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Fryxell reveals third curriculum plan By Jane Wagers Staff writer A third alternative to the present curriculum was proposed in writing by professor emeritus Don Fryxell at the faculty meeting yesterday. Fryxell criticized the Augustana Plan saying, "The Augustana Plan increases the number of required courses in the core by ten credit hours without increasing its liberal arts emphasis; indeed, it lessens that emphasis considerably." Fryxell was referring to the courses in orientation, computer skills, and personal development that the Augustana Plan has included in the core. Fryxell goes on to say, "Our liberal arts core needs to be strengthened, not weakened. Just as we cannot guarantee that all our graduates are going to -get good jobs, neither can we guarantee that after our students graduate, they will be more moral, religious, socially committed human beings. What the liberal arts can guarantee is an opportunity for students to broaden and develop their minds by pursuing various branches of knowledge for their own sake." The "Fryxell Plan" proposes the following changes to the ex-isting curriculum: —lower the value of each course in every zone, except Zone IV, to three credit hours — increase credit hours in Zone IV to 4.0 credit hours per course to emphasize the importance of laboratory work —Zone III would be modified to make one of the two required courses in this zone a history course — a broader selection of literature courses would be offered as an alternative to World Literature —credit hours in Zone VI would be raised from seven to eigh-teen and would require in addition to physical education, two courses in a foreign language, a course in philosophy, a course in mathematics, and two semesters of freshman composition. — Interim would become optional, similar to the present mini-term — no core classes would be offered in the Interim Fryxell ends by saying, "Your choice is clear: either you com-mit yourselves to the liberal arts, or you commit yourselves to a program which adulterates the liberal arts in the name of general education." Pressler sets priorities for remainder of session Senator Larry Pressler Photo by Dave Burkholder Money topic of Senate hearing By Dave Loverude Assistant edtior A variety of South Dakota businesspeople including farmers, bankers and_- economists told Sen. Larry Pressler, R-SD, Monday at a Senate hearing that high interest rates are the main cause of economic problems and the best path to recovery is to reduce them. Pressler said that next to defense high interest rates are the greatest concern facing America today. "At some point, in my view, we will have a cataclysmic result if high interest rates con-tinue," he said. Bob Balhorn, former presi-dent of the South Dakota Realtors, said that although the housing market has improved overall throughout the country, smaller states and cities still suf-fer a housing recession. Balhorn cited figures that showed that from Jan. 1979 through Dec. 1982, when in-terest rates rose from 81/2 per-cent to 17 percent, home sales in By Jane Wagers Staff writer The Augustana faciilty yesterday continued working on the Augustana Plan, one of the proposed alternatives to the present curriculum. A third plan, authored by Dr. Don Fryxell was also presented at the meeting. Action will not take place on that plan until the Augustana Plan and the Schot-ten Alternate Plan have been discussed by the full faculty. The faculty did vote to delete Section 1.1, "Meeting The Challenge of College and Career", from the proposed Augustana Plan. Dr. Donald Sneen, chairman of the religion department, made the motion to eliminate the section that would have pro-vided a one credit hour required course designed to introduce freshmen to the college and to help them in making career decisions. Two other motions were made and failed. The first, made by Bill Gross of the physical education department, proposed that Section 1.2, "Understanding The Self In In-terpersonal Relationships", be omitted from Area 1 and then be considered under Area 3, "Developing Knowledge for a Changing World." Gross said that the courses intended in that section would be more ap-propriate in the "knowledge" the Sioux Falls area declined by 70 percent. HOwever, in the first nine months of this year, with lower rates, sales have increased 58 percent. "Lower rates were the reason for the drastic increase," Balhorn said. "This is still a 30 percent drop from the 1979 level. "The level of sales is tied in-versely to interest rates." Balhorn, along with other businessmen, said that the record federal budget deficit is the reason for high interest rates. The National Association of Realtors has proposed a plan that would balance the budget in five years by cutting the rate of growth in government spen-ding. "The best thing the govern-ment could do is make a firm commitment to work toward a balanced budget," Balhorn said. Pressler, who supports the plan, called it a "realistic bill. I think it's a great step forward and I hope we do it." Henry Billion, a Sioux Falls Area 3. The second motion to be defeated was made by Lamoyne Pederson of the philosophy department. The motion called for the title of Section 2.3 "Mathematical Competency" to be changed to "Mathematical and Reasoning Competency". The change would have re-quired that a course in critical thinking be offered as an alter-native to a math course. Gross also submitted a sug-gested adjustment to the Augustana Plan. Gross said that his submission was not intended to be an alternate plan, but "rather a point-by-point reassessment and possible clarification." car dealer, said that high in-terest rates not only hurt him but also the car buyer because he has to charge an additional $100 to $150 to cover his in-terest on unsold cars. "The payment cost of pur-chasing an automobile is too high," Billion said. "They've been driven out of the market." Billion said that high rates force people to make payments over three or four years and possibly five ,as opposed to the regular two years. Marie Fisher, a farmer from Winner, SD, said