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PAGE 1 wind alo11g the waste 'l//tN ACT ONE I entered the faculty meeting at about 3: 30. On the agenda, I had heard, was the conference propOsal and some other presentations that could be of some interest. Sat down, finished my Cold Milk looked around and noted that the room was more fuli thm it nor 'll ally seemed to be. A few students had been invited <6 OK. MonteKnight, DavidAdams, PazCohen. Thentherewas Joh Shaugnessy, Sall lee Anderson. I wondered what was up; there was a vague suspicion in my mind that at least Shaugnessy might have been there in anothE:J'. a1J!Wlpt to physically open up the faculty meetings to the Mob. I suspected he might leave later, am nobody seemed to be paying much attention so I forgot about it for five minutes. Anvwav. I couldn't see much point in the symbolic influx, pro or con, considering tha lack of immediate necessity, cr desperation! But I was wrong. I will reserve Monte's report until it is at issue. Monte finished, the meeting lulled, and Dr Elmendorf pro ceeded around the table to the next most prominently positiona:l guest. "Jon--did you have a proposal? You are m invited guest of a faculty member? (paraphrase) JON, Well, no. we're here to see what the fa::ulty's reaction is to uninvited sitting in and listening. ME. (aside) Oh boy! Here it comes. Everybody is operation a loo decibels of subjective forboding. The fire has just been turna:l on but pretty soon STROPHE l. Jon, there are two ways to do it, the right way and the wrong way. This is the wrong way. ANTISTROPHE 1. What's happening here? What's he doing here? How many peo-ple are univited guests? Is this an JON. I just came to listen. I feel that I should be allowd to ::omc' in and listen when people are making ma or decisions about my life. If I were making a decision about your life I would let you listen. STROPHE 2. The faculty is conducting business. Ple:Ee understand that there is no elemnnt of secrecy about it, since you have your stu dent representat;ve. Good God, Jon, it's only a procedural matter. A matter of decorwn, of convenience. ANTISTROPHE 2. What is he doing? What sinister purpose is there behind all this? Is he trying to frighten us? To enrage us? is he carrying a bomb? VOICE OF REASON. What do you hope to accomplishthatyouC3l't through normal Jon? All legalism aside, tell me what is it precisely you're doing? JO I'm just listening. ME. What I wish would happen is that Jonwouldsaythathe's come to indicate a desire to open up to students the meeting forobservation. I hope he doesn't get too Utopian for belief. VOICE OF REASON. Jon, do you have a concrete proposa fordc;i ing with student representation? JON. About the fa ulty representation here being 1 to 1 and studexiS 5 to 300. (Adds) that means we should have at-least (subtracts)ha.ll: of the vote here. Subsequently the Goddess of Liberty rides a chariot pulled by rabid snails about the room and tosses handfulls of flowers and love beads on the table. STROPHE 3. (Isn't this a faculty meeting? Yes, this is Wedneda y afternoon.) Jon, we'd be happy to hear your proposal in this body if you'll have the courtesy to present it in the proper manner to a member o.f this body_ A TOSTROPHE 3. We will? Oh, yes, we're reasonable. All of us are reasonable. JON. Umm ... ME. More heat coming up. I can feel it in my bones. JON. I' 6i rather sit here and listen. FIRST STROPHE LEADER. Jon, I'd like to point out to you that v.e could expel! you from school if you refuse to co-operate, we are at least amenable to discussion of sanely presented matenal. ANTISTROPHE. Hear! Hear! The Goddess Justice t3kes a turn around the room distnbutu1g cop1es of the Faculty modes from her grey horse. End of Act One. ACT TWO. FIRST PHILOSOPHER. There is a gadfly biting me. SECO D PHILOSOPHER. Let's talk about the gadfly. THIRD PHILOSOPHER. Let's talk about being and time. FIRST. But I got this gadfly_ THIRD. So what? GADFLY. Yea. I came to listen to you guys talking about being and time. FIRST. But you're biting me. SECOND. Swat him, if all he really wanted to do was listen he wouldn't be biting you. THIRD. Ignore him. It's only a gadfly. SECOND. I'd like to inform you that your're obstructing our dis cussion of being and time, Gadfly. GADFLY. No I'm not. If you weren't talking about me you could be talking about being and time, or applesauce for all I care. THIRD. For the love of Heidigger, lets forget the damned gadfly and talk. FIRST. I've got to get out of here. Exeunt philosophers. Enter second gadfly. SECO D GADFLY. What happened? FIRST GADFLY. I bit a philosopher. Boy, did he taste good. No action was taken. The meeting was adjourned. An observer from Washington commented to me afterw::rds tha: it "seemed a shame because he thought that the New College Fa:: ulty seemed to