Page °T om " THE MICHIGAN DAILY Friday, January 24, 1969 Page Ten THE MICHIGAN DAILY Friday, January 24, 1969 RC faculty reaffirms support of pass-fail SIT-IN REJECTED: SGC declines to alter by-lain 1 (Continued from Page 1) 'A', it gets done by some mem- ber of the staff anyway." Prof. Sheridan Blau, chairman of the Pass-Fail Study Commit- tee, added that "it is unfair to judgeq RC students on the basis of verbal evaluations and LSA students on the basis of grades. It is inevitable unfair to one side or the other." Blau initially suggested t h a t Residential College instructors at- tach grades to their written eval- uations, or ask that LSA appro- priate proportional scholarship funds for distribution according to RC's own criteria. "Any dogmatic commitment to a single grading system without reference to its educational sign- ificance is foolish", Blau declared, advising that the RC retain pass- fail in a limited number of cour- ses. Committee member Jeanne Brockman, '71, objected that the adoption of a grading system would compromise the RC's ex- perimental educational purpose. "The fact remains", she insist- ed, "that there are 40okids in this college who were attracted by pass-fail. If it were eliminated, a lot of us would leave RC." Prof. Alfred Meyer supported her position. "One of the purposes of the college is to permit stu- dents to liberate themselves edu- cationally," he said. "I would suggest that after a student has been here two years, he should have an automatic pass option, and that his evaluations not be entered in the record. A student will do the work accord -ing to his own interest and not because of some arbitrary bureau- cratic system of measurements. "We (the faculty) can't alwaysI be the judge. The grading system is an indignity to both students and faculty. I would admit an exception only where a student's progress is readily measurable, suchas language studies." In response to insistence that some students' education depends on the availability of a scholar- ship, teaching fellow Lois Addison proposed that funds be solicited for an RC scholarship fund. She said that "if we give up pass-fail, then the legitimacy of the RC as a more expensive educational al- ternative to LSA would be elim- inated." Dean Robertson pointed out that standard criteria would also be necessary for determining schol- arship recipients even within the RC. He added, "I can't see why adding a grade would vitiate a whole semester's working relation- ship between student and teach- er. , We are developing standards in our students within an imper- fect world. If this can't be done without the sinful stamp of an 'A' on the bosom, then it can't be done without sin." During the meeting, Blau re- versed his earlier position. "I've realized," he said, "that the most important thing is our relation- ship with our students. I think what the students will gain and what we will gain more than off- sets our possible, losses. (Continued from Page 1) to respond soon to these legiti-1 indicate Council opposition to mate demands, he said, most stu- . dents will probably support a sit-! changes in the language and dis- in. tribution requirements, according The legitimacy of any conclus- to one Council member. ion which might be reached at The motion, submitted by Bruce Levine, contended that the faculty "has no right to impose compul- sory distribution courses.' mnaa mass meeting wa ques- tioned by several Council mem- bers. "We don't know exactly how representative of student b o d y feeling the meeting will be," said !with the timing of the sit-in. They feel that all the means for change within the system have not yet been exploited. Gayle Rubin countered by say- ing all the legal means had al- readybeen exhausted. "We're not being unreasonable here," she ar- gued. "The faculty is the unrea- sonable one." "I don't see us doing any harm to our constituency at all," Koen- eke said after the meeting. I Central Student Judiciary 3 seats open for GRADUATE Students Sign up for interviews at SGC Offices, first floor SAB by Tues., Feb. 4th It charged that since "quiet one member. I I '. '. - - - I pressure has failed to produce a change in the attitude or policy of faculty," there remained no Other representatives disagreed 6 other alternative but to engage in disruptive activities. Levine asked for Council sup- port in order to "further student control over their own lives." At-large member Mark Rosen- baum, in opposing Levine, said he had been discussing the sit-in with a random selection of stu- dents and expressed doubt over student support for. disruptive ac- tion at this time. However, if the faculty refuses f( WHY. is ULRICH'S Ann Arbor's busiest bookstore? THERE must be a GOOD Reason- 4 *Eflt&'S ®. L ...................... . X1111 D IA& 9 G.OD.I. S N * + 1 SING DANCE ACT' would you like to PAINT SCENERY WRITE MUSIC COMPOSE SONGS La dl rd "We have already seen that: Lan or s pass-fail works in establishing the kind of educational values we want," Blau declared. "The rein- hol d key totroduction of a competitive sys- tem would destroy these values." "This college sees itself as a re n sir. e non-competitive island in a com- S L petitive world," objected Prof. Richard Stewart. The RC is not (Continued from Page 1) about grades or even about pass- of the strike extend beyond the fail. It is a community of educa- recruitment of strikers. Legal aid tion in the 'core' courses, and it is will be an important concern working closely with students. throughout the strike and a legal "It is not about progress or in-: defense committee, composed of dividual effort, it is about achieve- law students, has been formed. ment," he, continued. "The failure The law students will act as to distinguish the poor achiever lawyers' aides, do research and is also the failure to distinguish prepare briefs. Some will be as- those who achieve more." signed to individual tenants with Blau contested this as "imita- an eye toward "preventing evic- tion of the outside system," and tion and avoiding immediate judg- proposed that "at the end of the ments against a striker." sophomore year, a student's teach-I So far, the strike committee has ers would simply recommend counted about 500 pledges, but whether or not a student should: more have not yet been reported remain." by organizers. The committee Meyer expressed hope that "we hopes the number of pledges "to could certify any student who has rise sharply" in the next week. been here four years, as a studious In any event, most students and high - achieving individual. sympathize with the goals of the Our students may have difficulty strike, according to Stu Katz, in getting into graduate schools. Grad, a member of the steering "But we should try the experi- committee. "We're involved in the ment this time, and make it stick! process of convincing people that by arguing responsibly for it," the strike is a low risk, high pow- Meyer said. "The costs must be ered operation," he says. Many made clear to the students. We: students apparently fear eviction can make this opportunity avail- or legal charges if they withhold . able, but they must make the de- rent, according to Katz. cision to accept it." Summer Flights to WRITE SKITS ? 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