that in the risky business of farming high interest rates make running a farm more difficult. Farmers are forced to sell 125 acres of wheat just to pay the in-terest on a $100,000 loan at 11.75 percent, she said. High interets rates also hurt farmers when equipment breaks down or needs repair because businesses, in order to lower their own costs, are forced to carry a smaller inventory of supplies, Fisher said. By Tom Hayes Editor U.S. Senator Larry Pressler (R-SD) says that though the work remaining for the U.S. Senate may seem routine, there is alot of hard work ahead for the senators. Pressler believes that getting the federal deficit under control is an important priority of the U.S. Senate this "I am supporting legislation that calls for across the board cuts. We have to cut the rate of increase in programs. These cuts must include the military. Though I beleive that a strong national defense is im-portant, there is waste in the pentagon. It should come under the eye of David Stockman. Balancing the budget will also mean higher taxes," said Pressler. . term. "We have to get the deficit down and get interest rates under control," Pressler said in an interview on Monday. One of the most publicized task of the Senate in the near future will be the confirmation of Judge William Clark as Secretary of the Interior. Ad-ministration officials say that Robert Macfarlane will replace Clark as national security af-fairs advisor. "I feel good about both of these men. I recently had occa-sion to horseback ride with Clark. He is a quiet man and a good person. He will reflect the President's policies. I believe he will be a surprise. "Macfarlane will make a good national security advisor. His appointment should make Shultz much stronger in his position as Secretary of State. The president's moving Clark over to interior will eliminate the two from competing for power," said Pressler. The Senate will be working on other issues during the re-mainder of this term that Pressler sees as very important. needs to be done on the war powers act. The administration has to take steps regarding the withdrawl of troops from the Middle East. "I am also working on legisla-tion in the Communication, Science and Transportation sub committee that would eliminate access charges for long distance calls," said Pressler. Though 1984 is an election year for Pressler, he says that he is not looking that far ahead. "I feel I must work hard on the issues that concern us this year. There is a quiet attitude among the people of South Dakota regarding elections until the year of an election. Things don't usually start to heat up until then," said Pressler. Augustana Mirror Thursday Oct. 20, 1983 Volume 67, Number 6 Augie faculty continue revising Augustana plan
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Title | Mirror - October 20, 1983 |
Subject (LC) | Augustana College (Sioux Falls, S.D.)--Students--Newspapers |
Type | Newspaper |
Date | 1983-10-20 |
Publishing agency | Augustana College, Sioux Falls, SD, USA |
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Language | English |
Collection | Augustana Newspapers |
Contributing Institution | Mikkelsen Library, Augustana University |
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Type | Newspaper |
Date | 1983-10-20 |
Text | Fryxell reveals third curriculum plan By Jane Wagers Staff writer A third alternative to the present curriculum was proposed in writing by professor emeritus Don Fryxell at the faculty meeting yesterday. Fryxell criticized the Augustana Plan saying, "The Augustana Plan increases the number of required courses in the core by ten credit hours without increasing its liberal arts emphasis; indeed, it lessens that emphasis considerably." Fryxell was referring to the courses in orientation, computer skills, and personal development that the Augustana Plan has included in the core. Fryxell goes on to say, "Our liberal arts core needs to be strengthened, not weakened. Just as we cannot guarantee that all our graduates are going to -get good jobs, neither can we guarantee that after our students graduate, they will be more moral, religious, socially committed human beings. What the liberal arts can guarantee is an opportunity for students to broaden and develop their minds by pursuing various branches of knowledge for their own sake." The "Fryxell Plan" proposes the following changes to the ex-isting curriculum: —lower the value of each course in every zone, except Zone IV, to three credit hours — increase credit hours in Zone IV to 4.0 credit hours per course to emphasize the importance of laboratory work —Zone III would be modified to make one of the two required courses in this zone a history course — a broader selection of literature courses would be offered as an alternative to World Literature —credit hours in Zone VI would be raised from seven to eigh-teen and would require in addition to physical education, two courses in a foreign language, a course in philosophy, a course in mathematics, and two semesters of freshman composition. — Interim would become optional, similar to the present mini-term — no core classes would be offered in the Interim Fryxell ends by saying, "Your choice is clear: either you com-mit yourselves to the liberal arts, or you commit yourselves to a program which adulterates the liberal arts in the name of general education." Pressler sets priorities for remainder of session Senator Larry Pressler Photo by Dave Burkholder Money topic of Senate hearing By Dave Loverude Assistant edtior A variety of South Dakota businesspeople including farmers, bankers and_- economists told Sen. Larry Pressler, R-SD, Monday at a Senate hearing that high interest rates are the main cause of economic problems and the best path to recovery is to reduce them. Pressler said that next to defense high interest rates are the greatest concern facing America today. "At some point, in my view, we will have a cataclysmic result if high interest rates con-tinue," he said. Bob Balhorn, former presi-dent of the South Dakota Realtors, said that although the housing market has improved overall