Cornell Chronicle Volume 11, Number 14 December 6, 1979 2 December 6, 1979 Study Rooms Available Creative Arts Grants 20 Students, Staff Chosen Awarded Building Bradfield Caldwell East Roberts Franklin Goldain Smith Hollister Ives Morrill Myron Taylor Olin Hall lk-L cmticr 11-21, 1979 Rooai Dates and Times Available 101. 10S. 108 12/12-12/14, 24 hours 100 12/12-12/14, 24 hours 222 12/12-12/14, 24 yours US 12/11-12/21, 8AM-5PM C 12/12-12/23. 24 hours 0 12/12-12/19, 24 hours 120 12/1212/17, 24 hours 124 12/12-12/16. 24 hours 162 12/12-12/16. 24 hours 164 12/12-12/16, 24 hours 183 12/12-12/16, 24 hours 2S8 12/12-12/19, 24 hours 110, 114 12/11-21, 8AM-4:30PM 114, 116, 117, 118, 213, 214, 216, 217, 218 12/13-12/21, after 4:30PM classrooms only 12/11-12/15. 8AM-1AM 12/16-12/21, 5PM-1AM Seminar Rooms I, I I , III and Classrooms A.B.C.D, 12/11-12/14, 5PM-midnight 11/15, lPM-midnight 12/16, lOAM-midnight 12/17-12/20, SPM-midnight 12/21, lPM-midnight 218, 216, 24S 12/11-12/21, 8AM-4:30PM 375 Mon.-Thurs., 8:30AM-9:30PM 12/16, noon-SPM Exceptions 12/14 12/14, 8:30AM-4:30P closed 12/11-12/12 Grants totaling $4,330 have been in the College of Arts and Sciences, Charles Kalmanek, senior in engi- awarded by the Cornell $100 to design and produce a book of neering; Louise Rahinsky and Shel- Council of the Creative and Per- poetry. ly Silver, both seniors in fine arts. forming Arts to 20 students and staff Photography: John Alegre, gradu- Art awards were received by five members. ate student in biochemistry, $250; graduate students in fine arts: Ken The grants are awarded annually on Susan Freeman, junior in fine arts, Januski, $200 for large-scale black the basis of artistic ability, poten- $150; Karen Steinkraus, library aide and white paintings in rhoplex and tial to complete the project with in Olin Library, $300, and Cheryl pigments; Stephan McKeown, $300 distinction and the merit of the Sema, staff member in the Centre for three wall-hung painted struc- project itself. They are meant to for Religion, Ethics and Social Poli- tures; Todd Rubin. $200 for pro- encourage creative and performing cy, $300. posed oil paintings; Alexus artists to propose and produce art Music: Janice Macaulay, graduate Wisniewski, $100 for representation- projects not primarily concerned student, $140 to copy choral pieces al paintings on six panels of backed with course work. of her own composition. masonite using polymer emulsion; The artists and projects receiving Two staff members in the Dance Christine Torvestad, $300 for seven the grants are: Department receiving awards are embediments in floor reliefs and In design: Boyd Hill, office assistant in modern languages and linguistics, $250 to hand-set and print "Photons," a book of poems; Tacey L. Miller, a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences, $190 to David Borden, $200 for performance of his own music for synthesizer ensemble, and Alix Keast, $250 for a dance performance. In film each of the following received a $200 award for the prod- wall hangings. Lori Todd, graduate student in zoology, was awarded $300 to complete 10 clay sculptures. The award-winning projects are to be completed and exhibited or performed within the next 12 months. do a series of seven batiks on Asian uction of his/her own film: Mary women; Susan Sternglass, a junior Graham, senior in architecture; Phillips Plant Science 206,314, 317 M7 143 12/11-12/21, 8AM-4:30PM 12/12-12/14, 24 hours Seareh Begun for Law Dean Rockefeller Schumann Stimson 107, 108, 109, 129 12/11-12/21, 24 hours James Law Auditoriu • 12/13, 8:30AM-4:30PM 12/14. 12/17-12/21, 7:30AM- 4:30PM C-1 12/11-12/21, 8AM-10PM 12/11, use east avenue ground Thurston Upson Uris Martha Van Rens. Warren 202, 304, 305 107. 111. J05, 315 C-0«, G-92, G-94 Student Lounge (N-B-MVR) 131 160, 201, 232. 245 321 12/11-12/21, 8AH-4:30PM 12/11-12/21, 8AM-4:30PM 12/13-12/21, after 4:30PM Mbn.-Fri., 8AM-9PM S a t . , 8AM-2PM 12/13-12/14, 24 hours 12/12-12/14, 24 hours 12/13-12/14, lPM-all night 106, 12/13, ll:30AM-all night UNIONS North Campus Union Noyes Center 2nd floor lounge, listening rooms, conference rooms Jrd floor 12/11-12/21, 7AM-1AM 12/11-12/21, 24 hours coffee served Committee of 8 All Faculty President Frank Rhodes has named the College of Arts and Sciences. an eight-member faculty committee Lyons holds a joint-appointment in to search for a new dean of the the Law School and the Arts Col- Cornell Law School. lege. Roger C. Cramton, dean of the Law Kennedy said, "The President has School since 1973, announced last asked the committee to attempt to month his resignation as of June 30, locate at least three and preferably 1980, in order to return to full-time five highly qualified nominees who teaching and research. would give serious consideration to Provost W. Keith Kennedy is chair- an offer of the deanship.'' man of the search committee that has set Feb. 1 as the deadline for receiving nominations and applica- tions. The other members of the committee are John Barcelo, Alan Gunn, Jane Hammond, David Lyons, David Ratner and Faust Rossi, all members of the law faculty, and Joel Silbey, professor of history in The committee will consider both internal and external candidates, Kennedy said. Nominations have been specifically requested from all members of the law faculty although nominations and qualified applications will be considered from any source, Kennedy said. He said it is hoped that the deanship can be filled in time for the start of the fall 1980 term. Straight Memorial Room Straight Lobby Browsing Library International Room Music Room • Lofts 2 ( 3 12/11-12/21. 24 hours 12/10-12/20. 24 hours 12/10-12/20, 9AM-9PM 12/10-12/20, 7AM-11PM 12/10-12/20, 24 hours 12/10-12/20, 7AM-11PM Study Group LIBRARY EXTENKD HOURS Olin Uris Mann Main Floor reading rooms 12/12-12/21, open 7AM, M-F 12/14, until midnight 12/1$, until midnight 12/16, noon-midnight Study only 12/11-12/21, Mon.-Thurs. u n t i l 1AM 12/14-12/15, until midnight 12/16. lOAM-iAM 12/12-12/20, until midnight 12/21, 8AM-10PM 12/22, 9AM-5PM Cornell Chronicle Editor, Randall E. Shew. Staff writers, Constance Bart, Robert W. Smith, Barbara Jordan-Smith, Martin B. Stiles. Photographers, Sol Goldberg, Russ Hamilton. Circulation manager, Joanne Hanavan. (USPS 456-650) Published weekly during the academic year and once each in June and August. 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Cornell Chronicle Preliminary Budget Figures Prepared Tuition, Compensation Estimates Made The University Administration is staff has the highest priority in find that is necessary." to make financial plans well in ages will increase $150 where paren- preparing recommendations relat- budget considerations." The Cornell trustees will approve advance. tal income is over $10,000, Rhodes ing to the 1980-81 operating budget, for preliminary discussion at the Dec. 11 meeting of the Trustee Executive Committee. President Frank Rhodes has reported on two major items in the budget proposals of particular interest to the campus community — The University Administration is including in its recommendations "a pool of funds equivalent to approximately 10 percent of salaries and fringe benefits," the president said, "for selective adjustments in compensation for 1980-81. The salary component would be merit- budget policies in January and the final detailed budget for 1980-81 in May. The president explained that the estimates are being issued now in order to allow community comment and to permit students and parents Commenting on student costs, Rhodes said, We intend to link increases in financial aid to increases in tuition and this budget is being planned with that in mind." The assumptions anticipate that the selfhelp portion of financial aid pack- said, reflecting increases in the Federal minimum wage effective in January 1980 and in January 1981. "There will be no increase in the self-help portion of the financial aid package for those whose parental income is below $10,000," he said. tuition increase and compensation based. In addition, a modest sum for faculty and staff. has been set aside for special salary Rhodes said that planning assump- adjustments associated with min- tions being used to prepare the Graffiti Contain Racial Slursbudget policy recommendations in- imum wage rates, inequities and other special needs." dicate that tuition and fees must be increased approximately 111/2 The estimated increases in tuition, percent, from $5,256 to $5,860, for room and board are based on the the endowed undergraduate colleges assumption that overall costs of at Ithaca. operating the University during A similar rate of tuition increase is being recommended for resident and non-state resident students in the statutory colleges, the president said, and a slightly higher tuition increase is projected for the Law School. Housing costs are expected to increase about 13 percent and dining costs to be up 10 percent over 1979-80. 1980-81 will increase by 14 percent over 1979-80, and by 13 percent for each of the following two years. Rhodes explained that figures for both tuition and compensation are preliminary and may be affected by continuing inflation and other factors. "It is a long time from now until July 1," he said. "The proposals will be subject to approval of "On the expense side," Rhodes added, "compensation— salary and fringe benefits—for faculty and the trustees and the Wage-Price Council and we shall not hesitate to go to the board with revisions if we Racial slurs were painted on the hatred locally than he had seen in University community. They repre- Africana Studies and Research Cen- the last 10 years. sent a flagrant denial of the attitude ter and on Ujamaa Residential Col- He is quoted in Wednesday's Cornell of respect and understanding on lege last week, prompting statements by the center's director and University President Frank Rhodes. A Ku Klux Klan sign was painted and put up on the lamppost outside the Africana Center and was found Daily Sun as saying that the "frequency of the incidents has been striking" and that "a really disturbing climate is taking place. People are getting edgy." President Rhodes issued this statement Tuesday on the incidents: which the University depends. I hope all members of the University will join me in deploring such behavior and in pledging themselves to strengthen the efforts toward mutual respect and trust to which the University is committed." by students last Thursday. "During the last few days, racial The word "niggers"was found last graffiti of the most offensive kind Wednesday, written in red spray have appeared on the Africana Stud- paint on the doors of Ujamaa. ies and Research Center and James Turner, director of the cen- Ujamaa. These daubings are an ter, said that since last spring there affront, not only to Black Cor- have been more examples of racial nellians, but to all members of the Some Services Curtailed for Holidays Many services on campus will be curtailed or eliminated completely during the ChristmasNew Year's holiday period from Dec. 22 through Jan. 1. The following summary of schedules has been compiled by the Office of Personnel Services: Heating and Ventilating Systems: Dec. 22 through Jan. 1. Reduced temperatures and shortened hours of ventilating in most buildings. Work sites with inadequate heating or ventilating should call 6-5322 or 6-4322 for assistance. (For details, consult the recent memo on this subject to deans, directors and department heads from Robert Clawson.) U.S. Mail, U.P.S., Truck Deliveries: Dec. 24,26,27,28, deliveries scheduled by special request. Dec. 25, Jan. 1, no deliveries. (For details consult recent memo on this subject to deans, directors, and department heads from W. B.. Rogers.) Campus Mail Service: Dec. 24 through Dec. 28 and Jan. 1, no deliveries. Dec. 31, normal deliveries. Day Hall Mail Room: Dec. 24,25 and Jan. 1, closed. Dec. 26,27, 28, open 8 a.m. to 12 noon. Dec. 31, normal schedule. University Switchboard: Dec. 24, 26,27,28, operator on duty 8 a.m. to 4:30p.m. Dec. 25, Jan. 1, closed. Dec. 31, normal schedule. Purchasing Service: Dec. 27,28, staff on duty to process emergency orders. Custodial Services: Dec. 24,26,27, 28, normal service to libraries and research areas. To other areas by special request to Jean Rogers 6-5175. Dec. 25, Jan. 1, no services. 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CORNELL UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES DATE Christmas OLIN URIS MANN AFR FINE BPA ENG'G ENT ARTS HOTEL ILR LAW MATH PHYS MUSIC SCI VET Dec. 22 (Sat) 9A-6P Dec. 2 3 (Sun) closed Dec. 24 (Mon) closed Dec. 25 (Tues) closed Dec. 26 (Wed) closed Dec. 27 (Thura; 9A-5P Dec. 28' (Frl) 9A-5P Dec. 29 (Sat) closed Dec. 30 (Sun) closed Dec. 31 (Mon) 8A-5P Jan. 1 (Tues) closed 8A-5P closed closed closed closed closed closed closed closed 8A-5P closed 9A-5P closed closed closed closed 9A-5P 9A-5P closed closed 8A-5P closed closed closed closed closed closed closed closed closed closed 9A-5P closed closed 8A-5P closed closed closed closed closed closed closed closed closed closed closed closed closed closed closed closed 8A-5P 8A-5P closed closed 9A-5P closed closed closed closed closed closed closed closed 9A-5P closed closed 8A-5P closed closed closed closed closed closed closed closed closed closed closed closed closed closed closed closed 9A-1P 8A-5P closed closed 8A-12N closed closed closed closed closed closed closed closed 8A-5P closed closed 9A-5P closed closed closed closed closed closed 9A-5P 8A-12M closed 8A-12M closed 8A-6P closed closed closed closed closed 8A-12M 8A-5P 8A-5P closed 8A-12M 8A-5P 8A-5P closed 8A-12M closed closed^ closed 8A-12M closed closed closed 8A-12M 8A-5P 8A-5P 9A-5P 8A-6P closed closed closed closed 8A-12N closed closed closed closed closed closed closed closed 8A-5P . closed •Subject to change Intersession: January 2, 1980 (Wednesday)- January 20, 1980 (Sunday) DATE Monday-Friday Saturday Sunday OLIN See Below *9A-1P closed URIS 8A-5P See Below closed MANN 8A-5P 9A-1P closed AFR 9A-5P closed closed BPA 8A-5P closed closed ENG'G 8A-5P closed closed ENT 9A-12P 1P-5P closed closed FINE ARTS HOTEL ILR 8A-5P 8-.30A-5P 8A-5P closed closed closed closed closed closed LAW See Below See Below See Below MATH 8A-5P closed closed PHYS MUSIC SCI 9A-5P 8A-12M closed 8A-12M closed 8A-12M VET See Below See Below See Below Exceptions to Above Schedule: 01In Library: Jan. 2-18 - - M-Th , 8A-10P (Open 5P-10P for study purposes only) Fri 8A-5P Sat 9A-1P Sun closed Jan. 19 - Sat 9A-5P Jan. 20 - Sun 6P-10P Urls Library: Jan. 5 Jan 12 Jan. 19 Jan. 20 - Sat 1P-5P - Sat 1P-5P - Sat 9A-5P - Sun 6P-10P Law Library: Jan. 2 Jan. 3 Jan. A -- Wed -- Thurs --Fri 8A-5P 8A-5P RESUME REGULAR HOURS Vet Library: Jan 2-6 - - Wed-Fri Sat & Sun Jan 7-20 - - Mon-Thura Frl Sat Jan. 13 - - Sun 8A-5P closed 8A-10P 8A-5P closed 7P-10P December 6, 1979 Cornell, TIAA Insurance Compared Faculty Committee Does Review The Committee on the Economic and Professional Status of the Faculty has reported it has reviewed the new group life insurance program in light of the recent life insurance mailing by TIAA to faculty members' homes. "Cornell's new life plan is a considerable improvement over the previous program offered to faculty," according to John Nation, chairperson of the committee. "Certain faculty may, however, want to consider buying additional life insurance. Because of differing family circumstances, each person will want to make an independent decision regarding the level of life insurance coverage needed," Nation said. In order to help faculty and staff evaluate the recent TIAA mailing, the following observations were made by the committee: 1. Rates vary substantially from company to company, but price trends are similar with age. A com- supplemental coverage without by payroll deduction. The first erage. parison of Cornell's and TIAA's medical examination if enrollment current rates is given below: takes place prior to Jan. 1,1980. 2. Cornell's life insurance program TIAA life insurance is also available insures that all faculty will have to all regular faculty, but requires a coverage of at least one half times medical examination at the time of their salary at no cost to the faculty purchase. member. Faculty may purchase 3. Premiums for Cornell's plan are PRICE COMPARISON- CORNELL PLAN / TIAA year's premium is required by TIAA at the time of purchase. 