Vol. IV, No.9

Business ·School Accredited

After years of careful planning, Boise State University's School of Business re­ceived professional accreditation this month from the American Assembly of Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) at it:s annual meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Out of 1,100 schools in the U.S. that offer business degrees, only 205 are cur­rently accredited by the AACSB. Less than ten are granted accreditation each year.

BSU President John Keiser said accreditation of the business school is a goal the university has worked toward for several years.

"The support of the faculty, staff, and business community and dedication of Dean Tom Stitzel and associate Jim Doss were crucial to our success," he said.

Schools must meet strict standards before they are accredited by the AACSB. Admissions, faculty creden­tials, quality of curriculum, student­faculty ratio, library holdings, scholarly work of faculty, and support services are all investigated before accreditation is granted.

Dean Stitzel said accreditation is a "way to assure students and businesses that our services are high quality."

"This is an acknowledgement that our program meets national standards of excellence that the Assembly has devel­oped over the last 60 years," Stitzel added.

Boise State began planning for accred­itation back in 1974. Last fall an AACSB evaluation team visited the campus.

In their report, the evaluators gave high marks for the "strong support of the business school from the rather sophisticated business community of Boise."

They added that the "positive atti­tude" of faculty and students was a strong point in the school.

The accreditation announcement drew comment from Boise business leaders, who said the new status will help BSU graduates in the job market.

"It is definitely a plus ... almost a must," said Tom Frye, chairman of Idaho First National Bank.

"Since we recruit on campus and many of our employees are enrolled in the business school, it is comforting to know about this indication of quality," Frye

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THESE DIPLOMAS and the deans who will hand them out spell r-e-1-1-e-f for the BSU seniors on graduation day. About 450 BSU grads were In Bronco Stadium for Commencement May 20.

1250 Students Become Alumni More than 1,200 BSU seniors joined

the ranks of the alumni this spring, including 450 who were on hand at the school's 46th Commencement exercises May20.

Seated on the Bronco Stadium turf, with another 4,000 proud families and friends looking on from the lower deck seats, the black-robed graduates heard short talks from President John Keiser, State Board of Education member Dr. John Swartley, and former student body president Rob Perez before marching to the rostrum one-by-one to receive their degrees.

Included in the crowd were Antoinette Bos and Anne Van Altena, here from Holland for the graduation of their cousin Janelle Perkins, and Secretary of the Interior Cecil Andrus, on hand to see his daughter Tracy receive a degree in marketing.

In his welcome address, Keiser told graduates that the "faculty of Boise State University certified you for de­grees with the belief that education is the hope of mankind. We like to think that education is truly synonymous with civilization."

"Keiser also paid tribute to Drs. John Young and Gene Cooper, two faculty members who died this year.

Swartley told the audience that BSU has grown much more rapidly than most universities, "but y�u'!e pown well."

In his turn at the dais, Perez talked about the one percent initiative, student involvement, and the future of educa­tion.

"None can question the right of the taxpayers to revolt, and none can ignore their annual contribution of 69 percent of tax monies to public education.

Yet all too frequently, the taxpayers forget or are unaware of their return on investment. Colleges have always been breedin« grounds for ideas, and ideu have always had the greatest conse­quence," Perez said.

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BSU also used the occasion to single out three people for special recognition.

Boise raptor scholar and filmmaker Morlen ''Morley" Nelson received the second President's Award for Western Life and Letters, an award Keiser began last fall to pay tribute to persons who have contributed to the West.

Nelson played a key role in the estab­lishment of the Snake River Birds of Prey Natural Area. He has produced or trained birds for several film or tele­vision companies, and bas traveled worldwide to lecture on raptors.

Since his retirement from government service in 1972, Nelson bas worked with power companies to study the eagle elec­trocution problem and pioneer new pole

designs that are safer for the birds. Last year he produced a film for the

Nature Conservancy on birds of prey, and has helped raise funds so that group can buy a seetion of private land in the middle of the Birds of Prey area.

BSU also honored senior Mike Hoff­man and retired professor Eunice W al­lace with Silver Medalion awards, the university's highest tribute for service to the school.

Dr. Wallace came to Boise State in 1968. She bas received national acclaim for her public school reading and spelling texts. Between a busy teaching and con­sulting schedule, she has also written books on Wyoming history and directed

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Board Confirms Decision Controveny continued to swirl around

BSU's multi-purpose pavilion this month as a newly formed student group and student body president Mike Cramer both pressed for State Board reconsider· ation of the project.

After a long diaeussion during which students asked members to begin at "base zero," the State Board re-affirmed their support of the project at their meeting May 10 in Lewiston.

Cheryl Hymas of Jerome summed up the Board's general feeling, saying the need for the pavilion will continue as construction costs rise, and that delay "makes us responsible for a greater fee at a later time."

With Board reconsideration now out of the picture, the Student Action Commit­tee will spend the summer looking at possible legal action to challenge the fee increase.

In a mid-May news release, Spokes· man Chet Hawker said the SAC is "releasing studenta who signed the com-.

mittee's petitions calling for a fee boy­cott. Prior to the State Board meeting, the committee said 1,500 students had agreed to boycott the $40 -fee increase next fall.

"The committee believes that any fur. tber boycott action would not directly challenge the fee increase or the pavilion itself," Hawker said.

The pavilion still must pass tw.o impor­tant tests before the first shovelful of sod is turned.

First, bids must come in under the proposed $14 million figure, and second, bonds must be sold at a high enough rate to earn the $10 million share that is being paid by student fees.

Under current timetables, construc­tion documents should be complete by fall, with bids let in late Oetober or early November. Following that, bonds will be sold and ground broken before the end of the year, according to BSU executive vice-president Richard Bullington, chair­man of the arehiteet liai8on committee.

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Contractors Boost Construction Program

Boise State University's construction management program received a boost in April with a $30,000 donation from Idaho contractors and the announcement that three BSU students have won national scholarships.

Tht� donation from the Idaho Branch of the Associated General Contractors of America provides funds that were requested, but not appropriated, from the Idaho legislature last winter.

The money will be used to phase in upper division courses in construction management that will be taught next fall.

Despite the fact that the program hasn't graduated a student yet, Boise State received three out of 29 scholar­ships given nationally by the Associated General Contractors.

Michael Forrest, Boise; Greg Monette, Meridian; and Kelly Cable, Fruitland, all will receive $1,000 per year until they graduate.

The students were in competition with other construction management and civil engineering students from across the nation. Purdue, Cornell, North Carolina, and Cal-Berkeley also had §Cholarship winners. BSU and Iowa State were the

Doug Sutherland

Named ''Best'' Senior accounting major Doug Suther­

land, Boise, bas won the annual Wall Street Journal Award for the most out­standing School of Business graduate at Boise State University.

The son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Suth­erland, he is a 1974 graduate of Borah High School.

only universities to list three winners. In addition to thO!Ie scholarships, the

Idaho Branch of the AGC awarded $500 each to Michael Forrest, and Christo­pher Young, both Boise; Kurtis Kehler, Meridian; and Barbara Miller, Gooding.

The construction management pro­gram began in 1977 after requests from Idaho contractors who said they needed graduates with a mix ' of business and construction knowledge.

Most of the 60 students enrolled in the program are well on their way through the business, math, and engineering foundation courses that are offered in the first three years.

Next fall BSU will hire a professor to teach the specialized courses in con­struction management.

The program is popular at BSU, says director Norm Dahm, because the job picture looks good for graduates.

Boise is tlie headquarters for several large construction firms, and the area is growing rapidly, two facts that explain why contractors are anxious for the first class to graduate, says Dahm.

HomiJEc Program Studied

Boise State's two-year home eco­nomics program will continue next fall; in the meantime school administrators will be looking for ways to restructure the classes so they can serve students better.

In a budget reduction study done last year, home economics was one depart­ment scheduled for phase-out if a finan­cial crisis had been declared in higher education.

Under the present program students must transfer to other schools after they finish two years at BSU.

BSU President John Keiser said he favors the establishment of a two-year associate degree, poasibly housed in the vocational-technical school, that gives students a "direct entry into a variety of employment opportunities or as a step into a continuing four-year program."

Establishment of a full four year bachelor's degree program is not a "realistic alternative in the next five to seven years," Keiser said.

Keiser said BSU administrators will evaluate the program and come up with specific recommendations by next Jan­uary.

THESE TWO GRADUATES celebrated in their own way after rece1vmg brand new BSU degrees this spring. They are former football star Terry Hutt and Susan Hollingsworth.

1ibrlll ReshuH/es BSU Library patrons will be greeted

this summer with a new, more efficient arrangement of books and periodicals following some reshuffling during the break.

Under the new arrangement, periodi­cals will move to the first floor, maps and documents to the second floor, and book collections from the firs.t and second floors to the fourth floor.

'rhe moves, according to university librarian Tim Brown, will make it more convenient for students to use the periodical and book collection, and will allow for a more efficient staffing pat­tern by next faD.

In the meantime, he says patrons will have a difficult time using the first and second floor collections.

"Requests for materials will more than likely have to be left at the circulation desk on the first floor and picked up at a

later date," Brown says. Although changes will be taking place

all summer, the most disruptive part of the move, the transfer of periodicals to the first floor, should be completed by the beginning of summer school, said Brown.

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said. "When businesses are looking for

graduates, they certainly are interested in the school's accreditation. This shows the school and its graduates measure up to a high standard of knowledge and expertise," added Jim Bruce, president of Idaho Power Company.

Named by departments as their out­standing graduates were Sutherland, accounting; Darlene Antrim, data pro­cessing; Aletta Schuermann, business education; Deborah Runyon, office ad­ministration; David Yearsley, econom­ics; Harry Young and Paul Keele, finance; Lonnie Cellan, management; Anne Wilkins, marketing; and Fred Alleman and Don Reynolds, masters of business administration.

Collins Scholarship Started

The BSU School of Business has over 2,200 majors enrolled in its 15 under­graduate programs that are offered through the departments of accounting and data processing, business education and office administration, management and finance, economics, and marketing and mid-management.

The National Association of Purchas­ing Management, Treasure Valley Chap­ter, has established a Wil Collins Mem­orial Scholarship at BSU in honor of the late director of purchasing here.

Friends and associates wishing to

donate to this memorial scholarship are asked to make donations payable to NAPM/Idaho, Treasure Valley Chapter, P.O. Box 9201, Boise, ID 83707, or to contact Norma Ireland, Purchasing Office, 385-1627.

