jj§jjjjjjjjjjr ---"- r z- t- ,, . . _ ,.. -,r w, An Informal Guide To Student Govenment In the early days of the house a barn as well as a fence for livestock and a stile were necessary. This faded photograph, probably taken in the 1860's from the present site of the Undergraduate Library, shows the house on the left, the barns and the yard. One rdon ThO Remains (Continued from Preceding Page) the University College proposal which would have established a two year college within the Uni- versity under its own dean, fac- ulty and admissions office. The proposal met much opposition and was debated for several years fi- nally motivating President Little's resignation in 1929., DESPITE the atmosphere of conflict, however, the Univer- sity continued to grow with the building of the Michigan Stadium, the League, the Intra-Mural Building and the University Ele- mentary School.. The automotive age also was recognized in the form of the first driving regulations and greater concern for student wel- fare was evidenced in the estab- lishment of the Bureau of Ap- pointments. And the house still stood. President Little often used it as a gathering place for student ac- tivities and sometimes non-sec- tarian religious services were held there for interested students. RESIDENT and Mrs. Alexander Ruthven who occupied the president's residence from 1929 until his retirement in 1951, also remember it warmly as a center of campus life. The house as it was when President and Mrs. Ruthven occupied it from 1929 to 1951. The Ruthvens remember it as a center of campus life. While the house looks basically the same, the exterior has changed considerably since this photograph was taken about 1900, The Ruthvens, who now live.in I great events of the century - the MRS. RUTHVEN remembers the war years more vividly-than the depression. During this time the campus was flooded with en- listed men attending classes here and Mrs. Ruthven recalls watch- ing companies of soldiers march- ing, to class every morning. Times were difficult and an atmosphere of worry and strain was present. Despite the strain, the Ruthvens attempted to maintain a warm and ;relaxed atmosphere for the student body. Cookies were pro- vided for frequent open houses by faculty women who gave up their sugar rations to make therm. In addition, many were the ;uests at the Ruthven household; it wasn't unusual to have "twen- ty-two sheets in the wash at once," according to Mrs. Ruthven. One of the most treasured pos- sessions which the Ruthvens own is a guest book signed not only by many faculty members and students but by such guests as the two sons of Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany, Senator Arthur Van- denberg, Thomas Mann, Artur Rubenstein and Robert Frost. a modern home on Fuller Road overlooking the Huron River also remember, a bit wistfully, the room in the old home for =the many antiques which the family had collected over the year. Un- til his appointment, President Ruthven was Director of Univer- sity Museums and a well-known scholar. The years during which he headed the University took in two Great Depression and World War II. They also saw great changes in the UniversityA Contrary to common thought, however, President Ruthven says, enrollment increased rather than decreased during the depression of the thirties, and the Univer- sity's activities were little cur- tailed except for the missing of just one payroll. r j7AT /? aulj 0/ I i I DI A M ADiRAS in traditional bleeding color bermudas . . . . 8.95 and 10.95 s:.:: ,,. ;off..; ti 1; '"i :::. ;:,d't". shirt *o* (button-down or "McMullen" collar) belts and * * 8.95 rS 4' T HE GREATEST innovation during the Ruthven adminis- tration was the reorganization of the University to parallel a cor- poration structure. A system of administrative vice-presidents was organized to help President Ruth- ven; in the various-schools respon- sibility was assigned both to a. dean and executive committee. Rising enrollments and an acute housing shortage also brought a new spurt in the University's physical growth. Fletcher Hall was purchased and West, and East Quadrangle, Stockwell, Mosher- Jordan and Victor Vaughn houses were all built, with much Federal aid. AND THE HOUSE on-South Uni- versity grew too with the addi- tion of the plant room and the president's study at the back of the house on the North side. This was in addition to a sleeping porch, sun parlor and kitchen area which President Burton had added in 1921, on the east side of the house. With the appointment of Harlan Hatcher in 1951 to succeed Presi- dent Ruthven, a question arose concerning the president's house. A large and comfortable home having just been given to the Uni- versity as a gift, it was supposed that the president's family would use it for a residence. The Hatch- ers, however, realizing the senti- mental significance which the ori- ginal home had and feeling that the other home, "Inglis House," was too far from the mainstream of campus life, declined the offer and remained on South University, close enough for President Hatch- er to walk to work. Inglis House, on Geddes, is now used as a guest house and confer- ence place for the University. THE HOUSE on South Univer- sity is differently arranged now from the time when the Ruth- ven's lived there. At that time, the Ruthvens tried to keep it decorated in the period in which it was built and were able to do so through the large collec- tion of early furniture which they owned. The house was redecorated for the Hatchers and is now a mixture of antique and contem- porary, charmingly combined and set in rooms of various warm and glowing colors. At first, Mrs. Hatcher admits, they felt a bit lost-:the Hatcher family consisting of four people 1 and the house of seventeen rooms, but have since learned to live most comfortably in it. "There are some rooms which are obviously too formal for fam- ily living," she notes, "so we just walk right through them."