CORNELL CHRONICLE Vol. 9 No. 6 Thursday, September 22, 1977 Plantations Courses Page 2 Levin Discusses Writing Page 3 Professors-at-Large on Campus Page 4 Concert, Exhibit Page 5 Campus Council Meeting Page 6 First Talk to Faculty Salaries Major Priority: Rhodes Salaries are the priority item there cannot be budget overruns • for the coming year. President that have been " l i t e r a l l y Frank Rhodes said yesterday hundreds of thousands of during his first address before dollars" or it will do no good to the Unversity Faculty. concentrate on salaries. "We He told more than 200 faculty need discipline," he said, at the first full Faculty meeting of There is nothing new, about the year that there is no easy, fiscal problems ata university, single or immediate solution to particularly one like Cornell the "salary question." Whatever where creativity is always out- solutions there are will be running resources, he said, phased, probably, over a period The University has overcome of two or three years, he said. these problems in the past and "I want to say to you that will do so again, he said, there is no solution possible Rhodes pledged his support View from the Top which comes only from the ad- and that of the administration in ministration and not from the furthering the "excellence that is This is how Sage Graduate Center (at extreme left). Sage Chapel (McGraw Tower behind it). Day Hall Faculty. If we are going to solve (Olin Library all lighted up behind it) look from the top of the Statler Inn at night. this problem, we are going to solve it together. But we have to Cornell." He said that he did not see budget problems as "crisis Liberty Hyde Bailey Professors understand that that involves problems," although they are painful decisions in whch you substantial. "They are soluble, if will advise us but in which you we are willing to set priorities. If Six Are Named to Chairs will also have the privilege of sharing." Rhodes said he will give the we are not, we shall drift into mediocrity" He outlined the problems Six professors in the State College of Agriculture and Life Sciences have been elected Liberty Hyde Bailey Professors of 'he University Board of Trustees. Former students of Neal Jensen of the Department of Plant Breeding and Biometry now occupy leading positions in the United States and other and he is an Elected Member of the American Ornithologists' Union, and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. salary question the highest priority in the endowed units and conduct a vigorous campaign in Albany on behalf of the statutory units. placing mounting economic stress on the University These include increased federal regulations. energy costs, a declining student pool, a poor stock Those named are Martin Alexar*Jer. Harlan P. Banks. Neal F. Jensen. William T. Keeton. J. 'homas Reid and Kenneth L Robinson. The first to be acc°rded the honor was Charles E. ^a'm, now professor emeritus and dean of the college from 1959 to 1972. The Liberty Hyde Bailey Professorships were established t o provide recognition for distinguished faculty who have na*ional and international rePutations in agriculture and Elated sciences. The recommendations were made by W. Keith Kennedy, dean of the college, uPon the advice of a committee °' distinguished faculty Members. Martin Alexander of the department of Agronomy is ^cognized worldwide for his leadership in the field of soil Microbiology and microbial eCology. He has received many honors ar>d awards, among them being Fellow of the American ^cademy of Microbiology and E|ected Fellow of both the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the American Society of Agronomy. " e holds a joint appointment in ' n e Division of Biological Sciences at Cornell. Harlan Banks, a member of ne Division of Biological s°iences, has an international ^ P u t a t i o n in the field of otanical science, and especially 'n Paleobotany His awards include a Cerl'f'cate of Merit from the botanical Society of America nd a Guggenheim Fellowship at ^ambridge University. He has ^ a Fulbright Research at the University of ^ . elected a Fellow of Clare [•a". Cambridge University, and e was Honorary Vice President 'he XII International Botanical i n gress in Leningrad. countries. He has developed and introduced 20 varieties of wheat, barley, and oats that have proved superior in New York State and in New England. He has received the New York Farmers Medal and a Distinguished Service Citation from the New York Agricultural Society. He is a Fellow of the American Society of Agronomy and of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. William Keeton of the Division of Biological Sciences is a distinguished teacher and author of the widely used text, "Biological Science." Among his awards are the Schuyler-Gage Fellow, the Professor of Merit in teaching. J. Thomas Reid of the Department of Animal Science has served as chairman or cochairman for 43 Ph.D. candidates, and 22 post doctoral students from all over the world. One of the most awarded scientists in his field, Reid has received a Guggenheim Fellowship, the Nutrition Research Award and the Borden Award of the American Dairy Science Association, and the Morrison Award of the American Society of Animal Science. Kenneth Robinson of the Department of Agricultural Economics is recognized for his teaching, public service, and research. In 1959, he received the Professor of Merit teaching award. Gourmet Chefs To Be at Cornell The "Cross Country Gourmet" may sound like the title of Julia Child's latest cookbook. But it's not. Cross Country Gourmet is the name of the latest dinner series extravaganzas brought to campus by Cornell Dining Services. Labeled by dining services manager Frederick W. Seavey as FCR Debates Establishing New Center The establishment of a Center for the Study of the American Political Economy was debated at the meeting last Wednesday, Sept. 14. of the Faculty Council of Representatives. The purpose of the center as discussed in the proposal sent to FCR members is presented in the report of that meeting on page 6 of this Chronicle. the "most exciting and dynamic project" undertaken so far by Cornell dining in its two years of presenting monthly series of unusual culinary experiences to its campus customers, the 1977-78 Cross Country Gourmet series will bring to Cornell the top chefs and fine cuisine, plus a bit of the atmosphere from six of the best known restaurants in the United States During each of the full academic months — September, October, November, February, March and April, a leading American restaurant chef will be invited and featured for one week. On each successive night of the week, Monday through Friday, a different Cornell dining unit will "become" the featured restaurant. Participating dining rooms are in Balch Hall. Sage Graduate Center, North Campus Union. Noyes Center and Willard Straight. Continued on Page 3 In outlining the issue, he cited three particular problems. One, faculty salaries have slipped slightly relative to Cornell's peer public research institutions although keeping in line with private peer institutions. Second, non-academic salaries, including managerial and other professional salaries, have lagged. And third, the most serious salary differentials are between endowed and state employes in support service areas. Until 1973-74, he said, salaries kept pace with inflation, but they have lost ground since, He said any solutions to the salary question cannot be isolated from other needs. He called for firm effective budget management which will require hard choices in budget allocations on the part of deans, chairmen and others He said market during the past decade, and declining federal support, Although he said he did not think that the declining student pool would affect Cornell as much as some other institutions, he warned. "We cannot survive on our reputation alone in the hard times that are coming ... we shall survive and prosper to the extent that we provide an attractive and exciting educational environment for undergraduates as well as graduates." With the decline in faculty turnover. he said, "We have got to find a way to retain creativity and inventiveness in a time of stability ... We cannot have an environment where it is simply useless to have new ideas because there are no funds to support them We have to nurture a situation where it is still Continued on Page 6 Health Insurance Alternative Offered Cornell employes who are married to students at the University may obtain health insurance through a University-sponsored plan at an annual cost of approximately $150. University Health Services Administrator Leonard Nissenson said spouse employes in the endowed portions of the University are eligible immediately for an alternative to the Accident and Health Insurance Plan (AHIP), a plan offered to students. Even if they have waived the regular employe plan previously, employes may now file for the insurance. Cornell students had recently learned that their spouses' insurance premium through the student plan had been increased from $74 to $299 because of the New York State Legislature mandating pregnancy coverage in all accident and health insurance policies written in the state. "The University was concerned about this dramatic increase. By offering this alternative, we hope to provide insurance to all employes at a reasonable cost," Nissenson said. The University-sponsored health plan is open to regular full-time and regular part-time employes Spouse employes interested in filing for the insurance should contact Eleanor Brown, employes benefit representative. Personnel Services, at 256-5020 no later than Friday. Sept 30. 