. WI"9 'U' SCIENTISTS: BUSINESS AS USUAL See editorial page 5kt~ta A6F 4br 471zttlit. OKAY hiigh-1Q Low-i 7 Sunny, but colder; no chance of rain Vol LXXIX, No. 129 Ann Arbor, Michigan--TwuE Ten Cents Eight Pages Ten Cents Eicih Paces POLICE RREST 300 PROTESTERS T FERRIS MILLIKEN ORDERS IN 70 STATE TROOPERS BIG RAPIDS OP) - Backed up by authority from Gov. William Milliken, about 70 state. troopers moved onto the Ferris State College campus in Big Rapids last night and dragged about 300 demonstrating black students from the school's administration building. A crowd of white students estimated at about 500 gather- ed around the building as police tried to eject the demon- strators. The whites, chanting "white power," were ordered to leave the scene, but most reportedly refused to obey the order. Gov. Milliken, when informed of the occupation of the building by the blacks, told Ferris President Victor Spathelf * * * * * * * * * * * * LSA faculty without lan may add degree Euage requirement ° _ .- SF State teachers end strike to issue an ultimatum to the s t u d e n t s -relinquish the building in 30 minutes or face forceful eviction. State Police said they arrested nearly 300 students. Ferris has 360 black students out of a total en- rollment of 7,700. Those arrested weretaken in buses to the National Guard Armory in Big Rapids where a d yps op wage and county prosecutor pre- i From Wire Service Reports sided in arraignment proceedings. SAN FRANCISCO-200 picket- Most were charged with trespass- ing students peacefully left San! ing, State Police said. Francisco State college on orders of the sheriff yesterday, in sharp The black students staged an contheashifhestonerdi hall-night sit-in at the Ferris 11- contrast ewth the violencecahmi brary Sunday but returned to since a student strike began last otheirdormitories without any re- Nov. 6.p At the same time, nearly 300 . The blacks have been demand- teachers ended the strike which ing the hiring of a few Negro pro- they began Jan. 6. The American fessors, the institution of Negro Federation of Teachers voted late history courses, the investigation Sunday night to end their strike. of alleged racism by certain ad- However, about 100 of the union's ministrators, and liberalization of 400 members voted against re- off-campus housing policies. turning to work. Union president, There are currently no Negroes Gary Hawking, said the union among the colleges faculty-out1 would probably post informational of 400. pickets despite the vote to end Disturbances began on the Fer-{ .the strike. ris campus last Thursday, whenl William Stanton, an economics two black students were allegedly professor and long-time supporter attacked by whites. One of the of the student strike, said a num- blacks charged that someone had ber of professors would continue thrown a liquid into his face. to strike. The number was im- The melee which ensued was, possible to determine but Stanton spurred by a fire alarm which said it would includeeat leastth esounded in a men's dorm, causing 65. professors who went on strike several hundred persons to leave Nov. 13, long before the AFT the building. strike, in support of the, student Louis Stone, president of the demands. Ferris chapter of the NAACP, said Those professors who stay on he received reports that some stu- strike will probably lose their jobs, dents had been seen with guns if recent administration pro- on campus over the weekend. nouncements are carried out. For this reason, he said, the' Although there was no official blacks had decided to remain to- announcement from the admin- gether through the night, Sunday. istration, it appeared that those However, Spathelf said there striking professors who returned have been many rumors circula- to work would be kept on the fac- ting the campus that some stu- ulty, even though the AFT did dents are in possession of weapons not meet the atlministration's and in violation of college regula- Saturday deadline for deciding to tions. He claimed this is "unsup- return to work. ported by fact." Meanwhile, the campus was Two black state senators, upset, quiet under the watch of 50 po- at the racial conflict, have called licemen whose presence has been for a Senate investigation of stu-i routine for more than three : dent activity at Ferris. Senators° months. Sheriff Matthew Carberry Basil Brown and Coleman Young i i An Editorial . AFTER MONTHS of tedious academic debate on the language requirement, the literary college faculty yesterday overwhelmingly favored still another proposal to resolve the controversy. Certainly the proposal for two University degrees is not the best of all possible plans; it bears discomforting resemblance to an institutional policy of "separate but not equal" degree-granting. The possibility exists that the Bachelor of General Studies could become the stepchild of the Bachelor of Arts, unwanted by graduate schools and business. At least some faculty are convinced that the BGS could never survive in competition with the BA. BUT THIS IS not to say that the Bachelor of General Studies is without educational value. On the con- trary, it is one of the most educationally sound degree programs ever proposed by the literary college faculty, and its effect on the academic world could be revolu- tionary. The institution would be a satisfactory solution to the problem of required courses. Students would have control of and responsibility for their