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Vol. LXXX, No. 33 Ann Arbor, Michigan-Saturday, October 11, 1969 Ten Cents

Eight Pages


Medica
By JASON STEINMAN
The executive faculty of the Medical
School has abolished its letter-grade
systems in favor of a pass-fail program
for all courses.
The measure, passed Tuesday, will
take effect next semester for all fresh-
men, sophomores, and juniors. It is
the first time pass-fail has been adopted
for required courses.
Three years ago, the medical school
instituted pass-fail for elective cours-
es in the second term of the senior
year only.
Departments in the medical school
will continue to test students as they
see fit. Students transcripts, however,
will i rry ol ft ass-fail designations
allu ±acuILy evaluaions, which largely
determine where a student is accepted
for his internship.
Students have previously been rank-
ed according to grades, but with the
pass-fail system, relative class standings
will be based on these narrative evalua-
tions.
Now, says Prof. Gerald Abrams of the
pathology department, "someone will
have to evaluate this narrative com-

SSchool
mentary. Before we had quantitative
facts, the students' class rankings.
"The only way to sort out one person
from another is on the basis of these
narrative comments," says Abrams. "I
have a little more faith in quantitative
evaluations, but I'm sure it will work
out for all the students."
Despite the new system's attempt to
avoid fine student comparisons, na-
tional board exams which medical stu-
dents take may end up providing t h e
same measure as the grades anyway.
Students are tested at the end of
their sophomore year in the basic sci-
ences, and in clinical sciences at the end
of their junior year.
Hospitals often rely on board results
to screen intern applicants, although at
least one school - Yale - has refused
to release their students' scores.
Students have generally responded
enthusiastically to the policy change.
"The system is better with the
change," says Keith LaFerrier, '71, vice
president of the state chapter of the
Student American Medical Association.
"Although there's some objection be-
cause some think it will remove the

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goes pass-
stimulus to study, I think it still is showed stu
much better than before." tem.
Jo Ivey, .'71, one of the students who The firs
initiated the senior pass-fail three years cane as t
ago, agrees with LaFerriere. "I think by the Fa
it's a good idea," she said. "It won't culum, anf
remove the stimulus to study because of facultys
the material will still be there to be elected froi
mastered." FCC pas
"The change represents something to the Ac
positive," says Al Lichter, '72, "by re- composed
moving pressure, creating cooperation tives.
among students. We wanted to be eval- From the
uated on how we performed as a phy- executivec
sician and not on multiple c h o i c e partment
exams and other means. executive
sors or hi
"And it was one of the first times Tuesday af
that an important student-initiated Med sch
program fought its way right through hope to e
the faculty, through the committees and counseling
to being instituted." - to be mor
The present junior class initiated the For theJ
idea for a total pass-fail system three the overall
years ago - organizing discussion curriculum
groups with faculty, and submitting that will e
charts and graphs showing the success his special
of the system at other schools. being dela
Students also submitted a poll which ments.

ail
udents favored the new sys-
t step toward acceptance
he proposal was considered
culty Conference on Curri-
advisory committee composed
appointees and four students
tm each class.
sed the proposal and sent it
Edemic Program Committee,
of departmental representa-
ere the proposal went to the
committee, composed of de-
chairmen, and then to the
faculty - associate profes-
gher - which finally acted
fternoon. '
ool students also say they
nact a more comprehensive
system to enable the student
e aware of his courses.
future, they hope to increase
flexibility of the med school
: a wider variety of courses
enable the student to pursue
ty more directly, instead of*
yed by med school require-


General Hershey
WASH1INGTON ~-Lt. Gen.
Lewis B. Hershey will retire ~v
Feb 16 after 28 years as di-
rector of the Selective Service
System, the White House an-
nounced yesterday.
President Nixon issued a
statementannouncinghe
would appoint Hershey as his
adviser on manpower mobili-
zation a nd would nominate ~<
him for promotion to the -
grade of full general.
White House press secretary
Ronald L. Ziegler told newsmen
Hershey's successor has not y e t
been chosen but would probably
be a civilian.
Ziegler said the successor would
be announced "In the very near
future" and would be appointed
deputy director ofSelective Ser-
the transition on Feb. 16, 1970.
After that date, Hershey is to
advise the President on manpower
mobilization problems, aid in the
transition to a new draft system
which would call up the youngest
men first, and "h e I p develop a
standby draft system for the per- --Associated Press
iod when the nation adopts an Gen. Hershey and protesters
all-volunteer armed force," thetlns4
President's announcement said.
L a s t month, White House NEW EVENTS SLA TED
spokesmen firmly denied reports
by CBS News thNixond panne
"eane are absolutely no plans to
Despite frequent public on-r t rnS
repcetGenralwthHershey tl
slaughts, Hershey was kept on the
job and praised by eight successiveonm
administrations.Vita
Asobrlizats pobles, ae i ne tnam
war and the draft mounted, how- By DEBBIE THAL
eew sontche p u b 1i cHands Support for the Oct. 15 Vietnam moratorium continued
Congress. to grow yesterday as several more schools and departments
On Oct. 26, 1967, Hershey wrote took stands on next Wednesday's proposed class cancellation.
local draft boards advising them Many are planning programs to supplement or substitute for
to reclassify for induction a n y regularly scheduled classes
registrants who interfere with the
draft or national security through . One such program, featuring President Robben Fleming,
illegal demonstrations is scheduled in the business administration school on "Busi-
That action brought charges of ness and the War." Other speakers at the colloquium arranged
trying to use the draft to punish by Dean Floyd Bond include Prof. J. B. Ritchie and two busi-
Jept frqet puli ont-

