MONDAY, MAY 5, 1969
THE DAILY NEBRASKA
PAGE
9
Current roe of university elements
outlined in Montgomery lecture
By Ron Talcott
Nebraskan Staff Writer
Many university
. governmental systems are
too cumbersome and time
consuming to meet the needs
of the modern university,"
Logan Wilson, president of
the American Council on
Education,' charged in
discussing the future of
' university grievance.
Wilson, speaking at a May
3 session of the Montgomery
lectureship, outlined three
axioms of university
government he considers
vital to its preservation:
(1) Order, with freedom
and justice, must be main
tained. "You can have order
without freedom but not
freedom without order,"
Wilson said.
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(2) The university cannot
be a microcosm of the body
politic, a welfare agency, a
retreat from reality or an
arena without ceasing to be
a university.
(3) No group can have
absolute power.
"UNIVERSITIES SERVE
many constituencies," Wilson
said, enlarging on his third
axiom. "If we believe what
we say about participatory
democracy, we must include
parents, trustees, taxpayers,
alumni and others who are
affected by what is happen
ing in our institutions of
higher learning in university
government."
"The substance and
relevance of knowledge
cannot be whimsically
determined," Wilson said.
Later, he added that the
university is "created for the
good of the larger socie
ty." "This holds for students
and professors, not just ad
ministrators and trustees,"
Wilson continued, "The
ultimate consideration must
be the public good and not
the immediate good of its
most aggressive constituen
cy." Wilson drew an analogy
between the Brownshirt3 of
Nazi Germany "who took
over the universities to
remake society according to
their own idealistic model"
and "their latter day
counterparts, who would cast
aside the political neutrality
of the university and make it
a center for revolution."
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"ONE CANNOT ESCAPE
dismay at those faculty
members who become
parties to the breakdown of
authority," Wilson saiJ.
"Even more perplexing is
their partial relinquishment
of authority over curriculum
to some of those least
qualified to determine it."
"The work of a university
is not done when discourse is
interrupted by disruption
and frequently, violence," he
said. "The answer is not to
draw as many as possible
into the conflict, but to im
prove the quality of
academic life."
Discussing the future role
of students in the governance
of the university, Wilson
said, "If they lack the ex
perience for informed judg
ment, they should not vote;
if they have it, it would be
folly not to ask for their
help."
On the role of the faculty,
Wilson quoted McGeorge
Bundy in saying, "they,
more than any other group,
must give their b e s t," to
university governance.
"THE FACULTY MUST
offset the publicity generated
by anarchy on campus by
exerting more influence in
the governance of the
university," Wilson said. "If
universities do not govern
themselves, it is clear they
will be governed by
others."
Wilson cautioned faculty
and administrators to be
realisticc about "external
constraints" on their
policies, mentioning that the
American Chemical Society,
and the American Assoeiai
tion of Law Schools are both
considering taking measures
to halt the increase in the
number of p a s s - f a i 1
courses.
Richard Woodard
Continued from page 7
What should be done? Put
student priorities first on the
list, according to Woodard.
"Remember the honors
convocation several weeks
ago?' he asked. "That
wasn't for the students. That
was planned for the prestige
of the University. The big
cats were able to put on their
gowns and parade
around."
If he had his way,
Woodard would eliminate the
Board of Regents, among
other things. He would
separate the functions of the
University so that students
had comiKlete control of their
own affairs. The Nebraska
Union should be for the
students alone, he feels, but
the administration must ap
prove any activities going on
In the building. He would set
up more noncredlt courses.
He would urge students and
professors to do outside pro
jects together. He would get
the professors out of the
libraries and research areas
and into personal contact
with the students.
"We should quit worrying
about all the forms all
these red tape things," he
said. "These are not revolu
tionary idoas: they could
easily be done."
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In discussing effective
university administ ration
Wilson said, "the only option
for some institutions is to
bolster existing authority or
establish new authority."
In concluding his one-nour
address, Wilson cautioned
not to "substitute devolution
for evolution," and urged
' ' faculty, administration,
trustees, and students," to
be "partners, not ad
versaries in a collective
endeavor toward reform."
Senator Richard Marvel
said he was impressed with
Wilson's axioms, but added
"on the whole, the student
revolt is healthy education
needs to be shaken up, to be
made more pertinent."
Diane Theisen, newly
elected ASUN vice-president
said that the University of
Nebraska is suffering an
"identity crisis" and "needs
to define its purposes." She
said that many students are
concerned that the
University is functioning as
a "degree factory" making
them "more appealing to
business." Also, she added
that students should have "a
dominant if not controlling
role in determining their
social environment."
