AFROTC Girds for Battle

FACULTY LOSS STILL RISING IN STATE COLLEGES gy James Loveland signed, retired, died, or have not college is budgeted for 879 fa aries averaging $19,300 a year. o f 6.5 per cent, the increase is losing an equal number o f faculty. The California State College been rehired. culty. Stanford was fourth with $17,200. offset by more rapid inflation, Problem System is losing more faculty Officials also point out that As of April 15, 74 faculty had Chancellor Glenn Dumke said the review said. Educators said the problem of each year. more faculty are in the system, resigned. There are 54 scheduled a full professor in the University But salaries are not the reasons faculty resignations is compound All available information indi thus the rate of turnover is cor for leaves. o f California system now earns why department chairmens John ed when a professor with a Ph.D cates this is also true at SF State. respondingly higher. Resignations and leaves be $14,800 to $21,800 annually while Clark and Rudolph Weingartner is replaced by soneone with an In January the Chancellor’s The reasons for leaving officials come effective Sept. 1. in the state college he earns are leaving. Clark is going to MA. office released a four year study said, in order o f importance are: The last day to resign is Sept. 1. $13,992 to $17,016. Sonoma State and Weingartner Recruiting in the state colleges showing the system wide turnover ♦Better salaries Guess A UC associate professor earns to Vassar. is difficult because most other of faculty. ♦Promotional opportunities “ As an educated guess we will $11,800 to $13,500 while the same Weingartner is chairman o f the institutions offer more to the Resignations ♦Research support lose 85 faculty this year,” Feder position in the state colleges pays philosophy department. instructor. The 1966-67 resignations were ♦Lighter teaching loads said. $10,980 to $13,332. Both admit that along with James Haehn, professor o f so 0.7 per cent, a rise from 8.8 per The Chancellor’s statistics were This is 15 more than last year, A UC assistant professor earns their new positions comes an in ciology at Chico State, has char ent in 1963-64. further qualified by Danial Feder, or about 10 per cent o f the total $9,300 to $11,000 while his state crease in salary. ged that “ there has been a marked The total number o f faculty dean o f academic planning at SF faculty. college counterpart makes $8,676 Authority deterioration in the average qual n the system during the 1966-67 State. Records are unavailable to com to $10,548. Both men said the system ity o f the new faculty in the cademic year was 9,911. Unsure pare SF State’s resignations to the The teaching loads at other fails to place enough authority state colleges in the last two Officials predict the turnover Feder said he was unsure what statewide survey. universities are usually half of and autonomy on the individual years.” ill be even higher this year. the Chancellor’s statistics were The state colleges offer com what they are at SF State. At college. Haehn uses the word deter But such statistics should be based upon because it was not paratively poorer salaries said the Harvard the load is six, at Stan “ This college can’t cope with ioration to mean the number o f ualified otherwise they may be until last year that SF State con annual economic review o f the ford it is nine. the demands because it can’t non-Ph.D’s in the system. isleading. tributed information to the study. American Association of Univer President John Summerskill make the decisions for itself. This is supported by a Chan Defined Feder has the headache of sity Professors. earns $28,000. There is always someone looking cellor’s report that says in the The term resignation as de- trying to replace the faculty that Pay It should be noted that al over its shoulder,” Weingartner academic year o f 1962-63 the ined by the Chancellor’s office have resigned. Each year unfilled The review said Harvard’s full though faculty salaries have in said. number o f Ph.D’s in the system efers to persons who have re faculty positions increase The time faculty ranked first in sal creased at an average annual rate Feder said all departments are (Continued on Page 7) First Year, No. 6 Thursday, the Ninth Day o f May, MCMLXVUI Twelve Pages AFROTC girds for battle SF State’s AFROTC program The new contract was signed the academic tradition. Branch differs with Bass’ and is battling for survival on campus. by former SF State President “ The Air Force personnel are Solomon’s views on the validity Students for a Democratic So Paul Dodd, on