To Be Voted on by BHE; BA Division Is on Agendo a Proposal to 4Iyide the Uptown Ana Downtown
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I "Ikkty-Jwo Years of Responsible Freedom'' Bernard M. Barvch School of Basinets £ Pubfic Administration Vol. Lll, No. 16 Tuesday, May 18, 1965 A Free Press ics Split To Be Voted On By BHE; BA Division Is On Agendo A proposal to 4iyide the Uptown ana Downtown. Economics Department into two [separate units, will be considered by the Board of Higher Education at its next meet- I ing. Also at the meeting, the-proposed division of trie Business Adrnrnistration Depart- Pic tared above is the recent debate on the lecture system. Dean Saxe j ment is scheduled co be voted ^ bas announced tire formation of a committee to study student demands ! on. for limiting lecture expansion. I »<><:h items were on the ageada j fair last nhjch_t.!»__J»eeting; however, it was postponed yesterday af ternoon. -- Cdik mi tie els formed f he present Downtown Econo- '; mies Department, will become an jf^^brnj ' autonomous unit and will be called To Sfu ^^ ! the Economics and Finance Denart^ Associate Bean of Students David Newton was asked by ment. TW.M y-TvigLnii^l SftVP to chair a special faculty SUb-CQJBamittee ; The Business Aamimstration De- tO Study Student CourTcir^ "Homarwi'demand " mrvri/Yn^Tuasjgf>rmotion passedi Varliptearlier4 :I wiUuenpaiuiiunt t will be divided into d»-t this semester. * partments of Management, Mar keting, anrl Statistics. The committee will concentrate An evaluation of t'ru- department Dean Kmanuel Saxe explained- on the two sections" which dealt is made by qualified persons in the that the. changes in both case* with lecture expansion and curricn- . form of outside committees; such were needed to ease the burden of as the "New Ylyrk State Department 1 u m evaluation. administration. Professor Joan Gadol (Sub- of Education and the Middle States Dr. Gustxve G. Rosenberg chair., _Hisl..), who .~Tavore« 3 the Conference. The- Economics Department* ac- ( Economics Department Chairman BHE Chairman {'cording to the 19&4-6» curriculum _c.omzn^ttee^_JaP_t_(g,d_ that next year He adderj.^m independent «»»»U»»-~l-handbook, offerg fifty-one course* Pro/easor Jd^JWin^Oe jT^a^^jiaitment before attaining tha will be one of "self-criticism and tion by a committee from the stu- .and employs forty instructors, Bus. AdliTin.) note'd that he wH3- chairmanshij? TnTt s'rVringT " evaluation" at the School. This dent body would be too subjective, twenty-six of which teach only in probably head the new Marketing The professor expressed the self-criticism, stated Professor Ga- He noted, for example." that the '^ Evening: Session, Department. He was supervisor of view that the split would alleviate^ -dol. will certainly satisfy the spirit fact that, an instructor is tool the retailing specialization within some of the current administrative —r»f thf. ^hiHpnt ^ounfil motion Thi-; Dean Saxe noted that the Busi- the Business -Administration De- "I'oujfir' or the—bas' ""L" * '-l n—o i ness Administration Department is difficulties. will in turn spurn a healthy rela- reason for having poor opinion ;;hle larjreslarjrestt irin' ththe e School when —tion.-jhip between the students and_ "oT hi in: : faculty at this SchooL ,_ both the Day ajid Evening Session One part of the C'ounri motion Commenting on the lecture sys- courses are considered. The depSTrt-' SC Wants Freshmen called for .1 student-faculty cvr.lv.a- • tern; Prof. Seitelman noted some &f 1 "^P*- -sow <&jeis 161 course/ ajjd tion of every course and instructor. " the adva^geTwWb are available-'* ^'"l"^* -1- !«*> instructors, -tg» --U ; am Professor Nathan Seitelman with teaching used in this method which teach only in the Evening (Chair., Acct.), criticizing this in conjunction with recitation class- Session. By MARC BERMAN se-ction, stated that students jare estfw.^rtw**--! _ Marketing and management, the Student Council unanimously passed a resolution Thurs unqualified for this activity, and day stating that it.fe.lt entering; freshman should continue to j dean noted, are "jiormally divided, he permitted to participate in thje.co-curricul&r program dur- that it is already being carried, He said that the student can re and we thoujrht that statistics out in the Accounting Department ceive the opinions and see the pre ing their first semester in thes> should also be a separate depart School. as in all the departments in the sentations of two instructors simul ment." He noted that the new Sta School. taneously. This is more beneficial tistics Department will probatly The declaration came after Coun- Professor Seitelman noted that a than a. single opinion. The lecture consist of business statistics | cil defeated a motion proposed by cornrnittee