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University of Missouri system Vol. 6, No. 21 Jan. 24, 1980

Olson reviews the 1970's

Unseasonably balmy weather seems anticipates the 1980's to be as compressed UM President James C. Olson into this telephoto new procedures to insure input from delivered the following remarks at the shot of the UMC faculty , staff and students. Externally, Dec. 14, 1979, meeting of the Board of journalism school we entered a new era which Curators. That was the last curators ' arch as the demands-and rightly so- a high meeting held in the 1970 's. permanent degree of credibility and accountability landmarks do. The to the citi zens of this commonwea lth As a hi storian, perhaps I can be stone lions at right, and their elected and appointed forgiven for noting that this is the last carved 531 years ago representatives whose support and meeting the Board of Curators will during the Ming understanding are vital to our have in the decade of the 70's. It has Dynasty, were a gift existence. Having made these crucial been a remarkable 10 years. from the Chinese adjustments, we now have additional Everyone can recall that th e government and strength and confidence with which to were dedicated in decade began with much national deal more effectively with the future. dissent and frequently frightening and 1931. As we begin the 80's, we must The columns confusing turbulence. It was a time of realize that higher education faces a marker at left gives testing-sometimes through new set of chall enges-perhaps not so the history of the red violence-virtually all of society's potentially explosive and volatile-but campus' columns. established institutions. None felt this challenges which are likely to change The sundial marks conflict more than the colleges and the very character of our institutions the 1921 addition to universities. Not only did campuses just as dramatically as those of the past the journalism become the focal points for the protest 10 years. Higher education will take a school. and opposition to their traditional roles, very difficult test in the 80's. We will but also they bore the brunt of the have to deal with such problems as the dissent resulting from the larger and ravages of inflation , impending more encompassing problems of society e nrollment declines and shrinking itself. The latter included controversy governmental revenues resulting in part over the Vietnam War, debate of from the "proposition 13 syndrome. " materialistic versus humanistic valu es, More importantly, we have many and a general loss of confidence in the tasks left over from the 70's. T he nation national leadership's ability to deal with is asking its colleges and universities the issues of environment, energy and, to provide the essential expertise and perhaps the most divisive of all , civil leadership to help solve such pressing Governor's proposed budget and human rights . problems as maintenance of the delicate In short, it has been a trying balance of energy and environmental decade from which we still bear the concerns; the accommodation of scien­ pleases UM administration scars. Fortunately, during this period tific and technological advancements we also learned a great deal about with the associate social and economic Gov. Joseph Teasdale's University staff would continue to ourselves and, through a kind of forced pressures, and a continuance of the recommendation for state support for communicate, in the House and Senate, introspection, made some significant accelerated struggle for civil and human 1980-81, if approved by the General UM's need for additional funding. and dramatic changes. rights. Assembly, would enable the University The governor's capital Throughout our trials, the I am confident that our educational to make substantial progress, UM improvement recommendation fo r the University was able to maintain a institutions will survive the 80's just as President James C. Olson said Jan. 15 UM system totals $23.8 million. forum for free discussion and sustain they did the 70's. Indeed, we should be in a Columbia news conference. Teasdale's recommendation includes the principle of academic able to draw sustenance from our The $169.4 million for the UM updating existing UM facilities, energy freedom-basic to the University's successes over recent struggles. We system's general operating budget conservation improvements, revamping purpose of the pursuit of truth and free must be worthy of the trust of those represents a 12.4 percent increase, the for handicapped as well as three new inquiry and the extension of who have encouraged and supported us " largest proposed by the executive buildings: agricultural engineering and knowledge. in the past. We must continue to meet branch since the 1960's," Dr. Olson animal science facilities for UMC and Certainly we should not leave the the expectations of those who believe pointed out. the proposed U M system library 70's without mentioning perhaps the in our ability to meet, with courage and Included is a 9.5 percent increase storage facility , which would be located most dramatic and enduring change of determination, the challenge to in the University's salary and wage on the Columbia campus. Funding for all dealing with the revamping of the contribute to a better life for all in the base, compared to 10.6 