._ LLLL MINUTES OF THE UNIVERSITY SENATE, MARCH 13, 1972 The University Senate met in regular session at 3:00 p.m., Monday, March 13, 1972, in the Court Room of the Law Building. Chairman Flickinger presided. Members absent: Staley F. Adams*, Arnold D. Albright, Lawrence A. Allen, Richard L. Anderson’ James R. Barclay*, Charles E. Barnhart, Harmon C. Bickley*, Robert H. Biggerstaff, Harold R. Binkley*, Harry M. Bohannan*, Peter P. Bosomworth, Garnett L. Bradford, Betty J. Brannan*, Michael Bruer*, Collins W. Burnett*, David B. Clark*, Glenn B. Collins*, Lewis Colten, Raymond H. Cox, Glenwood L. Creech, Guy M. Davenport*, George W. Denemark*, Joel Evans, Paul T. Ferrell*, Juanita Fleming*, Lawrence Forgy, Stuart Forth, Donald T. Frazier*, James E. Funk*, George H. Gadbois*, Eugene B. Gallagher*, Art Gallaher*, Charles P. Graves, Thomas C. Gray*, Jack E. Hall, Joseph Hamburg, Denny 0. Harris*, Virgil W. Hays*, Nancy H. Holland*, Robert M. Ireland*, Raymon D. Johnson, William S. Jordan*, Fred E. Justus, Stuart M. Klein*, Lois W. Langhorst, Bruce E. Langlois, Robert G. Lawson, Sara H. Leech, Thomas J. Leonard*, Charles T. Lesshafft, Donald L. Madden*, Paul Mandelstam*, Leslie L. Martin*, Roger M. McCoy*, William C. McCrary*, Ernest P. McCutcheon*, Marion E. McKenna*, George E. Mitchell*, James T. Moore, Alvin L. Morris, Thomas P. Mullaney*, Franklin W. Nooe, Jacqueline A. Noonan*, Paul F. Parker*, Nancy J. Patton*, Curtis Phipps, Nicholas J. Pisacano, Leonard A. Ravitz*, E. Douglas Rees*, Herbert G. Reid*, Gerald I. Roth*, Robert W. Rudd*, John S. Scarborough*, Jon M. Shepard*, D. Milton Shuffett, Otis A. Singletary*, Raymond A. Smith*, John B. Stephenson, Hugh A. Storrowflfi W. Paul Street*, Thomas B. Stroup, Dennis D. Stuckey*, Joseph V. Swintosky*, j Charles G. Talbert, Damon R. Talley*, Norman L. Taylor, H. Mac Vandiviere*, John A. Via, M. Stanley Wall, David R. Wekstein, James H. Wells, Harry E. Wheeler, Paul K. Whitaker*, William R. Willard, Alfred D. Winer*, Ernest F. Witte*, A. Wayne Wonderley*, Leon Zolondek*. Chairman Flickinger reminded the Senators of the remaining two regular Senate I ‘ f meetings of April 10th and May 8th and reported that at least one special meeting for April 3rd would be called in order to take care of some backlog of business, namely, the Arts and Sciences proposal for the new degree, the proposed revision of the requirements for the A.B. and B.S. degrees, and the Code of Faculty Responsi— bilities which would be scheduled for action at the special meeting (the Code was handed to the Senators preceding the meeting and will be mailed to the faculty). fl He reported further that an open hearing on the Code for the Faculty and 1* students will be held soon, the date, location and time yet to be determined. He stated that the many letters and suggestions submitted by the Senate and faculty had been taken into consideration in this rewriting and it was believed this revision was a considerable improvement over the first attempt. He suggested that the faculty call the Senate Council Office or any member of the Senate Council prior to the April 3rd meeting if they wished to make any suggested editorial changes in the Code. Chairman Flickinger reported that the annual recognition dinner for retiring faculty in all Colleges would be held in the Student Center Ballroom on the evening of April 3, 1972 and that a formal announcement of that dinner would be released soon . The minutes of the regular meeting of February 14, 1972 were approved as circulated. The Chairman then called on Dr. Sheldon Rovin, Chairman of the ad_hoc Committee ; on Accelerated Programs, who reported that the Committee had reworked ' *Absence explained