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Volume VIII Number ll ]:>nuary ll, 1973 release info "anly if had to" David Cohn Spent Money Illegally Wome S ries 's lect1re Started A new public lecture series, "Research on Vvomen: Trends and Prospe cts", sponsored b y the Social S ciences Division, will b e heard throughout the w inter and spring tenns, with the first scheduled for Feb. 2. Dr. Constantina Safilios Rothschild, professor of sociology at Wayne State University, is first speaker in a series of perhaps five visiting lecturers, a ccording to Dr. Danforth Ross assistant professor of sociology who is coordinating the program. She will speak on "Sex Role Re'>Carch and Theory!' Dr. is director of the F ilmily Research Center at Wayne State, research associate of the Harvard Center for Population Studies and of the National Center for Social Research in Athens, Greece. Born in Greece, a citizen of that coWl try and a penn anent resident of the U. S., she has held professorships at the Knublv University in Athens, Western Reserve University, the University of Montreal and has taught at the Merrill-Palm er Institute. She is associate editor of a number of learned journals, has published five hooks and a host of articles, and is the recipient of very numerous academic hoz:ors. SEC Proposes New Election Rules This tenn's first s. E. c. meeting was held st Friday, Jan. 5 in the H-Building. R01 DVe an additional amoWlt of moJ.Jcy fer soft drinks. the '!Xact sum to be determined 1fter Davidson talked to Snack .Oar m.mager Lee Harrison. then reported that the Hun:anities Division was willing to give $100 to bring Meyer Shapiro, a University professor at Columbie University down to lecture at New College if the SEC would vote an addi tional $100. The SEC approved this money, making it possible for Dr. Shapiro to speak Friday (Jan. 12) on Romanesquc vidson' s pro posal to change the modes of procedure in stuJe.nt elections. Davidson felt current procedures deep people from running and make elections more difficult to hold, The present system requires candidate to submit to Davidwn a petition signed by a certain number of people and DPvidson suggested eliminating the petitions, making it necessary for a person to only submit his name to the SEC chairman to become candidate. This proposal was passed 4 -1 by the SEC and the student body will vote .on the issue this coming Saturday, Davidson also brought up the problem of 4 cats that had been left on campus over vacation had been moved to the airport kennel and had not yet been claimed by their owners. The SEC voted to keep the cets at the kennel (at $1 00/ day I cat) tmtil Jan, 8 (Monday), and if they hnd not been picked up by then--to have them killed by the ASPCA at $2. 00 per cat. There will be a student election Thursday, J ;>nuary 18, SEC Chairman Ron David'OOn announced last Friday Ron DPvidson SEC chairman, has declared that part of the money that Jim Cohn, fonner chairman, was given last June for SEC summer expenses was used "illegitimately although he refused to disclose how the money Wt'S spent. "At this point he si ad, that "privileged inform at ion. Faculty Conszders Status, Finances The faculty met yesterday in their monthly meeting, and the bulk of the discussion centered on a senes of proposals by the faculty status committee on faculty status. According to or. Kinley, the proposals were submitted to help eliminate the proliferation" of faculty categories by standardizing them, and to officially designate the responsibilities and perogatives of the various faculty. The proposals divided the faculty into five l) permanent full-time faculty; 2) Per manent part-time faculty; 3) Temporary full-time faculty; 4)Temporary part-time faculty; and 5) Teaching consultants. They also spelled o I& t the "rights" of the faculty (Within each category) in such matters as ISP, tutorial, course, and contract sponsorship, voting pnveleges, field of concentration and baccalaureate sponsorship, and availability for "fringe benefits." 