AID UNAVAILABLE:

aw School
answers BS
By ALEXA CANADY
The law school cannot currently meet black demands to
admit 100 additional black students, Dean Francis Allen
said yesterday.t
The Black Law Student Alliance, which originally demanded
more black students and black faculty, boycotted the meeting after
it held a rally on the Law Quad yesterday afternoon.
At a meeting of over 400 students and faculty Allen said the law
school could not finance more students, but proposed several alter-
native methods of raising the necessary money.
"If in three successive years this school were to admit 100 black
students, we would be expending $600,000 to $750,000," Allen said.
"Now we spend only $500,000 for the entire law school.,"
But Allen said he has been soliciting funds for black students
from over 250 law firms throughout the country.
However, Allen said only two solutions are possible in the near
future. "Students could conduct a large fund-raising program, or we
can institute an admission policy in which we admit students but
without financial aid."
Prof. Robert Harris suggested that the law school "go in with
four other schools. and raise money state-wide fr'om anyone who E
employs lawyers" - a program which the University discussed last4
year but never enacted.
Harris said he feels "there are black students graduating from
undergraduate schools who are capable of going to law school" but
who have never considered it.
Some students at the meeting suggested that the Law School
divert some of its trust money for financial aid, but law professors
said the terms of the trusts make this method impossible.
The discussion then turned to the Law School's efforts to recruit
black students. Assistant Dean Matthew McCauley estimated that
"10 black students we admitted got drafted."
Allen discussed the Law School's participation in the CLEO
program and the Sobel program. The CLEO program was set up
regionally last year to provide black students with additional skills
the summer before they enter law school.
Although the University Law School contributed money to the
program, it did not send any of its black students to the summer
institute at Wayne State University.
Instead, the University created its own institute - the Sobel
program - which is designed to give black law students a three-
month's start on their freshman year.
Eight of the law school's 17 black freshmen participated in the
program this summer, which Allen says "gives the students time to
adjust, and removes some of the pressures."
At the BLSA rally before the meeting yesterday, member Ted
Spearman said "we have tried to talk rationally through Allen's
vehicle for the last two years, we have tried and they still don't know
what our needs are."
Mary Berry, another member, stressed the law school needs not
only more black students, but more black faculty.1

-Daily--Larry Robbins
Black law students rally in Law Quad yesterday
DEFENSE APPEALS RULINGS:
Five students convicted

in first L SA siDt-in

trial

and eventually a U.S. Court of
Appeals questioned the legality of
Hershey's advice, but he refused
to withdraw it.,
Nixon, as part of his efforts to
quell dissent by persuasion, cut
back draft calls this fall and
pressed f o r a lottery system of
draft selection.
"I don't think anyone talking
about a lottery knows what they
are talking about," Hershey said
in January 1968.
OPgeaThree
" SDS plans for big demon-
stration fizzle in the Chi-
cago rain, as Guardsmen
stand by;
1 One of Nixon's best sena-
tors blasts opponents of the
Haynsworth appointment,
charging character assassi-
nation;
# The Lit School will discuss
plans for a student-faculty
government.

of the strike in principle, but
not calling for class cancella-
tion. The school's official
policy is to allow each profes-
sor to exercise his "normal
prerogative" in cancelling
classes.
Associate Dean William Lewis
said the architecture and design I
school probably will also take a
similar position, allowing each
faculty member to make his ownj
decision. A formal statement will
be issued Monday.
The education schoolhas sched-
uled an extensive program ofl
events for Wednesday. A morning
panel will feature Dean Wilbur
Cohen, former secretary of Health,
Education and Welfare, and eco-
nomics Prof. Gardner Ackley dis-!
cussing "Alternative Uses for the
Money Spent in Vietnam," fol-
lowed by smaller workshops. t
The main afternoon event will
be a large group discussion on:
"How to Teach Controversy in thej
Classroom." The education school,j
See STRIKE, Page 3

