Show The Letter By Kevin Riley George Gibbons Vice President of Public Relations said that officers were unaware of a letter signed for students and faculty faculty faculty fac fac- and containing a number of accusations against College President Dale S. S Cowgill It UIt came to the student- student body officers after it had gone through every news I agency in the country Gibbons said referring to toi i the letter In an informal I poll of students conI conducted conducted con con- I ducted by Points West staff only five had any knowledge of the letter before before before be be- fore it was aired by Channel 5 news on Friday 1 Feb 22 The letter was sent to the news and print media Governor Scott Matheson members of the Board of Regents the Institutional Council and other vocational vocational vocational voca voca- boards The letter was vas also I signed on behalf of the fact fac fac- t Dallas Christensen I president of the CT A said he had talked to many faculty faculty faculty fac fac- members since the letter had appeared but that none none of them were asked to sign the letter When interviewed on Channel 5 Christensen said that there was unrest among the faculty on cam cam- pus He told a Points West reporter later that no special special special cial CT A meeting would be called to affirm the faculty faculty faculty fa fa- culty position in regard to the letter but that a previously previously pre pre- scheduled CT A AI I I s I meeting would be held on March 5 TV interviewed Christensen Cowgill and Joe Baker an electronics electronics electronics electro electro- instructor who announced announced announced an an- his resignation during the news report In Ina a later interview with Points West Mr Baker said he did not write the letter If he had written it he would have signed it he said The letter said We uWe as faculty members desired desired desired de de- sired to sign this letter but having seen the capricious capricious capricious capri capri- cious nature of the current president we know it would mean placing our continuing as instructors of this school in serious jeopardy Baker said his main gripe was his opposition to individualized education He told a Points West report report report re re- port that his main teaching teaching teaching teach teach- ing forte is the lecture type of teaching and most of his students like it that way Baker said he and Cowgill Cowgill Cowgill Cow- Cow gill had spoken on this subject many times including including including in in- the Monday morning morning morning morn- morn ing after Bakers Baker's an an- Baker sai said d he started toying ng wi with th the idea of resignation a year ago and seriously considered it six months back Baker said I UI did not write the letter but said he believed that 75 percent percent percent per per- cent of the faculty on campus campus campus cam cam- pus would sign it if asked The letter is now easier to get on campus than change for a quarter Den Den- nis Houston former president distributed copies of the letter in the College Center Cafeteria during lunch on Tuesday Feb 26 Curtis Smout t Director of the College Center halted Houstons Houston's deliveries In a meeting later that afternoon the College Center Board ruled that if students wanted a copy they could request one from Houston But he could not pass them out like handbills Smout described the letter letter letter let let- ter as poorly written and anda a crackpot effort Houston Houston Houston Hous Hous- ton denied writing the let let- ter The Executive ti ve committee also met Tuesday Tuesday Tuesday Tues Tues- day for their regular ses ses- sion The letter was briefly discussed but no action was taken Cowgill was invited to the session but could not attend due to short notice and a full calendar He told a Points West reporter earlier that he had suspicions as to who wrote the letter Gibbons said he didn't believe the majority of students and faculty were behind the letter but just three or four people The UThe letter speaks for it itself itself itself it- it self with its inconsistency Id I'd be interested in knowing knowing knowing know know- ing who wrote it The letter letter letter let let- ter stated that Cowgill had disrupted programs and had been responsible for demeaning instructors and poor administrative practices |