1n addition the rank of tutor was changed to tha t of instructor. A 11 these proposals were adopted unanimously. continued on p:.age 4 Davidson stated that he has received a letter from Cohn in which Cohn told what was done with money. However, said Davidson to reveal what this was would be harmful to several people When asked h he had attempted to verify what Cohn had told him, he said that considering what Cchn said "he"s not 11 Cohn was given the money last Jtme to use for SEC summer expenses He cashe d the check et Trail Bank and pre sum ably deposited it there At the beginning of hst tenn the money was tmaccotmted for. There were no known re cords of the money and no one could be foWld who knew a bout it. In addition, all known summer expenses had been paid from the regular activity ftmd Both the Catalyst and the SEC wrote letters to Cohn, who is in Isnel. Cohn's response to the Catalyst's l etter although mailed in Oc tober, did not arrive Wltil late December In this letter Cohn said that he had put all the records of the money in an envelope and pieced the envelope in the SEC office. Davidson has said that he has not found the se records, and that even if he did, they have 'othing to do with it. FERRARO VIEWS ENROLLMENT, CALENDAR David90n siad that he re ceive d his l etter from Cohn in mid-De c ember. The letter reportedly tells wha t the money was spent on. Part of it was used for l egitim ete pur poses said Davidson, but 11The whole .:nrollment thing is re;>lly < mess, ;>nd I don't know what to do ;>bout it, 11 l;>ments N ;>ncy Ferr;>ft\ l;cllege recorder. A l<>ck of reSl)Onsibility on the part of off-c<>mpus students says Ms. Ferr;>ro Is responsible for ew College' ... current enrollment worries, for some of the college's fin&ncial worries as well, Anywhere from 80 to 200 enrolled students ;>re off campus during 11ny gi ven term (with the high est number off pmpus usu:-lly m the spring <>nd the lowest number usuplly in the fall) :-nd m pny of these students, says Ms. Ferraro, do not retum to school ;>t the time thpt was ct never retum to New College &t .,n. This re;>tes shpky tion forMs. Ferr;>O ;>nd for the Admissions office, The optimum number of students residing on C;>mpus :>t any given time is SSIJ. Any number smPller th:-n this c;>uses "finnc i pl loss for the college, L:-st tenn, for exl!mple when (continued on page 4) Abortion Ads Banned Florida Family Planning, an abortion referral agency in Miami, is violating several laws by purchasing newspaper and radi o advertising, according to .Asst State Attorney General R a y Marky, State Senator Ken neth Myers (who sponsored Florida's new abortion lav in the State Legislature), and even one of the agency's own attorney's, it was reported in the St. Peter burg Times of December 30 Accordmg to the new law, passed last summer, abor:tions in Florida arc now legal if the pregnancies "endanger (the motl1crs') physical or mental health," and the mothers must be examined by physi cians and psychological co un selors to prove this. But ad vertising abortion services is still illegal under the Medical Malpractice Act, a rule made in December by the Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services, and a state statute described by II stations that have been carrying the ads include the Tallahassee Democrat; the Key.West Catalyst however, the agenc y has not yet paid for any of the ads they have run (and, according to editor Dan Chambliss, "it doesn't look as if they mtend to"): the paper can avoid legal proceedings if it does not demand payment for the ads and discontinues them immediately, says Chambliss. Originally, the agency (and, in tum, the news agencies) was advised by its lawyers that the disseminetion of abortion information was legal Wlder the new law. One of its attorneys (name withheld) in Bradenton, however, has recently declared that he was "unaware that the agency is advertising" and that he "interprets the law as prohibiting it. 11 (He added that he would be glad to defend the agency in the event of prosec ution.) Sen. Myers (D-Miami) said that "we (the state legislature) never intended to, nor did we, eliminate the prohibition of Citizen WtcV radio in st. Petersb:.zrg, and the New College Catalyst. In the case of the (continued on page 4) 44 A 4-1-4 system was proposed to the New College faculty several years ago, and was voted down heavily, Ml Ferraro believe that the likelihood of such a calendar b eing adopted in the near future is "very low." "A lot of faculty members like the idu (of a 4-1-4 calendar), 11 Ms. Ferraro said