The radio tower shown on our cover was recently erected to carry the transmiss~onsof WSSR-FM, the univers~ty's new publ~c rad~o station. This issue features publ~crad~o, both at Sangamon State and nationally. She introductory article is by CHRIS VLAHOPLUS, vice pres~dentfor Un~versilyRelations at SSU. He has experience in both the news profes- son and in state government. Vlahoplus worked as a newsman for Internattonal News Serv~ceand as a bureau chief for the United Press International. Subsequently he was press secretary to Governor Otto Kerner during the last six years of his adminis- tratlen, and to Governor Samuel Shap~rodur~ng his incumbency. He received a Bachelor's Degree from Washington University, St. Louis. He has heen with Sangamon State Universitv since 7970.

Other articles in this issue are written by

JAMES MEWBANKS, who is WSSR's director of engdneerlng. He holds the Bachelor of Science degree from Southern lll~noisUn~versity, Carbondate. Before comlng to Sangarnon State, Newbanks was the assistant chief engineer for SI U's TV and F71 stations in Carbondale.

LEE C. FRISCHKNECHT, who IS pres~dent of National Publtc Rad~o.He holds the &.A. degree from Utah State University, where he began hn rad~oas student manager of their station. He has worked for a private station and served as general manager of M~ch~ganState Univers~ty'sradio sratlon. He has also worked for Nat~onalEducat~onal Tel~v~sion and has served Utah State as director of University Relations. He has been with Nat~onalPublic Radio since 1970.

ROBERT SHERMAN, the curator of Clayville and assistant professor of h~storyat Sangarnon State, who received the Bachelor of Arts degree from Loras College and the Master of Arts from New York State University College. Sherman was formerly a f~eld representative with the State Hlstorlcal Society of Wisconsin and district historian for the Illinois De- partment of Conservation.

ANNA MAY SMITH, associate professor of adm~n~s- tration at Sangamon State. She received the B.A. degree from Barat College and the M.A. degree from Columbia University. Prior to corning to SSU, she was director of the Upward Bound Program at Barat. Her previous professional experience lncludes working wtth an advert~sfngagency and as a research intern at the University of Illinois Medical School. She served as coordinator of SSU's recent Conference on Women. Table of Contents Sansam0n Page

Universities serve the public in many diverse ways.

When Sangamon State began, most of its activities were carried out in the confines of classrooms during regularly scheduled A New Voice in Central Illinois ...... 2 class time. While that mode of instruction remains the central Chris Vlahoplus one on campus, our activities have become more diversified as the institution has developed.

Technical Facilities at WSSR ...... 7 This issue of Sangamon is devoted to three different ways in James Newbanks which the university serves its public: by radio broadcasting, through an historic museum, and through weekend confer- ences devoted to special topics. While this does not exhaust the means in which the public is served by Sangamon State, it NPR? ...... 8 gives some idea of the breadth of concerns which the people of Lee C. Frischknecht this place have.

Public radio is an instantaneous form of communication dealing A Living Museum...... 10 very much with the present. The Clayville museum is an Robert Sherman attempt to preserve and interpret the past in a way which has meanino~ ~ " for ,,~eo~le todav. Conferences such as "Women's Worlds" offer the opportunity to analyze current trends in American society and project their impact into the future. All A Reflection ...... 14 are examples of the university reaching out to serve new publics Anna May Smith ..... - .. .- n r! AL--- -.. .- --..A--L --A -LL.. If1 IlsW Ways. A// UIl~t! UII-Ld///pU> >[UU~ll[>,dllU UI /el opportunities and learning to those who are community 8, . r .,. mem~ersas well as ro rormer sruaenrs. IV~WSIVOI~S ...... I Y

Other examples of such service are abundant: In January the university will hold its second week long Crisis in Confidence People ...... 24 seminar. This one is devoted to a critical examination of Corporate America; In January also the university will launch a new magazine, Illinois Issues, which seeks as its audience those who are involved in making public policy decisions +h -,..,- h,.,.+ +A" C+.7+". /-,-,ne+r,,n+;,.n ;.. nn,",,,~Ao.-,",",, n" tho u~ruuyrruu~LIIC ~LULC, CILJ~~JL~ULL~VII IJ ~IVYYUIIVG, vvay VII LIIG university's second permanent building, the Public Affairs Center. It will provide a place for speakers, conferences, and cultural events of interest both to those in the campus community and to those in the greater Springfield community as well.

The university is maturing, but it remains committed to innovation and to public affairs. That makes it an exciting place. SANGAMON, Volume 2, Number 1, Winter 1974 Editors: Phil~pBradley, Francine Ricliard Pliotography: Llale Colrliinn. Rlichael l'lioriias Graphic Ilcsign: 1:rank Tllolnalla

Phil Bradley SANGAMON I\ the ~ilurnni~liagazinc of Ssngali~onState Uliiversity. It ~\,publislicdfouftirneh yearly by the Office of I1li~\er\it)liel;ltio~l\. 'l'liirti cl,i\\ po\tajie pald at Slxiligfielti, Illinoi\. Sellti all corre\ponilence and changes ol'stlilrc\\ to Alurlln~Office. S;III~;II~~~I~State University, Springfield. Illinoi\ 62708. CHRIS VLAHOPLUS

Division Of University Relations SANGAMON STATE L

A NEW VOICE IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS

Sangamon State identifies in its new public radio tandem, WSSR and the intersession, will be a dramat- station, WSSR, both its academic and community ic demonstration of the mission of Sangamon State, responsibilities; and it is significant in this regard that its commitment to expanding educational opportu- programming will begin together with the University's nity in innovative ways. second public affairs intersession. Both will launch It will be an auspicious beginning for WSSR and a the new year for SSU with a burst of attention. milestone for the university. The intersession pro- "Crisis in Confidence I I : Corporate America" will gramming will be woven into the station's full be a mirror of the first intersession in its blend of schedule which in itself is complete and diverse. The campus and community involvement. It, too, will operation, a blend of efforts of students, faculty, and bring to Springfield an array of prominent guest staff as well as community persons, will broadcast speakers and lecturers. WSSR will broadcast most of music, news, entertainment, cultural, informative and these appearances live, both day and evening sessions, public affairs-oriented programs, and instructional from the Capital and Main Campuses. The audience, material. therefore, will be tremendously expanded - not just Until WSSR goes on the air Illinois will remain the to the WSSR central Illinois coverage area, but to only major state in the nation without public people throughout Illinois and the nation as well by broadcasting facilities in its capital. Four state capi- way of direct feeds to other stations, and through the tals now have no public broadcasting whatsoever. The National Public Radio Network. This public affairs other three are hardly the measure of the size, importance, and dynamism of Illinois, or of its also has given teaching support to the Public Affairs impact upon the nation. Market studies show that the Reporting program. Springfield area is the second largest market in the One of the first actions taken upon Ouzts' arrival United States without a public broadcast facility. at SSU was the formation of an Advisory Committee There are some 428,000 citizens in central Illinois for Public Broadcasting with student, faculty, com- who do not now receive public broadcast services. munity, and staff representatives assisting with policy These factors, along with the mandate of Sanga- development and personnel selection. A study to mon State University in which education in public ascertain community needs also was commenced affairs and educational innovation are so critical, under guidelines laid down by the Federal Com- constitute the environment in which planning for munication Commission; and the first meeting of public broadcasting has taken place. The first con- public broadcasters in l llinois was hosted by SSU. crete step in such planning came with the recruitment The initial advisory committee, which so admirably of the Director of Broadcast Services, Dale K. Ouzts, served to help Broadcast Services struggle to its feet, who arrived at Sangamon with a background that now has been expanded into two committees, one seemed tailored to the new adventure. He not only composed of the campus community and the other of has committed himself to public broadcasting as community leaders and alumni. Both will assist in opposed to commercial activity but his experience supporting WSSR and helping guide its future. Be- has featured the launching of new stations, most cause the station exists to serve the community - the recently the public TV station KPTS in Wichita, federal law reads "for the public interest, convenience Kansas. and necessity" - Broadcast Services is a part of the His leadership in the field of public broadcasting Division of University Relations, and looks to citizen has been recognized by appointment to the National participation and leadership in addition to faculty Radio Development Committee of the Corporation and student involvement. for Public Broadcasting. Ouzts also is a member of The schedule points out that much ot the program- the l llinois Board of Higher Education Instructional r, ming in the early life of WSSR will be from outside Television Committee; and he works in a similar production sources and National Public Radio. WSSR capacity with the Office of the State Superintendent as a member of this interconnection of public radio of,Public Instruction. As a member of the faculty of stations has available to it all programming carried by the Communication in a Technological Society pro- these facilities. Negotiations have been completed to gram, Ouzts brings academic credentials to the bring to the schedule the famous Boston Symphony direction of WSSR and the interaction with faculty and Boston Pops and other concert programs. A daily and students. morning highlight will be a conversation and music Another CTS faculty member, Howard T. Hill, format hosted by Karl Hass, a Detroit broadcaster stands at Ouzts' side in the day-to-day operation of who has earned critical acclaim from public and the station. Hill is a veteran broadcast newsman who commercial broadcasters alike. -+ CHRIS VLAHOPLUS

