WHAT'S WRONG WITH REACH. See Editorial Page CYl r lflirI 43aU 14Iati4 WARMER High--56, Low--35 Windy, sunnychanging to cloudy toward evening Seventy-Five Years of Editorial Freedom VOL. LXXVI, No.59 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1965 SEVEN CENTS EIGHT PAGES Panhel Views Creation of Membership Committee By CAROLE KAPLAN For the past few weeks, Pan- hellenic Association has been de- bating the possibility of a Pan- hellenic membership committee, similar in function to the present Interfraternity Council member- ship committee, which would work toward the elimination of racial and religious discrimination in the University sorority system. In 1959, the Regents passed their bylaw 2.14, stating that the University would not discriminate against any person on the basis of race, religion, creed, color, na- tional origin, or ancestry. In 1960, Student Government Council pass- ed a comparable regulation per- taining to student organizations, and set up the SGC membership committee to enforce it. rnl- - o4'r4'r4 - -- --- _. - - -- - -.- - - , - , 1 Tne SG committee requested submit copies of their recommen- that all sororities submit copies dation forms. In support of the of any documents which they use SGC request, Panhel passed a res- for membership recommendation, olution last spring urging all and received membership state- houses to submit their "rec" forms ments from all houses. by October 1, 1965. SGC set no The membership recommenda- deadline. tion forms are used by alumnae to To date, all but two of the recommend rushees to sorority ac- houses, Kappa Delta and Sigma tives. Many houses cannot pledge Kappa, have filed their forms. a girl unless she has received at The possibility of a Panhellen- least one recommend' from an i membership committee was first alHowever, several houses failed considered about the time of the to submit copies of their member- suggested submission date, Octo- ship recommendation forms, stat- ber 1. For the past month, sorority ing that these forms had no bear- presidents and Panhellenic offi- ing on membership selection. vials have been investigating the advantages and disadvantages of The SGC membership commit- such a committee, and have found tee, asserting that these forms do that the greatest obstacle to its bear on membership selection, formation is coming from the na- then requested that all sororities tional sorority organizations. These "nationals" have the pow- night, "nationals feel this way be- to be in a position to use its mem-' er to revoke the charter of any cause students are transient, and bership selection procedures for local sorority chapter, disaffiliat- they don't want private documents discriminatory urposes. He com- ing it from the national sorority. it the hands of students." mented, "The committee takes In many cases, the nationals own One president suggested that what seems to be the most urgent the actual sorority houses, so that perhaps the reason for this re- case." if a chapter should lose its char- luctance to deal with students is Hoppe described the advantages ter, it would not be able to "go based on the feeling that students of the IFC membership committee local." would tend to be more progressive as follows: According to some sorority pres- than administrators.1 idents, -their nationals would pre- Richard A. Hoppe, '66, president 1) IFC likes the idea of home fer to settle any disagreements of Interfraternity Council, spoke rule" for fraternities. It looks bet- between the University and soror- at a meeting of Panhel last week, ter to outsiders if they see that ity policies as they have in the and explained the function, ad- fraternities have realized there are past: by dealing with the Univer- vantages, and disadvantages of the problems in this area, and are sity administration, either direct- IFC membership committee. trying to solve them. ly or through legal counsel. * 2) A committee is more effec- Hoppe said that the IFC com- tive if it understands the system Mrs. Lynn Lewis, assistant to mittee reviews the documents sub- and the people it is dealing with. the director of student activities mitted to the Office of Student The IFC committee has more time and organizations, and advisor to Affairs, and has the power to and patience than the SGC com- Panhel, said at a meeting of Pan- conduct investigations and hear- mittee would have. hel's presidents' council Tuesday ings on any fraternity that seems 03) The IFC committee is in a better position to answer the questions of national organiza- tions and locals at other univer- sities. Hoppe said that, despite these obvious advantages, the operation of the IFC membership commit- tee has caused some disunity in the fraternity system and a split in the Fraternity Presidents' As- sociation. He expressed the belief that Panhel's chances of forming such a committee are slim. I-e describ- ed sorority nationals as "living in the Civil War era," and said that University sororities "will be lucky if they get away with it." He add- ed that