exists in his department system provides for a placr whore courses <ru)W m the Business Ad President Fred Schwartz to ban charged witli—the iespunsi'..llii.j,—-rf a uniform exam and grading tan" ministration Department) and eco entering freshmen from all co-cur- making class visitations and re dards can be maintained. No stu- nomic statistics (now in the ricurar activities including tra-tern- porting on. them. ( Continued on Page 6) Economics Department). ities and house plan§. ~~ The Department of Student Life 4*—n,im»nth' r»r>Tv«;ido-rinp a Fresh- CUNY Lowers Admission Average; man Orientation Program exclud ing freshmen from membership in - any student organization. Itea Major Master Ptan Goal The Council resolution .-declared Next September, the City linversity ol New i ork will achieve the goal which ttre" 'thnt such action wtTul-d seriously Board of Higher Education set for it in its Master Plan — that of providing college op hurt the co-curricula_r program. portunity in at least one of its senior colleges.for" qualified high school_graduates • wftfe. Speaking for his vjnotion, Mr. an average of eighty-two ori_^ -..--__ _-__-_-—--.-. Schwartz noted that the ban would help build a stronger eo-ewricar, above. , ' - . : about 15,000 applicant: with the University vrill -• • • _ -.-^ -r expectation that of these, fo«©w- - Bfovid« day session places' fox j program by forcing the clubs The Chancellor of the City Lm- inff the normal. experience with 16,500, hot quite" half of the num-j plan more activities open to the versity, Dr. Albert H- Buwker-an multiple applications the nation Jber of applicants. About 8,000 of j entire student .body, which would H; h wuueed to the Board of^ S -, over> about 10,500 will actually. eiiT , the 35^)00 applications were from j attract the entering: freshmen. Student Council discusses motion er Education that approximately • r<>11 .Q fche da%r ses5ions of the] students who did not have the j Speaking for the resolution which to ban freshmen- from co-currica. $5,000 applications for September . ^^ colleges." The comparable | qualifications for the college fori followed the defeat of the motion, admission to the four-year a-nd 'figures for the community colleges t which, they applied. Some 3,000 (^Andrew Radding '65 stated. "Colin- existence would, in his opinion, be destroyed. These clubs^. he said, two-year units of the University-, erf. the University, embracing both more of the applications *ere in- j cil should take a definite stand include the Young Democrats, had been received. ; tne transfer and career programs, complete or were received long i against what may be Student Life's Young Republicans, .and several ; show that some 6,000 day students after the last possible date on ; course of action." He noted that smaH - fraternities. "The senior colleges," Dr. Bowr of tne 9,000 to whom places have which they could- have been pro-' many clubs which depend on low- ker said, "have offered places to been- offered will enroll.** ces'sed. ei freshman participation for their (Continued, on Page 6) ' 1 -3HE T4CK« Tuesday, May 18, 1965 Page Four 3£m<m%3&m*« building-, one can get the other half. It is ^msm*^*:^ ^ra^ -•:*! •7*tr-hm fan ttHspoxm /iit*w* the Student Center where one learns how to work with others, ho-vv to accomplish a task, and how to wield executive authority. "Thirty-One" All these-things are quite important to all !Elj» <Eit£ (Eallrgr of Nmi fork of us, and too many of uj^never take advan tage of them. ^Lj By STEVEN EAGLE 17 llexington Aven««, New York In the past weeks I have had many things AL 4-8384 to say about apathy in our School. Through The term "thirty-one'* doesn't exist In journalism. ''Twenty-nine*' OUt^ne^term Thave aCcTseiTVtudents, facui-;means "more to come.". Thirty'- means -the end." There i£ nothing: Vol. Lit, No. 16 Tuesday, May 18, 1965 tv, and the administration of being apathe^! left after -the end." is there? v tic I now offer my apologies. I * "wrote my "thirty" column a year afro, after serving a Kt-m«.-ter Joel Feldman '65 1 Editor-in-Chief Last week, ateach-in Sponsored by THEl as editor-in-chief of THE TIOKfcR. Wh'rn I wrote it. I said"jroo.l -Lye" TICKER, the Reporter,. and the Day and J to the paper, but" not to City College. I knew that I would haTP-onc Evening Session Student Councils, was heidjmore year as a student before being: graduated, and thoujrfit that I in OUr_auditorium. The response, from facul- , would wait for the end of my college career before saying: my farewells. —30-- tjf, adrilinistration and students was great J That timers here. i_ am Je^vmjr. It_J^n^j o_ji3x.JiaiUH3ie-jiiiixJ-xo Thirtv. in newspaper ta]k,meansjhe end. : an<j I mUCt conclude—that the—majoi it> ~ T)f j wtffi ~hT7xed "emotions. On one hand. I am anxious to £o on.