Central Florida Future, Vol. 02 No. 20, April 2, 1970

              Registration: Pros-Cons
We Live in the Present
By the Past, but
for the. .
m Some Parts Smoother
Despite Long Lines
By Mary Anna Jackson
No major catastrophes occurred during spring registration, Dr. John R.
Bolte, Assistant Dean for Academic Affairs, reported. Although there
were minor problems, registration seemed to run considerably smoother
for the 3,238 students.
These statements might seem rather hard to believe for any student
who    went    through    registration.
Although   the   first   two   stations	
were fairly quiet, the station for Unlike registration for the winter
pulling course cards was a drastic quarter there were plenty of the
change. The long lines of students English 101 and the Speech 101
at each table, especially at the sections. In fact, Dr. Bolte said that
Humanities and Social Sciences some of the English 101 sections
table, congested the room so badly were closed due" to lack of
that movement was barely possible, enrollment. However, there was
The most frustrating part for some some difficulty with the closing of
students was discovering that while the various Social Science sections,
they had stood waiting in line, the All Statistics sections were closed
class that they had wanted the most by late Tuesday,
had been closed. The temperature The Senior Seminars also closed
from the body heat was early. A committee had been
uncomfortably high, and the appointed after Winter registration
students who finally managed to to investigate the problems, to
squeeze out the doorway were either offer suggestions for change
immensely relieved. Of course, the o r alleviation, and the
next station, where the computer student-faculty group may have
sheets were obtained, was almost as helped smooth the process,
bad. The idea of separating the Dr. Bolte said the chief problem
sheets according to Social Security with the Senior Seminars is that
number was a good one, but trying there are not enough sections and
to lit lour separate and orderly not enough faculty members to
lines into a four to five foot space take care of the students who need
was almost impossible. Except for the seminars.
the fees assessment line, which The only problem spot that Dr.
required at least ten minutes of Bo,te noticed was the long line
waiting, the rest of registration—the ._ . , _,
little  bit  that  was  left-went  «-~ (Cont.nued on page 16)
very
smoothly.
THE GUY in the back obviously doesn't understand    as  the  other  students  waiting  in   the  long, long
the situation, or he would be looking as hot and tired    registration lines this week. Photo by Chuck seithel
Black History Added To Schedule
Dick Gregory To Speak
On "Civil Rights"
Dick Gregory, noted comedian, author, lecturer, actor, and civil rights
leader will appear Monday night, April 6, at 8:00 p.m. in the
Multi-Purpose Room The program, sponsored by the Village Center
Board, will be limited to a seating capacity of 675. Because of* this
limiterl seating capacity, admission is restricted to FTU students, faculty
i osl  per ticket will be 50 cents and are now on sale at the
Village    Center      Each     student.  . ——
faculty   and stall member showing   Nevertheless, many of his gems can
his FTU card will be allowed to buy  stand mightily on their own:
On democracy: "If democracy is
A new course dealing with the role of blacks in American History has
been added to FTU's Spring class schedule, it was announced this week.
The course, History 324-01, Black American History, will carry four
quarter hours credit and is scheduled from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m., on
Tuesdays and Thursdays.
The course will consider the history of the Negro in Africa and in the
United  States.  Emphasis  is  placed	
on    the    effects    of    the    African _ _ .«.■-'■•
heritage, slavery and post-Civil War Westside  Business and Professional
conditions on Black Americans. In Me" s ^f8": „. ...
The Black History course initiates
addition,     contemporary     issues
relating   to   Black   Americans   are  eventua]ly  iead   to a  biack sludies
curriculum,     proposed     by     the
university  last  year after meetings
analyzed.
Joseph Taylor, an. assistant
professor of American History at wi^{^k Stents!
Bethune-Cookman. College, Thg search fof
Daytona Beach, will be the
instructor. Taylor has a bachelor's
and master's degrees from Howard
University. In September, he plans
to enroll at UCLA to work toward
the Ph.D. in History with a
concentration   in   African   History.
Taylor is a native of South
Carolina. He served in the U.S.
Army from 1952 to 1954 and rose
to First Lieutenant. He is a member
new black
professors goes on, but the number
of professors available is small,
reports from FTU's five colleges
revealed.
Department chairmen have
reported they have sent out feelers
to black professors throughout the
country, but that the response has
been neglible.
Dean C. C. Miller from the
College     of    Education,     it     was
of the American Assn. of University Iearned, has indicated that a black
Professors, the Assn. for the Study professor mayhave been offered
of Negro Life and History, and the
Pollution Threat  To Lake Halted
The future of FTUs lovely Lake
Claire as a campus recreation area
was briefly threatened recently by a
plan by the Department of
Transportation to use the lake as a
drainage basin.
