Show j the duration of our period of formal learning some degree concerned with religion By culturally defined institutions of the World us For most of to been at least ’i mean the rpiirion profess "good” us For some of which love etc "Our Religion is our Life” for others Reli both troublesome and advantageous depend a Force merely Lupon the frame of reference and the point in time a concern for the individual as a unit in We all seem to share concern motivates us in attempting This mankind of the system life to some logical acceptable fulfilling our find approach lo our existance both on individual and social needs and explaining levels I the progress report— we haven’t arrived yeti recently checked feel tempted or driven to take a particular dogma to heart those who do not share our reason for and ap and just tolerate — think peace existance to this proach When we BOB MOORE 62611300 the Best Interest Senate substitutes be allowed to vote during Senate? feel a free substitution is alright others say only THE elected Senator has the right to represent his “people” I was compelled Standing in between the two extremes views to stay with existing standards established previously and note Should Some no' amendment had become a part of the ASUSU Constitution my entire college in my absence would be mute unrepresented This letter although pertaining specifically to my office as If this Humanities and of the Senate Arts Senator relates in general to most all member I was elected as the sole representative of my col found out it was a job that required much assistance this reason I established the Humanities and Arts Forum and Eventhough I soon lege For appointed an administrative assistant The Forum along with my included in all action presented in Senate this assistant have been year During felt my entirely VOTE Many Senate absence since May due to the flu I confident in having my assistant sit in for me and only " other of my given his Note: Psychology David R Stone has observations on a cur rent controversy here at USU We present them here) There is no pro and con about it there should be course eval uation and teacher evaluation It does seem strange however that it should cost so much to get such shallow data Such money would be better spent for Biafra There are good models for successful evaluation now available and for free That is free except for the time and effort needed to A Social Need Students Dear (Editor’s Professor make them work t Not BY DAVID R STONE enlarge my perception of the world? Other questions are relatively trivial Of course fair-nes- s is needed and recourse to a student-facult- y group would be useful The independent scholar is motivated mostly by himself or should be Answer The answer to the evaluation problem lies in making the pre sent system work not in setting up a new system Every college at USU now has an evaluation committee Most have developed individual evaluation systems of useful value They1 cost nothing The weakness is apparently com mon throughout the academic world--thehave not allowed for responsible student participation on these college commit tees In fact there has been y Some power oriented (somewhat sadistic) profs enjoy put ting student names on the wall with grades This is somewhat like having your doctor put your heart or liver’s condition on The idea of evaluation is excellent and if not welcomed is recognized at least as asocial need But display by students or teachers is a rather adolescent game that doesn’t produce very 'productive results This game dis-pla- y al-s- o includes the "we’ll reward the best” theme that is deceptive When a valedictorian is chosen on a decimal fraction as “best” for example this is hardly fair to several others who are near Selection "systems” are rather poor in general Most of us have a changing roster of "best” after a few years anyway progress on some depart ments and colleges in this regard The work of the student-facultgroup in the College of Social Science under Dean Harmon and curriculum group are current examples Course syllabi should be available in each college This should be the push It could be prod’ live It is much easier to sit outside and howl about a system than to pitch in and make it work y Appreciate Cooperate The important thing is that most teachers and students sugges-tion- s appreciate In some progressive and innovative schools these discus sions are “on the record” as evaluation seminars I know of no college at USU which would not keep the files open on this kind of discussion Where this became routine changes in courses could be accompanied by an evaluation seminar in which students would be invited to participate with the instructor in a frank discussion of any detail of the course But this takes work and effort on both sides so it probably won’t be done Here is where a given senator could make a real contribution - in his to the own uni-versi- student-teacheteam approach seems to have the most potential for permanent improve-men- t even on a partial