Madison uo»ieb« uiawi Hurrteonburg, Virginia Vol. LII r Madison College, Harrisonburg, Va. Friday, March 19, 1976 No. 31 Faculty senate to ask Carrier about salary plan By SANDY AMANN Wszalek of the English Faculty dissatisfaction department. with both current and Under a proposed step proposed pay systems was plan, there would be seven expressed as the faculty steps in each of four ranks- senate tabled discussion of instructor, assistant salary step scales until professor, associate professor President Ronald Carrier is and professor. A faculty' present at the March 25 member would get a step meeting to answer questions. raise each year until he The senate reached no reached the top of the scale in consensus on what would be seven years. the most important feature of The step plan proposed by any salary system it might Lawrence Roller of the secondary education department, also calls for a GRADUATING SENIORS line up to purchase boxes. Photo by Walt MOTflM Classes today will be their caps and gowns, stored in the cardboard cancelled between 10:30 a.m. cost of living increase com- and 12:20 p.m. in observance puted by multiplying the base of Founder's Day. rate of each rank by the in- crease in the Consumer Price Business and ethics: prof adopt. Some senators thought Index for the year. merit should determine If faculty on the base step raises, others wanted a get a five per cent cost of makes them work together guaranteed cost of living living raise, those on the top step would only get a 3.5 per By DEBBIE CROCKER department, flies to various In one case, for example, increase and still others Dr. Thomas Stanton is a supported a step salary cent raise, according to parts of the country where the executive trainees are told Wszalek. All steps could be man with many roles - three-week Executive Service system. that as company directors, The present system of an annually adjusted, Roller minister, professor, depart- Centers are set up to train new said, to keep the top from ment head, government government officials for key they must make an ethical overall raise plus merit in- financial manager, president choice between continuing the creases determined by "lagging behind" in the cost of management roles. His role living. and counselor for state and in the seminar is to advise program goal of economy of department heads is unfair national businessmen, and operations in their company, according to" many faculty Other senators objected to federal executives "just the unclear merit provisions ethical advisor for the breaking into top levels," on even if it means working the members. These inequities country's top executives. employees overtime without will be perpetuated if a new of the plan. Roller said that moral and ethical business No less than four times a practices. pay and weakening working system is "instituted on top of (Continued on Page 8) month, Stanton, head of the "The subject of ethics is relations, or letting the the present scale," said Joyce business administration terribly abstract," said company's output slip. Stanton, but through the The decisions are not easy session "I try to conceptualize ones to make, Stanton admits, the form into concrete tenrf- but through the seminar, the s." executives are able to for- Loss of building The purpose of the ethical mulate and practice different session, which lasts two and a approaches that could aid half hours each, is to present a them in their decision-making 9 series of "operative, intended, roles.Stanton was working for and adopted values" which the government as a financial 'disappoints Carrier are believed to be held most management consultant when by federal executives, Stanton he was approached about the By JENNIFER GOINS years. Carrier said. Fifty new positions will be said. From this, he said, the job of teaching the govern- The most disappointing aspect of the cut in filled for the coming academic year and 33 will executives are able to con- ment's top executives a lesson Madison's proposed budget, according to be hired for 1977-78. struct a workable framework in ethics. President Ronald Carrier, was the failure of This will allow the college to achieve a of values which can be fused 'Tm the guy who can do into ethical business prac- the general assembly to pass Gov. Mills better student-teacher ratio, important to the tices. the job," laughed Stanton, Godwin's $97 million tax budget that would quality of education, Carrier said. who is also an ordained have provided funds for a new education The increase will also allow the ad- The developing executives, Baptist minister. building at Madison. ministration to "be good to the faculty," in who are 35 to 55 years old, are Godwin had originally hoped to raise $97 terms of salary increases, according to presented with several cases "It's very exhilarating to million through taxes levied chiefly on beer Carrier. where, by a sort of "behavior be among the top experts from and coal to refurbish mental hospitals, build The total operation budget is approximately channeling," they resolve the all over the country," said college buildings across the state, increase $50 million and "I feel good about it," Carrier ethical conflicts, he explained. Stanton. prison facilities and improve parks. said. The Virginia House of Delegates agreed to He is hopeful that there will be no tuition raise only $25 million in new taxes. These increase for next year, but said there will In the Founder's Day Breeze funds will be used to finance two prison probab'y be a rise in the cost of room and projects, air condition the state's mental board. hospitals and utilities and finance site work for Carrier said that he is hopeful the education a new law school building at William and building will be considered again when the Mary. general assembly reconvenes in 1977. The Marshall-Whyte Law School at William Capital programs are beginning to pile up, and Mary is in danger of loss of accreditation if said Carrier, and higher education has been Special facilities are not improved. The site funds for passed by the past four years without a the new law building were the only higher significant increase. Bicentennial education request granted by the general There was no opposition to the capital assembly, according to a March 15 Daily projects said Carrier, just the funding. News-Record article. Perhaps a suitable approach can be worked insert "By and large the commonwealth did well out next year. by Madison," said Carrier. The proposed education building would have included The college's operating budget was in- increased classroom facdities and provided for creased about 35 per cent in education and some badly needed parking places on lots that general funds. are currently occupied by education houses, This increase will enable the administration Carrier said. to hire 83 new faculty members in the next two ■y. v Continued on page 9 ■ T. ' •'•' ' '• ■ '■ • • • V ' t ' t I .•..'•, •• ■ ■■ •' Page 2, THE BREEZE, Friday, March 19, 1976 . Uncommon sense - Of war and peace By Roger Wells A recent review of the major headlines leaves one with the impression that just about every nation m the ■tr world is at war with somebody. They're fighting sporadically in the Middle East over an and parchment °\ ofland; Southern Africa is a hotbed of turmoil; England is involved in cod wars with Iceland and clod wars with Ireland This does not include the cold wars between the more civilized nations, the political wars within nations, and the ratings wars between the various television networks In fact, just about every nation in the world is at war except the little island-republic of Novemberland located in the south Pacific ocean. I recently visited this tiny country and met the newly elected President One Timonevah. This gentleman was most upset when I ipet him, but was civil enough to grant me the following interview * Q- Mr President. You were recently elected by an overwhelming mandate on the "Bring War Home" platform. Would you care to explain just what this 1 THE WAK MG-eS ON" meant? „, , . A: I'd be happy to. As you well know we ve never had a war in Novemberland, not even a barroom scuffle with a visiting journalist. We believe the reason that nobody A woman who struggled has heard of us is because we've never had a war, and we've never had a war because nobody has heard of us. It's sort of what you Yankees would call a "Catch 22." Q: Yes, I understand. But what have you tried to do? for liberty through drama A: Well, we sent out invitations to all the major AdamsTJescribes Warren's talents as, "having countries of the world asking them to come and drop bombs on our harbor but nobody showed up. So we sent By REX FULLER . no equal that I know of in this country." Most of us are products of the United States Why did Mercy Warren choose drama as a secret attack team to disrupt the various world public education system and as a result have governments but unfortunately they were so secret that her rhetorical vehicle? It seems an unlikely become familiar with the more famous writers choice because on Oct. 20, 1774, the first nobody blames us for what they did. and orators of the American Revolution. Q: Can you give me some examples? Continental Congress passed a resolution Names like John Hancock, Thomas Jefferson, forbidding all exhibitions of shows, plays, and A- Yes.