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VOL. XXVDI, NO. 26 UNIVERSITY OF LOmSVU..LE, LOmSVU..LE, KENTUCKY 40208 APRH. 28, 1967
Davidson announces tuition z• ncrease
County residents to pay $200 more
as non-resident tuition clinilis $300
President discus~ses
tuition increas:e
After announcing a tuition in­crease
at a convocation Tuesday,
President Philip Davidson talks
with UL students and officials.
• Davidson (second from right) spoke
to over 400 students in Bigelow
Hall, explaining the necessity for
such action. ·
By Beverly Burlett
Assistant News Editor
President Philip Davidson an­nounced
a tuition increase of $200
per year for residents and $300
per year for non-residents at a
noon convocatioo Tuesday.
He explained that the rise will
go into effect fall '67. Residents
will be paying $1,200 tuition, non­residents
$1,800.
The additional tuition is the re­sult
of a $1,828,000 budget in­crease.
Davidson and Vice-Presi­dent
Strickler outlined the bud­get
increases to a rowdy and vo­cal
audience at the convocation.
Strickler termed the increase
"absolutely essential" to a grow­ing
university.
"This is ,the result of a competi­tive
situation," he emphasized.
According to Strickler, wages
must be increased in order to at­tract
new faculty and retain the
quality professor we now have.
UL may be site of culture center
Expiration of Brown Hotel lease,
additiontzl land increase possibilities
By Margaret Hummel
Within the next five years the
University of Louisville may be­come
the site of a proposed civic
center for the performing arts.
According to UL President Philip
Davidson, such plans have been
envisioned "for years" as a nat­ural
addition to the campUs which
would combine the School ojf Mu­sic
and a community concert hall.
Only recently, however, has the
possibility of such an addition
presented itself. Because o:f the
expiration of a lease on the Brown
Hotel in 1972, the Louisvill1e Or­chestra
and the opera and thea­ter
must vacate the facilities.
Furthermore, under Urban. Re­newal,
the University has come
upo!l tracts of land, and said
Davidson, federal funds "may be
available to the University for
such a development."
The proposed location if the
Center is to be located at UL
would be at the Northern edge of
the Campus at First and Second
Streets on Avery. And "the costs,"
complained Davidson, "are awful
A simple concert hall for orches­tra
and opera costs somewhere in
the neighborhood of two to three
thousand dollars per seat, and you
should not have less than three
thousand seats. Six million dol­lars
is the minimum."
To study the possibility of a
culture center at UL, there is a
"fairly large committee of
volunteers," said Davidson. An
executive committee has just
A&S gets
for final
'r·eading period'
ex~aDl study
By Cass Barris
"Less N o-Doz and more :s:leep"
is what Dean Polly Wood hopes
will be one of the main advan­tages
of the reading period sched­uled
for the Thursday, Flriday,
and Saturday immediately before
finals week. This reading period
will affect the College of Arts and
Sciences, the School of Musie, and
the School of Business.
During these three days, June
1, 2, and 3 there will be no classes
held and n.o assignments made.
The purpose of this reading period
is to give students time to pre-pare
for finals without having to
cram. Also during this period,
graduating seniors will be given
their exams so that their grades
may be turned in early.
The Student Council took the
idea of a reading period to the
Plans and Policies Faculty Com­mittee
for consideration. The
Committee approved it and rec­ommended
the proposal to the
Arts and Sciences faculty who al­so
approved it and passed it on to
the University Council. The Coun­cil,
which deals with matters that
affect more than one school,
passed the resolution.
been appointed, consisting of
"people interested in the whole
problem and representatives of
major agencies which would be
using the facility. We want to em­ploy
a professional consultant who
knows and deals with these prob­lems
to help us," he explained.
He cited other civic centers and
their costs. "The Jesse Jones Cen_
ter in Houston seats three thou­sand
and cost seven million dol­lars.
The center in Toronto cost
twelve million dollars. It depends
on how fancy you get. The Jesse
Jones Center was an outright
donation, but there is no one in
Louisville to give such a dona­tion."
It must be emphasized that
these plans are all in the study­planning
stage, and according to
Davidson, "a substantial segment
of the community leadership is
not sure that the University lo­cation
is the best one, and frank­ly,
we are not either. Many prefer
downtown for obvious reasons.
You get dressed up and go down­town
to the theater. You don't go
out to a campus. Downtown would
attract business and trade and so
· on, and I agree with it."
On the other hand, he ex­plained,
"the University would
provide better parking, land, and
the opportunity for federal fi­nancing.
The concert hall could be
used for many things. The School
of Music needs a concert hall, and
· the University needs an auditori­um.
The University would also
take over part of the operating
expenses, and the costs are tre­mendous."
(Continued em P4{1e !, col. %)
Outlay for
$229,000, for
$386,000.
new faculty is
salary increases,
The administration insists the
decision was final. Said Strickler,
"We have sought other sources.
There are none. The city has
made it clear that UL cannot look
to it for any appreciable increase
in support in the future. We have
to have money. It's a simple fact.
We can't operate without it."
When several students pro­tested
that the fees were ex­orbitant
for the quality education
received at UL, they were remind­ed
of UL's superiority and the
value of an education. UL stu­dents
will be paying 38 percent of
their educational costs.
Asked about reactions to ru­mored
protest demonstrations,
Strickler expressed sympathy for
the students stating that the rise
was a last resort. He stated that
a demonstration would accomplish
nothing. "You just can't close
down a University.
Strickler's statement, "We are
extremely anxious that everyone
continue his education," brought
1 aughter from the crowd. He
went on, "We don't want any stu­dent's
education to be jepordized
because of the increase."
Scholarship funds increased
$203,000. Strickler said any stu­dent
needing aid can receive it.
The new scholarship program will
not only cover the increase for
students already receiving aid,
but will also aid those who did
not need funds before and do now
as result of the rise.
He felt, however, that not all
students will need aid.
The Administration views this
tuition hike as temporary. If we
receive state support, it should
come no later than fall '68 ac­cording
to Strickler. With this,
tuition could drop as low as $300
per year.
Substantial increases in the
budget include: library, $100,000;
buildings, $93,000; student wages,
$24,000; heat, light, and power,
$8,000; Computer Center, $48,600;
travel, $16,000; Supplies and ex­penses,
$257,000.
The '67-'68 budget will be about
$20 million.
The Administration urges stu­dents
to come in and discuss any
problems this tuition increase may
cause. Strickler insists, "We will
make every effort to keep stu­dents
here."
Voting today
Jot· Student
Se1tale seats
Members of the Student Senate
for the 1967-68 school year will
be elected today by a vote of all
UL students.
All schools on Belknap Campus
will vote at the following times.
A&S.-9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Speed-9:00 a.m. to 2:00p.m.
Business--9:00am to 12:00 noon
Law Day School-8:30 a.m. to
11:00 a .. m.
Music~9:00 .m. to 3:30p.m.
The other schools voted yes­terday
for their respective rep­resentatives
to the Senate as well
as nine at-large candidates.
Letters of intent for the general
Student Council election to be
held M:ay 10 are due today in the
Dean oj: Students' Office. All those
students interested in running
must submit a letter.
House collapses
on bulldozer
Loui8viUe firemen remove the
wreckage of a house which col­lapsed
on an Urban Renewal
worker wJl.en he was clearing an
area on Confederate Place Tues­d4y.
Takmt to General Ho8'pitol in
serious condition, 1&e t. now re­ported
to be imprtwing.