STUDENT EXCHANGE: GOOD IDEA See Editorial Page Sw4b I43ait~ COLDER High-38 LOW-26 Possible snow in afternoon Seventy-Five Years of Editorial Freedom VOL. LXXVI, No 66 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1965 SEVEN CENTS MSU Board To Hear Activist's lea for Read EIGHT PAGES is slI By JAMES SCHUTZE the basis of non-academic factors has violated his right to due proc- Next Tuesday will mark the fin- ss of law. al engagement of Paul Schiff's Schiff took his case to court 1 battle for readmission to Michi- last month, and the dispute be- gan State University when he ap-' came Paul Schiff vs. President pears before the Faculty Commit- Hannah, et al, the first civil suit tee on Student Affairs. of its kind in any American court. This fall, Michigan State refus- Schiff sought an injunction order- ed to readmit Schiff, a former ing Michigan State to readmit him MSU graduate student and an as a regular graduate student. activist," because of his "defiant The District Court ruled on Oc- attitude" and "his open attack tober 14 to maintain .iurisdiction on the enforcement of a reason- over the case for 90 days during able regulation of the university." which time the proper university Schiff participated last year in committee was to hear the case. acts of civil disobedience and dis- The "proper committee" is the tributed a political periodical, Lo- Faculty Committee on Student gos, in university dormitories. Affairs, a standing committee of the university which rules on all ! Schiff feels that Michigan State, matters of student discipline. On by denying him readmission on November 9, the committee heard the administration's case against Schiff in which the administration alleged that Schiff had never been a regular graduate student at Michigan State University, had clearly violated a university reg- ulation governing the distribution of literature on the university campus, had "at a public meeting on the campus of the university, subjected a member of the fac- ulty to'public ridicule." They also charged that by his words and conduct on said occa- sion, induced students of the uni- versity to participate in acts of civil disobedience," and had in general behaved in such a manner as to warrent refusing him read- mission in the interest of main- taining the aims and purposes of Michigan State University."' Schiff requested and was grant- ed a recess of the committee un- til November 16 at which time he will present his rebuttal of uni- versity charges to the faculty committee. The committee will only recommend action to the ad- ministration, but responsible1 sources in the administration in- dicate that the decision of a committee of "this stature" will probably become the university'sj dormitories during the night. A provision of the university's dis- tribution policy states that "there shall be no door to door distri- bution of any nature." The University further charged that Schiff had exposed a mem-E ber of the faculty to public ridi- cule in an on-campus public meet- ing. During this meeting, Schifft angrily accused John M. Patriar- che of lying. Patriarche, in addi- Michigan State has also claim- ed that Schiff was originally ac- cepted as a provisional graduate student, and that he failed to meet the conditions set for be- coming a regular graduate stu- dent. Schiff states that, at the time of his acceptance, he was led by his advisor to believe that t these conditions were 1) that he complete t w o undergraduate courses -in which his work had I been deficient with grades of B or better, and 2) that he success- fully complete all other courses required for a graduate degree. He claims to have met these conditions by receiving B's in both of the courses in which his un- dergraduate work had been defi- cient, and B's in all but two of his other courses. He says that he received C's in those two cours- es. Schiff feels that President Han- nah of Michigan State University has attempted to stake the uni- versity's honor on a courtroom decision denying Schiff readmis- sion. He points to the university's claim that his activist actions-- distribution of Logos and acts of civil disobedience-"are such as to justify and require in the protec- tion of the aims and purposes of Michigan State University, that he be denied readmission thereto." This he feels means that MSU is exercising an unjust power by denying students readmission on the basis of their political sympa- thies and affiliations. Dr. Eldon Nonnamaker of the Office of Student Activities de- nies that this is ever the issue in cases of student discipline. "These questions," he states, "are a mat- ter of behavior and not affilia- tion." Michigan State claims that Schiff has failed to properly pur- sue course work toward a gradu- ate degree, that he has violated reasonable regulations of the Uni- versity, and that he has attempt- ed to pervert the university's aims and purposes. Schiff feels that he is being used as a whipping boy, a warn- ing to activists on the MSU cam- pus. The Faculty Committee on Student Affairs will reach its deci- sion soon after next Tuesday's harings, at which time the court may waive jurisdiction or may ar- rive at a decision of its own. decision. tion to his position on the MSU The university contends that faculty, is. city manager of East Schiff's distribution of the poli- Lansing. Schiff bases