2 CORNELL CHRONICLE Thursday, September 22, 1977 Bryophytes to Campfire Cooking Job Opportunities Plantations Offers Courses Mosses and liverworts—some 350 kinds of them—are native to the Ithaca area, but few people who have not taken the Cornell Plantations short course in bryophyte identification and ecology can identify even one species. Bryophyte identification and ecology will be offered again this October as part of the Plantations' fall education program. The course, taught by Mary Kay Hausmann. is scheduled from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Tuesdays, Oct. 4, 11 and 18. and from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturdays, Oct. 8 and 1 5. The Tuesday sessions will focus on the ecology of the bryophytes and microscope work to identify them. Saturday field trips will examine bryophytes in their natural habitats. The course fee of $15 includes a copy of "Bryophytes of the Upper Cayuga Lake Basin." Other courses offered by the Plantations this month include: —"Propagation of Houseplants," taught by Richard M. Lewis, Plantations director, and other members of the staff. The staff will teach the techniques for propagating begonias, impatiens. cacti, ferns and other houseplants at home. Students will be given a professional propagating box and will be able to take cuttings and divisions for rooting at home. All supplies are covered by the course fee of $20. The course will meet from 7 to 9:30 p.m. Thursdays, Oct. 20, 27 and Nov. 3. —Two courses in the art of Creative, Performing Arts Grant Applications Due Individual grants in amounts up to $500 will be awarded by the Council of the (trative and Performing Arts to Cornell students and staff (not faculty). The purpose of the grants is to encourage creative and performing artists to work on individual projects not primarily concerned with course work or scholarly research. Funds are to be used for consumable materials only, not for equipment, travel or living expenses. All applicants are encouraged to investigate sources of matching funds. The deadline for submitting applications for grants from the Creative and Performing Arts Council is Nov 1 Notification of awards will be made Nov. 21 Application forms are available through Council members: Alison Lurie, Creative writing; Marvin Carlson. Theatre Arts; Don Fredericksen, Film; Jane Desmond. Dance; Sonya Monosoff, Music; Zevi Blum. Art; Tom Leavitt, Art Museum; Stanley Bowman, Photography; Jerry Sirlin. Design and Graphics. NEH Deadline Set The Humanities Council will screen National Endowment for the Humanities Summer 1978 Fellowship stipend applications for three nominations to NEH from Cornell. Completed applications must be received by A. Geske, Andrew D. White House by Oct 4. Application forms are available from B. Miller, Academic Funding, Day Hall. bonsai, taught by William N. Valavanis, will be offered on Wednesdays, Oct. 12, 19 and 26 and on Nov. 2. An introductory course on the appreciation and fundamentals of bonsai (Japanese art of dwarf potted trees) will include techniques of bonsai design, pruning, wiring and potting. Tools and materials will be available at reasonable costs, but students should be aware that bonsai can be an expensive hobby. The introductory course will meet from 7 to 10 p.m. An advanced bonsai workshop, scheduled from 2 to 5 p.m. is designed for students who have completed any Valavanis bonsai course. Valavanis will provide assistance to a maximum of 10 students workinq on their own bonsai creations. The fee for either course is $22 50 —"An Early American Sampler: An Introduction to Fireplace Cooking" by Ronn Brown, will focus on modern adaptations of recipes popular with the colonists and pioneers. It also will cover the techniques of cooking over fire—in fireplaces, franklin stoves or campfires. All supplies will be provided, and each student will receive a copy of Browns cookbook, featuring recipes for early American soups, stews, vegetables, meat, bread, biscuits and desserts. The course fee is $15. The course will meet from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Tuesdays, Oct. 18, 25 and Nov. 1. Students may register for courses in advance by mail or at the Cornell Plantations, 100 Judd Falls Road. Payment of fees is required at the time of registration, but fees are refunded if Plantations is notified of a cancellation at least 48 hours before a course is to start. For more information contact the Plantations at 256-3020 Budget Administrator Chosen John A. Lambert has been named budget administrator for the endowed colleges and sup- port services at Cornell Univer- sity. He succeeds Edwin R. Roberts, who retired from the Cornellian As Budget John P McKeown. a 1973 graduate and former football and track star at Cornell University, has been named budget analyst for the emdowed colleges and support services at Cornell. McKeown, who is remembered by local football fans for a series of spectacular plays during the 1972 varsity season, was captain of the track team in 1973. That year he was named an Eastern College Athletic Conference Scholar-Athlete. As a junior he won the 600-yard run at the indoor Heptagonal Track Championship. He played lightweight football for Cornell in 1971. In his present capacity at Cornell, McKeown will serve as Budget Office liaison to University departments for preparation of the annual budget, operations forecasting, and budget monitoring and control programs position in July after 31 years at Cornell. Lambert came to Cornell from Brown University where he was associate director of personnel and budget for three years. He served as the principal operating Named Analyst He will assist in a variety of cost-accounting projects, including calculation of the overhead rate of sponsored projects at Cornell, the University's responsibility centers analysis, and the calculation of the employe benefit rate for the endowed colleges After graduating from the New York State College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Cornell, McKeown earned his master's degree from Cornell's Graduate School of Business and Public Administration. He worked for two years at Nicholson Division in WilkesBarre, Pa., as an assistant controller. Most recently he was the internal auditor at St. Lawrence University. A native of North Babylon, N Y , McKeown is married to the former Linda L. Smith, a 1974 Cornell graduate. They have a daughter. Kristen. 