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€i)c Bufee Chronicle Volume 64, Number 127 Duke University, Durham, N.C. Saturday, April 26, 1969 New Vice Provost named McKinney appointment to be effective July 1 Dr. John C. McKinney, professor years. and chairman of the sociology Assuming McKinney's duties as department at Duke, has been head of the sociology department appointed vice provost and dean of will be Dr. Edward Tiryakian. He the graduate school. will move into his new position Announcement of Dr. Sept 1, it was announced. McKinney's promotion was made McKinney will be administrative by University Provost Dr. Marcus E. .head of the Duke Graduate School Hobbs. The appointment is which has an enrollment of over effective July 1 of this year. 1,500. Last year the school Dr. McKinney succeeds Dr. conferred 470 advanced degrees. Richard L. Predmore who In addition to his academic work submitted his resignation last year at Duke, McKinney is president of Photo t>y Terry worn in order to return to fulltime the Southern Sociological Society, York House membeIS ride m front cf the Chapel in their prize winning teaching and research. Predmore "ember of the advisory th perfect example of the thenie of Duke Spring Weekend, "The holds the academic title of floatj e committee for social science for the Times They Are A "Changing." professor of Romance languages National Science Foundation, and a but has been involved in member of committees for the Dr. John C. McKinney administrative work for the past 11 Social Science Research Council and the American Sociological Campbell named editor Association. He also serves as a consultant for The Publications Board elected coverage. He asserted that "the RLC recommends the National Institute of Mental editorial pages of the newspaper Thomas Henry Campbell editor of Health and the U.S. Office of will continue to remain open to all Education. _ the 1969-70 Chronicle yesterday by acclamation. The position was opinions" and promised to publish Over the past several years, weekly or bi-weekly supplements McKinney has published.numerous uncontested. ROTC modification The Board also chose Mary on entertainment and the arts, articles in journals and books and is feature articles, or matters of co-author of books dealing with Elizabeth Welch editor of the By Steve Letzler the true life of the university." Chanticleer and John Harmon topical interest, such as the aging, sociological trends and University's relations with the News editor The statement finished with the Southern studies. French business manager. Miss The Religious Life Council has request that "the administrative Welch won over Robert Allen outside community. recommended to Dr. Seth Warner, structures at Duke University Weaiher Minor. The job of business manager Chairman of the Academic Council discontinue the ROTC program as was uncontested. Miss Welch said she felt there Subcommittee on ROTC at Duke, presently constituted on this Fair and warm, today, tonight, Campbell ran on a petition was a need to achieve more balance Chancellor Barnes Woodhall, and campus by September 1970. We and tomorrow. Chance of pledging to try to increase the in the Chanticleer, with equal Dr. William Cartwright, Chairman suggest that ROTC at Duke be precitipation near zero through "representativeness" of the representation for independents of the Academic Council that the separated from the university Sunday. High tomorrow in the mid Chronicle staff, improve the and fraternities. She emphasized ROTC program at the university be curriculum and that ROTC training 70's, low tonight in the low 40's. "credibility" of the newspaper, and her experience in photography and discontinued. personnel not be members of the High Sunday in the mid 80's. diversify "even more" the news layout. In a statement released University faculty." yesterday, the RLC said, "The .presence of the ROTC program on The statement was signed by the university campus seems to be ministers of all faiths, including Lack of funds slows Fifth Decade Rev. Howard Wilkinson, Chaplain incompatible with the larger goals By Andy Parker definite need for a new Engineering dorms, and they will definitely be and responsibilities of the of the University; Rev. Elmer Hall, Assistant Chaplain; Rev. Richard Policy reporter Building, but thit. project would be considered as top priority for large university. Where the university There is a definite slowdown in put off until a later date. In its construction projects. The dorm is community should be a place of Beauchamp, head of the United Christian Campus Fellowship; the building program as envisioned place, an addition to the present necessary for one thing, since creative scholarship, reflection, and in Duke's Fifth Decade Program, building will be constructed Epworth House was described at a imaginative projection into the Father James Buckley, Roman Catholic, and Helen Crotwell, according to Frank DeVyver, between the Physics and recent EFC meeting as "structurally future of man, the existence of vice-provost and chairman of the Engineering buildings. unsafe." ROTC indicates that