The Stetson Reporter

Vol. 83 Friday, April 23,1971 No. 25 Stetson ■ FEC Future Looks Optimistic By PAMELA A. LEE Because of the recent rash~ of ._ rumors and misconceptions, concerning Stetson-Florida Episcopal College situation, the Stetson Reporter finds it. necessary to clarify, in the minds of the Stetson constituency, what exactly is going on in this area. The fundamental idea behind ' the cluster college concept is that of several church groups of Florida cooperating with Stetson University in the formation of a cluster of affiliated residential colleges in DeLand. Because of the rising cost of living and the apparent, economic squeeze on small Universities, these colleges, and those which are just . being founded, are turning towards the cluster college idea as the only alternative to remair functioning, safely. These cluster colleges will be founded at only a fraction of the cost necessary to establish a new college, independently. In the particular case of Florida Episcopal College, the cost of building a college with Stetson Above are the sketches for the Florida Episcopal College complex made by the architect Sh- weizer. These sketches, finished in 1970, are the most recent of the three that have been done. The college will be located along Michigan Ave. Across from the forest of Arden. will only amount to approximately $3,000,000; whereas to begin. independently, costs range from $18,000,000 on up. In Johns Moves Closer To University Council A group of administrators, faculty members, and students was appointed Tuesday by Dr. Johns to act as a forum of university opinion and to advise the president on policy-making matters. The forum will include the constituents of the Student A- fairs Committee for this year and for the following. In addition, the three academic deans* the director of admissions, and the business manager will sit on the forum .More faculty members will be appointed in order to assure proportional representation. In delegating the responsibilities to the group, Johns called for truthful representation of the different constituents' points of view, and asked for constructive criticism in the decision-making process. He expressed hopes that the forum, if it acts "with credibility," will become a legislative body and assume the powers of the University Council now under discussion. • • * •:*"* * * • *..* * * * Last Tuesday Dr. Johns appointed a committee to organize a University Council; :The purr [ HS-i-V**!"*.* *&-_. pose of the council would he .to give students, faculty, and administrators an opportunity to work together on policy and major operating decisions. The Council will be directed at making, unlike the Student Affairs' role of suggesting, university policy. The idea was first brought to Stetson by Jim Davis after a meeting of the Association of Mid-Florida Colleges in 1968. Since that time the concept had received little interest at Stetson. Davis revived the idea in Student Affairs after this mini-mester' and a committee was appointed to investigate the concept. The committee recommended that a Council should ba formed and submitted the basis for its formation. The proposal consists of a body of 42 school leaders, 21 students and 21 faculty and administrators. Student Affairs adopted the committee proposal and passed it on to Dr. Johns.. The President is in favor of the proposal and after discussion has appointed a special committee to finalise plans for the Council. There may be some organizational meetings of the Council this year but its work will - not begin until fall. no way does this mean that the Episcopalians, for instance, are getting a University "for free"; it- is a cooperative venture where Work-Study Checks Cut Mr. Dan Moore, Director of Financial Aid, met with participants in the College Work- Study program last Tuesday to explain the recent action taken by his office. According to Mr. Moore, The Work-Study fund found itself with $30,000 more than was originally anticipated at the beginning of this calendar year. (Mr. Moore originally explained that this was due to the fact that Government appropriations for the Winter term and Spring semester were made during December and were sometimes in excess of the amount anticipated. In a later response to questions from the floor, he explained that this amount had been "saved" by the university during the 1970 calendar year.) Stetson University then had the option of returning this amount to the Federal Government or if distributing it to work-study students (which was what the Federal Government expected and directed it to do.) This money was directly credited to the students' accounts during the month of February. As a consequence, most work- study students have either filled (Continued On Page 2) be both Universities would sharing equal benefits. The further advantages of this would be that both colleges would be able to share expensive facilities, to employ a jointly expert and commited facility, to avoid the duplication of prohibitively expensive buildings (such as libraries, student Unions and science buildings), and to reduce the cost and duplication of instruction at advanced levels. At the moment Stetson is in the process of creating the mechanism whereby any college, once charted, licensed and incorporated, can cluster in DeLand after agreeing to the contract that will be set up. The Florida Episcopal College is the only college so far, that has discussed going into this cooperative venture. As early as February 1960, under the auspices of J. Ollie Edmonds Stetson began investigating with other denominations, such as the Lutherans and the First Church of Christ and the Episcopaleans, about this joint educational effort. In April, 1960, a steering committee was formed through the efforts of Dean McEniry and others to continue investigation and begin to map. out the necessary proccedures. By November 27,1963, it was evident that the Episcopalians were the only ones interested, and able to seriously consider the idea. At Stetson's invitation, they were asked to discuss jointly the possibility of the two-way venture and begin drawing up the contract. (Continued On Page 2) Black Emphasis Week To Begin On Monday Stetson University's third annual "Black Emphasis Week" .begins Monday and continues through Saturday on the DeLand campus with guest speakers, panel discussions, forums, lecturers, and black" cultural exhibits, slated throughout the week. "No Place to Be Somebody" is the theme of the 1971 observance, which is being sponsored by the Stetson Afro-American Society. Registration begins Monday at 9 a.m. and will be held daily through Saturday in the. Carlton Union Building. A black art exhibit in the Carlton Union Building and a library exhibit of novels and anthologies by and about black people in the duPont-Ball Library will be on display Monday and •continue throughout the week. Miss Lillian Anthony of the University Of Minnesota will be the guest speaker at 7:30 pjn. in a lecture on the - "Energizing Forces of Black Folks" in the Stetson Room of the Carlton Union Building. Highlights of Tuesday's activities will include a panel discussion at 3:30 pjn. and a fashion show at 8 pjn. in the Stetson Room. Mrs. Henrine Banks, dean of women at Bethune-Cookman College will lead the discussion on "The Role of the Black Woman on Today's College Campus." The fashion show, sponsored by Gibbs of DeLand, will be coordinated by Mrs. Doris L. Gibbs and student Ella McGill and will include styles made by students. "Who Do You Kill?," a movie depicting the .'psychological and emotional effects ot gnetto life on young children will be shown at 8 p.m. in the Stetson Room. It will be followed by "Black Roots," a film dealing with black-white race relations. Admission will be 50 cents. (Continued On Page 2)