Proceedings of the Board of Regents (1963-1966)

OCTOBER MEETING, 1965

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CHENG CHI UNIVERSITY
Taipei, Taiwan
August 26-27, 1965
Recently completed, the building to house the Center for Public Administration
and Business Management in Taipei has at its entrance a painted sign, "University
of Michigan Team Project." Dr. Yukon Feng, U. of M. '31, Dr. E. Yi Ping,
Dr. Chang, and two other faculty members conducted us through the classrooms,
library, conference room, and resource centers. About one-third of the students are
to be women, a ratio which we were led to understand was unusual in public and
business studies.
Taiwan's industrial and business community has joined with our team and the
Cheng Chi faculty in defining the aims of the center. There is some confusion, it
appears to me.
Dr. Robert Pealy, from The University of Michigan, has been involved in the
project most recently; however, we had a number of other persons there. The
American commitment was concluded in April, 1965.
Studies such as the Center will provide are necessary for the continuing social
and economic progress of this land. In passing, I might mention that Dr. Feng
recalled the visit of Mrs. Murphy to this very place about one year previously.
An amusing incident was recalled. They had planned a circular fountain approaching
the entranceway to the main building. Mrs. Murphy had examined the layout, noted
the constricted space for building and grounds and suggested that the fountain be
dropped and the space be paved for future parking. The people there had done as
Regent Murphy suggested, but they were still longing for a fountain!
Former Vice-President Richard Nixon visited Taiwan at the very time
Mrs. Brablec and I were present. He made a statement to the local press to the
effect that the armament of Taiwan, both Chinese and American, was a very
significant flanking force against Red China. He indicated the reluctance of China
to involve more seriously in Viet Nam was due to unwillingness to weaken defenses
against the possible invasion from the island.
The Regents heard a brief report from Regent Power on the meeting
of the Association of Governing Boards held on October 13, 14, and 15
at Terre Haute, Indiana. Regent Power said it was the best meeting he
had ever attended; student activism, the tendency toward the building
of super-boards, viewing of the Berkeley film, mechanisms to manipulate students, these were some of the topics discussed.
The conference, in searching for an answer to why students who only
a short time ago were most apathetic now showed so much interest in
activism, cited rebellion against size, personality of the institution, need
to identify with teachers, protest for protest's sake, rebellion against
what older generations stood for, as most obvious. The unwashed student
of today stood as a protest against his clean parent. Regent Power
referred to addresses by Dean Williamson of Minnesota and President
Bolling of Earlham as being outstanding.
In concluding his remarks, Regent Power said the annual meetings
had been shifted to the spring, the next meeting to be held at the
University of Kentucky.
Regent Murphy informed the Regents that Regent Power had been
elected President of the Association. The Regents unanimously congratulated him on the honor.
President Hatcher was pleased to announce that on October 23 the
students and alumnae of Martha Cook Building would celebrate the
fiftieth anniversary of that residence. Included in the program, he said,
would be the presentation of three Outstanding Achievement Awards to
alumnae of the residence.

Regent Power: Report on Association of Governing
Boards Meeting

Martha Cook
Building
Anniversary