ACTIVITIES SECTION Y A& AL A- lqpmpll ILI flitr4t 14vlmrn* 4hr ACTIVITES SECTION MIM&T in i IA, .Na. 1. ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1958 TEN rA i Offers studies 'U Policies Services Students _ _ ---: NEW LIBRARY--This five-floor, $3.1 million Undergraduate Library at the University was opened last year. Financed by state appropriation, the structure is the largest of its kind in the world and is already carrying out its function of helping to alleviate crowded library facilities at the University. . w Library HaVen to Milions <1 >P By JEAN HARTWIG LEWIS SAYS: 'New Look' Expected For Dorm Integration By WILLIAM RANSOM A "new-look" in Residence Halls integration at the University is expected this year, according to Vice-President for Student Affairs James A. Lewis. His remark was prompted by the release in May of a Residence Hall Board of Governors study report concerning roommate assignment practices. The Study resulted from a petition by the Student Disciples Guild to the Board claiming that racial and religious segregation was evident in Residence Hall room assignments. Later the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, carrying charges of segregation to Gov. G. Mennen Williams, also criticized and urged a changes In the University's policy. Respect Preferences The Board of Governors reporty emphasized a "policy of allose their own roommates" through expressing their preferences. It stated that the indicated preferences would be respected "so far as it is ad- B o n i ministratively feasible to do so. "If no preferences are ex-ByJH AX pressed," the report continued, By JOHN AXE "assignments will be made ac- The Interfraternity Council, cording to interests and living which co-ordinates the activities habits expressed in the applica- of the University's 43 social fra- tion." ternities, plans to acquaint stu- "What we are saying," Vice- dents with the fraternity system, President Lewis, who is also Board rushing, and rushing procedures chairman, pointed out, "is that through a series of three rushing we hold dear the right of an indi- meetings beginning shortly after vidual to choose his own room- clases begin. mate, but with no preferences ex- This is a revision of past pro- pressed, we will not foster the cedure when only one meeting practice of segregation." was held. Established by Regents In its 113th year, the fraternity The Board, established by the system now numbers 2,600 fra- Regents to oversee general resi- ternity men, and 28,000 alumni. dence hall policy, also took action Over 700 more men are expected on other significant problems last to pledge this fall. year. Provides -Service It converted Tyler and Prescott The IFC was foundedto fulfill Houses in East Quadrangle, which four aims; service to member fra- had housed women residents since ternities, to the University, to 1952, into g r a d u a t e student the community and to fraternity houses. Tyler and Prescott have ideals. been vacated by the women with In doing so it has distinguished the opening of the new Mary itself twice in the last five years Markley dormitory this fall. by winning the coveted grand tro- In a similar move, Frederick phy awarded by the National In- See DORM, Page 8 terfraternity Council "for the most outstanding program of in- terfraternity activity." I-( ver'n The annual IFC rushing pro- Since its dedication on January 16, 1958, over half a million stu- dents have used the University's new Undergraduate Library, accord- ing to Roberta 'C. Kent ton, librarian. Since the opening of the $3.1 million structure, the number of books used by students has more than doubled. This is mostly due to the comfortable studying conditions and availability of books on the open shelves which induce students to stay in the building to study, Mrs. Keniston said. The card catalog is located on the main floor off the entrance 'lobby near the reference section, where librarians are on duty to 'U'Library Subsidiaries y CHARLAINE ACKERMAN An integral part of the average University student's day is a trip to one of the University's li- braries. From the William L. Clements Library of American History, the. Legal Research Library and the University Library with its many branches. the student irnn find i assist in the use or the catalog and the materials in the library. Other Card Files In addition there is a floor file on the lower floor, main floor and the second floor, which lists by ,main author the books located on that particular floor. The book collection, which num- bers more than 60,000 volumes, in- cludes many reserve, books, which are identified by the colored bands attached to the back covers. These preservebooks circulate for very short loan periods. ' All periodicals are housed to- gether on the main floor, and are arranged alphabetically by title. Current newspapers are available on the main floor, and film copies of the "New York Times" may be -Daily-Eric Arnold ACTIVITIES BUILDING--A structure unique among American universities, the Student Activities Building houses nearly every student group on campus aswell as the Dean of Men and Dean of Women's offices. It was opened a year and a half ago. The entrance is seen here in an unusual night picture. The building cost $1,154,987 and will house about 80 student organizations. Ad, Wing ServesSG In Committee Functions By ELEANOR ELLIOTT The administrative wing of Student Government Council serves as an aid to greater efficiency and