Two Chances to Register This Summer Students planning to attend Boise

State University next fall will have a chance to register this summer.

Early registration for new students and continuing students who didn't sign up this spring will be held June 21-23 in the BSU Student Union Building start­ing at 8:30a.m. each day.

The registration will be only for aca­demic area students.

During the day, students can receive course advising, take the Test of Stan­dard Written English if necessary, and fill out their class schedules.

Advisors will stop giving out class forms by ll a.m., so students should

plan to arrive before then, according to director of high school and university relations Jerry Davis.

Advisors will give out class forms between 8:30-11:30 a.m. on Thursday and Friday, and between8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. on Saturday.

There will be a get-acquainted and informative session for parents each day

-at 10 a.m. in the Ada Lounge. Students who want to register during

the three day J)eriod must have their applications for admissions sent to BSU by June 14.

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In addition to that registration, stu­dents who want to sign up just for

evening classes can take advantage of a new phone-in system that will operate July 16-August 3. A special number will be announced later this summer.

The service is not open to students who have already pre-registered for courses this spring.

Once signed up by phone, students have until August 6 to pay their fees.

Persons wanting more information about the new registration system, which is designed to help evening stu­dents avoid the last minute rush in the fall, can.eontact the Office of Continuing Education and Summer Sessions, phone 385-3296.

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workshops for teachers throughout the nation.

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Last year her husband Gerald, former dean of the School of Education, was also a Silver Medalion winner. The W allaces are the first husband-wife to receive the award.

Mike Hoffman is BSU's first Rhodes scholar. He served as student body president in 1977-78. In addition to hold­ing a student office nearly every year he was at BSU. Hoffman has appeared in and directed several BSU and com­munity theatre productions. In October he will leave for Oxford University in England to study language and litera­ture.

Hoffman could not attend the BSU ceremony because he was giving the main commeneement address in hishome town of Payette.

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Accreditation: Ish Worth All the EHort? by Larry Burke

Just this month the BSU School of Business ended an accreditation process that begin in the planning stages back in the early '70's. Other departments are now working on plans of their own, all aimed at getting a favorable nod from the group that grants accreditation.

But what does it mean to be accred­ited?

If interest is an indication, quite a bit. It is a fact of life that universities and

the divisions within them will seek accreditation as long as there are recog­nized organizations that make uniform judgements over standards.

was called too specialized and accredita­tion was postponed, even though in­struction was judged high in quality.

So the department had to abandon a unique program aimed at training work­ing nurses and rework the curriculum.

While the "2+2'' program served the students in a special way, department chairman JoAnn Vahey says the school can serve its students better with an accredited degree.

Vahey also thinks enrollment in the BSN program will increase once the degree is accredited.

"It's almost anathema if you don't have that magic stamp," she says.

Vahey remains committed to the philosophy of accreditation, despite her frank disappointment over the restruc­turing of the "2+2'' program.

The only way to maintain quality is to make sure nursing schools always strive to reach high standards. Accreditation does that, she says.

Business dean Tom Stitzel, whose school was accredited just this month, echoes Vahey's philosophy.

"Everjbody is committed to quality ... accreditation is a way to give the com­munity at least a greater assurance that our services will be high quality."

Business schools nationally are aeered-

ited by the American Assembly of Col· legiate Schools of Business. !J'I operat1on since 1919, that organization has ap­proved more than 000 of the nation's 1,100 schools that offer bachelor's degrees.

Accreditation standards did cause some faculty loads at BSU to be reduced, but no major curriculum changes were necessary, and the school's ability to serve the community through its special two-year degree program remains the •IUJle.

If we couldn't do both (offer two and four year programs), we wouldn't have been so serioqs. It wa8n't accreditation at any price," says Stitzel.

At institutions new on the scene, like Boise State, hardly a month goes by when some academic unit isn't gearing up for an attempt at accreditation.

Western Life and Letten Details vary, but most accrediting

organizations follow general procedures when they look at a school.

For young schools, accreditation means their program is ranked on a par, at least for minimum standards, with other more established institutions. Thus, accreditation is one indication of quality, something a young university is obviously anxious to achieve.

Broadly speaking, to be accredited a sch®l or department must follow certain standards set by the national accrediting agency. Among the points usually care­fully inspected are things like faculty loads, percentage of faculty with doctor­ates, library holdings, budget support, classroom or lab facilities, and the cur­riculum, to name a few.

Simply put, a school must fall within the guidelines set by the accreditation agency, or it has no chance.

Because conformity to those strict standards may alter the way a school serves its students, accreditation can seem like a mixed blessing.

Boise State president John Keiser summed up the dilemma in a September interview with FOCUS.

"It may be important for practical reasons that Boise State seek accredita­tion of various sorts, although I think it is much better to retain our own identity and our own understanding of local needs.

"If we are forced to compromise those for accreditation, then I would prefer not to have it."

One good example of the accreditation dilemma came a year ago in the bacca­laureate degree in nursing.

While BSU's associate degree pro­gram has been accredited for nearly 10 years, the bachelor's program did not get the nod of accreditors because it didn't fit the curriculum guidelines of the National League of Nursing.

An important stage in the process is a "self-study;" usually a hefty volume, that is sent to the accrediting agency. That report is a mixture of philosophy and facts about the school or department to be accredited.

Just getting to that stage can be time conauming. Vahey said she and a sec­retary spent 95 percent of their time one summer to complete a 244-page report when the associate degree was being re­accredited in 1977.

Once the "self-study" is complete, it is usually followed by the visit of an accreditation team.

During their stay they might inter­view faculty and students, look at libraey holdings, vi�t with administra­tors, and give the overall program a close, hard look.

It is during these visits that important intangibles, like faculty morale and administrative support, can be in­spected.

That team files its own report and gives comments to a committee which then judges whether or not the school will be among those it accredits.

The report and visitation process r.an be helpful because they point to areas the school might have overlooked. And they can help the school sort out its staff­ing or budget priorities.

All of this long and sometimes painful process is done with one word in mind: quality.

On one thing administrators agree. With accreditation a school is judged to have a level of quality that is recognized

"nationwide. Without accreditation, or an attempt at it, that quality remains a matter of opinion.

BSU's unique "2+2" program which allowed nurses to concentrate their fourth year into one of three areas (lead­ership, critical care or family practice)

MORLEY NELSON, one of the wor1d's experts on birds of prey, takes In the rest of the BSU Commencement after receiving the President's Award for Western Life and Letters May 20. The award was started last fall to honor persons who have contributed to life In the West.

As Stitzel puts it, "Without the exter­nal8Cl'utiny it's like practicing and never having a game. You never know how good you are that way."

A Menu of Grants

by Dr. Jerry Reed ·

Center for Research, Grants and Contracts

Looking for a source of grant funds? Need only a small amount of money/ Want to finish a research project? Need the grant in a hurry? Believe it or not, there are some possible answers to your questions.

First of all, have you considered applying to the BSU Faculty Research Grants Program? Grants up to several thousand dollars are available (after the Idaho legislature appropriates the funds) for faculty members who have viable small research proposals. There are ordinarily lots of applications and the competition is rough, but these small, BSU faculty research awards are a definite possibility for the research oriented. (An application deadline of May 11, 1979 was recently announced in the May 4, FOCUS Fact Sheet.)

On the other hand, maybe you need a few hundred dollars to help with an art show, a seminar, a visiting speaker, etc. It might be of interest to you to know that both the Idaho Commission on the Arts (Alexander House, 304 West State Street, Boise, Idaho 83720, 384-2119/2170) and the Association for the Humanities in Idaho (1403 West Franklin Street, Boise, Idaho 83701, 345-5346) have "small grants" programs which make small amounts of funds quickly available to qualified applicants. If your interests are in either the Arts or the Humanities, contact one of these State agencies for further information and/or application forms.

_ In case you are not aware of it, certain corporate entities are active in making financial awards for worthwhile causes. Mary Malarky at Boise Cascade Corporation can tell you about that corporation's giving policies. Robert B. Miller, Jr., Publisher of The Idaho Statesman, can explain grants available through the Frank E. Gannett Newspaper Foundation, Inc. Albertson's, Inc. has been known to make sizable financial awards ($1,000,000 to The College of Idaho is a recent example), and Morrison­Knudsen Company and Hewlett-Packard Company are helping on a number of special projects.

Then there are a few "Idaho Foundations" (other than corporate) that are still active in philanthropy. The Laura Moore Cunningham Foundation (last known telephone number: 345-7852) and the Whittenberger Foundation (1801 Ellis Street, P.O. Box 1073, Caldwell, Idaho 83605, 459-0091) are two that come to mind.

If it's a large amount of grant funds that you are looking for, I would sug­gest you browse through the Taft Foundation Reporter or the Foundation Center Source Book Profiles, both of which are in the BSU Center for Research, Grants and Contracts and/or the Caldwell Public Library's Regional Foundation Center. These two publications give information on the philanthropic practices of most of the nation's larger private founda­tions. A new publication, Taft Corporate Foundation Directory (Taft Cor­poration, 1000 Vermont Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 9005), contains 276 company-sponsored foundations, representing corporations with facili­ties and interests in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and numerous foreign countries.

If all this doesn't help, there is always the Federal government's famous Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance which lists hundreds of grant pro­grams sponsored by Federal agencies. And, if all these fail? Well, we11 just keep trying!

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By Dyke Nally Director,

Alumni Relations

Another successful year is com­ing to an end, and the Alumni Association is making plans for next Fall.

One of our main goals is to con­tinue to involve more alumni in planning and implementation of alumni activities.

There are many kinds of alumni functions and activities which you may b e interested in. You are always welcome to attend, but we also need your help in planning these activities ..

Below is a list of major. annual activities. If one or more of these interest you, please give us a call, or send us a note. (208) 385-1698 or 1910 University Drive, Boise, Idaho 83725.

"Annual Activities" Academic Awards Banquet St. Patrick's Day Smoker Boxing Tour­

nament Marathon/Fun Runs or Alumni IV arsity

Football Game Past-President Council Meetiags Dinner /Dance & Annual Meeting Commencement Activities · Magie Valley Alumni GoH Tournament Wide-Open GoH Tournament (Boise] Champagne Reception Class Reunions HomeeomiDg Activities Tours

A Boise Junior College alumnus from Japan has given the Library one of the most generous gifts in its history to honor former BJC president Dr. Eugene Chaffee and to show appreciation to the school where he began his college career.