percent the latter two buildings is contingent decision-making process by establishing decade ahead. requested by UM in an effort to upon the state's continuing to receive improve its ability to compete with Big federal revenue sharing funds, Teasdale Eight and Big ten institutions as well said. Former UM professors accept settlement as other markets for faculty and staff. Even though the Teasdale capital Cash settlements from UM have In letters to Dr. Mindel and Dr. "I am encouraged by the gover- improvements recommendation for UM been accepted by former Columbia Miller, UMC provost Owen Koeppe nor's recommendation," Dr. Olson is " the best we've had in years from campus faculty members Charles offered one-time cash settlements "to said. "Having said that, I should point the governor," Dr. Olson pointed out Mindel and Ronald Miller. They were correct any inequities that may have out that we are still $6.6 million short that there still were "some very among seven UMC professors denied resulted from the denial of a salary of our request, $6 million of which important projects not included" in the salary increases in 1970 after they increase .. . because of events related to accounts for program improvements recommendation. dismissed classes to protest events the dismissal of classes for reasons of that are very important to us. Obvious- The president specifically cited the related to the Viet Nam conflict. protest during the spring of 1970." ly we would like to have our entire lack of planning funds for the proposed Settlements from the University Dr. Mindel now teaches at the appropriation request approved." health sciences library and law school were accepted earlier from the other University of Texas at Arlington , and Dr. Olson said that even though he buildings at Columbia, and planning five faculty members involved. (See Dr. Miller at Brooklyn College of the is pleased with the way this year's funds for a science building at St. Spectrum, July 21,1978.) City University of New York. budget process has gone so far, the Louis. Summary Status to. date of the 1980-81 UM Appropriations Request for Operations

1980-81 CBHE Governor's UM Request Recommendation Recommendation

UM General $175,940,481 $171,369,544 $169,363,147 Increase 25,280,983 20,710,046 18 ,703 ,649 V 'll HAVE NER RALp·il--f S JR Percent 16.8% 13 .7% 12.4% 7'01 LEWI S HALL "These days the mai nstream of ou r literary cu Itu re is the small presses." -from "The Pushcart Prize, IV" Extension Division, reach listeners Marian Ohman: Extension's through special side band frequencies of the University's four FM radio stations. Interpretive information about envoy for the humanities the color, texture, line and other aspects of the artwork would be Narthex and transept, or presentation, which is available in broadcast through these channels. cruciform? Bellcast gambrel, or slide-tape or video cassette form , is If the project is funded , Dr. truncated hip? Center ogee, or center directed not to architects, but to the Ohman plans to enlist the cooperation UMKC's New Letters, New Letters on the Air pointed? Entablature, or arches local contractors, carpenters and of museum curators and musicians to radiating voussoirs? masons who work with small town help put into practice some theories The Tramp's Cup, the latest book poetry by combining literature with says: "It's a rigid convention that Through a three-year program store owners and small business related to musical equivalents of of poems by David Ray, UMKC music. It often features either there'll be no poetry at [a] called "Sacred Stones and Stained interests. various color tones for those who have professor of English and editor of New accompanied readings on a theme symphony-why can't the city Glass Windows," over 20,000 women Dr. Ohman published "Oh! never experienced color. Letters literary quarterly, was awarded developed from the magazine, or symphonies include a poet or two on in chapters of the Missouri Extension Justice ... " in 1979. This is a 44-page "What instrument is orange? Or the William Carlos Williams Prize by readings by authors such as John their programs, between Brahms and Homemakers Association located what color is the cello's deepest the Poetry Society of America this past Gardner and Brendan Gill. Stravinsky? We're asking our media throughout the state are answering tones?" Dr. Ohman asks. December. Although the program often such questions-why not some young these and other architectural questions She is convinced that non-sighted The prize is given for the best stresses original material from the composers, between Bizet and Ravel?" about the floor plans, roof shapes, people can be immeasurably enriched book of poetry in the country published Kansas City area-especially original " We want to shake things up a window structures and door heads of through the color communication of by a university press, small press or music-it has presented children's bit-consider new ways of going about their local church buildings. blind musicians as diverse as Ray non-profit press. It provides for the poetry, creative work based around the some of these seeming necessities. They are also discovering the Charles, Stevie Wonder and Jose purchase of 500 copies of the book to theme of ecology and other less "If New Letters, and its spinoff, griffin, the