the university Chaplain, Methodist. Educational Facilities Committee. Over $250,000 have already A major project long in the is still bound to the old methods of Others signing were Rev. DeVyver noted the slowdown in resolving national frustration, war." been spent in developing plans for planning is a Music Building to Stanford Hall, Chaplain, Lutheran; a report to the Academic Council the new building. The addition will replace the present quarters in "ROTC violates campus Rev. David May, Chaplain, Baptist; Thursday. The major reason that be temporary, however DeVyver Asbury Building. Plans are neutrality by perpetuating military Rabbi Howard Rabinowitz, Hillel plans were not able to be fulfilled is noted, "Temporary these days goes approved for the new structure, interests, it fosters a climate of Chaplain, Jewish; Nancy a lack of funds. Many buildings along way." which would include recital halls authoritarian instruction, is Richardson, Associate Director of projects have been dropped or Another important development anc facilities available to the generally an agency of propaganda, Religious Activities on East altered due to the squeeze on project was new dorms on East non-University community. and does not encourage the kind of Campus; and Rev. Clyde Robinson, money. Campus. Plans are already prepared Some of the funds are available critical scholarship so necessary to Jr. Chaplain, Presbyterian. DeVyver noted that there was a for the new. octagional shaped (Continued on page 5) Feldman discusses presidential search By Carol Harvey students and laculty," he said. University committees F eldman also said that next He also said "A3DU could serve ASDU reporter Feldman then added that "the Feldman also noted that ASDU year," through a Federal grant, % channel for the Durham selection of the chancellor should should "utilize student positions ASDU will employ research community to communicate with Commenting on his nomination be more representitive of students." already existing on University assistants" for these commitr-^es Duke students. Duke is not a of himself for appointment to the committees." Appropriate ASDU separate entity." Presidential Search Committee, . Community committee chairman could be New curriculum ASDU president-elect Bob Feldman Feldman also stressed that "the appointed to University Speaking of the new curriculum, Crisis contingency told the Chronicle yesterday that whole point of my administration committees. "This would increase he said, "I am afraid it won't be As part of a crisis contingency he might not have enough time to will be to emphasize the University direct lines of communication utilized because people will plan, Feldman said there should be devote to the search. as a community as a whole and to between students and continue to depend on old a liaison committee with members However, he suggested that a lot end factionalism." Administration." solutions. The transition to of the local community, including of research will "be worked "All parts of the community independent study and seminars police, in order to understand what through by the alternate, probably must work together finding new He hopes to conduct interviews will be difficult because students is going oa someone whose views are not the directions for the University," during the spring for committee are so used to the other system." This summer ASDU will be same as my own." Feldman said. If students will take chairmen. He later said that these "The new curriculum implies a studying protection of parking Feldman also discussed the the initiative and show openness must be responsible people and if great maturity of the students. It areas and increased facilities in composition of the search and willingness to make the they do not prove to be so, he will also mean a tremendously conjunction with the Traffic committee. "The selection of the community a whole, faculty and would "have no qualms about increased load for professors Commission. Defeated candidate president is an important thing; the administration will be much more removing them. ASDU must because of so many advisees," he Rich Poland had proposed such a Universitv is more than just perceptive." function as efficiently as possible." commission. Page Two The Duke Chronicle Saturday, April 26,1969 24 Mafia 'families9 constitute hard core of organized crime By Charles Grutzner through Long Island, Westchester described by Sen. John L., (C) 1969 N.Y. Times News Service and into Connecticut. A seventh McClellan, the committee NEW YORK-The 5,000 family, based in the Buffalo area, chairman, as paralleling that of the members of 24 "families" controls organized crime in western. Mafia in Sicily. The American mentioned by President Nixon New York and the Ohio Valley, Mafia, or Cosa Nostra, is not a Wednesday in his message to according to law enforcement branch of the older Sicilian Mafia Congress constitute the hard core agencies. but there are close business of organized crime across the The other families are based in relationships between Mafiosi on nation.

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