Mr. Y asuhara Shimamura, Tokyo, will donate $100 each month so the Library can build its college of books on Japan.

The first volume, Kabuki, a book on the popular theatre of Japan by Zoe Kin­caid, was formally presented in a cere­mony attended by Dr. Chaffee May 1.

Chaffee, who visited "Yasu" in Japan and hosted him during his stay here a few years ago, remembers him as one of the "most outstanding students" he's seen.

He is currently serving as a chan­cellor/cultural attache for the Royal Norweign Embassy in Tokyo and also worked with many cultural exchange organizations in Japan.

Shimamura's connection with BJC began back in the early '50's when he heard about the school from a group of GI's in Tokyo, according to Chaffee. The young student decided he would like to come here, so began a correspondence with Chaffee that lasted two years.

He arrived in Boise with a tremendous musical talent, and a penchant for hard work, remember the professors who worked with him during his 1955-57 stay at BJC.

"He studied incessantly," remembers piano mentor Carroll Meyer.

"He developed a very fine facility on the piano.,.he was also the mainstay in our tenor section," adds C. Griffith Bratt, another of Shimamura's music teachers.

"He was a terrifically hard worker and excellent student," Bratt says.

After he earned an associate of arts degree, Shimamura went on to study

FORMER BJC president Dr. Eugene Chaffee presents execu tive v ice­president Richard Bullington with the first book purchased with a financial gift given to the Library by former student Yasuhara Shimamura, lower left

music at the Univeristy of Utah and the Los Angeles Conservatory of Music.

"Y asu is the kind of fellow that really appreciates America and what it has done for him ... but he's done just as much," says Chaffee.

"He's one of the most first class citi­zens I've ever met."

According to University Librarian

Tim Brown, the gift offers a unique opportunity for BSU to enrich its library collection.

"The continuing nature of the gener­ous gift will allow the Library to develop a balanced and substantial collection of Japanese materials for use by students, faculty and the community," Brown says.

Physical Education Prof Dies Dr. Gene Cooper, 62, chairman of the

BSU Department of Physical Education, died May 5 of natural causes at his home in Meridian.

Cooper Memorial Athletic Field Fund and the Scholarship Fund at Boise State, or a favorite charity.

McCarthy's New Portland Reps

- Berry Named Alumni President

A member of the Boise State faculty since 1967, he had received an Ed.D. degree from the University of Utah, Salt Lake City, in 1966, andjlad coached in high schools and colleges in Utah, Idaho and Oregon. From 1955-56 he was a coach at Boise High School.

He was a member of the American and Idaho associations for Health, Physical Education and Recreation, the Western Society for Physical Education, the National Intramural Association, Phi Delta Kappa, the Capital City Kiwanis Club of Boise, and the Meridian Metho­dist Church.

Mike and Lynn McCarthy have been named regional BSU alumni coordina­tors for the Portland, Oregon area, according to alumni director Dyke Nally.

Art Berry, a 1973 graduate, has been elected the new president of the BSU Alumni Association. Berry, a former football player for BSC and now an attorney, is with the First Idaho Cor­poration.

Elected first vice-president was Doug Simmonds, manager of Great Western

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store in Boise. Susan Eby, a public rela­tions official at St. Luke's Hospital, is second vice-president.

Gary Hartnett, an executive with Citi­zen's National Bank, is the new treasurer, and Boise elementary school teacher Cindy Maher is secretary.

New to the alumni board of directors are Tom Moore and Dean Tuley.

Memorials may be made to the Capital City Kiwanis Club toward the Gene ·

The McCarthy's, who live at 17270 SW Canyon Drive in Lake Oswego, will up­date the mailing list and provide infor­mation about Boise State to alums in that area.

Alums who do not have a current card or are not receiving FOCUS or other Alumni Association mail can contact the McCarthy's at 635-3129.

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Jobs Virginia Mmer, speech and English

advisor at the Melba High School, was recently honored by the Honor Society of the school. Mrs. Miller has taught at the Melba school for 25 years, and was honored by her students for her out­standing contributions to the lives of her students and the school.

Robert J. Jordan, (BS, Biology, '76), has been commissioned a second lieuten­ant in the U.S. Air Force. The lieutenant now goes to Mather AFB, Calif., for navigator training. Jordan was selected through competitive examiDation for attendance at the school.

Corliss Lundell's promotion to person­nel officer in the Idaho head office of First Security Bank of Idaho, has been announced by Thomas Bourke, presi­dent. Lundell joined the bank's manage­ment training program in February 1977 and was named operations officer trainee in the Caldwell office in January 1978.

The Boise native is married to Allen B. Ellis.

Diane Sanders, ('77), is a new addition to the staff of Cloverdale School. Clover­dale is a school for children of all ages with physical and mental handicaps. She teaches P.E. there and at Joplin Ele-.

mentary. �anders wt e at en. mg • Donha, (BA, Art Ed., '74), will be selling Lynne Beguhl and Her.b Ekstrom thts summer • where she will have 30 ads as well as doing lay-outs in the office 'ed D 22 1978 · Good dit to ds h aste • d · · were marn ec. , m ere s war er m r s egree m She taught high school art at Bishop Sh h d L th Ch h · B · s ecial education . . . ep er u eran urc m otse,

P · Kelly High School m Botse, and has also Idaho. Lynne is a 1973 graduate of BSU Larry Johnson, a 1978 BSl.l graduate been employed by the Mental Health and both are employed by the Bend

in economics, recently received the top Unit of St. Alphonsus Hospital as a psy- Oregon School District. ' score in the state on the Idaho Certified chiatric technician. Public Accountant (CPA) exam.

Johnson, who was active in the honors program at BSU, works at the Boise headquarters of Intermountain Gas Company.

Dave Wood has been promoted to assistant manager of the Gooding office of First Security Bank of Idaho. Wood joined First Security in 1974. Prior to his recent promotion, he was commercial loan officer in the Gooding office.

James E. Bruce m, Boise, joined the management teant at Timberlodge of Idaho, Inc. recently. Mr. Bruce has been employed by Morrison-Knudsen Com­pany in a supervisory capacity for the past five years-three years on the Alaska Pipeline Project and more recently at the Arnold Engineering De­velopment Center in Tennessee.

Timber lodge is the primary supplier of large steel buildings in the area and also functions as a "supermarket" of pre-cut rustic buildings for "do-it-yourselfers."

The Clearwater PTtJgress, of Kamiah, has announced that they have added Donna Henderson, 27, to their staff.

Carl "Joe" Campbell has been named vice president and manager of Valley Bank's Pocatello office. Campbell joined Idaho First National in 1963. A Boise native, Campbell graduated from ·the Pacific Coast Banking School last year.

The Nampa Library recently featured Ann Strawn, (BA, '72) as part of the Art in the Library programs for children. Strawn works as a professional weaver and also raises her own sheep and wool for art projects. She has extensive art teaching experience including the Boise Art Gallery and the Artist in the Schools program, and she has exhibited her tex­tile creations in numerous Northwest galleries and exhibits.

Due to expansion of facilities, United First Federal Savings of Boise has an­nounced that they will move Kevin F. McDonald (MBA, '75), manager at the Broadway Office to the new Fairview Office. McDonald joined United First in April, 1976, as a loan officer.

McDonald is a native of Salmon, Idaho.

Making their home in Ketchum are James Baldwin and the former Brandy Brenda Hooper, who were married April 14. The bridegroom is employed by Sun Valley Aviation.

Deaths Graveside services for Clarence Daniel

Glenn, 36, were held April 9 at Morris Hill Cemetery. Glenn died near Paris, Idaho in an airplane crash. He was an engineer for Alpha Engineering Com­pany in Caldwell at the time of his death.

Eleanor Vogel Hardt Amos, 58, of Boise, died April 19 in a Boise hospital after an extended illness. She had taught school before being employed by the Idaho Department of Transportation. She was· an assistant planner for the department when she retired in 1978. She was also a former officer of the board of directors of the Idaho Federal Credit Union.

Former BSU student, Mark Heazle, 26, died recently at a Reno, Nevada hos­pital. He was reared and educated in Boise, and was a carpenter.

BSUKeeps Baseball

BSU's athletic department will tighten its belt, dip into the reserve fund, and ask for more help from the Bronco Ath­letic Association to support a baseball team next year, announced athletic director Lyle Smith at an early May press conference.

Smith's statement ended speculation over the future of baseball at BSU. Before the season ended, word was out that the program would be dropped.

"After long and careful evaluation of our budget, I feel we can continue to fund intercollegiate baseball at the level it has been funded," Smith said.

BSU currently plays in the Nor-Pac league because the Big" Sky doesn't in­clude baseball.

Smith also ended questions about where the Broncos will play next year. The present field will be the site of the new multi-purpose pavilion, but Smith said local high schools have agreed to let the Broncos use their fields until BSU can come up with a new diamond.

Smith said there are several factors that require BSU to look carefully at all of its athletic programs, including infla­tion, the one percent initiative, and increased funding for women's athletics.

BSU's baseball team ended the 1979 season with a 21-28 overall record and 8-16 in the Nor-Pac.

SAM MILLER, left, is congratulated by pro football great George Blanda after winning the BSU scholar-athlete and athlete-of-the-year awards. Miller is the first BSU student to win both.

Brightest spot during the season was the play of second baseman Steve McMannon, who ended with a .455 bat­ting average and 26 runs batted in, enough to tie the league record.

Connor Recruits Five Jim Dawson was second in hitting

with .385. "Our o(fensive production was great,"

said coach Ross Vaughn about the season.

"When a team is batting .320, it is get­ting the job done at the plate. We had trouble on defense, and the pitching wasn't as strong as it needed to be," he added.

Terming this spring as one of his fmest basketball recruiting seasons ever, Boise State University head basketball coach Bus Connor has signed five new players to the Bronco program.

Three guards will join BSU next fall, and all three bring playing experience from the junior college level.

Dave Williams, a 6-1 guard from Mt. Vernon, NY, averaged 11 points a game at San Jacinto JC in Pasadena, Texas.

Football Camps Set in June Boise State football coach Jim Criner

will welcome young players from age 8 through high school at the annual "Big Sky Football Camp."

Sessions will run June 11-16 for varsity high school age and June 18-23 for the younger players down to age 8.

During the week, play-.rs will get indi­vidual coaching in nearly all aspects of the game, with sessions running from 7:15 a.m.-9:30p.m.

The camp staff will include all the BSU and area high school coaches. At least 24

coaches will direct sessions to ·allow as much individuii.i attention as possible, Criner says.

