The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1962-05-11
The Montana Syndrome
Planned Medioerity at MSU
Contributed

III. 1hSouoiS OSIIuLi ull ITOleS
sor of Mathematics, tenured, chair.
man of the Department of Mathe-
matics.
DR.. Harold Chatland, Full Profess
sor of Mathematics, tenured, one
time chairman of the Department of
Mathematics.
DR.. Arthur Livingston, Full Profess
sor of Mathematics, chairman of the
Department of Mathematics.
DIR. Friedrich Young, promoted to
Full Professor of Mathematics, ten
ured.
DR.. Joseph Hashisalri, Associate
Professor of Mathematics, tenured.
DR.. Paul Riggs, Assistant Professor
of Mathematics.
DR.. Henry Bugbee, Professor of
Philosophy, tenured, chairman of the
Department of Philosophy.
DR.. Leslie Armour, Assistant Pro-
fessor of Philosophy.
DR.. Paul Carter, Associate Profess
sor of History.
DIR. Frederick C. Yu, Associate Pro-
fessor of Journalism, tenured.
DR.. John Smurr, Assistant Profess
sor of History.
DR.. Edward Chambers, Associate
Professor of Business Administration
tenured.
DIR. John S. Wright, Full Profess
sor of Business Administration, ten
ured.
DR.. Dorsey Wiseman, Associate
Professor of Business Administra-
ton, tenured.
DR.. Jack Munoz, Full Professor of
Microbiology, tenured, chairman of
the Department of Microbiology, di- |
rector of research for the Stella Dun
can Foundation.
Forrest L. Frosty Cox, coach-pro-
feSsor.
Etc, etc, etc.
(Since this article was written at
least two more prominent MSU pro-
fessors have announced they are leav-
ing. the institution. DR.. Gordon Castle,
longtime director of Biological Sta
ton and professor of zoology, and
formerly acting president, is taking
over departmental leadership at the
University of Arizona. DR.. Erling
Jorgenson of the School of Journal
ism will be joining the staff of Pur-
due University in Indiana this fall.
-EDITOR.)
This is a sample of the kind of
professors who have passed on.
There are dozens more who could
be added to the list. And there may
be many more. The Montana Exc
dus", as one West Coast educator
called it, is approaching a SIAM
pede.
Predisposing Factors: What was
he nature of their susceptibility 10
he Montana Syndrome? Most of the
Montana State University professors
Who are leaving MSU, more or less
hared many of the same educational
'alues as exemplified by DR.. Carl
and DIR. Harold Chatland,
ormerly president and vice president
# Montana State University, respec-
lively. q
The Montana Syndrome: What are
he symptoms of the Montana Syn
rome, which has reached epidemic
at Montana State Uni s
ersity in Missoula? Shattered NOR f
lie. professors who no longer asso- v
late or speak to one another, dead a
Y silence induced by fear and intimi- o
alton, the hallmarks of profession b
| ifetime-status and rank-becom- t
lg increasingly unimportant, tenure
ecoming operationally meaningless, s.
financial insolvency of teacher-pa- il
ents. so-caNed merit evaluation o
ased largely on political merit rath- II
r than professional merit, the sly
efamation of good or highly compe- c.
INT men and the bold Qualification n
lesser ones, the departure of facul- S!
2 to such an extent as to be called tt
national scandal, smaller and C.
mailer proportion of Ph.D's on the a.
sculty, more and more college stu tt
ents taught by graduate students, b,
creasing frequency Of ordinary col tc
gre graduates with Bachelors de-
,ees only being hired as faculty &c
embers, the increasing difficulty of M
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