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The collective bargaining agreement between California State University (CSU) Board of Trustees and the California Faculty Association (CFA) for the period covering August 16, 1983-June 30, 1986 is presented. New contract language changes to the agreement for July 1, 1984-June 30, 1986 are also presented. This American Association of University Professors affiliated union has 12,000 members, including part-time faculty. Items covered in the agreement include: definitions and unit recognition, CSU and CFA rights, contract and faculty status grievance procedures, personnel files, temporary and probationary appointments, tenure, faculty evaluation, temporary suspension, reprimands, disciplinary action procedure, assignment of responsibility, workload and schedules, summer session, leaves of absence with/without pay, sick leave, professional development, fee waiver, sabbatical leaves, difference in pay leaves, faculty early retirement program, preretirement reduction in time base, merit salary adjustment, salary schedule revisions, fringe benefits, holidays, vacation, outside employment, safety, and layoff. Appendices provide lists of included/excluded faculty titles and the salary schedule of position (e.g., faculty, coaches, librarians) and academic rank, including summer compensation information. The changes to the agreement concern recognition, grievance procedure, appointment, workload, salary, benefits, and instructional faculty salary schedule. (SW)

1Boy Crusoe

By Allan Eric

Also published as" A Yankee Crusoe" . A 15 year old hard working and studious farm boy finds the lure of adventure on the seas as a merchant seaman more than he can resist. This is his story. " I was born in a little town in the State of Maine, near the close of the Civil War. My boyhood life did not differ materially from that of the average farmer's son in the remote country districts of New England--except, perhaps, that I read more and thought more. Hard work on the rugged soil, two terms each year in the little yellow country schoolhouse, a day's fishing now and then filled the early years of my life full to over-flowing. " What he gets is enough excitement and adventure to overflow his wildest dreams. How he experiences disaster and uses his wits and knowledge to overcome every problem makes for a great read. - Summary by Phil Chenevert