be basically real human beings. And Jon? Probably he is too. I lived for a few hot weeks of a Sarasota summer in Bradenton witJt Jon. He didn't drink quite as many beers as 1 did. -And the nights arc getting colder and older. --Jon Moody FIRST A LITTLE TALK of me&thee COLLEGE COUNCIL MINUTES March 4, 1969 Present: Elemndorf, Miller, Helgeson, Culbertson Knox, Feeney, Knight, Sweeney, Borrman, Smith Absent: Hedrington 1) Restructuring Conference Dr. Elmendorf asked for discussion concemingthe conference which has been proposed b some members of the community. It immediately be came obvious that there was a considerable amount of confusion, ignorance, and misinformation surrounding the poll which had been taken to determine the opinions of community members about student power and the most desirabl time to convene a restructuring conference. The questionnare which was distributed was compiledbyagroupof students on the Student Fac ulty Committee of the SEC and was counted by the Supervisory Committee of the SEC. Confusion arose however, because the questionnaire did not indicate authorizaion by a duly constituted body of the Col lege. According to Monte Knight, the students involved intended to presentthe results to the SEC and then to the faculty at its meeting on Wednesday. Questions which were posed by members were: H:E an agenda for the conference been devised? Who will be responsible forthe agenda? Will topics dealing with non-degree programs, comprehensives and qualifying examinations be discussed? How wili the conference t:i PAGE 2 oage 2 _________ Vol. V, No. 2.0 EACE OF MIND OFFER This may prove to be a reaso!lable compromise between the necessary evils os an aleducation (from the student point of view) and the desirable depth of academic accomplishment (from the faculty point of view) while not violating any of the administration sinequanons of ew College as an advertising agency or a iln;.ncia! entity. I hope. Education is not here, or many other places, a very contract'uaf' afair; in an outer w'orldly sense at any rate. It heen called an evaluative system, and so it must be. The species of evaluation atNe'!"' is not presently satisfactory to many of those who constiute the Communtiy. Attempts to eliminate the bases for evaluation a the institutuon would result in Dr. French's "learning hotel." Unfortunately, a "learning hotel" is probably not the s0rt of institution that would scholarships, attract a national student body, or have my fantastic success as a financial success in this community, state, or nation. Whatfs more, it m;:v not even do the pres ent level ot' educ:ltion, let alone more. This idea is still evaluative in one sense, but the criteria are no longer educational but financial. It would be a affar, though. I don't want that. On the other hand, we could have a more evaluatively strict system. We could "contract" to go to every class, do every paper, pass every test, etc. This might not be much better as a come on. It's not much as an educationally stimulating system, either. It's less of a contractual affair and 0-0NE witha n}l sincerity wants that. Preface done. See if this works. Purposes and Requirements/Limitatuons on Attend:nce Certification for Degree: Academic Requirements leading towards a degree, probably 80 % or more of SB 2. Academic Involvement (not necessarilt for a degree): Ac:rlemic Justification, 20% a. Institutionally certified non-degree program; partially financed program, needing Admh istrative Certification Resident Non-Degree Program: room and board cost, part tuition c. Non Resident Non-Degree program: part tuition All first-year students are considered to be degree c PAGE 3 avd)A a po iti n o! mhili m and I, b J tiv lu 1 tht du tl nal phil sophy of w Coli ... E.rg t nyum -bound answers to lh qu )1i ns thr t nju Th prcSid nt is sup h r a r th trust es, th ( ulty, th ud nts, rh eJCterior community w ay, > I h s d, th t rh function ol v. Coli g lS.,., th t ctics of N w o I o w Coil r ) c menu m anm phil ophi s, all must yi ld to ti n to rh scrutiny accord <.1 to xt n ion a) ,1, lti n b d n wh t w d At w oil g w do most { th' foil wing: (I) Att mpt to m kt: iliibl --ln ary ing w ys--thtalent 1 nc ms, rud1t10n and d dtc at ion of relathel 1 numb n I bwnans known as "f ulty", paid fort h ir pres nc obligated (to som degr ) to shar th m d s \'o'ith th rc t f th c rnmunity. (2) Att m t t p id th "t ol "boc*s, oumals, machin s, buildings, laboraorles, etc. 1 which some flnd help u1 to 1 am n (3) Anempt t guide xperienc d people by indlcatin learning, as of l PAGE 4 c mitt poll, the Conference will con ider the que t ion of the nature of the dec structure t C befor hearing and discu in the actual proposals of altern te educational structures for third term and next year. 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