The Nashville University Center: Report of the Executive Director, 1972-73

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TITLE The Nashville University Center: Report of the Executive Director, 1972-73. INSTITUTION Nashville Univ. Center, Tenn. PUB DATE 1 Sep 73 NOTE 43p. AVAILABLE FROM Nashville University Center, Box 890, Fisk University, Nashville, Tennessee ($1.00)

EDRS PRICE MF-$01.65 HC-$3.29 DESCRIPTORS *Annual Reports; Arts Centers; *Educational Finance; *Higher education; *Interinstitutional Cooperation; *Program Descriptions IDENTIFIERS *Nashville University Center

ABSTRACT This document presents the report of the Executive Director of the Nashville University Center (NUC) for the academic year 1972-1973. Following an overview of the Nashville University Center in 1972-73, emphasis is placed on fine arts in the Center, the fine arts festival, library cooperation in the Center, cross-registration, departmental communication and cooperation, international programs and affairs, the State Department Consortium Program, the calendar of the NUC, linguistics, interuniversity transportation, students, the Fisk/Vanderbilt dual degree program in Science and Engineering, cable television, a women's studies program, the interuniversity psychology Consortium, joint purchasing and warehousing, planning and management systems, and the financial statement of the NUC and NUC committee membership. (MJM)

NASHVILLE UNIVERSITY CENTER COUNCIL 1972-73 MEMBERSHIP

FISK UNIVERSITY James R. Lawson** Rutherford H. Adkins* Tandy Tollerson III Theodore R. Sykes Marvin Wyche Jeffrey Caffee

MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE Lloyd C. Elam Ralph J. Cazort* Charles W. Johnson Salil K. Das Mahlon Cannon James Murphy

GEORGE PEABODY COLLEGE FOR TEACHERS John M. Claunch C. B. Hunt, Jr.* William W. Force Charles H. Ball Robert P. Thomson Dorothy L. Durham Norman Allard

SCARRITT COLLEGE FOR CHRISTIAN WORKERS Gerald H. Anderson Ralph W. Decker* James I. Warren Randy Dillard

VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY Alexander Heard*** Nicholas Hobbs* Randolph Batson John E. Chapman F. Hamilton Hazlehurst Howard L. Hartman Forrestt A. Miller Paul Gazzerro, Jr. William R. Riddle Timothy K. Mariani Karen Stall

* Executive Committee Members ** Chairman of Council 1972-73 *** Chairman of Council 1973-74 FISK MEHARRY PEABODY SCARRITT VANDERBILT

TO THE COUNCIL OF THE NASHVILLE UNIVERSITY CENTER:

I am pleased to present to you this Report of the Executive Director for the academic year 1972-73 in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution of the Nashville University Center. It has been a gratifying experience to be your executive officer during this past year, and I look forward to another year of challenge and accomplishment. I hope you will call on me often individually and as a Council when through cooperative effort we can work together to fulfill our highest aspirations for ourselves and our institutions.

The Nashville University Center depends heavily on the many good people who chair and serve on its committees. Likewise this report owes much to these same people who were willing to put on paper their thoughts on the work of their committees. I must, however, take full responsibility for what appears herein, since I have remolded their work to fit into the overall scheme of the report.

Richard H. Morgan Executive Director

Office of the Executive Director Box 890, Fisk University Nashville, Tennessee September 1, 1973

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Introduction: An Overview of the Nashville University Center in 1972-73 3

The Fine Arts in the University Center 5

Fine Arts Festival II 6

Library Cooperation in the University Certer 9

Cross-registration 11

Departmental Communication and Cooperation 13

International Programs and Affairs 15

The State Department Consortium Program: The International Educational Exchange Project 17

The Nearly Common Calendar of the NUC 19

Linguistics 20

Inter-university Transportation 21

Students and the NUC 23

The Fisk/Vanderbilt Dual Degree Program in Science and Engineering 25

Cable Television 27

A Women's Studies Program 29

The Inter-university Psychology Consortium 31

Joint Purchasing and Warehousing 33

Planning and Management Systems 33

An Ear to the Ground 35

Financial Statement of the Nashville University Center, Fiscal Year 1972-73 38

NUC Committee Memberships 39 11

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INTRODUCTION: An Overview of the Nashville University Center in 1972-73

The 1972-73 academic year was the fourth year of the Nashville University Center as an organization. The organization was begun to conduct a massive study -- directed by my predecessor Dr. Nelson Fuson, guided by a Council representing the five NUC institutions, carried out by a large set of committees, and tutions. The initial expectations and enthu- funded by the Ford Foundation -- to inves- siasms were important to the effort, but tigate how the five member institutions their inevitable collision with reality had could cooperate to their mutual advantage. to be survived. We have done so and the During the years which have followed this future looks_ bright. large study many of the original committees have continued and they have proceed- Each of the sections which follow this ed to implement the recommendations one &stalls a substantial area of effort and which came out of the first year, and accomplishment in the work of the Nashville other recommendations made since, where University Center. By way of summarizing feasible.This past year the NUC began the accomplishments of the NUC to date, working under a formal Constitution and one can cite the following: was also able to employ a full-time director, and these two circumstances have no- - In the fine arts, an annual fine arts ticeably accelerated the pace with which festival, a Christmas concert, a catalogue the NUC could move forward. of fine arts offerings, a quarterly calendar of fine arts events, joint planning of future One senses, in reflecting on the recent resource development; past, that the overall trajectory of the NUC has been subject to two conflicting forces. - A continuing and expanding program First of all, there has been the impeding of cross-registration; force which arises with the wearing off of initial enthusiasms. More important, - A shuttle service among the cam - though, has been the force of a gradual, and puses, the use of which this year was 32% a gradually accelerating, accumulation of greater than the previous year; accomplishments and progress which establishes a solid base for optimism about - The development of a very active the future of the NUC as a vehicle for ex- Inter-university Psychology Consortium panding the cooperation among these insti- with a full-time coordinator; The launching of a major study of - Increased interaction among certain how to bring about the optimal amount of groups of counterpart departments; open library access throughout the Univer- sity Center, funded by the Council on - The extension of the intra-mural Library Resources; sports programs of Fisk and Vanderbilt to include each other in the competition; Joint planning of the academic calendar and a nearly common calendar; - Initiation of a dual degree program in science and engineering between Fisk - An inter-institutional linguistics and Vanderbilt. major; The amount of direct involvement by - A grant of $20, 000 from the State the NUC as an organization in the matters Department during the coming year to listed above, and in all of the complex fund various aspects of international ex- ways in which these five institutions interchange; relate; varies considerably.In any case, such accomplishments always depend on - A common type of identification the initiatives and commitment of individ- card across NUC institutions which iden- ual students, faculty members, and staff tifies a student as enrolled in an NUC in- people. This suggests that the more fun- stitution and the extension of these cards damental task of the NUC is to foster a to some groups of staff; climate of communication and cooperation among its five members. To put this - A limited exchange of listings of another way, the NUC seeks to increase events among the several campus ca- the extent to which each part of the schol- lendars; arly and educational community represented by these institutions perceives the - A program of shared purchasing and resources of the rest of the community as warehousing, begun on a limited basis but available to him to aid him in his own likely to expand rapidly; scholarly, educational, or personal growth and acts on that perception. The increase - Two recent letters on NUC concerns, of cross-registration and the developments one related to cable television, the other in the Inter-university Psychology Consor- to inter-university transportation, to city tium, cited above, are really more indica- officials jointly signed by the five NUC tive of this general (and, I should say, very chief executives; long term) trend within the 'University Cen- ter than of any specific action of the NUC. - A women's studies program started It should be quickly added that the poten- at one institution with participation planned tial for this kind of cooperation greatly for the other NUC institutions; exceeds what is already occurring in the University Center.

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THE FINE ARTS IN THE UNIVER- SITY CENTER

The fine arts continues to be the program area afforded the highest priority by the NUC. This is an area where the potential payoff for cooperation appears to be very great. For one thing, in almost every one of the fine arts areas there is an obvious need for improved physical facilities for performance and exhibition; it is to be a major priority of the NUC during felt that a joint attack on this problem the coming year.Hopefully, the Christmas would be useful.There is also a recogni- Concert will also continue. tion of continued mutual inter-dependencies based on certain natural complementarities Another aspect of the Work of the NUC among the institutions.Vanderbilt, for Fine Arts Committee is the fostering of example, could not begin to develop the information about opportunitiestudy quality already found in music at Peabody and participation in the arts n the Univer- and Fisk and therefore needs to find the sity Center. Two things w re done along most effective way or contributing to and this line during the past yIr.First of utilizing the resources already there. all, Vanderbilt University has continued to Finally, in many fine arts areas it is easy produce a quarterly calm dar of art events and natural to :.pink in terms of joint pec- in the University Center. We hope, of formatbles or exhibitions and much has course, that they will be yilling to continue been done along these lines. this.Secondly, the NUC Tice has updated and reprinted the cataloguef fine arts During the past year the fine arts de- programs and courses covelig 1973-75. partments of the University Center coop- erated in the presentation of a Christmas This past year has also been an impor- Concert and Fine Arts Festival II.A re- tant one for joint planning for the develop- port on this latter event appears in the ment of fine arts resources in the Universi- section which follows. Many of the pic- ty Center. Many efforts have been made to tures appearing in this report are from develop and refine proposals for the support the Christmas Concert and Fine Arts of fine arts programs.It has seemed to be Festival II.The Fine Arts Committee has productive to have meetings of the entire agreed to there being a Fine Arts Festival committee, representing all of the fine arts III next spring and a coordinator, Mr. disciplines, and meetings within the indi- Fred Ford, has been taken on to put the vidual disciplines (art, music, and drama). Festival together.Finding the funds io These several meetings during the year continue holding these festivals will have culminated in an extended meeting and