4. Coverage for inflation is provided under Cornell's plan to the extent that salary increases with inflation. TIAA offers a cost-of-living rider which, if elected, maintains the purchasing power of the TIAA coverage. "In comparing life insurance plans, careful attention should be given to coverage details, long-term costs and methods of premium payments, to be sure the programs are essentially the same," according to Gary J. Posner, director of University Personnel Services. "We encourage all employees to review The following comparison assumes sumes a 1978 dividend rate. Net 5. At the time of enrollment, faculty their family life insurance needs $50,000 of coverage; TIAA's policy premiums shown are per $1,000 of may purchase supplemental cov- periodically and do careful com- is 5-year renewable term and as- face value per year. erage under the Cornell plan of one parison shopping before purchasing Cornell Plan and one-half or three times annual additional coverage. In the event of TIAA base salary. Coverage may be re- ill health, difficulty may be encoun- Age Male & Female Age Male Female duced or eliminated at any time, tered in switching life insurance and increased at any time, normally carriers," Posner said. Under 35 35 to 50 Over 50 $ 2.40 4.18 6.00 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 $ 1.78 1.97 2.45 3.49 5.19 8.17 13.47 17.24 $ N/A 1.78 1.97 2.45 3.49 5.19 8.17 11.19 simply by providing a health statement. TIAA may require, de- In response to a request from the pending upon the policy and amount committee, University Personnel of increase, a physical examination. Services has arranged to permit 6. Faculty and staff are reminded that enrollment in either the 1.5 or 3 enrolled faculty and staff who wish to purchase supplemental coverage times salary Cornell Supplemental Life Insurance Plan is necessary for eligibility for post-retirement cov- or increase it to 3 times salary to do so until Feb. 1,1980, without medical examination. University Cool to Trash-Burning Plan Environmental, Economic Factors Cited The University has refused to "commit itself to the purchase of steam," under a preliminary proposal for a four-county trash burning incinerator. In a letter November 21 to Frank R. Liguori, Tompkins County Commissioner of Planning, Henry E. Doney, the University's director of Utilities, detailed Cornell's reaction to the proposed sale of steam to Cornell. The letter states: "Cornell has completed a preliminary review of the first draft of the proposals contained in the Multi County Solid Waste Study, dated September 29,1979. Our staff has serious doubts about the environmental, economic, and technical viability of this proposal. This letter will state our position.and summarize the substance of various exchanges we have had with your consultants over the past several months. "We must provide steam to our large and complex campus at the lowest possible cost, with maximum reliability, and within the bounds of good environmental quality standards. Any proposals for added capacity or sales of steam to Cornell must be tested against these objectives. The following are some of our concerns: Furthermore, we must provide sufficient reserve capacity in the event of failure of any part of the system. We expect that little would be realized in capital or operational savings by this proposed solid waste plant. "Cornell must proceed immediately with the expansion of its capability to burn less expensive fuels, coal and wood chips. By the time the solid waste plant might be operational, the value of fuel replaced by the proposed steam sales to Cornell must be weighed totally against our least expensive fuels. "The proposed unit price of steam to be sold to Cornell. is significantly higher than the cost of the fuels it would replace. In order to be attractive to Cornell, the cost of such steam would have to be considerably less than replaced fuels, in view of the inherent problems such a facility poses. "Finally, the amount of steam proposed for sale to Cornell may be optimistic, based on our present operational needs and future planning. This may have an important impact on the overall economics of the proposed prbject. "As a general comment on this study, we agree that landfilling solid waste will become increasingly expensive and probably impossible in some cases. The only known alternative to landfilling is incineration. If incineration is chosen, it makes good sense to recover some of the heat value of this material in the process of disposal. However, the primary objective should be the disposal of the counties' solid waste, and secondarily, to sell steam to help offset some of the operational costs of such a plant. "In summary, the initial reaction of the Cornell Administration to the proposal has been negative, for the environmental, economic, and technical issues discussed above. Cor- nell will not commit itself to the help offset some of the operational purchase of steam, either at the costs of such a plant. price proposed or in the quantities proposed, future planning. This may have an important impact on the overall economics of the proposed project. "In summary, the initial reaction of the Cornell Administration to the proposal has been negative, for the environmental, economic, and technical issues discussed above. Cor- "As a general comment on this nell will not commit itself to the study, we agree that landfilling sol- purchase of steam, either at the id waste will become increasingly price proposed or in the quantities expensive and.probably impossible proposed. Given these reservations, in some cases. The only known the University cannot be in the alternative to landfilling is incinera- position of encouraging further, sub- tion. If incineration is chosen, it stantial investment on the part of makes good sense to recover some the counties. Should the counties of the heat value of this material in still decide to go forward with ex- the process of disposal. However, amination of these questions in the primary objective should be the greater depth, the University is disposal of the counties' solid waste, prepared to cooperate in any such and secondarily, to sell steam to studies." "Both air quality and those environmental problems attendant to delivering and burning several hundred thousand tons of garbage and trash near the center of the campus and near adjacent residential communities are among our greatest concerns. In fact, this proposal places Cornell in the disposal business. Cornell has an obligation to be environmentally responsible even though the plant would be constructed by the counties. "Cornell must continue to operate its central heating plant year-round. The proposed process does not respond rapidly enough to meet system demand fluctuations. Cornell cinematographers (from left) David H. Gluck, James B. Maas and Linda Salzman Sagan shot a portion of their one-hour documentary, 'Until I Get Caught' in a downtown Ithaca tavern. The film, the first documentary ever on drunk driving, will have its premiere television showing at 9 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 13, on WCNY-TV in Syracuse (Ithaca Cable Channel 4) and WNET-TV in New York City. WCNY-TV has scheduled a 90-minute panel discussion and telephone call-in special at 10 p.m. featuring Maas, associate professor of psychology; Gluck; Ithaca representatives of PARKIT (Prevent Alcohol-Related Killing and Injuries in Tompkins County) and Syracuse officials concerned with alcohol and drunk driving. Cornell Chronicle Engineering-Business Scholarship Knight Gift of $1 Million Endows It The founder of an international en- of Engineering degree. gineering and management consult- The program is believed to be the ing firm has made a gift of $1 only one of its kind in American million to endow an unusual scholar- universities. ship program for business-oriented engineers at the University. Lester B. Knight Jr., founder, chairman and president of Lester B. Knight and Associates Inc. of Chicago and a 1929 graduate of Cornell's College of Engineering, made the gift, which will be known as the Lester B. Knight Jr. Scholarships. Twenty full scholarships are to be awarded annually to students pursuing both a master's degree in Cornell's School of Business and Public Administration and a Master Knight established the program because he believes that businesstrained engineers play a crucial role in the American free enterprise system. In a letter to Cornell President Frank Rhodes, Knight said: "It is my hope and belief that within 10 years there will be at least 100 Cornellians leading major U.S. companies, successfully, as a corollary to this additional opportunity and effort and all with a gratitude to Cornell...." gram is open to students from all Knight's decision to endow this engineering disciplines who intend scholarship program came partly as to enroll concurrently in Cornell's a result of observing the ac- MBA program. Recipients are to be complishments of his son, Charles, chosen on the basis of all-around who earned a bachelor's degree in ability, rather than academic merit mechanical engineering from Cor- alone, Knight said. nell in 1957, and later a Cornell Among his many business ac- MBA. tivities, Knight was chairman and Charles F. Knight is now chairman and chief executive officer of Emerson Electric Co., a St. Louis electronics firm that ranks 137 on the Fortune 500 list. In the Aug. 6 issue of Time magazine, he was included among "50 Faces for America's Future." The new Cornell scholarship pro- chief executive officer of Universal Castings Corp. for 32 years. He sold the company in 1977 and it provided money for the new Cornell scholarship program. He is a director of several European firms concerned with foundry management. The recipient of numerous honors, Knight's most recent accolade was the U.S. and Canadian Management Consulting Association's Award for Excellence in Management Consulting, which he won in May. He received the Gold Medal of the American Foundrymen's Society and the International Foundry Congress in 1972. He is a member of several professional associations, including the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and the American Management Society. His grandson, Lester B. Knight III, is a senior in Cornell's College of Engineering. His granddaughter, Ann Abbott, is a freshman in the New York State College of Human Ecology at Cornell. Young Cornell Playwright Wins Yet Another Honor Paula Vogel, a graduate student off-off-Broadway theatre, will give who is becoming known as one of a stage reading of "Meg" later this America's top young playwrights, month, with plans for a fully-staged has been awarded a $10,000 Play- production in the spring. writing Fellowship by the National Endowment for the Arts. A lecturer in playwriting this year in Cornell's Department of Theatre Arts where she is working on her Ph.D., Vogel won first prize for her first full-length play, "Meg," in the Vogel's second full-length play, "Desdemona," was presented at Cornell in March 1978 and has had two staged readings in New York City. She was commissioned by the Ac- national American College Theatre tors' Theatre of Louisville, Ky., to Festival in 1977. The award included $2,500 for Vogel, membership in the Dramatists Guild, publication of the play by Samuel French, Inc., a contract with the William Morris Agency, and $1,000 to Cornell's theatre arts department. write a one-act play, "Apple Brown Betty," which was presented during that theater's recent festival. Production plans for the premiere performance of Vogel's most recent play, "Balls, Cried the Queen," are now being made by the American Place Theatre in New York City. Since then, "Meg" has been produced several times in this country, Canada and Europe, and Vogel has written three more plays, all of which have been—or are in the process of being— staged. Vogel, who has called herself a feminist playwright, said "Feminist theater is that which changes people's minds about women. You don't have to expound from a pulpit. All you have to do is create plays Vogel has won two Cornell play- about people who happen to be writing awards since 1975, as well as women." the two national awards. "Meg," a play about the daughter of Sir Thomas More, was presented at the New Playwright's Theatre at the Kennedy Center in Washington, Vogel has said there are two ways to write a feminist play: "One is to write a strong heroine. The other is to write a compassionate man." Blend 84 cups of flour, 12 cups of brown sugar, 20 pounds of candy and 25 pounds of confectioner's sugar and you have just a few of the ingredients that went into this gingerbread house that was the creation of these two Hotel School students. Mark Ferretti (right) of Nanuet,N.Y., and William Donohue of Ridgewood, N.J., did all the baking Saturday and the decorating in a marathon session Sunday that did not end until 5 a.m. Monday. The production was financed by Hotel Ezra Cornell. The bakers are both seniors at the school. The entire cake is edible. D.C., in April 1977. In addition to subsequent American productions, the play was done at McGill University in Montreal and translated into Dutch for per- Sage Offers Christmas Program formance at a conservatory theater in Maastricht, Holland. A prod- Chimes Concert to Herald Program uction is planned at the U.S. Army Base in Wurms, West Germany. Also, The Production Company, an Registration Dates The annual Sage Chapel Christmas Advent (1963), and anthems by English Donald B. Eddy and Pater- program will take place at 8:15 p.m. Vaughan Williams, William Walton son. Students reading will be Sunday and Monday, Dec. 9 and 10. and Stanley Taylor, closing with a Timothy Wells, graduate student There will be an admission charge of $1 at the door, with free admission for children under 12 years of age. West Country English wish for "A and choir president, Janice Harvey Merry Christmas." '80 and Cynthia Williams '80. Student soloists with the ensemble The Christmas decorations in the are Paul Hughes-Toro '80; Ian Lam- chapel will be the work of Raymond Students will register for the spring semester on Thursday and Friday, Jan. 17 -18,1980, in Barton Hall at a time designated for their college, with the exception of Veterinary Medicine students, who should check with their college registrar for date, time and location. The program will be heralded by a chimes concert played by Paul Hatcher '80, and selections by guest handbell ringers Christian Haller, Mary Eldridge, Anne Hedrick and BenSchwarz. bert, graduate student; Joan Lesmerises '82; Gerard Lordahl '80, and Timothy O'Neill '80. Appearing as guest artists are George Damp, organist, and Edith Read, contralto. Graduate student Stephen May is T. Fox, associate professor of floriculture and ornamental horticulture. All students, except for Veterinary students, should have received a postcard, which was mailed Nov. 26, informing them of the specific time and date they are to register. The postcards were mailed to students' local address by the University Registrar's Office and are the students' admission ticket to registration. Anyone with questions should call Ellen Hayth, administrative supervisor in the Registrar's Office, 256-4232. University organist and Sage Chapel Choirmaster Donald R.M. Paterson, associate professor of music, will direct the choir in carols from Ireland, France, Italy, England, and the American spiritual "Go, tell it on the mountain." They will also sing "Adam lay abounden" by John Ireland, Paterson's own Verses for the choir's organ accompanist. The assistant conductor is graduate student David Conte. Selections will be read by Cornell President Frank Rhodes; President Emeritus Deane W. Malott; Unitarian-Universalist chaplain the Rev. John Taylor; Professor of Music Barbara Troxell; Professor of December 6, 1979 Calendar Of Events All items for publication in the Calendar section must be sub- Auditorium. "Carnal Knowledge." Sunday Friday Dec. 7,5 p.m. Young Israel House. Cornell Women's Polo-Unadilla. Sunday lor One World Room. Israeli Folk Dancing. mitted by mail or in person to Fran Apgar, Office of Central Reservations, 532 Willard Straight Hall, at least 10 (ten) days prior to publication. Items should include the name and telephone number of a person who can be called if there are questions, and also the subheading of the Calendar in which it should appear (Lectures, Colloquia, etc.). '—AdmissionCharged. Dec. 16,2 p.m. 