la ter "I don't think it would affect the activities of the students at all, 11 A 4-1-4 arrangement would shorten the aca..... ,.,.,;c year by two weeks, SEC ISP ACTION The Student Executive Committee held two m .ectings during the Independent Study Period. The first of these was on Novembe 21, 1972; it was attended by Ron Davidson, Jim Hunter, Thorn Mirenda, Ginger Lyon, Stuart Levitan, and Janet Goldwater. Subjects considered at this meeting were: The Bread Board was given $50 for wine for Thanksgiving. Joel Judd was to rewrite the constitution: it will 'then be submitted for approval. Hunter made a motion toreabolish Section One, but there was no second. Davidson moved that C and D dorms on the West Campus be designated for the Living-Learning Community; Hunter moved that no designation be made. Neither motion was seconded. It was brought up that ancy Ferraro wanted students to fill in vacancies in the Student Academic Stat!.IS Committee during the IS P. Consideration of possible actions to be taken regarding the Student Chair were postponed untie Term !i:, 1973. Levitan moved that breakfast and l=ch be respecti,ely chang ed from 8:00 9:00 to 8:30-9:30, and from 11:15 -12:30 to 11:30 12:45. This motion died, and the meeting was adjourned, continued on p1ge 4 which Ms. FeiTaro said would be to the students' benefit. This reporter questioned a dozen New College students at random on the 4 -1-4 calender All twelve were opposed t o its institution. Also under discussio n by the E. P. C. is a summer school program, but there is no information available on this as yet. New College has, for the past several y e ars, been the only school in the nation oper atix>g ona 3-1-3-3 calendar: a three-mont!> of regular (continued on page 4) over half" was used "illegitimately" The l e g .I uses were not itemized, h e aid. David son said that h e would tell what the mone y w as u se d fo r "onlv(ls a last resort to get the inoney back. 11 Earlier he had said that h e would rele ase the inbnnation "only if he had to". David son indicated t1wt he expected Cohn to ilepay the money. If this did not happen, "more drastic steps" would be used. (continued on pege 2 ) Faculty Wraps Up Tenure Change In a second of two special at the first ... t these meetings on 'ovember 22, the special faculty meetings. On faculty discussed the remaining 22 Dr Kirtley, ten actions concerning F acuity Chairman of the FSC, introStatus Committee's tenure re-duced the remaining motions, ports. An earlier, Hovember six of which were carried. 16 issue ofTl.'! CATALYST dis-These approved proposals are: cusses six proposa!s passed (1) The retention ballot for first year faculty with one year renewable contracts will be in January. (2) Explicit pro-cedures on PAC review on non-retention were outlined. (3) Professional librarians will be under renewable contracts, renewed as a one year extention of a two year cootract. (4) A positive tenure or retention vote by the Division will require a positive vote by 3/4 of the voting members of the. Divi: sion except for votes on first-or second-year faculty, which Will require two-thirds. (5) The above votiug requirements go immediately into effect. (6) Faculty who are denied tenure -after the presidential decision --will be told whether or not they had the support of their division at the time they are informed of their denial. The proposals were met with open discussion and, occasionally as in (1), with suggestions for alternative word?tg (denied). Perhaps the most-discussed motion was (6) concernmg faculty who are denied tenure. A motion to am mend was offered by Ms Gross but this failed The question was then called and carried on the main motion.
