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Garren’s associations linked to ouster
By JUSTIN GILUS
and STACI KRAMER
Staff writers
Agriculture Dean Henry Garren's
professional support of former Chancellor
George Simpson and his friendship with
ousted Graduate Dean Hardy Edwards
could have precipitated a request by
University President Fred C. Davison for
Garren to resign, a knowledgeable source
said Thursday
A source close to Garren speculated on
possible reasons for the president’s
request, specifically citing the firing of
the chancellor as a forecast of the
situation.
Garren has known at least since
October and even as far back as May
that his job was on the line, the source
said, adding the dean was often in the
middle of disagreements between
Davison and Simpson on several
occasions
Garren was not asked to sign a letter
signed by 10 other deans in October
supporting the president’s ouster of
Edwards. Garren was out of town when
the letter was circulated, but made no
move to sign it when he returned. Garren
and Edwards have a longstanding
friendship and the dean has often been
complimentary of Edwards’ administra
tive ability as graduate dean, the source
added
Garren's status may be made public
Friday in a gathering of agriculture
faculty from around the state in the
agricultural engineering auditorium
Sources told The Red and Black
Tuesday Garren was asked by Davison to
resign, but neither Davison nor Garren
will comment on the story.
Public relations director Barry Wood
said Davison will 'probably’’ issue a
statement on the matter Friday, adding
he expects Garren's status to be brought
up at the faculty meeting, called by
Davison.
Dr Robert Wheeler, head of resident
instruction in the College of Agriculture,
said he could not confirm the resignation
request, but such a move would come as
little surprise to the college
If Garren has been asked to resign, the
decision was probably made months ago v
Wheeler said
Wood confirmed Garren and Davison
met Monday, but he would not say
whether the resignation was discussed
‘They meet frequently and they did meet
Monday," Wood said
The Friday meeting was called by
Davison earlier this week to answer
charges he acted improperly in
submitting the nomination of Dr O.G
Daniel to head the College of
Agriculture s animal science division
Agriculture officials agreed to Daniel's
appointment on a temporary, "acting''
basis only. Wheeler charged, but Davison
changed the wording of the appointment
request when submitting it to the Board
of Regents for approval
Under regents policy Davison has final
approval over nominations going to the
board
Wood said Davison deleted the word
"acting" from the appointment proposal,
but said the argument is semantic since
Daniel is scheduled to retire from the
University in two years
Wheeler said agriculture school offi
cials were surprised and disturbed when
the appointment came back from the
regents with the word "acting" removed
Daniel is a member of the search
committee for a new chancellor for the
University System.
Wheeler made his charges public in a
letter to nearly 20 Georgia newspapers
last week
Wood said the letter would be discussed
in the agriculture faculty meeting,
adding Garren's resignation might also
come up
•‘I think there may be something
further on that tomorrow." Wood said
"Anything that’s said would be specula
tion about Dean Garren and obviously do
further damage to a situation that's
already been damaged by innuendo and
unnamed sources ”
The agriculture faculty meeting is open
to the public It begins at 3:30 p.m. in the
ag engineering center
Deans comment on letter,
but origin is still a mystery
By STACI KRAMER
Staff writer
The origin of a letter signed by 10 deans supporting President
Fred C Davison's ousting of Graduate School Dean Hardy
Edwards remains unknown to the general public and to at least
five of those deans even though the letter was admitted as
evidence for the administration in Wednesday’s Board of
Regents hearing
Based on the confirmation of several deans. The Red and
Black reported the existence of a letter dated Oct 4. the same
day Edwards was reassigned This report, printed in the Oct 9
edition of the paper, included statements from most of the
deans refusing comment on the letter’s existence
The same report included a noncommital reply from Davison
saying, "My decision was obviously not made in a vacuum It
was made in consultation over a long period with many folks.
As far as I’m concerned, those consultations or any
correspondence is not a matter of public record ”
The letter became a matter of public record when admitted
as evidence in the Edwards hearing as part of the
administration's case against the former dean
Agriculture Dean Henry Garren was not asked to sign the
letter and Robert Nicholls. dean of environmental design, wrote
his own letter declaring support for the action
Now that the letter has been made public, five of the 10 deans
were willing to comment A sixth. Arts and Sciences Dean Jack
Payne, refused to comment on any aspect of the matter Two of
the deans were out of town and two wouldn't return calls
None of those deans willing to comment knew who wrote the
letter, but all agreed with its contents
The consensus among Journalism Dean Scott Cutlip, Social
Work Dean Charles Stewart, Pharmacy Dean Howard Ansel.
