WOMEN'S HOURS: RESTORING RIGHTS See editorial page (ZAP 0w 43au &4 tII#I COLD High -28 Low-12 Continued cold, snow, tomorrow Seventy-Seven Years of Editorial Freedom VOL. LXXVIII, No. 74 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1967 . SEVEN CENTST EIGHT PAGES Inner City Course To Offer On-Locale Education By DANIEL ZWERDLING University undergraduates will eat, sleep and work next fall where Detroit slum dwellers rioted last summer, in an unprecedented 15 credit-hour course designed to grapple with the problems of the modern American city. Related small faculty-student sem- inars and independent study on campus will round out the remainder of the term. Prof. Richard Mann of the psycho- logy department, one of the course organizers, calls the project a revolu- tionary attempt to "integrate direct field experience with academic activity, so a student's education might bear upon something real in society," By devoting a full term to the pro- ject, planners have structured the inner city course to allow flexible, closely coordinated student-teaching planning. Each student will "play a major role," according to the prospectus, in shaping a cohesive, interdisciplinary education by aiming four or more otherwise fragmented courses toward a single target: understanding problems of life in the inner city. Structural and curricular details of the course - which professors and stu- dents will participate, and exactly what they will study - are yet in the plan- ning stages. Most of the courses within the inner city project, however, will be reading or independent study forms of courses already offered by the literary college, eliminating the need for new credit and distribution guidelines which would re- quire official approval. If a student can persuade enough professsors to sponsor his studies -- and if his studies all focus on an as- pect of urban life - he is eligible for the inner city course. For example, a student "might wish to understand the informal, neighbor- hood life of ethnically defined areas of the city," explains Mann. "He might sign up for a course on field methods, a reading course on the history and ethnography of the Black Belt . . . a course on social stratification in urban areas, and a course on small, face-to-face groups." Alternating campus studies with pro- longed trips to Detroit, students will pursue on-the-scene examinations of the people they are reading about. In- terviews, social work, tutoring and neighborhood organization work - "anything relevant goes" according to Mann. The whole concept of the course has grown in response to increasing student frustration with what Mann calls the university syndrome. "You get involved in something," he explains. "You become excited. start to say: 'Hey, I'm finally learning' and suddenly, another term paper comes along and you feel carved up into little pieces." Instead. "fragmented courses with overlapping concepts should be com- bined." says Mann. "And rather than isolate them in the campus classroom, students should go out in the field and work with theme there." Inner City Course's approach to solving the student's dislocation from society is something new in University- education. Each student will plan his own courses, integrate them with work every few weeks in Detroit's core, and in the end, according to the prospectus "come up with a single paper of rele- vance to all his courses." Students who have attended intro- ductoty meetings to the course are convinced Mann's formula will 'work. "The idea of the course is exciting." says Mark Rosenbaum, '70. "We'll be taking facts out in the real world and succeeding or failing with them all on our own. This course merges everything that's important to education "I'm sick of five differenct courses each term leading in five different directions," adds Lina Duchin. '71. "I want to get out and relate what I'm learning about." Criticism of the course, however, has centered on the permissive approach it takes toward the student. Some faculty members have expressed concern that unless the student is closely supervised, he may waste the greater part of the term... "One would want to avoid 15 weeks in which a student 'slums' around De- troit." says one professor. "The exper- ience is valuable to him as a person, but as a student at the University he should be involved in more types of academic study." But Prof. John Erlich of the social work school has no qualms: "When students are really interested in what they're doing, they can be well dis- ciplined." Planning for the inner city course has just begun, so its details will be hashed out in a special three-hour course offered this winter. Students and faculty who plan to participate. will use the next four months to define individual study pro- grams, coordinate living plans in De- troit, and prepare extensive biblo- graphies on urban affairs. - A mass meeting Sunday. at 7 p.m. in the UGLI Multi-purpose Room, will give members of the University com- munity a chance to explore the- Idea of the inner city course, and to sign up for it before the winter term. ."It's still growing, still changing," says Mann. "It's going to take train- ing, and failing, and some trying again." Mann and the other organizers hope their new course