TUESDAY, AUGUST 24,.1$65 THE MICHIGAN DAILY PAGE FIVE; TtJ~8PAY, AUGTJ~T 24, 1965 THE MICHIGAN DAILY PAGE FIVE ets Money from All Over: and Pleads fo "r More The University gets its money from many sources, and spreads it as fast as it comes in--on new facilities, new teachers and all the other necessities to support a burgeoning institution of educa- tion and research. It is currently spending over $150 million a year to conduct its myriad operations. From its students themselves- 30,000 of them-comes a mere one-tenth of this amount-$15 million. The University relies on state funds for about $50 mil- lion and on federal funds for well over $40 million. The rest of the University's funds-about $45, million-comes from ,private donations and self- liquidating projects such as the dormitories, athletic events, and the University hospital. Difficulty Of all its sources of revenue, the University usually has the most difficulty obtaining funds from the state Legislature. This is not to say that the Legislature is unwilling to give- the Univer- sity money. Far from it-the University will receive over $50 million from the state for oper- ating expenses thhis year. The main trouble is that the Legislature consistently falls short of what the University wants. This year, for instance, the Uni- versity requested $55.7 million from the state and will probably wind up with about $51.5 million. Last year the university re- quested $47 million and got $44 million. University officials usually ex- press less dissatisfaction with federal and private generosity than they show when the legis- lature cuts fund requests. For the federal government and private donors have supplied the University with perhaps its rich- est source of income ,over the past ten years. t Research1 Federal research funds-many of them defense-related-have come to the University with great regularity-especially since the cold war pushed up defense bud- gets and government research ef- forts in the early fifties. The University currently re- ceives almost a third of its over $150 million budget from the gov- ernment, and the amount has re- cently been increasing by about $2 million or more a year. Private endowments and gifts have been very beneficial to the University. Currently administra- tors and friends of the University in influential spots across the nation are working full steam on a $150 million dollar fund drive. The occasion for the drive-or for its hopeful successful climax-will be the sesquicentennial celebra- Along with the Regents 1964 plea, Gov. George Romney's "blue ribbon" Citizen's Committee for Higher Education forecast the pressures caused by t he baby boom-and called for an increase in appropriations. Romney re- sponded with a 1964-65 appro- priation and the University even- j tually got $44 millon of the $47 million it asked. Though the University got its r 1964-65 request without severe cuts, it was not without a strug- gle. The Senate pondered a mil- lion dollar slash, but dropped the prospect at the last moment. The House Ways and Means Commit- tee viewed the Senate's $44 mil- lion proposal and promptly cut $2 million. But on the flouse floor the $2 million was reinstated and the University emerged with its $44 million appropriation. of 'U' Financial Team Because of the struggle, the University had to go through, to ear of national officials than finally come out with a decent have the ear of the state legis- appropriation in 1964-65, many lators or Gov. George Romney. observers thought that the lean The University's lack of con- years had come to only a tempor- tact with the state legislature ary end, and that 1964-65 was has been blamed in part for its merely a lucky year. difficulty in obtaining budget re- quests intact in the past. If this Lasting Boom complaint is true, then contact This evaluation has been prov- must have improved in the past en wrong by this year's budget two years, because things have appropriations. Because of .a not been nearly as bad then as ; booming state economy-in its President Hatcher and Regent Sorenson-Part4 tion of the University in 1967. All Smiles Recent Regents meetings have been all smiles as the University has announced that the fund drive is moving along at a good 'pace. It is the largest drive of its kind ever undertaken by a public university. Regent Paul Geobel is among the most active of University supporters in the fund drive. It has been said of the Univer- sity that it has better contacts with officials in Washington and with private donors than with, state officials in Lansing. This is often true. Many University veterans are serving in Washing- ton and it is quite probable that more people favorable to the Urn- versity's position-such as Prof. Gardner Ackley of the economics department, chairman of Presi- dent Lyndon B. Johnson's council of economic advisors-have the i PR Office Relays 'U' Image Situated in a state where tax- payers chip in over a third of its budget, the University has a res- ponsibility for the welfare of Michigan citizens. Broadcasting ways the University upholds this comnittment is the duty of Vice President for Public Relations Michael Radock. 