The radio tower shown on our cover was recently erected to carry the transmiss~ons of WSSR-FM, the univers~ty's new publ~c rad~o station. This issue features publ~c rad~o, both a t Sangamon State and nationally. She introductory article i s by CHRIS VLAHOPLUS, vice pres~dent for Un~versily Relations a t SSU. He has experience in both the news profes- son and in state government. Vlahoplus worked as a newsman for Internattonal News Serv~ce and as a bureau chief for the United Press International. Subsequently he was press secretary to Governor Otto Kerner during the last six years o f his adminis- tratlen, and to Governor Samuel Shap~ro dur~ng his incumbency. He received a Bachelor's Degree from Washington University, St. Louis. He has heen with Sangamon State Universitv since 7970.

Other articles in this issue are written by

JAMES MEWBANKS, who is WSSR's director of engdneerlng. He holds t he Bachelor of Science degree from Southern lll~nois Un~versity, Carbondate. Before comlng to Sangarnon State, Newbanks was the assistant chief engineer for SI U's TV and F71 stations in Carbondale.

LEE C. FRISCHKNECHT, who I S pres~dent o f National Publtc Rad~o. He holds the &.A. degree from Utah State University, where he began hn rad~o as student manager of their station. He has worked for a private station and served as general manager of M~ch~gan State Univers~ty's radio sratlon. He has also worked for Nat~onal Educat~onal Tel~v~sion and has served Utah State as director of University Relations. He has been with Nat~onal Public Radio since 1970.

ROBERT SHERMAN, the curator of Clayville and assistant professor o f h~story at Sangarnon State, who received the Bachelor of Arts degree from Loras College and the Master of Arts from New York State University College. Sherman was formerly a f~e ld representative with the State Hlstorlcal Society of Wisconsin and district historian for the Illinois De- partment of Conservation.

ANNA MAY SMITH, associate professor of adm~n~s- tration at Sangamon State. She received the B.A. degree from Barat College and the M.A. degree from Columbia University. Prior to corning to SSU, she was director of the Upward Bound Program a t Barat. Her previous professional experience lncludes working wtth an advert~sfng agency and as a research intern a t the University of Illinois Medical School. She served as coordinator of SSU's recent Conference on Women.

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Universities serve the public in many diverse ways.

When Sangamon State began, most of its activities were carried out in the confines of classrooms during regularly scheduled A New Voice in Central Illinois . . . . . . . 2 class time. While that mode of instruction remains the central Chris Vlahoplus one on campus, our activities have become more diversified as the institution has developed.

Technical Facilities at WSSR . . . . . . . . 7 This issue of Sangamon is devoted to three different ways in which the university serves its public: by radio broadcasting, James Newbanks

through an historic museum, and through weekend confer- ences devoted to special topics. While this does not exhaust the means in which the public is served by Sangamon State, i t NPR? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 gives some idea of the breadth of concerns which the people of Lee C. Frischknecht this place have.

Public radio is an instantaneous form of communication dealing A Living Museum. . . . . . . . . . . 10 very much with the present. The Clayville museum is an Robert Sherman attempt to preserve and interpret the past in a way which has meanino for ~ e o ~ l e todav. Conferences such as "Women's ~ ~ " , , Worlds" offer the opportunity to analyze current trends in American society and project their impact into the future. All . . . . . . . . . . . . A Reflection 14

are examples o f the university reaching out to serve new publics Anna May Smith - .- n r ! A L - - - -.. .- - - . .A- -L - - A -LL.. ..... .. If1 IlsW Ways. A/ / UI l~ t ! UI I -Ld/ / /pU> > [ U U ~ l l [ > , d l lU U I /el

opportunities and learning to those who are community 8 , . r . , . mem~ers as well as ro rormer sruaenrs. I V ~ W S IVOI~S . . . . . . . . . . . . I Y

Other examples of such service are abundant: In January the university will hold its second week long Crisis in Confidence People . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 seminar. This one is devoted to a critical examination of Corporate America; In January also the university will launch a new magazine, Illinois Issues, which seeks as its audience those who are involved in making public policy decisions +h -,..,- h, . , .+ +A" C+.7+". /-,-,ne+r,,n+;,.n ;.. n n , " , , ,~Ao.- ," ," , , n" tho u ~ r u u y r r u u ~ L I I C ~ L U L C , C I L J ~ ~ J L ~ U L L ~ V I I IJ ~ I V Y Y U I I V G , v v a y V I I L I I G

university's second permanent building, the Public Affairs Center. I t will provide a place for speakers, conferences, and cultural events of interest both to those in the campus community and to those in the greater Springfield community as well.

The university is maturing, but i t remains committed to innovation and to public affairs. That makes i t an exciting place.

Phil Bradley

SANGAMON, Volume 2, Number 1, Winter 1974 Editors: P h i l ~ p Bradley, Francine Ricliard Pliotography: Llale Colrliinn. Rlichael l'lioriias Graphic Ilcsign: 1:rank Tllolnalla

SANGAMON I \ the ~ilurnni ~liagazinc o f Ssngal i~on Sta te Uliiversity. I t ~ \ ,publ is l icd fouftirneh yearly by the Office of I1 l i~ \ e r \ i t ) l iel;l t io~l\. 'l'liirti cl,i\\ po\tajie pald a t Slxiligfielti, Illinoi\. Sellti all corre\ponilence and changes ol'stlilrc\\ to Alurlln~ Office. S ; I I I ~ ; I I ~ ~ ~ I ~ Sta te University, Springfield. Illinoi\ 62708.

CHRIS VLAHOPLUS

Division Of University Relations SANGAMON STATE L

A NEW VOICE IN

CENTRAL ILLINOIS Sangamon State identifies in i t s new public radio

station, WSSR, both its academic and community responsibilities; and it i s significant in this regard that programming will begin together with the University's second public affairs intersession. Both will launch the new year for SSU with a burst of attention.

"Crisis in Confidence I I : Corporate America" will be a mirror of the first intersession in its blend of campus and community involvement. It, too, will bring to Springfield an array of prominent guest speakers and lecturers. WSSR will broadcast most of these appearances live, both day and evening sessions, from the Capital and Main Campuses. The audience, therefore, will be tremendously expanded - not just to the WSSR central Illinois coverage area, but to people throughout Illinois and the nation as well by way of direct feeds to other stations, and through the National Public Radio Network. This public affairs

tandem, WSSR and the intersession, will be a dramat- ic demonstration of the mission of Sangamon State, i t s commitment to expanding educational opportu- nity in innovative ways.

I t will be an auspicious beginning for WSSR and a milestone for the university. The intersession pro- gramming will be woven into the station's full schedule which in itself is complete and diverse. The operation, a blend of efforts of students, faculty, and staff as well as community persons, will broadcast music, news, entertainment, cultural, informative and public affairs-oriented programs, and instructional material.

Until WSSR goes on the air Illinois will remain the only major s ta te in the nation without public broadcasting facilities in its capital. Four state capi- tals now have no public broadcasting whatsoever. The other three are hardly the measure of the size,

importance, and dynamism of Illinois, or of its impact upon the nation. Market studies show that the Springfield area i s the second largest market in the United States without a public broadcast facility. There are some 428,000 citizens in central Illinois who do not now receive public broadcast services.

These factors, along with the mandate of Sanga- mon State University in which education in public affairs and educational innovation are so critical, constitute the environment in which planning for public broadcasting has taken place. The first con- crete step in such planning came with the recruitment of the Director of Broadcast Services, Dale K. Ouzts, who arrived a t Sangamon with a background that seemed tailored to the new adventure. He not only has committed himself to public broadcasting as opposed to commercial activity but his experience has featured the launching of new stations, most recently the public TV station KPTS in Wichita, Kansas.

His leadership in the field of public broadcasting has been recognized by appointment to the National Radio Development Committee of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Ouzts also is a member of

r , the l llinois Board of Higher Education Instructional Television Committee; and he works in a similar capacity with the Office of the State Superintendent of,Public Instruction. As a member of the faculty of the Communication in a Technological Society pro- gram, Ouzts brings academic credentials to the direction of WSSR and the interaction with faculty and students.

Another CTS faculty member, Howard T. Hill, stands a t Ouzts' side in the day-to-day operation of the station. Hill is a veteran broadcast newsman who

also has given teaching support to the Public Affairs Reporting program.

One of the first actions taken upon Ouzts' arrival a t SSU was the formation of an Advisory Committee for Public Broadcasting with student, faculty, com- munity, and staff representatives assisting with policy development and personnel selection. A study to ascertain community needs also was commenced under guidelines laid down by the Federal Com- munication Commission; and the first meeting of public broadcasters in l llinois was hosted by SSU.