he thinks the University sorority system is bound to lose a few houses if a Panhel member- ship committee is formed, but said, "On the whole, they'd be better off that way than they are now." Hoppe felt that despite anti- discriminatory pressure from re- gents and administrators, the Uni- versity will never try to alienate nationals, to prevent a blackball or to try to eliminate alumni par- ticipation. This statement was confirmed by John Feldkamp, assistant to the vice-president for student affairs, at the Panhellenic meeting Tues- day night. Feldkamp expressed strong approval of alumni parti- cipation, and said that the Uni- versity's conflict with sorority na- tionals is on two issues: * Sororities must be essentially run by students if the experience gained In the Greek system is to See PANHEL, Page 6 ...v.... .._ _. What's New at 764-1817 improbableSC C Draft Status Plans Yes-No Voting Hotline The student driver regulations board will meet this morning to receive the findings of University professors on the distribu- tion, use and safety of motorcycles on the campus. The research of the professors will be used by the board in drawing up a technically worded plan for the regulation of cycles by the city in cooperation with the University, and will be a submitted to Councilman John Hathaway, who is considering provisions for an ordinance of this type. * ' * * The faculty planning committee of the residential college is currently deciding problems of rcurriculum for the proposed college, Burton D. Thuma, director of the residential college, said yesterday. The committee recently approved the idea of trying out an experimental "logic and language" course in the pilot project next year. This course, which may be used in the residential college curriculum; will be operated similarly to the intensive language course and the freshman seminar now being offered in the pilot project. * * * * A new student-faculty group which believes that the academic community must defend "the right of free speech for political dissenters against the possible latent re-institution of McCarthy- ism" is currently forming on campus. The organization will meet Sunday evening in Rm. 3B of the Union at 7 p.m. to hear Ernest Mazey, director of the Michigan branch of the American Civil Liberties Union, speak on "Student Dissent, Government Policies and Civil Liberties." A discussion period will follow the lecture. The organization's membership includes both those who support and those who oppose the administration's policies in Viet Nam. *' * * * Applications from students interested in attending Tuskegee Institute in Alabama as part of the interinstitutional exchange program established in 1963 are now being accepted by the Office of Student Affairs. Forms may be obtained in Rm. 1011 SAB and must be completed and returned by Nov. 15. Reports that the undergraduate Asian Studies course was being dropped were emphatically denied yesterday ' by Asst. Prof. Aram Yengoyan of the Anthropology Dept., this semester's coordinator of the Asian Studies course. Yengoyan said he had heard several of these rumors; but that they had no basis and the course will continue to be offered. * 4 4 Six volunteers and two Washington staff members of the Peace Corps will speak to classes and housing units next week. A booth to be maintained in the lower lobby of the Union during the week will open Monday. The Peace Corps delegation wants "to make students aware of what Peace Corps is," said Mildred Webber, Peace Corps liason with the University. The University ranks fourth in the number of volunteers furnished the Peace Corps since its inception, having supplied 156 volunteers. Long Distance At Stanford University there is a "docile battle" over which side in Viet Nam should receive blood. The pro U.S. Viet Nam policy group has blood pledges for American and South Vietnamese troops and for civilians. The group against U.S. policy in Viet Nam-has pledges and money collected for civilian victims of American bombings in both North Viet Nam and South Viet Nam under Communist Viet Cong control. Said Brube Franklin, assistant professor of English, "Americans should think of the North Vietnamese first as people defending their nation from outsiders, and as Com- munists second." FEDERAL INTERVENTION ? May Alter Reclassification of Graduate Students: jResult of Mistakes On Viet Nam Referendum By KATHY EDELMAN fFour graduate students at the SAea s University, Mathew Raszka, Irv- ing Adler, Larry Senor and Ken- neth Stevenson, of the chemistry Delayed Until department, are presently classi- fied 1-A in their draft status. In most reclassification cases, it has so far been unusual that natural science teaching fellows would be made eligible for induc- tion. committeeRealtors (Charles'Judge, assistant to the Continue Negotiations director of student organizations,P also received notice of 1-A reclas- On 8-Month Proposal sification yesterday. He has talk- ed to his local board in Ames, By CHARLOTTE A. WOLTER Iowa, and they