Tuesday, March 11, 1969 THE MICHIGAN DAILY . Page Three Tuesday, March 11, 1969 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page ThreA TAKES STUDENTS' SIDE: Education convention di* College Press Service CHICAGO (CPS)-Most col- * leges and universities will profit from student protests if their administrations are free from outside political pressure. That finding is suggested in data gathered in the American Association for Higher Educa- tion's (AAHE) campus govern- 4 ance study and in lessons from the crisis at San Francisco State College. It was sketched' in a talk last week by/George C. Stern, a Syracuse University Psycho- logy professor, at the AAHE's annual convention. Some 2703 administrators and f a c u 1 t y members attended the meet- ing, which h a d as its theme "The Agony and The Promise of America." Declaring that ."A university kept, open at bayonet point is neither a "university" nor 'open', Stern scored political interfer- ence in the internal affairs of embattled San Francisco State. He said the continuance of uni- versities as "the sole institution in America dedicated to under- standing, rational responses to problems hinges on our keeping + free from outside forces." "To disregard the student revolt, to dismiss it as the work of' a tiny fringe of agigators manipulating issues that are entirely beyond the control of the educational enterprise, is to risk and encourage politicization of the university-to lose the ideal of an independent intellec- tual community, not regain it," professor Stern said. In his talk on "The Impactr of Campus Environment on Stu-' dent Unrest," Stern said the AAHE study indicates that schools which strees oppor- tunities for personal growth have "far fewer problems" than those which do not. "The lar- gest number of problems of all vironments" that are appressive with rigid, highly-controlled en- types are reported from schools and academically trivial, he said. Stern suggested that schools loosen their regidity by opening the undergraduate curriculum to new programs freed from re- strictions of graduate school preparation. But sometimes of- fering alternative courses to disenchanted students doesn't work, he noted. What was view- ed by some educators as utopia at San Francisco State turned into disaster. When Governor Ronald Rea- gan cut the school's budget, ad- mission standards had to be raised and Blabk enrollment dropped from 11 per cent to 3.6 per cent. "The entirely under- standable bitterness of the Black intellectual community exploded into violence . . . ." And the "continued interference" by the statewide trustees appointed by the Governor led to the trouble the school is experiencing today, he said. "Enough intelligent curiosity" about the student movement is not being exercised by the jour- nalism profession, Robert Mac- Neil of the British Broadcasting Corp. told a discussion group at the conference. Journalism is "'too much a part of the 'establishment' in American life . . . . It is a de- fender of the status quo . . . . It is too much a part of the society it observes." scusses protest "I have a feeling," MacNeill Protesting for acader said, "that the generation that form generates a feeling is now busily tearing the uni- levance" because it enab versities apart and fighting the dents "for the first time police is moving this country the agenda for educati into a new era, morally and in- cussion," said Michael tellectually, and it may be a formerly of the National1 very good moment for the Association, at an af 'Fourth Estate' to ask, as the discussion 'on teaching. students are, where we are levance in one's ed going." threatens one's freedo The former NBC reporter said cause it makes choices m "a more open line between the less, he added. thinking community in the uni- Barbara Bishop, a stu versities and the fourth estate" Northwestern University is necessary if more news is to cized college teaching fo be raised above "the sensation- ing students to fit an e alism and trivialization of new ment instead of allowin thought and the stereotyped to mold an environmen handling of complex events." themselves. "The aurat m g S t e '; d Y, r en rg t 0 discipline ic re- fessionalism must go," she said. of re- "Students are no longer willing es stu- to accept didactic preaching to set from on high. They want to n dis- challenge, tear apart, and par- Peretz, ticipate in knowledge." tudent "Combining action with aca- ernoon demia" was recommended by "Irre- Charles V. Hamilton of Roose- acation velt University during a session " be- on curricular changes to meet aning- the needs of a