The initial advisory committee, which so admirably served to help Broadcast Services struggle to its feet, now has been expanded into two committees, one composed of the campus community and the other of community leaders and alumni. Both will assist in supporting WSSR and helping guide its future. Be- cause the station exists to serve the community - the federal law reads "for the public interest, convenience and necessity" - Broadcast Services is a part of the Division of University Relations, and looks to citizen participation and leadership in addition to faculty and student involvement.

The schedule points out that much o t the program- ming in the early life of WSSR will be from outside production sources and National Public Radio. WSSR as a member of this interconnection of public radio stations has available to i t all programming carried by these facilities. Negotiations have been completed to bring to the schedule the famous Boston Symphony and Boston Pops and other concert programs. A daily morning highlight will be a conversation and music format hosted by Karl Hass, a Detroit broadcaster who has earned critical acclaim from public and commercial broadcasters alike. -+

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News programming will focus to a great degree on the state government. Interpretation, commentary and in-depthtreatment will be emphasized. Directing news coverage will be Richard T. Bradley, a broadcast reporter of statehouse experience who came to WSSR from the Illinois News Network, an organization serving clients throughout Ill ineis. Lending valuable counsel will be Bill Miller, director of the Public Affairs Reporting program, who for 25 years was a member of the Capitol press corps.

Bradley will draw upon Miller's students far assistance, and will look to faculty and others to bring their expertise to bear in helping listeners more fully understand the flood of news emanating from state government, and elsewhere.

The leased wires and audio service of United Press International will bring news of the nation and the world to the WSSR audience; and in a trial attempt to provide another perspective of internadional news, the British-based Reuter News Service will be utilized. Reuter will be a unique service in downstate Illinois. A grant of $25,000 from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting is being used in part to support the news operation of the station. The flexibility of public radio i s a boon to news and public affairs. A great deal of the morning and afternoon will be committed to two productions which will allow the SSU staff freedom to blend music, news, interviews, open forums, hookups wirh the NPR interconnect on occasions of imponant and interesting national events - all of these things that cannot be done on radio that is tied to rigid schedule considerations.

The planned programming in the f~eld of public affairs reflects the station's attempt to utilize the resources of the university and of the State Capitol. I t is this opportunity which gives Sangamon State its unique position in higher educarion in Illinois. The program format is one in which a Sangamon State faculty member joins with a statehouse or other resource person to produce, with the help of the station personnel, a series that is informative and stimulating.

The melding of university and statehouse talent is consistent with the public affairs policies of Sanga- rnon State as expressed in a number of relationships with state government on the part of our faculty. The mutual effort a t WSSR will have the SSU faculty member providing the leadership and drawing upon the state resources for a variety of supporting materials, personalities, statistics, and research. The ideas for the programs came from formats proved successful elsewhere, from the ascertainment study, and from the University's programs and people. About a dozen such programs were on the planning board by early fall. Helping the faculty as producers are station personnel Jim Grimes, "Jiffy" Johnson and Pam Paladin. Most of the programs are half-hour formats. Here are some examples:

en the stud10 lobby are D~rector of Broadcast Sprv~ces Dale O U T ~ S , a t r~ght , Product~on Manager James Grjmes at l e f t , and Howart! H ~ l l of the CTS faculty.

-Don Yohe, from Child, Family and Community Services, in a program that examines this area with his colleagues and personnel from state CFS and other state and local agencies.

-Clarence Danhof and Lynn Miller working with a resource person from the Illinois Department of Local Government Affairs, looking a t the problems and opportunities that municipalities and other local governmental units face.

-Robert Crane and representatives of the Attorney GeneralJs office, the Illinois State Bar Association and Department of Corrections in a program whose goal i t is to apprise citizens of their rights under the law, of the avenues open to them in fields such as consumer protection.

Other programs involving faculty include a talk show hosted by Robert Batson drawing upon mem- bers of the university community and a variety of guests from government and elsewhere in the com- munity discussing such topics as Sangamon's Inter- racial Institute, the nation's economy, science in politics and others.

Cullom Davis will bring his popular oral history activities to broadcasting, interviewing; guests, the

famous and not-so-famous, probing their recollections of historical events, large and srnal I. Students will play a major role in this program.

Two public affairs formats long popular at the national level will be fashioned with an Illinois perspective-students in the Pu bl IC Affairs Reporting program qu~zzing state governmental and political leaders; and a "State Week in Review" in which four regular participants joined by weekly guests will comment upon political events that have transpired in Illinois, or those national events that have importance to our state. The four regular members will be Bill Miller, and Bill Day of the SSU faculty; Burnell Heinecke, Dean of the Statehouse Press Corps and columnist for the Chicago Sun-Times, and Edward Armstrong, editor of the State Journal-Register in Springfield. The fifth participant will be either an SSU faculty member or a journalist.

SSU black students are initiating programming in this area of special appeal while other programs will be attentive t o business, agri-business and sporTs. Special events obviously provide another opportunity for broadcast service. Events on campus ranging from speakers to recitals will be disseminated to a wide audience because of WSSR.

Checklng some of [he station's electronic cqulpmens are Ch~ef Broadcasting Eng~neer James Newbanks, a t r~ght , and James Gr~mes.

The list o f activities that lend themselves to broadcast attention is long. Perhaps the Long Range Academic Plan for Sangamon State best points this out:

" l nstructional delivery (credit and non-credit or continuing education); activity delivery (institutes, speeches, seminars, and debates); public affairs deliv-

Everything from concerfs to news will be channelled through the stat~on'r master control panel.

ery (documentaries on pub1 ic pol icy, agency pro- grams, legislative coverage, and communications be- tween the State government and the public); cultural programming (music, drama, literature and poetry, and profiles of cultural and civic leaders); and community and organizational coverage (civic and student groups, committee findings, and ongoing community) ."

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and En programming. Plans call for atlout 80 student production and operations assistants and 10 news assistants. Additionally. faculty are expected to use students to assist in their programs as in the case of the public aCfa~t-s reporting students. Students from the CTS program will produce a segment on contem- porary music, as another example.

The field of instructional programming is in the purview of the Division of Academic Affairs, specifi- cal ly the office of Non-Traditional Study. WSSR will air Sangamon Staze Professor John Miller's Psy- chology Today course and has made arrangements with Lincoln Land Cornrnunlty College for that insu tu tion to broadcast two programs: Western Civil i- rat ion and Music Appreciation. 1 nstructional pro- grarnrnlng over radio is not a widely utilized acitivty in this country; a great deal of study and planning ohv~ously is required. The station's leadership is eager to prov~de the faculty and Academic Affairs all its cooperation and resources to produce programming in this field.

The leoserl wlre of Unrted Press Internattonal w ~ l l provldp pdrt uf the news coverage fur WSSR. D ITEC~O~ of N e w R ~ c h a r d Bradley d~scusses an Incoming story w ~ t h Howard Hbll

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Beyonrl the maste r control panel I S Studlo "B ' w h ~ r l l I F l ~ i ~ ruorii from whlctl WSSH'q round table and audbencc p~lrtlLrpatlon shows w ~ l l be broadcast

Inter-institutional cooperation such as that with LLCC is also seen as a vital concern of WSS R, ranglng from direct cooperation with other educational insti- tutions in programming to the brokering of programs with the other public radio stations in Illinois. The station already has received requests and inquires concerning i t s public affairs programs and, as a matter of fact, has exchanged two such series for two programs produced by Bradley University.

Substantial state and federal resources have been committed to the new broadcasting venture a t Sanga- mon State and the station will be turning to its public in the near future far private support that in turn will enable the station s ta f f t o provide that something extra that makes a good operation great. The university will be looking to its Alumni to be in the forefront of the support group and all of us will appreciate your participation. For our part we will do the best job we can to provide programming of a caliber that will make WSSR a showcase for Sanga- mon State and i t s faculty, a substantial resource for the community, and an integral part of a university dedicated to achievement of high rank in public affairs and community services.

TECHNICAL FACILITIES

OF WSSR

JAMES N EVJBAN I<S

The studio facilities of WSSR are located in the Room 130 cornplex of Building L on the Sangamon State University main campus which includes: staff offices, a specialized newsroom area, an engineering service shop, record library, conference room. The heart of the entire operation is the master control room. I t is at this point that final quality control is implemented. The broadcast signal is checked for volume level, quality, and content while being trans- mitted. The equipment utilized in the station is of the latest design; i t utilizes modular concepts and solid- state devices.

The control console for master control has ten stereo channels and is interconnected with a twelve- channel stereo console in production control, a four- channel stereo console in News Studio "C", Studio "B", and Studio "A". Approximately three miles of wire will be used to achieve the interconnections between the hundreds of modular components of the radio studio system. In conjunction with the master control and production control consoles, individual signal sources include microphones, four audio tape cartridge recorders, five reel-to-reel audio tape re- corders, four turntables, and specialized telephones that can be used to air audience participation when requested by a program host. Additionally, tlie mas- ter control will utilize a 48 event automated program control unit.

