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Wright State University CORE Scholar The Guardian Student Newspaper Student Activities 2-15-1968 The Guardian, February 15, 1968 Wright State University Student Body Follow this and additional works at: https://corescholar.libraries.wright.edu/guardian Part of the Mass Communication Commons Repository Citation Wright State University Student Body (1968). The Guardian, February 15, 1968. : Wright State University. This Newspaper is brought to you for free and open access by the Student Activities at CORE Scholar. It has been accepted for inclusion in The Guardian Student Newspaper by an authorized administrator of CORE Scholar. For more information, please contact [email protected]. WRIGHT STATE rr\I ih e FEB-Guardia 19 * • n February 15, 1968 Volume 4 Poge 1 Ho. 10 Activities Of Senate Reported Board of Trustees Write Code By Chairman Of Academic Regulations This report, a comprehensive evaluation of the activities the policies and procedures The following is the Code of The Board of Trustees shall established by the Board of of the Wright State Student Senate from February 1967 to the Academic Regulations as approve all contracts to December 1967, is submitted to the student senate and the Trustees for the administra- adopted recently by the Board which Wright State Univer- tion of the affaiis of the Uni- student body by Terry Hankey, chairman, Wright State Stu- of Trustees of Wright State. sity Is a party; review, ap- dent Senate. versity. In carrying out such We feel it is necessary that prove, amend, or disapprove responsibilities, the Presi- every student and faculty all capital and operating dent shall: I. HISTORY OF THE OKUAN1ZATION member should thoroughly budgets of the University; acquaint themselves with and exercise surveillance to The Wright State Student Senate (then Dayton Campus) was this document. n. Manage and direct the organized by student initiative in the Fall trimester of 1964. see that all expenditures of Though we offer the docu- the University are made pur- day-to-day operation of the The "Campus" at that time was in its first session. The stu- ment without comment here, suant to all pertinent laws, University. dent body consisted primarily of freshmen and interest was we refer you to articles with- regulations, rules, policies, B. Lead in development of high — nearly 50 candidates ran for election that year. in the GUARDIAN particular- and budgets in force. policies, programs, and or- The first senate struggled valiantly to draft a provisional ly the editorials. Chairman ganizational units in the fur- constitution. The senate was organized into twobranches — Hankey's Report, and the therance of teachings, ad- the legislative (senate) and the executive (student body pres- Statement on academic free- Adacemic Degrees. vancement of knowledge, and ident and his commissions). The term of office lasted until dom of the Association of public service as primary elections were scheduled in the winter of 1966. During this College Professors and other The Board of Trustees shall goals of the University, and time, the chief organ of the student government was the university associations, establish the degrees to be direct and promote the Uni- executive branch — chiefly due to the strong leadership of which might supplement your granted by the University, versity's activities toward the student body president. Several projects and activities understanding. and shall grant all such de- achievement of excellence were undertaken by his commissions with some success. grees after due considera- in such activities. The second student senate took office in 1966. The balance tion of nominations submitted C. Develop and maintain of power was reversed. The student body president took little Trustees by the Faculty. long-range plans for the or- Initiative and allowed the commission system to degenerate derly growth erf the programs completely. By the fall of 1966, he had completely divorced Organization of the and the physical plant of the himself from the student government and the student govern- General Powers University. ment was left without the leadership it needed. University. The student senate, meanwhile, was operating on its own. The Board of Trustees The Board of Trustees, in D. Formulate Codes of It was largely unsuccessful forseveral reasons. (1>It lacked shall employ, fix the com- consultation with the Presi- Operating Procedures gov- student support. Very little effort had been made by the pre- pensation of, and remove the dent and with due regard for erning the non-academic ad- vious senate to solicit help from incoming freshmen in 1965. President and such number the professional judgment of ministrative processes of As a result, the student body, with a large freshman ma- of professors, teachers, and the faculty as expressed the University, including, but jority, was uninformed about what they could do and lacked other employees as may be through their chosen repre- not limited to, business ad- the impetus to Initiate activity because there was already deemed necessary. The sentatives, shall establish, ministration, physical plant a senate — somewhere. (2) Internal organization and leader- Board shall do all things and prescribe the principal management and administra- ship was poor. Meetings were poorly attended and by mid- necessary for the creation, functions of, major academic tive personnel affairs, and summer most of the responsible senators had resigned with proper maintenance, and divisions, colleges, depart- present such recommended disgust. Student government, as a whole, w.