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VOLUME LIV, NUMBER 26 DREXEL UNIVERSITY. PHILADELPHIA. PA. FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 23. 1979 Peak of Progress... COWSTITUBNCY GOALS AND PROGRESS, W ho are the contributors? by John Stapleton from the expansion of University when the estimated receipts from In last week’s article, the resources made possible by this the various sources are calculated. essence of fund-raising — specifi drive. Once a year the Office of cally, its planning and initiation, Before any organization is con University Relations, headed by li'as elaborated on. This week's tacted by Drexel to contribute to the William Davis, conducts an alumni article concerns the solicitation fund-raising drive, it is thoroughly giving campaign. Funds collected of the various organizations researched as to the nature of its from the individual alumni are which contribute to the freaks of business, its current interests and relatively small and come to the Progress drive. the numbers and position of Drexel Office largely in the form of checks The Dr ex el Peaks of Progress Alumni employed by or associated Larger donations are often made in campaign is about 90% complete, with the organization. the form of pledges over a number and IS expected to reach the goal As pointed out in the previous of years. of $36.4 million sometime in article, this information is of ut ' The cash and pledges received at October. President Uagerty, the most im portance to anyone the Office of University Relations 3 Office of L'niversity Relations solicitating funds from that par are then turned over to the Comp and staff, and everyone who ticular organization. This in troller's Office where they are contributed to the success of this formation is part of a sales pitch accounted for; a receipt and thank- campaign should be commended, that solicitors use to solicit funds you letter are sent to the donor. for It js their hard work and de from a perspective contributor. Pledges received are accounted as dication that allow for us, the .Also at the solicitor's disposal is a cash received since, according to students and faculty, to benefit Drexel University “Peaks of Davis, Drexel has every indication Progress” bulletin outlining the that the funds will be received; achievements of gaols of the however, there is no guarantee. University. Davis stated however that most According to William Davis, Vice pledges that come to the University The TA System at Drexel President of University Relations, are made good by the individuals. Drexel is in a unique position to Funds received from alumni are by Francine Douwes - paying full tuition for their considered when a graduate ap solicit funds from corporations. Of generally termed nonrestrictive, Recently. there has been much program, becoming a research plicant wants an assistantship the advantages held, certainly the implying that these funds can be talk, both among students and assistant under a professor, or Different departments at Drexel most important is the co-op u s ^ at the University’s discretion. administration, about Teaching teaching The last two choices are have their own policies regarding a program. Most corporations are Donations from friends of the Assistants. “TA’s” , the positions infinitely more attractive ones graduate student's qualifications, very interested in the co-op plan, University and the Trustees come they fulfill at Drexel. and the since a graduate student’s tuition but essentially, if one is accepted to and it gives Drexel added leverage. largely in the form of aid to specific (|uality of their teaching. Letters to will be paid if he or she works for grad school, they are almost .According to Davis, corporations programs. This aid can be in the the editor*of the Triangle seem to Drexel guaranteed a teaching assistant view co-ops as a source of form of .scholarships for a specific have sparked a controversial Research is'probably the most ship - if they so desired one. prospective permanent employees, department, or for the development (juestion - just how good are appealing prospect to a grad Teaching assistants appear most which they truly are; This of a new program. Aid which comes Teaching Assistants and can they student, especially one in science, frequently in freshmen courses, acknowledgement serves a dual in the form of unrestricte cash is leach? but inevitably, these positions are notably Mathematics, Chemistry purpose for the University. Other usually placed in the endowment To first evaluate Teaching the fewest and most difficult to and Physics. advantages are the Continuing fund. Assistants through an economic procure. One way or another then, One possible theory relating to Education Program and the Corporations often make viewpoint is intrinsic, and may it appears, all graduate students this is that freshmen classes may research facilities. donations in the form of pledges (juiet students down who complain who want financial assistance end be slightly overenrolled, especially In true light, all major sources of over a number of years. This is but of not “getting their money’s up in front of a class, teaching. Freshman Engineering and Science funds-corporations, foundations, one way in which industry provides worth.” Although this may be a If the conflicts relating to courses. Again, this is an economic and government grants-have a assistance to institutions. Another valid lament, if only professors teaching assistants lie not in their factor that should be thought of- niche associated within which one form of assistance is in the form of taught classes, there would be a being, such, but more in their consider the fact that only 52% of must be flexible. The true art is grants for research. Funds substantial tuition hike, due to the teaching methods used appears the Freshmen Engineering class being able to perceive these niches received from corporations are necessity of hiring more profs to more easily rectified. goesyon to graduate from Drexel in before they become saturated and usually of a restrictive nature. head recitations and labs presently The transcript of a prospective that field. to have a project prepared that will According to Davis, care must l)e conducted by T A.’s. graduate student is up for review by From an informal survey taken of be appealing to the organization. taken in accepting funds for a Teaching assistants acquire their a chosen group of faculty members the above departments, all 3 ad There are generally six sources program that is not one of Drexel’s job through an application of the particular department. mitted to some form of a procedure that an institution like Drexel can goals. However, this is precisely the procedure, usually done when Assistantships, both teaching and for keeping a tab on their T.A.’s. utilize in the process of fund reason why Drexel must be flexible applying for graduate school., The research, are set up by the group, The Mathematics Department raising; 1( Trustees and Associate in its goals and objectives. options available to prospective and the transcript, along with an Trustees; 2) Alumni; 3) Friends of Foundations are non-profit Continued on page 12 graduate students are the following interview if possible, are factors the University; 4) Corporations and organizations usually set up by associations; 5) Foundations; and wealthy individuals to aid specific 6) Government Grants. It is obvious purposes. A board of trustees is set that some of these sources overlap. up to administer the funds and For instance, a Trustee may or may assure that they are used within the Focus on: Black America not be an alumni. However, these factors are taken into consideration Continued on page 12 by Neil Schmerling Virginia in 1663. During the next 100 slavery in Maryland in 1849. Lin In 1619 the first blacks entered the years, many groups were formed coln University, became the first United States in Jamestown, with intentions of abolishing black college to be formed in 1854. Virginia as indentured servants. slavery. In 1777, slavery was In 1862, President Lincoln Now, 360 years later, Black abolished in Vermont, and several recommended gradual, com Americans are still denied many other Northern states provided pensated emancipation. opportunities and privileges that gradual emancipation. Following the Civil War, there have become a way of life for many Around 1800, there were several were more setbacks. In 1865, the Ku White Americans. setbacks in this progress thal had Klux Klan was formed; in 1881, In order to acknowledge Black been gaining momentum. The U.S. “Jim Crow” laws were enacted in History Month, which is underway Constitution approved in 1787, in Tennessee. In 1883, the Civil Rights now, it is important to become cluded a twenty-year extension of Act of 1875 was declared un familiar with the struggle that slave trade.'In 1793, Eli Whitney’s constitutional by the U.S. Supreme Black Americans faced over this invention, the cotton gin, caused an Court. Race riots plagued many lime period This struggle has increase in the demand for slaves to towns across the nation. lasted so long, and it will continue work on cotton planations. Also, in Meanwhile, a few blacks made until “people’s attitudes are 1804, the Ohio Legislature enacted individual accomplishments but changed," according to Dr. James the first “Black Laws” which these accomplishments didn’t help R Roebuck, Jr., Assistant restricted the rights and the struggle of the masses to any Professor of History. Unlike most movements of blacks. significant degree. In 1873, Richard minority groups that were "ac The mid-1800’s leading up to the T. Greener became the first black cepted" into the American society Civil War provided many “firsts” graduate of Harvard. Lewis after one or two generations, blacks in Black American history.