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Mount Pleasant News (Newspaper) - January 12, 1970, Mount Pleasant, Iowa The i pleasant news fair vol. 92, no. 9mt. Pleasant Iowa monday evening january 12, 1970 Price to cent interim Board reports on cutback in religion faculty the following report by the interim administrative Board of Iowa Wesleyan relative to the discontinuance of the services of Bruce Birch and Frank Wright on the faculty after the close of the current College year is Given in full Here with the exception of condensation of certain paragraphs giving in detail the courses in which students were enrolled. The request by faculty members for a full explanation of the situation regarding Bruce Birch and Frank Wright the Resolution passed by the constituent Assembly of the student body and the newspaper publicity Given to these events require that a full statement be made. For the past decade the department of religion and philosophy has been a two Man department with occasional part time help. Majors have been prepared on a rotating sequence of courses students have entered graduate school and theological Seminary or prepared for other forms of Christian service. One heavy concentration of work was the course religion 101, 102, old and new testament which was required of All students for graduation and Drew an annual enrolment of about 190 students. In the Spring of 1968, the new departmental requirements for the Wesleyan plan revealed that Only a Small number of departments would require religion 101, 102 for graduation in the future. It was obvious that within the next two years As upperclassmen finished these requirements that the enrolment in this course would drop drastically. In the Spring of 1908, former president Franklin h. Litten appointed to the faculty of the department of religion and philosophy or. Bruce Birch a specialist in old testament and hebraic studies. He did not consult at this time with the head of the department of religion and philosophy Abou. The need for this appointment and he did not seem to be aware of the fact that the enrolment in religion 101, 102 was about to be curtailed under the Wesleyan plan. When or. Birch arrived on the Campus in september 1968 he had not As yet been assigned any courses to teach. A Hasty meeting of the department of religion and philosophy was held with the chairman of the division presiding since the 1968-1009 head of the department or Theodore Khan was hospitalized for surgery. Or. Birch was assigned two sections of religion 101 and accepted an additional assignment to assist in teaching history 173, world history. This made a full fall semester teaching Load of 9 hours. For interim i he was assigned religion 222, seminar in religious drama and for interim ii he was Given the supervision of some special projects in the department. For the Spring semester two new courses religion 312, archaeology and the near East and religion 497, readings in hebrew were introduced into the curriculum for or. Birch to teach and he was Given the responsibility of setting up the office and program for plenary 400, responsible social involvement to provide a full time assignment. For the year 1939-1970 four new courses were introduced into the curriculum to provide or. Birch with teaching assignments religion 332, Judaism religion 365, advanced old testament religion �66, advanced new testament religion 375, theology and contemporary literature. The last course was to be taught together with a member of the department of English speech and drama. The enrolment pattern for or. Birches courses follows fall 1068 a 37, 26 interim i 1969 a 7 interim ii 1969 a 5 Spring 1969 a 8, 4 fall 1969 a 44, 5, 5, 2 Spring 1910 a prospective 9, 7, la. Too or. Frank Wright joined the staff of Iowa Wesleyan College in 1967 1968 As an assistant to president Litten with a part time teaching assignment in the depart of religion and philosophy. In the fall of 1968, or. Litten informed the department of religion and philosophy that he had changed his office set up and that or. Wright was to be assigned a Fuller teaching Load in the department to be combined with administrative work As director of the Freedom Institute. During 1968-1969, or. Wright taught a total of 12 hours one half of a full time teaching Load and for 1969-1970 he was assigned 15 hours slightly More than a one half teaching Load. He was however to be paid a full time teaching salary with an additional supplement for his work As director of the Freedom Institute. The enrolment pattern for or. Wrights courses follows fall 1968 a 4 Spring 1969 a 9, 5 fail 1969 a 8, 6 Spring 1970 a prospective 5, 6 too it would appear that or. Birches teaching is in very highly specialized areas for which there was a Small student response. The record would not seem to Bear out the Resolution passed by the constituent Assembly of the student body on 1/8/70 that without these courses a the department of religion would be it would appear that or. Wrights courses attracted even fewer students. The record would not seem to Bear out the Resolution passed i by the constituent Assembly of the student body on 1/8/70 that or. Wright a a. Fills a position which is invaluable to religion history political science and sociology too the salary scale at Iowa Wesleyan College