Other program sources will be remote pickup broadcasts which WSSR will use for covering events in Springfield and the surrounding area. The special- ized areas of News Studio "C" will have the capa- bi l i ty t o edit and produce news tapes for the live news broadcasts of WSSR. News broadcasts will

incorporate recordings of the following: telephone interviews, correspondents of United Press I nter- national, and National Public Radio to which WSSR will be iriterconnected. Interconnection with the National Public Radio Heaclc~uarters in Washington will provide WSSR with a variety of public radio programming. Specialized speaker-l~hones will be used in Studios "A" and "B" so that a 11roqram host and guests may hold a round-table type disc~~ssion involv- ing audience participants on the special broadcast telephones.

The WSSR broadcast facilities will include a transmitter facility near Mechanicst~urg, I ll inois, which will be microwave linltecl to the studio facil- ities. WSSR will operate on a frequency of 91.9 mHz with an effective radiated power of 50,000 watts. A tower height of 524 feet will be utilizcd which will yield a coverage area within a l i 80-mile radius of Springfield. Capabilities tl iat will be implemented include FM stereo broadcastincl and closed circuit radio broadcasting within the same coverage area of the primary broadcast carrier. This will be achieved by utilizing a Subsidiary Commanications Autlioriza- tion channel.

The microwave transmission systcrn will t ~ e a com- posite type that will handle all of the broadcast signals from the radio complex in Building L to the main transmitter facility near Meclianicsburg. A t the transmitter facility the broadband signal wil l be de- modulated in the microwave receiver systetn and coupled to the main transmitter for broadcast on 91.9 mHz. This type of systern allows a minimal amount of signal processing at the transmitter site which will provide a superior technical broadcast signal standard.

The station equipment was installed by Gates Radio under the supervision of WSSR personnel. The designed layout and equipment allow WSSR to achieve technical broadcast standards far exceeding those set forth by the Federal Comrnunications Com- mission for FM radio broadcasting. They wil l deliver a high quality signal to receivers throughout tlie central l llinois area. 0

LEE C. FRISCHKNECHT

N PR? To the public radio station, and especially to the

public radio listener, National Public Radio is a source for programming. But it is a unique source: with 14,000 miles of telephone lines linking the system, NPR collects programs from many of the 173 public radio stations in the nation, independent producers, and reporters all over the country, distrib- uting them via these lines or on tape to al l member stations. This gathering and dissemination of material representing all facets of American life i s basic to the heart of NPR, whose programming goal is decentrali- zation.

But NPR is a production center also. So i t has created daily and weekly productions which incorpo- rate the constant flow of material into the network. And what distinguishes public radio programming i s the breadth of subject matter covered, the depth of treatment of subjects, the relaxed pace and length of time allowed a topic.

The variety of subject matter and the NPR approach to i t s treatment is best heard in the network's daily program "All Things Considered. . ." This 90-minute news and feature magazine-of-the air has distinguished itself from its first day of broadcast in 1971. Within two years, i t had won a Peabody award for i t s in-depth presentations. Critic Oliver Town wrote in the St, Paul Dispatch: "Odd as it may seem for a newspaperman to speak up for another media, 'All Things Considered. . .' is my favorite news gap filler. . . This is no capsule news digest. I t roams the country, bringing in-depth coverage of every big news story. . . I call i t candid radio." A t least a quarter of each program comes from around the country.

On a recent historic day in this nation's life, the day President Nixon resigned, "All Things Con-

sidered.. ." went into the kind of action only public radio can do. Utilizing its special "round robin" circuit which links stations in the Northeast and Midwest with Washington, D.C. control, and enables any one of them to directly feed the entire system, NPR tapped member stations in several areas of the country and se t up a telephone call-in system. Before the President's address, the network was switching from region to region for listener reaction to what the President should do. "All Things Considered. . ." heard listeners from Tennessee to Maine to California voicing their concern. Following the resignation speech, almost two hours of continued listener reactions were heard. I t was a critical time. People al l over America wanted to talk. And they did, on public radio.

I t is recognized that commercial broadcast media cannot devote large amounts of time to programming which would not necessarily interest a majority of listeners, but noncommercial broadcasting is free of such limitations. One reason i t was decided to locate the public radio headquarters in Washington, D.C., was the understanding that better knowledge of governmental activities was vital to a democratic society and that public radio could give a different treatment in reporting from the nation's capital. Congressional activities are presented as they happen before committees in both houses of the Congress: in little over three years, NPR has prov~ded live coverage of more than 700 hours of hear~ngs.

NPR was the only network to stay with the complete Watergate and the later House Judiciary impeachment inquiry hearings. Gavel-to-gavel cover- age is the network's commitment to those hearings i t selects to follow in the Congress.

Presidential press conferences, many of those of other high government officiais, speeches before tile National Press Club, dehates at National Town Meetings, discussions a t conferences ana svmposiums, all comprise the materlii \izihici! becomes the sub- stance of news and i~ul, i~c affarrs to pul~l ic radio. Of course, all events do not take ~3iace in Washington, D.C., and again member statioris arid othet- producers from drounti the riaiiot3 st~pi)I\/ ;)rogramming of significance.

For longer treatmerits oi top~cs of interests, NPR produces five days a week an omnibi~s hour-long program called "Options" whicil well reflects the breadth arid scope of interest and source. Approxi- mately 90 percent of tiie content of "Options" comes trom sources other than NPR, mostly public radio stations.

I t is difficult to characterize the "average" public radio station sirice each one seeks different ways to comljlement the services available from commerciai stations. In addition to put~i ic affairs programs, many of them use classical music re dominantly and most devote some time to i t . Ott~ers place emphasis on other types of music such as jazz, folk, or ethnic music depending upon the needs of their community.

NPR wholeheartedly supports public radio stations in these program areas from diverse sources both foreign and domestic. "Live-on-tape" means the actual recording of an event to be later distributed on tape. The significance of live-on-tape recording is not only that the freshness and "happening now" sounds are preserved, but also that the particular rendition, heard only at the time of performance and not made for commerical distribution, i s likely never to be heard again. Examples: "Concert of the Week" is a weekly program of recorded classical music concerts from around the United States and abroad; "Folk Festival U.S.A." celebrates Americana by sharing the many blues, jazz, folk, and bluegrass and ethnic music produced at festive gatherings around the country.

Because the quality of sound would be lost i f transmitted via existing network lines, NPR sends most of its musical programs via tapes, many in stereo. The duplicating center at the network can make 10 copies of an hour-long musical program in 15 minutes, and daily turns out tapes for public stations.

But music is also transmitted live, and NPR expects to be providing more programmir~g such as was done with three days of broadcasting from the Ann Arbor Blues and Jazz Festival, the two days from the National American Folklife Festival, and several jazz concerts. Also transmitted live are the Metropolitan Opera Final Auditions, with all the intensity of the competitors' hopes and the importance of the occa- sion permeating the programming.

"Voices in the Wind" talks about the arts and features performances also. Oscar Brand is the host of this weekly, hour-long arts magazine - a potpourri of song, dance, fi lm, theater, fine art, and more, where

tlie drt~sts tt~emselves tdllc about t t ie~r feel~nys, the~r l~ves, dnd the~r creations "NPR Theater" offers dranid wrltten for rad~o by conteriil~orarres Us~ng tiie rad~o niedrum and modern technology to the fullest, tlie serles was produced for NPR by p u t ~ l ~ c rad~o's drama center In Madrson, W~scons~n, Earplay.

"NPR Opera Theatre" made its debut this fall, featuring some of the best regional opera being done it\ tliis country. Scanning tlie history of opera, the series began with the United States premiere of Agostino Steffani's "Tassilone" composed in 1700, produced by New York's Clarion Music Society, and conciudes with the Minnesota Opera's preformance o f 'The Newest Opera in the World," an imyrovisation where three wheels of cliance on stage determine the styie of music, tlie setting, and the plot for each act as i t happens.

From these programs and others whicll NPR produces, collects, and distributes, public radio s ta - tions select programming to meet the needs of their varied communities. And by special arrangement, WSSR will be able to broadcast its choice of network programs.

As with any industry, behind NPR's product is a combination of groups and activities which make the product possible. After a long and in-depth study which found public broadcasting to be serving a valuable need in the United States, the Congress in 1967 passed a law creating the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to oversee public radio and public television. CPB in turn assisted stations in the formation of the Public Broadcasting Service for the support of television, and in 1970, the formation of National Public Radio.

Membership in NPR is contingent upon meeting criteria designed to ensure community service. A- mong these are being on the air 18 hours per day, 365 days each year, and having five full-time employees.