~ PRESIDENT and Mrs. Hatcher and their two children are most fond of -the second floor rooms in which there is a family living room and the first floor semi-circular study built by Presi- (Concluded on Next Page) fL(-lA All M V AAAtA71NKl (EDITOR'S NOTE: These articles may aid the newly elected student government leaders in understanding their jobs and the rest of the stu- dent body in understanding the student government. Ori- gin- of the definitions is un- known; "h What Is an' SGC Member?" turned up at one Council .meeting as a letter signed simply "Liz and Dale." What's an SGC Member? "ETWEEN the innocence of Ori- entation Week and the dignity of Graduation, we find ha quaint creature called the SGC Member. SGC Members come in assorted sizes and weights, but all SGC Members have the same goal: to make as .many (changes) in cam- pus affairs and organizations as necessary and/or possible, to set the administration and faculty straight, and to do the most good for the-greatest number (including themselves), and to protest vehe-m mently when the &%-$* Adminis- tration packs them off to the SAB to "think over the last bad move" while the Board in Review meets. SGC Members are found every- where-on top of, underneath of, inside of, climbing on, swinging from, running around, or jumping to. Freshmen admire them, up- perclassmen know better, graduate students tolerate them, "intellec- tuals" ignore them, and Mrs. Cal- lahan protects them. An SGC Member is Truth with a petition in his hand, Beauty with a quiver in his voice, Wisdom with a load of course-evaluation ques- tionnaires in his arms, and the Hope of the future with a pre- election smile on his face. AN SGC MEMBER is a composite he has the nerve of a lion- Sherlock 'Holmes (Continued from Preceding Page) Though his stories cover decades and dozens of different situations the reader almost never can feel the emotions which must run through the mind of Holmes. His most personal moment comes when, in the course of arresting a pair of criminals, Watson is struck unconscious by the arch-villain of the'story. On that occasion Holmes tells the villain that he will not leave the building alive if Watson is dead. ' Of course, the doctor lives and Holmes returns to his unfathom- able self. Student Leader Handbook LEADER-one whose task it is to keep ahead of several cliques, each going in a different direction. SPEARHEAD THE ISSUE--you be the goat. POINT UP THE ISSUE-expand one page to fifteen. THE ISSUE IS CLOSED-I don't know what to do-You think of something. POINT OF ORDER-I just came in; what's going on? GIVING SOMEONE THE PICTURE-long, confused and in- accurate statement to a newcomer. LET'S GET TOGETHER ON THIS-I presume you're just as confused as I am. MAKING A SURVEY--we need more time to think of an answer. CLARIFICATION--fill in the background with so many details that the issue is obscured. RELIABLE SOURCE-the guy I just talked to. INFORMED SOURCE-the one who told him. UNIMPEACHABLE SOURCE-the guy who started the rumor in the first place, IMPLEMENT THE PROGRAM-recruit more people and publi- cize the thing. ACTIVATE THE PROGRAM - make carbons and add more names. UNDER CONSIDERATION-- we never heard of the damned thing. UNDER ACTIVE CONSIDERATION-we're looking in the files for it.a ORM A COMMITTEE-spread out the responsibility for this stupid thing. WILL ADVISE IN DUE COURSE-if we figure it out, we'll let you know. IT IS MY CONSIDERED OPINION-I've just talked to the dean. THIS SEEMS A GREAT STEP FORWARD-we're getting away with murder. MOVE FOR RECESS-let's figure out how to railroad this through. MOVE TO ADJOURN-I've got a date. TABLE THE MOTION-if we-let it alone, they iiay forget it. GIVE US THE BENEFIT OF YOUR THINKING-We'll listen to you, as long as you don't interfere with what we've already decided. 'HAVE tamer, the energy of a pocket-size atomic bomb, the curiosity of a dean of women, the lungs of a dictator, the imagination of a win- ning football coach, the audacity of a steel trap, the enthusiasm of a Bauro-Cat; and when he com- mits himself, the ability to get himself into the strongest paper bag in creation. He likes invitations to tea, cam- pus leaders, applause, mixers, mic- rophones, little SGC, Big SGC, committees, committees for com- mittees, the P-Bell, red tape, Dean Rea, members' time, parties and votes. He is not much for Union food, short meetings, Jane Otto, open houses, The Daily, constituents' time, supervision; and Robert's Rules of Order. NOBODY else gets so much fun out of avoiding a question, Take Beautiful( with the new speaking out of order, shaking hands and planning women's dormitories. Nobody else can shuffle through as many dittoed sheets, refer to as many motions on motions, evalu- ate as many evaluations, or ques- tion as many questions about ques- tions about questions about . . . An SGC Member is a magical creature - you can put him into office, but you can't put him in his place. Who else oan set up more com- mittees on committees on commit- tees, sell more health insurance, do so little so noisily and so much so quietly, exhibit such talent at verbal yoga, or cause you more grief, more laughter, more wonder, irritation and furor than this com- bination of Student, Politician, Statesman, BMOC, Pollyanna, and Playboy than your SGC Member? 0 Crystal Sharp Lens * Sparkling Color Slides 0 Box Camera Sir 0 No Plast 0*CI Beginning of I Repeated by POPL cummerbunds . 10.95 and 12.95 . 10.95 and 12.95 skirt . . . . slacks (not shown) 14.95 f " " s " " " i t. ,, err r ail' ' ! r t " .,.: i" ' ,}, 11 : .1 ;. The PIA R LYN Shore -529-531 E. Liberty Sty Michigan Theatre Bldgi. I TIIl