MINUTES OF MEETING NUMBER twelve
OF THE
sENATE OF mICHIGAN cOLLEGE OF mINING AND tECHNOLOGY
6 March 1962
(Senate Minute pages: 117-125)
The meeting opened at 7:18 p.m., Tuesday March 6, 1962, in the Faculty Clubroom, Dean Kerekes presiding.
The roll was taken. Present were: Group I - Kerekes, Meese, Sermon, Garland, Krenitsky. Group II - Bahrman, Boyd, Dahlman, Hellman, Hesterberg, Niemi, Otis, Price, Romig. Group III - Been, Bovard, Clark, Fryxell, Harrington, Longacre, Makens, Wiedenhoefer, Smith, R.L., Williams, Work.. Group IV - Anderson, H.B., Baker, Bayer, Hall, Johnson, LaJeunesse, Neilson, Oswald, Robert, Schnelle, Weaver.
A quorum was declared present by Dean Kerekes.
The minutes of meeting No.11 were accepted as previously distributed, except for noting Spiroff present as a substitute for Neilson.
Old Business
Report of Committee on Committees - Dean Kerekes, Chairman.
Professor Sermon was appointed to act as Senate chairman during Dean Kerekes' presentation. This report was presented in mimeographed form. Included herein is this report, with the termination date of each committee membership shown as attached by the Senate secretary.
The Committee on Committees recommends the following appointment or reappointments (request copy from Senate Office)
It was moved by Professor Oswald, seconded by Professor Hellman, and passed by voice vote that the nominations recommended by the Committee on Committees be accepted and that all of those nominated be elected by the Senate to these committees.
The Senate divided into Group 2, 3, 4 as specified by membership classification to elect members to the committee on Committees. These groups announced their choice as follows: Group 2: G. Bahrman. Group 3: T.N. Smith. Group 4: L.A. Robert.
Dean Kerekes requested that the term of office of the newly elected members of the Committee on Committees run to August 31, 1964. It was moved by Dr. Schnelle, seconded by Dr. Garland and passed by voice vote that this be accepted. The membership of this committee now is as tabulated.
With the completion of committee appointments, Dean Kerekes resumed as Chairman of the Senate.
The next item of old business was the report of the Academic Standards Committee, Professor T. Sermon, Chairman, on Proposal 2-61 which appears on page 104, Senate Minutes, Meeting #10. The report follows:
A long discussion followed. This is covered in the Secretary's notes attached.
Dr. Work moved, Professor Romig seconded, and final written vote passed Proposal 2-61 as follows:
Resolved: In order to provide for the maintenance of a suitable standard of written English in the College, all instructors will report to their Department Head and to the students' major Department Head the names of students who are exceptionally poor spellers, who use flagrantly incorrect grammar, or who habitually use English that lacks clearness of expression or logical arrangement of subject matter. When a student has been reported for defective English, he shall be referred to the English branch of the Department of Humanities and Social Studies which shall impose such corrective work, privately or in course, as it considers necessary. Satisfactory completion of this corrective work shall be regarded as part of the requirements for the Bachelor's Degree.
The last item of old business was the report of the Curricular Policy Committee: Professor W. Been, Chairman; on the expansion of the curricula of MCM&T for service to non-engineering students to provide several four-year non-engineering programs. Professor Been reported that the committee had held two long meetings and had decided that other matters are of more importance now and that the committee proposed to table the matter. A long discussion followed. The Secretary's notes cover this.
New Business:
Reporting for the Faculty Professional Development Committee, Dr. B. Fryxell, Chairman, stated:
This committee wants to know what to do. It recommended a Sabbatical leave policy. What about promotions in the faculty as responsibility of this committee? An ad hoc committee, appointed February 6, 1961 on academic rank duplicates the work of this committee so this committee has taken no action. The ad hoc committee has disbanded. Records which it borrowed are lost. Now what should this committee do? "Shall the Faculty Professional Development Committee disband?", the Senate was asked.
Secretary's Note: The Sabbatical Leave Proposal #4-59 was introduced 4/15/59. It was finally adopted 3/2/60 by the Senate. No further action is recorded.
Professor Romig asked if private recommendations can be made to committees.
Dr. Makens: What constitutes Sabbatical leave? Several thousands of dollars in retirement figures are involved. Michigan State law prescribes a Sabbatical leave even where the school permits none. Did the committee spell out the Sabbatical leave policy?
Dr. Fryxell: The policy was distributed and should be on file. Leave policies vary with institutions.
Professor Boyd: Item B under New Business is discontinued at the request of Dr. Baker. Dr. Baker prefers to put the Summer Quarter problems in the hands of the department heads since the recently published list of this summer's courses to be offered bears little resemblance to his recommendations.
Professor Romig: A Teacher's Evaluation is wanted by the students. Some students want to "get at" certain instructors. Suggest the Faculty Professional Development Committee investigate.
Professor LaJeunesse: The matter has been presented to the Faculty Association Council by the students. The students feel that they should drop the matter if the faculty disapproves.
Professor Romig: This matter will recur.
The adjourned at 9:30 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
G.W. Boyd, Secretary