JULIAN BOND-A. NEED FOR TOLERANCE See Editorial Page Lw !ZU 46F :43 t a CLOUDY High-28 Low-18 Snow flurries tonight Seventy-Five Years of Editorial Freedom VOL. LXXVI, No. 97 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, JANUARY 21, 1966 SEVEN'CENTS utler Report Urges Bookstore Reje By BRUCE WASSERSTEIN should not be considered binding since 1929. mere realization of the Regents shirts-will be taxable. There are about $45,000 a year. Furthermore ler this diversion of funds would, o since it has already been vio- Even if the Regents turn down that their ruling has been ignored currently federal tax suits being Cutler pointed out that even if the "in effect subsidize a segment of n Vice - President for S t u d e n t lated by, for example, the Union the bookstore proposal for reasons for years." pressed against several college 13,000 feet of space necessary for the community (the bookstore h Affairs Richard Cutler will recom- and League. of economic unfeasibility, their Cutler gave the following rea- bookstores which sell soft goods, a bookstore were available, crowd- users) at the expense of the gen- b mentd to the Regents today that The bookstore has been a topic attitude toward the 1929 ruling sons in his report for not recom- and the imposition of a tax would ed- academic departments, admin- eral good."n they deny the request of 13,000 of intense controversy since last may be indicative of their feel- mending the bookstore: mean a significant lowering of istrative units and housing facili- The report concluded by noting students for a University spon- fall when members of Student ings toward subsidizing sound pro- -The ' profit margins of the the probability of economic suc- ties had priority over the book- that increased state support of 8 sored bookstore because it is Government Council organized a jects which are aimed at improv- local Ann Arbor bookstores are cess for the University bookstore. store. higher education and stronger re- b economically unfeasible at the campaign to support the store. ing student welfare. not exorbitant in view of the sery- -The space necessary for a -The $150,000-$300,000 capital cruiting and scholarship programs r present time. The answers the Regents give However, as SGC member Don- ices they render. bookst.ore would be expensive, outlay needed to begin a book- would be more beneficial for the t Cutler will also advise the Re- today to the problems of the book- ald Resnick, '68, pointed out, "the -There is a possibility that the hard to find, and could be put to store would have to come from needy potential student than hav- i gents that their 1929 ruling which store case will represent their first concrete precedent of establish- most profitable type of item in better uses. funds which would otherwise go to ing a bookstore. c prohibits the University from major stand on University involve- ing the bookstore would be infin- the proposed bookstore-soft goods Cutler estimated that the space operational expenses or capital Objecting to the findings of b competing with private enterprise ment in student economic welfare itely more significant than the such as pens,. paper, and sweat- needed for a bookstore would cost improvements. According to Cut- Cutler's report, Resnick pointed I EIGHT PAGES ction ut that Prof. Fred Shure of the uclear engineering department las successfully run a discount ookstore for the last two se- nesters. However, he admitted that the Student Book Exchange sponsored y . SGC this semester has lost money. Resnick claimed, however, hat this loss was not due to any nherent economic fallacy in the oncept of a discount bookstore but rather to inefficient manage- ment and planning. stablish ree niversity Here Group Plans Unstructured Curriculum Students Aim at. A Deep Involvement To Foster Creativity By LEONARD PRATT Dissatisfied with the "moral and philosophical bases" of the mod- ern university, 29 University stu- dents, faculty and non-students have established the Free Univer- sity at Ann Arbor to initially of- fer 10 "courses." The move is in line with what some have called the "free uni- versity movement" across the country. Free universities have typically been organized outside of established institutions with experimental course offerings ani more "humanized" teacher-stu- dent relationships. "A free university is not eas- ily definable," says the group's "catalog," "nor is it subject to or concerned with self-definition --- It will be defined by those who find value in these ambitions and take part as teachers and students in their pursuit." "We want to get around inade- quacies in opportunities at the University," said Harvey Feinberg, one of the university's "associ- A ates" or organizers. He said the university would concentrate on course areas in which the Univer- sity does not, for one or another reason, offer courses presently. "The free university 'ought to be an auxiliary of the established University," he said. "We hope to fill some of its blind spots and perhaps