'U' RELATIONS: UNIONS NEEDED See Editorial Page Ci Sw riau :4Ia itj CLOUDING High--57 Low-43 Drizzles continuing; intermittant winds Seventy-Five Years of Editorial Freedom. VOL. LXXVI, No.$80 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1965 SEVEN CENi S SIX I'A~iLS .New Pilot Projec t Courses mph asize Analysis EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the sec- ond of a two-part series dealing with the pilot. project. By ALICE BLOCH This semester the pilot project inaugurated two experimental courses: Freshman Seminar and Intensive French., Both courses will be expanded next semester and will probably be used in the curriculum of the residential col- lege. The Freshman; Seminar is be- ing taught by Prof. Alan T. Gay- lord of the English department to 10 pilot project students who were chosen on a "first-come, first- served" basis from the 200 stu- dents who requested the course. The seminar, which serves as a substitute for English 123, has concentrated on an interdiscipli- nary analysis of "the American University and the American City." Gaylord characterizes these topics as "frames for the stu- dent's introduction to 'college thinking'." The course is organized around two class meetings a week. The students and Gaylord meet at East Quadrangle for lunch and then hold class in Benzinger Library. A typical class attended by this Daily reporter was remarkable for its friendly and informal atmos- phere. There was little note-tak- ing: the students were too busy participating in the discussion of Plato's "Republic" to write down every word rAaylord said. Debate was natural and spontaneous. Commenting on the freedom of the seminar, Gaylord says, "Some cynics would call the course a bull session, but I am not satis- fied with that. There has been some rigor, and the discussions are graded and there are no tests. French into a two-semester course, are more an interaction than an Each student decides upon his seems to be equally successful. opinion exchange." grade in a series of conferences Eight sections of 10 students The "rigor" of the course has with Gaylord. are currently enrolled in the class, been provided largely by reading The students seem to have which meets for eight hours of and writing assignments. Gaylord unanimously positive reactions to class a week and has dinner to- says, "Given a problem, students the seminar. They decided midway gether (in French, of course) four should be learning to find the is- through the semester that "they times a week. In addition, there is sues and formulate useful ques- just didn't have enough time to a "Cercle Francais du Project Pil- tions, find relevant resource ma- enjoy each other" and asked Gay- o. ithat meets after dinner oc- aterial, be able to evaluate, be able lord to hold a retreat on a Sat- casionally. to transmit their findings to oth- urday so that they could have The objectives of the course, ac- ers clearly and interestingly and the whole day to talk together. cording to the official course de- be able to judge their own per- The retreat was held on November scriptions, are: formance with some discrimina- 13. 1) To permit the student to tion." Next semester two sections of concentrat : on the acquisition of One of the writing assignments the Freshman Seminar, to be the basic skills of the language; was to visit the Alumni Museum taught by Prof. Wilbert McKeach- 2) To permit him to progress of Art, write a review for The ie, chairman of the psychology more rapidly; Daily and then write a "letter to department, will be offered to pilot 3) To increase the student's mo- the editor" attacking the review. I project students. tivation to learn French by per-, Another assignment involved :;xer- The second new course, Inten- mitting him to tackle intellectual- cise in character description. sive French, which concentrates% ly stimulating material, and None of the written assignments four semesters of elementary 4) To make language learning an exciting cultural experience by. putting him systematically in con- tact with French culture. Prof. Jean Carduner of the French department, director of the program, says that a concen- trated language course is desirable because "in language instruction, 2 plus 2 equals 5. Therefore con- centration makes sense." The Intensive French course should be especially beneficial to two types of students, according to Carduner: 1) The freshman trying to get rid of his language requirement. Such a student will want to get through his required language courses as quickly as possible. 2) The student who is truly interested in French. Having ful- filled his prerequisites by the end of his freshman year, he can eas- ily major in French. A new kind of language labora- tory has been installed in East Quadrangle for experimental use by the boys who are taking In- tensive French. Each student can use the lab by dialing a number on his room telephone. A taped lesson comes over the phone and the student can practice at his own convenience. Carduner says, "If the new lan- guage lab system is successful, it might eventually be installed in all the dormitories." trouble with Intensive French. Marcia Winik, Grad, one of the teaching fellows in Intensive French, says, '"Intensive French is an exciting way to learn a lan- guage." And the students appar- ently agree with her. One of the students in Miss Winik's class says, "I love Intensive French and I like the chance to talk French in the dorm. Sometimes without think- ing I even start talking French with people who don't know any French." Ideally, each student should Some students complain about have his own tape reccrder, Car- the pace of the course. Carduner duner adds. In one recent case, a is hopeful that this complaint student who was getting a "D" could be eliminated by having a in elementary French jumped to programmed learning system, in an "A" by getting his own tape which each student could go at his recorder. The pilot project is pro- own pace and then fulfill his viding tape recorders to a few language requirement by taking students who are having particular an examination when ready. Attack US roop Bill1etHater