Smyrna times., 1961-12-07

fectlng room and board Tor all
university students and room
rentals for out-of-state students
to help finance the new struc-
ture.
Effective in l96z-63, room
and board fees will be increas-
ed from S640 to $3.50 per year.
The board also authorized an
additional room charge of $50
per year for out-of-state stud
entS.
! Other fee changes, all com
paratively minor, include a non
refundable application fee OF
SIS for each applicant for ad-
mission and each formal appli-
cation. The president of the uni
versity also was authorized to
determine an appropriate orien.
tation fee which each year will
be charged to freshmen and
transfer students. This fee, COW
ering the cost of the September
pre-school orientation program
may vary slightly from year to
year in accordance with the
length of the orientation per-
/ iod and the nature of the offer.
ings.
Each student who graduates
from the university or attends
| for two or more years and
transfers to another institution
may receive one free copy OF
| his transcript upon request with
in three months of his gradua'
ton or transfer. Because of the
increased demand for transcripts
and the time and expense in
volved in their preparation, the
univ ersity will subsequently
charge one dollar per copy for
each additional transcript.
In an effort to serve the best
interests of the Newark com
munity the board expressed its
willingness to comply with a
recent request by the Aetna
Hose, Hook and Ladder CON-
pany Number l of Newark to
construct a fire station on land
owned by the university along
Chestnut Hill Road south of the
city. By resolution of the
board, the university is author,
lied to lease about two acres
of land to the company for a
period of SO years at one dol
lar per year for as long as the
Aetna Hose, Hook and Ladder
Company or its successors op'
crate the fire station.
Also recognized by the trus'
tees was the possibility that fu'
ture enrollments may have tc
be limited unless the univers-
ity's requests for appropriations
are met by the State in the
critical years ahead. 1t was not
ed that in some states, such
steps, unfortunately, a ! ready
have had to be taken.
In accordance with a practice
established several years ago by
President Perkins of having fac.
ulty actively participate in
board meetings, three recently
appointed department chairmer
discussed work being undertak'
en- in their respective depart
mentS.
DR.. Ruben V. Austin, chair
man of the department of eco
nomics and business adminlstra-
ton, noted that enrolment pro-
iections indicate a sharp rise in
his department by 1870.
Significant strides have been
made in developing inter-discip-
linary relationships to enhance
career preparation" DR.. Austin
said.
He cited programs with the
mathematics department as one
example of cooperative effort
and expressed the hope that the
present undergraduate program
will be further strengthened by
the development of mathema-
tical approach to business man.
agement.
DR.. Austin described the uni
versity's master of business ad-
ministration program as the
greatest contribution, at the
graduate level, this department
can make to the business COM
munity and the economy of the
State" He announced his inten-
ton to continue to offer the
program through evening exten-
sion courses and expand oppor-
tunities for on-campus students.
Efforts also will be made to re-
vitalize the master of arts de-
gree in economics through a