to influence its teach- ing." Several university associates la- ter emphasized that the univer- sity would be defined only after its formation and that even then the definition would change with its members' desires. They agreed that the university would conse- quently become a different thing to each of its members. Carl Oglesby saw the university as having as yet no particular so- cial goals, not necessarily even its own perpetuation. All emphasized that the free university is strict- ly politically nonaligned. The associates' comments cen- tered on the necessity they felt for the sort of learning unavail- able within "the traditional peda- gogical framework"-the sort of learning emphasizing unstructur- ed interactions and individualini- tiative. Registration and initial discus- sions will be held at 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. Monday and 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday at the Canterbury House, 218 N. Division. The registration fee is $5. Course description book- lets are currently being passed out in the Fishbowl. "We'revery serious about this," See GROUP, age 2 What's ew At 764-1817 Hotline Two more University students who were reclassified as a result of recent Viet Nam demonstrations were denied appeals by their local draft boards yesterday. Ron Miller, '68, and Robert Sklar, '68, were not allowed to appeal their local Royal Oak Board No. 323 and thus joined Pat Murphy, '68, and David Smokler, '67, as students who have lost their II-S draft classifi- cations and have been denied appeals. It was also learned yesterday that a short documentary film will be presented this evening on CBS news concerning the reclasification of local students. Miller will appear in the film, which will appear on the Walter Cronkite news broadcast, starting at 6:30 p.m. The progress of the Course Evaluation Booklet has been "stalled" because of lack of personnel, a member of the Course Evaluation Committee said last night. In one of the "most crucial" stages of processing the questionnaires, that of tallying the responses, the responsibilities of the various student organizations to supply personnel to help "have not been met except by the barest minimum." There have been approximately 9000 questionnaires received, and, "potentially, the final booklet can be over 100 per cent better than last year's," the committee member said. "It would be unfortunate if the booklet failed to materialize due to lack of student cooperation after so much time and effort has been invested," he added. The University Young Democrats' Executive Board yesterday voted to support the Student Government Council, University of Michigan Student Employes' Union and VOICE drive to establish a University-supported ditcount book store, to join in picketing the Administration Builling tomorrow at 2 p.m. to demonstrate support of the proposal. The Young Democrats also called on Vice-President for Student Affairs Richard Cutler to formulate positive plans to this end. The University Activity Center will present its second annual symposium next week, dealing with the topic of "The Future of American Individualism." The symposium, which will run from Feb. 1-5, will consist of four evening discussion programs to be held at 8 p.m. at Rackham Auditorium. Dr. Kenneth Kenniston of the Yale Medical School will present "Psychological Aspects" on Feb. 1. Walter Judd, former Minnesota Congressman and keynote speaker at the 1960 Repub- lican national convention, will speak on Feb. 3. The following evening Nat Hentoff of "The New Yorker" will discuss "The Arts." The symposium will conclude Feb. 5 with "Political Aspects" by former New York Senator Kenneth Keating. The Regents will hold their monthly meeting in the Regents Room of the Administration Bldg. at 2 p.m. today. Among the topics discussed will be the report of the Vice-President for Student Affairs, Richard L. Cutler, on the University Bookstore. A Flint citizens committee will meet today to consider a several point program designed to give "strong support for continuance of the University's Flint College branch," Guy Bates, the committee's chairman, reported last night. The State Board of Education recommended last spring that the branch be replaced by a new, autonomous state school, but neither the University nor representatives of the Flint community have publically indicated that they will abide by the board's decision. * * * * * * * * * Lomax Cancels Planned 0e Visit kuthor Cites rv Contract, [n Dcsion Program Dropped, But Hope Remains For Future Series By NEIL SHISTER Louis Lomax, who was to have )een the University's writer-in- 'esidence for a three week period eginning this coming Monday, has been forced to cancel the en- ire program due to unforseeable levelopments and increasing local involvements in the Los Angeles area. The Lomax program has been postponed indefinitely and at present there are no plans to bring another writer to the Uni- versity this year. The mood of the writer-in-resi- dence committee was one of "re- luctant acceptance" in announc- ing Lomax's cancellation, but it was emphasized by Elizabeth Sumner, adviser to the commit- tee, that Lomax is caught up in a situation which he neither an- ticipated nor desired, and that he had acted in a manner which, in light of the surrounding cir- cumstances, seemed understand- able and justifiable. 