HlatcL.her, Bn The Assoiees Official reports said two Ameri- nearby but it was deactivated. and The New York Times can servicemen were killed and Peace Effort Collapses SAIGON-As a lengthening lull 67 were wounded. At least 100 Meanwhile, the collapse of an- in ground fighting raised specula- South Vietnamese civilians were other peace effort signalled the tion that Communist troops are killed or wounded. likelihood that the Viet Nam war marking time for a Christmas of- U.S. and South Vietnamese is destined to grow bigger and fensive, Viet Cong terrorists last sc ne and blocked off a wide area. more dangerous. night attacked and blew up a U.S. Minutes after the big explosion British Foreign Minister Michael enlisted men's billet in downtown a mine aimed in the direction of Stewart after an appeal to the Saigon. the Metropole Hotel was found Soviet Union to join Britain in __ --_. __ _reopening a conference to settle the conflict, said yesterday he had detected no change in the Soviet A Draf t Officials )fl Deonstrators -I uiI U r V [les i lll To Ask Court Ruling By ROBERT MOORE Federal court without having ex haust all the "internal remedies' The American Civil Liberties within the Selective Service sys Union (ACLU) verified plans yes- tem. Usually, an appeal is allowe terday to take the reclassification only when the plaintiff has tried of four student protestors to Fed- all internal remedies before go eral court. ing to Federal court. ACLU will probably file papers: with the Federal Circuit Court stuA t, whicherereclas aldfoua early next week asking for a Fed-been following the case sinc eral declaratory judgment to end Holmes' .original statement on further-.alasstication and to re-Nv.2 store the students' original classi- Nov. 27 fication. Appeals Planned The details of the suit have not Meanwhile, the individual stu been worked out. David Klein of dents planned their appeals before Detroit, ACLU's attorney, said he the draft boards. Eric Chester, '66 would probably prepare the case the first protestor who was re this weekend. He had not decided classified, said he expected to what the best trial date would be. make his personal appeal before "There is a division of counsel his draft board some time nex whether to do it now or to wait month. until after the presentations," His local board has told him h Klein said. (The presentations are could have neither legal counse the draft board appeals planned nor witnesses at the appeal, Ches- by the individual students.) ter said. 'Graceful Exit' Chester will argue at his appea "We don't want to harden that it is not up to Holmes but to Col. Arthur Holmes' (State Selec- a jury of his peers to decid tive Service director) position by whether or not he violated federa getting an injunction against law by obstructing the adminis- him if he can still make a grace- tration of a Selective Service of- ful exit. After all, what we want fice. to do is to find the most respec- The ACLU attorney also said table way of restoring the stu- yesterday that the state-wid dents' draft standings. A frontal committee formed Thursday tc attack may not be the way," Klein raise funds for the defense of the added, students was not requested or con- Klein did not say who the tacted by the ACLU. plaintiffs would be. There was The case, he estimated, would speculation that it might be a cost at least $100, and could go as protestor who was arrested but high as several thousand dollars not reclassified, since then the depending on the number of de- ACLU could go directly to the positions necessary. attitude opposing negotiations. All The United States is expected to undertake large-scale air strikes' against the Ho Chi Minh trail in i'via southern Laos in an effort to frustrate attempts by North Viet Nam to reinforce Communist - troops in South Viet Nam. " Heavy Buildup - A further heavy buildup of U.S. Revise d troops also is regardod as neces- d gary to the strategy of dealing Regu - crippling blows to the Viet Cong f and North Vietnamese forces Effect Utilize Rules A Distribution ations To Take Next May Cutler Says Courts Must Judge Acts National Director Hershey Supports Classification Move By ROGER RAPOPORT General Louis B. Hershey direc- tor of the National Selective Ser- vice System said last night that "the government would be com- mitting suicide if it deferred stu- dents who defied the selective service laws." In a telephone interview at his home in Bethesda, Maryland, Her- shey said he encouraged Michigan Selective Service Director Col. Arthur Holmes to initiate a review of the draft status of 31 students who participated in the October 15 draft board sit in. To date four Is ;e n --- By $ BENDELOW See earlier story, Page 3B Students currently enrolled inI fighting in the South. the literary college .will be ableto Some administration officials take advantage of the liberalized have warned that if the pattern distribution requirements approved - of stepped-up warfare continues, two weeks ago by the Regents, e Red China and the U.S. may be Associate Dean James H Robert- , headed for a collision that neither son of the literary college an- - wants. nounced yesterday. Analysts are warning not only The new requirements become e of direct intervention by the effective May 1, after the end of t Chinese but also of possible di- the present academic year. Until v rc ionary actions in Laos or In- that time, the old requirements e dia. remain in effect, Robertson said. l Basic Assumption Prof. Sheridan Baker, chairman - A basic assumption here for of the literary college curriculum some time has been that Com- committee, agreed and said that 1 munist China would not wish to it was the intent of his committee o risk bombardment by the United that continuing students would be e States by intervening in the war. allowed to use the new require- 1 Intelligence officials, however, ments in the summer trimester. - recall that their predecessors fail- Confusion on Rules ed 'to predict the North Korean There has been some confusion invasion of South Korea and the in the literary college following d intervention of the Chinese Com- The Daily report concerning