The plan called for the drainage
of runoff water caused by the
continued development of the
campus into the lake and
surrounding low area.
This would have meant that the
land surrounding Lake Claire,
proposed as a recreational park,
would become flooded and made
useless for development. It would
also have resulted in the eventual
pollution of the clear lake.
Faced with this ecological
problem,    Campus   Planner   dames
Schroeder and other university
officials determined that there had
to be an alternative.
After discussions with the
Department of Transportation, an
alternate plan was devised and is
now under consideration. This plan
would involve draining the water
into an already swampy section of
the campus and then, by canal into
an existing creek.
This plan would save Lake Claire
for recreational development and
assure that the lake would be kept
free of pollution.
"We are as concerned with Lake
Claire as the student body,"
Schroeder said. "We want the
natural beauty of the lake to be
preserved".
a position for the fait quarter.
The university has taken other
steps to comply with suggestions
made by a survey team from the
U.S. Dept. of Housing and Health
and Education and Welfare that
toured the campus last year. The
HEW group recommended a greater
emphasis on recruitment of black
■students and faculty for FTU.	
CAMPUS GLANCES
IMPORTANT NOTICE
General Classroom Bidg. All room
numbers have been increased by a
factor of 100. For example, GCB
15 is now GCB 115 and GCB 323 is
now GCB 423.
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The last scheduled Graduate
Record Examination testing on
campus will be Saturday, April 25,
1970. Seniors must register for this
by 12:00 noon, Friday, April 10,
1970 at the Developmental Center,
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Rumors are circulating that a new
computer system is being planned
by the university in the very near
future. The system would make
better and more rapid use of the
present computer system.
a maximum of two tickets. If
tickets are unsold before that night,
vill be placed on sale at the
door on a first come, first serve
basis.
The Village Center plans to first
hold a banquet for Gregory, then
feature an introductory film about
Chicago during The Democratic
Convention in which Gregory was
involved. Gregory will then speak
on "Civil Right
A few years ago, Gregory
abandoned a lucrative career in
nightclubs and television to become
totally active in the civil rights
movement. Since then, the
comedian   has   participated   in  just
Students approved for the
Florida Teachers Loan who do
not have loan notes for the third
quarter should obtain these at
once from the Director of
Student Financial Aid.
Students who do not present a
properly executed note at the
time of registration will not be
able to receive cash for their
notes until it arrives from the
state. This latter procedure may
take eight or more weeks, so it. is
imperative that students needing
these funds at the beginning of
the term have the note in
acceptable form at the time of
their registration.
Dick Gregory - "We got our first as
hurricane, Beulah."	
about every form of non-violem
protest, including running as a
maverick candidate in the 1968
presidential race. Currently,
Gregory is spending "about 98 per
cent of his time" on college
campuses, because he feels the
"fate and destiny of America
depends" upon the young, whom
he acclaims as the most "morally
dedicated, committed group of
young people that ever lived in this
country-bar none."
Gregory considers "moral
pollution" to be the "number one
problem in this country."
Gregory builds his case so tightly
that it is difficult to take his
remarks      out      of     context.
as i>ood as we tell you it is, why in
he hell are we running all over the
world     trying     to    ram    it    down
people's throats with a gun.
Lawyer'Buys'
Pres.r VPs
How much are good yardmen
worth these days? Inflation has
taken its toll, it seems.
Orlando Attorney H. James Brett
recently paid $80 for four hours
yard work from four FTU
employees. That comes to about $5
an hour, hot a bad pay scale. And
these are classy yardmen—FTU
President Dr. Charles Millican and
his three vice presidents.
Brett "bought" the quartet's
services at the recent PESO charity
auction. As soon as he had, Brett
began to wonder what he would do
with them.
"I really didn't expect them to
come out and do my yard," Brett
fold the FuTUre this week. "I've
got a very good yardman".
Dr. Millican, an avid gardener,
insisted, however, so Brett has gone
all the way with it.
In a letter to the president. Breti
proposed that the four workers
arrive at his house at 8 a.m. some
Saturday morning this month and
put in two hours work in his yard.
Then, the plan gets even better.
Brett explained that several
representatives of a campus
organization planning an
environmental "Teach In" program
on April 22 contacted him and
asked if they might not borrow the
four administrators for the balance
of their time to assist students in
several clean up projects on
campus.
Brett agreed, adding that he
would deliver Dr. Millican and his
VPs to campus in an English
taxicab he owns.
What did Dr. Millican think of
the plan? "I think it's a great idea,"
the president beamed this week.
A definite date for the day of
labor will be set next week.