1 officer of Brown's budget office and personnel information system. As budget administrator at Cornell. Lambert's responsibilities focus on preparation and presentation of the annual operating budget, operations forecasting and budget monitoring and control programs. The Budget Office also provides cost accounting and analysis capabilities and staff support to the University in all phases of budget preparation and administration. Lambert stressed the need for "continued strengthening and improvement of budgetary programs in an atmosphere of service to the University community. Consistency and accuracy, communication and understanding are of paramount importance to role fulfillment for the Budget Office." A 1969 qraduate of Michigan State University, Lambert earned his master's degree from Purdue University in 1973. He served at Purdue in various administrative capacities from 1969 to 1974. Lambert and his wife, the former Judith E. Howko, are both natives of Flint, Mich. Mrs. Lambert is also a 1969 Michigan State graduate. She taught in the Lafayette, Ind., school system from 1969 to 1974 Lambert and his wife live at 311 St. Catherine's Circle, Ithaca, with their son, Nathan At Cornell University The' following are regular continuing full-time positions unless otherwise specified. For information about these positions, contact the Personnel Department, B-12 Ives Hall Please do not inquire at individual departments until you have contacted Personnel. An Equal Opportunity Employer. Individuals on lay-off status will be given preference in referrals. (*) Indicates new jobs this week (sh) Indicates shorthand required POSITION (DEPARTMENT) CLERICAL POSITIONS "Library Assistant V, A-19 (Univ. Libraries. Serials/Olin) Sr. Admin Secretary, A-18 (University Development (sh)) Asst Trade Book Mgr., A-18 (Campus Store) "Sr Admin. Secretary, A-17 (Trust Office) Sr Admin Secretary. A-17 (College of Arch./Art/Plan, (sh)) 'Library Assistant III. A-15 (Univ. Libraries, Uris) Library Assistant III, A-15 (Univ. Libraries, Olin/lnterlibrary Svcs.) "Administrative Secretary, A-15 (Applied & Engr Physics) "Administrative Secretary, A-15 (Statler Inn) Administrative Secretary. A-15 (College of Arch/Art/Plan (sh)) "Library Superintendant. A-13 (Univ. Libraries. Uris) Searcher I, A-13 (Univ. Libraries, Olin/Catalog) Department Secretary. A-13 (The Graduate School) Department Secretary, A-13 (DBS Engineering) Department Secretary, A-13 (State Programs (sh)) Department Secretary, A-13 (Civil & Environ Engineering) "Senior Clerk, A-12 (Accounting - Endowed) Library Assistant II, A-12 (Univ. Libraries, Serials/Olin) "Sec.-Steno. NP-10 (Poultry Science) "Accounting Clerk II, NP-9 (Agricultural Engineering) "Steno III, NP-9 (Cooperative Extension (NYC)) "Admin Sec. NP-8 (NYC Program. 4-H Development (NYC)) 'Admin. Sec, NP-8 (Cooperative Extension) Accounting Clerk, NP-6 (Natural Resources) "Steno II, NP-6 (Agricultural Economics) Steno II, NP-6 (Animal Science) Steno II, NP-6 (Poultry Science) "CRT Operator II, NP-6 (2) (Animal Science) "CRT Operator I. NP-4 (Animal Science) ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS Director of Lab Operations I, CP08 (Drug Testing (Diagnostic Lab) (Batavia/Buffalo)) Director of Utilities, CP08 (Facilities & Business Operations) Manager. Staffing Services. CPO6 (Univ. Personnel Services) Director of Employee Relations, CP06 (Univ Personnel Services) Comp Tech. Admin., CP06 (Office of Computer Services) Counselor-Therapist II. CP06 (Univ Health Services. Mental Health Sect.) Asst Dean. SDS III, CP05 (Basic Studies - Engineering) Comp. Tech Admin II, CP05 (2) (Office of Computer Services) "Auditor II. CP05 (Auditors Office (NYC)) Physiotherapist, CP04 (Univ. Health Services) Health Associate I. CP03 (2) (Univ. Health Services) "Financial Aid Counselor, CP02 (tent), (2) (Office of Financial Aid) Assistant Production Director (University Press) TECHNICAL POSITIONS Senior Elect. Tech , A-21 (Chemistry) Synchrotron Operating Tech., A-19 (Lab of Nuclear Studies) Senior Research Tech . A-18 (Psychology) Programmer C. NP-13 (Education) Research Tech. Ill, NP-12 (Vet Microbiology) Research Tech II, NP-10 (Diagnostic Lab) •Technical Aide I, NP-9 (Diagnostic Lab) "Research Aide. NP-9 (Animal Science) *Lab Tech. I. NP-8 (Vet Microbiology) Lab Tech I, NP-8 (Mastitis Control) Program Aide I, NP-5 (5) (Cooperative Extension (E. Harlem)) Research Support Spec II. CP04 (2) (Lab of Nuclear Studies) Research Support Spec II, CP04 (Vet Pathology (Protein Biochem.)) Research Support Spec I, CP03 (Community Service Education) Research Support Spec. I, CP03 (Chemistry) Research Support Spec I, CP03 (Agricultural Engineering) •Research Support Aide, CP02 (Psychology) 'Sr. Experimental Machinist (Electrical Engineering) SERVICE & MAINTENANCE POSITIONS University Service Officer, A-17 (Public Safety) Cook, A-17 (Dining Services) 'Microfilm Technician, A-15 (Photo Services) Multilith Machine Operator, A-13 (Graphic Arts Services) Custodian, A-13 (University Unions) "Dairy Worker I, NP-7 (Animal Science) "Telephone Operator, A-13 (General Services, Comm. Srvs ) ACADEMIC & FACULTY POSITIONS (Contact Department Chairperson) Extension Associate (Regional Dairy Specialist) (Batavia, N V (Cooperative Extension)) Extension Associate (Sea Grant) (Stony Brook, NY (Coop Extension)' Extension Associate (4-H Youth Develop) (Ithaca (Cooperative Exten-, sion)) Sr Extension Associate (4-H Youth Develop.) (Ithaca (Cooperative Extension)) Extension Associate (Poultry) (Ithaca (Cooperative Extension)) Extension Support Aide (Program Assistant-Gardens) ( N Y . N.Y (Cooperative Extension)) Extension Associate (Sea Grant) (Oswego. NY (Coop Extension)) Cooperative Extension Agent (Home Economics) (Voorheesville, N.V (Coop Extension)) Cooperative Extension Agent (Coordinator/4-H Youth Develop' (Herkimer, NY. (Cooperative Extension)) Cooperative Extension Agent (Coordinator, Agriculture) (Lowville, N.Y (Cooperative Extension)) Cooperative Extension Agent (Coordinator) (Garden City, NY (Coop EX" tension)) Cooperative Extension Agent (Housing & 4-H) (Lockport, NY (Coop Extension)) Cooperative Extension Agent (Home Economics) (Waterloo, NY (Coop Extension) (P/T)) •Research Associate II. CPO-4 (Section of Ecology & Systematics) Research Assoc II. CP04 (Applied & Engr Physics) Asst Professor (NYS Ag Experimental Station (Geneva) (Dept of Plant Pathology)) "Sr Assistant Librarian, CP03 (Olin Library. Collection-Development) [ Continued on Page 4 Thursday, September 22, 1977 CORNELL CHRONICLE 3 Planning Services Group Staffed Staffing for a central planning large-scale development and fi- services group has been com- nance. "It is particularly ap- pleted. Vice President for Finan- propriate and challenging to app- cial and Planning Services ly the analytical tool? and proc- Samuel A. Lawrence has an- esses used to help reform large nounced. urban centers to the task of The planning group will con- improving the management of a sist of Ian R. Stewart, assistant large and complex university," he professor of City and Regional said. Planning; John Rudan, previous- Stewart said he plans to return ly director of Computer Services; to his duties as a faculty member Simeon Slovacek, formerly a re- next year. Another faculty mem- search associate in the depart- ber with similar skills and in- ment of agricultural economics, terests in administrative policy and Jack Lowe, whose appoint- will then be sought to continue ment as senior staff associate that aspect of institutional plan- was announced last June. Lowe ning. Lawrence said was previously associate director Rudan will develop improved of academic funding. reporting systems and other "The group was formed to means of making Cornell's consolidate staff planning re- decision-making more orderly sources located in several of- and factual. "John Rudan brings fices," Lawrence said. unique quantitative, computing "They will promote and inte- and analytical skills to the group grate planning for both academic as well as a seasoned knowledge and service operations, maintain of the University and adminis- Rhodes Visits Football Practice and publish basic data on Univer- trative experience," Lawrence sity operations, and compile re- said. Cornell President Frank H. T. Rhodes included a visit to Schoellkopf Field and Big Red football practice in ports required by federal and his efforts to meet with all segments of the University community. Players and coaches listened to a brief state governments," he said. talk by Rhodes in which he expressed his desire to see football be among the activities in which Cornell is Stewart, on leave from the Preeminent. Rhodes later observed that he felt the team had done an excellent job of rebounding mentally College of Architecture. Art and from a tough 17-7 opening game loss at Penn. Rhodes will be in the stands Saturday when Cornell opens Planning, will spend the current its home schedule against Colgate at 1:30 p.m. academic year and next summer as senior planner. Rudan will be Slovacek, who holds a Cornell Ph.D. in education, will report to Rudan as research analyst in charge of institutional studies. In consultation with academic and administrative departments, he will conduct statistical studies on Gourmet Dining on Campus director of operations for the issues such as admissions, patgroup and will also assume re- terns of course selection and sponsibility for specific planning other matters related to the in- Continued from Page 1 Cross Country Gourmet restaurants which have accepted and will be participating with Cornell dining are The Bakery in Chicago, The Commander's palace