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1 Connecticut Daily Campus (A Sewing Storrs Since 1896 to VOL. CXVI NO. 71 STORRS, CONNECTICUT WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13. 1963 Change In Bus Faculties Object To Locating Service Proposed On New Farmington Campus i Hartford - (AP) — The faculties {eventually become a part of the Problem of attracting a faculty the discontinuation of bus serv- the establishment of service by a of three University of Connecticut •new center. ulation of an academic environ- ice by a Windham company, and Springfield, Massachusetts com- schools do not want to be located ment." Hearings are currently going Nursing Appointment pany. on the campus of the new medical- Danger of students and faculty on at the Public Utilities Com- Mr. Roderick Pepin, owner of In another development, the dental school in Farmington. I School of Nursing faculty has "losing identity" with the uni- mission in Hartford concerning Roddy's Bus Service Windham, This is the gist of three special versity. Connecticut, has filed petition urged President Babbidge to ap- reports sent to Dr. Homer D. Bab- point two leading members of the The risk of nursing "coming un- with the Public Utilities Commis- bidge, Uconn president, after der the control of another school sion for "permission to discon- studies by faculty representatives nursing profession to the Special Folk Song Club Advisory Committee, now made up and another profession." tinue the operation of regular of the Schools of Nursing, Phar- Faculty Regrets Site f route motor bus service in the of only doctors and dentists and macy and Physical Therapy. medical school deans. Moreover the minting; school re- To Stage Hoot' town of Windham and Mansfield The three schools, linked to both port also pointed out that tin Recommended for appointment and the city of Willimantie. over the medical and dental professions, "entire faculty regretted that MM Tonight the Folk Song Club of routes between Windham Center have undergraduate student bodies are Mrs. Carolyn Widmer. dean of selected site . was not on the the University of Connecticut will j and Willimantie and between totaling nearly 1,000, and last June the Nursing School, and Miss Ag- Storrs campus with it- obvious once again, present a "Hoof in j Willimantie and the University turned out 180 graduates. nes Ohlson, state nursing ex- advantages." the Lobby of the Student Union of Connecticut at Storrs." 'Para-medical' Schools aminer. The report did say that the new building. The Folk Club plans | Mrs. Roderick Pepin. wife of If the advice of these faculty In its report, the School of medical center's clinical facilities to conduct similar hoots approx- the proprietor of the line, said groups is accepted by the special Nursing (349 students, 54 gradu- imately once a month for the re- j might be selected for some post- that the reason for the discon- Professional Advisory Committee ates) outlined four "disadvant- graduate education, although "the Diainder of the school year. tinuence was that the line was for the new school and the Uconn ages" of housing the entire school As an additional attraction, we ' distance factor will again prove currently a "financial burden." board of trustees, it would go coun- ' within the medical center. They :to be an inconvenience." Tnay have some of the members Mi's. Pepin said that in the last ter to the assumptions held by are: Of the Folk Club from Trinity Col- ' few years business has been many of the members of the gov- Difficulty of recruiting students Disadvantages lege in Hartford at the perform-! steadily declining. "Comparing ernor's commission selecting the . "who want a high-level type of col- Disadvantages listed in the oth- ance tonight if the weather con-! 1962 with 1961, there has been medical-dental complex site, that i legiate program." er two reports included the fol- dilions are suitable. a drop in passengers as much as such "para-medical" schools would that desires and needs "the stim- lowing: The primary purpose in sched- 40 a month" she said. School of Pharmacy (360 stu- uling these hoots, is to provide I dents, 31 graduates"; loss of "ex- both an opportunity for Folk' Also under consideration at Hartford is a petition to start a cellent, existing physical facilities'* flub members to perform before School Of Engineering To at Storrs; interruption of gradu- en audience, and an equal oppor-| bus service in the Storrs, Willi- : mantie by the Blue Line Bus ate and research programs and tunity for the student body to delays in them of 5-10 years: loss participate in a Folk Club activity, j Company of Springfield, Mass- Examine Drop-out Problem achsetts. off many "essential sup[x>rling Beyond its entertainment values, j The School of Engineering Is I major problem is that entering areas