)AY, MAY 2, 1959 THE MICHIGAN DAILY AY. MAY 2, 1959 THE MICHIGAN DAILY RESIDENCE HALLS: Staff Oversees Welfare, Discipline MANY COMPLEXITIES: Greek Discrimination Controversial ssue (Continued from Page. 1) (Continued from Page 1 as rom assignments and room- mate conflicts. They axe also, Hale assertsm -va- 'r uable liaisons between adminis- tration and parents. "often when a student gets himself into diffi- culty the first person Mom or Dad go to see, if they come to Ann Ar- bor, is the housemother." Performs Liaison Function While the liaison feature prob- ably does note by itself, justify the presence.ofhousemothers, it is a valuable service and adds to the overall contribution they make. Other services offered by the, residence hall staff include jani-' tor and maid service. These two, are not of the highest quality in the minds of many residents. One upperclassman spoke bit- terly of the;reduced maid-service. "It's really silly to pay for serv- ices as unhelpful as this. I can do the work in 10 minutes flat and what good does it do anyway to wave a dust mop at the floor and dust the -desks once every two weeks? I think they should fur-, nish linen - two sheets each week too; this using one sheet for two weeks. is unsanitary and grubby- and let it go at that!" Cite 'Incompetent Maintenance' He also deplored the "incompe- tent maintenance staff." He pointed out the remnants of a paper label stuck just over a third floor urinal. "Trhat piece of paper is from a pickle jar and has been there for two years," he said. He wet his index finger and ran it down the wall leaving a clean streak. "Why?" he asked. Another gripe of a lot of resi- dents is, of course, the food. A 1957 booklet on residence halls recognizes this fact with: "This is not to say that students never complain about the food, for 'grip- ing' about meals is a time-honored national student tradition." The griping sometimes becomes outspoken - and vehement as with the "no-eat" strikes which oc- curred in the women's residences last semester and the food riots in the men's system in 1956. Funds For Construction A report by the Inter-House Council president and presidents of the three quadrangles, pre- pared just after the men's. dem- onstration, cited the "lack of ade- quate communication between student government and the stu- dents and members of the business staff and students." The report suggested that ru- mors that 35 per cent of room and board rates were spent for bond retirement and that food expendi- tures were being cut in favor of new construction were also to blame. The four presidents sug- gested a member of the adminis- tration speak to students to clear up the misunderstanding. Quadrangle administrators have apparently continued the prac- tices of increased communication with students. The amount of ef- fort fluctuates from time to time and some business staff people are still regarded as anti-student and "darn hard to get anything out of," but the past year has seen several devices of the public rela- tions type. West Quadrangle for example, has taken to using chatty notes from Jack Hale, and/or Joel Stoneham, quadrangle business manager. The notes, on topics from "Yes, it's sunny outside but we frown on using quadrangle blankets for laying on the grass," to "please bear with us and the heat, it's economically infeasible to shut it off at this time," prob- ably increase resident understand- ing of administrative problems. They are, at least, a step in the right, direction. A Chance To Speak In addition to the New York ex- ample, the discrimination problem has come up continually on Ameri- can campuses during the past decade. Among many problem sites are Colorado, Northwestern, Wiscon- sin, Dartmouth, Missouri, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Princeton, and Amherst. The whole problem is many- sided. The conflicting arguments already noted are only the basics. From them spring several ques- tions which increase complexity and friction. Cite National Control It has- been charged, for in- stance, that the national frater- nity wields unnecessary influence over the local chapter. A great number of fraternity men deny this, however. Second, conflicting legal prin- ciples make the issue difficult to resolve in an1y court and place the burden largely on college admin- istrators. But does elimination of clauses eliminate discrimination? This question, that of unwritten dis- crimination, looms as perhaps the crucial consideration. Use Time Limits Time limits - usually of five years, in which a fraternity is ex- pected to eliminate its written clause or lose recognition - are being used frequently as solutions to the problem. SNotices Graduate Outing Club, Hiking, May, 3; 2 p.m., meet in back of Rackham (N. W. entrance). * * * ' Mich. Christian Fellowship, May 3, 4 p.m., Lane Hall. Speaker: Rev. P. Clifford, "The Awful Dignity of the Human Will." s s Unitarian Student Group, meeting- Election of officers, May 3, 7 p.m., Uni- tarian Church. Speaker: Warren Ed- wards, "Zen Buddhism." Folklore Society, guitar and banjo workshops. May 2, 2-5 p.m., Union, Rm. 3D. Many persons, however, have ob- jected to the use of force as a persuader. An evolutionary ap- proach, based on gradual educa- tion, would be better, it is argued. At the University, problems have been notably acute. Between 1950 and 1952, tempers often raged as various solutions, prominantly including a 1956 time limit, were proposed and rejected. Recent in- cidents, particularly the Sigma Kappa dispute, have returned the problem to its full significance. IFC