N'INTH ANNUAL REPORT FROM THE DEAN
not merely carry out direction from the Dean. s best, and . should seem hat . . t. thes peop1e, and I do w colll?1 w1t11 urucat 1on exp�ct close to be in.formed � keep _ do do not su?st1tute my Judgment for that of a person I ons. �perat1 ned plan ;s to delegated simply because I would have taken a different been has ity r autho oJn o wb � roac1 1 jf I �ad �and.led the issue p�rsonally. I would ca11 · a halt to a plan p felt the dec1s1on of the_�erson was clearly unreasonable. d1sc11ss1on � after if o� Y easily reserve f ?r . �ys�If tl1e h1r1ng of st11dent research workers co11ld I mple, exa for b11t that respons1�1l1ty 1s dele�ated to the Researcl1 and Publi many emplo � \Ve and cati ons Comn11ttee. Nevert�1ele�s I continue to . receive appeals for employment from many stude11ts, who find 1t diffic11]t to appreciate tl1at delegation of authority has truly o ccurred. The poi11t is tl1at I believe that whatever I lose in perso11al authority by delegation to otl1er persons will be n1ore t'ban regained by the i11creased effectiveness of tl1e Fac1tlty, because of the i11creased participation of our staff members. In the dealings by the Faculty witl1 ce11tral Administration of the ·university r belie,,e t1 1ere bas been tremendo11s in1provement d11ring tl1e past three years. This has n1ade it 111l1ch easier to carry forward the n1elding of our fac11lty's methods ,vith the met11ods of ce11tral ad111i1listration. I can. report that in two of the most difficult areas, tl1e Registrar's office and tl1e U11iversity's Extension Faculty, we have contin11ed this year to eli1ninate differe11ces in. practice which formerly ca11sed so much chaos and conflict, and that tl1ere is JlO\V no important proble1n i11 our coordination \Vith tl1e1n. Academic Commission Tl1e Com1nissio11 decides q11.estions of acaden1ic policy particl1lc1rly i11 regard to student performa11ce. In add.itio. n to the Dea11, tl1e elected members \\'ere Assistant Dean Eddy, Mebrabtu Yol1a1111es, Katberi11e O'Donovan, Salan1u Bekele, and Ronald Sklar. The e11tire full-time teacl1ing staff effectivelly served as the Academic Com mission until last );ear, a11d on major Fac11lty matters the e11tire fac11lty is still consulted. We believe ,ve ha. v e combined greater efficiency 111 rot1tine 1natters \Vith democratic participation 011 the greater iss11es. There is of co11rse a loss i11 speed by havi11g full-fac11Ity discussions b11t v.1e belie,1e tl1is is more than co111pe11sated by the long-term efficie11cy \Vbich res11]ts fron1 policy by co11sent. 1n additio11 to serving as secretary for tl1e Academic Commission, Assistani Dean Jon Eddy did excellent 1vvork i11 all areas related to adrni11istration of student affairs, classroom sched11les a11d the vast number of related activities. By the pre paration of detai]ed ha11douts on academic rules for the stt1de11ts, he helped to fill the gap created by the abse11ce of a University handbook for stt1dents. Students and Staff-Student Relations In 1964 E. C. (197 J-72) our stt1dent enrollment \:vas as follows: 2nd Semester Class 1st Semester Day Law I 4 40 Law II 20 45 Law III 16 45 EUS 51 54 Law IV 19 19 Eveni· ng Eve. I 65 110 Eve. III 36 38 211 341 Total - 23 -
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