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Page two THE CATALYST An ndependent publi<;>tion sen the N'ew C mmunit P 0 Box 1958 Sarasota, Fla. 33578 Daniel F Chambliss -Edito Sherri Mcindoe-editorial assistant Lee Harrison-Advertising Manager Tom Business .\bnager Production Staff: Ron BPrrelt, Beth Brown. Tom C.-mpion Scott Steve Eddie K;otlman, Stu;ort Levitan Komman. \Icrilyn :l.bth Charlotte \leriwetne; R d' Ross, Amy Schacter, \!like Sprayhery. S<>lh Stephens, Pat W:>'>2, ?Tie Editorials "Government by default. 11 That's how a first-year student in his first week ot New College described his, our. Student Executive Committee. Ron Davidson gets coverage in the because he does a lot, and what he does affects the students. His Committee spends over $7000 of students' money each term. A few days ago, he gave his 0. K. to $250 that some people wanted to use to buy beverages for a party, AU stu.:erts were invit..:d Davidson asked the SEC to approve his oction, after he had already given the money. "Post 11 ns it were,' There wasn't time to call a meeting:' The SEC last term allowed Mr, Davidson unlimited use of mimeograph machines and other office equipment. at student body expense. He used this equipment to take public opinion polls, and to send memos telling student members of faculty committees that the SEC wanted to "provide some ell. rection" to those students and to the way they voted The SEC last term allowed Mr. to appoint, almost sin glehande?;uage as well as the poet's oeuvre and era Further the musician must be thoroughly trained in his craft, all the exigencies of his instrument and body. In the same way a translator must be finely attuned to the craft of his native verse to the vicissitudes of r: tthm and And in the same way no mat ter how well schooled. the mus ician and the translator can produce polished. professional and rigorously empty works. There is either in the playing os a piece of music or the translation of an acknowledged mas terwork that assures the musician/ trans! a tor of emotional depth If this depth is what is lacking in our poetry, and I would con cur with Hom in this, then the solution c
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Jenu:ory 11, 1973 The CATALYST This Week ... CAB ABOLISHES YOUTH FARE CALENDAR Thurs. 1/.11 Woman's Library Association for NC; coffee, 10:15 am, symposium of authors !0:45am. Students may at tend symposium on SfB.::e available basis only. Music Room Color films on Germany. 4:15pm, )\uditorium. Sun. 1/14 Society of Friends {<:5Uakers) discussion 10 am, worship 11 am, Music Room GERMAN FILMS TO BE SHOWN A series of short color films on Germany will be shown to day (Thursd:ay, 11) at 4:15 p.m. in the Tead1ing Audi torium, They should be of special interest both to students planning on the European work shop in Germ any in the fall and to others, Dr. Fronk Kress, associate professor of German language and liter said. Included are two travel films. a film on the German rococo style, and one on German folk dancing. Page three MILLER PUBLISHES IN 'POETIC LISENSE' A poem titled "For Miranda" by Dr. A M A. Miller, assis tant professor of literatwe, will appear in the next issue of Poetic License. 'JEAN-PAUL SATRE' PUBLISHED BY CARSON On December 7, 1972. the Civil Aeronautics Board annotm ced t/,p results of their Domestic Pnssenger-F 11tl1at youth standby, youth re servation and family fares are tmjustly discriminatory and U1l!t family and youth reservation fares are also tmreasonable. 11 The Board did defer cancellation of these fares pending further hearing on the question of an adjustment to normal fares. In January, 1968, CAB examiner Arthur S, Present ruled that discotmt f1lres limited to persons 12 to 21 years old are "tmjustly discriminatory" because age alone isn't a valid distinction between passengers, Shortly thereafter, Mr. Present received mail from college students by the sack load. Their expression of opinion wus so overwhelming tl1at the CAB ruled that airline youth fare discounts don't unjustly discriminate against adults. The board put off any decision on a petition to abolish the discounts 1mtil a study of whether the fares were reason able in relation to carrier costs was completed. Piano recital by student Marc Silverman Haydn's Sonata in E Flat, Beethoven's Sonata in F Sharp, Op. 78, Chopin's Fantasy in F Minor, and Schuman's Eight Fantasy Pieces, Op. 12. Public. 8:15pm, Music Room. NC film "The Passion of Joan of Arc," (also cartoon). Directed by Carl Theodore Dreyer; masterpiece of the silent era, originally produced in 1928, now released with musical sound truck produced in France English titles. 