THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1965 THE MICHIGAN DAILY PAGE THREE; THURSDAY. DECEMBER 2,1965 THE MICHIGAN DAILY .A 1 ] ' 1 Tflit f. '.1 CUNY Resignations Stir Power, Financial By MARY LYONS Collegiate Press Service NEW YORK-Another major university system, this time on the east coast, has run into trouble. Four key administrators of the City University of New York are standing firm on the resignations they sent to the city's Board of Education two weeks ago. The four-City University Chan- cellor Albert Bowker, Dean of Studies Harry Levy, President John J. Meng of Hunter College, and President Harry D. Gideonse of Brooklyn College - resigned after the Board of Higher Educa- tion rebuked the administrators of the university for a lack of "un- divided fealty." In their letters of resignation, both Meng and Gideonse took specific exception to the term "fealty," Gideonse Britisi calling it a "medieval concept."I Bowker wrote that his resignation, was caused by the board's "lack of confidence" in him. The immediate cause of the res- ignations was a dispute over free tuition. Since its inception as a Free Academy, over 100 years ago, the City University has maintain- ed a no-tuition policy. On Nov. 6, however, President Meng disclosed a program in which combined state and city scholarship aid would provide free education "within the framework of a tui- tion structure." The tuition plan, which had the approval of the Administrative Council of the eleven college pres- idents and chancellor, was ex- plained as a device for channeling more state funds into the City 'University. Bowker reiterated Meng's assurances that the stu- dent would not pay any of the| first, he had allowed the tuition cides policy within the City Uni- over $400 tuition charge. proposal to become public before versity? Is the BHE restricting its auth Reaction to the shadow tuition the board had passed on it; and administrators' freedom too much? versi proposal was unfavorable enough second, he planned to go over the Or, are the administrators invad- hisI to force its withdrawal by the board's head to the state legisla- ing the board's legitimate sphere of fr Administrative Council on Nov. 15. ture with the proposal if it were of action? So Student leaders threatened picket rejected by the BHE. , New York City's eleven public ques lines and boycotts, held emergency: Thus, the board's rebuke. colleges did not become a formal powe planning sessions and met with In response to public pressure, university system until 1961, when thet Chancellor Bowker. BHE chair- however, the board softened its state legislation established the CUN man Gustave G. Rosenberg ex- rebuke somewhat and issued a City University of New York. arer pressed "shock" at the surprise plea for the four administrators to Since that time, according to Pres- secor plan. remain at their posts. To date, the idents Meng and Gideonse,e no line Retraction of the plan, how- officials have not indicated any adequate definition of the role ment ever, did not satisfy the BHE. The intention of doing so. of the Administrative CouncilI ferer 21-memeber board, which acts as Out of the confusion of events vis-a-vis the BHE has been ocrit a policy-making board of trustees, and comments, charges and coun- formulated. pyra has always jealously guarded its ter charges, two basic issues In his letter of resignation, A authority. emerge: decision-making authority Meng referred to the "develop- batti Although Chancellor Bowker within the university, and the ments of the past two weeks" as is m called his plan "a recommenda- problem of financing. merely "the most public episodes diate tion," the board apparently felt The immediate issue, pointed up in a three-and-a-half year con- of fi that he had overstepped the limits by the board-administrators rift, flict between board and council corol of his position in two respects: is one of internal power: who de-t the proper allocation of ority within the City Uni- ty." Gideonse, in reaffirming resignation, spoke of "years rustrations." me observers consider the tion of internal division of er crucial because it will affect type of educator attracted to Y. First-rate administrators not likely to be satisfied with nd-rate authority. Where the between policy and manage- t is drawn may make the dif- nce between quality and medi- y at the top of the university mid. second basic issue in the e at CUNY goes deeper and ore complex than the imme- conflict. It is the question nances, and in New York the lary to that question is the extent of state control over the City University system. New York City faces critical fiscal problems at present. These problems directly affect allocation for public higher education. Con- fronted with drastically increasing enrollment (its total enrollment stands at over 100,000 now), the City University finds itself fi- nancially embarrassed, while at- tempting to expand, to meet short- ages in undergraduate facilities, .and to support a very young graduate program, CUNY is not completeley certain whether its