leopard and the lamb, Feliciano. be distributed by the poetry society, conventional topics as well. New Letters on the Air, can help through symbolic depictions of those Ultimately , of course, she would displaying its logo with the words In an introductory editorial in the shake things up a bit, locate a few new animals in the stained glass art of their like to see the project widely adapted "Winner of the Poetry Society of fall 1979 volume Mr. Ray summarizes readers and listeners for what Denise churches. for use by sighted people, " Many of us America's William Carlos Williams the kind of cultural rigidity that the Levertov calls 'the authentic,' then And since they are recording their are culturally blind," Dr. Ohman says, Prize 1979." broadcasts are trying to counteract. He we'll have done our job." various photographs, measurements "and I think this type of program Th e Tramp's Cup, which is and surveys in a standardized format, would go far toward making people published by the Chariton Review the State Historical Society of Missouri more aware of their artistic Press, Kirksville , Mo ., contains poems UMC's The Missouri Review will make the information a part of its surroundings, and more sensitive to the that first appeared in such magazines as permanent collection. circumstances that created their present The New Yorker, Esquire, Paris Review For four years now , a little-known faculty, although work by alumni is The creator and director of this environment. " and The Nation. publisher in Yonkers, N. Y., has welcome. The reason for this innovative project, which recently won Through" Audio Art" and other The award that it won represents determined the merits of 170 or so of limitation, says Mr. Levis, is that the national prize in the cultural arts programs, Dr. Ohman exemplifies the the latest in a long list of honors that this country's numerous small presses "judging the work of someone you division of the National Extension Mr. Ray has received for his work, and the writers whose works are know is very difficult, since Homemakers Association, is Marian central philosophy of the land-grant institution and the state university­ honors that include a $5,000 editorial published in their journals. · personalities necessarily come into Ohman. She is UMC program that of fulfilling a responsibility to the fellowship given to him in 1979 by the play. Therefore we put some distance coordinator of humanities and faculty This past year the Pushcart Book people of the state. Coordinating Council of Literary Press selected the small presses of both between the writer whose work our consultant for the MEHA arts and Magazines. students are judging and those students humanities division. She is determined to help dispell UMKC and UMC to be listed among the notion of the University as an The coordinating 'council, which is the outstanding small presses of themselves.' , Dr. Ohman occupies a unique funded by the National Endowment for America in the the 1979-80 edition of Midlands, UMC's student literary niche within the University structure, isolated center of education, by making the Arts, gave 10 identical fellowships The Pushcart Prize, IV; Best o/the publication, fills the gap created by the being charged witb developing and University resources available to the last year, one to each of 10 editors of Small Presses. Individual literary Review's submissions policy, since it implementing a variety of programs that elderry, tbe handicapped, tlfe confined and even international students on literary magazines in the country. The works and presses (journals) selected presents a publication outlet for any take the cultural history of Missouri to campus, most of whom know little money is to be used personally by the for inclusion in the volume are viewed UMC student. The magazine's title the extension audience. In Dr. editors in broadening their base of as the standard to be emulated by holds the key to Mr. Levis' attitude Ohman's case that audience often about the history of U MC's Francis experience through travel and whatever serious writers of poetry, fiction and toward his student writers. includes a high proportion of women, history of Boone County' s courthouses Quadrangle or any other physical aspect of the state's largest institution other means they wish. This is the first criticism in America. "Being from agricultural with whom she meets in locales as which grew out of her work as a instance of editors' being so honored. communities in the Midwest, most of diverse as churches and courtrooms. student in a seminar on Missouri for learning. Larry Levis, editor of the UMC She also strongly espouses the Perhaps more important to Mr. journal The Missouri Review and them know that a certain amount of Her role, as she sees it, is that of architecture. And she is currently at Ray than these highly visible assistant professor of English, has a physical labor precedes the harvest," an envoy for the humanities. Ever since work on a history of 19th century acknowledgements of his talent is the poem published in the Pushcart Mr. Levis says. 1973 , when she received her Ph .D. Missouri courthouses, having fact that since he joined the U MK C volume. Entitled " The Ownership of "Similarly, they don't shun the degree in art history from UMC and documented every such courthouse in faculty in 1971 , the school has afforded the Night," it explores the darkness of hard work of learning to make images assumed her present position, Dr. the state. She has even completed him an opportunity that is rare in two different but related moments in in order to arrive eventually at a good Ohman has been a thought-provoker considerable research toward a academic .circles-time to be a full-time time. poem. This attitude, plus a healthy among Missouri women. follow-up volume, which would treat writer and editor and part-time The UMC journal was mentioned skepticism in general, usually prevents "I often ask women involved in 20th century courthouses. professor, rather than vice-versa. recently by Reynolds Price in his my students from being dabblers in the church architecture project why Architecture is far from the only The situation has allowed the writer review of the 0' Henry Prize stories of whatever lucky phrasing might work for they still prefer traditional, even area in which Dr. Ohman is helping and his staff of professionals to build 1978. And in December, 1979, the them at the moment. " Gothic, church architecture when Missourians learn to appreciate their on the strong literary tradition that editors received notice of a $1,900 grant In trying to evaluate the almost every other aspect of their lives heritage, however. She is currently at UMKC had already established from the Coordinating Council of pUblications' role in the lives of his is more contemporary," she says. work on a project entitled" Audio through New Letters' predecessor, the Literary Magazines, in recognition of students, Mr. Levis frequently draws "They're hardly still in hoop skirts, Art," for which she hopes to receive University Review, and to develop their the journal's achievements. on his own experience as a developing after all." funding from either the National new magazine into something truly The Review was founded in 1977 poet. Dr. Ohman counts the sacred Endowment for the Humanities or the outstanding. as a journal of poetry, fiction and "I was reared in a part of stones project as only one of many National Endowment for the Arts. From its inception the UMKC criticism by its editors, Larry Levis and California that offered young men only extension programs meeting an " Audio Art" is being designed to literary magazine has published the most traditional of role models. The important intellectual need in the lives teach the visually handicapped about nationally known writers such as and Marcia Southwick. Since then it has been published four times. . real turning point, in my sense of of rural Missourians. And she expects the visual arts, concentrating on Robert Bly , Joyce Carole Oates and myself, came through Philip Levine, a the warm reception that that project American art located in Missouri Diane Wakoski. Since its founding The Review has poet whose work I have subsequently has enjoyed to be duplicated in similar museums and the work of Missouri It also serves the Midwest, having had a national scope, having published been privileged to publish in the projects she is implementing in the artists found throughout the United published Cyrus Colter and Thomas the work of such writers as Louis Review. state's small towns. States. Hart Benton's work in 1972, while the Simpson, Marilyn Hacker, Philip "He gave me an enormous gift-an For example, Dr. Ohman has just The project entails making publication was still in its infancy. At Levine, M.L. Rosenthal and Carlos image of myself as a poet, and I hope published a pamphlet entitled, postcard-sized reproductions of the development of reuseable audio-visual Fuentes. the same time it was encouraging the that's what The Missouri Review and "Remodeling and Restoring Nineteenth paintings with information about them materials as an answer to extension contributions of unknown artists and Such quality literary publishing is Midlands are doing for other students," Century Cast Iron Store Fronts," printed on the back. These cards could field work that faces possible writers from abroad. only one of its two basic purposes, he says. which she hopes will be the first of be used by sighted persons as they transportation difficulties brought on by In 1977 New Letters went on the however. The Revuw has also served Mr. Levis' concern for the young several in a series devoted to helped the blind. Specially-produced the energy crisis. air with a radio program broadcast from the outset as a magazine poet is illustrated in the make-up of the architectural preservation in small counterparts, for use by the blind , " We are a media-oriented nation," every Saturday at 12:30 on committed to helping students gain Review's spring 1979 issue. Actually a Missouri communities. would place the composition of the she says. "Television and radio KCUR-FM, public radio in Kansas experience in literary editing. Currently double issue, its first 60 pages are In 1978 she produced an painting in relief for manual study. productions can reach more people in City. New Letters on the Air, which some 20 English graduate students use devoted to the work of young poets. audio-visual project for UMC's These special reproductions would one program than the four-campus is now carried by 80 National Public the publication as a vehicle for refining The publication's editors are department of regional and