for assistant professors ranges from $8,300 to $11,000 a year for full time teaching. This rank includes persons of consider Able teaching experience professional development and Progress toward the doctorate. Both or. Birch and or. Wright Are in the upper part of this salary Range and or. Wright is being paid 7th and 8tli graders named on Honor Bant All six it. Pleasant 7th and 8th Grade band members who auditioned for the Southeast Iowa or. High Honor band were selected in Competition to play in this elite organization. More than thirty schools from this part of the state sent their Best players to Washington or. High school saturday Jan. To to try out for the Honor band. This included schools with Large enrolment As Well As Small schools. Each contestant played for an auditioned Well qualified in playing the particular instrument he was judging. Competition was very keen and in some cases there were recalls where contestants were asked to play again in close decisions. 7th, 8th and 9th graders were eligible to compete. Four it. Pleasant 8th graders and two 7th graders were elected As a result of their efforts. This is the first time that it. Pleasant has competed for places in the or. High Honor band. The following students deserve a great Deal of credit and recognition for the excellent showing they made. Pat Siemens for. Horn 7th Lana Leuella Cornet 7th Doug Millford trombone 8th Don Conner Bass 8th Kathy Voss flute Piccolo 8th, competed against 30 other flu lists and Wava Frank clarinet 8th, compared against 46 other clarinet its. The it. Pleasant musicians will return to Washington on january 31 when they will rehearse All Day with the other Honor band members and present a Public concert that evening under the direction of or. James coffin of the University of Northern Iowa. Full time teaching. Salary for part time for Wesleyan in Iowa Wesleyan College received $26,087 51 to surpass its $25,000 goal in the colleges 1969 Henry county drive for funds to help with operating costs at Wesleyan. Some 270 individuals and businesses in the county made donations during the annual Campaign. Puiul were pledged during a three Day Tel fund and other donations and e solicited by Advance business solicitation committees. The Advance gifts committee raised $13,357 of a $13,000 goal while the balance of the Campaign total was collected during the Tel fund and by the five Man business com Mittee. A tree limb went through the Windshield of this Semi cab on the j in w ran rom november to top Romp 11 Drivers Side As the True left the pavement on East Washington it. Pleasant after colliding with a ear. Tree limb goes through Windshield considerable damage occurred through the Windshield of the but there were no injuries when a cab. Farmington a or. And mrs. Semi trailer and a car collided in the front end of tile cab was Terry Hagmeier and their 14 month the 500 Block of East Washington damaged an estimated $1,000. The old daughter Marcy lost All of their Street at to . Saturday. Ilia in rain chief of fund goal o. A in o i stall surrenders i my a a pledges wer cd so Mobile Home Burns family loses clothing by up the nigerian High commission in London announced the biafran thief of staff surrendered today ending 31 months of civil War that was born of tribal animosities and religious hatreds. Tile conflict took two million lives. The surrender was made by maj. Gen. Phillip Effiong the biafran question Mark on in Mil veto Des Moines up a Polk county District court judge Gibson Holliday today permanently enjoined the Iowa Highway commission from moving any of its resident engineers offices from their present location. In addition. Holliday hold it was the duty of Iowa attorney general Richard Turner who normally defends state agencies to bring suit against the commission. The move immediately put a question Mark on the item veto Marvin d. Brown 18. It. Pleasant route 2, was driving East in the right Lane and As lie turned into the Center Lane went in front of the eastbound Semi driven by Terrance a. Willard 26, Eagle Grove. Left front Side and rear of the 1965 clothing and personal belongings Pontiac Brown w As driving were Early sunday when fire destroyed badly damaged. Their Mobile Home in which they had Brown was charged by police been living on a farm 9 Miles South governor to have item Power had starved to chief of it Taff. Who was reported to have broach ast an Appeal to his followers to Lay Down their arms. The broadcast was attributed to the biafran radio. Too with the end of the War the nations of the free world mobilized their re sources to prevent mass starvation in secessionist Biafra where Relief authorities said one million persons might starve during the next 48 hours. World leaders also appealed against mass Slaughter of the Bias rails. The end appeared near this weekend when Gen. Odimegwu Ojukwu Leader of the forces fled to a Neutral country and prepared to sue for peace within the next 48 hours. The actual surrender came first. Too Bai Fra seceded from the Federal Republic of Nigeria on May 30, 1957, after moslem Hausa tribesmen massacred 20,000 Christian i to i tribesmen in tribal clashes that followed a series of political coups. The was that followed was one of the cruellest known and More Power of Iowa a governor. Gov. Robert d. Ray the