Lillard compares Taiwan, U.S. universities By Mike Sherman Assistant Editor
The education system in the Republic of China (Taiwan) is unlike that of the United States and doesn't face many of the problems familiar to Americans, according to CSU President Bill Lillard. Lillard, who returned this week from his two-week visit in Taipei, Taiwan met with graduates of CSU during his stay and examined some of the country's colleges and university in addition to being presented a crash course on their nationalized educational system. "Their's is a highly structured system," said Lillard of the Taiwanese educational set-up. "There is no lay committees or advisory committees like our Board of Regents. The president is responsible to the minister of education and only to him." A minister of education presides over the schools, colleges and universities and, according to Lillard, is the equivalent of a member of the presidential cabinet in the United States. He is appointed to the position by the Taiwan premier. Students wishing to enter college must first go through a chain of tests to determine which college they may attend. Those students scoring the highest go to the more prestigious university, said Lillard.
"The National Taiwan University is probably the top choice among the country's universities, with National Taiwan Normal ranking second. The competition for entrance into universities is very competitive," he said. Private and public schools are available to graduating high school students, but Lillard learned that public university tuition, living expenses and books are paid for by the government. "However, there is some sort of obligation tied to this," explained Lillard. "If you finish at the Normal University, I believe you are required to teach five years to fulfill this obligation. Youths, he added, serve two years of compulsory military service. Lillard was unsure if th; applied to women as well as men. Lillard also returned from his trip with ideas on how to improve the quality of education at CSU. Two possibilities he stated were a foreign language requirement and a instructor exchange with Taiwan. Before his trip, the CSU president met with a academic advisory committee concerning this. "I recommended that we explore the possibility of a language requirement for all degree candidates at CSU," Lillard said. He pointed to present defeciencies in the university's foreign language program, coupled with what
we called "a close tie between Oklahoma and Taiwan," as the reasons for such a proposal. Lillard indicated that the exchange of instructors was a distinct possibility. The idea has already been put in motion by other American universities. If a exchange was to occur, Lillard said he would seek either an instructor in Chinese history and culture or language for CSU. Another highlight of the visit, he said, was a private dinner with the Minister of Defense. Lillard said this is a rare honor and to show his thanks, he presented the minister with a photo album of the Taiwanese good-will visit to CSU two years ago. President Lillard was honored with several gifts including two plaques and a medallion. "Of all the alumni of CSU I met, they we're most proud of their degree at CSU," said Lillard. At one dinner attended by many CSU alumni, Lillard stated that "about every other toast was to CSU, second to none." Looking back on his trip, Lillard held nothing but praise for his hosts. "They are a very polite, hard working people with well defined national goals in transportation, communication or whatever it might be," he said.
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Vol. 81, No. 20
Veterans' Day issue
Draft, registration debated By Mike Sherman Assistant Editor
Soviet Union forces are not expected to roll over the Berlin Wall anytime soon, or make a amphibious invasion of the New Jersey shores, but the U.S. military has been in the spotlight for several reasons, one of which is the draft registration. Young men born between 1960 and 1964 are required to register for the draft. Oklahoma currently ranks 19th among states for compliance with the law, registering roughly 95 percent of those required. Nationally, the figure is a bit less and approximately 50,000 men of registration age have failed to sign up. This presents the Reagan admistration with a dilemma concerning the make-up of a draft if it were instituted, enforcement of laws dealing with registration, its morality and various other questions pertaining to the methods the nation uses for defense. Three professors at CSU were questioned on their views concerning these issues.
Major William M. Bache, professor of military science said the non-registrants are crippling the government. "The government has more important things to tend to like organized crime," claimed Bache. "The ones who don't register are prioritizing their nation's time. There are two types of people who haven't registered. I think a lot of it is negligence on their part. Many people in the reserve or National Guard or in a ROTC program don't think they have to register and they do. "The people they are prosecuting are those who are deliberately challenging the system. Those who avoid it are professional radicals who are just looking for a cause to hang their hat on." Bache is concerned about the number of non-registrants, but he feels a national crisis is all the program needs. "If there is a threat to American security, the young people will respond," said Bache. "I think this generation is more patriotic than mine. And a lot of
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young people realize their responsibility to defend their country," Bache was drafted during the Viet Nam War. Despite his stance that patriotism will motivate the masses, Bache is quick to point out that mobilization speed could be critical. "We need people to defend our country," emphasized Bache, "The kind of war we face with the Soviet Union is the kind of war that if we don't respond immediately, we could lose." Bache would even favor a peace-time draft in order to insure quick mobilization. "The media coverage of this whole thing has been way out of porportion," claimed Bache. Dr. John George, professor of political science was quick to point out that the Reagan administration's enforcement policy dealing with non-registrants somewhat questionable. "It looks like it has been done selectively," said George of the cases which have been brought to court, "and your not supposed to do things like that in this country." Three cases have been tried or are under-way, with one conviction. One of the defendants has used the selective enforcement issue in his defense. "It seems they have placed enforcement only on the ones who have spoken out against it. The best way to do it would be to conduct a random sample were every person would have a equal chance," said George. George said a peace-time draft could be very useful because "our Continued to page 5
Vista photo by Theresa Gabrish
Mike Park, top, sits comfortably on top of Tim Baze's parachute, bottom, in their "two-man stack" as they glide gracefully to target, in Thatcher Lake, during Central State's 91st birthday party held Tuesday morning. See related story and pictures on page 4.
Jeannont receives'82-83 Calendar Girl of the Year Karen Jeannont, a junior fashion merchandising major, has been chosen as the 1982-83 Calendar Girl of the Year. She is sponsored by Delta Zeta sorority. TA_z society of Professional Jo ► rnalists, Sigma Delta Chi sponsors the contest and composes the calendar. Twelve girls are chosen by a SPJSDX committee to have their pictures on the calendar. The girl who sells the most calendars is given the honor. The two runners-up are Kim Davis, a senior accounting major sponsored by Sigma Tau Gamma fraternity, and Tammie West, a senior business administration major sponsored by the cheerieP-iers
Each girl who sells over 100 copies earns a commission for her organization.
Karen Jeannont