have said that they University S t u d e n t Rental are willing to cooperate in grant- Agreements for off-campus hous- ing him a deferment.) ing will not be available until the To date, there have been no ma- beginning of the winter term, Mrs. por changes in Michigan board Elizabeth A. Leslie, coordinator of policies, Thomas Clark, selective Associated and Off-Campus Hous- service counselor, said. Most often, ing said yesterday. when notice of 1-A reclassifica- tion is received by students who The reason for the delay this meet the "requirements" for de- year is the negotiations now being ferment, a misunderstanding has conducted between the Off-Cam- occurred, Clark said. pus Housing office, its student ad- Local draft boards operate in- visory committee and managers an weso nldependently of all others and set an weso n Arbor apart- up their own standards of defer- ments in order to draft a new ment. Graduate students may re- eight-month lease plan. ceive notice of 1-A reclassification Mrs. Leslie stressed that stu- if they are not taking 15 credits dents need not be concerned over I or are part time students, extend- the delay and that the leases ing their period of study. would be ready in ample time for Clark went on to suggest that students who wish to rent apart- if graduate students are reclassi- ments under the University lease field 1-A they should immediately plan next fall. contact their local board and dis- An Option; cuss the validity of the notice and She said that the plan that then, if necessary, contact the se- seems most agreeable toboth the lective service counseling office at Realtors and the University is one the University. that would offer the student the Letters and explanations of aca- option of either an eight-month demic standing and relevance to or 12-month lease. The new lease the national interest; health, and plan would go into operation in safety can be sent back to the the last weeks of August, 1966. local boards. The option of choosing an eight- At present, Michigan draftmonth or 12-month lease will be boards are completing all reclassi-offered, said Mrs. Leslie because fications. I t h e eight - month arrangement! If changes are made, they will would necessitate a rise in rents' most probably be made to correct for Realtors who would lose money mistaken 1-A status to 2-S. Ac- without summer occupancy. Stu- cording to Clark, the local boards dents taking a 12-month lease want all students to finish their would therefore have lower rent degree requirements as undergrad- figures under the proposed plan. uates, and only as graduates can The student advisory board has they 'possibly lose their defer- discussed the probable increase in ments. rents as a consequence of the' ' A student's standing in classi- eight-month lease at some length fication can only be determined by with the owners. The student' his local board. board has stipulated that any in-: crease in rent must be made! known before the signing of the lease and is now working for a! reasonable uniform increase to be agreed upon by all of the Realtors.' ve r n e n't' Restrictions 'ernrr ertt Mrs. Leslie added that if enough of the owners refuse to co-operate on the eight-month lease plan, c ne University will cease to enforce 3s restrictions on registration for student refusing tonpay during th umer~~e, or tiying to break which greatly enlarged federal their contracts. participation in the field of edu- Under the current University cation. lease enforcement plan, students The Educational Opportunities delinquent in their rent payments Act, more commonly referred to may be prohibited from registra- as the "War on Poverty," Vivian tion or from graduation. pointed out, is predominately a However, she felt that the ne- program of grants to public school gotjations with the owners and systems and related educational managers were proceeding well! institutions. and that both sides were gener- ai1'ii eao h en the arane-1 -Daily-Ron Berman ' "ALUMNI" OF THE FREIBURG program tell next year's Freiburg educational director, Prof. entine Hubbs of the German department, -what's in store. From left around the semicircle: na Broad, '66; Robert Levengood, '66; Hubbs; Tom Francis, '67; William Updegrove, '67 Carolyn e, '67; and Janet Zapala, '66. !J ff er1S Year of St- 901udy t Unversty of Febr Student Vote On Poll Set Petition Brought by Hornberger Changes First Council Plans By HARRIET DEUTCH Student Government Council last night abandoned its original intention of running a student preference poll on specificaalter- natives in Viet Nam in favor of an unqualified yes-no vote on whether or not, "the student body of the University of Michigan is in basic agreement with the ad- ministration's policy on Viet Nam." The new motion was sponsored by Lee Hornberger, '65, who col- lected 1000 signatures in order to call for a referendum on Viet Nam in the Nov. 17 SGC election. Hornberger initiated the referen- dum because "the image of the University of Michigan student is such that many people