News programming will focus to a great degree on the state government. Interpretation, commentary and in-depthtreatment will be emphasized. Directing news coverage will be Richard T. Bradley, a broadcast reporter of statehouse experience who came to WSSR from the Illinois News Network, an organization serving clients throughout Ill ineis. Lending valuable counsel will be Bill Miller, director of the Public Affairs Reporting program, who for 25 years was a member of the Capitol press corps. Bradley will draw upon Miller's students far assistance, and will look to faculty and others to bring their expertise to bear in helping listeners more fully understand the flood of news emanating from state government, and elsewhere. The leased wires and audio service of United Press International will bring news of the nation and the world to the WSSR audience; and in a trial attempt to provide another perspective of internadional news, the British-based Reuter News Service will be utilized. Reuter will be a unique service in downstate Illinois. A grant of $25,000 from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting is being used in part to support the news operation of the station. The flexibility of public radio is a boon to news and public affairs. A great deal of the morning and afternoon will be committed to two productions which will allow the SSU staff freedom to blend music, news, interviews, open

forums, hookups wirh the NPR interconnect on en the stud10lobby are D~rectorof Broadcast Sprv~ces Dale OUT~S, occasions of imponant and interesting national events at r~ght,Product~on Manager James Grjmes at left, and Howart! H~ll - all of these things that cannot be done on radio of the CTS faculty. that is tied to rigid schedule considerations. The planned programming in the f~eldof public affairs reflects the station's attempt to utilize the resources of the university and of the State Capitol. It -Don Yohe, from Child, Family and Community is this opportunity which gives Sangamon State its Services, in a program that examines this area with his unique position in higher educarion in Illinois. The colleagues and personnel from state CFS and other program format is one in which a Sangamon State state and local agencies. faculty member joins with a statehouse or other -Clarence Danhof and Lynn Miller working with a resource person to produce, with the help of the resource person from the Illinois Department of station personnel, a series that is informative and Local Government Affairs, looking at the problems stimulating. and opportunities that municipalities and other local The melding of university and statehouse talent is governmental units face. consistent with the public affairs policies of Sanga- -Robert Crane and representatives of the Attorney rnon State as expressed in a number of relationships GeneralJs office, the Illinois State Bar Association and with state government on the part of our faculty. The Department of Corrections in a program whose goal it mutual effort at WSSR will have the SSU faculty is to apprise citizens of their rights under the law, of member providing the leadership and drawing upon the avenues open to them in fields such as consumer the state resources for a variety of supporting protection. materials, personalities, statistics, and research. The Other programs involving faculty include a talk ideas for the programs came from formats proved show hosted by Robert Batson drawing upon mem- successful elsewhere, from the ascertainment study, bers of the university community and a variety of and from the University's programs and people. guests from government and elsewhere in the com- About a dozen such programs were on the planning munity discussing such topics as Sangamon's Inter- board by early fall. Helping the faculty as producers racial Institute, the nation's economy, science in are station personnel Jim Grimes, "Jiffy" Johnson politics and others. and Pam Paladin. Most of the programs are half-hour Cullom Davis will bring his popular oral history formats. Here are some examples: activities to broadcasting, interviewing; guests, the famous and not-so-famous, probing their recollections The list of activities that lend themselves to of historical events, large and srnal I. Students will play broadcast attention is long. Perhaps the Long Range a major role in this program. Academic Plan for Sangamon State best points this Two public affairs formats long popular at the out: national level will be fashioned with an Illinois " l nstructional delivery (credit and non-credit or perspective-students in the Pu bl IC Affairs Reporting continuing education); activity delivery (institutes, program qu~zzingstate governmental and political speeches, seminars, and debates); public affairs deliv- leaders; and a "State Week in Review" in which four regular participants joined by weekly guests will comment upon political events that have transpired in Illinois, or those national events that have importance Everything from concerfs to news will be channelled through the to our state. The four regular members will be Bill stat~on'rmaster control panel. Miller, and Bill Day of the SSU faculty; Burnell Heinecke, Dean of the Statehouse Press Corps and columnist for the Chicago Sun-Times, and Edward Armstrong, editor of the State Journal-Register in Springfield. The fifth participant will be either an SSU faculty member or a journalist. SSU black students are initiating programming in this area of special appeal while other programs will be attentive to business, agri-business and sporTs. Special events obviously provide another opportunity for broadcast service. Events on campus ranging from speakers to recitals will be disseminated to a wide audience because of WSSR.

Checklng some of [he station's electronic cqulpmens are Ch~ef Broadcasting Eng~neerJames Newbanks, at r~ght,and James Gr~mes.

ery (documentaries on pub1 ic pol icy, agency pro- grams, legislative coverage, and communications be- tween the State government and the public); cultural programming (music, drama, literature and poetry, and profiles of cultural and civic leaders); and community and organizational coverage (civic and student groups, committee findings, and ongoing community) ." Student help, both volunteer and paid, will be used extensively to assist in the operations of the station-+ CHRIS VLAHOPLUS

and En programming. Plans call for atlout 80 student production and operations assistants and 10 news assistants. Additionally. faculty are expected to use students to assist in their programs as in the case of the public aCfa~t-sreporting students. Students from the CTS program will produce a segment on contem- porary music, as another example. The field of instructional programming is in the purview of the Division of Academic Affairs, specifi- cally the office of Non-Traditional Study. WSSR will air Sangamon Staze Professor John Miller's Psy- chology Today course and has made arrangements with Lincoln Land Cornrnunlty College for that insu tu tion to broadcast two programs: Western Civil i- ration and Music Appreciation. 1 nstructional pro- grarnrnlng over radio is not a widely utilized acitivty in this country; a great deal of study and planning ohv~ouslyis required. The station's leadership is eager to prov~dethe faculty and Academic Affairs all its cooperation and resources to produce programming in this field.

The leoserl wlre of Unrted Press Internattonal w~llprovldp pdrt uf the news coverage fur WSSR. DITEC~O~of New R~chardBradley d~scusses an Incoming story w~thHoward Hbll I C

Beyonrl the master control panel IS Studlo "B' wh~rllIF l~i~ruorii from whlctl WSSH'q round table and audbencc p~lrtlLrpatlonshows w~ll be broadcast

Inter-institutional cooperation such as that with LLCC is also seen as a vital concern of WSS R, ranglng from direct cooperation with other educational insti- tutions in programming to the brokering of programs with the other public radio stations in Illinois. The station already has received requests and inquires concerning its public affairs programs and, as a matter of fact, has exchanged two such series for two programs produced by Bradley University. Substantial state and federal resources have been committed to the new broadcasting venture at Sanga- mon State and the station will be turning to its public in the near future far private support that in turn will enable the station staff to provide that something extra that makes a good operation great. The university will be looking to its Alumni to be in the forefront of the support group and all of us will appreciate your participation. For our part we will do the best job we can to provide programming of a caliber that will make WSSR a showcase for Sanga- mon State and its faculty, a substantial resource for the community, and an integral part of a university dedicated to achievement of high rank in public affairs and community services. TECHNICAL FACILITIES OF WSSR

