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Utah State University DigitalCommons@USU The Utah Statesman Students 1-11-1971 Student Life, January 11, 1971, Vol. 68, No. 35 Utah State University Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/newspapers Recommended Citation Utah State University, "Student Life, January 11, 1971, Vol. 68, No. 35" (1971). The Utah Statesman. 1394. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/newspapers/1394 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Students at DigitalCommons@USU. It has been accepted for inclusion in The Utah Statesman by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@USU. For more information, please contact [email protected]. t.... Concrete carpeted; f.1:1·f acoustics improved ~m·:~:11 Reporting : was built it was anticipated that s t u en t e Preston Pet erson Its primary use would be as a d basketball arena. With the in 'Lif e Writer creased use ot the center for Volume 68, Number 35 8 pages When the new Assembly Center other activities the question of acoustics becomes more Im portant. The USU assembly center suffers from the same problems that other arenas do. Because the immense size and the use of great amounts of concrete, the center doesn't have the acoustics of the fine arts center, but as arenas go the USU model has had few problems. Problems come when the choice is m ade between a basketball arena and a place that is suitable for many diffe rent occasions. At the Un iversity of Utah the choice was made in favor of aco ustics better suit ed for concerts rather than a basketball game. Ute basketball coach Jack Gard ner didn't like the choice. In the old Unive rsity of Utah fieldhouse the noise of the crowd would shake the roof. In the new 'U " are na crowd noise is at a lower level even though there ar e an additional 10,000 fans . For other university functions the arena has good acoustics. In an attempt to improve the acoustics of the USU are na ca rp eting has been installed on the conco ur se area and the audio system has been suspe nded from the center of the ce iling . The first real test of the center acoustics will come when the center houses its first musical event. ....._.,.,r-eo.~, CARPET I_NSTALLED - In an attempt to cut noise, carpet sembly center. During the weekend the carpet was tested has been installed on the concourse area of the USU as- for acoustical effectiveness . Carpenters cancel show The Carpenters , who were sc hed uled for a concert on March Surplus? Not in this field 5, will not be com ing to Logan. The singin g group also cancelled a concert by BYU that same week. Th e Carpenters' agent told cultural vice-pres ident, Doug Reporting: Opportunities are much greater for positions in post Thomp son, in a telephone con high school vocational education than in the public versation last week that the Nanette Larsen school education. group would not accept any 'Life Writer s inging engage m ents during According to Dr. Ivarie , a person with a Master's March. Degr~e and some work experience usually will receive a In November , the Carpenters ' Everyone talks about teacher surpluses . Students starting salary of $7500 for nine months in a junior age nt ver ball y confirmed by seeking teaching jobs complain that in some school college or technical school. Starting salaries may even phone that the group would make districts there are 200 applicants for every job opening. go as high as $12,000. an appear ance at USU . At that But there is one field which does not have a teacher tim e a written contract was surplus. That is vocational education. There is a large suppo sed to be sent immediately demand for vocational teachers all over the United Vocational opportunities are open to those who are to USU by the singing group. States. U.S. Office of Education estimates that the ~ling to move_from Cache_Valley , and possibly Utah, Additional Money Requested nation needs 15,000more vocational teachers today and said Dr. Ivarie. Many Jobs for post-high school that this figure could rise to 75,000by 1975. education lie in the big population centers of the United The agent ca lled again in States. For public school vocational education many of Dece mber, asking that the the opportunities are waiting in the remote rural areas . guarantee for the concert be Included Fields Increased by $1000, which was mutually agreed to. There was Vocational education includes such fields as office No Discrimination another verbal confirmation that education, distributive education , industrial and the Carpenters would definitely There are many opportunities for both men and be app earing in concert on March technical education, agricultural education and 5. homemaking education. Utah State can pr'epare women in vocational education . There is growing When the contract had sti ll not students for careers in all of these fields. demand for women in distributive education. arrived in January, Thompson . The ~eatest OP{>Ortunitiesin the vocational fields lie Dr. Ivarie pointed out that the number of students phoned the agent, receiving the m office education, and industrial and technical transferring to business education has doubled recently negative answer stated above . as education majors are becoming aware of the teache; Thompson , upset by the education, according to Dr. Ted Ivarie, head of the Car.penters undependabllity, usiness Education department. Many jobs concern surplus in other areas . said, "A verba l confir mation Is orking with the disadvantaged and handicapped alm ost always as binding as a written contract. For example , le. Federal government is advocating vocational the un ive r sity did not even Dr. Ivarie says that there are generally two levels education strongly. 1963 Vocational Education Act received a written contract from where vocational teachers are needed - public schools provided over 200 million dollars in aid to this field. the rock group , Sugar Loaf , until and post-hi2h school such as junior colleges and afte r they had appeare d in Amendments to the Act (1968) will ultimately provid concert." technical sdiools . 500 million dollars more in aid. Thompson is presently con tacting several groups to find a replacement for the Carpenters. Page2 January 11, 1971 Educational administration change THE ~.~.e.9..~i 1 OWL educatiorial administration Y.~.9.at flexibility designed?~.!.9 to individual Lakeview, ~~. Ore.,J?.!~ has worked with.~ Thailand.~!:~ noted that whereas~~ few . Utah State now plan and carry goals." the old and new programs. "The women i~ the U.S. become high• out their own degree programs , Dr. James A. Jacobson, new program makes me more level administrators, the Snooker fitting them to the varying assistant professor in the aware of what I want; it changed channels are open to women in educational or job requirements department who recently what I thouaht I wanted and Thailand to move upward. "I they have as school ad• received his doctorate . there, made me see a clearer course ," want to develop the education p I minlstrators or teachers . worke~ out pro~ram details and he said. "With counseling, we program in my country and can 00 Dr. Charles 0 . Ryan, head of wrote its description. explore the fields we think we make use of the basic educational department of Educational ' 'It is in effect after well over a should. We make more decisions. administration curriculum here Administration , says the new year of serious dialogue and If we can't choose for ourselves and complement that with Suds Ed .D. program was inaugurated reflection following informal and this late in the game, no one courses from outside the this fall . formal discussions amon~ can," Bates said in favor of the department. " " This is a departure from the members - students and staff, changeover. previous lock-step program to he explained. Candidates Agree Herb Horiuchi, Kohala, one which emphasizes individual Paul King, who completed his 11 tables Two candidates are rrom Hawaii, likes the program needs, progress assessment and course work before the !'ew becuase "It ls putting its money creative programs," Ryan ex- program became effective, outside the continental United States and agree that the needs of where its mouth is. Education draught 15c plains. observed the changeover. has been talking in Emphasizing participation and "Matching educatio?. to the an administrator in the U.S. and one from elsewhere vary dividualization for years and feedback from both doctoral individual Is the spec1f1c purpose USU is actually doing." students and graduates , he points of this program . I think the drastically. 38 West Center out , the new program fits better professors are striving t~ make the department's goal "to train the uniqueness come out m each competent top level school ad- of us," he said. He praised t_he minlstrators for public school program further for the m• service" in today's and formality allowed by the ad - tomorrow ' s worlds. ministration. "Everyone is on a Major Differences first-name basis. It makes it The new program has some much easier to work with them ," major differences from the he said. A First Security Bank earlier one. For example the core More Work of required classes is now 18 "The new program puts the CHECKING ACCOUNT gives you quarter hours , instead of the load on us, " said Roy Strawser, a previous 5-4. candidate on leave from an ad Each graduate student picks mlnistra tive position in his own evaluation process. This Hagerman , Ida . "It means more could mean discarding work for us and for the depart traditional comprehensive ment - they must spend a great examinations.