'Uris Hall Auditorium. "A Christmas Carol" and "March of the Wooden Soldiers." Cosponsored by Ithaca Youth Bureau. Dec. 16, 8 p.m. 'Straight Theatre. "Mean Streets." Monday Dec. 17, 8 p.m. 'Uris Hall Auditorium. "Sandakan 8." Tuesday Dec. 18, 8 p.m. 'Uris Hall Auditorium. "North by Northwest." Wednesday Dec. 19, 8 p.m. 'Uris Hall Auditorium. Shabbat Services (Orthodox). Dec. 9,1:30p.m. 'Lynah. Cornell Men's Dec. 7, 5:30 p.m. Anabel Taylor Found- JV HockeyCanton. ers Room. Shabbat Services (Con- Tuesday servative). Dec. 11, 5:15 p.m. 'Barton. Cornell Dec. 7, 5:30 p.m. Anabel Taylor Chapel. Men's JV Basketball-Colgate. Shabbat Services (Reform). Saturday Saturday Dec. 29, 7:30 p.m. 'Lynah. Cornell Men's Dec. 8, 9:15 a.m. Anabel Taylor Edwards Varsity Hockey-Denver. Room. Shabbat Services (Orthodox). Sunday Dec. 8, 9:45 a.m. Anabel Taylor Found- Dec. 30, 7:30 p.m. 'Lynah. Cornell Men's ers Room. Shabbat Services (Con- Varsity Hockey-Denver. servative ). Tuesday Tuesday Jan. 8, 7:30 p.m. 'Lynah. Cornell Men's Dec. 11,6 p.m. 'Anabel Taylor One Varsity Hockey-Colgate. Every Sunday, 7:30-11 p.m. Straight North Room. International Folk Dancing; intermediate teaching 7:30 p.m.; requests 8:30 p.m. Sat., Dec. 8,8:30 p.m. 'Straight Memorial Room. Finger Lakes Group of the Sierra Club Square Dance with Don Miller calling. Mon., Dec. 10, 8 p.m. Straight Memorial Room. Square and Country Dance with live music by Bacon's Folly. Beginners welcomed and encouraged to come early. Free. All dances will be taught. Cornell Contra Dance Club. Films "Kind Hearts and Coronets." Thursday World Room. Hillel Latke Dinner. Friday Friday Jan. 11, 7:30 p.m. 'Barton. Cornell Men's Announcements Except where noted: films are under sponsorship of Cornell Cinema. Dec. 10, 8 p.m. 'Uris Hall Auditorium. Dec. 14, 5 p.m. Young Israel House. "MASH." Shabbat Services (Orthodox). First Varsity Basketball-Dartmouth. Saturday Writing Center's Walk-In Service. Monday through Thursday, 2-4 p.m. and Thursday Dec. 6,12:15 p.m. Warren 32. R.S. 300 Exhibits Night of Chanukah. Jan. 12, 2 p.m. Helen Newman. Cornell 7:30-10p.m.; Sunday 3-8p.m. Closed Dec. 14, 5:30 p.m. Anabel Taylor Found- Women's Basetball-Marist. Friday and Saturday. Will close for the Film: "Controlling Interest," the operations and effects of multinational corporations in agriculture around the world. Dec. 6, 7 p.m. *Uris Hall Auditorium. "Adam's Rib." Co-sponsored by Law Herbert F. Johnson Museum "Skin Forms: Innovations in Leather," through Dec. 23; "Dutch Drawings of the Seventeenth Century from a Collection," ers Room. Shabbat Servicea (Conservative). First Night of Chanukah. Dec. 14, 5:30 p.m. Anabel Taylor Chapel. Shabbat Services (Reform). through Dec. 23; "Selections from the Saturday Jan. 12, 2 p.m. 'Lynah. Cornell Men's semester Dec. 13,10 p.m. Will reopen Varsity Hockey-Boston College. Mon., Jan. 21. Rockefeller302. Jan. 12, 7:30 p.m. 'Barton. Cornell Men's Varsity Basketball-Harvard. Monday Fri., Dec. 14 Wilderness Reflections Guide Applications due. Willard Straight 534. School. Permanent Collection;" "Prints for Dec. 6, 9:15 p.m. *Uris Hall Auditorium. Purchase,"selection of 136 graphics; "Jonah Who Will Be 25 in the Year 2000." prices ranging from $10 to $1,000; Friday through Dec. 23. The museum will be Dec. 7,7 p.m. 'Statler Auditorium. closed Dec. 24 through Jan. 14. Dec. 15,9:15 a.m. Anabel Taylor Edwards Room. Shabbat Services (Orthodox). First Day of Chanukah. Dec. 15,9:30 a.m. Anabel Taylor Founders Room. Shabbat Services (Reform). Jan. 14, 7 p.m. Helen Newman. Cornell Women's Basketball-Siena. Wednesday Jan. 16, 7:30 p.m. Barton. Cornell Men's Varsity Wrestling-Syracuse. Vegetarian Cooking Course taught by the Krishna Yoga Club at Cornell every Thursday at 6 p.m. in the main lounge of University Hall 5. Vedic cuisine from India is being "Catch 22." Dec. 7, 7:30 p.m. Uris Hall Auditorium. "One Hour With You" (Lubitsch, 1932, U.S.); short: "A Wonderful Construc- Religion Edward A. Dougherty, an Episcopal First Day of Chanukah. Religious Meetings . Thursday Jan. 17,1:30 p.m. Helen Newman. Cornell Women's Basketball-C.W. Post. featured and a full vegetarian feast is served after each class. Free. For more information call 257-4503. Cornell University Dair Days starting at tion" (Lenzer, 1971, U.S.). Pentanglell Free Film Series. Dec. 7, 9:30 p.m. "Statler Auditorium. "Hair." Dec. 7, 9:45 p.m. *Uris Hall Auditorium. "The Innocent." Dec. 7, midnight *Uris Hall Auditorium. "Eyes of Hell." Saturday Dec. 8, 7 p.m. 'Statler Auditorium. "Hair." Dec. 8,7 & 9:30 p.m. *Uris Hall Auditorium. "The Innocent." Dec. 8,9 p.m. Risley College. "The Night of the Living Dead." Risley Free Film Series. Dec. 8,9:30 p.m. 'Statler Auditorium. "Catch 22." Dec. 8, midnight 'Uris Hall Auditorium. "Eyes of Hell." Sunday Dec. 9, 2 p.m. 'Uris Hall Auditorium. "The Prince and the Pauper.'' Co-sponsored by Ithaca Youth Bureau. Dec. 9, 8 p.m. 'Uris Hall Auditorium. "Lolita." Monday minister and an administrator at the University of Michigan, will be the next speaker at the Sage Chapel Convocation at 11 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 9. His topic will be "Faith and Reason." Dougherty is assistant to the academic vice president and a lecturer in higher education at Michigan. He was ordained an Episcopal priest in 1966 and served as an associate with the Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd in Athens. Ohio. From 1968 to 1969 he was co-director of the United Campus Ministry, Inc., at Ohio University. A 1962 graduate of Williams College, Dougherty received his S.T.B. degree from Harvard Divinity School in 1965 and his Ph.D. from Michigan in 1972. Music will be provided by the Sage Chapel Choir under the direction of Donald R.M. Paterson, University organist and Sage Chapel choirmaster. There will be an Ecumenical Christmas Vesper Service at 5 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 16, in Sage Chapel. The service, which is being planned by the Catholic, Episcopal and Protestant communities, will include a bell choir, Every Thursday, 7 p.m. Anabel Taylor Founders Room. Christian Science Organization. Faculty, students, staff and visitors to campus are welcome at weekly readings and testimonies meeting. Every Friday, 7:30 p.m. Anabel Taylor Edwards Room. Cornell Christian Fellowship meeting for prayer, singing and sharing. Every Sunday, 12:30 p.m. Anabel Taylor 218. Study and discussion hour on Islam. Organized by MECA of Cornell. Every Mon., Wed., Fri., 7:30 p.m. Highland House D-24. Twig Bible Fellowship. Thursday, Dec. 6,8:30 p.m. Uris Hall G-92. Discussion Group on C.S. Lewis. Colloquia Society for the Humanities. "Madness and Healing in the Age of Reason," Michael MacDonald, Junior Fellow. A.D. White House 201. 4 p.m. Thurs., Dec 6. Sports Intramural Bowling: Men, Women, Co- Meetings Every Thursday, 7:30 a.m. Anabel Taylor One World Room. Disarmament Study Group breakfast and discussion. Contact Anabel Taylor main desk for information. Every Thursday, 12:15 p.m. Uris Hall G-94. Cornell Public Interest Research Group (PIRG) brown bag seminar. Every Thursday, 7:30 p.m. G-l Stimson. "Jordani" Natural History Society. For more information, call 273-7280 or 257-2258. Every Sunday, 2 p.m. Risley Front Lawn. Society for Creative Anachronism medieval-style combat on foot practice. Every Sunday, 8:15 p.m. Anabel Taylor 314. Anthroposophy Study Group. Discussion of Rudolf Steiner's "The ThreeFold Commonwealth." Everyone welcome. Every Tuesday, 7:30 p.m. Japes Lodge, behind Pancake House. Cornell Outing Club. Every Wednesday, 12 noon & 7 p.m. Barton Hall Naval ROTC Blockhouse. Diet workshop. Call 277-2112 or 272-7766 1 p.m. Jan. 8 in Morrison Hall. Jan. 8 & 9. Theatre Thurs.-Sat., Dec. 6-8, 8:15 p.m. 'Straight Theatre. Theatre Cornell Production: "The Importance of Being Earnest," by Oscar Wilde. Thurs.-Sat., Dec. 6-8, 8:15 p.m. 'Lincoln Drummond Studio. Theatre Cornell Production: "Of Mice and Men," by Steinbeck. Sun., Dec. 9, 2:30 p.m. 'Lincoln Drummond Studio. Theatre Cornell Production: "Of Mice and Men," by Steinbeck. Thurs.-Sat., Dec. 13-15, 8:15 p.m. •Lincoln Drummond Studio. Theatre Cornell Production: "Of Mice and Men," by Steinbeck. Music The Guarneri String Quartet and pianist Gary Graffman will perform at 8:15 p.m. Friday, Dec. 7, at Bailey Hall. Tickets for the performance are on sale at the Lincoln Hall ticket office, 256-5144. Dec. 10, 9 p.m. 'Uris Hall Auditorium. folk singers and a liturgical dance group. ed. The deadline on entries is Thurs., for information. The concert, which is the third of the "Zardoz." Film Club members only. Tuesday Dec. 11,8 p.m. 'Uris Hall Auditorium. "The Day the Earth Stood Still." Wednesday Dec. 1Z, 8 p.m. 'Uris Hall Auditorium. "The Lavender Hill Mob." Thursday Monday through Friday, 12:15 p.m. Anabel Taylor G-19. Catholic Mass. Every Friday, 1 p.m. Anabel Taylor Edwards Room. JUMA Prayers organized by the Muslim Educational and Cultural Association of Cornell. Every Saturday, 5:15 p.m. Anabel Taylor Dec. 13,8 p.m. 'Uris Hall Auditorium. Auditorium. Catholic Eucharist. "Through a Glasa Darkly." Friday Every Sunday, 9:30 a.m. Anabel Taylor Chapel. Episcopal Eucharist Worship Dec. 14, 7:30 p.m. Uris Hall Auditorium. Service. Nursery and Church School pro- "Broken Blossoms" (Griffith, 1919, vided. Faculty and students welcome. U.S.); short: "One A.M." (Chaplin, 1916, Coffee hour after. U.S.). Pentangle II Free Film Series. Dec. 14, 8 p.m. 'Statler Auditorium. "Dr. Zhivago." Every Sunday, 9:30 & 11 a.m. Anabel Taylor Auditorium. Catholic Eucharist. Church school and nursery care pro- Dec. 14,10 p.m. 'Uris Hall Auditorium. vided. "The Seduction of Mimi." Every Sunday, 9:45 a.m. Anabel Taylor Dec. 14, midnight 'Uris Hall Auditorium. Forum. Ithaca Society of Friends (Quak- Dec. 6 at 4 p.m. in the Intramural Office, Thurs., Dec. 6, 2-4 p.m. 603 Cayuga Bailey Hall series, will include works by Grumman Squash Courts Building. Play starts Mon., Jan. 21: Mon.Thurs. evenings. Minimum of 6 to enter. Co-ed: equal number of men and women. Four will constitute a team. There will be an entrance fee of $66.60 due with roster. Checks payable to "Helen Newman Bowling." No refunds after the deadline. Bowling shoes available at Helen New- Heights Road. Cornell Campus Club Annual Christmas Tea. Tues., Dec. 11, 7:30 p.m. Martha Van Rensselaer Faculty Lounge, North Wing. "United We Stand, " A. Wilkinson, Cornell. Sponsored by Graduate Women in Science. Wed., Dec. 12, 4:30 p.m. Ives 110. FCR Mozart, Bartok and Dvorak. Founded in 1965 at Vermont's Marlboro Music Festival, the quartet has performed extensively throughout Europe and the United States. Each member of the quartet (violinists Arnold Steinhardt and John Dalley; violist Michael Tree; cellist David Soyer) is man Alleys for a slight fee. Specify your meeting. a member of the faculty of the Curtis preferred day of play on roster (1st, 2nd, Thurs., Dec. 13,7:30 p.m. Straight Loft 4. Institute of Music in Philadelphia. 3rd choice). Committee Against Racism. Mon., Dec Charles Michener of Newsweek wrote of DanceFriday Dec. 7, 7 p.m. 'Barton. Cornell Big Red Classic Basketball Tournament. ColgateManhattanville. 9 p.m. CornellCarleton. Dec. 7, 7:30 p.m. Teagle. Cornell Men's Varsity Gymnastics-Navy. Saturday 17, 7:30 p.m. Cayuga Lake Orchid Society. Call 277-3380 for program information and location. Mon., Jan. 21, 7:30 p.m. Cayuga Lake Orchid Society. Call 277-3380 for program information and location. the quartet, "The special excitement of chamber music comes from the intimate interplay between sometimes conflicting, sometimes complementing voices, and as last week's concert demonstrated, no chamber group is more exciting than the Guarneri." Pianist Graffman has been hailed by Dec. 8,2 p.m. Teagle.Cornell Men's Newsweek as "one of the great living "Carnal Knowledge.'' Saturday Dec. 15.7:30 & 9:30 p.m. 'Uris Hall Auditorium. "The Seduction of Mimi." Dec. 15, 8 p.m. 'Statler Auditorium. ers) adult discussion followed by meeting for worship at 11 a.m. Every Sunday, 10 a.m. Straight North Room. Korean Church at Cornell. Every Sunday, 11:15 a.m. Anabel Taylor Varsity SwimmingColgate. Dec. 8,2 p.m. 'Lynah. Cornell Men's Varsity HockeyNew Hampshire. Dec. 8, 7 p.m. 'Barton. Cornell Big Red Classic Basketball Tournament Consola- Every Monday, 8 p.m. Risley Dining Hall. Society for Creative Anachronism Medieval and Renaissance Court Dance classes. Beginners welcome. Every Tuesday, 7:30p.m. Martha Van pianists." Born in New York City, he studied at Philadelphia's Curtis Institute, won the Leventritt, America's most prestigious musical award, and became the only "Dr. Zhivago." Chapel Protestant Church at Cornell. tion. 9 p.m. Championship Game. Rensselaer Auditorium. Folk dancing for pianist to have recorded with the United Dec. 15,9 p.m. Risley Hall. "Secret Coffee and conversation after. Dec. 8, 7:30 p.m. 'Lynah. Cornell Men's couples. Singles, beginners, all ages wel- States' top five orchestras (New York, Agent." Risley Free Film Series. Every Sunday, 5 p.m. Anabel Taylor JV HockeyCanton. come. Philadelphia, Cleveland, Boston and Chi- Dec. 15,11:30 p.m. 'Uris Hall Auditorium. Catholic Eucharist. Dec. 8, 8:15 p.m. Oxley Polo Arena. Every Thursday, 7:30 p.m. Anabel Tay- cago. ) 7 Cornell Chronicle December 1979 SM TW F S 1 2 34 56 78 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 His recent appearances with Eugene plex in New York and the Liminological Pomology; "Strawberry Cultural Sys- students and for 1980-81 National De- Schimke Scholarship Ormandy and the Philadelphia Or- Parameters Associated With Their Im- tems and Coats in Central New York," fense Education Act-Title VI (FLAS) Jan. 2: Wellesley College-Harriet A. chestra marked the 30th anniversary of his professional debut, as a teenager, with that same conductor and orchestra. After a recent Graffman recital, a critic for the New York Times wrote, "To hear Gary Graffman is to be reminded anew of the magnificence of the piano as an instrument of musical communication and the rarity of pianists who succeed in realizing its potential. He played as though his love affair with the piano and its music had just begun." Free bus service, beginning at 7:30 p.m. the night of the concert, will be provided beween parking lot B and Bailey Hall CIVITASwith a stop at the Dairy Bar. For Senior Citizen bus service, call 256-5144 between the hours of 1 and 3 p.m. mature Stages," A. Elizabeth Gordon, 4 p.m. Monday, Dec. 10, lOOCaldwell Hall. Materials Science and Engineering: "Experimental Investigation of Crystal Defects Causing Electrical Failures in Semiconducting Devices," Horst Strunk, Max-Planck-Institut, 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 6, 140 Bard Hall. Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering: "Heat Transfer Studies in Surgery and Critical Care Medicine," R.C. Eberhart, University of Texas, 3:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 13,282 Grumman. Natural Resources: "Classification of Avian Habitat Using Aerial Photography," James Skaley, 4 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 13,304FernowHall. Neurobiology & Behavior: "Social Parasitism in Vespula: War of the Yellow- Barclay Poling, 11:15 a.m. Monday, Dec. 10,114 Plant Science. Rural Sociology: "Seeds of Change: Peoples' Movements for Rural Development," William M. Dyal Jr., InterAmerican Foundation, 12:10 p.m. Monday, Dec. 10, 32 Warren Hall. Vegetable Crops: "Studies on Cyanide Resistant, Low Temperature Respiration, and Sugar Accumulation in Potatoes," Mark Sherman, 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 6, 404 Plant Science Building. Women In The-Work World: "I Don't Work 9-5: Women Working Non-Traditional Shifts," Lin Reese, Bev Shirley, Maureen Updike, 12:15 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 12, 300ILR Conference Center. Fellowships are available at the Fellowship Office. 