7 In August, 1964, Radock, then direetor of public relations, 'was officially appointed vice-president by the Regents. It has been com- mon practice at the University to have one man serving as the director whgo is later promoted to the vice-presidency. Radock's Office of Publie Rela- tions aims to bring to key popu- lation centers in the state in- tensive information about the University. Ekecutive Officers The program involves the par- ticipation of all the University's executive officers, as well as fac- ulty members. Radock has always tried to r emphasize that in its state-wide perspective, the University will maintain, its concern for a cor- dial and functional relationship with the local citizenry in Ann Arbor. "People think that the Univer- sity moves through self-interest and a lack of planning. There are concerns such as acquisition of local property and community re- l'ationships with students on which relations could be im- proved. We want the community to recognize that we are respon- sible," Radock explains. Academically, the University relations office presents state- wide educational offerings. Faculty Promotes 'U' "We have asked departments to nominate professors who will be willing to go around th'e state two or three times during the year and talk about the Univer- sity," Radock says. ' Much attention is being given to the whole area of University expansion over the next 10 years and "for this the Development Council must be expanded," he feels. Closely conected with the office is the Development Council, a group of alumni who work throughout the country raising money for the University. Radock adds that at present plans for the University's Sesqui- centennial Anniversary celebration to be held in two years are being. carried through. Fund Drive Such activities as a major fund drive and world wide commemor- ative programs are being planned. The public relations office also operated WUOM, the University's FM station in Ann Arbor and WGPR in Grand Rapids. The stations present 10 hours of news, classical music, both r:ecorded and live from the University, drama, lectures and special interest pro- grams originating here., The television Center is also under the direction of the of- fice. Not a broadcasting station, the center i n s t e a d produces filmed programs for use on com- mercial and other educational stations. Relating the clay-to-day activi- ties of the University is News Service, The office also arranges, they were in 1957-63-the seven fourth straight year of boom, as years called the "lean years" for is the nation-and because of a the University's state appropria- newly Democratic Legislature, tions. more sympathetic to University Troubles s needs, the University has received The troubles the University ran at least as, good treatment this } into during these years were typi- year as last. fied by 1958, in which officials As it looks now, the University Stu dents Pay Their S requested $37 million fromh e will receive over $51 million from Legislature and got only $ 0 the Legislature for 1065-66 opera- building up the trimester system, million. tions-a $7 million jump from the year-round calendar under which the University operat'ed for In 1959 the University again ls yea Uhuher mil shorttthe first time last year. 'sought $37 million and got only Eventually, through trimester, $33 million. The early sixties were Many observers argue that the ' administrators hope to be able to no better, so that by 1962, the University will need many "fat". educate far more students than state was appropriating $37 mil- years such as the last two to now with comparable or better fa- lion when the Regents felt they make up for the seven lean years. cilities for each student. needed $4 million to properly run They point out that other insti- 'U' Needs the University. Many officials tutions such as the University of In making the 1965-66 request, even privately complained that California as well , as the Ivy' Vice-President for Academic Af- the $4 million request was insuffi-|League schools have been waving fairs Roger W. Heyns noted that cient. larger pay envelopes at Univer- the University needs more than Share at Registration The University's library facili- ties also receive high priority on the lisp, of needs. Library Direc- tr Frederick Wagman has placed new staff and new boks as the major needs for the next aca- demic year. Wagman also points to a, need for raising library salaries and replacing library equipment. The University also needs in- creases in the funds available for maintenance. John McKevitt of the °Office of Business and Fi- nance has noted that the main- tenance of new buildings-plus the increased use during the tri- mester-requires ,substantial in- creases. The Universitys "public service" institutes-such as the Institute of Science and Technology-are also badly short of funds to meet optimal requests. IST has as- serted that it needs an increase of $500,000 this year alone to de- velop programs for upgrading science and conducting activities benefiting industry and business. The end of the lean yea, s forI the University came in _ 1964. When they called for a $47 mil- lion allotment for the University appropriation in that year, the Regents said: "Our own studies clearly demonstrate that since 1957-58 there has been a steady erosion of the strength of the University. The resultant deter- ioration and demoralization, if permitted to continue, seriously threaten to endanger excellence in teaching, competence in re- search and continued high pro- ficiency in public service." sity- professors. \No More Where the University once ranked among the top five uni- versities in salaries, it has now fallen out of the top ten. Whether some irreparable dam- age has been done the University by the lean years will be a mat- ter argued for years to come. Meanwhile, administrators are deciding with rplish just what to do with the large amounts of money they are finally getting. First priorities are being given to faculty salary increases and -to 85 new teachers, mostly above the teaching fellow level, to establish the University at a ratio of one teacher for every fourteen stu- dents.. The ratio is currently one teacher for every 14.6 students,; he estimated. "We made substantial gains during the past year," he said, emphasizing the hiring of assist- ant professors. But the Univer- sity wili) continue to shoot for the 1:14 ratior-"and it still hasn't gotten there yet," according to Heyns. Michael Radock with The Daily that the Daily Official Bulletin, a rundown of all events, job interviews and foreign visitors on compus, be run. II'1 ,, a> r ..: t '' <. d 312 South State TWO STORES ON THE CAMPUS ...1203 South Uversity .#.. WHERE YOU BUY THE BEST FOR LESS Back-to Schoo Special Purchase Bed Spread S INDIA'S FINEST MADRAS 20 Color Combinations Reg. 5.95-ONLY 4.59 Decorator Pillows in Corduroy ONLY 98ceea. 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