>s a sad state of successful and continuous ments, and professional Operating procedures to the affairs. operation of the University. schools within the Univer- Board of Trustees from time The Board may accept dona- sity. to time for their considera- NOTE: This "history" I; almost entirely un- tions of lands ^nd money for tion; and insure compliance documented, as written records for this period the purposes of the Univer- with all such Operating Pro- are very scarce. It is Intended to provide a sity. The President cedures as are adopted by perspective from which to judge the present The President shall be the the Board erf Trustees. senate. These are entirely my own observa- Finance and Business chief executive officer of the tions and should be regarded ss Informative Affairs. Wright State University and Con'l to Page I gossip. — T.L.H. shall be responsible within II. STARTING POINT The present senate took office on February 2, 1967. It Masters In Chemistry Started lacked records or communications from previous senates. There were ro bylaws to define internal organization. There Wright State University has search appointments in or- ganic Chemistry were only official minutes and a weak constitution to build announced the establishment Elements of Organic Chem- ganic, polymer and physical istry upon. of a graduate program in chemistry. Additional fund- The first task then which faced the senate was to organize Chemistry leading to a Mas- ing is presently under con- Synthetic Organic Reactions and stabilize the student government at Wright State. ter of Science degree. The sideration to expand the num- Thermodynamics ber and scope of research Atomic and Molecular III. ORGANIZATION first group of full-time grad- Structure uate students will begin study supported appointments. Chemical Kinetics A. Officers in the Fall of this year. The First year stipends have been Group Theory course offerings will be set at $2,900 plus remission Stereochemistry scheduled In the late after- of tuition and most fees. Organic Chemistry of High It was decided that the officers of the senate should be noons and evenings to allow The facilities available In chairman, vice chairman, recording secretary, correspond- the Department Include such Polymers ing secretary, and treasurer. Their roles were defined and interested area chemists to Nuclear and Electron Mag- undertake advanced degree equipment items as a P&E netic Resonance Spectros- their duties enumerated. Throughout the year, these officers studies on a part-time basis. 621 infrared spectrophoto- have fulfil 1c u our needs and I can recommend no changes meter, a Carey 14 spectro- copy in this structure. It will be expected that at the termination In addition, the department inorganic Structure Deter- will offer a number of photometer anda VarianHA- minations of their term, each officer will be expected to submit a courses in special topics 60IL nuclear magnetic res- detailed description of his duties and his methods of ful- onance spectrometer togeth- Theoretical Organic Chem- filling these duties. areas of current Interest to istry a wide cross-section of the er with a wide variety of Selected Topics in Organic, scientific community of Day- other instrumentation. The B. Committees Inorganic and Phy U ton. Planning for expanding Department anticipates the Chemistry Probably the most significant change in the operation of the graduate study program addition of a mass spectro- Detailed information con- the student government was the establishment of several to the doctoral level has al- meter and electron spin res- cerning the program can be standing committees. These committees have, in effect, re- ready been undertaken. onance equipment In the near obtained by writing — placed the former system of commissions under the student The department has begun future. Dr. Robert T. Conley, Dody president and have greatly aided ir.unifyingthe student the recruitment of twelve Tentative Course offerings Chairman, Department of government. More importantly, these committees have as- full-time graduate students projected for the 1968-69 Chemistry, Wright State Uni- sumed complete responsibility In many matters which ferm- for available teaching and academic year include the versity, Dayton, Ohio 45431 the senate itself (elections, activities, publicity, research appointments. Pro- following: h fr ed the 8e Advanced Inorganic Chern- " ?f ® "ate. to begin to tackle the more fessors Conley (Chairman), or by phone: important policy decisions which face our university. Skinner and Battino have isty I and II funds available from con- Instrumentation 426-6650.