SEC Defeats Lntervisitation Change

Volume III, Number 11 PUblished by Students Of New College, Sarasota, Florida November 18, 1966 SEC Defeats lntervisitation Change Voting Split 5-3 A motion to delete the limitation of hours from the student rule on intervisitation was defeated by the Student Executive Commit tee Wednesday. Voting five against and three for, the SEC ended consideration of a motion originally made three weeks ago by first-year repre- sentative Jon Shaughnessy. -~~-......-.------.:....- Wednesday's action came aft and Rachel Fmdley. Jerry Neu- lengthy and often heated discussi:- garten, Kenji Oda and Jon Shaugh- by representatives and the 21 ob- nessy voted for. servers who were present. Vice ~eugarten ~~ld Th~ Cat~~ l_ast president Paul Davis and Dean of n 1 g h t abolitlon of mtervuitation Students RobertNorwine were pre- hours now has five,;rotes "subject sent as was Assistant Dean Arth to student approval. He said four Mill'er ur of those votes are certain and one V ot~g against the motion were h in g e s on whether students want representatives Katie Smith, Lee the rules. Crawfort Steve Hall Dav"d1 Pin"1 How student opinion will be tes- Above left, first-year student Ron Kronenberg, one of several observers ' ' ted, if it is tested, is tmcertain, at Wednesday's SEC meeting, waits to be recognized by the chairman· according to Neugarten. Possibi right, SEC members vote on a budget request; below, Vice Pres. Davis.' lities are a referend\.Uil or a stu dent meeting, he said. No action SAFC Allocates will be taken within the next few days, he added, Discussion of intervisitation be gan with a report by Pini on a ques 75% of Money tionnaire on the subject distributed to all students. According to Pini, The Student Activity Fund Committee unanimously approved Monday 146 students answered the question night appropriations totaling more than 75 per cent of the fund to six naire, and of these, 141 said they student grou~. felt intervisitation hours do not in Organizations and the amount of their appropriations are: International terfere with their academic lives Affairs Conference, $750; Literary Supplement $500· Film Committee anddonotcause undue social pres $900; Campus Radio Station, $400; ' ' ' sure. Tutoring Program, $SO; and Pho- minutes of the SEC meeting, al- Pini went on to report 108 students tography Club, $100. though it was recommended for said on the questionnaire they AU d approval by the SAFC. recommen ations rna de by In a statement to the SEC from break the current hour limitations, the SAFCwere approved bfthe Stu- and one said he breaks the room deot Executive Committee Wed- the SAF C, committee members mate's consent requirement. Of nesday, although there were dis- made the case for approving the those who replied, he said, 89 sentingvotes on some allocations. recommendations without change want to maintain the roommate's The amount granted to the cam- and outlined the reasoning behind consent requirement, 37 want no the recommendations made. pus radio station was granted con- "Knowing the student politics restrictions on hours, 24 prefer the present hours. ditionally. In addition, in appro- in v o 1 v e d' " the statement said, Katie Smith reported an informal ving the film committee request, "and not being so naive as to be- poll of freshman girls showed they the SEC stipulated the $900 must lieve that all groups would ask would prefer to keep intervisitation be s p 1 it evenly between the two simply for the amount needed, we rules as they are rather than have tenns remaining in the year. somewhat altered the exact figures the administration enforce them. A request by the film commit- which the student questionnaire Oda said a similar poll of 18 se tee for an additional $100 to pur- gave us to worl< with. Believing cond-year students picked at ran chase a film editing machine was the International Affairs Commit- dom showed a 9-9 split on the ques not reported as approved in the tee to be the most likely to be a- tion. ble to supplement their funds, we Shaughnessy asked why a question made the most drastic cut in their on s t u d e n t versus administration request, cutting it considerably be enforcement of intervisitation rules law w h at the students even pre Elmendorf Sees 'Good Chance' was not put on the questionnaire. sented as a deserving figure. " Neugarten added he felt this is the "Knowing also that the Film crucial question. Committee's request was probably Vice president Davis, saying he To Meet $2 Million Challenge the least understood by those stu had "a few comments to make, " President John Elmendorf said Announcement of the 'l::hallenge" American colleges and universities dents returning forms, we raised told those assembled, "The stu 11 had gone through periods of severe considerably the