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Obiter Scripta (Column)

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Title Date Summary
151 Fox's view of art intentionally limited
Wilson--Robley C. (English Faculty)
College Eye 63:37, p.2
3/3/1967 Discusses Fox's method of artistic criticism.
152 Fox misdrew analogy
Davis--Robert (Student--1964)
College Eye 63:36, p.2
2/28/1967 Questions the validity of statements made in the recent column.
153 Professors need freedom and responsibility
Fox--Josef W. (Philosophy and Humanities Faculty)
College Eye 63:35, p.2
2/24/1967 Chides the editor for attempting to censor the actions of the faculty.
154 Fine art determined by 'unpractical' functions
Fox--Josef W. (Philosophy and Humanities Faculty)
College Eye 63:33, p.2
2/17/1967 Attempts to explain controversy over the price of artistic works.
155 'What gives with the Regents?'
Fox--Josef W. (Philosophy and Humanities Faculty)
College Eye 63:31, p.2
2/10/1967 Defends the use of comprehensive undergraduate degree exams.
156 Fox supports comprehensive exams
Fox--Josef W. (Philosophy and Humanities Faculty)
College Eye 63:29, p.3
2/3/1967 Believes that the exams perform a meaningful educational function.
157 Three arguments on teacher strikes
Fox--Josef W. (Philosophy and Humanities Faculty)
College Eye 63:28, p.2
1/13/1967 Defends the right of teachers to strike.
158 Eye should become journal
Fox--Josef W. (Philosophy and Humanities Faculty)
College Eye 63:26, p.2
1/6/1967 Proposes establishing a more legitimate journal of open discussion on campus.
159 Faculty evaluation promises instant dope
Fox--Josef W. (Philosophy and Humanities Faculty)
College Eye 63:25, p.2
12/15/1966 Discusses the possible value of student evaluations of professors.
160 Large classes can be well taught
Fox--Josef W. (Philosophy and Humanities Faculty)
College Eye 63:21, p.2
12/2/1966 Professor Fox outlines procedures for making large classes a good educational experience.
161 Ready for university status in ten years
Fox--Josef W. (Philosophy and Humanities Faculty)
College Eye 63:19, p.2
11/18/1966 One concern Josef Fox has is the proposed increased use of graduate assistants.
162 Freedom has nurtured finest thought
Fox--Josef W. (Philosophy and Humanities Faculty)
College Eye 63:17, p.2
11/11/1966 Comments on the possible censorship of the College Eye by the administration.
163 Eye editor ought to maintain campus focus
Fox--Josef W. (Philosophy and Humanities Faculty)
College Eye 63:15, p.2
11/4/1966 Suggests topics for SCI editorials.
164 Standard work unit no longer standard
Fox--Josef W. (Philosophy and Humanities Faculty)
College Eye 63:13, p.3
10/28/1966 Believes that the Faculty Senate should be in charge of keeping the workload of professors and instructors from getting too big.
165 School has great need for sharp criticism
Fox--Josef W. (Philosophy and Humanities Faculty)
College Eye 63:11, p.2
10/21/1966 Voices opinions about SCI's change from a college to a university.
166 Central Information Office is needed
Fox--Josef W. (Philosophy and Humanities Faculty)
College Eye 63:9, p.2
10/14/1966 Discusses reasons for the communication gap between the college administration and faculty and the students.
167 College Eye should have censor
Fox--Josef W. (Philosophy and Humanities Faculty)
College Eye 63:7, p.2
10/7/1966 Believes that President Maucker is responsible for censoring the College Eye.
168 Demonstration helps restore waning faith
Fox--Josef W. (Philosophy and Humanities Faculty)
College Eye 63:5, p.2
9/30/1966 Comments on a recent student demonstration.
169 Refusal to learn is baffling attitude
Fox--Josef W. (Philosophy and Humanities Faculty)
College Eye 63:3, p.2
9/23/1966 Discusses the importance of learning.
170 Freshmen responsible for education
Fox--Josef W. (Philosophy and Humanities Faculty)
College Eye 63:1, p.2
9/16/1966 Gives advice to incoming freshman.
171 Parker challenges Fox to public debate
Parker--Henry Herbin (Modern Languages Faculty)
College Eye 60:57, p.2
5/20/1966 Expresses the importance of open debate.
172 Voters on university meant discussible alternative
Thompson--Thomas H. (Philosophy and Religion Faculty)
College Eye 60:57, p.2
5/20/1966 Argues that SCI is not ready to be a university.
173 I ought to look at Dr. Fox's 'Experiment'
Fox--Josef W. (Philosophy and Humanities Faculty)
College Eye 60:55, p.2
5/13/1966 Advocates more efficient use of professors' time.
174 Brick and mortar should express SCI's ethos
Thorne--Edward James (Speech Faculty)
College Eye 60:53, p.2
5/6/1966 Discusses the careful study needed for effective campus planning.
175 Does skyscraper dorm represent educational wisdom
Fox--Josef W. (Philosophy and Humanities Faculty)
College Eye 60:51, p.2
4/29/1966 Questions the legitimate need for building a 'skyscraper' dormitory.
176 If painting is bad burning is quite proper
Fox--Josef W. (Philosophy and Humanities Faculty)
College Eye 60:49, p.2
4/22/1966 Declares that not all 'art' is worthy of display.
177 Obiter Scripta: Are unlikenesses in portrait intelligently conceived?
Fox--Josef W. (Philosophy and Humanities Faculty)
College Eye 60:47, p.2
4/15/1966 Discusses Lechay's painting and whether or not the unlikenesses to President Maucker represent something.
178 Obiter Scripta: Portrait is representative of human being
Fox--Josef W. (Philosophy and Humanities Faculty)
College Eye 60:45, p.2
4/8/1966 Gives his own definition of what a portrait should be.