will serve as a pilot See 'NEW', Page 2 Probing the causes of unrest DECISION NEXT WEEK: U' May End Military Clearance Requirement in Job Application By JIM HECK Personnel Officer Russell Reister said yesterday that "there is a! good chance" a controversial em- ployment clause requiring military clearance for all University em- ployes will be deleted from future employment applications. An official announcement is ex-, pected early next week. Reister's announcement yester- day was the first official indica- I tion that the University would I change its policy with regard toE the form since Alice Fialkin, an assistant in research in the school of public health, refused to sign the agreement after she had been hired by a "clerical error." All I applicants at that time were re-' quired to sign the agreement be- fore they couldbeshired. The security clause of the em- ployment agreement gives the Uni- versity the right to investigate its3 employes and the right to fire them if the military refuses them clearance. University officials had considered the agreement a "pre- good chance that it will disap- pear." Personnel secretaries said that i "there had been some" applicants I who had recently directly request- ed the short form over the long form. The secretaries would not give any estimate as to how many. Shnr t Fn Changes Pending In Conduct Rules (utler To Decide on Women's Hours; Feldkamp Refutes SGC's Autonomy By LEE WEITZENKORN Vice-President Richard Cutler said yesterday that the decision to abolish freshman women's hours will be an- nounced shortly. He said that hours would probably be elimi nated but that the official announcement cannot be made at the present time. Meanwhile,. in an open letter distributed yesterday to all University housing staff and residents, Director of Uni- versity Housing John Feldkamp stated that current Univer- sity regulations would be enforced. His letter restated the Regents' November 17 state--' maeuu uiiuhu u bUUUc U un a t- ~r !l lude to integrating persons into ' I rUorm defense contract work." Richard Dagget, Employment Pending re-evaluation the long Supervisor, said that an employe form containing the security of the University had asked that clause has been discarded for the his namenbe retracted from the short form which does not contain employment agreement, and that a security clause. The short form the Personnel Office had honored had previously been used for only the request. The status of the janitorial and clerical non-aca- employe, whom Dagget refused to demic applicants. name, has not changed. "We're still considering the mat- Reister said that any present ter," Reister said, "but there is a employes who "would feel better"; tu if their name were not below the C( By MARCY ABRAMSON The President's Commission on University Decision Making issued yesterday a proposal for creation of a communications committee to arrange debate and discussion of University issues. The preliminary report suggests that such a committee would a'- range forums for discussion, pro- vide for dissemination of informa- tion, direct interested persons to appropriate authority and arrange PisBreak Temporariy Shuts Library, )mmittee inications 'office and it will probably be blacked out from their applica- tion." "Many people are involved in the decision," Reister said. He in- dicated that Vice-President for University Relations Michael Rad- dock was one -Daily-Bernie Baker A THREE MAN panel last night debated the role of the media in modern society. Seated from left are Michael Dann, Senior Vice-President for Programming of the CBS television network; Roger Rapoport, '68 editor of The Daily; Stanley Swinton assistant general manager of the Associated Press and Dean William Haber, of the literary college, who was moderator. Panel Revi~ews Mass Media's tr1Irnl .h1 - T.~S t' ment that -it snoutd oe clear to all students that University Regulations remain unchang- ed by the unilateral actions of student Governmfent Council." Feldkamp said that the purpose of the letter was to end "confusion among students concerning the conflicting claims of SGC and the Regents:" He said, "A definition of the situation was requested by 1 ereucy Resigns as Chairman, meetings for parties concerned 1t1/1 U*k with campus issues. Change in Policy The committee would be avail- Miss Fialkin, who has said she By DAVID MANN Concerning the coverage of the able to all members of the Univer- would quit before she signed the university campuses across the sity community and campus-af- agreement, said she was glad the Columbia Broadcasting Com- country, both Dann and Swinton filiated groups. University had decided to change pany's top programmer admitted agreed that the mass media is The report calls for a five-man ' its policy. yesterday that between Monday doing a poor job. committee made up of two stu- Miss Fialkin's refusal to sign the and Thursday nights he doesn't According to Swinton, so many dents, two faculty members and agreement brought clamors of dis- allow his children to watch tele- events today require coverage that an administrator, approval from staff in the School only a small portion of scholastic "The proposal poses an idea, and of Public Health and other Uni- vision. events can be reported