incorporate recordings of the following: telephone JAMES N EVJBAN Ieffective radiated power of 50,000 watts. A implemented. The broadcast signal is checked for tower height of 524 feet will be utilizcd which will volume level, quality, and content while being trans- yield a coverage area within ali 80-mile radius of mitted. The equipment utilized in the station is of the Springfield. Capabilities tliat will be implemented latest design; it utilizes modular concepts and solid- include FM stereo broadcastincl and closed circuit state devices. radio broadcasting within the same coverage area of The control console for master control has ten the primary broadcast carrier. This will be achieved stereo channels and is interconnected with a twelve- by utilizing a Subsidiary Commanications Autlioriza- channel stereo console in production control, a four- tion channel. channel stereo console in News Studio "C", Studio The microwave transmission systcrn will t~ea com- "B", and Studio "A". Approximately three miles of posite type that will handle all of the broadcast wire will be used to achieve the interconnections signals from the radio complex in Building L to the between the hundreds of modular components of the main transmitter facility near Meclianicsburg. At the radio studio system. In conjunction with the master transmitter facility the broadband signal will be de- control and production control consoles, individual modulated in the microwave receiver systetn and signal sources include microphones, four audio tape coupled to the main transmitter for broadcast on cartridge recorders, five reel-to-reel audio tape re- 91.9 mHz. This type of systern allows a minimal corders, four turntables, and specialized telephones amount of signal processing at the transmitter site that can be used to air audience participation when which will provide a superior technical broadcast requested by a program host. Additionally, tlie mas- signal standard. ter control will utilize a 48 event automated program The station equipment was installed by Gates control unit. Radio under the supervision of WSSR personnel. Other program sources will be remote pickup The designed layout and equipment allow WSSR to broadcasts which WSSR will use for covering events achieve technical broadcast standards far exceeding in Springfield and the surrounding area. The special- those set forth by the Federal Comrnunications Com- ized areas of News Studio "C" will have the capa- mission for FM radio broadcasting. They will deliver a bility to edit and produce news tapes for the live high quality signal to receivers throughout tlie central news broadcasts of WSSR. News broadcasts will l llinois area. 0 LEE C. FRISCHKNECHT N PR?

To the public radio station, and especially to the sidered.. ." went into the kind of action only public public radio listener, National Public Radio is a radio can do. Utilizing its special "round robin" source for programming. But it is a unique source: circuit which links stations in the Northeast and with 14,000 miles of telephone lines linking the Midwest with Washington, D.C. control, and enables system, NPR collects programs from many of the 173 any one of them to directly feed the entire system, public radio stations in the nation, independent NPR tapped member stations in several areas of the producers, and reporters all over the country, distrib- country and set up a telephone call-in system. Before uting them via these lines or on tape to all member the President's address, the network was switching stations. This gathering and dissemination of material from region to region for listener reaction to what the representing all facets of American life is basic to the President should do. "All Things Considered. . ." heart of NPR, whose programming goal is decentrali- heard listeners from Tennessee to Maine to California zation. voicing their concern. Following the resignation But NPR is a production center also. So it has speech, almost two hours of continued listener created daily and weekly productions which incorpo- reactions were heard. It was a critical time. People all rate the constant flow of material into the network. over America wanted to talk. And they did, on public And what distinguishes public radio programming is radio. the breadth of subject matter covered, the depth of treatment of subjects, the relaxed pace and length of It is recognized that commercial broadcast media time allowed a topic. cannot devote large amounts of time to programming The variety of subject matter and the NPR which would not necessarily interest a majority of approach to its treatment is best heard in the listeners, but noncommercial broadcasting is free of network's daily program "All Things Considered. . ." such limitations. One reason it was decided to locate This 90-minute news and feature magazine-of-the air the public radio headquarters in Washington, D.C., has distinguished itself from its first day of broadcast was the understanding that better knowledge of in 1971. Within two years, it had won a Peabody governmental activities was vital to a democratic award for its in-depth presentations. Critic Oliver society and that public radio could give a different Town wrote in the St, Paul Dispatch: "Odd as it may treatment in reporting from the nation's capital. seem for a newspaperman to speak up for another Congressional activities are presented as they happen media, 'All Things Considered. . .' is my favorite news before committees in both houses of the Congress: in gap filler. . . This is no capsule news digest. It roams little over three years, NPR has prov~dedlive coverage the country, bringing in-depth coverage of every big of more than 700 hours of hear~ngs. news story. . . I call it candid radio." At least a NPR was the only network to stay with the quarter of each program comes from around the complete Watergate and the later House Judiciary country. impeachment inquiry hearings. Gavel-to-gavel cover- On a recent historic day in this nation's life, the age is the network's commitment to those hearings it day President Nixon resigned, "All Things Con- selects to follow in the Congress. Presidential press conferences, many of those of tlie drt~ststt~emselves tdllc about ttie~rfeel~nys, the~r other high government officiais, speeches before tile l~ves, dnd the~r creations "NPR Theater" offers National Press Club, dehates at National Town dranid wrltten for rad~oby conteriil~orarres Us~ngtiie Meetings, discussions at conferences ana svmposiums, rad~oniedrum and modern technology to the fullest, all comprise the materlii \izihici! becomes the sub- tlie serles was produced for NPR by put~l~crad~o's stance of news and i~ul,i~caffarrs to pul~licradio. Of drama center In Madrson, W~scons~n,Earplay. course, all events do not take ~3iacein Washington, "NPR Opera Theatre" made its debut this fall, D.C., and again member statioris arid othet- producers featuring some of the best regional opera being done from drounti the riaiiot3 st~pi)I\/ ;)rogramming of it\ tliis country. Scanning tlie history of opera, the significance. series began with the United States premiere of For longer treatmerits oi top~csof interests, NPR Agostino Steffani's "Tassilone" composed in 1700, produces five days a week an omnibi~shour-long produced by New York's Clarion Music Society, and program called "Options" whicil well reflects the conciudes with the Minnesota Opera's preformance of breadth arid scope of interest and source. Approxi- 'The Newest Opera in the World," an imyrovisation mately 90 percent of tiie content of "Options" comes where three wheels of cliance on stage determine the trom sources other than NPR, mostly public radio styie of music, tlie setting, and the plot for each act stations. as it happens. It is difficult to characterize the "average" public radio station sirice each one seeks different ways to From these programs and others whicll NPR comljlement the services available from commerciai produces, collects, and distributes, public radio sta- stations. In addition to put~iicaffairs programs, many tions select programming to meet the needs of their of them use classical music re dominantly and most varied communities. And by special arrangement, devote some time to it. Ott~ersplace emphasis on WSSR will be able to broadcast its choice of network other types of music such as jazz, folk, or ethnic programs. music depending upon the needs of their community. As with any industry, behind NPR's product is a NPR wholeheartedly supports public radio stations combination of groups and activities which make the in these program areas from diverse sources both product possible. After a long and in-depth study foreign and domestic. "Live-on-tape" means the which found public broadcasting to be serving a actual recording of an event to be later distributed on valuable need in the United States, the Congress in tape. The significance of live-on-tape recording is not 1967 passed a law creating the Corporation for Public only that the freshness and "happening now" sounds Broadcasting to oversee public radio and public are preserved, but also that the particular rendition, television. CPB in turn assisted stations in the heard only at the time of performance and not made formation of the Public Broadcasting Service for the support of television, and in 1970, the formation of for commerical distribution, is likely never to be National Public Radio. heard again. Examples: "Concert of the Week" is a weekly program of recorded classical music concerts Membership in NPR is contingent upon meeting from around the United States and abroad; "Folk criteria designed to ensure community service. A- Festival U.S.A." celebrates Americana by sharing the mong these are being on the air 18 hours per day, 365 many blues, jazz, folk, and bluegrass and ethnic music days each year, and having five full-time employees. produced at festive gatherings around the country. NPR is composed of 149 members operating 172 Because the quality of sound would be lost if stations serving communities in 43 states, Puerto transmitted via existing network lines, NPR sends Rico, and the District of Columbia. There are about most of its musical programs via tapes, many in 700 public radio stations in the United States, and all stereo. The duplicating center at the network can are eligible for some of NPR programming; but most make 10 copies of an hour-long musical program in are small campus-limited student training centers and 15 minutes, and daily turns out tapes for public do not meet the standards for NPR members. stations. Funding varies. NPR receives the majority of its But music is also transmitted live, and NPR expects funding from CPB, though 'it hopes to match those to be providing more programmir~gsuch as was done funds with grants from foundations and corporations with three days of broadcasting from the Ann Arbor ir tiie near future. Stations may receive monies from Blues and Jazz Festival, the two days from the their- licensees, from CPB, from foundations, from National American Folklife Festival, and several jazz business and industry, and often from the public. concerts. Also transmitted live are the Metropolitan "Listener-supported public radio" is a common Opera Final Auditions, with all the intensity of the phrase heard on many public radio stations. competitors' hopes and the importance of the occa- In terms of interest, concern, and participation, the sion permeating the programming. most valuable asset of public radio is a dedicate(' "Voices in the Wind" talks about the arts and minority who, for more than 50 years in some features performances also. Oscar Brand is the host of instances, have loyally supported their public statior: this weekly, hour-long arts magazine - a potpourri of which, to them, makes a difference in the quality of song, dance, film, theater, fine art, and more, where living. ROBERT SHERMAN