'Disappointing Reality' In releasing the information of the change of plans, the commit- tee called the cancellation a "painful decision for Mr. Lomax" and a "disappointing reality for the entire University community." Thecommittee has informed Sponsors of the program's can- cellation, and has made it clear to them that they can reclaim all their funds in total. Lomax's stay was to be financed principally by campus organizations, including the UAC, IFC, Panhel, and the ORA, among others. The committee stands to lose approxinmately $150 as a result of costs incurred for the printing of two sets of posters and newspa- per advertisements. Booklets which were published to publi- cize Lomax's stay were entirely self-financing, however if the ad- vertisers in the booklet reclaim their funds the committee could lose an additional $250. Greater Obligation The reason for Lomax's cancel- lation was a new television con- tract offered him which called for a twice-weekly two hour program on a Los Angeles station, as well as a daily radio program. At present Lomax has a weekly television program which Mrs. Sumner described as a "major breakthrough in the usually con- servative local networks." The -Daily-Steve Goldstein ROBERT BODKIN ADDRESSES last night's Student Government Council meeting. To his right is Pat McCarty, to his left is Mickey Eisenberg. Bodkin proposed a Viet Nam survey and presented a motion providing for a student housing association. CONSIDER BOOKSTORE: SGC Alters Viet Nam Study Plan, Sanctions Student Housing Union By DICK WINGFIELD Student Government Council last night passed a motion pro- viding for a Student Housing As- sociation and defeated both a mo- tion requesting a sturvey of stu- dent opinion on the war in Viet Nam, and one requesting an SGC endorsement of a letter to Vice- President Richard Cutler criti- cizing his role in the University Bookstore controversy. After relatively little debate, SGC unanimously passed each of four separate motions providing for the Student Housing Associa- tion. In its entirety, the motion pro- vided the following: 1) A structure was authorized consisting of a four member exec- utive board and subcommittees in Withhold Transcript from Draft Board charge of rental and complaints, University planning and city planning. 2) A publicity and recruiting campaign for the SHA was en- dorsed and allocated $500 as ini- tial expenses. 3) A library of Ann Arbor hous- ing information was authorized and allocated $50 for initial oper- ating expenses. 4) The following persons were appointed to the executive board and will assume the chairman- ships o ftheir respective commit- tees: Stuart Gordon, '66, Univer- sity Planning subcommittee; Neill Hollenshead, '67, City Planning subcommittee; Al Goodwin, '67, Rental and Complaints subcom- mittee, and Robert Bodkin, '67, SGC representative to the SHA. Bodkin, sponsor of the motion, said, "The SHA will offer the student body an opportunity to I effer+ive wnrkrn thep nrnhlem of the subject so that eventuallyt students will be able to exert in- fluence in University and city planning as well as effectively handling rental problems and{ complaints. Charles Cooper ,administrative vice-president of SGC, question- ed Bodkin on the motion: Cooper: "How much communi- cation will the Housing Associa- tion have with SGC? Will it serve as a committee under Council with regular reports or will communi- cation be sporadic at the pleas- ure of the SHA executive commit- tee and SGC?" will be able to grow. Bodkin: "Three members of SGC will sit on the executive com- mittee of SHA (Robert Bodkin, Al Goodwin and Neill Hollenshead) and can easily make reports to Council during regular meetings. Also, written reports can be made. rrh CTAO nni A haves ha t+ m By ROBERT MOORE A University administrator said yesterday that a student has ,the right to keep his transcript of grades out of the hands of his letter to the proper office. He added, however, that the student who requested it would be responsible for the conse- quences. Withholding grades might be considered "obstructing withhold all students' grades from the draft system. A Voice spokesman said that it was "academically and intellectu- ally unacceptable for tests and class ranking to be used as the that the University will not report grades, ranks, test scores, or any other such criteria to the Selec- tive Service boards nor become partners in any such transactions of grades, except to supply the versity would comply with Voice's request. "My own impression," he said, "is that nothing in the law re- quires us to release grades." The Voice spokesman said that