5 overnight stay at Montgomery Bell State Fine Arts Festival II Park in May. Following is the report of Prof. Gladys Forde on these planning efforts. During the week of February 25 - "The work of the Nashville University March 3 there occurred in the University Center Arts Committee has, for the most Center Fine Arts Festival II.During that part, been directed to in-depth exploration week various aspects of the fine arts in the of ways and means of intensifying coopera- University Center were displayed at their tion between the departments (Music, Art, best. The Black Mass Choir of Fisk Drama, and Dance) of the member schools. University sang at Benton Chapel at Van- Although no concrete plans or designs have derbilt; the combined choirs of Fisk, resulted from these discussions, they have Peabody, and Vanderbilt sang at the Fisk been open and productive. Among the many Chapel; the Fisk Jazz Ensemble (The Or- ideas discussed, the establishment of an chestrated Crowd) performed at the Hill Arts Academy for children, and the devel- Auditorium at Peabody; and Peabody stu- opment of a curriculum leading to the dents gave two chamber music concerts, Bachelor of Allied Arts degree were most to mention some of the musical fare.In favorably received by all members. a really fine demonstration of the possibilities of cooperation, the University "It should be noted that this interchange Center Orchestra (with a membership re- of information has made clear: that addi- presenting all of the NUC institutions) tional 'Mention should be given to a clari- under the direction of Thor Johnson pre- fication of the meaning and spirit of "coop- sented a concert at the Fisk Chapel which eration" in order that there be a uniform involved the Fisk University Choir and the philosophy to guide our efforts; that empha- Peabody-Vanderbilt Jazz Ensemble and sis should be placed on the humanistic and which premiered a composition by the late educational rather than economic benefits John W. Work III, a former Fisk faculty to be derived from cooperation and that while member. At the several art galleries at while cooperation is feasible, practical, Peabody, Vanderbilt, and Fisk there were and desirable, each entity insists that its joint exhibits of faculty, permanent collec- autonomy and separate identity be main- tion, and student art works. During the tained. week of the festival the internationally known dancer and teacher Richard Jones "The need for adequate physical facili- gave the third in a series of dance work- ties for all the arts in all the schools is of shops for anyone who wanted to participate. paramount concern. No solution to this Mr. Jones is an alumnus of Fisk Univer- problem has been discovered individually sity. or collectively." One particularly gratifying aspect of Fine Arts Festival II was that it provided the necessary support for the creation and

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performance of a work by Don Evans and Gil Trythall called "One Full Rotation of the Earth". The work was performed at Fisk and involved dancing by Fisk student, under the direction of Mabel Love. This aspect of the Festival was important both because by its nature it required so much cooperation and because it allowed the further development of this avant-garde form of art. To quote from a review of the evening by Clara Hieronymus in the Nashville Tennessean, "Some viewers sat 1. The Festivals are becoming in- in chairs at a slight remove from an in- creasingly cooperative.In comparison flated geodesic dome made of white para- to the first year there were more perfor- chute silk, while others crowded inside it. mancec by groups on campuses other than . . The shimmering dome became a their own f...nd there was more joint parti- mother-of-pearl screen upon which filmed cipation of groups from different institu- dancers moved, the stitched seams of the tions on the same program. Most impor- triangles emerging against the figures tantly, of course, some of the programs criss-crossed them in a Byzantine mosaic involved cooperative performances. This of ribbon bindings. Prisms of color is important because it is a step towards splintered the dome and glinted like con- the combining of resources which can make fett on the live dancers who encircled the a whole greater than any of the parts or str tcture and alternately became silhou- any mere adding together of the parts. ett3s to the audiences inside and outside the enclosure.. . One had the feeling 2.The novelty of presenting a coop- that he dreamed, not only in color but in erative festival of this k.ort is wearing off, sound, and that what he dreamed he and thus future festivals will have to stand dreamed in common with a gymful of on their own merits. One goal for the people who were no longer strangers.. future might be to develop the Festival into .. The evening was as mysterious as a major, late winter opportunity for the earth, as incantatory as prayer, as fas- best in performances and exhibits by the cinating as trying to fathom actuality, fine arts departments of the University which 'One Full Rotation of the Earth' Center. said is here for 'one brief moment, then disappears'. Or did it?" 3.To have good-sized audiences for these kinds of events requiresa lot of pub- By way of evaluating Fine Arts Festi- licity and effort. The groups whichper- val II, one can make the following obser- formed performed away from their usual vations: constituencies and interest groups on their own campuses. Thus, more than usual

7 efforts must be taken to insure an adequate festivals, in contrast, are an outward and audience. visible sign of the dynamic potential inherent in the NUC concept. Thus we, 4. More thought and work must go and anyone interested in seeing coopera- into finding a way in which the drama de- tion prosper among these institutions, have partments of the University Center can a selfish reason for hoping that these fes- participate in future festivals. The fact tivals continue. that they did not do so, in spite of the fact that they did individually almost all have 6. As was stated above, continuing performances around this time, was one these festivals beyond 1973-74 will involve of the major disappointments of this past finding a fairly modest amount of funds F estival. each year for that purpose and doing so must therefore be a high priority for NUC 5. From the perspective of the NUC activity during the coming year and years. as an organization it is important that these This past year the festival cost about Festivals continue. These festivals do not $7, 000.00; how much more or less than only serve as showcases for the fine arts this is available for a festival in a given departments themselves, they also serve year will help determine the type of effort as a showcase for the NUC as an organiza- that can be made. This is an area in tion.Most of what the NUC does, as which a little money well spent can accom- detailed in this report, is rather subtle plish a great deal; it is also true that with and lacking in pizzazz. The fine arts no money nothing will occur.

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LIBRARY COOPERATION IN THE UNIVERSITY CENTER

Probably the single most important activity of the Nashville University Center during this past year has been its work with the directors of the libraries of the University Center towards the end of launching a major study of how these libraries should be related to one ar.jther. Some time ago the presidents of Fisk and of Fisk and Meharry without straining Meharry inquired of the governing board beyond the breaking point the JUL's abil- of the Joint University Libraries (the ity to serve its present members. A libraries of Peabody, Scarritt, and Van- question for both is how much it should derbilt) about the feasibility of their li- cost to "buy into" collections which have braries becoming a part of the JUL been developing over so many decades. system. The JUL Executive Committee In spite of these difficult questions, the subsequently authorized the beginning of over-riding positive considerations remain discussions with Fisk and Meharry con- that everyone would gain by there being cerning this matter and related alterna- free access for everyone in this academic tives. The complexities inherent in these community to all libraries, and further- these questions quickly became obvious more, an expanded system would itself to all concerned and the need for an ob- be more visible and attractive to outside jective study of the matter was identified. resources. From the point of view of the From the Fisk and Meharry point of NUC, it is obvious that dev;eloping coop- view, one asks the question, given limited eration in this area is a majoi building resources for library support, how much bloeik in the overall structure of coopera- of these resources can be invested in the tion among these institutions. JUL system vithout neglecting the development of collections in the fine new li- In the face of this mixture of questions brary buildings on their own campuses? and perceptions, a proposal went forward On the other hand, there are needed li- to the Council on Library Resources, a brary resources in the JUL system which foundation which uses its resources prin- would be very costly to duplicate, and it cipally in the library area, requesting sup- is an unacceptable situation that Fisk and port for a study of all of these questions. Meharry students, faculty, and staff do Following that request, a procedure was not have free access to these resources. worked out whereby the NUC, the Council From the point of view of JUL there is on Library ResourceS, and the management the question of how any of its resources firm-of-Boe'2, Allen & Hamilton could be diverted into servicing the needs / would work together to develop a detailed ti plan for such a study, and then the study the study, and the study has gotten under- would be carried out when and if all of tile way.Guiding the study to a reasonable principals involved were satisfied.Booz, conclusion and implementing the out- Allen & Hamilton were chosen because of come of the studyare certain to be their reputation for excellent work in the major concerns and activities of the NUC library area and in studies similar to the and its Executive Director during the one projected. coming year.It should be noted that the Council on Library Resources' support of This process has proceeded to the this study effectively amounts to a not in- point where the plan for the study has been considerable grant of as much as $25, 000 approved by the participating institutions, to the NUC during the coming year. a Steering Committee has been chosen for

10 CROSS-1i EG I STR ATION

Cross-registration is the very important commodity which institutions exchange in a manner rather analogous to the imports and exports of international trade. And just as the volume of trade between two countries is often a rather good index of the quality of tneir relationship Shown on the chart also are the numbers across the board, so numbers of cross- / of cross-registrations between the north registrations are an index of how well in- (F isk- Meharry) and south (Peabody- stitutions of higher education are relating Scarrit-Vanderbilt) campuses, because to one another. By this argument numbers these numbers are particularly related of crohs-registrations become the best to NUC programs, particularly the Shuttle indicators to the NUC of 'how well we're Service. The chart shows that cross- doing". For this reason the following registrations have generally increased, chart is presented showing the total and increased a great deal, over this number of cross-registrations among NUC period. institutions from 1968 to the present.

NUMBER OF INTER-INSTITUTIONAL COURSE REGISTRATIONS, NUC, 1969-73 1462 1363 1169 1062 991

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138* 112* 94* 29* 23* 23* 44* 52* 11. Fall Spring Fall Spring Fall Spring Fall Spring 1969-70 1970-71 1971-72 1972-73

*These are the number of course registrations between Fisk and Meharry, on the one hand, and Peabody, Scarritt, and Vanderbilt, on the other.

