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Tlehe ©Ufee Chronicle Volume 64, Number 120 Duke University, Durham, N tlEhe ©ufee Chronicle Volume 64, Number 120 Duke University, Durham, N. C. Tuesday, April 15, 1969 ASDU elections New business school this Friday | gets grant from Ford By Carol Harvey The Ford Motor Company Fund this generous gift from the Ford made in 1966, Duke receives $1 ASDU reporter has awarded Duke University a Motor Company Fund, for the from the Foundation for each $4 grant of $100,000 to assist in confidence which it indicated in raised from other sources, Elections of officers for ASDU will be held this Friday, according to establishing its Graduate School of our new Graduate School of excluding The Duke Endowment, Bob Hosea, Chairman of ASDU Elections Committee. Business Administration. Business Administration," said other Duke related trusts and the Campaigning began last night with only two offices being contested. Plans for such a school already Charles B. Wade, Jr. of Federal government Hence, the gift Bob Feldman and Rich Poland are the candidates for next year's President have been made and announced, Winston-Salem, chairman of Duke from the Ford Motor Company of ASDU. and the first students are scheduled University's Board of Trustees. Fund will earn the University an Jim Leach and Gil Scharf are opposing candidates for Vice President to be admitted in September, 1970. "Grants of this magnitude are of additional $25,000 from the from West Campus. In commenting on the gift, Ray particular importance as we enter Foundation's challenge grant. Both Feldman and Poland have been active in student government at C. Kooi, Director of the Ford the final quarter of our Ford Ford Motor Company Fund is a Duke. Motor Company Fund, wished Foundation challenge grant. We nonprofit organization supported Poland intends to bring up several issues which he feels are of Duke University success in this shall do our best to justify such by contributions from Ford Motor importance to students. His main concern is that "student government important new program, and support as we move forward with Company. The Fund makes have better communication with the Administration." He does not feel asserted that "the Trustees (of the our efforts to make Duke contributions for educational and that the fact he has "never voted for anything" ("not always against Fund) affirmed a conviction that University one of the strongest of charitable purposes. It is not related everything, just never for anything") while a Legislator "will go against" Duke is a logical place to develop a the nation's private universities. to The Ford Foundation. him in the election. Graduate School of Business of "We who are associated with Plans for establishing a Graduate Feldman feels that the main issue is that the 'role of student high quality." Duke are very pleased with the .School of Business Administration government at Duke can be more active in governing the University." He progress toward funding this very at Duke have been under study for Mr. Kooi noted that the trustees several years. The first step in this feels that "ASDU is not something that people should laugh at; it has a lot of the Fund in approving the important new school, and the of promise." However, he also feels that "in the expansion of ASDU, its leadership of the corporate direction was taken in 1967 when $100,000 award also authorized the Department of Economics and coordination of student services should not be neglected." full payment immediately "so that community through gifts like yours The other candidates are all running unopposed. Peggy Friedlander is has been outstanding," Wade Business Administration was the University may use it in divided into two departments. running for Vice President from East Campus. Judy Patton is the connection with the Ford added. candidate for Executive Secretary with Pat Kenworthy running for Foundation challenge grant." Under terms of an $8 million Dr. Louis D. Volpp, former Administrative Secretary. Rich Carro is running for Treasurer. "We are particularly grateful for Ford Foundation challenge grant, associate provost of the University of Illinois and former associate director of the Graduate School of Students to Business there, wa ••-med chairman of the new Df jrlr/•. t of Business Administratio , anO more keep strike recently was picked to hero ._e the first dean of Duke's new scaooL In commenting on the grant at Harvard from the Ford Motor Company Fund, Dean Volpp said: "This By E. W. Kenworthy tangible support is of great (C) 1969 N.Y. Times News Service significance in the development of CAMBRIDGE, MASS.