December 14,1964. loyal to the impartiality o f in o f the AFROTC curriculm. ciety (SDS), Russell Bass, AS Therefore, the AFROTC con quiry or truth. It doesn’t exit,” “ In the Aerospace Studies Pro President, and John Webb, Speak tract is still valid, Branch said he said. gram, we are here to explore the er of the Legislature are trying to and the SDS and Webb have no “ To qualify as a legitimate educational concepts o f human convince President John Summer legal grounds to force Summer course of study, college curri relations in automation and ma skill to terminate the college con skill to cancel it. cula must conform to generally nagement,” Branch said. tract with the AFROTC. However, in view o f the re acceptable academic standards as “ We are not here to teach SDS and Webb said the cur solution passed in the recent AS defined and established within the young men how to drop bombs or rent contract is invalid because election requesting Summerskill college administrative-faculty hier make napalm. We equip and pre there are only 29 students en “ not to renew the college con archy, according to a critical pare young men mentally for rolled in the program, ancT the tract with the AFROTC for the study o f the AFROTC, by Eric the long hauls ahead o f them in contract requires at least “ 100 coming year,” the SDS plans to Soloman, Vice-Chairman of Aca the military and in life. Charles Stone physically fit male students.” see it enforced. demic Affairs. “ Issues that are discussed and Dean of AdmissionsDean However, this stipulation (Para One of Bass’ campaign plat “In view of all questions af explored, range from the left to graph 4a of the AFROTC-SF forms was abolishment o f the Free Speech and Academic Free right, on any and every subject,” State contract) was part o f an AFROTC. dom that surroung the AFROTC he said. old contract made in 1951 by J. “ I don’t see how any officer issue,” Solomon said, “ this is a A letter has been sent to Sum Work begins on unified Paul Leonard, then president of o f the college or a faculty mem crucial point. The validity of merskill, by the SDS supported the college. ber in a position o f responsibility AFROTC as an academic disci by Bass, demanding that he can The present two-year program, can ignore this incredible abuse pline is the issue. cel the contract within a matter program of minority aid according to Col. Robert Branch, of the college’s resources,” Bass The AFROTC program is di of weeks, according to John Le head of the Aerospace Studies said. rectly responsible not to the vin, SDS member. ByRu SteveQtouo ToomajianTnnmaiian rtf'o f TnictoocTrustees, onlynn 1» 272 special : ~ 1 Program, contains an amendment “The AFROTC does not re Academic Senate, not to the The AFROTC would have to SF State’s administration has admission spaces are available abolishing paragraph 4a, placing present the standards o f the col president o f the college, but only be o ff the campus within 90 days pledged itself to the creation at SF State. ‘no limitations on the number of lege,” he said, “ nor does it main to the Secretary o f the Air Force,” after the cancellation o f the con- students enrolled.” o f the college’s first compre “The Council of Academic tain or exercise them. It is not in he said. ( Continued on Page 6) hensive, unified assistance pro Deans will ask the Chancellor gram for minority students. for an additional 128 slots to The resolution, passed Tues bring the total to 400,” Don Immigrants flock to already crowded Faculty day by the Council o f Acade Garrity, vice president o f aca mic Deans, is one o f the key demic affairs, said. steps in preparing for next se About 300 prospective fresh dem ands mester’s record enrollment of men have applied, but there Mission District-housing a problem minority students. are only 80 freshmen openings. Almost 400 students who With 192 openings for trans do not meet normal require This is the first of a three part series o f immigration into this low- home in the Mission District for vetoed fers, only 96 prospective trans ments o f admission have applied exploring the social ills of the Mission rent area, the language problem several reason: fer students have applied. for enrollment at SF State. District. This dealing with education is hampering education, employ ♦Many o f them have relatives By Bruce Campbell This imbalance could be rec Not Enough will be followed by articles on em ment and community improve and friends already living in this After the last State College tified by a Chancellor’s okay ployment and housing.

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