NPR is composed of 149 members operating 172 stations serving communities in 43 states, Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia. There are about 700 public radio stations in the United States, and all are eligible for some of NPR programming; but most are small campus-limited student training centers and do not meet the standards for NPR members.

Funding varies. NPR receives the majority of its funding from CPB, though ' i t hopes to match those funds with grants from foundations and corporations i r t i i e near future. Stations may receive monies from their- licensees, from CPB, from foundations, from business and industry, and often from the public. "Listener-supported public radio" is a common phrase heard on many public radio stations.

In terms of interest, concern, and participation, the most valuable asset of public radio is a dedicate(' minority who, for more than 50 years in some instances, have loyally supported their public statior: which, to them, makes a difference in the quality of living.

ROBERT SHERMAN

"Br lck houses do not glow on trees In rhat cuunrry, bur there are ~ w o . . One of these houses wds ~nterlded For a P U ~ ~ I C inn."

"Brick houses do not grow on trees in that country, but there are two nice large brick houses within a mile of my log cabin home.. .One of these houses was intended for a public inn, two stories high, double galleries on north and south sides." With this 1825 description the Methodist circuit riding preacher, Peter Cartwright, described Broadwell's Inn.

The Inn, now the Clayville Stagecoach Stop and Rural Life Center, is the most visible of the projects supported by the Sangamon State University Founda- tion. Located 12 miles west of Springfield on 11 acres of land, Clayville is both a museum and a teaching center. I t is housed in a brick inn built in 1824 and in several other buildings, some of which are restora- tions which have been moved to the site t o create the atmosphere of a rural 19th Century inn and stage- coach stop.

Tlie buildings and land were donated to the Foundation in 1973 by Dr. and Mrs. Emmet Pearson. The Foundation maintains the buildings as a museum, restaurant, learning center, and site for display of crafts from Central Illinois' rural past. Clayville is made available on a continuing basis to the Clayville Folk Arts Guild for various craft festivals during the year. Through the cooperation of the Foundation and Sangamon State University, various Sangamon State courses and community teaching projects are con- ducted at Clayville.

During the past academic year, Sangamon State's offerings at Clayville included such courses as work- shops in historic preservation, archaeology, rural life, and oral history. The university has also offered courses in interpreting American and European back- grounds of rural Midwestern life and courses on American housing and American craftsmen. Clayville has also been the site of many tutorials for students interested in museum work or curatorship.

Moses Broadwell, the Inn's first proprietor, was a Revolutionary War veteran from New Jersey who migrated to Illinois by way of the Ohio River and Cincinnati, arriving at Beard's Ferry landing in 1820. He settled south of Richland Creek about 12 miles west of Springfield. He arrived with his wife, Jane, and their nine children in June or July and proceeded to build a log house. Three years later, Broadwell bought the 550 acres on which he was living. His sons later purchased additional land t o bring the total to 790 acres.

The brick house or Inn was built about 1824 in the architectural style of the Federal 1)eriod not unlike those of the New Jersey, New Yorlc, Pennsylvania and Ohio area from which Mr. Broadwell had come. The

L! 6 Inn, built with native clay t~ricks, originally had two

two-story wooden porches on its north and south facades. The structure and cabinetwork of this Inn are u n ~ ~ s ~ ~ a l l y fine for its day, and the building has been recorded by the Historic American Buildings

I Survey as an outstanding exarnl~le of early architec- t ture in Illinois.

Great exposed, har~d-hewn center "surnmer" beams run through the structure at three levels for support. The walnut rnantels, cat~inetwork and most of the flooriny are original, anti the doors have great

hand-forged strap hinges and large iron or brass locks. The bricks were handmade on the site. A brick oven built into the kitchen fireplace is one o f the few beehive ovens in this region in which bread or other goods are still baked. Outside, the original hand-dug stone-cased well still has good water. The furniture for the Inn, in addition t o its glass, china, pottery, and kitchen gadgets, has been obtained mostly from old families of Sangamo Country. The structure represents a transitional period between the cabin of the rugged pioneer at New Salem and the more comfortable homes of Springfield before the Civil War.

In 1842, the area around Broadwell's Inn was renamed "Clay's ville" because of the sentiment for the perennial Whig candidate, Henry Clay.

During the heyday of the Inn, Reverend Peter Cartwright often spent time at Broaclwell's Inn. In fact, Reverend Cartwright held a large camp meeting a t Clayville in 1832.

Mentor Graham, Lincoln's teacher, held classes a t the Clayville Schoolhouse in 1830 and 1836; anti according to Carl Sandburg, i t was a t this log schoolhouse a t Clayville that Lincoln sat and listened to students recite their lessons.

Dr. Charles Chandler, founder of Chandlerville, was a frequent visitor to Clayville on his way to and from Springfield. Lincoln himself is said to have stayed at the Inn, even though no actual proof exists. Lincoln was the lawyer of the Broadwell family, and i t is unlikely that he made the journey from Springfield to confer with his client and returned home all in the same day.

To the traveler, Clayville tavern offered comfort and warmth within its walls. To the Broadwells, i t provided an income which was needed to raise their large family. In addition to the tavern, the Broadwells also operated a store and a tannery nearby on Richland Creek. According to the store daybook, the Broadwell store stocked flour, sugar, molasses, salt, whiskey, gin, nails, dye stuffs and other staples of the day. The tannery ledger shows that approximately twelve men were employed in the tanyard, and that this business operation supplied leather to farmers, bootmakers and harness makers. In addition to the family's businesses, a mill and blacksmith shop and schoolhouse completed this rural community. Ten miles to the north a t Sangamo town, the Broadwells operated their own grist mill. During the restoration of the tavern, a barrel stencil and stencil brush used by the miller were found under the boards in the stairway.

Moses Broadwell died in 1827 and the family operations fell on the shoulders of son John. l n 1834, a fire broke out in the Inn and partially destroyed the west end. The tavern was rebuilt, but even today evidence of the fire can be seen in one of the upstairs t~edrooms. After the structure was rebuilt, ttie family prospered until the advent of the railroads. With ttie iron horse also came the death of ttie Clayville community. Al l of the i~usinesses a t Clayville de- pended upon the post road and stagecoach line. The post road, which original!^ opened in 1825 and ran --+

ROBERT SHERMAN originally sponsored by the Sangamon County H istor- icat Society, the Ctayville Folk Arts Guilcl was

"Each year t h e Folk Ar t? Gutld enjoys presenting the Fall Crstf:. Festival for al l who w ~ s h to come ancl part lc lparp Smaller I P S ~ I ~ ~ ~ I ~ S arc held r h r o u q h u u t r l i c year . ."

from Spr~ngfield to Beard's Ferry, was extended in 1829 to Quincy on the Mississippi River. With the railroads in the 18501s, the need for a tavern no longer existed, and the Inn became a family resi- dence. The structure was used as such until the 1930's when i t became a storage barn for hay. I t remained that way until the Pearsons came along.

Fourteen years ago, Dr, and Mrs. Pearson began an adventure in historic preservation on the l l linois Pralrie. Emrnet and Mary Pearson had travelled widely because of their interest in antiques, old houses, old inns, and medical history. After attending several conferences about historic preservation where tours of old homes and public houses were used as examples of what could and should he preserved, the Pearsons felt the need to do their part in preserving the prairie heritage. In 1960, Ernmet and Mary Pearson purchased the old hrick tavern and i t s land from Mrs. Mary Grider and Mrs. Veda Mulch. For three years the Pearsons worked to restore Broad- well's Inn with the help of many friends who encouraged them to continue their restoration ef- forts.

The Pearsons opened Clayville to the public in 1963 and operated this historic site through 1972. During that ten-year span, Clayville grew from z restored stage stop into an outdoor museum with two early log houses, two barns, and two sheds. In addition to the Inn and rural exhibits, a country restaurant, a summer stock theatre, a craft shop, and a pottery shop were also open to the public.

Beginning in 1966, a new dimension was added to Clayville. For i t was during the Fall ef 1966 that the first Crafts Festival was held. From this first Festival,

created. For the past seven years, this organization, made UP of persons of various stations In l ~ f e with various educational backgrocrnds, has grown and improved. I t i s toclay recognrzed as one of the truly great c ra f t gu~lcls in the country. Each year the Folk Arts Guild enjoys presenting the Fall Crafts Festival for all who wlsh to come and participate. Smaller festivals are held throughout the year commencing with the Spring Festival, followed by one- and two-day craft shows, antique flea markets and semi- nars during the summer weekends.

In January, 1973, Dr. and Mary Pearson clonated Clayvitle to the Sangamon Sta te University Founda- tion to operate as an educational rural life center. I t is the intention o f the Sangamon State University Foundation ta keep the atmosphere and charm of Clayville as the Pearsons wanted and yet expand the operation into educational activities on a comrnunity- wide basis.