his accusa- tical periodical, Logos, last year tion on a private conversation he violated university policy regard- had with Patriarche during which, ing on-campus distribution of pub- Schiff claims, Patriarche made lications. MSU, in a formal state- statements which he later denied ment to the court, charged that having made in the public on- Schiff had attempted to distribute campus meeting referred to in copies of Logos door to door in the university's charges. ' Push for 'U' Referendum On Viet Nam Students Petition forj Addition of Survey After SGC Defeat By HARRIET DEUTCH A group of concerned students began distributing petitions yes- terday in an attempt to put a referendum on the November 17 SGC -election ballot allowing stu- dents to express their opinion on the U.S. policy in Viet Nam. One thousand signatures must be ob- tained by Monday night in order to get the opinion survey on the ballot, according to SGC rules. Edward Robinson, '67, Con- temporary Discussion Committee chairman of UAC, said, "The drive was initiated by students who want to find out what the stu- dent body feels about our policy in Viet Nam. It is neither a con- servative or liberal move." The petition drive wal called for after a motion to place an ouinion survey on the ballot was defeated at Thursday night's SGC meeting. Although the vote was 9- 6 in favor of the poll, this did not constitute a two-thirds majority + needed to pass the motion. SGC President Gary Cunning- ham, '66, wanted the poll on the ballot. He felt, "if we do not put it on the ballot, even though we might conduct another poll in the future, it would be missing a great deal of effectiveness." Mick- ey Eisenberg, '67, also a member of SGC, sponsor of the opinion poll motion, addd, "The student body is demanding SGC action. We are committed to do some- thing on this election. Objections Robert Bodkin, '67, disagreed *because he felt, "First, this is not an SGC campaign issue and it should not affect th election. Second, there are too many ques- tiohs that must be asked in order to obtain a clear, comprehensive consensus of student opinion; far too many to put on an election j ballot." Richard Hoppe, '66, president of Interfraternity Council, agreed with Bodkin and said, "The stu- dent body should not be drawn to an SGC election to vote on such a controversial issue but rather to vote for candidates." Hoppe felt that SGC should initiate some type of Viet Nam survey later and he moved that. "SGC mandate the executive committee to conduct a survey on the Viet Nm issue." This motion was passed. Hornberer Referendum Council blocked another refer- endum initiated by Lee Hornberg- er, '66, Interquadrangle Council president, to put the Viet Nam issue on the ballot. Hornberer had brought up the motion at last Thursday's meeting which stated that the student body is in basic agreement with the administra- tion's policy in Viet Nam. He was backed by 1000 signatures which forced Council to adopt the leg- islation or submit it to the stu- dent body for their consideration. At last night's meeting. Council adonted the motion thus keeping it off the ballot. Thus, if the group of students, who are attempting to collect 1,- 000 signatures endorsing a refer- : endum on the election ballot, fail., there will be no Viet Nam policy poll on the ballot. Sneaking from the candidate's whats New at 764-1817co2meNorth Campus 'Frat Row' Hot Line The University Student Economic Union is sponsoring its second Know Your University Day conference today to establish a Citizen-Student Committee for Higher Education in the state.' 60-70 civic leaders are expected to come to the conference, which will be held 12-4 p.m. in 429 Mason Hall. Richard Austin, a member of the finance committee of the Michigan Blue Ribbon Committee on Higher Education, will speak on "Free Public Higher Education." The group will then break up into seminars to discuss tactics for making communities aware of the needs of higher,education in Michigan and to plan a lobby in Lansing for higher education. ** * A student committee planning the second-and more com- prehensive-course evaluation booklet is currently revising the questionnaire used to canvass student opinion about courses, according to a spokesman for the group. The committee will review a rough draft of the questionnaire with Prof. Wilburt McK'eachie chairman of the psychology department next week. It hopes to distribute the questionnaires when classes reopen next semester and turn out a booklet evaluating over 150 courses for preregistration. The first course description booklet, issued last March, evaluated only 53 courses. * * * * The University has been awarded $152 810 by the National Science' Foundation for support of two summer institutes for college teachers and for research in mental health and zoology. Prof. John E. Milholland of the Department of Psychology will conduct a summer institute for college teachers in his field. while a similar session for college teachers in physics will be conducted by Prof. Richard H. Sands. Jordan and Mosher residence halls have reduced their sit- down dinner policy from four per month to only one, on the first Sunday of each month. Sit-down dinners are meals in which all the girls of the house dress up and eat together, served by student waitresses rather than getting their food cafeteria