"Brlck houses do not glow on trees In rhat cuunrry, bur there are ~wo.. One of these houses wds ~nterldedFor a PU~~ICinn." "Brick houses do not grow on trees in that hand-forged strap hinges and large iron or brass locks. country, but there are two nice large brick houses The bricks were handmade on the site. A brick oven within a mile of my log cabin home.. .One of these built into the kitchen fireplace is one of the few houses was intended for a public inn, two stories beehive ovens in this region in which bread or other high, double galleries on north and south sides." With goods are still baked. Outside, the original hand-dug this 1825 description the Methodist circuit riding stone-cased well still has good water. The furniture preacher, Peter Cartwright, described Broadwell's Inn. for the Inn, in addition to its glass, china, pottery, The Inn, now the Clayville Stagecoach Stop and and kitchen gadgets, has been obtained mostly from Rural Life Center, is the most visible of the projects old families of Sangamo Country. The structure supported by the Sangamon State University Founda- represents a transitional period between the cabin of tion. Located 12 miles west of Springfield on 11 acres the rugged pioneer at New Salem and the more of land, Clayville is both a museum and a teaching comfortable homes of Springfield before the Civil center. It is housed in a brick inn built in 1824 and in War. several other buildings, some of which are restora- In 1842, the area around Broadwell's Inn was tions which have been moved to the site to create the renamed "Clay's ville" because of the sentiment for atmosphere of a rural 19th Century inn and stage- the perennial Whig candidate, Henry Clay. coach stop. During the heyday of the Inn, Reverend Peter Tlie buildings and land were donated to the Cartwright often spent time at Broaclwell's Inn. In Foundation in 1973 by Dr. and Mrs. Emmet Pearson. fact, Reverend Cartwright held a large camp meeting The Foundation maintains the buildings as a museum, at Clayville in 1832. restaurant, learning center, and site for display of Mentor Graham, Lincoln's teacher, held classes at crafts from Central Illinois' rural past. Clayville is the Clayville Schoolhouse in 1830 and 1836; anti made available on a continuing basis to the Clayville according to Carl Sandburg, it was at this log Folk Arts Guild for various craft festivals during the schoolhouse at Clayville that Lincoln sat and listened year. Through the cooperation of the Foundation and to students recite their lessons. Sangamon State University, various Sangamon State Dr. Charles Chandler, founder of Chandlerville, was courses and community teaching projects are con- a frequent visitor to Clayville on his way to and from ducted at Clayville. Springfield. Lincoln himself is said to have stayed at During the past academic year, Sangamon State's the Inn, even though no actual proof exists. Lincoln offerings at Clayville included such courses as work- was the lawyer of the Broadwell family, and it is shops in historic preservation, archaeology, rural life, unlikely that he made the journey from Springfield to and oral history. The university has also offered confer with his client and returned home all in the courses in interpreting American and European back- same day. grounds of rural Midwestern life and courses on To the traveler, Clayville tavern offered comfort American housing and American craftsmen. Clayville and warmth within its walls. To the Broadwells, it has also been the site of many tutorials for students provided an income which was needed to raise their interested in museum work or curatorship. large family. In addition to the tavern, the Broadwells Moses Broadwell, the Inn's first proprietor, was a also operated a store and a tannery nearby on Revolutionary War veteran from New Jersey who Richland Creek. According to the store daybook, the migrated to Illinois by way of the Ohio River and Broadwell store stocked flour, sugar, molasses, salt, Cincinnati, arriving at Beard's Ferry landing in 1820. whiskey, gin, nails, dye stuffs and other staples of the He settled south of Richland Creek about 12 miles day. The tannery ledger shows that approximately west of Springfield. He arrived with his wife, Jane, twelve men were employed in the tanyard, and that and their nine children in June or July and proceeded this business operation supplied leather to farmers, to build a log house. Three years later, Broadwell bootmakers and harness makers. In addition to the bought the 550 acres on which he was living. His sons family's businesses, a mill and blacksmith shop and later purchased additional land to bring the total to schoolhouse completed this rural community. Ten 790 acres. miles to the north at Sangamo town, the Broadwells The brick house or Inn was built about 1824 in the operated their own grist mill. During the restoration architectural style of the Federal 1)eriod not unlike of the tavern, a barrel stencil and stencil brush used those of the New Jersey, New Yorlc, Pennsylvania and by the miller were found under the boards in the Ohio area from which Mr. Broadwell had come. The stairway. L! 6 Inn, built with native clay t~ricks,originally had two Moses Broadwell died in 1827 and the family two-story wooden porches on its north and south operations fell on the shoulders of son John. l n 1834, facades. The structure and cabinetwork of this Inn a fire broke out in the Inn and partially destroyed the are un~~s~~allyfine for its day, and the building has west end. The tavern was rebuilt, but even today been recorded by the Historic American Buildings evidence of the fire can be seen in one of the upstairs I Survey as an outstanding exarnl~leof early architec- t~edrooms.After the structure was rebuilt, ttie family t ture in Illinois. prospered until the advent of the railroads. With ttie Great exposed, har~d-hewncenter "surnmer" beams iron horse also came the death of ttie Clayville run through the structure at three levels for support. community. All of the i~usinesses at Clayville de- The walnut rnantels, cat~inetwork and most of the pended upon the post road and stagecoach line. The flooriny are original, anti the doors have great post road, which original!^ opened in 1825 and --+ ran ROBERT SHERMAN originally sponsored by the Sangamon County H istor- icat Society, the Ctayville Folk Arts Guilcl was created. For the past seven years, this organization, made UP of persons of various stations In l~fewith various educational backgrocrnds, has grown and improved. It is toclay recognrzed as one of the truly great craft gu~lclsin the country. Each year the Folk Arts Guild enjoys presenting the Fall Crafts Festival for all who wlsh to come and participate. Smaller festivals are held throughout the year commencing with the Spring Festival, followed by one- and two-day craft shows, antique flea markets and semi- nars during the summer weekends. In January, 1973, Dr. and Mary Pearson clonated Clayvitle to the Sangamon State University Founda- tion to operate as an educational rural life center. It is the intention of the Sangamon State University Foundation ta keep the atmosphere and charm of Clayville as the Pearsons wanted and yet expand the operation into educational activities on a comrnunity- wide basis. Following my appointment as Curator and member of the faculty at the university, my colleagues and I "Each year the Folk Art? Gutld enjoys presenting the Fall Crstf:. established the Rural Life Center with tlie goal of Festival for all who w~shto come ancl partlclparp Smaller IPS~I~~~I~S arc held rhrouqhuut rlic year . ." establishnng two living historical farms of the 1850 period in Illinois. One of the farms is to be a Yankee from Spr~ngfieldto Beard's Ferry, was extended in and the other a Southern Upland type, both of which 1829 to Quincy on the Mississippi River. With the developed as migrations filled the Prairie Slate. railroads in the 18501s, the need for a tavern no During each season's operation, the guides employed longer existed, and the Inn became a family resi- at the Inn have been Sangamon State University dence. The structure was used as such until the students. Some of the student guides have since 1930's when it became a storage barn for hay. It expressed a desire to pursue careers in rnuseology and remained that way until the Pearsons came along. museum education. Fourteen years ago, Dr, and Mrs. Pearson began an In addition to the teaching functions carried out at adventure in historic preservation on the l l linois Clayville, we also maintain a restaurant there, the Pralrie. Emrnet and Mary Pearson had travelled Clayville Country Kitchen, which has been operated widely because of their interest in antiques, old by the SSLl Foundation since the beginning of the houses, old inns, and medical history. After attending 7974 season. The past year has seen considerable several conferences about historic preservation where restoration of the food facilities in the restaurant. Of tours of old homes and public houses were used as course, one of the goals of the kitchen is to generate examples of what could and should he preserved, the revenue for the Foundat~onand ~tsprograms. Beyond Pearsons felt the need to do their part in preserving that the Country Kitchen attempts to recreate for the prairie heritage. In 1960, Ernmet and Mary modern Americans the air of grace and charm which a Pearson purchased the old hrick tavern and its land traveler might have encountered at the original from Mrs. Mary Grider and Mrs. Veda Mulch. For Clayville Inn. The menu offers home style food. To three years the Pearsons worked to restore Broad- assure the authenttcity of its meals, much of the food well's Inn with the help of many friends who prepared at Clayville is made from recipes which date encouraged them to continue their restoration ef- from the 1860's. forts. During the past year areas for four craftsmen have The Pearsons opened Clayville to the public in been enclosed, and a hrick walk and porch have been 1963 and operated this historic site through 1972. added at Clayville. A log and half-timber cabin has During that ten-year span, Clayville grew from z been dismantled and stored on the site, and two other restored stage stop into an outdoor museum with two log cabins are now being dismantled. These buildings early log houses, two barns, and two sheds. In will be reconstructed at the Clayville site as part of addition to the Inn and rural exhibits, a country the Rural Life Center. As the nation approaches its restaurant, a summer stock theatre, a craft shop, and bicentennial, Ctayvil le will see more workshops, craft a pottery shop were also open to the public. demonstrations, and the addition of a permanent Beginning in 1966, a new dimension was added to exhibit on the life of farmers in the 1850's, all geared Clayville. For it was during the Fall ef 1966 that the toward preserving and interpreting Illinois' past for first Crafts Festival was held. From this first Festival, those who are its heirs. n