Following my appointment as Curator and member of the faculty at the university, my colleagues and I established the Rural Life Center with tlie goal of establishnng two living historical farms of the 1850 period in Illinois. One of the farms is to be a Yankee and the other a Southern Upland type, both of which developed as migrations filled the Prairie Slate. During each season's operation, the guides employed at the Inn have been Sangamon State University students. Some of the student guides have since expressed a desire to pursue careers in rnuseology and museum education.

In addition to the teaching functions carried out a t Clayville, we also maintain a restaurant there, the Clayville Country Kitchen, which has been operated by the SSLl Foundation since the beginning of the 7974 season. The past year has seen considerable restoration of the food facilities in the restaurant. Of course, one of the goals of the kitchen is to generate revenue for the Foundat~on and ~ t s programs. Beyond that the Country Kitchen attempts to recreate for modern Americans the air of grace and charm which a traveler might have encountered a t the original Clayville Inn. The menu offers home style food. To assure the authenttcity of its meals, much of the food prepared at Clayville is made from recipes which date from t h e 1860's.

During the past year areas for four craftsmen have been enclosed, and a hrick walk and porch have been added a t Clayville. A log and half-timber cabin has been dismantled and stored on the site, and two other log cabins are now being dismantled. These buildings will be reconstructed a t the Clayville site as part of the Rural Life Center. As the nation approaches its bicentennial, Ctayvil le will see more workshops, craft demonstrations, and the addition of a permanent exhibit on the life of farmers in the 1850's, all geared toward preserving and interpreting Illinois' past for those who are its heirs. n

ANNA MAY SMITH

D r . Aucl~th Everson, courd~ndjor of Cnnferencc Workshops, wbth I ' t 4 ,L

*** I- two iac~l i ld turs u( rtie Workshop Douhlc Jeo~arr lv-F Iovce .IA q \ t

Robinson and Vclma Carey u l t h e Urban Leaque.

"A real woman. . .t-~cither ciesptses {lor worships mpn, hut is proud 170f to have beer? born a ma,?, does every thing she can to avoid thinking

or acting l ike one, krlows the TLI / / extent o f her powers, and f ~ e l s free to reject all arbitrary

man made o b liga tions. "

- Roben Graves

/ Question: What are the main things that you think of when you hear the term "women's liberation?" Answer: I sl~ink of wornerl smiling, o f happier marriages, of more honest rela- tio~rships, of partnership, of a world more sane, mom in balance, or more peace and less war. I also [/Tin k sadly o f too 177uch anger released toward the male sex. . . and of rerril~ke egotism that is k t loose i t ] the name of "Ijheration. " I rt?ir?k more and more o f God as Mother.

Women's v iews of themselves, their a t t ~ t u d e s toward traditional roles, and their perceptions of what constitutes or ought to constitute reality are changing.

Question: What is continuing education and what purposes should it serve? Answer: /t rneans developing the capac- i t y to solve problems i t? the settir~g where they occur and learning from this process. S earning. . . reqriires gettit7g and using in formarion from the environn~en t and processing that in formatior? so that decisions can be made aarrd actiot? taken. . . The flow o f it7forn7ation among us - facts, feelings, perceptions - is essential. But information alone rarely improves thit7gs. What WP learn and know must /;re exchanged i f it is to have vallre. What we value has t ? o n?ear?ir7g unless we nct on jt.2

Education is under at tack. The refe- vance, responsibilities. and basic meaning of education Is being examined. Scholars from Hutchins to Holt are extending beliefs, opinions, and observations on what the s t a t e of education is and shou Id he.

On October 4-5, 1974, Sangarnon State University did two things. First, through a two-day conference entitled "Women's Wortd 's : Roles and Realities," Sangamon State sponsored an explicit examination of the dimensions, expressions, and reflections of the emerging vision of womanhood. Second, through its sponsorship of this event, Sangamon State made an implicit statement regarding the p u r p o s e and nature of higher education itself

I f it can be said t h a t women and higher education are both undergoing an identity crisis, then i t can be

-E 1. Partictpant at Conference on Women's Worlds, October 4-5,

Sangarnon State University 2. Malcolm E. Shaw, Educat~on I s Not a Place Connected Learn~ng

and L~ving, Publ~c Adrnin~strat~an R w ~ e w , Vol. 33, No. 6 , pp 521-522

ANNA MAY SMITH

said that this two day conference a t Sangamon State represented not on1 y the recognition of the crises, but also the first steps in enabling both partners to mutual1 y resolve the crisis.

The sponsorship of The Conference on Women as a major pub1 ic affairs activity was a significant expres- sion of t he public service function of she university. The extensive coverage and the divergence of topics treated attest to the responsibility of programrning for the entire community rather than for anv segment therein. Additionally, the Conference format and agenda furnished the maximum dialogue between participants, the exchange of resources and informa- tion, and the provisions for follow-up activities.

Through its 81 workshops, two keynote and two luncheon speakers, and supplementary activities, the Conference ensured the depth and breadth of experi- ence, expertise, and ecumenicism necessary to meet t h e theme of helping today's woman better determine tier priorities for tomorrow.

The idea for the Conference was first proposed in December 1973 when Rose Marie Roach, Associate Dean of Students, brought ~t to Dr. Judith Everson, Literature Program, Dr. Barbara Eibl, H~rnan Devel- opment Counseling Program, and Anna May Smith, Management Program. These three faculty members who were engaged in the creation and irnplernenta- tion of SSU Public Affairs Workshops in continuing education for women responded enthusiastically to

Patricia Hutar. Uni ted States Delegare to the United Nations Comrn~sseon on the Status of Women, a keynote speaker at the Friday morning sess~on, S ~ s t e r Mdrgaret Burke. President of Barat Colleye and lacilltator of the Second Tlme Around Workshop, and Dr. Barbdra Elbl, coordinator of Conference Workshops.

Graduate Assisl,>nt r i r jc l I T ~ C I T I I ~ C I dl I \ L IV ISO.V Committee, Terry Sheph~rd, and Carole Ker>rlerlu, D ~ r v c ~ v r ut t h ~ F r ~ d a y evening prescntatlon "Wnrnan A Multi-Mulerlld hlorltdye" compare notes on prorlucti on

Dean Roach's suggestion. After several meetings and involved planning sessions, in April 1974, Philip Kendal I, Associate Vice-President, Academic Affairs, accepted a tentative agenda and agreed that the university should sponsor the conference as part of its continuing education workshops.

This initial commitment represented just the begin- ning. As preparation for the Conference progressed, what was originally envisioned as a modest investiga- tion into the scope and nature of women's roles In today's world, grew into an extensive examination of the panapoly of topics and worlds of interest to modern women.

An attempt was made, however, neither to em- brace nor to reject an ideology or facet of the women's movement in the firm belief that the conference participants as adult learners should deter- mine and establish their personal priorities and frameworks for development. I ndeed, as Malcolm Knowles states it, this must be the basic difference between "pedagogy" - the teaching of children as empty vessels, and "'andragogy" - the art and science of helping adults learn.3

Pedagogy is concerned with providing speeif ic information and skills, while andragogy is concerned with providing procedures and resources for helping learners acquire information, understanding, skills, attitudes, and values. The keynote in this innovative approach to continuing education is the stress on the

3. Malcolm Knowles, The Adulr Learner: A Neglected Species IHous. ton: Gul f Publishing. 1973)

learner's freedom of choice, and the responsibility on speakers focused on women and religion. women and the educator i s to supply the "environments for the future, myths regarding women's physical inferi- learning" which permit that freedom. ority and implications for change, and the economic

The extent to which Sangamon State's Conference roles of women in the third world and 1975 The on Women furnished these environments for learning International Year for Women. Special conference could be judged in a purely quantitative sense: and, events included a multi-media montage on woman, an with a total of eighty-one workshops and a host of art exhibit featuring women artists, and a phota- supporting activities would probably receive exceed- graphic exhibit on Women's Work Roles in France. ingly high marks. The mast important evaluation Conference facilitators and speakers numbered component, though, must be the qualitative. The several representatives from Sangamon State, sur- ultimate test of quality, of course, is the measure- rounding colleges, and other l ll inois institutions of rnent of conference success and rediagnosis of needs higher education; Ms. Carol Kleimam, journalist, by the conference participants, planners, and facili- Chicago Tribune; Susan Catania, l ll inois State Repre- tators. sentative; Estelle Rarney, M.D., Professor of Phys-