development of SGC's policy. About 150 non-elected students serve in this part of SGC, as di- rected by the Council's administrative vice-president. At trainee meetings held at least twice a year, SGC chairmen ex- plain the functions of their committees. The trainees then choose' OPEN STACKS ... more books, easier Serves Enrollment, Honor Plan Considered Administers Student Book Exchange, Health Insurance By THOMAS TURNER Student Government Counc now in its fourth year, concern itself both with broad poli questions and with specific ser ices to the campus during 1957-5 Policy areas considered includ ed rising enrollment, discrimin tion, literary college honor sy tem and student participation' course planning. Services established or co tinued included a booklet passi on student opinion on courses, a examination file in the Unde graduate Library, health insu ance, the Student Book Exchang and a program in which studen would read books over the sun mer and discuss them with facu ty members in the fall. Honor System Considered At its first meeting last Se tember the Council voted to co sider the feasibility and possib 'wording of a referendum on a honor system for' the litera: school. A committee was set i to draw up a proposal for Con cil consideration. A trial period for an honor sy tem, recommnded by the con mittee, was voted down by SG It was pointed out at the tin that education of students to t honor system concept would ha, to precede any successful hon system. The committee is At working on honor system plar In October SGC decided to iI vite seven speakers to the an pus for a forum program on col troversial topics. Among those be invited were Roy Wilkins, the NAACP, conservative writ Russel Kirk, Sen. Clifford Ca (R-N.J.) and former Daily Wor er editor John Gates. Gates appeared last sprin speaking before a large group a why he left the Communist Part Exchange Program Sought The Council continued its i terest in international exchan programs during the past ye The program with the Free Unr versity of Berlin was discontinu and a suitable replaceme sought. A number of foreign universiti had indicated interest in the pr See SGC, Page 8 Joi'nt Judie Hears, Judges Student Cases The main responsibility a: purpose of the Joint {Judiia Council is to make student c fenders brought before theme rel ize that they have aresponibi to the University. As the campus student gover Ing body, its ex-hairman MVikah Jacobson, '58, emphasies that ti sactioning body is primarily I terested in solving the studen problems, not in punishing him I his actions.. In an informal atmosphere t 10 members of the council (fi are chosen from interviews e semester) have original jurisd: tibn over violations of the drivi code and the misconduct of ( ganized groups on campus. Wi students accused with unbecomi conduct, the council may be ask to handle the case. The members have consideral leeway in deciding the penalti For driving violations, Jacobs says, written warnings are give or monetary fines are levied. I more serious offenses, or for si dents brought before the coun( for the second time, the pena can be any social probation, or recommendation for suspensi U oreign Communi For the nearly 1,500 students from other countries attending the University, the International Stu- dents Association serves as the general spokesman to the Univer- sity community. The purpose of the ISA is to "promote better relations among the students of different countries" by organizing and co-ordinating the efforts of the various nation- ality clubs through one central body. Of the 80 countries represented in the foreign student population at the University, 16 have their own nationality clubs, each of which has a representative on the President's Council. Each country, whether it has a nationality club or not, is represented in the Gen- eral Assembly by all the students from that country. Sponsors Dances During the year, ISA sponsors such events as the Monte Carlo Ball in the fall semester and the International Ball during the spring.V, The organization also under- takes the annual "Balloon Debate", in which students from several countries speak for famed charac- ters to determine who shall be thrown from the gas balloon and who will be ultimately saved. ISA also sponsors discussions on current affairs, enabling the stu- dents to obtain the views of per- sons intimately connected with the countries and issues in ques- tion. First International Week Last fall, the first International Week was held on campus, during which the several nation- ality groups held a fair in the Union, where they displayed and sold articles made in their home- land, and provided entertainment Iinfx lulluoatirmumwtt i-obtained from the reference li- informnation from volumsttl ling close to 2,590,t0t0 brarians. lingclos to ,590040.Two Week Circulation The libraries' book holdings are To charge books out for home recorded in a public catalog on use, a charge slip is filled out and the second floor, where author,ueahrg ipsfiedutnd the-secnd loo, wereautorpresented with the book and iden- title and subject cards for the tification card at the charging books in the General Library and deskon the floor from whichgthe divisional libraries are filed. book came. Most books circulate With the advent of the fall se- ,'for two weeks except periodicals mester, the General Library will and reference books which are not alter its policy of closed stacks by available for home use. opening