Issue 196 University of Missouri - St. louis April 18, 1974 9 Representation in dispute hancelbr search committee forming . , .. A new search committee will Hartley was originally selected as the eighth committee mem­ According to one faculty mem­ soon be organized to recommend as chancellor from that previous ber. ber .. who was present at the 'candidates for the position of list but resigned March 7, 1974. meeting, not all of the faculty UMSL chancellor, it was an­ President Ratchford will re­ members turned in their ballots nounced by UniveJ:si!y oJ Mis­ The announcement was made turn to the St. Louis campus and nominees decided to with­ souri President C. Brice Ratch- following a meeting of President today at 2:30 pm to discuss the draw their names. The issue "foro . Ratchford with a group of composition of the committee. centered on the faculty's desire He said the previous commit­ faculty, student and administra­ The faculty had met on Tuesd'ay, to have more direct input on the tee which was at work in the tive leaders on the St. Louis April 16 to nominate and select procedures of the search com­ 1972-73 search for a UMSL campus Tuesday, April 9. six representatives for the mittee. chancellor has been disbanded search committee, but were and expressed appreciation for unable to satisfactorily agree its effective job. President The president as~ed that with­ with the requirements for choos­ President Ratchford, when last Ratchford added that those can­ in the next week ne be given a ing the representatives set by on campus, also addressed the didates who had been recom­ list of names of s~ faculty, four the President. issue of representative blacks mended for consideration as administrators and four student Emery Turner, Interim Chan­ and women on the committee. chancellor at that time had been leaders from which to select cellor, said, "When the presi­ He advised each representative reconsidered but that a list of seven campus members of the dent comes on Thursday, it is segment to submit the names new candidates is now . neeejed. search committee. The president hoped that a compromise on from which he could make his would apoint a person from the selection techniques for faculty selection. Those were his only Former Chancellor Joseph R. University-wide administration representatives can be struck guidelines. Robert E. Smith, former Di­ rector of UMSL's Office of Public Information . Bob Smith dies; OPI Director Robert E. Smith, ASSistant to the Chancellor and Director of the UMSL Office of Public Infor­ mation, died in his home Mon­ day night April IS, 1974 of an . apparent heart attack. Smith was appointed to both posts in January, 1967. He was, according to one of his col­ leagues, Don Constantine, "the originator of public information on this campu~ . " Before coming to UMSL, The Minority Student Service Coalition sponsored a Black Louis area attempted to answer that question. Photo, left, shows :Smith spent 11 years as Execu­ Symposium at UMSl April 15 entitled, "Where is the Black panelists: Bill Fields, KMOX-TV producer; Adam Casmier, UMSL tive Assistant to the Chairman of Struggle Today?" Current issues and problems confronting the black English instructor; John Bass, city comptroller; Betty lee, Proud ·the Board and President of Mc­ community were discussed with the hope of viewing the current magazine editor; Walter Belcher, Acting Director of the Black Donnell Aircraft. Before that he black movement in it's proper prospective. Leadership Training Program . Photo, right, shows Bass and lee :was Secretary to St. Louis Six distinguished panelists who have leadership roles in the St. discussing issue. Photos by Eric Banks ' mayors Josep!1 M, Darst ~nd Raymond R. Tucker,. for five years. He was a reporter for the St. Supernatural, ocean geology among summer courses Louis Globe-Democrat for five : years, after working as a report­ Several new courses on unus­ Most undergraduate and mas­ programs (n biology, art, eco­ undergraduate and master's er for one year with the Associa­ ual subjects will be among the ter's courses in the summer ses­ nomics, English, foreign lan­ levels. Master's· programs at ted Press. He served with the offerings this year during the sion, which opens June 14 and guages, history, mathematics, UMSL include courses in nine United States Air Force World UMSL summer session and in­ concludes August 2, will be music, philosophy, political sci­ different areas, ranging from War II intelligence and public tersessions. CouJses in marine available for both day division ence, psychology, sociology, business administration to so­ relations operations. He received biology, ocean geology and the and Evening College students. physical sciences and other ·ciology. his Bachelors degree in journal­ world of the supernatural are a­ UMSL's summer curriculum areas. Both