116 Sage Graduate Center. Deadline to submit completed applications for both programs is Monday, January 23,1980. REMINDER: Applications and all supporting credentials for the Alice Freeman Palmer Fellowship must be submitted to the Fellowship Office, 116 Sage Graduate Center, by Monday, December 10,1979. Applications and all supporting credentials for the Belgian American Educational Foundation Fellowship must be submitted to the Fellowship Office by Monday, December 10,1979. Consult the Fellowship Notebook at your graduate faculty representative's office for information on the awards whose Shaw Fellowship Jan. 4: Ruth Taylor Award Fund-Westchester Community Services Council, Inc. Jan. 7: Grass Foundation-Fellowships in Neurophysiology (for study at Woods Hole, MA) Jan. 11: Metropolitan Museum of ArtJohn McClay Fellowships in Art Jan. 14: Ralston Purina Company-Fellowships in Animal Science By Mary McGinnis Coordinator, CIVITAS Thank you to all our volunteers who jacket Queens," Robert Matthews, 12:30 deadlines are listed below: have, once more, generously given time Thurs., Dec. 6,8:15 p.m. Barnes Hall. Cornell Gaemlan Ensemble directed by Jennifer Lindsay. Fri., Dec. 7, 8 p.m. 'Goldwin Smith Kaufmann Auditorium. Pamoja Ni Singers in Concert. Fri., Dec. 7,8:15 p.m. 'Bailey Hall Guarneri String Quartet and Gary Graffman, piano. Works of Mozart, Bartok, Dvorak. Faculty Committee on Music Concert. p.m. Thursday, Dec. 6, Langmuir Lab Penthouse. Neurobiology and Behavior: "Temporal Processing in Monkey Visual Cortex," Bruce Bridgeman, University of California, Santa Cruz, 12:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 13, Langmuir Lab Penthouse. Ornithology: "Reproductive Behavior of the Peregrine Falcon." Steve Sherrod, 7:45 p.m. Fuertes Lecture Room, Laboratory of Ornithology. Sat., Dec. 8, 8:15 p.m. Bailey Hall. Physiology: "Changes in Cellular Mem- Cornell Symphony Orchestra conducted branes of the Corpus Luteum During by Edward Murray World Premiere of Palmer's Symphony No. 1; works of Mozart, Brahms. Regression," Jack Carlson, University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 11, G-3 Veterinary Re- Sun.& Mon., Dec. 9 & 10, 8:15 p.m. 'Sage search Tower. Chapel. Sage Chapel Christmas Program Plasma Studies: "Strong Turbulence directed by Donald R.M. Paterson; Theory of Drift Waves," A. Hasegawa, George Damp, guest organist. Bell Labs., 4:30p.m. Wednesday, Dec. Graduate BulletinREMINDER: The Graduate School of- fices will be closed from Friday, Dec. 21 until 8:15 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 2. Any Admission to Candidacy Examinations or Final Examinations to be held during the week of Dec. 31 should be scheduled by 4:15 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 20, in order to allow ample notification of the field concerned. Jan. 11,1980 is the deadline for completion of all requirements for a January degree. No extensions will be granted. Applications for 1980-81 Cornell Gradu- Dec. 31: Lady Davis Fellowship Trust Awards (for study in Israel) Dec. 31: National Wildlife FederationEnvironmental Conservation Fellowships Dec. 31: Service League of Northern Virginia Scholarships Jan. 1: American Bar Foundation-Fellowships in Legal History Jan. 1: American Political Science Association Graduate Fellowships for Black Students Jan. 1: Central Intelligence AgencyGraduate Studies Program Jan. 1: Amelia Earhart FellowshipsZonta International Jan. 1: Ford Foundation-International Security/Arms Control and Soviet/East European Area Studies Grants and energy to help the Ithaca community this fall. Dollars for human service agencies are tight these days, and budgets austere. This makes volunteer help not only very welcome, but often essential to the continuation of social programs. The Ithaca community has no way to say a collective thank you to Cornellians for their good will and assistance, but we at CIVITAS frequently hear appreciative words from the agencies whose calls for help we manage to answer. We hope our volunteers have found their tasks interesting, satisfying and personally beneficial. Insight, knowledge and experience are some of the rewards a volunteer finds in a good placement, and often the added dimension provided by community service can help shape a more satisfying direction for both future Tues., Dec. 11,8:15 p.m. Barnes Hall. 12, 282 Grumman. ate fellowships for continuing graduate Jan. 2: Wellesley College-Mary McEwen work and future living. Cornell Student Chamber Music Recital. Works of Mozart, Profofieff. Fri., Dec. 14, 8:15 p.m. Risley Hall. Handel's MESSIAH. Tenth annual reading sponsored by Risley Residential Col- Palmer's Work to Have World Premierlege. Come sing orplay Music provided; instrumentalists please bring music stands. Free and open to the public. Symphony No. 1 Scheduled for Bailey Seminars Astronomy and Space Sciences: "The Large-Scale Anisotrophy in the 3° K Background Radiation," David T. Wilkinson, Princeton University, 4:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 7,105 Space Sciences. Biochemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology: "Steroidogenic Electron Transport and Cytochrome P-450 in the Adrenal Cortex," David Seybert, Duquesne University, Pittsburg, PA., 12:20 p.m. Monday, Dec. 10, Wing Hall Library. Biochemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology: "Protein-water Interactions: Implications Toward Enzymatic Reactivity," John Rupley, University of Arizona. 4:30p.m. Friday, Dec. 14,204 Stocking Hall. Boyce Thompson Institute: "Corporate Innovation in the Life Sciences," R. W. F. Hardy, E.I. duPontCo., 11:15 a.m. Friday, Dec. 7, BTI Auditorium. Boyce Thompson Institute: "Ribosomes Bound to Thylakoid Membranes in Pea Chloroplast," A. Jagendorf, 4 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 12, BTI Auditorium. Chemical Engineering: "Laser Raman Spectfoscopy of Molybdate Catalyst: Characterization and Adsorption Studies," Glenn Schrader, University of Delaware, 4:15 p.m. Monday, Dec. 10,145 Olin Hall. Food Science: "Changing Agricultural Trends in Food Production," Bernard F. Stanton, 4:30p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 11,204 Stocking Hall. . General Physics: "Human Rights and Scientific Freed," Kurt Gottfried, 4:30 p.m Monday, Dec. 10, 700 Clark Hall. JUGATAE: "The Sequence and Distribution of Eight Cytotypes of the Simulium vestum-verecundum Species Com- ROBERT PALMER The Cornell and Ithaca communities will have the rare opportunity this weekend to attend the world premiere of a symphony composed by a Cornell faculty member. The work, written by Robert Palmer, the Given Foundation Professor of Music Composition, is simply called, Symphony No. 1. The premiere will be at 8:15 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 8, in Bailey Hall. It will be performed by the Cornell Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Edward Murray. The concert, which is free and open to the public, will also include Brahms' Academic Festival Overture and Mozart's Clarinet Concerto, K. 622, with Richard MacDowell as soloist. "I have been working on the symphony since 1953. It was my project for my first Guggenheim Fellowship," Palmer said. "I finished the short score in three months and when I returned to Ithaca, began to do the orchestration. I then completed the first and second movements and two-thirds of the third movement," he said. Palmer's work on the symphony was interrupted when he received several commissions for large-scale works and because of the demands of teaching. The orchestration was not completed until last summer. Of this symphony, Murray said, "The members of the orchestra are exicted about learning it. They like it because it's a fine work and it gives everyone a lot to play. It's rhythmically stimulating and challenging." Palmer, a native of Syracuse, has held two Guggenheim Fellowships and has received grants from the National Academy of Arts and Letters, a Fulbright Senior Research Grant and, most recently, a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts to compose a work for two pianos, double string orchestra and brass. His compositions have been commissioned by the Columbia Broadcasting System, the Koussevitsky Foundation, the Fromm Foundation, the Minneapolis Orchestra and others, and have been performed throughout the country. His second symphony, written in 1966 for the Ithaca High School Orchestra, has also been performed publicly. Among his works are "Abraham Lincoln Walks at Midnight," a setting of the Vachel Lindsay poem for chorus and orchestra; "Nabuchodonosor," a dramatic oratorio for tenor and baritone soloists and male chorus; "Sonata for Four Hands at One Piano" and "Portents of Aquarius (Visions and Prophecies, 1975)". In 1965, his Centenial Overture, composed for the 100th Anniversary year of Cornell, was premiered in Lincoln Center by the New York Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of George Clive. 8 December 6, 1979 Sponsored Programs Ilili The Office of Sponsored Programs, 123 for Women Dec 15 ACLS Grants-in-Aid Day Hall, 6-5014, announces the following for a specific work Dec 17 NIE Research descriptions of programs and deadlines. on Organizational Processes in Education Dec 19 OE Consumer Educa- National Science Foundation The National Science Foundation has established a new program of support for research which can be applied to improving understanding of a broad range of behavioral, social, economic, technological and policy problems, or which can tion Program Dec 21 OE College Library Resources Dec 31 LEAA Unsolicited Research Dec 31 International Res. Travel Grants for Senior Scholars & Exchange Board Dec 31 Huntingdon Library Research awards for use in the Library improve the rate of technological innova- Collection Dec 31 NSF AlanT. Water- tion growing out of significant dis- man Award Dec 31 NSF Sociology coveries in various fields of science. The projects Applied Social and Behavioral Science Research Initiation Grants Program is directed toward full-time social and behavioral science faculty members who have had their doctoral degree less than five years and have had no substantial research support from the U.S. Government. Awards will not exceed $35,000. Proposals are due at NSF by February 1, 1980. For further information, contact the Office of Sponsored Programs. 1980 Jan 1 NSF Division of ProblemFocused Research Jan 1 NSF Oceanography - Ocean Sciences Jan 1 NSF Earth Sciences Jan 2 NSF Ethics & Values in Science & Technology Jan 2 NEH Higher Education Projects Program Jan 2 NEH Humanities Scholars in Antartica for 6 Months Jan 3 NIE Unsolicited Research & Development Jan 4 OE Foreign Language & Area Studies Research Jan 4 NSF Applied Social & Behavioral Sciences Jan 8 OE Public National Science Foundation Service Education Program Jan 9 NSF . The National Science Foundation Sci- Information Dissemination for Science ence for Citizens Program invites pro- Education Jan 10 SERI Research Pro- posals for projects intended to encourage gram in Solar Energy Jan 15 Smith- scientists to participate in public ac- sonian Inst. Pre tivities aimed at the resolution of policy Postdoc Fellowships in Residence issues with significant scientific and Jan 15 Tinker Fdn. Ibero-American Fel- James Baldwin was part of the audience when Eleanor Traylor, a visiting professor at the technical aspects, and provide scientific and technical expertise to citizens and citizen groups so that they can better understand and participate in decisions lowships Jan 15 National Research Science and Engineering postdoctoral Council Research Awards Jan 16 OE Cooperative Education Jan 18 DOE University- Africana Studies and Research Center, read from his works at a seminar in the center last Sunday. Baldwin later spoke to some 800 people in Statler Auditorium. Traylor is a professor at Hobart and William Smith College. on policy issues involving science and Lab Cooperative Program Jan 21 NIE technology. Forums, Conferences and Workshops awards are made for the purpose of better informing conmunity debates on policy issues that involve science and technology. Projects enable scientists and engineers, in conjunction with citizen groups, to plan and carry out public education activities on local or regional issues. i lanning Study awards enable scientists and citizens to develop permanent community-based programs that can be responsive to continuing community needs for scientific information and advice on policy issues. Preliminary proposals for both activities are due January 15,1980. The next such deadline is July 15,1980. Further information is available at 123 Day Hall. NSF Public Service Residencies Teaching & Learning - Research Jan 21 NEA National Fellowship Program Jan 21 OE Women's Educational Equity Feb 1NIH ADAMHA Renewals Feb 1 Inst. for Inter- Fullbright Hays Travel Grant national Educ. Feb 1 NEH Challenge Grants Feb 1 NIH Applications as listed must be at NIH by Feb. 1,1980. 1. All institutional and individual. National Research Awards 2. All Research Career Development Awards 3. All Competing renewal applications 4. All supplemental applications. National Science Foundation The Office of Sponsored Programs reports that the National Science Foundation will continue their program of Research Initiation Awards for New Investigators in Information Science for Dean of Students Search Is On William D. Gurowitz, vice president Membership of the committee is: Nechita, ILR '81. for campus affairs, has announced Gurowitz, chairman; Lynne Abel, In commenting on the search, the establishment of a nine-member associate dean, College of Arts and Gurowitz said "We are seeking an search committee for Cornell's Sciences; William Kelly, a faculty experienced individual with proven Dean of Students. member in the College of Agricul- administrative and leadership skills The new dean of students will re- ture and Life Sciences; William for providing a strong and effective place Elmer E. Meyer Jr., who left Paleen, director, resident life; Pe- program of student services." Cornell in August to become the vice chancellor for student life at East Carolina University in Greenville, N.C. Ruth Darling, former associate dean of students and campus coordinator for the handicapped, has been acting dean of ter Cooper, chairman, Campus Deadline for the receipt of applica- Council, Arts '80; Randi Weingarten, chairwoman, Student Life and Activity Committee of the Campus Council, ILR '80. Audrey Tejada. Arts '81; Jeffrey Schwartz, student trustee, Arts '80, and Mark tions is Jan. 23,1980. Nominations and applications should be sent to William D. Gurowitz, vice president for campus affairs, Cornell University, 313 Day Hall, Ithaca, N.Y. 14853. students. Winter Carnival This Weekend Public Service Residencies are awarded FY1980. The program is intended for by the National Science Foundation to investigators who have had their docallow working scientists and engineers to torate less than five (5) years in fields Foosball and pool tournaments, a casino and a dance are among the Educational Development program. 8-10:30 p.m.—A casino will be held The schedule for the carnival is: on the third floor. participate in up to a year's activities in related to information science, including events scheduled for a Winter 1-3:30 p.m.—Foosball and pool tour- 10:30 p.m.-l a.m.