7 and 9:30pm, Auditorium. Tues l/16 SEC nominations close 6 pm Math Events To Continue During Term Two Dr. Ronald Carson. assistant professor of religion who is returning from Term I leave. has contracted with Lutterworth Press of Woking Surrey, England to publish his book entitled JeanPaul Sartre as a contribu tion to the publisher's series on 'Vlakers of Modern Thought, A review article by Dr. Carson on Anton Zidjerveld's book The Abstract Socie will appear m a ort coming 1ssue of the Journal of the American Aca of Reliton artie e, title 11Who IS Niet,sche' s Dionysus? 11 will Fri. 1/12 REGISTRATION FORMS DUE Ad lib for faculty and staff, 4:30 pm, South Hall. "Romanesaue Architectural Sculpture, ;, a public lecture with slides by Dr. Meyer Shapiro, University Professor, Columbia University. 8 pm, Music Room. Sat 1/13 "Susannah", musi C:'ir drama produced by Turnau Opera Players, with orchestra and NC students, in chorus. Van Wezel Hall, 8:15 prn. Math Events: "Bertrand Russel, a 1958 film by BBC, Also film "Maurits Escher: Painter of Fantasies" on cor..empory Dutch graphics artist. Refreshments follow. Public. 7:30pm, atural Sciences #21. Wed. 1/17 "Conversation and Coffee" for faculty and students Dr. Peggy Bates' home at 141 Hamilton Court. 9 pm. Thurs. 1/ 18 SEC ELECTION DAY. Originall youth fares were challenged by National Trail ways Bus System, a trade asso ciation of bus companies, and by TCO Industries, Inc, form erly Transcontinental Bus Sys tem, Inc. Over $300 -millio n is spent by young peo p l e o n y outh fure tickets annually Each year over 1 -millio n y outh fare card s are bougQt by y oung people who believe tha t the y are entitled to its b enefits until age 22. If the fare is abolished, privileges of the card would be revoked. chess team takes pan-am s GODDESS will have o ffic e hours between 11 am and 1 pm Mon day through Friday Bring yow problems then, or leave a note if it's inconvenient to come at that time. Special New College ene; a g e ment calendars for 1973, filled with 96 pages of photographs and reminders about college events, are available at specilll rates from the Development Office. ALUM:NUS A letter from alumnus Paul Adomites '70, wh? as a c:ounse or in a county drug rehabilitation center in Greens burg, Pa. also adds: "Tell the people who don' t kno w me that 1' m here if they n eed any help. The people who d o know me already kno w that. I d{H : suppose too many people at 1-:ew are really interested in this problem. But if anvone would like to know what being here has taught me about the problem I'll be glad to tell: through c orrespondence, or c onversation, or any other way. Paul's address: Square Circle, 112 West Pittsburgh St. Greens burg, Pa 15601 (AC 412/ 836-1951). A New College student chess team has won the small-college prize in the Pan Am eric an Intercollegiate Team Championship, from colleges and universities throughout the U, S. Canada and Latin America, The New College team turn ed in t h e best rounds o f any college with under 3 000 enroll ment. They played and w on, against teams from Princeton, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the University of Chicago, among others, The fow-man team were Andrew McDaniel of Cincinnati, Ohio, Patrick McCollum of Daytona Beach, Fla. Jack Greene of Ormond Beach, Flo. and Josh Standig of Teaneck, N. ] who played in that board order, Book-type, with spiral binding of its blue cover, the cal endars include many photographs of faculty, students and friends as well as of the col lege campus. They are $2 to the college community. recreation IIODK 8t SThTIONEF.Y ltiC "Complete Office Suppliers" 1500 Street 958-6577 If you JUSt go on Thursdays for pizza, you're missing a great complete line of Italian food ... If you don't go Thursdays, you aren't New college material. ... Mario's RECREATION: Pool Hours: Every diy, 10 to 5 W, F, & Sat. 7-9 (We3ther permitting) Karate: T & Th, 6:30-8:30 (Beginners welcome) in H-1. Instructor: Jim Horne Gymnastics: M, W, F, 4-6 r.cross from pool Instructor: Jon Culbertson Tennis: W, 12-l for beginners and intermediate 1-2 for advanced & ew College Tennis Team Instructor: Chris Baxter Carpentry: M & W, 7-8:30, Sculptor Studio Instructor: Mike Mead Modem Dnce T 7-9pm 10 ;>mnoon on S::rt. in Music Room Instructors: fully 1\-lorri s ;ond Sh.,ri Wald GOLDEN HOST ao Beau t ifu l Rooms '50-Foot Pool Putt ing G reen-Bahi Hut Cockta i l Lounge 4675 N. Tamlcni Trail 355 Yogm in H-5 Instructor: Uonnie Simmons Dpdct Tom C.