of study not associated with such hoots as the one to be pre- Mr. Antonio Pajer. proprietor of the company said that he felt embarking on a new program to] students have "no clear perspec- medicul and dental programs"; sented tonight, will afford inter- re-evaluate and aid the problems • tive of what engineering is all lack of general education electives Kited students an opportunity to that the new service, if approved, will greatly improve the service experienced by students in the about," since no actual courses in required of the five-year pharma- talk tor sing) with Folk Olub school. The number of seniors) engineering are given until the cy program. nembers and to determine exact- which is currently being given to the University of Connecticut. graduating is considerably less junior year and students may la- Physical Therapy i348 students, t what the organization offers. than the number of freshmen en-j ter feel that the demands in Student's Impression* Besides the bus service to Willi- 42 graduates: tering. This is cause for concern; mathematics and science are too The existing four-year bachelor In the past, the impression mantie. Mr. Pajer said that plans to both the school and the sHudent; rigid and may not have previous- onong some of the students seems are also being made So that serv- and graduate programs should re- that make it up. Said Dean Ar-, ly recognized their own ambi- main tied together at Storrs: the o have been that Uconns Folk ice will be extended to New Lon- thur Bronwell, "We are going in tions. ulub was a fairly exclusive or- don. Connecticut, and Springfiela. immature physical therapy stu- with a program to substantially | Students in a technological col- dents would not fit in well with ganization, composed of people Massachusetts. Pajer said that reduce this," and to see what can lege, when contrasted with a uni- possessing above-average talents. he sees no reason why, at this be done to "improve survival" in versity such as Uconn. are much more mature medical-dental stu- Nothing could be further from moment, the Commission would this area. A study of the reasons more likely to stay in engineering dents: the shift to Farmington the truth, for among our mem- not approve the proposed chang» for drop-outs and flunks has without transferring. If special- would mean loss of professional bers are students whose musical Pajer also said that if the com- been underway since last fall, j ized engineering courses were of- stature of physical therapy "as an proficiencies cover tlie spectrum mission were to approve the Interviews with students who, fered earlier in the program, independent profession;" lesson Erom "beginner" to "highly com- change, the new program would have an 18 or better QPR but there would be a better chance for identity with Uconn; need for petant amateur." We are just- go into effect by the end of who drop out or transfer to an- clear understanding of the goals working closely with other depart- ifiably proud too, that such past Maroh. other school has shown that a (Continued on Pag* 5 col. 4-5) | ments now at Storrs. members as Tom Paley, founder Of tne Club, and Judy Collins, IWife of our faculty counselor, are 3-in-l Concert: now active professional singers. Horn Paley now performs with the highly successful "New Lost Chris Barber City Ramblers," while Judy has managed to establish herself Appearing at the "three-inone** among the upper echelon of the Winter Skol Jazz Concert on Son- professional "J o 1 k fraternity," day afternoon along with Ahmad having had encouraging engage- Jamal and the Clancy Brothers ment at such folk centers as New and Tommy Makem are the Chris York's "BBitter End," and just Barber Jazz Band. It is a hand recently singing on the T.V. Spe- that lias drawn unstinted praise cial, 'Dinner With The Presi- from two such diverse characters dent." as Louis Armstrong and Wilson of Workshops die New York Times. Along with the hoots and reg- Chris Barber's Jazz Band has Ulai metings planned for the sec- been consistently voted "Best Jazs ond semester, the Folk Club will Band in the World" throughout occasionally hold workshop the Continent of Europe. It has groups at, as yet, undetermined record sales extending from Prague intervals. A workshop is actually and Tokyo to Melbourne. Australia. ■ teaching period, during which From London, the band first one of tlie more experienced gained notice in America, appear- members of the Club instructs ing at the Monterey Jazz Festival Other members in a particular and at the Hollywood Bowl The etyle of singing and playing, oc- band's records have outsold tlvvs« casionally answering questions of any other jazz band as yet. ond spending some time with each From their gold discs of ''♦Petite Individual to check on their ac- Fleur" and "Rock Island Line" to complishments.