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I 't4,L Dr. Aucl~thEverson, courd~ndjorof Cnnferencc Workshops, wbth *** I- two iac~lildtursu( rtie Workshop Douhlc Jeo~arrlv-FIovce .IA q\t Robinson and Vclma Carey ul the Urban Leaque. / Question: What are the main things that you think of when you hear the term "women's liberation?" Answer: I sl~ink of wornerl smiling, of happier marriages, of more honest rela- tio~rships, of partnership, of a world more sane, mom in balance, or more peace and less war. I also [/Tink sadly of too 177uch anger released toward the male sex. . . and of rerril~keegotism that is kt loose it] the name of "Ijheration. " I rt?ir?k more and more of God as Mother. Women's views of themselves, their att~tudestoward traditional roles, and their perceptions of what constitutes or ought to constitute reality are changing. Question: What is continuing education and what purposes should it serve? Answer: /t rneans developing the capac- ity to solve problems it? the settir~g where they occur and learning from this process. S earning. . . reqriires gettit7g and using in formarion from the environn~ent and processing that in formatior? so that "A real woman. . .t-~citherciesptses {lor worships mpn, decisions can be made aarrd actiot? hut is proud 170f to have beer? born a ma,?, taken. . . The flow of it7forn7ation among does every thing she can to avoid thinking us - facts, feelings, perceptions - is or acting like one, krlows the TLI// extent of her essential. But information alone rarely powers, and f~elsfree to reject all arbitrary improves thit7gs. What WP learn and know must /;re exchanged if is to man made o b liga tions. " it have vallre. What we value has t?o n?ear?ir7g - Roben Graves unless we nct on jt.2 Education is under attack. The refe- vance, responsibilities. and basic meaning of education Is being examined. Scholars from Hutchins to Holt are extending beliefs, opinions, and observations on what the state of education is and shou Id he.

On October 4-5, 1974, Sangarnon State University did two things. First, through a two-day conference entitled "Women's Wortd's: Roles and Realities," Sangamon State sponsored an explicit examination of the dimensions, expressions, and reflections of the emerging vision of womanhood. Second, through its sponsorship of this event, Sangamon State made an implicit statement regarding the purpose and nature of higher education itself If it can be said that women and higher education are both undergoing an identity crisis, then it can be -E 1. Partictpant at Conference on Women's Worlds, October 4-5, Sangarnon State University 2. Malcolm E. Shaw, Educat~onIs Not a Place Connected Learn~ng and L~ving,Publ~c Adrnin~strat~anRw~ew, Vol. 33, No. 6, pp 521-522 ANNA MAY SMITH said that this two day conference at Sangamon State represented not on1 y the recognition of the crises, but also the first steps in enabling both partners to mutual1y resolve the crisis. The sponsorship of The Conference on Women as a major pub1 ic affairs activity was a significant expres- sion of the public service function of she university. The extensive coverage and the divergence of topics treated attest to the responsibility of programrning for the entire community rather than for anv segment therein. Additionally, the Conference format and agenda furnished the maximum dialogue between participants, the exchange of resources and informa- tion, and the provisions for follow-up activities. Through its 81 workshops, two keynote and two luncheon speakers, and supplementary activities, the Conference ensured the depth and breadth of experi- ence, expertise, and ecumenicism necessary to meet the theme of helping today's woman better determine tier priorities for tomorrow. The idea for the Conference was first proposed in December 1973 when Rose Marie Roach, Associate Dean of Students, brought ~tto Dr. Judith Everson, Graduate Assisl,>nt rirjcl IT~CITII~CIdl I\LIVISO.VCommittee, Terry Sheph~rd,and Carole Ker>rlerlu, D~rvc~vrut th~Fr~day evening Literature Program, Dr. Barbara Eibl, H~rnanDevel- prescntatlon "Wnrnan A Multi-Mulerlld hlorltdye" compare notes opment Counseling Program, and Anna May Smith, on prorlucti on Management Program. These three faculty members who were engaged in the creation and irnplernenta- tion of SSU Public Affairs Workshops in continuing Dean Roach's suggestion. After several meetings and education for women responded enthusiastically to involved planning sessions, in April 1974, Philip Kendal I, Associate Vice-President, Academic Affairs, accepted a tentative agenda and agreed that the university should sponsor the conference as part of Patricia Hutar. United States Delegare to the United Nations Comrn~sseonon the Status of Women, a keynote speaker at the its continuing education workshops. Friday morning sess~on,S~ster Mdrgaret Burke. President of Barat This initial commitment represented just the begin- Colleye and lacilltator of the Second Tlme Around Workshop, and ning. As preparation for the Conference progressed, Dr. Barbdra Elbl, coordinator of Conference Workshops. what was originally envisioned as a modest investiga- tion into the scope and nature of women's roles In today's world, grew into an extensive examination of the panapoly of topics and worlds of interest to modern women. An attempt was made, however, neither to em- brace nor to reject an ideology or facet of the women's movement in the firm belief that the conference participants as adult learners should deter- mine and establish their personal priorities and frameworks for development. I ndeed, as Malcolm Knowles states it, this must be the basic difference between "pedagogy" - the teaching of children as empty vessels, and "'andragogy" - the art and science of helping adults learn.3 Pedagogy is concerned with providing speeif ic information and skills, while andragogy is concerned with providing procedures and resources for helping learners acquire information, understanding, skills, attitudes, and values. The keynote in this innovative approach to continuing education is the stress on the

3. Malcolm Knowles, The Adulr Learner: A Neglected Species IHous. ton: Gulf Publishing. 1973) learner's freedom of choice, and the responsibility on speakers focused on women and religion. women and the educator is to supply the "environments for the future, myths regarding women's physical inferi- learning" which permit that freedom. ority and implications for change, and the economic The extent to which Sangamon State's Conference roles of women in the third world and 1975 The on Women furnished these environments for learning International Year for Women. Special conference could be judged in a purely quantitative sense: and, events included a multi-media montage on woman, an with a total of eighty-one workshops and a host of art exhibit featuring women artists, and a phota- supporting activities would probably receive exceed- graphic exhibit on Women's Work Roles in France. ingly high marks. The mast important evaluation Conference facilitators and speakers numbered component, though, must be the qualitative. The several representatives from Sangamon State, sur- ultimate test of quality, of course, is the measure- rounding colleges, and other l ll inois institutions of rnent of conference success and rediagnosis of needs higher education; Ms. Carol Kleimam, journalist, by the conference participants, planners, and facili- Chicago Tribune; Susan Catania, l ll inois State Repre- tators. sentative; Estelle Rarney, M.D., Professor of Phys- An intermediate measure, however, is the assess- iology and Biophysics, Georgetown University School rnent of the appropriateness and adequacy of the of Medicine; Morag MacLeod Simchak from the conference structure. As noted above, the intent of Office of Labor Affairs, A.I.D., Department of State, the Conference was to provide each partic~pantwith and Irene Hughes, psychic. the opportunity to explore a number of environments That the conference contained something or sorne- which shelhe deemed relevant, to emphasize the one for everyone can be inferred from the at- personal search for serendipity, and to obtain feed- tendance. Over 700 people participated in the confer- back from the participants to develop future contin- ence. Participants' backgrounds were as varied and uing education offerings which would be responsive diverse as the conference offerings. to the needs of the Sangamon State community. Participants came from local and surrounding high The final conference program included worl