style. According to Mrs. Anne, Coller, Jordon Hall residence director, the decision to reduce the sit downs was made at a house meet- ing where conflicts with music students' practice hours and late breakfasters eating shortly before the dinner were deciding factors. The first sit-down dinner under the new policy will take place next month. Prof; Thomas Francis, chairman of the epidemilogy depart- ment of the public health school and a well-known trailblazer in his field, is off exploring'new vistas again. He will be one of six U.S. scientists going to the Philippine Republic this month for a meeting to explore the role of science and applied research in economic and social development. Francis was a key figure here in the nationwide field trials a decade ago which proved the efficacy of the Salk polio vaccine. Lon g Distance Mike Kindman, former editorial director of the MSU State News said yesterday that he expects to begin distribution of a new independent newspaper within the next several weeks. The new paper, which is to be called "The Paper," will be a tabloid-sized weekly with magazine style stories in a newspaper format. It will be published independently, and for the time being, without official university recognition. In a statement setting forth the philosophy of The Paper Kindman said. "It will be a newspaper written expressly by and for those students and critics of journalism who have become disenchanted with the existing newspapers-particularly the State News, and will be a sympathetic sounding board for current political and social thought." Reactivated Students' Relations With Adiinistration, Faculty Explored By LYNNE ROTHSCHILD The Ad Hoc Committee on Stu- dent Participation in University Affairs, which was formed last spring by the Senate Advisory Committee on University Affairs (SACUA), was reactivated this fall, holding several meetings within the last three weeks. The three-fold aim of the com- mittee is 1) to ascertain how to increase graduate and undergrad- uate student participation in the overall structure of the Univer- sity, 2) to consider the function of student government and other student bodies in relation to the administration and faculty, and 3) to facilitate the flow of Informa- tion from the administration and faculty to the students. Student Participation According to Prof. Robert Knauss, chairman of the, commit- tee, there are numerous broad areas in which students could be involved in University affairs. Academically, students could pos- sibly participate in curriculum de- cisions involving new courses and the relationsliip between credit hours and time spent in class. Also, students could present fac- ulty evaluations, which could be used by the administration in con- sidering professors' advancement and by the faculty members them- selves to improve their teaching1 methods. In the non-academic field, Knauss said students could as- sume a more active role in es-t etblishing rules to govern their be- j havior, counselling, the Office of Student Affairs, and in economic questions dealing with such areas as fees and housing. The committee has met with Vice-President Richard Cutler and Dean William Hayes to deter- mine present student involvement and how students can be integrat- ed into positions of influence. In the coming weeks, the committee, plans to confer with additional ad- ministrators, faculty members, stu- dent groups, and many others who have ideas on this area. 'Report Due The results of this inquiry will appear in a report that will prob- ably be filed in February, 1966.' Knauss explained that one of the major problems th commit- tee hopes to remedy is the poor flow of information within the. University. With greater stuent participation, , he said, students will become more aware of what is happening at the University. Development Not -,Daily-Thomas R. Copi KENNEDY MAKING SPEECH upon arrival at airport. At right is Vivian. Kennedy Lau ds Vivian Boosts Viet War Goals Likely, Cedar Bend, Dormitories Get Priority Phi Ep Pi Rescinds Plans To Relocate In Area Near ZBT By LAURENCE MEDOW It appears that a proposed "fraternity row" on North Cam- pus will not develop, as the Uni- versity has allocated the land there for new dorms and Cedar Bend housing. As a consequence, Phi Epsilon Pi fraternity will not be moving to North Campus, Steve Goldberg, '67, Phi Ep president, said yester- day. Their decision to relocate had hinged upon the development of a "fraternity row" in the area where the Zeta Beta Tau house is now located. John Feldkamp, assistant to the vice-president for student affairs, said that in 1956, when six lots were available for fraternities, ZBT was the only one interested. Now only one plot remains near the ZBT house. Change of Plans fTh decision to change the plans for the use of the land came last winter, Charles Judge, assistant to the director of student organi- zations and counselor to fraterni- ties, said. Since fraternities have now expressed interest in moving to North Campus, however, the University is re-investigating oth- er possible locations. Both Feldkamp and Judge re- ferred to a piece of land behind the ZBT house which the Univer- sity does not own. If this land is acquired "it is possible that it will be available for fraternities. There is no guarantee of this, however, Judge added. Phi Ep Expansion Phi Ep decided