Black society. In-field experience is especially ent at important at a school with a criti- sizeable and growing Black stu- mold- dent body near a Black com- iviron- munity, he said. Hamilton also them urged addition of' Black cur- to fit ricula to 'all-white, suburban- f pro- locked' colleges." CRUSADER GRUENING: ' Re tired (EDITOR'S NOTE: Crusading Er- nest Gruening is 82 years old now, no longer a senator but still cru- sading. The former senator from Alaska, who lost to Mike Gravel last November, writers for an in- tellectual weekly magazine, s t ill fighting against the Vietnam war and overpopulation.) WASHINGTON OP) - Ernest Gruening began his unorthodox career in his first newspaper job in 1912. Now, at 82 and a distin- guished former senator, he is once more using the printed word as his lance. In 1923 Gruening's name ap- peared on the masthead as man- aging editor of The Nation-an influential, intellectual weekly. That was long before he midwifed Alaska to statehood, long before he became one of the Senate's most eloquent doves on the. Viet- nam war, a war he calls "an un- mitigated tragedy and disaster." Now, deposed ;from his Senate seat by a younger man, his name appears again on The Nation's credits as editorial associate, and The Michigan Daily, edited and man- aged by students of the University of Michigan. News phone: 764-0552. Second Class postage paid at Ann Arbor, Michi- gan, 420 Maynard St., Ann Arbor, Michigan 48104. Published daily Tues- day through Sunday morning Univer- sity year. Subscription rates: $9 by carrier, $10 by mail. he is launch old target- "I consid the most sex faces," Gru terview. He said1 cerned abou and interns eral, but criticism fo "The cou and it's nov said of Vie "It's surp people don' the disaster which will 1 of the live born." He says, over $100 1 sum not neglected i care of our: issue," he a In 1964! hearings on population ated with Committee- which is try ment activi "My inte trol, arose ago," he e "When I and when ing a new attack on an -overpopulation. [er it, next to peace, rious problem mankind ening said in an in- he is also deeply con- at the Pueblo incident. Ltional spying in gen- reserves his sharpest r the Vietnam war. cases in the slums of Boston I saw these large families living in tenements, children sickly, moth- er sickly, unable to support this ever-increasing brood. I felt then it was imperative that parents have access to the knowledge which would enable them to de- cide how many children they should have and at what inter- vals." already little ea commen His n tion,C writing editoria an aut He - newspap managir Trih L.. entry has been misled Gruening went into journalism Trmune w pretty apparent," he soon after Harvard Medical brief to tnam. School and, at managing editor managir rising to me that more of the Boston Traveler, wrote an His fi t realize the extent of editorial opposing a state law that its Her , the consequences of banned publicizing of information Public1 be with us for the rest about contraceptives, private s- of the people now " .oThe Thiseditorialruwasconside said, ha "We will have spent so perilous," Gruening called, spyingr illion on this war-a "that my boss, the editor of the Tonkin recoverable-we have morning paper, had the presses tion of n consequence to take stopped and the editorial ex cidental really burning domestic tracted. on the1 adds. Later, a's editor of the Boston "SoI Gruening held Senate Journal, Gruening wrote a simi- "it's ab the problem of over- lar editorial. It ran, but we lost investig and he now if affili- a lot of advertising," he notes. snoopin the Population Crisis The population problem is dif- Even -a voluntary group ferent now and larger because of Gruenin iing to expand govern- the population explosion, Gruen- Congre& ty in the area. ing said. editoria rest in population con- "It took 1,850 years to bring Congres over a half century about a population of one billion. venting xplains. Now, 118 years later, that popu- to Sou was in medical school lation is more than tripled and it consent going on obstetrical will double unless we do some- "Invo thingabout it every 30 years. We ing call 1 aelost the battle already, we on. have more. people on this arth than we can support," nted Gruening. new position on The Na- Gruening says, includes an occasional articles or d. He also is working on obiography. worked on three Boston pers and then became rg editor of The New York in World War I. After a ur in the Army, he became rng editor of The Nation. irst book was "Mexico And itage." The second, "The Pays," was an expose of power companies. United States, Gruening asn't had much luck with and he cited the Gulf of affair that led to escala- the Vietnam war, the ac- I firing by Israel last year Liberty, and the Pueblo. I think," says Gruening bout time that Congress ated this international g in depth." though he is out of office ng continues to prod the ss. He has prepared an 1 for his magazine urging ss to pass legislation pre- draftees from being sent theast Asia without their t. 