by the 'we hoe to gt reations, saidvensit faculyemembrs.rAeconfe'eihc we hope to get reactions," said versity faculty members. Al Taylor., At a sesquicentennial conference available news media staff. Even Gretchen Groth, grad, a member president of Local 1583 of the featuring Stanley Swinton, assis- if all the events could be covered, of the commission. "We want to | American Federation of State, tant general manager of the As- he added, there is only limited invite comments and see if the County and Municipal Employes sociated Press, and Roger Rapo- space available in newvspapers, idea is a feasible as we think it (AFSCME) had said he "would port, Editor of The Daily, Michael eliminating most education stories. is." surely do something about it." Dann, CBS Senior Vice-President Swinson noted that much of the Target date for the final report At that time Reister had said: for Programming said, "television coverage of student demonstra-j to the president is Jan. 15, 1968. Miss Fialkin's employment records shouldn't be used as a substitute tions and riots is superficial. "The "Until then we are open to sug- had gone through with "clerical for books but as a complement to motivation behind the demonstra- gestions," continued Miss Groth. errors" and that she would be re- them. Neither do I think the The proposed committee could quired to sign the agreement "or family should be built around the provide or act as mediators or ar- she could not work." televsion set," he added. r I K s bitrators on request, the report r.,, However, Dann called television LL tions should receive more atten- tion," he said. Rapoport, explaining this moti- vation, said "The University has the staff." LANSING, Mich. VP)-Democratic State Chairman Zolton Ferency Feldkamp maintained that the said yesterday he will step down SOC action was not binding and as party chief in view of what he that "There is only one body of said is an almost unanimous com- University regulations. mitment of Michigan party leaders Kahn Criticizes to renomination and re-election of says. But the group would h ave uanges ina "the most important communca- A steam-tunnel cave-in forced - no decision-making power and Reister later changed his mind tions form ever developed by closing of the General Library would not be responsible for ac- and Miss Fialkin was allowed to man." He explained that because yesterday afternoon. tions of those who used its services. continue working. it reaches all of the people in A spokesman for the construct- The Faculty Senate Assembly' Dean Myron E. Wegman of the the country all of the time, it is ion company which-is working on would recommend the two stu- Public Health School and Prof. much more effective and con- an addition to the building said dents for fomal appointment by Roy Penchansky, Miss Failkin's sistant in disseminating news than a section of the pipe carrying theRegents. The report notes that boss, then complained to Univer- other media. steam to the library collapsed, the Assembly "could call, upon sity officials. Wegman asserted, Dann acknowledged, however shutting off all heat. Student Government Council (or r "there's nothing in this depart- that much more needs to be done Construction workers w e r e its successor) for advice." ment which would make that kind in the way of making television scheduled to work as long as SGC would in turn recommend of clause necessary." more responsible to "mature necessary ,to repair the damage the two faculty members to the Reister said that Personnel at- j audiences." He said, though that and expected to have it completed Regents, with the possible advise torneys are now going over the "there are scheduled programs of this morning. of the Assembly application form to "make sure"; cultural and educational value on Fred L. Dimock, circulation; The executive officers of SGC that its removal from applications t all the major networks, many of librarian, said the library's ven- and the Assembly would jointly would in no way jeopardize the which will run with no commer- tilation system was shut down r e c o m m e n d the administrator. University's position. cial interruption." when the heat went off to avoid They "could call upon the Uni- . __ ._- pulling cold air into the building. versity president for advice," the The library was closed at 3 p.m. report suggests. to prevent people from becoming All members of the University ' u d enW Ql t le N ( ill from lack of fresh air. community and campus-affiliated , UL' At the Undergraduate Library. groups could request the proposed Mrs. Rose-Grace Faucher is pre- committee to arrange debates and Sparing a report for Frederick meetings, spread information and f Wagman, director of University direct interested persons to ap- extending the hours of the UGLI The committee would be free to By MARY LOU SMITH each been asked to name one stu- to 5:00 a.m. during exams. initiate "campus forums," such dent to sit on the selection com- Judy Greenberg of SGC spoke as teach-ins and debates. Students are being given an with Wagman about extending The group would be able to opportunty to nominate out- award. the hours late last week. They dis- draw directly on all available in- standing teaching fellows for a cussed n n to keen the