in New Orleans, Ernie's in ^an Francisco, Anthony's Pier 4 ln Boston and neighboring P'erces 1894 Restaurant in El"iira Heights. Meals, which will be served with cafeteria and table ser- Vlc6 in the same evening, will be Prepared under the supervision °' the featured restaurant's executive chef, assisted by Cornell dir|ings professional chef David Clarke. T price of $7.70 for sit^ table service includes a lve-course meal and tax and ^Presents a substantial cost Savings, in some cases 50 per Cent. when compared to the sarne meal prepared and served 'n the featured restaurants. The meals will be served Cafeteria style to students who * e members of the Co-op Din-. ln9 Plan and students may bring w ° guests on their bonus cards. The food service staff is busy PreParing for the arrival of ^'siting chef Anthony Kowalczyk th°m T h e B a k e r y ' w n i c n w i " b e ~|e first restaurant featured for the week of Sept. 26-30. The visiting chef will oversee e entire operation, assisting 7Jr staff in the re-creation of the d'shes which made that rj*staurant famous. He will give h e final taste, the seal of apProval," explains Seavey. "We sent letters to the top 20 CORNELL CHRONICLE published weekly and dis >r'buted free of charge to Cornell University faculty, students, staff a£d employes by the Office of ublic Information Mail subreptions. $13 per year Make c/>ecks payable to Cornell \hronicle Editorial Office. 110 °aV Hal/, Ithaca. NY 14853 e'ephone 256-4206 Editor. restaurants in the country, based on national awards won, recognition received and "wordof-mouth" information. However, some of those restaurants were quaint 'Victorian parlor type' restaurants wheh serve, at the most. 40 customers. As we later found out, these places just don't have the capability or manpower to think much bigger than that," he said. The Bakery serves approximately 300 customers a night. Cornell dining estimates it will serve up to 1,600 people a night. While "exploding" the food preparation and production to such numbers will undoubtedly present new challenges to the head chef, as well as the Cornell food service staff, Seavey expects there will be few, if any, compromises, in terms of ingredients used and methods of preparations. The same specially prepared Hungarian seasoning salt used in the kitchen of The Bakery will be a main ingredient in the recipes used at Cornell. The roast loin pork will be stuffed with freshly made Hungarian sausage and the Beef Wellington—The Bakery's premium dish—will be prepared in the same manner. Each chef has been asked to select the choice dishes of the restaurant's menu. In addition, the wines recommended by the restaurant will be available to purchase by the bottle. As every gourmand knows, "haute cuisine" is not the only element that makes up a true adventure in eating — atmosphere is equally important. And, according to Seavey, no details have been spared in this area. Cornell dining will attempt to re-create the ambiance of each of the featured restaurants through table settings, appearance of waiters and waitresses, type of lighting and style of service. "We're certainly not going to has been to any of these places will recognize the Cornell dining unit as a "little piece of The Bakery or Anthonys Pier 4' or whatever restaurant is featured that week," Seavey said. Those who have eaten in The Bakery will recognize the same centerpieces on Cornell tables— an arrangement of flowers in a Perrier mineral water bottle. And customers will be served by waiters in tuxedos as they would be in The Bakery. The chef from Anthony's Pier 4 is planning to bring some of the varied seafaring objects displayed in the restaurant—life rafts, fish nets, rigging, statues of pirates, mermaids and other assorted nautical artifacts which will grace the walls of Cornell's dining units. Importing the top chefs, secret recipes, along with a feeling of the ambiance and service from six of the country's top restaurants is an ambitious project, but Cornell has considerable experience in the field of fine dining and has already received national attention and awards for two previous dinner extravaganzas. During 1975-76, the "Great American Dinner" series, featuring historically accurate meals as they would have been prepared in the homes of famous Americans, was the highlight of the food service year. Last year, a series entitled "The Classics," presenting archetypical cuisine of various geographic regions revolved dining customers around the globe monthly to enjoy culinary treats prepared and served as they would have been in their homeland. But, the Cross Country Gourmet series should prove to be the most elaborate project Cornell dining has ever attempted, Seavey said. Tickets will be available by reservation only for the table service. Prospective cross country gourmets are advised to make studies. Lowe will have responsibilities in the area of administrative analysis and operations, including achieving more effective coupling of central services to college and departmental needs. The planning unit has been created by consolidation, without adding positions or increasing administrative budgets, Lawrence said. "I am delighted that we have been able to have the services of Ian Stewart in initiating this effort," Lawrence said, "because of his professional planning competence and because direct participation by a member of the faculty will help to interpret these efforts to the campus." Stewart will advise Lawrence on all phases of the program and will conduct special studies on major planning issues. Stewart is a specialist in housing, urban rehabilitation and structional program. Part of his responsibilities will be to maintain the data the University needs to fill government-mandated reporting requirements, Rudan said. Provost David C. Knapp said consolidation of the University's planning has long been a goal and was recommended both by the 1975 priorities study and the study "Cornell in the "70s." "Better planning has become essential both to assure a quality academic program and to deal effectively with economic pressures," Knapp said. "To improve the information and analysis necessary to make decisions about Cornell's future we need to improve the process by which problems are anticipated and defined, alternatives analyzed, likely consequences weighed, and consensus developed around the proper courses of action," he said. Levin Discusses Writing Program The following statement to the faculty of the College of Arts and Sciences was issued by Harry Levin, dean of the college, on Sept. 15 in response to oncampus concern about a program on student writing and its teaching. Professor Robert Farrell is an associate dean in the College of Arts and Sciences and, under my direction, is in charge of the Freshmen Seminars Program, and has in addition certain other responsibilities. I have no intention of asking him to give up his post. There are serious problems having to do with the nature and logistics and resources for the Freshmen Seminars Program. I have received assurances from the Committee on Writing that they will work closely with me in seeking solutions to these problems. I will chair the committee. college as well as with the deans of the various colleges which use the seminars program the committee's recommendations about the future courses of instruction in writing at Cornell as well as the organization and governance of that program. Meanwhile, over three thousand students from seven colleges are receiving instruction in writing. If we are successful in our discussions we will offer better instruction in a program which I assume will be administratively less cumbersome than the present one. People who have comments and suggestions should make them to Associate Dean Farrell, or to members of the writing committee. ^ s Shew Managing create any Disneyland sets. But, reservations well in advance of There will be periodic editor. Elizabeth Helmer. Circulation Manager. Barbara Jordan we're going to make every effort their dinner date at the special progress reports. By the end of to capture the essence of the reservation center in each of the this academic year I plan to dis- restaurants, so someone who dining units or in 233 Dav Hall. cuss with the faculty of the 4 CORNELL CHRONICLE Thursday, September 22, 1977 Chronicle Comment N.Y. State Assembly Offers Internships Chronicle Comment is a forum of opinion for the Cornell community. Address comments to Elizabeth Helmer, Managing Editor. Chronicle. 