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registration and are these adequate and Cross-registrations are more than appropriate? just an index of institutional interaction. They are related to the very essence of 3.What kind of regulations should why institutions cooperate in an arrange*- be established concerning the cross- 4±F, ment like the NUC, whether or not the registration of faculty members, children psi formal organization itself exists.Cross- and spouses of faculty members, and staff registrations are a sign that institutions personnel? What about the cross-registra- are, in one way or another, complemen - tion of special or irregular students? tary to one another, i. e.,that they have 4. What does each institution expect differing strengths as perceived by their to gain from cross-registration, what ad- students. The economic aspect comes vantages does each see in it? into the picture when one considers how expensive it would be for each institution 5. What are the implications of cross- to develop all of those strengths itself. registration for departmental planning? Furthermore, institutions of higher edu- What are the unique offerings of the vari- cation have a responsibility of being more ous schools relative to the other schools? than the most complete possible "super- What kind of mechanisms of communication market"; they should consider as well should there be on the departmental level whether they have an institutional mission to insure maximum advantage is taken of and integrity which might limit what they the possibilities inherent in cross-registra- try to do and what they try to do well. tion? This too suggests the value of adjacent, 6.What objectives and what organiza- complementary institutions with easy tion to meet those objectives should be es- cross-registration among them. Such an tablished to take advantage of Title III arrangement allows for a tighter definition funding possibilities in the cross-registra- of these institutions' thrusts and missions. tion area? During the past year and no doubt ex- 7.What kind of continuing groups are tending well into the future, the NUC has necessary to monitor the cross-registra- been examining the following questions con- tion process and handle problems with the cerned with the process of cross-registra- process as they arise? tion and its role ins the member institutions: A heartening development of symbolic and substantive importance which occurred 1.What kind of information should be made available to students about cross- during the past year was an agreement registration possibilities? Are catalogues between Fisk and Vanderbilt to suspend and recitation schedules available in ade- charging one another the $35 (per credit quate supply? hour) cross-registration fee which now prevails.This establishes "freer trade" 2.What are the formal agreements between the two institutions by taking the among the schools regarding cross- economic implications out of a decision to cross-register.

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DEPARTMENTAL COMMUNICATION AND COOPERATION

For better or worse, academia is organized along departmental lines.It 38 5Y follows therefore that an important mode to,. of interaction, among the member institutions of the NUC may be communication and cooperation among groups of existing departments pursuing the same discipline, i. e. ,counterpart departments. From the logy) the communication was already good, beginning the NUC has encouraged some of thus there did not seem to be a need to this, particularly through the Mathematics pursue the matter further at that time, Committee, the Fine Arts Committee, and though raising the question did seem to lead the Inter-university Psychology Consortium to increased activity.In two other in- (which grew out of discussion of the psycho- stances (history and English), meetings logy department chairmen). No systema- were held with the chairmen and this has tic attempt was made to expand this initial led to increased contact and communica- group of interacting departments until this tion among their faculties.In the course past year when the NUC Council encouraged of these discussions, the modes of com- a departmental cooperation pilot project. munication listed below were identified. It should be emphasized that these are The purpose of the departmental coop- communication devices prior to substan- eration pilot project was to identify a tive cooperation. small additional gro'..1p of interested departments and to encourage communica- 1. Meetings of chairmen; tion among these departments in order to 2.Social gatherings involving whole see the most effective way of pursuing departments; interaction among departments. The Executive Director spoke individually to 3.Joint seminars; the chairmen of the Physics, History, 4.Visits of departmental represen- English, Political Science, and Sociology tatives to faculty meetings in other depart- Departments at Fisk, Peabody, and Van- ments; derbilt about their interest in sitting down with their counterparts to discuss ways of 5.Exchanges of written information, increasing communication, leading perhaps such as, to increased cooperation, among their de- a.course schedules, partments.In no case was the response b.information about new pro- negative.In two cases (physics and socio- grams, 13 ..V1.6 *00'0 A. Wit. ^,A4, .5iClitL". .,,r,":24,":"e'l',14 +04

c.rosters of faculty, and for interaction among the five NUC institu- d.information about research tions, a goal for which there is general ap- projects and interests; proval. The Vanderbilt Faculty Senate, 6.Newsletter within a given disci- through one of its committees examined pline; and the Nashville University Center this past year and finally made the one formal recom- 7.Feedback to departments about mendation that this kind of interaction cross-registration of their students in among counterpart departments should be other departments. strongly encouraged. This relationship with departments and their faculties will The purpose of these devices is to also serve as a stimulus for stirring up establish those mechanisms of communica- faculty initiated suggestions for NUC pro- tion so that various kinds of cooperation grams which would hopefully at times not can occur when appropriate and feasible. stay within departmental boundaries. Cooperation such as faculty exchange, joint programs and courses, complementary 2. We must make a renewed effort course and program development, and re- at involving the undergraduate deans ferring students from one department tc at the same time that we are encouraging. another can develop out of this kind of com- departmental interaction.This must be munication. Of course, infinite are the done for the obvious reasons that (a) there ways that faculty members can invent to are things which pome up which have to be interact and cooperiate among themselves coordinated at that level and (b) their when they get to know one another. Such support of the effort is important to its communication and cooperation would seem success. to lead to an effective expansion and enrich- ment of the academic community with which 3.There is in next year's budget each faculty member interacts in the Univer- $1, 500 set aside to be used to support this sity Center. effort.Bringing faculty groups of any size together and duplicating materials for those In view of this year's experience the faculty members are matters involving following observations seem appropriate: some expense; not to be inhibited by inade- quate funds in this will be very helpful. 1. Working on developing this kind of interaction is a difficult but essential aspect Departmental communication and coop- of the work of the Nashville University Cen- eration should be a very high priority of ter. The difficulties stem from the natural. the NUC during the coming year. This tendency of all of us to think in terms of our will mean pressing forward with the de- own institutions.Nevertheless, it is essen- partments where we have made a start -- tial and beneficial for the reasons already the fine arts, mathematics, history, cited and because departmental interaction English, psychology, political science, so- appears to be the most effective way of de- ciology, physics -- as well as others where veloping a broad base of faculty support progress appears possible.

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INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS AND AFFAIRS

It has sometimes seemed that the fore- most contribution which the Nashville Uni- versity Center as an organization might make, when at is said and done, is that of making its member institutions, individually and together, self - consciously aware of themselves as a center for international exchange and study. The enthusiasm which the International Programs Committee has for working together and the accomplish- Cultural Affairs, Department of State. (A ments which they have fostered make this full report of this project can be found possibility very real. A large goal like this elsewhere in this report.) this, however, can only be accomplished by working on several fronts and by foster- "The International Education Project ing a number of smaller developments. Grant for 1973-74 was written by Jake Miller Prof. Delores Shockley, Chairman of the and Richard Morgan and has been approved International Programs Committee, makes by the Department of State for funding. A this report on some aspects of the work of provision is made in this grant for a part- the committee: time Administrator of Internal International Programs, and Dr. Barbara Fraser, a "The committee has served as a means graduate of the International Studies Pro- of communication for information. dealing gram at Peabody College, has accepted this with international activities on the member position. The administrator will facilitate campuses and for exchange of information the implementation of many plans and pro- on international matters at the local and jects and expand the activities of the national levels.Committee members have committee. In addition to assisting with reported information from national meet- the programs of the International Education ings which might have some significance Project (especially the Visiting Professor to NUC institutions. Members also attended Project and the Institute on Developing workshops on several of the campuses which Countries), it is anticipated that the ad- dealt with areas international in scope, for ministrator will collate information for example, Foreign Students, Immigration and edit an International Programs News- Laws, etc. letter to be distributed quarterly to approximately 1,500 interested people within and 'Committee members have served in outside of the NUC institutions. As a means advisory capacities for the International of support for this endeavor, an approach Education Project funded by the Bureau of will be made to procure funds from certain 15 business and banking establishments in the derbilt.Prof. Roett's efforts, though not community which have a known interest in successful this year because of a change in international programs. federal funding for such programs, were aided by his being put in touch with those at "Future plans include an in-depth ques- other NUC institutions who could add impor- tionnaire to foreign students at NUC member tant components to his program, such as a institutions exploring their experience, both Caribbean program at Fisk and a curricu- pleasant and unpleasant, in the Nashville lum development capacity. at Peabody. The community in an effort to gain information existence of an interacting set of institutions relevant to improving intercultural rela- such as in the NUC, each with a part to play tionships. in the Center, was an important element in Prof. Roett's argument that the Center "Marshall Powers, Director of the should be here rather than in some other Southeastern Region, Institute of Interna- university. tional Education, visited with some members of the committee on April 18 to explain Early in the past year a small sum of a plan for Dominican Republic students to money under the category of "program de- study at American universities.Any loans velopment" from the NUC permitted Mr. to the students by the universities will be Insik Kim, a student at Vanderbilt Divinity guaranteed by the Dominican Foundation. School, to go to the NAFSA conference in Vanderbilt University is considering the Tampa, Florida. As a result of going to possibility of serving as a model for the that conference, Mr. Kim conceived of and other institutions in this plan. carried through with NAFSA support, a conference of his own here in Nashville in "In June, Vivian Morter, Scarritt April.This conference addressed itself di- College, was named to replace Omar rectly to the question of how Nashville as a Hartz ler as committee member. community and the University Center as a set of higher educational institutions, re- "The committee is planning increased lates itself to people of other countries who dimensions of international awareness and are here for various purposes. We have al- activity at the NUC institutions for 1973-74P ready mentioned NUC's interest in doing a better job vis-a-vis the adjustment of inter- The International Programs Committee national students to this environment. An- has served as a forum for exchange of in- other matter of some imp( stance addressed formation about international programs on in this conference is the large number of the member campuses, some of which could short-term international visitors who come develop as cooperative programs. An ex- through Nashville, many with U. S. State ample of this during the past year was the Department support. The national organi- work of the committee in aiding Prof. zation COSERV is a network of voluntary Riordan Roett in his 'energetic efforts to groups who help introduce international have the U. S. Office of Education fund the visitors to their communities. Nashville Center for Latin American Studies at Van- has no centralized pool of interested people

16 cs1 or information to do this job effectively. Whether the NUC institutions take a more active role in this has been and will continu, to be a matter under consideration.