Forms Survey Group The situation here demands a constant evaluation in order to maintain an awareness of facts and trends. As an example of this type of approach, the Interfra- ternity Council recently estab- lished a committee to survey the whole area of selectivity and even- tually make recommendations re- garding future action. Sells Land After long negotiations, a 21- acre piece of land next to Willow Village is being sold to Superior township for non-profit housing. The deed to the land which sold for $16,000' was signed yesterday by Fred Gattego one of the three partners in the Willow Woods De- velopment Co. which owns the land. Also present were officials of the Federal Housing Adminis- tration and local officials. This land will be turned over to the Willow Village Apartments, Inc. This non-profit organization will use the land for construction of up to 200 rental apartment units for those who are displaced from the temporary housing that was built during the war. Cornell Faces ii Off-Campus i " Housing Crisis Facing a crisis in its off-campus housing situation,' the Common Council of Cornell University in- creased the budget for the Ithaca Building Department to $13,705 in answer to a request for $31,500 by Acting Building Commissioner Ar- thur J. Golder. Golder, who terms his request a 'bare minimum,'"declared the new'; budget figure "entirely un- acceptable" in regard to the Build- ing Commissioner's salary, and an- nounced his resignation. The proposed budget hike would provide for 'increased insurance protection for Ithaca real estate, augmentation of the Building De-' partment. to four times its present size, and increasing the staff.. Golder bases dhis fund proposal on the fact- that the work of his department cannot be "done ef- ficiently by the calibre of per- sonnel available, at substandard wages." His claim is backed up. by a 195. survey of Ithaca's fire-pre- vention resources, conducted by the National Board of' Fire Under- writers. Recognizing the specific, prob-. lems of off-campus housing, Gold- er advocates a municipal code for housing, stating in his report on the situation "a state of' confusion exists" in regard to housing regu- lations. At present Golder is earning $3,- 640x as Acting Building Commis- sioner. In, a speech before the Com- mon Council, he rejected the new figure of $5,127, adding that 'I cannot possibly consider the posi- tion under, these circumstances." Mayor Ryan of Ithaca, New York expressed dissatisfaction with the Council's action in turning down. an amendment to raise the salary of the Building Commissioner. "I'm probably as mad about this as Golder is," the mayor remark- ed. "He was a good man for the job, and he -was quite right in ask- ing for a.fair salary. There's a lot of responsibility involved in the. job, and it's about time that the city got busy and cleaned up the entire housing situation." Also Golder suggested that there be increased cooperation both with the municipal government itself and between the city and different citizen groups. The other group that is con- cerned with the problem of build- ing safety in Ithaca is the Fire Department., They also submitted suggestions in 1958. Director Qits At Colorado Kenneth C. Penfold, director of alumni relations at the University of Colorado. resigner last week. -Daily-Mike Ronta HYDE PARK -- Amidst yelling and debating several hundred students yesterday talked on the relative,merits of nuclear testing, segregation, Student Government and other questions of interest. Though starting slowly, Hyde Park developed quickly and toward the end had about three or four different speakers at the, same time, each one vieing for the most audience. ARMS EXHIBIT: To Display OfFuture An exhibit showing how the United States is prepared to cope with the danger of nuclear war- fare will be here next Tuesday and Wednesday. The display will also demon- strate what to expect in weapons in 1975. The display will be housed in' the University Rifle Range Bldg. which is located between the West Engineering Bldg. and the Undergraduate Library. The exhibit will be open from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Tuesday and from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Wednes- day. There will be no charge for admission. It is' being sponsored by the Re- serve Officers Training Corps. This will constitute an official visit .of the, United States Army's recently-announced S t r a t e g i c Army Corps. It will arrive here from Washington by motorcade. In addition to methods of fight- ing wars both now and in the fu- ture the, exhibit is planned to point up the historical and tech- nological evolution of weapons. Included in the exhibit will be a three-dimensional sequence the- atre using voice narration and a color motion picture. The picture will show field maneuvers. This exhibit .ties in with a term project being worked on by the Sophomore class of Army ROTC. Each team composed of up to four cadets are to predict how the next war of the future will be fought. Each project consisting of a paper of 2,500 words will be pre- sented to the class as a whole to- wards the end of the semester. Regulations Co'mmittee To0Open Talks The Driving Regulations Com- mittee will begin to hold open meetings at the end of next week, Ron Bassey, '61, said yesterday. Open hearings on complaints about driving regulations andrtheir enforcements are also planned by the committee. The specific times and dates of the meetings will i, i Wolf ......... ATTENTION STUDENTS! TIME IS. RUNNING OUT! Order your 1959 Michiganensian;