figure which the yesterday the college has a very gift was made Friday to the Board dent representatives have demon students had recommended, " the good chance" of raising the $2 of Trustees. According to board economic crisis. strated a singular lack of faith in "In every case, 11 he said, "there statement went on. million necessary to qualify for chairman Dallas Dort, the trustees dealing with us (the administra another $1 million offered by an also learned of important steps ta was a person, a family, or a rel At a meeting Monday, which latively small group of thoughtful tion)." anonymous fotmdation. ken to meet the two-for-one mat the committee described as "rea He said it was agreed the ques ching provision. persons who recognized the need, sonablywell attended," proponents tionnaire would be shown to mem Approximately a dozen members accepted the irresponsibilities, and of each r e q u est explained their bers of the administration before ChoirToDebut; of the board have agreed to assume contributed of their capital to meet activity and answered questions it was published, but "we saw no the emergence. " from amcmg the approximately 30 personal responsibility for raising ( Continued on page 3, column 5) at least $500,000 before Aug. 31, students there. Paul Goodman 1967, when the current fiscal year ends. To Talk Tonight Elmendorf said yesterday the col Anti-test Meeting Flops The New Co 11 e g e Choir will lege is "beginning to get in touch make its debut performance to with specific known friends of the A meeting called last night to night in the first part of a two college 11 who may help to raise the plan action against the test to be part forum. rest of the money. given Tuesday in the Social Sci Author and critic Paul Goodman Because the gift offer represents ences core program was termed a will s p e a k following the choral an exception to its policy, the failure by its organizer, first-year group's performance. foundation has requested its iden student Lee Crawfort. Under the direction of Choral tity remain tmknown. Crawfortsaidhe called the meet Director Jerome Meachen, the Elmendorf said any "undesignated ing because he feels the Social Sci 15-member choir has been prac ftmds, " that is gifts to the college ences faculty in charge of the core program is doing "everything pos ticing regularly for some weeks which are not made for any spec now. Their program tonight will ific purpose, may be credited to sible to make tne tl!st required," in include French and German music ward the $2 million requirement. contradicticm with the idea of no tests being required during the first from the Renaissance and rounds The gift .may be used to help de by H in d e m it h, Beethoven and fray the operating costs of the col year except comprehensives. Only two other students joined others. lege. Crawfort in the meeting, first-year Goodman, who has been called Approximately $1.5 million is expected to be realized from the students Jon Shaughnessy and the "utopian agent provocateur," Stephen Parr. When asked why at is the author of "Growing Up Ab sale of off-campus real estate now tendance was so light, Crawfort surd," included on the first-year owned from the college and from reading list. the regular operationsof the de said, "People must not care that Writer Michael Harrington, in a velopment program. much." discussionofGoodman in the "At Remarking on the opportune time Because only two others showed lantic" for August, 1965, said of the gift offer, Elmendorf said, up, no plans were formulated, Goodman believes American soci "We can now plan for the long Crawfort said. Lee Crawfort, on chair, leads discuss1on on anti-test campaign. ety is not only immoral and aes range development of New College Crawfort complained the tests thetically u g l y, but also, using with the highest confidence. 11 were to be the traditional closed Goodman's words, "ineffective, George C. Collins, chairman of book examinations instead of take be used, "excellent, good, fair, When asked what he planned to economically wasteful, humanly the Development Committee of the home tests, which are frequently poor, fail." This, he poimed out, do Tuesday, Crawfort replied he, stultifying and ruinous to demo Board of Trustees, told the board utilized in other courses. He also is hardly different from a tradition along with Parr and Shaughnessy, cracy." members a number of well-known obJected to the grading system to al grading system. might "picket" the examination. Page 2 The Catalyst Editorial May It Rest In Peace In defeating a motion to remove limits on the hours of intervisitation, the Student Executive Com 'llittee ended the last romd of a series of discussions which has meant little, if any, direct benefit for students.

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