Acting Chancellor Merk
Hobson said that "imperfect
as it may be," there is a
logic for the present system
by which faculty determines
the curriculum. Explaining
the "logic," Hobson said that
"those who know the subject
matter best should decide
the curriculum," and that
the present system was also
designed to "protect what is
taught from the changing
political scene."
WAYNE WILLIAMS, a
panel member and president
of the A f r o - A m e r i c a n
Collegiate Society, addressed
Woodard approves of any
tactics necessary to create
the changes students want.
The university does not exist
to harbor professors or keep
administrators working. It
exists for the students.
"Sure I approve of
demonstrations," he said.
"And I won't qualify that by
saying they must be peaceful
or not cause any inconve
nience. If you demonstrate
peacefully for six months
and gain nothing maybe you
ought to throw some bricks
through some windows so
that people will listen to
you."
At this University anyway,
Woodard does not foresee
any great problems in terms
of violence. In schools closer
to urban centers, however,
he predicts a lot more trou
ble. "Unless very fundamental
changes are made, there is
going to be a civil war within
the next 10 years," he
predicted.
"The outcome of this civil
war will be to create a
tolerant and accomodating
society," he said. "Each
person can develop himself,
but not according to the
needs of an institution or a
system or a pattern."
Woodard simply wants the
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himself to the question of
priorities:
"I hate to use the 'collec
tive guilt' i'ea as a trrmp
card, but afier 350 years of
insti utional racism wnirh
has defined the white as in
and Ine alack as out, I I'hink
the University has a priority
to deal witn the nee:l of
black students." Williams
said.
Referring to Wilson's point
that the authority of ad
ministrators should be
clearly defined, Williams
said that "no one seemed to
be accountable" for the
responsibly of dealing with
minority groups, and that his
group's recent demonstra
tion "identified those people
so we can deal effectively
with them."
Robert Knoll, head of the
new Centennial College,
discussed the roots of stu
dent revolution:
"STUDENTS HAVE
o b s e r v e d the anomaly of
the faculty, supposedly
disinterested searchers for
truth, but who are really
purveyors of specialized
knowledge for sale to the
highest bidder," he said,
"The chemists are for sale to
the makers of poison gas."
"By their activism,
students have not done
society a disservice," he
added.
Wailter Bruns, a panelist,
formerly head of the Cornell
university political science
department who resigned
after the recent uprising
there, addressed himself to
student revolt and to the
more general question of
university governance.
"The University is not a
place for politicking, it is a
place where people of
disparate backgrounds form
new groups on the basis of
new experiences." he said.
United States to grow up, but
to do that at least some parts
of the old society will have to
be destroyed in a violent
manner.
Woodard will not be
teaching at NU next fail. He
has resigned, effective at the
end of this semester.
"This is a good law
school," he said. "Of course
if I were really perfectly
happy with the University I
wouldn't be leaving."
He is going to San Fran.
Cisco, but has no immediia.te
Job plans. He definitely will
not teach next year.
"It's hard to say if I will
ever teach again," he said.
"Who knows about tomor
row?" SAF schedules
Final meeting
The Student Action Front
(SAF) will hold its final
meeting of the year Wed
nesday at 6:30, in the
Nebraska Union, according
to Ray Stangel, SAF
chairman.
"All volunteers art en
couraged to attend and
report their experiences, and
to help us reevaluate pro
grams," Stangei explained.
"Summer programs will also
be outlined Wednesday."
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Jim Davis
Continued from page 7
Daivs said, "What
universities are saying to the
students is this, 'You can't
get changes made without
demonstrations.' "
Demonstrations are out of
place on a college campus,
Davis continued.
Nevertheless he approves of
hem.
"IDEALLY represen
atives of both sides would
work out the prob'ems," he
said. 'But this is just not
done. Universities insist on
dragging their feet. It takes
demonstrations to get some
action."
To what extent should be
students be invoived in the
university? That is an open
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students should definitely
have more say in what's
going on. "I don't know of
anything on campus that the
students should not be in
on," he said.
On this campus, Davis is
in complete agreement with
black demands recently
presented to the ad
ministration after three days
of demonstrating.
If the demands aren't
legitimate, there would be no
support and no demonstra
tions, he said.
THE UNIVERSITY of Ne
braska had a lot of ad
vance warning about the
demonstrations, he said. But
the school refused to get
ahead of the game. They in
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Davis sees "more riots" in
the future of American
universities. The situation
will worsen before At im
proves. Students can shut down
any university in the United
States if they want to,- said
Davis. That includes this
University. 1
However, Davis will not be
at this University much
longer. He is leaving in June
to take a position at Long
Beach State in California. .
"My reasons for leaving
are purely personal," he
said. "Sure I've got" com
plaints. But the situation is
anything but intolerable
here. My two years here
have been pleasant." '
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