1965-02-12

              The
ILLINOIS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY
Vol. 71 Bloomington, Illinois, Friday, February 12, 1965
Faculty Views Move Against
Possible Discrimination
The recommendation proposed
by the Human Relations Committee
in regard to the scheduling of base-games
with southern teams which
do not accept integrated play, was
discussed in the faculty meeting
last Monday.
Athletic Director Jack Horen-berger
announced that he would
"accept the recommendation of the
report submitted by the Human
Relations Committee." Horenberger
stated that he agreed "in principle
to the recommendation," however
he was "not sure that the method
of the new principle was the best."
"Utter Harmony"
Dr. John A. Vander Waal, secre-tary
of the faculty, stated that in
This opinion, "there was utter har-mony
among all members of the
faculty concerning the issue." Van-tder
Waal announced that "final
disposition" concerning the recom-mendation
"will occur at the next
faculty meeting." He noted that
"genuine progress is being made
toward a solution."
Horenberger pointed out that the
present policy has never been fully
invoked due to the fact that "he
has never had a Negro come out
for baseball." Due to this fact no
'alleged discrimination has ever ac-tually
taken place.
The proposed policy recommend-ed
that "we schedule only those
schools willing to accept integrated
play, beginning with the 1965-1966
Registrar Pleased
With 2nd Semester
Registration
'Last week a total of 1,268 stu-dents,
part time, full time and
grads, registered here at Wesleyan.
Wesleyan also welcomed twenty-one
new students.
When asked a'bout the new regis-tration
procedure, Mrs. D o n a 1 d
Reid, acting business manager, was
quite enthusiastic. Besides lessen-ing
the work of the office and the
professors, it also aided in keeping
social science and humanities sec-tions
balanced.
'Mrs. Reid said t'hat having the
students sign on sheets for their
classes was an experimental pro-cedure
preparatory for next year
and the tri-semester.
Students polled about the effec-tiveness
of the new procedure were
in general non-commiittal. The only
complaint was directed toward the
line in physical education. Several
students liked the idea of keeping
the faculty advisors away from the
area where actual registration was
going on. These students felt that
the confusion was kept to a mini-
'mum. Members of the faculty were
glad to have a list of students at-tending
their courses.
school year. We recommend that
the present policy be revoked and
that this revised policy be adopted
at the next faculty meeting." The
preceding statem ent was taken
from the actual committee report.
Involves Southern Trip
The present athletic policy in-volves
the scheduling of baseball
games at the schools which would
not play us if we had a Negro
player on the team. Should a Negro
student make the team prior to
t'he southern trip, he would be
asked to remain at home for that
particular trip, with the under-standing
that the school would
schedule no more such games while
that Negro player remained in
school. This statement was also
taken from the committee report.
The Human Relations Commit-tee
headed by Dr. William White,
rich, Dean Donald Ruthenberg,
John Weistart, and Ginger Bas-kett;
submitted four reasons for
the recommendations:
1. The present policy was in-compatible
with standards of Ath-letic
policy of College Conference
of Illinois.
2. It is inconsistent with the
standards of this University.
3. It is incompatible with our
'school's assured compliance with
the 1964 Civil Rights Act.
4. It is incompatible with moral
and ethical standards assumed by
Wesleyan as a church-related insti-tution.
By CAROL MITES
"Keep the link between vital
knowledge and piety; by virtue of
your piety your knowledge may re-main
responsible." This was the
charge given by Dr. Carl Michal-son
in his address, "Modern Man
and Collegiate Piety," at the an-nual
Founders' Day Convocation,
Wednesday.
In introducing Dr. Michalson, Dr.
Lloyd Bertholf, president of Illi-nois
Wesleyan, stated that in hon-oring
our founders it is fitting to
look back, but we must also find
a point of reference from which to
look forward. He continued by say-ing
that Dr. Michalsohi is very cap-able
for such a task.
Piety-Knowledge Divided
Dr. Michalson, professor of sys-tematic
theology at Drew Univer-sity,
began his search for this
point of reference by saluting the
piety of Wesleyan's founding fa-thers.
He stated that it was one
of John Wesley's goals to "unite
knowledge and vital piety." How-ever,
he said that this question
should be reopened.
"Can we any longer identify with
the principles of our founding fa-thers?"
Dr. Michalson asked.
"Should these two things so long
united, not now be divided?"
He continued by presenting the
Kerner Notes College Expansion
By CINDY FAIRBURN
"I wish more notice would be
given to the accomplishment of our
young people," Governor Otto Ker-ner
said in his address at the 1965
Central Ilinois Scholarship Ban-quet
Thursday, February 4, in the
Memorial Center Ballroom.
He spoke to an assembly of 565
Illinois State Scholarship semi-finalists
and their county superin-tendents
of schools. They represent-ed
13 Central Illinois counties. Illi-nois
Wesleyan University and the
Daily Pantagraph sponsored the
banquet, which was called 'the first
of its kind in Illinois."
Governor Kerner discussed the
CIRSS Places Reapportionment
Proposal Before Student Senate
The Committee to Investigate
Representation in the Student Sen-ate
made its formal report to the
Senate Sunday night, February 7.