179 Obiter Scripta: Conference to prove poetry important part of our lives
Wilson--Robley C. (English Faculty)
College Eye 60:44, p.2
3/25/1966 Comments on poetry's significance in our lives and encourages students to attend "Modern American Poetry: Its Makers and Teachers."
180 Obiter Scripta: Only 'phony' university seen for SCI before 1975
Fox--Josef W. (Philosophy and Humanities Faculty)
College Eye 60:42, p.2
3/18/1966 Suggests that efforts to change SCI to university status are too early.
181 Obiter Scripta: SCI should be high quality college, not poor university
Crownfield--David R. (Philosophy and Religion Facu
College Eye 60:40, p.2
3/11/1966 Discusses the possibility of SCI becoming a university, and whether it will be good for SCI or not.
182 Obiter Scripta: Unclear debate hinders understanding of foreign policy
Fox--Josef W. (Philosophy and Humanities Faculty)
College Eye 60:38, p.2
3/4/1966 Discusses United States policy on "containment" concerning the war in Viet Nam.
183 Obiter Scripta: Must recognize large class problem, end drift policy
Fox--Josef W. (Philosophy and Humanities Faculty)
College Eye 60:36, p.2
2/25/1966 Suggests that the solution to the problem large classes and overcrowding is not to rant and rave about it, but to think about how large classes should be handled better.
184 Obiter Scripta: new scholarship program unwise, sneaked by faculty
Fox--Josef W. (Philosophy and Humanities Faculty)
College Eye 60:34, p.2
2/18/1966 Discusses the new scholarships that are to be based on academic achievement and not necessity.
185 Obiter Scripta: Discussion groups make classes both efficient, intimate
Crownfield--David R. (Philosophy and Religion Facu
College Eye 60:32, p.2
2/11/1966 Claims that with enrollment growing, classes must grow as well so that the university does not have to hire more instructors.
186 Obiter Scripta: Intensive discussion needed on large class problems
Fox--Josef W. (Philosophy and Humanities Faculty)
College Eye 60:30, p.3
2/4/1966 Insists that a "Great Conversation" must take place on the matter of class sizes.
187 Obiter Scripta: Course-program relationships make college vocational
Fox--Josef W. (Philosophy and Humanities Faculty)
College Eye 60:29, p.2
1/14/1966 Clarifies what he meant in a previous column, by "liberal arts program."
188 Obiter Scripta: Relationship of taught, learned material still mystery
Fox--Josef W. (Philosophy and Humanities Faculty)
College Eye 60:27, p.2
1/7/1966 Describes teaching as a hazard or an adventure.
189 Obiter Scripta: Is liberal arts college vocational school in disguise?
Fox--Josef W. (Philosophy and Humanities Faculty)
College Eye 60:25, p.2
12/10/1965 Claims that students see liberal arts as just another vocational training program instead of a way to develop and liberate the human spirit.
190 Obiter Scripta: Informal contacts good, but must be kept subordinate
Fox--Josef W. (Philosophy and Humanities Faculty)
College Eye 60:23, p.2
12/3/1965 States that he and President Maucker have different views on where to put the new Union because they have different goals in mind.
191 Obiter Scripta: Union site should reflect SCI ethos, not determine it
Thorne--Edward James (Speech Faculty)
College Eye 60:20, p.3
11/19/1965 Discusses the question: 'What set of principles properly expresses the ethos of SCI?'
192 Obiter Scripta: 'Bad-apple' socializing will hamper educational process
Fox--Josef W. (Philosophy and Humanities Faculty)
College Eye 60:18, p.2
11/12/1965 Believes that placing the new Union in the center of the main classroom quadrangle will not help the educational process.
193 Obiter Scripta: Union placement will not integrate academic social life
Fox--Josef W. (Philosophy and Humanities Faculty)
College Eye 60:16, p.2
11/5/1965 Discusses President Maucker's decision to place the new Union in the center of the main classroom quadrangle.
194 Obiter Scripta: 'Great conversation' needed to consider campus planning
Fox--Josef W. (Philosophy and Humanities Faculty)
College Eye 60:14, p.2
10/29/1965 Claims that campus planning is too important of a matter to leave solely to the campus planners.
195 Obiter Scripta: Unconvinced placard wavers weaken national morale
Fox--Josef W. (Philosophy and Humanities Faculty)
College Eye 60:12, p.2
10/22/1965 Supports demonstrations but insists that they must be responsible in order to have any value.
196 Obiter Scripta: Hair cut edicts not fair, none of schools' business
Fox--Josef W. (Philosophy and Humanities Faculty)
College Eye 60:10, p.2
10/15/1965 Claims that people are willing to sacrifice freedom for their own prejudices.
197 Obiter Scripta: Arthur Miller refusal conscience-dictated but irrational
Fox--Josef W. (Philosophy and Humanities Faculty)
College Eye 60:8, p.2
10/8/1965 Discusses Arthur Miller's declining of the President's invitation to attend the official signing of the arts and humanities bill.
198 Obiter Scripta: Beauty for parking convenience: thoroughly bad swap
Fox--Josef W. (Philosophy and Humanities Faculty)
College Eye 60:6, p.2
10/1/1965 Disagrees with destroying what is left of the university's green spots to build tiny parking lots.
199 Obiter Scripta: Former dean gives suggestions for better education
Nelson--Martin Johan (Dean of the Faculty)
College Eye 60:4, p.2
9/24/1965 Suggests that more attention should be given to grading, course objectives, and examinations.
200 Obiter Scripta: Going to college, getting education not the same thing
Fox--Josef W. (Philosophy and Humanities Faculty)
College Eye 60:2, p.2
9/17/1965 Claims that students are using college as a kind of resort for social purposes, instead of for education purposes.

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