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Innovative College Has Problems
RESTAURANT
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none of them have had any experience as
educators. They are on the Board because
of their initial contributions to the
college.
But as one professor cynically
describes the board, "They're just small
crooks...." He means none of the trustees
can tap large enough financial resources
to thwart the money problems which
have plagued the school since its
beginning. Roberts' theory about making
a profit doesn't seem to be working.
Things'were so bad last spring, that the
college organized a "Sock-it-to-Lea" fund
drive during which students pledged to go
home and raise money for the school.
The primary concern of the board at its
almost weekly meetings is the financial
state of the college.
The faculty came to Lea College
because of the kind of education which
was supposed to be offered there. The
college was planned to recruit at least 1/3
of its student body from the lower third
of high school classes. In one sense the
college was to be a sort of second chance
school. The program at Lea was to
feature individual attention for students,
putting emphasis on tutorials and the
like.
In essence, the faculty came to Lea
College with a stronger than average
commitment to teaching. They came, as
one professor put it, to try and start what
they perceived to be needed changes in
higher education. Another underscored
the kind of committment felt by most
faculty, "nobody moved up by coming
here."
Lea College was founded by people
with different visions. The residents of
Albert Lea primarily wanted a college
which would run on a sound financial
basis. They had entered the venture
convinced it could be done. The faculty
were committed to education. From the
beginning there were clashes.
According to faculty sources,
DeMeester, the first president, lost the
support of the faculty because the faculty
did not feel he was presenting their views
to the Board of Trustees. Simultaneously,
he lost the confidence of the board. Last
summer he was asked to resign, and the
search for the new president began.
The board settled on Hale Aarnes, who
had been chairman of department of
education. He was characterized by
several faculty members as follows: "As
education department chairman Hale
would always say, 'I've only got two
things to say. The first is unimportant
and the second is irrelevant.' Invariably
he was right."
A member of the Board of Trustees
said Aarnes was picked because of his
"image". The board felt Aarnes had the
"appropriate educational background"
and "maturity" for the office.
Besides the new president, the fall
semester started off with a new dean of
the college and a new dean of students.
As one faculty member returning at the
time from work towards a Ph. D.
characterized the situation, I came back
to an entirely different ship of state."
Shortly thereafter, that same faculty
member, who had received a merit
teaching award and had t been
recommended by his departing
department chairman to take over the
chairmanship, was given notice his
contract was to be terminated.
Seven others received the same notice.
Since the announcement of the
terminations last fall, two of the faculty
members have been re-instated. They
maintain it is because the board "had to
re-instate comebody."
Most faculty members feel the
terminations came because Aarnes felt
threatened by the eight in question.
Members of the board talk of "financial
problems and over staffing" as reasons for
the terminations. But they also seem to
think it understandable a new president
would want to surround himself with a
staff loyal to him. Perhaps that is because
this is how they see things happening in
the business world. One member of the
board, a partner in an insurance firm, said
it's only natural for a new president to
ask "which of these people are going to
rally around me."
One of the dismissed faculty members
said he felt "loyalty" might be an issue in
the terminations. He added, "When I
complain the library doesn’t have enough
books. I'm not being disloyal." The same
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professor felt the college might close as a
result of the current situation.
A board member maintains, "We're in
better shape than we were four years
ago.
It may indeed be the case the college is
on a sounder financial footing, but the
school has not attained the profitable
status predicted by Millard R. Roberts.
Moreover, the dream many faculty
members had when they came has been
shattered. One seemed to sum up the
feelings of many of the faculty, "I'm
hurt, deeply hurt....personally, its a
tragedy. But we can always go to better
positions; it could be the student is the
victim."
“ Who Killed
America?”
The Black Symbols subcommittee of
the Black Studies Committee is
sponsoring two plays at UNCC by the
Ex-Umbra Players, a part of The New
Black Revolutionary Theater.
The players describe themselves as "a
small band of poets, artists, and reflective
people who want to reflect more than the
written word." These same people several
years ago "could be found on the picket
lines of Greensboro, Charlotte,... and
many other hot spots during the Civil
Rights era."
The Ex-Umbra Players, like other
Black Revolutionary Theater groups, wish
"to free the minds of Black people ....as
the ultimate goal."
This collective Black culture group is
currently touring North Carolina and the
East Coast and plans to appear at the end
of this month in New York City. The
players, directed by John M. Brewer Jr.,
are based at North Carolina Central
University at Durham.
The two—plays offered, WHO KILLED
AMERICA? and THE JAIL, can be seen
Friday night at 7:30 p.m. in the Parquet
Room. There is no admission charge.
2 GUARDS SIGNED
Two more junior colleges guards have
signed grant-in-aids with the University.
Charles Bryson of Florida Junior
College of Jacksonville, Florida played his
high school basketball at Columbus North
High in Columbus, Ohio.
At Florida Junior College he had 23.2
and 19.9 averages for a 21.5 average for
the two years. His high game of 41 set a
team record.
Bryson was selected to play in the
Florida All-Star Game for junior colleges
in 1969 and 1970.
He led his team in assists and was
captain of his team both years. He was on
the all-state junior college first team both
years and was on the first team all-region
junior college squad in 1968-69.
Coach Foster said, "Charles is an
excellent guard-a fine floor leader as well
as a solid scorer. He has a great basketball
head and will give us good leadership.
The other guard is Jerry Boggs, a six
foot one guard from St. Petersburg
Junior College.
Boggs' statistics include 20.8 points per
game over his junior college career; 6
rebounds; 50 per cent field goal accuracy;
and 72 percent free throw accuracy.
He was named to all-division and
all-state teams both years. .
Coach Foster called Boggs a good solid
guard who has played on winning teams
and has a real winning attitude.
"Along with his basketball ability he
will provide us good leadership out
front," Foster said. The boy was a local
St. Petersburg star in high school.
Boggs said that he had narrowed his
choices from the 22 colleges that were
after him down to East Carolina, the
Citadel, Georgia Southern and the
University of Detroit in addition to
UNCC. He said that he was also
approached by Jacksonville but that he
wasn't interested since Joe Williams went
to Furman.
"I chose UNCC because I liked the fact
that the school is just starting its
basketball program and is going gung ho,"
Boggs said.