Costs are $140 for players who live on campus, and $80 for those who live at home and only eat lunch at BSU.

Rental equipment is available, and the camp carries full insurance for the parti­cipants.

Persons interested in the camp can

contact Criner at the BSU Varsity Cen­ter, phone 385-1281 for more informa­tion.

He is the brother of NBA guards Gus Williams of Seattle, and Ray Williams of New York.

Ken Copeland, a 6-1 guard from Boston, MA, averaged 12.7 points for Riverside City College in Riverside, Calif. last year.

Scot Ludwig, a 6-2 guard from Iowa City, lA attended Grossmont JC in San Diego, CA and averaged 13.9 points last season.

In addition, two high school forwards have been signed by Connor to compli­ment an already strong frontline of players.

Randy Brown and Derek Anderson, both 6-6 forwards will join the Broncos after outstanding prep careers.

Brown resides in Seaside, CA where he averaged 22.7 points and 18 rebounds. a game this season, and earned ·All­Central Coast honors. He was named most valuable player in the league and on his team.

Anderson attended Morningside High School in L.A. and averaged 16 points and 9.5 rebounds a game this season. He earned second team All-CIF considera­tion, and first team All-League.

BSU Takes Third in Big Sky Track BSU's Broncos had some shining indi- the Big Sky track and field champion­

vidual performances, but couldn't close ships held at Bronco Stadium May 21-22. the gap on leader Northern Arizona in NAU took home the team title with 189

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Sprinter Ken Sam gets third, but falls at the tape

points, far ahead of second place Idaho's 97. BSU and Weber ended in a tie for third at89.

BSU opened the final portion of the meet with a meet record and national qualifying time of 40.71 in the 400 meter relay.

A one two finish in the intermediates by Gary Little and George Ragan brought the Broncos to within striking distance, only to see NAU power through the pole vault and 5,000 meter run to seal the win.

BSU's hoped·for domination of the sprints didn't materialize. Defending champion in the 100 meters, Ken Sam, managed a third this year, but fell after a straining finish, and couldn't compete

in the 200 meters. Rod Pearstill, who earlier won the 400 meters, took third in the 200. He was the defending champion in that event.

Other top fmishers for BSU included Miles Hartell, second in the shot put, and Chris Smith, second in the high jump.

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Two Women Going·to , Nationals

Two Boise State athletes will be entered in national competition this sum­mer because of their earlier qualifying performances this season.

Phyllis Dupras, who easily won the northwest small college singles title in tennis, will enter the AlA W national small college championships June 6-9 in Denver, Colorado.

She also represented Idaho in the Seventeen magazine national tennis tournament in Mission Viejo, Calif. earlier this month.

In track, sophomore sprinter Karen Osburn will be the first BSU woman ath­lete to compete in the AlA W national track & field championships.

She earned the berth at the nationals, scheduled for May 23-26 at Michigan State, by running an 11.75 second 100 meter dash at a meet May 5 in Bozeman, Mont.

In final team competition, the BSU tennis squad took fourth in the North· west small college division. During the season, Dupras led the team with an 11 win-3 loss record. Leslie Bastian, the number two singles player for BSU, wound up at 7-4. Dupras teamed with Patrice Reimer to end with an 11-3 doubles record.

The track squad sent 10 qualifiers to the regional championships in Eugene, Oregon. The team placed eleventh, but set new school records in five events, the 400 meter relay, 800 meter relay, 800 meter run, 1,500 meter run, and 5,000 meter run.

BAA�Eund.�-­Drive·Up 4%

by Jim Faucher

The 1979-80 Bronco Athletic Associa· tion fund drive accounted for four per­cent more money than last year, bring­ing in a total of $61,175 compared to $58,805 one year ago.

"We are very pleased with the effort put forth by our BAA teams, and the final results are an indication of the work they put in," said drive chairman Fred Adolphsen, Boise.

The amount raised was 90 percent of the $68,000 goal set by the BAA.

The BAA membership drive is held each year in the spring as a kickoff for new and renewed booster elub member­ships. Memberships are accepted throughout the year.

The top individual effort was given by Liz MacGregor of Boise who raised $15,805. "Liz did a fantastic job for us and we are very appreciative of her work," Adolphsen said. MacGregor's team of Cherie Brady, Linnae Costello and Chester Grey took top team honors. They will be given a trip of their choice with any Bronco athletic team this com­ing school year.

Other top individuals included Cherie Brady, $5,185; Peggy Faylor, $5,875; Don Copple, $5,870; Linnae Costello, $4,015 and Larry Waldorf, $4,110.

Six teams in the fund drive exceeded their goal. Those teams were captained by Liz MacGregor, Don Copple, Leo Knowlton, Jean Croft, Scott Sword and Jim Kranz.

Dutton Resigns Bill Dutton, defensive football coor­

dinator for the past three years at Boise State University, has resigned his posi­tion to take the position of defensive line coach at Stanford University.

'ijis appointment at Stanford is effee· tive immediately.

Dutton came to BSU after four years of work outside coaching. Previous to that he coached at California-Berkeley.

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First, give us a Uttle background about the Rhodes ec:holarsbip.

Every year there are 32 Rhodes scholarships given in the U.S. If you are chosen, you're given full tuition, room and board, and your transportation back and forth from Oxford University in England. The Rhodes scholars most are familiar with are Bill Bradley, Pat Hayden, and Kris Kristofferson.

There are a lot of people in Washington, D.C. that were Rhodes scholars. When they come back to America, the way it breaks down is about a third of them become lawyers. Another third become academics. The other third is just spread all over.

Could you explain the selection proeess that you went through?

It's a rather complicated application process. You need to write an essay where you tie together your intellectual interests with what you've done in your undergraduate work. Also, they ask for letters of recommendation and an activities list. That's due around the end of October.

I didn't hear word one until December. I got a letter on my birthday, actually December 2, that said "You have made it through the preliminary cut; we would like to see you for an interview Dec. 13."

There was a reception the night before so we could meet the committee members. It was a miserable thing because everyone there was so nervous and so bent on impressing the committee members and not hurting themselves on the interview the next day.

The tension made the event unbearable. Then you drew numbers for your interview slot the next day. Well, I drew number one which is traditionally a very bad choice. I found out the next day that usually they will re-interview people who are chosen to interview in the first slot because they found that usually those people tend to have trouble.

I didn't feel that the interview went very well. I just didn't spend a lot of time worrying about the first inter­view. I went into it very cold, and feeling almost angry becaute I knew my chances were so slim. I asked myself

"Why am I even bothering to get up in the morning for this interview when I knew that I don't have a rat's chance?"

I remember someone asking me a wonderful question about if I could be student body president reincarnated as one of Shakespeare's characters, who would I be? Well, I thought the obvious answer was Macbeth but I went with Prince Hal and they seemed to think that a good answer. Then we got off on some tangent talking about classical music and Mozart being played out in the Amazon jungle.

I was disappointed that I hadn't done very well and hoped that they would have a re-interview. We all came back at 3:30. So we were all back in a high tension situa­tion waiting for them to call the people back who they wnted to re-interview. Well, it got to be 4:30, 4:45, and finally someone said there would be no re-interviews.

So we all marched upstairs, and I was thinking, "Why didn't they re-interview me?" It must have been so bad that they didn't even want to see me again, I really had that sense about that first interview, that it wasn't very good.

They sort of lined us up against the wall and ealled two names. There was just a stunned silence. No one even looked at each other, and finally the others began to congratulate us in sort of timid, disappointed voices. It was really sort of sad; here we were trying to be gracious when we wanted to run through the halls screaming. So everyone left and Alden Bell, who is the Idllbo represen­tative to the district committee ealls us over and says, "Okay I've been doing this for 20 years, so just listen a minute while I tell you what you're up against. Mike, you have a problem. Your letters of recommendation areat , good." I mean they were good and positive, but nothing that stands out. Well, I was just devastated. I thought, "now I don't have a career."

Someone called me over and said "you're going to Seattle Friday and you have the interview Saturday." And I said some stupid thing about, "Well, I've got those

"I walked into the room and picked up this liBt of candidates. It went ... Harvard, Yale, Stanford, Prince­ton, Dartmouth, CornelL .. there was nothing with the word "state" in it, except for Boise State. I looked at that and thought, 'Why did I even bother to show up. •"

things due in my classes." This guy looked at me and he said "I imagine Boise State will somehow see fit to allow you to make it to that interview." I was just in shock.

Everything happened so fast that I was really, really excited. He made it even worse by saying it's possible there will be 14 candidates, but Alaska hardly sends two and Wyoming sometimes doesn't send any. So it's getting better and better. I had a chance of 30 percent because they choose 4 out of 14.

I thought if I lose now, just hide the razor blades because I just really didn't know what I would do. I went home and didn't sleep for 2 days.

I was, thinking back, insanely excited, but at the same time I had this real morbid fear that if I lost, would I be able to come back and finish finals? I admit I was a little melodramatic about it all. I hopped on the plane Friday along with Tom Smith whom I had known before for years.

Tom and I were on our own after about noon, and it wulike "What are we gonna do?" It's like there's nothing you feel you can do, so you end up doing the very thing you didn't want to do originally, which was sit in your room and be nervous. Well we did. We sat in our room and watched the clock from about 2 o'clock tillS o'clock. Then there was another reception.

Tom was even worse than I was in a lot of ways because he was like, "Well we want to get there about 7:55 because we want to be the first ones there, but we don't want people to watk in and think that we were just hanging around.lf we're first there, we will have more opportunity to talk to committee people."

Well, I walked in and there was this list of all the candidates. I picked it up and it sort of goes - Harvard, Yale, Stanford, Princeton, Dartmouth, Cornell. There were about three

people from state supported schools; one was the Univer­sity of Oregon. There was nothing with the word "state" in it anywhere, but Boise State.

I looked at that thing and thought "Why, why did I even bother to show up?" Then we started talking to the committee people and you're thinking and looking at all the candidates," Can I beat this one?" And thinking of the committee people, "Does be like me?"

One dean I was told in advance was pretty tough. He's talking in a circle of "What do you teach?" Well, I am very excited this semester about teaching a course on Tudor lit. I just happened to read a whole flock of Tudor lit. So I stupidly dropped a name and said "Ah yes, I was talking about something this and this and this and John Skelton and all that stuff. The man turned to me among a crowd of four or five of these people, "Young man, John Skelton is not 'stuff." I go "Right, not stuff."