One should mention briefly that the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce, through their International Affairs Commit- tee, has many areas of mutual interest with the NUC in seeing that Nashville relates itself effectively to the international community.' This is a relationship which the Inter- national Programs Committee sees as important to cultivate to the mutual benefit of NUC does indeed owe Prof. Miller a great both organizations. Dean Robin Fuller, debt of gratitude for carrying this respon- Vanderbilt's representative to the NUC sibility along with a full teaching load.It International Programs Committee, is a should also be pointed out that Prof. Miller consultant to the Chamber committee and had a lot to do with the State Department's keeps us abreast of developments in thic3 original conceptualizing of the consortium area. program. During the corning year Prof. Miller will maintain a relationship with the program but the NUC Office and the Inter- national Programs Administrator, paid The State Department Consortium from the grant, will also be involved in Program: The International Educa- administering the program. tional Exchange Project The International Educational Ex- change Project has a number of parts, most of which will continue from last year to the coming year.In the sections which follow, therefore, both what was done under a given heading during the past year During the past year, the NUC Inter- and what is projected for next year will be national Programs Committee through Fisk described. The parts of the project are University has had a $13, 500 grant from the as follows: U. S. Department of State to support various aspects of international educational ex- 1. Student Study Abroad. The NUC change. For the coming year this grant institutions have a number of programs has been renewed in the amount of $20, 000. which permit students to study abroad for During this past year the main burden of a semester or year for credit.There are administering this grant has been on Prof. such programs as Vanderbilt-in-Spain, Jake Miller of Fisk University, and the -France, -Germany, and -England and

17 Peabody-in-Denmark.Participation to a graduate student at Peabody -- energeti- this point by minority students in these cally and conscientiously pursued the plan- programs has been limited. One way of ning of this Institute with an inter-institu- increasing that participation is to encour- tional planning committee and the result age Fisk University and Tennessee State was a stunning success. The theme of the University students to apply to these pro- Institute was: "The Role of the Foreign- grams and to provide financial aid where Trained Graduate in His Home Country" needed.This part of the project provides and was explored by a series of lectures modest funds for this purpose, and during and lively small group discussions. this past year three participants from Fisk and TSU were found for this program. 4.Faculty Study and Research About the same amount is available next Abroad. The purpose of this program is year and hopefully further participants to aid professors in going to a foreign will be found.This is, in any case, an country when it is established that they excellent model of inter-institutional will pursue there a course of study or cooperation since it opens to other insti- research which will help them and their tutions a valuable resource found in one home institutions.It is hoped that by institution. doing this professors from the University. Center will establish greater competence 2.Foreign Lecturer Series. The in various fields related to international purpose of this program is to bring to the study, including no doubt languages. This University Center as short-term lecturers program was not a part of last year's foreign scholars who are already in this project; it is intended that there be consi- country on Fulbright-Hays grants at other derable competition for grants for this universities.Under this program during purpose among faculty members. this past year three scholars -- from Japan, Jamaica, and India -- were brought 5.Visiting Foreign Scholar. The to the University Center and given the max- natural counterpart to sending local facul- imum amount of exposure possible over ty members abroad is bringing scholars two- to four-day periods through classroom from other countries to the University lectures, public lectures, and mass media Center to teach and to be available in other interviews. A similar attempt will be ways as a resource. With State Depart- made to bring in four or five such scholars ment help we hope to bring an African to next year. the Political Science Department at Fisk this coming year to offer courses and to 3.Foreign Student Seminar. Under be available in other ways to the rest of this generic heading, there was held an the University Center. The fact that no "Institute on Developing Countries" in such arrangement worked out for this past November to which thirty-three interna- year is an indication of how difficult such tional students representing twenty-six arrangements are to make and not an in- countries were invited. Mrs. Rosaline dication of our not having tried. Ekeleme -- a faculty member at Fisk and

18 IMEWSBEMIMITt=t1EZVA,'W=rgrim.'fill...-ao.k2167fAMIM:0215=Makft,Lr/X2r4,91ZY.-474.2MEM

THE NEARLY COMMON CALENDAR OF THE NUC

The closing meetings of the NUC Council and Executive Committee of last year and the early meetings this past year were rather well-consumed with finding a solution to what came to be known as the "calendar problem". Kceping a common calendar Z:nr.17.21Y.W.67N.f.;4,17.>, among the five NUC institutions meant carrying on a discussion among and within the five institutions with respect to the merits and viability of a variety of alternatives. The result of this complex and lengthy discussion was a "nearly common calendar". All five institutions have almost exactly i- dentical first semesters. They all start around Labor Day, or slightly before, and end before Christmas. At the end of the first semester, Fisk and Vanderbilt have slightly longish vacations (about three weeks) and begin their second semesters about the middle of January.This calendar is rather common among universities around the country which have had to accom- problems, one can suppose that there will be odate a medical school within a common ca- a narrowing of this gap between the two calendar.Peabody and Scarritt will begin lendars. their second semesters during the preceding week, i.e. , they will have a slightly shorter Meharry Medical College has to live Christmas vacation. The difference between within a very different set of constraints and the two sets of calendars will thus be about does not have the basic two-semester struc- five days during the second semester.In ture of the other institutions.They have a both cases, the academic year will end much need for a much more flexible schedule with- earlier in May than in the past.This will within a somewhat longer framework. The permit some academic programs during May result is that their second semester will and early June of the type previously devel- begin after Christmas and extend until late oped for the January Interim.Insofar as May.It is supposed that Meharry will this difference of a few days between the make arrangements to schedule cooperative Fisk-Vanderbilt and Peabody-Scarritt calen- academic programs within the time-frames Jars turns out to create difficult practical of the other institutions as required. 19 LINGUISTICS tics Committee during the past year:

Linguisitcs presents an excellent ex- The Linguistics Committee met se- ample of the possibilities inherent in inter- veral times during 1972-73 and the major institutional cooperation in the University topics of discussion were the following: Center. Among the five NUC institutions there is no linguistics department but there "Undergraduate Major in Linguistics: are a number of people spread through a In considering the major, certain questions number of different departments and were raised by the Vanderbilt Committee schools with an interest in this very lively on the Educational Program, chaired by Mr. (and I should say controversial) discipline. Charles Vance. The Linguistics Committee By working together this group of people spent one meeting formulating answers to forms a kind of quasi-department which can these questions.It is hoped that action on carry out many of the functions of a depart- the inclusion of the major in the Vanderbilt ment and which can nurture the study of will be taken in the fall.Peabody has al- this area in these institutions.Peabody ready accepted the proposal, and Scarritt College has already approved an under- has agreed to cooperate. graduate linguistics major using courses taught in four of the NUC institutions. Ap- "Intensive Summer English Program: proval of a major in linguistics is under Application was made through Vanderbilt to consideration at Vanderbilt and much of the one or two foundations for the initial fund- NUC Linguistics Committee effort during ing for the Summer English Program. At the past year was devoted to working with this time, this program cannot be imple- the committee at Vanderbilt charged with mented for lack of funds. considering that matter. The Linguistics Committee has also been attempting to get "Increase in Number of Linguistics an Intensive Summer English Program Courses Taught: Vanderbilt and Peabody underway. plan to offer an increased number and variety of linguistics courses next year in order A hopeful development for this commit- to help provide support for the undergrad- tee is the vastly increased funding which uate linguistics major. These courses have the National Endowment for the Humanities been listed in the catalogues, but have not now has and the inclusion of support for been taught recently. linguistics in its program.It might be that NEH would be willing to give general "The committee hopes that the linguis- support for the further development of this tics program will not only be good in its own area of interest, particularly given the right40 will also be of service to theen- inter-institutional nature of the program tire college community. Several of the lin- and given the particular twist that a pro- guistics courses at Vanderbilt will be cross- gram in this context might have. listed in other places there, such as in the Department Of Psychology, the School of Following are some comments by Prof. Nursing, and the Bill Wilkerson Speech and Vivian Morter on the work of the Linguis- Hearing Center." 20 atmammaMMrara==9:0201.;, , CENTER HUTTLESERVICE C0109.47- INTER-UNIVERSITY scarritt CRIlege44pdalk' TRANSPORTATION Jaird.54AvektAti7: .;t6essucjiperiggires.5 atitargetbkia7t550055FE

The five NUC institutionsare physically located in two groups -- the Fisk-Meharry complex and the Peabody- Scarritt- Vander- bilt complex. One can walk between any two points within either complex with reasonable ease, but the distance between the two complexes cannot be considered a reasonable walk.In this regard, it is interesting to problems of the separate institutions, and note that the straight-line distance between the inter-relationships among programs the closest points of the two complexes is and transportation. Many of these concerns about 5, 000 feet (less than a mile), though are reflected in the following report of Mr. using a reasonable street route between Dan Shilstat, Associate Director of Campus more or less central points of the two com- Planning at Vanderbilt and-Rairman of the plexes increases this distance to about one NUC Inter-university Transportation Com- mile and a half.In either case, the distance mittee: is less than is generally supposed and the trip would be a trivial one in an automobile "The present transportation link or bus were the traffic flow, for various between Fisk-Meharry and Peabody-Scar- reasons, not so very slow. ritt-Vanderbilt,provided by the NUC, is the NUC Shuttle Service which is operated The importance of this discussion of the by Vanderbilt University. The service con- distance and travelling ease between Fisk- sists of one trip each hour on a specified Meharry and Peabody-Scarritt-Vanderbilt route and schedule Monday through Friday, is obvious in the context of this report, to except during certain holidays when the in- wit, developing joint and cooperativepro- stitutions are out of session. During the grams often requires that people move from past academic year, ridership averaged one of these groups of campuses to the 118 passenger trips per day which is an in- other.Cross-registration is only the most crease of 32% over last year's average of central and obvious example of this need; 89 passenger trips per day. At peak times there are many others.It is towards this there were often 15 or more passengers end of forging a strong transportation link seeking to board the vehicle which was a between the two sets of campuses that the 9-passenger Volkswagen bus, and the com- NUC Inter-university Transportation Com- mittee limited ridership to 9 passengers mittee works. Doing this, however, also per trip for safety purposes. This caused getS that committee involved in the trans- some inconvenience; however, the Volks- portation and street problems of the city, wagen has been replaced by a 20-passenger as a whole; the parking and transportation bus. 21 S331TOMM=Er=fralaMEZNAVIEMEMWMaltMM.V.ziaFTOSMSEOW2Egfr7Z4W

