was down two per cent but so was the percentage of college enrollments. And what about the patient feline? Well, in 1965, with 18.4 per cent of the state’s total college enrollment, the cats received 13.3 per cent of the State appropriation. In 1968 with an increased percentage of ‘cats attending Weber, the appropriation dropped to 11.7 per cent. To sum it up - the percentage of total college enrollments at the “U” is down - yet their percentage of total college appropriation is higher. The percentage of total college enrollments at U.S.U. is down and their percentage of total college appropriations is proportionately lower. But at Weber State, the only major college to show an increase in the percentage of total state college enrollments from 1965-66 to 1968-69, the percentage of total college appropriation has actually decreased. You sort of wonder when you consider the following breakdown of state appropriation per student: University of Utah Utah State University College of Southern Utah Dixie Snow College of Eastern Utah Weber State College $1123.00 1018.00 724.00 650.00 602.00 595.00 565.00 To drive the point home; the Weber student, per appropriation State 1968-69, is the lowest in the state including junior colleges. The new Weber State College biennial budget request exceeds $17 million and that’s a lot of ’cat food. But there is another fact that helps make the request for funds more palatable. A study conducted by the Utah State Building Board in 1966-67 showed Weber State to have the highest classroom utilization in the state with an 81.3 per cent of use during a 40 hour week. The University of Utah was next with 72.3 per cent, followed by College of Southern Utah with 65.5 per cent and Utah State University with 60.6 per cent. Last year, in 1967-68, Weber State’s classroom Utilization had increased to 82.7 per cent while ‘the University of Utah has dropped to 70.6 per cent, and College of Southern Utah’s utilization was 61.5 per cent . ‘Cats are a hardy breed. Especially the They're species. Weberus Felinus multiplying faster than either cowboys or indians - 1286 more ’cats in 1967-68 as 65-66 years over the previous compared to 1205 Indians and 614 Aggies for the same period of time. In fact, 600 more ’cats enrolled at Weber State in 1968 than either the college or projected council co-ordinating the would attend and the resulting needs for staff, faculty, facilities, additional supplies and equipment to accomodate them adds to Weber’s financial woes. It is true that higher education in Utah has been slipping steadily behind most other states in the nation. Weber State College not only suffers along with the other institutions in the state in this regard but has been doubly handicapped over the past years in that it has been slipping steadily behind its in _ state sister senior institutions while making the appropriations transition from a two year to a four year college. Standards for the operation of a four year institution are far more demanding and expensive than for a two year college, yet appropriation per student have not notably increased since 1962. In fact,the appropriations per student in 1962 when. Weber was a two year college was $517.69 as compared with the current appropriation of $523.80. Considering the inflationary impact of the present years, seven past the appropriation per student has actually declined substantially. The increase in Weber State’s budget chronic these reflects request continued factors; the over-laying enrollment explosion and the resulting this expenditure situation entails combined with the ever increasing need to over-all the learning up-grade situation at the college. The Weber State budget request is an honest presentation of the. college’s needs. It represents the college’s desire to provide top quality education for the students enrolled at Weber State and you can be assured that the financial nourishment requested does not exceed . the appetite. Now that you’re informed about the care and feeding of cats, we hope you'll give us your concern and support too! ALUMNI VOICES NEED TO BE HEARD When university officials’ homes are | invaded, their offices vandalized, the — irreplaceable manuscripts of scholars burned by destructive minorities with — nihilistic intent, then it seems to me © high time to be alarmed. More than being merely alarmed, a however, I think the real friends of — higher education need to lend helping © hands to combat current® destructiveness. academician, I must As say a_ life-long~ that I am appalled at the apparent inability or unwillingness of some faculty majorities~ to counter local disruptions, and I am: dismayed to witness how little support they appear to give beleaguered” administrators and others who often play lone roles as defenders of law and order on the campus. Since the hue and cry from many of the revolutionaries is for more participatory democracy, | am suggesting that the most numerous” constituents of any college or university - i.e., the alumni - marshall themselv to defend institutional integrity. Their stake in outcomes, I would maintain just as real as that of the d inhabitants of the campus, and alumni, too, are certainly entitled tol heard. I am not advocating an indiscri upholding of the status quo, OF unswerving defense of establis policies and practices. Reforms undoubtedly overdue in many pla and adjustments