110 Day Hall. Letters submitted for publication in the Chronicle must be typed, double space, with 75 characters to a line, no more than 600 words in length. The Chronicle intends to adhere to this limit because of space and financial restrictions. The deadline is Monday noon at 110 Day Hall. Letters addressed to someone other than the editor, personal attacks against individuals or unsigned letters will not be printed. Suggestion Given to Personnel Editor: I have a lot of sympathy for the Personnel Services office. One thousand applicants per month is an incredible number of people to deal with in physical terms, not to mention the paperwork. A lot of real improvements have been made in the system there, so there's hope for the future. On the other hand. I have been through the "lost application" problem one too many times. My application was "lost" and retrieved because I stood and waited while someone looked, and looked again. Now my husband's application has been lost, and it seems to be really lost. During the three weeks it took to verify the loss, either he or I put his name in for about five jobs. The time and effort we took to do this was a total waste of time, and at a financial cost when he took time off from his present job to read the board. I think this problem could be avoided fairly easily. The rule should be made that the original application always stays in the folder. Copies only should be sent to the departments. This would increase xeroxing costs, but the quality of service would be much higher than it is presently. Perhaps applicants could be asked to supply copies of their resumes. I have a lot of faith in the people at Personnel Services. They are genuinely trying to provide a quality service. In the meantime. I'd appreciate it if departments hiring in "technical" jobs would check to see if they have an application from David E. Parker. If so, please return it to Personnel. Now, if I could just find out why Payroll took me off Blue Cross/Blue Shield . . . and if I could find the parking sticker I'm paying for . . . . Joan Lockwood Parker Patents and Licensing Cornell Team Wins In Cattle Judging Cornell's dairy cattle judging team took top honors at the Eastern States Exposition Intercollegiate Judging Contest last Saturday, winning over 12 other teams, the largest number entered in recent years. The team, all students in the State College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, was the best team in judging all breeds, placing first in judging Holsteins, and second in judging Ayrshires, Guernseys, and Jerseys. Edward Lyon '79 had the highest individual score in the contest and Burke Walker '79 was third highest. William Lipinski '79 was the third member of the team and Sandra Hoag '80 was the alternate member. Hoag participated in the judging and had her score been counted would have been the highest scoring individual in the contest The New York State Assembly is offering internships for juniors, seniors and graduate students. All programs start in January and include a week-long orientation to state government and the legislative process, seminars and discussion groups throughout the session, plus research/work assignments in Assembly Offices at the Capitol. Student interns gain first-hand experience in state government operations and public policy analysis. They have the opportunity to meet with legislative leaders and become involved in the legislative process. Session Intern Program: Juniors, seniors, graduate students and exceptional sophomores work 30 hours a week at the Capitol from January to mid-May. Stipends range from $125-500. Graduate Fellows Program: Graduate students who work at the Capitol full time from January to mid-August. Stipend is $5,000. The deadline for completing applications is Nov. 1. Further details and application forms are available from the following offices: Margaret (Stout) Thomas, Human Ecology: Dave Cullings, Career Center: Margaret Unsworth, Arts and Sciences: Robert Hopkins, ILR: Edith Streams, Agriculture and Life Sciences: Jeanette Shady, B&PA Business Administration: Jan Orloff, B&PA Public Administration: Kay Gilcher, Health Administration: Wesley Boyer, Art, Architecture and Planning. NSF-SOS Deadline Set The National Science Foundation has announced its Annual Student Originated Studies Program (SOS) for the summer of 1978. This program is open to juniors, seniors, and graduate students from all colleges and schools. The SOS Program is designed to provide teams of from 5 to 12 students with experience in independent, self-directed study in which they initiate, plan and direct their own research activities with minimal supervision. Each project must be problem-oriented and seek an understanding of and possible solutions to a local problem that has immediate relevancy to society. All projects must present an interdisciplinary approach to solving a problem. During the summer of 1977, NSF funded 64 projects nationwide at a cost of $910,000. Two projects were at Cornell. Approximately the same level of funding is anticipated in 1978. The deadline for submission of proposals through the Office of Academic Funding is Oct. 26. Interested students should contact Don K. Enichen. Office of Academic Funding, 123 Day Hall, within the next two weeks. Sorbonne Professor at Cornell Jacques Roger, a professor and historian of science and literature at The Sorbonne in Paris, is in residence through Oct. 15 at Cornell University in his capacity as an Andrew Roger will deliver a free, public lecture at 4:15 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 6 in Kaufmann Auditorium of Goldwin Smith Hall. His topic will be "Evolution: Myth or Theory?" since 1969, Roger has been holder of the Chair of Science at the University of Paris since 1970. He was named a White Professor at Cornell in 1974 and will serve until 1980. Dickson White Professor-atLarge. Roger has made several visits A professor at The Sorbonne to universities outside of France. He has been associated with the Humanists Meeting University of Marburg in Germany, Oxford University in England, To Be at Cornell and Western Reserve University, the State University of New York at Buffalo and Wesleyan Univer- The first meeting ever of the acuse University. Ithaca College. sity in this country. Association of Humanists in the Finger Lakes Area will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday (Sept. 24) in Kaufmann Auditorium of Gold- Tompkins-Cortland Community College and Cornell. The association's second meeting will be held in Novem- Roger first came to Cornell in 1973 as a senior fellow in the Society for 1he Humanities. win Smith Hall at Cornell Univer- ber at Wells College. Charles He is the author of three sity. Frankel. director of the National books, has edited six texts and The free, public gathering will Center for the Humanities in written numerous articles, vir- feature a talk by Rene Wellek. North Carolina, will be the main tually all concerned with the professor emeritus of com- speaker. history of science. parative literature at Yale Univer- sity and a senior fellow at Cornell's Society for the Human- Tokyo Professorities this fall. Histopic is "Reflec- tions on Writing the History of Criticism." In"Many of the humanists at Residence various colleges in our area feel physically and intellectually Chie Nakane. a professor in A colloquium arranged by the Isolated on small campuses and the Institute of Oriental Culture Departments of Anthropology in small departments." said of the University of Tokyo, will be and Asian Studies will be held at Lynne S. Abel, associate dean of in residence at Cornell University 4:30 p.m. Monday. Oct. 3, in the College of Arts and Sciences from Sept. 21 to Oct. 7 in her 165 McGraw Hall. Nakane's top- at Cornell, in explaining the for- capacity as an Andrew Dickson ic will be "Japanese Systems in mation of the new organization. White Professor-at-Large. Asian Perspective." Several members of the Arts College faculty at Cornell have been working for months with representatives from area colleges in order to begin the association. Thirteen institutions During her stay. Nakane will deliver three free, public lectures. The first, entitled "Continuity and Change in Japanese Social Structure." will be at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday. Sept. 28 in Kauf- Robert J. Smith, the Goldwin Smith Professor of Anthropology at Cornell, has referred to Nakane as without question one of a handful of genuinely are in the group. mann Auditorium, Goldwin distinguished social scientists in The colleges involved are Smith Hall. her country, and the only wom- Elmira College, Nazareth College, On Friday, Sept. 30. Nakane an of any prominence in soci- State University of New York at will speak on "Cultural Tradition oloqy and anthropology She has Binghamton, Wells College, and Modern Women" at 12:15 for years been the only professor Mansfield (Pa.) State College. p.m. in 105 ILR Conference Cen- of her sex at Toyko University, far Hobart and William Smith Col- ter. The program is sponsored by and away the most prestigious of leges, Keuka College, Hamilton the Women's Studies Program at Japan's institutions of higher College, Colgate University, Syr- Cornell. education " Job Opportunities Continued from Page 2 Asst or Sr. Asst Librarian (Albert R Mann Library) 'Asst. Professor (2) (Philosophy) "Lecturer (Theater Arts (temp, p/t)) The above are full-time, permanent positions unless otherwise noted PART-TIME AND TEMPORARY POSITIONS Temporary Service Professional (Deans Office. Arts & Sciences (temp f/t)) "Temporary Service Clerical (Minority Education Affairs (temp, p/t)) Admin. Secretary. 