First Dean of Students Appointed Council Ballis Dean of Men, Wol1len at Future Rise Become Subordinated in G.U
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Vol. LI, No. 22 GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY, WASHINGTON, D.C. Thursday, May 9,1968 First Dean Of Students Appointed Council Ballis Dean Of Men, WOl1len At Future Rise Become Subordinated In G.U. Tuition Charles John Hartmann, Jr. has the Missouri bar. One of his duties as dean of students at Georgetown by Bob Boege been named Georgetown's first dean of students. He is presently will be the directing of drug in Georgetown's Committee in Sup coordinator of residence programs vestiga tions. port of the Poor People's Cam at Washington University, St. He has been a field director for paign (GUPPC) has petitioned the Louis, Mo. Appointed by Dr. Philip Sigma Phi Epsilon, a national so University to raise all student tui A. Tripp, vice-president for student cial fraternity headquartered in tion by $45 in order to create development, Mr. Hartmann will Richmond, Va. Before assuming twelve scholarships for poor stu serve as Dr. Tripp's chief execu his present position at Washing dents from the Washington area tive officer. ton University, he was assistant and to improve wages and bene In his own words, Mr. Hart director of student affairs at the fits for non-academic workers. mann will assume "responsibility University of Missouri. He has Last Sunday night, the newly for things that were formerly un published several articles on stu seated College Student Council re der the dean of men and the dean dent affairs, one of which, dealing jected a motion to endorse the pe of women." According to. Dr. with the higher education act of tition "in its present form." In Tripp, "he will become, in effect, 1965-66, appeared in the Journal stead, it accepted a measure which student personnel director." The of College Student Personnel. resolved that "the Yard go on dean of men and the dean of Mr. Hartmann and his wife, record as fully endorsing the ne Dave O'Neill women, however, will remain. Susan, live in a student residence cessity and possibility of an alter Two tents were pictured last week on the front lawn. One, pictured Dr. Tripp said, "Mr. Hartmann hall at Washington University. native to the plan of a $45 tuition above, housed information on the Poor People's Campaign. It was will add substantial strength to Once Mr. Hartmann assumes his hike." called the poor people's tent. The other, much larger, housed the our staff. The breadth and scope new post. at Georgetown on July Dan Hurson, Yard president, Diplomats' Ball. It was called the rich people's tent. of his experience should stand us 1, they ~re expected to live in the stressed that the initial votes "had in "'ood stead as we move ahead Georgetown area. Mrs. Hartmann not been a rejection of the spirit in the student development pro (Continued on Page 23) of the Poor People's Campaign" gram. His reputation for effective but a repection of the methods Document Studies administrative capacity and ima proposed to raise the necsesary ginative program development pre money. ceed him and will be very wel Joe Gerson, a Georgetown Uni come here at Georgetown." versity Community Action Pro SFS Identity Crisis He continued, "I hope we can gram (GUCAP) director and capitalize on his special e:>""Perience member of the Poor People's Com by Tom Stoddard that because of "the succession of particularly in residence hall pro mittee, issued a statement follow The malaise which has pervaded piecemeal changes that have been gramming quickly. It is our view ing the Yard's limited endorse the student body of the School of made in the curriculum" and "the that we must reinforce the edu ment: Foreign Service for the past sev fragmentation of control" in the cational missions of the University "The East Campus and Nursing eral years has finally prompted academic structure of the Uni by better utilization of our resi School Council, after thorough the publishing of a report which versity, the School of Foreign dence halls as centers of teaching examination and sincere discus both attempts to diagnose the Service no longer fulfills its pur and learning. This has been part sion, endorsed in its entirety the present state of the school and pose of providing an integrated and parcel of Mr. Hartmann's petition presented by GUPPC for prescribes remedies for its pres curriculum stressing problem work in St. Louis, and I look a $45 increase ... the Yard, while ent identity crisis, solving. forward to working with him and claiming to recognize the needs in The 32-page report, the product "Clearly, only a concerted assault resident students in this area." this area, rejected the proposal of the school's academic commit