Central Florida Future, Vol. 04 No. 31, June 16, 1972

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We Live in the Present
By the Past, but
for the. .
600 Receive Degrees
In Outdoor Ceremony
To the strains of Beethoven's "Ode to Joy" and "Pomp and
Circumstances" more than 600 graduates received their diplomas June 9.
Fortunately for those attending the first commencement held on campus,
the sky was overcast and a gentle
breeze continued almost
throughout the entire ceremony.
Following an invocation by Rev.
A. F. Jernigan, President Charles N.
Millican recognized various persons
on the commencement platform
and in the audience, including
Florida Senator Bill Gunter, whose
wife Teresa was being graduated.
Board of Regents Chairman J. J.
Daniel delivered the
commencement address,
congratulating the graduates and
calling FTU "a shining star in the
State University System." Daniel
centered his speech around a "crisis
in libera] arts education" theme,
stressing    that
In closing, Daniel quoted the
famous passage from Shakespeare's
"Hamlet": "What is a man/If his
chief good and market of his
time/Be but to sleep and feed? a
beast, no more." He again stressed
the "compelling necessity of
alliance of science with the
Humanities for the preservation of
our    civilization    in    the    world.
Degrees were conferred following
Daniel's speech, and among those
receiving diplomas were the first
four students to be
bachelor's degrees in
records administration,
students    also    received
FTU    has    the degrees   as   part   of the
awarded
medical
Thirteen
master's
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opportunity to accept a preeminent Program f?r retraining former space
role in the renaissance of the liberal
arts.
Citing changing social conditions
and global tensions, Daniel said
technological progress needs to be
engineers in environment al systems
management.
Millican recognized and
congratulated FTU's first four-year
"charter" graduates who had been
coupled  with  the  Humanities  to with the university since its opening
in    fall    1968,    and    following
recognition    of    outstanding
give an added dimension to the
future. He contrasted technological
achievements with social failures
and said that colleges which stress
technology fail to understand and
appreciate the interdependence of
science and the Humanities.
academic achievement, Vice
President for Academic Affairs C.
B. Gambrell honored Eloise Beach,
a charter student who was
graduated with a 4.0 average.
PATIENTLY WAITING - FTU'S 600 plus June The diplomas are shown here, ready to be received by
graduates wait patiently for the ceremonies to their new owners. (For more graduation pictures see
conclude so they can walk away with their diplomas, page 5.)
Dr. Sperry Appointed
New Music Chairman
Dr. Gale Sperry has been appointed chairman of the music department
and succeeds Dr. Leonides Sarakatsannis, who resigned to accept a
position at North Kentucky State University.
Sperry   was   appointed  by  Dr.  ——
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was
Charles N. Micarelli, dean of the
college of humanities and fine arts.
Sperry was a faculty member of
the University of South Florida
since its beginning in 1969, and for
five years was chairman of the
music department there.
He earned three degrees,
including doctorates in music and
education, from the University of
Minnesota. At the university he
served from 1953 to 1960 as
director of bands. Sperry was also
director of instrumental music in
two Minnesota public schools.
Sperry is active in professional
music and education organizations,
holding several offices, including
editor of the "Florida Music
Director," which is the official
publication of the Florida Music
Educators Assn., editor of the
"Journal of Band Research,"
member of the National Policy
Committee of the Ford
Foundation's Contemporary Music
Project, chairman of the
Articulation Committee of the
Florida College Music Educators
Assn., first vice president of the
Florida State Music Teachers Assn.
and member of the advisory board
of School Musician Director and
Teacher. During the past 23 years,
conductor
Florida.
"I    am
in  20 states including
convinced    that   the
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Campus
^ Glances
Legal Counselling Bill
Returning To Senate
The future of a bill to provide free legal counselling service to FTU
students should be determined during the summer session of the Student
Government Senate.	
DR. SPERRY
university administration wants us
to. develop a top-quality music
program at FTU," Sperry said. "We
in the department of music are
determined to justify this
confidence by establishing a music
program which will serve and be a
part of our immediate geographical
area-one which will enable the
student to move at his own speed
toward excellence in music and the
Sperry has appeared an average of comrnunication   of  his   music  to
20    times    annually    as    guest  others."
Micarelli said of the new
chairman, "He will add distinction
to the music department."
TUITION DUE
Tuition is due Monday.
Money may be paid to the
Finance and Accounting
Department either to the cashier in
the Administration Building, or by
placing the money or check in an
envelope addressed to the
department. Envelopes mailed in
on-campus mailboxes require no
postage, and there is a special
mailbox in the administration
building where the envelopes may
be mailed.