"The committee raised but has not Mayor concerning improving transportation answered some of the followng questions: between the NUC institutions.Such a letter, 1) What mechanism. should be created to in- jointly signed by the five chief executives, sure that transportation implications of was sent in the spring and a dialogue with other NUC activities are weighed? 2) Should the Metro Government continues concerning the shuttle service remain Vanderbilt ways of resolving the problems raised. based? and 3) What are long term options for financing the service; student fee, rider "Finally, thr committee wishes to fees, general budget, other? acMlowledge the appointment of Dr. George Kaludis, Vice Chancellor of Vanderbilt, to "In addition some longer range issues the Metropolitan tq'ansit Study Committee. were discussed such as:1) relating the The committee hopes to encourage Univer.. overall character of the transportation mar- ty efforts into the study of transit kets generated by NUC to the Metro trans- problems." portation system as it is being planned; and 2) seeking improvements of the road system The exact dimensions of the shuttlebus between Fisk-Meharry and Vanderbilt- service have not yet been set for the coming Peabody-Scarritt areas. year. Of course, the service will be at least as great as last year with the improve- "These actions were taken in the trans- ment that there is a new and better bus with portation area during the year:1) A re- a much larger capacity.Beyond this, placement shuttlebus was purchased; 2) The however, there is every possibility that an 'philosophy' that Vanderbilt is the agency additional bus may be added during the day providing shuttle service to NUC for a fee to further increase the capacity of4he ser- based on certain specifications was adopted; vice, to reduce waiting times at each end 3) Members interested in transportation of the route, and perhaps to extend some planning were added to the committee; and evening and weekend service. 4) Suggestions were made for a letter to the

22 IRMUMMILMWDa-,7PAVVINIMMIEMEMERMEMONS

sTuDENTs AND TUE NEC

Although virtually everything that the NUC does relates eventually in some way to students, it has been recognized since the beginning of the NUC that some part of the attention of the NUC should be devoted specifically to student concerns in the areas of co-curricular life, disciplinary policies, special events, housing, counseling, athletics, etc.Concern with these areas has been embodied in the earlier Student Activities Committee and more students.A follow-up to receive full in- recently in the Student Affairs Advisory formation from each institution is still in Committee. Dean Margaret Cuninggim, process. Chairman of the latter committee, reports on the activities of that committee during "Discussion of other problems and the past year: possible activities included: Intra-NUC sports and recreation; semesters in resi- "The Student Affairs Advisory Commit- dence on a campus other than the one in tee had two meetings during the past aca- which he/she is registered; joint sponsor demic year., both meetings being held at the ship of concerts, festivals and other student University Club, on November 10, 1972, activities; and ways and means by which and on February 8, 1973.Peabody College cross-registered students can be made to was not represented at either meeting but feel more at home on a campus other than the other four member institutions were their own. present. "All of the matters referred to above "A December 8 meeting was scheduled will continue as matters to be considered and later cancelled in view of the inability further by this committee and plans will of student members to be present because be made for some kind of social activity of examinations.In place of this meeting for cross-registered students early in the a request was mailed to each institution for Fall.In addition, consideration will be information regarding 1) policies for part-. given to a more systematic means of pub- cipation in organizations and activities by licizing events on the various campuses a student in an NUC institution other than which will be of interest to members of the the one in which he/she is registered; 2) total university community. a listing of activities and organizations on that campus; and 3) disciplinary action "The area of counseling ilas been men- statement pertaining to cross-registered tioned as an appropriate concern of this 23 committee and consideration will be given quick to point out that the promise of free to ways in which resources can be shared and easy participation across institutional between the institutions thereby providing lines is still unfulfilled. more extensive opportunities for assistance to students in personal problem solving." As a result of conversations with and among the directors of the intra-mural In addition to the things reported on by programs at Fisk, Peabody, and Vanderbilt Dean Cuninggim, one should mention that, during this past year, there will be starting because of the interest of members of the next year some competition among the in- Fisk anVanderbilt student governments, tramural sports teams of the three institu- there developed a Student Caucus consisting tions.Fisk and Vanderbilt having the two of the student members of the Student Af largest programs, will particularly inter- fairs Advisory Committee and the student act along these lines. members of the NUC Council.This group met three times and discussed a number of It is not a minor task for each of the areas of mutual student concern. This NUC institutions to put together weekly body mainly served as a mechanism for calendars of events on their own campuses. communicating among the participating in- For these same people to get involved in stitutions about opportunities for student running down events on other campuses is participation in activities across institu- more than can be expected of them.We tional lines. One such area was develop- have, however, been able to work out a ment of joint participation in the planning system where the people in charge of these and carrying out of the Model United calendars choose and exchange a very Nations.It was also becarse of the sug- limited number of events for the coming gestion of this group that the visit of Angela week in time for everyone else's deadline. Davis to Fisk was widely publicized and The events so chosen then appear in every- transportation was provided to Fisk from one's calendar. This system started in the Peabody, Scarritt, and Vanderbilt area. April and is expected to continue next year. Furthermore, it is through this group (or any group of aware students with which one During this past spring the NUC Office talks) that one is reminded that access to had the able but very part-time assistance libraries is too limited, the distribution of of Miss Joy Smith, a senior at Fisk, whose information about crossregistration task it was to explore ways of increasing is insufficient, procedures for cross- and improving relations among the student registration are cumbersome, the shuttle bodies of the NUC institutions. This is a service is too limited and sometimes over- worthwhile thing to attempt (I refer to the crowded, and a student sometimes feels means and the end) and, budget permitting, less than "at home" on a campus other than we will attempt it again next year. his own.In other words, students are THE FISK/VANDERBILT DUAL. DEGREE PROGRAM IN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

The Dual Degree Program in Science and Engineering is a cooperative undergraduate effort within the Nashville University Center, involving three science departments at Fisk University and nine engineering programs at Vanderbilt University.Students follow an integrated curriculum which leads courses on both campuses.In his final in approximately five years to two degrees, (fifth) year, he is probably taking all of an A.B. from Fisk and a B.S. or B.E. from his work at Vanderbilt. Many courses, Vanderbilt (an M.S. is an alternative for particularly in the humanities and physical exceptional students). sciences, satisfy requirements for both degrees. Further, the student is counseled The program has appeal to students to make wise use of his electives so that because of the employment advantages he enhances his "duality". afforded by the combination of science and engineering degrees. To Fisk, the pro- To a large extent, the program owes its gram is attractive because it offers an- existence and success to the Nashville other professional curriculum option at University Center. Without free cross regi- no additional educational cost. To Vander- stration, full interchange of courses, the bilt, theie is the advantage of being able common calendar, and free shuttle bus ser- to attract more qualified minority students. vice, the Dual Degree Program could not operate -- at least, not in its "unified" The Dual Degree Program, organized form. By the same token, the Dual Degree in 1972, is not the "first" of its kind. Program may be the NUC's best example Georgia Tech and the Atlanta University of a full-fledged, cooperative, educational Center have had a large successful program program. since 1968.However, the Fisk/Vanderbilt undertaking is the only "unified" dual degree The program is not without its diffi- program -- meaning that the student follows culties. During 1972-73, only a pilot effort a carefully meshed, double-major curricu- was conducted. Three students entered lum on two campuses concurrently. While the program (in their second or third year), still a freshman at Fisk, he (or she) is all experienced adjustment problems, and encouraged to take an introductory engineer- only two survived the year. Faculty advising course at Vanderbilt.Gradually, the ing and counseling has been spotty. The cross enrollment increases until, by the shuttle bus left students stranded on some third year, he is taking an equal number of occasions. Course articulation needs 25 clarification. of urban planning at Vanderbilt. A special faculty advisor is provided by each par- A bright spot has been financing. For ticipating department or program on the the first year, the two institutions absorbed two campuses. Dr. Neely and Dean all administrative and advising costs.Stu Hartman are responsible for fund raising. dent aid was provided through an initial industry grant of $7, 500, enough to launch Plans for the Dual Degree Program are the program. The program now appears to ambitious.Enrollment should reach twenty- have ample student aid financing, and some five next year, distributed over the first faculty-administrator-staff time can now be four years of the program. The master covered fromrestricted funds. To date, a plan for the program calls for an eventual total of $45, 000 has been subscribed from enrollment of twenty-five students per year, industry, and additional support is forth- for a total of 125.Five more years will be coming.Grants have been given by Alcoa, required to reach that goal. By 1979, twenty du Pont, and General Electric. to twenty-five students per year should be graduating with two degrees.Budget es- The program is directed by Dr. George timates call for restricted funds of $100, 000 Neely, chairman of the Department of to $200, 000 per year to maintain 125 students Physics at Fisk. The assistant director and reimburse faculty time (approximately is Dr. William Smith, assistant professor two to four F.T.E. positions) by 1978-79.

