The Stetson Reporter

Vol. 83 Vol. 83 Friday, March 12, 1971 No. 21 Curriculum Proposals Accepted On Thursday, March 11, the faculty passed, 51-5, the proposals presented by the Curriculum study Committee. Under the curriculum, any student can elect to study according to the new catalogue, ie, the reduced hours or they can chose to remain working under the catalogue that they entered under, moving into the new catalogue only in the event that they change majors. At the faculty senate meeting, there was a very strong willingness on the part of faculty to accept these compromise proposals that the committee had proposed. There was no evidence of personal and departmental pettiness or jealousies, with most wanting a curriculum that would be in the interest, of the student. The Faculty is still looking at three areas: a pass-fail system, credit for ROTC, and the Minimester. Action will be taken on these areas at a later date. Students who have comments or questions on these curriculum changes can reach Larry Densmore at Box 139 or Jean Aliff at Box 66, or they can see their advisors or members of the Curriculum Study Committee. The membership of the committee as it was appointed in May and as it has functioned since September 2 is as follows: Miss Jean Aliff — Student — Psychology; Dr. Armour — Zager & Evans To Perform Saturday ZAGER & EVANS In the Year 2525, ZAGER AND EVANS will long be gone from the scene; but in the year 1969, they went to the top of the charts. Denny Zager and Rick Evans have been performing together for the past eight years. Polishing and grooming their act into one of the finest concert duos in the country today. For an evening of truly superb and intensive entertainment.— entertainment that searches the mind — bring a blanket and come hear ZAGER AND EVANS in the Forest of Arden this Saturday night beginning at 8:30 P.M. original 1000 copies sell out fifteen minutes after the song was introduced on a Lincoln radio station: They had another 5000 pressed and literally sold them from the back of Rick's station wagon. Within three weeks, the song was Number One regionally, having sold over 11,000 records. The hit song, "In the Year 2525," is a surprisingly simple yet incisive exercise in future- casting, . combining Ricks' interest in both music and science. Religion; Dr. Beiler — Chemistry; Dr. Beiler — Chemistry; Mr. Larry Densmore — Student — Economics; Dr. Hodges — Foreign Languages; Miss McDaniels — Physical - Education; Dr. Maris — Political Science; Dr. Medlin — Mathematics; Dr. Smotherman — Education; Dr. Wynn — History (Chairman). The following are the new curriculum requirements as published by the Curriculum Revision Committee: REQUIREMENTS FOR THE COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS The ~ Communications Requirement (6 hours). 1. A three-hour introductory, communications course with a verbal emphasis but utilizing a variety of communications media will be required. 2. A second three-hour communications course will be entirely verbal and literary, but several options stressing a variety of themes will be available.. The Religion-Philosophy Requirement (6 hours) 1. A three-hour introductory course in the biblical and classical philosophical heritage of western man (a revised form of the present G107 with portions of G108) will be required. 2. A second three-hour course will be chosen from any of the four following options: a. Development of Christian Thought and Philosophy . b. Comparative Religion (particularly eastern religions) When Denny Zager and Rick Evans were in a small recording studio in Odessa, Texas, last November, cutting one of Rick's songs, "In the Year 2525," on five hundred borrowed dollars, neither could then forsee that the song would be released nationally on RCA Records and in the Top Ten before the Fourth of July, and destined for a Gold Record. The two boys from Nebraska, who have been performing together on and off for more than seven years, first marketed the record themselves on their own label, Truth, and watched the c. Contemporary Issues in Theology and Ethics d. Contemporary Issues in the Philosophy of Religion e. The Problems of Philosophy Foreign Language Requirement (5 hours) 1. The present four-semester sequence of three-hour language courses from 101 through 202 will be replaced by two five-hour courses. 2. The foreign language requirement may be satisfied in the three following ways: a. Students displaying a proficiency equivalent to that attained in the former 202 courses or the new five-hour, second-semester courses will waive the requirement. b. Students displaying a proficiency equivalent to that attained in the former 102 courses or the new five-hour, first-semester courses must complete a five-hour, second- semester course. c. All other students must complete a five-hour, first- semester course. 3. This requirement applies to all candidates for the bachelor of arts degree. Tlie Humanities Distributional . Requirement (11 hours) hi addition to the preceding six- hour communications requirement, the six-hour religion-philosophy requirement, and the five-hour (Continued On Page 2) SUB Elections Held Tuesday Klappert To Read Poetry On Tuesday In 1962, he formed a five-piece combo, The Eccentrics, with his friend, Denny Zager, and three others. Rick toured with the group for nearly five years before deciding to spend a year back home just writing. They performed wherever they could, like in fraternity houses— — for food. Then they did two ' nights in the lounge of a local Chinese restaurant where Paul Gaiter, co-owner of Cattman's Lounge in Lincoln, spotted them and offered them a chance to work his club. Since August, 1968, and until recently, Denny and Rick have been a featured attraction at Cattman's. With "In the" Year 2525 (ContinuedOn Page 2) Peter Klappert, Rollins College poet in residence, will be on the Stetson campus Tuesday to lecture and read some of his poems at 7:30 p.m! in the Stetson Room. Klappert is a native of the New England writers' and artists' colony at Rowayton, Connecticut. He attended Cornell University as an undergraduate but received his master of arts degree in Renaissance literature and the master of fine arts degree in poetry writing at the University of Iowa. He has been teaching at Rollins since receiving the M.F.A. degree in 1968. Klappert was the winner of the "Yale Series of Younger. Poets" competition in 1970. His manuscript "Lugging Vegetables to Nantucket" will be published by the Yale University Press in October. His poems have appeared in a number of magazines, including "The Nation," "The Iowa Review," "The New American Review," "The North American Review," and "The Massachusetts Review." Several poems will soon appear in "The. New Yorker," "The Atlantic Monthly," "Epock;" and "The Armadillo," a magazine publication of New College in Sarasota Florida. Klappert will be a Briggs- Copeland lecturer on English and general education at Harvard for the following two years. The program is being sponsored by Sigma Tau Delta English Honorary • and the university Artists and Lecturers Committee. All Students are invited to attend.