the e munists in 1950 not because they Regents' action on the require- 0 misjudged the enemy's capability ments. The Regents had passed e but because they misunderstood the new requirements with the his intentions. written provision that they would - - ------apply to incoming freshmen in the d fall of 1966. However, it was s T T Ois agreed then that they would also , be applied to continuing students. Students attempting to modify 'F j* - [Y7_ !course schedules for next semes- i , . a 5 j { t 1 .t i 1 t f a i, x .I I r . f it Whait's New Hot Line Nine students have expressed interest in participating in the exchange program with Tuskegee Institute in Alabama. These applicants will be interviewed next Wednesday and Thursday by the counseling office of their individual colleges. The spring term at Tuskegee begins Feb. 4. Students in the program will attend classes there on the same basis as they w ,uld on campus and will receive full credit for their work. Long Distance The 56th National Interfraternity Conference, representing two million fraternity members in this country, unanimously passed a resolution backing the Johnson administration in Viet Nam. The 1,110 delegates from 3000 chapters also opposed Communist aggression in Viet Nam and other areas. The 800 undergraduate delegates heard J. Fred Coldren, 22, executive Hit peecK By F axon By SHIRLEY ROSICK ter to fit the new requirements have been experiencing difficul- ties. Several freshman-sophomore1 counselors have said that whilel they feel that the new require- ments should be applied to con- tinuing students, they hesitate to allow students to plan to use the have been reclassified 1-A. Hershey said he told Holmes that the sit in constituted a viola- tion of the Selective Service act and that the student's "conduct ought to be graded." He added that he was "completely behind" Holmes. University President Harlan Hatcher expressed concern last night that "the draft not be used as a punitive measure. That warps and could even degrade the entire concept of the draft. It interjects subjective criteria which should be left to the courts." Vice-President for Student Af- fairs Richard Cutler agreed and added, "Whether or not the local selective service board was 'know- ingly obstructed in the perform- ance of its duty' by this protest, seems to me to be a question open to determination by due process, not by a blanket judgement of a selective service official." Hershey disagreed. "I don't know all the facts in the case, but if the facts are what I under- stand they are, I'm a little sur- prised responsible people would attack the law." Hatcher contend- ed that "if the draft is substituted for a court of law its operation can become punitive." Vice-President Cutler said he believes, "The Selective Service system is treading on dangerous ground when it opens itself to the possible charge of the use of the Universal Military Training and Service act as a tool of reprisal for political activity." Gen. Hershey said that protests similar to the Ann Arbor incident would be encouraged, "if the gov- ernment deferred people who de- fied the Selective Service laws." "I happen to be one of, those old-fashioned fathers who never let pity interfere with a spanking," said Hershey. Hershey said that he did not want to see students who engaged in peaceful protests lose their status. "However, breaking the An administrator and one of new requirements as they are not the Regents yesterday expressed as yet in effect. shock and amusement at Rep. Jack Robertson said that the new Faxon's (D-Detroit) speech Thurs- distribution requirements would day night before Student Govern- not affect student course elections ment Council. for the winter term. He com- At that time, Faxon accused mented that the greatest value of administrators of a "lack of coop- the new requirements to continu- eration with the Legislature" and ing students would be evident in called the -Regents "constitutional cases where they would allow a monarchs" and "tools of a skillful student to take courses cognate to J T F l i -Associated Press administration." Executive Vice-President Mar- vin Niehuss said he was "quite surprised" at Faxon's statements, since Faxon had previously-at the hearing on the audit of the University's books early last month and in a subsequent letter - thanked administrators for their cooperation. Niehuss said that he had no in- tention, before Thursday night's speech, that the Legislature was displeased. He added that the University wants to do its best to cooperate with the Legislature. All of the Regents contacted de- his major, and still fulfill distri- butionr requirements. Load Relaxed The new requirements relax somewhat the necessary course load of the student, and allow him more freedom in choosing his courses, Robertson added: the stu- dent has more initiative and re- snonsibility in determining his schedule. Baker commented that extend- ing the changes is in the spirit of new requirements, and similar to past instances when require- ments have been changed. . Significant c h a n g e s center AMERICAN, COMMUNIST POSITIONS IN VIET WAR Map shows locations of American, South Korean, Australian and New Zealand troops in South Viet Nam. Shaded zones locate areas of combat between troops of these countries and the Viet Cong. NEWCOMB LECTURE: ocia Academic Lives Split By MICHAEL HEFFER s "Divorcement" of student social life from student intellectual life leads to a "shutting-out" of col- lege undergraduates, Prof. Theo- dore Newcomb of the sociology and psychology departments said last night. portant than classroom discussion, spoke of students who are "shut-, he said. out," "in-but not of their educa- Newcomb said that in speaking tional communities." He said the to undergraduates he found many blame lies with the great growth' surprised that such discussion of the universities. could take place, or that anyone He compared universities with I thought that it should. He said he "dinosaurs that became "extinct found lack of integrating social because of their own weight." Al-I and intellectual life most common though noting the situation is not -I