own educations. Each degree would represent, in name as well as fact, the efforts and interests of the individual. Employers and graduate school admissions commit- tees would be forced to consider the merit of a student's individual program instead of his perfunctory perform- ance in required courses. THE INFINITE flexibility of the general studies degree also reflects a vote of confidence in the caliber of faculty and students who make up the University com- munity. For certainly, a "liberal education" depends on the quality of the intellectual community which offers it. But the general studies degree would prod even the most recalcitrant students into seeking out the re- sources which the University provides. If the faculty could somehow guarantee that the Bachelor of General Studies would allow "separate but 'equal" status in relation to the Bachelor of Arts, it would be entirely satisfactory. If employers, graduate schools and students could be encouraged to accept the BGS as equally valuable as the BA or BS, it would be preferred. THE MORE important issue is raised by literary college faculty: "Why have any degree at all?" The answer is-quite honestly-that a degree is a record of how much the student has profited from his attendance. The degree's value varies with the institu- tion granting it. Behind the degree stand hours of cred- itable study and research. But the valuable things the student learns usually have little to do with course re- quirements. Requirements are, in fact, antithetical to the individual nature of education. rTHUS, THE IDEAL would be fore the University to grant only general studies degrees. While the faculty should create the Bachelor of General Studies degree, it should also immediately consider the case for abolishing all requirements. --THE SENIOR EDITORS Action po \ssible today By DAVID SPURR In a series of straw votes yesterday, the literary college faculty supported some form of language requirement, at the same time favoring the adoption of a separate degree program which would not re- quire proficiency in a foreign language. In another straw vote, a "sub- stantial majority" of faculty members opposed retention of the language requirement in its present form. The faculty may make a deci- sion on the language requirement at a continuation meeting today, .at 4:00 in Trueblood Aud, The proposal for the alternate degree came from an ad hoe com- mittee consisting of four faculty members and three students ad- vocating a "Bachelor of General Studies" degree. Under the proposal, students working toward the new, degree -Daily-Jay Cassidy PROF. i 1 a a - s; . of the l.' ., , department prepares to express his views on the language requirement at yesterday's literary college faculty meeting. '. . was one of the many faculty members who spoke during the 2'/, hour session. LETI7TFER OF PROTEST: Phys ic i By DAVE CHUDW,%IN Over two-thirds of the Univer- sity's physics professors have signed a letter urging abandon-r ment of the proposed Sentinel an-1 ti-ballistic system. The three-page letter, signed by 40 faculty members, was sent to1 Michigan Senators Philip Hart, Democrat, and Robert Griffin, Re- publican, on Feb. 25.1 Court to I on aselte By SHARON WEINER t 5(5s blast ARM 'We are convinced that the de- Your statement will be of much s would not be required to meet any velopment of an ABM system help." distribution requirements, Includ- would be a grave mistake either as ing language, and would not have a 'thin' system for defense against Griffin's Washington office said to major in any department. the Chinese or as part of a more the Senator would reply to t he Prof. E. Lowell Kelly of the psy- extensive system designed to with- letter after meeting with two Uni- chology department e x p r es s e d stand any form of nuclear attack," versity physicists tomorrow. support for such a program. the letter states. The physicists, in their letter,1 "Proponents of the special de- In his reply to the letter, Hart established four main arguments gree program deserve serious con- said, "As you know, I have been against the ABM: . sideration," he said. "I'm intrigued fighting this move for over a year. -" by the idea of a Bachelor of Gen- year. --It is relatively easy fr thej eral Studies. It is the simplest attacker to- build penetration aids solution and most direct," he ° to fool the defense system." added. "By surrounding our cities As Dean William L. Hays open- with nuclear ABM's we are, if any- ed th8 monthly meeting yesterday, thing,. increasing the probability he read a message from Student of technical accident, either due to G o v e r n m e n t Council which vot1n one of our own missiles or due to "strongly urged the faculty to one of theirs." accede to the mandate of the stu- -"Building an ABM system is a dent body and abolish the lan- by absentee ballot in Tennessee very inefficient way of improving guage requirement." in the November election. ouy defensepotury .f .mOr nag The message was met with scat- Mrs. Hencken's attorney, George tion can ill afford to waste even tered laughter among the faculty. Sallade, said that as far as he $5-10 billion on a thin system, let Before the faculty formed into knew, this is the first case brought alone $50-100 billion on the thick a quasi-committee of the whole to before the court concerning the system which would be likely to discuss the language requirement, sysem hih wuldbelikly o ha nlvl tri111 