first than one million ibo tribesmen death when Nigeria after the collision five Semi went band carnival evening of fun it is apparent that the department of religion and philosophy is seriously overstaffed that the staffing was made without consideration of needs and that the highly specialized courses of the two Junior members of the department have attracted a Small enrolment the salary budget for the department of religion and philosophy is one of the highest items in the educational budget of the col lege. To continue this depart ment along such lines with the necessity of providing salary increments into the future would Call into question the responsible management by the administration of the total College program. In addition it is recognized that when faculty members Are continued on contract into a third year of appointment that it is assumed by All concerned that there is both satisfaction with the work and a need for the members. It is recommended by All professional educational groups that such tacit encouragement is poor administrative practice. Too in november 1969, the chairman of the division of the humanities or. Louis a. Haselmayer who was also serving As the chairman of the interim administrative Board con who investigated with failure to West of Farmington yield the right of Way the family was visiting mrs. At 6 30 . Saturday a car Hagmeier a parents or. And mrs. Driven by Rocky r. Daniel it. Kenneth Stotts of Farmington when pleasant and owned by Rocky alarm was turned in by a neigh Daniel skidded on ice at the East or j2�?~25 a in. Sunday. A Kahoka across the Street and into the Yard Entrance of Kincaid a trailer court a0 milk truck Driver saw the fire of the Bruce Rohde residence at into the parked car of Robert w. And alerted the neighbor. 506 East Washington and struck Mcclanahan. Both cars were dam the Noble Home was owned by two Trees. A tree limb went aged. Stotts and was parked on his farm. When the Farmington Volunteer fire department arrived the Blaze was out of control. The loss is partially covered by insurance. Tile Hagmeier had been living in the 36 foot Mobile Home for about two months. Or. Hagmeier is employed by it. Madison Quality tool and die. The family is staying stricken a provision which stated sealed off the rebel state from the the Highway commission could not outside world. The fear among the move the engineers offices. The provision was included in the commissions 1969 appropriations Bill. Ray Calls for no j general tax boost once again the members of the Mph band will present a fun filled band carnival. The theme this year a the now generation a promises two really groovy variety shows looking Back at the sixties and Forward into the seventies. Along with these two shows to be presented at 7 00 and 9 00 ., will be a Midway. Brightly decorated Booths will line the Walls of the girls gym at the High school saturday Jan 17 at 6 30 . W Here there will be games and souvenirs for All. The supper will be served at 5 00 . In the cafeteria for those ambitious people who want to get an Early Start on All the fun and excitement. Refreshments will also be served there throughout the evening. Tile cafeteria also offers a place to rest your feet and discuss All tile exciting prizes you have won. Tickets Are $1 and available from All band members so get your tickets now or at the Booth in Midway at 6 30 . And we can Promise you an evening of fun and excitement. Proceeds from the carnival go to those fabulous band uniforms you by july i 1971. Have enjoyed watching on the football Field All season. Your Mph band Des Moines up a gov. Rob current county and City jail opera Ert d. Ray spelling out exactly w hat Mons. He also called for revisions of with her parents in town. He thinks Iowa needs today called criminal penalty Laws including for no general tax increase by the stiffer Laws governing sex offenders. 1970 legislature and vowed he will veto one if lawmakers differ in opinion. In the annual state of the state message to a joint session of the Iowa House and Senate Ray made his suggestions covering All phases of state government. Many of his ideas for lawmakers were suggested last year in his inaugural address. While others came from an Economy committee set up last summer to streamline state government and save Money. He urged the legislature to Lay the groundwork for a new state department of transportation a an Agency Ray said which would coordinate All aspects of the increasingly Complex area. Legislative session opens Des Moines up a the Sec cond portion of the sixty third to however Ray said a i am As in j a general Assembly was gave led head on collision fatal to eight by up a grinding Headon collision in Sioux City killed eight persons saturday night a two of them unborn children a and three other persons died As a result of weekend traffic accidents in Iowa. Killed in the Sioux City crash we Ere Robert James Patanella 43, and his wife Laverna 42, Sioux City Harry Gustafson 54. And his wife Lillian Sioux City James crease this can be John Harris county chairman for Schwengel Davenport a John Harris of it. Pleasant today was named Henry county chairman of the Schwengel for Congress committee. His appointment was announced by Charles g. Uehling of Davenport District chairman of i the Campaign