THE NIXON MEN See editorial page :Y 414i43autx :43at-t DE-FROST Low-I10 Partly cloudy rnd warmer Vol. LXX X, No. 88 Ann Arbor, Michigan-Wednesday, January 15, 1969 Ten Cents Twelve Pages t Pass-fail: By RON LANDSMAN Entitled "Pas In the two years since its in- Some Implicatic auguration by the literary college, Meaningful Coml the pass-fail grading option has port outlines the: met with mixed reaction. the literary colle One expert, Charles Pascal of tion, analyzingi the Center for Research on Learn- how it has affec ing and Teaching, believes "some of students andi adjustments are in order if the The report wa pass-fall project is to adequately cal's own empiric serve its participants." other report wr In a recently completed report, Miller of Rutgei Pascal charges that "the phrase titled, "Measure liberal education' is" a dormant Weight: A Polemi one" in the literary college. And the College Grad he suggests the college be renamed In support of "the College of Literature or Pascal cites the( Science or the Arts" to reflect the current program specialization which he says is -The structure fostered by the present grading project here su system. practice, "pass-f As a solution, Pascal suggests for the same old that pass-fail grading be extended grubbing";. to all courses outside the student's -Although stud major subject. what was hoped, Specialization or a ss-Fail Grading: ons for a More promise," the re- major features of ege's pass-fail op- its operation and cted the behavior instructors. as based on Pas- cal study and an- ritten by Stuart rs University, en- e, Number, and nical Statement of ding Problem." his conclusions e features of the t: of the pass-fail iggests that, "in ail is a new title game" of "grade- dents are doing "venturing" into areas they otherwise would not have tried, the courses have not been appropriately re-structured. failing to provide the students with "more meaningful experi- ences in these courses." The way pass-fail is now organ- ized, Pascal notes, students are actually encouraged to try and get C's. Currently, the only dif- ference between taking a course for a grade or on pass-fail is what appears on the transcript. A, B and C grade become passes. D and F grades become fails. Thus, most students sought C's, though largely without too much success. There was a rough linear correlation between s t u d e n t s' grade point averages and the grades they got under pass-fail, even though they tried conscious- ly to only get C's. "The author had underestimated the effects of about eight or more years of academic conditioning," Pascal writes. They couldn't give up studying for the grade, he says. Pascal cites Miller on this effect of the pass-fail system. "It does not relieve the student of the bur- den of competition, anxiety, and the rest, nor does it change the teaching situation. It does not go very far in response to the faults of the grading system," Miller concludes. Pascal also considers one par- ticular feature of the motivation for pass-fail at the University, the objective of urging more students to take courses outside their area of specialization. Students responded to the pass- fail option by taking courses they otherwise wouldn't have, but the results were not too favorable courses for majors. "The main criticism of the pres- ent pass-fail option is that the needs of these studentsa fom being satisfied," Pasc cludes on that point. He argues that studen experiment in a course far their interest may want sor far different than the s who normally take it. Many of these coursesa ented toward the concentr that field, Pascal notes. He cites the" example< math majors who took a of art course on pass-fail. "The course was geared g ly for a humanities 'audien more specifically for history majors. Certainly the nee expectations of this audier quite different from the tw ly' math students, who se eral and parsimonious c rather than essential deta To solve this, he advoca scheduling of pass-fails liberal are far where there are enough students al con- and making the instructor formal ly aware of what students are on ts who pass-fail, outside And in expanding the pass-fai nething option to all non-major courses tudents all non-concentrators would b placed in these sections, Pasca are ori- says. ator in He would also expand pass-fai for underclassmen especially t of two encourage wider selection of ele history mentary courses. "Pass-fail in introductory cour- eneral- ses would enable these students t ce' and make more intrinsically valuabl y of art choices for majors, rather tha ds and be influenced by the grades the: nce are receive which may or may no o 'lone- represent a reflection of thei ek gen- needs and abilities," he writes. oncepts Pascal counters the common ils." argument, that grading is needed tes the as the basis of selection for grad sections uate school admissions by noting degree , that their major concern is with - major area of study. He comprom- n ises his desire to get away from the grading system by allowing [1 it in just that area. ,. Pascal's final point is the pos- e sible effect of pass-fail on teach- 11 ing. "A pass-fail teacher will not be allowed to use grades in order l to place the burden of learning o solely on the setudents," he writes. - If a course fails to achieve its ob- jectives, it may be the teacher who - must revise the course, not nec- o assarily the student who must e change his ways he notes. n "With this type of teaching,. Y pass-fail' should become pass- t incomplete,' as in graduate school r seminars" he concludes. "n any event, if the objectives are not n achieved, then remedial exercise d should be performed by either the - teacher or by the students or by g both parties." Johnson,Nixon IHA asks support surtax freshman Drivile tes By The Associated Press . Calling inflation the nation's 'number one economic challenge" President Johnson last night recommended the By GEORGE MILLER continuation of the 10 per cent income tax surcharge in his In a reversal of its former posi- final State of the Union address. tion, Inter-House Assembly rec- ommended last night that the President-elect Richard Nixon said yesterday he support- freshman dormitory resiflence re- ed Johnson's suggestion and will retain the surcharge as long quirement be eliminated. as the Vietnam war, the budget and economic conditions The proposal, rejected last fall warrant it. by IHA and the Board of Gov- In a formal and sentimental farewell to the Congress and ernors of the Residence Halls, is on the agenda of tomorrow's board to the nation, Johnson outlined what he thought were the meeting. And IHA's recommenda- eaccomplishments 'f his ad- tion may have a significant in- ministration and the continu- fluence on the final decision. ing problems which face any In addition, the Regents will president, hold an open hearing tomorrow concerning dormitory require- Johnson said regretfully that it ments for freshman students, as has not been possible to restore well as sophomore women, and 0peace in Vietnam but that "the may vote on the issues Friday. prospects for peace are better to- e rdeci of he a rd of day than at any time since North goI pr ol ea motn 'Vietnam began its invasion" more factor in the Regental delibera- se e i i.than four years ago. tion. OSA committee asks'U to aid tenants' union By DAN SHARE The operating committee to the Office of Student Affairs reached agreement yesterday that the University should comply with the requests of the rent strike steering commit- tee for assistance in so far as it can. The operating committee is an advisory board to Acting Vice President for Student Affairs Barbara Newell composed of students. The rent strike formally requested the Bureau of Off- -Daly -Ja)C tas dt What role poi- the(a sistan~t prfe~Csor? Apprentice or equal, what role for the assistant professor? This was one of the major questions discussed by a panel at the American Association of University Professors (AAC'P) meeting las night. The professors who took part were, from left, William Cressey, Romance languages; Arthur By ROBERT KRAFTOWITZ It was the first time in 169 years that an outgoing president; ihaZfaia o haQ ,,o- h TT... , Sophomore women were granted apartment permission by the board UnvestyAtiir s a a te M e o the Un- last year, pending final approval Schwartz, math; Roger Lind, social terday announced a modification message person by the Regents. This approval is and Julian Gendel, chemistry. of the procedure for selecting sen- Concerning the economic prob- expected to be granted at Friday's for officers in thkeor of charges lem, Johnson said, "It is impera- meeting. br the Black Student Union of tive that we do all we rf- Prof. Donald Eschman of the rLI' TON IS WORSE "potential discrimination," sponsibly can to resist inflation geology department, a board mem- The planned changes, howevr, while maintaining our prosperity." ber, told The Daily last night that. Johnson said that the increased to his knowledge, the four faculty posal prospects for peace in Vietnam are members on the board hold to the In October, representatives of based on the fact that the U.S. board's decision that the freshman BSU charged that the present pro- military situation there has im- live-in requirement be retained. cedure of appointing officers al- proved and a structure for nego- He said he expected the four lows for the possibility of bias. tiations has been laid down in student members, elected to the By CHARLES SILKOWITZ dis They proposed that senior officers Paris board by IHA, would make a case Ann Arbor SDS voted last night I '. be selected by internal elections. "The free nations of Asia know tomorrow for abolishing the rule. to protest what they believe to be Isai All UAC members with a minimum now what they were not sure of The IHA recommendation to the today's appearance on campus of for tenure of two or three months at the time of the North Viet- board includes an effective date a recruiter from Litton Industries. 1 would be allowed to vote, under namese invasion - that America , of next fall. The standard stipu- °Members of SDS also plan to talk no the BSU proposal. cares about their freedom, and its lation that students under 21 to the recruiter about their can own vital interests in Asia and the Under the present system, the Pacifi." Jnsn si must have parental permission to charges against Litton. Gil applicants are Teviewed by a Joint Pacific," Johnson said. live outside of the residence halls The group plans to leaflet and of Conference Committee of the Johnson said the quest for a is maintained. to produce a guerrilla theatre pro- wil Union and the League (JCC) stable peace in the Middle East is H duction but apparently will not Ja eaue. ongoninmnycaitl H sidiIHA members agreed that liter- j _ ___... . This committee arrives at) a sla te going on in many capitals. He said ature concerning dorm living, as of officers after considering rec- "there must be a settlement of the w ar the tight off-campus hous- ommendations by the outgoing armed hostility that exists in the well as A g UAC senior offices. These eco - region today. It is a threat not ing market should be relayed to r ! mendatons are of key importance only to Israel and the Arab states, entering freshmen. work school, the moderator; Chester Leach, engineering college rdcketecruite rupt the recruiting. "We have plans for blocking the doors," d Paul Bernstein, a spokesman SDS. However, Litton apparently has plans to send a recruiter onto mpus today. According to Dave llette, assistant to the director placement, the Litton recruiter 1 not appear on campus until n. 20. Discuss: proposed< followedt meeting o Daily. Th bers obje fearing a dom of d Followin sent Bern give an a protest. ' + n } LtUt s according 1 urged plaltation ples" and and have usually been accepted in the past. The blacks have contended thatI under this system, any officer can block an applicant fron4 senior office. Ron Harris, a BSU representa- tive declined to comment on UAC's decision. He said he had not been informed in writing of the final plans for this year. However, he indicated he was pleased with! the progress being made. "We feel that UAC has made great strides to change their See UAC, Page 8 but to the entire world.' The President said he is submit-' ting to Congress today a budget which will provide a $3.4 billion surplus for the fiscal year begin-I ning next July if the surtax is continued. He gave no specific figures on the spending total, but it was generally expected to be around $195 billion. Striking a note of continued commitment to the nation's ma- jor problems, Johnson outlined a series of proposals on which the budget director's office will send to Congress drafts of legislation. severai questions raised by the in Califo members point up the problems ;ichannellin involved in extending freedom of V 'eaflIC1nI t-s eS dents ri choice to freshmen. Bernstein The abolition of the requirement Job Corp would significantly increase the By JILL CRABTREE from the 57 cooperatives, fraterni- excessive ability of students to control their Two members of student coop- ties and sororities which the FBA pared its lives but might also increase the erative houses and a non-student supplies with food. tration ca difficulty freshmen have coping who was formerly in a cooperative ' Two new non-student members Unlike with the new environment, are running for the board of di- will be chosen by the present Litton "is Office of University Housing of- rectors of the Fraternity Buyer's board at a future date. bad, butI ficials expect only a small loss Association in an attempt to re- Th didat f SDS's p of freshmen from dorms and thus form FBA buying practices. tive houses charge the FBA is buy- tive and no real shortage of occupants, Six students will be chosen for ing meat and produce from whole- Bernstein but apartments may be unable to the FBA board tonight at the an- salers who demand "exploitive A fact accommodate all of them. nual meeting of representatives prices." In addition, they charge mation on the FBA with apathy and an un- has been] willingness to experiment with tributed o alternative methods and suppliers. illa the hn,3 d t, ion and the vote ont activities against Litt the expulsion from t of a reporter f'om T e majority of SDS me cted to press covera violation of their "fr ebate." ng the meeting, S nstein to The Daily account of the propo alleged abuses inclu to Bernstein, the "E of the third world p( a Job Corps operat rnia which "acts as ng agent for black s ght into the Arm also charged that 1 s camp "is run unc discipline." He co operation to a conce amp. Dow, Bernstein sa not so obvious. Dow Litton is worse." rotest actions are ten "subject to chang said. sheet containing infi n Litton's alleged abu prepared and will be d n the campus. The gu atre script or scena been written by t Campus Housing to inform all students seeking housing in- formation about the r e n t strike by distributing a fact sheet and asked Mrs. Newell to help provide the committee with information "which is s relevant for the protection of t tenants in Ann Arbor." I r Steve Schwartz, Grad, a mem- ber of the operating committee, indicated the committee felt there 18i'rllpt1o11 - would be no problem distributing, the information requested and that this need not reflect any By HAROLD ROSENTHAL policy position on the part of the The Radical Caucus last nigh University. recommended that a disruptive "The second request," Schwartz I sit-in be held in the office of lit said, "is up in the air as far as erary college Dean William Hay where the information niight be to demand the end of languagt and if it is public. If we have it and distribution requirements. and it is public information there The group made plans for the is no reason not to give it to the mass meeting Jan. 27 to discus; thrent strike." further action on course require 7he Mrs. Newell said last night the ments. The proposal foi a disrup m University is "considering intern- tive sit-in will be presented for ge, ally" the rent strike's requests. consideration at the meeting. ee- She declined to say whether she Radical Caucus members sai would instruct the Bureau of Off- they expect Student Governmen DS Campus Housing to provide the Council to support the mass meet to requested information. She did ing. sed say, however, that she would At that meeting the Caucus wil reach a decision "very soon." recommend that a disruptive sit ide, Schwartz said the committee in take place in Dean Hays' of ex- reached no decision on whether or fice demanding that the executive eo- not the University should take a committee of the literary colleg ion stand on the principles involved immediately vote unanimously to a in the strike. He said there were recommend the end of the re tu- questions of the University's liabi- quirements. y." lity which would have to be re- The sit-in would run contin the solved before the operating com- uously until this demand is met der mittee could decide It would probably begin s o o n af m- ,In addition to requesting the ter the mass meeting. en- distribution of a fact sheet, the Bruce Levine, '71, said the sit rent strike asked for such infor- in should demand that the execu id, mation as "a list of all registered tive committee meet immediately is landlords, the addresses of their and that the participants not ac holdings, the number of units at cept a promise at a later time ta- each address, the mortgage hold- Eric Chester, Grad, said thata e," ers of those properties and any in- promise by the executive commit formation which is relevant for tee to end requirements would ef or- the protection of tenants in Ann fectively end the requirements. ses Arbor." . The Caucus plans to continu is- It is unclear at this time wheth- speaking to groups that have In er- er the University possesses all the vited them and will launch a mas rio requested information but the sive leafletting campaign 'to build his rent strike steering committee said up feelings on the issue. there are two main sources with- er- in the University which would be The leaflets will discuss the re ost ost hlpful cent oe ifaculty meeting. and the pro- do One is the Off-campus Housing RailCucshirnMr is Bureau which the committee says Radical Caucus chairman Mlr 3ut has solicited some of the informa- , tin McLaughlin, "71, said the lit in tion. erary college faculty should have The other source is the registr a- acted on the issue Monday des- be Tonaire filled out during registra- ,pite the presence of students a he tion. There is an optional sectionuthe meeting. The faculty had ad is which asks the name of a stu- ourned the meeting, dent's landlord. j A new group on campus. t hc Ne eortcColto xrs , t r by t 1 I re li C - E G. -e -' - CIR CUS TI adc 1oG Protesters plan By BILL LAVELY tion activities will be "non-vio Over two hundred students lent and non-disiruptive." inaugural gala - from Ann Arbor are expected to leave 'for Washington D.C. this weekend to stage a "counter in- augural" on the eve of Richard Nixon's inauguration. Sponsors of the protest, in- cluding National Mobilization Committee, Southern Christian Leadership Conference, and New Party, are hoping that as many Gordon explained that Ann Arbor will serve as a general staging area f6r protesters in Michigan. Besides the 200 from Ann Arbor, students from Wayne State and Eastern Mich- igan University will leave from Ann Arbor for the nation's cap- ital, Instead of the traditional staged along the parade route in the opposite direction of the inaugural parade route. Later in the day marchers will celebrate a "counter in- augural ball" in a circus tent pitched on the Mall, between the Capitol and Lincoln Memorial. On Inauguration Day a "peaceful protest" will take place along the parade route. Gordon said that a parade backlash of repression against Washington's black population. However, Gordon notes that the SCLC is supporting the pro- test. "The SCLC is not going to do anything that will cause more repression against blacks, ' Gor- don said. "There will be no civ- il disobedience and no provo- cation." He added that he thought the Theresa Civello, who is running I morning. as a graduate student and stewardI The players will perform who at Vail Cooperative House, said, ever they can attract the in "The houses in FBA represent attention. "We will probably $21/2 million in buying power. The something where the recruiter FBA acts as if we should be grate- interviewing," Bernstein said. "B ful to the wholesalers. who supply we will probably also perform us. the fishbowl." She said that Vail house, buy- Asked whether there would ing. independently, had savings of a performance on the Diag. } from 25-40 per cent on meat and commented: "The fishbowl produce, and claimed wholesalers warmer.' supplying the FBA charged up to When asked the purpose of p 1100 per cent mark-up on some sonally voicing their grievances items. the recruiter. Bernstein repli FBA directors, at a Monday "Expose is a better word." meeting in which Miss Civello The 15 to seven vote to bar t er- to ed, the See EEK Pae 8New Democratic Coalition expres- See SE - P 8 sed interest in being one of the sponsors of the 'mass meeting and in supporting action that is taken. ),pen hearing They cannot make any decision on thi until they hold a meeting a (