—There will be a association with organizations of citizens in need of their expertise. In conjunction with their host organizations, residents are required to design a specific project or program of activities directed at helping citizens who normally lack access to scientific and technical assistance. Up to thirty residencies will be awarded in May 1980. Applications for fiscal 1980 assistance are due by January 15,1980, and may be submitted by individuals who have identified an appropriate host organization or by organizations that have identified a particular scientist or engineer desiring the information, computer, cognitive, Carnival to be held on Saturday, and mathematical sciences, linguistics, and communication engineering. Awards are not expected to exceed one person year of salary plus associated costs and Dec. 8, at Noyes Center. The proceeds from the carnival will be donated to the Media Access project expenses. Approximately 10 Center, a subdivision of the Greater naments. Entry fees are $4 per team for foosball and-$2 per person for pool. Interested persons should sign up in advance at the Noyes Center Desk. Sign-ups will be conducted awards will be made. Ithaca Activities Center. from Friday, Nov. 30, through Fri- Proposals are due at NSF by February 6, 1980. Individuals interested in this program may write to the NSF Division of Information Science and Technology or contact Dr. Edward C. Weiss at 202-632-5818. MAC is a library learning center which provides literature and other materials to the general public. It also sponsors educational programs such as the Supportive Tutorial Education Program and the Greater day, Dec. 7. 2-4:30 p.m. The "midway" is open on the third floor featuring game booths and refreshments. 4-7 p.m.—A jazz band in the pub. There will be a $1 cover charge. NASA Graduate Student Researchers dance featuring Ginia Anderson, disc jockey from WHCUs Night Sounds. Donations will be accepted at the door. The carnival is being sponsored by Noyes Center in conjunction with radio stations WVBR and WHCU, the GIAC and various Cornell fraternities and sororities. For more information, contact Keith Stokes at 272-3622. to serve as a resident. Further details are available at 123 Day Hall. Program The NASA Graduate Student Re- Natural Resources Gets Grant Office of Education The U.S. Office of Education has a proposal deadline of January 16,1980. The purpose of the program is to assist institutions in carrying out programs wherein students alternate classroom study with periods of supervised related employment. Approximately $15 million is available to support training, research or demonstration-exploration projects. Application forms may be obtained from the Cooperative Education Branch, U.S. Office of Education, Room 3053, Regional Office Building 3, 7th and D Streets, S.W., Washington, DC. 20202. Deadline Reminders Dec 15 AAUW Doctoral Dissertation and Postdoc Grants searchers Program is designed to. sig- nificantly increase the number of highly A $60,000 grant from the Andrew W. trained scientists and engineers in aero- Mellon Foundation to the University nautics, space science, space applications, and space technology to meet the continuing needs of the national aerospace effort. Awards will be made to about 40 graduate students to conduct will be used to establish a multidisciplinary student research fund on natural resources and the environment. thesis research at one of nine NASA Cornell will use the Mellon grant to centers. The basic stipend is $7,000 per provide awards to graduate and calendar year plus a subsistence allow- undergraduate students, as well as ance. Opportunities for research are groups of students, conducting re- available in a wide range of aerospace science and technology to conduct graduate research at a NASA center. search on conservation and natural resource issues. Proposals are due at NASA by February Original research, especially re- 1,1980. Further information on this search embodying synthetic con- program is available at 123 Day Hall. cepts, will be the core of the pro- The Office of Sponsored Programs will be closed for the Holidays - December 21,1979 to December 31,1979. gram. Student-originated workshops on environmental policy issues will also be funded. The new program will combine resources from several others now in operation at Cornell, including the Section of Ecology and Systematics, the Department of Natural Resources and the Program on Science, Technology and Society. "The Mellon Foundation grant comes at a time of acute need for trained specialists in the fields of ecology and environment, and for increased awareness among the public of the problems and issues," according to Brian F. Chabot, associate professor of ecology at Cornell. "This program will link Cornell's wide selection of relevant courses through the recognition of shared concerns and of the alternative courses of planning and action," he said. Proposals are now being accepted; the deadline for submission is March 1,1980. At least 10 awards are expected to be made on a competitive basis during the first year of the program. The maximum award probably will be $1,500 for one year. Proposals may be sent to Chabot, Section of Ecology and Systematics, Langmuir Laboratory; Harry W. Everhart, Department of Natural Resources, Fernow Hall; Stuart M. Brown Jr., Program on Science, Technology and Society, Clark Hall. Cornell Chronicle Iranian Problem Produces Rallies Many, Differing Views Expressed A flag-waving group of students demanding the release of American hostages in Iran give a counterpoint to a noon-hour rally calling for the return of the Shah to Iran. Some 800 persons attended the rally in front of Willard Straight Hall Friday. Two rallies in front of Willard Against Apartheid, Southern Africa Straight Hall last week calling for Liberation Committee, Young So- the return of the Shah to Iran were cialists Alliance, Palestine Human disrupted repeatedly by students Rights Commission, and Iranian singing the Star Spangled Banner Student Association. and demanding that the American Pro-rally slogans were "We won't hostages be freed. fight another Viet Nam," Support The first rally, an impromptu event democratic peoples," "Hands off about noon Thursday, attracted Iran," "Send the Shah where he about 200 persons. It was punctuated belongs." by a short fist fight. Friday's or- These were countered with the sing- ganized rally attended by some 800 ing of the National Anthem at persons included the burning of times; shouting "bullshit" at the what was supposed to be an Iranian rally speakers and yelling such flag and a barrage of water balloons phrases as "this is not another Viet thrown at the rally sponsors who Nam," and "free our people." Signs were calling for the return of the read "Nuke the Ayatullah," and Shah. "Death to Khomeini." This prompted vice president for At the end of the hour-long rally Campus Affairs William D. Friday, counter-rally students Gurowitz to call for calm and re- climbed McGraw Bell Tower and straint and respect for freedom of were seen waving an American flag speech. as the bells tolled America the The rally speakers stressed three Beautiful, The Star Spangled Banpoints: send back the Shah, stop all ner and various other patriotic U.S. preparations for war and end songs. harassment of Iranian students. The While this was going on, various rally was sponsored by the Ad Hoc members of the several factions Committee to Oppose Harassment heatedly debated the Iranian issue of Iranian students and received active support from a number of other groups including: Committee on U.S.-Latin American Relations, Support Organization for the Liberation of Southern Africa, Coalition on the steps of Willard Straight for nearly an hour after the formal rally ended at 1 p.m. An interfaith rally which will include a prayer for the hostages is scheduled for noon Friday in front of the Straight. People Alfred J. Fittipaldi, manager of and the Sociological Research As- pointed associate professor of plant Hampton Institute for three years visiting fellow at the Tata Institute, wage and salary administration at sociation. As a participant in the breeding with tenure at the State before coming to Cornell, also India, and from 1970 to 1972 was Rutgers University since 1970, has Visiting Scholar Program, Williams College of Agriculture and Life Sci- taught there and served as director assistant professor at Cornell. He been appointed compensation man- will travel to eight institutions to ences. She has been on the staff of of freshman studies. has been associate professor at Cor- ager at the University. He "brings both managerial and technical expertise to Cornell," according to Gary J. Posner, director of University Personnel Services. As compensation manager, Fittipaldi will be responsible for wage and salary policies and procedure covering more than 6,000 nonacademic employees. His duties include the establishment of new positions, reclassifications and manpower planning assistance. Fittipaldi worked in the compensation area for two years with Foster Wheeler Corp. of Livingston, N. J., before joining the staff at Rutgers. Robin M. Williams Jr. the Henry Scarborough Professor of Social Sciences, has been appointed a Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar for 1979-80. He is past president of the American Sociological Association meet with students and faculty members in a variety of formal and informal sessions, which usually include classroom discussions, seminars and a public lecture. His lectures will cover such topics as: resolving and restricting social conflicts; the future of American society ; two centuries of sociology in the U.S. Dr. Frederick Scott, director of the Feline Research Lab in the State College of Veterinary Medicine, has received the second annual research award presented by the American Association of Feline Practioners for his research in feline infectious diseases. Dr. Scott received a check for $1,000 to be used in his continuing research. He will also receive a plaque to commemorate his award. Elizabeth D. Earle has been ap- the College's department of plant breeding and biometry since 1975 as research associate and more recently as senior research associate. She came to Cornell in 1970 as research associate in the department of floriculture and ornamental horticulture where she also served as lecturer in 1974. Eleanor L. Rice, registrar at Cornell University since 1977, has been elected vice president for registrations and records management of The Middle States Association of Collegiate Registrars and Officers of Admissions. The association has more than 1,000 members from more than 400 colleges and universities in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Panama Canal Zone, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Rice, the registrar at Roger A. Morse, professor of entomology, won a gold medal for his book, "Honey Bee Pests, Predators and Diseases," (Cornell University Press 1979) in the field of apiculture, not agriculture, as printed in the Chronicle of Nov. 15, 1979. The award was presented at the 27th annual meeting of Apimondia, the international beekeepers' organization, in Athens, Greece. Shankar Sen has been appointed professor in the Department of Mathematics. Sen is known for his contributions in the area of algebraic number theory. He received his bachelor's degree in 1962 and his Ph.D. in 1967, both from Harvard University. From 1967 to 1969, Sen was instructor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In 1969-70, he was a nell since then. Carol V. Kaske, assistant professor of English, has been appointed to the editorial board of the Spenser encyclopedia—a computerized onemillion-word reference book about England's "Prince of Poets." An international team of more than 100 Renaissance scholars is helping with the book, which is being compiled at Cleveland State University for publication in 1985. Njoku E. Awa, associate professor of communication arts in the State College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Cornell University, has been granted tenure. A member of the Cornell faculty since 1972, Awa ' is well known in the field of intercultural and international communication theory. 11.6% of New Students Minorities Information on the racial and ethnic In 1978-79, 400 new students—11.7 down 19 from the previous year. composition of new students at the percent of the total, nearly the same Hispanics—Mexican Americans, University this fall reveals that 395 as this year—were from minority Cubans, etc.—entering this fall in- of them—11.6 percent of all new groups, though there were five creased to 48 (1.4 percent of the students— are from minority fewer people this fall. class) from 25 (0.7 percent) a year groups. The information was compiled from Cornell admissions files, according to Carl F. Brown, associate dean of admissions and financial aid. The admissions office began to gather such material in 1977-78, but last year was the first in which the data were complete. Black and Asian American students make up the largest minority groups in the entering class: 166 blacks (4.9 percent of the class) and 135 Asian Americans (4.8 percent). The number of black students entering this fall is up 12 from 1978-79. The number of Asian Americans is ago. Puerto Ricans also experienced an increase: to 39 from 31, and now represent 1.2 percent of the class, as compared to 0.9 percent last year. Native Americans declined to 3 (0.1 percent) from 6 (0.2 percent) over the year. FRESHMEN, TRANSFER MINORITY STUDENTS ADMISSIONS FIGURES, 1979-80 COSEP Non-COSEP* Percent Minority Group Students Students Total of Class Native American Black Mexican/Hispanic Puerto Rican Asian American Other 2 150 44 37 49 4 1 3 0.1 16 166 4.9 4 48 1.4 2 39 1.2 86 135 3.9 0 4 0.1 Totals 286 109 395 11.6 *-Non-C0SEP students are those who indicated a minority racial/ethnic background on their first Admissions form, but did not seek admission through the COSEP program. 10 December 6, 1979 Bulletin of the Faculty Faculty Council of Representatives Meeting November 14, 1979 The Speaker, Russell D. Martin, called the meeting to order at 4:30 p.m. 77 members and a number of visitors were in attendance. He asked for any additions or corrections to the minutes of the Professor Alan Gunn, Law. Before proceeding to debate he requested unanimous consent that half the remaining time be spent on discuosion of which of these three proposals should be the final the original motion and felt that after hearing of the unhappy experiences previously recounted in California and Texas which have state laws in this area, we should not prejudge what the New York his opposition to the substitute motion stating "I think it will have a highly divisive effect on departments. It will certainly have a highly divisive effect on my own department the Law School - ess by which we examine our criteria used for promotion and tenure. After the last FCR meeting, a colleague approached me and said what you're really concerned about is that there may be meeting of October 10. Hearing none, they stood approved as distributed. The Chair called on Provost W. Keith Kennedy for an announcement concerning the calendar. ANNOUNCEMENT ON CALENDAR The Provost announced that the 1980-81 calendar has been set following the recommendations of the Calendar Committee with the exception of a mod. 