An intermediate measure, however, i s the assess- iology and Biophysics, Georgetown University School rnent of the appropriateness and adequacy of the of Medicine; Morag MacLeod Simchak from the conference structure. As noted above, the intent of Off ice of Labor Affairs, A.I.D., Department of State, the Conference was to provide each partic~pant with and Irene Hughes, psychic. the opportunity to explore a number of environments That the conference contained something or sorne- which shelhe deemed relevant, to emphasize the one for everyone can be inferred from the at- personal search for serendipity, and to obtain feed- tendance. Over 700 people participated in the confer- back from the participants to develop future contin- ence. Participants' backgrounds were as varied and uing education offerings which would be responsive diverse as the conference offerings. to the needs of the Sangamon State community. Participants came from local and surrounding high

The final conference program included worl<shops schools and community colleges, from church, civic, on subjects from The Meaning of Sisterhood, to and service groups, from business, industry, and Finances DeMystified: An lntraduction to Credit and government, from the home, from other colleges and Security Markets, to Women and Poetic Self- universities, and, most heavily, from Sangamon Expression, to Women in NonTraclitional Jobs, to State's immediate family: civil service employees, Women and the Martial Arts. Keynote and luncheon students, staff, faculty and alumni. They included

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+ Women In R e f ~ g ~ o n panel featured Reverend Florlr M~kkelson, Ch~cdgo Ecumen~cal Center. €Isle Austan, merniler ol Bahn'l Fs l~h, Meqan McKcnna. Edrtor o l a Pastoral Worsh~p Serv~cc. L~sbeth K s l z ~ n , sturlent at the U n i v e ~ ? ~ t y of I l l ~ n n ~ s who rs atternptrng to reorganlre a Jewish worsh~p servlcp t o include roles for women. The panel was cha~red by SSU Professor, Mary Kate

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both men and women. They ranged in age from the retired to the three month old child in the day care center. Educationally, the gamut from Ph.D. to no high school diploma was run. Philosophical d i f -

ferences were just as broad. How was the conference received? How did people

react? What was learned? What succeeded? What failed? What directions were set for the future? I t i s too early, and most probably i m p o s s i b l e , to provide a truly definitive answer. Each conference participant received an evaluation questionnaire. Dr. Mary Mc- Dowel I, of the Sociology Program, is in the process of tabulating results to provide the final evaluation report. But, there are certain observations and indi- cators which can be presented a t this time.

F o r some the conference was too radical, for others far too conservative. Estimations of the confer- ence worth varied. Some fel t too much was covered, some too little. Yet, over all, the reaction seems to be positive.

Vdew of e x h ~ h ~ t h a l l arrenqed by Bdr t~ar~ i Schwbl~ng of SSU Madla w t ~ o dlsu hung the ~ x h ~ b ~ t Women In Art ar Horace Mann A U C ~ I ~ O I I L I ~ .

N a l ~ o n ; ~ l Bank, E.H.A. and Stop E.R.A , Planned Parenthood. Sll U Medical School, U.N. lnternatlonal Year for Women sponsured by Fiat-Allis, a n d t h ~ N.O.W, and Wurnet>'s Coalitton, a1 le f t .

Mike Meyer , S5U alumna, Counselor a t L ~ n c o l n Land Community College, leads mar kshop, Awareness: T a r ~ e t Ourselves?

~ I I F :,.'11 ;,g ';irn,-li:A. fealurcd keynote speal . . ,~~ . ~ I I t I I . ~ , , y , 1rc111 ~ I I P I I : I IcP 01 Llbtlor A f f a ~ r ~ ~ , A.E.D., Dcni~rtrnt~ni ol St , ;~ r r . S p e R k h

uf Internat~onal Year for I,Vofnen, 1975 Bcs~rlc her 1 5 Rase M a ~ l e Roach. conferpnce coord~natnr .

The best-attended workshop was Carol Kleirnan's session entitled "Where Women's Heads Are Today." Keynote speeches and luncheons were almost all equally attended. As a direct result of the Confer- ence, a Center for Women to provide assistance and special attention to women and their problems has been establ~shed a t Sangamon State's Capital Campus. Preliminary returns on a quest~onnairc to ascertain interests for future workshops indicate the following priorities: Women's Consciousness Raising Groups, Preparing Yourself for Upward Mot11 l ity, Assertive- ness Tratning for Women, Getting Control of Your Time ancl Your Life, The Second Time Aratrnd: How to Get Back Into School, Coping With Stress, and Women and Political Participation.

Thus, i t seems there is n o one woman's world. Just as there is no one "real" woman - either apothe os~zed or otherwise. There is no one point that all women are at. Cont~nu~ng education's role in all of this is to provide the forum for exchange, to report on what is or i s not happening, where ancl why, and to respond to the needs of the learner. Sometimes this will mean expanding, increasing, or altering awareness. Always, it will mean assisting in the process of enahling the learner to act on his convic- tions or knowledge.

Question: What would you like to see changed about woman's traditional role?

Answers : Damn near every t l ~ i r ~ g . Not/?ir?g except choice. A wor77at~'s role should he u p to her.

I would like to see women come out of their l i r t lc girl/sex goddess role at ~d gain sel f-esrecn7 dr7d self-respect to he- come partners wit11 met? it7 shapit7g oils society.4

4. Part~clpant a t Conference u r l Nomen's Worlcts, October 1.5, 1974, Sangamcn S t a ~ c U n l v ~ r q ~ r y

NEWS NOTES

ALUMNI ASSOCIATION SCHOLARSHIPS were pre- sented to four SS9 students at a dinner in the President's Conference Room on Nov. 19.

The students, designated Alumni Scholars, are the first recipients of scholarship monies from the As- sociation. Presentation of scholarship certificates was made by DAVE MONSON, chairman of the Alumni Association, and president ROBERT SPENCER.

Alumni scholars for the current academic year are JULIE A. CLAXTON of Anna, a student in the Literature Program, who previously attended SI U and Shawnee Community College; ANN L. THOMPSON, formerly of Hinsdale, whose area of concentration is History and who has previously attended the Univer- sity of Kentucky and Elmhurst College; RONALD E. WHEELER of Springfield, whose area of concentra- tion is Creative Arts and who previously attended the University of Illinois and Springfield College in Ill i- nois; and STEPHEN M. PENDERGAST of Charles- ton, a student in the Communication in a Teclinologi- cal Society Program, who was formerly a student at Lake Land Cornrnuni t y College. All are under- graduates.

The scholarsh~ps are financed by monies raised by the Association as dues and through fund raising activ- it~es. They are granted in accordance with the follow- ing policy: "Alumni Scholarships will be awarded by the Sangamon State University Office of Financial Aid following university policy. They will be awarded to ful I-time students, graduate or undergraduate. As long as the student shows need, no student or parental income level will disqualify him from receiv- ing the scholarship. Cont~nuation of the scholarship is dependent upon satisfactory completion of a t least 12 hours of academic credit per semester. ( I n excep- tional cases where failure to complete satisfactorily may be due to illness or extraordinary circumstances, the scholarship may be continued by the Board of Directors of the Alumni Association.)'"

BOOK BORROWING FROM THE LIBRARY by alc~rnni may soon be a reality because of a policy change on the part of the SSU library.

While alumni are encouraged to use the library now, they have not been granted the opportunity of borrowing materials from the library. That policy has been the su bject of much discussion between mem- bers of the Alumni Association and the library staff during the past year. DAVE MONSON announced to the Board of Directors of the Association at a meeting on Nov. 19 that HOWARD DILLON, univer- sity librarian, has tentatively agreed to a change of

policy which would permit alumni borrowing. This policy is in line with al l other s t a t e universities in Illinois, which do permit some form of alumni bor- rowing. Dillon has circulated a discussion paper to the university community outlining his thoughts on ex- tending privileges to alumni. That paper and presenta- tions by members of the Alumni Association will be directed to the Library Cabinet, the Academic Cabi- net, and the Council on Academic Affairs. Some change in policy should be forthcoming by the spring semester. The mechanical details of borrowers cards and alumni identification by the library are now under discussion.

FALL SEMESTER ENROLLMENT a t SSU was 3,320 full- and part-time students, which is up from 2,860 students registered las t fall. The Admissions Office estimates that enrollment Spring Semester 1975 may reach 3,500 students. The following table shows the total number of students enrolled in the university since it first opened its doors to classes.

School Year Fall Spring

70-7 1 81 1 823 71-72 1574 1587 72-73 2327 248 1 73-74 2860 3004 74-75 3320 3500 (estimate)

A MAJOR REORGANIZATION of Sangamon State's administrative staff, merging the Business Affairs and Planning and Development divisions and placing Student Services under Academic Affairs, was re- cently completed a t SSU. The over-all effect i s planned to reduce middle-management positions and to coordinate the changes in administrative structure with governance revision expected to be approved by the Board of Regents this winter.