Current issues: 1. Freedom and order. The main end of need to be made} an institution certain, furthermore, that if we do put our own houses in order, other move in from the outside with har repressive measures and do it for US ee Bont a ’ of higher education, of ee. is wisdoin. A proper balance of teedom and order is merely a mean to this end; even though there can be order peout tfeedom tearing or burning them down. I is president Education. He AAC the Opinion that campus extremism is now generating. To combat disruptive extremism, Whether of the right or left, and whether from on or off the campus, it seems to me that alumni voices need to be heard in a unified demand for a sensible resolution of the following light of changed conditions, contend that our houses of intelle be remodeled satisfactorily wit LOGAN WILSON American Council on at remarks these Conference. at which juncture the is This alumni can be most understanding useful. They can join forces with the defenders of institutional integrity in firmly reminding campus malcontents are universities and colleges that maintained to serve the larger society of sts self-intere the and not merely those whose names appear in campus directories during a given year. The own their by alumni, active and contributions to the expansion improvement of institutions, bear testimony to the fact that colleges and universities are special purpose, heavily subsidized agencies supported principally by taxpayers and private benefactors for the general welfare rather than for the personal gratifications of those individuals who are the most immediate beneficiaries of outside support. By their own understanding of the importance of protecting the higher learning from undue outside interference, moreover, alumni protect can colleges and universities from the backlash of public freedom, there can be no without order. Being mostly and having learned this om experience, former students ssuredly do have something of to impart to students still in residence. In my judgment, campus libertarians of all ages also need to have forcefully impressed upon them the lesson that society will not tolerate anarchy and chaos under the guise of academic freedom. 2. Continuity and change. In view of the fetish being made of change as a good in itself, it seems to me that at least equal importance of continuity in higher education must be emphasized. Even though the flouting of tradition is now a fashionable thought mode in some educational circles, as innovation is assumed to have a certain magic that makes it synonymous improvement, we should with remind ourselves that all knowledge stems from past experience, including yesterday and today. To remain viable, colleges and universities must embody both continuity and change, and I would urge upon organized alumni the mission of assisting duly constituted educational leaders to keep these forces in balance. There is nothing sacrosanct about past practices in American higher education, to be sure, but neither is there anything per se to recommend the untried merely because it is new and different. I certainly would not favor having organized alumni place themselves on the side of continuity at the expense of needed change, but I do believe that as an embodiment of the necessary linkages of past, present, and future, alumni influence should be felt in determining the courses our colleges and universities ought to steer. 3. Power and authority. Of all the modes of influencing human behavior, power is the rawest and least civilized. Literally, power means forcing others to behave as you want them to, regardless of their own desires. Although the use of power is at times necessary in the larger society, and especially in its LOGAN WILSON political aspects, it seems to me that it is a serious misconception to conceive of academic governance as the jokeying of varied interest groups for power. All members of the academic community are presumably devoted to certain common ends, and one man’s acquisition of higher learning does not mean that he must get it at the expense of somebody else. Perhaps I am old fashioned in my views, but I have always liked to think of the main business of higher education as essentially a partnership enterprise among the various constituents of the academic community. In such a community, authority and responsibility cannot be equally shared, of course, because the former has to be earned by individual accomplishment and the latter must relate to function. A college or university is a special rather than a general purpose community, and in such an environment the one-man one-vote theory of governance borrowed from the political model becomes an absurdity in the advancement of learning and the pursuit of truth. Under these circumstances, I believe that alumni influence should always be in principle on the side of legitimate authority, and not with those who would use raw power to enforce their wishes intramurally. If what is popularly known as The Establishment ceases to be effective, then alumni efforts may be directed through peaceful procedures, available everywhere, to bring about a change. Meantime, legitimacy is not allowed to erode into disorder and even anarchy. You alumni leaders through your organizations are in strategic positions to combat extremism on the campus. I wish you well in this important endeavor.