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Show February 21, 1964 SIGNPOST Page 3 STUDENT Left to right: Mr. Rod Julander, Mr. Larry Evans, Dean Allen, John Hale, Robert Elton and Larry Bishop state their stand. STATE YOUR STAHP A panel consisting of Mr. Evans, Mr. Julander, John Hale, Larry Bishop, Bob Elton, and moderated by Dr. Merle Allen led a discussion of the supposed problem of Academic Freedom at WSC, or "Should the SIGNPOST be censored?" There seemed to be some question as to what Academic Freedom means, and where the responsibility for protecting that freedom lies. Is it with the students of the administration? John Hale opened things by defining Academic Freedom in this way : "Being free to discuss philosophies and ideas any time, anywhere as long as it was not damaging to anyone's character and the individual was not hurt." Mr. Julander said that men were their philosophies and that you can not deal in people's philosophies without dealing in personalities. Mr. Evans finally brought the real question to the panel: That of censoring or not censoring the SIGNPOST. The "big problem" we seem to be faced with at WSC is whether the editor of the SIGNPOST has the right to say whatever he wants to about anyone or anything he wants to. The editor, of course, feels that he should be able to do this. It was brought to his attention that he could if he was willing to take the responsibility for the after-effects of his statements. When the audience was brought into the discussion, there were those for and those against censorship. Some felt that the right to say and do as one feels any time any place has to do with learning and bettering oneself. Others felt that we should learn to make some decisions in what we do and say in order that we do not offend the majority of the people. Others felt that if censorship started in the newspaper it would soon spread to all functions of the campus. Someone questioned the statement made in the last issue of the SIGNPOST concerning the turning of WSC into a "baby" BYU. Until WSC can put itself above having to be censored anyway, there is no real clanger of it becoming a "BABY" BYU, U of U, USU, because until important emphasis can be placed on learning and growing we can't begin to measure up to these institutions of learning. Which is more important: looking at naked bodies in art exhibits, reading slander in the voice of the students, or learning to become better citizens of our community and using this knowledge to help our fellow men. Neither the panel nor the audience at STATE YOUR STAND has vet defined ACADEMIC FREEDOM. HOUSE OF WEDDING ARTS Custom Designing Ready Made Rentals 3284 Washington Blvd. Phone 394-7635 mm KARL JUNG Phillips 66 Service 4201 Harrison Blvd. Phone 393-3412 Tune-up Brakes Exhaust Tires New, Used and Recaps Afternoon and Evening Pick-up Service Free Vacuum Cleaning Service I it It tt GOVERNMENT By Michael Phillips It has been my privilege for the past month to attend the meetings of student government and report about their activities. From my experience meeting with both Executive Council and Senate I would like to make a few observations about an important matter that concerns all of us as students. It has been suggested that at election time this spring, we, the students, be given the opportunity to ratify a new constitution. One of the Senior Class senators, Roger Rawson, is working on this new constitution at the present time. It is the opinion of some of our student leaders that the present constitution is unworkable. It is my contention that rather than "unworkable", our present constitution is simply "not-worked"!Our student government has been laboring this year without the support of a Supreme Court. This court should have been functioning by the second week of Fall Quarter. Recently Ross Robson was asked to be Chief Justice and to appoint two associate justices, yet according to the constitution this is the student body president's responsibility, aside from the fact that there should be five associate justices rather than three. This would place a Supreme Court in a bit of a dilemma since their first act would be to declare themselves unconstitutional!Our student Senate has been a "yes" body to the Executive Council rather than an initiator of student activities and undertakings. Only one time has there been a faculty representative at a Senate meeting since I have met with them, and very few times has there been a majority present. For example, two weeks ago there were six of the sixteen senators in meeting and although the meeting was held, by all rights none of the proposals passed were valid since a majority was not present. A proposal was passed last week in Executive Council to make the Executive Council the final judge of material that should or should not be published in the Signpost when the material might be in bad taste. Regardless of your personal opinion about this proposal, it is not the responsibility of the Executive Council to pass on this proposal but the Senate's. Thus any action taken would be unconstitutional if there were a Supreme Court to declare it so. I have been highly critical of the proposal to adopt a new constitution and some of the actions of student government. It has not been Iresses Wednesday and Thursday, February 19 and 20, a member of the American Psychology Association, a visiting scientist, spoke on the National Science Foundation program. Dr. Kenneth R. Hammond, Director of The Institute of Behavioral Science at the University of Colorado, discussed the place of inference in everyday life, its philosophic roots, the present psychological emphasis on probability and inference, and finally some of the results of empirical studies of inference in the laboratory, as well as studies of clinical psychologists and nurses. Dr. Hammond is the author of some twenty scientific articles and three books. His past research is in person perception, medical education, and methodology. His current research is in the psychology of inference. iiy e m hi Trustees ordered prepared a resolution to the family of the late Professor Lorenzo E. Peterson in recognition of his contributions to the college. Prof. Peterson died last Jan. 23 after a lingering illness. He had been a faculty member since 1939. He was chairman of Technical Education Division. J-'-.lf.j.;B.tfl.micw.i''g-'T Sociology Club Lunch-Workshop The members and advisers of the Sociology Club were guests of the State Industrial School last Friday, February 14, for a luncheon and special lecture held at the Girls' Home at the school. Mr- Pratt, superintendent of the school, presented a short talk outlining the historical changes in the philosophy of the treatment programs employed at the school. He stressed the fact that the S.I.S. is a special type of school devoted to the treatment of juvenile offenders through the use of remedial, vocational, and clinical programs. The second guest speaker was Mr. R. Sowles, S.I.S. psychologist, who presented an interim report concerning a study initiated at the school in 1960 dealing with the development of a student profile and history record for each student at the school. The profile now contains a 700-item report for each student. The data compiled from the profile reports are processed by IBM computers so that delinquency trends in Utah can be predicted and studied. This project also is opening many doors to research opportunities which, until now, were inaccessible because of the lack of statistical information. Special guests at the luncheon include Dr. T. Beck, Associate Prof, of Psychology, University of Utah and Veteran's Hospital; and from the Industrial School, Mr. Lee Richeson, Administrative Aide; Mr. Don Tatten, Director of Social Services, and Mr. J. Millard, group worker. This special program constituted the initial step of a nascent relationship, which is being fostered by the Sociology Club, between this professional organization and various state institutions and social agencies in the Ogden area. my objective to detract from the i good accomplishments of our stu- dent leaders, and there have been some. My objective is to point out that until our present constitution has been tried and proven "un-, workable", we should maintain it i as our guide in student govern-i ment. He will include the personal, needed qualities in a scientist as well as the steps in the scientific method. Wednesday afternoon, Dr. Hammond met with psychology majors and minors for an informal discussion of trends and opportunities. Psych Majors 3 Population of WSC Increases Winter Quarter enrollment' to date shows an increase of 23.8 per cent in day classes, Dr. William P. Miller, college president, reported to WSC Board of Trustees in their monthly meeting Tuesday. The day enrollment reached 3,439 last week, compared to 2,778 students for the similar period of last year, the report said. An additional 1,705 was reported attending evening school, compared to 1,555 a year ago, for an over-all Winter Quarter increase of 815 students. The increase in day classes is 661 students. 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