its floors for the use of The Undergraduate Library also all University students and fac- houses the Education Library on ulty members, the second floor; the Engineering Adopting a system presently in Library on the third floor and the operation at the Undergraduate Transportation Library on the Library, the General Library is in- fourth floor. stalling controlled-exits, whereby A Print Study Gallery, located students may enter by the main on the fourth floor, contains prints or side entrances but may leave used in conjunction with art' only by the monitered main exit. courses. Films may be viewed in On the open shelves of the Main the Film Preview Room on the See 'U', Page 8 See UNDERGRADUATE, Page 8 . t....a is v ~F .7v" v.'U . ..., 'U' Residence Hall' System H"The responsibility of the Inter- House Council is to facilitate the programs of the individual quad- rangles and houses." In this manner Robert Ashton, '59, IHC president, summarized the philosophy behind his organiza- tion, the student governing body of the men's Residence Halls. The structure of the IHC con- sists of an Executive Board, a legislative body called the Presi- dium, which is made up of the presidents'of the individual houses and a judiciary committee. One of the "biggest' accomplish- See IHC, Page 9 gram beginning on October 5 is typical of theorganization's serv- ices to its members. To be eligible to rush students must sign up between Sept. 17 and Oct. 8 in Room 1510 of the Student Actiities Building or at one of the rushing meetings. Rushing Houses There is no fee or charge in- volved in registration. Also, regis- tering for rush does not obligate tbe rushee to pledge - it merely indicates an intention to rush. Formal rushing will begin Oct. 5 and will last until Oct. 19. Open houses will be held on Oct. 5 from. 1 to 5 and 7 to 9:30 p.m. and from 7 to 9:30 p.m. on the next two days. Rushees are welcome at any fraternity during the open house See FRATERNITIES, Page 8 the committee that most attracts the tation program the trainees are ready to begin work. Under the administrative wing there are five major committees. One of these is Education and So- cial Welfare, and this committee strives for a more effective expres- sion of educational policy. Current projects under this com- mittee are the exam file in the Undergraduate Library, a more precise marking system, an hon- or system for the School of Lit- erature, Science, and the Arts, and a course evaluation booklet. A second ad wing committee is National and International Affairs. It divides its work into three cate- gories: the National Student 'As- sociation, the Inter-Collegiate re- See COMMITTEES, Page 9 FOR MEETING, EXCHANGING IDEAS: Union Initiates Campus United Nations Project eir interest. After a brief orienta- Freshmen Welcomed It is always a pleasure for me to be included in the large group of University folks who welcome the incoming fresh- man class. My special interest in this open letter is to call to your attention the services that are available to you for coun- selling and guidance here at the University. During your orientation you will be made fully acquainted with these servies and effort will be made to get you to understand that you should feel free to take ad- vantage of the services. Our experience is that many times, for some reason or other, freshmen do not seem to want to use the counselling and guidance agencies. Let me urge you to acquaint yourself thor- oughly with these agencies and then use them to the utmost. You will find warm and friend- ly people about you who are devoted to helping you in all kinds of situations. Why don't you try them? The other interest of mine is worthy, I hope, of your early attention in your new college life. Student activities in gen- eral are part of your learning experience. We have hundreds of opportunities for expression of your interest in these areas. The record will show that students who participate in the various activities come from small towns as often as they do from large communities, from average American families, as many are self - supporting in By JAMES SEDER The University is rightfully proud of its cosmopolitan atmos- phere which largely stems from the large number of international students on campus," according to Maurice Zilber, '60, chairman of the Union's International com- mittee. Zilber, who works in coopera- tion with the International Stu- dents Association and the Inter- national Coordinating Committee, is responsible for many of the pro.- grams which are designed to make international students feel at home in Ann Arbor and to inte- grate them into the main stream of University life, a project which, he says, benefits the campus in general as well as the internation- al students. One of the projects of Zilber's Hall. The food and entertainment for this dinner is that of some other country, which has students on campus. The guest list for these dinners is planned to give a balance be- tween international students of various countries And American students. One of the major projects un- dertaken in this area is Interna- tional Week, which is coordinated by the International Coordinating Committee. Union Plans Speaker On Tuesday night of Interna- tional Week, which will take place between Nov. 18 and 22, the Union will sponsor a speaker at Hill Auditorium, and the Student Gov- ernment Council is considering sponsoring one on Friday after- noon. - ....: ........vim .... .. .. ..., -I