NEW SENATORS
Student Government will be
appointing three new summer
senators, and is taking applications.
Persons interested may see
Adamick in his office, Library 219.
WRA POST
Adamick said. SG will reapproach
the subject at the beginning of the
summer quarter. At the first senate
meeting on June 22 Adamick will
"ask the student senate to pass the
bfll over Dr. Brown's veto and sent
it to President Millican."
Just before the end of President
Frank   Santry's   term   a bill  was
passed   in   the   senate   to   allow
$2,000 from unallocated reserve to
hire a lawyer for SG business, legal
counselling  for students, and for
student's rights legislation. Dr. W.
Rex   Brown,   Vice   President   for
Student Affairs, vetoed the bfll. a "T»Ti/"\rri/'^   t»
In the SG budget request, $1,500 At tiU 1 L.   rTOgraill
was   allocated   for  a  lawyer  on
retainment,    and   $5,000   for   a (j^tS  FifSt  Pl*of
lawyer   to    provide    free    legal
Major Bennette E. Whisenant has
been named to head FTU's Air
Force ROTC program, and will
start his dutis Monday as the
University's first Professor of
Aerospace Studies.
Whisenant has been serving as
cadet   admissions   officer   at   the
counselling to FTU students on a
weekly or monthly basis.
Students who cannot afford the
expense often need a lawyer for
legal situations in which they have
limited knowledge. FTU has no law
school as in other Florida state
universities   where   law   students
often give legal counsel free or for AFROTC headquarters at Maxwell
school credit. AFB, in Alabama. Once at FTU he
The FTU Executive Committee will be senior officer in the four
said that SG cannot offer such a man    contingent   to   teach   and
service. According to newly elected administer the local program.
SG President Steve Adamick there
is no law, rule, or regulation to
prevent a free legal service.
"The   issue   is   not   dead  yet"
Students Build
Women residents interested in
applying for Resident Advisor
positions    for    the    1972-1973   ^, -       _,
academic   year   should   pick   up   (jDStaCle  C«OUrSe
applications from the Office of
Student Affairs, Administration
282.
OBIT
John J. O'Rourke, 49,
Placement director at FTU, died
Tuesday, June 13, in Atlanta,
Ga.» of a heart attack.
O'Rourke and his family were
vacationing in Atlanta.
O'Rourke was the first
placement director at FTU,
assuming the post in 1969. He
was president of the Central
Florida Personnel Assn., and
president of the Florida College
Placement Assn. He was a
member of the East Orlando
Kiwahis Club.
Survivors include his wife
Audrey, one son, Michael, and
one daughter, Patricia.
Co-op Offers
Women Positions
The Office of Cooperative
Education has four positions open
for the summer quarter. The
positions, for women only, are in
the areas of psychology, sociology,
and general studies.
Placements are at the Duvall
Home for Retarded Children and
are live-in situations.
The positions consist of a 42
hour, six-day week with room and
board and pays $49.89 per week
with a tax refund in January, 1973,
for $7.70 per week.
Birth Control Bill
Signed By Brown
A bill calling for birth control
counseling and dispensation has
been passed by the Student
Government Senate and signed by
Rex Brown, vice president for
student affairs.
The bill does not restrict
counseling or dispensation because
of age or marital status. However,
part-time students are excluded
because they do not pay a service
and activity fee, and are not eligible
for health center services.
"Part-time students will probably
be able to get this aid for an extra
charge," said Student Government
President Steve Adamick.
The bill became effective with
Brown's signature, but services may
not begin until fall quarter,
according to Adamick.
Oviedo's Lawton Elementary
School now has a mini-sized
obstacle course because of the
enterprise of two FTU
student-teachers. Built in 40 hours
for the cost of one dollar and
contributions from around the area,
the course was the project of Jim
Burke and Bob Fish, two physical
education majors.
They followed a design for a
similar course constructed at Winter
Parks' Aloma Elementary School
last year.
Consisting of a collection of
brightly painted tires, monkey bars
and scaled down barriers it has
become the focal point during races
and after school, "it's a challenge
they can't ignore," Burke said.
Richard Hunter, FTU a sociate
professor of physical education,
declared the results as dramatic
example of what can be
accomplished by college students
"with elbow grease and ingenuity."
MAJ. WHISENANT
A 1957 graduate of the
University of North Carolina, where
he was commissioned under the
AFROTC program, Whisenant took
his M.S. at Troy State University
this past March.
Among the AFROTC programs
available at FTU, an incoming
freshman literaly get a large portion
of his education paid for, and
receive a salary at the same time.
The program is expected to be in
full operation by Fall quarter.