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Women In Ref~g~onpanel featured Reverend Florlr M~kkelson, Ch~cdgoEcumen~cal Center. €Isle Austan, merniler ol Bahn'l Fsl~h,Meqan McKcnna. Edrtor ol a Pastoral Worsh~pServ~cc. L~sbethKslz~n, sturlent at the Unive~?~tyof Ill~nn~swho rs atternptrng to reorganlre a Jewish worsh~pservlcp to include roles for women. The panel was cha~redby SSU Professor, Mary Kate

7 - r >>&--- ANNA MAY SMITH both men and women. They ranged in age from the retired to the three month old child in the day care center. Educationally, the gamut from Ph.D. to no high school diploma was run. Philosophical dif- ferences were just as broad. How was the conference received? How did people react? What was learned? What succeeded? What failed? What directions were set for the future? It is too early, and most probably impossible, to provide a truly definitive answer. Each conference participant received an evaluation questionnaire. Dr. Mary Mc- Dowel I, of the Sociology Program, is in the process of tabulating results to provide the final evaluation report. But, there are certain observations and indi- ~IIF:,.'11 ;,g ';irn,-li:A. fealurcd keynote speal..,~~.~II t I I. ~,,y,1rc111 cators which can be presented at this time. ~IIPII:IIcP 01 Llbtlor Affa~r~~,A.E.D., Dcni~rtrnt~niol St,;~rr.SpeRkh For some the conference was too radical, for uf Internat~onalYear for I,Vofnen, 1975 Bcs~rlcher 15 Rase Ma~le others far too conservative. Estimations of the confer- Roach. conferpnce coord~natnr. ence worth varied. Some felt too much was covered, The best-attended workshop was Carol Kleirnan's some too little. Yet, over all, the reaction seems to be session entitled "Where Women's Heads Are Today." positive. Keynote speeches and luncheons were almost all equally attended. As a direct result of the Confer- ence, a Center for Women to provide assistance and Vdew of exh~h~thall arrenqed by Bdrt~ar~iSchwbl~ng of SSU Madla wt~odlsu hung the ~xh~b~tWomen In Art ar Horace Mann special attention to women and their problems has AUC~I~OIILI~. been establ~shedat Sangamon State's Capital Campus. Preliminary returns on a quest~onnaircto ascertain interests for future workshops indicate the following priorities: Women's Consciousness Raising Groups, Preparing Yourself for Upward Mot11l ity, Assertive- ness Tratning for Women, Getting Control of Your Time ancl Your Life, The Second Time Aratrnd: How to Get Back Into School, Coping With Stress, and Women and Political Participation. Thus, it seems there is no one woman's world. Just as there is no one "real" woman - either apothe os~zed or otherwise. There is no one point that all women are at. Cont~nu~ngeducation's role in all of this is to provide the forum for exchange, to report on what is or is not happening, where ancl why, and to respond to the needs of the learner. Sometimes this will mean expanding, increasing, or altering awareness. Always, it will mean assisting in the process of enahling the learner to act on his convic- tions or knowledge.

Nal~on;~lBank, E.H.A. and Stop E.R.A , Planned Parenthood. Sll U Medical School, U.N. lnternatlonal Year for Women sponsured Question: What would you like to see by Fiat-Allis, and th~N.O.W, and Wurnet>'s changed about woman's traditional role? Coalitton, a1 left.

Answers : Damn near every tl~ir~g.

Mike Meyer, S5U alumna, Counselor at L~ncolnLand Community Not/?ir?gexcept choice. A wor77at~'srole College, leads mar kshop, Awareness: Tar~et Ourselves? should he up to her. I would like to see women come out of their lirtlc girl/sex goddess role at ~d gain sel f-esrecn7 dr7d self-respect to he- come partners wit11 met? it7 shapit7g oils society.4

4. Part~clpant at Conference url Nomen's Worlcts, October 1.5, 1974, Sangamcn Sta~c Unlv~rq~ry The scholarsh~psare financed by monies raised by the NEWS NOTES Association as dues and through fund raising activ- it~es.They are granted in accordance with the follow- ing policy: "Alumni Scholarships will be awarded by the Sangamon State University Office of Financial ALUMNI ASSOCIATION SCHOLARSHIPS were pre- Aid following university policy. They will be awarded sented to four SS9 students at a dinner in the to ful I-time students, graduate or undergraduate. As President's Conference Room on Nov. 19. long as the student shows need, no student or parental income level will disqualify him from receiv- The students, designated Alumni Scholars, are the ing the scholarship. Cont~nuationof the scholarship is first recipients of scholarship monies from the As- dependent upon satisfactory completion of at least sociation. Presentation of scholarship certificates was 12 hours of academic credit per semester. (I n excep- made by DAVE MONSON, chairman of the Alumni tional cases where failure to complete satisfactorily Association, and president ROBERT SPENCER. may be due to illness or extraordinary circumstances, the scholarship may be continued by the Board of Alumni scholars for the current academic year are Directors of the Alumni Association.)'" JULIE A. CLAXTON of Anna, a student in the Literature Program, who previously attended SI U and BOOK BORROWING FROM THE LIBRARY by Shawnee Community College; ANN L. THOMPSON, alc~rnni may soon be a reality because of a policy formerly of Hinsdale, whose area of concentration is change on the part of the SSU library. History and who has previously attended the Univer- sity of Kentucky and Elmhurst College; RONALD E. While alumni are encouraged to use the library now, WHEELER of Springfield, whose area of concentra- they have not been granted the opportunity of tion is Creative Arts and who previously attended the borrowing materials from the library. That policy has University of Illinois and Springfield College in Illi- been the su bject of much discussion between mem- nois; and STEPHEN M. PENDERGAST of Charles- bers of the Alumni Association and the library staff ton, a student in the Communication in a Teclinologi- during the past year. DAVE MONSON announced to cal Society Program, who was formerly a student at the Board of Directors of the Association at a Lake Land Cornrnunity College. All are under- meeting on Nov. 19 that HOWARD DILLON, univer- graduates. sity librarian, has tentatively agreed to a change of policy which would permit alumni borrowing. This by a university search committee. The new dean's policy is in line with all other state universities in appointment will be effective July 1, 1975. At that Illinois, which do permit some form of alumni bor- time the positions of the four cluster deans will be rowing. Dillon has circulated a discussion paper to the eliminated. university community outlining his thoughts on ex- tending privileges to alumni. That paper and presenta- There is currently a transition committee working on tions by members of the Alumni Association will be defining the new dean's areas of responsibility, and directed to the Library Cabinet, the Academic Cabi- those of the program committees, and the heads of net, and the Council on Academic Affairs. Some the programs. This committee is working with the change in policy should be forthcoming by the spring interim Dean of the Faculty, LARRY E. SHINER. semester. The mechanical details of borrowers cards and alumni identification by the library are now under discussion. THE PUBLIC AFFAIRS CENTER, second of the university's permanent buildings, is now under con- FALL SEMESTER ENROLLMENT at SSU was struction. Excavation for the building's foundations 3,320 full- and part-time students, which is up from and lower floor is now completed. The center will 2,860 students registered last fall. The Admissions contain over 200,000 square feet and will house Office estimates that enrollment Spring Semester classrooms, instructional laboratories, mock legis- 1975 may reach 3,500 students. The following table lative and hearing rooms, and administrative offices. shows the total number of students enrolled in the A major portion of the $1 1.4 million project will be a university since it first opened its doors to classes. 2,000-seat auditorium. This auditorium will provide space for lectures, as well as a place for performing School Year Fall Spring arts presentations. The building will consist of five levels, one of which is below ground, and will be 70-7 1 81 1 823 constructed of concrete, steel and brick. Architect 71-72 1574 1587 Earl W. Henderson, of the firm Ferry and Henderson, 72-73 2327 248 1 estimates that the building will take 20 months to 73-74 2860 3004 complete and that under ideal circumstances, SSU 74-75 3320 3500 (estimate) could occupy the Public Affairs Center in late 1976. In addition to enabling the university to fill its mandate as the public affairs university of Illinois, the A MAJOR REORGANIZATION of Sangamon State's new Public Affairs Center will also be of great service administrative staff, merging the Business Affairs and to the Springfield community and will be available Planning and Development divisions and placing for many community events. Student Services under Academic Affairs, was re- cently completed at SSU. The over-all effect is planned to reduce middle-management positions and A LEARNING CENTER has just opened at the to coordinate the changes in administrative structure university to provide professional tutoring aimed at with governance revision expected to be approved by improving students' communications skills. The cen- the Board of Regents this winter. ter will also provide seminars on various topics in the communications field. Pres~dentSpencer said the restructuring was called for In light of current enrollments and reduced expecta- The center provides informal advice and instruction tions for growth of SSU in the future. The changes on a "walk-in" basis and a more structured sequence when completely effected are expected to reduce of learning activities on a scheduled basis. The staff administrative overhead by some $250,000 with will help people on specific assignments or will tutor another $100,000 to be re-allocated to new program individuals in skills ranging from improving reading needs. rates to preparing and writing research papers.