-A rally the Duke Graduate School of of nearly 6,000 Harvard students Business Administration. Our voted narrowly yesterday for a program is designed to contribute three-day continuation of a strike (Continued on page 5). that was launched last week to protest the use of police against radical students who had seized a building. Dispute is The students said that within those three days the University administration must inform the resolved hy student body on its response to a list of demands approved today. At the end of that time, the student body would decide what further DUERSC action it would take. By Gordon Stevenson The strike, which was approved Labor reporter last Thursday at a rally in Memorial A dispute arose just before Church following the police action, spring vacation between the was for three days—ending Employee Service Council and the yesterday. photo by Phillip Kridel Personnel Policy Committee over The three-day extension was Picture of contentment, or of oblivion; of puzzlement, or of interest? The answer is not important, for the scene having payroll checkoffs of (Continued from page 1) speaks beautifully for itself. employee organizational dues. The Duke University Employee Relations Supervisory Council (formerly DUERAC) met on March Costs hindering Med school blacks 21 and 22 to arbitrate the disagreement. Their decision ruled By Betsy Bittle Dr. Long spoke of an ad hoc committee now Senior years to get acclimated the in favor of the Personnel Policy Staff writer formed which is comprised of faculty members environment." Committee. "We have accepted a lot more Negroes than and students to look into the problem of black Dr. Long said a major problem is "to get The Service Council would have have accepted us," Dr. E. C. Long, Associate enrollment in the Med School. The committee Negro students who can meet the traditional liked to have had the University Dean for Undergraduate Medical Education said has come up with several ideas concerning the academic standards." He feels that special deduct contributions from the Friday in an interview concerned with the two main problems of recruitment and assistance ought to be offered to status of black students in the Medical School paychecks of those employees who academic aid for the underprivileged. underprivileged students. request it The money would have There are currently three black students One important idea is to draw the attention "One idea is for not only blacks, but all been used to establish operational enrolled in the Med School. This number of high school students to the career underprivileged students, to come to Duke the funds for the Non-Academic represents a minor percentage of those who opportunities in medicine. "The idea is that summer before their Freshman year to prepare Employees' Council. The were accepted. information teams will go to high.schools to them for college and make the transition to Administration, on the other hand, "One of the greatest problems we face is present the health professions as possible Med School easier. Special guidance and preferred not to do this. how to support black students financially," Dr. careers," Dr. Long said. counselling should also be available to these Long said. "I think it is cruel and immoral to Another recruitment idea, Dr. Long students." (Continued on page 4) encourage students to apply without giving continued, is for "members of the Duke Dr. Long emphasized the fact that there is thought to how they will be supported." Admissions Committee and medical students to little correlation between where a student goes "The average cost for one year for a Med visit Negro colleges and discuss medicine as a to Med School and where he goes to practice. Weather student is approximately $5,000 and Duke is career. There could also be conferences with "Just training more Negro doetors does not only able to give $1,700 from Government the Pre-Med advisors from black colleges to necessarily mean that there will be more 40 per cent chance of showers sources." Dr. Long said, "We would like to encourage them to get their good Pre-Med doctors for the ghettos." and mild today, high in 60's. provide more substantial scholarship aid " but students to apply to Duke." Tonight, 10 per cent chance of he emphasized the difficulty of this idea due to Another proposed idea explained by Dr. Dr. Suydam Osterhout, th& Assistant Dean showers and tow in 50's. the cut by 25 percent of next year's Long is the fellowship program. "Negroes could for Medical School Admissions, said that the Tomorrow, partly cloudy and government funds. come to Duke at the end of the Junior and (Continued on page 12) warmer, with high in 70's. Page Two The Duke Chronicle Tuesday, April 15, 1969 Girls of Angel Flight ( IIKOXK 1.1 By Peggy Payne of Angel Flight at the National Conclave in New Orleans. Here they Duke Chronicle Women's Editor compared notes with representatives from other schools and got ideas on Classified Advertising A band of heavenly hijackers or maybe stewardesses in what comes to uniforms and kinds of drill teams.
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