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CP02 (Agric Engineering (temp f/t)) Paper Grader (Communication Arts (temp, p/t)) Thursday, September 22, 1977 Smithsonian Chamber Ensemble, Sappho Singers CORNELL CHRONICLE 5 Haydn Festival Continues Musicians from Washington. Barnes Hall Auditorium. Ad- ments. D-C. and Syracuse will come to mission is by donation. Attired in costumes of the Cornell this weekend (Sept. Under the direction of James period, the Sappho Singers, led 24-25) to participate in the Weaver, the Smithsonian by Neva Pilgrim, will sing 13 University's current music festi- Chamber ensemble will play songs—trios and quartets— on val honoring Joseph Haydn. The three short chamber works writ- different aspects of life and love, Smithsonian Chamber Ensemble. ten in several movements for which Haydn composed between fr°m the nation's capitol. and various instrumental combina- 1796 and 1801. The vocalists, in Sappho Singers, from Syracuse, have been invited by the Council '°r the Creative and Performing A|ts and the Department of MuSlc to present a concert of Haydn's divertimenti and partings. The two performances of the Program will be at 8:15 p.m. Saturday and 4 p.m. Sunday in tions: Divertimenti in C Major, No. 11 (The Birthday"), C Major, No. 14 and F Major. No. 20. The strings, winds and horns played by the 12 members of the ensemble, in keeping with the spirit of the Haydn Festival, date from the time of the composer or are modern copies of such instru- addition to soprano Pilgrim, are Jean Loftus, mezzo-soprano; Richard Pilgrim and James Shults, tenor; and Donald Miller, bass-baritone. They are accompanied by pianist Frank Macomber. The vocal quintet and Macomber are active as soloists and ensemble performers at Syr- Catholic Nun to Be acuse University or with area musical organizations and have had extensive professional ex- Sage Chapel Speaker perience elsewhere. 'Haydn's Irony' Sister Elizabeth Carroll. RSM lb|sters of Mercy) and a staff associate at the Center of Con- secular activities. It holds con- Talk Topicsultative status with the Econom- ic and Social Council of the James Webster, associate pro- cern in Washington. D.C.. will be United Nations and has partici- fessor of music at Cornell, will tne speaker at the Sage Chapel pated in many UN conferences present a lecture on "Haydn's ^"vocation at 11 a.m. Sunday, pPt 25. Her topic will be "Selftnjth and Structures." Sister Elizabeth holds a Ph.D. ae9ree from the Catholic Univer- on social policy, including the 1975 Conference on International Women's Year in Mexico City and the 1976 ILO World Employment Conference. Irony" at 4:30 p.m. Friday. Sept. 23, in Barnes Hall Auditorium. The free public event is part of the month-long Haydn Festival being held at Cornell University. Cornell University Libraries' Southeast Asia Collection has been named in honor of John M. Echols, above, professor of linguistics and Asian studies at Cornell, in recognition of the key role he has played in making the collection one of the finest and most comprehensive of its type in the world over the past two decades. ty of America and four honorary egrees from various institutions. _ e was professor of history at 'What Is Believing?' Collection Named;. arlow College in Pittsburgh.Pa.. Or more than 20 years and Series Announcedserved as its president from 1963 to 1966. She has written Honors Professor °r a number of publications on 'e experience of women in the including "Theological 3tes." "Religious Life in Seventies," "Sisters Today" and Notre Dame Journal of Education." A talk entitled "What is Believing?" by Paul L. Homer, professor of theology at Yale Divinity School, will lead off the 1977 fall lecture series sponsored by the Cornell University Graduate Christian Forum. cal implications of the present energy, natural resource and environmental crisis on individual life styles. Sutherland is president of IMAGO, a charitable consulting society, and was formerly general One of the largest collections in the world of Southeast Asia books, periodicals, newspapers, maps, photographs and other printed matter has been named in honor of John M. Echols, a professor of linguistics and Asian particularly noteworthy," accordinq to Giok Po Oey, Cornell's Southeast Asia librarian," because his extensive activities in behalf of the collection have been carried on in addition to his teaching and research. Professor . 'he Center of Concern is an Homer will speak on the na- director of Inter-Varsity Christian studies at Cornell University. Echols has served as a biblio- aePendent group engaged in ture of faith as perceived in the Fellowship of Canada He has Numbering nearly 135,000 graphic adviser and has main- °cial analysis, religious re- philosophies of Wittgenstein and served as a consultant in the volumes, and now known as the tained a voluminous international ection and public education in- Kierkegaard at 8 p.m., Friday, fields of science, planning, inter- John M. Echols Collection on correspondence that has helped oiving issues of social justice. l t n special stress on the in^ernational dimension. While the enter has strong roots in the "^national Catholic communi^ - 't has participated in many Sept. 30, in Ives 215. A second lecture, "Technical Development and Theological Fallout.' by H. Wilber Sutherland at 8 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 3. in Ives 110, will focus on the ethi- Government Student Receives Kram Award . Ji|l Crystal of Ithaca, a senior n the Cornell University College Afts and Sciences, is the first KerC'Pient of the Judith Ellen ..rarn Award administered nfough the Women's Studies r°Q.ram at Cornell. Crystal, a government major. Will use the award for field work ^ur|ng the spring 1978 semester Ori the Or" en status of in Egyptian professional society. rhe Kram Award was given to as part of a college education and urged the University to make such programs more easily available to others. The Judith Ellen Kram Award was established by her parents in her name as a permanent grant for such a program. The award provides up to $1,000 for use in meeting any expenses associated with the student's project including travel, living expenses and research materials. city development. business analysis, church growth and film production. Sutherland will give a second talk at 8 p.m., Friday. Nov. 4, in 110 Ives, entitled "A Search for Christian Directions in Business Leaderships." He will discuss the effects of the Christian faith on relationships in the business world. Both of his lectures are supported by the Staley Distinguished Scholar Lecture Series The public is invited to attend all lectures. Southeast Asia, the material is housed in Cornell's Olin Library. It is regarded not only as one of the largest but also one of the most comprehensive records anywhere of the historical and cultural developments in the countries of that area. The outstanding growth of the collection in quality and size in the past two decades is credited to a great degree to the efforts of Echols, as pointed out during a dedication ceremony presided over by Cornell Chancellor Dale R. Corson. "Echols's efforts have been 'American Image' Prints on Display "The American Image," an Ben Shahn, Martin Lewis, and exhibition of prints made by George Bellows. bring to Cornell many private collections and rare books." In addition, he has prepared several guides on the use of the collection and has written on problems of library collectionbuilding, Oey said. Echols came to Cornell in 1952 after being associated with the Foreign Service Institute of the U.S. Department of State since 1947. Echols holds the bachelor's. master's. and doctor's degrees from the University of Virginia. Echols, who will retire next year, teaches in the Departments of Modern Languages and Linguistics and Asian Studies. He has given a variety of courses in Asian and European languages and is known for his dictionaries of Indonesian. He has served for years as associate director of the Southeast Asia Program. ^ n e l l by Ruth Kram and Daniel Applications for Kram awards American artists between the Museum hours are Tuesday Under what is known as the *ram (Cornell '48) of West Or- are now being accepted by the two World Wars is on display at through Saturday. 