nfi William Rainey Harper Gollege

NEWSTETTER lilJ 359-4200 Algonquin and Roselle Roads palatine, lllinois 60067

Volume 5, Number 2 July l, 1970 Annual Message to Faculty President lo nqme plqnning leqm

In the presidentrs annual spring message picture and welfare of the institution, to the faculty on May 27, Dr. Robert E. Dr. Lahti called for the creation of a Lahti addressed his remarks to the cross-institutional planning team. institutionrs self-analysis: where Harper The is going, and what team's responsiblity will be to it is doing to arrive synthesize and at that point of maturity where internal analyze data and ideas controls, financial stability, necessary for making long-range plans and self- and recommendations to the president, healing processes are applied to the and institution. ultimately to the board of trustees, for the development and growth of the college. Areas for self-analysis pointed out by Dr. Lahti include Harperrs efficiency in 'rThis planning group of teaching and admini- causing students to learn, curriculum strative faculty, students, and classified expansion, and teacher-student ratio, staff, and perhaps some outside resources, will be led by Dr. John Lucas, whose emphasizing that the rrfinal goal of any studentts education specialty is planning and development,tl should be the capacity Dr. Lahti announced. rrl to learn without the teacher, continue expect this to committee should be served his intellectual life on his own initiative by the most and r.rith his own resources.tt objective, enthusiastic talent of the Harper College facultyrrt he said. Stating that the youthful Harper needs a critical mass It is anticipated that the planning team of its own human resources will be operational who are interested in the long-range in rhe fall of. L970.