nmta i read over a loudspeaker a Superior Court injunction limiting studen pickets to five at any entrance and ordering them to remain fiv feet or more apart. The injunction was obeyed However, the Black Students Union and the Third World Liber- ation Front stuck to their demands for an autonomous Black Studies r - both Detroit Democrats - said t j the violence at Ferris was of e "grave concern." They cited the e racial overtones that have' accom- panied much of the disturbance. Black students, the senators ' said in their resolution, tave "ex- pressed fear of being attacked by white students and fear of in- ability of local law enforcement officers to handle the situation." John Bentley, Ann Arbor City Clerk, has been ordered to ap- pear today before the Washtenaw County Circuit Court to answer charges that he illegally denied the right to register to vote. The charges were filed by Paula B. Hencken who said Bent- ley refused to let her register for the April 7 local elections after she admitted that she had voted 'l c A { i absentee ballot and its effect on ' follow." Department. 1 RENTAL POLICY PROTEST ADC mothers plan to By JIM NEUBACHER Ann Arbor welfare mothers will meet today to plan a protest of the rental policies of Long Shore Apartments, 521 Long Shore Drive. The mothers oppose a "rule of thumb" policy which allows the landlords to refuse to rent to fe- males because they are on wel- fare. The policy is set by the own- er, Long Shore Management-De- velopment Corp. of Detroit. A strategy session is scheduled for 1 p.m. today at the regular meeting of Humanizing Existing Welfare (HEW), a welfare rights organization. The mothers are expe.tced to go en masse from the meeting to confront landlord the Michigan residency require- ment. "This is a very significant case," said Sallade, "because there is a decided possibility that either sidei might appeal to a higher court." The specific issue at stake is{ whether the act of voting by ab- sentee ballot in another state nul- lifies attempts to fulfill the resi- dency requirement for Michigan. "The key element in. this case is the intent of the voter," Sallade said. Traditionally, when an individ- ual living in Michigan votes for a whole ballot of national and local officials in another state, he is not considered a potential resident of Michigan. -"It seems unlikely that a sys- tem of this complexity, if ever called upon, will perform w i t h any degree of success." According to Prof. Vander Velde, one of three professors who wrote the actual letter, the idea sprung up spontaneously in the physics department. ne college's curriculum committee presented its majority and minor- ity recommendations, which later became the target of sharp cri- ticism and ridicule. Prof. James Gindin of the Eng- lish department, the committee chairman, presented the minority report, which he said was "based on the fact that language pro- ficiency either is or is not valuable See LSA FACULTY, Page 8 A Detroit spokesman for Long Shore yesterday defended t h e policy. "This is a policy based on experience," said the spokesman, vho would identify herself only as "Jan." She claimed that while the pol- icy was not written, it was regular practice not to rent units to any- :ne who is unemployed, on wel- fare, or single. Although "Jan" claimed the policy was unwritten. Davis yes- terday told a reporter who asked to see a copy of the policy that he would not allow the reporter to see it. "There's no reason for you to have it," Davis said. Davis would not define anv ri. "We might make exceptions," she added. "If some everyday gal came in, with her kids well scrub- bed, and she loked like she was a straight shooter, and her former landlords said she was okay, and she looked like a hard worker, well, maybe we might stretch the rule." Haywood said yesterday the city Human Relations Commission and supporters of HEW had sent two young, white girls to apply for the apartments to test the policy after a black ADC mother was reject- ed. The first girl, who told t h e manager she was single, was ac- cepted "eagerly" as a tenant, Hay- wood said. Princeton withdraws credit fromn ROTC PRTNCRTON N .T (A") _... T lip Mrs. Hencken has been living in Princeton University faculty vot- Ann Arbor since Aug. 1, 1968. ed last night to withdraw aca- Bentley claims that persons who demic standing from all courses in voted by absentee ballot in an- the school's Reserve Officer other state last November must Training Corps program despite a begin accumulating time for plea from U.S. Defense Secretary Michigan residency from that Melvin P. Laird not to tamper date. with the program. Ann Arbor Democratic Party Princeton President Robert F.j chairman Walter Scheider yes- Goheen confirmed that he had re- terday explained, "Between 200 ceived a plea from Laird. and 500 people may be affected The defense secretary wrote, "I by the absentee voting rule-half am most concerned over actions of them students." ' i -r -rn i.... - ao quires notice of a full academic year before changes can take 'f- fect in the ROTC program with- out the Pentagon's consent. Goheen said, "We've had the ROTC under scrutiny for years and the steps we are taking are not sudden." He said he received the letter from Laird on Feb. 14. The request from the defense secretary may have been sent to all Ivy League colleges. It was learned that a similar letter was received by ,Rrown Tnnivmrcfty Pnc-an+nr. onesasses