'f ication in the timing of the spring motion to come before the body and the Legislature might enact. which is the only one I feel free to talk prejudicial criteria discussed and used in remaining time devoted to discussing that final motion, and also unanimous consent to accept the minor revisions in the original motion and Professor Kretzmann's substitute fashioned by the ad Moc committee. No dissent was heard. Associate Professor Peter J. Bruns, Botany, Genetics and Development, asked if there was not, in fact, a fourth There being no further debate, the Speaker announced that Professor Kretzmann's substitute motion was now on the floor for debate. Professor Alex Rosenberg, Mathematics, asked Professor Kretzmann if his proposition would apply where a department is considering putting forth a person for early promotion. He felt that if the department decided about. The problem as I see it is that this summary, at the stage that it is proposed in this proposition, will necessarily have to be very adversarial except in those cases where you have a candidate who is so clearly going to make it that nobody sees anything negative to mention about that candidate. In all the years that I've been here at Cornell I've yet to see such a person." promotion and tenure decisions. And I said, yes I am. Now I'm afraid that perhaps many people are not aware that they are, in fact, utilizing prejudicial criteria. I remember a case where a woman was being considered for tenure, and private discussion centered around the fact that she had a child and was not married. Her colleagues were concerned as to whether in fact she could be vacation, an adjustment in some years of potential resolution by Assistant Pro- the date of Commencement from Satur- fessor William E. Cross, Africana Stud- day to Sunday and a slight change in the ies and Research Center. Professor interspersing of the study period and Cross explained that his proposal was a not to proceed but was, nevertheless, required to comply with the terms of the proposition it would be very detrimental to the candidate. He assumed that the Professor Kretzmann felt an adversarial atmosphere is not necessary. He opined: "It is certainly possible for rational people to accept criticism with under- academically and professional productive under those circumstances. I say that is an example of prejudicial criteria. That is a good case for sex examinations. He requested, however, modification of Professor Kretzmann's motion applied only to situations where standing and to admit that in this respect discrimination. It is not at all proper for that the FCR consider, as soon as pos- substitute to limit the requirement to consideration had to be given. or that they haven't done as well as they the Faculty to decide how male or sible, the possibility of continuing the certain reappointments and not all of Monday, Tuesday two-day break in mid- them, and the Speaker accepted this as a Professor Kretzmann replied that Pro- ought to. Moreover, any divisiveness in the atmosphere is surely greatly ex- female colleagues arrange their private lives. Instead criteria have to be based October and only a normal three-day potential second substitute. break at Thanksgiving. The Provost stated: This year the experience with After additional parliamentary dis- the two-day break in mid-October was cussion, the Speaker called on Professor extremely beneficial from the standpoint Gunn who moved the following substitute of the students, especially the for Professor Kretzmann's substitute fessor Rosenberg's interpretation was correct. He stated his proposal was limited to cases in which the department or school is in the process of deciding what recommendation to make, they're down to the issue and no longer simply acerbated by a situation in which a colleague doesn't know by what considerations he or she is being graded. There is something unpleasant about adversarial relationships that the lawyers are in a better position than I am to on scholarly productivity and teaching. What I'm concerned about is that while the decision-making process assures the degree of necessary anonymity, we begin processes that lead to self-examination of the criteria that departments use Freshmen, according to the dorm coun- motion: considering whether early promotion is comment on. But surely, it is less un- for deciding promotion and tenure." sellors and other people working with RESOLVED: Each department has a these students. They felt that there was a continuing responsibility to keep its remarkable degree of easing of tension tenure-track faculty members who are among underclassmen, especially prob- not yet tenured full professors informed lems in the dorms, and that such a break was actually of a greater benefit than most of us had anticipated. He indicated of departmental views of their progress. If at any stage of a reappointment or promotion procedure it becomes ap- his personal support for such an arrange- parent that an issue, of which the can- ment, but noted "I'm well aware that didate is inadequately aware, relating to this will mean 4-5 broken weeks of qualification has arisen, the candidate classes - when labs cannot start in shall be advised of the nature of the issue sequence - and this is a great inconven i e n c e to Faculty members that have heavy laboratory schedules. I'm partially sensitive to that because of personal and provided with an opportunity to respond orally or in writing before any final adverse decision or recommendation is made. Each department or school experience in the past. Nevertheless, I may establish such policies as it deems think that the benefit of that October appropriate concerning the confidentiali- break versus a week long break that ty of recommendations concerning ap- comes late in the semester, namely at pointments, reappointments, and promo- Thanksgiving time, justifies that extra effort on the part of the Faculty." He concluded that he had asked the sched- tions in rank or to tenure; provided that, if the policy is to make written or oral appraisals available to candidates, those uling office to withhold scheduling major supplying information are advised of the events on the weekend of October 11-12 policy before the information is supplied. and Monday and Tuesday, October 13 and This motion was seconded and the Speak- 14, and that he hoped for an early er announced that the procedure was reaction from the FCR. now to return to debate on the original motion; Proposition I (A revision of the REPORT OF THE DEAN original resolution, introduced 9/12/79) The Dean announced that the amend- BE IT RESOLVED THAT: The contents ment to the Organization and Procedures of every written appraisal January 1, of the University Faculty to authorize 1980, for use in a decision regarding the the Executive Committee of this body reappointment or promotion of a mem- and the Review and Procedures Commit- ber of the faculty of Cornell University tee of the University Faculty to establish (in Ithaca) will be made accessible to ad hoc committees had passed with 482 the candidate in an anonymous copy. votes in favor and 26 against. Every request for such a written ap- He also announced that the December 12 praisal will contain a copy of a form meeting of the FCE would be devoted to requesting confidential information and a discussion of the University's af- stating the faculty's policy regarding the firmative action policy. At that meeting, accessibility of written appraisals. The •Riesident Rhodes has indicated a desire candidate will be given an opportunity to to speak to the Faculty about the comment on the appraisals before the administration's views and that there decision is made. The candidate's re- was also available a report from the sponse will become part of the file of Faculty Committee on Minority Educa- material on which the decision is based. tion. He asked all to attend. As used in this resolution, 'written ap- The Speaker announced that Professor praisal' refers to all these types of P.C.T. deBoer, Mechanical and Aero- documents employed in decisions re- space Engineering, had agreed to act as garding the reappointment or promotion Parliamentarian now that "the bicycling of members of the Cornell faculty in season is coming to a fast halt", and Ithaca: letters written by chairpersons because "the salary appealed to him." or deans soliciting appraisals or trans- His colleagues applauded his willingness mitting recommendations, letters solic- and courage, but some wag suggested a ited from a candidate's professional col- sanity test. leagues outside Cornell, summaries of telephone conversations in which ap- CONTINUED DISCUSSION praisals of a candidate were supplied, OF CONFIDENTIALITY OF LETTERS letters written by the candidate's col- The Speaker first explained where the issue stood from a parliamenry standpoint. He noted that on the floor was the originalad Moc committee motion and a substitute motion submitted by Professor Norman Kretzmann, Susan Linn Sage Professor of Philosophy. Moreover, since the last meeting there had been received another substitute motion from leagues at Cornell, appraisals by postdoctoral fellows or students (especially graduate students), undergraduate teaching evaluations, the report of any ad hoc committee on the candidate's promotion, and the report of any standing advisory committee on promotions. Professor John Nation, Electrical Engineering, stated that he was opposed to warranted in a particular case. The Dean noted that while the motion talks in terms of the Faculty in Ithaca, the Faculty in Geneva was also meant to be included. The only excluded units were meant to be the Medical School and the Graduate School of Medical Sciences. This was treated as a friendly modification. Professor Michael C. Latham, Nutritional Sciences, felt that "this substitute motion doesn't go as far as the original motion, and doesn't achieve the objectives that the committee working over the summer tried to incorporate in their original proposition." He also asked for clarification as to who votes on the report to be given to the candidate and what if they don't all agree. Professor Kretzmann replied "The revised version takes into account just that sort of objection and now reads: 'Before the summary is given to the candidate, it is to be made available to each member of the department or school who will be voting on the recommendation.'" Professor Simpson Linke, Electrical Engineering, expressed his support for Professor Kretzmann's proposal stating "As one who's been recently on both sides of the tenure fence, I can sympathize with arguments on either side. On the one hand, there is the need to treat each candidate with fairness and justice, and there is a need for the candidate to have an opportunity to rebut various criticisms before a crucial decision may be made. On the other hand, the needs of the candidate cannot be confused with the needs of the University or the department to make an objective decision which will effect the staffing of that department and the University for many years to come. And I think that this proposition serves both needs. The original proposition, which asks for the original letter minus the letterhead and the signature, would serve to filter out negative comments, especially where one was asking close colleagues of a candidate or the candidate's advisor for opinions. I think that we would have seen a kind of blandness in the letters of recommendation and it would have the effect that less emphasis would be put on letters of recommendation and more burden would be put on personal opinion" Professor James E. West, Mathematics, stated that he would "categorically refuse to write letters of evaluation where requests are accompanied by forms or information such as in the original proposition. I'm in a relatively small field. It is much more important for me to maintain the confidentiality of any adverse comments which I might make." Professor Ian R. Macneil, Frank B. Ingersoll Professor of Law, registered pleasant to exchange views before the decision has been taken than to be confronted with' a fait accompli and have had no opportunity whatever to address the issues. The adversarial relationship need be no more than an intelligent and rational exchange - it needn't always be acrimonious. It seems to me that cases in which a candidate has been decided upon negatively, with no opportunity whatever to rebut negative evidence against him or her, are much more likely to be the source of acrimonious feelings within a department or the University." Professor Robert H. Whittaker, Charles A. Alexander Professor of Biological Sciences, asked if both of these resolutions were not at fault in requiring exposure of the information to the candidates on whom.favorable recommendations are being made. He said he sees no point in this. Professor Macneil stated he agreed with Professor Kretzmann about the candidate having an opportunity to respond but felt it could best be handled through an informal process. He noted that this had worked well in the Law School. Associate Professor Aaron N. Moen, Natural Resources, felt that in many fields it was impossible to provide a summary in a way so as to mask the identity of those providing information. In response to a question by Professor John F. Burton, I&LR, about the meaning of the sentence "before the summary is given to the candidate, it is to be made available to each member of the department or school who will be voting on the recommendation." Professor Kretzmann replied "that sentence is in the proposition so that the entire burden of preparing a fair document should not be laid on the chairman of the department alone. In a case in which members of a department are divided on the merits of the candidate it is particularly important that the supporters as well as the detractors of that candidate should have an opportunity to look at the document before it's presented to make sure that both sides are presented clearly." Associate Professor Billie Jean Isbell, Anthropology, felt the proposition was an acceptable compromise since there was no chance of the original proposition being supported. She stated "there's a great deal of concern about revealing opinions on candidates for promotion or tenure and preserving anonymity. However, what I don't see discussed at all is a concern for the criteria upon which decisions are made. And we may have to come to a position where we support a resolution such as Proposition II in order to secure the calm in which we as a University Faculty can establish a proc- Assistant Professor Phyllis E. Moen, Human Development and Family Studies, said that "when letters are considered by Faculty, they're not all considered equally. Some are valued more and others are discounted. I wondered if when a person is writing this summary, they are supposed to weight those according to the credence and value placed on them by the Faculty." Assistant Professor Donald H. Beermann, Animal Science, wished to state his opposition to the resolution for three reasons. "I believe that anonymity could not really be preserved, and I don't believe that it serves young Faculty in that the delay involved in the use of this kind of activity does not serve those who are awaiting decisions for tenure to be made. I believe that that extension of time is a disservice in and of itself. Moreover, I don't believe that department chairmen are any better able to interpret letters of evaluation than any of the rest of the Faculty. Letters having confidentiality are most meaningful in the original, and our department chairman for one feels that he would not be willing to interpret those letters and pass on a synopsis to Faculty. Professor Gunn next spoke to his resolution. He stated "this resolution, if adopted, would accomplish everything that the proponents of Proposition II have argued for. That is, it will assure that they will not make decisions about people in secret without letting them know why an adverse decision is made. At the same time, it is meant to avoid unpleasant side effects, such as shaken confidence of people who ultimately do get appointed as Professor Macneil suggested. This is not meant to be a detailed set of procedures. Rather it allows each unit to achieve these ends by whatever procedure best suits each specific area." Professor Peter Stein, Physics, stated "any lawyer I ever talked to always told me about the supreme advantage of having a well defined procedure where one person knows what his rights are, another person knows what his obligations are, and then the arena is well laid out. I understand that this motion is trying to accomplish the same thing that number two is, but it seems to me that, the phrase '...an issue, of which the candidate is inadequately aware' is too ill defined. How in the world does a department know when a candidate is adequately or inadequately aware of some negative information? Suppose that a negative decision is made on the candidate and he claims he was not made aware. It seems to me that a procedure like that really invites litigation constantly. I think a clean procedure whereby, as in Proposition II, the 11 Cornell Chronicle issues on which the decision will be made Professor Kretzmann said it seemed to to department chairmen at Cornell. ficulties in some departments in carry- them. Third, with regard to masking the are given to the candidate and then his or him "that the