the School of Busi­ UMSL's intersessions, offered ism from the University of. mong the 200 courses in more includes course work in all ness Administration and the both before and after the regular Missori-Columbia in 1941. He than 20 academic areas UMSL departments of the College of School of Education will present [Continued on page 2) wa born in a small northern Il­ summer students will be taking. Arts and Sciences, which offers a variety of programs on the linois town, Shabbona, III. Interim Chancellor r.mery L. New degree programs in chemistry and physics Turner made the following state­ .ment on the passing of Smith: a part-time basis. :1 strong emphasis on applied The first year all students Frank Watson In addition, a curriculum will physics. working for a master's in "The passing of Robert Smith be offered to those who wish to No new faculty will be requir-_ physics will take the same represents a personal sorrow to The University of Missouri work full-time for their degree. ed for the chemistry program, courses, but will have a choice all who knew him and a major Board of Curators hs tentatively Part-time students will be able and no new courses will be . their second year of applied or loss to UMSL. Mr. Smith was approved new graduate degree to complete the required 30 necessary. Courses currently of­ theoretical concentrations. one of the most able and programs in physics and chemis­ credit hours in five semesters. fered in connection with the effective people I've ever known try for the UMSL campus. Those enrolled full-time will bachelor's and doctoral pro­ The chemistry program has and completely dedicated and The master of science in require only three semesters for grams will be applied to the received full accrediation from loyal to this campus and to those chemistry is designed primarily their degree. master's. the North Central Association of with whom he .associated. for employes in the St. Louis The Master of Science in Colleges and Secondary schools, "Although not a faculty mem­ chemical industry and high physics is designed for scientists Costs of the new programs are the organization that accredited ber. I can imagine no one more school chemistry teachers whQ employed by local industry who estimated to be small, consisting UMSL's Ph.D. program in chem­ important to the campus or one wish to study on the graduate­ are interested in raising their mainly of supplies and equip­ istry. who will be more missed by it." level and work full-time. employment level or increasing ment for the additional students Both programs are subject to Smith is survived by his wife This program is the first to their proficiency. to be enrolled .. final confirmation in the Univer­ Sue, and their only child, Mrs. provide St. Louis stutlen~s an op­ Those taking the program will Two new 4oo-level courses will sity Academic Plan. The Plan is Alan M. Fasoldt. portunity to earn a ma'ster's also be qualified to teach physics be added for the physics pro­ expected to reach the univer­ Constantine told the Current degree in chemistry while at­ at the junior college level. gram, with others to be added sity's Board of Curators some that no immediate plans have been made to fill Smith's post. tending .school in the evening on . the 36 credit hours ' will c~rry later. time in May. Page 2 April 18, 1974 UMSL CURRENT KAPPA Summer courses varied [COntinued from page 1] embodied mind, and the ques­ tion of natural vs. supernatural. summer session , will include St. Louis area students enrol­ several unusual options this led at other campuses of the uni­ year. The pre-summer session, versity or at other universities or designed for those able to attend colleges may attend the UMSL classes full-time during late May summer session by certification, and early June, will feature a with no transcript necessary. laboratory course in marine Those interested must complete biology at the Lerner Marine visiting student applications with Station in Bimini, Bahamas, as certification by their respective well as a geology field course deans or registrars that they are whose students will travel to students in good standing and Florida to study formations on may enroll in aproved course beaches and the ocean bottom. work. This procedure applies A post-summer session only to undergraduate course course, open to those free to work. attend class during two weeks in Fees for the summer session August, will center on "The and for books and supplies may .. Concept of the Paranormal." Of­ be paid with Master Charge or fered through the philosophy de­ BankAmericard credit cards. partment, this course will ex­ Additional information on the amine such phenomena as extra­ .UMSL summer session and in: sensory perception, the apparent tersessions is available from the "possession" of a body by a dis- Director of Admissions.