Miami Hurricane, October 08, 1968

              The Mia
Vol. 44 No. 8	Tuesday, October 8, 1968
Board Of Review
Private Sessions
By MF.LANI VAN PETTEN
Hurricane Asst. News Editor
At its third meeting Wednesday night, the Board of Review made the decision to open its meetings to the public for the first time since its formation 10 years ago.
Members of the Board felt that if the meetings were
open to the public, it would help to clear away the mystery that has always surrounded the Board of Review, and help the student body understand the workings of the Board.
Spectators will not be allowed to interrupt unless the rules have been formally
suspended for that purpose.
In other business, the appeal made by John Reagan, USG Council member whose grad e-point average had dropped below the 2.3 necessary to retain his seat in the Council, was rejected by the Board.
Reagan appealed on the
SDS Study Underway
Four Ambassadors ...
to house UM office»
Center Planned
UM President Henry King Stanford announced Sunday that the University has entered into an agreement with the Sheraton Four Ambassadors to establish a center for International and Urban Continuing Education and Conference Services at the Four Ambassadors.
Dr. Stanford said the downtown center is being made possible through an arrangement with developer Nathan Manilow and his associates, builder Harry Salter and contractor Robert L. Turchin.
“The University has for years been seeking suitable headquarters for conducting
its continuing education series closer to the heart of the city,” Dr. Stanford said.
"That we were able to do this without additional University financing is due solely to the cooperation of Mr. Manilow and his associates.”
Dr. Stanford added that a continuing study will be undertaken as to expansion of the University Center to the office tower of the Ambassador Square complex to be completed in 1971.
Operation of the Center will be under the jurisdiction of UM’s Division of Continu-
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By MEl.ANI VAN PETTEN
Aulstant Ntws Editor
Plans to investigate student participation on various campus committees and a scheme to maintain a volunteer army were presented at the SDS meeting Thursday night.
A list of 13 committees with student membership, along with a catalogue of committee positions and functions, were distributed at the meeting.
“We’ve said we intend to work within the existing framework of the University,” Bob Weinberg, chairman of SDS, told the group. “Well, that’s what you’re holding in your hands right now — the entire framework of the University.”
Weinberg charged that student positions on the 13 committees including the Student Board of Publications, the Men’s and Women’s Disciplinary Commit-
tees, the Honor Council, and the Board of Review were simply "spoils jobs from USG.’’
Weinberg charged that a letter sent to women resident students by AWS regarding the SDS petition to abolish curfews was actually sent by the Office of the Dean of Women.
“The reference on the letter was to Miss Janet King, the Assistant Dean of Women,” he said. “Cindy Hill probably wasn't told
about the letter until after It had been formulated.”
When contacted by The Hurricane AWS President, Cindy Hill, refuted Weinberg’s statements. Cindy said she wrote the memo to all women resident students and asked the Dean of Women’s office to run off enough copies for distribution in women’s residence areas.
Miss Janet King, Assistant Dean of Women, initialed the memo before it was mimeographed.
grounds that he was a junior at the time his grades dropped, and he should be considered as a senior.
USG President Mike Abrams testified before the Board to determine the procedure for filling Council seats vacated under these circumstances. The Board decided that a temporary Council member should be appointed by the president until the next Council election.
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A recommendation was made to revise the USG Constitution, which makes no provision for the replacement of Council members.
Appointments of USG and Board members were made to an ad hoc committee to review the relationship between the Board of Review and USG, and the possibility of abolishing or limiting the duties of the Board of Review.
Spirit Week In Full Gear
By JOE SUMMERS
Aitlilant Manaoino Editor
UM Spirit Week festivities will shift into high gear tomorrow, and end hopefully, with an unfortunate experience for LSU’s football team Fri. night.
Gennett: Student Power Old Concept
13th Century Saw Rise of Leftists
—Photo by ALAN VOLLWEILER
Dr. Gennett...
speak» to society
By JOE SUMMERS
AitlMont Man.«ini Editor
Phrases such as “campus rebellion,” “generation gap” and “student power” are nothing new, said UM’s Dean of Men, Dr. Nicholas D. Gennett in a recent speech.
In a speech before the philosophical honor society Epsilon Tau Lambda, Dr. Gennett based his remarks on the theory that higher education has gone the full cycle in history.
Gennett pointed out that the earliest universities, dating back to the 13th century, were the first examples of what is now known as “student power.”
“Initially, universities consisted of bands of scholars who moved from place to place, many times without any seeming sense of direction, and who hired and fired instructors as they saw fit without the encumberance of
dealing with an administrative structure,” he said.
“They studied those things which the students themselves considered to be important.
Isn’t it strange how much the preceeding sounds like the rally points of such national groups as the SDS here In the 20th century?”
Gennett said that while “the generation gap” is a fashionable phrase today, it is not a new phenomenon.' He quoted historical sources stating that between 1800 and 1830 there were six recorded student rebellions at Princeton.
Dr. Gennett pointed to specific examples such as development of fraternities to resist administrative control of social life on campus and student resistance to curriculum which led to the creation of the “elective principle” at Harvard in 1870.
In the 20th century, Dr. Gennett said, there have been several phases of student methods and expression.
He quoted one knowledgeable UM student as defining three major alterations of direction in the 1960’s — “from ‘beer and broads’ to 'pot and protest’ and now we’re moving into ‘rebellion and revolution.’ ”
The mass media, have sometimes managed, through implication, in branding the bulk of the college generation as part of “the new left,” said Gennett.
“My crucial contention is simply that the philosophy of the ‘new left’ Is not that which is currently espoused or supported by the majority of our college students — at least not at the University of Miami,” said Dr. Gennett.
He pointed out that while Continued on Page 2
Events this week range from a parade of decorated cars, to a queen’s contest, to a canned food drive benefiting underprivileged families in the Greater Miami area.
Food collected during the Spirit Week mystery event will be distributed by USG’s department of community affairs. Jeff Orloff, secretary of the dempartment, will work with Chester Byrd, associate director of student activities, in organizing distribution. -A complete schedule of Spirit Week includes:
— Tomorrow: a poster contest on the walk-way between the Student Union
School,
and the Graduate judging at noon.
The Hurricane Howl at 8 p.m. in the Ibis cafeteria with skits being judged by a celebrity panel including Sammy Spear of the Jackie Gleason show, Bill Rico of the Bill Rico Trio, Metro Mayor Chuck Hall. Henry Barrow of radio station WIOD, Dr. Charlton Tebeau, chairman of the history department, and Norman Koski, director of UM printing and mail services.
Finalists in the Spirit Continued on Page 2
—Photo by ALAN VOLLWEILER
Last Year’s Spirit Winners ...
preparing posters for ’68 competition