By ROBERT KRAFTOWITZ by District Judge Pieter Thom- "You can't know whether the
Five of the 107 persons arrested assen yesterday, janitors would have been inter-
&1 last month's LSA Bldg. sit-in
were fudgit f"asn In his rulings, Thomassen de- fered with or not," Collins said.
were found guilty of "causing a nied three defense motions which
disturbance or contention" early asked: Theron Kleager, the University's
this morning after a 12-hour trial manager of building services, test-
in Ann Arbor District Court. --that Collins, who was retained' fethtedinokowfhs
All five are University stu- by four of the defendants less ified that he did not know if his
dents:' Marty McLaughlin, Kath- than one hour before the t r i a 1 men were interfered with because
erine Fotopoulos, Russell Garland, began, be granted "a reasonable "they did not go about their job."I
uraig Pratt and Peter Selten, period of time to prepare for Thomassen set sentencing forF

ness students who served in Vietnam.
Independent business students have gathered signatures
from about 40 per cent of the school's 700 students in support

U' GOP

condemns
war strike
By JANE BARTMAN
The College Republicans have
condemned the Oct. 15 morato-
rium and demanded a tuition re-
bate for all classes which are can-
celled.
The resolution, introduced by
Young Americans for Freedom
Chairman Mike Modelski, states:
-Whereas, there exists a con-
tract between the University and
the students wherein for the con-
sideration paid by the students in
the form of tuition, the University
agrees to contract them; and,
-Whereas, the U of M has des-
ignated Wednesday, Oct. 15 as an
ordinary, scheduled class day; and,
-Whereas, 'U' professors have

However, yesterday's trial could
be voided next Tuesday when de-
fense attorney John B. Collins
appears before Washtenaw Coun-
ty Circuit Court Judge Ross Cam-
bell to appeal three rulings made

egotiate
books tore
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trial";
-that the five defendants be
granted separate trials;
-that each of the five be al-
lowed two "peremptory challeng-
es." A peremptory challenge blocks
the acceptance of a proposed jur-
or.
Thomassen had o r i g i n a l ly
scheduled five separate trials for
yesterday. However, before t h e
first trial he sustained a motion
by the prosecution that the five
trials be "consolidated."
Thom.asspn must nnw annpn r

TV'S MAY HAVE TO GO
Student store: Question of black or red

J-' '1 j/ ' \.Tuesday in Circuit Court to show
cause why he should not be or-
President Robben Fleming will dered to reverse his rulings. If
meet with members of a faculty- the rulings are reversed a new
student ad hoc committee to con- trial will have to be set, accord-
sider the draft of an alternative ing to Collins.
proposal for a University book- Yesterday's trial focused on whe-
,,ore at 9 p.m. today in the West ther the defendants were guilty
Conference Room of the Rack- of causing a disturbance or of
ham Bldg. merely trespassing.
The draft calls for:
-f u n d i n g the bookstoreITheprosecuion's case
through a $5 rolling assessment' on its allegation that persons who
whichrwoulhdberollengtesdesena participated in the sit-in prevent-
whiould be collected wed the LSA Bldg. janitorial staff

Nov. 21. He also ordered the stu-
dents to appear before the Proba-
tion Dept. for a pre-sentence in-
vestigation.



By JIM McFERSON
Representatives of the Regents, the
administration and the University Dis-
count Store will meet next week to dis-
cuss the financial health of the 10-
month-old store.
Each will come to the meeting with a
special concern. Regent Robert Brown is
afraid the store may be financially un-
sound; Acting Vice President for Student
Affairs Barbara Newell is upset about the
rental and sale of appliances in the
store; and store manager Dennis Web-
ster is afraid conflicts may develop be-
cause of imaginary fears and mythical

management may be overlooking various
essential business procedures, such as
federal and state withholding taxes, the
state sales tax and complicated account-
ing procedures. "Things like this can
make or break a business," he explains.
Webster attributes the main problem
to a lack of communications. "This prob-
lem is not as large a thing as the admin-
istration thinks it is. Regent Brown is
using figures on the store from the spring,
when we were in the Student Activities
Bldg. We have already done twice as
much business here in the Union as we
did there."

other items not listed in the original
agreement between Student Government
Council and the administration to estab-
lish the store.
"It's none of my business how they
run the store, as long as they remain
financially sound," says Brown. He says
he sees no reason for conflict over the
type of merchandise sold.
"If they could turn a quick buck, I
don't see anything wrong with that, but
I think they're making a mistake if
they're tying up capital," he explains.
Webster is ready to allay his fears.
"Right now, with our location in the

no right to force their political
convictions upon others:
-Be it therefore resolved that
the U of M College Republicans
club deplores the actions of those
professors who call off regularly
scheduled classes for Oct. 15; and
-Be it further resolved, that
the U of M Republican Club calls
upon the University to reimburse
all students for those scheduled
classes which have been cancelled
for which students have paid their
tuition.
The club, which has a member-
ship of about 100 persons, is the
only major group on campus which
has offered resistance to the
moratorium so far.
Only 30 persons, however, at-
tended the meeting at which the
resolution passed.
Other topics discussed during

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