basis This kind of approach could be a cause for deserved pride in the kind of teamwork that is far too infrequent nowdays Also it would avoid the too much and too early or too late kind of behavior that character izes teen-agrebellions r imi-tativ- e JIM GORDON’S SERVICE 355 N 50 W 752-845- 1 Senate colleagues have developed similar administrative structures that allow the opinion of their constituents to be heard not those of the Senator himself just Random and careless substitution in Senate which unfortuna ueiy has happened also has no An amendment to the de Purposes campus forum One of the problems of eval has to do with kinds of uation proposal likewise defeated would have allowed one spe cific person to purposes seen in different class-erepresent the office vacated Some are purely for personal While seeing that the constituents are represented this propand others are required growth osal also screens haphazard and misleading representation because society demands proven Change is necessary but the order of change proposed last competence is to be eek could not Variety realistically be in the best interest of the student cultivated and exploration on the basis of pass and fail scores but each of us demands compe Dear Editor: LARRY CRANDALL tence on the part of the pro I’ve lived in Happy Valley since 1965 Before I depart I would like Humanities and Arts Senator fessional and depth in the part to make some general observations for public record of an educated man Obviously My first observation is that you don’t have to live in a ghetto to the student’s and the teacher's feel the plight of poverty I believe Logan has its own ghetto prob set is different in different kinds lem No there are no tenements like you see on the tube They’re of courses The teacher is not spaced out but they still exist here You don’t have to live in a ghetto XX to be poor and undernourished You can find this condition in almost going to entertain a class of surgeons If they every city in the country To the not to be interested there Editor My second observation is also to some of my associates who is a real question as to whether will always have Cache Valley in reserve To escape the BRAVE not NEW WORLD in other words Progress they should be in the field or Yes I too believe Logan is in reserve Reserve according to But of USU’s fine the Usunlroutine Sponsor Corps during halftime of compared to what? Obviously a Webster is to keep in store for furture or other use to keep Jexas state basketball game brought some rather simple IBM scale with poorly back for a time to withdraw So if my associates would like to with Perpiexive th in° mnd’ 1° most higher animal species 0U5 eluding draw THIS IS THE PLACE? the phrased questions and with of ty of human for used and defense DONNA NADEL cultures hunting territnrh01" complete returns and been an exclusive male function In contrast the Student Wife all classes as tried at the Undelightful yv more cr°mosome bearers traditionally have found a iversity of Utah is of little value ly‘0riented role- The It was generally a washout and ell us such "meek that many women rebel from line up and get your and apart from some newspaper from the physio-melegists we i Also little roles had permanent rn ba women VJJS Savings Bonds! may be physiologically stronger than The problem of evaluation Women on the average do live over two solved men years longer than is far too complex to be with a simple scale y combining the Can above rambling observations I 0 fppi clde that USU tts Sponsor Corps (not to ex Logan n Ph°Ud Sch°ol S?h°o1 and perhaps Jr High elementary etc ) the initiative in bringing out US service Rating Cars home frr6 are yiet Narn Cheer up fellows— the replacements coming! In a small way the sameprob Montagu’s in ea aba all human aggression is learned hovers lem is seen in rating cars Even ®anactnev e background Now bef in the simple world of cars (as are °re the vitrl°lic tnk sweet young ladies of USU attack me with compared to persons) there mus depending standards rls you ba classes and aware of the argument that partid the aims and objectives of of sucb sake upon for the constructive particinfn groups purely for ”°n and servfce I merely wonder why the the construction In classes C?T °f the the teaching for professions teacher uniforms (comhafoN1 orSanization must be so perfect and question is Did the even less weapons Couldn’t something °f t 0n tban a weapon be used in a drill routine? present material representative 1 pup5c6SS what the competent profession of M°are school Service right that would emasculate such 0r should know? Other questions in- al erest the with !ations Besides how many eyes watch Ua 6 relatively trivial In s and their two evpl? umbrellas? (Us- - become the per feiiow f) classes for there Was is: basic question could material in course which IG PALMBLAD place feated s Escape the Reserve Delightful pro-specti- hap-pe- n S1 °ss ty n ef-fe- pre-®e- -- ae mimi-fthbo- ba-si- c sym-""N- o “non-aggressiv- ty area The e |