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Show TJm SaH 2 O I.ke Tribune- - Sxmlat I" H I , Westminster President Hopes To Solve Institutions Crisis Diane uu I rilnine SI iff N liter Moving from i ormi ate trouble boo ter Id ulleae juesidint sfoniiuglv presents a bin ihallenge in that it minin', a different ghilostqihv and Bv i I H iw C kills but Units F an tin n the thfb ri letersen ru e In hnpes lie hts silvan ie Iele as he wants to hi i al ed on rampus, the Westminster Collet; where he is acting presidtnt feels he d i an use inanv of the skills hi deu lopt as a touch negotiator for Kenmiott C'opiaT (orp lie aNo lielietes that online from another discipline will he as he will hum; no an advantage prei mu options to the oh His teni!ordr administrative s( i Mces are big business s wav of hiding a helping hand to a floundi ring college And his present e on Westminsters tampus is unusual in tel ills oi Ins bai kground Works I p Ladder He s only attended i ollege for two terms himself, having instead worked his w a up the corporate ladder from underground miner to special projects manager at Kennecott Copper Corp As a trouble shooter, Mr Petersen recently resolved an emotional situation in which Kenneiott's expansion is moving Lark, his tiny hometown, otl the map One of the highlights of im career was when the people iof Lark) voted to accept our relocation offer," he said indicating that the successful resolution of the financial crisis at Westminster could become another highlight Has What It Takes' I m turned on, the labor relations expert said If 1 can do this job well. I'll be contributing to a great cause This college has what it takes to become a great school " He came to this small liberal arts college m January, after the former president resigned at the prospect of cutting back the programs he had helped expand The board of trustees was faced with a $1 3 million budget deficit and a grim financial future Robert N Pratt, general manager of Kennecott and a member of W'estnnns ters trustees, offered Mr Petersen's serv ices as a donation from Kennecott His mission is to save the school from financial ruin, and he will stay through June, when a new president is expected to be appointed Why Take the Job? W'hv did he take the job considering his mexjM'nence with education and his fund raising relatively unseasoned skills Realtors List Weeks Sales The Salt Lake Board of Realtors announced last w eek the sale of 236 real estate properties through its Multiple Listing Service for $13,235,962 The sales include 194 residential properties for $10,603,565, 10 commercial properties for $703,830, 14 apart ments and duplexes for $1,233,892 and 18 v acant lots for $694, b95 The average residential property sold for $54 657 during the week, compared 1978 and h to $49,420 during $41,180 two years ago mid-Marc- couni iif' I KiiinngtohMiicno Mtual'v lit huh e he i hue kb c s reipa 1 st Ivihad.i isplanud ith managi nu lit and people prohit m-- and because I didn t i" 'it "Dull about this colli ge nr its ail he objective' when people, streamlining piograms and whipping Hit hi.dgel into shape lie also has been c xjmsed to fund raising as a campaign manager lot I doubt United Wav, but he added there's anyone on this campus pmfos sional in fund raising so we ve hind a iiatnmallv rec ognired consultant ' lot of ( v i HD w - 1 Down to Earth Approni h Mr Petersen's approach to students and educators at Westminster so fai has been described as down to earth" "he tells it like it is Formalin sets up bai ricrs to commumi ation, hi said the Regarding such comniments acting president explained that he tru s to speak pi only and hac k up bis words with actions You're judged b whet you do, not what you sav Further he espouses full disclosutt of problems lnttniall; to the hoaid of trustees and externally to the com munity In some ways, his college inexpt ri ence is a weakness Mr Petersen fee Is Depends on Information 1 don't know thcteiritorial unpu.. the skeletons and must lives rely on input fiom people I work with er I My judgment depends on get good or had information " wh-th- While he's had no formal m magi ment training the burly husnu ssmaii has leai ned much on the job ' You had to learn or go dow n the tube His mining caret r began after a stmt in the Navy when he enteied an underground lead zinc mine m Lark There he got into union leadei ship He feels his home life, guided bv a mother who ran a boarding house foi miners, gave him insight to labor relations Joins Track Gang When he was 30, lie joined a track gang at Kennecott and hi gan Ins climb . lo brakeman, y ardmaster, training department dei k and eventually indus trial relations director for Kennecott s Utah division Although he could retne an time now, he plans to stay with his special problem solving post at Kennecott foi a few more years Meanwhile, he s finding some mti i esting contrasts between w irking foi a huge corporation and a small libeial ollege Better Leadership College management is not su highly stiuctured and requires beter leader people ship he believes And while remain much the same problems among all businesses, he continued college professors who have dedicated their lives to teaching have more intense feelings about what happens to their workplace " Also, he feels Westminster employee s "are not paid nearly as well as they should be Mr Petersen said he s been with Kennecott so long that he has liecn able to organize his workday into a 9 to-- 5 job However, with Westminsters money and management crisis his work week has stretched into si 12 hour day s i t t (): Aiiotner d.tference between industry and his new undertaking - that budgets Drilln g will soon begin at a heie the tn itui line unexj lined area ana when Arizona