on all the causes of the school's Mr. Hartmann, a Lutheran, is and failed to present a positive tee headed by junior Jim Scott, present drift and decline by all 30 years old. A native of St. alternative. They failed to realize was released last Monday and will the members of the school's com Louis, he received his bachelor's the importance of immediate Uni be presented to the executive cunity, administration, fa cuI t y, degree from \Vashington Univer versity-wide action (which because faculty today along with the re and students) will enable us to sity in 1959. He earned a law de of the financial crisis of the Uni port of the administration's ad meet the present challenge suc gree from the University of Mis versity, must mean student finan hoc working committee on cur cessfully," the report explains. souri in 1966 and is a member of l\IR. HARTIUANN cial support) to meet the needs of riculum reform. Indeed, it warns that "this state poverty at Georgetown." The report's conclusion is that of affairs, if allowed to continue, The Yard's decision came after "the school is not dead yet, but may be fatal to the S.F.S." 2% hours of heated discussion dur- \ action is necessary now to stop Therefore, the committee, which Ex-Student Attacl~s (Continued on Page 18) the drift and decline," It argues is composed solely of foreign serv --------------------------------------- ice students, recommends both a "revitalization" of the curriculum and a change in the school'S pres Drug Investigations ent academic structure as well as specific methods to improve the Last week The HOYA pre housemasters and a University morale of the school. sented Dean Klein's defense of hired lawyer. Dean Klein was not Arguing that the S.F.S. must be the SPO drug in];estigution. This there. The suspect was reminded neither a liberal arts school nor story presents the viewpoint of a of his rights to counsel, told him a professional school, but a "pro st'udent convicted in that probe. that he would not be accused with fessionally-oriented" school, the He is left anonymous to protect anything but warned him anything report enumerates five criteria by him from any futl~re legal reper he said could be used against him which the school's curriculum cllssions. later. He describes the rest of the should be judged-integration of meeting: all of the required courses, em by George E. Condon "They asked me if I had ever ph a sis up 0 n problem-solving A College sophomore was sus been involved with narcotics and rather than memorization, inter pended from the University last I said yes. The rest of the conver national orientation, e mph a sis week following his conviction by sation concerned marijuana and its upon each of the three basic so the University Discipline Board on use on campus. It was a genial at cial science disciplines-history, charges of selling Hashish. A mosphere, and I was trying to be government, and economics, and three-man appeals board failed to frank. There was no pressure at flexibility. acquit him of these charges. this point, It therefore presents both gen The road that led to that dis "They asked me if I knew of eral and specific proposals for missal began with a warning let dealers on campus. I said there changes in the curriculum which ter delivered by his housemaster was one person I had heard of, but it would like to see implemented at 8 o'clock Saturday morning, I was not sure if he was a dealer by the academic year 1969-70. March 30. It said simply, "It has and I had never bought from him. The committee explains that it come to my attention that you I said I did not want to seem un regards nine disciplines as essen may have broken a University cooperative, but I dicln't know of tial to a good foreign service cur regulation. This is a serious mat anyon-campus dealers. I had been riculum: history, government, eco ter," it continued, asking the stu supnlied by someone off campus. Da.... e O'Neill nomics, foreign language, English, dent to see Dean Klein in his I then said that I thought the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi enriched Gaston Hall's various inscriP?ons philosophy, theology, behavioral office that morning at 10 a.m. campus could hold only 2 or 3 real last week with a few spoken truisms of his own. All he left behind, science, and geography. !'Ie was admitted into the SPO dealers and tl-Jat I thought about however, were scattered petals. (Continued on Page 17) office around noon and met two (Continued on Page 19) Page Two THE HOrA Thursday, May 9, 1968 SYl1lphony Orch'estra Study This SU1r,lmer At Georgetown University Summer School Directed By Freshl1lan Two Sessions by Paul Korslund bility and experience of older peo First: June 17-July 24/Second: July 25-August 30 Firm, energetic motions of the ple.