Pres~dent Spencer said the restructuring was called for In light of current enrollments and reduced expecta- tions for growth of SSU in the future. The changes when completely effected are expected to reduce administrative overhead by some $250,000 with another $100,000 to be re-allocated to new program needs.

There will be three operating divisions in the changed organizational structure in addition to the President's Office: Academic Affairs, University Relations, and Business and Administrative Services.

DEAN OF ACADEMIC PROGRAMS is a new posi- tion which was created as part of the university's reorganization. The dean will be under the vice president for academic affairs. He will have major responsibility for development and operation of the various academic programs. Candidates for the posi- tion of Dean of the Faculty are now being recruited

by a university search committee. The new dean's appointment will be effective July 1, 1975. A t that time the positions of the four cluster deans will be eliminated.

There is currently a transition committee working on defining the new dean's areas of responsibility, and those of the program committees, and the heads of the programs. This committee is working with the interim Dean of the Faculty, LARRY E. SHINER.

THE PUBLIC AFFAIRS CENTER, second of the university's permanent buildings, is now under con- struction. Excavation for the building's foundations and lower floor is now completed. The center will contain over 200,000 square feet and will house classrooms, instructional laboratories, mock legis- lative and hearing rooms, and administrative offices. A major portion of the $1 1.4 million project will be a 2,000-seat auditorium. This auditorium will provide space for lectures, as well as a place for performing arts presentations. The building will consist of five levels, one of which is below ground, and will be constructed of concrete, s tee l and brick. Architect Earl W. Henderson, of the firm Ferry and Henderson, estimates that the building will take 20 months to complete and that under ideal circumstances, SSU could occupy the Public Affairs Center in late 1976. In addition to enabling the university to fil l its mandate as the public affairs university of Illinois, the new Public Affairs Center will also be of great service to the Springfield community and will be available for many community events.

A LEARNING CENTER has just opened a t the university to provide professional tutoring aimed a t improving students' communications skills. The cen- ter will also provide seminars on various topics in the communications field.

The center provides informal advice and instruction on a "walk-in" basis and a more structured sequence of learning activities on a scheduled basis. The staff will help people on specific assignments or will tutor individuals in skills ranging from improving reading rates to preparing and writing research papers.

Faculty members in general use the center as a resource. One instructor has already asked the Learn- ing Center staff to advise 100 seminar students on developing and writing research papers. Faculty may also refer students t o the center for help on specific problems.

GARY MORGAN and BEN WARD, assistant profes- sors of learning skills, are the new faculty in charge. Presently three part-time assistants also staff the center. There is no charge to students or faculty for the services offered.

Ward stated that confusion has arisen because some people see the center as a remedial program. He explained that the main thrust of their work is developmental, and they act to improve skills a t all levels.

Ward and Morgan a te spending the time not occupied by tutoring in organizing the new center and develop- ing individualized, self-paced learning packages in the several skills areas. These learning packets will form the core af ~nstructfonal methods in this initial phase of the center's growth. They allow students to work on skills a t their own pace and as often as they wish.

Instruction available to students includes techniques of test-taking, note-taking, footnoting and bi bliogra- phy, critical reading, listening skills, comprehension, audience awareness, all forms of writing, and ether skills.

A FOOD SERVICES COORDINATOR has been hired jointly by SSU and Lincoln Land Community College. He i s DAVID VAN VERTLOO, and he will be responsible for overseeing the food service opera- tions on both campuses. Van Vertloo's appointment came a t the same time t h a t both schools sought a new food service vendor under a joint contract.. To increase cafeteria capabilities on the SSU campus, the university i s extensive1 y remodeling the north end of the cafeteria. This remodeling will make i t possible for the vendor to prepare food from scrazch in the kitchen, instead of having to rely solely on frozen food products.

Another part of that remodeling makes shower and locker facilities available to those participating in intramural ath tet ics on campus.

USING THE SUN'S RAYS for home heating in Illinois i s being probed by nine students a t SSU. The project is being wazched with interest by officials from the Illinois State Energy Office.

The university received a grant from the National Science Foundat~on for the solar energy project. The students, under the supervision of ALEXANDER J. CASELLA, professor of physical science, planned and developed the project over the summer. The solar energy "furnace'hcosists of collector plates which gather the sun's energy to heat water. The water is circulated through radiators in a geodesic dome being used as a play area for children a t the crniversity's Day Care Center.

To date, solar heating projects have generally been hybrid systems with the heat from trad~tional heattng plants supplementing the sun.

"The SSW building will rely on solar energy only," according to JOHN DRABANSK I, student project director. "The temperature in the geodesic dome will be monitored daily for many months and cornparecl with outside weather cond~tions."

Drabanski said that the solar system to date has heated the circulating water to 130 degrees. However, some insulation work has yet to be completecl. The angle of the collectors in relation to the sun also w ~ l l be more effective during the winter months.

Among officials from the I Ilinois State Energy Offlce who met recently with the Sangamon S ta te solar research group to discuss the project were JIM KINLEY and DON HANDY. Kinley, assistant direc tor of the Office of the Energy Coordinator, sa~r l he hopes the office can profit from the experience gained by the SSU experimenters.

The public is invited to view t h e solar energy installation located on the SSU Main Campus.

THE SEX-YEAR SPEClALlST DEGREE in Educa- tional Administration has been approved as a co- operative program between SI U-Edwardsvi lle, I llinois Sta te University and SSU.

Though only SIU or ISU would offer the degree, SSU students in the program would receive numerous benefits. Courses taken at SSU are not subject to traditionat transfer-of-credit rules, including lirn~ta- tions on number of hours transferable. Courses may be taken at any of the three universities, though a minimum of 21 quarter hours must be taken a t SIU or a minimum of 15 semester hours a t ISU. Residence requirements may be met a t any of the three institutions.

Instructors for the program will be regular members of the educational administration faculty a t each of the three schools, and they will cooperate to insure that courses offered a t one school complement those at the others to avoid duplicating training. Courses leading to the degree will initially be offered at SSU in the Spring 1975 Semester. -+

NATIONAL BLACK SOLIDARITY DAY was ob- served on the SSU campus on November 2. The day's activities included two speakers, a series of work- shops, films, interpretive modern dance, and a one-act play. The event was planned to break down invisible barriers which still separate whites from blacks and to increase interracial understanding. The day began with an address by CURTIS THOMAS, president of the East St. Louis Metro East Labor Council. Also on the program was JOHN FLAMER, director of the affirmative action program a t SI U, Edwardsville. The series of workshops were held during the day, and dramatic presentations and dances were held in the evening.

A SCIENCE SPEAKERS BUREAU has been formed from among highly qualified persons a t SSU, Lincoln Land Community College, Southern Illinois Univer- sity School of Medicine, Springfield College in Ill i- nois, Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, and the Illinois Department of Public Health.

LETTERS TO THE ALUMNI OFFICE

Dear Editor:

I'm working a t a print shop, silkscreen shop, that is, with people I went to school with here, before SSU. The work we do is remarkable for i t ' s quality, good design, and fast delivery. I do a lot of work free-lance st i l l , mainly for Dow Jones, Barron's Weekly and Wall Street Journal. Ads for these appear in the weekday New York Times, Chicago Tribune, and L.A. Times, i f you're interested. Most of the ads I either did, or had a hand in somewhere along the way. Also work for Ed Ezell and other friends across the country. Otherwise I'm raising cats and herbs and battling roaches. And, I have not changed. I am the same.

There are 33 persons willing to give their time for talks on scientific subjects. There i s no charge for this service. Brochures containing the names of the speakers and their topic are available by writing STEVE MUROV a t Sangamon State University. The members of the bureau would be of particular interest to teachers, and program chairmen of various community groups.

I Cathy Price

Dear Editor:

GENE RODDENBERRY and KARL HESS are two speakers who were recently a t SSU.

I appreciate receiving my "alumnews" and will inform you of my "whereabouts."

Roddenberry, the creator and producer of the science fiction TV series "Star Trek," spoke to a capacity crowd of over 500 people. Roddenberry discussed the series and how it was made, made predictions about the scientific and social development of society, and announced that Paramount pictures has decided to begin production of a Star Trek feature film. That announcement and the news that the show will be going into production for a series of 90-minute TV movies were greeted with great enthusiasm by the audience.

While working for Springfield Park District as program supervisor I completed my M.A. in Public Administration in December, 1973. In March, 1974 I accepted the position of Director of Parks and Recreation in Westmont, Illinois. Westmont is located between'bowners Grove and Hinsdale.

A big thank you is in order to teachers like Bob Batson, my advisor, Gary Combs, and Nathalie Funk for letting me structure my classes with my profes- sion in mind.