think of us all burning our draft cards and demonstrating civil disobedience." He introduced the referendum because, "firstly, many people worked hard in getting the signa- tures and Ifelt that I did not have the right to withh6ld them. Secondly, my goal was not to ini- tiate a poll but to pass a legisla- tive motion that would be passed by the student body." Several Council members felt that the referendum is, badly worded and that it would not delve into student opinion. Christopher Mansfield, '66, felt that "an opinion poll would be much more educational and much more revealing." Mansfield moved to officially record that "SGC ob- jects to the consideration due to the unqualified commitment nes- essarily connected with a vote either way on this referendum. SGC shall subsequently present re- sults through either a responsible student opinion poll, by a pro- fessional organization or other al- ternative methods." This motion was passed. Due to regulations and parli- mentary procedure, the Council members were powerless to omit the referendum from the ballot or to even change its wording. Because of the 1,000 signatures, they could only vote "yes" for the motion which would mean that SGC, speaking on behalf of the student body is in basic agreement with the Administration's policy; or they could vote "no"~ which would mean that the referendum would then go on the ballot for the students to vote on. However, the council "refused to consider it." Thus, if they do .not reconsider it by next week, the referendum will go on the ballot automatically. Steven Schwartz, '68, wanted to keep it off the ballot by voting By LAUREN BAHR University of Wisconsin and Associate Managing Editor Wayne State University co-spon- sors a junior year abroad pro- The president of a university in gram in Freiburg, Germany. The Germany is called "Your Magnifi- program has been in existence for cence," a dean is called "Your two years and can accommodate Respectability" and an associate approximately 45-50 students, 15- dean is called "Your Almost Re- 18 from the University. spectability." The program is supervised by This is. only one of the many an educational director from one new exciting things a student may of the three sponsoring universi n ties who is there to make arrange- learn by spending his junior year 'ments and settle any difficulties abroad in Freiburg, Germany, ac- tha ay set yeary supe- cording to "Your Almost Respect- iso may arise. Next year's super- ability" James H. Robertson, asso- visor will be Prof. Valentine Hubbs ciate dean of the literary college of the German department. speaking at an organizational Students who attend the Uni- meeting last night to inform in- versity of Freiburg receive both terested students of the oppor credits and grades for the work tunities to spend a year studying done in Germany since the year in Germany. abroad under this program is con- sidered as an extension of resi- The University along with the dence work.- Student Groups Back. Writer-In-Residene By NEIL SHISTER sorship of 10 academic depart- ments in the literary coilege and What began as the collective seven student organizations. effort of an informal group of The cost of Lomax's three-week students and faculty members stay was originally estimated to last spring has blossomed into a be over $4000 and is being borne unique program that will bring by the student organizations, the famed author and philosoDher I of mc rA e Afr The program is open to any student with a fourth semester proficiency in German, who has a minimum overall grade-point of "three point" and who shows good competence and a high prominence in his ability to mas- ter German, Robertson said. "It is not restricted to German majors and there is tutorial help provided throughout the year for those who need it," he explained. Spending a year at a German university is much different than ' at an American university, Prof. Clarence K. Pott, chairman of the German department, said. "The student at a German university is left much 'more to himself. There is not nearly the amount of su- pervision as in this country," he explained. ! Most of the students returning from the program last year were very enthusiastic. "It was one of the most rewarding experiences of my life," Janet Zapala, '66, said.w. "German students are very aware, very intellectually stimulat- ing. They are the cream of the crop of the nation since only about five per cent of the German pop- ulation ever gets to the universi- ty level," Judith Operhall, '66, said. The people were friendly, the opportunities for travel were read- ily available and the educational experience was incomparable, were some of the comments heard re- Vivian Discusses Gonf By MARK LEVIN Rep. Weston Vivian (D-Ann Arbor), in a speech before the Michigan Education Conference in Rackham Aud. yesterday, ques- tioned whether or not fears of the increased presence of the federal government in educational financ- ing is justified. 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