Forestry Resources Dean Allyn Herrick, and Education Dean
Joseph Williams is that regardless who wrote the letter, all five
agree with its contents
Williams, out of town when the letter was first circulated,
asked to see it when he returned and then signed it.
"I just asked to see it and I agreed with it so I signed it,"
Williams said.
Cutlip did not know who wrote the letter and said, "it doesn't
matter and I'm not going to get into this (the issue)."
"I certainly support it <the letter) because it says the same
things I’ve been telling the president for a couple of years."
Cutlip said.
“I signed the letter in support of the president’s right to do
what he did," Ansel said
When questioned, he added he did not know who wrote the
letter, and that no one asked him to sign it. He wouldn’t
elaborate on the conditions surrounding the signing of the letter.
Stewart signed the letter out of "a long-standing professional
commitment."
He added. "1 felt it was professionally responsible I did not
feel it was necessary I felt it was advantageous for the
administration for support to be made public
"I expect from a graduate dean the same kind of
responsiveness we’re getting from the acting dean (John
Dowling). I would be pleased if Dowling were named dean."
Stewart said
People in the ‘80s will begin for the first time to understand their place in the environment
The ’80s: Where will they take us?
H> SCOTT J ACOBS
Assistant features editor
Think you’re ready for the 1980s'’ If you are an average
member of society, you're going to be surprised
Indications are that the 80s will be called the decade that
oame 20 years too soon
Far from being the static decade of Big Brother tyranny
predicted by Orwell, it promises to be one of those rare,
or.ce-in a lifetime decades when human' societics will be
forced into drastic upheaval, setting the tone for the next
century
New technology, new philosophies and new ways of life
will create opportunities for the bold. but. because
opportunity and danger go hand in-hand, the «0s will bo a
risky decade Many will not survive—physically,
emotionally or financially.
"We re going to have to make major changes in the way
civilization operates." warns Dr Gene Odum, director of
the University Institute of Ecology. "We have to face up to
the fact that we’re on a downhill ride The decade of the 80s
will be the decade when we'll be able to do something
about it."
The rocky 70s, Odum says, were the years when the
great surprise hit the human race that natural resources
were not infinite and forever cheap
it took ten years to convince people," Odum said,
shaking his head at the depth of human ignorance
A new appreciation of man's delicate hold on life on "the
space ship Earth" will result in radically different human
attitudes in the 1980s, Odum believes, namely, a holistic
concern with the total system and a shift from "quantity is
best" to "quality is better ’’
We need different fated rather than haphazard growth in
the 1980s." says Odum, explaining that the cancer of
uplanned growth will have to give way to planned
expansion and quality considerations No longer will scarce
resources be wasted, they will have to be allocated to more
valuable uses
Red warning lights are blinking on several issues which
must be defused to prevent an explosion in the next decade.
Odum warns A shift from complete economic dependence
on non renewable sources of materials to recycling and use
of renewable resources is one such issue Another is the
question of allocation of natural resources—is it fair for a
factory to foul the atmosphere or use water without
payment ?
See THE 'tits. p. S
Group studies
formation of
A&S Council
By TOM LEE
Staff writer
A group of students and administrators
will gather at 190 Millcdgc Circle Sunday
night to discuss the formation of a student
council for the Franklin College of Arts and
Sciences.
The group met at Deniosthenian Hall
Tuesday night to discuss the issue, and
according to election co-chairman Cori
Bargmann. "There were some very
interesting thoughts brought up. The
people there seemed genuinely interested
in helping." she said.
John Breaugh. present at the meeting
and one of the students who pushed for the
passage of the student council referendum
fall quarter, agreed. "People made a lot of
good points," he said
Students in the Franklin College
approved the proposed student council in a
referendum, but voter turnout was low—
only five percent of the students in the
college cast ballots.
"There will be a student council if there
is a demonstrated need for one." said
Calvin Hasbrouch. assistant dean for
academics in the college of arts and
sciences. When asked if the referendum
was a sign of need. Hasbrouck said. "Well,
there was a very low turnout. 1 think the
numbers speak for themselves."
"That was an election, not an opinion
poll," Bargmann said. "The wording of
the referendum specifically said, a council
will be established ’"
At the "public information" meeting
Tuesday. Robert John, associate dean for
academics at the Franklin College, sug
gested the Sunda> meeting «> the group
might be able to talk more and "find out
what we all want this group to do..."