-mpion New College Bpsketb!'ll Tepm: Noti es will be posted for practice times pnd gt>me schedule--metonwhile, get in sh rpe; this is the y c <>r to be ?t W ,It M c>rket. "Math Events" resumes for Termii with the first meeting held Tuesday (Jan 16) at 7:30 p. m, in Nptural Sciences 21. Open to the public, lectures assume some mathematical background. David Gay, assistant professor of mathematics who coordinates the program, said that each Math Event will be followed bv refreshments in the Math Reading Room. Leading off the series is the film Bertrand Russell made by the BBC 1111958. in which the noted philosopher Jnd mathematician talks about his 1180 years of changing beliefs and unchanging hopes. Also on the program is Maurits Escher: Painter of F antas1es, an mtro duction to the contemporary Dutch graphic artist and his works, his stylistic development and mathematical influence. SNACK BAR HOURS: W?tch fo r o w D;>il y Special s ---------soon----------Breekfast Startin g at 9:30 Double Discount: Discount C;>rds: Regular is $4.65 plus tax for $5, 00 in food This wee k only $4, 40 p l us tax S ;>ve ove r 10% on the cost of yow food. Anyone who needs d;>dnd nce cont;>ct Lis;o Kem ;>n (Roo;, 241 Box 236). Meeting to be t>nnOWICed BICYCLES : be published in the issue of Listening. Durmg h1s leave, whiCh he spent in Rochester, Y. doing research, he gave a public lecture on Nietzsche at the lhiversity of Rochester. MOR E FREE FACULTY LUNCHES In order to increase informal contact with the student body, all faculty members have again been granted free lunches in the NC cafeteria for Term II. The arrangement is made possible by a special gift from a Acting Provost Gresham R1ley annotmced, CRAFT CO-OP MeetingS! Mon. 15th, weeving at 7:30 in H-4a. Tues. 16th, jewelry-making and leather work at 2:00, 6:00, d We will clean the Bldg, A crafts room S;>t, 13th ? t 10:00 AM. Please come [ f you hav e a n y querti ons o r if you can teach any crafts, pleas e contact Kenna M u r ray in room 309, JULES' MUSIC CENTER Fine Clasical Guitars Dulcimers, Lutes, Harps, Recorders :and Musical Accessories, "IEASY TO PI
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.Page four SEC-1SP from page 1 The second SEC meeting was held on November 28 1972. It was attended by Stuart Levitan, Ginger Lyon, Thoro Mirenda, Jim Hunter, Joan Helfman, and Ron Davidson. The Bread Board's request for $30 for an unspecified movie was not seconded. It was moved and passed to pay Davidson $53. 60 secretarial fees, as he had to do his own minutes during Term I, 1972. A motion was made to award the SEC $3. 60 to buy each member a Big Mac. and pass ed unanimously. It was brought up that Dallas Dort wished to build a path from the main arc on Palmer Campus to the stop light; the SEC expressed a negative opinion on the grounds that nobody would use it. There was some discussion on the subjects of students' eval uations of faculty at the end of a course and of what should be done' with the dormitories dul"ing Christmas break. An attempt was TDade to re-move a designation of specific area for the Uving-Learning Com munity, but was shouted down, Davidson proposed that he be appointed the SEC's representative to the Supervisory Committee which runs elections, and be given the power to fill the committee at a later date without specific approval by the SEC ; this was approved. It was decided to hold the next meeting on December 1, 1972, and the meeting was adjourned. To the best of this writer's knowledge, this meeting was never held. -(FACULTY, from page 1)---------------The faculty also agreed to adopt an Educational Policy committeed proposal that a nrtroJ16 dffort" be made to hire more women faculty members. The FPC, in the motion, listed several recommendations as to how this be accomplished, including making a special ef fort to hire women in those divisions where there are no women faculty, but a large proportion of women studetlts. The EPC also announced that they are considering the possi bility of shortening summer school from ten to eight weeks. Dallas Dort, chairman of the Board of Trustees, an nounc ed that college currently has $502, 000 "in the till," with another $200, 000 pledged o almost certain to be toward the Ford Foundation challenge Grant. He said that $300, 000 is still needed. He added la.:i.t vear the school was in a