "if we’re
going to do it (the survey), we must
make certain we have a defensible
instrument ."
To do this. Kelly said. "We must ask
the right questions in the right manner to
the right people.”
employees "If we invite political
interference today, we may not be able to
fend it off tomorrow Some of you would
lose the war of academic freedom to win
the instant battle of personal ani
mosities”
She also lectured the employees, telling
them they had displayed "far too much
moral arrogance "I modestly suggest
that none of us has a monopoly on the
right and the truth, she said
TIIE ANNOUNCEMENT of Boes
resignation, although long anticipated
and hoped for by many library
employees, was virtually ignored by staff
members who angrily demanded Trotter
give them an explanation for the transfer
of Press, assistant director of collection
development, to Griffin
In action Monday the Library Staff
Association passed a resolution con
demning Press’ transfer and calling for
his immediate reinstatement In addition,
a petition signed by 71 library employees
protesting Press' reassignment was
delivered to Trotter on Monday
afternoon.
Trotter told those at yesterday's
meeting the decision to transfer Press
was made "in the best interest of the
Univeisity.” "1 don’t think I have to
explain this to you.” she added "Mr.
Press knows why he was transferred.
You'll have to ask him for an
explanation"
At that point, Press, who was at the
meeting, stood up and emotionally told
the library employees his story of his
transfer.
"THE FIRST I knew of the transfer
came on Thursday. Feb. 23. I was
informed rather obliquely in my home by
Dr. (Leroy) Ervin that there was the
possibility of transfer. I was rather
dumbfounded. 1 wondered where I would
be transferred to. what my position
would be
"Ervin said, i really don't know , but
there will be* a meeting tomorrow
Press said he was called at 2 30 Friday
afternoon and told to come to the meeting
of Boes. Ervin and the other assistant
directors
"At the meeting I was handed a piece
of paper telling me I was to be
transferred to the Griffin Experiment
Station effective Monday. That was my
first notice. There had been no previous
discussion about the reorganization of the
librarv automation or my role in it."
Press said.
WHY W \s I transferred? I would like
the answer to that question Just
yesterday I asked Dr Enin repeatedly
for reasons He says 1 know the reasons
If they are as stated I find it difficult to
accept them
"Basically Ervin says he can’t work
with me His administrative style
requires team spirit, and I am not seen
as a member of the team I find Dr
Ervin intolerably insensitive to the
situation we are in. Press said.
Press said he believed the decision to
transfer him came after he refused to
publicly support a reorganization in the
library’s classified employee system, an
area which has been the center of much
of the library 's controversy
He called the meeting with library
administrators at which that reorganiza
lion plan was discussed "a combination
of kangaroo court, hanging jury and
firing squad
"I TOLD Dr Ervin my support (of the
classified employee's reorganization)
amounted to silence I could not be
required to wear a smile in public, nor
could I silence the criticism of the
reorganization which came from my
staff."
As Press described the events
surrounding his transfer, many library
employees were in tears After he
finished speaking the silence remained
unbroken in the tension filled room until
Trotter abruptly said. "I really came
here to talk about the library I'm not
going to talk about the personalities.
Personalities are not the issue ”
Trotter’s statement prompted one
library employee, to angrily tell her. “I
think some serious issues have been
raised here 1. for one. am looking
forward to the American Library
Association coming in here as soon as
possible.”
See I.IBK \KV. p. 2
Paper’s new editors set
Rain delayed SGA structure referendum today
Ity Bil l. KRUEGEIt
Staff writer
The student body referendum sche
duled for yesterday was postponed until
today due to ram The referendum will
determine the fate of amendments to the
constitutional structure of SGA
"The Physical Plant said they could
not set up the tables necessary at the
polling places in the rain Some of the
buildings where the voting is taking place
will not allow the tables to In* put inside,
an SGA official said
Athens area weather service predicts
no rain for today. but does predict cloudy
skies
The referendum consists of three
amendments to the student government
constitution. The first amendment, if
passed, will change the structure of the
executive branch from three positions, a
president, executive vice-president, and
an administrative vice-president to two
positions: a president and one vice-
president.
Tin* second amendment proposes to
give the student body president the right
to choose a representative to the SGA
elections committee Presently the
executive vice-president serves on the
elections committee The second amend
ment also proposes the president choose
his own cabinet and preside at cabinet
meetings X^e executive vice-president
currently presides at cabinet meetings
The third amendment proposes to drop
the requirement that the president and
treasurer of the Student Senate serve a
full term tone year) as senator before
taking these posts The current president
and treasurer of the senate are serving
illegally according to this rule
The referendum was to be held
yesterday because petitions for student
body office are available today and it is
not known whether or not there is one or
two vice presidents "We will probably
still give out the referendums under the
assumption that there are two vice
presidents We'll just have to tell people
picking up petitions to keep posted as to
how many vice presidents there are.”
Rob Hancock. SGA president said
There are five different locations for
voting The polling places are Memorial.