Nevada and Dt u at cording to Carlton Stow nutt spokesman lor the I tab Depa-tmoNaim a! Mint Goode II, Hui mane has pie to dul a deep exploratory ml and lie w about 12 miles soil'll ot St Geor-- a pist lour miles into riona u tlx 12 4oO foot The well Goode 11 Rasut State is nedilv 50 mi'i from the iigni field in f--a backwards" modulation built in Deep Well T o Probe New Area v Sign Up in Spring on' rails with rmplovees are 'gned ai the spring hi fore the sie of the student Lviv tan he determined he explained Therefore the si bool may end up witt' ton main ot too lew nf (. !i ai In t 3 fV-- Despite fmani tal ( I r- vmi c 11 i s tin i orient Westminster nsis which has killed inter-colligia- athletics and brought on a substantial tuition hike the acting president and o'her Wrstnmett r advo-- c ati s are comidint the si bool will Count His mi.nio.1 nu ut stU in addition to sixakog nlainlv and sometimes !y dung something Fveuit includes it s better than veil make mistakes Also he doesn't belie vi doing nothing that keeps vou in ' a lot of pape rwoi k gc'ting the job done " ' I think the leadership of this mm inumtv is inti ri sted in the quality of life heie, and I'm miifidi nt thev recognize Westminster is needed as a viable d edu alternative to the cation system" Mi Petersen con c hided Like the temporary administrator, I)r Emil Neman an old time Westminster student who now serves as college archivist believes the school will survive Refernng to the college's 104yc.tr history, he said administrators have been in worse shape than this and pullet! through In 1963, fo sample President Ft auk E Dudth i s.ncd after .amount tng the colleges financial piohlems wise insurmountable One of Biggest I rises ( ne of the biggest crises was preupi It almost lated bv Worul War II 1011111x1 them," l)r Nvman said of he administration One yeai the colit ge had tewer than 20 students, and bv 1446 it was bioke Bv selling the old Gunton Meinonal Chape! maw the Salt Lake Costume Co at 170111th East) for $10 Olio and 11 at res east of 13th East (or $4r iioO, the school stayed open Lee Douglas a Westminster spokeswoman, said what the college needs now is for someone to donate $1 million to kick off a major fund raising campaign Is the current c risis sei lous ' It's serious if we don't get the We need $7)0.000 money," she said immediately to oper the doors in the fall But every 14 yea. or so wc reach a crisis financiallv and I m sure we'll see it through " state-supporte- , drill 11 " I ) Pita J vbfg ifcemsiWe" Tribcne Staff Photo by Van E x On loan from Kennecott Copper Corp . James E. Petersen, actetminster College pres- ing ; pis g 4 s Vinoto has disi nvt rv about Pjnr pi 1 ( a 1 0i Od Marathon Fist where t lls v tioodi also plans t well t.l the s.) nu ai ea sure ive ' One thing this i ollege has going for it is the lx aut ful warm mterixjrsimal relationship between teatheis and students Teachers love it here That retain entourages me to think webl students and recruit more " the aitmg piesident said Says Tuition a Bargain He pointed out that even at $2 4l0 a ' way under vear tuition is a bargain the national average approximately and more $3 300) for private colleges cost effluent than public education Theres nothing wrong with this school that sufficient money and im proved management cant coireit " he continued vowing to provide that good management" if tl e commumtv will put their tiust m us h supporting i i'ii! a mih s n s, n'h Z i sti ls gin aid of tin a w ! u !d v Mn hi ;an W ui on-Pqu bin Lo pn par ati ms to d i p n The-- VO W i In t vu 1! mi tl i Coal Co out sk ts of ( t!v lilt jdent, believes hard work and community help will rescue college from financial crisis lit gun ! and Don n the Street Area Ski Resorts Enjoy Big Season t tintimied f roin Page D Serv it e about putting a hit up to Point Supieme But nothing is likilv tins summer Solitude last season In so doing it got pat i tillage of a lot of the holds from mil Snowbird savsMr Jensen the 2 1 rations managi r David says the resort has Forest Service approval for a 1 h00-filong 550 foot vertical rise lift from midway on the Mam Street run to the top of Grant s lLll llu resort, howevei uil1 wad until skier use catches up with hill iapcitv lx fore it puts that idt in plate It will stu k to grooming and maintenance this summer, before its set mid sc ison under new ownership The impending energv shmttall and leiession prospect has many of the operatoi s worried US vulnerabihtv to OPEC machinations is even worse than when OPFC slapped on its ( mbargo in October 197.3 The recession ot l''7l 75 pi mod vi iv painful to many US p.utou tarty those whose operations inth.did real estate dt velopments On the plus side of crisis Tins who, m general have a live today bn tomotrow we die philosophv - did not slacken much on their vat ation plans Snowbird s Ray Hixson is reasonable cheerful Patronage, he said, is gent r ally by the young, young marrteds and the wealthy groups whose discretionary spending habits are not a badlv impacted by recession as are those of breadwmneis of average American families Brighton resort which has the lopu t ation of being the first to open ami dosing only alter the last dog is hung, intends to maintain that reputation Gil Jensen savs It kept the Majestic lift operating until May at least on weekend basts ujK w VI' a DETROIT (AP- )- i uled loiUt and mlit skiing is to boos'. Brighton patronagi next season ' We were not cxattlv nevt V overwhelmed by crowds this season savs Mr Jensen Orem, Utah An Average 11 Gen- ital Motors Corp, th it is d. Choice Condominium Property n 2.1 Pore ii i l ixputed This season it will keep both the Majestic and Miiluuit lifts in opet ation unt. 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