VO L. 1 NO. 2 BIMONTH LY NEWSPAPER OF THE BOWIE STATE CO L LEGE PRESS CLUB OCTOBER 31, 1966 Faculty Meeting Disrupted Over Academic Rank Comm. 10 AM Thbrs, Oct, 27, 1966 The normal faculty meeting Social Sciences routine was disrupted this morn­ NCATE Dr. Putney Heads ing when faced with the problem of electing a fifth member to the Issue Report Academic Rank Committee. For­ The Social Sciences division Viet Nam Discussion mulated by the Committee on Committees the Academic Rank Accredits of the college reports that El­ On Tuesday, October 25, the Despite the military oUen­ Committee was designed to func­ even new courses have been added History Depa rt men t pre­ s ives, Dr Putney emphasized the to the curriculum in Anthropo­ tion as follows. sented a short lecture and dis­ significance of the social revolut­ l. Study and evaluaterecords logy and Sociology at Bowie State cussion centered around the ion being fought in South Viet Bowie College. For the first time in of all faculty members as a United States' commi:ment in basis of recommendation for NCATE, a national accredit­ the history of the college, the South Viet Nam. Dr .Martha S. ing agencv, has recently approved students this fall can establish increasements and advance­ Putney, a representation of the ments in rank. Bowie's teacher education pro­ a major in the area of Anthro­ History Department , led the gram. The requirements for pology and Sociology. This new 2. Receive from all sources, discussion, and entertained sru­ recommendations for pro­ admission into the Association work will provide for an adequate dent questions. were essentially based upon the background under the following motion, tenure, leave, reten­ and quality of course offerings, and headings: Anthropology - History ln her lecture, Dr, Putney gave tion dismissal of fac­ professional standing of thosr of Anthropological and Sociolo­ a brief historical outline of Viet ulty members; evaluate these teachers teaching the education gical Theories, Selected Topics Nam's development. Beginning recommendations, and sub­ courses, Specifically, NCATE in Anthropology, The North with Viet Nam's defeat and oc­ mit the results to the ad~ reviewed the quality of instruct­ American lndian, Primitive Re­ cupation by the Chinese in 200 ministration. ion as to whether it was taught ligion; Sociology - Criminology, B.C., Or. Putney indicated that 3. Evaluate, along with other by quallfied personnel with De­ Sociology of the Aging, Indepen­ Viet Nam's history has been one agencies, the qualifications partments beaded by persons dent Study, Contemporary Com­ of violence, long after the ex­ of new applicants to the fac­ holding earned Doctor's degrees munities. Intergroup Relations, pulsion of the Chinese In 939 ulty by consulting with Divi­ from qualified institutions. Methods of Sociological Re­ AD. Consequently, vtet N'am has sion and Department Heads, Although Bowie has been ad­ search, Seminar in Anthropology had co fight defensive war-s with and then making recommen­ mitted into NCATE, a pro­ and Sociology, the French as well as the Chinese. dations to the Dean of the bationary period of three • ln addition to the fore men­ As a result of these wars, Ho Dr. Putney College. years is required before Bowie's tioned new major, the Division Chi Minh, popularly looked upon Nam by U.S. advisors. However, A committee member must not position becomes permanent, of the Social Sciences offers a as the ''George Washington of Dr. Pu01ey noted that tile social be present for, or take part 1n During this three year period as revolution has not been pursued a vote which ef!ects only his sal­ major in the broad fleld of So­ Viet Nam", has emerged the ary or rank. Bowie will be reviewed contin­ cial Sciences and a major in His­ most efficient instrument for the as intensely as the military. ually to ascertain whether it can tory. The new field of concen­ establishment of communism in Dr. Salvatore Nerboso, also The conflict began by Mrs. maintain the required standards tration in the division will in­ Viet Nam. Supported by Russia, present at the meeting, added Smith's recommending that the Committee be abolished because fo admission, crease the number of majors China; and most Vietnamese, Ho that much of what PresidentJ ohn­ NCATE accreditation will slgnlflcantly. More than twenty­ Chi Minh has been waging a "war son says is for public consump­ Dr. Henry would make the de­ benefit teacher education grad­ five individuals have indicated of liberation" ln South Viet Nam tion, Dr. Nerboso pointed out cisions anyway. Rising to the uates in that a teaching degree plans to pursue a major in An­ which can only be ended when that Viet Nam represents ''the challange, Mr. Wisniewsk1 and from Bowie will be recognized thropology-Sociology. Others in­ Laos, Cambodia, and Thiland are drifting, rather than static