Flog issue deseryes finol word

Citizens of the Harper CoLlege District diction over raising and lowering of have been exposed to numerous press campus state and national f1ags, accounts of recent events at the college which have been variously ttriot.rt labeled "flag Group of students lower campus flags controversyrr and public response .unilaterally. Six students involved to these reports have ranged from compli- are informed that they are in violation mentary to condemnatory. of college regulations. They are asked to restore flags to top of poles. They The college believes that the following refuse and are asked to surrender their sequential description of these events identification cards, which they do. provides a straightfor:ward account. A11 students in area of the flagpoles Mpy 0 - Student Senate president requests are informed that a formal request campus that American Flag be flown half- through the Student Senate would be masL as a memorial for students slain at considered by the administration Kent in State University. connection with disposition of canpus f1ags. Board attorney advises vice president of student affairs that trustees have juris- Nlay 7 - Student Senate receives petitions containing 1r831 signatures. 1,600 signators request flags be lowered through College follows sound May 14. Student Senate endorses petition and obtains Facul-ty Senate co-endorsement. Student, faculty and adrninistrative rePre- philosophy in decisiop. sentatives meet and agree to lowering flags until sundown on May 9. A gratifying outcome of the ttfl-ag issuerr at Harper was the interest shown in the Flags are lowered to hal-f-mast. col1-ege by citizens of the district. Tel-ephone cal1s, visits to the campus, May 8 - Memorial service heLd by students. public statements at Board meetings, Most speakers express dissatisfaction over letters, and statements to the press by compromise to have fLags at half-mast concerned citizens and groups have alt through May 9 rather than MaY 14, as indicated an increasing awareness of the pet itioned. coLlege Ermong members of the community. May 9 - Board of Trustees hol-ds speciaL meeting and passes resolution to fly Co1-lege officials and Board members were I campus American Flag at half-mast until general-l-y pleased with the motivations dusk on May 14. of those who offered suggestions, crit- May 11 - Security officers discover that icisms, and compliments. While the halyards on both campus flag poles have speeific recommendations of some may been sl-ashed and removed over the weekend. not have been reflected in the final decision of the ttflag issuertt the Flag halyards replaced and flags again Board and administration did resoLve a flown by nid-afternoon, potential crisis without, straying from Mav l-5 - Four of six students who surren- llarperrs phil-osophy which formed the der identification on May 6 are disci- basis for the college when it was es- pLined. Charged with unla,rful lowering tablished by voter referendum in 1965. of caurpus fLags and failure to comply with lawful instructions of college Harper College has a commitment to pro- official-s, one of the students is placed vide an outstanding program of higher on probation. The other three are given education to the community it serves. probationary warnings. Extenuating To this end, it aLso has a commitment circumstances recognized by college to the great tradition of higher officials incLuded observations that education in a free society -- the open students did not threaten or engage in expression of aLl views rel-ating to al-l violence,and at no time did they handle the flags in a disrespectful manner. l{ay 20 - A fifth student who surrendered Harper College NEWSLETTER identification on May 6 is given pro- Published monthLy for citizens of Harper !ationarv warning. College District ll5L2 by the Community l(ay 26 - The sixth, and final-, student Relations Office of invoLved in disciplinary viol-ations Robert E. Lahti May 6 is given probationary warning. President ResuLts of events, May 6 through 26: Board of Trustees Damage to canpus - Approximately $200 Janes J. Hamill, Pa1-atine for puchase and installation of new Chairman flag halyards. Damage caused by person Jessalyn M. Nicklas Lawrence R. Moats or persons unknown. Inverness Arlington Heights Vice Chairman SecretarY None. Arrests - John A. Ilaas Richard L. Johnson Prospect }leights Arlington lleights Physical injuTies - None. Milton C. Hansen JosePh C. Morton Interruotion of college calendar - none. Palatine Arlington Heights Board meets second and fourth Thursdays Pt+blic opinion of college - divided. of each month at 8 p.m. issues, both great and small. It is evident that the expression of this Mt. Prospect, Arlington Heights freedom at Harper has been free from iqresponsible protest, coercion, and lead in number of grads 5 lence. The May 9 decision by the Board of Trust- Harper hel-d its first conmencement on ees refLected Harperrs continuing com- the new campus, and the second in its mitment to free expression and the history, on Friday afternoon, June 5. preservation of rational judgment in The graduating class numbered 270 the conduct of the affairs of the students. co 1 Lege. Dental Hygiene program Degrees ar.rarded to the class of 1970 included 116 associaLes in arts, 58 associates in science, and 64 associates gets pat on the back in applied science. Certificates were awarded to 32 students. The class included 147 men and 123 rtomen. 'Harperrs Dental Hygiene progr€rm got a pat on the back from area dentists. Keynote speaker for the ceremonies was Members of the Northwest Dental Study Nicholas Il. Holt, ordained Episcopal Club praised the progr;rm in an official priest and associate director of the resolution sent to Harper president Chicago Center for Urban Projects, Inc. Dr. Robert E. Lahti. The study club Its best known program, called "Urban functions as a continuing education FelLowsrtt gives business executives, on group for the dental profession loca1ly. leaves of absence from their companies, first-hand insight into social problems The resolution noted that Harperrs which their organizations can help to first class of dentaL hygienists a1 leviate. -raduated this spring after every class Mt. Prospect leads the class with 40 grad- hber had passed the national board uates, followed by Arlington Heights with examina-tions. 33, Des Plaines with 31, and ELk Grove Vi1lage, Hoffman Estates and Rolling The resolution commended the college Meadows vrith 17 each. for having itthe foresight to see the need for a dental hygiene schoolrrt Counseling Crnter accredited as for hiring rrcompetent personnelr" and for the rrproficiencyrr of its first graduates. Harpersr hygienists gain ex- "professiona I ly competent" perience in the collegers fully-equipped, 16-chair clinic which has the capacity to The college announced on May 14 that serve up to 51500 patients annually. its Counseling Center has been accredited by the American Board on Counseling The study club resolution praised college Services, Inc. Dr. Guerin Fischer, trustees and the administration for Ilarperts dean of guidance, said that helping fill the need for competent although many community colleges have dental hygienists in the northwest sought accreditation, Harper is only suburban area. the third two-year colLege to have its counseling services given the stamp of The club resolution was signed by Dr. approval by the American Board. Robert C. Coberley of Arlington Heights, secretary of the dental study group. rrlts approvaL means that Harperrs Counseling Center is rprofessionally Other officers of the study group competentt to perform the three major include Dr. Frank Psota of Arlington functions expected of a counseling ;ights, president; Dr. Henry Chakoian center -- namely, counseling relating uf Mt. Prospect, treasurer; Dr. John to the educational process, advising on Drazba of Palatine, vice president, occupations and careers, and assisting and Dr. Ronald Smith of Arlington individuals in dealing with personal Heights, program chairman. concernsrtt Dr. Fischer said. the program with five other trustees Trustees do homework from midwest colleges and universities in examining the topics of rrManagement /-- of AGB conference on and Collective Bargaining on the Campusrr and rrTenure and Teacher monogemerrl, lenure E ffectivenes s.tt NBC's Sander Vanocur here for A11 seven members of Harperrs Board of July 15 talk on government Trustees participated in a June 25-26 midwest regional conference of the Association of Governing Boards (AGB) Highlighting summer acrivities will be of Universities and Colleges held the July 16 appearance of Sander Vanocur at Arlington Park Towers. at 8 p.m. in the College Center Lounge. Vanocur, well-known NBC-TV news analyst and familiar face on AGB is the on1-y major organization rrFirst NBC-TV!s news American magazine, Tuesdayrn will speak on within higher education rrVanocurrs concerned primarily with the problems the topic, La\nr -- A1 1 Govern- and responsibilities of trusteeship. ments Lie.rr Admission charge for the public g1.00 The Harper Board was admitted to AGB is $2.00 for adulrs and membership early in 1969, and at that for students. time was one of two conununity colLege On July 24, the folk-rock group, r'Bandanna,r' boards belonging to the association. will present a concert in the College Nationally, AGB membership repre- Center Lounge at 8 p.m. The six-member sents more than 260 higher education group will demonstrate a unique governing sound, boards. combining fo1k, rock, contemporary blues and a bit of humor to satisfy everyonetr Harper Board member Riehard L. taste. Admission charge for the public Johnson of Arlington Heights was a is $2.00. program participant during the June AGB conference. Johnson was recently Ilarper students and staff will be admitted named to the AGB executive conunittee. free upon presentation of their ID cards. At the regional conference, he shared

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