Actually this affair was fun because I had given up, really. I thought, "There is food here, a lot of interesting people and this is my chance to know four Rhodes scholars." There were some really interesting people; a guy who was publishing a newspaper on an Indian reser· vation and had gone to Stanford. A woman from Yale who had scored 800 on the LSAT; a guy who had just finished his second year of law school. These are people who are candidates. One woman last summer killed a grizzly bear three feet away from her. She's into geology. She had worked in volcanoes, live volcanoes in Nicaragua. Tom Smith, one of the most eloquent and sensitive people I have ever met.

They were just a lot of really neat people.

This time I had chosen slot number two. I played it over in my head, time after time, tapes of things I could say, tapes of answers, coh�ent answers, how I wanted to approach th�.

One of the comments in the first intervi�w was that I

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seemed nervous at first. I thought back and knew I bad sort of looked at the table. But this time I came out sort of leaned forward all the time. You were absolutely not interviewed, you were bombarded with questions. They would just get into something and just then someone else would pop a question from this side and I would have one over here.

It was a tough interview, but they asked me things I knew, they asked me good thin!Ja. The first question was "Could you talk to us a bit about phenomenology?" I could talk about that some. Someone else said "You mentioned you had an interest in Brecht?" We talked about Motlaer Covrage. "Could you expand on how Brecht's esthetic theory relates to Motlaer COt£rage7"1 had read some criticisms on that so I could talk about that. Someone said 'You expressed an interest in existentialism. Do you

, think it's possible to derive an ethical system using exis­tentialism as a base?" I went off on why I t�k you can.

Then, the dean said, "I just have to ask you this ... In Shakespeare's Coriolanu.s, the Tritons give two reasons why they are upset with CoriolcJttu. What are the,?'"

He didn't think I read it. But I had read it, and had seen it in London about six months before. I didn't exactly remember their speeches, but I did get the question right.

I have to say that when I walked out of that interview, I felt like, "If I loee it's because I'm not as good as these other people. I won't loee because I blew it." I felt as good about my second interview as I felt bad about my first.

I showed up at the W asbington Athletic Club about 4 o'clock and everyone was sitting in a circle and you had this sense that everyone felt like they were waiting their execution. Thirteen people. It was really morgue-like, so I started into these sort of bad Steve Martin imitations.

A couple people started laughing and it was a little better. But still every time there was a noise or some­thing in the building you would see 13 beads turn ... everyone would just physically jump. They were that nervous. A:bout 5 o'clock they lined us against the wall.

Then they announced our names. There was aot that awkward pause, oddly, this time. The people came right up and said "we are really

happy for you." It was weird, I had three candidates come up to me and say to me "I knew last night that you would get it."

Tom Smith ordered a bottle of champagne and they all came to our room. Four Rhodes scholars and one depressed girl from Eugene, Oregon in our room.

I came home and was highly irresponsible and didn't get all my work done for the semester, took an incomplete in one class. I just couldn't think, I was so elated. It was impossible.

How lOIII dicllt take before yoa flully emDe cloWD? About the first of February. I still have days when I'm

just really ecstatic about it because it is literally one of those things I just thought never would happen. I didn't think I could do it, but somewhere I must have believed I could do it, or I wouldn't have gone through it and I wouldn't have placed it up front for so many years.

Wbea did ;yoa tint beeaaae laterelted Ia the IUaodee eehcUrlldp?

When I was 9th grade, I read a book called T1&e Seue of Mere Yov Are, by Bill Bradley. My goal at that time was to be a professional basketball player. I read this book and here was this man who could piay professional basketball but decided to put it off for three yean so he could go to Oxford and be a Rhodes scholar. That said a lot to me. I was really a fan of Bradle;y's and at the time I wanted to fashion m;yself to be a scholar-athlete. The athlete part kinda fell through, but Bradle;y really p� vided inspiration for me.

Just before Christmas BSU senior Mike Hoffman was awarded a Rhodes scholarship, one of the most prestigious academic awards In the world. This October he will sail with America's other Rhodes scholars to begin two years of study at Oxford University In Oxford, England. Before he graduated this spring, Hoff­man took time out to talk about the Rhodes ... and to comment on BSU as he seas lt.

Another person who was very inspirational was a woman named Pam Abass. She went to Oxford. She talked me into doing a play where I portrayed a young man from the sticks in Wales who had no education, a son of a coal miner who'll end up a coal miner too and die of black lung disease. But he goes to a school that this woman sets up for just a couple of days and he writes this little essay. She senses that he is really brilliant, sort of a genius underneath this filthy, ignorant exterior. She sort of tames the wild beast in him .. He goes up to Oxford to take the exam for a scholarship and comes back so full of energy, he wants to go to Oxford so bad. He talks about walking up the High Street, all these places .... I could just see it all in my bead. Still, my pieture of what I thought Oxford WCiuld be like is really colored b;y that. He won the scholarship. I don't know bow close the parallel is.

I11 be at Oriel college, which I'm really excited about. It's one of the oldest, established in 1326 by Edward n. It's got a really long tradition.

toward building a strong, well thought out liberal arts foundation, they've worried about "this discipline attracts a lot of students, so let's stick three people in here." Philosophy doesn't seem to draw too well, so we don't have a philosophy department.

I think a philosophy department is an integral part of a liberal arts curriculum. You can't deny its worth. It is the building block from which all the liberal arts tradition drew out of. We are pumping all this money into courses that I'm not certain have a valid place in a liberal arts curriculum and forgetting about philosophy.

I think there should be more courses required in the core beside simply English comp. I happen to single out philoeophy, but I think everyone should have to take a lit survey so they have a grasp of the written word and what it can do to people. Maybe a required history course. An intro to philosophy course is erucial.

I have a tendency to be a bit conservative in these areas. In the '60's, in my opinion, things loosened up a little bit too much. We have too many courses that are

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Right now I'm planning to read English. You study like two things at a time and spend your time preparing for your two tutorials a week, reading a whole flock of stuH. It's a broadening experience. One person told me that he never did read everything that they assigned, didn't even come close. That is what vacations are for, to read every­thing that you didn't get read before. He told me about his day and how it was spent and mine would be some­thing similar.

Tbil�eeiDIIike a •H-IItarter l)'lteal. Can you acljut? It's sink or swim. You go and find out how this thing

works. If you don't you are in trouble. I'm a good studier on my own. I don't need much prodding to study. I'm pretty good at setting goals for myself.

What I'm worried about is that there are so many other things that I want to do. They encourage you to travel. It's the whole tradition of the finished man has done the tour of the continent. I think I will go to Greece and take up residence on an island somewhere where I can live cheaply and study.

Siace yoa woa the Kholarlbip you've beeD a lOri of aademie 1111peratar at Boi• State. Bow do you feel about that?

It is strange because my opinion all of sudden means a lot more, even though it's the same opinion I espoused several months ago. All of a sudden people will listen. Of course, I like the attention, it's very nice and exciting, but on the other hand I think it is important to keep it in perspective. A Rhodes scholarship doesn't mean any­thing until you go to Oxford and do it. That's where it takes on some sort of meaning ... when you gain from spending two or three years studying at the one of the best universities in the world.

I realize that my name's being used or dropped in places to emphasize the excellence of Boise State Univer-. sity's academic programs. I hope in some ways my having received the scholarship can encourage academic excel­lence at Boise State. However, I don't think it should be used as an excuse. We can't just gloss over the problems on the academic side of the university by saying "Look at this ... we turned this out, thus we have good programs" and we can sort of ride on those.

Some plaees there are problems that need to be ·

addressed in the academic sphere and in no way will I be used as an excuse for those.

Wllat are .-a el the •..se.k ,......_.,.oa alhlde to? One of the critical problems .•• and I realize Boise State

is forced to do this the way the state operates .•. but ;you can't run a univenit;y on a supply and demand model without eventually shortchanging younelf in some real erucial areu. I think there baa been some •hortsighted­oeu on the part of the univenit;y. Instead of worldng

This whole FTE thing is very destructive in terms of academic quality. It forces you to run a university on the supply and demand model. Quality is often sacrificed for quantity. Quantity must always remain in a subordinate position to quality.

Whea you were madeat body prelideat, you opeaecla ciWope about aademk qulity at Bol• State. Do you thiak • .--c qullty .... t.proveclliaee thea?

I think yes, basically, there's been a concern for devel­oping a better university. It's sort of sad to see all the work that a lot of people have done go down the tube because of the one percent initiative. There's another case of shortsightedness and people without any sense of history. It seems like people suHer from a basic lack of imagination and humanistic concern. They see things in terms of 'what can it do for me?'

The concept of society implies a certain amount of altruism ... a certain amount of being for the other or living for the other. It seems people don't want to do that. You hope that's some-

thing a liberal arts education can produce in a person ... a sense of the organic nature of society.

I've always said the lack of tradition at Boise State is a good thing because we aren't tied up with a lot of red tape. But on the other hand, �here's no sort of cohesive bond either. I think people are here to use the university. Many of the students see how much they can get without giving much at all.

A lot of the faculty I know are unhappy at this point because of the one percent ... they're frightened. I think one of the prime problems is that the role of the faculty is not elevated to the point it should be. They're the academicians ... they don't get the respect the deaervA. They don't deserve respect just becau• they are the teachers, but because they have made a commitment to education, and that's what this plaee is supposed to be all about.

Sometimes I think the university is penny-wiae and pound foolish. We try to do too much with not enough money. In some cases I think we would be better off pull­ing back, simplifying things, cutting down our quantit;y of ofterinp and working oo making tboee qualit;y progruns. I feel really bad about that.

we have some fine faculty here. rm convinced ;you couldn't do any better anywhere in the country. We should encourage people to write and publiah, but I think it's a big advantage that we concentrate so much on straight teaching. People should know that if the710 to Coh�bia or Harvard the;y will deal with a lot of tNehing assiatants. Here you're right up with the real live PhD'•· I think a lot of the fac:ult;y are jUit d;ying for the eh&Dce to interact with ltudeats that are lliDcerel;y interalted.

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Boise River OK Says Biologist

Fishermen on the Boise River should have another banner year, concludes BSU biologist Dr. Fenton Kelley after a study of the river's fish population this spring.

"The river's in great shape . . . it c.ouldn't be much better," says Kelley.

The biologist and his crew from the Boise Valley Fly Fisherman club shocked and studied fish from two locations, one at the wildlife refuge below Diversion Dam and another at the end of Walnut Street in Boise.