Dr. Nerboso noted that policies by any other state that honors terested in this course of study brought under his control. foreign policy of the United in the past had been dJctatorla-1 NCATE accreditation. should contact Dr. Ulysses S. States." Dr. Nerboso feels that and that this committee could not, be that of the administration 1f As a means of maintaining Young, the chairman of the di­ In attempting to preserve what Viet Nam was never worth the the standards by proposed the vision, commJtment the U.S. bas pledged, Bowie is to progress. democracy is left in South Viet Mrs. Smith, visibly disturbed, NCATE a committee composed The faculty, through Its curri­ Nam, the United States has al­ but unfortunately the United of Dr. A. Wiseman, Or. E. Ar-:: culum committee, recommended States cannot find a graceful clutched at Dr. Bards hand in ready sent325,000troops to South malciilgherreply, and things were nold, Mr. C. Bessicks, Miss. the new 01ajor in Anthropology Viet Nam to complement the way out. Blough, Mr. B. CWbertl, Mr. - Sociology and the Board of 125,000 South Vietnamese troops and Dr. Putney added that Viet touch and go as Dr. Young made J. Cox, Mr. H. Jones, Dean Trustees of Bowie State College Nam may be influenced by the an off-hand comment on "Black already engaged. AB of this date, Power" Eventually the question Sanders, Mrs. D. Smith and Or. formally adopted it by unanimous 5 ,336 American troops havebeen new Secretary General of the U.S. Young set forth some guide­ vote last spring. This new major was put to a vote with each fac­ killed, and 30,000 have been United Nations It was also ulty member voting for the Acad­ lines for teacher education ad­ then became effective this fall. wounded. The South Vietnamese concluded that the Viet Nam mittance. These guidelines a.re Thirty semester hours are re­ emic Rank Conunlttee, The elect­ have lost 14 7,000 troops. This crisis may teach the United States ed committee as It now stands found 1n the college catalogue quired in the two major discip.. stacks up against the 149,000 to pursue a more cautious for­ on pages 64 - 65, lines. These thirty hours may consists of North Vietnamese (Viet Cong) eign policy when dealing with Or. Martha S. Putney be allocated in the disciplines as who have been killed. developing nations, follows: twelve- fifteen semester Dr. A. Anderson Dumas Dr. Young hours in the area of Anthropo­ Dr. Salvatore O. Nerboso logy, fifteen - eighteen semes­ Mr. Pettigrew Student Academic Mrs. D. Smith ter hours in the area of Socio­ Mr. Herman Jones logy. Prepar~tiop for the major As these members reflect the Admitted To Freedoms Outlined overwhelming support of the fac­ may begin at the first year level, Scheduled As ulty. there can be no doubt but Freshman, with the possible six ''The Academic Freedom of credit hours in the prerequisite Students" Is a brochure published that the administration will ser­ Smithsonian iously consider their recommen- courses. The General Education Bowie Speaker by the AAUP for the express In a letter form Mrs. Lisa requtrement, Sociology 101, In­ purpose of informing students, dations. Suter, program director of The troduction to Sociology, would be The observance of National faculty, and administrators o[ TbeCommitt.eeonCommlttees Smithsonian Society of Assoc­ a reqUired prerequisite for fur­ Education week is scheduled for those privlleges which should be had its klck-off meeting wlth Dr. iates, Or. Young was informed ther course work In Sociology. November 6th through the 12th. exercised by college students. Bard at a Luncheon meeting 1n of his admission to this Society. This course would also count to­ The Divisions of Teacher Edu­ This pamphlet was prepared by the Campus Cafeteria September Or. Young enrolled at the ward the major requirement se­ c ation of Bowie State College a special committee of the AAUP 30, 19661. This was the first of which was headed by Dr. Phillip Smithsonian Institution, and after quence. Anthropology 102, In­ which includes the Department a series of meetings which con­ completion of his courses, he troduction to Anthropology, is of Health, Physical Education and Monypenny, Professor of Politi­ tinued on the following dates : was awarded his membership. a prerequisite for further course Recreation and the Department cal Science of Illinois University. October 4,6,7,U. The progress A course consists of ten weeks, work in that area. of Education and Psychology are Those freedoms which appear rnade by this committee 1s re­ meeting for I 1/2 hours once a The curriculum presented has commemorating the week with an in ''The Academic Freedom o! ported in the appended pages. week. been chosen to prevtde for the Assembly program on Thursday, Students" are as follows: Members of the Commlttee on The Smithsonian institution professional needs of persons 1n November 10, with Mr.