nrnilat sit;.uation and n1a 'lo: it, but that "doesn't necessaril;mean that we can do it this year." However he said that there were a number of alternatives to help raise the money being con sidered now, and "we think we'll make it." Waterbeds /under $25 India Tapistries, Patches G REENWlth IS mAt SrRUf" from $9195 It was also that the college Resources com mittee had approved a sculp ture to be built on the West campus by students with the aid of Jack Cartlidge. Designs will soon be circulated so all may see the sculpture. The CRC also urged students and faculty to buy all their books for later in the term now, since all books not bought by Febru ary 15 will be sent back to the publishers on that date. It was noted that there are several openings in faculty committees, particularly the Admissions C:>mmittee, and faculty were urged to volunteer for these. Nancy Ferraro, college Record er, was appointed to be an ex-officio member of the Admissions committee. Dr. Bates reminded everyone of the open houses every Wednesday night at 9:00 in her apartment. She also read a testimonial to Soc ial Science faculty member A ;an Lichtenstein, who died during ISP. She announced that a fund is being established in his memory in Social Science. All money collected will then be sent to a charity of Mrs. Lichtenstein's choice. (ENROLLMENT, from T'ge 1) only 516 students were in residence, the c-:>llege suffered p loss in usable funds of :>pprox im;>tely $13q,OOO. 1his terri", 554 students :-re in residence, Lre;>ting <' st:>ble enrollment situ;otion. Next term, however, m?y be a problem At cording to Ms. Ferr;oro, she must m pke :>n estim ;ote of how m:>ny l'dmission :>pplic:onts to ?droit during each term, which she then forw;ords to the Admissions office. Ms. Ferr?ros estimates pre based on the inform ;>tion she hnnot SARASOTA SCHWINN CYCLIIY 1533 STATE STilEt e PHONE 959M77 Moo. Frl. 8:30 to 5:30 S a J, 8:SO to 12:00 The CATALYST (4-1-4. from page 1) classes. a one-month indepen dent study period, 11nd two more three-month terms Now, for the second time, a different calendar is being con sidered. The cdendar consists of four months of "traditional" study, one month of indepen dent work, and another four months of regular classes. Not unexpectedly, this is called the 4-1-4 calendar The 4-1-4 calendar is cur rently being discussed by the Educational Policy Committee, which has been researching the calendar since the beginning of September, 1972 The 4-1-4 calendar is pres ently being used in several dozen colleges across the na tion Most of these, according toN ancy Ferraro, college re corder, are small Catholic schools that use the calendar because "they think it's inno vative. However, several better-known schools, including M. I. T. and Hampshire College, have adopted this cal endar Ms. Ferram said that the number of schools that have changed to a 4-1-4 system in the past few years is 11 am a '' The present New College calendar coincides partly with those of a very few schools, and coincides completely with those of none. Adoption of a 4-1-4 calendar would permit transfers to and from many more schools without the pres ent one-to three-month time lag. According to Ms Ferra:rq if such a calendar were adopted, both students and faculty would then be able to participate in a number of exchange programs, giving added variety to both the student body and the curriculum. In addition, she said, l! 4-1-4 program would reduce the attrition rate that ew College perenially suffers dwing second and third terms. However, while there has been attrition in the past, the number of students currently enrolled on campus is 38 higher than that of the previous term. Two terms a year instead of three would limit the number of courses a student would b e 9ble to enroll in during his or her college career. Further, courses are currently geared to include four months of learning in a three-month period, and a switch to a 4-1-4 system would therefore involve a reorganization of course structure. One possible solution to this, said Ms. Fer raro, would be two seven-week modulars within each t erm; teachers w ould then h ave the choice of offering courses for eithe r seve n or f ourteen weeks, <>fford to this into considerption ;>nd m :>ke a higher es tim .