Vol. 83
Friday, February 19, 1971
No. 18
Trustees Balk On The
Episcopal Question
This is the site of the Episcopal College which is across form the
Brick Palace and the Forest .of Arden. The College has already
bought $44,000. worth of property.
By Pamela Lee
As of press time, 3:00 Friday
February 19, the Stetson
University trustees have made no
decision concerning the approval
of the Florida Episcopal college
and its affiliation with Stetson.
Nor is there a likely chance for a
final decision to be made today.
For those who know little about
the Episcopal College question, a
bried history must be given.
About 10 years ago, Chancellor J.
Ollie Edmunds made an in
vitation to the Episcopal college
to enter in with Stetson to a
cluster college relationship. With
the Episcopal College as a
starting point, both founders of
the college, J. Ollie Edmunds and
the right Reverend Henry I.
Louttit — retired Bishop of the
Diocease of South Floirda, hoped
that other colleges would follow
suit in the distant future. This
would mean that Stetson
University would become a
center for higher Christian
education in Florida and perhaps
the country.
Though the basic works are
still in the planning stage, some
worthy developments have come
up. So far the Episcopal college
has been liscenced, charted, and
incorporated. All that is in the
offing now, is the approval of the
college by the trustees for Stetson
must agree to let the Episcopal
college be incorporated in order
for it to be accredited.
Academically, the Episcopal
college will share courses and
faculty with Stetson, ie. there will
be a cross-registration set up.
Supposedly, each college will
suppliment the other, rather than
detract from each other. Each
college will support the other's
weak points, instead of competing in the strong areas. For
instance, the Episcopal college
may be able to teach more advanced courses in a department,
such as psychology, where
Stetson at present oly teaches the
basics in that field.
The core curriculum includes
Group Dynamics, communication skills, rapid reading
and comprehension skills, and
learning how to learn as a college
adult. The basic orientation of the
Episcopal college will be towards
the student and his growth in and
outside of academics. Also the
college will center its. talents in
directing students with the
problem-solving- focus in mind.
In addition to this rather innovative curriculum, the
Episcopal college hopes to make
heavy use of multi-media labs for
students. They may also
specialize in areas such as
Philosophy, Classics, Latin,
Greek, Linguistics and Behavior
courses.
The Episcopal faculty
assumptions towards the student
are that they are mature, curious
adults, that they aspire naturally
towards self-fulfillment and self-
direction, and that students'
needs have to be realized,
released, encouraged and'
assisted. The whole focus of the
faculty and the administration
will be student centered.
If the Episcopal college is
formed, then applications for
undergraduate will hopefully be
taken for 1973.
It is the general hope that by
establishing the Stetson-
Episcopal relationship, a strong
cluster of Christian higher
education through mutual support wUl eliminate the Mega-type
(Berkely) of education and
further the cause of Christian
Universities.
New Mens R ejects
Open Door Policy
As of February 17, Dean Borders ended visitation privileges in
the New Men's Dorm. ...
On the 16th, the situation had reached a point where the Head of
New Men's Dorm had to rally for a concensus of student opinion
concerning the Open Door policy. The majority of students in that
dorm felt that they could not abide by the rule of the Open Door as it .
stands now. A statement to this effect was taken to Dean Borders and
a dorm meeting was arranged for the following night.
On the evening of the 17th, Dean Borders was asked to represent
the administration's view concerning this policy at that meeting. He
stayed for two hours. After explaining the total situation, going back
to September events. Borders warned that visitation privileges
would be taken away if the men would not adhere to the rule. About
100 men of the 100 plus present voted that they could not go along with
the Open Door policy as it how stands. Border's only course was to
abolish their privileges.
The men's reasons against the Open Door policy were that the
policy was an invasion of privacy, that derogatory moral implications were inferred against them with the existence of the
policy, and that there had been no sound justification at the outset for
such a policy. Since it was a matter "of conscience, the men in New
Men's would rather lose their parietal privileges than live with the
present regulation. Negotiations for a suitable settlement are
presently forthcoming.
The Winter Consort:
A Celebration In Sound
They have come again. The
Paul Winter Consort will be
performing in Elizabeth Hall
Auditorium on Sunday, February
21, at 2:00 pm. Admission will be
free.
The Winter Consort is an ensemble of young musicians
developing a unique group voice,
blending together a basic combination of sax, cello, folk percussion, classical and twelve
string guitars, bass and electric
bass, sitar and oboe.
A 20th Century model, of the
English Renaissance consort
whose members have played in
such vastly different contexts as
the Woodstock Music Festival
and the Pittsburgh Symphony,
Carnegie Hall, and the Filmore
West...whose repertoire include"
works by J. S. Bach, Bob
Dylan, Stravinsky, the Beatles,
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