John suggested "maybe we could just
get together and drink beer and just talk
about the problems of the college." He
drew a parallel to the way the A&S Faculty
Senate was started "When Jack Stephens
was dean, he had a thing called the 20-20
club where he would get together with a
few people once a week for lunch.
"They would talk over the problems of
the college. As more and more people
would come, then it was decided that
something more formal was needed. That's
how the senate was started."
Political speeches conflict
due to schedule oversight
By CATHERINE RODRIGUE
Assistant campus editor
Political observers will be forced to
choose between former Secretary of State
Dean Rusk and former chief U.S. SALT
II negotiator Paul C. Warnke next
Wednesday night due to a lack of
communication in scheduling
Warnke. a graduate of Yale University
and the Columbia law school, will speak
on Jan 16 in the law school auditorium at
7 pm. while Rusk is scheduled to talk in
Memorial Hall at 8 p.m the same night
Warnke's topic will be “SALT II
Implications for Foreign Policy and
Defense" Both lectures are free and
open to the public
The Warnke speech is sponsored by the
Honors Program. International Pro
grams, and the history, political science
and speech communications depart
ments The Ideas and Issues division of
the University Union Is sponsoring Rusk
"We didn't know about Warnke until
last week, coordinator of Ideas and
Issues Beth Harrison said The Honors
Council did not get in touch with Ideas
and Issues or the Student Activities
department as most groups do when they
book a speaker. Harrison said She added
it would be "ridiculous to change the
date" since Rusk has been booked since
early November
Speakers are generally selected a
quarter in advance According to
Harrison, speakers are selected by a
majority vote of her division after which
the preferred individuals are placed on a
list in order of priority.
Joy P Williams, associate director of
the Honors Program, said Thursday the
Council had to take Warnke when he was
available, adding they were "fortunate to
have him."
See SPEECHES, p. 5
UGA Today
Self-study hearings held today
A self-study hearing will be held today at 3 p m in room D of the Law School
Chairman is Paul Kurtz, and all are urged to attend
A self-study hearing on counseling, guidance, and placement services will be
held on Jan 15 from 4 to 6 p m in room 406 of Memorial Hall Those unable to
attend may send written suggestions and recommendations to Dr Wayne
Antenen. Room 402 Aderhold
Remember, these hearings are for the purpose of attracting comments,
suggestions and recommendations
Say ahhh...
The Student Health Advisory
Committee will hold its first meeting
of winter quarter at 4 p m on Jan 14
The group will meet in the Staff
Lounge on the basement floor of the
University Health Service All in
terested students are invited
Looking for Dewey Decimal
For those of you who never venture into the library for fear of disappearing
around a corner and never being heard from again, the University Libraries
will present programs designed to introduce students to the use of ihe library
Sessions will be held in the Main and Science libraries on Jan 14 and 16
beginning periods 4. 6. and 8. and on Jan 15 and 17 during periods 5.7 and 9 In
the Main Library, come to the Instructional Services Room on the first floor
Science Library sessions will meet in the Reference Area
MLK march and rally
A peace march and rally will be
held Jan 15 at noon to honor the
birthday of Dr Martin Luther King
and to show community support for
international peace Speakers will be
the Reverend Clifton Hoffman of the
Unitarian-Umversalist Church and
Michael Thurmond, an Athens lawyer
The march starts at Memorial Hall
Plaza and the rally will be in
downtown Athens Everyone is en
couraged to come
UGA Today.
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Disco dis way,
disco dat way
The International Club will
be sponsoring a disco dance
tonight in the Brumby
Rotunda It all starts at 8 30
p m and admission is 50 cents
for members and $1 50 general
admission. Everyone is wel
come
"^1
I knew it would happen Now
that you re finally sending in
copy, you're sending it in
wrong I don’t mean to he
picky. but when my deadline is
7 p m and everyone and their
mother calls announcements in
at 6 50. my whole day is tinged
with frustration and unhappi
ness The copy people yell at
me. my roommates refuse to
wait to eat dinner with me, and
the cat's too tired to play when
I finally drag home
So come on. all together now.
send your announcements in 1)
by noon one day prior to
publication. 2) typed double
space on a 60 space line. 3)
with the name of the organiza
tion and complete info about
the event and 4) with a name
and phone number in case you
write very suggestive
announcements My address is
123 N Jackson SI., Athens
30601
Sec AliS COUNCIL, p. S