amendment destroys Professor Gilman said "when one solic- ing out the proposal if it is adopted. I identities: the resolution says quite her response is invited, is a much Proposition II taking the candidate right its a letter from outside the University, think it's important to remember that all clearly the summary is to be written in cleaner way of doing it." back out of the decision process and one normally states in that letter that the this started with a resolution on con- such a way as to mask the identity of the Professor Kretzmann stated that, in his leaving him or her simply to be informed letter will be held as confidential. Do you fidentiality which became controversial holders of opinions. The committee was opinion, Professor Gunn's substitute res- of a negative decision, at which point the understand the summary as not a vio- in light of a lawsuit pending against not unaware that there would be difficult olution does not accomplish the same candidate has the right to appeal. The lation of the literal meaning of confiden- Cornell alleging sexual discrimination. situations. By choosing this language the results as his proposal in that it does not candidate has that right now. It changes tiality?" And I think that we as a Faculty have to committee clearly indicated which in- involve the candidate in the actual decision procedure. He concluded "Professor Gunn's substitute resolution leaves the candidate out of the decision procedure in just as absolute a way as the candidate is now excluded from that procedure. Presently, there are moments during one's career leading up to the decision process when a candidate may be informed of some evidence weighing against his or her case, but when it comes time for the decision to be taken the candidate is excluded. That seems to me to be the crucial difference between the substitute motion and Professor Gunn's substitute motion." Professor Macneil gave a brief reply to Professor Stein. "Of course lawyers told Professor Stein that, that's how we make our living. You should take such advice with the same skepticism that we take the advice of very highly paid surgeons that an operation is necessary. Some people look at that very carefully indeed. But Professor Stein raised a perfectly good point - the question here is whether we are planning these relationships to be viable, healthy, working relationships or we're planning them with an eye to litigation and trouble. I would prefer the plan for the viable, living, healthy relationships and occasionally lose some litigation as a result." Associate Professor Lars B. Wahlbin, Mathematics, thought than any kind of fixed procedure that we try to lay down will affect different departments quite differently. Therefore, I speak in support of Professor Gunn's motion as the only viable one - the only one which can be adjusted so as not to destroy procedures in some departments. Professor Burton said "I think Professor Gunn's proposal would establish a strange procedure because the only time that a candidate would have the right to reply would be when he's not adequately aware of the fact that there's an issue that's been raised. Presumably all you need to do then is to tell the candidate thoroughly that there's been an issue raised about his credibility or his capability, and then he wouldn't have the right to respond. It seems to me that's a very peculiar condition under which a person has the right to respond." Professor Gilman asked Professor Gunn if under his proposal "the policy decision from unit to unit can be made on an ad hoc basis for each case?" Professor Gunn replied that each unit ought to have a regular procedure. Professor Gilman said that wasn't "spelled out at all in what you've said and it could also mean that one sort of develops a policy for each individual case." The Speaker then called for a vote to substitute the Gunn amendment for Proposition II and such substitution was obviously defeated. The Speaker asked Professor Gross if he wished to offer an amendment to Proposition II. Professor Cross said that they were now essentially the same and thus felt no need for an amendment. Professor Whittaker suggested as an amendment to Proposition II that the first sentence read "When a department or school of Cornell University makes an adverse recommendation on the reappointment or promotion of a member of the faculty..." then "the summary must be given to the candidate in sufficient time for the candidate to question the basis of the decision and to appeal the decision if he chooses, to the department or school or to the University committee that is to act on the decision." The last part of Proposition II would then be deleted. Professor Geoffrey V. Chester, Physics, absolutely nothing except perhaps insisting that the department chairman informs the candidate that the negative decision has been taken." Professor Rosenberg said it seemed to him that the people who are speaking against the amendment are forgetting the points raised earlier that successful candidates have warts also. "The largest number of candidates are surely successful. If the summary is then to go to all candidates, it will, I think, in the long run, have a serious effect on morale. It will make everybody who comes up for tenure or comes up for promotion from Associate to full Professor aware that certain opinions are held about him or her which are not exactly opinions that the candidate would like to hear. And I would therefore urge the adoption of the amendment." Associate Professor Nicholas L. Sturgeon, Philosophy, said that he found it "a remarkable suggestion that we're all of us so tender in our egos that to find out that there is somewhere in our profession somebody who has a low opinion of some part of our work is going to constitute such a crushing blow that we can't thereafter have a decent relationship with our colleagues in our departments. After all if the department then goes on to make an affirmative recomnendation, that tells you what your department thinks of your work on the whole and how it weighs the information with which it was provided." Professor Moen agreed and further suggested that "that doesn't seem to be the issue here with regard to Proposition II. Some of us are against Proposition II for reasons other than that. We are simply against it because it requires the chairman and others involved to mask identities and things like that, and that's a totally different question, and I think it's an impossibility." The amendment was defeated by voice vote and discussion returned to Proposition II. Professor Latham said "when the ad hoc committee was set up, its proposal involved not only reappointment and promotion, but appointment. It seems that now we've got a motion that is not addressing the question of appointment. There are people who are concerned about our procedures of appointment and what goes on in appointment. I just wondered how deliberate that was, whether there's further consideration being given to confidentiality and letters of information concerning people who are applying for appointment in the first place." Professor Kretzmann replied that it was "a quite deliberate choice to exclude the question of appointment from the final versions of both the original proposition and Proposition II for two reasons. In the first place the amount of work connected with providing such information to disappointed candidates in initial appointment procedure, where there are frequently an abundance of candidates to be considered, seemed just unreal. There is apparently a great deal of trouble we didn't anticipate when we first brought the resolution. More importantly we thought that if we had obligations to any group of people as members of the Faculty at Cornell, it ought to be to our colleagues - people who are already members of this Faculty. And so we decided that it was altogether in our province to make decisions about how we treat one another, members of this Faculty, and that it was possible on good grounds to exclude from these special considerations people who are not now, and perhaps never would be, members of our Faculty." Professor Linke commented: "In the School of Electrical Engineering, our policy when we request letters from outside is to make it clear in our statements to the recipient that the letters will be read by membems of the department who are qoing to vote on the issue and not by the candidate. And we've had no trouble with that configuration." address the possibility that racial and sexual discrimination can occur here. It does not require that anyone consciously intends to discriminate on the grounds of race or sex. There's nobody who doubts that you can have people influenced by biases in their culture even when they don't intend to be. And it seems to me this is a minimal procedure for eliminating some of the things which are alleged. In particular, it's alleged, and I think we terest was greater. The summary is to be written so as to mask the identity that is the prime consideration in writing the summary. That interest is greater than revealing information which would disclose the identity of the source to the candidate. Therefore some summaries may be more detailed than others. But the identity of the authors of the opinions will be preserved if the language of the resolution is observed. Finally, with Dean Greisen said he had received a should make sure even if this hasn't regard to the issue of centralization. letter from Professor Seymour Smidt, happened that it never does, that unsuc- Professor Macneil suggested there are B&PA, indicating that he would accept cessful candidates find themselves in the other forums which are more ap- the substitute motion if something such position of having the approximate propriate for handling sex discrimina- as the following were added: "Persons strength of the letters on their behalf tion. I think I disagree with that as from whom recommendations are solic- grossly misrepresented. Or that con- strongly as I can disagree with any ited shall be notified that the University siderations which were wholly irrelevant statement I've heard today. It should be will attempt tojnaintain the confiden- to merit somehow played a role but the done here. We should not give our re-' tiality of the appraisals it receives, but candidate was not put in a position to sponsibility to the courts. We'll do a cannot legally prevent their disclosure in know that. Now it seems to me that we better job than they will." certain circumstances." may want officially to adopt the view Professor Cross said "it is the opinion of The Dean indicated that he did not feel that we don't know that any of those the Faculty of the Africana Center that that Professor Smidt's suggestion cor- things happen. But it seems to me we this proposition and any of the proposi- rectly reflects the change in confidentiality contained in Proposition II but that we should carefully review the requests we have been making and make sure that the letter requests we make in the future give due regard to whatever conclusions we reach today. Professor Gunn stated that he wished "to point out that if this Proposition is defeated, there is nothing to prevent any department that thinks these are good procedures from adopting them. Therefore the real issue is whether to force these procedures on units that do not want them." Professor Wahlbin said he agreed with Professor Gunn and that he wished to point out that in connection with Title IX investigations, each individual department chairman is now being asked to identify the specific criteria the department is using for tenure decisions. Professor Gilman felt the formulation of some sort of a set language in soliciting letters is rather imperative because if one is going to solicit these letters under uniform policy, then also a Universitywide language which reflects that policy should be adopted. ought officially to have the view that tions discussed, will not deal with the they might happen. It seems to me that issue of discrimination, particularly in it's a perfectly responsible thing for us to schools at Cornell where a group of adopt this procedure as a kind of safe- people in effect make a judgement that guard against that sort of discrimination seems to allow for some sort of dis- which we all abhor." crimination. It is not going to be a blatant sort, and will only be shown if Professor Macneil noted that Professor Boyd was the first speaker in three sessions who has explained why this body is better to make an assessment of whatever the policy should be than the individual departments and colleges. Nevertheless, he still favored decentralization since "with respect to sex discrimination or other kinds of unlawful discrimination, there are available forums in which the issues can be resolved and in which a lot of the things that we're worrying about would disappear out of the window like confidentiality." some sort of comparison is made with another case. I, therefore, really don't feel that people should vote for or against this proposition or any of the propositions, thinking that somehow the will either make it easier to deal with issues of discrimination or harder." Professor Usher felt that not to tell the letter writer that a disguised summary of his remarks may be given to the candidate is tantamount to fraud and dishonest. "I'd like to ask Professor Kretzmann whether the reason for not telling them this is because you're a little bit afraid that they might change, Associate Professor Francis C. Moon, Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, the tone of their letters of recommendation?" Again there was no recorded asked when Proposition II, if adopted, response. would be effective. He stated that this was critical since "the University is in the middle of a promotion cycle now and A vote was then called for and Proposi- there are deadlines - some cases may tion II was passed by a vote of 41 to 33, as have already been decided, some cases follows: are still to be decided. If it goes into Professor Kretzmann said it seemed the effect immediately, then in those cases BE IT RESOLVED THAT when a de- wording "your letter will be read by the which will be decided upon during this partment or school of Cornell University members of the college who are making week the candidates will have the opthe decision and will not be read by the portunity to see the material, but in except for those in the Medical College and the Graduate School of Medical candidate," was appropriate. those cases that were decided last week Sciences) is in the process of deciding Professor George Gibian, Goldwin Smith the candidates will not have the same Professor of Russian Literature, asked opportunity." what recommendation to make regarding the reappointment or promotion of a the members of the FCR to keep in mind the small departments and the small units. "Maybe it isn't true for large fields but in the small fields like ours, I think this proposal asks the chair to do an impossible task or an extremely difficult task in avoiding trouble with the law." Professor Stein didn't "think any language in the motion requires the chairman to clear the summary with the people who wrote the letters. The idea is that the summary would be shown to members who would be voting, not the authors of the letters." He also saw nothing in the motion requiring a uniform letter to be used in soliciting letters. He pointed out "For years we have in my department - solicited letters and xeroxed them and passed them around to all members of the department. Nothing about that was ever said to the person from whom the letter was solicited, and certainly in every place in this University, letters go to ad hoc committees - they go to deans, they go to the Arts College Appointments Committee and so on. There's no uniform policy Professor Moen said "whether or not there's sex discrimination, whether or not there's racial discrimination, whether or not there's a uniform letter for the University, whether or not there are a lot of other things, Proposition II mandates an impossibility. The summary is to be written in such a way as to mask the