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September 22, 1961 Office of Public Information Vol. 2 No. 1
PRESIDENT SEES BRIGHT PROSPECTS As UM opens its 36th academic year, President Pearson
sums up the state of the University as follows:
MAs I said to our Administrative Council Sept. 4 and to our faculty Sept. 10, I am convinced that the University1s overall prospects are brighter than ever.
’’Great as our material gains have been in development of plant and in upbuilding of financial stability, our most significant forward strides have come in academic acceptance and in scholarly recognition.
”1 am not concerned about journalistic sensationalism, trumped-up photographs or superficial reporting. Such must be lived with by every American institution during this cold war. Such is irritating, but insignificant.
’’What I am concerned with is that we continue to exert ourselves to the utmost to achieve our potential as an institution of higher learning.
”To me, as your president, the most challenging and truest measure of the growing respect for our University is that everyone who gets to know us, be he educator or layman, while saying kind words about our present stature, emphasizes our future potential.
”1 am often asked about our future size. My own thinking has set an absolute ceiling for Main Campus of 13,000 full time undergraduate students, preferably 12,000.
Graduate students may reach 3,000 to 4,000, depending on our resources. I believe that if we ever exceed these enrollments, we shall do so by establishing teaching centers in other locations.
”In any expansion, our keynote must be quality.
”0n the material side, I am convinced that a great deal of money will come to us in the next several years, but we must convince those to whom we look for major gifts that we are a good university, with great promise, and that we operate sanely, economically and fairly. On these lines we are doing a good job, a job comparable to the job we are doing on intellectual and scholarly lines. Year before last we had a small deficit.
Last year we erased the deficit and were comfortably in the black. This year may give us problems, but none which we cannot solve.
”As our financial position continues to grow stronger, we look forward to faculty salary increases, as rapidly as funds are available. No one is more aware than I am of what needs to be done in this area.
’’During the past year we have carried on a great deal of re-study of our institution and its procedures, called for by our faculty self-study program.
’’This was particularly timely and worthwhile, because in 1964 we will embark on a searching new self-study. This will precede a complete inspection of the entire institution by the Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools and representatives of all other accrediting agencies concerned.
”In any institution such as ours, still assuming form and still developing, many procedures are bound to be experimental until tried and tested by use. What works well elsewhere does not necessarily work well here. As we continue to go forward, I urge all of us to continue thinking about our procedures and techniques and always to be prepared for change and adjustment for the better.
”As I look back over my 35 years of association with our university, certain qualities that it has possessed since its beginning stand out:. These include integrity, sincerity, courtesy, fair play and a fierce zeal for excellence.
”1 am convinced that as we continue to be guided by these principles, as individuals and as an institution, we shall keep on moving forward toward a future unequalled elsewhere in America.
’’From every angle, our present is encouraging and our future is exciting.”
NEW TITLE, NEW DEADLINES As can be seen at page top, your Weekly (two ”eTs” please,
not ’’ea”) starts off its second year with a new heading. f,VERITAStT firmly intends to live up to UM’s motto, ’’Magna Est Veritas” in reporting what is happening and being planned on the biggest independent University campus in the Southeastern United States. To help us present timely, factual material, we earnestly solicit your cooperation in sending information for ’’VERITAS” to the Public Information Office not later than Wednesday noon each week. Because of the possibility of error, no telephoned information will be accepted. Written material received after Wednesday noon will not be considered for the current issue but will be filed for the next issue. Notices of an advertising nature (such as rentals or sales) will not be accepted. The Hurricane offers opportunities for such.
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| Full Text | September 22, 1961 Office of Public Information Vol. 2 No. 1 PRESIDENT SEES BRIGHT PROSPECTS As UM opens its 36th academic year, President Pearson sums up the state of the University as follows: MAs I said to our Administrative Council Sept. 4 and to our faculty Sept. 10, I am convinced that the University1s overall prospects are brighter than ever. ’’Great as our material gains have been in development of plant and in upbuilding of financial stability, our most significant forward strides have come in academic acceptance and in scholarly recognition. ”1 am not concerned about journalistic sensationalism, trumped-up photographs or superficial reporting. Such must be lived with by every American institution during this cold war. Such is irritating, but insignificant. ’’What I am concerned with is that we continue to exert ourselves to the utmost to achieve our potential as an institution of higher learning. ”To me, as your president, the most challenging and truest measure of the growing respect for our University is that everyone who gets to know us, be he educator or layman, while saying kind words about our present stature, emphasizes our future potential. ”1 am often asked about our future size. My own thinking has set an absolute ceiling for Main Campus of 13,000 full time undergraduate students, preferably 12,000. Graduate students may reach 3,000 to 4,000, depending on our resources. I believe that if we ever exceed these enrollments, we shall do so by establishing teaching centers in other locations. ”In any expansion, our keynote must be quality. ”0n the material side, I am convinced that a great deal of money will come to us in the next several years, but we must convince those to whom we look for major gifts that we are a good university, with great promise, and that we operate sanely, economically and fairly. On these lines we are doing a good job, a job comparable to the job we are doing on intellectual and scholarly lines. Year before last we had a small deficit. Last year we erased the deficit and were comfortably in the black. This year may give us problems, but none which we cannot solve. ”As our financial position continues to grow stronger, we look forward to faculty salary increases, as rapidly as funds are available. No one is more aware than I am of what needs to be done in this area. ’’During the past year we have carried on a great deal of re-study of our institution and its procedures, called for by our faculty self-study program. ’’This was particularly timely and worthwhile, because in 1964 we will embark on a searching new self-study. This will precede a complete inspection of the entire institution by the Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools and representatives of all other accrediting agencies concerned. ”In any institution such as ours, still assuming form and still developing, many procedures are bound to be experimental until tried and tested by use. What works well elsewhere does not necessarily work well here. As we continue to go forward, I urge all of us to continue thinking about our procedures and techniques and always to be prepared for change and adjustment for the better. ”As I look back over my 35 years of association with our university, certain qualities that it has possessed since its beginning stand out:. These include integrity, sincerity, courtesy, fair play and a fierce zeal for excellence. ”1 am convinced that as we continue to be guided by these principles, as individuals and as an institution, we shall keep on moving forward toward a future unequalled elsewhere in America. ’’From every angle, our present is encouraging and our future is exciting.” NEW TITLE, NEW DEADLINES As can be seen at page top, your Weekly (two ”eTs” please, not ’’ea”) starts off its second year with a new heading. f,VERITAStT firmly intends to live up to UM’s motto, ’’Magna Est Veritas” in reporting what is happening and being planned on the biggest independent University campus in the Southeastern United States. To help us present timely, factual material, we earnestly solicit your cooperation in sending information for ’’VERITAS” to the Public Information Office not later than Wednesday noon each week. Because of the possibility of error, no telephoned information will be accepted. Written material received after Wednesday noon will not be considered for the current issue but will be filed for the next issue. Notices of an advertising nature (such as rentals or sales) will not be accepted. The Hurricane offers opportunities for such. |
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