-te than would seem to be appropri<>te, for if, the follow ing term all the .students who spid they would return did so, the enrollment woUld then exceed the housing ities ;>V;>ihble. L:>st strping term, for ex?mpie, 184 students (;>bout one qu.>rter of the totl enrollment) did not return to New College, le;>ving only 458 students in residence, ? full hundred below tne optimum level. "The enrollment problem is extreme, 11 says Ms. Ferr;>ro, "We' vc got to be able to in some w;oy plan ;>head .. I don't like to get rigid ;>nd bure;-u,r;otic but I get irrit;>ted with students who worl t h ;>ve the consider;>tion to let us know wh :>t' s happening. When <' student decides to leave or rem;oin off without giving ;oppropri ate he or she is responsible for remitting only :.> $100 fee. rather th;m the full tuition for th:.>t term. 'My own feeling," says Ms. Ferr;oro, "is th;>t you shoddn't be here if yru don't wantto be. But you just can't do this but it's neccas.ry, ;>nd I understand the finl!Dci&l prob lems. 11 January It 1973 S ILVERMAN T O GIVE RECITAL T H URSDAY NCPR--New College student Marc Silverman will be heard in a piano recital of works by Chopin, Beethoven, Schumann and Haydn on Thursday (Jan.ll) The solo recital, open to the public without charge, will be heard at 8:15p.m. in the Music Room of College Hall. The young pianist, who has been studying music since he was six, has twice won the Jordan Piano Competition and the McDowell Competition in Washington, D c., where he studied at American University. This month, he will give solo recitals at American University, at Hartt College, and in Portland, Maine, He has been in vited to participate in the Taos Music Festival this summer, (ABORT I ON, from page l) advertising it still is a felony t o advertise the availabil ity of this type o f medical procedure, and the Health Department rule further prohibits it." The state statute was not repealed for fear of a II pubJ,iC b &cklash 11 at &Oorti on advertising. Tha t might have encouraged too many nan therapeutic abortio ns, cawing a repeal or w eakening of the new l aw, and then "we'd g o back t o the old horrible law tha t promulgated illegal abortions. 11 The state statute, according t o Ma-\y, is "a quagmire" be came it is "to o vague and broad" and "could be voided or naiTowed in the future" on those grounds. An abortion refetTal cia use in the old abortion law was struck down by a Vol usia CoU'lty judge last year and also invalidated by the State Supreme Court in the University of Florida newspaper case (editor Ron Sachs was accused of publishing a list of abortion refetTal services); however, a separate advertising statute remains on the books. Moreover, whatever doubt may surround the state law, abortion ads are still prohibited by the other two rules mentioned. Florida Family Planning, founded by 23-ye,ar-old Sean Gunning and his wife Emily, 21, is a non-profit organization which receives about 500 calls a week for family planning and abortion information, Since its formation last summer, it has some 1. 050 relawhere he will 12 times in six weeks w1th a repertory group. Silverman, presently on off-campus study contract at the Hartt College of Music in Hartfo rd, Conn, has previouslv performed in this area in solo recital and with the New Colif String Quartet, and he has participated in the New College Summer Music Festival. Included in Thursday's pro gram are Haydn's Sonata in E Flat, Beethoven's Sonata in F Sharp, Op 78, Chopin's Fantasy in F Minor, and Schu mann' s Eight Fantasy Piecas, Op, 12. Silverman, 20, from Silver Spring, Md. i s in his third year at New College. tively low-cost (about $250) abortions. Arrangements f o r abortions can be made within a week, and a w oman spends three t o four h o urs in a Miami hospital after undergoing the previously describe d tions. The Gunnings, who staffed an abortion clinic in N e w Yor k City before coming to Florida, said that the y started in Miami because D ade County was the only large m et ropolitan ;>rea in the country which lacked a Planne d P;>rent hood brancll, D'l.a:l.n.ly a: books.? .... .... ST. ARMAN'J$ Kl:Y z "' SARASOTA. 0 3H-37&1 0 Special Orders "' 0 taken cheerfully 0 -fi lied promptly ... c.: YOUR !lOOK ANC S .ARASOTA i "Mo;;.e it a not an 11 I
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