'luntary servitude," Gruen- ed it. And the crusade goes journalist still writes Sthe news today by The Associated Press and College Press Service PENTAGON OFFICIALS said yesterday a decision to shift Sentinel antimissile sites farther from cities would rule out any significant expansion of the program for years. The option to shift the sites was among those considered by President Nixon as a means of easing public concern that an accidental explosion might destroy a nearby city. The Pentagon denies this possibility, but has said minor distance adjustments in the site proposals would be accept- able. Nixon expected to go ahead with the Sentinel program in some modified form in the next day or two. CRIMINAL DEFENDANTS whose conversations or "premises" were bugged by federal agents have a right to examine the government transcripts, the Supreme Court ruled yesterday. In a 5 - 3 decision, the court, in' an opinion written by Associate Justice Byron White, disagreed with a government position stating that examination of such documents should be done by a federal judge instead of the defendant's lawyers. COMMUNIST GUNNERS yesterday attacked the an- cient Vietnamese capital city of Hue for the first time in the 16-day-old spring offensive. Hue, hardest hit of any major city during the Communist Tet offensive of 1968,,had been spared new attacks while the Communists pounded Saigon and scores of provincial and district capitals with rockets and mortars. ABOUT 250,000 EGYPTIANS gave a hero's funeral yesterday to their late army chief Gen. Abdel Moneim Riad. The mourners chanted vows of vengance against Israel in one of the largest processions in Egypt's history. President Gamal Abdel Nasser led the line of marchers accompanying the flag-draped coffin through Cairo streets. Riad was wounded fatally Sunday in the second day of an artillery duel across the Suez canal. THE APOLLO 9 ASTRONAUTS were puzzled by warn- ing lights that flashed after they fired their rocket engine yesterday. The rocket 'was fired to line up for a final rocket burn that will bring them home Thursday. The warnings came from the propellant utilization gaug- ing system, a fuel gauge on the spacecraft. Other data, how- ever, showed the crew had enough fuel to finish their flight. The lights first came on during earlier firings both aboard rthe spacecraft and in mission control. * . . FRENCH ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY yesterday boosted gold prices to a new high of $48.41 on the French market. The release of a survey of Western Europe's central bankers showing that France is still financially strong enough to cope with the present outflow of francs beyond its borders did little to stabilize the gold value. The immediate cause for the nervousness was a 24-hour general strike French. labor unions were preparing in order to back up demands for higher wages. It would be the first major work stoppage in France since last spring. WIDE-SPREAD JOB GAINS boosted the nations total employment rate to an all-time high, the government re- ported yesterday. The February figure of 76.2 million employed workers represents the fifth straight month.of increased employment. The unemployment rate remained at a 15-year low of 3.3 per cent, or about 2.9 million persons, for the third straight month. * * * THE YUGOSLAV COMMUNIST PARTY CONGRESS opening. yesterday was boycotted by the five nations that invaded Czechoslovakia last August. An announcement carried by the Tanjug news agency said the five nations and the Czechoslovak Communists cited "disagreement with certain Yugoslav attitudes" as the reason for refusing invitations. This underlines the split in the Communist sphere over the intervention in Czechoslovakia to halt that country's reform course. The boycotting countries, Poland, East Germany, Hun- gary, Bulgaria, and the Soviet Union all took part in the invasion. PROFESSIONAL THEATRE PROGRAM 1 HELD O ER OXNATIONAL. GEERALCORPORATION UX H EL D OER FOX EASTERN TE^EATES 6TH WEEK FOR VILLaGE 375 No. MAPLE RD.-"769.1300 The Theatre Will Be Emptied After 7:00 P.M. Showing Fri. -Sat. 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