Kelley says the study turned up a large percentage of mountain white fish, with small portions of brown and rain­bow trout, and only a few "suckers," he adds.

The reason for the large whitefish population, Kelley speculates, is because many fisherman release them but keep the trout. The two fish don't compete for the same food, cover and spawning areas, he says.

The healthy river environment is "encouraging," Kelley says, pointing to the long list of forage fish and insects that now thrive in the river.

Kelley adds that there are few indica­tions of pollution in the river now. Caddis flies, for one thing, are plentiful. "If you know you've got them around, you know you have good water."

Also, few of the fish examined had diseases or parasites, two other signs of an unhealthy river.

"Fish have everything they need now . . . food, shelter, clean water . . . the improvement in the river has been tremendous," Kelley adds.

Weaving Workshop A two week weaving workshop includ­

ing study of tapestry and rug techniques and weaving on warp weighted and four harness floor looms will be conducted June 11-22.

The course, sponsored by the BSU Art Department will be instructed by Dr. Betty Culley from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily at the Boise State Art Annex, 1102 Lin­coln. Three hours of graduate or under­graduate credit may be earned by attending the class.

In Business Dr. Richard Werbel attended the

annual conference of the Academy of Marketing Science in Miami, Florida, May 9-12, to present two papers: "The Impact of Predecision Similarity Upon the Postdecision Evaluation of the Chosen and Unchosen Alternatives in an Unobtrusive Experimental Setting," and "The Description and Testing of a New Measure of the Weights of Evaluative Criteria."

Ricbanl Lane was chairman of a Boise Chamber of Commerce marketing sem­inar, May 17. Also participating were Kenneth Bahn, Tim Hogue, Gary McCain, and Duston Scudder.

Gary McCain reviewed Forecasting and Time Series Analysis by Mont­gomery and Johnson in the January issue of Industrial Marketing Manage­ment.

In March, McCain attended the Western American Institute of Decisioq Sciences in Reno, where he presented a paper "A Segmentation Strategy: Two lncQme Families vs. Single Income Fam­ilies," co-authored by him with Norman R. Smith, University of Oregon, and James H. Barness, University of Geor­gia. He was also chairman of the small business session at the conference.

McCain attended the meeting of the Association for Business Simulation and Experiential Learning meeting in New Orleans in April where he presented his paper "Relating Teaching Methods with

� �- # .. � • ' -'•tr· �.·. "-� BSU's VO-TECH hobo marchers didn't have as much money as usual to count because they didn't solicit funds on city streets this year. But they did gather more than $6,000 for vo-tech scholarships.

BSU Flyfisherman Publishes Advice As BSU's foremost researcher on

early childhood education, Robert Fried­li's name has frequently appeared in national academic journals.

But this month, the Friedli byline showed up in a different setting ... the new Flyfishing the West magazine that is aimed at the growing numbers of fly fishermen in this region.

Friedli's article on "Search for the Ultimate Dun" is a mixture of descrip­tive prose and ultratechnical talk about some of his favorite (and most success­ful) fly patterns.

The magazine cover also features a full color reproduction of a Friedli paint.mg. and he also supplied the illustrations for the article.

Friedli is familiar with the rejection­revision routine of academic publishing, but the fly fishing venture is new.

"There is a tremendous need for sophisticated articles on fly fishing ... I just thought I'd give it a fling," he says.

Yes, he adds, he's had a few rejec­tions, but one is being revised and will

Educational Objectives in the Business

Curriculum" coauthored with James W. Gentry, Oklahoma State University, and Alvin C. Burus, Louisiana State Uni­versity.

Also last month, he presented a paper, "A contemporary Model of Entrepre­neurial Style," co-authored with Norman R. Smith, University of Oregon, at the meeting of the Midwest Business Administration Association, in Chicago.

Associate professors David F. Groeb­ner, management, and C. Mike Merz, accounting, have been awarded a one­year grant of $29,800 from the National Association of Accountants to conduct research into a code of ethics for man­agement accountants.

Dr. C. Mike Merz presented his paper "Unique Budgeting Problems Faced by State and Local Governments" at the Western regional meeting of the Ameri­can Accounting Association in Reno on April 27, 1979.

BSU's executive-in-residence Peter Johnson, president of Trus-J oist in Boise, has ended a busy spring semester schedule of class consultations, faculty discussions, and student conferences. During his stay at BSU. he spoke to an estimated 2,000 students in various classes.

Johnson also helpe(i establish a new BSU Business School advisory council made up of local businessmen.

come out 'tater in another magazine, The Fly Fisher.

The executive-in-residence program was started so local businessmen could share their experiences and knowledge with BSU classes.

In Geology Dr. Spencer Wood has published an

article in a special volume of Tectono­physics devoted to research presented at the International Symposium of Recent Crustal MovementS' held at Stanford University. "Early 20th Century Uplift of the Peninsular Ranges Province of Southern California" is co-authored with Michael Elliott of the U.S. Geological Survey.

Wood and Elliott's research describes large-scale warping of the earth detected by analysis of early surveying data and sea level measurements and the relation­ship of the uplift to earthquakes in southern California.

Wood is currently mapping the geology of the Nampa-Caldwell area for the Idaho Department of Water Re­sources, in conjunction with a geo­thermal energy evaluation of this area sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy.

In Counseling Center Dr. Max Callao was guest speaker on

"Stress Management" at the March lun­cheon meeting of the Federal Executive Council. . Callao recently conducted a leadership

"It's a real advantage to be able to submit illustrations and paintings along with the articles ... that's something extra most writers don't have."

While he may be a new author about fishing, the sport itself is old hat. He's tied flies ever since he was eight years old.

Friedli says he plans to keep on writ­ing articles about his "favorite form of therapy," but his academic publication work is what keeps the typewriter tap­ping into the wee hours.

He has two articles out now, including one that is scheduled for printing in the Journal of Social Psychology. He's writ­tim a book on the techniques of teaching for the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare, and there is a chance that could go national, he says.

He is also writing a book on education that he hopes to have done by Septem­ber.

And yes, he's also putting together a book on fly fishing.

and supervision skills workshop in Boise for the Southwest Association of Home Builders. He also spoke to the Idaho Dietetic Association annual meeting at the St. Luke's Hospital Anderson Center on "Stress Managment Techniques."

Mary Cozine spoke to the IRS Federal Women's Program meeting April 18 on "Resolving Office Conflicts."

In Biology Dr. Richard McCloskey attended a

May facilitators skills workshop in Pocatello in preparation for McCall and Alpine environmental education campus where he will serve as a facilitator this summer.

Dr. Russell J. Centanni gave the pin­ning ceremony address to School of Nursing graduates May 19. He also spoke on "Antibody Synthesis and Func­tion" to medical students in residency at the Family Practice Medical Center, May 23, andwill be master of ceremoiiies at the annual banquet of the Idaho Right to Life Society June 2.

In Political Science Political science pl"Ofessor Dennis

Donoghue attended the National Con­ference on Teaching Public Administra­tion in Memphis, Tenn. May 11-12 and presented a paper of role playing in intergovernmental relations.

'Tootln' Tater' Tour Traln Teaches Travelers by Larry Burke

Cuts in Amtrack might mean the end for one of Boise's passenger trains, but the other one is still going strong.

After just one year of operation, "Tootin' Tater," better known as the Boise Tour Train, has moved to the top of the list as the "in" thing with tourists and school groups visiting the capital city.

�Owner-operators Arnold Panitch, a BSU social work professor, and his wife Barbara King couldn't be happier.

This day Panitch put on his show for. a polite, but bubbly bunch of school kids from Jordan Valley, Oregon, and their more reserved teachers.

"All aboooooard ... welcome boys and girls to the Tootin' Tater ... my name is Arnold and I11 be your engineer today."

So began a monologue that lasted for a short 90 minutes, long enough to hit the city's historic high spots and have some fun along the way.

Using every bit of the ham and teacher within him, Panitch combined melodrama, historical antecdotes, some outright corny jokes, train whistles, and bell clangs to keep his listeners enter­tained.

"Now boys and girls, point to the state Capitol on your right ... see it ... every­body who sees the state Capitol point." Fifty tiny fingers pointed.

"Let's sing a song," he said as the train rounded the corner at the zoo entrance.

"Old MacDonald had a farm . . . e-i-e-i-o . . . "

Timid, high pitched voices turned into a full chorus for Panitch's baritone by the time he finished.

In Health Sciences Deau Vietor H. Duke has been ap­

pointed to the cost-containment subcom­mittee of the Idaho Hospital Association.

June R. Penner gave an address on career values from membership to the College of Southern Idaho associate degree nursing graduating class at Twin Falls April 27.

Hosted by the Idaho Nurses Associa­tion, District I, the program was in honor of several retired nurses who helped organize the district 78 years ago.

Tom Kraker has been elected vice presidentof the Idaho Society for Radio­logic Technology for the coming year.

Carol Seddon was elected 1979-80 president-elect of the Treasure Valley Medical Record Association.

Seddon recently attended the annual meeting of the Idaho Medical Record Association in Idaho Falls where she was elected to represent Idaho at the national convention of the American Medical Record Association in Washing­ton, D.C. in October. She was also appointed chairman of the association's legal and legislative committee for 1979-80.

Elaine Roc:kne, medial records tech­.aology director, has been coordinating a series of mini-sessions of directed stu­dent practice this year. Students have observed and worked in medical agen-

BSU Professor Arnold Pan itch and the Tootin' Tater

Then, there were the jokes, like the old standard about the Potato Queen who doesn't want to marry Walter Cron­kite because he is a "common-tater."

Or Panitch's line about the eagle perched on top of the Statehouse. "See the big eagle up there . . . it's 5'T' tall, just like your driver. Except I'm not made of solid copper and don't weigh 250 pounds."

Why does he do it, day after day? "Debt is a great motivator;" he

laughs. "Really, I've been a teacher all my life. This is a great way to give people pride in their community and show others what a great place Boise is."

Panitch and King started the train last summer, investing everything they had, plus some funds from a friendly banker.

Since their maiden trip, they estimate

cies such as Blue Cross Insurance, the State Tumor Registry, the Breast Can­cer Detection Agency, Family Practice Medical Center, Mountain States Tumor Institute, and area nursing homes.

Four week periods of hospital summer work for these students will be in hos­pitals in Boise, Nampa, Caldwell, Grangeville, Hailey, Sun Valley, and Idaho Falls.