next dollar is coming-never mind where it is coming from. Issues tention that "we have absolutely no desire to take over this institu- tion," the state appears very much interested in the City University of New York. During the past two weeks, there were at least three indications of such interest: -In the early stages of the tuition dispute, Rockefeller ad- vanced a plan for the construction of five State University colleges, one in each borough of New York' City. -Just minutes before the four administrators' resignations were released, the State Education Commissioner sent the BHE a telegram demanding "a full re- port" to the Board of Regents, which controls all public educa- tion in the state. -The Joint Legislative Com- mittee on Higher Education, a committee of the state legislature, announced that it will conduct an investigation into the BHE- Administrative Council dispute. Both issues-internal authority and financing of the university- have yet to be resolved, and their resolution will determine the fu- ture of the City University. 1 i 1 i To Enter Zambi* a, ia, world News Roundup For years, despite various pres- sures, the City University has managed to preserve its autonomy. The strain is mounting, however, and proposals for some form of state control are rising. A major reason why the BHE reprimanded its administrators so severely was a their fear that the tuition pro- posal, with its accompanying call for an increase in state aid, pro- vided an opening for state con-I trol. Despite Gov. Rockefeller's con-I 'Pu Pressure on Rhodes U.S. ARMY ENGINEER helps driver of self-propelled 30-ton eight-inch howitzer maneuv raft after crossing South Viet Nam's Song River in Combat Zone D. The gun will be stat miles north of Saigon with the Ist Infantry Division. VIET NAM FIGURES RELEASED: * Government Casualties Nea High After Plantation Atta SAIGON (W--Combat casualtiesx The latest statistics on the toll and propaganda pan in the South Vietnamese armed of a war that Defense Secretary North Viet Nam. forces soared to 1,505 last week, Robert S. McNamara says "will American losses Nov. largely as a result of the Viet be a long road ahead" came out markedly less than in Cong's destruction of the 7th In- on a day of relatively light ground ous week, though som( fantry Regiment, a U.S. military action. visers were cut down spokesman announced yesterday. U.S. planes loosed both bombs Vietnamese infantrym --_ - - - --- - -----losing battle Saturdas - 1 abandoned Michelin ru tation 45 miles northw( The University of M ichigan The U.S. toll was 40 wounded and 5 missing. Gilbert and Sullivan Society 11 South Viet Nam lost -the government's se Present est toll of the wvar. Ir Presents861 were wounded and ins However, the spokesm P aeP je Viet Cong were ki U.S. and government favorable ratio of 3-1. :.Wilson vows~ ..,.... F ight for Electricity Control of Troops Not Yet Agreed On; Keep' Dail Power Flowing LONDON W) - Britain set up forces yesterday to operate with- in reach of Rhodesia and warned rebellious Rhodesian leaders it will fight, if necessary, to defend neighboring Zambia's power sup- plies. Zambian President Kenneth Kaunda gave Britain the all-clear Ter ff a to move air units into. Zambia. er off a Government informants reported!, ioned 4a British planes and airmen will fly in today. The sources said the Zambian and British governments have not yet reached agreement on the terms under which a battalion of ground forces will move into Zam- 14 bia. Control of Troops The issue dividing Kaunda and, C British Prime Minister Harold kilson at the moment is under- stood to center on the question of, the control of these British troops. rphlets on Wilson wants command to remain British, while Kaunda is believed 21-27 were to want at least a share in the the previ- command structure. e U.S. ad- In a solemn. and silent House of with the Commons, Prime Minister Harold en in their Wilson also announced that Brit- .y on theain is tightening the screw of eco- est of plSai- nomic and fiscal sanctions to bring est o about a "quick and sharp" end of Prime Minister Ian Smith's break- killed, 117 away Rhodesian regime.1 Blunt Warning 459 killed Wilson addressed this blunt. cond high- warning to Smith's government, ni addition, which, he claimed, has been. black- S185 i mailing successive British govern- ments with threats to cut off nan said 1,- power supplies to Zambia from the lled, giving giant Kariba Dam: troops a "If he (Smith) uses his illegi- timate control over this interna- - tional project, the Kariba Dam. to destroy the economy of Zambia 4 and indeed very seriously disrupt our own economy, we cannot stand idly by. "If that did mean a limited military operation-we should be prepared to take that operation." Smith has insisted repeatedly that Rhodesia has no intention of shutting off power to the copper; mines and industries of Zambia. The Kariba Dam lies across the Zambezi River on the Zambian- Rhodesian frontier, but the power :? plant is inside Rhodesia. 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