this fall that they wanted to expand their fa- cilities, Goldberg explained. Their present house has a capacity of 31 and large pledge classes taken last year and this fall meant that the men now living in the house would have to move out next year to make room for the young- er men. Feeling that living to- gether helped to keep men in- volved in the fraternity and that it is an important part of frater- nity membership, two alternatives were open to them: (1) build an addition, or (2) build a new house. Many of the membersp referred the addition because they liked the location of their present house. Discussions with the Phi Ep na- tional led to the conclusion that a new house on North Campus would e bettr. It, was felt that North Campus would be better only if there was to be a Greek commu- nity there. One Lot Available When the University informed Phi Ep that the lot they were looking at was the only one avail- able then decdd not to move. By MARK R. KILLINGSWORTH Special-To The Daily DUNDEE - Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass), just returned from an extensive tour of South- east Asia, boosted the Administra- tion's Viet Nam policy and gave a strong endorsement to Rep. Wes- ton E. Vivian (D-Ann Arbor) yes- terday evening. Over 1000 Democrats. heard Kennedy and state political lead- ers praise Vivian at the Second Congressional District Dinner, a major fund-raising effort for the Ann Arbor congressman, here last worked on most of the nation's defense system. He now serves on the House science and astro- nautics committee. A telegram from President John- son to Vivian, read at the dinner, added, "You richly deserve the gratitude of your fellow citizens as well as of your President." The President specifically men- tioned Vivian's support of space and education programs. "No congressional district dem- onstrates the tremendously en- couraging change in the outlook of this country better than this dis- trict, and no congressman could Lack of Space; Causes Problems in Art School night. better represent it. He's the kind The war in Viet Nam is "not a of man who makes us glad to say problem of war but a problem of we're politicians," Sen. Philip A. people," the Massachusetts sen- Hart (D-Mich) said in introducingj ator declared. Vivian. "What the Vietnamese want to In what was regarded as an un- do is to be left alone and decide usually frank comment, Hart said, their own destiny and that is our "But he's only in by the skin of desire. Our interest in Viet Nam our teeth, and he'll be kept there is the cause of peace," he said. only by the use of your muscle Kennedy characterized the Viet and your energy." Cong campaign as one of "terror- State Democrats, who have fre- ism, assassination and violence," quently expressed admiration of and disputed the claim that it Vivian's activities in Congress, are represents a national war of liber- known to be concerned about his gressional travelers to the country has ended, giving him a chance to get a better look at the situation and to travel relatively without fanfare. Vivian also took a swing at the Republican c h a r g e that the recently - completed congressional session was a "rubber-stamp." Most Democratic strategists ex- pect this will be a key Republican issue in the 1966 campaign, both in the second district andi nation- ally. "We don't have to be arm-twist- ed to work with the President," Vivian added. "We're proud to work with him." Vivian said among the key is- sues facing the next session of the Congress, which opens next Jan- uary, are -Home rule for Washington, D.C., which he termed "essential"; -A re-examination and expan- sion of the War on Poverty; and -A chance to vote funds for the housing rental-supplement plan, which Vivian termed "perhaps the first step we've ever taken to break the stranglehold of the slums." Kennedy arrived from Lansing by private plane with Democratic National Committee members Neil Staebler and Mildred Jeffrey, state Democratic vice-chairman Adelaide Hart, and Senators Hart and McNamara at Ann Arbor air- port at 5:00 yesterday. He was greeted by Vivian and a crowd' of over 100, more than half By ALICE KLEINHANS its obligation to the whole cam- pus. He feels that, in addition to Most of the present problems of the few drawing, painting and ce- the School of Architecture and ramics courses now offered to Design, according to Prof. Robert non-art students, broad courses. Iglehart, chairman of the Art De- on the "visual environment" ought! partment, stem from its lack of to be offered. space. The A and D school now! . ~~Vkiua Eironment.l1fl' how it can he enhanced aesthet- ically. Another program, Prof. Igle- hart said, that the University lacks is a general art major for the student not vocationally in- clined. Prof. Iglehart would also like, ation. Noting that many Viet , Cong guerrillas have been kidnapped in-I to service, he added many such "recruits" remain in the Viet Cong, as a Marine sergeant told him of the battle of Pleime, because they are literally chained to their weapons. chances for reelection in his nor- mally-Republican Second District, which he carried in 1964 by only 1500 votes over his conservative Republican o p p o n e n t George Meader. Senators Hart and Patrick Mc- Namara (D-Mich), who introduced Kennedy, both won plaudits from Kanneciv for their activeroles in