There will be three operating divisions in the changed Faculty members in general use the center as a organizational structure in addition to the President's resource. One instructor has already asked the Learn- Office: Academic Affairs, University Relations, and ing Center staff to advise 100 seminar students on Business and Administrative Services. developing and writing research papers. Faculty may also refer students to the center for help on specific problems. DEAN OF ACADEMIC PROGRAMS is a new posi- tion which was created as part of the university's reorganization. The dean will be under the vice GARY MORGAN and BEN WARD, assistant profes- president for academic affairs. He will have major sors of learning skills, are the new faculty in charge. responsibility for development and operation of the Presently three part-time assistants also staff the various academic programs. Candidates for the posi- center. There is no charge to students or faculty for tion of Dean of the Faculty are now being recruited the services offered. Ward stated that confusion has arisen because some The university received a grant from the National people see the center as a remedial program. He Science Foundat~onfor the solar energy project. The explained that the main thrust of their work is students, under the supervision of ALEXANDER J. developmental, and they act to improve skills at all CASELLA, professor of physical science, planned and levels. developed the project over the summer. The solar energy "furnace'hcosists of collector plates which Ward and Morgan ate spending the time not occupied gather the sun's energy to heat water. The water is by tutoring in organizing the new center and develop- circulated through radiators in a geodesic dome being ing individualized, self-paced learning packages in the used as a play area for children at the crniversity's Day several skills areas. These learning packets will form Care Center. the core af ~nstructfonalmethods in this initial phase of the center's growth. They allow students to work To date, solar heating projects have generally been on skills at their own pace and as often as they wish. hybrid systems with the heat from trad~tionalheattng plants supplementing the sun. Instruction available to students includes techniques of test-taking, note-taking, footnoting and bi bliogra- "The SSW building will rely on solar energy only," phy, critical reading, listening skills, comprehension, according to JOHN DRABANSK I, student project audience awareness, all forms of writing, and ether director. "The temperature in the geodesic dome will skills. be monitored daily for many months and cornparecl with outside weather cond~tions." A FOOD SERVICES COORDINATOR has been hired jointly by SSU and Lincoln Land Community Drabanski said that the solar system to date has College. He is DAVID VAN VERTLOO, and he will heated the circulating water to 130 degrees. However, be responsible for overseeing the food service opera- some insulation work has yet to be completecl. The tions on both campuses. Van Vertloo's appointment angle of the collectors in relation to the sun also w~ll came at the same time that both schools sought a new be more effective during the winter months. food service vendor under a joint contract.. To increase cafeteria capabilities on the SSU campus, the Among officials from the I Ilinois State Energy Offlce university is extensive1y remodeling the north end of who met recently with the Sangamon State solar the cafeteria. This remodeling will make it possible research group to discuss the project were JIM for the vendor to prepare food from scrazch in the KINLEY and DON HANDY. Kinley, assistant direc kitchen, instead of having to rely solely on frozen tor of the Office of the Energy Coordinator, sa~rlhe food products. hopes the office can profit from the experience gained by the SSU experimenters. Another part of that remodeling makes shower and locker facilities available to those participating in The public is invited to view the solar energy intramural ath tetics on campus. installation located on the SSU Main Campus.

USING THE SUN'S RAYS for home heating in THE SEX-YEAR SPEClALlST DEGREE in Educa- Illinois is being probed by nine students at SSU.The tional Administration has been approved as a co- project is being wazched with interest by officials operative program between SI U-Edwardsvi lle, I llinois from the Illinois State Energy Office. State University and SSU.

Though only SIU or ISU would offer the degree, SSU students in the program would receive numerous benefits. Courses taken at SSU are not subject to traditionat transfer-of-credit rules, including lirn~ta- tions on number of hours transferable. Courses may be taken at any of the three universities, though a minimum of 21 quarter hours must be taken at SIU or a minimum of 15 semester hours at ISU. Residence requirements may be met at any of the three institutions.

Instructors for the program will be regular members of the educational administration faculty at each of the three schools, and they will cooperate to insure that courses offered at one school complement those at the others to avoid duplicating training. Courses leading to the degree will initially be offered at SSU in the Spring 1975 Semester. -+ NATIONAL BLACK SOLIDARITY DAY was ob- LETTERS TO THE ALUMNI OFFICE served on the SSU campus on November 2. The day's activities included two speakers, a series of work- shops, films, interpretive modern dance, and a one-act play. The event was planned to break down invisible barriers which still separate whites from blacks and to increase interracial understanding. The day began with an address by CURTIS THOMAS, president of Dear Editor: the East St. Louis Metro East Labor Council. Also on the program was JOHN FLAMER, director of the I'm working at a print shop, silkscreen shop, that is, affirmative action program at SI U, Edwardsville. The with people I went to school with here, before SSU. series of workshops were held during the day, and The work we do is remarkable for it's quality, good dramatic presentations and dances were held in the design, and fast delivery. I do a lot of work free-lance evening. still, mainly for Dow Jones, Barron's Weekly and Wall Street Journal. Ads for these appear in the weekday A SCIENCE SPEAKERS BUREAU has been formed New York Times, Chicago Tribune, and L.A. Times, from among highly qualified persons at SSU, Lincoln if you're interested. Most of the ads I either did, or Land Community College, Southern Illinois Univer- had a hand in somewhere along the way. Also work sity School of Medicine, Springfield College in Illi- for Ed Ezell and other friends across the country. nois, Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, and Otherwise I'm raising cats and herbs and battling the Illinois Department of Public Health. roaches. And, I have not changed. I am the same.