community be mailed to some 500 University system does· in a year. But Radio stations across the country, their editorial skills, by being forced to encouraged by the wide distribution the affairs, entitled " The Second Story," visually-handicapped people who have scholarly subjects presented through reaches some half million listeners. accept or reject manuscripts on the journal has come to have in the course which calls attention to the remnants of on loan from UM special receivers the media must be treated in a The half-hour show of basis of their own critical judgments. of its short life . The last issue went to 19th century street architecture usually which can pick up UM's side band sophisticated manner. Hopefully, the dramatization and performance has The Review's submissions policy is about 700 people, of which some 200 found on the second story skyline of radio programs. These programs, University is working to meet this enlarged the audience for contemporary to accept no work by students and are subscribers. buildings. Information in the regularly provided by the UMC challenge. " Tax, religion suits resolved

The City of Columbia and the University have entered into an agreed stipulation for dismissal of the Kidney center funded poultry husbandry will be housed in the American Society for Engineering eight-year-old suit over the collection of 40,000 square foot structure. Management. This new national a city sales tax. The UMC Medical Center has Planning funds for the addition association was founded this past fall The stipUlation for dismissal was been awarded a three-year grant of were approved by the 1979 Missouri by representatives of 13 industries and filed Jan. 17 with Judge John Cave in $858,806 from the National Institutes of General Assembly. The University public agencies and 15 educational the Boone County Circuit Court. The Health. The money will facilitate a requested $7,880,750 in its 1980-81 institutions. stipUlation also provided that each side multi-center cooperative study on the budget request to build the Litton Joann Rutherford, UMC associate bear its own cost of the litigation. effects of continuous ambulatory addition and five other units that will professor of physical education and City sources indicated that the trial peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) on patients complete the complex. head women's basketball coach, has judges' initial ruling, the decision of the with severe kidney failure. been named as one of the Ten Missouri Supreme Court in the Karl Nolph, UMC nephrologist, is Outstanding Young Women of America Warrensburg case and the 1979 principal investigator. U M wins 21 CASE awards for 1979. Ms. Rutherford was selected amendment to the sales tax act resulted Dr. Nolph is one of the for this honor from more than 50 in accomplishing most of the purposes UM has received 21 international pioneers in using CAPD finalists from throughout the nation. of the law suit. communications awards-13 of them by as a life-saving alternative to the kidney Edward Walter, UMKC professor Since collection of any taxes that maching (hemodialysis). He describes the Columbia campus-in Mid-America District competition conducted this fall of philosophy, has been elected to the might have been ruled to be due would the process as the closest thing yet to a 15-member national board of advisors depend upon legislative appropriations, by the Council for the Advancement completely portable, internal, artificial the city said it was not profitable to and Support of Education (CASE). of the Institute for Advanced kidney. pursue the litigation through the trial Besides UMC, UM system central Philosophic Research. A privately Forty-six major medical centers endowed organization, the institute and appellate courts. across the United States applied to join administration and UMKC each received four awards. provides formats for philosophers to The U.S. District Court in Kansas the evaluation project. Thirty-six were discuss practical, social and political UMC's alumni magazine, City has upheld a UM regulation that judged qualified to participate, though problems. does not allow the use of that number may be reduced in the "Missouri Alumnus," received two awards for exceptional achievement, Dik Twedt, UMSL professor of University-owned buildings for regular final selection to be made in marketing, has been appointed to the religious services. Washington, D.C., this month. the highest award given in each of the 10 categories. UMKC also won an advisory editorial board of Managerial The regulation in question is Psychology, an international journal of Section 4.0314.0107 of the Collected exceptional achievement award for its television commercial aimed at industrial management. Rules and Regulations . UMSL sports boosted part-time students. Barbara Uehling, UMC chancellor, On Dec. I I the court rejected a Communications awards are has been elected a trustee of the suit filed in 1977 by a UMKC student The directors of the Missouri presented annually for the best news Carnegie Foundation for the organization, Cornerstone, which Intercollegiate Athletic Association and feature stories, electronic media Advancement of Teaching. She will contended that the University'S refusal have unanimously approved UMSL's and various kinds of internal and serve a four-year