Bolton. Psychology-Journalism Plaza.
Main Library, and Graduate Studies
Students are required to show their ID s
and fee cards to vote.
The Board of Student Communications
announced the appointment of Yvonne
Williams as editor and Matt Prichard as
executive editor of The Red and Black
for spring quarter at the board's monthly
meeting Tuesday
In other action, the board commended
The Red and Black for its efforts winter
quarter in cutting expenditures The
paper's deficit for the fiscal year, in
excess of $10,000 as of last November,
stands unofficially at $878 41 at the end of
February, the board announced
In a related area the board received a
recommendation The Red and Black
resume publication of a summer issue,
on a one day a-week basis.
The board also voted to continue The
Red and Black's schedule of publishing
four days a week for spring quarter,
pending consideration of the recoin-
mendation of the editors made to the
board at the beginning of next quarter
The hoard was informed by a WUOG
spokesman a Gainesville radio station
has agreed to pay one quarter ot the total
charges for use of a communications line
between Athens and Atlanta A problem
had arisen when the station, WJJ< . was
discovered tapping into the line,
designated for use by WUOG and two
other Athens stations The problem was
resolved by th«* Gainesville station’s
agreement to share the line's cost
The board announced the appointment
of Dr William R Mendenhall, chairman
of the hoard's subcommittee on finance,
as financial agent on behalf of the hoard
in matters concerning contracts and
other related subjects
Ned Fowler announced his resignation
from the hoard due to graduation and the
board agreed to consider nominations for
a replacement at the next meeting
From North to
South means more than miles
By LAURA Kl'MSEY
John is a transfer student from a
college somewhere in the north, and he
has found the transition from life in the
North to that of the South generally
smooth But there were days when John
felt he had traveled over seven seas to a
remote, unfamiliar land rather than just
a day’s drive south on 1-85
John was invited to dinner at a new
friend’s house on one of his first Sundays
in AtllCM H« || ..wed up at 6 p m . a time
which he considered the conventional
dinner hour, only to find that he had
missed the meal Sunday dinner in the
South, he learned, is served in the early
afternoon
Similar situations have been expert
enced by many Northerners changing to
Southern living
"I was once working for a man and he
asked me How much do you lack**' and I
thought he said How much do you
like’’’." Don Schanche. a journalism
senior from Larchmont. N Y . said
"I \I.S4) worked with a plumber and he
would tell me to get something over
yonder’ and I could never figure out
where over yonder' was.” Schanche
said
Dory Thanhauser. junior from
Stanford. Conn has also noted a
difference in the vocabulary
"They think I have a southern accent
when I go home. Thanhauser said in a
still distinguishable Northern accent
"They say I sound like I'm from the
hills ”
But likewise, the way in which
Northerners talk does not go unnoticed
by Southerners "People pay more
attention to you if you are from the North
because of the way you talk.” Jamie
Klein, a freshman from Stanford. Conn .
said
And dialects are not the only difference
that seem to clash at the Mason-Dixon
Line The weather, the people, and social
activity are also quite distinct from
Noith to South
"THE PEOPLE are totally different
Dating and sororities we never think
about that at home People are more
sheltered here.” Klein said
Klein chose to matriculate here
because she liked the weather and she
"wanted to go far away.” "I wanted to
get away from the snow ." she said
Carolyn Marx, a junior from New
Brunswick. N J . does not find Southern
weather as conducive to her lifestyie*
"I am a skier, and I love the snow I'm
a winter person If someone gave me a
good offer I d go back North in a
second.” Marx said
Marx feels also that the biggest
difference between the North and the
South is the people "I’m a loud mouth
Northerner My whole family is like that
Southerners are very quiet They seem to
have a whole different type of attitude.”
Marx said
NOB IIIEBNEIIS SEEM to appreciate
the "slower paced lifestyle ' character
istic ot the South
"There is a willingness on the part of
Southerners to share themselves and
their time even when they are busy with
their own lives." Schanche said
"People are socialized differently here.
They express their social greetings
differently In the North, there is a more
defensive atmosphere. Thanhauser said
"If you hate someone, they know it."
she continued "People in the North are
more honest about negative feelings."
she said
Thanhauser. who now considers Athens
as hc»r home, had never been south of the
Mason-Dixon Line before coming to the
University She had preconceptions of
Southerners as being "dumb
"I THOUGHT they would all be
barefoot with willow weeds hanging from
their mouths I was conditioned that way
in the North.” Thanhauser said
But Thanhauser thinks this nuscon
cep11on has changed somewhat "It's like
the misconceptions Southerners have
about Northerners ” she said
With the accelerated mobility of society
in the past decade, there seems to be
more opportunities tor the North to meet
the South
"Southerners aren’t as apt to make
friends with Northerners They are so
wary of their friends moving away that
they avoid making potentially temporary
friendships,” Marx said
See NORTH, p. 2