committee. Accepting the chairmanship. Harris said a Fred Schwengel has made his Mark in the Congress As a legislator in the finest sense of the word. He is a congressman who is knowledgeable on a wide Range of legislative matters because he does his he continued a but Fred s interests and activities go far beyond his legislative work. Fred is the kind of Man who devotes his time and Energy to service a service on behalf of his country and his constituents. For this service to continue Fred Schwengel must and will be Harris is vice president Ami general manager of Blue Bird Midwest. He recently was elected president of the Southeast Iowa Council of the boy scouts. He is a past two Battery thefts reported two thefts of batteries were reported to City police saturday. At 3 41 . Mrs. Joy Cullison referred with the two senior proves \ ported that a Battery was taken from her car parked in the garage behind 101 w. Broad St. At 4 36 . Marvin Yaley reported that while his car was parked in the memorial Hospital parking lot the Battery was stolen. His car had been parked less than an hour. Sis tent today As i was a year ago to order shortly after to . Today Chicoine 33, and his Wile Mary that we Noi have a general tax in by lieutenant governor Roger w. Ann. 31, Jefferson s. Mrs. And i am confident. Jepsen and speaker of the House Chicoine was eight months preg William h. Harbor a Henderson. Nant but doctors were unable to Elmer Lang a Sac City office save the child. Mrs. Jury Dailey president of the chamber of com while admitting the surplus at ally took Over the duties of presi 29. Jefferson s. D., gave birth to a Merce. The end of the current biennium Dent pro tempore replacing Seeley still born child sunday night. Hos a a a will be hint Ray expressed Hope Lodwick who resigned following Pital officials blamed the death of arrested on two the Revenue will be found to finance the 1969 session to accept a Feder the child on the Accident. Mrs. Iowa a expanding programs. State a1 appointment in Washington. Dailey is listed in fair condition officials estimate Iowa will have Lang was assistant Senate majority we Hile her husband James 35, is Only $1.25 million in its general fund Leader last year. Listed As critical. Robert r. Rigler a new Hamp. Ton will serve As majority Leader during the 1970 session. Nations of the world was that a punitive blood Bath would follow. The latest reports from Biafra said some fighting continued this morning with the rebel forces holding us Airport their Only Supply link with the world. But the radio broadcast said general Effiong told his troops a the struggle must be put to an end and they must a Stop the bloodshed that is going Effiong Aid he had been in Contact with Beth military and civilian leaders of the biafran Community but did not say he had consulted with Ojukwu who led his ibo tribesmen into Independence and through the civil War that followed. Effiong said a biafran negotiating team was prepared to meet Federal nigerian negotiators to work out terms for peace. He Geld any question of a government in exile was a repudiated by our too Washington up a president Nixon today ordered an additional $10 million Worth of food and medical supplies sent to starving biafran. Press Secretary Ronald l. Ziegler said Nixon had again talked by Telephone with British prime minister Harold Wilson about joint efforts to help millions of biafran. Ziegler said the new assistance was being directed toward the Eastern area of Biafra where nigerian forces had moved in during the final stages of the nigerian civil War. Charges at Fairfield the problems of Money and financing Are expected to be of top priority in the second regular session of the 63rd general Assembly which convened today. Sors in the department of religion and philosophy about this problem. They recommended to him that contracts not be offered to or. Birch and or. Wright for the year 1970-1971. The chairman of the interim administrative Board informed the other members of the Board of this recommendation. On december 2, 1969, or. Birch and or. Wright were informed of this fact by the chairman of the interim administrative Board in the presence of or. George e. Lamore head of the department of religion and philosophy. All of the Points in this report were carefully reviewed. It was clearly stated that there was no dissatisfaction with their work As teachers or As members of the academic Community. All possible assistance for finding other positions was offered. The chairman of the interim administrative Board has subsequently had a second interview with or. Birch at his request and has written letters of recommendation for him. He Wall continue to do this upon request. Or. Wright has not As yet requested any letter of recon Ray said state government is operating within its Ivans. Despite no tax increase last year. But lie said some adjustments within various departments budgets have been necessary. A these adjustments Are being indict Sweig and vols Lien biggest plane of All arrives 3 hours late London up a it May to Fairfield up a charges of Possession of an illegal drug and contributing to the delinquency of a minor were lodged sunday Here against Peter Douglass 22, Fairfield. Iowa Highway patrolmen and hissed and Boner than any Airliner Fairfield police arrested that has Ever