10 a.m. to 5 Farmington Plan, Cornell has a 9e. N.J., jn memory of their Women's Studies Program, 431 the Herbert F. Johnson Museum p.m., Sunday 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., national responsibility to develop au9hter, Judith, a former mem- White Hall. The awards will be of Art through October The Wednesday evenings open until a comprehensive collection on I~6orl| of the ege of Class of Arts and 1977 in the Sciences. It made for research conducted in spring 1978. fall 1978 and prints are part of the museum's permanent collection. 9 p.m. Southeast Asia. designed to support field reon subjects related to the 'Maoismatus of women. It is open to spring 1979. Proposals should outline the problems to be investigated, In reaction against the European abstract and surrealist movements of the time, the majority of Without ndergraduates in any college at Cornell. Mao'h Judith Kram spent the first methods, utility of the findings, proposed schedule, estimated budget and the applicant's quali- American artists chose instead to depict typical American scenes. They consciously sought to es- Lecture Set _ of her sophomore year at fications. A letter of endorsement tablish a national art based on Benjamin I. Schwartz, an au- done significant research on the Ornell i n Boston as an intern from a faculty member signifying indigenous traditions and values. thority on the history and theory broad range of Chinese intellec- 'tn the Governor's Commission his or her willingness to grant The movement ended with the of Communism in China, will tual history. n h the Status of Women. One of , r Papers on sexism in text- °oks was excerpted for publican and is used as a reference by number of groups involved in th|s field. academic credit upon successful completion of the project should be attached to the proposal. The deadline for applications is Dec 1. For more information contact spread of fascism in Europe, when nationalism took on ominous connotations. The exhibition was organized by Barbara Blackwell, assistant to the curator of prints at the deliver a lecture on "Maoism Without Mao" at Cornell University at 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 29. in Kaufmann Auditorium. Schwartz is the Leroy B. Williams Professor of History and Among his books are "Chinese Communism and the Rise of Mao" and "In Search of Wealth and Power: Yen Fu and the West" Upon her return to Cornell, rarn vvrote a p3per analyzing e value of field study programs the Women's Studies Program museum. Among the artists in- The telephone number is cluded are Thomas Hart Benton, 256-6480 John Steuart Curry, Grant Wood. Government at Harvard University. In addition to his work on Chinese Communism, he has Schwartz's appearance at Cornell is sponsored by the University Lectures Committee. 6 CORNELL CHRONICLE Thursday, September 22, 1977 \ Rhodes to Faculty Continued from Page 1 possible to dream and to think and to plan and then to devise ways to implement those dreams and those plans that are worthy of implementation." He discussed the need for "optimization of campus effort." and cited the creation of the Division of Biological Sciences as an example of hteving done this. "It is not clear," he said, "to a newcomer to campus that what was done for biological sciences should not be done with other activities, with other intellectual disciplines here on the Ithaca campus itself." The question, he said, is not whether it is desirable to make some organizational changes "but have we the willpower to carry those out." "Whatever changes are brought about are likely to be contentious. We should not, I believe, be afraid to address them, for that reason alone." He also mentioned what he thought wa> the underutilization of classroom space and the possibility that Cornell may have too many buildings, and that extending the teaching day might be one approach to more efficiency. Rhodes said he was disturbed by the quality of some classrooms and the quality of the environment in which some students and faculty must work. In concluding, he said Cornell has overcome its problems in the past, "simply because it was able to call upon the corroborative strength of its faculty and its administration," ... "and it will do so now." Veterinarian Publishes New Book Dr. Alexander deLahunta, professor of veterinary anatomy at the New York State College of Veterinary Medicine and director of the college's teaching hospital, is the author of a new book on " V e t e r i n a r y Neuroanatomy and Clinical Neurology," published by W.B Saunders Co. He recently presented two papers on neuropathology and one on the teaching of basic sciences in the veterinary curriculum at the annual meeting of the American Veterinary Medical Association in Atlanta. Ga. Campus Council Meeting Rhodes Pledges Support Cornell President Frank H.T. Rhodes met with members of the Campus Council last Wednesday and pledged the administration's support and cooperation in order to provide effective campus governance. Rhodes advised the members to use care in selecting topics for council consideration, set attainable goals, avoid overlap with the work of existing committees and provide strong linkage and cooperation with other faculty, student and trustee groups. In a question-and-answer session, he stressed the importance of maintaining a complementary rather than competitive relationship with other faculty committees. "The faculty is responsible for addressing academic issues, the Campus Council has responsibility in the non-academic areas. The most important work of the council will be done through its committees which will have policymaking responsibilities and play a major, influential role in determining the quality of campus life," Rhodes said. He also said, whenever possible, he would make available necessary information, such as budgetary and tuition figures, in order to provide the Campus Council opportunities for informed discussions on campus issues before any final decisions were made. He listed a number of issues which he felt the council should address: consideration of the Report of the President's Committee to Review the Judicial System, Statement on Student Rights, campus calendar problems, campus safety and security and planning for future enrollment. The Judicial Review Committee, which was headed by Joseph H. Bugliari. then professor of agricultural economics and professor of agriculture and business law, completed its work last April The Campus Council referred the report to its Codes and Judicial Committee with a request for an evaluation as soon as possible. The council also outlined three areas of interest for consideration: admissions and financial aid, campus safety and security and implementation of Title IX legislation. Trie chairman of the Councils Committee on Committees (COO, Scott E Robinson, Arts and Sciences '78, reported that the committee had completed most of the employe and student staffing of the council's other standing committees and expected to finish within two weeks. The council also discussed a plan to reduce the numbers on the Investment Advisory Committee from eight to six and to restrict membership to trustees. The plan was outlined in a letter from Trustee Nelson Schaenen Jr., chairman of the Investment Committee of the Board of Trustees. Previously, four appointees to the advisory committee were selected from the University community-at-large. The Investment Committee requested that the COC appoint one faculty trustee, one employe trustee and one student trustee to serve on the advisory group. Rhodes told council members he had met with Schaenen on the subject of the composition of the Investment Advisory Committee and that Schaenen was not inflexible in his decision. The council voted to designate a small group of members to discuss the matter privately with Schaenen in October when the trustees