26 CARLE TELEVISION

A potentially important and exciting area in which the NUC has been involved over the past couple of years has been Cable Television.Prof. Royal G. Albridge of Vanderbilt University, Chairman of the NUC Cable Television Committee, makes this report of the activities of the committee to date and recommendations for the future: in particular, with those provisions in the ordinance which relate to educational chan- "On March 20, 1973, the Metropolitan nels. An FCC regulation requires that one Council passed Ordinance No. 71-63, which educational channel be provided by the sta- provides for the establishment and granting tion, free-of-charge.Before the ordinance of franchises for cable television systems was passed by Council, the NUC-CATV in Metropolitan Nashville. At the present Committee drafted a letter which was signed time (August 2, 1973) the Mayor has not yet by the heads of the NUC institutions and sent appointed the CATV Special Committee, as to the Metropolitan Council. The letter required by the ordinance; thus no bids for expressed our desire that educational chan- franchises have been submitted. Some of nels be established and our interest in utili- the companies who are showing interest, or zing such channels once they are establish- who have shown interest in the past, are ed. Cox, Mid-America, Telepromter, UA- Columbia, and Viacom. (There may be "In its latest meeting this Committee others. At present I am aware of only has decided that it must now turn its atten- these.) tion to locating people in the NUC community who are interested in CATV, to estab- "Once the CATV's Special Committee is lishing contact and cooperation among these formed and bids are received, the Council people, and to assisting in appropriate ways will probably award the franchise to one those people who want to become involved company.If this award is made in 1973, it in some way with CATV educational pro- is not impossible for CATV service to be gramming. Because of the shift in empha- provided to some subscribers in 1974. The sis of the Committee, we invited to our ordinance calls for complete service within meeting people who are in some way know- three years of the awarding of the contract. ledgeable of, and interested in, media ap- proaches to education: Frank Perry, John "Up to the present time the NUC-CATV Frase, Jim McCorkle, and Jim Coole. Committee has concerned itself with issues We recommend to NUC that the CATV Com- related to the passing of the ordinance, and, mittee be reconsituted in a way that takes 27 into account this new direction. "Since effective classroom teaching requires a teacher to 'keep on his toes' by "The utilization of CATV channels by trying new ideas and avoiding 'getting in a NUC institutions includes broadcasting pro- rut', persons who become involved with ed- grams for the general public, but not ex- ucational tv, and, hence, with the general clusively so.Classes held at one institute subject of media-in-teaching will most like- can be 'attended' by all of the NUC com- ly improve their overall effectivenessas munity by means of the cable.Courses for teachers. The NUC schools have been credit could be taken, and paid for, by showing an ever-increasing interest in good CATV subscribers. CATV provides more teaching. This general interest, the con- flexibility than does standard educational struction of the new Learning Resource TV, because the abundance of channels Center at Meharry, and the arrival of CATV makes possible programming for relative- in Nashville are coincidental circumstances ly small special-interest groups. which can be interrelated and utilized by NUC."

28 "Vat q s"" ./ %Vie,

A WOMEN'S STUDIES PROGRAM

Women's studies, as an inter-disciplinary field of study, has developed on the national scene in the context of a concern for the changing roles of women and men in this culture and others.There has been some response locally to the national trend towards the creation of courses and programs for and about women, but it would be fair to say that this response has been lim- year Ms. Stevens met with various people ited thus far. The local response to this from the University Center andelsewhere national interest of potentially greatest im- to establish what the existingresources are portance was the announcement by Scarritt and what additional resourcesare needed. College during this past year that they The interest and activities describedabove planned to establish a Center for Women's are the existing core upon which an academ- Studies as one of their major institutional ic program would be based.Hopefully the thrusts during the corning years. Concur- existence of a women's studies center-- rently with this development there has been at Scarritt but related to the wholeUniver- created a course in the College of Arts and sity Center -- would give theseexisting re- Science at Vanderbilt, Women's Studies 150, sources a firm organizational focus, allow- and a faculty study committee on women's ing for the continuation of existingcourses studies made a report in connection with and starting new courses and programs that course. Also at Vanderbilt, the Grad- where needed. uate School of Management, the Divinity School and the Law School have all devel- A possible form of organization of this oped courses or programs in this area. To program on an NUC wide basis would bea complete this hasty picture, a course or two Faculty of Women's Studies.Each member and some interested people at Fisk and of such a faculty would havea regular aca- Peabody have been identified as resources demic appointment at one or in the women's studies area. more of the NUC member institutions. Manyon this faculty would have joint appointmentsbe- As a result of Scarritt's announced in- tween Scarritt, on the on hand, and another tention to develop in this area, Scarritt NUC institution, on the other hand, the other brought to Nashville this past year Ms. appointment being in whichever school Thelma Stevens to teach a course in wo- or department made most sense fromthe point men's studies and to develop a recommen- of view of the faculty member'sscholarly dation for the Scarritt Board of Trustees interests.Administratively the faculty concerning Scarritt's relation to women's would be a federation of facultymembers, studies in the future. During this past with each institution managing itsown facul- 29 ty resources, and the federation would meet emphasizing different things, serving dif- voluntarily to guide the program and to de- ferent clienteles, though providing the re- cide how the overall goals of the program sources that each institution needs to carry could best be met. The advantage of this out the role necessary for such a program arrangement would be that the symbiotic re- from their point of view. lationships among the representatives of the different institutions would lead to a Hopefully the corning year will be one much better and more visible program than of much effort towards the development of would be the case if each institution tried a fuller program of women's studies in the to go on its own. University Center, perhaps with major foundation support. Towards the end of devel- A point of opportunity and challenge to oping its own program, Scarritt College has the above conception is that, given the diver- proceeded to engage a small staff to work sity of the institutions involved in the NUC, on the many facets of this overall conception it would necessarily be the case that this as finally developed by Ms. Stevens.This program would look quite different from the is an exciting and heartening development point of view of Scarritt, or Vanderbilt, or for the entire University Center. Fisk, or Peabody, or the NUC, as a whole,

30 THE INTER-UNIVERSITY PSYCHOLOGY CONSORTIUM

The Nashville Inter-university Consor- tium in Psychology is tied historically but not organizationally to the Nashville Univer- sity Center.It is, in any case, the best example of intense departmental interaction and cooperation in the University Center. For this latter reason, a progress report "The Consortium has a Steering Com- on the activities of the Consortium, written mittee whose primary function is to monitor by its Coordinator Dr. Leslie Phillips, the activities of the Consortium and to in- follows. A more complete report may be sure its overall effectiveness.Its member- obtained from Dr. Phillips at Box 512, ship consist of the five chairmen of the co- Peabody College. operating departments plus the Coordinator. This committee meets on a weekly basis "An analysis of its ongoing programs during the academic year, and on an irregu- indicates that the Consortium in Psychology lar basis during the summer months. serves five main purposes for its cooperating schools. These include:1) To increase "The office of the Coordinator is on the communication and interaction among fa- Peabody campus. The year 1972-73 was the culty, students, and departments, 2) To first year in which a specific budget was offer new learning opportunities for established for the Consortium. Two major students, 3) To foster university-community items are included:1) for workshops and relationships, 4) To aid in the internal de- 2) for a half-time secretary.. These funds velopment of departments, and 5) To serve were provided from departmental funds by as a vehicle for seeking new funding oppor- the cooperating schools. Also for the first tunities. time, graduate assistants were assigned by each of the schools to work with the Coordi- "Three developments of significance for nator in the office of the Consortium. the future of the Consortium took place during the 1972-7 3 year. These were 1) De- "For 1973-74 the following committees velopment of a formal organizational struc- are to be maintained or to be established: ture within the Consortium, 2) Funding by The Steering Committee, the Professional the National Institute of Mental Health of Programs Committee (including the Work- the position of Consortium Coordinator, and shop Committee), a Colloquium Committee 3) An agreement reached with the Psycho- (to be established), a Course Equivalency logy Department of Tennessee State Univer- Task Force (to be established in the Fall of sity to share in Consortium practicum facil- 1973). The Steering Committee is also ities and workshops. anxious to see that the various committees

31 report to the Steering Committee on some communication workshop, a Gestalt work- rotational basis, perhaps once a month. shop, a behavior modification workshop, The Steering Committee agreed to exchange and finally a workshop on movement and lists of faculty and their interests.Space dance therapy. limitations preclude reporting on the work of each of the existing committees. The "Negotiations have also been underway Steering Committee again formally endorsed for a number of years within the Psychology maintenance during 1973-74 of the collabora- Consortium to arrive at a policy regarding tive relationship between the Consortium and the admission of Fisk and Tennessee State the Tennessee State University Psychology masters' level students into the doctoral Department as this relationship has existed programs of the Departments of Psychology during the academic year 1972-73. at Peabody and Vanderbilt.During the past academic year arrangements were "A site visit was made by representa- made to facilitate the admission of north tives of the National Institute of Mental campus students into these doctoral Health on April 24, 1973, in order to evalu- programs upon the recommendation of ate the clinical training program at Vander- their own chairman. Students have now bilt.Included in their report is a paragraph been admitted into the south campuses that reads, 'The previous site visitors ob- schools under this arrangement. served that the department's claim that its training program included extensive practi- "At the last Steering Committee meeting cum work in local clinics and community of the academic year 1972-73, a set of prior- agencies was an exaggeration. On the basis ities for Consortium activities during the of current observations, the statement by coming academic year were endorsed.It the department seems entirely valid.This was agreed that some Consortium-wide form change has been accomplished chiefly of Orientation Program, analogous to that through the development of the Nashville undertaken in the Fall 1972, would be at- Interuniversity Psychology Consortium.. tempted in the Fall 1973. Also endorsed was . The development of the Consortium the development of an interuniversity course seems to have met some of the needs for in community psychology.Third, course- providing more adequate psychological ser- sharing at the graduate level was greeted vices.' with considerable approval.It was also agreed that a course-equivalency task force "For the past two years the Consortium would be formed in the Fall.Finally, the has offered a series of two-day workshops Steering Committee agreed to help develop on new developments in the broad areas of a doctoral program on the North campuses therapy and intervention. These have and recognized a need to endorse a Consor- usually been led by professionals brought tium-wide effort toward the development from outside of Nashville,In the academic of a community psychology doctoral pro - year 1972-73, six workshops were held. gram, which may be given expression by These included a group process workshop, this move toward a North campus a hypnotherapy workshop, and encounter doctorate." 32 JOINT PURCHASING AND WAREHOUSING