Hess, formerly Barry Goldwater's 1964 speech writer and ghost for his syndicated newspaper column, spent a day on campus talking to students about his experiences with Goldwater and his subsequent conversion t o the new left. Hess is now involved in neighborhood community organization in his native Washington, D.C. and expressed a belief in "local liberty," which he says is the answer to bigness in government and corporations. Hess practices hydro- ponic agriculture on his. roof and raises hundreds of trout in his basement. He sees his neighborhood work and philosophizing as a road to independence not offered t o those in the traditional political system.

My wife, Jeannette, completed twelve hours a t S.S.U. while teaching a t Lanphier High School. We have two children, Joey, 3% and a new addition Natalie, 2 months.

Please pass on my thank yous and whereabouts.

Sincerely,

Joe Schultz

Illinois Issues

ILLINOIS ISSUES, a monthly magazine on lllinois government and public affairs, will publish its first issue in January. The first magazine of its kind for Illinois, i t i s financially assisted by a Ford Foundation grant and Sangamon State University in cooperation with the U-niversity of Illinois. The magazine is available by subscription only a t $15 per year.

The content of the 32-page magazine will include summaries of the significant actions of the three branches of state government and articles dealing with state issues, including developments in local government.

"lllinois lssues will be both accurate and readable, without bias," stated WILLIAM L. DAY, editor of the magazine and SSU professor of public affairs and public affairs reporting. "Our purpose is to provide a credible source of information on the major developments in l llinois government," said Day, formerly director of the l llinois Legislative Council, a state research agency.

The January issue will include a special election report on the lllinois state house races, state Appellate Court judgeships, Illinois' Congressional seats and U.S. Senate seat and the state treasurer. A special report will be featured each month, and other "specials" planned include "The Implementation of the 1970 Illinois Constitution" and financing public education in Illinois.

Regular departments of Illinois lssues include "Legislative Action" with summaries of important bills plus roll calls; "Executive Report" with executive orders by the governor and major opinions by the attorney general plus other important orders and rulings from the state's executive officers and agencies; and "Judicial Rulings" with summaries of significant lllinois Supreme Court decisions.

Beginning each issue will be a regular column, "The state of the State," presenting a digest of developments in the state government during the past month. Two other regular columns are "Chicago" by DAN LOGAN, former SSU student, and "Washing- ton" by TOM LITTLEWOOD, Washington corre- spondent for the Chicago Sun-Times.

Each month, lllinois lssues will feature at least one major controversial issue presented from all sides in

order to provide as much information as possible on pending legislation or a policy decision. January's "issue" story will be "The Attorney General vs. the Governor: who selects counsel for state agencies?" authored by RUBlN G. COHN, professor of law, U. of I. Besides the three columns, the special report and "issue" article, lllinois lssues each month will have an interview of a prominent Illinoisan and articles on 1) governmental process, 2) government agency, 3) science or education, 4) predictive issue or innovative program, and 5) a specific explanation of "how to" find, ge t or do something in government.

BILL LAMBRECHT, has contributed the first process story on "lllinois energy program: the story of how a bill passes the General Assembly." BARBARA DOE, SSU graduate assistant in the Environments and People program, has written the January predictive article on the proposed designation of wilderness status for two areas in the Shawnee Hills in southern Illinois. THOM SERAFIN will contribute an interview of GEORGE LINDBERG, state comp- troller. The state's higher education governance system has been analyzed for the first issue by BOYD R. KEENAN, U. of I. professor of political science and assistant director of the U. of I. Institute of Government and Public Affairs. The January "how to" article i s "How to get a traffic light installed: the story of how one village did it" by PAM BRUZAN of Rochester.

Other contributing writers from Sangamon State for lllinois lssues in the coming months and their article topics include EDNA MC CONNELL, state hospital regulations; Associate Professor of Administration MERRILL D. REDEMER, state school aid formula; Associate Professor of Sociology AUSTIN CARLEY, food shortages and Illinois; Assistant Professor of Administration ROBERT KUSTRA, lllinois Bureau of the Budget; Associate Professor of Political Studies CONRAD P. RUTKOWSKI, law enforcement in Illinois; Professor of History and Education J. RICHARD JOHNSTON, lllinois community college system; Assistant Professor of Literature J. M. LENNON, interviewing MARY LEE LEAHY, state director of children and family services; Associate Professor of Political Studies DAVID J. EVERSON, the role of lobbyists in the legislative process.

Associate editors of Illinois lssues are CAROLINE GHERARDINI, formerly coordinator of public relations for Lincoln Land Community College, Springfield, and Parkland College, Champaign, and Professor Lennon. Business manager is Wl LL lAM J. GEEKIE, formerly in positions in the l llinois departments of Business and Economic Development, Children and Family Services, and Public Aid.

lllinois lssues has editorial and business offices at the SSU Capital Campus.

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W. GENE MUSSELMAN, Chicago, has been ap- pointed Director of Membership of the American Bar Association, largest voluntary professional organiza- tion in the world with 185,000 members. Musselman, 30, had been associated with the Boy Scouts of America since 1969, most recently as a field director. Born in Fairbury, Ill., Musselman is a graduate of Sangamon State University and is enrolled a t Loyola University, seeking a master's degree in urban studies. Musselman's wife, Pamela, i s a nurse a t Columbus Hospital.. .EDWARD RUSSO is the author of a recently published book entitled Helmle & Helmle, Architects, which is the latest in the Bicentennial Series published by the Sangamon County Historical Society. The book is a study of an architectural firm which designed many buildings in Springfield from 1875 to 1950. Russo is on the staff of Lincoln Library.

MALCOLM HOLMAN recently visited the SSU cam- pus. He i s now employed by the Regional Transporta- tion Authority in Denver.. .DANIEL VERONDA is employed as a counselor with the Northwest Human Resources Center, which is a combined mental health and social services center in Williston, North Dakota . . .DON PEARSON has been appointed director of training and education a t McLeod Memorial Hospital in Florence, South Carolina. . .DAN SHRAM just began work with the Comprehensive Mental Health Center in LaPorte County, Michigan City, Indiana.

SUSAN HARVEY, who is SSU's academic planning coordinator, recently married BRUCE PETERSON, a third-year medical student at SIU.. .LOU ALLYN COMBES was recently married to JAMES C. FROST. Both are employed by the lllinois Environmental Protection Agency. . .DOROTHY HAJEK has been

hired by SSU as the COPE field coordinator. . . HERBERT KAISERMAN is now the director of student services for the East Dubuque, Illinois, school district. He is also coaching seventh and eighth grade basketball. . .PHYLLIS STOREY i s now employed by Sangamon County's Manpower Agency as Field Serv- ice Coordinator.

MICHAEL PIEPER is now working as a statistician in the Experimental Housing Allowance Program in Peoria.. .FRANCIS MUSKA i s now teaching a t Musk- ingum Area Technical College in Zanesville, Ohio. He is coordinating the Law Enforcement and Corrections Program. He is also serving on a committee of the Ohio Board of Regents to evaluate all two-year criminal justice degree programs in that state. . . ROXANNE McCLOUD i s now working for the I I l ino is National Bank. . .FATHER BERNARD MEYER i s serving as a faculty member a t St. Mary's Center of Religious Studies in Taylorville, which offers accredited courses through Springfield College in I Ilinois.

JAN GOMIEN recently resigned from her position as admissions officer a t Sangamon State and i s now in the Illinois Legislative Intern Program a t the Capitol Building. . .RON MICHAELSON has left his position in the office of the vice president for academic affairs to accept a staff position with the lllinois Board of Elections. He is teaching with the university on a part-time basis.. .ROBERT REID has resigned as Dean of Social Science a t SSU. In January 1975 he will begin a position as vice president for academic affairs and professor of history a t Indiana State University a t Evansville. In commenting on Reid's resignation, Vice President JOHN KEISER said, "The Social Science Cluster has the largest number of programs in the university, and Dean Reid is in many ways responsible for its growth, for its new programs, and for the quality of faculty serving in it."

CHARLES C. SMITH has been appointed Corporate Development Officer of Rippel Architectural Metals Company, Chicago. His wife JANET SMITH was recently named Management Training Supervisor for the lllinois Continental Bank of Chicago. . . ERNIE EDEN and LIZ FRAZER will be married December 28 in Georgia. (Liz i s keeping her name.) After the wedding, they will be a t home in Hyattsville, Mary- land. Liz is in school, and Ernie is currently doing volunteer work with the Logan Circle Preservation Corporation in Washington, D.C. . . RITA LIT- WILLER and ALUSAINE SOWAH plan to be married January 11. She is now working with Illinois Gov- ernor Dan Walker's Correspondence Office.

NAT FRAZER i s now an instructor in the Depart- ment of Educational Resources a t the Southern Ill i- nois University School of Medicine. . . STEVE DOLGIN i s teaching English composition as a part- time instructor a t Oakton Community College.

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