will meet in Ithaca. The next council meeting was set for 4:45 p.m. Tuesday, Sept 27 Bulletin of the Faculty FCR Meeting Wednesday Sept. 14, Ives 110 An easy quorum was reached but shortly after scheduled meeting time of 4:30 p.m. In the absence of a speaker. Professor J. Robert Cooke having stepped down after two years of it. the meeting was brought to order by Dean Byron Saunders. Pointing out the problem and the need to elect a new speaker, he called for nominations from the floor. Professor deBoer nominated Professor Peter Stein of Physics for the post. There being no further nominations, it was moved by Professor Robin Williams that Stein be elected by acclamation. A loud affirmative voice vote was sounded. Speaker Stein came down to assume the podium and called on the dean for his report The dean called attention to his circulated Annual Report and chose not to repeat any of it for the FCR, quickly disposing of that. He urged FCR members to put the body's meeting dates' on their calendars: except for January, they fall on the second Wednesday of each month. He reminded the Faculty of Provost Knapp's notice that all classes have been cancelled between the hours of 10:10 a.m. and 1:10 p.m. on Thursday. Nov. 10, in order that all may attend the inauguration exercises for Cornell's New president. It will be the individual Faculty member's responsibility to arrange the make-up period. He urged the Faculty also to be mindful in their plans of the current Jewish holidays For those planning a sabbatical leave next year, the dean said he had notice (and information) from Corpus Christi College in Cambridge that they would entertain requests for arranging accommodations there if application is made by Nov. 1. For the record, the dean announced the names of those elected in the spring at the end of the academic year to seats on the FCR Executive Committee and on the new Campus Council. Four tenured seats on the former were taken by Richard D. Alpin (Agricultural Economics), Arthur L. Bloom (Geological Sciences). Robert G. Calkins (History of Art), and Raymond T. Fox (Floriculture): one nontenured seat was taken by Larry 0. King (Modern Languages). Those elected to the Campus Council were Njoku E. Awa (Communication Arts). Frederick T. Bent (B&PA). Stephen B. Hitchner (Avian Diseases), William F. Mai (Plant Pathology), Robert McGinnis (Sociology), Paul R. Mclsaac (Electrical Engineering), and David L. Ratner (Law). (These and those standing for election with them deserve commendation for their willingness to put their effort behind an uncertain venture, of promise or ill fate, depending larcmlv on the community response. P.L.H.) Finally, the dean reminded members of the will be fostered through fellowships and full Faculty meeting a week hence, at which research assistantships to students whose in- time the University president will make his terests involve topics germane to the center first formal presentation to the Faculty. At that purpose. meeting, following the president's remarks, Various benefits to the University accrue: there will be discussion of the preliminary the interests of the center are timely; means report, to be circulated, of the Dean's ad hoc will be available for bringing outstanding committee considering the reorganization of scholars in the field to the campus; the center the Faculty Depending on how the discussion is a vehicle for colloquia: it provides a method goes, an appropriate resolution will be moved for conducting workshops; and it can establish dictating how the committee should proceed a series of publications. from there on out: An important meeting; at- There will be a director, an executive com- tendance is urged. mittee, and an advisory committee, the direc- The speaker then called on Dean Lance, tor being responsible for the day-to-day opera- chairman of the Committee on Academic tions. It will have no Faculty of its own nor will Programs and Policies, for a report pertaining it offer courses of its own "Any courses given to a proposal and resolution for the establish- by faculty affiliated with the center must be ment of a Center for the Study of the authorized by a specific department or school, American Political Economy This has been a and. as such, will be subject to the normal ap- long process, he reported, the proposal having proval and review procedures of the host been studied for seven months, going through department or school." several revisions, the last of which (and ap- "The center will finance its activities from proved by CAPP) has been distributed to FCR new outside funds provided for its explicit sup- members port — expendable gifts, endowment income, The purpose of the center is possibly best foundation grants, grants from government spelled out in the first paragraphs of the agencies and corporate gifts." proposal sent to FCR members: While the center is designed to be inter- "Perhaps because it is so central a part of collegiate, it has been developing as a func- our cultural inheritance, the private business tioning institution over the past two years with economy and its basic institutions have not a base in the College of Arts and Sciences. been a well defined area for systematic Dean Lance moved the adoption of a research and far-reaching inquiry in leading resolution that the FCR approve the proposal American universities. Rather scholarly in- to establish the center "subject to the normal terest in such matters has proved to be either periodic review procedures applicable to all highly specialized and ad hoc in nature or of University centers ' It was seconded. the pragmatic type often identified with The former chairman of CAPP, Professor schools of business. For this reason, the Henry Riccuiti. was called on to outline the writing and teaching that have emerged have committee considerations. He indicated that tended to be dominated by problem oriented there had been three prime concerns. First, the criticism that is usually, although not always, committee sought to ensure that a diversity of adverse or by teaching and research that are viewpoints would be entertained at the center highly specialized and functional in purpose. With present support coming from but two "In the most general terms, the goal of the private donors, reasonable protection against center — is to overcome this scholarly deficit, any political restraint was felt to be essential. not by propaganda and idealogy, but by en- The committee is persuaded that the center is couraging systematic and comprehensive aimed at openness and that this issue is research and teaching directed to the perma- satisfied. Second, concern was paid to the nent problem of personal liberty — in short, governance. The center does not make in- thephilosophy of the free society." The center dependent Faculty appointments; they will will be concerned with the "relationship always be joint with some other department. between private initiative and the private sec- A director directs daily doings, an executive tor on the one hand and government on the committee chaired by the provost, will make other, as regards the choice and pursuit of the major decisions; an advisory committee basic social and economic purposes." consisting of people both in and out of Cornell, "The study of political economy must strive will serve to keep the center on track. Third. always for truth — the professional goal of its the committee worried about the relationship proponents must be objectivity." of the center to other academic people So far. The center will organize a curriculum of departments involved are economics, history, courses of various types and levels of government, and the Law School The sophistication, and focused on the American proposal has been circulated to those poten- system; some will be based on a single dis- tially involved and wide support has been cipline such as economics, others on multi- earned The Economics Coordinating Commit- disciplines such as economics and govern- tee has endorsed the proposal unanimously ment. General education courses on the topic and is enthused over the broad participation it of the center should be available to all un- provides. The dean of the School of Industrial dergraduates — educated people need better and Labor Relations and the Department of to be informed in the area. Special courses in Rural Sociology have also endorsed it In sum- private enterprise are being considered for mary. Professor Riccuiti said that CAPP feels it engineers, architects, and students in may make a significant contribution to the aoricurture A araduate and rB