Its proposals follow:
A) that Article II Section B of the
Student Senate Constitution be
changed to read:
Section B. The following shall
be the officially elected voting
representatives of the Student
Body:
1. A President, Vice President,
and Secretary.
2. Three members from each
of the four classes of the Uni-versity,
including the class
president.
3. The Commission Chairmen,
petitioning from the Student
Body and elected by the Stu-dent
Senate.
4. One representative per each
housing unit having a capaci-ty
of between 11 and 112 stu-dents;
two representatives
from each unit having a ca-pacity
of between 112 and
187, three representatives
from each unit having a ca-pacity
of between 188 and
262; and four representatives
from each unit having a ca-pacity
of between 263 and
337.
B) that Article I Section C be
deleted in its entirety.
C) that Article V Section A be
changed to read:
Section A. The President, Vice
President, and Secretary shall
be elected during the month of
March and shall take office no
1Eater than the seventih day of
May. Representatives of the
sophomore, junior, and senior
classes shall also be elected at
this time. Other representa-tives,
as outlined in Article III,
Section B, shall also be chosen
at this time. Representatives of
,the freshman class and class
,presidents shall be elected in
the fall during class officer
elections. Representatives of
thousing units shall be elected
in April.
D) that Article VI Section A be
changed to read:
Section A. Each member of the
Student Senate shall have one
vote with the exception of the
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several types of institutions the
scholars might enter. "We are for-tunate
that we have a wide range
of institutions both public and pri-vate."
The governor, who received
his higher education at private in-stitutions,
stated, "We must main-tain
and retain our private institu-tions."
He noted that "at one time,
60 per cent of college people in the
state attended private institutions;
today that ratio is reversed."
Explains Master Plan
"If I had my choice of buildings
or people, I would much rather
have people," he said in reference
to the state's policy in educational
expansion. He mentioned that five
thousand students had been turned
away from the University of Ili-nois
this year.
"The Illinois Board has drawn up
a master plan," Governor Kerner
stated, which will mean much to
the future of our state. This plan is
designed to meet the problem of
increased enrollment."
According to him, the plan calls
for expansion of the present junior
college program. "It costs so much
less for the state to provide the
first two years of higher education
at a two year institution." He
pointed out the importance of this
fact for a "great many talented
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Leaders Wanted
Petitions for Commission Chair-men,
Judiciary Committee, and
Special Events Chairmen for Moth-er's
Day, Dad's Day, and Home-coming
are available at the Center
desk. These petitions will be due at
4 p.m. on February 14. Elections
will be held at the February 21
Senate meeting which will begin
at 8:30 p.m.
Petitions for Senate Executive
officers and class representatives
will be available at the Center desk
at 8 a.m. February 26. These peti-tions
will be due March 5 at 4 p.m.
Primary elections will be held
March 15 and final elections will be
March 22.
question of whether modern man
can any longer engage in acts of
faith and mean it. He elaborated on
this by distinguishing between the
modernity of modern man and
modernism.
Piety Modernizes Man
"Modernism," Dr. Michalson
said, "is attacking piety with ev-ery
available technique of the nat-ural
scientists." But he added that
modern man is more than modern-ism.
The real problem of piety in the
presence of modernity, he said, is
what it means to be a modern man.
The answer to this problem, he
stated, is "to know that man alone
is responsible for the world."
Dr. Michalson emphasized that
many people have stressed the
ability of modern man to get along
without God in every phase of life.
To counteract this belief, he said,
"acts of piety are precisely the
acts by which man becomes mod-ern
in the first place and are
guarantees that man will remain
modern."
Men Heirs of God
Dr. Michalson stated that Jesus
Christ, as the son of God, was the
heir of God and responsible for
God's world. However, he said that
Jesus, who called God "our Fath-er,"
made all men the sons of God
and consequently mature, adult,
and responsible for the world.
He further stated that the world
over which we have been given re-sponsibility
may gain responsibil-ity
over us through technological
advances. "Only in acts of piety,"
he said, "do we receive responsi-bility
for the world."
Degrees Conferred
Dr. Michalson concluded by say-ing
that in spite of the popular
belief that "you can't be a modern
man and get God in," this is not
necessarily the case. "Acts of
piety," he said, "are the very acts
through which you can remain
modern."
Following Dr. Michalson's ad-dress,
Dr. Bertholf conferred two
honorary degrees. George Robert
Means, general secretary of Rotary
International, was awarded the
honorary Doctor of Humanities de-gree.
The honorary degree of Doc-tor
of Divinity was conferred on
Rev. Robert Watts Thornberg, pas-tor
of the First Methodist Church
of Peoria.
Carnival Jobs Available
Sign-up sheets for the campus
carnival committee will be circu-lated
Monday, Feb. 15. See the
president of your residence for
further information.
Donor Cards Called For
Please turn in blood donor cards
at the Memorial Center Desk or
pick up blanks if you wish to do-nate
blood. The McLean Co. Blood-mobile
will be at the center on
Wednesday, February 24.
No. 18
Michalson Discusses Relationship
Of Piety And Knowledge Today