flown by. The new at a apartment Early sunday. New York up a a Federal grand jury today indicted Martin Sweig former administrative Assi St ant to House speaker John w. Piane carrying 360 pan am pm major withdrawal handled regularly by my office. It Mccormack and his associate a pi0yes who won the trip in a draw May be necessary to submit some j than Voloshyn on conspiracy and eng was delayed three and one pan american Boling 747 jumbo Jet that arrived at London a Heathrow Airport today was three Livours late. Spokesmen for pan am said the a they said they found a Quantity of marijuana and hashish. He w As freed on $1,000 Bond. No trial Date was set. F. W. Woodworth opened his first five and ten cent s Tore in Utica n. Y. Feb. 22, 1897. Mentation. The courses in the department of religion and philosophy have been organized on a rotating sequence As they were prior to september 1968 and a full major will be available to students in the future. The interim administrative Board reaffirms these decisions. Louis a. Haselmayer chairman interim administrative Board Donald j. Ziegler vice president for academic affairs l. W. Van Winkle vice president for business affairs Charles Cushman vice president for development january to 1970 readjustments to you in the form of amendments to current appropriations a he said. Too Iowa a 38th governor also praised the w Ork of his 60-member Economy committee of businessmen who were borrowed from Iowa Industry. Among the groups recommendations which Ray asked the lawmakers to implement were reorganization of the Iowa liquor control commission and the state issuance of vehicle License plates for a period of five years. For 1st division perjury charges. Half hours in new York by a com both were charged with conspire Bina tion of engine trouble paper Acy to defraud the United states during the past six years through the misuse of Mccormack a office. Work and air traffic problems. Seven negro students at Waldorf suspended Schuchman reelected Iowa no president Pearl Harbor up a the Pacific command announced today the 1st infantry division called the big red one a will be the major unit involved in the coming Vietnam troop withdrawal. Adm. John s. Mccain jr., the Clarence Pacific commander said the Divi Forest City up a seven negro students at Waldorf College have been suspended for their participation in a disturbance Here those two proposals alone Ray Friday night said could save the state More than Des Moines up Schuchman Hawkeye has been would be reduced to about re elected president of the Iowa per c6nt 0f jts authorized strength Joan Orr d to study Lee county contest w Des Moines up a it. Gov. Roger Jepsen today appointed a five member committee to study a contested Lee county Iowa senatorial election. Sen. Wilson Davis r Keokuk a the apparent Winner in a special election held sept. 9, 1969 to replace Republican Seeley Lodwick of Wever who resigned. However Democrat Gilbert Mccarty of Keokuk has contested the election. Three republicans were appointed to the committee. They Are Arthur Neu Carroll John Walsh Dubuque and James pot Geter of Steamboat Rock. The democrats Are William Denman Des Moines and Joseph Coleman of Clare. Davis was among the five new members sworn in today along with Glen Bor Tell. R St. Charles s. J. Brownlee r Emmetsburg Grinnell and w. R. $4 million annually. Too in a speech punctuated by references to relevant and balanced financial procedures the governor the students whose names were not disclosed were suspended following an 18-hour meeting of the schools disciplinary committee sunday. Waldorf director of development National Farmers organization. Schuchman was re elected at a meeting saturday night Here of the Iowa a for a Board of directors. Other officers elected were Marvin Nissen Exira vice president Henry Volz Elkhart Secretary and Frank Huss Royal treasurer. And returned to it. Riley Kan. Also suggested a local option tax Robert Evenson said the disturber Iowa cities and towns a a move backed by the league of Iowa municipalities to relieve current financial pressures. Ray came out strongly in favor of Ance began at the student Union when some Blacks and Whites got into a fight. He said at one Point there were about 200 students at the scene with 30 or 40 of them a system of area jails to replace the j directly involved. $40 missing from service station it was reported to police at 7 46 a in. Monday that a windows had been found open at Ike a Sinclair service and about $40 in change and Bills was missing from the station. Columbus Junction Soldier wounded Columbus Junction a army pfc. Darrel Dean Langstaff 23, son of the Warren Lang staffs suffered shrapnel wounds in one leg one and one Side when a companion stepped on a land mine dec. 29 in Vietnam according to word received Here. Rabedeaux r Wilton Junction. A sixth new senator. Earl Bass r Malvern was unable to attend the opening session because of an operation two weeks ago. Jepsen said Bass was expected to attend the session next week. In the House one new member Kenneth l. Logeman r Northwood was sworn in. Terse verse by a. C. Gordon if you want the time to pass with Speed apace the first Silver dollars were mint it sign a chattel mortgage note de in 1794. I for ninety Days

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