In Vo-Tech Chick Quinowski, vo-tech placement

counselor, was elected to a three year term on the executive board of the Northwest Placement Association at that organization's recent spring confer­ence.

In Education Dean Richard L. Hart has been

elected to a two year term of office as state president of the Idaho Association for Supervision and Curriculum Devel­opment.

Dr. Carroll Lambert was the Idaho delegate to the American Federation of Teachers Conference in Washington, D.C., May 11-13.

Lambert will give the opening address to the Utah State University conference on insights into early childhood July 16-17 in Logan. Her topic will be "In­sights Into Meaningful Experiences for Young Children."

they've shown the city to 20,000 people from every ·state, every Canadian province, and 25 foreign countries.

Half of their customers are tourists. The rest come from schools, senior citi­zen groups, scout troups, and other special tours. Last year the train was a hot item for campaigning politicians, and it was even used as a "ride" in a school carnival.

It's obvious that Panitch plays to his crowd of riders. Does he have any favorites?

"I guess I like the tourists best. Idaho is a sleeper. People don't realize what Boise has to offer . . . we really stir their imagination," he says.

Some people stay an extra day or two after they've seen the city on the train, he adds.

In Music Melvin L. Shelton recently went to

Ketchikan, Alaska, for a return engage­ment to judge the South Alaska State High School Music Festival.

In addition to judging concert bands, solos and jazz ensembles, Shelton gave a clinic on trumpet performance and lecture-conducting demonstration on brass rehearsal techniques for the Alaska music instructors.

Shelton recently completed a full sym­phonic band arrangement of the high­lights from the soundtrack to the movie Star Wars. Written with special permis­sion from Twentieth Century Fox Music, the work was played for the first time on the Music Department spring tour.

Students of Madeleine Hsu performed in a duo-piano ensemble concert May 12 and in a Tcherepnin memorial concert May 1 in honor of the Russian born American composer and pianist.

A BSU based trio including Madeleine Hsu, piano, Robert Klak, clarinet, and William Hsu, viola, will present a benefit concert June 22 at 8 p.m. at the Ware­house, 415 South 9th, Boise.

In Sociology Dr. Carol Harvey attended the Pacific

Sociological Association annual meeting in Anaheim, Calif. April 5-6, where she was chairman of a session on "Reactions to Stress over the Life Cycle."

But Panitch also enjoys introducing Boiseans to their home town.

"We have a community state of depression ... people who live here think we have no history, or that there's nothing to do. After the tour people always come up and say 'I didn't know we had so much here,"' he says.

This summer Panitch will guide the train only on weekends, leaving the weekdays to a hired driver.

The train is now open for use by school and other groups, but it won't begin its regular schedule until June 1.

From then until Labor Day, the train will make four hour-long trips each day, leaving Julia Davis Park at 10:30 a.m., noon, 1:30 p.m., and 3:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and at noon, 1:30, 3, and 4:30 p.DI. on Sundays.

In Chemistry Dr. JaekDUtoa was elected president

of the Idaho Academy of Sciences at the group's annual meeting in April.

Also attending was Dr. Edward Mat­jeka, who has been appointed editor of the academy' newsletter Retort. He suc­ceeds Dr. Richard Banks in that posi­tion.

1979 chemistry graduate Sam Bryau received an award from ihe academy for his presentation of his senior research project "Pungent Principles of Hot Pep­pers," and Paul Wright also presented a research paper to the academy.

In English Dr. Richard Leahy has been named

regional judge for the 1979 National Council of Teachers of English awards in writing programs which cites about 800 high school seniors each year for excel­lence in writing and recommends them to colleges and universities for admission and financial aid.

"Yucca," a poem by Tom Trusky has been selected for inclusion in the West­ern Region Poetry Exhibition by the Utah Arts Council.

The twenty poems included in the axhibition will be reproduced poster size and displayed throughout the Western states and Canada during 1979.

Judge for the competition was Marvin

Bell, editor of American Poetry Review.

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Public Art Advocate in National-Show· by Jocelyn Fumia

An advocate of art for the public, John Kill master, BSU art professor, has re­ceived public honor as the only artist from Idaho to have his work included in the First Western States Biennial Exhibition opening at the National Col­lection of Fine Arts in Washington, D.C., June 6.

His four by nine foot porcelain enamel on steel, Mimesis II, will be on display with the exhibit at the National Collec­tion June 8-Sept. 3; the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Oct. 26-Dec. 9, and the Seattle Art Museum, May 29-July 13, 1980.

One of only 28 Western contemporary artists whose works are included in the collection, Killmaster will attend the exhibit preview and a reception at the home of Vice President and Mrs. Walter Mondale, June 6.

The 75-work exhibit includes both painting and sculpture. Organized by the Western States Arts Foundation it is supported by grants from tbe National Endowment for the Arts, Dayton Hud­son Foundation and Philip Morris, Inc.

The collection is a "nice opportunity to give exposure to artists who live in the West," Killmaster says, citing the diffi­culties of becoming known in the art field unless one lives in art centers.

BeeomiDg Well KnoWD Killmaster is becoming well known in

Idaho and surrounding states, though. For the past five years, he has worked on public art projects beginning when he was awarded a fellowship from the Western States Art Foundation in 1974.

Last year Killmaster received the Idaho Governor's award for excellence in the arts, and earlier, he was the winner of a Boise City mural design competition with "The Bright Land," which is now permanently displayed in the Boise Gallery of Art entryway.

His abstraet. steel and poreelain seulp­ture colored with enamels, donated "to brighten up the campus," stands in front of the BSU Special Events Center, while

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other works are displayed at Boise City Hall and the new Idaho First National Bank Building.

Several of his major works are found in the Northwest. In Washington, as well as in Oregon, 1/2 of one percent of public building funds is set aside for art. "Ever since I started public art, I've been commissioned to do a lot, but I gen­erally have to go out of state to get the commissions, as Idaho has no such allo­cation," Killmaster says.

We Need Art "Art is something maybe the public

doesn't think it needs. Americans aren't necessarily visually literate-they have practical vision and can see stoplights. But everybody has aesthetic sensitivity. We need art."

"Europeans have been surrounded with art for centuries. They have a visual need for art. Americans do too, which is why they travel to Europe," he says.

"To let painted forms exist in real space" by work in three dimensional painting or poly-chrome sculpture is. Killmaster's method for "expanding on painted images."

He uses enamel baked on metal'which, he says, is "quite permanent and apparently doesn't fade."

This seems like the ideal medium for public art because of its vel')Jatility and permanence," he says. "It is how I get rid of the need for canvas."

Enjoys Teaehiag Now professor of art, Killmaster came

to Boise State in 1970. He received his master of fine arts degree with emphasis on commercial art and illustration that year from Cranbrook Academy of Art, Broomfield Hillis, Mich.

"I opted to go into teaching because I wanted to share my ideas and concepts. I really enjoy my teaching," he says about his work here, where he teaches illustra­tion, a program which he started. He also instructs painting and drawing occasionally, and teaches enamel work as a special topics course.

MIMESIS II, a four by nine foot porcelain enamel steel sculpture by John Kill­master, is the only Idaho-work included in the First Western States Biennial Exhibition. It is one of several works by the BSU artist which have been created for display in public places.

Teachers Get Musical Course "Yes, I do also teach my own music," a

Boise State University elementary music education workshop, will be conducted June 25-29.

A "hands-on" approach to music teach­ing will be led by Clinician Sally McBride, who holds a MA in Teaching degree from Harvard University and is the elementary vocal resource teacher for the Corvallis, Ore. schools. She is the Music Educators National Conference chairman of elementary, special, and early childhood committees, and is the chairman of general music and human­ities for the Oregon Music Educators Association.

McBride will present acthjties in sing­ing, movement, the playing of rhythm, melody, and harmony instruments, as well as selection of music materials for grades 1-ft

The course, which is sponsored by the BSU Music Department, will be taught in Room 163 of the new Science Educa­tion building at BSU. Registration will be limited to 60 participants and housing

for those registered will be available on campus.

For further information about the music education workshop, contact Dr. Gerald Schroeder, Music Department, Boise State University, 1910 University Drive, Boise, ID 83725, (208) 385-3299.

Performers' Class A one week workshop in movement,

improvisation, singer and actor tech­niques, including the Alexander tech­nique, will be conducted for dance and voice teachers, directors, choreog­raphers, singers, actors and dancers June 4 through 8.

Pat Feld, Minnesota Opera Company movement teacher and choreographer, will lead sessions from 7 to 10 p.m. in the Boise State University Special Events Center.

Advance registration of $15 is payable to the BSU Opera Theatre, 1910 Univer­sity Drive, Boise 83725.

"EVERYBODY HAS AESTHETIC sensitivity," says John Killmaster, as he talks about his work In public art. One of 28 artists whose works are included in the First Western States Biennial Exhibition, Killmaster will attend a gala opening at the National Collection of Fine Arts in Washington, D.C., June 6.

Boise State Grads In addition to the four who are going

to medical school, BSU scholars have also been accepted into several profes­sional and graduate schools.

Among 13 Idaho students chosen to attend the School of Veterinary Medi­cine at Washington State University, Pullman, next fall, are Charles Men­shew, Boise, and Phillip Marner, Nampa.

Minshew, a 1972 mathematics grad­uate of Idaho State University, has worked with Treasure Valley area vet­erinarians while attending pre-profes­sional veterinary classes here. Earlier he also attended Boise Junior College courses.

Marner graduated last year with a degree in Biology from the University of Idaho, obtained his B.S. degree in biology from Boise State in 1975. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Marner, Nampa. This year he has been working with the Owyhee County Extension Ser­vice on livestock nutrition and manage­ment projects. He has also worked for several years as a horseshoer.

Optometry

The School of Optometry, Pacific Uni-

versity, Forest Grove, OR, has accepted two BSU pre-optometry students into its class of 85.

Steve Snapp, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gene Snapp, Rupert, and a graduate of Minico High School, was also a chem­istry major while attending classes here.

Dan Tiller, recipient of a KTVB busi­ness scholarship, graduated from BSU in 1976 with a Business degree. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Norman Tiller, Nampa, and is a 1972 graduate of Nampa High School.

Pharmacy

Planning on careers in pharmacy are graduating biology seniors Valerie Mil­lier and Richard Lynn Maggard, who have both been admitted to the School of Pharmacy at Idaho State University, Pocatello.