lihrrv formation snres estahlish study newly-created University teaching The students' close interaction ,j i F ;4 i i r$ } S Ordinance De DETROIT (W) - The Detroit Common Council passed an open housing ordinance by a 4-2 vote yesterday, Scores of white citizens bitterly pledged to circulate re- peal petitions. Council President Edward Carey termed the ordinance which pro- hibits discrimination in housing sales and rentals a "moderate ap- proach to a major problem." But spectators, who milled around after the brief council ses- sion, cried "Wallace for President," taken on so man auxiliary func- Student Government Council tions, such as classified research, President Bruce Kahn, '68, an- that its central purpose of educa- swered, "It seems to me incredible tion has suffered. What the stu- that after nearly all segments of dents don't like is that they are the University community have powerless to act to change things." endorsed the idea of students He laid 'much of the blame of making their own conduct rules" the University's administrative in- and regulations, that the Office of transience on the length of ad- University Housing has seen fit ministrators' terms. Stagnation, to attempt to deny that prin- said Rapoport, sets in after the' ciple." first five or six years' in. office. "Students sliould continue to After this time, communication make their own rules and regula- and inovation break down. tions and ignore those made by - - ;-the administration," he noted. He r H o said statements like the one issued F r H o USm g by the Office of University Hous- ing "can only serve to multiply' the problem and ensure continu- Protests ing struggle and lack of trust SpitL F between students and administra- I tors. Mr. Feldkamp's statement "Minority Rules," and "We'll get does not, by any means, settle a referendum." Several refused to the issue." give their names to newsmen. Housing Memo Carey, who voted for it, said In a memo to University Housing the ordinance will allow home- Staff dated October 16, 1967, Feld- owners a "certain leeway" in their kamp said, "Where students con- property matters. tinue to violate University Regu- The law, which will go into ef- lations the staff is asked to work fect in 30 days, deals with the with their Building Directors and sales and rentals by brokers, the Office of University Housing agents and property owners if the to resolve individual cases . . . property is put on the open mar- Where University policies continue ket. to be violated the staff will be "Nothing will prevent a person asked to work with the student, from selling to whomever he his parents and with the student's wants, except the sale can't be school or college to resolve these. based on race, creed, color or difficulties. Dismissal from the national origin," Carey said. 'residence halls and possible dis- He said a property owner could ?missal from the University are the refuse sale or rental, for instance, final recourses which are available; to persons who were in "poor fi- to the staff." nancial condition" or were "slov- enly housekeepers." No Statement The ordinance provides up to a When asked if the deans of any $300 fine and a 90-day jail sen- of the schools or colleges had' tence for persons convicted of made any specific overtures to racial discrimination. support University policy in this Carey said that in Detroit more direction, Feldkamp said that no than 70 per cent of the peole direct statements had been issued own homes. by any deans. However, he added, President Johnson. . Ferency, who has headed the party since 1963, said he was sub- mitting his resignation, effective Jan. 15 or upon selection of a suc- cessor, "for reasons directly re- lated to fundamentals of political philosophy, principle and proce- dures." Stifle Debate The controversial party chair- man recently called for an open party convention in 1968. He has criticized what he said is an at- tempt by the .national party power structure to stiffle debate on na- tional issues. Fereney's resignation was de- manded by several .state party leaders after he criticized what he said where the power tactics being used. by the party's national establishment"in an effort to fore- close alternative candidates." His remarks were widely inter- preted as a call for a "Dump John- son" movement, but he denied this was his intention. He has also said ag bid by Sen. Eugene McCarthy (D-Minn), for the presidential nomination might be good for the party, 'but' "the odds are largely against McCarthy getting the nomination." Ferency said Michigan party leaders have embarked on cam- paign preparations for 1968, "with President Johnson, his record, his views and his policies at the focal point of the planning effort." The '45-year-old attorney indi- cated he will retire from statewide Democratic organizational politics and return to the legal profession. Support McCarthy Ferency declined to speculate on how Johnson or any other candi- date will do in the 1968 general election, but he said a Republican coulld beat Johnson if there is no Ominations ,e Awards secretary for the committee. "The opening of nominations to stu- dents should spread them around as well as giving students a voice," she explained. To be eligible for the teaching i