term. Now in its 75th to permit the group to use the campus' application for membership. Beginning external pUblications. year. the foundation is concerned with University Center for religious services with the 1980-81 season, UMSL's Approximately 1,900 colleges and improving policies within and toward violated the members' constitutional higher education. rights. Rivermen can compete in this league in universities are members of CASE. eight sports. The campus is the first to The Mid-America District consists of be ac~epted to the league on a institutions from Missouri, Kansas, non-probationary status. Iowa, Nebraska, Colorado, Wyoming, Jobs North Dakota and South Dakota. The following administrative, (2); institutional research associate; Litton addition approved professional and academic vacancies manager, budget reporting; senior A proposed major addition to were listed with Spectrum as of Jan. systems analyst (2); senior systems agricultural research facilities at UMC People 18. Those interested in a position programmer; supervisor, accounting services; systems analyst; will be named for the late U.S. should contact the appropriate William R. Venable, associate Congressman Jerry L. Litton. Approval academic department or personnel UMC Hospital: Asst. directors, director of the Midwest Community for the addition to the Animal Sciences office. hospital support services, nursing Education Development Center and UMC: Asst. supervisors, custodial Research Center was granted in services (3); asst. manager, pharmacy; executive session of the UM Board of assistant professor of education at services, electric; engineer; computer programmer/analyst II; head Curators upon recommendation of UM UMSL, recently spent two weeks in maintenance coordinator-housing; nurse nurse (6); infection control coordinator; Brazil as a technical consultant in President James C. Olson and UMC practitioner-student health; research managers, programming, technical Chancellor Barbara Uehling. community education. Dr. Venable's specialist; scientific programmer/analyst services; nurse anesthetist (3); nurse work was sponsored by the The addition to the research II (2); supervisor, broadcast practitioner (6); nurse recruiter; Missouri/Para Partners of the Americas facilities south of the UMC veterinary engineering KOMU-TV; senior personnel associate; pharmacist (3); and UMSL. college will be the major structure in research specialist; asst. director, registered medical technologist; sr. Harriet H. Werley became the complex and will include offices, alumni & development management engineer; sr. methods and classrooms and an auditorium. associate dean of the UMC School of communications; asst. professors, procedures analyst (2), sr. systems Nursing Jan. 1. Her primary Departments of animal, dairy and accountancy, anthropology, art (2), analyst; senior systems programmer: responsibility will be in nursing broadcasting, chemistry, civil UMR: Coordinator, engineering research. engineering, curriculum and instruction, services; manuscript specialist; William R. Kimel, dean of UMC's family and community medicine, superintendent, power plant; asst. College of Engineering, has been forestry, fisheries and wildlife, health professor, mechanical, aerospace elected a fellow in the American and physical education, public engineering; postdoctoral research, Society of Mechanical Engineers. Of administration, recreation and park cloud physics; sf. research aid, the 95,000 professionals and students administration, social work, sociology, geological engineering; technical who are members of ASME, only finance; associate professors, family writing; director, drama, music about 50 are elected to fellow status and community medicine, music, public annually. administration, veterinary medicine (2), UMSL: Asst. dean, student affairs; Elmer R. Kiehl, former UMC dean veterinary microbiology, law; asst. professors, administration of of the College of Agriculture and professors, clothing and textiles justice (2), art, chemistry, economics is published every other week during the currently on leave, has been named the (chairperson), law; instructors, business (2), mathematical sciences, political acadeinic year and monthly during the summer executive director of the Board for and public administration (2), extension science (2), psychology (2), education session by University Information Services, International Food and Agriculture education; asst. instructor, medical (behavioral studies), sociology (4), 400 Lewis Hall, Columbia, in cooperation with social work (2), speech; computer the Columbia, Kansas City, Rolla and St. Development. BIF A D is a unit of the dietetics; research associate, Louis Offices of Public Information. International Development and horticulture; UMca: accountant; scientists, mathematical sciences (2); Cooperation Agency. asst. manager, budget (legislative); orchestra, vocal, choral music; Editor: Parker Buckles Bernard Sarchet, chairman of the asst. radiation safety officer; UMKC: Administrative associate Ph. 882-4591 UMR engineering management chemist (2); computer programmer/ II, asst. registrar records; sr. department, has been elected the first analyst I (2); computer programmer/ information specialist; sr. research :1:. president of the recently established analyst II; computer project manager specialist.