Stetson Reporter

I lie Stetson Volume 90 Number 2\ Stetson University DeLand, Fla. March 17, 1978 uncan Cites Four Needs In Inauqural Address TO.. JB Citing four basic needs that the university must attend to, Dr. Pope A.' Duncan was officially inaugurated as Stetson's president last Friday morning. "I gratefully and gladly accept these symbols of office — the charter and medallion — and pledge my very best to trustees, faculty, students, alumni, Stetson constituencies, and the American educational community," remarked Dr. Duncan in opening his inaugural address. Duncan becomes the seventh president of Stetson, but only the third to be so inaugurated. The tradition of inaugurating the new presdident only began in 1988. The needs that Duncan specifically cited in his address included the specialization of education, the need for helping students find a set of values, the necessity of an adult- education program, and the difficulties of a private institution surviving when money is tight. Duncan cited the increased specialization and fragmentation of education that has occurred in recent years as causing a communications problem between the various disciplines in academia. "It has developed that about the only thing we have in common to talk about within universities is athletics," he commented. He pointed to Stetson's Winter T erm as one instance during the school year when a central theme is provided for all areas within the university. Concerning values education in the university, Treaty Could Cost Carter's Hand In Foreign Affairs By Barbara and Russell Schropp "The President's hand in foreign affairs would be lopped off at the wrist if the Senate fails to ratify this treaty," commented Washington POST columnist Stephen Rosenfeld at last Monday's discussion of the Panama Canal treaty at Stetson University. Rosenfeld, visiting Stetson as a Woodrow Wilson Fellow, discussed the treaty with student Marjorie Blair before approximately thirty people in Allen Hall. "No country would even consider conducting foreign affairs with Jimmy Carter for the rest of his term because they would know- that he couldn't pass a treaty through the Senate," Rosenfeld continued. "It would absolutely destroy the Carter presidency" as far as foreign affairs are concerned. Rosenfeld and Blair were frequently at odds over points raised in the discussion. Blair, who was born and raised in the Canal Zone, has just returned to Stetson from a month-long study in Panama, She op poses the treaty that is now before the Senate. Blair did admit to a certain bias that resulted from being raised in the Canal Zone, but maintained that she was still able to analyze the treaty objectively. "You can talk about the possible ramifications that this treaty will have for the Carter administration if it is not ratified," Blair, commented, "However, I think it is more important to eon- siderer the possible ramifications of this treaty if it is ratified, consequences that will be felt beyond the Carter years and even beyond our lifetimes." Points raised in the discussion included the threat to U.S. national security and the overwhelming expense of operating the Canal for Panama should the treaty be ratified, and the possibility of guerilla warfare and civil unrest in Panama if the treaty is not ratified. Also discussed at length was the intensity of feeling that the treaty has raised in Americans. "Control of the Canai is a real issue that generates genuine firrvotions in many Americans," Rosenfeld commented. "It is a real grass-roots issue." Monday was the first day of Rosenfeld's visit to Stetson as a Wilson Fellow. His schedule for the remainder of the week included numerous classroom visits and two other formal discussions on issues of U.S. foreigh poliev. Today is the final day of his visit to Stetson. Duncan remarked, "There is placed upon the university a major responsibility it cannot ignore." "Stetson, as a Christian university, has never repudiated its commitment to a set of values nor to the need to provide the student with help in searching for a set of values," he continued. "But we have an obligation to renew our attention to this effect. Concerning to the third need, that of responding to the adult community, Duncan responded to a recent editorial in the REPORTER that questioned the prority of this need. He remarked that ignoring the adult community in the upcoming decade would mean trouble for any institution of higher learning. "The adult student is coming into his own. He is increasing in number at the very time the younger student is decreasing," Duncan analyzed. The president continued by saying that the adult program should be "related to our mission. We are not in competition with the fine community college programs targeted to adults, ■$m&LW8@&aSlBmmm&& <t jn.vy>. "j? •Plm ** President Pope A. Duncan but I am convinced we have a continuing role to play as part of the American dream of education as a life-long experience." Duncan concluded his four-point address by turning to the problems of economic survival for a private institution such as Stetson. "I am convinced that if we perform the hard tasks involved in the earlier points of this address, (economic survival) becomes the easiest to accomplish," Duncan asserted. "I believe that an institution that grapples successfully with the problem of fragmentation, the problem of values, the opportunity of the adult student, and which continues to present a quality academic program in a caring and Christian environment, is not going to be faced with decreasing enrollments or the spectre of bankruptcy." Reporter and Hotter Editors. 8 usiness Managers Sign-Ups In Progress For Publications By Frank X. McAloon The Publications Board of Stetson University, whose authority it is to decide controversies and contracts for the REPORTER and HATTER, is currently accepting applications for the following positions: Editor and Business Manager of the REPORTER: Editor and Business Manager for the HATTER.: and two (2) Representatives at Large for the Publications Board. A sign-up sheet has been posted in the Student Activities Office on the second floor of the Carlton Union Buiidong. "This sign-up period is earlier than other offices," said Publications Board chairman Russ Schropp. "This is because all applicants have to appear with the Publications Board for an interview before their name can appear on the offical ballot," he said. "All applicants have to have j "C' average and must assure the Board that, if elected, they will be on campus for all of next year," said Schropp. Only those individuals who have had at least one semester's experience are a rising junior or senior will be considered for the positions of REPORTER and HATTER editor. Interviews with the Publications Board will begin on April 5 and last until Alprii 12. The general election is April 18. In other activity, the Publications Board has created a constitutional revisions committee. Three members of the Board were chosen to go through the present constitution and suggest improvements to the whole Board. The special committee is composed of HATTER business manager Sharon Parker representatives at large Dale Murphy and Frank McAloon.