throughout the country, smaller states and cities still suf-fer a housing recession. Balhorn cited figures that showed that from Jan. 1979 through Dec. 1982, when in-terest rates rose from 81/2 per-cent to 17 percent, home sales in By Jane Wagers Staff writer The Augustana faciilty yesterday continued working on the Augustana Plan, one of the proposed alternatives to the present curriculum. A third plan, authored by Dr. Don Fryxell was also presented at the meeting. Action will not take place on that plan until the Augustana Plan and the Schot-ten Alternate Plan have been discussed by the full faculty. The faculty did vote to delete Section 1.1, "Meeting The Challenge of College and Career", from the proposed Augustana Plan. Dr. Donald Sneen, chairman of the religion department, made the motion to eliminate the section that would have pro-vided a one credit hour required course designed to introduce freshmen to the college and to help them in making career decisions. Two other motions were made and failed. The first, made by Bill Gross of the physical education department, proposed that Section 1.2, "Understanding The Self In In-terpersonal Relationships", be omitted from Area 1 and then be considered under Area 3, "Developing Knowledge for a Changing World." Gross said that the courses intended in that section would be more ap-propriate in the "knowledge" the Sioux Falls area declined by 70 percent. HOwever, in the first nine months of this year, with lower rates, sales have increased 58 percent. "Lower rates were the reason for the drastic increase," Balhorn said. "This is still a 30 percent drop from the 1979 level. "The level of sales is tied in-versely to interest rates." Balhorn, along with other businessmen, said that the record federal budget deficit is the reason for high interest rates. The National Association of Realtors has proposed a plan that would balance the budget in five years by cutting the rate of growth in government spen-ding. "The best thing the govern-ment could do is make a firm commitment to work toward a balanced budget," Balhorn said. Pressler, who supports the plan, called it a "realistic bill. I think it's a great step forward and I hope we do it." Henry Billion, a Sioux Falls Area 3. The second motion to be defeated was made by Lamoyne Pederson of the philosophy department. The motion called for the title of Section 2.3 "Mathematical Competency" to be changed to "Mathematical and Reasoning Competency". The change would have re-quired that a course in critical thinking be offered as an alter-native to a math course. Gross also submitted a sug-gested adjustment to the Augustana Plan. Gross said that his submission was not intended to be an alternate plan, but "rather a point-by-point reassessment and possible clarification." car dealer, said that high in-terest rates not only hurt him but also the car buyer because he has to charge an additional $100 to $150 to cover his in-terest on unsold cars. "The payment cost of pur-chasing an automobile is too high," Billion said. "They've been driven out of the market." Billion said that high rates force people to make payments over three or four years and possibly five ,as opposed to the regular two years. Marie Fisher, a farmer from Winner, SD, said that in the risky business of farming high interest rates make running a farm more difficult. Farmers are forced to sell 125 acres of wheat just to pay the in-terest on a $100,000 loan at 11.75 percent, she said. High interets rates also hurt farmers when equipment breaks down or needs repair because businesses, in order to lower their own costs, are forced to carry a smaller inventory of supplies, Fisher said. By Tom Hayes Editor U.S. Senator Larry Pressler (R-SD) says that though the work remaining for the U.S. Senate may seem routine, there is alot of hard work ahead for the senators. Pressler believes that getting the federal deficit under control is an important priority of the U.S. Senate this "I am supporting legislation that calls for across the board cuts. We have to cut the rate of increase in programs. These cuts must include the military. Though I beleive that a strong national defense is im-portant, there is waste in the pentagon. It should come under the eye of David Stockman. Balancing the budget will also mean higher taxes," said Pressler. . term. "We have to get the deficit down and get interest rates under control," Pressler said in an interview on Monday. One of the most publicized task of the Senate in the near future will be the confirmation of Judge William Clark as Secretary of the Interior. Ad-ministration officials say that Robert Macfarlane will replace Clark as national security af-fairs advisor. "I feel good about both of these men. I recently had occa-sion to horseback ride with Clark. He is a quiet man and a good person. He will reflect the President's policies. I believe he will be a surprise. "Macfarlane will make a good national security advisor. His appointment should make Shultz much stronger in his position as Secretary of State. The president's moving Clark over to interior will eliminate the two from competing for power," said Pressler. The Senate will be working on other issues during the re-mainder of this term that Pressler sees as very important. needs to be done on the war powers act. The administration has to take steps regarding the withdrawl of troops from the Middle East. "I am also working on legisla-tion in the Communication, Science and Transportation sub committee that would eliminate access charges for long distance calls," said Pressler. Though 1984 is an election year for Pressler, he says that he is not looking that far ahead. "I feel I must work hard on the issues that concern us this year. There is a quiet attitude among the people of South Dakota regarding elections until the year of an election. Things don't usually start to heat up until then," said Pressler. Augustana Mirror Thursday Oct. 20, 1983 Volume 67, Number 6 Augie faculty continue revising Augustana plan |
Collection | Augustana Newspapers |
Contributing Institution | Mikkelsen Library, Augustana University |