Early in July of this year the Executive Director attended a meeting at Fisk Univer- sity of all budget center directors, department heads and the like.Amidst the other business that transpired at that meeting, Vice President Rutherford Adkins announced that all purchases at Fisk of common items starting immediately would be through a shared purchasing and warehousing system The NUC Joint Purchasing and Ware- with Vanderbilt University.This announce- housing Committee under Bruce Hawley ment made public the development of the and the administrations of Fisk, Peabody, long-awaited joint purchasing and warehous- and Vanderbilt are greatly to be congratu- ing program which every prior NUC annual lated for their perserverance in bringing report had heralded as a good idea and a about these money-saving developments! real possibility.Those who find this matter too abstract can go to 2507 Charlotte Avenue where they can look at and touch the ware- PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT house-storeroom which is being leased for SYSTEMS this purpose.It is likely that other NUC institutions will use this joint system to a lesser extent during the coming year, eventually leading to full participation by some Mr. George Braun, Director of the or all of the remaining institutions.Devel- Computer Center at Meharry, makes this oping this increased participation will be report on the work of the Planning and Man- one of the tasks of the NUC during this year. agement Systems Committee of which he is chairman: A development related and similar to this one is the use by Peabody College of "The Computer based Management In- a joint typewriter maintenance service with formation Systems under current develop- Vanderbilt.It turns out that both institu- ment by a number of the member institutions can save themselves a great deal of tions of the Nashville University Center has money, given the total number of typewri- been the main area to which this committee ters between them, by having their own has devoted its attention during this year's typewriter repair and maintenance shop meetings. A number of specialists who rather than individual service contracts for have direct technical responsibilities for each typewriter with the companies which the development and implementation of these have supplied those machines. complex systems within the member insti-

33 tutions have been brought in to act as con- the member institutions that they support sultants to this committee. As a result of this proposal by taking the appropriate ad- these meetings several points have been ministrative action. brought out: 'n. As these management systems are "1.At least three of the member insti- being evolved a significant increase in the tutions of the Nashville University Center flexibility of these systems would likely re- are now actively but independently engaged sult from a regular exchange of information in implementing computer based manage- between the various groups engaged in the ment information systems of considerable definition and implementation of these sys- complexity. As at this time there is no tems; to this end it is suggested the agreement among the member institutions Nashville University Center sponsor a work- calling for these systems to be developed ing committee to provide a forum for this using a common set of standards, descrip- exchange. tors, definitions or elements, these systems will not be able to directly transfer data from one to another or allow ready compar- "Other subjects which have been under isons to be made of sets or groups of such consideration by this committee during this data. As a result, transactions involving past year include the joint purchasing and inter-college orders or payments will still warehousing project in which this commit- have to revert to a manual system between tee's members have been taking action on colleges even when the computer based sys- the various campuses to promote the use tem s are fully implemented. of this joint faciltiy to a greater extent.In- formation relating to an inventory location "2.It is our opinion that one set of fun- and availability system now in use at the damental definitions should be used by all Kennedy Center has been discussed and con- members of the Nashville University Center sidered for general use. in the development of their computer based management and information systems, since "A subject which is rapidly becoming of this would offer a number of direct advan- importance to the members of the Nashville tages in the utilization of these systems, University Center is Computer Assisted In- both for routine processing of data and for struction and Computer Managed Instruction. comparative or statistical studies. We At our request an NUC Committee on C. A.I. would request the Executive Council to was named and will soon begin work." strongly recommend to the Presidents of

34 AN EAR TO THE GROUND

Each of the sections preceding this one has told a part of a continuing story, a story which has begun but which is not yet com- pleted. The purpose of this section of the Executive Director's Report is to mention a few stories which have not, in any significant sense, even begun. They are ideas, projects, or funding possibilities about which one hears an occasional rumble if one this route. has an ear to the ground but which have not vet arrived on the scene. Readers are in- Another hopeful development at the vited to contribute their own ideas for level of the federal government is the cre- major and minor areas of pursuit by the ation of the Fund for the Improvement of Nashville University Center. Among the Post-Secondary Education.Both because areas of possible increased NUC activity the Nashville University Center can be a arc the following: vehicle for creating innovative educational programs and because the Nashville Uni- Title Three nd Other Federal Funding versity Center can work to effect economies Possibiles in the operation of its member institutions, the Fund is a natural source to which we The Higher Education Act of 1965 and might turn for support. the Educational Amendments of 1972 both contain provisions for the aiding of devel- An Experimental College oping institutions through cooperative arrangements. Fisk qualifies under their de- Sometimes the best way to bring about finition of a developing institution and Fisk major changes in educational practice or and the rest of the University Center form to introduce important new elements in the an almost archetypal setting where coopera- educational process is to attempt those ideas tive arrangements and exchanges could work on a smaller scale outside of the regular to everyone's mutual advantage.It is there- instructional program.There is nothing fore regretful that more advantage has not intrinsically inter-institutional about such been taken of these federal monies to en- an effort.Nevertheless it has been sug- hance the efforts of the Nashville University gested that the Nashville University Center Center in building bridges among these in- attempt to sponsor an experimental college stitutions.This is a situation which is being of some sort or another.Indeed, it would worked on and the recent increase in the seem that the NUC, like any other educa- funds available under this program bodes tional body, is not performing one of its well for our being able to obtain support by vital functions if it does not at least have

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a semester to study in France, Spain, Ger- under consideration the fundamental ques- Germany, England, or Denmark, and Fisk tions of what education is all about and how has an expanding program of cooperative its practice might be improved.Such dis- education. The student-teaching semesters cussions are preliminary to startijig an ex- that education majors take at Peabody and perimental college, and it might be worth Fisk are really long-existing examples of the effort for the NUC to foster their occur- this sort of learning-by-doing at an off - rence. campussite (though usually the student remains in town for the experience).The Continuing Education principle behind such programs is that they totally immerse a student in a coherent and The subject of continuing education is well-structured situation or experience for not new to the Nashville University Center. a substantial period of time.It would be a Not only is there an existing committee in good thing were there to be more options the area which made recommendations in for this kind of experience in the University the first NUC report (the report of the Center. For example, one possibility NUCC Cooperative Study), but there are might be an urban semester in conjunction also many continuing education programs with the Urban Affairs Institute at Fisk in NUC member institutions.The profes- utilizing Nashville generally and North sional schools provide continuing education Nashville particularly as a kind of "labor- to those in their professions, and Scarritt atory" for the study of urban problems. College has a booming program of short- Similarly, an intense study of the state term studies in a multitude of areas. legislative process could be pursued any Nevertheless, one still has the sense that spring semester in Nashville. Of course, the University Center does not offer itself out-of-town possibilities of this sort are as an effective educational resource locally, almost infinite.One could have semesters regionally, or nationally (except to its at Oak Ridge; domestic or foreign archae- regular students, of course) for life-long ological sites; additional semesters abroad, learning.Continuing education is mention- perhaps at least one on each continent; a ed here simply as a reminder that this is Washington semester, related to the execu- an area where some fruitful action would tive, judicial, or legislative branches of be timely. government; an oceanographic semester; and numerous other possibilities. Many of Semesters in the Field these programs are already in existence at other institutions; if there were an interest If it is a function of the NUC to consi- in doing so, many of these possibilities der ways of increasing the educational op- could be created for UniverLity Center tions open to students, then areas which students with very little effort. should be explored are the various on-site semester-long or year-long programs The NUC and Nashville which have been or could be created.It is already the case that a student can take How the NUC member institutions relate themselves to their immediate envi- 36 rons is a matter of some sensitivity and, question whether such a development would occasionally, controversy.It is perhaps be a good thing.It is, however, completely unfortunate that the NUC does not have a certain that the matter should and will be means of monitoring developments in this given adequate consideration in the immedi- area and acting in relation to them when ate future. such action would be appropriate, feasible, and useful.If, in the broadest sense, the Medical School Relations "campus" of the NUC is that part of the city of Nashville bordered by and including the Nashville and the University Center are NUC member institutions, then this is a blessed with two medical schools, the Medi- campus with many problems, The future cal School of Meharry Medical College and of this turf should be our concern and a Vanderbilt Medical School. These two matter for our systematic attention. schools have a long and complex history of relating to one another in various ways; A University Service Corporation they continue to be related in ways too numerous to list here.It can be said further A rubric under which one could system- that these two schools have rather different atically consider, deal with, and then adopt emphases and strengths and are thereby or reject the matter of the consolidation of complementary to one another in many many of the routine administrative and ways. The two schools are also related to service functions which each of the NUC in- one another through programs of a general stitutions must provide for itself is that of institutional nature of the NUC and this kind the university service corporation. One of thing is likely to increase soon, particu- could even consider whether such a corpor- larly in the purchasing and warehousing ation should be a non-profit or a profit- area.Nevertheless, in spite of all of these making corporation, in the latter circum- very positive factors, one still does not stance returning its .)rofits to the member sense that there is any mechanism es- institutions. One of the ;,:rimary questions tablished or even planned for systematically that needs to be asked about such an enter- exploiting the potentialities of this situation; prise is could one build into it the necessary the NUC has not to this point acted to do financial incentives which would make it this, nor is it likely to under present and worthwhile for institutional participation foreseeable circumstances unless explicit and also maintain an acceptable level of consideration is given to the matter during service:It remains a very big and valid the coming year.