There are 33 persons willing to give their time for talks on scientific subjects. There is no charge for this I service. Brochures containing the names of the Cathy Price speakers and their topic are available by writing STEVE MUROV at Sangamon State University. The members of the bureau would be of particular interest to teachers, and program chairmen of various Dear Editor: community groups. I appreciate receiving my "alumnews" and will GENE RODDENBERRY and KARL HESS are two inform you of my "whereabouts." speakers who were recently at SSU. While working for Springfield Park District as Roddenberry, the creator and producer of the science program supervisor I completed my M.A. in Public fiction TV series "Star Trek," spoke to a capacity Administration in December, 1973. In March, 1974 crowd of over 500 people. Roddenberry discussed the I accepted the position of Director of Parks and series and how it was made, made predictions about Recreation in Westmont, Illinois. Westmont is located the scientific and social development of society, and between'bowners Grove and Hinsdale. announced that Paramount pictures has decided to begin production of a Star Trek feature film. That A big thank you is in order to teachers like Bob announcement and the news that the show will be Batson, my advisor, Gary Combs, and Nathalie Funk going into production for a series of 90-minute TV for letting me structure my classes with my profes- movies were greeted with great enthusiasm by the sion in mind. audience. My wife, Jeannette, completed twelve hours at S.S.U. Hess, formerly Barry Goldwater's 1964 speech writer while teaching at Lanphier High School. We have two and ghost for his syndicated newspaper column, spent children, Joey, 3% and a new addition Natalie, 2 a day on campus talking to students about his months. experiences with Goldwater and his subsequent conversion to the new left. Hess is now involved in Please pass on my thank yous and whereabouts. neighborhood community organization in his native Washington, D.C. and expressed a belief in "local Sincerely, liberty," which he says is the answer to bigness in government and corporations. Hess practices hydro- ponic agriculture on his. roof and raises hundreds of trout in his basement. He sees his neighborhood work Joe Schultz and philosophizing as a road to independence not offered to those in the traditional political system. order to provide as much information as possible on pending legislation or a policy decision. January's Illinois "issue" story will be "The Attorney General vs. the Governor: who selects counsel for state agencies?" authored by RUBlN G. COHN, professor of law, U. of I. Besides the three columns, the special report and Issues "issue" article, lllinois lssues each month will have an interview of a prominent Illinoisan and articles on 1) governmental process, 2) government agency, 3) ILLINOIS ISSUES, a monthly magazine on lllinois science or education, 4) predictive issue or innovative government and public affairs, will publish its first program, and 5) a specific explanation of "how to" issue in January. The first magazine of its kind for find, get or do something in government. Illinois, it is financially assisted by a Ford Foundation grant and Sangamon State University in cooperation BILL LAMBRECHT, has contributed the first process with the U-niversity of Illinois. The magazine is story on "lllinois energy program: the story of how a available by subscription only at $15 per year. bill passes the General Assembly." BARBARA DOE, SSU graduate assistant in the Environments and The content of the 32-page magazine will include People program, has written the January predictive summaries of the significant actions of the three article on the proposed designation of wilderness branches of state government and articles dealing status for two areas in the Shawnee Hills in southern with state issues, including developments in local Illinois. THOM SERAFIN will contribute an government. interview of GEORGE LINDBERG, state comp- troller. The state's higher education governance "lllinois lssues will be both accurate and readable, system has been analyzed for the first issue by BOYD without bias," stated WILLIAM L. DAY, editor of R. KEENAN, U. of I. professor of political science the magazine and SSU professor of public affairs and and assistant director of the U. of I. Institute of public affairs reporting. "Our purpose is to provide a Government and Public Affairs. The January "how credible source of information on the major to" article is "How to get a traffic light installed: the developments in l llinois government," said Day, story of how one village did it" by PAM BRUZAN of formerly director of the l llinois Legislative Council, a Rochester. state research agency. Other contributing writers from Sangamon State for The January issue will include a special election lllinois lssues in the coming months and their article report on the lllinois state house races, state topics include EDNA MC CONNELL, state hospital Appellate Court judgeships, Illinois' Congressional regulations; Associate Professor of Administration seats and U.S. Senate seat and the state treasurer. A MERRILL D. REDEMER, state school aid formula; special report will be featured each month, and other Associate Professor of Sociology AUSTIN CARLEY, "specials" planned include "The Implementation of food shortages and Illinois; Assistant Professor of the 1970 Illinois Constitution" and financing public Administration ROBERT KUSTRA, lllinois Bureau education in Illinois. of the Budget; Associate Professor of Political Studies CONRAD P. RUTKOWSKI, law enforcement in Regular departments of Illinois lssues include Illinois; Professor of History and Education J. "Legislative Action" with summaries of important RICHARD JOHNSTON, lllinois community college bills plus roll calls; "Executive Report" with system; Assistant Professor of Literature J. M. executive orders by the governor and major opinions LENNON, interviewing MARY LEE LEAHY, state by the attorney general plus other important orders director of children and family services; Associate and rulings from the state's executive officers and Professor of Political Studies DAVID J. EVERSON, agencies; and "Judicial Rulings" with summaries of the role of lobbyists in the legislative process. significant lllinois Supreme Court decisions. Associate editors of Illinois lssues are CAROLINE Beginning each issue will be a regular column, "The GHERARDINI, formerly coordinator of public state of the State," presenting a digest of relations for Lincoln Land Community College, developments in the state government during the past Springfield, and Parkland College, Champaign, and month. Two other regular columns are "Chicago" by Professor Lennon. Business manager is Wl LLlAM J. DAN LOGAN, former SSU student, and "Washing- GEEKIE, formerly in positions in the l llinois ton" by TOM LITTLEWOOD, Washington corre- departments of Business and Economic Development, spondent for the Chicago Sun-Times. Children and Family Services, and Public Aid.

Each month, lllinois lssues will feature at least one lllinois lssues has editorial and business offices at the major controversial issue presented from all sides in SSU Capital Campus. hired by SSU as the COPE field coordinator. . . PEOPLE HERBERT KAISERMAN is now the director of student services for the East Dubuque, Illinois, school district. He is also coaching seventh and eighth grade basketball. . .PHYLLIS STOREY is now employed by Sangamon County's Manpower Agency as Field Serv- ice Coordinator.

MICHAEL PIEPER is now working as a statistician in I the Experimental Housing Allowance Program in Peoria.. .FRANCIS MUSKA is now teaching at Musk- i ingum Area Technical College in Zanesville, Ohio. He is coordinating the Law Enforcement and Corrections Program. He is also serving on a committee of the Ohio Board of Regents to evaluate all two-year criminal justice degree programs in that state. . . ROXANNE McCLOUD is now working for the I Ilinois National Bank. . .FATHER BERNARD MEYER is serving as a faculty member at St. Mary's Center of Religious Studies in Taylorville, which offers accredited courses through Springfield College in I Ilinois.

JAN GOMIEN recently resigned from her position as W. GENE MUSSELMAN, Chicago, has been ap- admissions officer at Sangamon State and is now in pointed Director of Membership of the American Bar the Illinois Legislative Intern Program at the Capitol Association, largest voluntary professional organiza- Building. . .RON MICHAELSON has left his position tion in the world with 185,000 members. Musselman, in the office of the vice president for academic affairs 30, had been associated with the Boy Scouts of to accept a staff position with the lllinois Board of America since 1969, most recently as a field director. Elections. He is teaching with the university on a Born in Fairbury, Ill., Musselman is a graduate of part-time basis.. .ROBERT REID has resigned as Sangamon State University and is enrolled at Loyola Dean of Social Science at SSU. In January 1975 he University, seeking a master's degree in urban studies. will begin a position as vice president for academic Musselman's wife, Pamela, is a nurse at Columbus affairs and professor of history at Indiana State Hospital.. .EDWARD RUSSO is the author of a University at Evansville. In commenting on Reid's recently published book entitled Helmle & Helmle, resignation, Vice President JOHN KEISER said, "The Architects, which is the latest in the Bicentennial Social Science Cluster has the largest number of Series published by the Sangamon County Historical programs in the university, and Dean Reid is in many Society. The book is a study of an architectural firm ways responsible for its growth, for its new programs, which designed many buildings in Springfield from and for the quality of faculty serving in it." 1875 to 1950. Russo is on the staff of Lincoln Library. CHARLES C. SMITH has been appointed Corporate Development Officer of Rippel Architectural Metals MALCOLM HOLMAN recently visited the SSU cam- Company, Chicago. His wife JANET SMITH was pus. He is now employed by the Regional Transporta- recently named Management Training Supervisor for tion Authority in Denver.. .DANIEL VERONDA is the lllinois Continental Bank of Chicago. . . ERNIE employed as a counselor with the Northwest Human EDEN and LIZ FRAZER will be married December Resources Center, which is a combined mental health 28 in Georgia. (Liz is keeping her name.) After the and social services center in Williston, North Dakota wedding, they will be at home in Hyattsville, Mary- . . .DON PEARSON has been appointed director of land. Liz is in school, and Ernie is currently doing training and education at McLeod Memorial Hospital volunteer work with the Logan Circle Preservation in Florence, South Carolina. . .DAN SHRAM just Corporation in Washington, D.C. . . RITA LIT- began work with the Comprehensive Mental Health WILLER and ALUSAINE SOWAH plan to be married Center in LaPorte County, Michigan City, Indiana. January 11. She is now working with Illinois Gov- ernor Dan Walker's Correspondence Office. SUSAN HARVEY, who is SSU's academic planning coordinator, recently married BRUCE PETERSON, a NAT FRAZER is now an instructor in the Depart- third-year medical student at SIU.. .LOU ALLYN ment of Educational Resources at the Southern Illi- COMBES was recently married to JAMES C. FROST. nois University School of Medicine. . . STEVE Both are employed by the lllinois Environmental DOLGIN is teaching English composition as a part- Protection Agency. . .DOROTHY HAJEK has been time instructor at Oakton Community College. Non-Prof~t Orqan~zation I US POSTAGE 1 I Alurnni Office Sprrriqf~elti,lllino~s Sangarnon State Url~versity j Pr~rnlNo 703 Springfielcl, Ill~no~s62708

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