Maggard, the son of Richard and Arlynn Maggard, is a 1975 graduate of Minico High School and has been work­ing at Great Western in Boise while attending BSU. Millier previously at­tended San Jose State and is the daughter of Jack Millier, Fremont, Calif.

Charles Minshew Phillip Mamer Steve Snapp

Erica Peavy Barriatua John Grasso Holly Troubetzkoy Welsh

BSU Graduates Accepted By Med Schools Four BSU 1979 graduates have been

accepted into medical schools, leading the list of students headed for pres­tigious and interesting studies and work.

Erica Peavy Barriatua, John Grasso, and Michael K. Maier are three of 20 Idahoans accepted annually by the Uni­versity of Washington, Seattle, into medical school there, while Holly Troubetzkoy Welsh has been accepted by the University of Utah Medical School, Salt Lake City.

A recent Phi Kappa Phi honor society initiate, Barriatua has majored in chem­istry here, and was editor this year of the School of Health Sciences pre-profes­sional handbook. She is a charter mem­ber of the Pre-Med Club and organized the first BSU field trip to the University of Utah medical school last year. While attending school, she has been working at the Mountain States Tumor Institute as aide and unit clerk.

Barriatua is the daughter of Dr. Vance R. Peavy, Victoria, B.C.

A 1978 pre-med graduat� at Boise State, Grasso has been working at the St. Alphonsus Hospital emergency room as an orderly and X-ray aide.

Grasso is a graduate of Grace High School, Fridley, Minn.; his parents are Mr. and Mrs. Louis A. Grasso, St. Louis, Mo.

Maier, 1979 commencement marshall for the School of Health Sciences, has worked as an orderly at St. Alphonsus Hospital for the past two years while attending BSU. During his freshman year, he was honored as outstanding chemistry student.

He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Leland Maier,.Clarinda, Iowa, and a graduate of Mountain Home High School.

Concern for Public Health Welsh graduated from BSU as a

licensed practical nurse in 1974, and has been working toward her registered nursing degree through the New York Regents Extended Degree Program ·

while enrolled as a chemistry major.

She has worked at St. Luke's Hospital, Boise, as a nursing assistant with terminally ill patients as well as in the intensive care neo-natal unit.

A member of Phi Kappa Phi and recip­ient of a Laura Moore Cunningham

scholarship, Welsh has had a life-long interest in medicine, particularly in geriatrics, and plans also to work in pub­lic health medicine.

She is the daughter of Serge and Dorothy Troubetzkoy, Richmond, Vir­ginia.

Researchers Travel For Studies Chemistry graduate Gary Thomas,

Kuna, will fly to Switzerland this sum­mer for a three month appointment in biochemical research for the Friedrich Miescher-Institut, Basel, Switzerland, part of the Ciba-Geigy Swiss Corpora­tion one of the top five world manufac­turers of pharmaceutical products.

Thomas will study ribosomal protein phosphorylation-protein sequence at the English-.to'rench speaking laboratory where he also did basic research two years ago.

Junior Bill Laurance has been ac­cepted to study in England this summer at one of the world's top breeding sta­tions for animals that are endangered species.

The son of Mr. and Mrs. Barry Laurance, he will study zoo design, ani­mal nutrition, and animal husbandry with scientists at the Wildlife Preserva­tion Trust located on the English

Channellaland of Jeney. A biology major at BSU, be graduated

from Meridian High School in 197ft

Rewarded by Professional Scho.ol· Admits Physical Therapy

Four BSU pre-physical therapy stu­dents will have been admitted to courses in that field at two Northwestern uni­versities.

Diane Sater, daughter of Raymond L. and Dorothy M. Roush, Idaho Falls, an� Leslie Miller, a Borah High School, Boise graduate, and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Miller, Boise, will enter the Physical Therapy School at the University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, Wash.

Phyllis Dupras, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Dupras, Boise, has been accepted by the Physical Therapy School at Pacific University, Forest Grove, Ore.

Doris Ann Halsey, Boise, has been accepted by the University of Washing­ton Physical Therapy School.

Medical TeclmoiOBY Eight Boise State medical technology

students have been admitted to the training class of only 24 enrolled at the Boise St. Luke's-St. Alphonsus medical technology school.

Beginning med-tech training early this summer will be Julie Ohlin, Fred Rose, Sandra Schnur, Mary Smith, Lisa

Skodack, and Julie Voornas, all Boise; Pam Denny, Caldwell; and Patricia Newcomb, Ketchum.

Chemiltry

Sam Bryan, graduating chemistry stu­dent, has been awarded a teaching assis­tantship in chemistry at Washington State University, Pullman. Bryan will receive $5,000 a year for four years to study and teach physical and inorganic chemistry.

While at BSU, he has worked on sev­�ral research projects, and presented an award winillng paper this spring to the Idaho Academy of Scienee meeting.

Bryan is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bryan, Boise, and a 1975 grad­uate of Meridian Higl} School.

Paul Wright, a 1975 graduate of Black­foot High School, has been awarded a re­search assistantship to work on his master's degree in chemistry at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana.

The son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Wright, Blackfoot, he is one of about 25 students picked for the 1979 graduate school class. He will specialize in bio­chemistry under the grant which pro-

vides about $7,400 per year for tuition and living expenses.

While at Boise State Wright was active in the honors program, played varsity tennis for three years, and was a resident advisor for Chaffee Hall. He also presented a research paper this spring at the Idaho Academy of Science' meeting.

BioiOI)'

Acceptance into several graduate schools including Berkeley, Colorado State, and Oregon State has been awarded to biolo�y graduate Steve Schmidt who is now interning at Argonne National Laboratory, Uhicago

Schinidt, who plans studies in mycol­ogy, is working this spring with the land reclamation group of environmental impact studies division at the laboratory, which is affiliated with. the University of Chicago.

He is studying the effects of my�rhiza fungi, associated with the roots of plants. used in area reclamation of strip mined areas.

A graduate of Borah High School, Boise, Schmidt is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Karl Schmidt, Boise. While attend-

Dan Tiller Richard Maggard Diane Sater Leslie Miller Phyllis Dupras

ing BSU, he has worked as a tutor for the Science Learning Center while attending classes and for the Right to Read Program at the BSU Adult Learn­ingCenter.

John Bryson McBratney, Anchorage, Alaska, has been accepted by the Dental School, University of the Pacific, San Francisco, while Louis A. Grasso, ill, Boise, has been· admitted to the Logan

College of Chiropractic, St. Louis, Mo.

Maae

Music gracjuate Diana Leslie Mills, Emmett, will'study next year at South­ern lllinois University, Carbondale, to prepare for her master of arts degree in. piano performance.

The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Mills, Emmett, she was winner of the .:ollegiate arts piano category Idaho Music Teachers Association student audition at BSU January 6 and is a member of Phi Kappa Phi.

While attending Boise State Mills has received several scholarships, including awards from the Federation of Idaho Music Teachers, Boise Cascade, Tuesday Musicale, and Ada-Hatch.

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Econ Ed Workshop

Two week instruction in economic education will be available for state teachers this summer through the Idaho Council on Economic Education (ICEE).

The workshops, for teachers of kin­dergarten through eighth grade, are scheduled May 29-June 8 in Nampa; June 4-15 in Coeur d'Alene and Idaho

Boise State Potpourri --------

Falls; June 11-22 in Boise and June 18-29 in Pocatello.

Three academic credits may be earned at Boisei State University, Idaho State University or the University of Idaho for participation in the economic instruction classes.

For further information about the workshops, contact Gerald F. Draayer, ICEE executive director, BSU, 1910 University Drive, Boise, ID 837�.

Feders/ Study

Opportunity to atudy the federal gov· 81'1111leDt fs DOW available throuch 1979 Federu Forum for Teaehers sessions iD WuhiDgtoD, D.C., June 23-30 and July 22-Aug.4..

Information and applleatioo forms are

avaUable in the BSU Honors Offf�e, Educ:atloo 707,385-1122.

KAID No. 1

For the second time in the history of public television, Channel 4 scored a double number one in public television circles by attaining the highest percent­age of viewers per week in the nation (630AI) and also attracting the highest percentage of viewers per week in prime time viewing hours (39%) during the Neilsen ratings period in February.

Both figures are the highest ever· attained by a public television station and mark only the second time that one station has been the leader in both view­ership categories. Channel 4 won that distinction for the first time in 197 4.

Arbittlr Second Boise State's student newspaper the

University Arbiter has won a second place rating in a national contest spon·

. sored by the Columbia Scholastic Press Association (CSPA), an extension of the Columbia School of Journalism in New York.

Judges gave the paper high marks for the editorial section, its "Meaning of the University" series that ran last year, and advertisements, They also liked the Arbiter's review section, use of space, and headlines.

The paper received lower marks for "crowding" the inside pages, a lack of direct quotations in stories, and for limited use of sources in stories.

Judges also suggested the paper pay more attention to "localized features" and on-campus news.

The Arbiter is edited by Sally Thomas.

Diesel Donated '

New "instructor" in the Vo-Tech School for next fall is a 6-71 Detroit Diesel engine donated to Boise State from Abbott GM Diesel, Boise and Detroit Diesel Allison, division of General Motors Corporation.

The 2,190 lb., 238 horsepower engine, one of a line, is much in demand in auto­motive, industrial, agricultural and marine industries, will be used in the diesel mechanics course here.

BSU 1981 Honon Ho•t Boise State University was named this

month as host for the 1981 Western Regional Honors Council (WRHC) con­ference.

The WRHC is an organization of honors programs from universities and colleges in eight states.

At this year's conference held in early May at Brigham Young Uni¥ersity in Provo, Utah, Kathy Day of the BSU honors program staff was elected presi­dent of the WRHC. Program director Bill Meeh is currently serving as execu­tive secretary of the WRHC.

BSU sent eleven students to the con­ference. Bruce Mohr and Verlan Stephens moderated a workshop, and Janet Weaver participated in a panel discussion.

Library Summer Hours

The BSU library will be dosed SWJr­days, Sundays, and Me morial Day through June 10. Mondays through Frf. days the La1Hvy will be open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

West Side' Tryouts Persons interested in auditioning for

the BSU summer Opera Theatre produc­tion of West Side Story may pick up information sheets and application forms from the campus music office weekdays from 9-11:30 a.m. and 12:30-4:30 p.m. or may telephone 38 5-1771 for mailed forms.

Auditions will begin Thursday, May 31, at 7 p.m. in the Special Events Center. West� Story performances will be July 13-15 and July 20-22.

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