identity of the holders of the opinions summarized. That is essentially impossible to mandate." Assistant Professor Michael E. Gold, I&LR, indicated that he wished to speak to four issues which have come up. "The first is the effective date of the proposition. Proposition I was contemplated as going into effect on Januamy 1,1980. I'm sure the committee would also intend Proposition II to take effect on that date. Second, with regard to the issue of divisiveness. If the Law School system works as well as it's described to us, then the candidate is aware of all the criticisms before this letter would be presented to him. The letter then would add nothing and would not increase divisiveness, except in the case of criticism from the outside about which member of the faculty, the chairperson of that department or school will notify the candidate of that fact and provide the candidate with a detailed written summary of the facts and opinions on which the decision will be based. The summary is to be written in such a way as to mask the identity ef the holders of the opinions summarized and the authors of the letters paraphrased. Before the summary is given to the candidate, it is to be made available to each member of the department or school who will be voting on the recommendation. The summary must be given to the candidate long enough before the department, school, or committee makes its decision so that the candidate has a reasonable opportunity to make any response he or she may choose to make. The candidate's response will be made available to each member who will be voting on the recommendation, and the summary and response will become part of the file of material on which the decision is based. The meeting adjourned at 5:59 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Joseph B. Bugliari, Secretary on that. It seems to me that the stan- the candidate would remain unaware dards in the academic profession are even under the Law School system But that letters of recommendation are gen- Proposition II would also make the erally passed around to people who will candidate aware of criticism from the spoke against this motion. "It seems to Professor Arthur L. Bloom, Geological be deciding on the appointment and not outside and give him a chance to re- me that this is in fact then putting the Sciences, asked if Proposition II were to people who will be decided upon. This spond. He might not, thereafter like that candidate in a much more severe ad- approved, whether a copy would be sent resolution does not change that and, person whom he doesn't know outside, versarial position and certainly at the to persons from whom letters are re- therefore, there has to be no new policy but that should have no effect on his latest possible stage. At least Proposi- quested. Professor Kretzmann replied adopted about what is written to people relationships at Cornell. On the other tion II puts the candidate into the posi- that that is not a part of the resolution from whom letters are solicited." hand, if the Law School system does not tion of learning about the views of the department at an earlier stage than the amendment does." since it does not seem to affect in any Associate Professor Richard N. Boyd, way the attitude with which external Philosophy, said that he recognized letter writers would address their letters "that there would be some real dif- work, then the candidate does not know the criticisms which were brought from the inside and I think he should know 12 December 6, 1979 Brief Reports Fuertes Competition Open for Articles addition of several promising freshmen, Coach Mike Griffin's team could be one of the finest Cornell community on publication Living Learning of a Cornell Women's Directory. Deadline for the return of the ques- Center Has 'Chats' fields of Education and Psychologyhas been administered at the Guidance and Testing Center at Cornell Deadline for entries in the Cornell Chapter of Sigma Xi's 1979-1980 Fuertes Memorial Prize Competition is Feb. 1,1980. Cash prizes will be awarded for the best popular articles on any topic of current interest in the physical or biological sciences. The competition is open to all undergraduates and graduate students at Cornell. The society will award a $250 first prize and a $100 second prize. Details of the contest are available at 206 Thurston Hall, 239 Plant Science Building, and G-20 Stimson Hall, or by calling Wolfgang Sachse, Sigma Xi vice-president, at 256-5065. Sigma Xi is an honorary scientific research society. Nominations Sought quintets ever in the school's history. Last season, Colgate finished second in the Big Red tournament, losing to Cornell in the championship game, 61-57. Manhattanville is a new entry to the Big Red tourney. The Valiants have one of the top Division III basketball programs in the country, having made the NCAA Division III two consecutive seasons. Manhattanville went 17-11 last season and has nine lettermen back this year. The Valiants will face three other Division I opponents this season, Army, Colgate and Dartmouth. Carleton College will meet the Big Red in the nightcap at 9:00 p.m. The Ravens finished second in the Ontario interUniversity Athletic Association and posted a 17-13 record overall. There are eight lettermen returning from last year's squad. tionnaires is Friday, Dec. 14. They should be sent to Ann Roscoe, 217 Day Hall. Copies of the questionnaire can be obtained by calling Carolyn Whitlow, 256-3046, or Sophie Capolongo, 256-7367. The Living Learning Center in Clara Dickson Hall, a residential program house of the department of residence life is conducting informal Fireside Chats with Cornell faculty and administrators. The center is set up to help integrate Choir Schedules Christmas Concert the academic, residential and social aspects of student life through frequent and varied programs. It is a A Christmas Concert will be presented by Ithaca A. Cappella at 8:15 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 8, at Cornell University's Anabel Taylor Chapel. The 16-voice choir, under the direc- participatory community that extends to its members, more than 100 students, the opportunity to become active in the community's development. tion of Gerald Wolfe, will perform Alain Seznec, dean of the College of an antiphonal motet by Jacob Handl, motets by Anton Bruckner, and will feature music celebrating Advent and Christmas. The concert, which is being sponsored by Cornell's Centre for Re- Arts and Sciences, was a recent guest in the program. Future participants will include Roger Cramton, dean of the Law School, and William Keeton, the Liberty Hyde Bailey Professor of Biology. for many years. Because of the New York State Admissions Testing law which becomes effective on Jan. 1,1980, the Psychological Corporation will close all of its New York state testing centers by Dec. 31. No center, wherever its location, can report a score to any New York state institution after Dec. 15,1979. Students who must take this test should do so by Dec. 15, if the score is to be reported to a New York state institution. The test ia given at the Guidance & Testing Center, 203 Barnes Hall on Mondays and Thursdays by appointment. A list of testing centers outside New York state is available at the center. Proposed Waste Plan Copies Available For Hall of Fame The Department of Physical Educa- Chamber Music tion and Athletics is once again accepting nominations for the Cor- Recital Tuesday nell Athletic Hall of Fame. Chamber music students of Sonya ligion, Ethics and Social Policy, is open to the public. Admission is $1.50 at the door. Risley Plans 10th Mental Disorders Subject of Talk A University of Wisconsin history professor will discuss the rela- Copies of a proposed Ithaca Waste Water Facilities Plan are available at the reference desk in Olin Library. A public meeting to discuss the preliminary findings of the plan affecting all users of the Ithaca Anyone is eligible to submit nominations of former Big Red Athletes. Persons selected are enshrined in the Hall of Fame room which is Monosoff, professor of music give a free public recital at 8:15 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 11, in Barnes Hall.. Holiday Reading Risley College will hold its 10th annual holiday reading at 8 p.m. tionship between the history of men- sewage system, which includes Cor- tal disorder.and societal changes at nell University, is scheduled for 7:30 4 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 6 at the p.m., Tuesday, Dec. 11, in the Com- Andrew D. White House. mon Council Chambers of the City located on top of the fieldhouse at The program will include Sonata in Friday, Dec. 14. Michael MacDonald, a junior fellow of Ithaca, 108 E. Green St. the north end of Schoellkopf Field. Nominations and accompanying information should be sent to Dave Wohlhueter, Sports Information Director, P. O. Box 729, Ithaca, N.Y. 14850. Names of persons previously nominated should be resubmitted, according to Wohlhueter, to be sure that the selection committee considers them. Veterinary Valentine Ball Is Scheduled The second annual veterinary Valentine Ball is scheduled for Saturday, Feb. 9,1980 at the Statler Inn with a buffet dinner from 7 to 9 p.m. and "Rain and Shine" again playing for dancing from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Sponsors of this social event are the Veterinary Circle and the Student Auxiliary at the College of Veterinary Medicine, with proceeds to benefit student projects. Door prizes will be drawn throughout the evening. Tickets are now available for Christmas gift-giving from cochairpersons Mrs. Francis Fox * (257-2450) and Mrs. John Lowe (272-5163) or at the college's Offices of Student Administration or Clinical Sciences. Big Red Basketball Tourney Scheduled A Major, K. 526 by Mozart, String Quartet in C minor, Opus 10 by Debussy and Mozart'a Clarinet Quintet in A Maj or, K. 581. Campus Store Sets Employee Event The Campus Store will hold its annual Cornell Employee Appreciation Day from 4:30 to 6 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 18, with special discounts, refreshments and free gift wrapping. The store also will present door prizes to those who register. Award for Science To Honor Young The annual award for excellence from the Alpha Chapter of Sigma Delta Epsilon, Graduate Women in Science, will be given this year in honor of Charlotte M. Young, nutritionist, professor here and a leader in the organization. The award of $200 will be made to a female graduate student who has completed an outstanding scientific research project. Starting in January 1980, graduate students can submit abstracts of their completed research projects. Deadline is March 21,1980. To be eligible a student must be a registered graduate student at the University and have finished a master's degree or two years as a Ph.D Strains of the "Hallelujah Chorus" and other favorites from Handel's popular oratorio, "The Messiah," will be performed. "Past performances have attracted over 400 people who go to sing, to play, or simply to enjoy the performance," according to Jeff Rehbach '75. The reading will be conducted by Rehbach and graduate student David Conte. Rehbach, who has led the performances for the past five years, has served as assistant conductor of the Cornell Chorus and Sage Chapel Choir. He also directs Cornell's women's singing en- at Cornell's Society for the Humanities this year, will make his presentation on "Madness and Healing in the Age of Reason." The author of a monograph, "The Inner Side of Wisdom: Suicide in Early Modern England," MacDonald is now writing a history of insanity in early modern England. "His underlying assumption is that the history of mental disorder precisely mirrors wider tranformations in the social and intellectual orders," according to Michael Kammen, director of the Society for the Humanities. semble, Nothing But Treble. Conte is assistant conductor and Holiday Boutique accompaniest of the Sage Chapel Choir and conducts the Risley Set on Thursday Chamber Ensemble. An International Holiday Boutique Vocal soloists from past per- will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. formances of "The Messiah" at Thursday, Dec. 13, in the Multi- Risley have been invited to return purpose Room, North Campus Un- for this year's reading. Guy Wells, ion. who has participated in all of the past productions, will play the harpsichord. Wells served as resident director of Risley College for several years and is organist for the Episcopal Church at Anabel Taylor Hall. Items to be sold will include crafts, ornaments, plants and baked goods from several countries. The event is sponsored by married student housing in the Department of Residence Life. Risley College is a residence unit Miller Analogies whose students hold an active interest in promoting the arts through Test Soon to End sponsorship of visiting artists, prod- After Dec. 31, the Miller Analogies uction of numerous musical and Test will not be available in New theatrical events within the college, York state. Thia graduate ad- and hosting an annual spring fair. mission test— primarily for the According to Ithaca City Engineer Philip L. Cox the meeting "will serve as a forum to describe the wastewater treatment alternatives being considered and allow interested persons or groups an opportunity to provide input to the selection of an alternative. A formal public hearing on the Wastewater Facilities Plan will be conducted in early 1980 prior to selection of a wastewater treatment plan. Subsequent to that public hearing, a treatment alternative will be selected and a final report prepared which will identify the plan, include preliminary design, estimate costs, and provide recommendations for implementation of the selected plan." Scientific Research Grants Available Graduate students and advanced undergraduates are eligible to apply for small research grants under the Cornell Chapter of the Society of Sigma Xi's 1979-80 Grants-in-Aid Program. The deadline for applications is Feb. 15,1979. Applications should contain a brief description of the proposed research project, including a detailed budget, and should be accompanied by a short vita on the applicant and two letters of recommendation. They should be sent to Wolfgang Sachse, Sigma Xi, 324 Thurston Hall, Cornell. Sigma Xi is an honorary scientific research society. Colgate University will face Manhattanville College and defending champion Cornell will entertain Carleton College of Canada in the opening round of the 1979 Big Red candidate. Applications are available from Lani Stephenson, 142 Savage Hall, 256-3041, or Betty Lewis, 285 MVR Hall. 256-3151. Basketball Tournament, which will be held at Barton Hall this Friday Women's Directory and Saturday. Being Considered The Colgate-Manhattanville contest will start at 7 p.m. Friday. The Red The October issue of Dialogue, a Raiders have participated in the monthly newsletter for Cornell previous two Big Red Tournaments, women at work, contained a ques- winning the championship in 1977. tionnaire from the Provost's Ad- Colgate has four starters back from visory Committee on the Status of last year's 12-14 team, and with the Women soliciting interest from the Glee Club to Tour in January While many Cornell students spend The concert schedule is: Jan. 14—7:30 p.m., Memorial High their intersession break skiing, sun- Jan. 7—8:15 p.m., the Cornell Club School, Houston, Texas; ning or just relaxing at home, the of Cincinnati; Jan. 15—8:15 p.m., Lamar Univer- Cornell Glee Club takes off yearly to all parts of the United States and the world on musical tours. This year the group, under the direction of Thomas A. Sokol, professor of music and director of choral music, will tour the Southwest. Jan. 10—8:15 p.ml, the United Methodist Church of Nicholls Hills, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Jan. 11—8:15 p.m., the First Baptist Church, Arlington, Texas; Jan. 12—8:15 p.m., the University of Texas at Austin; sity, Beaumont, Texas; Jan. 16—8:15 p.m., the Civic Center, Lake Charles, Louisiana, and Jan. 18—8:15 p.m., Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana.