IVy 1 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Nursing Shortage: A New Study ROMNEY'S YEAR State ReportShows Surplus Can he nationwide shortage of hospital nurses be solved by get- ting inactive professional nurses to work part-time? There are strong theories, pro' and con, on this question. To seek an answer, Kenneth M. Bayer of the University Medical Center sur- veyed the attitudes of nurses liv- ing in the vicinity of the 1000- bed University Hospital. His findings, although limited, indicatethe problem hasimore complications than appear on the surface. Good Potential Nationwide, there are about 450,- 000 inactive nurses, according to estimates by the United States De- partment of Health, Education and Welfare. Baker said, "The poten- tial for meeting hospital needs from this group is apparent" even though "demands imposed by full- time family responsibilities are inconsistent with the demands of full-time employment." Baker, an administrative resi- dent at University Hospital, sought to find if there was some pattern which force inactive nurses to be inactive, and to learn what nurses thought of part-time employment. He canvassed 199 nurses who had renewed their registrationsI during the past year; 97 were in- active and 102 were employed part-time. They account for one- quarter of all currently register- ed nurses in the area who were not working full-time. Part-Time Baker's findings showed the University of Michigan Hospital would not be able to fill its staff nurse positions through part-time employment. The reason,he said, was that "the times during which inactive nurses were willing or, able to work did not coincide with the times nursing coverage was most needed." In addition, family duties of in- active nurses require them to re- main inactive in spite of the eco- nomic advantage they might gain. Many nurses, however, were not Concerned about finances. Baker said husbands of 36 per cent of the initacve nurses earned more than $10,000 annually; 11 per centof the husbands of part-time working nurses earned over $10,- 000. Pregnancy About one-third of all inactive aurses had left nursing because of pregnancy. Twenty-nine per ent of them said they would re- turn if part-time work would fit their schedule. Others said they would return to nursing if they could first take a refresher course (15 per cent), or if a serious shortage of nurses prevented patients from getting hospital care (15 per cent). Only 7 per cent said they would definitely not return to work. Some of these were beyond retirement age. From this evidence, Baker spec- ulated that "currently inactive nurses may feel a degree of in- security about returning to work because of . . . the changing tech- nology of nursing and medical care." Commitment Based on the number of nurses who would return to work if pa- tients could not otherwise be tak- en care of, Baker concluded: "Nurses generally have a high personal commitment to their pro- fession. It would appear that hos- pitals may have some success in appealing to currently inactive nurses during those times of great need for their services." The three major reasons for leaving nursing-cited by 68 per cent of inactive nurses-all relate to responsibilities at home, Baker found. They include: pregnancy, family responsibilities and hus- band's objection to the wife work- ng. He suggested hospitals may have to reappraise the manner in which they use part-time nurses because "It appears reasonable to expect that presently inactive nurses will not be very ready, willing or able to compromise fam- ily responsibilities to any great degree in order to return to work. A requirement (that part-time nurses work 8-hour. shifts) may effectively exclude a nurse with family responsibilities from em- ployment." U' Researchers Examine Breezes of the Great Lakes LANSING (R) - Gov. George W. Romney released recently a year-end financial report showing Michigan has a net surplus of $48.8 million and termed the out- look for the coming year "very favorable." Barring an auto strike or other "major interuption" in the econ- omy, the governor said, the state should again have a surplus of about $50 million at the end of the 1964-65 fiscal year. Romney added that the state's financial position is sufficiently strong to rule out any apparent need for tax increases in the im- mediate future. Pleased Obviously pleased with the fi- nancial report submitted to him by Controller Glenn Allen Jr., Romney told newsmen his ad- ministration was the first in 14 years that hasn't asked for a tax increase. The report by Allen bore out un- official reports earlier that the state would have $48.8 million in its general fund as of June 30, 1964, after paying its debts in- cluding $20 million for liquor bills. The liquor payments had lag- ged up to $80 million behind at Launch Probe In Air Study University engineers have suc- cessfully launched the fifth in a series of "thermosphere probes" from the launching facilities at Ft. Churchill, Manitoba, according to word received here yesterday. The probe measured several constituents of the atmosphere, at altitudes to 185 miles, includ- ing molecular nitrogen, molecular and atomic oxygen and electron densities and temperatures. The experiment was desigiled to make these measurements at mid- day at a high latitude for correla- tion with other rocket and satel- lite data about the sun's affect on the upper atmosphere. Launch- ed at 4:28 p.m. Tuesday, the probe was coordinated with others be- ing made throughout the world on Wednesday as part of the pro- gram of the International Year of the Quiet Sun. Devised by the Space Physics Laboratory in cooperation with the Goddard Space Flight Center of NASA, the probe is ejected from a "clamshell" nose cone carried by a spaerobee rocket. At 75 miles altitude, the nose cone opens and ejects the 40-pound, instrument- laden probe, which measures and sends data as it continues on its trajectory. times since the "cash crisis" of r" 1959. 610.6 Million Allen's report showed Michigan collected $610.6 million in revenues during the last fiscal year, with expenditures of $525 million. Money over and above what was appropriated, total $13 million, or $6 million more than expected, Allen said. Most of the increase results from reduced spending for welfare --a reflection of higher employ- ment, Allen said, but "in part reflect administrative efficiency" and recommendations of the gov- ernor's "task force" on govern- ment economy. Provisional Allen said all the figures in the report are "provisional" and will not be confirmed until a final audit in September. GOV. GEORGE ROMNEY But he said the year-end es- timates, projected last March, Art Exhibit Opens turned out to be "extraordinarily accurate" and he does not anti- At 'U' Ga11eries cipate and significant changes. Romney said he was in favor of The 12th annual Michigan Re- keeping the surplus on hand against a time when the state gional Art Exhibition went on dis- might find itself in need of a play at the University yesterday. cash reserve. cashreseve.The exhibition In the Rack- "Without marked changes, our estimates for the current fiscal ham galleries includes 86 paintings year should stand up," he said. from Michigan painters, many of "Any major interruptions could them award winners in local and hit us-but on the other hand we regional shows. Forty-six cities will have a surplus that puts us will be represented in the exhibi- beyond the point where we'd face tion, to remain on display through any needed adjustments." Aug. 14. Atop Eagle's Nest, a high sand dune near Holland, Mich., Uni- versity radar men are tracking small balloons this week to help meteorologists study lake and land breezes. They release the balloons inland and out on Lake Michigan and trace the balloons' paths with the radar, The research will help the team determine how strong the breezes are, how far inland they go, how they develop and what happens to NameW ages Highest Cost s The greatest single cost item in the use of programmed learning materials in industry is the train- ee's wages during the instruction, a University survey of costs in the use of programmed learning and teaching machines has dis- closed. Results of the survey have just been published by the Center for Programmed Learning for Busi- ness of the business administra- tion graduate school. According to Geary A. Rum- mler, director of the center, the survey was conducted to obtain ac- curate data on the cost of in- plant programming as well as to invalidate the various pat formulas for determining programming costs. The survey also ound that sal- ary costs reflecting the program-, mer's time constitute the largest portion of program development costs, Runimler explains. The pro- grammer time requirements are based on several factors, includ- ing: -Skill in analyzing subject and constructing frames, -Magnitude of the program- ming task, - Accessibility of information pertaining to the program, and -Authority to make decisions regarding the program. them, according to prof. E. Wen- dell Hewson and Gerald C. Gill, who are directing the National Science Foundation-sponsored project. "The whole operation is just to build up our basic knowledge of these breezes," Prof. Gill explain- ed. The breezes, of course, are in- timately associated with broader questions of weather formation and effects. The meteorologists particularly want to learn how thick a typical (Great Lakes) lake breeze is. Al- though scientific opinion holds it's probably aroun. 500 to 800 feet, the weather researchers think it's more. "We have evidence these breezes may be 2500 to 3000 feet thick coming off the lake with a return flow (back over the lake) aloft," they explained.t Art Fair Brings Crowds . . GROUPS OF POTENTIAL CUSTOMERS examine the merchan- dise and haggle over the prices as Ann Arbor's Street Art Fair opened with over 400 exhibitors. Booths like this one, selling toys and souvenirs, were a sidelight of the fair. CONFERENCE. Critic. Views 'Rebellion' Of Avant-Garde Artists Avant-garde art has removed itself rebelliously from society, from the tastes and desires of the masses, Franz Schulze, professor of art at Lake Forest College of Illinois said yesterday. "The masses have found their satisfaction in the rear-guard: the trashy, commercial art of the sort which replaced the folk arts after the industrial revolution," ac- cording to Schulze, who also is art critic of the Chicago Daily News. He spoke at the 12th annual Regional Art Conference. "Hhe nature of the avant-garde is forever to revolt and to move forward," he said. "There is ap- parently no other way to make lively art in a society like our modern one, in which new forms quickly become formalized." Schulze declared, "It is not enough for an enlightened art lov- er today to have finally got Pi- casso's message, or even Jackson Pollock's and that of the abstract expressionists. For by now these forms are forms of the past, though they were lavant-garde but a few years ago.' "Now the viewer is confronted by a still more avant (advanced) garde-the muscular vulgarities of pop art, and by the uncompromis- ing severities of geometric and optical painting," Schulze said. "The avant-garde, clearly, is moving at full tilt today. The poor layman thus remains as bewild- ered as ever, and it affords him little solace to have caught up with Pollock, for the avant-garde moves ever ahead of him like the carrot before the donkey." Across Campus The Audio-Visual Center will present two films, "Julius Caesar: the Rise of the Roman Empire" and "Chartres Cathedral" at 1:30 p.m. today in the Multipurpose Rm. of the UGLI. Analysis .. . Prof. Sherman M. Kuhn of the linguistics department will speak "On Syntactic Analysis of an Old English Translation from Latin" at 7:30 p.m. today in Rackham Lecture Hall. Thurber Carnival*.. The University Players will pre- sent James Thurber's "A Thurber Carnival" with music directed by Morton Achter, at 8 p.m. today in Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre. Recital . .. Stacy Carpenter will present an organ recital at 8:30 p.m. today in Hill Aud. . And Lone Banjo Player AWAY FROM THE CROWD at the Art Fair yesterday, a lone banjo player strums unnoticed. He is located behind the paint- ings, shielded from the people looking at them. U 20%S ALE ON EVERYTHING! India Art Shop 330 Maynard (near Nickels Arcade) Join The Daily Staff ...v...1w ;.. .., ,.:; "-..-#.: "" .. * **"RN1r.,4* **P rV*tr., y*,*:d r... .'X . ":- :..: _....DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN . . ~$.'tWfl.~' .~W. *"V~..%' V'.%VI..%V -Y The Daily Official Bulletin is an official publication of the Univer- sity of Michigan for which The Michigan Daily assumes no editorial responsibility. Notices should be sent in TYPEWRITTEN form to Room 3564 Administration Building before 2 p.m. of the day preceding publica- Lion, and by 2 p.m. Fuiday for Satur- day and Sunday. THURSDAY, JULY 30 Day Calendar Audio-Visual Education Cnter Film Preview-'Julius Caesar: The Rise of the Roman Empire" and "Chartres Ca- thedral": Mulitpurpose Room, Under- graduate Library, 1:30 p.m. Dept. of Linguistics Forum Lecture- Sherman M. Kuhn, University of Mich- igan, "On Syntactic Analysis of an Old English Translation from Latin": Rackham Amphitheatre, 7:30 p.m. University Players, Dept. of Speech Production-James Thurber's "A Thur- ber Carnival": Lydia Mendelssohn The- atre, 8 p.m. School of Music Degree Recital-Stacy Carpenter, organist: Hill Aud., 8:30 p.m. Doctoral Examination for Sister Mary Florence Heyna, English & Education; thesis "High School English Programs in the Dioceses of Toledo and of Cleve- land, Ohio," Thurs., July 30, 2601 Ha- ven Hall, at 4:15 p.m. Chairman, C. F. Wells. Doctoral Examination for Victor- No- 6uo Kobayashi, Education; thesis: "JohnDewey in Japanese Educational Thought," Thurs., July 30, 4024 Uni- versity High School, at 2 p.m. Chair- man, C. A. Eggertsen. Candidates for the "Master's Degree who have not yet picked up their tickets for the Masters Breakfast may do so before 4 p.m., Fri., July 31, in Room 3510 Administration Bldg. The breakfast will be held on Sun., Aug. 2, at 9 a.m. In the Michigan Union. Doctoral Examination for Eric Davis, Sanitary Engineering; thesis: 'tThe Si- multaneous Sand Filtration of Floccu- lant and Non-Flocculant Particulate Matter," Thurs., July 30, 275 W. Engrg. Bldg., at 2 p.m. Chairman, J. A. Bor- chardt. Doctoral Examination for John Willi- son Crichon, Philosophy; thesis: "The Principles of Living Beings: An Ex- ploratory Essay," Thurs., July 30, 2216 Angell Hall, at 2 p.m. Chairman, A. W. Burks. General Notices Regents' Meeting: September 18. Con- nai.~ications for consideration at this meeting must be in the President's hands not later than September 4. Law School Admission Test: Candi- dates who are registered to take the Law School Admission Test on August 1 are asked to report to 130 Business Administration Bldg. on Saturday morn- ing at 8:30 a.m. Placement POSITION OPENINGS: Aleo Products, Inc., Schenectady, N.Y. --Cost Supervisor; degree with acct. ma- jor and applicable cost exp. required. St. Regis Paper Co., N.Y.--Researcher and Report Writer; B.S. In Pulp and Paper Tech., or Forestry, M.A. in Mktg., or Econ., or Market Research. Banking and Loan Corp. -- Has an opening or two in Financial Pos.- Management. Requires Bus. Ad., de- gree or train.; age range 32-40 and older. Some banking plus indust. cor- porate exper. CPA helpful, but not nec- essary. Probate and Juvenile Court, Port Hur- on, Mich.-Pos. avail, for Juvenile Pro- bation Counselor. Should have degree in Soc. work, Psych., Soc., or Police Ad. * * *" For further information, please call General Div., Bureau of Appts., 3200 SAB, Ext. 3544. AT 9:15 P.m. SNEAK TIP -- You Laughed at "Mister Rob- erts"-Wait until you see ". We can't Advertise the Sneak Preview Title. But we have given you a good hint. STATE Theatre Come at 7 or 9:15 p.m. V Regular feature shown both before and after preview. r I a, __________________________.1 4 WATCH REPAIRING Sr 717 N. University L Ave. I University Players (Department of Speech) -11 presents Opera Dept., School of Music in DANIEL AUBER'S FRA -1DIAVOLO0 I El . . . t FZJ 'IN, ee'3m-lff'-ZA-- DIAL 665-6290 Shows at 1:00-3:35 6:15 & 9:00 I r frc'ctro-z 4nModern eGona _ _ ._ I 11 I i 11