ENEEM47r, FINANCIAL STATEMENT OF THE NASHVILLE UNIVERSITY CENTER, FISCAL YEAR 1972-73

Balance cn hand, July 1, 1972 $27,559 lIncome, July 1, 1972- June 30, 1973 31,450 2Expenditures, July 1, 1972 - June 30, 1973 44,595 Balance on hand, July 1, 1973 14,414

1The sources and amounts of income were as follows:

Fisk University $ 6,20n Meharry Medical College 5,000 Peabody College 4,800 Scarritt College 85n Vanderbilt University 14,650

2The expenditures were in the following categories and amounts:

Salaries $20,745 Student help 155

Supplies A 410 Equipment 521 cr Telephone and postage 1,029

Travel 651

Equipment maintenance 83 Program development 1,563 Printing and duplicating 1,580 Rent 1,000

Special projects: Shuttle Service $1o,onn Fine Arts Festival, including Christmas concert 7,955

All figures rounded to nearest dollar amount. These figures are subject to minor changes pending receipt of further data from our fiscal agent, Fisk University.

38 NUC COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP

STAFF CONTINUING EDUCATION COMMITTEE INTER-UNIVERSITY TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE Richard H. Morgan, Executive Director Nebraska Mays, Fisk E. J. Junior Jr., Fisk Susan G. Moore, Administrative Assistant Frank Perry, Meharry Webster C. Cash, Fisk Fred Ford, Coordinator for Fine Arts Eve. 's Marion E. Zealey, Meharry R. C. Crutchfield, Meharry Barbara J. Fraser, Administrator for Inter- R. Eugene Pletcher, Peabody Louis Stevenson, Meharry national Programs Kenneth S. Cooper, Peabody Jack White, Peabody Richard L. Cookson, Scarritt H. H. Turpen, Scarritt Dan Shilstat, Vanderbilt ACADEMIC PROGRAMS ADVISORY COMMITTEE Margaret L. Cuninggim, Vanderbilt Ewing P. Shahan, Vanderbilt Daniel M. Brown, Vanderbilt Stanley H. Smith, Fisk Edwin Sanders, Fisk LIBRARY RESOURCES COMMITTEE Marion E. Zealey, Meharry REGISTRARS COMMITTEE Mitchem E. Warren, Peabody Sylvester Dunn, Fisk Jessie C. Smith, Fisk David White, Scarritt Ottic L. West, Meharry Blondell Strong, Meharry L. Ensign Johnson Arthur H. Cook, Peabody Frances Cheney, Peabody Kathryn Newcomb, Scarritt Mary Joan Finger, Scarritt Frank P. Grisham, Vanderbilt COMMUNITY PROGRAMS ADVISORY COMMITTEE William 0. Batts Jr., Vanderbilt Cecil Butler, Fisk PERSONNEL RESOURCES COMMITTEE Charles M. Walker, Meharry PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS COMMITTEE Robert P. Thomson, Peabody Webster C. Cash, Fisk Shirley Carpenter, Fisk Leonard T. Wolcott, Scarritt Clinton E. Jones, Fisk Dorothy Webster, Meharry Parker L. Coddington, Vanderbilt George Braun, Meharry W. D. McClurkin, Peabody William W. Force, Peabody Ralph W. Decker, Scarritt William R. Cook, Vanderbilt RESOURCES AND FACILITIES ADVISORY COMMITTEE R. Wilburn Clouse, Peabody Ralph W. Decker, Scarritt Rutherford H. Adkins, Fisk Charles L. Bradshaw, Vanderbilt PRINTING RESOURCES COMMITTEE Louis Stevenson, Meharry James Scholes, Vanderbilt William W. Force, Peabody George Kaludis, Vanderbilt Jean Morton, Meharry H.H. Turpen, Scarritt Michael Zavelle, Consultant Carl M. Hill, Peabody George Kaludis, Vanderbilt P. Lawrence Hester, Consultant Earle H. MacLeod, Scarritt James U. Redmon, Consultant Robert McGaw, Vanderbilt STUDENT AFFAIRS ADVISORY COMMITTEE Rex Butler, TSU Observer PURCHASING AND WAREHOUSING COMMITTEE Ronald F. Myles, Fisk Karen Ballard, Fisk MATHEMATICS COMMITTEE E. J. Junior Jr., Fisk Carolyn F. Smith, Fisk Theodore R. Sykes, Fisk George Braun, Meharry N. Horace Mann Jr., Meharry Otto Bassler, Peabody William H. Vanstone, Meharry Thomas W. Johnson, Meharry Billy F. Bryant, Vanderbilt Carl M. Hill, Peabody Anita Herndon, Peabody Horace E. Williams, Vanderbilt H.H. Turpen, Scarritt Dorothy L. Durham, Paabody Bruce S. Hawley, Vanderbilt Lucia Drier, Peabody Laurel Ambrose, Scarritt PSYCHOLOGY COMMITTEE SECURITY SYSTEMS COMMITTEE Marilyn Crosby, Scarritt S. O. Roberts Nathan Williams, Scarritt Henry Tomes, Meharry Vander E. Harris, Fisk Margaret L. Cunincigim, Vanderbilt Phil Schoggen, Peabody James H. Leslie, Fisk Robin B. Fuller, Vanderbilt Leslie Phillips, Peabody Joe Hudnall, Meharry Betsy Schapiro, Vanderbilt Martin Katahn, Vanderbilt Chester T. Mayers Jr., Meharry Pearl Dansby, TSU Observer Harold Skelton, Peabody H. H. Turpen, Scarritt AFRO-AMERICAN STUDIES COMMITTEE Robert R. Blankenship, Vanderbilt Gerald McWhorter, Fisk TEACHER EDUCATION COMMITTEE William Hayes, Meharry Nebraska Mays, Fisk PUBLIC RELATIONS COMMITTEE Jack Willers, Peabody W. D. McClurkin Omar L. Hartzler, Scarritt David White, Scarritt Earl S. Clanton III, Fisk Akbar Muhammad, Vanderbilt Lyman B. Burbank, Vanderbilt Kenneth Woods, Fisk Jean Morton, Meharry FINE ARTS COMMITTEE Eugene Dietz, Peabody LINGUISTICS COMMITTEE F. Martin Sheets, Peabody Earl J. Hooks, Fisk James A. Hamlett, Fisk Earle H. MacLeod, Scarritt Gladys I. Forea, Fisk Jan Belcher, Vanderbilt William J. Griffin, Peabody Oscar M. Henry, Fisk Dan Prince, Vanderbilt C. B. Hunt Jr., Peabody Teresa A. McAllister, Peabody Vivian C. Morter, Scarritt Neil Skene, Vanderbilt Charles H. Ball, Peabody Steve Womack, Vanderbilt Walter Rutkowski, Peabody Rupert E. Palmer, Vanderbilt Willard C. Booth, Peabody Walburga von Raffler Engel, Vanderbilt James H. Warren, Scarritt TRUSTEES COMMITTEE, F. Hamilton Hazlehurst, Vanderbilt INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS COMMITTEE J. Albert Werthan, Fisk Cecil D. Jones, Vanderbilt Jake C. Miller, Fisk Cecilia D. Adkins, Fisk Robert McGaw, Vanderbilt Victor Johnson, Meharry Susan G. Moore, Ex Officio Delores C. Shockley, Meharry Stewart E. Fraser, Peabody Frederic Tremaine Billings, Meharry Vivian C. Morter, Scarritt George Cate Jr., Scarritt CALENDAR COMMITTEE Robin B. Fuller, Vanderbilt Gus G. Halliburton, Scarritt Sam M. Fleming, Vanderbilt Stanley H. Smith, Fisk William Vaughn, Vanderbilt Tandy Tollerson III, Fisk James U. Lowe II, Meharry Arthur H. Cook, Peabody EDUCATIONAL CABLE TELEVISION COMMITTEE Robert L. Weaver, Peabody Robert L. Holmes Jr., Fisk Ralph W. Decker, Scarritt Albert G. Berry, Meharry Lawrence C. Hay, Scarritt William W. .Force, Peabody Nicholas Hobbs, Vanderbilt John M. Frase, Peabody Richard L. Blanton, Vanderbilt James H. Warren, Scarritt R^..1 G.'Albridge, Vanderbilt PHOTOS: Cover, Kresge Learning Resources Center, Meharry, Verna Fausey; page 3, Fisk Choir at Christmas Concert, Fisk News Bureau; page 5, University Center Orchestra, Fisk News Bureau; page 7, Richard Jones and class, Fisk News Bureau; page 9, Decker, Palmer, Miller, Grisham, Claunch, by Verna Fausey; page 11, Jubilee Singers, Edwin Schmidt; page 13, Black Mass Choir Concert, Edwin Schmidt; page 15, Robin Fuller and Jean Dungee, by Verna Fausey; page 17, "One Full Rotation of the Earth", Fisk News Bureau; page 19, University Center Orchestra Concert, Fisk News Bureau; page 21, by Verna Fausey; page 23, Stall, Das, and Hartman at Council meeting, Verna Fausey; page 25, Richard Jones, Fisk News Bureau; page 27, Heard and Morgan at Council meeting, by Verna Fausey; page 29, Fisk's Orchestrated Crowd, Edwin Schmidt; page 31, Christmas Concert, Fisk News Bureau; page 33, Vanderbilt Chamber Singers, Edwin Schmidt; page 35, Fisk's Orchestrated Crowd, Edwin Schmidt.